Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members.
Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns.
We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
Family trees were researched by Bernice McGowan (1387 Bodington Rd, Whaletown, BC) in 2022. The Manson family tree was provided to CIMAS by Greg Johnson (2837 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1X2; phone # 604 897 5925) in 2022.
Scope and Content
Series consists of family trees of Cortes Island settler families, with notes on related people and events. These trees are intended to help identify links between families on Cortes. Sources include online databases (e.g. Family Search.org, Ancestry.com and Canada Archives), CIMAS Archives and Information files, interviews and correspondence with family members.
Families researched include: Aldrich; Barrett; Borden; Byers; Cafferata; Froud; Hawkins; Hayes, Ashford and Griffin; Heay; Manson; Marquette; Middleton; Nichols; Percival and Saunders; Petznick; Pickles; Smith; (Carr) Smith& Marflett; Tiber; Tooker; Valley.The family trees and notes are kept in a binder labelled "Cortes Family Trees Project", located above the public access computer in the May Ellingsen Archives Room. Files are not available online due to privacy concerns.
We acknowledge that these trees are of white settler families and reflect colonization of ancestral homelands and displacement of the Indigenous Peoples who have thrived here for generations. We would welcome the opportunity to add those families to our records.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports and of a Special Meeting to amend the Constitution to change the procedure for electing the Executive. Topics include kitchen renovations, repositioning the generator; expanding the rear of the Hall for storage; tax funding.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports and of a Special Meeting to amend the Constitution to change the procedure for electing the Executive. Topics include kitchen renovations, repositioning the generator; expanding the rear of the Hall for storage; tax funding.
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club Health & Welfare Committee reports, executive and general meeting minutes, Gorge Hall usage list, Gorge Hall manager's report, and financial reports. Also contains correspondence regarding the Whaletown Cemetery. Series was accessioned as a sheaf of loose papers.
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club Health & Welfare Committee reports, executive and general meeting minutes, Gorge Hall usage list, Gorge Hall manager's report, and financial reports. Also contains correspondence regarding the Whaletown Cemetery. Series was accessioned as a sheaf of loose papers.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports. Topics include the installation of new septic/grey water tanks; list of Hall upgrades 1997-2013; transfer of WCC records more than 7 years old to the Cortes Museum for long-term preservation.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports. Topics include the installation of new septic/grey water tanks; list of Hall upgrades 1997-2013; transfer of WCC records more than 7 years old to the Cortes Museum for long-term preservation.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports. (No minutes from AGM). Topics include plans for a cemetery expansion; the need to upgrade septic and water systems to meet VIHA requirements.
File contains minutes of general and executive meetings with associated financial and committee reports. (No minutes from AGM). Topics include plans for a cemetery expansion; the need to upgrade septic and water systems to meet VIHA requirements.
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive and general meeting minutes, and various reports. Of interest: The Old Schoolhouse Gallery's application to become a nonprofit and correspondence relating to the Louisa Tooker Library. Topics include renovations to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, a new water system (disconnected from Gordie Carr's well) and a cemetery expansion.
The Febrary minutes were accessioned as a sheaf of loose papers.
Series consists of Whaletown Community Club executive and general meeting minutes, and various reports. Of interest: The Old Schoolhouse Gallery's application to become a nonprofit and correspondence relating to the Louisa Tooker Library. Topics include renovations to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, a new water system (disconnected from Gordie Carr's well) and a cemetery expansion.
The Febrary minutes were accessioned as a sheaf of loose papers.
File contains executive and general meeting minutes, financial reports, social convenor's reports, social and community events list, house and grounds reports, and bulletins. Also included are documents and reports pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and the transfer of the two Whaletown Cemetery properties to the WCC.
File contains executive and general meeting minutes, financial reports, social convenor's reports, social and community events list, house and grounds reports, and bulletins. Also included are documents and reports pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and the transfer of the two Whaletown Cemetery properties to the WCC.
File contains correspondence, including correspondence pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and to the transfer of title and possible amalgamation into one property of the old and new Whaletown cemeteries.
File contains correspondence, including correspondence pertaining to the Old Schoolhouse Gallery and to the transfer of title and possible amalgamation into one property of the old and new Whaletown cemeteries.
