Emma Elizabeth Trattle, nee Wright, oral history interview conducted by Don Waite in 1976.

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SR-053

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Emma Elizabeth Trattle, nee Wright, oral history interview conducted by Don Waite in 1976.

Extent

1 audio cassette.

Date

1976.

Description

SR-053: Tracks 1 - 4 discuss the Wright family history, including George John Wright, Mary Anne Clayton, and her husband Alfred William Trattle. World War I is mentioned, where one of Emma's brothers and her husband were killed. Wilfred John Muench, Emma's second husband, is also mentioned.
Track 5 mentions George Sellers.
Track 6 describes Emma's work as a nurse and midwife including her work during the influenza epidemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish Flu. The Berry family is mentioned.

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Berry, "Harry" William Berry

William Henry "Harry" Berry was born in 1894, in Devonshire, England, to Melinda Smith (nee Baglow) and William Smith. His father died in 1898. His family came to Langley when he was 13. His mother got married again, to James Berry. He played on the Milner Men's Basketball Team in 1921-22. He started keeping a general store on the Old Yale Road in 1920, and in 1930, when the Fraser Highway became a part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, built the Berry General Store on the south-east corner of 232nd Street (Livingstone Road) and Fraser Highway (23210 Fraser Highway). He lived at 4290 Livingstone Road, near the store. He married Ruth and they had four children, William D., Audrey, Linda and Judy. Much of the local community survived the Depression due to Berry's extension of credit. Berry was quite involved in the Masonic Order and the Eureka Lodge. Berry's nephew Jack Maitland began working in the store in 1946, and managed it until 1980. He and then partner Ernie Morelli sold and turned the management over to Kyung Il Chun. During the 1980s (and up until at least 2008) the store was run as "Ye Olde Country General Store." He died at the age of 70 on July 6, 1965 at Langley Memorial Hospital, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

Muench, Emma Elizabeth Trattle (nee Wright)

Emma Elizabeth Wright was born July 11, 1891, in England, to parents George John and Mary Ann Wright. She married Alfred William Trattle, from London, in 1910. The couple moved to Langley in 1911 with other members of the Wright family (Jessie). Emma worked as a nurse and midwife in Fort Langley. The Trattles had 2 sons, William and Alf. Emma's husband Alfred was a Private in the Canadian Infantry killed at Vimy Ridge on May 23, 1917. Mrs. Trattle was remarried 16 February 1924, to Wilfred John Muench (March 12, 1899-April 1, 1963). The couple had six children together: Heather, Viola, Joy, Ben, Larrie, Jack, and Claud. Emma died on March 23, 1979, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

Muench, Wilfred John (Winky)

Wilfred John (Winky) Muench was born Dec. 3, 1899. On February 16th, 1924, he married Emma Elizabeth Trattle, the widow of Alfred Trattle. The couple had seven children: Heather, Viola, Joy, Ben, Larrie, Jack, and Claud. Wilfred was stepfather to Emma's two boys from her previous marriage, Alfred and William Trattle. Wilfred grazed his cattle on the west end of the Fort Langley sawmill site, and he and Mr. Back rented Lot 49 (probably owned by the CNR). Wilfred died January 4, 1963.

nurses

See Also: physicians
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Sellers, George Edward (Lieutenant)

George Edward Sellers was born to English parents Hilda Emma Kendall and George Henry Sellers in Uporto, Portugal on March 13, 1886. He later lived in England before moving to Canada. He met his English wife, Ellen Coote, in Victoria where she was on a world tour. They were married in Vancouver on April 27, 1911. They had a Craftsman bungalow built at 22822 88th Ave. in Fort Langley on an 18 acre parcel that was subdivided in 1911. Sellers was a sailing enthusiast and sailed on the nearby Salmon River, built boats, and was a motor engineer. The Sellers had a daughter, Kitty Joan, on November 16, 1912, and another daughter, Nancy Janet, on January 12, 1915. When WWI broke out, Sellers was appointed the Quartermaster of the 'B' Squadron 31st Regiment, B.C. Horse (Mounted Rifles). At the time he enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in 1915, he was recorded as living at 2046 Pendrell St. in Vancouver, and Ellen was recorded as living in New Westminster. George was killed overseas during WWI on September 2, 1918, shot through the heart. He was buried in the Tigris Lane Cemetery, Wancourt. Ellen died of Influenza on March 1, 1920. Their daughters were sent back to England to live with family.

Trattle, Alfred William, Sr. (1888-1917)

Alfred William Trattle was born March 11, 1888. He and wife Emma Trattle came to Fort Langley from London, England with Mrs. Trattle's parents and siblings c. 1910. Both families took up small acreages on the west side of Fort Langley. Alf Trattle Sr. also worked off the farm, as a labourer, for Mufford Brothers at Milner. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in New Westminster on 28 March 1916 (131st Overseas Canadian Infantry Battalion). He was transferred to the 47th Battalion and was killed in action on 27 May 1917, and was buried at Villers-au-Bois. Alfred Trattle Sr. was one of the casualties from Langley remembered by the community with the planting of a maple tree and the naming of a road. Source: Canadians in Khaki. Warren Sommer.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-345/1115, HPC-354/1123)

World War, 1914-1918

Wright, George John

George John Wright was born February 17, 1869, in England. He married Mary Ann Clayton in about 1888. The couple had nine children: George William (1889), Emma Elizabeth (1891), Mary Ann (1893), Jesse (1895), Frederick Thomas Charles (1896), Lucy (1898), Edith (1899), Margaret (1903) and Arthur (1907). Members of the Wright family moved to Fort Langley in 1911. George farmed in Fort Langley. He died in Fort Langley on February 20, 1935, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

Wright, Jessie, Sgt., d.1917

Jessie Wright was born to parents George and Mary Wright on January 3, 1895, in England. His family came to Fort Langley with the Trattle family in 1911. Jessie died in France during WWI, on April 23, 1917. Wright Street in Fort Langley is named in his honour.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-355/1124)

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