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- [ca. 1897-19010] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3 photographs.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Vera Elspeth (Betty) Beckett, nee Monteith (Vea Beckett), is the daughter of Major Roger George Monteith (1885-1966) and Ernestine Doris Mason (1887-1968) and granddaughter of Joseph Mason (1839-1890) and Jane Bruce Skinner (1856-1924), who is the daughter of Thomas James Skinner, Bailiff Constance Cove Farm and Mary Lowdham Goodell. Betty married to Flying officer Fredrick (Fred) Fitton Beckett, R.C.A. F. (1912-1982) in 1942, (in England) during WW II. Her grandparents William Monteith (1850-1920) and Anne Good Monteith nee Berkley built “Oak Hall”, 712 Lampson Street. The couple had six children; Mary Lambeth (Mollie) (1884-?), Roger G. (donor's father) (1885-1966), Letitia Marlyn (Tiny) (1886-1974), Maude Edith (Baba) (1890-?), William Berkley (1894-1974), and Elenore Minna (Tommy) (1897-?). Betty grew up at 929 Burdett Street.
Repository
Archival history
Gift of Betty Beckett; 1 accession donated in 1994.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of 2 photos of the Monteith family and a photo of canoes in Victoria's inner harbour.
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No further accruals are expected.
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There are no restrictions on access to these records.
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Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright regulations.
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English
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Note
Accession Number: 994-106.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Created - 2022-04-21
Revised -2026-09-09 Dulma Karunarathna & Sherri Robinson
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Sources
712 Lampson Street Hose file, Vera Beckett obituary, Registration of marriage of William and Anne, Skinner family reference file, Constance Cove Farm reference file, 1901 Canada Census, 1918 Directory.
Archivist's note
Betty Beckett may be a Canadian Nursing Sister? to be confirmed.