Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [187- to 194- predominant] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1.7 linear m of textual records, photographs, ephemera, and other material.
Artifacts.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Irvine was recruited in Orkney, Scotland in 1850 by the Hudson's Bay Company as a labourer for the Company's operations on Vancouver Island. He and his wife Jessie arrived in Victoria in 1851 aboard the HBC ship Tory. John Irvine worked at Craigflower Farm and later purchased land in the Cedar Hill area of Saanich where the family established a farm, Rose Bank. John and Jessie Irvine had six children: William (1851), Mary Anne (1853-1892), Jessie (1855), Christine (1858), John Irvine Jr. (1862-1948, Long Gun Jack) and Margaret (1865-1955).
Repository
Archival history
Donated to Saanich Archives in multiple accessions by family members, 1997-2015.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records relating to John and Jessie Irvine and their children of Rose Bank Farm, Cedar Hill and includes correspondence, financial records, ephemera, certificates, photographs, maps, books, and genealogical research. The fonds is arranged into 13 series: Financial and Household Records; Personal Papers; Schools; Churches; Ephemera; Maps; News Clippings; Publications; Reference Material; Artifacts; Sound Recordings; Photographs; and Oversized Material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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
Series and file list available.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 1998-006, 2007-013, 2008-008, 2008-014, 2011-024, 2011-036, 2012-018, 2014-011, 2014-016, 2015-002
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Invalid Soldiers Commission (Contributor)