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Herbert R. Parsons

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 24.5 x 19 cm in oval window mat 24 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Herbert R. Parsons. Herbert is dressed in a dark coloured suit, white shirt and dark narrow tie and is wearing a grey fedora hat.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 24.5 x 19 cm in oval window mat 24 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Herbert R. Parsons. Herbert is dressed in a dark coloured suit, white shirt and dark narrow tie and is wearing a grey fedora hat.

History: Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph.

Names: Parsons, Herbert

Accession Code: BV017.38.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1925]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 26-Mar-2018

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