Ontario Families in West China
Item
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Title
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Ontario Families in West China
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Caption
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Two St Mary's girls in WMS, George & Edith Sparling,back, Dorothy Sparling, Miss Sweitzer. front
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Identifier
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AEJ_165
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Alternative Identifier
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125
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Description
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Group portrait of George and Dorothy Sparling, with George's cousin Edith (who was the accountant for the Canadian Methodist Mission) and Dorothy's sister or other relative, and two additional missionaries with the Women's Missionary Society. From the caption it seems that the two unnamed women missionaries are placed one in the front and the other in the back, while the relatives are placed with each other with the Sparlings in the back and the Switzers in the front. They are posing in front of a verandah alcove with a window behind.
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Commentary
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St Mary's is a small town in Ontario where George and Annie Dorothy Sparling came from. Switzer was Dorothy's maiden name, so it seems she had a sister who came out to West China with the Women's Missionary Society (WMS). Edith Plaxton Sparling was George's cousin who came to West China with the WMS in 1909.
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Date Created
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1915
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Location
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Chengdu, Sichuan
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Original Format
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Photographic Print
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Source
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Ken Johns
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Provenance
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Johns Family Archives
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2025-05-31
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott; Ken Johns
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Type
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Still Image
