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Great Northern Railway Company Yale (B.C.)
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W.E. Johnson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0765:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1963-03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Johnson recalls arriving in New Westminster in 1879; living in Yale; an incident involving a steamboat trip on the Fraser; traveling to the family homestead in Halls Prairie in 1882; the; White Rock area circa 1882; picnics on the beach; the logging operations of Murran and Elwood; anecdote about beavers; roads in Surrey; the Semiahmoo Trail; customs at Elgin. TRACK 2: Mr. Johnson continues with discussion about the customs office at Elgin; his father's farm at Halls Prairie; life on the farm; early residents in the area; Hazelmere; the Thrift family; anecdotes about Judge Begbie; stage transportation; schooling; customs regulations; the murder of Murran; his work in the mills and later in the customs for the Great Northern Railroad; his customs work at the Cloverdale depot ;and later for government customs.;

CALL NUMBER: T0765:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1963-03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Johnson talks about his Canadian customs work; the Great Northern Railroad; living in White Rock in 1909; shopping in Blaine; the railway customs house at White Rock; the customs house at; the Pacific Highway; customs incidents; the White Rock Water Works Company; early White Rock; subdivision. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Mary Teskey interview

CALL NUMBER: T0779:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Mary Teskey recounts her family's history; her grandfather; her father's early life and work in Yale as a brick maker for the CPR in 1879; her mother's trip to BC with the family in 188;1; family life in Yale; the town of Yale; their trip and settlement in Clover Valley, as Cloverdale was known; Surrey; other settlers in the area. TRACK 2: Mrs. Teskey talks about establishing the first school in Cloverdale; her father's appointment as Reeve; the family move to Hazelmere; the family farm; school; Indian graves; Joe Semiahmoo; schools in the area; her father's work for the Yorkshire Guarantee Company in England as a settlement agent; sawmills; the Great Northern Railway; mail; stage coach routes; Halls Prairie.;

CALL NUMBER: T0779:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Teskey continues with stories about other settlers in Surrey; anecdotes; the naming of Hazelmere and Glenwood; childhood recollections; her work at age eleven in New Westminster and Gastown; English Bay in 1893; the family's hop farm; strawberries. [TRACK 2: blank.]