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Object Name

Booklet

Object ID

2019.011.002

Title

A History of West Langley Community Hall.

Date

[1987?].

Description

A white stapled booklet titled "A History of West Langley Community Hall." The cover is white paper with a drawing of a single story building under some trees. The cover reads, in black Gothic letters, "A History of West Langley Community Hall / by Bessie Tregunna." The spine is three staples. The back is blank. The book contains the history of West Langley Community Hall, including a diagram of the history of the building's additions, and some photocopied newspaper clippings. The rest of the content is photocopied pages of typewritten history. On the first page at the top right corner is "Norma Jamieson Nov. 1987" handwritten in blue ink. Norma was the daughter of Kenny and Ellen McIver.

People/Subject

Jamieson, Norma (nee McIver)

Norma Edna McIver was born in Fort Langley October 6, 1922, eldest daughter of Ellen and Kenneth McIver. She married Thomas Hamilton Jamieson in April 1945 and lived at 8889 Bartlett Street in Fort Langley. They had three children, Lynda, Larry, and Ken, and a foster son, Timothy. Norma passed away on February 5, 2019.

McIver, Kenneth

Kenneth (Kenny) McIver was born on June 5th, 1890 to his parents Murdoch and Annie McIver, and was one of nine children, their youngest living son. On September 21st, 1921, he married Ellen Isabella Hallack. In 1927, when Murdoch and Annie McIver moved to a Francis Street address in Fort Langley, they sold half of their farm (80 acres) and left the other half to Kenneth and Ellen. The couple had four daughters: Norma, Anna, Jean, and Lois. Kenneth served as a school trustee and was a member of the Langley Agricultural Association, Langley Farmers’ Insitute, and secretary of Native Sons of B.C. Post #9. He also helped out with, and then took over the Langley exhibit at the New Westminster Fair/Fall Fair, from 1904 until just before his death. Kenneth McIver died on August 5th, 1949 at the age of 59. He was buried in the Fort Langley cemetery.

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)
Oral history interview with Ellen Isabella Mufford.
"The Place Between: 1860-1939" by the Aldergrove Heritage Society.
Royal B.C. Museum Genealogy Archives.

Tregunna, Violet Bessie (nee Overbeck)

A member of the West Langley Community Hall Association. Violet Bessie married Edwin Robert Tregunna and they had two children: Bruce, who was born on 20 Sep., 1937, and Shirley, who was born on 30 Mar., 1944. Bruce predeceased his parents when he died on September 13, 1975.

West Langley Community Hall

The original West Langley Community Hall was located near the intersection of 208th Street and 96th Avenue. It was built to provide local residents with a gathering place for social and sports activities. It was opened in 1934, extended in 1942 to add a kitchen, and again in 1972 to add a basement. Indoor plumbing was added in 1962. It burnt down on March 26, 1976. A new West Langley Community Hall was rebuilt about 150 yards east of the original site, beside West Langley Park, and was officially opened on November 5, 1977. The West Langley Community Hall Association was incorporated as a Society in 1947 and dissolved in 1997.

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