As kids, we were intrigued by a ferocious-looking tiger skin rug at Aunt Annie's house, and wondered how it made its way to Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Well, it seems it was sent by Bessie Lovell, Jessie (Fraser) Lovell's sister-in-law. Bessie Lovell graduated from Nursing School in 1897 and worked in Africa.
 |
A 1953 newspaper reprint of a photo of the graduating nursing class of 1897.
Bessie Lovell is at the left. |
 |
| Bessie Lovell in Africa |
 |
| Bessie's note on the back of the photo above. |
A letter home, dated Sept. 6, 1935 has the sad line "Sister Bessie's last letter" noted at the top.
An undated letter reports Bessie's sudden death in Nairobi:
