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Object ID
2689
Title
Crompton sisters by the riverside.
Date
[ca. 1909].
Description
Arthur Crompton's photo of his two daughters at the riverside. Sitting on the left is Dora Crompton and sitting on the right is Amy Crompton.
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Crompton, Amy
Amy was born in 1900. She is the youngest daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth (Fox) Crompton and sister to Frank and Charles Samuel Sr. In 1918, Amy went to South Vancouver High (John Oliver) where she graduated in 1918. The first school she taught in was the Demask Logging camp from 1919-1920. She went back to normal school in 1920-1921. Amy taught at the Dollarton School room in West Vancouver from 1920 to June, 1922. She married Sid Bishop, and they had one son Bob Bishop.
Crompton, Arthur F.
Arthur Crompton was born in approximately 1865. He married Elizabeth Fox, and they emigrated to Canada with their children in 1909 from Warrington, Lancashire, England. They settled in Victoria for a year and then moved the family to Vancouver. They bought acreage in West Langley on Telegraph Trail near the farming McClughan Family. Their children are Frank, Charles Samuel Sr., Dora and Amy. Arthur was a photographer and took pictures of several of the early buildings in the Port Kells area. He died at the age of 76 on April 29, 1941.
Crompton, Dora
Dora Crompton is the daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Fox Crompton.
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