Philip Jackman standing beside a table that has his birthday cake on it.

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Object Description

Object Name

Photograph

Object ID

2016.025.001

Title

Philip Jackman standing beside a table that has his birthday cake on it.

Date

[ca. 1925].

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; of a bearded Philip Jackman standing beside a table that has his three tiered birthday cake on it. The table has a folded tablecloth on it underneath the cake. Behind the table is a wooden armchair. Jackman is wearing dark trousers, a collared shirt, vest, and unbuttoned jacket. He is holding a narrow cane in his right hand and a hat in his left. Beyond Jackman stands a leafless tree.
The birthday cake is believed to have been donated by the New Westminster Odd Fellows Lodge.

People/Subject

Jackman, Philip

Philip Jackman was born in Devonshire, England, on April 12, 1835. On his 24th birthday, on April 12, 1859, he arrived in the Colony of B.C. as one of the Royal Engineers of the Columbia Detachment on the HMS Thames City. He worked on building the Douglas-Lillooet Road, the Cariboo Road, and he participated in the laying out of roads in New Westminster. In 1861, when he was working on the Dewdney Trail he accidentally chopped off a toe. In 1863 Jackman married Sarah Ann Lovegrove, who was believed to be a housekeeper for Colonel Richard Clement Moody of the Royal Engineers. After his disbandment of the Columbia Detachment in 1863, Jackman headed for the Cariboo in search of gold. In 1865, while working as the foreman of a work gang, he ended up breaking his right hand after a tree fell on top of him. He later worked as a night watchman in New Westminster. He moved to Aldergrove in 1886, and homesteaded and ran a store for three years. The business eventually went under and he took up work as a fishery guardian on the Fraser River for 14 years. From 1895-1897 he served as reeve of Langley. He died in 1927 at the age of 92.

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