Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2011.039.015

Title

Dorothy and Frank Stovell at Hayes Barton in England.

Date

[between 1916 and 1919].

Description

Black and white photograph of Dorothy and Frank Stovell, standing in front of a cottage in Hayes Barton, England. Frank is standing on the left, wearing a military uniform and holding a cane in his right hand. He has his left hand in his left pants pocket, underneath his coat. Dorothy is on the right, wearing a wide brimmed hat, buttoned coat, and long skirt. She has her left hand in her left coat pocket. They are standing on a lane that leads up to the cottage behind them; the cottage is a light colour with dark trimmed windows and thatched-style roof. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the lane.

People/Subject

Stovell, Dorothy

Dorothy Stovell (née Lawrence[?]) married Frank Stovell, and they lived on a farm in Langley Prairie on land now part of Newlands Golf Course.
Information source: http://www.bcgolfhouse.com/newlands-gcc-70th-anniversary

Stovell, Frank

Frank Stovell was born on September 22, 1884 in Croyden, London, England. He emigrated to Canada in 1912 with his brothers Samuel, Ernest, and Harry and acquired land on the northeast corner of 48th Avenue and 208th Street. Frank served in the Canadian Engineers during the First World War, joining in 1916. After the war, he decided to remain in England, but he came back to Langley in 1947. At this time he bought the Charles Rooke farm, north of the original property his brothers kept, and lived there with his wife, Dorothy Susan (nee Lawrence). The farm is now part of Newlands Golf Course. He died in 1963 and was buried in the Murrayville Cemetery.

Information source: "From Prairie to City" by Warren Sommer; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144894182/frank-stovell; https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/ww1-canadian-soldiers/frank-stovell.html; http://www.bcgolfhouse.com/newlands-gcc-70th-anniversary

World War, 1914-1918

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