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In memory of Emily Arabella (Emma) Stark 1856 – 1890

In memory of Emily Arabella (Emma) Stark 1856 – 1890

Emma’s great-grandniece Naidine Sims with her daughter and granddaughter view the plaque at Emma’s former address in Nanaimo, B.C. The plaque reads: In memory of Emily Arabella (Emma) […]
Emma Stark as a young woman (1875)

Emma Stark as a young woman (1875)

The photo is believed to have been taken at a portrait studio in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C. Emma was teaching in the nearby community of Cedar.
Emma Stark, daughter of Sylvia and Louis Stark

Emma Stark, daughter of Sylvia and Louis Stark

A formal portrait of Emily Arabella Stark, hand tinted, possibly taken while she was a schoolteacher.
Vesuvius (Central) School – Salt Spring Island’s First Schoolhouse (1894)

Vesuvius (Central) School – Salt Spring Island’s First Schoolhouse (1894)

As the population on Salt Spring Island increased demands grew for a proper school and for financial support from Victoria. In 1864 permission was granted for a school […]
John Craven Jones, Schoolteacher, immortalized in 1972 mural

John Craven Jones, Schoolteacher, immortalized in 1972 mural

In 1972 Alfred Temmel, local artist created a series of 4 wall murals, painted in the Bavarian tradition on a wall at the Harbour House Hotel, Salt Spring […]