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Object Description
Object ID
0787
Title
Group photo of delegates at the annual convention of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities held in Kamloops.
Date
[between 22 Oct. 1914 and 23 Oct. 1914].
Description
Group photo of delegates at the annual convention of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities held in Kamloops. Robert J. Wark is on the far left of the picture.
Photo Inscription/Caption
Imprint on front: names event, date, location. Inscription on reverse in ink: names Robert J. Wark and gives location in group.
People/Subject
Union of British Columbia Municipalities
Wark, Robert James, 1874-1936
Robert James Wark was born in 1874, and lived in Londonderry, Ireland, before coming to Langley Prairie at the age of 16. Robert married Edith Kirkby, and the couple had two daughters, Mary and Dorothy. Robert was a Municipal District Clerk from 1901-1902, and the Reeve of Langley Township 1914-1918. He was known for owning the first car in the district. Robert died January 31, 1936, at the age of 61.
Term Source: HPC Records (WARK-8), The Langley Story pg. 267 (Waite)
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