Olive Leaf
Tom Leaf was born in 1899 in Aldergrove and moved to Whonnock in 1929 with his family. Olive McCormick was born on October 28th, 1901, … Read More
Tom Leaf was born in 1899 in Aldergrove and moved to Whonnock in 1929 with his family. Olive McCormick was born on October 28th, 1901, … Read More
Marshall John Luno was one of eight children born to Mary Clarinda Harris and Henry Christopher Luno. He was born on July 21st, 1868, in … Read More
Starting in the late 1800s, after the railroad opened the area for settlement, Norwegian families found their way to Whonnock. The Lees were one of … Read More
James Rolley came from Manchester, England, where he had trained as a machinist. His first acreage was close to Rolley Lake, where he came in … Read More
The Byrnes family moved to Whonnock when Brian was one year old. As an adult he owned Byrnes Garage on the Lougheed Highway at 272nd Street. … Read More
Betty Dube was born in Montreal. She married a Canadian soldier during the Second World War, but he was killed just a month before their … Read More
William Ansell came to Webster’s Corners with his family in 1887 – when he was a boy nine years of age – with his parents … Read More
Walto Johannes Rauma was born in 1907 in Finland, one of eight in a family of subsistence farmers. His ancestors had been wood workers and … Read More
Minda Leponiemi came to Maple Ridge from Finland in 1912. She had travelled by boat to Quebec, and then by train all the way into … Read More