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County Line Elementary - another old time school (albeit not in the original building) - that is no longer part of School District 35.

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Land transactions always help put together the record of a community's history, and in the Hart story, we have a number of clues to help put that story together. We have copies of the Land Pre-emptions made by men such as Lawrence Gilbert (who married Emily Jackman, daughter of Philip Jackman Sr) and John Walter Berry, but it's the later land sales and purchases that add substance to those stories by adding names, dates and places. We have a growing database of those names, dates and places which one day in the not too distant future (depends on volunteer availability to find, sort and enter the data) will be fully searchable and available for all to use.

#localhistory #storiesmatter

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Another County Line School photo has been found lurking in the files, this one from 1948. Names and spellings were provided by Norm Flowerdew at time of donation. Except for her attire, teacher Miss Eddy looks more like one of the students than she does a teacher.

#schooldays #localhistory #storiesmatter

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Why is it important to #tellyourstory? Why is it important to ask questions of your elders, to learn their story?

This 1992 death registration for Anna Caroline Stockton (nee Broe) is a shining example of why. Anna and her husband Ronald didn't have any children, so the information for this document was provided by her nephew Jack Cantelon, the son of Anna's sister Edna (1890-1986).

Anna's nephew should have at least known his maternal Grandmother's name was Serena Satre (she went by Serena but it was formally Sörine). She wasn't born in Fargo, ND. She was born in Ossian, Iowa in 1864 and died in Vancouver in 1960. I know from newspaper articles that Jack spent a lot of time in the company of his Grandmother.

Jack should have also known that his aunt was not born in Ontario. As stated on her 1900 birth registration, she was born at …

Today's 1944 Victory Garden column plus a few of the events going on this weekend.

#localhistory #storiesmatter #victorygarden #supportlocal

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As mentioned yesterday, here is another BC Electric transportation and tourist brochure for its bus, trolley and rail lines. This one was published in 1929 and also promotes the outer regions of the Vancouver area.

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This is pretty cool

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Here is a tourist brochure that was issued by the BC Electric Railway company in 1913. We have posted the bird's eye view map before, but weren't aware that it had come from this publication, which offers some very interesting information and photos about the Fraser Valley when there was a passenger train service between Vancouver and Chilliwack. Tomorrow we'll have a look at the BCER tourist brochure for the Vancouver city lines.

#storiesmatter #localhistory

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I stumbled across an interesting bio piece on Frederick J Hart, and while we already know a fair bit about him as he was the original owner of the building that now houses our community's museum and archives. A new bit of information is his involvement in the Westminster Masonic Temple Company Ltd and the Western Steamboat Company Ltd. We also found in another article not shown here that Mr. Hart was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at one time serving as the Grand Noble of Lodge 19, Mt. Pleasant. He was also responsible for the subdividing of Aldergrove's downtown core into business and residential lots in the 1910s.

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Summer 1998 - 169 Columbia - Royal Canadian Sea Cadets on parade at 192 CEF / NRS Aldergrove.

Photos from the Aldergrove Star Collection donated by the Langmann family

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Boards and Bands - Aldergrove Skate Park, summer 1998.

Photos from the Aldergrove Star Collection donated by the Langmann family

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Langley Arts Council is looking to borrow historic clothing for an exhibit.

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This week's Victory Garden installment, along with a couple of fun activities happening around town.

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Ahhhh the old "Society Pages" - the place where parents wanted to see the names and photos of their children - especially their daughters - because it was where one would hope to 'advertise' the eligibility and virtues of these young ladies, sometimes in hopes of finding a suitable husband.

So you might be asking why is a Society page from 1931 important to Aldergrove's history. Easy answer - Anna Broe. The Broe family at one time lived in the Patricia district of Aldergrove, and while we knew about the Broe family from what was published in The Place Between Volume 1, we wanted to add more to the story, and there was definitely more. So much more. (Search the page for Broe for the Volume 1 story and a photo of the Broe's hop kiln.)

We've now amassed well over 100 news articles and other biographical material on the …

Today we remember D-Day, launched 80 years ago on the beaches of Normandy. The push to start the end of World War 2. Over 18700 Canadian casualties, over 5000 dead.

#werememberthem #canadaremembers #DDay80 #honourandrespect

Statistics from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission blog:

https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/d-day-canadian-casualties-remembering-their-stories/ (we recommend following the CWGC - they do incredible work to remember so many.)

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Three years ago (11 June & 3 July 2021) we made two posts with information about the Empire Oil drilling efforts that were done in the Otter community. A little more information about the oil drill, the company and the men behind it was found yesterday in The Mining And Engineering Record 1919, published in Vancouver by Technical Press Ltd.

Our previous posts about Empire Oil can be found by using the Search option on the page (it's sometimes hiding behind the "..." menu), just search "empire"

#storiesmatter #localhistory #blackgold

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Sometimes tidbits about Aldergrove's history are found in the most unexpected of places. "Mount Pleasant, Early Days - Memories of Reuben Hamilton Pioneer 1890" is a bound copy of a series of letters written by Mr. Hamilton to Major JS Matthews, founder of the Vancouver City Archives. The two men had carried on their correspondence and conversations over a number of years. Mr. Hamilton passed away in Vancouver in January 1968. He was born in June 1888 in Torbolton Ontario.

In the book are a few entries about Aldergrove, including some information about 3 settlers, one of whom was Mr. Hamilton's uncle. I have only found land information about one of the men, Mr. Dingle. If it's the correct Mr. Dingle, he took up land at what is now the southwest corner of LeFeuvre and 48th. The rail didn't come through that property, so perhaps Mr. Hamilton is speaking of …

A random selection of Aldergrove Star photos from our Archives to go with our very random Monday morning weather. =)

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Today is Canadian Armed Forces Day, and we thank the men and women of our country who have served or are serving in our national military forces for their dedication, courage and sacrifice. Thank you also to HMCS/NRS/CFS Aldergrove for being a part of our community for the past 81 years.

#CanadaRemembers #CAF #StoriesMatter #LocalHistory

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This week's Victory Garden installment and what's happening in Aldergrove this weekend.

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Sending you into the weekend (and a new month!) with some great Aldergrove memories from 1996.

#storiesmatter #localhistory #summerfun

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Finishing off this folder of Aldergrove Star sports photos. None of them had captions on the back, so identification will either be up to the Aldergrove Hive or wait until all of the 1990s editions of the Aldergrove Star have been digitized. =)

Also...whoever decided it was a great idea for the Aldergrove Spartans to have white uniform pants obviously didn't have to wash them. #justsaying

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More Aldergrove Star photos from the same envelope as yesterday, but none of these ones had captions on the back.

#storiesmatter #localhistory #makingmemories

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A little sports action from the Aldergrove Star Collection.

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A few examples of the newspaper items I found over the weekend, all of which add either important information to our research or add names to our ever-growing list of early residents. Thanks to that little tidbit in the Abbotsford Post's social column, we also now know when Mr. & Mrs. James Dobson took over Aldergrove's Western Home Hotel. (Mr. Dobson's name is spelled wrong in the article).

It's interesting to note that one probably could not take a boat trip without it making the newspaper - and once you landed at your destination, chances are your name would also be in the list of those registered at the hotels.

#storiesmatter #localhistory

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