Collection comprises nine large maps of Cortes Island with handwritten family trees on the back sides, created when Marg Sullivan handed out the maps at a gathering and asked everyone present to write their family trees down. Families documented include: Sullivan, Marg and Sully; Smith, Marion; Jeffery, Baron and Nellie Smith; Ringwood, Gail and Stephen; Campbell, Duane and Florence; Hansen, Hazel and Ken; Rogers, Art and Hendon, Del; McDevitt, Lottie; Borden, Vern (Borden homestead is marked on the map); Froud family; Petznick family; Beesley family; Hayes family; Mike Manson family; John Manson family; Morrison, David Reekie; Lambert family; Padgett family; Tiber (Teuber) family; Henry Hague family.
Margaret (Marg) Sullivan (1934-2017) was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba. She married Clarence “Sully” Sullivan in 1955, and they moved to Cortes Island in the early 1980s, taking an active part in community affairs. Marg was a stained-glass artist, and she created the windows for St. Saviour-By-The-Sea Church overlooking Cortes Bay. Each personalized window commemorates a long-time Cortes resident and there is a fascinating story behind the creation of each window. Marg also custom designed the circular stained glass window above the entrance door of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in the Klahoose village of Tork in Squirrel Cove. This window is imbued with symbolism meaningful to the Klahoose First Nation and tells a story all its own. The Band Administrator in 1998 arranged for Marg to meet with Klahoose elders and artists to consider design elements the Band wished to have her incorporate in the window. She made research trips to the First Nations Museum at Alert Bay and to the Klahoose traditional lands in Toba Inlet before designing the window. Marg’s personal stories about each of these windows were recorded for preservation in the Museum’s Archives at a tea in 2015.
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Marg Sullivan in 2016.
Scope and Content
Collection comprises nine large maps of Cortes Island with handwritten family trees on the back sides, created when Marg Sullivan handed out the maps at a gathering and asked everyone present to write their family trees down. Families documented include: Sullivan, Marg and Sully; Smith, Marion; Jeffery, Baron and Nellie Smith; Ringwood, Gail and Stephen; Campbell, Duane and Florence; Hansen, Hazel and Ken; Rogers, Art and Hendon, Del; McDevitt, Lottie; Borden, Vern (Borden homestead is marked on the map); Froud family; Petznick family; Beesley family; Hayes family; Mike Manson family; John Manson family; Morrison, David Reekie; Lambert family; Padgett family; Tiber (Teuber) family; Henry Hague family.
Margaret Manson and three of her daughters walking down Granville Street in Vancouver.
L to R: Margaret Manson, Hazel (Manson) Herrewig, Florence (Manson) McKay, and Flossie (Manson) Kenny.
Margaret Manson and three of her daughters walking down Granville Street in Vancouver.
L to R: Margaret Manson, Hazel (Manson) Herrewig, Florence (Manson) McKay, and Flossie (Manson) Kenny.
Adam and Martha Thompson, Hazel Herrewig, Wilfred Freeman, Mrs. Niven, Mrs. Neen (Adam Thompson's sister), Margaret (sister of Jane) Manson, Wilfred Manson, Mike Manson, Jean Manson, John Manson, John Renwick, Mike Herrewig
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bert Middleton standing beside an open shed housing a donkey winch in a field at Deighton's Camp in Manson's. A house and barn can be seen in the background. (see photos # 2001.001.278, .279 and .280)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Bert Middleton standing beside an open shed housing a donkey winch in a field at Deighton's Camp in Manson's. A house and barn can be seen in the background. (see photos # 2001.001.278, .279 and .280)
Photograph of Margaret Middleton and Bob Gruchy on the deck of the S. S. Cowichan. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Margaret Middleton and Bob Gruchy on the deck of the S. S. Cowichan. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton on the deck of a Union Steamship. (This page has the caption "Easter Week, 1922, S. S. Cowichan" referring to four of the photos.)
Photograph of Margaret Middleton (seated in front of log) and Miss Hopwood (lying in front of her on the beach) with a house and outbuildings in the background.
Photograph of Margaret Middleton (seated in front of log) and Miss Hopwood (lying in front of her on the beach) with a house and outbuildings in the background.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of Joyce Allen, Dorothy Huck and Margaret Middleton standing on the wharf in Whaletown. Two women are sitting on a bench beside the freight shed behind them.
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
Photograph of Pauline Middleton, holding a fishing rod, with Verna Munro standing beside her at the edge of Delight Lake. The far shore of the small lake is clear in the background.
