Anglin Family Papers, 1874-1955 (Bulk: 1914-1926). 2 boxes (1
linear feet). Born in Cork, Ireland to a prosperous family, the
Anglin siblings began immigrating to Canada and the United
States in 1903. The first to relocate to Canada, brothers Will
and Sydney pursued vastly different careers, one as a
Presbyterian minister and the other as a salesman at a Toronto
slaughterhouse. George and Crawford both served in the military
during World War I, the former in the British Infantry as a
medical officer and the latter in the 4th University Overseas
Company first in France and later in Belgium where he died
saving the life of a wounded soldier. Gladys Anglin trained as a
nurse, but worked in a Canadian department store and at the
Railway Office before suffering a mental breakdown and entering
the Ontario Hospital as a patient. Ethel remained in Ireland the
longest where she taught Domestic Economics at a technical
school. The only Anglin to immigrate to the United States and
the only female sibling to marry, Ida a