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Ethel Wright, left, formally became a Canadian citizen yesterday on her 95th birthday
Ethel Wright, left, formally became a Canadian citizen yesterday on her 95th birthday

Ethel Wright, left, formally became a Canadian citizen yesterday on her 95th birthday

Date4/11/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ethel Wright, left, formally became a Canadian citizen yesterday on her 95th birthday. In a brief ceremony by citizen court Judge Peter Murray, centre, Wright, who lives at the Metro Legion Village in Scarborough, received her certificate and a Bible. Wright, whose close friend May Warburton witnessed the ceremony, came over from Yorkshire, England 7 years ago to visit her daughter.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024756F
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