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G. Vernon Wellburn grew up in a rural area near Duncan. His father, G.E. Wellburn, had acquired some ethnological objects from First Nations peoples of the area, including masks now owned by the B.C. Provincial Museum, otter house posts from Cowichan, and a hide jacket owned by the Museum of Anthropology, and an Edenshaw bracelet (private collection). He grew up working in the logging industry in the summers and enrolled in Forst Engineering at U.B.C. At 18 he joined the Canadian Army as a private. He finished his studies and received his B.Sc. in 1948. He became a professional engineer and forester working at the MacMillan office in Chemainus. He spent several years living in various location along the west coast with his wife, Frances (nee Schofield). He met many First Nations peoples during his travels. When he returned to Vancouver, Verne spent several years as a director of the Indian Centre of Vancouver. He made several business trips to Indonesia, collecting a few small pieces. During this time, in 1971, he joined the Faculty of Forestry at U.B.C. As of 1985 Verne was working for the Forest Engineering Institue of Canada in Vancouver and continued to travel. He was also the Director of the B.C. Forest Museum in Duncan. He was Convocation Senator at U.B.C. from 1980-1984.

Gerald Vernon (Vern) Wellburn was born in Cumberland, BC and moved to the Cowichan Valley in 1929 where he attended school. Vern joined the army in 1944 and graduated from UBC in 1948 with degrees in forestry and engineering. While at UBC he met and married Frances Schofield and they lived in various logging camps, including Vancouver Bay, Youbou and Bear Creek where he worked for BC Forest Products. They later returned to Vancouver and in 1964 he became the vice-president of forestry and logging for the Tahsis Company, and spent several years as a director of the Indian Centre of Vancouver. In 1972 he joined the Faculty of Forestry at UBC as a special lecturer and in 1975 he became the western vice-president of the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (until retirement in 1990). He made several business trips to Indonesia, collecting a few pieces while there. He was Convocation Senator at UBC from 1980-1984. In 1992 he married Pat Graham and they retired to Duncan. His father, Gerald E. Wellburn (1900-1992) was born in Yorkshire, England. His family moved to Vancouver Island when he was 11. He founded Wellburn Timbers in 1928 and remained in the forestry industry until 1967. He helped form the BC Forest Museum in Duncan, BC. Philately was Gerald's greatest interest; he also collected some cultural objects in BC, including masks, now owned by the RBCM, otter house posts from Cowichan, and a Cree style hide jacket (at MOA).

Born: 1925-09-22
Died: 2012