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

The Last of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia: Philip Jackman by Virginia Cooke.

This 2018 Langley Centennial Museum publication, written by Virginia Cooke, further delves into 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.

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.

Government House and the Royal Engineers Camp from the Fraser River, ca. 1862

The Government House (left) was the home of Colonel Moody until the Detachment’s disbandment.

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 […]

Philip Jackman Jr., ca. 1885

This portrait of Philip Jackman’s eldest son was taken in New Westminster shortly before his move to Aldergrove. Philip Jr. was listed as being a clerk and living […]

Church of St. John the Divine, ca. 1960

This church was designed by Reverend William B. Crickmer and built by the Royal Engineers at Derby in 1859. It is the only Derby building from that period […]

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 […]