"Montgomery family fonds" found 2 records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1962

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 21 photographs : b&w

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2013-09; 2013-04

Scope and Content: Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.

History: Samuel Clifford “Monty” Montgomery was born on July 24, 1894, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montreal before serving in World War I. After the war, Monty came out west to Vancouver. Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter was born on May 5, 1900, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied to be a teacher before moving out west with her sister Mildred Carpenter, brother Harold Carpenter, and widowed mother Claire Carpenter in 1920. Marjorie trained to be a nurse from 1920 to 1923 when she moved to Hawaii with her sister and mother. While living in separate countries, Monty and Marjorie courted through correspondence. On July 16, 1927, Monty and Marjorie were married in Hawaii. The couple had two daughters, Margery Kathleen “Kathleen” Montgomery (later Green) born in 1928 and Janet Montgomery (later Fernau) born in 1934. Monty met Fred Cunningham when they were young men. Monty is believed to have helped in the design of the Fred and Edna Cunningham house built in 1923 at 3555 Douglas Road in Burnaby. From 1926 to 1930, both Fred and Monty were working in Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Monty was working at a mill and Fred was an insurance agent. Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery was ill with tuberculosis during this time, so their only daughter at the time, Kathleen, was sent to live with Edna Cunningham in Burnaby from the spring of 1929 to the fall of 1930. Though the Montgomery family had settled in Rossland, British Columbia, they would make frequent trips to Vancouver to visit the Cunninghams. Kathleen met Lewis Green in Vancouver and on September 16, 1950, they were married. Their wedding reception was held at the Cunningham’s house. They lived most of their married lives in Vancouver, and each month Kathleen would visit her ‘Aunty’ Edna Cunningham. Janet would visit her ‘Aunty' Edna each week; later she moved permanently to the United Kingdom. The Cunningham and Montgomery families have remained close friends over generations.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Montgomery family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 554

Green family visit to Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1962

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Green family visit to Fred and Edna Cunningham's property in Burnaby. Edna Cunningham is standing on the left, holding onto Janet Green in front, Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery is standing beside Edna, holding onto Barbara Green (later McBride), and Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" (Mon…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1962

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Green family visit to Fred and Edna Cunningham's property in Burnaby. Edna Cunningham is standing on the left, holding onto Janet Green in front, Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery is standing beside Edna, holding onto Barbara Green (later McBride), and Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" (Montgomery) Green is standing on the right with her sons. Richard Greene is in Kathleen's arms and John Green is standing in front.

Names: Cunningham, Edna Elizabeth; Green, Janet; Montgomery, Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter; McBride, Barbara Green; Greene, Richard; Green, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "Jun 62"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Ed Cunningham / Marge / K + family / at Douglas Road Burnaby / Summer 1962"; Richard Greene legally changed the spelling of his last name from Green to Greene

Street Address: 3555 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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