Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1956.031.001 |
Object Name |
Skimmer, Kitchen |
Description |
This is a heavy iron skimmer (shaped like a ladle) that has a long, flat handle that curls over at the end. The centre of the handle tapers inward and is rounded. A metal cup with several small circular holes in it, is attached to the other end of the handle. "V.STRAUBE" is stamped into the handle. |
Date |
1860 |
Date |
1875 |
Dimensions |
L-19.8 Dia-14.6 cm |
History |
Valentine Straube (1825-1903) was a tinsmith and locksmith in the Village of Waterloo in the 1860s and 1870s. According to the 1901 census, he and his wife, Katarina/Katherine Grzeczkowska (1831-1918) emigrated from Prussia to Canada around 1854. This census also listed them as being Polish, while earlier census listed them as German. They are Roman Catholic. They moved to Hibbert Township, Perth County in the late 1870s or early 1880s, and then to Manitoba by 1901. |
People |
Straube, Valentine |