Remembering the 1918 Flu Pandemic
This post was originally published on the Oshawa Museum Blog oshawamuseum.wordpress.com I was inspired by a colleague to take a closer look at victims of the 1918 Flu pandemic buried …
Receiving Vaults
If you ever wondered what a receiving vault was used for check out this blog post I wrote for the Oshawa Museum. I was fortunate, along with Curator Melissa Cole, …
White Bronze Monuments Tea and Talk
I am excited to be featured as October’s Tea & Talk speaker at the Oshawa Museum. I am highlighting the White Bronze (zinc) monuments in Union Cemetery, the history of …
Save the Date! Oshawa Historical Society Speaker Series – September 17, 2019
I am excited to be kicking off the next season of the Oshawa Historical Society’s Speaker Series to discuss my upcoming book project, My Dearest Mina: A Tale of Love …
White Bronze Monument Tour
Saturday June 1 join me and the Oshawa Museum for a tour of Union Cemetery in Oshawa focusing on white bronze monuments. Nestled among the marble and granite markers you …
Dead Man’s Penny – Memorial Death Plaque
Originally published in AGS Quarterly, Association of Gravestone Studies, Volume 41, Winter 2017 By: Laura Suchan and Jennifer Weymark, Oshawa Museum The Government of Canada has designated the period 2014-2020 as …
Cast Iron Caskets
In 1933 a small headline appeared in the Toronto Daily Star, Bearded Man Seen In Casket Window. The article goes on to state the discovery of a cast iron casket …