Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2008.039.035

Title

Front view of the Baker house, on Alexander Road (208th Street) in Willoughby, on fire, with an unidentified man in front.

Date

Apr. 1957.

Description

The Baker house, on Alexander Road (208th Street) in Willoughby, on fire, with an unidentified man in front. The house had been built in 1923 and burnt down in April 1957. Rosalie Floberg was looking after six children of the Cote family when the kitchen sawdust burner backflared, starting a fire that quickly consumed the building, despite the best efforts of the North West Langley "volunteer fire department" (George Burdett, John Floberg, and Jim Hill). Rosalie was later awarded a medal for bravery for getting the young children all out safely.

People/Subject

Baker, Elizabeth "Sis" (nee Treliving)

Elizabeth Baker, "Sis" (nee Treliving) was born in Fleming, Saskatchewan (then part of Northwest Territories) on July 12, 1898 to William and Mary Treliving. The Treliving family moved to Langley in 1911 and pioneered in the Walnut Grove area. Elizabeth married Ernest Edgar Baker on November 19, 1921. Their children are Lillian Nora Baker, Gordon William Baker, and Roy Edward Baker. Elizabeth Baker (nee Treliving) died in Langley, BC on January 16, 1959.

Baker, Ernest Edgar

Husband of Elizabeth Baker (nee Treliving). Elizabeth married Ernest Edgar Baker on November 19, 1921. Their children are Lillian Nora Baker, Gordon William Baker, and Roy Edward Baker.

Fire

residences

Willoughby

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