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Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.064.059 |
Object Name |
Sidesaddle |
Title |
Woman's Side Saddle |
Lexicon category |
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Description |
Woman's leather side saddle with intricate stitching and metal stirrups, used in the 1880s. |
Provenance |
This item originally belonged to Mary McKinley (neé Penner) of Bognor, Grey County who married William McKinley, a Bognor blacksmith. They later lived at Holland Centre, Grey County. Subsequently owned by their daughter, Beatrice McDonald (neé McKinley), who was married to Peter McDonald, and lived in Grey County, Ontario. Beatrice McDonald later lived at Chatsworth, Ontario. She likely was also related to Wm. McKinley Sr. (b. 1819 in Scotland) and his wife Beatrice McKinley (b. 1829 in Scotland). This older couple had emigrated in 1856. They were in the 1901 census, as were her parents. |
Collection |
Transportation, Horses & Equipment Collection |
Material |
Leather/Metal/Thread |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
McKinley, William McDonald, Beatrice |
Subjects |
Horses Horseback riding Saddles Women |
Search Terms |
Bognor |