People Archives | Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman

The Grotto Saloon, 1886

The Grotto Saloon, as it appeared in approximately 1886, a few years after it was Jackman’s Beehive Saloon.

Sara Catherine Lehman (née Jackman), on her great-grandfather, Philip Jackman, 1976

Oral history interview conducted by Don Waite, 1976. SL = Sara Lehman DW = Don Waite SL: He was a strict man except to poor families, they would get […]

A picnic gathering of residents from the Aldergrove and Jackman Road area, ca. 1890

It is believed that Philip Jackman Sr. is the bearded man standing on the far left of the back row.

The unveiling of the commemorative cairn for Philip Jackman Park, October 5, 2011

Members of the Jackman family at the unveiling of the cairn across the street from Philip Jackman Park in Aldergrove, BC. The park was renamed to Philip Jackman […]

The Jackmans’ second house in Aldergrove, ca. 1910

This image of the Jackmans’ second Aldergrove house was published in F. J. Hart & Co.’s promotional real estate booklet titled, “The Apple Lands of Aldergrove,” that was […]

Philip Jackman with granddaughter Edith Amelia Switzer (née Lawrence) and her two children, Laurie and Bessie Switzer, ca. 1919

Edith Amelia Switzer (née Lawrence) was the daughter of Emily Jane Lawrence (née Jackman). Emily Jane moved to Kamloops with her husband and passed away there at the […]

Philip Jackman with his great-grandchildren, Laurie and Bessie Switzer, ca. 1917

Photograph of Jackman with Laurie and Bessie Switzer taken in the yard of Jackman’s Aldergrove home.

Amelia Sara Murchison (née Jackman) holding Laurie Switzer, ca.

Photograph of Amelia Sara holding her grandnephew Laurie Switzer. Amelia Sara was the fourth child of Sarah and Philip Jackman.

John Richard Jackman with his grandnieces and grandnephews, ca. 1941

John Richard Jackman was the third child and second son of Sarah and Philip Jackman. He is shown here standing beside his grandnieces and nephews, they are (from […]

A sketch of the Derby Townsite by Reverend William Crickmer, ca. 1859

Derby was the original location of the first Fort Langley Hudson’s Bay Company Fort, built in 1827.

The Cariboo Road, 1862: Royal Engineers Push Gold Route through Fraser Canyon

This painting was created by Rex Woods in 1967 as part of a Centennial series called Confederation Life.

Sarah Jackman with her Great Grandchildren Laurie and Bessie Switzer, 1917

This photograph was taken approximately two weeks before Sarah Jackman passed away in February of 1917.