Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2013.026.001

Title

The Glen Valley Football Team, 1909.

Date

1909.

Description

Photograph : b&w ; three rows of men (11 men total) in shorts and matching sweaters; white writing along top reads "Glen Valley Football Team / 1909" and to the left is the signature of Percy Primrose. Donor's writing on back notes "2 Cornock boys / Uncle Billy 1st from left in back row./ Uncle Eddie 2nd from / right in back row. / Glen Valley, BC."

People/Subject

Cornock, William James

William James Cornock was born on 13 October, 1888, to John Cornock and Eliza Jane Sawyer. He married Gertrude Evelyn Florence Radford (b. 1905) on March 17, 1925. The couple had at least one daughter, Verna. William died on 30 July, 1981.

Primrose, Percy B. (photographer)

Percy Bouverie Primrose born in about 1880. He was a photographer and studio owner in Fort Langley. Percy was the brother of Ralph Gore Primrose, who married Agatha Vera Coulter. Percy married Ellen (Nell) Harper Jolley on October 20, 1911 in Vancouver. Percy died on February 24, 1960, in Vancouver, at the age of 80.
Term Source: HPC Record (COULT-4/147), HPC Record (PRIMR-1/549)

Sports