Images within the photo albums follow the lives of Charlie and Jennie Mann and their two daughters, Helen Harriet (‘Helen’) and Dorothy Joan (‘Joan’). Charlie had a variety of employment throughout BC, including teamster and dairyman at Hatley Park (1911-1922), Fireman at Producer Sand and Gravel Pit, Royal Bay (1919-1921), Herdsman at Lakeview Farm, Duncan (1926-27) and Fintry Farm, Okanagan (1927-1933). He also worked for the forestry corps during WWII. Not all of the images were scanned from the albums, as the content was unrelated to the Mann family or Hatley Park. There are also images of the Scottish home of Jennie McLean. After their marriage in 1916, Jennie travelled with Charlie across the Atlantic. While Charlie served in the war, Jennie stayed with her parents and gave birth to their first child, Helen. They returned to Hatley Park when the war ended.
Jack Mann by garden gate at his parents home, the coachman's house, Hatley Park
Jennie, unidentified woman and two unidentified girls at coachman's house, Hatley Park
James "Boy" Dunsmuir Jr. on a horse up by old stables, Hatley Park.
Two men in formal clothes outside a house on Hatley Park property
Men marching through a street in Victoria, BC. Charlie Mann is second from right
Helen Mann as a baby, portrait photo. Taken in Ramsgate, UK.
Jack Mann in uniform
Charlie in overcoat and uniform. Photo taken in Godalming, UK
Jack Mann in uniform, decorated with flags, possibly at the end of the war.
Jennie Mann, portrait photo. A message is written on the reverse of this image, suggesting it belonged to Charlie Mann while away at war. The message reads: "To one I love away on duty, The Lord watch over us livest (?) me and thee. When we are absent be night or day, When distance lies between us land or sea, And we are hidden from each other's sight"
Brothers, Charlie, Jack and Bill Mann in uniform
Two Hatley Park horses and 3 dogs. The names of the dogs are written on the edge of the photo. WEJ (Fred) Mann appears to be riding James Dunsmuir Jr.'s horse, Kismet.
James "Boy" Dunsmuir Jr. on Kismet in front of Hatley castle.
WEJ (Fred) Mann on James Dunsmuir Jr.'s horse, Kismet
WEJ (Fred) Man on James Dunsmuir Jr.'s horse, Kismet
Jack Mann and Ingeborg Bugslag by paddock at Hatley Park
WEJ and horse, Major, in paddock enclosure at Hatley Park.
WEJ and horse, Dogfox, in the stable yard at Hatley Park. Dogfox was the polo horse belonging to James Dunsmuir's brother-in-law, Reggie Chaplain. Reggie and Maud lived in Vancouver but Dogfox was stabled at Hatley Park.
Harry Mann and Parker and Mrs Bates son. [Description comes from note on verso]
Mann family at Hatley Park: WEJ (Fred), Harriet, Charlie, Jack, Bill, Harry
group outside coachman's cottage at Hatley Park. WEJ (Fred), Harriet, Jennie and 3 unknown adults
Album includes photos of the McLean family in Fisherton, Ayrshire, Scotland. Jennie McLean Mann spent the duration of the Great War at her parents home in Scotland. There are wartime photos from both WWI and WWII in this album, however, only images from the family's time at Hatley Park (ca. 1911-1923) have been made available online.
Note that Charlie's father, William Edward John Mann was often known as Fred, as was Charlie (Charles Frederick). Descriptions here refer to them as WEJ and Charlie to avoid confusion.
unknown man (possibly Charlie) watering a garden, Hatley Park
Charlie Mann by the dairy barns, Hatley Park