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Biggs, Bertha Nevada
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[ca. 1890] - 1980
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Mrs. Bertha Nevada Biggs was born in ca. 1890. She taught elocution as a speech consultant in the 1940s, specializing in the training of radio and theatrical personalities. She was a strong supporter of the Edmonton Little Theatre and occasionally directed. During the 1929 season she participated in the Chataqua which travelled in northern Alberta from Grande Prairie to Pouce Coupe. She was also known as a society hostess in the 1930s. Her husband, Major Jesse C. Biggs, a veteran of the South African and First World Wars, was the principal of J.C. Biggs and Company, stock brokers. Bertha Biggs passed away in 1980.
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AR-MS-338
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City of Edmonton Archives