Grand Lodge Ladies Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen Payment Receipt for Dues, Catherine Deavy, 1971
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Grand Lodge Ladies Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen Payment Receipt for Dues, Catherine Deavy, 1971Entry/Object ID
2021.1694.01Description
Distinguishing Features: Yellow coloured paper with black inkContext
Original document, this receipt was issued to Catherine Deavy in 1970. Catherine Deavy was the wife of H. B. Deavy, a locomotive engineer who worked for Canadian National. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian National, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen