Brothers Gilbert and Percy Thornber arrived in Summerland from Great Britain in 1904 and their sister Elsie, pictured here in 1914, occasionally came for a visit with their parents.
Their Scottish ties were evidenced by her dress and the fact that Percy retired to Scotland in 1954. It may even be presumed that the family celebrated Robbie Burn’s birthday in January. (The lovely tartan sash she is wearing would go a long way to concealing an overindulgence of haggis at a traditional Robbie Burns Supper.)
A street in Trout Creek (where the brothers had an orchard) is named after the family for their contributions to Summerland in, as Robert Burns would say, auld lang syne (days of long ago.)
Happy Robbie Burns Day!