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Baptism record for Philip Jackman Junior, 1864

The baptismal register notes that Philip Jackman Jr. was baptized by Archdeacon Henry Press Wright, the same man who married Philip Sr. and Sarah. A note on another […]

Walter Moberley and the Canadian Pacific Railway Geological Survey Party in Victoria

Walter Moberly (seated second from the right) was the district engineer in charge of organizing survey expedition parties to Howse Pass and Eagle Pass in the Rocky Mountains […]

Full length studio portrait of Bishop George Hills

Studio portrait photograph of Bishop George Hills likely taken in the 1870s. Bishop Hills was selected in 1859 to be the first bishop of Columbia and arrived in […]

William Henry Vanetta and another man logging

The Vanettas were another Aldergrove pioneering family that would intertwine with the history of the Jackmans. William Vanetta was a witness to Philip Jackman’s Aldergrove land declaration. Additionally, […]

The Jackman’s first Aldergrove house, ca. 1890

Philip Jackman in front of what is believed to be Sarah and Philip’s first house in Aldergrove.

The Shortreed’s Store, ca. 1895

Robert Shortreed homesteaded and opened his store on the corner of what was then called Yale and County Line Roads, (now Fraser Highway and 264th Street). The Shortreed […]

Downtown Aldergrove, ca. 1914

A view of the Yale Road through downtown Aldergrove.

The Davidson and Riddell Store at Murray’s Corner, ca. 1888

The municipal council often met at the Riddell Hall for their council meetings. It is very likely that the hall that was referred to was the upstairs portion […]

The last of the Royal Engineers at the 1909 luncheon

The photograph shows (from left to right) in the back row: Premier Richard McBride, Judge F.W. Howay, Mayor W.H. Keary (infant passenger on Royal Engineer ship), Henry Bruce, […]

Cabin on the Fraser, B.C., “The Bacon is Cooked”

A watercolour, gouache, and graphite on paper painting by William George Richardson Hind. The painting gives a glimpse into the life of a 1860s Cariboo region gold miner.

Portrait of Philip Jackman

This painting was made posthumously by a local artist in the Fraser Valley, BC.

Photo of downtown Aldergrove, ca. 1910

A view of the Yale Road through downtown Aldergrove. This would have been how the village of Aldergrove looked during Philip and Sarah Jackman’s last years there.