Back in the early days of birth, marriage and death registrations, many events went without being registered. The 1896 birth of Lavina MacKenzie is one such example. She didn't obtain a certificate of birth until 1965. What is especially interesting to me, is that Lavina, who married Frederick Bird in 1918, was delivered by midwife Mrs. Swanson - one of my maternal great great grandmothers.
Fast forward many years when Fred & Lavina's son Ernie joined the Aldergrove Volunteer Fire Department and he, along with wife Sharon, became life long friends with my parents. Many of you will remember that Fred & Lavina built Bird's Store at 64th & 264th in 1946, which the family owned until its sale in 1959, shortly after Fred passed away.
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