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SR-001
Title
Leslie Elizabeth Armstrong, nee Walker, oral history interview conducted by Don Waite in 1976.
Extent
1 audio cassette.
Date
1976.
Description
SR-001: Tracks 1 - 4 are an introduction of Armstrong's family history; her maiden name was Walker. She also discusses her husband Percy Armstrong's family.
Track 5 is a description of another pioneer family's property; this is interrupted by a recording of names and dates from cemetery headstones.
Track 6 describes Armstrong's schooling in Langley and Vancouver.
Track 7 mentions Mathilda Allard before being cut off.
People/Subject
Armstrong, Leslie Elizabeth (nee Walker)
Leslie Elizabeth Walker was born on 27 November, 1897. Her parents were James Leslie Walker and Jessie Mathilda Morrison, from Ontario; they arrived in Aldergrove in 1887. Leslie married Percy Calvyn Armstrong on 7 August, 1917, at Aldergrove. She died on 25 January, 1986.
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Waite, Donald E.
Donald E. Waite, known as Don, was born in Renfrew, Ontario on 8 Nov. 1944 and raised on a dairy farm. Don Waite joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at age 19 and was stationed in Burnaby, New Westminster, Maple Ridge, and Ottawa. In 1971, after being discharged from the RCMP, Don Waite opened two camera stores/portrait studios which he later sold. Along with being an entrepreneur, Mr. Waite has worked as a professional photographer and historian. He has written numerous books focusing on history in British Columbia, including The Langley Story which was completed in 1977. As of 2003, Don Waite is living in Maple Ridge, BC.
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