Bjarne and Mary's Wedding

Bjarne Bordewick emigrated from England in September 1910 to Vancouver, BC. Mary (May) Park emigrated from Belfast, Ireland around 1911. They met there and married on June 14th, 1917 with Marge Park and Hans Bordewick as their witnesses and Rev J. Switzer as the officiant. Today is their 100th wedding anniversary!

Florrie Park, Bjarne Bordewick, May Park, and Bessie Park

The wedding celebrants with the bride and groom.

Hans Bordewick, Marge Park, May Park, Bjarne Bordewick

Bjarne and May with her Mother Lizzie (Curran) Park, and three sisters Marge Park, Bessie Park, and Rhoda Park.

The happy couple!

May Park, Marge Park, Lizzie (Curran) Park, and Bessie Park.

Robert Park, Lizzie (Curran) Park, and unknown.

Unknown with Bjarne and May, ready to ride off to their future.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Eliza Howells, her sister, Catherine Howells (seen in this picture), and a large group of friends, most likely from their church, took a trip from Vancouver, BC to Seattle for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1901.

Group shot of lunch by the river on the tip down.

Eliza Howells is in the large crowd somewhere. Picture of the Exposition.

Crossing a bridge at the Exposition.

Enjoying ice cream.

We believe this is a shot of all of the travelers in their group.