According to the Savary Island Park plan which shows the early subdivision of DL 1373 in 1910, the two lots fronting Malaspina Promenade and two behind on Arbutus Avenue were first owned by a Mr. Thulin of Lund. Records show that from 1912 to 1925 these lots were owned by Harry Keefer and Emma and Ruth Roberts. Known quaintly at that time as “the Misses Roberts”, the sisters also owned the original Savary Inn with Harry Keefer. Around 1926 the lots were purchased by Percy

From 1915 to 1917 the title was registered to Lettie M. Bennett , c/o Keefer and Townley. The house was built in approximately 1915. In 1917 ownership changed to Lilly M. Burnett , wife of Kenneth Lumsden Burnett who also owned the adjacent property to the west. Ruyter S. Sherman , who had camped on the grass in front of the house in 1910 with his wife Nellie and daughter Maud, purchased the property in 1919. He named the house Traumerei , a German word for daydream or reveri

From 1915 to 1917 the title was registered to Malcolm McCraith, c/o Keefer & Townley. McCraith was part of the Savary Island Park Association which was responsible for selling the previously subdivided lots. From 1917 to 1932 the owner was listed as Malcolm McCraith, with the period of 1922 to 1925 shown as owned by W. Vaughan-Robinson. The house was built in 1930 and McCraith lived there alone. According to Gladys Bloomfield, at some point he developed an ear infection whic