Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.960.031 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Guy Stanley Windeyer and his wife Irene Noel Windeyer along with one of their daughters, Catherine. Catherine is four years old in this photograph. The new garage for the Somenos Lake Farm can be seen behind them. |
Image File Name |
1938 - The Windeyers - Somenos Lake - 1990960031 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1938/ / |
Place |
Somenos Lake |
Provenance |
Guy Stanley Windeyer was born in Australia on December 13, 1900. At the age of twelve he was sent to the Naval Academy in England and entered the British Navy at the tail end of WWI. The Navy eventually stationed him in Tokyo, Japan. Irene Noel Windeyer (nee Power) was born in Ireland on December 24, 1903 and met Guy when traveling through Japan. The two of them married in Ireland on June 22, 1929. In June, 1933, Guy and Irene arrived in Vancouver. Their first residence was in interior BC before they moved to the Cowichan Valley. The Somenos Farm was first settled in 1911 by Joseph and Elmire Roy. In March 1934 Guy and Irene purchased the Roy property and took up residence shortly thereafter while making significant changes to the farm. Among those changes was a colourful roadside stand that, for several years, attracted many road weary motorists traveling down the highway. The Windeyers lived at the Somenos Lake Farm for over 43 years and had three children. Somenos Lake Farm was located in what is now the site of the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
Search Terms |
Somenos Lake Farm Windeyer Duncan People Women Garage Car Children |
Collection |
Somenos Farm |
People |
Windeyer, Catherine Windeyer, Irene Noel Windeyer, Guy Stanley |
Subjects |
People Somenos Farm documentary, Cowichan Valley |