Fred & Edith’s 100th Wedding Anniversary
Today, to celebrate New Year’s Eve, we have the opportunity to share something very special. It’s the one hundredth wedding anniversary of Edith and Fred Baragar! The wedding announcement card above (from Edith’s parents) is a blank one contained in the University of Manitoba’s Frederick D. Baragar fonds.
We have spent over five years documenting Fred’s First World War story, and a large portion of that has been the story of Fred and Edith, from their engagement on the last day they saw each other before Fred left for war, to the ring he sent for her during Christmas 1915, the declaration that they could plan their wedding after the 1918 armistice, to their reunion in April 1919.
Their wedding announcement appeared in the Winnipeg newspapers on 3 January 1920. The following article is the clipping from page 19 of the Jan. 3rd Winnipeg Evening Tribune.
Wishing a very happy New Year to each and every one of you!















