Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1880-1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5.5 cm of textual records
105 photographs
10 scrapbooks
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
James Todd (1818-1904) was the first settler in the Gordon Head area, owning Victoria District Section 17 and Section 52. He established Spring Farm at the base of Mount Douglas. He married Flora Macaulay in 1857 and together they raised 17 children on the property. James Todd was the son of HBC trader John Tod, an early settler in Oak Bay. The Todd family property was divided between three of James and Flora Todd’s sons, James Jr., Albert Henry, and Thomas. Thomas married Mileva Compton Shaw in 1911. Albert Henry Todd married Anna Matilda Henderson of Carey Road in 1914 and they had two children, Virginia and June Ellen. Virginia married Norman Arthur Griffin in 1941. June married John Norrington, son of the founder of Norrington’s Bakery in Port Angeles, Washington in 1938.
Repository
Archival history
Donated in multiple accessions between 1980 and 2018 by family members.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records relating to the Todd family of Gordon Head, and includes conveyances and legal documents, correspondence, certificates, blueprints and sketch plans, newspaper articles, scrapbooks, books, photographs and artifacts. Fonds includes documents relating to Albert Henry Todd's WWII service. Fonds is arranged into 10 series: Legal Documents, Financial & Household Records, Correspondence, Certificates, Plans, Ephemera, Newspaper Clippings, Reference Material, Photographs, and Artifacts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Series descriptions available.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Accession number: 1980-017, 2007-051, 2007-194, 2009-003, 2011-026, 2018-031.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Griffin, Virginia (Custodian)
- Griffin, Virginia (Subject)
- Todd, Anna Matilda Henderson (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
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Archivist's note
Previous number: 86-3