Photograph of Stan and Peggy Anderson and Rita and Bill Petrie, with the Anderson's wedding cake between the two couples. Peggy and Rita were Munro sisters.
Photograph of Stan and Peggy Anderson and Rita and Bill Petrie, with the Anderson's wedding cake between the two couples. Peggy and Rita were Munro sisters.
Photograph of (L to R) Mabel Christensen, Buster Christensen, Eve Rickenbacker, (ID), and Mary (Ward) Anderson, dining at the Christensen home on Manson's Lagoon. Mary Ward married Elton Anderson following Oliver's death in 1970, outlived him and married Len Mumford.
Photograph of (L to R) Mabel Christensen, Buster Christensen, Eve Rickenbacker, (ID), and Mary (Ward) Anderson, dining at the Christensen home on Manson's Lagoon. Mary Ward married Elton Anderson following Oliver's death in 1970, outlived him and married Len Mumford.
Fonds consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and events, and one file of textual records, which includes a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about Cortes Island Day.
Peggy Newsham (1907-1999) was born in Belfast, Ireland. At the age of 16, she emigrated to Vancouver, Canada. In 1937, Peggy met Doll (Jeffery) Hansen and together they traveled on the Union Steamship to Cortes Island. She worked for Alice Robertson at Burnside in Whaletown, helping with the gardening, livestock and household chores. Peggy moved to Manson's Landing in the late 1960s, where she was active in the Community Club and took part in many social activities. She was crowned "Queen of Cortes" by acclamation at Cortes Day in 1979. There is a memorial to Peggy in the garden of the Cortes Island Museum.
Custodial History
Donated by Dennis Newsham and Frances Guthrie.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of Cortes Island people and events, and one file of textual records, which includes a 13 verse poem by Mabel Christensen, "Picnic", about Cortes Island Day.
Photograph of the infant Mary Agnes Tait in a wicker baby seat. Doreen Huck has identified this location as the Barrett homestead in Green Valley; the Barretts were the baby's grandparents.
Photograph of the infant Mary Agnes Tait in a wicker baby seat. Doreen Huck has identified this location as the Barrett homestead in Green Valley; the Barretts were the baby's grandparents.