Month: July 2024

A look back at the Aldergrove Star from 24 January 1973, when our community newspaper drew the ire of the Township mayor while Abbotsford's mayor was pondering Aldergrove's secession into a new municipality with parts of west Abbotsford. Then, back at the Township mayor and the pondering of amalgamation with the city. The more things change, the more they stay the same?

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As we head into what promises to be a very hot weekend, this week's Victory Garden article is a timely discussion about irrigation. Also check out a couple of events that are taking place in our community this weekend, as well as a couple that are coming up later this month.

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Four years ago I posted about the Alfred Bynum family (search Bynum on our page). I've made a few references to the County Line family in a few other posts since then, but now I have more to the story. I knew that the family moved away from the County Line community in the mid 1930s, going to the Harrison Mills area. Thanks to a story in the Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society's books, we now have more details about the family's "life after Aldergrove".

The Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society operates the Agassiz Harrison Museum and one of the photos is from the online photo collection held by Kilby Historic Site. Never underestimate the importance of museums & archives in nearby communities when conducting your family history research. 😉

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Over this past weekend, we came into possession of a real estate transactions book that dates from 1969 to 1977. Unfortunately little is known about the book, but it possibly belonged to Paris Realty, and only 1 page in the entire book lists a location for the property being sold. We haven't scanned the entire book yet, but here are a few sample pages. With a bit of research, we're confident we'll be able to place most, if not all, of the properties in the book. Once it has been fully scanned and indexed it will be available online, probably in the winter/spring 2024/2025.

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From the Aldergrove Star Collection, 1993.

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From the Aldergrove Star Collection, dated 1993.

We haven't had a chance to go through the newspapers to find names and activities, but we'll get there soon-ish. =)

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Nothing says "Happy Canada Day" like a group of fine young hockey-playing Aldergrove youths winning the annual Atom Hockey Tournament in November 2013. =)

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