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Finding Aid for: AUDREY WYLIE FONDS
Audrey Wylie fonds
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1909-1984
Level:
Fonds
Physical Description:
19 photograph prints : b&w and col. ; various sizes; 22 copy negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.; 15 copy prints : b&w ; various sizes
Scope:
Fonds consists of photographs collected by Audrey Wylie that document aspects of the lives of various of her family members, including her father Sam Gilmore, her mother Gertie Gilmore (nee Kidd) and Gertie's sisters, her uncle Les Gilmore and her brother Boyd Gilmore. Photographs include images of her father and uncle during World War 1, and of her brother during World War 2. Also included are images of farming activities, of English School, and of lacrosse games.
History / Biographical:
Audrey Wylie is the daughter of Samuel Hugh Boyd (Sam) Gilmore and Gertrude Elsie (Gertie) Gilmore. Gertie was the youngest daughter of Thomas and Letitia Kidd, and was born and raised in Richmond. She attended English school, and later went to college in Victoria, BC. She married Sam Gilmore on June 4, 1919. Sam Gilmore was the son of James Gilmore, who came to Sea Island from Ballymena, Ireland in 1883, and Nellie Dalzeil, whose mother had moved with her daughters from Scotland in 1885. Sam was the oldest of eight children. He and his brother Leslie served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 29th Battallion during World War 1. Both took up farming upon their return, with Leslie taking over his grandmother Tiffin’s farm, and Sam and his new wife moving to the Kidd family farm at 695 Shell Road. Both brothers were avid lacrosse players, and in the 1930s Sam coached and managed the South Arm Sovereigns. Audrey was born to Sam and Gertie in 1920, and three years later her brother Boyd was born. Audrey married Thomas Wylie in 1941. Her brother joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and was posted overseas in October 1943. He was promoted to Pilot Officer Air Gunner on July 30, 1944. On August 1st, 1944, his aircraft failed to return from its mission. Later, the family received word that the plane had been shot down, and Boyd had died. He was buried in the cemetery at St. Martin Aux Bosc, France
Custodial History:
Photographs were in the custody of Audrey Wylie prior to being donated to the Archives and/or copied for the Archives. Photographs included in accession 2005 25 were removed by Mrs. Wylie from a framed montage that had been hanging at South Arm United Church.
Item Range:
1988 63 1 to 1988 63 10; 1998 2 1; 1998 22 1 to 1998 22 2; 2001 1 1 to 2001 1 4; 2003 3 1 to 2003 3 3; 2004 19 1 to 2004 19 2; 2005 25 1 to 2005 25 5; 2005 36 1 to 2005 36 2; 2005 57 1 to 2005 57 6
Accession No.:
1988 63; 1998 2; 1998 22; 2001 1; 2003 3; 2004 19; 2005 25; 2005 36; 2005 57
Name(s):
Gilmore Family
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie
Gilmore, Hugh Boyd
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
Creator:
Audrey Wylie

Item 1988 63 1
Threshing at No. 1 Rd. Sept. 1917 - the straw going into the barn
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1917
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts threshing operations at the Gilmore farm on No. 1 Road.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore Family
Gilmore Farm

Item 1988 63 2
Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Leslie Gilmore on steam thresher
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1919
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 2.5 x 3 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Leslie Gilmore seated on a steam thresher.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis
Gilmore Farm

Item 1988 63 3
S. Gilmore
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1919
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.25 x 5.5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore seated on a steam thresher.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore Farm
Gilmore, Sam

Item 1988 63 4
"Tent town," England 1917
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1917
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore, Herb Howse and Louie London standing in a path between rows of army tents. A note on the back of the image reads: To Madge / Where the cross is that's where our tent is.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam
Howse, Herbert
London, Lewis

Item 1988 63 5
"Tent town," England
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1917?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a group of men eating in front of an army tent. A note on the back of the image reads: Madge dear this is a picture of our tent eating our dinner and aren't we a happy bunch. I am in the centre looking down. I did not know it was taken until after.
Accession No.:
1988 63

Item 1988 63 6
Our tent crew
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1917?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a group of soldiers in front of an army tent. A note on the back of the image addressed to Madge identifies the men from left to right as Mr. Howse, Sam Gilmore, Mr. Blake, Leslie Gilmore, Mr. Willemar, Mr. Daly, myself or me (Louie London).
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis
Howse, Herbert

Item 1988 63 7
Somewhere in England during World War I
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1917?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a group of soldiers in front of an army tent. A note on the back of the image identifies the men in the bottom row as Sam Gilmore, Herb Howse, Louie London and Les Gilmore.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis
Howse, Herbert

Item 1988 63 8
Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Les Gilmore in uniform
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1917]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 6.5 x 4 mounted on board
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Les Gilmore in uniform in a formal studio photograph.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis

Item 1988 63 9
Canadians training in England during World War I
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1917]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 4 x 6 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Canadian soldiers performing training exercises.
Accession No.:
1988 63

Item 1988 63 10
3 Sam Gilmores
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1983]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : col. ; 6 x 4 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts three Sam Gilmores - "Steveston" Sam, "Pemberton" Sam and "South Arm" Sam - all first cousins and great-nephews of Hugh Boyd, first reeve of Richmond.
Accession No.:
1988 63
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam
Gilmore Family

Item 1998 2 1
Hugh Boyd Gilmore
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1943]
Level:
Item
Responsibility:
Hughes Studio
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a studio portrait of Air Gunner Boyd Gilmore taken in Vancouver prior to Gilmore's posting to England during World War II. Boyd Gilmore was killed in action August 1, 1944. His name appears on the Richmond Cenotaph.
Accession No.:
1998 2
Name(s):
Gilmore, Hugh Boyd

Item 1998 22 1
Gilmore Bros. outfit Lulu Island
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1916]
Level:
Item
Responsibility:
E. Coulthard Eng.
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts James Gilmore's threshing outfit at his farm on Dyke Road in the South Arm area of Richmond.
Accession No.:
1998 22
Name(s):
Gilmore, James
Gilmore Farm

Item 1998 22 2
J. Gilmore farm
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1916]
Level:
Item
Responsibility:
Rognon, Winch Building, Vancouver BC
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 4 x 9.5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts hay baling activities at James Gilmore's farm, just west of No. 1 Road and about one and a half miles north of Steveston Highway.
Accession No.:
1998 22
Name(s):
Gilmore, James
Gilmore Farm

Item 2001 1 1
Gilmore family members seated in car
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[192-?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts members of the Gilmore family seated in a car, possibly at some type of exhibition or fair.
Accession No.:
2001 1
Name(s):
Gilmore Family

Item 2001 1 2
Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Leslie Gilmore on steam thresher
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1919
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Leslie Gilmore seated on a steam thresher at the Gilmore farm.
Accession No.:
2001 1
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
Gilmore Farm
London, Lewis

Item 2001 1 3
Pea harvesting J. Gilmore & sons farm Lulu Island
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1914]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts pea harvesting activities on the farm James Gilmore operated with his sons on Lulu Island.
Accession No.:
2001 1
Name(s):
Gilmore Family
Gilmore Farm

Item 2001 1 4
Gilmore family on front porch
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[191-?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts members of the Gilmore family standing on the front porch of an unidentified house.
Accession No.:
2001 1
Name(s):
Gilmore Family

Item 2003 3 1
Sam Gilmore and Gertie Kidd
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1914]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 10 x 8 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore and Gertie Kidd standing on a lawn in front of a house. Sam is leaning on his lacrosse stick.
Accession No.:
2003 3
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie

Item 2003 3 2
South Arm Sovereigns Lacrosse Team Intermediate
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1938
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 10 x 8 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts the South Arm Sovereigns intermediate lacrosse team during a game at a playing field in Steveston.
Accession No.:
2003 3
Name(s):
South Arm Sovereigns

Item 2003 3 3
English School class photo
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1929
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 10 x 8 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a class photograph from English School taken in October 1929. Back row: Illa Harris, Eva Jacobson, Lily Palmberg, Miss Beulah Bothwell (teacher), Olive Robinson, Jean Forsyth, Doug Forsyth, Lester Finlayson. Third row, seated: May Finlayson, Leona Faulkner, Christine Marrington, Verna Jacobson, and Audrey Gilmore. Second row, kneeling: Bill Robinson, unknown, unknown, Hugh McNair, Jack Gibbons, Doug Robinson, Ken Forsyth, Albert Hill, Dick Beck. Front row, seated cross-legged: unknown, Doug Gilmore, Alvin Jacobson, Albert Hall, and Jack Forsyth.
Accession No.:
2003 3
Name(s):
English School
Gilmore Family

Item 2004 19 1
Canadian soldiers in uniform at Victoria
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1916]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore standing with a group of Canadian soldiers in uniform in Victoria.
Accession No.:
2004 19
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam

Item 2004 19 2
Sam Gilmore, in uniform
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1916]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Sam Gilmore in his soldier's uniform in Victoria.
Accession No.:
2004 19
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam

Item 2005 25 1
Richmond Farms delivery trucks
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[196-?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 9.25 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts a row of parked Richmond Farms trucks with their drivers.
Accession No.:
2005 25
Name(s):
Richmond Farms

Item 2005 25 2
Les Gilmore in uniform
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1915?]
Level:
Item
Responsibility:
J Russell Sons Wimbledon
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 5 x 2.75 in mounted on board; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Les Gilmore in his army uniform.
Accession No.:
2005 25
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie

Item 2005 25 3
Gilmore Monarch
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[196-?]
Level:
Item
Responsibility:
Strohmeyer & Carpenter
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4.5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Gilmore Monarch, one of the dairy cows from Richmond Farms.
Accession No.:
2005 25
Name(s):
Richmond Farms

Item 2005 25 4
Four Steveston bums
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1917?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 4.25 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Phototraph depicts Les Gilmore, Sam Gilmore, Louie London and Herbert Howse in uniform with their rifles at an army camp.
Accession No.:
2005 25
Name(s):
Gilmore, Leslie
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis
Howse, Herbert

Item 2005 25 5
Last milking
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1963?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3 x 3 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Les Gilmore at the last milking of a cow that produced 31,719 pounds of milk.
Accession No.:
2005 25
Name(s):
Richmond Farms

Item 2005 36 1
29th Vancouver Battalion Runners 1917, France
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1917
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 postcard: b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts members of the 29th Vancouver Battalion Runners posed in uniform. Front row: F. Woodworth, H. Ross, Fawcett, H. Lacousire. Back row: S. Gilmore, J. Langstaff, L. London, Cpl. Lainson. Absent: Cpl. Wallace, Pte. J. McFaddin, Pte. Knight, Pte. Blake.
Accession No.:
2005 36
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis

Item 2005 36 2
France 13/8/17
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
1917
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 postcard: b&w ; 5.5 x 3.5 in; 1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 4 x 2.5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Louie London, Charles McCulloch, Archie Blair and Sam Gilmore, all members of the Richmond Lacrosse Club, posed in uniform in France. There is a message from Sam Gilmore to Gertie Kidd written on the back of the postcard.
Accession No.:
2005 36
Name(s):
Gilmore, Sam
London, Lewis
Blair, Archibald
McCulloch, Charles

Item 2005 57 1
Thomas Kidd and his daughters
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[1909?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 7 x 5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Thomas Kidd with his three daughters (from left to right) Gertrude, Agnes, and Margaret in a formal studio portrait.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Kidd, Thomas
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie

Item 2005 57 2
Letitia Kidd and her daughters
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1909]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 7 x 5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Letitia Kidd with her three daughters (from left to right) Agnes, Gertrude and Margaret in a formal studio portrait.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Kidd, Letitia
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie

Item 2005 57 3
Boyd Gilmore as a child
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[193-?]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 7 x 5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Boyd Gilmore as a child playing with a dog in front of Thomas Kidd's home.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Gilmore, Hugh Boyd

Item 2005 57 4
James and Nellie Gilmore
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1936]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Nellie and James Gilmore, parents of Sam and Leslie Gilmore.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Gilmore Family
Gilmore, James

Item 2005 57 5
Gertie Gilmore and her sisters
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1945]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 7 x 5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Gertie Gilmore with her sisters, Agnes and Margaret in a candid outdoor photograph.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie
Kidd family

Item 2005 57 6
Sam and Gertie Gilmore
Part Of:
Audrey Wylie fonds
Type
Community Records
GMD
graphic
Date
[ca. 1945]
Level:
Item
Physical Description:
1 photograph copy print : b&w ; 7 x 5 in; 1 photograph copy negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope:
Photograph depicts Gertie and Sam Gilmore seated in their home. Behind them on a mantle is a photograph of their son, Boyd Gilmore in his army uniform.
Accession No.:
2005 57
Name(s):
Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie
Gilmore, Sam
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