BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Oxholm (nee Oliver), Sheila (1937- Back to all Biographical Files Sheila grew up in an English mining family. She graduated from Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham, obtained a Diploma in Respiratory Disease and SRM in Midwifery, with further...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Paton, Nora ( -2018) Back to all Biographical Files See OH 146 Born and raised in Kenora, Nora had a varied career as a neurological nurse, chief negotiator for the BC Nurses’ Union and a vice-chairman of the BC Labour relations board. She also...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Patterson (nee Branscombe), Emily Susan (1835 -1909) Back to all Biographical Files See Memorial Nursing Portrait collection, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 7 Nora Duncan immortalized Emily Patterson in her poem “The Heroine of Moodyville” for her...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Paulson, Esther (1906-2004) Back to all Biographical Files See Esther Paulson fonds 3 and OH147 See Pages of History Fonds 18, Subseries 9, Files 2 Esther Paulson was born in New Westminster on April 9. She graduated from the Royal Columbian...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Payton, Phyllis (1909-2007) Back to all Biographical Files See Oral History Files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8 Phyllis worked as a VON and Public Health nurse, mostly in the Lower Mainland. Her graduation from VGH in 1932 was delayed a year...
