Christine Holland and family

Scope and Content: Photograph of 'Grandma' Christine Holland (second from right) with her family: great-granddaughter Lillian Michell (far left), granddaughter Elsie Tiljoe (second from left), great-great-grandson Darryl Tiljoe (center) and Russel Tiljoe (far right).

History / Biographical: Christine Holland was the daughter of Smokey McKenzie and Mary Zenie, born in Hagwilget sometime in the late 19th century. She and her husband Jim first lived on the Alexander Indian Reserve at the end of Francois Lake, near the Nadina River, where they made a living trapping and had 10 children (Mary (Seymour), Cecilia (Sepola), Betty (Williams), Joe, Ben, and five others who died young). The family later moved to Houston and trapped along the Morice River. After the deaths of her daughters Mary and Cecilia, Christine also raised their nine children. She died on January 16th 1980, reputedly at the age of 112, having outlived all of her children.

Custodial History: Photograph taken by Bill Dungate in 1971 and donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum circa 2020 by Dino Laramee.

Scope and Content: Photograph of 'Grandma' Christine Holland (second from right) with her family: great-granddaughter Lillian Michell (far left), granddaughter Elsie Tiljoe (second from left), great-great-grandson Darryl Tiljoe (center) and Russel Tiljoe (far right).

Notes: Additional photos from same event also found in folder. Photo also appears in Marks of a Century, pg. 4.