File contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
File contains records for a project undertaken by the St. James Ladies' Guild to mark and name put grave markers for all the plots in the Manson's Landing cemetery. Records are written one to a page on the back sides of a Canadian postal guide; some contain biographical information. Also included is a history of the cemetery and some correspondence.
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.
