Slide shows (L to R):
Front: Doug McCoy, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean, boy (ID), Sheril Mathews, Janice Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Johnnie and Sarah Weiler
Back: Ted Hansen, Pat McCoy, Don McDevitt
Slide shows (L to R):
Front: Doug McCoy, Philip Bergman, Ian Maclean, boy (ID), Sheril Mathews, Janice Maclean, Jeannie Mathews, Johnnie and Sarah Weiler
Back: Ted Hansen, Pat McCoy, Don McDevitt
Slide shows judges (Blair Dickson and Wilfred Freeman) kneeling to measure the long jump with children looking on. At left are Brigid Weiler and Louise Reedel, with Johnny Weiler and Dianne Noble in front of them. Other kids need (ID).
Slide shows judges (Blair Dickson and Wilfred Freeman) kneeling to measure the long jump with children looking on. At left are Brigid Weiler and Louise Reedel, with Johnny Weiler and Dianne Noble in front of them. Other kids need (ID).
"To Doris,Love from M. Freeman, Easter 1955" written on verso.
Back, L to R: Charlie Jeffery behind Ted Hansen, Linda Rexford, Doreen Guthrie, Lesley Forrest, MaryAnn Parry
Middle: Bert Summers, Barbie Pyner, Jenny Armstrong, Wayne Becque
Front: Keith Hawkins, Doris Hartman, Wendy Hansen, Nancy Layton (?), Johnny Hansen
"To Doris,Love from M. Freeman, Easter 1955" written on verso.
Back, L to R: Charlie Jeffery behind Ted Hansen, Linda Rexford, Doreen Guthrie, Lesley Forrest, MaryAnn Parry
Middle: Bert Summers, Barbie Pyner, Jenny Armstrong, Wayne Becque
Front: Keith Hawkins, Doris Hartman, Wendy Hansen, Nancy Layton (?), Johnny Hansen
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.