Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Jardine, Robert Laidlaw
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
26 Sep 1918 - 27 Mar 2008<sup>1</sup>
History
Robert Jardine was born just over a month after his father was killed in a speeder accident.
His first years was spent in Kelowna. The family moved to North Vancouver about 1919 or 1920 so his mother could work for Thomas Neiland as a housekeeper. (Lizzie and Tom later married, in 1922).
In May 1921 Thomas Neiland moved the whole family up to Alta Lake to start his own logging camp.
At first the family lived in the Alta Lake townsite, but after 8 months they moved down to Thomas Neiland’s first venture at Alpha Lake; logging cedar logs to be exported to Japan. In July 1922 the export log prices of cedar logs collapsed and so did Thomas Neiland, who had to file for bankruptcy.
Tom was not defeated, however. He gained financing under the name of Lizzie Neiland and bought land at 34 ½ mile. In 1923 the family moved into an old logger’s cabin on the property and this became their home for the next 20 or more years.
Bob was one of the students of the first school at Alta Lake, which opened in 1932. Before that he had been taught by correspondence.<sup>2</sup>
Bob left Alta Lake to join the Air Force in World War 2, he served in Canada as a fireman. After the war he returned to Whistler and worked with Bob Williamson as a lineman (telephone communication) but he was laid off or thought he was going to be so he joined the Air Force again and married Stella, an Air Woman. They were posted all over Canada. Bob and Stella retired to Kelowna. <sup>3</sup>
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
<sup>1</sup>Family tree given by Louise Smith
<sup>2</sup>Florence's new book
<sup>3</sup>Email from Louise Smith, Jan 25, 2012.