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Jean Stewart Bowden Craighead photo album 1914

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DescriptionAlbum of photographs taken at Craighead School for Girls. Named to Jean Stewart Bowden and dated 1914. Includes handwritten captions.

Further information from the Craighead archivist that helps identify those in the photos is listed below:

Ailie and Nancy Gillies were both at Craighead from 1913 to 1920. Ailie later in life, moved to South Africa and worked for the Blind. Possibly they were twins?Nancy was head prefect in 1920. Their younger sister Betty started in 1917 and left in 1927. Also appears in album as A.G.

The drill mistress's surname was variously spelt Doby, Dobie and Dobbie by different students, but I found a source that indicated the latter Dobbie spelling was correct.

Some of the abbreviations in the album may be useful for family history researchers:
E.S. = Elizabeth Shand, aka Miss Elizabeth, one of the 4 Shand sisters at Craighead and was the music teacher.
F.S. = Fanny Shand. Headmistress, from 1914 to 1926
Mo = Mary Macdonald (her sister Dorothy was one of the original pupils when the school opened in 1911). Mary was head prefect in 1914.
E.R. = Eulalie Robert's who in WWII was a Major in NZWRAC and was awarded the MBE.
K.H. = Kathleen Holmes, pupil in 1914.
Me = owner of the album =Jean Bowden = JB (album given by Stewart Bowden), at Craighead 1914-15.
Kitty = Kitty Lane aka K.L.
P.H. = Phyllis Hargreaves
A.B. = Adele Beckett
N.G. = Nancy Gillies (see above)
Enid = Enid Hallenstein at Craighead 1913-15.
P.P = Phyllis Pinckney (who had 5 younger sisters who also went to Craighead).
G.T. = Gonda Teschemaker
C.M = Colleen McFarlane
W.D. = Winnie Douglas
M. Barnett = Marjorie Barnett

Some initials that are unclear or match more than one person so these are not covered.

Redcastle is a heritage homestead in Taward street North Oamaru built in 1903. Date1914SubjectSchools and EducationSocial LifeSportAccess to OriginalNot held in the collection, contact the archivist at Craighead School.

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Jean Stewart Bowden Craighead photo album 1914