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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1275
Title
A Langley exhibit at the Provincial Agricultural Fair in New Westminster.
Date
[ca. 1913].
Description
A Langley exhibit at the Provincial Agricultural Fair in New Westminster, put up by Kenny McIver.
Photo Inscription/Caption
Writing in ink on reverse states: "Kennie staged this".
People/Subject
Fairs
exhibitions, festivals
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)
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.
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