Back row L-R: unknown except Cal Campbell on R
Middle row L-R: Eleanor Christiansen; ?; ?; Fred Brooks Jr, age 8; ?; Bob Hawkins, Bill Illman?, Frank Hayes
Front Row: Bob Christiansen on R
Back row L-R: unknown except Cal Campbell on R
Middle row L-R: Eleanor Christiansen; ?; ?; Fred Brooks Jr, age 8; ?; Bob Hawkins, Bill Illman?, Frank Hayes
Front Row: Bob Christiansen on R
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Ken Summers in conversation with Susan (Bone) Ellingsen, Dianne (Theal) Hentschel and Doreen (Huck) Thompson at his home on Lennea Place, Campbell River, 2005
Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated
Email exchange between Mike Manson and Lynne Jordan re: spelling of Beesley name/Beasley Road, 2013; photocopy of hand written notes on the Beasley Family, undated
Yvonne Kipp and Lynne Jordan in conversation with Dianne Hansen and Fred Reedel, children of Irv Reedel, about Squirrel Cove, with info from 1914-2013, 2013. Wealth of historic information
Yvonne Kipp and Lynne Jordan in conversation with Dianne Hansen and Fred Reedel, children of Irv Reedel, about Squirrel Cove, with info from 1914-2013, 2013. Wealth of historic information
Info and photographs scanned from CIMAS albums, Doreen Thompson and family, 1930s-2000s. Newsletters and articles written by and featuring Doreen & family (specifically daughters Debby & Janny Thompson), 1988-2007. Info on The History of Von Donop Creek exhibit and interviews by Doreen and Dianne Hentschel, 2000-2001. Memorial handout for Doreen, 2006. CIMAS letters from Lynne Jordan regarding Manson's Landing exhibit, Doreen's passing, and donations, 2006-2007. Donation notes, 2006. Printed search list of related items in museum fonds. Keywords: WNE
Info and photographs scanned from CIMAS albums, Doreen Thompson and family, 1930s-2000s. Newsletters and articles written by and featuring Doreen & family (specifically daughters Debby & Janny Thompson), 1988-2007. Info on The History of Von Donop Creek exhibit and interviews by Doreen and Dianne Hentschel, 2000-2001. Memorial handout for Doreen, 2006. CIMAS letters from Lynne Jordan regarding Manson's Landing exhibit, Doreen's passing, and donations, 2006-2007. Donation notes, 2006. Printed search list of related items in museum fonds. Keywords: WNE
Genealogical research from ancestry.com on Samuel Thompson; Nicholas Thompson and family, notably mentioning wife Mary McLeod and sons Leonard and Lethaniel; Nathaniel Ferguson Taggart (foster son of Nicholas & Mary) and the Vancouver Children's Home; and Miner Ira Farry/Furry/Ferry, friend of Thompson family, results from 1800s to 1900s. Excerpts from Alice Robertson's diary re: Robertson and Thompson properties, 1906. Emails regarding Nick Thompson family research, 2016
Genealogical research from ancestry.com on Samuel Thompson; Nicholas Thompson and family, notably mentioning wife Mary McLeod and sons Leonard and Lethaniel; Nathaniel Ferguson Taggart (foster son of Nicholas & Mary) and the Vancouver Children's Home; and Miner Ira Farry/Furry/Ferry, friend of Thompson family, results from 1800s to 1900s. Excerpts from Alice Robertson's diary re: Robertson and Thompson properties, 1906. Emails regarding Nick Thompson family research, 2016
Envelope from Heather Thomson containing scanned photographs of Thomson family in Whaletown, 1930s-1940s, and an article about Captain James Findlay, friend of the Thomsons, 1950. Email exchanges with Heather Thomson regarding Thomson family research, 2008. Keywords: Universal Timber, logging
Envelope from Heather Thomson containing scanned photographs of Thomson family in Whaletown, 1930s-1940s, and an article about Captain James Findlay, friend of the Thomsons, 1950. Email exchanges with Heather Thomson regarding Thomson family research, 2008. Keywords: Universal Timber, logging
Genealogical info on Tiber/Teuber family, results from 1800s-1985. Photocopies from CIMAS photo album with photographs, descriptions, and list of pre-emptions, 1892-1950. Scanned clippings featuring August Teuber, 1925. Excerpts from: In Paradise and On the West Coast by Barbara Ann Lambert; Destination Cortez by June Cameron; and Desolation Sound by Heather Harbord. "Cortes Island Back Then" by Gertie Lambert. Emails regarding Tiber/Teuber family research, 2007-2014
Genealogical info on Tiber/Teuber family, results from 1800s-1985. Photocopies from CIMAS photo album with photographs, descriptions, and list of pre-emptions, 1892-1950. Scanned clippings featuring August Teuber, 1925. Excerpts from: In Paradise and On the West Coast by Barbara Ann Lambert; Destination Cortez by June Cameron; and Desolation Sound by Heather Harbord. "Cortes Island Back Then" by Gertie Lambert. Emails regarding Tiber/Teuber family research, 2007-2014
Clipping Mr and Mrs A. E. Weaver's wedding anniversary, 1966. Email exchanges regarding Weaver family history, 2013. Obituary post for Jane Weaver, undated
Clipping Mr and Mrs A. E. Weaver's wedding anniversary, 1966. Email exchanges regarding Weaver family history, 2013. Obituary post for Jane Weaver, undated
Clippings with info on artists Mary and Brigid Weiler, 1969-2009. Obituary posts for Otto Weiler, 1973. Printed copies of some of Brigid Weiler's art, 2015-2016. Obituary post in Tideline for Alexandra "Johnny" Weiler, 2020
Clippings with info on artists Mary and Brigid Weiler, 1969-2009. Obituary posts for Otto Weiler, 1973. Printed copies of some of Brigid Weiler's art, 2015-2016. Obituary post in Tideline for Alexandra "Johnny" Weiler, 2020
Copies of documents re: Wood family and homestead between Carrington Bay and Von Donop. Maps with GPS coordinates of Wood house. Marriage certificate for Harold Marshall Wood and Mary Holt, 1911. Land Registry papers, 1915-1921. Death certificates, H. M. Wood, 1966 and M. H. Wood, 1972.
Copies of documents re: Wood family and homestead between Carrington Bay and Von Donop. Maps with GPS coordinates of Wood house. Marriage certificate for Harold Marshall Wood and Mary Holt, 1911. Land Registry papers, 1915-1921. Death certificates, H. M. Wood, 1966 and M. H. Wood, 1972.
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Bobby (Elizabeth) Corneille Ballantyne (1914-2009) was born in Vancouver and moved to Cortes Island as a young child. She was 4 years old when her father died suddenly on Marina Island in 1919; she remembers that they had to wait 3 days for a Union Steamship to get the body. Her mother Tena (Sarah Christena) Corneille (1877-1949) bought a tourist lodge at the east end of Gorge Harbour in 1929, and ran it until 1936 with the help of her two teen-age daughters. Gorge Harbour Lodge offered accommodations in the main building or in tents, tennis and badminton courts, and excellent boating, bathing and fishing. Vacationers came up from Vancouver on the Union Steamships for a round-trip ticket price of $6.65. The annual Regatta was the main social event of the season, with people arriving by boat from Cortes and the surrounding islands. It featured boat and swimming races, and a dance in the evening.
Gladys Georgeson Ballantyne (1882-1964), first came to Cortes in about 1910. In about 1920 she bought a property in Whaletown (now 640 Whaletown Rd.) that she called "Gypsy Hill". She was one of the original members of the Whaletown Friendly Circle, later the Whaletown Women's Institute. Gladys, her son Bill, daughter Valerie and her fiance were all on Cortes building a summer cottage when the Depression suddenly hit. Their off-island jobs fell through, and they remained at "Gypsy Hill" for the duration.
Bill Ballantyne (1908-1993) was in the Merchant Marine from 1924-1929. When he was unable to find work on ships during the Depression, he took whatever jobs he could find hand-logging and fishing. Bill and Bobby Corneille were married in 1937. They and other young Whaletown residents formed the Gorge Harbour Dramatic Society to help raise funds to build a community hall, and Bill was the work boss of the building crew for the Gorge Hall. In 1941 they moved to Victoria, and after the war settled in Courtenay with their two sons Peter and Ross. In the late 1950s they returned to Whaletown on Cortes Island where they fished for many years on the gulf troller “Viking”. During that time many young “deckhands” spent time aboard during summer vacations. On retirement, Campbell River became their home.
Custodial History
Electronic records were downloaded in 2012 from an internet address provided by Peter Ballantyne. One photograph was scanned from a photograph temporarily loaned by John and De Clarke.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Gorge Harbour Lodge and Lodge activities, the Corneille and Ballantyne families, and Gladys Ballantyne's house, Gypsy Hill.
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Family trees of Cortes residents throughout history. Filing note: if a file exists for the person, put their family tree there rather than the general file
Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012
Notes about Reverend Rollo Boas and Kathleen (Kay) Boas, undated (1940s?); scanned photographs: Boas family, 1946 and Squirrel Cove Church burning, 1948; excerpt from The Columbia is Coming mentioning rev Boas, 1982; Posts in WNE by Rollo Boas, 1990; CIMAS News Release "A Woman's Perspective of Life on the Missionary Ships," 2000; posts in Cortes Marketer about Kathleen Boas, 2006, 2007 (obituary); notes on Boas family by Lynne Jordan, 2012