Fenton, Faith

1857 - 1936  (79 years)

• Name	Fenton, Faith
  	VARIANT NAMES: Freeman, Alice Matilda (real name); Brown, Mrs. John Nelson Elliott.
  Born	1857
  Gender	Female
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1898	Stikine River Trail, BC
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1898-1905	Dawson, Yukon
  	departed for Toronto in 1905
  Died	1936
  Person ID	I537	Camera Workers | F, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Faith Fenton portrait. Photographed by J. Fraser Bryce, a Toronto studio photographer. Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, no. PA-212241.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Photojournalist. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Faith Fenton, whose real name was Alice Freeman, was a school teacher and journalist who, as a special correspondent of the Toronto Globe, accompanied the Yukon Field Force to Dawson. Settling into Dawson, she married in 1900 William Ogilvie's physician and secretary, Dr. John Brown. They left Dawson in 1905 and moved to Toronto. REFERENCES: Backhouse (1995); Downie (1996); Waddington's auction catalogue, 1997 06 12. COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: personal papers, photos auctioned 12 Jun 1997, Waddington's, Toronto, ON.