Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.064.114 |
Object Name |
Pin, Promotional |
Title |
Lapel Pin from the 1903 Anniversary o Grafton & Co. |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
1903 |
Year Range from |
1903 |
Year Range to |
1903 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Round coated metal lapel pin with "GRAFTON & CO. 50TH ANNIVERSARY (1853 - 1903) printed around the edge in a red band and "MAY 3 J. B. GRAFTON" printed on it above and below his portrait in the centre in blue. The centre of the button is white. |
Provenance |
Owen Sound formerly had a Grafton & Co. clothing store located along main street, for many years. It was a drygoods and men's wear store in its later years. This lapel pin commemorates the founder of this chain store business, Mr. J. B. Grafton. The home office of this store chain was located at Dundas, Ontario. The pin belonged to someone in the McKinley or Penner family of Grey County. Last owned by Beatrice McDonald (née McKinley) who grew up in Bognor, Sydenham Township, Grey County. She married Peter McDonald in 1926. Beatrice McDonald later lived in Chatsworth, Grey County. She likely was also related to William McKinley Sr. (b. 1819 in Scotland) and his wife Beatrice McKinley (b. 1829 in Scotland). This older couple had emigrated in 1856. They too were in the 1901 census, as were her parents. Beatrice McDonald, was a grand-daughter of William Penner of Sullivan Township, Grey County, who had emigrated from Ireland in the 19th-century. The circa 1880 map of Sullivan Township present in the H. Belden illustrated atlas of Grey County has the William Penner farm labelled. |
Collection |
Personal Gear |
Material |
Metal/Brass/Enamel/Ink |
Found |
Grey County, Ontario |
People |
McDonald, Beatrice McDonald, Peter |
Subjects |
Dry goods stores Anniversaries Clothing & dress |
Search Terms |
Grafton & Company |