Kartar Kaur Gill

Photograph taken of Indar Singh Gill and some of his relatives. Top row, left to right: Indar's cousins, Pal Singh Gill and Ganga Singh Gill, as well as, Indar Singh Gill. Second row, left to right: Naranjan Singh Gill, Indar's Taiya Ji [elder uncle], Phangan Singh Gill, and an unidentified man. Bottom row, left to right: an unidentified young boy, and unidentified girl, Bhagwant Kaur… more

Professional photograph taken of Indar Singh and Kartar Kaur Gill are posing for a photograph in a studio. This picture was taken in 1952. Indar Singh is wearing a formal suit. Kartar Kaur is wearing a long coat covering her dress with a light-coloured, black-trimmed head covering called a chunni and black heels. The background is a curtain draping to the floor.

Indar Singh Gill is dressed in a formal suit and a light-blue turban. The background is in the front yard of a white house. There are red and yellow tulips, green grass, and a cherry blossom tree.

Indar Singh Gill is seated outside a house's front yard on a chair. On the chair next to Indar Singh is a chest that Indar Singh is holding. Indar Singh wears a formal grey suit, a red-patterned tie, and a blue turban. more

Item is a picture of a unidentified man with a baby, who is sitting on car. The man is wearing a white-collared shirt and a wristwatch. They are outside in the driveway of a house.

Nacchatter (Nash) Singh and Rajinder Kaur Thind were married on June 18, 1972, at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple. The bride and groom stand behind four girls, who are dressed in identical orange Indian lehengas. Rajinder Kaur is wearing a pink bridal lehenga with her head covered by a dupatta. Nash Singh is wearing a formal pin-striped suit. Both the bride and groom have varmalas around their… more

Photo taken at the wedding of Nachattar Gill and Rajinder Thind. The Gill family are standing in front of the light-blue car in a row. Included in the photo are Malkit Kaur, Baljit Kaur, Kartar Kaur, Indar Singh, and Khem Singh. Rajinder Kaur, the bride, is wearing a pink wedding lehenga with a dupatta covering her head. Nash Singh, the groom, is wearing a formal suit, a pink turban, and carrying… more

Nachhattar (Nash) Singh and Rajinder Kaur Thind were married on June 18, 1972, at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple. The newly wedded couple is standing in front of a light-blue car. Rajinder Kaur is wearing a pink wedding lehenga with a dupatta, a head cover. Nash Singh is wearing a formal pin-stripped suit and a pink turban. Nash Singh carries a sword, a tradition in Sikh weddings; to protect… more

Nacchattar (Nash) Singh Gill is sitting on top of his father, Indar Singh Gill's company truck. His sister, Malkit Kaur, is standing in front of the truck. She is wearing a rumāl , a head covering, and a white dress. The background includes another truck and a building structure. The truck's BC license plate number is "C71-693," with a serial number of "56." The 56… more

Indar Singh Gill is inside his red 1954 Pontiac with his son, Nash Singh, standing outside. In 1954, Indar Singh ordered this car from General Motors, Oshawa, Ontario. His worker, Johnny Billin, picked up and drove the vehicle to British Columbia. It was rare to own a car in 1954. In the background there is a house.

Photograph of the Gill family taken in a photography studio with a long, light-coloured curtain as the background. Left to right: Ganga Singh Gill, Indar's cousin, Malkit Kaur Gill, Kartar Kaur Gill, Indar Singh Gill, Nacchattar (Nash) Singh Gill, and Joginder Singh Gill Standing: Kartar Singh Sidhu, Indar Singh's brother-in-law, Mohinder Singh Gill, Indar Singh's brother, and Pal… more

Item is a picture of a man putting wood into an Indar Fuel truck for transportation at Albert McMahon's sawmill, located at Suicide Creek, Mission. Indar Fuel Company was founded by Indar Singh Gill, where he carried fuel until 1958. His business declined when natural gas was starting to be used instead of fuel. The landscape includes evergreen trees and the mountains of the Fraser Valley. more

Four Indar Fuel trucks parked alongside each other. Indar Fuel Company was founded by Indar Singh Gill, where he carried fuel until 1958. The company closed once natural gas started being used instead of fuel. A man is standing on the left of the picture by the edge of the large puddle. Three young children, one girl, and two boys, are in the puddle. One boy is riding a bike through the puddle.… more

Photo of an Indar Fuel Company GMC truck is carrying wood over a water puddle. The background contains a transmission tower, lumber piles, and several building structures.

The Weekender (The Abbotsford News) writes about Indo-Canadian heritage featured at MSA Museum. The articles starts out by describing the story of Sunder Singh. Sunder Singh was interviewed about his immigration to Canada from his village of Daulatpur, Punjab, in 1906. Sunder Singh mentions owning a dairy farm near Whatcom Road in 1942 and his role in the building of the first Gur Sikh Temple in… more