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Letter to William Osler, March 2, 1866
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Ellen Free Pickton Osler was born on December 14, 1806, in Cornwall, England. After her mother’s death in 1811, she was adopted by her mother’s sister Ann Wigmore and her husband Captain Britton. In 1837, she married Rev. Featherstone Lake Osler (1805–1895) and they moved to Canada where he worked as a missionary. They settled at Bond Head, Ontario, where they experienced the trials of pioneer life. Mrs. Osler, with a true spirit, devoted her efforts to helping her husband in his mission work. In 1876, they retired in Toronto. She was the mother of Featherston Osler (1838–1924), Justice of the Court of Appeal, Sir Edmund Boyd Osler (1845–1924), M.P., and Sir William Osler (1849–1919), professor of medicine. She died on March 18, 1907, in York, Ontario.
Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Ellen Osler gives her son permission to take music for the first quarter as a trial. She writes of two concerts, one at Ancaster, the other at Flambro, to raise money for the New Chancel and an organ. She relates news of Dundas, and of family and friends.
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