Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
Photograph of Mike Manson and his wife Jane, John Manson, Wilf Manson and daughter Dorothy, seated on logs on the beach. The photograph was taken on Mittlenatch Island when sheep were kept there.
John Manson (1868-1959) was born in the Shetland Islands and migrated to British Columbia in 1887, where he joined his brother Michael Manson on Cortes Island. He married Margaret Ellen Smith in 1894 and they had four children: Jack (born 1896), Anna (1898), Rose (1900) and Nicol (1906). The family lived at Sunny Brae Farm, on the south-east side of Cortes, across from Twin Islands.
Custodial History
Most of the files in this series were in an old wooden box when transferred to the archives, suggesting that they were collected from John Manson's house as a unit.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by John Manson of Sunny Brae farm, including legal documents, financial records, correspondence and ephemera.
Mike Herrewig, Ethel Tiber, Lyle Pickles, May Freeman, Harold Pickles, Florence Hayes, Alice Hayes, Nora Hayes, Bernadette Petznick, Stuart Lambert, Veronica Tiber, Arthur Pickles
Mike Herrewig, Ethel Tiber, Lyle Pickles, May Freeman, Harold Pickles, Florence Hayes, Alice Hayes, Nora Hayes, Bernadette Petznick, Stuart Lambert, Veronica Tiber, Arthur Pickles
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of the Manson's Landing wharf, taken from the water at high tide. It includes the oil and wharf sheds on the dock, an unknown scow boat with cabin at the float and the store ashore. Note: telephone poles from the original phone line across the mouth of the lagoon; higher banks along the shoreline.
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)
Photograph of Manson's Landing wharf, with Cat and Kitten Islands in the bacckground. Their are two sheds at the end of the dock above the ramp, and an old car is parked beside them. (date?)