McCarthy, Moira

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

McCarthy, Moira

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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Wallace, Moira

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Description area

Dates of existence

March 25, 1922 - April 28, 2015

History

Moira McCarthy (nee Wallace) was. She was born on March 25, 1922 in Vancouver to parents Frederick Martin Wallace and Sarah Wallace (nee Pinkney), who had moved to a chicken farm in Surrey, BC from London England with Moira's sister, Pat, who was born in 1919. Moira attended Pauline Johnson Elementary School and West Vancouver High School, both in West Vancouver. Growing up, they would ski at Hollyburn Mountain and go hiking and berry-picking in West Vancouver.Moira and her sister Pat used to come up to stay Rainbow Lodge in Alta Lake (now known as Whistler) between the late 1930s and the 1950s, spending their summers horseback-riding and canoeing. Moira met her husband-to-be, James "Jim" D. McCarthy through Pat Prowd, who also regularly visited Rainbow Lodge and was a distant cousin of Jim. Jim and Moira became engaged at Rainbow Lodge on December 31, 1951. She and Jim had a daughter, Megahn, and a son, Martin. Moira and Jim lived in West Vancouver and would frequently visit Whistler and Sonoma, CA. Moira volunteered with the Vancouver Art Gallery, Marpole Auxiliary, St. Stephen's Church, and was a member of The Hong Kong Veteran's Association and the West Vancouver Historical Society. Her husband passed away [before 2007], and Moira followed on April 28, 2015.

Places

Surrey, BC
Vancouver
West Vancouver
Whistler
Sonoma, CA

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Functions, occupations and activities

Skiing
Horseback-riding
Canoeing
Volunteering

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Relationships area

Related entity

McCarthy, James "Jim" D. (fl. 1940s-2000s)

Identifier of related entity

CA-MB-MJD001

Category of relationship

family

Type of relationship

McCarthy, James "Jim" D.

is the spouse of

McCarthy, Moira

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Description of relationship

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Authority record identifier

CA-BC-MM007

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Rules and/or conventions used

RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Catalogued August 2023.

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