about georgina

GEORGINA WAS BORN IN PRINCE RUPERT, ( ON THE UPPER COAST OF B.C. ) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1964 TO AN ENGLISH MOTHER AND A NATIVE FATHER. SHE WAS PUT FOR ADOPTION AND WAS ADOPTED BY GEORGE AND ELSIE PREVOST AND MOVED TO ALERT BAY WHERE THE PREVOST'S LIVED. SHE WAS BROUGHT UP LEARNING THE OLD WAYS.

GEORGE PREVOST ( DECEASED ) WAS FROM ALERT BAY AND ELSIE PREVOST ( MOODY ) IS FROM BELLA BELLA, BOTH NATIVE.

GEORGINA SPENT HER EARLY YEARS IN ALERT BAY AND SPENT MOST SUMMERS ON THE FAMILY SEINER, THE KAISUN, HER WHOLE FAMILY WOULD WORK THE BOAT. HER BROTHERS VICTOR AND ALFRED WERE DECK HANDS AND GEORGE RAN THE BOAT WHILE ELSIE WAS THE COOK. GEORGINA PLAYED.

IN THE FALL OF 1984, GEORGINA MET PATRICK AND ON FEB 14TH, 1985 THEY WERE MARRIED AND HAVE BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED SINCE THEN.

IN 1989 GEORGINA STARTED TO BEAD AND SELL HER WORK AT PATRICK'S ART SHOWS, HER SALES USUALLY PAID FOR THEIR TRIPS TO PATRICK'S SHOWS. HER WORK WAS SNAPPED UP AT THESE SHOWS.

GEORGINA'S WORK IS NOW IN GALLERIES ALL OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. HER BEADWORK IS ON DISPLAY IN THE CAMPBELL RIVER MUSEUMS GIFT SHOP AND HAS BEEN SENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

GEORGINA WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOX OF TREASURES DANCE TROUP AND PERFORMED ALL OVER B.C AND DANCED AT THE COMMON WEALTH GAMES ART SHOW OPENING.

GEORGINA HELPS PATRICK WHEN HE IS IN THE SCHOOLS TELLING HIS STORIES AND TEACHING ART AND MUSIC TO THE CHILDREN.

GEORGINA AND PATRICK'S CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH NOW TO LET GEORGINA CONCENTRATE MORE ON HER BEAD WORK AND SHE HAS BEEN PRODUCING SOME VERY MAJOR PIECES TO ADD TO THIS SITE.

GEORGINA WAS BORN IN PRINCE RUPERT ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1964 TO AN ENGLISH MOTHER AND A NATIVE FATHER AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS WAS PUT UP FOR ADOPTION. SHE HAD A BROTHER A LITTLE OLDER THAN HER THAT SHE HAS NEVER MET WHO WAS PUT UP FOR ADOPTION ALSO. SHE WAS ADOPTED BY ELSIE AND GEORGE PREVOST WHO LIVED IN ALERT BAY AND SPENT HER EARLY YEARS LIVING IN ALERT BAY. HER FATHER GEORGE PREVOST WAS FROM ALERT BAY AND HER MOTHER ELSIE WAS FROM BELLA BELLA, HER MOTHERS FAMILY IS VERY PROMINENT IN BELLA BELLA AND HER UNCLE REG MOODY ( WOYALA ) IS THE HEAD CHIEF OF BELLA BELLA.

GEORGINA'S FATHER GEORGE WAS RAISED BY SAM HENDERSON AND WAS A FISHERMAN HIS WHOLE LIFE, GEORGINA SPENT MANY SUMMERS ON THE SIENER ,THE KAISUN.

GEORGE PREVOST HAS PASSED ON AND ELSIE ( GEORGINA'S MOTHER )IS NOW MARRIED TO BILL BARNETT, BILL HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL STEP FATHER TO GEORGINA AND A GREAT HUSBAND TO ELSIE.

IN 1984 GEORGINA MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH PATRICK, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR BOTH OF THEM. PATRICK CALLS HER HIS INDIAN PRINCESS AND TRULY HAS EYES ONLY FOR HER. THEY WERE MARRIED ON FEB. 14TH, 1985. GEORGINA HAS GIVING PATRICK THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN WHO THEY BOTH TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN.

GEORGINA STARTED TO BEAD IN 1987 AND HAS LOVED BEADING EVER SINCE, HER WORK HAS A STYLE UNLIKE ANY OTHER AND IS SNAPPED UP BY PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. PATRICK IS VERY PROUD OF HER.

GEORGINA'S BEST FRIEND, SHARLOTE TOOK UP BEADING AND NOW THEY GET TOGETHER AND BEAD FOR HOURS AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK. ITS A REAL JOY FOR PATRICK TO WATCH THEM GET SO EXCITED OVER WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.

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GEORGINA LOVES TO DANCE AND ALONG WITH PATRICK, WAS A MEMBER OF THE DANCE TROUP, THE BOX OF TREASURES. THEY PERFORMED ALL OVER AND DANCED AT THE OPENING OF THE COMMON WEALTH GAMES ART SHOW IN VICTORIA, B.C. WHERE PATRICK'S ART WAS ON DISPLAY.