Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [ca. 1900-1983] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
144 photographs and ephemera
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Watson was born in Kirriemuir Scotland in 1868. His wife Elizabeth Brodie Grant Watson bought their Saanich property at 1775 Barrie Road (Jersey Hall) in 1898 and the family moved there in 1903. They built a second house at the front of the property ca. 1910. George Watson named the house Thrums after a poem written by his cousin James Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Elizabeth Watson served as postmistress of the Gordon Head Post Office from 1905 to 1920 and was president of the Gordon Head Women’s Institute in 1925-1926. George Watson served as Reeve of Saanich from 1920 to 1923, during which time he fought for a water system to be installed in Gordon Head. He was also a Councillor, Police Commissioner and a School Trustee. George Watson died in 1930. Descendants of the Watson family continue to own and occupy Thrums.
Repository
Archival history
Donated in multiple accessions 1981 to 2014 by Watson family descendants Charlotte Lalonde and Barrie Goodwin.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records relating to the Watson family and includes photographs, negatives, ephemera, textual records and artifacts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 1981-002, 1998-005, 2013-008, 2014-008, 2014-023
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Watson, George (Subject)
- Goodwin, Marjorie (Subject)