Rex & Juliana Ewing (Closed)
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Glimpse into family and social life of the British military in this room. Alexander (Rex) Ewing was the last British Officer stationed at Fredericton. Rex and his new bride, Juliana, lived in Fredericton from 1867 to 1869. Juliana was a gifted artist and writer. Her sketches adorn the display panel in this room.
Juliana's letters home have been published and in one letter she made a complaint about Fredericton street signage. She insisted that the streets had no names. Though the streets had been named in 1818 none were labelled and obviously had not become part of popluar usage by the 1860s. It was not until 1913, long after the Ewing's time, with the introduction of door to door mail delivery that street name signs and numbers became a common feature. Many of the City's street names commemorate early Loyalist settler.
A title of one of Juliana's works, Brownies (1870), proved inspirational to Lord Baden Powell who adopted the term for a group of the Girl Guides.
Rex was a gifted amateur composer sho wrote the music for the famous 19th century hymn "Jerusalem the Golden."
Juliana was the subject of one of the Officers' Quarterly featuring "Glimpes of the Past" and Rex Ewing was featured in the Officers' Quarters in "Behind Every Successful Woman: The Story of Alexander Ewing."
For more information about Juliana visit this website.
The York Sunbury Museum will loan this exhibit from its exhibit collection to recognized institutions, such as libraries and museums.
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