Most of these photos and letters are from Donna Coombs of Camrose, Alberta.

Tom Glendenning, young Tom, Isabel (Donna's mom) and Frances Bowman Glendenning

Frances Glendenning holding Nancy, Tom standing, Isabel seated:



 
 

and here is a bit of surviving letter from Frances to her sister Ethel Wake back in England, telling of getting her teeth taken out, the hard work in Saskatchewan,  and complaining about the unhelpfulness of young Tom with the new baby.


 

and here is some more from Frances to Ethel, perhaps complaining about a 3rd sister, Mary, asking for "Jim" to come over to help with the harvest, and again complaining about the unhelpfulness of young Tom.

 

 

and here is a bit from the Moose Jaw Times Sept 30, 1927:


 
 

By this certificate, it appears that Frances Bowman would have been 32 on Oct. 15, 1927, if she had lived 2 weeks more.  By this,  her birthdate would be Oct. 14 or 15, 1895 but in other sources her birthdate is given as March.


 

and here is a letter about the fire to Mrs. Wake, Frances' Bowman's sister Ethel, from a neighbour of the Glendennings:


 

 
 

 

 
 



 
 
 


 


 
 
 
 


 
 

 

On the following map of the Glendenning homestead, you can see that Mrs. Compton, who wrote the letter is kitty-corner to the Glendennings in Section 15.


 
 
 
 

 

 

and here is Darmody in relation to Moose Jaw:

 

 


 
 
 


 
 
 

 

Following is Tom Glendenning, Sr.'s letter to Ethel Wake:


the annotation is by Isabel (Glendenning) Torpe
 

and page 2:


 

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