I seems a reasonable guess that perhaps the items belonged to a CEF soldier. I looked through each of the CEF papers online for George Chisholm. See
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020106_e.html There is a George R. Chisholm who had a Saskatoon address. See
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/ren1/018301a.gif Born George Roderick Chisholm, Pictou, NS, son of George Roderick Chisholm.
Enlisted 1917, Winnipeg, MB.
Also found this entry for "Fallen Heroes of Nutana," (The Saskatoon Collegiate Institute, the original name for Nutana Collegiate) including George Roderick Chisholm:
http://schools.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/Nutan/Fallen_heroes.htmlAlso at Commonwealth War Graves site.
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casua... Name: CHISHOLM, GEORGE RODERICK
Initials: G R
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Private
Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Unit Text: "C" Coy. 78th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 148804
Additional information: Son of George Roderick Chisholm and Ida Maud Chisholm, of 1863, Oak Bay
Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia. Born at Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Since his parents later lived in Victoria, BC, at the time, I checked their Vital Statistics and found who appear to be his parents.
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-12AA713/gbsearch/Death... Name: George Roderick Chisholm
Event Date: 1940 11 29 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 81
Gender: male
Event Place: Victoria
Reg. Number: 1940-09-580966
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13169
GSU Microfilm Number: 1953629
There are 2 entries for Ida Maud Chisholm. My guess is the lady who d. in 1932 was the mother. Perhaps the lady who d. in 1984 was a sister?
Also see British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid
http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/homepage.html Includes at Royal Oak Burial Park (Section G), Victoria
George Roderick Chisholm
Ida Maud Chisholm
Ida Maud Chisholm (Bird)
Also in Section G (May or may not be related.)
E. C. Chisholm (There is an Elizabeth C. Chisholm, d. 1938, age 74, and an Elizabeth Childholm, d. 1939, age 89, in Vital Statistics) Rainey Chisholm (d. 1928, age 49)
1901 census
District: NS PICTOU (#38)
Subdistrict: Pictou (Town/Ville) b(1)-3 Page 9
18 Â 92 Chisholm George M Â Head M Jun 16 1859 41
19 Â 92 Chisholm Ida M F Â Wife M Jan 89 1860 41
20 Â 92 Chisholm Annie L F Â Daughter S Dec 1 1885 15
21 Â 92 Chisholm Gladys C F Â Daughter S Sep 2 1887 13
22 Â 92 Chisholm Cagril M Â Son S Mar 14 1889 12
23 Â 92 Chisholm Ida W F Â Daughter S Apr 27 1890 10
24 Â 92 Chisholm George R M Â Son S Mar 15 1897 4
Cagril??? Found a Colin Chisholm, b. Pictou, NS., son of G. R. Chisholm, with a Manitoba address in 1915.
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