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MS-2849
ANGUS, ANNIE MARGARET, 1901-1991. Vancouver.
Originals, 1882-1979, 50 cm
Diaries, documents and research notes concerning the family of
Annie Margaret Angus, especially her father Major William James
Anderson. Materials consist mostly of diaries (1885-1924) of
Major Anderson, and his wife Laura, which cover his career in the
British Army and the family's efforts in establishing a fruit
orchard in the Kettle Valley/Rock Creek district of British
Columbia. They also include papers regarding W.J. Anderson's
military career, family history, Annie M. Angus' correspondence
and research notes regarding here family's history, and her
annotations and notes on her father's diaries. Also included are
two family photograph albums which have been transferred to
Visual Records.
Finding aid: series/box file list.
Subject Headings
Crete
Diaries and reminiscences
Boundary district (B.C.)
English in British Columbia
European War, 1914-1918
Farm life - British Columbia
India
Land settlement - British Columbia - Boundary district
Rock Creek (B.C.)
Turkey
Secondary Entries
Anderson, William James, 1860-1918
Detailed Finding Aid
MS-2849
Annie Margaret Angus
Originals 1882-1979 47 cm
Note: Biographical information was taken from notes by Annie
Margaret Angus found in Box 3, file no. 11 of this collection,
in "From Seven to Seventeen: 1901-1919 in the Kettle Valley" in
the Boundary Historical Society, Fifth Report, 1967 by Annie
Margaret Angus, and from the BC Archives vertical file under
A.M. Angus.
Annie Margaret Angus was the eldest daughter of Major William
James Anderson and his wife Laura. Born in Turkey, she was
raised in Scotland and India before her family emigrated to the
Rock Creek valley of British Columbia in 1909. There they
worked at establishing a fruit ranch until her father's death
in 1915 and the abandonment of the orchard for Vancouver in
1919.
Annie Anderson attended the University of British Columbia from
1919-1923 and married Dr. Henry Angus in 1924. Following his
retirement from the faculty of the University of B.C. in 1956,
where he served as the dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Angus was
appointed Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. Mrs.
Angus was active in community affairs, serving as a member of
the Vancouver School Board from 1952-1958, and on the Senate of
the University of British Columbia from 1957 to the mid 1960s.
She was also active in child welfare agencies in Vancouver and
at the national level.
Major William James Anderson, 1860-1915, the father of Annie
Margaret Angus, was the son of Colonel John Cumming Anderson of
the 
Royal
Engineers in India. As a young officer J.C. Anderson
had been in charge of the defences of Lucknow during the Sepoy
Mutiny. W.J. Anderson was also first cousin (on his father's
side) to Alexander Caulfield Anderson, a chief factor with the
Hudson's Bay Company in British Columbia.
W.J. Anderson was raised in India and England and was
commissioned in the British Army in 1882. He was posted in
India, Crete and Turkey, where he served as a military consul
from 1899 to 1903. In 1900 he married Laura Elsworth who was
born in Wisconson in 1870, and taught at an American missionary
school for girls in Turkey where she and William Anderson met.
With the rank of Major, William Anderson retired from the army
in 1909. The family then emigrated to British Columbia to
establish a fruit ranch in the Kettle Valley/Rock Creek
district on land purchased from the "Kettle Valley Irrigated
Fruit Lands Company". In 1915 Major Anderson was recalled to
active duty and was killed while serving at Gallipoli on
October 19, 1915. Laura Anderson was forced to abandon the
orchard in 1919 and to move to Vancouver.
The collection consists of five series as follows: (1) Diaries
of William James Anderson and his wife Laura, 1887-1924 (boxes
1-2); (2) Anderson family papers, 1882-1940 (box 3); (3) Mrs.
Annie Margaret Angus notes on W.J. Anderson diaries (box 3);
(4) Annie Margaret Angus correspondence, documents and notes
regarding family history (box 4); and (5) Anderson family
photographs taken in Turkey, Edinburgh and Rock Creek, B.C.
(Visual Records accession 98502-31).
Box File Contents Dates
1 1 William James Anderson diary, India 1887-1892
and Turkey
1 2 William James Anderson diary, 1892-1896
Turkey, Crete, India and Sweden
1 3 William James Anderson diary, Turkey 1899-1900
1 4 William James Anderson diary, Turkey 1900-1902
1 5 William James Anderson diary, Turkey 1902-1903
1 6 William James Anderson diary, 1903
Turkey, Greece, France and England
1 7 William James Anderson diary, Turkey 1904-1908
and England
1 8 Laura Anderson diary, Vancouver, B.C 1924
2 1 William James Anderson diary, Rock 1910-1913
Creek
2 2 William James Anderson diary, Rock 1913
Creek
2 3 William James Anderson diary, Rock 1913-1914
Creek
2 4 William James Anderson diary, 1915
England and Gallipoli
2 5 William James Anderson diary, Rock 1914-1915
Creek
2 5 Laura Anderson diary, Rock Creek 1915-1917
2 6 William James Anderson game book 1899-1907
2 7 Laura Anderson diary, Turkey and 1901-1903
Britain
3 1 Documents relating to W.J. 1882-1906,
Anderson's military career and 1940
marriage
3 2 Documents relating to W.J. 1909-1940
Anderson's retirement, death and
pension
3 3 Booklet, "The War Graves The British 1925
Empire, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery,
Helles, Gallipoli"
3 4 Book, "The Staff College Drag Hunt" 1895-1896
3 5 Two maps of Turkey
3 6 Ellsworth family record (copy)
3 7 Letter from Mrs. Laura Anderson to 1927
Mrs. Annie Angus
3 8 Will of Mrs. A.F. Anderson (mother 1904
of W.J. Anderson)
3 9 Documents concerning the estate of 1899
Colonel Dalgairns
3 10 Documents concerning the estate of 1888-1938
Major General George Sligo Alexander
Anderson
3 11 "Introduction to the William James
Anderson Collection of Diaries and
Papers" by Annie M. Angus
3 12 Notes on W.J. Anderson's diaries by 1882-1903
Annie M. Angus
3 13 Notes on W.J. Anderson's diaries by 1909-1917
Annie M. Angus
4 1 Annie M. Angus correspondence and [1870?]-1979
research notes regarding Anderson
family history. Also contains
photographs of the memorial fountain
for John Cumming Anderson in Madras,
India, and a photograph of James
Anderson, known as "James Anderson
(B)" of the Hudson's Bay Company
4 2 Annie M. Angus correspondence, 1927-1972
research notes and documents
collected regarding Anderson family
history
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