Kit Coleman
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Kathleen (Kit) Coleman, her husband Dr. Coleman, their children Thady and Patricia, and their dogs lived in Copper Cliff from 1899 to 1901.
Catherine Ferguson was born at Castle Blakeney in May 1864 near Galway, Ireland. She emigrated to Canada in 1884. During the Spanish-American War of 1898, Kathleen Blake volunteered to go to Cuba to cover the battle activity at the front. The Toronto Mail sent her to Cuba, Upon her return from Cuba, Kit married Theobald Coleman (her third husband) and moved to Copper Cliff, where her husband was company doctor for the Canadian Copper Company. |
Copper Cliff Hospital with the Coleman home on the right of the photo (large white house on Park Street west of Granite Street). Photo Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums Collection
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From the 1901 Census of Canada, Dr. TimothyTheobald Coleman, Age: 34, Birth Day & Month: 16 Jan 1867, Birthplace: Ontario, English, Nationality: Canadian, Religion:, Church Of England, Occupation: M D Canadian Copper Company First Medical Doctor, Province: Ontario, District: Nipissing District Number: 92, Sub-District: McKim, his wife Kattleen Coleman, Age 34, born 16 May 1866 Birthplace: Ireland, son Edward Coleman Age 15, born 30 Jul 1885, Birthplace: Ontario and daughter Kathleen Coleman Age 12, born 5 Nov 1888, Birthplace: Ontario
Bedlington puppies, with a neighbourhood cat, north of the Copper Cliff Hospital (under construction circa 1903). Library and Archives Canada
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One of Kit's passions was raising award-winning Beddlington terriers. In August of 1901 Mrs. Coleman was awarded first prize
for her Bedlington terrier, Gypsy, at the International Dog Show, held at the
Canadian national Exhibition in Toronto.
In September of 1904, prizes were again awarded to Kit and her daughter at the Toronto Dog Show. 
From The Globe September 6, 1904 - Dog Show
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Kit was a friend and supporter of Pauline Johnson. When Pauline Johnson was in Sudbury, “Kit sent to Toronto for a bouquet of roses to present to Pauline at the performance. She kept them in a regrigerator. They wilted to a dark borwn on their journey to the hall, much to the disappointment of our hostess.” From Buckskin & Broadcloth: A Celebration of E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake by Sheila M. F. Johnston
Read the following letter from Kit Coleman, written June 5, 1902. Letter is from the Private Collection of Maureen Frith.
Read the following letter from Kit Coleman, written June 5, 1902. Letter is from the Private Collection of Maureen Frith.
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In 1901 the Colemans moved to Hamilton, Ontario. In 1904, in order to fight discrimination against women in the journalism profession, she helped establish the Canadian Women's Press Club, and was named its first President.
Read more about Kit Coleman at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ferguson_catherine_14E.html. See also Places - Buildings of Note - Copper Cliff Hospital |