Rosary from the Pochon estate at Port Hope

Artifact Number:

2020-067

Description

A bead-based rosary with a 3 cm tall cross.  This was donated by the Port Hope Historic Wastes Office and is claimed to have come from the home of Marcel Pochon, which was located in Port Hope, ON.  Pochon was a chemist who worked under Madame Curie in the 1930s and who later took over leadership of the Port Hope facility that extracted radium from pitchblend.  No details are known as to whom the rosary belonged.

Details

Keywords:
memento; pioneers
Date:
~1940
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