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certificate, birth

Catalog Number
2017.34.7
Date of Origin
1886
Artist/Author
none
Materials
paper
Dimensions
7.75 in.
Description
Certificate of Birth, white with black ink, from the Registrar General of the Province of Ontario, Canada.  Certificate made out for the birth of Harry H. Dunn. 
There is an orange seal in the lower left corner.
History
Harry E. Dunn was born in Canada on 9-13-1886. He married Ruth Reidsema (1894-1989) in Grand Haven, MI on 5-26-1921. he died in Holland, MI on 2-24-1948 and was buried in Pilgrim Home.

The Holland city directories from 1924 through 1945 list Harry's place of employment as W.E. Dunn Mfg. Company, located in Holland, MI. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Harry and Ruth lived in Holland at 562 Lawndale Ct.

Harry has several patents. One is for a brick machine.

https://www.google.com/patents/US1908640
Gift of
Van Lente, Jan