Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1970-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
43 cm of textual records, 158 photographs, 308 slides
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Heritage Tree Society
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ursula Josephine "Jo" Cole MacGregor was born in 1924 to Saanich residents William and Ursula Ley. Her maternal grandfather was William T. Edwards, a pioneering daffodil farmer in Saanich. After her parents divorced when she was 6, she grew up in the Edwards family farmhouse in Gordon Head. Jo Ley attended Mount Douglas High School. In 1942 Jo Ley met Ernest Morgan Keith MacGregor, an Army officer stationed at Gordon Head Army Camp. They married in 1945. After the war, Ernest was posted to various locations, and when he retired around 1976, he and Jo returned to the Victoria area and purchased a house at 2452 Camelot Road. Jo MacGregor was involved with the Heritage Tree Society and the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. She died in 2015, and both Jo and Ernest MacGregor are buried at St. Luke's Church Cemetery.
Repository
Archival history
Donated in 2016 by Kirk MacGregor, son of Jo MacGregor.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records relating to the work of the Heritage Tree Society in the Greater Victoria area and includes index cards and other textual records; ephemera; photographs; slides; and maps. Fonds is arranged into 5 series: textual records; ephemera; photographs; slides; and maps.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 2016-016