Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
File contains certificates of registration of guns and shotguns to Basil Whiting (1940) and Muriel Whiting (1943); three permits to sell and three permits to purchase (1943); two negatives of sailors on a ship's deck (presumably Basil Whiting).
File contains certificates of registration of guns and shotguns to Basil Whiting (1940) and Muriel Whiting (1943); three permits to sell and three permits to purchase (1943); two negatives of sailors on a ship's deck (presumably Basil Whiting).
File consists of correspondence on local matters, personal matters, and regarding William Whiting's Alberta property and settling the estate after his death. It includes a letter advising Muriel Whiting she must use her legal name Muriel Alice Horner in all legal matters.
File consists of correspondence on local matters, personal matters, and regarding William Whiting's Alberta property and settling the estate after his death. It includes a letter advising Muriel Whiting she must use her legal name Muriel Alice Horner in all legal matters.
File consists of offers of fuit trees and rose bushes from the BC Nurseries Company and a "Scribbler" notebook with Muriel Whiting's notes on growing fruit trees and bushes, with some newspaper clippings between the pages.
File consists of offers of fuit trees and rose bushes from the BC Nurseries Company and a "Scribbler" notebook with Muriel Whiting's notes on growing fruit trees and bushes, with some newspaper clippings between the pages.
File contains records relating to the Whiting's egg business: feed orders and price lists, bills, receipts for eggs sold and Union Steamship bills of lading.
File contains records relating to the Whiting's egg business: feed orders and price lists, bills, receipts for eggs sold and Union Steamship bills of lading.
File consists of correspondence and bills of lading. It includes a letter re a title search of his Cortes property and a mention of correspondence problems because of the sinking of a mail boat.
File consists of correspondence and bills of lading. It includes a letter re a title search of his Cortes property and a mention of correspondence problems because of the sinking of a mail boat.
File consists of correspondence re Basil Whiting's stay in Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River and in the Queen Alexandria Solarium for Crippled Children in Victoria and includes letters from Basil.
File consists of correspondence re Basil Whiting's stay in Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River and in the Queen Alexandria Solarium for Crippled Children in Victoria and includes letters from Basil.