BRITISH
COLUMBIA
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE PRESENT
BIOGRAPHICAL
VOLUME IV
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
VANCOUVER PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO
1914
SIR RICHARD McBRIDE
BIOGRAPHICAL
SIR RICHARD McBRIDE, K. C. M. G.
A remarkable career is that of Sir Richard McBride, who at the age of
thirty-three years, when most young men are taking the initial steps that lead
to prominence, became premier of British Columbia and has ever since filled
this office. There is probably no public man within the confines of the province
who is better known than Sir Richard and there is certainly no one whose record
has won greater admiration and the absolute indorsement in larger measure of
the major portion of the population of the province.
Sir Richard McBride comes of a well known British Columbia family, his
father being Arthur H. McBride, who held a distinguished place among the earlier
pioneers of British Columbia. He was a son of the late Thomas McBride, of
County Down, Ireland, where his birth occurred June 26, 1835, in the city of
Down, where he later completed his education. In 1854, when nineteen years
of age, he joined the Royal South Down Militia, in which he won the rank of
color sergeant and pay sergeant. He proved an excellent soldier, being imbued
with the highest military sense of honor, and for five years he remained with
his regiment. He then decided to go to British Columbia because of the stories
which had reached him concerning the gold discoveries in the Fraser river dis-
trict. Visiting eastern Canada, he made his way thence to California, where he
remained for two and a half years,' arriving in British Columbia in the spring
of 1863. Going direct to the Cariboo district, he there engaged in mining through
the summer on Williams and Lightning creeks and at the latter location acquired,
in partnership with others, a large claim but owing to the difficulty of working
it, they had to abandon the enterprise, although the indications of high-grade ore
were excellent. At the close of the mining season Mr. McBride returned to
Victoria, having enjoyed but indifferent success in his mining venture. He then
accepted a position as sergeant on the police force and, advancing quickly in
the service, soon became head of the department. Upon the demise of Captain
Pritchard, in 1870, Mr. McBride was appointed to fill the vacancy and remained
in that position until 1878, when he was appointed to the office of warden of
the provincial penitentiary at New Westminster, which had just been completed.
At the same time he received a commission as justice of the peace under the
jurisdiction of the sheriff of New Westminster.
On the 8th of November, 1865. Mr. McBride was united in marriage to Miss
Mary D'Arcy, a native of Limerick, Ireland, who belongs to the Roman Catholic
church, while he was a member of the Church of England. Mr. McBride was
always an ardent disciplinarian, and great credit is due him for founding the
militia regiments of both Victoria and New Westminster, giving his services
gratuitously for a number of years as drill instructor to these regiments and
bringing both to a high state of efficiency. Fraternally Mr. McBride was a mem-
ber of the Masons and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His long and
honorable public career brought him great credit, and the high sound which the
family name enjoys in British Columbia is but a recognition of his valiant
efforts on behalf of the general public and is now worthily carried on by his
distinguished son, Sir Richard.
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It was in the family home, then being maintained at New Westminster, Brit-
ish Columbia, that Sir Richard McBride was born December 15, 1870. He
attended grammar and high schools in his native city until he reached the age of •
sixteen years, when he entered Dalhousie University at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
being graduated from that institution with the degree of LL. B. in 1890, when
but twenty years of age. Returning to British Columbia, he then read law under
T. C. Atkinson, while subsequently his preceptor was the Hon. Angus J. McColl,
the late chief justice of British Columbia. In July, 1892, Sir Richard was called
to the bar and began practice as junior member of the firm of Corbould, McColl,
Wilson & Campbell at New Westminster. This relationship continued until
1893, after which Sir Richard practiced alone until 1895- He then formed a
partnership with W. J. Whiteside, which, however, was dissolved the next year
when he became connected with H. F. Clinton, who has since passed away.
After the death of Mr. Clinton, Sir Richard formed the firm of McBride &
Kennedy. He was named a king's counsel in 1905. The ability which he dis-
played won him distinguished honors along professional lines and further indic-
ated his fitness for political preferment. Questions of vital importance regard-
ing municipal, provincial and national affairs have always had the deepest interest
for him and of such he has been a close and discriminating student.
In 1896 Sir Richard entered the political arena, unsuccessfully contesting
New Westminster in the Dominion general election. In 1898 he was returned
as a member of the British Columbia legislature for Dewdney Riding, at the
general election, as a supporter of the Turner government. On June 21, 1900,
he was called to the executive department of the provincial government, enter-
ing the cabinet as minister of mines, but owning to a difference on a matter of
policy, he resigned from the government the following year. Going again before
the people, he was reelected by acclamation and in 1902 chosen leader of the
opposition in the legislature, becoming premier of British Columbia on June i,
1903, having since been returned to power at the general elections of 1907,
1909 and 1912 and holding this office at present. He sits as senior member for
the city of Victoria and besides being premier still holds the portfolio of minister
of mines. It was he who won for the conservative party such a glorious victory
in this province. He introduced party lines in provincial politics when he became
premier in 1903 and in that way became the head of the first liberal-conservative
government of the province.
In September, 1896, Sir Richard married Miss Margaret McGillivray and
to them have been born six daughters.
One of the foremost statesmen of the Canadian west, Sir Richard was in
attendance at the coronation of Their Majesties, King George and Queen Mary.
In 1912 merited distinction came to him when, as one of the birthday honors, he
was created a Knight of the Cross of St. Michael and St. George- He was invested
with the insignia of this distinguished order by His Royal Highness the Duke
of Connaught, the governor-general, at Victoria, in October, 1912. Another
distinguished honor was conferred upon Sir Richard McBride on March 22,
1913, when the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the University of
California.
WILLIAM MASSEY SILCOCK.
William Massey Silcock is secretary and treasurer of the Bungalow Finance
& Building Company, Ltd., in which connection he has taken active part in the sub-
stantial improvement and adornment of Vancouver. He was born in Warrineton
Lancashire England February 23, 1877, a son of William and Annie Rovai
(Nightingale) Silcock, representatives of old Lancanshire families, originally
from West Houghton, near Wigan, England.
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In private schools of Cheshire, England, William M. Silcock pursued his edu-
cation and afterward was employed in Parr's Bank of Liverpool and London, re-
maining in that institution in different capacities for fourteen years. In 1907 he
came to Canada and for two years occupied various positions. In 1909,
however, he came to Vancouver and in 1911 entered into employment with F. W.
Killam in bungalow construction, the business having formerly been conducted
under the name of the Bungalow Construction Association with Mr. Killam as
proprietor. In May, 1912, it was incorporated and Mr. Silcock was elected secre-
tary and treasurer and also one of the directors. The bungalow is preeminently
a feature of western home building. It is splendidly adapted to this section of the
country, where the warm Pacific current so tempers the climate, that vegetation
grows in luxuriance, for the bungalow is peculiarly adapted to the adornment
furnished by landscape gardening. It seems in such conditions a very part of the
scene and in the house construction there is to be found every feature of light,
air, sanitation, utility, comfort and beauty. The company of which Mr. Silcock
is now secretary and treasurer has erected some of the most attractive bungalows
' in the city, embodying the most modern styles of bungalow architecture, many
of their buildings showing marked originality as well as beauty of design.
In addition to his partnership in the Bungalow Finance & Building Company,
Ltd., Mr. Silcock is also secretary and treasurer of the Lumberman's Trust Com-
pany, Ltd., of Vancouver, and is secretary of the Canadian Automatic Fender
Company, Ltd., of this city.
Mr. Silcock is a conservative in politics, a member of Christ church and
belongs to the Burrard Cricket Club — associations which indicate much of the
nature of his principles, the rules which govern his conduct and the nature of his
recreation. Advancement and success have come to him as the merited reward
and logical result of capability, close application, determination and commend-
able ambition.
JOHN EDWARD HAWKSHAW.
John Edward Hawkshaw, the well known manager of the local branch of the
Northern Crown Bank, has made banking his profession from his earliest youth
and has come to be known as an upholder of conservative business principles,
tempered with a nicely balanced progressiveness.
Mr. Hawkshaw was born in London, Ontario, on the 9th of October, 1880,
and is the second eldest son of William Sterne and Eliza Murton (Shore)
Hawkshaw, the former a native of Dublin, Ireland, and the latter of London,
Ontario, her father now deceased, being Captain Thomas Shore, formerly of
Bath, England.
On the paternal side Mr. Hawkshaw comes of a Danish-Anglo family for
generations resident in Ireland, his grandfather, the late Hugh Hawkshaw
having been a naval officer and afterward commander of the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary. He gave to Britain's service on the high seas, two sons, his elder son
the late Richard Parry Hawkshaw, R. N., being for years paymaster of the
fleet on the China station: and the younger son Hugh Benjamin, who retired
with the rank of commander, now resides at Vevey, Switzerland. The second
son, father of the subject of this narrative, after receiving his training on the
good ship Conway, entered the merchant service, resigning as first officer in
his early youth, when he came to Canada and took up the pursuit of agriculture
at Glanworth, county of Middlesex, Ontario, where he resided with his family
for thirty years and during which time he .made twenty-seven voyages across
the Atlantic, importing thoroughbred Shropshire sheep.
In 1904 the father removed with his family to British Columbia, locating at
Chilliwack, where he now resides, having given his time and attention to agri-
cultural pursuits with such" results as evidenced by the fact that m January,
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1913, he received the provincial government cup awarded to the owner of the
best eighty-acre farm in British Columbia.
John Edward Hawkshaw acquired his education in Huron College school,
London, Ontario, which at that time was under the management of his cousin,
Rev. Herbert G. Miller, M. A., late principal of the Huron Divinity College,
now known as the Western University, and at the Collegiate Institute, London,
Ontario. He completed his third year at the collegiate on the 3ist of March,
1899, and on the nth of April, 1899, entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce in
Dunnville, Ontario, that province, thus beginning a career in banking which has
brought him continuous advancement and distinction. While in the employ of
the first institution, which he served for seven years, he was connected with
eleven different branches in Ontario, Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia. He
came to this province in January, I9or, and five years later resigned to accept
a position in the Northern Crown Rank, Vancouver, and in 1909 was placed
in charge of the New Wesminster branch, one of the leading financial insti-
tutions in the city. Its affairs have since claimed practically all of his attention
and he is conducting here a safe and reliable bank, carrying on a general banking
business along progressive lines tempered with a conservatism which thoroughly
safeguards the interests of the depositors and which has brought the institution
a reputation for reliability and trustworthiness.
In 1909 Mr. Hawkshaw married Miss Mabel Edith Honor McClean, of
Wexford, Ireland, who came to British Columbia, with her parents in 1903.
Her father, Washington G. McClean, now deceased, was for many years sub-
manager of the Provincial Bank of Ireland in Wexford, and was well known
throughout that part of Ireland. Mr. Hawkshaw is a member of the Church
of England, and is a devotee of all kinds of outdoor sports, taking a keen interest
in the Royal City Lacrosse team, known as the Salmonbellies, of whom he is
always an ardent rooter. During the winter months he is a regular attendant
at the skating rink in New Westminster, which is one of the finest in British
Columbia. While in the Yukon he gave a great many leisure hours to this sport
as well as to curling.
For three years Mr. Hawkshaw was a member of the Fifth Regiment,
Canadian Militia, of Victoria, British Columbia, having joined that organization
shortly after his arrival from eastern Canada in the year 1901. He is well known
in Vancouver, being a member of various clubs as well as the Westminster
Club, and holds membership also on the Board of Trade and in the Progressive
Association in New Westminster. These connections indicate something of
the scope and variety of his interests though they do not show the full extent
of his work for his earnest desire since his residence here has been to assist
in promoting the interests of the Royal City, as he considers her worthy of
the best work of her friends, lie is ready at all times to cooperate in move-
ments to advance the city's welfare and to promote its growth, his faith in
which has been evidenced by himself investing in a home, which is centrally
located on Pine and Third avenues.
LEWIS FRANCIS BONSON.
Lewis Francis Bonson has many claims to honor and distinction, for he is a
veteran of the Crimean war, was for many years an able member of the English
Corps of Royal Engineers and came as a pioneer to British Columbia. The re-
tirement which he is now enjoying in his home in New Westminster is well de-
served, for it rewards many years of honorable and faithful labor. He has
reached the advanced age of eighty-two and his life has been upright and honora-
ble in all its relations, serving as a source of courage and inspiration to all for-
tunate enough to come within the close circle of his friendship. He was born
in Peeblesshire, Scotland, on the Tweed river, May 10, 1831, and is a son of
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Henry and Marion Bonson, both of whom were representatives of old Scotch
families, the father having been for many years in the employ of Sir Thomas
Gibson Carmichael, owner of Castle Craig.
Lewis F. Bonson acquired his education in the public schools of Kirkurd and
at the age of fifteen entered upon a period of apprenticeship to the joiner's and
wheelwright's trade. Having completed it, he went in 1849 to Edinburgh, where
he worked as a joiner until 1851, when he went to London, remaining in that city
for three years. In 1854 the joined the Corps of Royal Engineers at Woolwich,
thus beginning a connection which brought him success and distinction in later
years. After a short time spent in Chatham he was sent in 1855 to tne seat of
the Crimean war, serving until peace was declared in 1856, when he was trans-
ferred to the garrison of Gibraltar for five months. At the end of that time he
returned to England and two months later was detailed for special service in
Central America. Returning in 1858, he spent three months in England and then
started for British Columbia by way of the isthmus of Panama and up the Pacific
coast. He brought with him a party for the purpose of preparing the barracks
and quarters for the detachment of engineers who were following by way of Cape
Horn and who arrived in 1859. Mr. Bonson continued in the engineering service
until 1863, winning by his ability and his comprehensive kowledge of the profes-
sion a position of honor and distinction and recognition as a man of superior
attainments and powers. In 1863 he received his honorable discharge from the
Royal Corps and retired to private life, turning his attention to contracting and
building at New Westminster, a city which numbers him among her most honored
pioneers. He took a great interest in the advancement and growth of the com-
munity and did able work of reform and improvement during his period of serv-
ice as road superintendent for the provincial government, a capacity in which he
acted from 1876 to 1880. He afterward engaged for a short time in the liquor
business but disposed of this in 1892 and purchased a farm of three hundred and
seventy acres at Keatsey, nine miles from New Westminster. He continued to
improve and develop this property along modern lines for a number of years,
finally disposing of it in 1905, when he retired and returned to New Westminster,
where he still makes his home.
On the I2th of July, 1858, Mr. Bonson was united in marriage to Miss Jemima
Urquhart, a native of Cromarty, Ross-shire, Scotland, and they became the parents
of six children : Marion ; Robert ; Henry, who passed away ; Charles ; James ; and
Nellie.
Mr. Bonson is a conservative in his political beliefs, and his religious views
are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church. He is well known
and widely beloved in this community, where his venerable age, combined with his
many sterling qualities of mind and character, endear him to all with whom he
comes in contact. In his earlier years he met the world confidently and courage-
ously, making his own way upward in it along worthy pathways, and in his old
age he reaps a just reward in widespread esteem and respect and in the confidence
and good-will of many friends.
CHARLES ERNEST KING.
The firm of Warden & King, real-estate brokers, is well known in Vancouver,
conducting a successful business with a large and growing clientele. Mr. King
was born in Wiltshire, England, on the I5th of February, 1876, a son of George
Peckham and Eliza (Stillman) King, the former a representative of a Hamp-
shire family, while the mother was a member of the old Stillman family of
Newbury and Berks.
Charles E. King pursued his education in public and private schools of his
native place to the age of thirteen years, when in 1889 he crossed the Atlantic
to Canada, making his way to Ontario, where he spent three years. In 1892
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he arrived in British Columbia, where he has since remained. For a number
of years he was connected with the construction department of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, remaining in that service until 1900, when he went to boutn
Africa for active duty in the Boer war with the Canadian Mounted Rifles,
his return to British Columbia, in 1902, he again took up construction work
for lar^e contracting firms of Vancouver and remained in that field of business
until 1909, when he turned his attention to real-estate dealing, organizing the
Union Real Estate Company, with which he was connected for two years.
Later he became junior partner in the firm of Maxwell & King, and in 1911
Mr. Warden joined the firm under the style of Warden, Maxwell & King. In
1913 Mr. Maxwell withdrew and the present firm name of Warden & King
was assumed. They largely handle city and suburban property and also conduct
a loan and insurance business, representing a number of the leading and reliable
insurance companies.
On the 26th of April, 1910, Mr. King was united in marriage to Miss Mabel
Marion Margctson, the eldest daughter of William and Mary Ann Margetson.
Miss Margetson was visiting her brothers, prominent real-estate men of Van-
couver, when she met Mr. King, who sought her hand in marriage. They are
members of the Church of England, and they have gained many friends during
their residence in Vancouver.
Mr. King's military record is a most creditable chapter in his life history.
Going to South Africa at the time of the Boer war, he enlisted as a private and
his valorous and loyal service won him the Queen's medal and four clasps.
He remained in Africa during the war, or for about two years, and was after-
ward commissioned an officer in the Sixth Regiment of the Duke of Connaught's
Own Rilles, which office he still fills. In politics he is a conservative but never
an office seeker. The Masonic fraternity numbers him among its exemplary
representatives. He holds membership in King Solomon lodge, No. 17, A. F.
& A. M. of New Westminster, and in Vancouver Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M.
lie also belongs to the United Service Club and the Progress Club, and
he is interested in all that pertains to the progress and welfare of the city and
province, cooperating in many movements which have had direct effect upon
the development and upbuilding of this section of the country.
JOHN BUTLER TIFFIN.
John Butler Tiffin, one of the prominent and substantial citizens of Van-
couver, lives now practically retired from active business, although he still holds
the position of president of the Red Cedar Lumber Company, Limited. He is
one of the pioneers of British Columbia, having come here in 1877, and since
1878 he has been successfully engaged in the lumber business, having done much
toward building up this industry and bringing to the world's attention the vast re-
sources of the province.
John Butler Tiffin was born on November 24, 1848, in Kent county, Ontario,
and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Tiffin. The father was one of the first
settlers in what was known then as the "old fields" in the southern part of Kent
county. John B. Tiffin was educated in the public schools of Ontario and for a
number of years farmed in that province, until in 1877 the spirit of the west
lured him to British Columbia, and he has never had occasion to regret
this step, for it proved the corner stone to an active and successful career which
not only brought him prosperity but proved a valuable part in opening the
resources of the country to the world. In 1878 Mr. Tiffin engag'ed in the lum-
ber business and has ever since been engaged in that line, having now for a
number of years been president of the Red Cedar Lumber Company, Limited,
although he has practically retired from active business. He is also a stock-
holder in a number of other important companies here.
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Mr. Tiffin has always taken deep interest in public enterprises of value and
for a time served as a director in the Vancouver Exhibition Association. He
gave further evidence of his public spirit by accepting office as license commis-
sioner for Vancouver in 1908 and is also an ex-president of the Vancouver
Amateur Driving Association. He is a tory in politics, strong in his views and
stands for those things that make for the good of the country. His religious
faith is that of the English church. Fraternally he belongs to Cascade Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., and he is a member of the Canadian Club. Careful of his own
interests and considerate of those of others, Mr. Tiffin has attained to prosperity,
his every action being worthy of the highest commendation. He is greatly
interested in the upbuilding of his province along various lines, such as the im-
provement of stock, horses, cattle, etc. He has generous humanitarian princi-
ples and suffering humanity, especially children, always touch an answering chord
in his heart. Mr. Tiffin is a loyal and faithful citizen of Vancouver and, as he
has proven his worth, enjoys the confidence, esteem and respect of all who have
had occasion to meet him in a social or business way.
GEORGE RORIE.
George Rorie is now secretary and treasurer of the old established firm of
Ceperley, Rounsefell & Company, Ltd., which stands foremost among the represen-
tatives of insurance interests in British Columbia. A native of Edinburgh, Scot-
land, he was born September 30, 1868, his parents being ( ieorge L. and Elizabeth
(Paterson) Rorie. • The father was at one time manager of the Town and County
Bank at Aberdeen, Scotland, and later became secretary of the National Bank
of Scotland, Limited, at Edinburgh, in which connection be continued until
he died in 1886.
George Rorie attended the Edinburgh Academy and the Edinburgh University.
He started in the business world in 1886 as an apprentice in the office of F. and
F. W. Carter, chartered accountants of Edinburgh. When his term of indenture
had expired he continued as an employe of that firm until 1897, having been
admitted to membership in the Chartered Accountants Society of Edinburgh
in 1892. Five years later he went to Perth, Scotland, where he was engaged in
the private practice of his profession until 1905, when he removed to Dundee,
Scotland, and again followed his profession in a private capacity until 1908.
That year witnessed his arrival in Canada and in the month of June he reached
Vancouver. For a year thereafter he followed the private practice of his pro-
fession in this city but in 1909 became associated with the old established firm
of Ceperley, Rounsefell & Company, Ltd., of which he was made secretary and
treasurer and so continues to the present time. This firm is the oldest and
most important in its line in British Columbia. It was organized in 1886 and
conducts a general insurance, financial brokerage, real-estate and loan business.
They~are general agents in British Columbia for the Phoenix Assurance Com-
pany, Ltd., of London, England ; the Liverpool & London & Globe Insur-
ance Company, Ltd. ; the British America Assurance Company ; the Thames
& Mersey Marine Insurance Company, Ltd ; the Canadian Railway Accident
Insurance Company ; and the National Provincial Plate Glass & General Insur-
ance Company, Ltd. They have agencies in all the towns of British Columbia
and the Yukon Territory. They are likewise the Vancouver agents of the
Canadian Mortgage Association.' The business of this firm is most carefully
managed and directed. Each feature is familiar to someone in charge and
no detail is neglected. The officers have been able to surround themselves with
a capable corps of assistants and today the clientage of the company makes
their business in excess of all others in their line in the insurance field in Brit-
ish Columbia.
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On the 20th of December, 1899, Mr. Rorie was married at Edinburgh,
Scotland, to Miss Nina Campbell, a daughter of A. D. Campbell, of Edinburgh,
formerly of Ederline, Argyleshire, Scotland. Their children are Nancy Kath-
erine and George Livingstone. The parents hold membership in St. John's
Presbyterian church and Mr. Rorie also belongs to the Masonic fraternity and
to the University Club — associations which indicate something of the nature of
his interests and the principles which govern his actions. During his residence in
Perth, Mr. Rorie served for five years in the Fourth V. B. Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders) retiring with the rank of captain in 1903. His political service
covers three years as town councillor of Perth, but since coming to Vancouver
he has preferred to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, giving
undivided attention to his duties as secretary and treasurer of Ceperley, Rounse-
fell & Company. With thorough training as a chartered accountant to serve
as the foundation upon which to build success, he has gradually promoted his
knowledge of business conditions.
Mr. Rorie has made use of his extensive knowledge of companies affairs
in another way, for he is the joint author of the Manual of British Columbia
Company Law, published by the well known firm of Burroughs & Company, Lim-
ited. The Manual of British Columbia Company Law, a practical handbook for
the legal profession, directors, secretaries and shareholders, on the formation, man-
agement and winding up of companies, has as its authors, Alexander Harold
Douglas. LL. B., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law and of the bar of British
Columbia, and George Rorie, our subject. It comprises six parts, as follows: Part
i, the Formation and Constitution of a Company ; part 2, Management and Conduct
of the Business of the Company ; part 3, Winding up of Companies ; part 4, Forms
and Precedents: part 5, the Statute; part 6, comprehensive index. The book
also contains the text of the Companies Act and leading cases. The index is
comprehensive and the collection of forms and precedents complete and valuable
from an instructive point of view. The book should prove of great value to
the commercial fraternity of the province, as heretofore no authoritative guide
existed as to the British Columbia Companies Act. The combination of author-
ship has been a happy one, combining the experience of a well known company
lawyer, and that of a most experienced chartered accountant, the former treating
the subject from the legal view, and the latter dealing with the actual and practical
management of corporations. The high standing of Mr. Douglas as well as
Mr. Rone insures the editorial excellence of the book and makes its authoritative-
ness unquestionable. Mr. Rorie has in this manner, in an important way, con-
tributed toward the very incomplete literature on this subject as far as this prov-
ince is concerned and his efforts in this respect should meet with a gratifying
response and a ready reception of this valuable work, the need of which has been
telt so long.
CAPTAIN CLARENCE HUNTER DE BECK.
Captain Clarence Hunter De Beck, one of the leading and representative
citizens of New Westminster, may be said to have been one of the foremost
factors in the development of the rich lumber resources of British Columbia. He
was a pioneer here in the sawmill business and when he began operations, there
were but two establishments, the old Moodyville and the old Hastings mills, when
he erected the Brunette Saw Mill, which for years was the largest in the province
and which still is one of the best paying ones here. Captain De Beck is a native
ot New Brunswick and was born in Carleton county, August 21, 185=5. He is a
son of George and Eliza Ann (Dow) De Beck, both natives of New Brunswick,
whence in 1868 they came to British Columbia among the western settlers. They
made their way by boat from New York to the isthmus of Panama which they
crossed, and then again took ship up the coast to Victoria. Two months later
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they came to New Westminster where the father engaged in logging in Burrard
Inlet, where he was accidentally killed while engaging in that occupation about
two years later. The mother is still living and is remarkably hale and hearty and
in full possession of all her faculties at the age of ninety-nine years.
Captain Clarence H. De Beck was educated in the public schools and at St.
Louis College in New Westminster and when only thirteen years of age he secured
a position to drive stage at a salary of fifty dollars per month and board. After
coming to New Westminster he continued in school until his father's death, at
which time he engaged to work in logging camps in various positions, being,
however, always connected with clerical work. He thus continued for about six
years when he returned to New Westminster and, buying two teams, engaged
in teaming, being largely occupied in the construction of the penitentiary and
asylum. He continued successfully in this line of work for three years and
made it his principle when going out in the morning never to return without
earning ten dollars for the day and he remained out until that purpose was
accomplished. Subsequently he and his three brothers, Howard L., Warren and
George Ward, built the Brunette Saw Mills in Sapperton which under their able
management were developed until they were conceded to be the best paying
lumber mills in the province. In 1889 Captain De Beck sold his interest in these
mills but although he had already attained a competence, he could not endure
inactivity and two years later purchased a tugboat and engaged in the towing
business. In 1894 he sold out and in 1896 engaged in work on the government
snag boat Sampson, remaining in the federal service for about ten years. When
the King Edward dredge boat was finished in 1897 he was placed in charge of
that vessel and so continued until 1906, when he left the government service.
Following that period he and his son-in-law, C. W. Tate, established and built
the Fern Ridge Lumber & Shingle Mills in the Langley district, which they
developed into an important industry. Captain De Beck in 1912 sold his inter-
est in these mills and on the 1st of January, 1913, bought the Royal City Shingle
Mills, which he is now operating.
In February, 1879, Mr. De Beck was united in marriage to Miss Emily Jane
Edwards, a native of Sapperton and a daughter of William Edwards, who was
one of the Sapperton miners who came to British Columbia in the early days, in
advance of civilization. Captain and Mrs. De Beck have two children: Mabel
Evaline, the wife of N. M. Mattheson, collector of customs at New Westminster;
and Violet Winifred, who married C. W. Tate, who is in charge of the Fern
Ridge Lumber Company. It was on May 20, 1912, that the family circle was
broken by death, when Mrs. De Beck passed away. In his religious affiliations
Captain De Beck is a Presbyterian and gives stalwart support to that organiza-
tion. One of the pioneers of this district, he has done important work in pro-
moting progress and especially in founding a large and prosperous industry
which has grown to magnificent proportions as the years have passed. All that
affects the welfare of New Westminster and the province finds in him an inter-
ested supporter and he is ever ready to give of his time and money in order to
promote worthy public enterprises of permanent value. It is to such citizens
as Captain De Beck that the present prosperous conditions in British Columbia
are largely due, and the honor, esteem and confidence which is given him is tl
fore well merited.
WILLIAM McKENZIE McLEAN.
William McKenzie McLean has for the past sixteen years been in the ser-
vice of the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest concern in British Columbia
and Canada, and has made an enviable record in this connection, being now
manager of the wholesale department which carries the most complete line
of liquors, tobacco and cigars in the province. Though still young in years, he
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has already won recognition among the substantial and successful citizens of
Vancouver. His birth occurred in Greenock, Scotland, on the 1st of April,
1884, his parents being Donald and Elizabeth (McKenzie) McLean, who are
likewise natives of that country. They came to Vancouver in 1890 and are
among the well known and highly esteemed residents of the city.
William McKenzie McLean, who was a lad of six years when he accom-
panied his parents on their emigration to this country, obtained his education in
the public schools of Vancouver. Before reaching the age of thirteen he had com-
pleted a course in bookkeeping and shorthand and on the ist of February,
1897, entered the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company as secretary to the
manager, Mr. Lockyer. He remained in that capacity until 1908 and during
the past five years was general assistant to Mr. Lockyer for both the wholesale
and retail departments. On the ist of January, 1913, he became manager of
the wholesale department which carries the most complete line of liquors, tobacco
and cigars in British Columbia and supplies the branch stores of the Hudson's
Bay Company throughout the province. They have a corps of traveling sales-
men covering all of British Columbia and making regular trips into the Yukon,
where the trade is large. Mr. McLean is in charge of all this work and also
manages the operations of the company with all the liquor and tobacco dealers
in Vancouver, New 'Westminster and Victoria. He devotes his entire attention
to his business duties and is widely recognized as a young man of splendid ability
who has a bright future before him.
BEXJAMIN TIXGLEY ROGERS.
Great leaders are few. The mass of men seem content to remain in the position
in which they are placed by birth, circumstances or environment. Laudable
ambition, ready adaptability and capacity for hard work are essential elements
of success, and in none of these requirements has Benjamin T. Rogers been
found lacking. It is not a matter of marvel, therefore, that he occupies a pre-
eminent position among the builders of the northwest, for the real promoters of
a country's growth and greatness are they who found and conduct its prosperous
business enterprises. In this connection the name of Mr. Rogers is inseparably
interwoven with the annals of British Columbia. As a sugar manufacturer and
capitalist he has won not only provincial but national reputation, and moreover is
entitled to distinction as one whose success has not been allowed to warp his finer
sensibilities or crush out the kindly impulses of nature. On the contrary his pros-
perity has been to him the means of enlarged opportunity and endeavor on behalf
of his fellowmen, and his worth in these particulars is attested by the consensus
of public opinion. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rogers was born in Philadelphia,
>ctol>er 21, 1865, and is a son of Samuel B. and Clara Augusta (Uu Puy) Rogers.
who were also natives of the United States. The father was engaged in the sugar
refining business in Philadelphia and subsequently went to New Orleans where
; conducted a large refinery under the name of the Planters Sugar Refining Com-
pany, remaining m active business in the Crescent city until his death in 1883. His
witecame to Vancouver some years afterward and made her home with her son
Benjamin T., until her demise in the year 1910.
Excellent educational opportunities were accorded' Benjamin T. Rogers, who
after attending the Philips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, pursued a tech-
nical course ,n the plant of the Standard Refinery Company at Boston, Massachu-
setts where he mastered the subject of sugar chemistry. He then accepted the
position of chemist in his father's plant in New Orleans, but had been identified
with the business there for less than a year when his father died. Samuel B.
oTt Paen?ee" a £eTlal fnend °f Mn Havemeyer, the sugar king of New York,
Ne vY^l J T'tJ' ,R°gerVntered the Havemeyer & Elder Sugar Refinery at
New York with the object of acquainting himself with all departments and every
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phase of the business. He began boiling sugar and gained a knowledge of all the
processes of manufacture, working his way steadily upward until he became assist-
ant superintendent and eventually superintendent, in which capacity he was serving
when he withdrew from that company after seven years' connection therewith. He
was ambitious to engage in business on his own account, prompted by an initiative
spirit that has been one of the strong elements of his success. In 1890 he came
to Vancouver and organized the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company, Ltd.,
of which he became the president. The new enterprise was started on a limited
scale. He built a small plant on the site still occupied and wiih the growth of
the city has annually enlarged the plant until they now have a capacity of twenty
times their first annual output. Mr. Rogers has always acted as manager of ti:e
business. His entire life has been devoted to this industry and his success has
been phenomenal. The secret, however, is not fai to seek — it lies in the thorough-
ness with which he mastered every phase of the business and in the technical train-
ing which qualified him for the scientific understanding of the process used, lie
has ever been watchful of all details pointing to success, has carefully directed
and guarded his interests and has been seldom if ever at fault in estimating value
in any one point or condition of the business, so that he has been quick to discard
the non-essential and at the same utilize the essential to the fullest extent. lie
has never deviated from the high aim which he set up in connection with the
trade and he has justly earned the place which he now occupies as one of the
foremost business men of British Columbia.
On the ist of June, 1892, Mr. Rogers was married at Victoria to Miss Mary
Isabella Angus, of Manchester, England, and they have seven children : Blythe Du-
Puy, Mary Angus, Ernest Theodore, Elsbeth, Phillip Tingley, Margaret and For-
rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are members of St. Paul's Anglican church. Mrs.
Rogers takes a very active part in its work and is in hearty sympathy with her
husband in his support of charitable and benevolent projects. He served for
two or three years as vice president of the Vancouver General Hospital and Mrs.
Rogers is a member of its Woman's Auxiliary, of which she was the president
for many years. Mr. Rogers votes with the conservative party, but is never active
in politics. He finds recreation in shooting and fishing and through his social
connection with various leading clubs throughout the country, holding member-
ship in the Vancouver, Terminal City and Royal Vancouver Yacht Clubs of Van-
couver, the Union Club of Victoria, the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg, and the
Mount Royal Club of Montreal. He was one of the first members and is now
commodore of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, of which he is an active mem-
ber. His success now gives him leisure for participating in those things which
are a matter of interest and recreation. His ability and his personal worth have
made him widely known throughout the country from eastern to western Canada,
and he is accorded that tribute of respect which the world instinctively pays to
the man who controls fate and carves out his own fortune, employing methods
which never seek nor require disguise.
MATHEW JOHN BARR.
Mathew John Barr, a prominent and able business man of Vancouver, con-
nected since 1899 with the firm of Barr & Anderson, plumbers, was born in
Abbotsbury, South Wales, November 23, 1875. He is a son of Mathew and
Hannah (Clancy) Barr, natives of Scotland, the former of whom died in that
country. His wife afterward came to Canada, settling in Winnipeg in 1881
and in 1891 removed to Vancouver, where her death occurred in April, 1911.
The public schools of Winnipeg and the Vancouver high school afforded
Mathew John Barr his educational opportunities and after laying aside his books
he was apprenticed to the plumbing and heating trade, serving for five years.
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At the end of that time, having mastered the work in principle and detail, he
founded the firm of Mclntyre & Barr in 1897 and he maintained this connection
until 1899, when the firm "of Barr & Anderson was founded, so continuing to
the present time. This firm is one of the strong business factors in the city
and controls an important and growing patronage along >its special line, both
partners being representative, successful and far-sighted business men. Since
the foundation of the business Mr. Barr has taken an active and helpful part
in its upbuilding and development, his energy, discrimination and enterprise
uniting as elements in its substantial success. The company controls important
business interests in Vancouver and a more extended mention of its history
and activities is found on another page in this work. Mr. Barr is a director in
the Metropolitan Building Company, the Vancouver Investment Guarantee Com-
pany and the Dominion Glazed Pipe Company, connections which prove the
variety and scope of his interests and the recognition which his ability has re-
ceived in business circles.
On the 26th of November, 1901, in New Westminster, Mr. Barr was united
in marriage to Miss Evelyn May Dillabough and they have one son, Mathew
Lyle. All kinds of outdoor sports receive Mr. Barr's enthusiastic support but
he is especially fond of lacrosse and has played on the Vancouver team for the
past twelve years. He is past master of Mount Herman Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
and is master of the Vancouver Masonic lodge. He belongs to the Terminal
City Club and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Pres-
byterian church. Mr. Barr is a prominent business man, possessing in his char-
acter the energy, aggressiveness and enterprise necessary for business success.
He has been an active factor in the expansion of one of the important business
houses of Vancouver and his individual success is an element in the city's
growth and greatness.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. SOULE.
Perhaps no resident of Vancouver has a more interesting history than that
of William H. Soule, whose record has been most varied. His history if written
in detail would present many a chapter more interesting than any to be found in
fiction. He was born in Eastington, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, England,
March 16, 1833. This was four years before Queen Victoria ascended the
throne. For thirty years he sailed the seven seas and then spent between three
and four decades with the Hastings Mill Company of Vancouver. He was but a
boy of fifteen when he sailed from Gloucester, as an apprentice to Price &
Company, lumber dealers of Quebec, on his first ship, the barque Carolina, and
remained on her two years, making two round trips annually between Glouces-
ter and Quebec. It was a strange coincidence which brought him on his first
voyage to the land which many years afterward was to become his place of
residence. He next went as a common seaman on the barque Resolution, of
Liverpool, which sailed for a cargo of cotton to Apalachicola, a cotton port in
the southern United States. In 1855 he was a member of the crew of the Edward
Bilton, on its voyage from Newcastle to Odessa for wheat, which on the outward
voyage was loaded with coal for Constantinople. Discharging the cargo there,
they proceeded on to their destination, and Christmas day of that year was spent
on the Black Sea. Captain Soule afterward shipped on an American vessel, the
Massachusetts, which, after loading railway metals at Newport, Wales, sprang
a leak and would have sunk in the Bristol Channel had the captain not beached
her at Barrie island, near Cardiff, just in time to save her from going down.
Captain Soule afterward went to Barcelona and subsequently shipped upon a
newly built vessel at Belfast bound for Hong Kong. He next changed to an
American ship which was loaded at tea ports of the Orient, and on the Alba-
tross went to Calcutta and back to Boston. He next sailed on the Ganges to Cal-
CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. SOULE
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nit. i. wheic tlio vessel remained during tin- mutiny. A brother who visited him in
.incomer twenty years ago served throughout that period of hostility helween
the English and die natives. Captain Soule witnessed lonie wonderful fireworks,
i epicting one of the hattles, l.ueknow. The COtnbUttiblci, ignited by accident,
i lade u display so novel to the natives that they were greatly frightened and lied
i i all directions. The memory of their ludicrous flight causes the t'aptaiu main
i quiet laugh to this day.
Nut long afterward Captain Sonic hecaine male upmi a l>art|iic whii-h put urn
from Singapore for Hangkok and Sinm, for rice, wilh a Chinese crew and a
•upercargo of three boxes, each containing ten thousand Mexican .silver doll. UN
1 , longing to one of the shipowners, The skipper and male weie the onl\
vliites. A day and a half out the vessel sprang a serious leak and al once the
(Oinpradore, a Chinaman, and all the Chinc.se new \vauird in lake in the Imai-.
Mid make for the land. The exigencies of the occasion made u necev.ai\ ilui
•Mr. Soule threaten the ('hinamen wilh pistols in make llu-m |nim|>, while lie hm
\ as helping, in order to keep the vessel atloal i.. reach Singapore, In AII^MI ,i.
) 36^, he sailed from Liverpool on llie Wild llmiiri, ol llnsion. Tins pmvcil in
Is the most momentous voyage ul his hie, hei.mse il look linn In .S.ni I'laiur.in.
. which ]ilace he became a passenger on llie Uiolhci Imiallian, a xe.s.sel bound
fir Victoria, British Columbia. I'Yom Ilial city Captain Sunle went in llie old
1 -iiterprise to New Westminster and me) John Mel emi.m, who was pnisei ,.i>
tie boat and the hrsl man he knew m ibis lomiiiy. Aller one mghl m New
Westminster Captain Soule proceeded lo llie pild field'., lia\cling by slc.imci
from New Westminster to l''orl Yale and theme mi bml In Spn//um Iliidge,
\ here he spent the night on a bed of poles ami boughs, and llie following day
I lodded on toward Williams creek, a distance ol loin hundred miles, walking all
tie way save for a short steamer trip Irom Soda creek In the monlh ol llie
i nial A I that lime Joseph Trnlch was building a pai I ol llie ( ai ibon mail midei
Jackass mountain; between Itoston liar and l.yllon. This they had In :,khl.
Captain Soule and his companion, Mr. Mel.emian, fnnnd il a dillniili walk oyci
t lat four hundred miles, for when they started each was carrying a pack ol one
1 undred and ten pounds. They saw many men going in and mel many others
( miing out, each wilh varying stories of success or laihne Captain Sonic was
tot successful in his search for gold, and although he bail a mimbei nl claims
.iat timed with no more than he possessed when he entered llie country- Hi-.
. nibii n in wus lo accumulate monev enough lo buy a ship for use in llie cotton
t 'adc, At this time John Wheeler had a claim al lloslon li:ir, and Caplain Soule
i nited with him to work il. The claim was situated on llie old river bolloni ol
t'ic Frascr. They felled trees and whipsawed the timber for their shafting and
t i»-n sunk a shaft some forty feet, but wilh indifferent success. They bad a
g*rden and grew their needed vegetables on llie surface, while |»il a few feel
I -II' -alb, m the gravel, they were taking out gold. The precious metal was
• 'i. i mi (I niil\ m in. ill i|iianiities but still there was suflicienl to make the labor
v "it h while.
K'ehmiing lo Vancouver, Captain Soule went on lo I'ort (iainhle on I'ugrt
I-onii,] .mil thence i ailed to Honolulu with lumber. Wilh several others he
i H ;,,|,. a contract to build a wagon road over Donald Highland. They were
t'>be v>aid per rod, but worked so fast that the contractor cancelled (he contract,
ileclarinjr d1(.y were making too much money. In iKo<> Captain Soule returned
to Vancouver and, as he says, "stuck his stake" and has resided here con-
i nuoiisly since. In 1871 he established himself in the business of a slevedorc,
i'1 connection with the Hastings mill, and carried on that enterprise for about
i miyVfour years or until he retired to private life about seven years ago. Under
his management the business had grown to such an extent that lie had agents in
the I Jnileil Slale1, and al'.o in I'lumpe.
( 'n the 171)1 of January, i8;K, Captain Soule was united in marriage to Mrs,
1 hen ., I '..Mi-i-.nii, the widow of Caplain Calvin I 'a I lei --on, who a I an eai ly 'l.il'
I' id come to Vancouver, where he died as the result of an accident. Mrs. Soule
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was born in Manchester, England, but after the death of her parents came with
her brother to New York city, where she was educated and grew to womanhood.
Unto Captain and Mrs. Soule have been born two children: Alfred Hastings,
who is now a resident of Victoria; and Estelle Budding, the wife of Alexander
McKelvie. When the great conflagration in 1886 devastated Vancouver and the
home of Captain Soule was reduced to ashes, he and his family removed to his
boat, the Robert Kerr, which lay at anchor in the harbor, making their home
thereon for a year or untif a new house was erected at the corner of Powell and
Dundee streets. This was then an entirely different residential section than it
is at present and they made their home there for about twenty years. In 1906
they removed to their modern and commodious home at No. 1136 Pacific street,
and here Captain and Mrs. Soule are now spending the evening of their lives in
honorable retirement and pleasing surroundings. The old barque, Robert Kerr.
passed from his ownership to the Canadian Pacific Railway and was for years
used by that corporation as a "coal hulk" but was eventually wrecked on the reef
near Nanaimo, where her storm-shattered skeleton is now passing into decay.
It was Captain Soule who owned the first ship of Vancouver.
When the city of Vancouver was first created Captain Soule was a candidate
for its first board of aldermen, while his old friend and associate, H. M. Alex-
ander, was the candidate of the conservative party for the office of mayor. The
liberals won the day, however, and both Captain Soule and his friend met defeat.
Captain Soule and his family are of the Episcopal faith. He assisted in the
erection of the first three churches in Vancouver and hung the bell in the first
house of worship. He is a valued member of the Commercial Club and also
belongs to the Progress Club of Vancouver. It has been said that "Captain and
Mrs. Soule are known for their kind-hearted hospitality and high moral stand-
ards, and their influence for good will long be felt in British Columbia after
the final act of life is ended and the curtain has been rung down forever."
THOMAS KIDD.
Thomas Kidd, who is now living retired on his beautiful ranch, comprised
of a hundred and eighty acres of Lulu Island's fertile land, was born in County
Down, Ireland, on the 23d of February, 1846. He is a son of William and Mar-
garet (Garrett) Kidd, who were also natives of the Emerald isle, where they
passed their entire lives.
The first seventeen years in the life of Thomas Kidd were passed in the
parental home in the unvaried routine characteristic of rural sections. His ene-r-
gies were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education until 1863, in wh ich
year he laid aside his text-books and started out to make his own way in ; the
world. In common with the majority of youths of his age, he longed to pursue
his career in the colonies, where life afforded the varying experiences, unusual
happenings and strange adventures that attract and fill the dreams of e'very
enterprising and ambitious lad. His desire was gratified and soon after leaving
school in 1863 he took passage for New Zealand on a sailing vessel, speeding
a hundred days at sea. Some three months after his arrival he enlistecf as a
private in the Second Company, Third Regiment of Waikato Volunteers, £>rgan-
ized to put down the natives, who had started a revolution. He remained in
the service until 1866, being discharged with the rank of corporal. Soon there-
after he started for California, where he took up his residence in 1867. For
a time he engaged in ranching in Mendocino county, but he subsequently aban-
doned this activity and turned his attention to logging, which he followed ir.1 that
county for several years. Later with a party of four friends he traveled c'lown
the coast and across the state to Inyo county, where he remained until 1874. In
January of that year he returned to San Francisco and took passage for British
Columbia, arriving at Victoria on the iith of February. A few days lat^r he
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went to New Westminster, and there he formed the acquaintance of a Mr. Brig-
house. With this gentleman and a Mr. Scratchly he came to Lulu Island, where
he worked for them for a while, but in the summer he filed on a hundred and
sixty acres of land and began farming for himself. This tract forms the prin-
cipal part of his present valuable ranch, the boundaries of which he later extended
by the purchase of twenty acres, and here he has ever since made his home. His
early experiences were very similar in every respect to those of other pioneers
of Lulu Island. He encountered innumerable obstacles and hardships, but he
possesses the tenacity of purpose and perseverance which invariably lead to the
goal and zealously applied himself to the achievement of his ambition. His
energies were devoted to general farming and stock-raising, both of which
proved profitable under his capable management, and today he is the owner of
one of the attractive and most valuable farms in this section. As his circum-
stances permitted he replaced the crude structures first erected on his land with
more pretentious buildings, and from time to time added various other improve-
ments. Here he is passing his latter days in well earned ease, surrounded with
every comfort and enjoying an annual income from his farm which far more
than supplies the needs of himself and family.
In September, 1883, Mr. Kidd was married to Miss Letitia Smith, a daugh-
ter of Peter and Myra Smith, the event occurring at Ladner, and to them have
been born six children. In order of birth they are as follows : Agnes, the wife
of G. H. Harris ; Margaret and Gertrude, both of whom are at home ; a daugh-
ter and son who died in infancy ; and Joseph \V., who was drowned when he
was twenty-two years of age.
In his earlier years Mr. Kidd figured prominently in municipal politics, being
one of the leaders of his party during the pioneer period. He was numbered
among the progressive and enterprising citizens of the municipality and gave
efficient service in the council of Richmond, of which body he was a member
for several years. In 1894, the year the Westminster electoral district was
divided into four ridings, he was elected to the provincial parliament, where he
served until 1902. In his political principles Mr. Kidd is a liberal, but at local
elections he votes for the man he deems best qualified to give the people efficient
service. Probably no one in the community is more familiar with the early
events which helped to shape the destiny of the northwest than Mr. Kidd, as
for practically forty years he has been in close touch with the affairs of the
district, much of that period having been spent in the public service in various
capacities.
HENRY SIMON VAUGHAN.
While the record of the business man may be less spectacular than that of
the statesman or military leader it is none the less essential and no less valuable
a;? a force in advancement. In fact, the stable prosperity and substantial growth
of every community depends upon its enterprising and able business men who
give to it its great business institutions, utilizing every means that comes to hand
not only to advance their own interests but also to promote the public welfare.
To this class belongs Henry Simon Vaughan, who for twenty-three years -has
beon connected with what is now the firm of Ceperley, Rounsefell & Company,
Ltd., and who is, moreover, one of the most reliable, progressive and able
business men in Vancouver at the present time. He was born in Liverpool,
England, April 3, 1870, and is a son of Simon and Sarah (de Wolf) Vaughan,
the former a Canadian and a descendant of an old Loyalist family and head
of the firm of S. Vaughan & Company, ship owners and brokers of Liverpool,
England, until his return to Canada in 1882. In the Dominion he settled at
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and in 1891 came to Vancouver with his family, where
he lived retired until his death. His wife was a daughter of William H. de Wolf,
34 BRITISH COLUMBIA
of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and a member of an old Loyalist family from whom
the town took its name.
Henry Simon Vaughan acquired his education in the public schools of his
native city and in Acadia College there, after which he entered the employ of
Rhodes, Curry & Company of Amherst, Nova Scotia, with whom he remained
until 1891. In that year he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and became
associated with what is now the firm of Ceperley, Rounsefell & Company,
Ltd., with whom he has continued since that time — a period of twenty-three
years. The firm was founded in, 1886 under the style of Ross & Ceperley,
its organizer being H. T. Ceperley. It later became Ceperley, Rounsefell &
Company upon admission to the firm of F. W. Rounsefell and it so continued
until its incorporation as Ceperley, Rounsefell & Company, Ltd. The present
officers are H. T. Ceperley, president; F. W. Rounsefell, managing director;
H. S. Vaughan, vice president; and George Rorie, secretary and treasurer.
The company does a general insurance, real-estate and financial brokerage
business and is one of the oldest and largest firms of its kind in British Columbia.
It is general agent in the province for the Liverpool & London & Globe Insur-
ance Company, Ltd. ; the Phoenix Assurance Company, Ltd., of London, Eng-
land ; the British America Assurance Company ; the Thames & Mersey Marine
Insurance Company, Ltd. ; the Canadian Railway Accident Insurance Company,
and the National Provincial Plate Glass Company, Ltd. It is also agent in
Vancouver for the Canadian Mortgage Association. In the development of this
immense business Henry S. Vaughan has proven an active and helpful factor
during the twenty-three years of his connection with it and his energy, ability
and executive power have in an important way influenced its policies and effected
the character and direction of its development. He gives his full attention to
the concern and his time is altogether occupied with the manifold duties which
his ability brings upon him and with those which devolve upon him as one of the
chief executives of a large and growing business corporation. His associates
respect him as an able, far-sighted and discriminating man and his record is
in all respects a gratifying and enviable one.
On the 2d of October, 1902, Mr. Vaughan was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth J. Sharpies, of Vancouver, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Sharpies.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan have two children, Kenneth S. and Margaret de Wolf.
Mr. Vaughan is a member of the Anglican church and is a conservative in his
political beliefs. He is, however, not active in politics, preferring to spend his
leisure hours in his home with his wife and children. He is a devoted husband
and father and in private life a charming and courteous gentleman, qualities
which have drawn to him a representative and extensive circle of friends.
JOSEPH DESPARD PEMBERTON.
No history of British Columbia would be complete or satisfactory without
prominent reference to the late Joseph Despard Pemberton, so important was the
part which he played in the development of this section of the country. His name
is written large in its annals for the work which he accomplished made kno^n
to the world in considerable measure the possibilities, resources and opportunities
of the Pacific coast region. After his connection with the preliminary surveys
he aided in the later material development of the country and also in shaping
its political history.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1821, a son of Joseph Pemberton and a
grandson of the Rt. Hon. Joseph Pemberton, of Clontarf, Dublin, and Lord
Mayor of the city in 1806. Joseph Despard Pemberton was educated at Trinity
College in Dublin, where he was a pupil of Mr. Hemans, M. I. C. E., M. R. I. A-
Obtaining expert knowledge of the profession in which he wished to engage his
ability led him into important relations He was assistant engineer of the Gre;at
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Southern & Western Railway and was assistant engineer to Sir John McNeil
LL. D., F. R. S., M. I/ C. E. and M. R. I. A. Subsequently Mr. Pemberton
became engineer for the Exeter & Crediton Railway and was also engineer of
a part of the East Lancashire Railway He made the design for the Crystal
Palace of London, for which he was awarded a bronze medal. His high stand-
ing in his profession and the recognition of his ability are further shown by
the fact that he was professor of engineering and mathematics in the Royal
Agricultural College of Cirincester, where he remained for two years, resign-
ing to join the service of the Hudson's Bay Company in British Columbia as
colonial surveyor and engineer.
Mr. Pemberton left England early in 1851 and started for the Pacific coast
by way of the Panama route. He stopped for a time to become engineer of
the Panama Railroad, which was then being built. The trip which he made
from the old world to the new was at that time a very perilous and fatiguing one.
No railway had been built across the isthmus and travel was in open boats up
the Chagres river, exposed to heat and malaria at all times. Mr. Pemberton
contracted the fever and almost lost his life but at length succeeded in dispelling
the fever through the procedure of jumping from shipboard into the salt water.
At length he reached Victoria in safety and on his arrival quarters were assigned
him in the old fort. He lost no time in getting to work, being fully determined
to explore the country which was then almost absolutely unknown. He made
a somewhat hazardous trip to Cowichan Lake in 1852, being the first white
man to make that district, his observations made along the journey proving in
later years invaluable to the early settlers.
In 1853 Mr. Pemberton went to examine the coal fields reported at Saanich,
traveling in a canoe with five French Canadian voyageurs as a crew, but on
reaching his destination he discovered the deposit to be only lignite. The party
found it necessary to make a hurried departure, owing to the excitable Pen-al-
ahut Indians under Chief Mook-Mook-Tan, who gave chase and fired their
guns at the party, but the Indians were soon outdistanced by the white men.
The old chief later became one of Mr. Pemberton's most faithful friends and
servants.
From 1853 until 1855 Mr. Pemberton was engaged upon the trigonometrical
survey of the island from Sooke to Xanaimo, the result of which work was
published in 1855 by John Arrowsmith of London. This work was one of great
difficulty and hardship and was attended at all times with considerable danger.
The stations were often treetops from which the angles were taken. The diffi-
culty of transportation, too, was another great hindrance, the territory being
virgin with no roads across it. The bush and rocks made it a most formidable
undertaking, but with his undaunted energy and natural love of duty Mr. Pember-
ton finally accomplished what he undertook. In 1857 the same coast line was
surveyed by Captain G. H. Richards, later Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, and a
comparison of the two surveys shows only a difference of fifty feet in one hun-
dred miles, a fact decidedly complimentary to Mr. Pemberton when one takes
into consideration the great difficulties under which he labored. In 1852 Mr.
Pemberton, associated with J. N. McKay of the Indian department, examined the
coal measures of Nanaimo, out of which sections were made, and a report of the
work and the surrounding country was sent to London. The result of this report
was that in the following year a number of miners with machinery and neces-
sary supplies were dispatched to the field to open and work the mines with Mr.
McKay as manager. Mr. Pemberton was also one of the first white men to
cross Vancouver island. In 1857 he was the leader of an expedition to ascer-
tain whether gold existed on the island and, accompanied by Captain Gooch
and a party of seven, he traced the Cowichan river to its source; traversed the
island and reached Nitinat on the shores of the Pacific after many adventures
and hardships. In 1860 his book on British Columbia and Vancouver island
was published by Longman and proved of great assistance to intending settlers-
In 1859 he occupied the position of surveyor general of British Columbia under
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appointment of Queen Victoria, and the commission is signed by her personally.
He served until the end of 1864, when he resigned. While hurrying along
Esquimalt road on government business Mr. Pemberton met with a serious
accident, being thrown from his horse, and the effects of the fall he felt through-
out the remainder of his life. It was due to this accident that he resigned his
position as surveyor general.
In addition to the important work already mentioned it should be said that
Mr. Pemberton designed and erected the Race Rocks and Fisgard lighthouses
and as surveyor general he laid out and constructed the first roads in the city
and county. He was a member of the commission to consider the question of the
improvement of Victoria harbor and when the house voted money for dredging
the spit he went to England and purchased the machinery for a dredge and tug.
Both the dredge and tug were built after he had resigned his position as sur-
veyor general but his ideas and plans were carried out by his successor. Mr.
Pemberton also gave evidence of his genial public spirit when he designed, sur-
veyed, constructed and presented to the government the present Oak Bay avenue
extending through Gonzales, Mr. Pemberton's estate, which at that time com-
prised twelve hundred acres. This is but one instance of his many public bene-
factions-
From 1856 until 1859 Mr. Pemberton was a member of the first legislative
assembly of Vancouver island. He was a member of the executive council
of the island and surveyor general from September, 1859, to October, 1864, when
he resigned. He was a member of the legislative council of Vancouver island
from April. 1864, to October of that year. After the union of Vancouver island
and British Columbia he was a member of the legislative council of British Col-
umbia, representing Victoria district during the sessions of 1867 and 1868.
He surveyed the town of Victoria as first mapped out and had the first roads
in the city and district constructed. His general knowledge, gained from his
exploration of the island, in addition to his ready ability to cope with any and
all emergencies, made him a most valuable official and one upon whom all relia-
bility could be placed. A man of accurate knowledge of local conditions, he could
always be depended upon for a ready solution of any perplexing question. He
was also a man of quick decision and seldom erred in his judgment.
In 1858 Mr. Pemberton had laid out the town of Derby, the then proposed
capital of British Columbia, and now a part of Victoria. He had previously
taken up twelve hundred acres of land, built thereon a fine residence and made
other improvements. This is now retained by the family. The residence is sur-
rounded by most beautiful grounds and occupies a splendid location overlooking
the Pacific ocean. It is a fine type of old English country home and is indeed
beautiful. It was to this home that Mr- Pemberton retired to lead the quiet
life of a country gentleman, only to emerge at the call of duty. Passionately
fond of horses, he had great ability in training them and was a bold and judi-
cious horseman. He also became an extensive breeder of shorthorn cattle as well
as Clydesdale horses and was the pioneer in both lines in his part of the province.
The value of his work in introducing high-grade stock at that time is beyond
computation. His contribution to the material progress of the province in this
direction alone would seem to warrant a place for him iq the history of British
Columbia.
In 1864 Mr. Pemberton married Miss Theresa Jane Despard Grautoff, a
native of England but of German lineage. They became the parents of six
children, all natives of Victoria, namely: Frederick Bernard, who is mentioned
at length on another page of this work: Joseph D., of Victoria, a surveyor and
member of the firm of Pemberton & Son; W. P. D., of Victoria; Ada G.,
the wife of H. R. Beaven ; Sophia Theresa, the wife of Canon Beanlands, for
twenty-five years rector of Christ's church, Victoria; and Susan Harriett, the
wife of William Curbis Sampson, of Victoria. In 1887 Mr. Pemberton with
his son Frederick formed the firm of Pemberton & Son.
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Throughout his life Mr. Pemberton was known as a friend and champion of
the cause of education, evidence of this being found in the fact that he built the
first schooihouse in Victoria. His death occurred very suddenly, November n,
1893, and his funeral was attended by the executive council in a body as well
as by the mayor and board of aldermen and all the professional and business
men of the city- His demise caused general grief and regret and his passing has
been a distinct loss to British Columbia and his beloved Victoria. Many expres-
sions of sorrow and condolence were received by the family from all parts of
Canada and high encomiums were pronounced upon him by the press. He
possessed a cheery, sunshiny nature, always inclined to optimism rather than pes-
simism. In fact he was polished, gallant and courteous under all circumstances—
a fine type of the Irish gentleman of the old school. His public spirit found ex-
pression after his death in the terms of his will whereby Pemberton Gymnasium
was erected and presented to the city. Another of his benefactions was the opera-
ting theatre of the Jubilee Hospital. His interest in religion was a part of his
life work for he was always a firm supporter and member of the Anglican church
and was responsible for the erection of Christ's church. Notwithstanding his
life was an intensely active and busy one he ever found opportunity to aid in the
development of British Columbia and his part in the early exploration, growth
and improvement of the province was a most important one. Too great credit
cannot be given him for his influence on the social and material development of
the northwest. He is survived by hi's widow and their family, Mrs. Pemberton
now occupying the beautiful estate Gonzales, where she spends her days amid
lovely surroundings, enjoying excellent health and taking a keen interest in all
movements that have for their object the betterment of the social and moral
conditions of the people.
JOHN KYLE, HON. A. R. C. A.
John Kyle, an artist of wide renown residing in Vancouver, has for the past
three years held the highest position in art work in the province, having charge
of drawing in the normal school. He has been a prominent figure in educational
circles, having organized and served as supervisor of the night schools. His
birth occurred in Hawick, Scotland, his parents being Andrew and Agnes
(Waugh) Kyle, of that place. They are still residents of Hawick, and the father
is now living retired.
John Kyle obtained his early education in the public schools of his native land
and subsequently attended the Royal College of Art in London for three years
and also Julian's Studio at Paris, having won scholarships to both institutions.
The honors he received include art masters' certificates on groups one and four,
and almost complete on groups two and three. He was a medalist and prize
winner in national competition, obtaining fifteen prizes for design, modeling,
painting, etc. His studies embraced drawing from life, drawing from antique,
drawing antique from memory, modeling from life, modeling from antique,
modeling design, anatomy, principles of ornament, painting from still life, paint-
ing ornament, perspective, architecture, geometry and building construction
(advanced). For a period of four years he was engaged at Huddersfield, Eng-
land, as head assistant in the art department of the Technical College. The
principal writes of him as follows : "I have much pleasure in stating that Mr. J.
Kyle has been head assistant lecturer in the art department of the college for nearly
four sessions. He has in all respects acquitted himself admirably of the various
duties entrusted to him. He has lectured on anatomy, figure drawing, principles of
ornament, etc., and taught modelling and still life painting, as well as taught in the
pupil teachers' classes. * * * As a colleague Mr. Kyle will be found most
courteous, and I recommend him without the slightest hesitation or reserve, feel-
ing quite certain that you will obtain no better candidate. I should hear of Mr.
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Kyle's success with even greater pleasure but for the loss which I shall suffer
here."
Mr. George Marples, A. R. C. A., says: "Mr. Kyle can maintain discipline
without being a martinet; the good feeling here among his students was not
only proof of their appreciation of his efforts as a teacher, but of his tactfulness
in his general dealings with them. * * *" Mr. Kyle took charge of and organ-
ized the art work in the public schools and established an art school at 'Alloa,
Scotland, where he remained for two years. Alexander J. Mullan, convener
of Alloa Academy and Alloa continuation classes, under date of October 17,
1904, wrote as follows : "I have pleasure in certifying that Mr. Kyle has been in
the service of the Alloa burgh school board for the last two years. During
that time he has acted as organizing art master for all our schools. In this
capacity he has been particularly successful. He has also had full charge of
the continuation classes — art subjects — and there has likewise given entire sat-
isfaction. Either as an organizer or teacher we could not have, nor do we
desire, any one better or more enthusiastic. His views on educational ideals
are sound, and he has the necessary ability to put these ideas into practical-
shape. While, therefore, I will regret exceedingly his departure from Alloa,
I have no hesitation in recommending him for the situation — organizing art
master — he is now applying for."
In April, 1906, Mr. Kyle came to Vancouver, British Columbia, as super-
intendent of drawing in the Vancouver public schools, holding that position
for four years. On the expiration of that period he took charge of drawing
in the normal school and this position, which is the most important in art work
in the province, he has held to the present time. While acting as superintendent
of drawing in the public schools, in the fall of 1909, he organized the night
schools on all subjects. The work was begun with four hundred pupils, and
there are now over two thousand students who attend the evening classes dur-
ing six months of each year. Mr. Kyle has annually served as supervisor of
the night schools and his labors in this connection have been far-reaching
effect and importance.
Mr. Kyle is financially interested in and a director of the British Pacific
Trust Company, Limited. He is a director of the Art, Historical and Scientific
Society of Vancouver, a member of the British Columbia Society of Fine Arts
and the Young Men's Christian Association. As an artist he has won deserved
and enviable recognition, and his name has long been an honored one in both
educational and art circles of British Columbia.
STEPHEN TINGLEY.
Among the most notable of the pioneer residents of Yale is numbered Stephen
Tingley, living retired after thirty years of close identification with the business
interests of the community. He was born at Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick,
September 13, 1839, and is a son of Caleb and Deborah Tingley. His education
was acquired in the public schools of his native city and he remained at home
until he was nineteen years of age, in which year he started for California,
journeying by way of the isthmus of Panama to San Francisco and locating in
the Golden State in 1858, before the construction of an overland railroad. In
1861 he removed to Yale and began prospecting and mining but engaged in it
only a short time, later going to the Cariboo. He was obliged to walk the entire
distance of over six hundred miles from Esquimalt to the Cariboo, his difficulties
being augmented by the weight of one hundred pounds of provisions which he
carried. He mined for two seasons and afterward joined F. J. Barnard in the
operation of the first mail coach between Fort Yale and Richfield. He started
in this business in 1864 and later purchased his partner's interest, conducting
the enterprise alone for over thirty years, after which he sold out and" retired,
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making his home in Ashcroft. As a business man he has been conspicuous among
his associates not only for his success but for his probity and fairness and his
honorable methods.
Mr. Tingley has been twice married. By his first union he had two sons,
Clarence and Fred, both of whom live in Vancouver. In 1877 he married Miss
Pauline Lewmeister, of Victoria, and they have two daughters: Mrs. Vincent, of
Calgary, Alberta; and Mrs. E. G. Thompson, of Westminster. Fraternally Mr.
Tingley is affiliated with the Masonic order. He is numbered among the real
pioneers in this section of the country and has witnessed its entire growth, expan-
sion and development. He can remember clearly when the evidences of pioneer
life were many and he has seen them replaced by those of advanced civilization.
In this work he has borne an honorable and important part and his active life
has left a distinct impress upon local history.
JOHN G. ULLOCK.
John G. Ullock, controlling important real-estate brokerage interests in Van-
couver and further connected with the business life of the city as secretary
of the Great West Sand & Gravel Company, Limited, was born in lilack River,
New Brunswick, September 17, 1861. He is a son of Jeremiah and Annie
(McMaster) Ullock, natives of that province, the former the proprietor of a
large grist and carding mill and an extensive lumber business at I Slack River.
He had also many other important commercial interests there and was a well
known and prominent citizen. Both parents have passed away.
John G. Ullock acquired his education in the public and high schools of his
native city and remained there until he was nineteen years of age, when he
went to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Soon afterward he engaged in the mercantile
business at Jack Fish Bay, on Lake Superior, and later was interested along
the same line at Schreiber, Ontario. He came in 1898 to British Columbia and
settled in Golden, where he purchased the Kootenay House, which he operated
for two years, selling it in order to purchase the Columbia House. This he
managed from 1900 to 1907 and he made it during that time one of the modern
and profitable hotels in the city. In the latter year he disposed of his interest
in it and came to Vancouver, turning his attention to the real-estate brokerage
business, in which he is still active, having secured a profitable and representa-
tive patronage 'as his knowledge of land values and his high business integrity
became generally known and recognized. Xaturally Mr. Ullock has been car-
ried forward into important relations with business life in this city, for his
ability commands opportunities of which his energy and resourcefulness make
the best possible use. In May, 1911, in cooperation with W. H. Meikle and
Charles Cartwright he aided in the organization of the Great West Sand &
Gravel Company, Limited, with offices in Vancouver and North Vancouver and
with docks and bunkers in the latter city. Mr. Ullock is secretary of this
concern and in this position his excellent demonstrative and organizing ability
has been called forth, much of the rapid expansion and development of the
business being due to him. In 1912 the company added a coal department and
this branch has already proven profitable and important. Since 1907, Mr.
Ullock has in his private capacity controled large timber interests on the main-
land and on Vancouver island and he is constantly extending the field of his
activities, his powers developing with the passing years.
In January, 1900, Mr. Ullock was united in marriage in Fort William,
Ontario, to Miss Annie Doyle, of North Bay, that province, and they have two
children, Alice McMaster and Jack Findlay. Mr. Ullock was captain of the
Rifle Association at Golden and while a resident of that city did a great deal of
rifle and trap shooting, being considered one of the best shots in the community,
and won many valuable medals. Although he is a fine target shot he is espe-
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cially fond of bear and of all kinds of wild-game hunting and has spent a great
many of his leisure hours in this sport. He is in addition a noted curler and
has won many prizes for proficiency in this art. He is one of the officers of the
Vancouver Curling Club and was an /organizer of the Bonspiel which took
place in this city in the winter of 1912-13. It proved a great success, two hun-
dred visitors from outside the municipality making it the largest affair of this
kind in Canada with the exception of that held in Winnipeg.
Mr. Ullock is a conservative in his political beliefs and is connected fra-
ternally with Mountain Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past
master. He belongs to the Terminal City Club. A man of broad views, pro-
gressive ideas and modern standards, his influence has been felt as a construc-
tive force in the development of the institutions with which he is connected and
indirectly in the promotion of general business activity in the city. Business
men respect him for his reliability, his integrity and his enterprising spirit and
in social relations his sterling traits of character have drawn to him many friends.
JOHN JARDINE.
• John Jardine, of Esquimalt, Victoria, British Columbia, now lives retired in
his beautiful home, "Ellerslie," on the water front, enjoying peace and rest after
an active career and a round of ceaseless activity in the interests of the province
and his city. Not only did he do valuable work in the provincial parliament, but
took an active part in settling labor questions as member of the Royal Commission
of Labor, and did efficient work as member of the Board of Trade in improving
shipping and harbor conditions at Victoria. John Jardine was born in Lockerbie,
Dumfriesshire, Scotland, September 24, 1854, a son of John and Janet (Mont-
gomery) Jardine, botli of that shire. The father was prominent in the indus-
trial life of his district, where he was engaged in the manufacture of nails. Both
parents spent their entire lives in Scotland, where they passed away.
John Jardine was educated in the parish school of Dryfesdale, his head master
being Alexander Ferguson. Upon leaving the schoolroom he learned the trade of
house painter under his eldest brother, Thomas, serving an apprenticeship of five
years. He then followed his trade in his native country for about three years, but
being impressed with the stories which reached him of opportunities which the
North American northwest held out, he crossed the Atlantic in July, 1880, going to
St. Paul and living there until 1884, when he came to Victoria. Here he continued
to follow his trade continuously until 1907. His implicit faith and confidence in this
great province is demonstrated by his investments, which are all purely local. He
has a fine ranch located on the British Columbia electric line, near Langley, at
Jardine, which station was named in his honor. However, he has never resided
upon his property, leaving its operation to others. He purchased the ranch not
many years after his arrival in Victoria from the Hudson's Bay Company. From
the same company he obtained in May, 1901, the site of his beautiful home,
"Ellerslie," which he built in the beginning of this century. This site permits of
a magnificent view, embracing the parliament buildings, the lieutenant governor's
residence, and places of interest in all parts of Victoria. However, the most last-
ing impression one receives from this site is the view of Victoria's harbor and the
ocean, with the ships sailing and steaming to and from practically every port of the
world, the busy harbor life emphasized by heavily loaded lighters, capacious ten-
ders, swiftly moving launches and hundreds of pleasure craft.
On July 5, 1880, Mr. Jardine was married, in Cumberland, England, to Miss
Jane King Stoddart, of Lockerbie, Scotland. Mr. Jardine has ever taken an active
and most laudable part in promoting the interests of the province and city. On
October 3, 1903, he contested the Esquimalt electoral district but was defeated by
fifteen votes. On February 23, 1907, he again entered the field as a candidate
and through the combination vote of the liberal and labor parties was carried to
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success. His term in the provincial house was of benefit to his constituents and
productive of desirable results. Although always inclined toward the liberal party,
Mr. Tardine is never narrowly partisan but preserves a commendable independence
of view. He is a stanch supporter of the McBride and present government. Al-
though the underlying principles of the Christian religion have guided him in all
his actions, he has never seen fit to ally himself with any denomination and pre-
serves an equally free and independent thought as regards religious observances.
Several years ago Mr. Jardine contested for a seat in the city council to represent
the south ward and at that time drew the attention of the public to the necessity
for a breakwater from Holland Point to Brochie Edge. For the purpose of fur-
ther impressing this need upon the minds of the public, he became a member of
the Board of Trade, in which connection he was more likely to impress his views
upon prominent men. He is still a member of this organization. He is partic-
ularly active in all things pertaining to the welfare and judicious development of the
part of the city in which he resides. He has unshakable confidence in Victoria
and its future as a residential city, as a commercial center, and as a sreat harbor.
Moreover, he entertains the same views towards the whole province, and no doubt
the great empire which he sees in his mind's eye rising in the northwest will be a
realized fact before many years. Mr. Jardine is also interested in the labor situa-
tion and has done able work as a member of the Royal Labor Commission. His
activities from every point of view have been largely beneficial to the province,
and while he has attained individual success his exertions on behalf of the public
good cannot be too highly valued.
GEORGE FREDERICK BALDWIN.
Vancouver numbers among its most able, efficient and far-sighted public
servants George Frederick Baldwin, now acting as city comptroller, his election
to this office following signally able work in various other important capacities
and a career in the public service extending from the time of the incorporation
of the city. He was born in New Brunswick, January 10, 1850, and is a son of
Thomas and Jane (Acheson) Baldwin, the former a native of England and the
latter of Ireland. In 1850 they removed to Haldimand county, Ontario, and-
there the father engaged in farming and lumbering, occupations which he fol-
lowed for the remainder of his life, his death occurring in Ontario.
In the acquirement of an education George Frederick Baldwin attended
public school in Ontario and afterward completed the course in Woodstock
College, that province. After his graduation he became a teacher in the
public schools of Ontario and Manitoba and followed this occupation until 1884,
when he went to Victoria, engaging in that city in journalism and becoming
one of the first reporters on the Times. After one year he moved to Vancouver
and upon the incorporation of the city was appointed first assessment commis-
sioner, tax collector and city treasurer, beginning thus a career in public life
which has been varied in service and faultless in honor. He retained all three
positions to which he was first appointed until 1905, when a separate department
was formed for the assessment work. However, Mr. Baldwin continued as
treasurer and tax collector until 1907, when he was appointed city comptroller,
which office he still holds, proving his loyalty, public spirit and business ability
in the able discharge of his important duties. He has been active in the public
service since the incorporation of the city and is one of the few who have been so
long connected with municipal affairs. He was elected a member of the
first school board of Vancouver, serving for seven years, and in that capacity,
as in all others, proved his executive ability and his civic spirit. He is treasurer
for 1913 of the Vancouver Exhibition Association and takes a great deal of inter-
est in this work, as he does in everything tending to promote the best interests
of the city.
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In Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage to Miss Minnie
L. Higgins, of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and they are the parents of two sons,
Harold R., a clerk in the city hall in Vancouver, and Sidney G., who is studying
medicine at McGill University. Mr. Baldwin is connected with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and is a member of the Terminal City Club. He
is one of the few men who have served the city of Vancouver since its incorpora-
tion and during the time his work has been able, energetic and of lasting quality
— the work of a public-spirited, able and progressive citizen who is also a
capable, reliable and far-sighted business man.
THOMAS McNEELY.
The loss to the province of Thomas McNeely of Ladner, who died in Septem-
ber, 1900, in his sixty-fourth year, will long be keenly felt by the many who knew
him.
Mr. McXecly was born in Durham county, Ontario, in 1836, and received his
education in the place of his nativity. His parents were John and Catharine
(Reid) AFcXeely, of Donegal, Ireland, who came to this country in about 1835,
settling in Ontario.
Early in life Thomas McNeely learned the trade of millwright, which he
followed in Ontario for several years. In 1880 he came to New Westminster and
started to work in his trade as a builder. He built the old Dominion Saw Mills,
now the Royal City Planing Mills. He also found employment in connection with
the big sawmills at Hastings and Moodyville, installing the machinery there. For
several years he was general manager for Thomas Dean in the then leading lines
of trade on the site of the business establishment now owned by T. J. Trapp &
Company. He afterward went into business for himself at Yale, British Colum-
bia, where he was burned out, after which he returned to Ladner and entered into
business connections with the late Donald Chisholm, M. P. He subsequently
opened a hotel at Ladner. Here, his business prospered, and he soon became the
owner of one of the largest general stores in the whole province. He also added to
his estate a splendid farm, the Jubilee Ranch, on which he erected a large and well
appointed residence. With the exception of a short time spent in Yale, he was
a resident of the Delta for twenty years and was recognized as one of the main-
stays of the Delta municipality, in the development of which he took an active
part.
On September 18, 1893, was celebrated the marriage of Thomas McNeely and
Miss Annie Chisholm, a daughter of Duncan and Isabelle (Chisholm) Chisholm,
both natives of Nova Scotia. Mrs. McNeely is a niece of the late Donald Chis-
holm, M. P. and pioneer, of whom further mention is made in this work.
Mr. McNeely was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and was held
in high esteem by the brethren of the mystic tie. He was a man of great activity,
liberal-minded and of a kindly disposition and revered by all with whom he came
in contact.
REGINALD JOHN RICKMAN.
As local manager of the British Columbia Mills at New Westminster Regi-
nald John Rickman occupies an important position in commercial circles of
the city, having been connected for thirty years with the same industrial enter-
prise. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on November 9, 1852, he is
a son of Samuel and Kate (Throp) Rickman. the former a well known mer-
chant of Liverpool, England, in which city both he and his wife made their
home until their demise.
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Reginald J. Rickman was educated at Brewood, in the grammar school,
in Staffordshire, England, and at about the age of sixteen began his apprentice-
ship in merchandising in Liverpool, where he served his time and was subse-
quently employed as salesman until 1882, when he decided to seek the greater
opportunities of Canada and came to British Columbia. Here he found employ-
ment with John Hendry in the Royal City Planing Mills at New Westminster,
which enterprise has since become known as the British Columbia Mills. He
has been continuously identified with this institution, having risen from a
minor position to that of cashier, in which capacity he did able work for twenty
years. In 1906 he was made manager of the Xew Westminster branch of this
vast concern. His wide experience makes him especially valuable to the firm
and his long connection with the same concern speaks well for his high per-
ception of his duties. Representing an important industrial institution, he has
become one of the foremost men in the business life of Xew Westminster and
is greatly respected by all who know him and often consulted upon questions
that involve local industrial or commercial conditions.
In 1889 Mr: Rickman was married to Miss Anna Wilson Homer, third
daughter of the late J. A. R. Homer, a member of the first provincial parlia-
ment and also representing New Westminster in the Dominion house. Mr. and
Mrs. Rickman became the parents of three children, of whom two survive,
Alice M. and Vyvian, both at home. Wilfred R. lias passed away.
Mr. Rickman gives his political allegiance to the conservative party, taking
a deep interest in all issues that affect the government. He has an interesting
military record to his credit, having been a member of the Volunteers, the Xew
Westminster Rifles, and was a lieutenant of his company. He also is musically
inclined and interested in athletics. Fraternally he is a member of Union Lodge,
No. 9 A. F. & A. M., the first Masonic lodge on the mainland in British Col-
umbia, this lodge celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 1912. He is a member
of the Church of England and a charter member of the New Westminster Club.
He has become a forceful element in his community, having participated in its
growth for thirty years, and is highly respected and regarded by all who
know him. By masterful effort he has attained to a prominent position and
there is no one who more justly merits success than Mr. Rickman.
JAMES HILL LAWSON, JR.
James Hill Lawson, practicing at the Vancouver bar, a member of the firm-
Df Bodwell & Lawson, was born in Victoria, September 24, 1875, and the spirit
of enterprise, which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding in this
section of the country, find expression in his professional career. His parents
were James Hill and Ann Jennet (Macdonald) Lawson, the former a native of
Dundee, Scotland, and the latter of England. They came to Canada in 1862,
;oon afterward met and were married in Victoria. For thirty years the father
was in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company and spent the greater part of
.hat time in Victoria. He is now vice president of the firm of R. P. Rithet &
Company of Victoria.
In the public schools of his native city and of Winnipeg James H. Lawson,
fr., pursued his education, and in 1892 was articled to Judge Irving, then a
nember of the firm of Bodwell & Irving, of Victoria. His thorough and com-
prehensive preliminary reading qualified him for admission to the bar, to which
ic was called in 1897. Immediately afterward he engaged in practice and the
irm is now known as Bodwell & Lawson, a partnership having been formed
vith Mr. Bodwell, the partner of Mr. Lawson's preceptor. They maintain
offices in both Victoria and Vancouver and for the past two and a half years
VIr. Lawson has been in charge of the Vancouver office. The practice is a
growing one and has already reached extensive proportions, and in the work of
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the court Mr. Lawson has proven himself able to cope with difficult legal prob-
lems and find for them a correct solution.
Mr. Lawson is well known and popular in various social organizations, hold-
ing membership with the Native Sons of British Columbia, the Vancouver
Club, the Shaughnessy Heights Golf and Country Club, the Union Club of
Victoria, and the Victoria Golf and Country Club. He is also a member of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian church of Victoria. In the two leading cities of the
province he is well known and has a circle of friends almost coextensive with
the circle of his acquaintance.
HON. JAMES DUNSMUIR.
No name is more inseparably connected with the history of the develop-
ment of British Columbia than that of Dunsmuir — indeed, it would not be too
much to say that the progress of events in this, the greatest and richest province
in the Dominion, would have been stayed to a very considerable extent, had not
fate willed, that one Robert Dunsmuir, now deceased, the revered father of the
subject of this sketch, should have been called upon to play a very important
part in shaping its fortunes. What Lord Strathcona has done for Canada on a
large scale, he accomplished for British Columbia. He it was who inaugurated
the great coal-mining industry ; and who having amassed great wealth, turned
his attention in a variety of ways towards the development of the resources of
the land of his adoption. A Scotsman, possessed of all the sterling traits of
character which have made his countrymen foremost in all lines of endeavor
the world over, he applied his energy and his genius to the creation of large
industries on Vancouver island. Coal mining and lumbering engaged his atten-
tion to a very considerable extent, and the magnitude which those industries
have attained at the present time can be set down to his initiative. He it was,
also, who took the first practical steps towards the opening up of the splendid
territory of Vancouver island, building a line of railway to connect Victoria with
the mines at Nanaimo, and this at a time when there was little inducement for
such an undertaking, which involved vast expenditure. Though he had attained
a ripe age at the time of his death, there can be no doubt had he lived a short
time longer he would have accomplished even more for it is well known that in
his brain there had matured plans for giving Vancouver island direct connection
by rail with the mainland and that the necessary capital had all been subscribed
for such enterprise.
Possessing such a father it is not at all surprising that Hon. James Dunsmuir
should have so worthily upheld the family tradition. He enjoyed the advantage
of receiving direct instructions from the founder of the family fortunes; and
with commendable pluck applied himself to a mastery of all the details of the
immense business, and with such success that on the death of his father he was
enabled to conduct all the vast enterprises and bring them to fruition.
The subject of this sketch was born at Fort Vancouver, Washington, on
July 8, 1851, his mother also being a woman of sterling Scotch family, Johanna
White (now deceased). James was educated at Nanaimo, the scene of his father's
coal-mining operations, and at Hamilton College — a military institute at Black-
burg, Virginia, at the latter point meeting the lady who afterwards became
his wife, Laura, daughter of W. B. Swales. They were married at Fayettes-
vilie, North Carolina, in 1876.
Subsequently, his education having been completed, James returned to -Van-
couver island, and at once plunged into the management, with his father, of the
coal-mining business which was beginning to assume huge proportions.' Here
he gained very valuable practical experience working down in the mines with
the men who were digging coal. As the years passed the management of the
business passed more and more into his hands, and ultimately he became the
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directing head of all the vast Dunsmuir interests on the coast, which consisted of
:oal mines, logging camps, steamships, tow boats, etc.
Hon. James Dunsmuir has also had a most interesting political career, lie
;at f or East Yale (Local) Conservative interests from 1898 to 1902; was premier
>f the province of British Columbia and president of the council from 1900 to
t9O2;and lieutenant-governor of the province, 1906 to 1909. At a critical period
n the history of the province, when the management of its public affairs had
jroved most unsatisfactory, he was summoned by his honor, the lieutenant-
governor, and asked to form a government in succession to Hon. Joseph Martin,
.vho had unsuccessfully essayed the attempt of forming a stable administration.
VEr. Dunsmuir was then the member for East Yale, which he represented from
1898 until 1902, the year of his relinquishment of the premiership which he had
accepted two years previously.
Other phases of Mr. Dunsmuir's career are equally interesting. He built
he splendid traffic bridge across the Eraser river at New Westminster, and
icgotiated the transaction which ended in the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway
>eing acquired by the Canadian Pacific Railway. This was in the year 1905.
Hie is one of the most extensive landowners in the province, is a director of the
•Canadian Pacific Railway and devotes most of his time at present to the man-
agement of his large private interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunsmuir had the honor of being presented to the present
Cing and Queen and entertained them in Victoria in 1901. They were again
presented to Their Majesties in 1902 and were present by invitation at the
coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra in Westminster Abbey in
August of the same year. They were presented to Their Majesties at Windsor
Castle in 1908 and later, while cruising abroad, had the pleasure of an exchange
•of visits with His Majesty, the German Emperor, aboard the Imperial and Air.
Dunsmuir's yachts.
Mr. Dunsmuir has been a generous contributor to all public and private
movements of a worthy character. He gave ten thousand dollars to the Sana-
sorium for Consumptives and added a large sum to the endowment of McGill
University. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and his clubs are the
IJnion at Victoria and the Vancouver at Vancouver.
ALEXANDER JACKSON MAcLACHLAN, M. D., C. M.
Dr. Alexander Jackson MacLachlan is recognized as one of the rising young
physicians of Vancouver, having already attained a position of prominence that
nany an older member of the profession might well envy. He was born at
Blenheim, Kent county, Ontario, September 30, 1881, and is a son of Donald
ind Amelia (Jackson) MacLachlan,' the former a native of Argyleshire, Scot-
land, and the latter of Blenheim, Ontario. The maternal grandfather, John
Jackson, born in 1799, came from County Armagh, Ireland, to the new world,
fettling in Kent county, Ontario. He went to Rondeau Harbor in 1816 and
i little later built the first store and sawmill four miles west of Rondeau Har-
tor. The town was named Blenheim. The store building which he erected is
ftill standing there. He was closely and actively associated with the commer-
cial and industrial development of the little town and lived to witness the greater
part of its progress and improvement, continuing his residence there until his
death, in 1890. His daughter was born at Blenheim and was there reared and
married. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. MacLachlan went to Water-
iord, where he established a hardware business which he conducted for two
years. He afterward went to Windsor where he remained for one year. He
next went to Blenheim, where he formed a partnership with Thomas R. Jack-
son, engaging in the private banking business under the name of the Jackson Bank-
ing House. There he remained until 1896, when he went to Glencoe, where
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he once more engaged in the hardware business, conducting his store success-
fully until 1907. He then came to Vancouver where he is now living retired,
spending his days in the enjoyment of well earned rest.
Dr. MacLachlan began his education in the public schools of Blenheim and
afterwards attended the high school at Glencoe, from which he was graduated
wjth the class of 1899. In 1901 he entered Queen's University and was gradu-
ated in medicine with the class of 1905. Immediately afterward he went to
New Ontario as physician for the A. R. MacDonell Construction Company,
engaged in railroad construction work, and in that connection Dr. MacLachlan
spent two years. In 1907 he came to Vancouver, where he entered upon ser-
vice as physician and surgeon on Canadian Pacific Railway steamships running
between Vancouver and Hong Kong, China. A year later he left that service
and spent a year in the Vancouver General Hospital. He was for one year in
St. Paul's Hospital at Vancouver and in August, 1910, entered upon the private
practice of medicine in which he has actively continued to the present time with
offices in No. 679 Granville street. 1 fis practice has steadily grown in extent
and in importance and he now receives a liberal share of the public patronage.
On the 28th of August, 1911, Dr. MacLachlan was married in Vancouver
to Miss .Marguerite Ferguson, of Savona, liritish Columbia, and they have one
daughter, Mary Ellinore Jackson MacLachlan. The Doctor holds membership
in the Phi Sigma Kappa, a college fraternity, and belongs also to the University
Club. In politics he is a liberal but not an active partisan. His religious faith
is that of the Presbyterian church. He possesses most attractive personal
qualities, is social and congenial and readily appreciates true worth on the
part of others. In his profession he holds to high standards and is making
gradual and satisfactory advance therein.
HARRY BRAITHWAITE ABBOTT, C. E.
Harry Braithwaite Abbott, civil engineer, has been prominently connected
with important railway building projects across the continent from Canso to
Vancouver and is now a retired official of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
He was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, June 14, 1829, a son of the Rev. Joseph
and Harriet (Bradford) Abbott, the former a native of England and the latter
of the province of Quebec. The mother was a daughter of the Rev. Richard
Bradford, one of the pioneer clergymen of that province and at one time chap-
lain to the British forces at Sorel. The Rev. Joseph Abbott spent his entire life
in the ministry and passed away at the age of seventy-two years. His memory
remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him and is enshrined in the
hearts of many loyal friends. His wife passed away in her sixty-eighth year.
Harry B. Abbott was one of a family of seven children, four sons and three
daughters, and is the only one now living. He began his education in the public
schools and passed through consecutive grades to the high school in Montreal
and afterwards became a student in McGill University of that city. He was
about eighteen years of age when he took up the study of engineering under
Colonel Gzowski. Gradually he advanced in that connection and in the early
period of his career was on duty at Island Pond on the St. Lawrence & Atlantic
Kailroad. He has always been a student of his chosen profession and has deserv-
edly won the title of expert in civil engineering. In 1857 he resigned his position
with the St Lawrence & Atlantic Railway Company, which is now a part of
the Grand Trunk system, and in partnership with C. Freer, also a civil engineer,
leased the Riviere du Loup section of the Grand Trunk under a lease subject
to cancellation at a short notice, and operated that division for one year. During
that period they introduced a system of cheap rates, reducing the price of all
passenger tickets to one cent per mile. Owing to the large population of that
district great crowds availed themselves of the opportunity for travel over the
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line . Subsequently the same firm undertook a contract for the maintenance of
\va • of the Grand Trunk Railway from Richmond, Canada, to Gorham in the
Un ted States, and in 1866 he became chief engineer of a projected railway
betveen Montreal and Sherbrooke. In 1868 Mr. Abbott became managing direc-
tor and chief engineer of the Brockville & Ottawa Railway, extending from
Bn ckville to the Ottawa river, and so continued until 1873. In the meantime,
or n 1872, he built the Carleton Place and Ottawa branch of the Canada Cen-
tral Railway, of which he became the president and managing director. In 1875
he >ecame chief engineer and manager of construction of the Eastern Extension
Railway Company of Nova Scotia. Mr. Abbott had personally secured the con-
trai t for the road and transferred it to a company of which Sir Hugh Allen was
the president. In 1882 he entered the service of the Canadian Pacific as manager
of construction of the Algona Mills branch to Sudbury, and in 1884 took charge, as
manager of construction, of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway from
Siu bury westward. In November, 1885, he came on the first train, that ran through
from Montreal, to Port Moody, which also carried Lord Strathcona. the president,
Sir William Van Home, Mr. Fleming, civil engineer, together with Mr. Piers,
nov manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway Steamships. Mr. Abbott was
present at the laying of the last rail on the 8th of November, 1885, at Craigel-
Jacl-ie, where the two ends of the rails met, Lord Strathcona driving the last
spil- e. In January, 1886, he was appointed general superintendent of the Pacific
division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, filling this position in an admirable
mai ner until he resigned in 1897. His active connection with the road covered
the period of the commencement of the operation of the line through to Port
Moody and subsequently, in 1887, to Vancouver.
[n March, 1886, Mr. Abbott let the contract for the clearing of the townsite
ppf Vancouver, which city then had a population of not over five hundred.
Mr. Abbott had the management of the heavy work involved in the improve-
mei t of the portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway under his charge as general
sup :rintendent, under an award of arbitrators, because of faulty construction
§y 'he Dominion government. The Robson and Nelson branch was built under
his supervision and steamboats were put upon the Columbia river and Kootenay
and Okanagan lakes. He supervised the replacement of the greater number of
the larger bridges and trestles and the building of retaining walls and arches,
whrre "grasshopper" trestles had been, and there are few men more familiar
than he with the history of railroad construction through the era of pioneer
development in Canada, and the importance of his labors cannot be overestimated.
With expert knowledge of the scientific principles underlying his work, he com-
binid a conscientiousness and industry that resulted in railway building unsur-
passed in the character of the work done. Since coming to the west he has been
m inuously connected with the Canadian Pacific, long in an active capacity and
jlater in more or less of an advisory capacity. Through the many years of his
ass< ciation with this great corporation he has served as a dominant factor in the
progress and development, not only of the road, but of the city and province in
jwhi:h he makes his home.
n 1894 the mountains were covered with a heavy snow which remained late
jintc the spring, when a sudden thaw in June caused an enormous flood, the
jgre; test known in the province, washing away portions of a distance of fifty miles
iOf ( 'anadian Pacific Railway track between Wonnock and Ruby Creek, and many
I of the important trestles. To maintain uninterrupted traffic, steamers were put
ion he Eraser* river to carry the traffic for about a month between those points.
;Tht rebuilding of the roadbed was under Mr. Abbott's supervision, and thus
jaga n he took active part in railway construction projects of the far west and
'the reinstalment of regular trains was quickly accomplished.
tn 1868 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Abbott and Miss Margaret
jAmalie Sicotte, a daughter of the late Judge Sicotte and a native of St. Hya-
|cinthe, Quebec. To them were born three children: John Louis Grahame
' Abl ott, a barrister ; Harry Hamilton Abbott, formerly agent for the Canadian
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Pacific at Victoria, and now a wine merchant at Vancouver; and Beatrice
Amelia, the widow of Osborne Plunkett, a barrister of Vancouver.
Mr. Abbott is a member of the St. James Club of Montreal and an honorary
president of the Vancouver Club. He also holds membership in the Union Club
of Victoria. In politics he has always been a conservative, and at one time was
a candidate for Brockville and Klizabethtown for the house of commons. In
1862 he assisted in the formation of the Eleventh Battalion, V. M., Argenteuil
Rangers, from which he retired with the rank of major. During the Trent
affair, which arose at the time of the Civil war in the United States in 1862, the
grenadier guards and other regiments were sent to Canada after the close of
navigation in the St. Lawrence, on which occasion, owing to Mr. Abbott's thor-
ough knowledge of the country through which they had to pass on their way
from St. fohn, New Brunswick, to Quebec and Montreal, his advice was sought
by the British commandant, Sir Fenwick Williams, and he was sent to Frederic-
ton to meet them.
At the time of the second Kiel rebellion Mr. Abbott handled and supplied
food to the troops over the railroad and roadbed from Sudbury to the Pic river.
As the line was then unfinished for sixty miles from Dog river, two hundred and
fifty horses and sleighs from the construction camps were used to haul the
troops to the other end of the track at the Pic river, and a large number of the
soldiers were handled and fed in this district under the direction of Mr. Abbott.
With many events connected with the history of the west, especially with rail-
road building, Mr. Abbott has been closely associated. A mountain in the Sel-
kirks and one of the business thoroughfares in the heart of Vancouver have been
named in his honor. No man stands higher in public esteem or enjoys the regard
of a wider circle of sincere friends than Mr. Abbott, who has long occupied a
central and honored place on the stage of activities in British Columbia.
TURBFRA^LLE THOMAS.
Turberville Thomas, a veteran of the Kiel rebellion and of the Boer war,
who has since proven his loyalty and public spirit in an equally effective manner
by able and conscientious work in the public service, is one of the most progressive
and representative citizens of Port Coquitlam, where he is discharging the impor-
tant duties of chief of the city police. He was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham,
England, on the 26th of October, 1866, and is a son of the late Edward Cory
Thomas, Chilian consul to Great Britain and who controlled large copper inter-
ests in South Wales and Chili, South America. The paternal grandfather was
recorder of the city of Swansea, Wales, for many years and the maternal branch
of the family is descended directly from Oliver Cromwell.
In the acquirement of an education Turberville Thomas attended King
Edward's school in Birmingham, England, and was in later years a student in
McGill University, Montreal, and in Durham University, England. At the age
of sixteen and before comoleting his fundamental education he already published
a small weekly paper in Wales and was very successful in its conduct for a num-
ber of years. Following the course of empire, he later came to Canada and for
some time was connected with various survey parties in the northern country,
later traveling throughout the United States in the interests of eastern Canadian
and London papers. In 1885 he volunteered .for service in the*Riel rebellion
but was refused enlistment on account of his youth. Later, however, he suc-
ceeded in getting on the transport with General Strange's column and went from
Calgary to Edmonton on the historic forced march, eventually receiving a medal
for bravery in action. Being in London, England, at the time of the outbreak
of the Boer war, Mr. Thomas enlisted with the volunteers, serving as a trooper.
He received his commission on the field and served under Colonel Thornycroft
as camp quartermaster and intelligence officer. Later he was chosen provost
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marshal under General Knox in the Bloemfontein district, in the Orange River
Colony, after which he was station staff officer at Burghersdorf, Cape Colony.
Captain Thomas won both the king's and queen's medals and his name was
mentioned in dispatches for recommendation on account of his distinguished
and able service.
Captain Thomas was justice of the peace in and for the Northwest Terri-
tories and afterward in Alberta, where he resumed his connection with journal-
ism, becoming editor and proprietor of the Camrose (Alberta) Mail and after-
ward of the Sedgewick Eagle. It was while in Alberta that Mr. Thomas was
chosen president of the Eastern British Columbia and Alberta Press Association
and was its delegate to the Imperial Press Conference in London, England. He
came from that province to Vancouver, British Columbia, and here founded The
Mail Publishing Company, which issued the Sunday Mail, the first Sunday
newspaper in the city. Captain Thomas later associated himself with the secret
service and proved so capable, reliable and far-sighted that he was detailed to
special police work throughout British Columbia, gaining during this period a
thorough knowledge of the work with which he is now so prominently connected.
He was afterward stationed at Burnaby and from there came to Port Coquitlam,
as chief of police of this city.
In 1889 Mr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Zoella Foster, who died
in 1903. He wedded afterward Miss Alice \Yinnifred Pargitter, of Oxford,
England, a sister of Chief Justice Pargitter of the High Court of India, and a
daughter of Rev. R. R. Pargitter, the first representative of the Church Mis-
sionary Society in Ceylon. He is living today at the advanced age of ninety-
five years. Mrs. Thomas was associated with the celebrated Cheltenham Col-
lege in England and later with Havergall College in Winnipeg. Captain Thomas
has two children : a son, Edward, who is married and engaged in trading in the
South Seas ; and a daughter, Mary Louise.
Mr. Thomas is a devout member of the Church of England and has served
as a delegate to the general synod at Quebec, the provincial synod at Winnipeg
and the diocesan synod at Calgary. He belongs to the South African Veterans
Association, is secretary of the Imperial Campaigners Association and is a mem-
ber of the Vancouver executive of the Boy Scout movement. He is connected
fraternally with the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Alberta and belongs
to the Loyal Order of Orange. He is well known in conservative politics here
and in Alberta, where after the Boer war he was one of the organizers of the
Conservative Association and was nominated a candidate for both the provincial
and the federal houses. He is progressive, public-spirited and loyal in matters
of citizenship and in the various cities where he has resided his influence has
been a tangible force in development and progress.
ALBERT R. BAKER, D. D. S.
Through the past decade Dr. Albert R. Baker has engaged in the practice
of dentistry in Vancouver and his success has resulted from comprehensive
scientific knowledge as exemplified in the practical work of the profession.
He was born in Victoria on the I4th of July, 1864, his parents being Michael
and Johanna (Hatch) Baker. The father was a native of Detroit, Michigan,
and in 1862 came by way of the isthmus of Panama to British Columbia for
the Hudson's Bay Company, building the wharves for that company. After
three years spent in the far west he removed to Ottawa, Ontario, where he
resided for several years and then returned to British Columbia, continuing to
make his home in Victoria until his death in 1905. He was of Irish descent,
as was his wife, who was, however, a native of Ottawa.
In the schools of his native city Dr. Baker pursued his early education
and after graduation therefrom entered upon preparation for a professional
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career as a student in the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia. He there completed the full course and was graduated in
1881 with the degree of D. D. S. Following his graduation he traveled through
the western states and through British Columbia, registering in various local-
ities and following his profession. In 1887, however, he returned to Phila-
delphia, where he engaged in active practice for four years, or until 1891, when
he again came to British Columbia »and opened an office in Victoria, there con-
tinuing until 1895. He next practiced in Portland, Oregon, for about eight
years, or until 1903, when he again came to this province and took up his abode
in Vancouver, where he has continued in active practice to the present time.
His ability is attested by the large practice accorded him. By broad reading
and thorough research he has kept in touch with the advance work of the pro-
fession. He possesses the delicate mechanical skill and exactness so necessary
for the actual dental work and he has a splendidly equipped office, showing
all modern appliances and devices for the highest class of work. Underlying
his mechanical skill is his scientific knowledge and at all times he conforms to
a high standard of professional ethics.
Aside from this Dr. Baker has varied financial interests. He was the vice
president of the Canadian Brewing & Malting Company until sold to eastern
capitalists. He is now director of the Standard Trust Company and director
of the Metropolitan Building Company, and he owns considerable real estate,
having made judicious investments in property from which he derives a gratify-
ing annual income.
Dr. Baker was married in 1895 to Miss Kthelda Odershaw, a daughter of
Alfred Odershaw, of Victoria, and their children are Raymond and Albert R.
Dr. Baker is liberal in politics, without having held or desired public office.
He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to various social
organizations, including the Terminal City Club of A'ancouver and Royal Van-
couver Yacht Club. He is an enthusiastic yachtsman but devotes the greater
part of his attention to his professional duties, and is a member of the Brit-
ish Columbia Society of Dental Surgeons. High standing in his chosen calling
has been won through industry, determination and capability, and he is today
accounted one of the foremost dentists practicing in Vancouver.
DONALD CHISHOLM, M. P.
The career of Donald Chisholm is one of peculiar interest to all British Colum-
bians, as he lived and worked here since the colony came into being.
The parents of Mr. Chisholm came from Invernesshire, Scotland, about the
beginning of the nineteenth century, and settled on the Lower South river, at
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and at that place Mr. Chisholm was born in 1822. After
having received an education he began life as a teacher, but very soon abandoned
this profession. In 1849 he left his native place and started for the California gold
fields with a party of twenty-three prospectors, of which W. R. Lewis of New
Westminster was a member. While in California he helped to frame the mining
laws which still exist in the Golden state. He met with indifferent success in
California and after a few years returned to Canada, settling in Ontario, where he
engaged in the wheat trade. He speculated largely during the Crimean war, and
with the proclamation of peace, he was left with thousands of bushels on his hands.
The proclamation came three weeks too soon or he would have gained great wealth
by this venture.
In 1858, or immediately after this experience, he came to British Columbia
and from that time on until his demise there was scarcely a prominent line of
business, peculiar to this part of the country, that he did not engage in. He first
settled in Hope and in 1860 was elected by the people of that district as a delegate
to a convention held in New Westminster to frame and present to the Imperial
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government a petition for the establishment of a measure of government for the
nainland of British Columbia, which was then an outlying territory under Gov-
;rnor Douglas of Vancouver island. This convention was his first appearance as
i public man. He was first returned to parliament at the general election of 1887
is a supporter of the liberal conservative administration of Sir John Macdonald.
In 1860 Mr. Chisholm was one of a party who went to the Big bend of the
Columbia river, prospecting for gold and other minerals. During that trip he
learly lost his life. In crossing the McCullough creek on a snow bridge when the
nelting of the mountain snow formed a torrent, the bridge gave way and he was
et down into the torrent and carried by the current half a mile in the ice cold
^ater and was rescued by a small party of miners, in an unconscious condition,
tn 1862 he went to Cariboo, where he mined for some time. Afterwards in the
cCootenay district he was for years engaged in the lumbering and mining industries.
For some time he was foreman of the famous Cherry Creek mines.
It was Donald Chisholm who took Major General Selby Smith and staff
hrough the mountains to Hope on his pack train, when that distinguished officer
irst visited British Columbia.
In 1874 he came to New Westminster and from that time until his death,
.vhich occurred April 3, 1890, he resided on the coast, where his honor and wealth
ncreased with his years. Shortly after settling in the Royal City he invested in
he property and business of Fred Woodcock and established a wholesale and
•etail grocery business in connection therewith on Front street. He also purchased
>roperty at Ladner's Landing and started a hotel and general store, afterwards
owned and conducted by Thomas McNeely. He also became a partner in the Delta
Canning Company. He subsequently invested, in company with a Mr. Brewer,
n a large tract of land in what is now the city of Vancouver and in an estate in
lastings; also in blocks of property which are now in the center of New West-
minster. In partnership with Daniel Mills he also owned one of the most beautiful
'arms on Salt Spring island, if not in the province. For several years Mr.
Chisholm was president of the New Westminster Board of Trade.
While mining in California Mr. Chisholm also practiced medicine and many
;. miner owed his life to "Doe" Chisholm's therapeutic skill. He likewise prac-
liced during the cholera epidemic in conjunction with Fitz-Stubbs.
The government early showed its confidence in Mr. Chisholm by appointing
him a special constable during the trouble at Yale and Hill's Bar in the early
mining days on the Fraser river. Mr. Chisholm brought the Price brothers to
New Westminster, to be tried for the wanton murder of an Indian, through whole
1 ands of hostile red skins and surrounded by almost insuperable difficulties and
1 rightful dangers.
Physically Mr. Chisholm was a magnificent specimen of the British Columbia
pioneer, possessed of herculean strength, and had the reputation of being the
strongest man in the province. He stood six feet, four and a half inches in his
stocking feet, with the courage and energy to back his strength and stature.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN ROSS.
Alexander Duncan Ross, long considered an authority on mechanical engi-
i eering and installation projects, has been among the foremost in that field of
1 ibor, which has led to the development of the northwest and the utilization
c f its natural resources. His labors, however, have been by no means confined
tj one section of the country. His professional skill has been employed in
•\arious localities and today important industrial plants all through the Domin-
ion stand as monuments to his labor and his scientific knowledge. He was born
i i Glengarry, Ontario, March 13, 1859, and is a son of Daniel and Christie
(Mowat) Ross, who were also natives of that province. The father was en-
gaged in farming and in the lumber business, retaining his residence in Ontario
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until about 1860, when he came to British Columbia. He went to the Cariboo
over the old trial and made several trips abroad and several times went around
the world, his extensive journeyings making him familiar with many sections
of the globe and the people that inhabit it. Both he and his wife are now
deceased.
Alexander D. Ross pursued his education in the public schools of Ontario
and in April, 1874, when fifteen years of age, started out in the business world,
being apprenticed to the firm of Robert Gardner & Son of Montreal, engineers
and machinists, his term of indenture continuing from 1874 until 1881. He
afterward continued in the employ of the firm for several years as a journey-
man but later went with The William Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited,
of Montreal, with whom he continued for two years. He erected for that com-
pany two mills on the south bank of the St. Lawrence, about two hundred and
fifty miles below Quebec, for J. & P. Coates, these mills to be used for the
making of spools for the use of the thread manufacturer. Both mills are still
in operation.
As the years passed on Mr. Ross became more and more proficient in every-
thing pertaining to mechanical engineering and in 1886 he went to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, to accept a position as erecting engineer for E. P. Allis, later of
the Allis-Chalmers Company, with whom he continued for two years. He next
engaged with the Canadian Pacific Railway and built at Port Arthur the first
elevator ever owned by the company. This is still in use. He was engaged
in that work through the winter and in the following spring entered into
business connections with the Dominion Bridge Company in the capacity of
master mechanic, having full charge of engines, boilers and machinery in gen-
eral as well as direct charge of the machine shop department. At that time
the company had five hundred horse power engines and- boilers, all of which
were under his supervision. When he became connected with the company
they were just building their plant outside of Montreal and Mr. Ross installed
the engines and machinery. Today this is the largest bridge company in Can-
ada. Mr. Ross remained with them for nine years and during that time had
charge of the shop work on the building of the first cantalever bridge ever con-
structed. This was erected at St. John, New Brunswick, and later two were
built across the St. Lawrence river, one at Lachine. He also built another at
Sault Sainte Marie, across St. Mary's river, and also the gates and machinery
in connection with the dry docks at Victoria. All this indicates how impor-
tant was the nature of the work entrusted to him. In 1894 he became con-
nected with the Laurie Engine & Machine Company, Limited, of Montreal as
erecting engineer, general foreman at the works and general superintendent. He
remained with them until 1909, at which time he had full charge of all matters
pertaining to the engineering department. Among the large plants which he
erected for that company are those of the Montreal Street Railway Company,
the Toronto Street Railway Company, the St. John (N. B.) Street Railway
Company, the Dominion Iron & Steel Company at Sydney, Cape Breton, the
Canadian Rubber Company at Montreal, the Winnipeg Street Railway Com-
pany and the mammoth plant of the Oglivia Flour Mills at Winnipeg. In this
connection he also built the large pulp mills for the Riordan Company at Hawkes-
bury, Ontario, and the large mills for the Merchants Cotton Company at Mon-
treal, together with many other large plants, including sugar refineries, paper
mills, the King Brothers asbestos mills at Thedford Mines, Quebec, and every
conceivable kind of a plant where power is used.
On the ist of May, 1909, Mr. Ross came to Vancouver to become super-
intendent of the steam plant for the British Columbia Electric Railway Com-
pany, having installed their old street railway plant in 1899, while with the
Laurie people. He has letters of recommendation, in which his work is men-
tioned in the highest terms, from Robert Gardner & Company, with whom he
served his apprenticeship, from the Dominion Bridge Company, the Laurie
Engine & Machine Company, William Rutherford & Sons, the Montreal Street
BRITISH COLUMBIA 69
Railway Company and the Canadian Rubber Company, testifying to his engi-
neering* skill and executive ability. His record has been a remarkable one and
lis opinions have always been received as authority on all mechanical engi-
neering and installation projects. Before coming to Vancouver he had well
demonstrated his ability and thus his services were sought in connection with
;he superintendency of the steam plant for the British Columbia Electric Railway
Company. He immediately upon assuming his duties here proceeded to remove
the remainder of the old plant, which had an original capacity of three thousand
horse power, and replaced it with a new turbine plant of twenty-five thousand
horse power. The old plant being razed, he removed it to Victoria, where he
erected it for use as the street railway and lighting plant and it is still in
operation. The new plant of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company
at Vancouver is unsurpassed by any in Canada and in equipment there is
nothing better on the continent. Entirely under the supervision of Mr. Ross
there was erected in Victoria, in 1912, a fine new plant with a capacity of six
thousand horse power. It was built in such a way that when necessity demands
it can be enlarged so that it will have a capacity of twenty-five thousand horse
power. Mr. Ross went upon the ground in June, when the land was not yet
cleared, and by November of the same year had the plant running to its present
capacity. It is an immense modern building, strictly up-to-date in every way,
and it is an oil burning plant. The structure is beautifully located with a water
front on Brantwood Bay, which makes possible the unloading of oil direct from
the steamers to their own fuel tanks in the power house. The foregoing indi-
cates clearly that Mr. Ross has become one of the foremost mechanical engi-
neers of the Dominion, the nature of the work which he has executed demanding
the highest and most efficient skill.
Like the great majority of Canadians, Mr. Ross has seen military service.
At the age of eighteen years he joined the Sixth Fusiliers of Montreal, with
which regiment he was connected for twelve years, lie was an expert rifle
shot and for eight years represented the Fusiliers in the Dominion meets at
Ottawa, during which time he won many fine trophies, including seven medals,
:hree cups and other smaller prizes, all the medals and cups being first prizes.
He held several championships and was acknowledged one of the finest marks-
men in eastern Canada. He was afterward for three years with the Fifth.
Regiment of Royal Scots of Montreal and there did much shooting.
Mr. Ross was married irV Montreal, February 28, 1881, to Miss Anna
McArthur, a native of that city, and they have two daughters: Ale.xiana, the
wife of Dr. E. G. Tunbelle, of Barry, Ontario, and Anita, at home. In poli-
cies Mr. Ross is a liberal but not an active party worker. He attends St. John's
Presbyterian church and he is a member of Montreal Lodge, No. i,
[. O. O. F., and of the British Columbia Electric Social Club and a life member
of Mount Maria Lodge, No. 38, A. F. & A. M., of Montreal. His career shows
that ambition and ability constitute a key which unlocks the portals of success.
He is today a leading figure in engineering circles, having gradually worked
his way upward, his developing powers gaining him constantly widening recog-
nition. The judgment of the world concerning him is most favorable and the
profession, recognizing more fully his talent and power, gives him indeed high
place in its ranks.
J. ANDERSON YELLOWLEES.
}. Anderson Yellowlees, real-estate and financial agent at Vancouver, was
born in Peebles, Scotland, February 4, 1886, a son of Alexander and Jessie
Yellowlees. His father is secretary of the Church of Scotland. The son while
spending his youthful days under the parental roof pursued his education at
the high school of his native city, and later attended George Watson's College
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of Edinburgh and on leaving school entered upon a five years' apprenticeship as
a civil engineer in Edinburgh, during which period he gained extensive knowl-
edge of the profession. The opportunities of the west, however, attracted
him and in 1908 he arrived in Vancouver, where he entered the real-estate
business. After gaining an experience in this line of business he started on his
own account and in KJH entered into partnership with William Russell and
Ernest Walter James under the firm style of Russell, James & Yellowlees,
which partnership still exists. The firm has succeeded in winning a good client-
age and the amount of business which they handle each year makes the
undertaking a profitable one. Mr. Yellowlees has also made investments in
property and his own holdings are advancing in value and are a source of
gratifying financial return.
Mr. Yellowlees votes with the conservative party, and while he keeps well
informed on the questions and issues of the day does not seek nor desire office
as a reward for party fealty. His religious belief is indicated in his member-
ship in the Presbyterian church, and something of the nature of his recreative
interest is shown in the fact that he is a member of both the Vancouver Golf
and Country and North Vancouver Clubs, serving as a director in the former.
He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new
world, for in the freedom and appreciation of this great and growing western
country he has found the opportunities which he sought, and in their improve-
ment has made gradual and substantial advancement in the business world.
ALFRED POSTILL.
Okanagan valley has mourned the loss of few citizens who have occupied
so prominent and honorable a position in public regard as did Alfred Postill, who
was formost in every good work for the district and at the same time carefully
directed his private business affairs so that he was able to leave his family in
very comfortable financial circumstances.
He was born on the 24th of Alay, 1852, in Yorkshire, England, a son of Edward
and Mary (Dickinson) Postill. He came to Ontario with his parents at the age
of seven years and at the age of twenty-three he made his way to British
Columbia, when he and his brothers William and Edward purchased the ranch in
the Okanagan valley upon which he resided to the time of his death on the 24th
of September, 1897, when he was forty-five years of age. He at once began the
development of his property following his arrival here, and as his financial
resources increased, as the result of his industry and perseverance, he kept adding
to his holdings until he had large possessions in this region of British Columbia.
He was not only capable in the management of his ranch interests but also
possessed ability and ingenuity in many another direction. He constructed and
installed a telephone on his extensive ranch and there was no work of a mechan-
ical nature required about his place that he could not do. He was the pioneer
to engage in fruit raising on an extensive scale in this district and there was no
one who took a more active and helpful part in the work of the agricultural
society, doing everything in his power to advance the interests of the farming
and fruit-raising classes and to promote the development of the country along
those lines. He was the first man to establish sawmills in the Spallumcheen and
Okanagan valleys and he was ever on the alert to introduce new and improved
methods in conducting the business pertaining to his large farming and stock-
raising operations. As the years passed on he prospered and left a large and
valuable estate to his family. He enjoyed good health until the last year of his
life, and then every possible medical aid was rendered him but to no avail.
Mr. Postill was married January 8, 1890, to Miss Eleanor A. Jamieson, and
they became the parents of six children, Alfred Edward, Mary, Eleanor Garven,
Dorothy, Leonard and Alice.
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Perhaps no better estimate of the life and character of Mr. Postill can be
given than by quoting from one of the local papers at the time of his death : "He
was a man calculated to leave his impress -upon any community in which he lived,
and both as a private citizen and a gentleman who took an active part in all that
pertained to the public welfare, he appeared ever to be guided by an earnest
desire to do his duty in a conscientious and upright manner. What his hand
found to do was indeed done with all his might. For him to conceive an idea
likely to benefit the district he so much loved, was to endeavor to put that idea
into immediate execution. He was foremost in every good work and brought to
bear on all matters of public interest a combination of unflagging zeal, untiring
energy and practical knowledge of detail which enabled him to overcome many
difficulties before which an ordinary man would perhaps have shrunk back with
dismay. Although not a man of ostentatious piety, he was known far and near
to possess a firm and abiding religious belief by which his life was ruled and
governed. He was an implacable enemy to whatever he considered evil and was
very outspoken in denouncing all forms of vice ; but withal was possessed of a
broad charity for individual failings and weaknesses. He was a forcible writer
when occasion required, and many interesting letters have during the past few
years appeared over his signature in the columns of The News. He was some-
times criticized for holding opinions rather more narrow on certain subjects
than those entertained by many in this western land, but if he erred at all in this
direction, who is there now who will not say that it was on the right side ? And
even those upon whom fell most severely the weight of his indignation unite
today in sincerely deploring his loss."
His life was indeed upright and honorable. He never deviated from a course
which he believed to be for the best and his integrity was never called into
question. Those who knew him entertained for him that regard which is ever
given to noble manhood, and many there were who felt at his passing that
He was a man. Take him for all in all
I shall not look upon his like again.
HENRY DARLING.
Among the prominent business enterprises of Vancouver, whose trade rela-
tions are reaching out along constantly ramifying and broadening lines to the
utmost confines of the province and also into other sections of the country,
is that conducted by Henry Darling, wholesale dealer in paints, oils and var-
nishes. He was born February 27, 1863, at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, and
varied and ofttimes interesting experiences came to him ere he entered into
active identification with business affairs of this city. His parents were John
and Mary Jane (Watson) Darling. The former was practically the father of
the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, now operating a line of steam-
ships from Vancouver to New Zealand under the name of the Canadian Aus-
tralian line.
In the public schools of London, England, Henry Darling pursued his edu-
cation and when his text-books were put aside entered upon an apprentice-
ship to John Henry Gwynnes, Ltd., engineers, of Hammersmith, London, with
whom he remained for five years. Through the succeeding six or seven years
he was marine engineer with the British India Steam Navigation Company and
the British & Burmese Company of British India. In 1891 he came from
Glasgow, Scotland, to British Columbia in the capacity of superintending engi-
neer to take charge of the building of three steamships for the Union Steam-
ship Company. These when completed were launched as the Comox, Capilano
and the Coquitlam and are still running, after twenty-two years of service. In
1894 Mr. Darling was made manager of the Union Steamship Company, and
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then, after several more years spent in connection with that corporation, he
became general manager of the British Yukon Navigation Company, Ltd.,
organized by the White Pass & Yukon Route. In 1902 he came to Vancouver
and established his present business as wholesale dealer in paints, oils and
varnishes. In the intervening period of eleven years his trade has constantly
grown and his shipments now cover a large part of the province, bringing him
into trade relations with many of the leading cities of the Canadian northwest.
He is a director and partner in the Simpson Land & Improvement Company.
In addition he has made judicious and somewhat extensive investments in
Vancouver realty and his property holdings are now valuable. Since 1902 he
has also been surveyor to the .British Corporation Registry and Registro Nazion-
ala Italiano.
On the 1 5th of May, 1892, in Montreal, occurred the marriage of Henry
Darling and Mary Boyle, of Glasgow, Scotland, a daughter of Hugh Boyle.
The four sons and two daughters of this marriage are Donald, Gordon, John,
Hugh, Constance and Mary.
Mr. Darling belongs to the Terminal City Club and is appreciative of the
social amenities of life. His career has been characterized by continuous
progress since he started out in an humble apprenticeship when his school days
were over. Each step in his career has been a forward one, bringing him a
broader outlook and wider opportunities, and today he occupies an enviable
and creditable position in the commercial circles of his adopted city. He is,
moreover, widely known in marine circles, and wherever he is known is held
in hi<rh regard.
DONALD McPHADEN.
Probably no man is more familiar with the Pacific northwest, with its natural
resources, its business conditions and with the various phases of its settlement
and development than is Donald McPhaden, pioneer, whose remarkable and
eventful active career, spent chiefly in the mining camps and cattle ranches of
British Columbia and neighboring districts, has ended at last in honorable retire-
ment. He has seen the development of the province and through many honor-
able and worthy years has assisted in it, his activities touching and influencing
many important phases of progress and advancement.
Mr. McPhaden was born in Glengarry county, Ontario, November 16, 1847,
and is a son of Alexander and Anna McPhaden, the former a native of Scotland
and the latter of Ontario. Both have passed away. Their son acquired his
education in the public schools of his native district and for about seven years,
while he was also going to school, contributed to his own support by working
in the general store conducted by his brother in Martintown, Glengarry county.
After laying aside his books, Air. McPhaden went to Bruce county and there
engaged in various occupations, being the first man to peddle merchandise in
that section. After two years he left Ontario and came by way of the isthmus
of Panama to the Pacific coast with the intention of making his way to the mines
in Boise City, Idaho. However, when he arrived in Portland, Oregon, in June,
1865, he encountered there a rush of returning gold-seekers, bringing back unfav-
orable reports from the gold fields. Influenced by these he pushed northward
to British Columbia, going to Victoria, where he found a comparatively deserted
city, most of the inhabitants having left for the Cariboo district, where gold had
been discovered. Houses were deserted, many of the business buildings for
rent and general conditions extremely unpromising, and therefore Mr. McPhaden
pushed on to Port Ludlow, searching everywhere for employment. Eventually
he obtained a position loading ships bound for Europe and for about ten months he
worked in a mill. Hearing good reports of the new diggings at Big Bend, British
Columbia, and influenced by tales of gold picked up in the grass, he determined
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to make his way thither. Accordingly he went to Victoria and thence to New
Westminster, whence he journeyed up the river as far as Yale, one of a party
)f five hundred seekers after gold. At Langley, on the way to Yale, he saw
Mr. York, one of the first white settlers on the Eraser river, and from there
started to walk to Savona's Ferry. He had as a partner an old California miner
who impressed upon his mind the importance of being first upon the field.
Accordingly carrying a load of thirty-three pounds apiece they started to walk
icross country in the hope of arriving before the other miners but their efforts
ivailed them nothing as they could secure no transportation and had to wait
for the boat which carried their former companions. In those days when the
iager seekers after wealth, far exceeded the number that could be transported,
the prospector was not only obliged to pay an exorbitant sum for his passage
)ut was also compelled to take his turn at doing the work while on board. It
•vas under these conditions that Mr. McPhaden traveled, landing finally at the
lead of Shuswap Lake whence he set out for the Columbia river. Reaching it
ic proceeded up the river as far as Goklstream where he obtained employment,
working for some time thereafter, cutting a trail from La Porte to Goklstream.
For four years afterward he prospected in various localities and in 1870 went
:o Kamloops and made an entire change in his active interests, purchasing a
rtock of general merchandise which he brought to Tranquille where he estab-
lished a store. Afterward he removed his business to Kamloops, but owing to
:he fact that his chief business competitor was the Hudson's Bay Company he
vvas only fairly successful and was ready to sell out when news of the great gold
strike at the Ominica mines reached him. He again took up his search for
'old but at the end of a year found that Ominica was a poor camp and, returning
to Kamloops, went into the cattle business. He added to his interests in 1872
jy building in partnership with James Mclntosh a hotel and store, in the conduct
)f which he was interested for a number of years. In 1874 however he left
the city for a time and went to Victoria, where he married Miss Augusta Harri-
son, a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Harrison, the former an early settler in
:hat city. Returning with his bride to Kamloops by way of Yale, he accomplished
•vhat was for that day a prodigious undertaking, — distance and roads considered
— bringing with him a piano. Indians who had never before seen nor heard this
instrument camped along his trail and for hours would sit and listen for the
iound of the music, their natural love of rhythm combining with their curiosity
to lend them patience. These Indians afterward became hostile their enmity
inding vent in the great uprising which took place in Kamloops during Air.
McPhaden's residence there.
In 1880 Mr. McPhaden sold out all of his business interests in Kamloops
where he had been very successful and moved to Victoria where for two years he
:onducted a butcher business, coming to New Westminster in 1882. Here he
)pened the first grocery store in the town and managed it with steadily increasing
success for five years, building up a large patronage which was accorded him in
•ecognition of the fine stock of goods he carried, his honorable business methods
md his straightforward dealing. When he sold this enterprise he accepted the
losition of manager of the business controlled by the British Columbia Cattle
Jompany at Victoria but eventually returned to New Westminster and again
established himself in business, losing his store and stock in the fire which almost
lestroyed the city. As said before his life has been an active and eventful one,
n which has been accorded due recognition to labor, his success coming as a
result of many years of earnest and undiscouraged effort, rewarded now by rest
md leisure to enjoy the comforts and luxuries of life. He resides in a pleasant
md attractive home at No. 83 Eighth street and has made this a center of hos-
pitality for his many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. McPhaden became the parents of eight children, two of whom,
;ons, have passed away. The others are : Mae, who married George Woods,
of New Westminster ; Charles, who was the second white child born in Kamloops
md who was called by Lord Dufferin the "bunch grass baby"; Alfred, who is
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manager of Swift & Company's plant at Prince Rupert; Duncan Eli, connected
with the registry office in New Westminster; Victor, who is connected with the
T. J. Trapp Hardware Company, of New Westminster ; and Laura, who is attend-
ing school at Berkeley, California.
In politics Mr. McPhaden is a stanch conservative and cast his first vote for
the party's candidate in the first election after the confederation. He served as
alderman for two terms in 1884 an<i 1885- H's religious views are in accord
with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church. Few men are more honored or
more widely known in this part of the province than he, who has assisted in its
development and aided in its upbuilding, and few more richly deserve esteem and
popularity.
EDWIN JAMES ROTHWELL, M. D. •
Dr. Edwin James Rothwell, who has displayed notable skill as a surgeon and
is known as one of the busiest physicians of New Westminster, has for more than
a decade practiced his profession in partnership with Dr. T. S. Hall under the
firm name of Hall & Rothwell. His birth occurred in Brantford, Ontario, on the
I9th of October, 1870, his parents being William and Margaret (Turnbull) Roth-
well. The father is a native of Perth, Lanark county, Ontario, while the mother
was born near Gait, Brant county, Ontario. William Rothwell was long identi-
fie'd with educational work, being for about fifteen years a member of the faculty
of Brantford Collegiate Institute. In 1890 he removed to Regina, Saskatchewan,
where for eighteen years he acted in the capacity of inspector of schools. For
past three years, however, he has lived in honorable retirement.
Having determined upon the medical profession as his life work, Edwin J.
Rothwell entered Toronto University, which institution conferred upon him the
degree of M. D. in 1896. In January, 1897, he came to British Columbia, passed
the examination before the council of physicians and surgeons of the province
and began practice at Trail, where he followed his profession continuously until
1902. In that year he came to New Westminster and formed a partnership with
Dr. T. S. Hall, with whom he has since been associated under the name of Hall
& Rothwell, constituting one of the most successful and best known firms of
surgeons in British Columbia. Dr. Rothwell is a valued member of the British
Columbia Medical Association and has well earned his reputation as one of the
most eminent surgeons of the province.
In November, 1900, Dr. Rothwell was united in marriage to Miss Eva McBee,
of Pendleton, Oregon, her father being Henry McBee, a prominent stockman
of that place. Both the Doctor and his wife are consistent members of the Pres-
byterian church and enjoy the high esteem and regard of all who know them.
MAJOR WILLIAM B. BARWIS.
Major William B. Barwis, manager for the Manufacturers Life Insurance
Company at Vancouver, was born in Megantic, Quebec, June 28, 1863, his
parents being Thomas Shepard and Adeline Barwis, the former a lieutenant
colonel in the Fifty-fifth Megantic Rifles. The family dates back to the time
of the Crusades, many of its members being prominent in the naval world.
Major Barwis attended St. Francis College at Richmond, Quebec, and Nicolet
College in the Province of Quebec, and thus with broad liberal educational
advantages to serve as the foundation of his success he made his way to the
west in 1881 and started in life on his own account at Calgary, where he
engaged in ranching for eight years. In 1889 he turned his attention to the
insurance business, remaining a resident of that district until 1907, when he
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came to Vancouver to accept the position of manager with the Manufacturers
Life Insurance Company, in which capacity he is still serving. As an exe-
cutive officer of this company he has carefully directed its interests, thoroughly
systematizing the work in its various departments and so enlarging and devel-
oping its policy as to produce substantial and desired effect in the annual result.
During his residence in Vancouver he has made judicial investment in prop-
erty here and is now the owner of valuable holdings.
An interesting military chapter constitutes a force in the life record of
William B. Barwis who from the age of nine years was with his father in the
Fifty-fifth Megantic Rifles, continuing with that regiment until 1880. He
afterward spent one year in the Richmond Field Battery and served through
the Northwest rebellion in 1885 with Colonel Steele's scouts. He subsequently
organized the First Cavalry in Calgary, G Squadron, in 1901, and was major,
second in command, of the Fifteenth Light Horse of Calgary. He served as
major from 1904 until 1908 when, having broken bis leg, he retired with
that rank on the i4th of September, 1909.
In Calgary Major Barwis was married to Miss Nora Creina Jones, a
daughter of the late W. E. Jones, M. A., who was one of the ablest newspaper
editors in Canada. Major Barwis and wife have two sons: Cuthbert, attending
Royal Military College at Kingston, Ontario; and Geoffrey, a student at Ashbury
College, at Ottawa, Ontario.
The family attend the Anglican church. Major Barwis is an exemplary
representative of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained high rank,
and is now a Mystic Shriner. He belongs also to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Sons of England, while in more strictly social lines he is
'connected with the Vancouver and United Service Clubs. No one who knows
him doubts his interest in municipal or governmental affairs nor has found
him remiss in his duties in any relation of life. He is especially active in proj-
ects for the public good in Vancouver and cooperates in all those movements
which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride.
SPENCER \V. WARREX.
Extensive experience and thorough training well fit Spencer W. Warren for
the important position of manager of the Webb & Gifford Automobile & Gasoline
Works of New Westminster. He is one of the younger business men of the city
and highly respected by all who know him for the honorable qualities in his
character and the perseverance he has shown in making his way in the world.
He was born in Wrandsworth, county of Surrey, England, July 18, 1883, a son
of Samuel William and Sarah Ann (Horwood) Warren, the former a native of
Somerset and the latter of Biddeford, Devonshire. Samuel William Warren had
a long official record of faithful service, having been for twenty-six years a
member of the Metropolitan police of London. Both he and his wife passed
away in Kent county, England.
Spencer W. Warren was reared under the parental roof and acquired his edu-
cation in the Dartford grammar school in Kent county, England, which he left
at the early age of fifteen in order to apprentice himself to the machinist's trade.
He served a four years' apprenticeship and subsequently was. employed by the
London Paper Mills Company as engineer for about three years, after which,
in March, 1904, he came to Canada. He at first worked three years at his trade
of machinist for E. Long, of Orillia, Ontario, a manufacturer of sawmill machin-
ery, and subsequently was connected with the Premier Motor Company of
Toronto, Ontario, engaged in the building of gasoline engines. With this concern
he remained for two years and then made his way to the west, working along
the route and stopping for a short time at Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary,
arriving in Vancouver in August, 1910. In that city he went to work in the shops
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of Letson & Burpee, manufacturers of canning machinery and gasoline engines.
On April i, 1912, Mr. Warren came to Xew Westminster and after a period
with W. R. Jaynes, became identified with Webb & Gifford and was subsequently
put in charge of the gasoline engine department of their business. His natural
ability and wide experience well fitted him for this important position and he
enjoys the full confidence of his employers who give him large leeway as-
executive of the department, having strong faith in his managerial ability and
intimate knowledge of the details of the work.
On June 5, 1912, Mr. Warren married Miss Jessie Imrie Taylor, formerly
of Dundee, Scotland. Uoth he and his wife are members of the Church of
England, in the work of which they are actively and helpfully interested. Politi-
cally Mr. Warren is a conservative, stanchly upholding the principles and can-
didates of his party, and is always ready to give his support to any worthy public
enterprise undertaken to benefit the city or province. Since coming to New
Westminster he has made rapid progress and a continuous rise may be prophesied
for the future. He is a man of natural ability and has quickly embraced the
western spirit of agressiveness, being well fitted to undertake even the most
responsible of positions. In business and social circles he is popular and highly
esteemed on account of his frankness, his pleasing manner and manly character-
istics.
EDWARD HEWETSON HEAPS.
Edward Hewetson Heaps, of the firm of E. H. Heaps & Co., Limited, is occupy-
ing a leading position as a lumber manufacturer of the province of British Colum-
bia, being at the head of one of the enterprises that have in large measure con-
tributed to the upbuilding, substantial growth and commercial advancement of
the province.
Mr. Heaps was born in Westmoreland, England, on the 26th of March, 1851.
His father, Thomas Heaps, of Yorkshire, was an architect and builder, a devoted
adherent of the Methodist church, and for fifty years a local preacher. He lived'
to the age of seventy-five and left behind him an example of sterling integrity,
rigid uprightness and undeviating adherence to all that is pure and true. He was
survived by his beloved wife for three years. There were five children of the
marriage, all today occupying positions of respect and influence.
Edward H. Heaps, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of his father's
family. He was educated at the Egremont Academy, conducted by the Rev.
Robert Love, and upon completion of his studies was apprenticed to the firm
of Stead Brothers, cotton brokers of Liverpool, with whom he remained seven
years. By steady and unremitting application to his duties he earned the respect
and confidence of his employers. The firm would willingly have retained his
services, and promotion was offered, but Mr. Heaps had decided to seek his
fortunes in the new world. He remained in America for three years, learning
the ways of the country, and engaging variously in farming, storekeeping and'
lumbering. At the end of this period he returned to England, when his mar-
riage to Miss Anna Robinson, of Manchester, took place. For eleven years
thereafter he resided in Manchester, carrying on a profitable business in the
manufacture of cotton goods, a natural development of his seven years' experi-
ence in the cotton trade.
His health failing, and there now being a growing family of children with
futures to provide for, Mr. Heaps again decided to try fortune in the new world.
Accordingly, in 1886, the family left England for America. Three years were
spent in the eastern states and Canada, but believing that the great northwest
offered still further business opportunities, Mr. Heaps in 1888 brought his fam-
ily to British Columbia.
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In this province the lumber industry, with its wonderful future, attracted Mr.
Heaps' attention. He built a sawmill, sash, door and furniture factory on False
•creek. This business was turned into a stock company, but eventually the plant was
destroyed by fire. Mr. Heaps, however, had previously established a machinery
and mill supply business, under the style of ±i. H. Heaps & Company. In the
course of this business he again became interested in the manufacture of lumber
.and shingles. The business grew rapidly, and in the year 1896 William Sulley
became a member of the firm. The business has since kept pace with the growth
of the city and western Canada, and is now one of 'the large concerns of the
province. The company operate two large plants, viz : Cedar Cove Mills in
\ ancouver, including a modern sawmill with a capacity of about one hundred
thousand feet per day, large sash and door factory, planing mill, box factory,
also well equipped blacksmith and machine shops ; and Kuskin Mills on the
Fraser river at the mouth of Stave river, where the company owns the town-
site and operates saw, shingle and planing mills, general store, etc. Shipments
are made to the eastern and middle states, to all parts of Canada, and to foreign
markets. Employment is furnished to a large number of men. Mr. Heaps
devotes close attention to the business, which is conducted upon modern lines,
in keeping with the progressive ideas of the day. The business has become a
stock company with a capital of six million dollars fully paid. Mr. Heaps is
president and general manager; E. M. Heaps and J. W. Heaps, vice presidents;
John Heaps, secretary, and A. R. Heaps, treasurer. II. A. Stone, William Sulley
and A. D. Gurd are directors.
Mr. Heaps is interested in many other enterprises, and is president of the
Heaps Timber Company, Ltd., a company dealing in timber and land; the Heaps
Engineering Company, Ltd.; the Heaps Llrick Company, Ltd.; the A. S. French
Auto Company, Ltd. ; the Columbia Trust Company, Ltd. ; was one of the
organizers and one of the first directors of the Bank of Vancouver, and is inter-
ested in many other companies. He has also served as alderman, police com-
missioner, and is one of the oldest members of the Board of Trade and a past
president. His four sons, Edward Moore, James Wilson, John and Arthur
Robinson, are all engaged with their father in the business. There are besides
three daughters : Kate Eden, Constance Anna and Elsie Frankland. The fam-
ily occupy a beautiful home at Cedar Cove, the thriving suburb which has
sprung into existence as a result of the development of industry at this point.
They are connected with the Church of England and take an active part in the
furtherance of affairs of All Saints' church at Cedar Cove. Mr. Heaps has
many friends. His honorable business methods, his unremitting diligence, his
intellectual strength and individuality have won him well deserved success, respect
and esteem.
EDWIX DIXON CARDER, M. D.
Dr. Edwin Dixon Carder, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine
and surgery in Vancouver since 1906 and specializing in the treatment of diseases
of children and infectious diseases, was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, November
8, 1875, his parents being Marshall and Eliza Carder. His grandfather was at
one time a well known and prominent physician of Ontario. The youthful days
of Dr. Edwin D. Carder were largely devoted to the acquirement of a public-
school education in his native city, followed by a course in Toronto University,
from which he was graduated in 1896 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He
then entered upon preparation for a professional career, pursuing his medical
studies in Toronto University which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in
1900. He put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test in a year's service
as surgeon in the Toronto General Hospital and later he spent two years as surgeon
on the Empress of India, sailing from Vancouver to Hong Kong. In 1903 he
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went to Port Arthur, Ontario, where he remained in practice until early in the
year 1905, when he went to England pursuing a post-graduate course at the
London Hospital. He has remained throughout his entire professional career
a diligent and discriminating student of the science of medicine and surgery and
has continuously promoted his knowledge through wide reading and investigation.
In 1906 he came to Vancouver and in that year was superintendent of the
General Hospital, but in November withdrew from active connection with that
institution and opened an office for private practice in which he has met with
excellent success, the number of his patrons growing year by year. While he
engages in general practice he makes a specialty of diseases of children and
infectious diseases and displays notable skill and ability along those lines.
On the I2th of October, 1909, in Vancouver, Dr. Carder was united in
marriage to Miss Barbara Maclennan, a daughter of Duncan and Margaret Mac-
lennan, descendants of an old Highland Scotch family. The only child of Dr.
and Mrs. Carder has been named for her mother, Margaret. Dr. Carder belongs
to the Toronto chapter of the Delta L'psilon fraternity. He also has membership
in Shuniah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Port Arthur, Ontario, and Aaron Lodge,
I. O. O. F. He belongs likewise to the Terminal City Club but regards these
things but as side issues to an active professional career. He is interested in
every thing that tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which
we call life and his reading and study have been broad and comprehensive,
developing his ability along lines which make his service of great usefulness to
his fellowmen.
J. G. ANDERSON.
An initiative spirit, a power of business organization, enterprise, industry
and ability have carried J. G. Anderson into important relations with business
interests in Vancouver, where as a member of the firm of Barr & Anderson,
Ltd., he is identified with the conduct of one of the oldest, largest and most
important plumbing and heating establishments in the city. He was born in
Gloucester, Massachusetts, December 21, 1874, and is a son of James L. and
Elizabeth (Gray) Anderson, natives of Nova Scotia, who went to Massachusetts
about the year 1866, settling at Gloucester. The father followed the sea as a
captain on coastwise vessels running out of that city and he there maintained
his home until 1890, when he came to Vancouver. For about ten years there-
after he commanded vessels on the Pacific coast and at the end of that time
retired from active life, being then seventy-two years of age. He and his wife
still reside in Vancouver and are well known and popular in the city.
J. G. Anderson acquired his education in the public and high schools of
Gloucester, Massachusetts, graduating in 1890. During his entire active business
life he has been in some way connected with the plumbing and heating trade,
for in 1891, when he came to Vancouver, he began a three years' apprenticeship,
following this by a similar period of work as a journeyman. On the 1st of
February, 1898, he joined M. J. Barr in the establishment of a plumbing and
heating business under the name of Barr & Anderson and their copartnership
continued until August, 1912, when the business was incorporated as Barr &
Anderson, Ltd. This is one .of the oldest, strongest and most reliable firms of its
kind in Vancouver and, although still a young man, Mr. Anderson ranks with
the pioneers in this line of work in the city, the patronage which his firm con-
trols having been built up during many years of reliable dealing and straight-
forward and honorable business methods. Barr & Anderson, Ltd., do all kinds
of plumbing, heating and ventilating work and have been entrusted with some
of the largest municipal and private contracts in the province. They have
installed the heating in the Victoria high school, the new Vancouver Hotel, the
courthouse and the Rogers building in this city and in some of the largest public
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1 uildings in the province, their territory extending to all parts of British
( olumbia. A great deal of the credit for the rapid expansion of the enterprise
i- due to the energy, ability and progressive spirit of Mr. Anderson, who has
given practically all of his attention to the business since its organization. He
possesses in his thorough and comprehensive knowledge of his trade, his general
business ability and his power of organization and control the elements upon
v, hich all commercial prosperity is founded, and these qualities, guided by sound
a id practical judgment, have carried him forward to a place of prominence in
b isiness circles of Vancouver and made his firm one of the most reliable in
the city.
Mr. Anderson was married in Boston on the 29th of August, 1906, to Miss
Mary Elizabeth Irving, and' both are well known in social circles of Vancouver.
j\ r. Anderson is a member of the Methodist church and is connected fraternally
with Mount Herman Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. He
it- independent in .politics, voting according to his personal convictions without
n gard to party lines, and he is interested in everything that pertains to municipal
development, although he never seeks public office. To its advancement he has
rrade tangible and substantial contributions during the years he has engaged in
business here and in Vancouver today he is known as a man of tried integrity
and substantial worth, to whom success has come as a result of merit and
al "ility.
ALBERT ROBERT FANNING.
Albert Robert Fanning, secretary of the Hopper-Phillips Company, Ltd.,
b; nkers of Vancouver, and therefore prominent in financial circles of the province,
h; s risen step by step to his present enviable position, the simple weight of his
d aracter and ability bringing him into important relations. He was born Feb-
ruary 28, 1858, in Fergus, Ontario, a son of Joseph and Hannah (Clark) Fanning,
th : former a well known farmer of Ontario. In the public schools near his father's
he me the son pursued his education and, attracted by the opportunities of the
west, prompted by laudable ambition and stimulated by a desire to know some-
th ng of the country, he went to Manitoba in 1878. For five years he was
engaged in the plastering business at Portage la Prairie, after which he turned
hit attention to farming, which he followed in Manitoba until 1895. He then
rei loved to Newdale, Manitoba, where he was appointed postmaster, filling the
portion acceptably until 1911. During that period he also engaged in the grain
business and conducted a hardware store at Newdale and then, still further
ex;ending the scope of his activities, he opened a private bank in 1904, under
th-: style of Fanning & McGill. The business was successfully established and
coiducted until 1909, when they sold out to the Union Bank. On disposing of
hi;; interests in Newdale and retiring from the position of postmaster Mr. Fanning
came to Vancouver in 1911 and associated himself with Hopper-Phillips Company,
Lti, bankers. He was appointed secretary and with a financial interest in the
business is active in control of its affairs, bending his energies to administrative
diiection. He has already gained a place among the capable financiers of the
citf, h'is worth being evident to all who have had occasion to know aught of his
connection with business affairs here.
On the 24th of February, 1884, at Rapid City, Manitoba, Mr. Fanning was
united in marriage to Miss Mary Jamieson, a daughter of John and Catherine
(I wing) Jamieson, who were pioneers of Manitoba. Their children are Edwin
and Edith. In religious faith the family are Presbyterians. Mr. Fanning belongs
to the Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M., of Manitoba. His political
alhgiance is given to the liberal party and, well informed on the questions and
issies of the day, he is able to support his position by intelligent argument. He
was secretary and treasurer of the municipality of Harrison for eighteen years,
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which municipality was named in honor of the late D. H. Harrison, father of
George H. Harrison, manager of the Merchants bank of Vancouver. Mr.
Fanning's long retention in this position is incontrovertible proof of his capability
and fidelity— traits which have characterized his entire life and gained for him the
honor and respect of his fellowmen.
HON. CHARLES EDWARD POOLEY.
On the 28th of March, 1912, Hon. Charles Edward Pooley died in Victoria.
His death marked the passing of a pioneer in the professional, political, social
and athletic life of the capital, a man whose force, power and personality were
dominating elements in shaping the direction of development and whose individual
success was great enough to place him among the representative men of the city
and district where for almost a half century he had made his home. During
that time he controlled an extensive and lucrative private law practice, was for
twenty-two years a member of the provincial parliament and a constructive force
in military and athletic affairs, a man of wide interests, forceful personality and
important accomplishments. He was born in Upwood, England, February 9, 1845,
and was a son of Thomas Pooley, of Huntingdonshire, England, and Sarah, a
daughter of Thomas Brighty. He acquired his early education in the Huntingdon
and Bedford grammar schools. In 1862, attracted by the gold excitement, he came
to British Columbia via Panama, arriving in Victoria on the 9th of June of that
year. After a short time spent in prospecting and mining he turned his attention
to the study of law and by close application and unremitting industry laid the
foundation for his future successful career at the bar. About 1867 he was gazetted
as registrar general of the supreme court and he held that position until May I,
1879, traveling over the country with Sir M. B. Begbie. In 1877 he was called
to the bar and in 1879 he became a law partner of Hon. A. E. B. Davie, Q. C.,
under the firm style of Davie & Pooley, which relationship was maintained until
the death of the senior partner in August, 1889. He became a bencher of the
Law Society in 1884, serving for many years up to the time of his death as
treasurer of that organization. Mr. Pooley's legal career was a remarkably suc-
cessful one. In 1887 he was commissioned queen's counsel. In the early days of
his practice he became known as a strong and able barrister, possessed of keen
insight, sound judgment and exhaustive legal knowledge, and as his reputation
grew his patronage extended until he finally controlled an immense volume of
business, connecting him with some of the most important litigation before the
courts of the province. He handled the vast amount of legal business of the
Dunsmuir interests on Vancouver island and other important work of a similar
nature, his ability in the conduct of these important affairs placing him among
the prominent barristers in this part of the province. He was active in business
also, being a large shareholder and a director in the Esquimalt Water Works
Company and a director in the Colonist Printing & Publishing Company and in
many other industrial and commercial enterprises.
A broad-minded and able man, Mr. Pooley's interests extended to many fields
but he was especially active in the political life of the province, accomplishing
during his twenty-two years as a member of the British Columbia legislature a
notable work of public service. He was a member of the fifth parliament, elected
for Esquimalt in 1882, and acted as president of the council from 1886 to 1890,
serving as speaker from 1887 until 1889 and also subsequently, from 1902 to 1907.
He was a member and president of the council from 1889 to 1902 and during
this time, in July, 1894, a general election under the new Redistribution act, which
was passed during the fourth session of the sixth parliament, sustained the Davie
administration and retained Mr. Pooley as president of the council. During the
Turner, ministry, from 1895 to 1898, he served as president of the council and
during the Prior administration, from November, 1902, to July, 1905, was a
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member of parliament, speaker of the house and president of the council and again
under the McBride administration until 1905. During all of this time he took
a prominent part in legislation looking toward advancement and reform, proving
himself a practical, clear-sighted, keen politician, able to cope with existing political
conditions but never sacrificing ultimate good to present benefit. He twice declined
the premiership of British Columbia but never refused to give his aid or support
to movements looking toward the advancement of the province, and he left the
impress of his great ability and forceful personality upon its political history,
Mr. Pooley married, in November, 1869, Miss Elizabeth Wilhelmina Fisher,
only daughter of the late William Fisher, formerly a member of the legislature
for Esquimalt. Mrs. Pooley survives. Mr. and Mrs. Pooley became the parents
of six children: Alice; Hon. Mrs. Victor A. Stanley, who was married in 1896,
her husband, the Rt. Hon. Victor A. Stanley, R. X., being the second son of the late
Lord Derby, and a brother of the present Lord Derby ; Thomas E., who served
as a lieutenant in the Strathcona Horse during the South African war and upon
the close of hostilities secured a commission in the regular army, being stationed
in Egypt; R. H., the present member of the local legislature for the Esquimalt
district ; Charles ; and Violet.
Mr. Pooley served as captain in the Canadian Militia for a number of years
and was a member of the Union Club of Victoria. In politics he was a conservative,
while his religious faith was that of the Anglican church. His residence, Fernhill,
is on Lampson street, Esquimalt. He was a man of magnificent physique, six
feet two inches in height and with a powerful frame, and he commanded attention
in any gathering. He died March 28, 1912, and his passing was felt as a keen loss
in political and professional circles in the province. His name swells the list of
men who build for all time and who establish standards of attainment to which
their successors must closely adhere if they will not fail in carrying forward the
work so well begun.
JOHN ALEXANDER HINTON.
The rapid growth of the Hinton Electric Company of Victoria, British
Columbia, is but representative of the aggressive spirit of the northwest — that
spirit which is typified by such men as John Alexander Hinton, the founder of
this important manufacturing enterprise. A native of Ottawa, Ontario, he was
born on August 24, 1873, and is a son of Robert Joseph and Lila (Hyde) Hinton,
members of the Hinton family being among the first settlers of Ottawa.
John A. Hinton received his education in the public schools and the Collegiate
Institute of Ottawa. He then entered business circles as passenger accountant of
the Canada-Atlantic Railway Company at Ottawa, which is now a part of the
Grand Trunk system, remaining in that connection for about seven years, and
after leaving that company came in 1896 to Victoria, where he has been engaged
in business ever since. He founded upon his arrival an electric supply business
under the firm name of G. C. Hinton & Company, which so continued until their
incorporation in 1900, when it was succeeded by the Hinton Electric Company,
of which our subject was elected president, which office he still holds and also
acts as managing director. The success of the business must be largely ascribed
to the progressive policies inaugurated by Mr. Hinton, his business ability and
his ready understanding of local conditions. As he has grown with the expan-
sion of his province he has also become a director in different local concerns,
having a voice in a number of industries which affect the general commercial
development and advancement.
On November 16, 1898. Mr. Hinton was united in marriage in Ottawa,
Ontario, to Clare, a daughter of George C. and Alison H. Holland, the former
the editor of the Senate Hansard and for many years official stenographer of the
senate at Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton have one son, Lyman Hyde. For several
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years Mr. Hinton served as treasurer of the Victoria Automobile Association,
of which he is now president. He is a member of the Pacific Club and the Royal
Victoria Yacht Club. He takes a great pride in the growth of Victoria and does
everything in his power to promote its interests. He is a lover of the out-of-
doors and in communion with nature finds relaxation from his arduous duties.
A public-spirited man, he recognizes his obligations as a citizen, yet has never
cared to enter political circles, although he can ever be found in the front ranks
of those who gladly give their support to any worthy public enterprise.
HON. AUGUSTUS FREDERICK PEMBERTON.
The name of Hon. Augustus Frederick Pemberton is closely linked with
various events which find record on the pages of British Columbia's history, and
his life record therefore cannot fail to prove of general interest. He was born
at Clontarf, near Dublin, Ireland, about 1808, and was the youngest son of
Joseph Pemberton, who was Lord Mayor of the city at one time. Augustus F.
Pemberton was also an uncle of Joseph Despard Pemberton, who is mentioned
at length on another page of this work. Augustus F. Pemberton was educated
for the bar and for several years filled an office in Dublin Castle.
He arrived at Victoria in December, 1855, having traveled to Central Amer-
ica by steamer which was fired on by rebel forts during a rebellion which was
then taking place in the Central American states. Mr. Pemberton joined a
party who were proceeding overland to the Pacific. On their way they over-
took a large band of emigrants and the party then divided, some remaining for
protection with the slow moving larger band, and a few of the more daring
pushing ahead. The Indians were on the war-path and it was thought very
risky for the small number. The sequel proved the reverse, for the small party
got through safely, while the larger, including women and children, were
massacred.
Air. Pemberton came from San Francisco to Puget Sound by sailing ship and
crossed the straits of Fuca from Port Townsend in a trading sloop kept by a
subsequent notorious smuggler, Captain Jones, landing at Ross Bay and walking
into the fort at Victoria during divine service on Sunday.
Mr. Pemberton came to British Columbia to follow agricultural pursuits, but
a more important career awaited him. Chartres Brew, who later became his
brother-in-law, had been commissioned by the home government to organize a
police department on Vancouver island. Mr. Brew, who was an officer of the
Royal Irish constabulary, was drafted for service with the British army in the
Crimea during the Crimean war and when that was over was sent out to British
Columbia to organize a constabulary in that colony. His ship, the Austria, was
burned in mid-Atlantic. Mr. Brew and a German passenger were picked up
clinging to wreckage by a passing ship and carried to South America, whence sev-
eral months later Mr. Brew arrived in British Columbia where he found that,
being supposed to be lost, Mr. Pemberton had been commissioned by Sir James
Douglas to organize the police force on Vancouver island (Mr. Brew being com-
missioned to a similar position on the mainland of British Columbia). In a
twofold capacity of commissioner of police and police magistrate, Mr. Pember-
ton was for several years prefect of the city, which up to that time had depended
for the preservation of its peace on the single constable.
Mr. Pemberton was a man well qualified to meet the occasion and the de-
mands made upon him. British Columbia was just upon the threshold of a
career of broadening development and rapid growth brought about by the gold
discoveries of 1858. The government required a firm and wise hand to control
the multitudes which were suddenly landed here. To Mr. Pemberton's conduct
and prudence was mainly due the good order which obtained when the city was
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filled with men to the number of ten thousand who were waiting for the fall of the
Fraser river, in order to proceed on their quest for gold, the fame of the mineral
deposits of this district having attracted them to British Columbia. Mr. Pem-
berton was the sole representative of law and order in Victoria. To secure the
preservation of peace he appointed a number of colored policemen, with whom the
miners at once declared war, carrying their enmity so far as to threaten to throw
one of the objectionable officers into the harbor. The miners were rioting at the
time and a moment's indecision would have been fatal. It was not shown, how-
ever. Mr. Pemberton alone entered between the ranks of the rioters and by his
quiet determination compelled them to release the prisoner. In following cases
he settled disputes among the Indians for the government, in which position he
was most zealous and never displayed the slightest fear. It is not too much to
say that next to Governor Douglas there is no man to whom the country is more
greatly indebted for the establishment of a law-abiding course than to Mr. Pem-
berton. As a member of the executive council he retired with the well earned
title of Honorable and was granted a pension for life at the lime of the confedera-
tion of the colony with the Dominion.
Mr. Pemberton was made judge of the county court and was afterwards, in
1872, police magistrate of Victoria, but resigned both offices, lie also sat as
magistrate in the house of the assembly during Governor Seymour's term. Dur-
ing his career as city magistrate he was known to be eminently impartial and
painstaking, and of his courage and coolness in the hours of extreme danger many
interesting stories are told by the early settlers. The manner in which Mr. I'em-
berton dealt with the Indians in early days gives us an idea of his courageous
spirit. He mastered various Indian languages which greatly assisted him in his
work. The instance has been recalled that Mr, Pemberton with other gentlemen
was at one time living in a cabin in an isolated part of the town. Six thousand
Indians were encamped near and some were firing rifles at the cabin. Mr. 1 'em- ,
berton coolly walked out and told the Indians that if they did not stop he would
take them to the "skukum"' house, lie was only one against thousands, but the
way and manner in which he spoke had a good effect upon the Indians, who imme-
diately stopped firing. This is only one of many such incidents as might be truly
related of him indicative of his bravery and coolness in hours of danger.
In 1861 Mr. Pemberton married Miss Jane Augusta ISrew, a sister of Chartres
Brew, who had been lost at sea, but was later rescued and arrived safely in llritish
Columbia. Miss Brew had come out from her native home in Tuam. County Gal-
way, Ireland, to keep house for her brother, making the trip by way of the isthmus
of Panama and landing at Esquimalt, Vancouver island, whence she walked to
Victoria. Soon afterward she met Mr. Pemberton and was married. Three chil-
dren were born of this marriage, of whom Augusta Jane, the eldest, died at the
age of fourteen years. Chartres Cecil, who was born May 18, 1864, and Evaline
Mary, now a resident of Halifax, Kova Scotia, survive.
Mr. Pemberton, though living a quiet life, was an enthusiastic sportsman and
in his younger days in Ireland was one of the best amateur cross country riders of
:he Emerald isle. In that country "Pemberton's Leap" was spoken of for many
years as the greatest ever made.
Mr. Pemberton was prominent in the establishment of the Reformed Episcopal
-•hurch, of which he was a regular attendant and member until his death. He was
church warden of the first Christ's church (afterward destroyed by fire) and
prominently associated with the building of the present cathedral. He was a man
)f very strong religious views, doing all in his power to advance the cause of
freedom in religious thought which he championed. Upon resigning as police
'Magistrate he retired from active life. His death occurred October 18, 1891, when
ie was eighty-three years of age, and his wife passed away in June, 1889. His
ion, Chartres Cecil, second child in order of birth and now engaged in the real-
estate business in Victoria, was born in this city May 18, 1864, and was educated
n the public schools and grammar school of the Reformed Episcopal church and
ander the private tuition of his tutor, Robert Williams.
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He was articled in the office of Drake & Jackson, solicitors, and was called to
the bar of British Columbia in July, 1889. He began practice as a member of
the firm of Walker & Pemberton, with which he continued until 1892. He then
practiced alone until 1899, when he went to the Yukon to enter upon the active
work of his profession and while there filled the office of postmaster, acting at
Lake Bennett until that postoffice was abandoned. In the latter part of 1900 he
returned to Victoria and withdrew from law practice to engage in the real-estate
business. He first conducted a general agency business, insurance, conveyancing,
collections, etc., but in more recent years he has been operating a general real-
estate business, operations being confined largely to Gonzales Hill, which is the
choicest residence section of the city, and of this section he has handled the
greater part. He is now managing director of The Gonzales Realty Company,
Limited, and devotes most of his time to the real-estate business.
Mr. Pemberton has, however, other important business interests and activities.
He is a member of the Natural History Society, is a member of the Native Sons
of British Columbia, a member of the Political Equality League and is a strong
conservative. His religious faith is that of the Reformed Episcopal church. His
record is a credit to an honored family name and his position as a business man
and citizen is alike irreproachable and enviable.
PERCY BYNG HALL.
Prominent among the enterprising, progressive and successful business men
of Victoria is Percy Byng Hall, senior partner in the firm of Hall & Floyer,
investment brokers and financial agents. He comes of English ancestry and was
born in Murree, India, June 29, 1880, his parents being General Charles Henry
and Elizabeth (Goldney) Hall. The parental grandfather, Charles Hall, of
Basingstoke, England, was in the diplomatic service as attache to the court of
Wurtemberg. His wife was a native of Austria. The maternal grandfather.
Colonel Charles Goldney, a native of England, commanded as colonel, a regi-
ment of English troops in the Indian army. The father, who was a native
of Basingstoke, England, had a long military record, having served for thirty-
•eight years with an infantry command in India. He retired with the rank of
general and as commissioner of Lahore, in 1885. Returning to England, his
•death occurred in Germany in 1893, while his wife, surviving him for almost two
decades, passed away in 1912.
Percy B. Hall attended Wellington College at Berkshire, England, and after-
ward entered Sandhurst, the Royal Military College. When eighteen years of
age he was made a lieutenant in the Thirty-fourth Sikh Pioneers, stationed at
Punjab, India, where he served for eight and a half years. In China he was a
lieutenant through the campaign of 1900 and was made a member of the
Distinguished Service Order. At the present writing he is a captain of the
Eighty-eighth Victoria Eusiliers of Victoria, British Columbia.
Captain Hall first came to Canada in August, 1906, settling in the province of
Alberta, where he operated a ranch for a year. He then came to British
Columbia in 1907, taking up his abode at Shawnigan, and in 1910 he removed
to Victoria, where he formed the present partnership of Hall & Floyer. They
conduct a general real-estate and insurance business and act as financial agents.
They are specializing in Port Edward property and the Port Edward town site
in particular. The firm has its office at the corner of View and Douglas streets,
where they are supplied with all facilities for handling their extensive and grow-
ing business, having now a large clientele which they represent in real-estate
transactions and in investments. Mr. Hall is also manager, of the Anglo-British
Columbian Securities, Limited. He belongs to the Real Estate Exchange and
to the Stock Exchange and does everything in his power to further business
activity and promote the development of the northwest.
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On the ist of November, 1905, in Lahore, India, Mr. Hall married Miss
Muriel O'Callaghan, a daughter of Sir Francis O'Callaghan, a native of County
Cork, Ireland. He is one of the world's renowned railway engineers, having
built the Attock bridge in India and the Khojak tunnel in Baluchistan for
strategical purposes, connecting India with Afghanistan. He also built the
Uganda Railway and supervised the construction of many other large under-
takings in different parts of these countries. His wife was of English lineage.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall have three children : Percy Byng, who was born on the i/th
of April, 1907; Maureen, whose birth occurred on the 27th of May, 1910; and
Desmond, born in December, 1912.
In politics Mr. Hall is a conservative but not an active party worker. He
belongs to the Union Club of Victoria and has many warm friends in business
and social circles. His favorite sports are hunting and boating, yet he never
allows these to interfere with his business affairs. His success is due to con-
servative business methods, yet in safeguarding his interests he docs not sacrifice
the progressiveness essential to success in his particular line of business. He is
gifted with that quality which for want of a better term has been called personal
magnetism and he inspires confidence in those with whom he comes in contact.
Mrs. Hall is much, interested in amateur theatricals and is a great lover of music.
They occupy an attractive home on St. Patrick's street in the Oak Bay district of
Victoria and are prominent and popular sociall) in the city.
WILLIAM H. MEIKLE.
In a list of notable men who have directed their efforts toward promoting the
commercial and financial growth of Vancouver and directly and indirectly the
permanent interests of the Dominion, William H. Meikle occupies a high and
honored place. As a surveyor and explorer his work has been of immeasurable
value to Canada, marking a distinct advance in general knowledge of conditions
in districts before unknown, while as a business man he is today numbered among
the important factors in promoting in Vancouver that general commercial, finan-
cial and industrial activity which means growth and development. He was born
in Fintry, Scotland, on the 29th of March, 1871, and is a son of Matthew and
Janet (Davidson) Meikle, the former a clergyman, who was educated at Glasgow
University and afterward removed to Fintry, where he remained until his death
in 1895.
William H. Meikle acquired his education at Dollar Academy, a famous
school in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and afterward went to Glasgow, where
he served an apprenticeship to the calico printing business with the firm of
Guthrie & McArly. After three years he went to Tarbolton, Ayrshire, and was
for five years on his uncle's farm in that vicinity. In 1897 he came to Canada
and, settling in Vancouver, was for several months employed at various occupa-
tions. In the spring of the following year he became connected with the firm of
Mackenzie & Mann and in their interests became a member of the party which"
surveyed the Dalton trail in Alaska. This was during the great gold rush to the
Klondike fields in 1897 and Mr. Meikle spent some time in the Klondike and
also in the Skagway district, where he witnessed the exciting events incident to
the gold rush in that vicinity. After six months he returned to Vancouver and
here in the summer of 1898 became connected with an exploring party which went
into the Fort George country, then an unknown wilderness. From there they
made their way into the Peace river country as far north as Fort Graham and
:hence westward through the northern part of British Columbia to Hazelton, on
ie Skeena river, and then to the coast and down to Vancouver. This journey was
accomplished by the end of the year 1898 and was characterized by more than the
asual hardships and dangers which accompany those who travel through the
wilderness, blazing the trails for the generations of civilization which follow
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after. The party compiled much valuable data for their employers and for the
Dominion government and their work marked the beginning of history in the
various localities which they entered and explored.
After returning to Vancouver Mr. Meikle associated himself with his brother,
John D. Meikle, in the manufacture of aerated water and under the firm name
of Meikle Brothers they conducted a large and flourishing business of this char-
acter from 1899 until 1904. In the latter year, again hearing the call of the wild,
Mr. Meikle of this review joined an exploring and "surveying party in the Bulkley
valley of British Columbia and becoming impressed with the possibilities of that
locality, decided to cast his lot there. Accordingly he went to the Upper Eraser
river, where he began acquiring timber limits for himself and others, also taking
up land in the vicinity of Fort George. He continued to engage in real-estate
operations there arid in Quesnel for five years thereafter but in 1910 returned
to Vancouver, where he has since resided. Here in association with John G.
Ullock, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this
work, he entered the land and timber brokerage business and in May, 1911, they
organized the Great West Sand & Gravel Company, Limited, with offices in Van-
couver and North Vancouver and with docks and bunkers in the latter city. Mr.
Meikle is president of this concern and has evidenced unusual administrative
ability in the conduct of the important affairs under his charge, being quick in
decision, prompt in action and fearless in execution. The Great West Sand &
Gravel Company, Limited, controls a large and important business and is con-
stantly extending the scope of its activities. In 1912 a coal department was added
to the enterprise and the company acts as agent for Wellington coal, this branch
of the concern rapidly proving profitable and important.
Mr. Meikle is a conservative in his political beliefs and while a resident of
Scotland was a member of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, stationed on
the Clyde. He is a lover of life in the open as the record of his career plainly
shows and his enthusiasm on this subject has resulted in valuable work along
lines of expansion and development in the Dominion. He is easily among the
leaders in anything that he desires to undertake and it is men of his class that
are most important in promoting the progress and securing the permanency of
any community.
WALTER GEORGE SCRIM.
One of the recent additions to the various business enterprises which con-
stitute the industrial and commercial activity of Vancouver is the W. G. Scrim
Lumber Company, which was organized in the fall of 1911 by Walter George
Scrim, who is sole owner. He was attracted to the west by its broadening
opportunities and has been a resident of British Columbia since the fall of 1906.
He was born in the city of Quebec, November 10, 1878, a son of Robert and
Matilda (Davidson) Scrim, both of whom were natives of that city. The father
was a government sealer of lumber and followed that business throughout his
entire life. For about fifteen years he was in the employ of McLachlin Broth-
ers, of Arnprior, Ontario, in which city he passed^away in 1910. His widow
still survives and is now a resident of Vancouver.
Walter George Scrim pursued his education in the public and high schools
of Arnprior, supplemented by a course in the Brockville Business College, which
trained him for commercial life. Like his father he entered the employ of Mc-
Lachlin Brothers of Arnprior and his faithfulness, diligence and capability are
indicated by the fact that he remained with that firm for nine years. On the
expiration of that period he became connected with the Whitney Lumber Com-
pany of Whitney, Ontario, with whom he remained for two years, and sub-
sequently spent two years with the Pigeon River Lumber Company of Port
Arthur, Ontario. He was next with Lockhart & Company, of Fort Francis,
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Ontario, for two years, and with the Rat Portage Lumber Company of Kenora,
Ontario, for a year, prior to his removal to the coast country.
In the fall of 1906 Mr. Scrim arrived in Vancouver. Through his previous
business experience he had gradually worked his way upward and his enter-
prise and energy, coupled with careful expenditure, brought to him the capital
that enabled him to engage in business on his own account when he came to
this province. Immediately after his arrival he organized the Oliver-Scrim
Lumber Company, of which he is still the vice president, and in the fall of
1911 he formed the W. G. Scrim Lumber Company, of which he is sole owner.
He has a large mill at Burnaby which has an output of fifty-live thousand feet
of finished lumber per day. While supplying the retail trade he ships to Al-
berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Both business organizations with which
he is identified have important places in the trade circles of this city and Mr.
Scrim has therefore become one of the leading business men. Throughout his
entire life he has been connected with the lumber trade and there is no phase
of the business with which he is not familiar. His comprehensive knowledge,
his watchfulness over details and his ability to discriminate between the essen-
tial and non-essential have been important factors in his growing success. Aside
from his lumber interests he is the owner of considerable residence property
in Vancouver.
On the 3Oth of October, 1912, in Vancouver, Mr. Scrim was united in mar-
riage to Miss Agnes Lambert, one of the native (laughters of the province, her
birth having occurred in this city in 1891. Her father, Roland A. Lambert, of
Klondike fame, was the first man to stake a claim at Atlin, in the Yukon ter-
ritory. He is still actively engaged in mining, being now interested in the min-
ing of platinum in the Lillooet district.
Mr. Scrim's military experience was with the Eighth Royal Rifles of Que-
bec during a period of two years. He holds membership in St. George's An-
glican church in which he is rector's warden, and he is deeply interested in all
the moral forces which work for the development and betterment of the in-
dividual and the community. No good work of charity or religion seeks his
aid in vain and he is a liberal contributor to many worthy benevolences. As
he has prospered he has extended a helping hand to those who are attempting
to climb upward along the path of industry and honesty and has ever been will-
ing to share generously with others in his own good fortune.
HENRY HOY.
The contracting and building trades of New Westminster are ably represented
by Henry Hoy, who successfully follows this occupation in his city. He has,
moreover, actively participated in the public life of the community, serving for
one term as mayor of the city and for a number of years as a member of the
council. During his administration as executive much valuable work of far-
reaching importance was accomplished which has left an indelible impression
upon the growth of the city. Progressive and public-spirited, Mayor Hoy ever
took a most advanced step toward impending measures and accomplished things
upon which the present greatness of the city is largely founded. As a member of
the council he also did important work in committee room as well as on the floor
of the chamber and his disinterested public-spiritedness has found wide and
ready recognition.
Born on a farm in the parish of Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland, on March 2, 1845,
he received a public-school education, subsequently apprenticing himself to the
carpenter's trade. He worked as a journeyman carpenter in London, England,
but in 1869 he sought the larger opportunities of the new world, coming to
Canada, where he worked in Toronto for four years, after which period he
crossed the border to Chicago, where he remained one year. In 1874 and 1875
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he was engaged at his trade in Winnipeg, but in February, 1876, came to New
Westminster, where he has ever since made his home. He has branched out and
gradually become connected with general contracting and building and as the
years have passed has become one of the substantial men of New Westminster.
Mr. Hoy was united in marriage to Miss Marion Bonson, a daughter of L. F.
Bonson, of New Westminster. To them were born three sons and three daugh-
ters, all of whom are living. He belongs to Union No. 9 of New Westminster
and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Hoy has attained to an
important position in his community and is highly respected and esteemed by
all who know him for what he has accomplished.
MAJOR W. HART-McHARG.
William Hart-McHarg, of Vancouver, barrister-at-law, was born in the
barracks at Kilkenny, Ireland, where his father was at that time stationed with
his regiment. His natal day was February 16, 1869, and he is descended from
Scotch ancestry. He is a son of Major William Hart-McHarg, who was in the
old Forty-fourth, now known as the Essex Regiment for many years. His
father saw service in the Crimean and Chinese wars, for which he received four
medals and four clasps. He retired from the army with a special pension, given
him for meritorious and distinguished service. He married Miss Jane Thomsett,
a daughter of Captain Thomsett of the same regiment, who also served through
the Crimean and Chinese campaigns in the Forty-fourth Regiment.
William Hart-McHarg pursued his education in England and in Belgium,
but when sixteen years of age he started out in life on his own account. He made
his way to Manitoba, where he followed farming for five years. When in his
twenty-first year he removed to Winnipeg and, desirous of entering professional
life, he devoted five years to the study of law and then successfully passed the
examinations which secured his admission to the Manitoba bar in 1895. He
practiced law in that province for two years and in 1897, attracted by the min-
ing activity in the Kootenay country, he came to British Columbia, and having
been called to the bar of this province took up the practice of his profession in
Rossland.
Always interested in military life, he attached himself to the Winnipeg
Dragoons while in that city and upon the formation of the Rocky Mountain
Rangers in the Kootenay he joined that organization as a private and later at-
tained the rank of lieutenant. Upon the breaking out of the war in South Africa
he volunteered for the First Contingent, the Royal Canadian Regiment, and
being unable to obtain commissioned rank he enlisted as a private. During the
campaign he was promoted to sergeant. The Canadian Militia list gives the
following record of his war service: "Operations in Orange Free State, Feb-
ruary-May, 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (18-26 February), and
actions at Poplar Grove (7 March), Dreifontein (10 March), Hout Nek (i May),
Zand River (i May) ; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, including
actions near Johannesburg (29 May), Pretoria (4 June). Operations in Orange
River Colony and eastern and western Transvaal, June-November, 1900. Medal
with four clasps."
On his return to British Columbia he resumed his law practice in Rossland.
He was reinstated as a lieutenant in the Rocky Mountain Rangers and promoted
to captain in 1902. In November, 1902, he removed to Vancouver and practiced
his profession there. He was transferred to the Sixth Regiment, "The Duke of
Connaught's Own Rifles," and obtained his Majority in that corps in 1910.
Major Hart-McHarg is well known as a rifle shot. He has been a member
of the Canadian Bisley team several times and has shot for Canada in the Kola-
pore (1907-1910), Mackinnon (1907-1910) and Empire (1910) team matches.
In 1907 he was a member of the Canadian team in the Palma trophy contest at
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Ottawa against British, Australian and American teams. He won the governor
general's prize at Ottawa in 1908, all the aggregates at the British Columbia rifle
meeting in 1909, and tied for first place in the Prince of Wales match at Bisley
in 1910 with a record score. In 1912 he coached the provincial team which won
the Northwestern International match at Portland in competition with teams
from the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Major Hart-McHarg again
won the governor general's prize at Ottawa in 1913 with the record score of 202
points. At the conclusion of the D. C. R. A. matches he was given a place in
the all-Canadian team, which was sent to the International matches at Camp
Perry, Ohio, to shoot for the Palma trophy and for the individual long range
championship of the world with army rifle. The conditions of this match were
15 shots at 800, 900 and 1000 yards and Major Hart-McHarg won it with scores
of 74-72-74, — total 220 out of a possible of 225. He was presented with the
National Guard championship trophy, which he held for a year, and also received
a gold cup and a gold medal. He subsequently coached the Canadian team in
the Palma trophy match at Camp Perry. On his return to Vancouver he coached
the British Columbia team in the North Western International match shot at
Vancouver when it defeated, under Palma trophy conditions, teams from the
states of Oregon and Washington.
Major Hart-McHarg is the author of ''From Quebec to Pretoria/' the story
of the Royal Canadian Regiment in South Africa, and joint author of an his-
torical souvenir of the Sixth Regiment, "The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles."
He has discussed through the columns of the press themes of general interest
and his articles on the Waste of Daylight awakened widespread interest. He was
the first to bring this important matter to the attention of the people of this
province and to point out that by advancing the clock one hour during the sum-
mer months an extra hour of daylight would be obtained in the evening, giving
greater opportunity for more outdoor life and recreation and a saving in the
expenditure for artificial light.
When in 1911 the Canadian government at the invitation of the Imperial
government organized a contingent of seven hundred men and fifty officers to
be present at the coronation of King George V., Major Hart-McHarg was ap-
pointed to the command of one of the infantry companies. He proceeded to
London with the contingent and was present at the various ceremonies. After-
wards, at Buckingham Palace, he was presented with the Coronation medal by
His Majesty, the King.
JOSEPH ROBERT REARDON.
Joseph Robert Reardon, who died in Vancouver on the I4th of September,
1907, after a period of activity in the merchant marine service extending over
:wenty-six years and who previously to his demise had been for three years in
die Vancouver pilot service, was born in Donegal, Ireland, October 28, 1862.
His parents, Robert and Catherine Reardon, removed to England when he was
5till a child and in a Catholic college at Portsmouth he acquired his education,
laying aside his books at the age of sixteen in order to begin his apprenticeship
to the merchant marine service. After four years with the firm of T. & J. Brock-
iebank, of Liverpool, as an apprentice he served with the same firm as mate
and afterward became connected with the Union Steamship Line, holding the
jositions of fourth, third and second officer successively and receiving his certifi-
cate as captain, October 7, 1887. He resigned from this service in order to enter
the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad as chief officer of the steamship
Tartar, sailing from Southampton to Vancouver and thence to Skagway, Alaska,
ind back to Vancouver. He was also for some time second officer and then chief
officer of the Royal Mail Steamer Empress of China. For two years he was
:hief officer.of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Steamship Athenian whilst under
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charter to the United States government as transport from Seattle to the Philip-
pines during the Spanish-American war. He was for about twenty-six years at
sea, the life engendering in him qualities of self-reliance, independence and ini-
tiative which remained always prominent and forceful elements in his character.
Mr. Reardon joined the Vancouver pilot service in November, 1904, and therein
continued until his death, which occurred on the I4th of September, 1907. He
was well known in Vancouver, where he made his home, as a public-spirited and
progressive citizen and a far-sighted and capable business man, his name stand-
ing for integrity, honor and loyalty in all the relations of life and his death bring-
ing to a close a career of genuine and unostentatious usefulness.
On the 29th of July, 1900, Mr. Reardon was united in marriage to Miss Kate
Walker, a daughter of William and Catherine Walker, the former a squire of
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and a large mill owner and manufacturer
of woolen goods. It was he who introduced into England the textile colleges,
in which young men are educated in everything pertaining to the manufacture
of woolen goods, and for this service he was made the first professor, being able
in this way to give the advantage of his own broad knowledge and long experi-
ence to the other industrial workers following after him. His daughter, Mrs.
Reardon, is an artist of remarkable attainments and a widespread reputation
and has displayed her paintings with excellent results on several occasions. She
painted the portrait of Dr. Helmcken which now hangs in the Parliament build-
ing at Victoria and she has hung pictures in several galleries in the British isles.
Mr. and Mrs. Reardon became the parents of two children: Mary Florence,
who is attending school ; and James Byrne. Mrs. Reardon makes her home at
No. 1201 Georgia street, Florence court. She is well known in Vancouver,
where she has resided for many years and where her sterling qualities of mind
and character have brought her a circle of friends almost coextensive with the
circle of her acquaintances.
Mr. Reardon was a devout member of the Catholic church, exemplifying in
his honorable anl upright life the doctrines in which he believed, and he was
connected fraternally with the Knights of Columbus. He ever manifested a
deep and helpful interest in projects for the advancement and growth of the
community and his cooperation therein was far-reaching and beneficial. His
course at all times conformed to strict business principles and honorable methods,
his path never having been strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes, and
his business integrity as well as his prosperity forming a fitting crown for his
well spent life.
CHARLES EDWIN MAHON.
It has been said that this is the age of the young man, a fact which finds
verification especially in the west, for it has been the young men of enterprise
and ambition who have sought the opportunities of the great and growing west-
ern country. They have not hesitated to sever the ties which have bound them
to the districts in which youth has been passed in order to gain the broader
opportunities offered elsewhere. Of this class Charles Edwin Mahon is a
representative, and as agent for real estate, insurance, loans and timber lands
he has built up a business of gratifying proportions. He was born at Paisley,
Bruce county, Ontario, March i, 1872, and is a son of William and Elizabeth
Mahon, pioneer settlers of that district, who were well known there.
Charles E. Mahon spent his early life on his father's farm. His educa-
tion in the public schools of Bruce county was very limited as he had early to
depend upon himself. When a boy of only fifteen he had to take full charge
of the farm as his father was ill, continuing so for three years, and the heavy
load thus falling upon his shoulders made him resolve as soon a§ the oppor-
tunity offered to go into another business fraught with lesser hardships and
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BRITISH COLUMBIA ill
to set himself up independently. That the hard school of experience through
which he passed has, however, had a beneficial effect upon his later life thereof
his present marked success is the best proof. To prepare for a commercial
career he underwent training in the Canada Business College of Chatham,
Ontario, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890, and the follow-
ing year he went to Seattle, Washington, where he engaged in clerking for
two years. At that time on account of the illness of his father he returned
to Paisley, Ontario, where he acted as clerk in a store for two years. His
desire, however, to engage in business on his own account was ever foremost
with him and, carefully saving his earnings he was at length enabled to pur-
chase a stock of groceries, boots and shoes in 1895. Thus he became identi-
fied with commercial interests in Paisley, where he continued in merchandis-
ing until 1897, when he removed to Langdon, North Dakota. He was there
employed in the lumber and hardware business for about ten years, and in
1907 he came to Vancouver, where he established a real-estate and timber land
business. In this he is still engaged, having no partner although he still uses
the style of C. E. Mahon & Company. He handles real estate, insurance, loans
and timber lands and has built up a business of gratifying proportions, acquaint-
ing himself thoroughly with property values, both in the city and in the forest
districts, while he is equally conversant with the various phases of the loan
and insurance business. His industry, determination and indefatigable energy
have been salient features in his success.
On the I7th of January, 1900, Mr. Mahon was united in marriage, in Pais-
ley, Ontario, to Miss Nellie I. Steele, a daughter of Samuel and Isabella Steele,
the former a veteran of the Fenian raid. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mahon have been
born six children, William S., Gladys Evelyn, Harold Stratton, Lois Jean,
Charles Norman and Thelma Hall. The last two are twins.
Mr. Mahon gives his political support to the conservative party and in
January, 1913, was elected an alderman of Vancouver, in which position he
is exercising his official prerogatives in support of various projects and move-
ments which have to do with the upbuilding and welfare of the city. He
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose,
and the Vancouver Commercial Club. He had no especial advantages at the
outset of his career, but has steadily worked his way upward as the years have
gone by, and whatever success he has achieved has come to him as the reward
of ability, intelligently directed.
MERTON ALLEN MERRILL.
Merton Allen Merrill, who is engaged in the real-estate business at Van-
couver, now conducts operations independently under the style of Merrill &
Merrill, his partner having left the firm in 1912. His birth occurred in Bangor,
Maine, on the 22d of November, 1880, his parents being Allen and Ann Merrill,
the former a merchant of Bangor for a number of years.
Merton A. Merrill obtained his early education in the public schools of his
native city and subsequently attended the University of Maine at Orono for
several years. On leaving college he went to Boston and for a number of years
was there employed in various capacities. In 1908 he came to Vancouver, British
Columbia, and at the end of a few months made his way to Graham island, where
he remained for two years. On the 4th of July, 1911, he returned to Vancouver
and embarked in the real-estate business with his cousin, Orland P. Merrill, under
the firm style of Merrill & Merrill. The partnership was dissolved in 1912, but
jur subject still conducts his business under the old firm name. His interests
are principally in Graham island, where valuable coal deposits are reported. He
ilso has excellent farming property there and has won recognition as a business
•nan of sound judgment and keen discernment whose knowledge of real-estate
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values is accurate and who is qualified to give valuable advice to prospective
investors.
On the I2th of September, 1911, at Estherville, Iowa, Mr. Merrill was united
in marriage to Miss Clarissa Converse, a daughter of Palmer Sterry and Martha
Converse and a representative of one of the earliest families in Iowa. Mr. Merrill
is a member of the Commercial Club and enjoys an enviable reputation as a young
business man of much promise and a representative and substantial citizen of
this province.
JAMES MARS.
In the lives of the majority of men the road that leads to success is filled with
hardships and privations, apparently insurmountable obstacles and innumerable
disappointments, and in this respect the history of James Mars is no exception
but it likewise records the victory of unremitting diligence, persistent effort and
unceasing perseverance. He is a native of Scotland, his birth there occurring on
the 8th of May, 1870. His parents, Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Mars, were
born, reared and married in the same country and there the mother died in 1883.
Subsequently the father with his five sons and two daughters emigrated to Can-
ada, the family settling in Manitoba. The father is yet living.
A member of a household of limited means, the early educational advantages
of James Mars were very meager. At the tender age of eleven years he left
school and became a wage earner, the succeeding seven years being spent in a
woolen factory in his native land. When he was a youth of about eighteen the
family came to Canada, and for two years thereafter he diligently applied him-
self to assisting his father with the cultivation of the homestead in Manitoba. At
the expiration of that period he went to Winnipeg and entered the service of
Lord Strathcona, being employed on his farm until 1892. In the latter year he
gave up farm work and went to Tacoma, Washington, where he was employed
in the lumber woods until 1894. His next removal was to Coquitlafn, which has
ever since been his place of residence. Until 1909 he followed various occupa-
tions, but each year marked an advance in his business career and he gradually
became numbered among the enterprising and progressive citizens of the com-
munity. In the year last named together with his brother he engaged in the mer-
cantile business, under the firm name of Mars Brothers. As they are both men
of good judgment as well as energy and determination they have met with
success in the development of their enterprise and are enjoying a good trade.
In the conduct of their store they have adopted a policy which commends them
to the confidence of the people, while they accord their patrons the courteous and
gracious consideration essential to the permanent upbuilding of any business.
During the long period of his residence here Mr. Mars has acquired quite ex-
tensive property interests, which he is now disposing of from time to time. He
possesses the characteristics of leadership and has for some years figured promi-
nently in local affairs, the capability he manifests in the direction of his per-
sonal interests being evidenced in his judicious management of any enterprise
with which he is connected. Four years ago he was elected president of the
Agricultural Society, which organization holds an annual fair that is of mutual
benefit to the farmers and business men and serves to more closely unite the in-
terests of the town and country. The society was organized in 1890, and at
that time their only property interest was a lot, donated by Mrs. Beckintsale, of
Reading, England. During the intervening years, however, they have prospered
and now own five acres of land, and have a building under construction which is
thirty by fifty feet. The lower hall will be used for exhibition purposes, while
the second story will be divided into committee rooms. Mr. Mars has expended
a great deal of thought and energy in promoting this organization, and it is
largely due to his enthusiastic efforts that the association has accomplished so
much.
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His allegiance in matters politic Mr. Mars gives to the conservative party,
and he is secretary of the Dewdney Conservative Association. He is the present
mayor of the city of Coquitlam, and is giving efficient service in this connection.
He was elected reeve of the municipality in 1911 by acclamation and reelected in
1912 in the same way. Again in 1913 he was elected reeve by a large majority;
and soon after the city was incorporated he was made mayor by acclamation.
His fraternal connections are confined to his membership in the Independent
Order of Foresters, and he is chief ranger of Camp No. 147. Mr. Mars is not
affiliated with any church, but he supports all worthy enterprises and generously
contributes towards the maintenance of various local charities. The hard condi-
tions of his own early life have served to make him considerate of other lads
similarly situated and many an ambitious and enterprising youth has found in
him a stanch friend.
ETIENNE EDMOND DELA VAULT.
Prominent among the successful business men of Vancouver is numbered
Etienne Edmond Delavault, who now devotes his time and attention to his duties
as managing director of the Canadian Hypothec & Guarantee Company, Ltd.,
and the Vancouver Development Company, Ltd. A man of keen discrimination
ind sound judgment, his practical business ability and the systematic control of
lis affairs have brought him a high degree of success and placed him among
:hose whose activities have affected the growth, progress and welfare of the
:ity.
Mr. Delavault was born in Paris, France, in August, 1879, and is a son
idmond and Elizabeth (Meyer) Delavault, the former of whom conducted
a large agency business in Paris until his death in 1908. After completing
his preliminary education, Etienne Delavault entered Paris University, from
vhic.h he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He afterward studied law
in the Paris Law College, graduating as a licentiate at law. In 1903 he came
1o Canada. After his arrival in the Dominion he first became connected with
;i prominent firm of French furriers, Revillon Freres. In their interests lie
visited a great portion of the northern country, including the Labrador coast
and Hudson Bay, and he was at one time manager of the Prince Albert dis-
1rict for his employers. He proved himself capable, far-sighted and energetic,
but being ambitious for success in his profession resigned his position and
•e ntered the law office of Lucien Dubuc, a barrister at Edmonton, Alberta. He was
articled as a student and after completing the required term was admitted to the
Law Society of the Northwest Territories in August, 1907. In the same year
lie formed a partnership with his former teacher, Mr. Dubuc, under the firm
i ame of Dubuc & Delavault, but later severed this connection, joining the firm
<f Bishop, Pratt & Delavault. He remained in Edmonton until 1911, in the
summer of which year he interested a number of French capitalists in a mort-
gage company which he organized. He was the leader in the formation of the
Canadian Hypothec & Guarantee Company, Ltd., and in October, 1911, came to
Vancouver as its managing director, a position which he has since capably filled.
He is in addition managing director of the Vancouver Development Company,
Ltd., of this city, and his energy, his well timed aggressiveness, his force, experi-
ence and capacity have been notable elements in the rapid growth of both of these
•concerns. Mr. Delavault has become well known in business circles in Van-
couver, where his signal ability is widely recognized and respected. His interests
are all carefully managed and capably conducted and have been attended with
gratifying and well deserved success.
In February, 1907, Mr. Delavault was united in marriage to Miss Madeleine
Bouchon, a daughter of C. and C. Gaucher (Besnard) Bouchon. Mr. and Mrs.
Delavault have become the parents of a son, Robert, who was born at Edmonton,
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Alberta, in December, 1907. Mr. Delavault is a member of the corps of reserves,
One Hundred and First Edmonton Fusiliers, of which he has served as lieu-
tenant. He made a creditable record in law and his prominence in that field
has been equalled by his success in business — a fact indicative of versatility,
wide interests and effective personality.
JOHN GARSON JOHNSTON.
John Garson Johnston, prominently connected with important commercial
interests of Vancouver as assistant manager of R. Myers, Ltd., and half-owner
of the large wholesale jewelry business it controls, was born in Edinburgh, Scot-
land, March 31, 1879, and is a son of William Clouston and Jeannie Renfrew
(Young) Johnston, both representatives of Scotch families, the father being a
descendant of Johnstoun, earl of Zetland.
The public and high schools of Glasgow afforded John Garson Johnston his
early educational opportunities and he afterward entered the University of
Glasgow, from which he was graduated M. A. in 1906 and LL. B. in the same
year, taking honors in all of his classes at the university. Immediately after his
graduation he began the practice of law, associating himself with the firm of
Wright, Johnston & Orr in Glasgow, with which his father was also connected.
This firm is still in existence and is one of the strongest and most reliable in
the city. Mr. Johnston remained with it for three years but even at this time
he was active in business, his ability carrying him forward into important rela-
tions with some of the leading corporations in Scotland, connections which
developed in him the qualities which are the basis of his commercial success
today. In 1909 he crossed the Atlantic to Canada and, locating in Vancouver,
obtained a position in the Royal Bank, remaining for about one year. At the
end of that time he associated himself with R. Myers, Ltd., wholesale dealers
in jewelry, purchasing a half interest in the concern and being appointed by the
board of directors assistant manager. As the incumbent of this position he now
devotes practically his entire time and attention to the affairs of the corporation,
his keen business insight, energy and sagacity having been effective factors in
the later development of the business.
Mr. Johnston is a member of the Presbyterian church and is a conservative
in his political beliefs, taking an intelligent interest in community affairs, although
never active as an office seeker. He holds to high ideals in every relation of life
and in their attainment is recognized as a man of action rather than of theory.
His well developed capabilities and powers, his keen insight and sound discrimi-
nation have been salient elements in his success and have carried him forward
into important business relations in the city where he makes his home.
WILLIAM MOORE McKAY.
A man of broad views, liberal mind and high ideals, guided and controlled by
sound and practical business judgment, William Moore McKay has won for
himself a position of precedence at the bar of Vancouver, prominence in politics,
distinction in military circles and a place among the men of weight and influence
in the city. In a profession where untiring application, intuitive wisdom and
the determination to utilize the means at hand are the elements of success, he
has advanced continuously and rapidly and has, moreover, made his ability and
public spirit the basis of an important work of public service, the. conservative
organization in this province finding in him a leader who is at once a capable
business man and an able politician.
WILLIAM M. MCKAY
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Mr. McKay was born in Ottawa, Ontario, August 16, 1868, and is a son of
Thomas and Isabel (Masson) McKay, the former a native of Perth, Scotland,
, .nd the latter of Kingston, Ontario. Their marriage occurred in Ottawa, where
Thomas McKay was at the head of the McKay Milling Company, one of the
largest industrial enterprises in the city. He continued to conduct this for
nany years and eventually retired to private life, spending his later years on
t he beautiful McKay estate, known as Elmbank, which was considered one of the
i lost attractive and valuable properties in Ottawa. In his home in that city
' 'homas McKay passed away in 1887 and he was survived by his wife for some
\ears, her death occurring in 1897.
In the acquirement of an education William M. McKay attended Dr. Tassie's
celebrated school at Gait, Ontario, the Montreal high school and Toronto Uni-
\ersity, from which he was graduated B. A. with high honors in 1888. Having
( etermined to practice law, he was then articled to (now his honor) D. B.
McTavish, then a member of the firm of Scott, McTavish & Scott, of which Sir
Lichard Scott was the senior partner. Owing to his excellent early training
and his interest in his profession he attained an important and notable degree
of success in his legal studies and in his first year at Osgoode Hall was entitled
t» write for honors. He completed the course in that institution six months
before the required time but could not be admitted to the bar and accordingly
vent to Europe, where he spent one year in travel. Returning at the end of
that time he was called to the bar of Ontario in 1893 and began his professional
career in that city as a member of the firm of MacCraken, Henderson & McKay.
/ fter five years of successful legal work he went to the Klondike, arriving in
tie Yukon in 1898, at the time of the first rush to the gold fields. He was
the third qualified barrister in Dawson City and he there formed a partnership
with W. E. Burritt, now registrar of Prince Rupert, under the firm name of
Eurritt & McKay. Their association continued for four years and at the end of
tl at time Mr. McKay engaged in practice with R. W. Shannon, now city solicitor
o ' Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The firm of McKay & Shannon had a prosperous
existence for three years and was recognized as one of the strongest and most
rt liable in Dawson City. Mr. McKay was carried forward into important rela-
tions with public life in that community, being alderman from 1903 until his
term expired the year before the commission plan of government was inaugu-
rated. After seven years in Dawson Mr. McKay came to Vancouver and he
h; s since remained an honored and respected resident of this city. Immediately
after his arrival he formed a partnership with C. N. O'Brian under the. firm name
ol McKay and O'Brian and three years ago Mr. McKay took over practically
al the Crown work controlled by the firm and is acting as representative of the
at:orney general of British Columbia. His success in a professional way affords
the best evidence of his capability along this line. Much of the success that
hcS attended him at the bar is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance
w:ll he permit himself to go to court unless he has absolute confidence in the
justice of his client's cause. The zeal with which he has devoted his energies
to his profession, the careful regard he evinces for the interests of his clients
and the assiduous attention which he gives to all the details of his cases have
br night him a large business and have, made him very successful in its conduct,
so that he stands today among the representative and prominent barristers of the
city where he makes his home.
To say that Mr. McKay has won prominence in the law, however, is to
mention only one of his many claims to distinction, for his interests are broad
and his ability great, so that his activities have extended to many fields, in-
fluencing especially the military and political life of the province. He is one of
the strongest individual forces in the ranks of the conservative party in British
Columbia and has always been high in the party's councils, believing firmly in the
principles and policies for which it stands. One year after his arrival in Van-
couver he was elected secretary of the Vancouver Conservative Club and rose
through all the offices in that organization to that of president, to which he was
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elected in 1910. In 1906 he was made secretary of the British Columbia Con-
servative Association and served until 1911, when, upon the retirement of Mr.
M. W. Foster, who became deputy minister of public works, Mr. McKay was
elected to the position of first vice president. At the convention of the con-
servative party held at New Westminster, November 23, 1911, he was elected
president of the British Columbia Conservative Association and at the close of
his term of able service was succeeded by the late J. A. Lee, ex-mayor of New
Westminster. Although an active conservative, his public spirit goes beyond
partisanship and he is interested in everything that pertains to the advancement
and growth of his city and province, cooperating in all progressive public projects
and lending the weight of his influence to measures of reform and expansion.
In military circles, too, Mr. McKay is well known and greatly respected.
He acquired his preliminary military training in the C school at Stanley barracks,
Toronto, where he took first class qualifications, and at the age of eighteen
he entered the Queen's Own Rifles as private. He spent fourteen years in the
militia, serving for two as private, after which he took a commission in the
Forty-third Rifles of Ottawa, rising to the rank of senior captain of the regiment.
This position he held until 1898 and two years afterward became attached to the
Dawson Rifles as lieutenant. He is now on the Officers Reserve with the rank
of captain.
In Victoria, British Columbia, November 28, 1911, Mr. McKay was united
in marriage to Miss Mary M. Petersen, of Copenhagen, Denmark, and they
have become the parents of a daughter, Ruth Isabel Mary. Fraternally Mr.
McKay is connected with Cascade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., and with the
Arctic Brotherhood. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines of
the Presbyterian church and he is a regular attendant at St. Andrew's church in
Vancouver. In the Rideau Club of Ottawa and the Vancouver and Western
Clubs of Vancouver he is well known and his high standing in social circles
is unassailable. He is indeed entitled to a place among the men of Vancouver
who represents the highest type of citizenship — men who, seeking and attaining
personal success in business or a profession, have nevertheless extended their
efforts into fields of public service, making their powers and abilities effective as
forces in community growth. He is liberal, broad-minded, versatile and able,
and his career has indicated clearly his possession of these qualities, bringing
him success, prominence and a place among the makers of legal, military and
political history in British Columbia.
CECIL DE COURCY SINCLAIR HOSEASON.
With a nature that can never be content with mediocrity, Cecil de Courcy
Sinclair Hoseason has steadily worked his way upward and is identified with
several corporations which, operating directly or indirectly in the real-estate and
colonization field, have done much for the upbuilding and improvement of Van-
couver and the province. A native of India and of Scotch parentage, he was
born August 12, 1868, his parents being General Henry and Adeline (MacKenzie)
Hoseason, the former for many years a commander of British troops, in which
connection he won his title. The son was sent to England to pursue his educa-
tion and became a student in the public school at Fullneck, Yorkshire. He after-
ward attended Dover College at Dover, England, and in 1886 was a student in
Edinburgh University.
Mr. Hoseason has been a resident of British Columbia since 1899, in which
year he became the representative at Vancouver of the North American Life
Assurance Company, so continuing for six years. In 1907 he started in his
present business as a real-estate, insurance and financial agent under the name
of Hoseason & Company, which style he still uses although the firm is now
nominal. He is a financial agent and conducts an insurance and real-estate
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business, but principally handles local realty. He is conversant with property
values and has succeeded in winning a large clientage through business methods
which recognize the opportunities of a situation and utilize them honorably and
fully. Mr. Hoseason is also chairman of the board of directors of A. M.
Asancheyev, Ltd., a colonist company, and is managing director of the London
& British Columbia Investment Corporation, Ltd., of London, England, managing
their interests in Vancouver.
On the ist of September, 1909, in Vancouver, Air. Hoseason was married to
Miss Beatrice Amy Taylor, and they have one child, Cecil Henry Cochrane. In
religious belief Mr. Hoseason is a Protestant. Politically he is an independent
conservative, but has never been prominent as a seeker for office, although for
several years he was a member of the Betchuanaland board of police. He is a
life member of the Vancouver Exhibition Association and is interested in the
various plans which seek to exploit the resources of Vancouver and the province
and to make known the opportunities and advantages here to be enjoyed. Mr.
Hoseason holds membership in the Canada Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of London,
England, and the Loyal Orangemen Legion. He is likewise a member of the
British Isles Public School Club of Vancouver, the Progress Club and the
Caledonia Club. His influence is always on the side of improvement and, believ-
ing in the possibilities of the great northwest, he has so directed his efforts as to
win gratifying success for himself and also to contribute to the upbuilding of the
:ity and province.
GEORGE EDWARD McCROSSAN.
The bar of British Columbia numbers among its representatives many force-
ful, able and brilliant men whose work along professional lines is of a character
which will make it necessarily a part of the legal history of the province. Among
their number is George Edward McCrossan, a prominent barrister in Vancouver
and one of the great individual forces in local liberal politics, his energy, his
versatility and his keen and incisive qualities of mind having carried him forward
to success and eminence in both fields. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
September 16, 1879, and is a son of Thomas and Jennie (MacDonald) McCros-
san, the former of whom came to Canada from Scotland in pioneer times, the
parents celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the 4th of January,
George E. McCrossan acquired his preliminary education in the public schools
)f Winnipeg and was afterward graduated from Manitoba University, receiving
the degree of M. A. from that institution in 1900. He afterward studied law
in the same university, graduating in 1902 and winning, besides his degree of
LI,. B., a scholarship and first medal in arts and law. He was called to the bar
}f Manitoba in 1902, and in 1903 came to Vancouver, British Columbia, winning
admission to the bar of this province in the following year. He immediately
began practice in Vancouver as a member of the firm of Bird, Brydon Jack &
McCrossan and this association continued until 1906, when the firm of McCrossan,
Schultz & Harper was formed. In 1910 Mr. Schultz retired and the business is
now conducted under the name of McCrossan & Harper. This is one of the
strongest and most reliable law firms in the city and its practice is extensive and
representative, connecting its members with a great deal of notable litigation.
Mr. McCrossan's rise has been rapid, his ability and proficiency soon making him
well known throughout the province and carrying him forward into important
public relations. In 1911 he was chosen by the Dominion government as counsel
in the investigation into the alleged Chinese frauds and the opium-smuggling
trade and by his able conduct of this work gained widespread approval and honor.
He has won admiration by his pleadings before the court and has appeared on
cases before the supreme court of Canada and the privy council. He has also
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been concerned in the editorship of digests on British Columbia cases and on
Canadian and criminal law. He is a director in the Burrard Publishing Com-
pany, Limited, publishers of The Sun, a daily newspaper, and The Sunset, a
weekly publication.
As is often the case, Mr. McCrossan's success in law has carried with it
prominence in politics and he is recognized today as a leading spirit in the local
liberal organization, his loyalty to that party being attested by frank and open
support of its principles. He is a member of the provincial executive of the Lib-
eral Association and from 1907 to 1909 was president of the Young Men's Liberal
Association of Vancouver. From 1909 he was first vice president of the
Liberal Association of Vancouver but recently resigned in order to give more
exclusive attention to his professional work.
On October 31, 1907, in Vancouver, Mr. McCrossan was united in marriage
to Miss Grace Chrysler Lalande, of Cananoque, Ontario, a daughter of Abraham
and Alice (Chrysler) Lalande, the latter a member of the old and well known
Chrysler family. Mr. McCrossan holds membership in the Terminal City Club,
the Vancouver Hunt Club and the Vancouver Golf Club and is well known in
social circles of this city. He is a splendid type of the present-day professional
man, modern in his views, progressive in his ideals and with a spirit active in the
promotion of projects and measures for community advancement. His personal
characteristics have gained for him the warm regard and friendship of many,
while in professional lines he has attained that eminence which comes only in
recognition of merit.
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ROBERT FRANCIS GREEN, M. P.
Of the many outstanding facts in connection with the development of west-
ern Canada none is more interesting or significant to those whose duty it is to
try and see beneath the surface of things and write accurate history than the
great part played by a small group of individuals in this work of shaping the
destiny of a country. To the unthinking it often appears that the solving of
great problems has been due to "movements'" or the policy of a government or
popular agitation ; but to him who will do a little quiet investigating it is invari-
ably disclosed that big results are due to the initiative of one or two strong men,
who, bolder than their fellows or endowed with greater gifts of insight and
leadership, have grasped the fundamental necessities of a situation and applied
that needful stimulus to community effort which has accomplished the desired
result.
British Columbia is a great province — the greatest in the Dominion of Canada
— and in area and variety of resources an empire. And when one is told that its
present envious position among the countries of the world is due to a progres-
sive development which was initiated less than twenty years ago, one is spurred
to make inquiry as to the manner of men they were who have been instrumental
in making this marvelous change in such a short space of time. And this brings
us to the subject of this sketch — Robert Francis Green, M. P., for it is but the
simple truth to say that no man has done more for his adopted country ; and as
is always the case with men of merit, he has not in the doing of it craved popular
applause, the public honors which have been thrust upon him having in the main
been spontaneous and unsolicited tributes to his worth and services.
One can best, perhaps, convey an idea of the position which Mr. Green occu-
pies in British Columbia by saying that if anyone came to the province with any
large enterprise to be launched or on any political mission, he would not be in
the country twenty-four hours before he would hear of the member for Kootenay.
No higher tribute can be paid to his worth and position than to add that he enjoys
to a remarkable degree the close confidence of the large financial and commercial
interests of the country. But his position is even more powerful than would be
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disclosed by that statement, for it is known that the success which has attended
the federal and provincial conservative parties in British Columbia is attributed
mairuy to his wise judgment on questions of policy on which their success so
vitally depends.
Such then is the position which Mr. Green holds as a citizen of the richest
and fairest province in the Dominion. Personally, he is of somewhat quiet and
retiring disposition. A little below the average height, somewhat spare of build,
a little grey tingeing a closely-cropped beard which lends to his countenance a
striking resemblance to Sir William Mackenzie, Mr. Green can, when he is in
Victoria, where he makes his home when the house of commons is not in ses-
sion, be found at his office premises on the corner of Broughton and Langley
streets.
Though somewhat absteminous in his habits, "Bob," as he is known to his
intimates, is voted a prince of good fellows and the best of companions. Just
how it came about that he came to occupy such a leading position amongst his
fellows may be indicated in a few lines. First, he had and has unbounded con-
fidence in the future greatness of his adopted province ; second, he always backed
up his faith by action; third, he always stood by his friends and "played the
game."
It was in the fall of 1885 that Mr. Green first came to British Columbia,
destined to prove the scene of his future activity. After a strenuous business
career in the pioneer days in the mining camps of the Kootenay, which will be
alluded to later, it was, in 1893, that he was first summoned to public life, being;
chosen first mayor of Kaslo, and, although he was defeated for the next term,,
was reelected in the elections of 1896 and 1897. In 1898, he was elected to the
provincial legislature for the Kaslo-Slocan Riding in opposition to the Turner
government. He was again elected in 1900 as a supporter of the Semlin govern-
ment, and, in 1903, was elected as a supporter of the McBride administration,.
accepting under that government the office of minister of mines. He resigned
this portfolio in November, 1903, and became chief commissioner of lands ami
works, from which important office he withdrew in December, 1906. His work
in parliament has been of far-reaching effect, and he has ever well taken care of the
interests of his constituents. He has done much towards promoting and initiat-
ing constructive legislation in committee rooms and on the floor of the house,
and his service in this connection has ever given high satisfaction to those who
called him to this responsible position. In 1912, Mr. Green was elected to the
federal parliament by acclamation to represent the Kootenay constituency. This
was made necessary by the appointment of his predecessor to the railway com-
mission.
Mr. Green was born at Peterboro, Ontario, a son of Benjamin and Rebecca
(Lipsett) Green, his father being a native of County West Meath, and his
mother of County Donegal, Ireland. They emigrated to Canada about 1835,
locating near Montreal, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits. About
1840 they removed to Toronto, where Benjamin Green became connected with
the grain and produce business. He later was active in business in Peterboro.
In 1890, he came to British Columbia, where his death occurred in 1896 at Kaslo,.
his age being eighty-one years. His wife had preceded him to the Great Beyond,,
passing away in Ontario in 1889.
Robert Green, who was one of ten children, was educated in the public schools
and the collegiate institute in Peterboro. In 1879 he crossed the border to the
United States, being until 1881 engaged in business in a small way in Pennsyl-
vania. He then returned to Peterboro, but, in 1882, heeding the call of the west,
located in Winnipeg, and westward from there, engaging in construction work on
the Canadian Pacific Railroad until 1884. In the spring of 1885, he went to
Calgary and joined the commissary department of the forces under General
Strange, remaining with that contingent throughout the rebellion. After the
campaign he joined his brothers in Revelstoke. At that time, the Canadian Paci-
fic tracks extended only six miles west of Beaver, British Columbia, which is.
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eighty miles from Revelstoke, and he had to walk this distance. Shortly after
his arrival at that place, he joined his two brothers in the general mercantile
business in that town, continuing so until 1886, at which time he purchased the
interest of one of his brothers in the business, the firm then being known as
Green Brothers. They later also opened a branch store at Illicillewaet, British
Columbia. Later on they closed up their Revelstoke store and opened a branch
at Sproats Landing. In 1891, the store at Illicillewaet was abandoned and
removed to Ainsworth, British Columbia, and the general merchandise business
of E. S. Wilson & Company of that place was purchased. Upon the completion
of the railway from Sproats Landing to Nelson, their business at the former
place was transferred to Ainsworth.
In 1891 he located in Ainsworth, being Justice of the Peace for that large and
important district. He served in a similar capacity as a law officer of the Crown
during his residence in Kaslo from 1894 to 1897, inclusive, and during this period
he won for himself a reputation for strict integrity as well as for great personal
courage. Those were strenuous days in the pioneer settlements of the interior of
the province — the days when many undesirable characters flocked thither from
Idaho, where the advent of the famous "Bull Pen" had struck terror to their hearts
— and many a tale could be told of how Mr. Green with a firm hand at the right
moment had compelled due observance of law and order from those whose natural
disposition and inclination was otherwise.
It is to be recorded also — and this in a measure reveals the type of man who
proved so useful a citizen of the province in the early days of its development — that
Green Brothers marketed the first ore ever shipped out of the Kootenay lake side
of the famous Slocan camp. This they did under circumstances and con-
ditions which would have tried the mettle of most men. The owners of the ore
had men at work mining and sacking it at the Whitewater mines, controlled by
J. C. Eaton, but neither the packers nor the steamboat people would touch it until
all charges for freight and smelter treatment had been paid. So Green Brothers,
realizing that, if the impasse could not be broken, the camp would be given a black
eye, came to the rescue and guaranteed all charges, which amounted to sixty-five
dollars per ton. And as a climax to this situation it is on record that within a year
the production of ore was so great that some eight or ten ore buyers were in the'
district, representing the smelter people. Thus did Mr. Green give practical evi-
dence of his faith in the future of British Columbia.
In 1892, the firm opened the first general store in Kaslo, British Columbia,
and two years later disposed of their Ainsworth establishment, devoting all of
their attention to their interests at Kaslo. In 1902, they amalgamated with the
general merchandise store of H. Giegerich ; the hardware store of H. Byers &
Company, and the hardware store of A. E. Morris, and the firm then became
known as The Byers, Giegerich, Green Company, Limited, which firm is still in
existence.
Mr. Green first located in Victoria in 1903, and engaged in business in this city
in 1907 by forming a partnership with Arthur C. Burdick, under the firm name
of Green £ Burdick, real-estate and financial agents, with offices in the Bank of
Montreal building. They later moved to the Law Chambers, and eventually
secured their present location at the corner of Broughton and Langley streets,
where they do an extensive and representative business. In 1908, Newton T.
Burdick — a brother of his partner — entered the firm, which then became known
as Green & Burdick Brothers. All three members are well versed in local real-
estate values, and their judgment in that regard is highly estimated. They handle
much valuable property, and their business transactions have had a distinct influ-
ence upon the growth and expansion of the city. The firm also does an extensive
insurance business, representing both fire and accident, and also bonding com-
panies. They, moreover, act as financial agents, and their reliability in that respect
is proverbial. They placed many of the larger subdivisions on the market, doing
business principally in the northern section of Victoria. Mr. Green is the senior
member of the firm and acts more or less in an advisory capacity only, as his various
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business interests require much of his time and attention. He is identified with
a number of prosperous mining enterprises throughout British Columbia, one of
which is the well known Slocan Star Mine, located near Sandon, British Columbia.
He is also interested to some extent in fruit raising, and, along that line, has been
an important factor in encouraging the fruit-growing industry in those sections of
the province which are favorable thereto. He is identified with a number of other
enterprises and industries, too numerous to mention, and is a director of the
Colonial Trust Company, Limited; the New British. Columbia Lands, Limited;
and The Slocan Star Mine, Limited.
In Erie, Pennsylvania, Mr. Green married, on January 31, 1889, Miss Celia
E. McDannell, a daughter of O. H. P. and Mary A. McDannell, natives of Penn-
sylvania, where the father was engaged in farming. Both parents have passed
away. Mr. and Mrs. Green have two children : Robert H., born November 10,
1889, a graduate of McGill University in 1912, and at present studying law at
Osgoode Hall, Toronto; and Cecilia R., born November 29, 1890, also a graduate
of McGill University, and now articled to the firm of Mackay & Miller, of
Victoria.
The family residence, one of the attractive homes of Victoria, is located at
No. 502 Rupert street, but they spend their summers in their home on Beecher
bay, where Mr. Green indulges in outdoor life, of which he is very fond, finding
great pleasure in boating and fishing.
Mr. Green is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained
high rank and held many offices. He is a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 49,
of Victoria ; of the Kootenay Royal Arch Chapter ; Vancouver Preceptory ; and
Gizeh Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past master of the blue lodge, past
district deputy grand master, past first principal of the chapter and past potentate
of the shrine. He is well known in club life of the city, being a member of the
Union and Pacific Clubs of Victoria. His recreations are indicated through his
membership in the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and the Victoria Golf Club. Mr.
Green is also a member of the Rideau and the Laurentian Clubs of Ottawa.
GEORGE McCUAIG.
George McCuaig, auctioneer and commission merchant of Vancouver, was
Dorn in Scotland, October 24, 1852, a son of Henry and Janet McCuaig. In
the year 1857 the family left the land of hills and heather and started for Canada
on a sailing ship which was nine weeks on the voyage. The son George was
then a lad of but four years, so that practically his entire life has been passed
on this side of the water. He was reared in Barrie, Ontario, where he attended
the public schools and then entered the dry-goods business in Barrie, remaining
there until 1881, when he made his way westward to Winnipeg. Ten years
were spent in that city and in the territories and in 1891 he arrived in Van-
couver. Through the succeeding three years he managed a dry-goods store
for George I. Wilson, and in 1894 left for Africa, where he spent four years.
In 1899 he returned to Vancouver, where he established business as an auc-
tioneer and commission merchant, in which line he still continues. He has a
well appointed establishment and so conducts his trade as to gain substantial
and well merited returns. His judgment is sound in placing valuations upon
any articles which he handles and he has become well known to the purchasing
public as one whose stock is extensive and whose business integrity is unassail-
able.
During the early years of his residence in the west Mr. McCuaig became
a member of the local military corps at Medicine Hat during the Riel rebellion
of 1885. When its leader, Louis David Riel, was on the scaffold to be hung
as a traitor to his country, Mr. McCuaig secured his autograph, which is now
in the Carnegie library at Vancouver. On the 23d of August, 1900, in this
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city, Mr. McCuaig was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Campbell, a daughter
of Rod and Christina Campbell, representatives of a Scotch family originally
from Glengarry, Ontario. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McCuaig has been born a son,
Gordon Campbell. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. McCuaig belongs to Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political support is given to the liberal
party. His interest in public affairs is that of a citizen who seeks the welfare
and upbuilding of the community in which he lives and is loyal to its best
interests. His life has had its settings in various scenes, as he has lived at
different times in Scotland, eastern and western Canada and Africa. Through
all he has been actuated by a laudable desire to work his way upward, and his
life history shows what may be accomplished when energy and determina-
tion point out the way.
THOMAS L. KENNEDY.
It is on all sides conceded that the real-estate business, more than any other,
contributes to the growth and upbuilding of a community, and the advancement
and expansion of a city is often due to an enterprising real-estate man who will
stimulate interest in property, will keep alive transfers and transactions and will
draw outside capital and new settlers to a community. Such a man is Thomas
L. Kennedy of North Vancouver, who for some time has been one of the leading
real-estate dealers of this community and also has made an enviable record in a
public capacity as a member of the city board of aldermen.
Mr. Kennedy was born in New Brunswick on July i, 1866, a son of Samuel
and Louisa (McKenzie) Kennedy, the former a native of Ireland and the latter
of New Brunswick, of Scotch ancestry. The father was brought to Canada by his
parents when about ten years of age, the latter settling in New Brunswick. There
he attained manhood and engaged in farming but in 1906 the opportunities of
British Columbia decided him to locate in North Vancouver, where he and his
wife are now living retired.
Thomas L. Kennedy was reared at home and he acquired his education in the
public schools of New Brunswick, completing the same with a business course in
the Ontario Business College, which he took in the winter of 1892-3. Mr. Ken-
nedy spent his young manhood in New Brunswick engaged in farming and lum-
bering but in 1892 came to Ontario, spending the following winter in Toronto,
and in the spring of 1893 removed to British Columbia, where he spent the fol-
lowing year in the lumber woods. In 1894 he located in North Vancouver, being
among the pioneers of this little city. With the exception of about three and a
half years spent in the Yukon gold fields he has made his home in North Van-
couver since that time. In the spring of 1901 Mr. Kennedy with others pro-
ceeded to the Yukon country, where he remained for about three and a half years,
but finding nothing that panned out successfully beyond a good salary, he returned
to North Vancouver and there engaged in general contracting in company with
P. A. Aikin. For the past three years, however, he has devoted his attention
to the real-estate business and along this line success has attended his efforts
and the development and expansion of North Vancouver has been stimulated
through his labors.
On February i, 1911, Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Muriel Bartrem, of Ottawa, and to them has been born one child, Everett Bart-
rem McKenzie. Politically Mr. Kennedy is independent. He is a member of the
present board of city aldermen and has been instrumental in instituting or pro-
moting a number of beneficial measures. In that capacity as well as in his private
life he has done much to promote worthy enterprises and is recognized as a force-
ful element in the community. Fraternally he is a member of North Vancouver
Lodge, No. 40, Knights of Pythias. He is liberal in his support of the churches
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and charitable institutions and is ever ready to give a helping hand to those in
need, although his aid is given unostentatiously and often his beneficiaries do not
even know who was their friend in need. A r/idn true in character, honest in his
actions, able and vigorous, he is highly respected and esteemed and has many
friends.
EDWARD CHARLES HART, M. D., C. M.
A keen interest in the profession of medicine in its scientific and humanitarian
aspects, an appreciation of the value of life and its ultimate aims and purposes,
comprehensive knowledge and a sense of personal responsibility, these are the
qualities which make Dr. Edward Charles Hart an able and successful physician
and place him among the foremost representatives of the medical fraternity in
Victoria, where since 1897 he has been in active and successful practice. Since
1898 he has been coroner of this district and is connected with the regular
military service of Canada, being senior medical officer for district IT, compris-
ing British Columbia and the Yukon, and he has other important connections,
evidencing his high standing in the profession and the gratifying recognition
which his ability has received in medical circles.
Dr. Hart was born on the i6th of June, 1870, in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and
is a son of Charles and Ellen (Baxter) Hart, natives of Nova Scotia, the former
for many years in the general shipping business in that province. During the
time of the Civil war in the United States he supplied building material in large
quantities to the United States government but he later abandoned this occupa-
tion and turned his attention to banking, becoming manager of a branch of the
Merchants Bank of Halifax located in Baddeck. He retired from active life
in 1893 and lived quietly until his death, which occurred in December, 1912.
His parents were also natives of Nova Scotia and their ancestors were of Irish
descent and Empire Loyalists who left the colonies and settled in that province
at the time of the Revolutionary war. The mother of the subject of this review
survives her husband and makes her home in Vancouver. Her parents were
natives of Scotland who emigrated to Canada about the year 1825, the father
afterward preaching Presbyterian doctrines in the Dominion for over fifty
years.
Dr. Hart acquired his early education in the public schools of Nova Scotia
and he later entered Pictou Academy, from which he was graduated in 1887.
In the following year he entered the civil service in the house of commons but
abandoned this in order to enroll in McGill University. He studied medicine
and in 1894 was graduated with the degree of M. D. and C. M. Upon leaving
the university he located in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and began the practice of his
profession, remaining there until 1897. At this time, believing that the west
offered wider opportunities, he moved to Victoria and opened an office on
Douglas street, near Fort. In the summer of the same year he was placed in
charge of the Jubilee Hospital and upon leaving that institution formed a part-
nership with Dr. F. W. Hall, at that time a prominent physician of Victoria,
now deceased. Their association continued until 1908, when Dr. Hart moved
to his present location at No. 643 Courtney street, where he has since carried on
the general practice of medicine and surgery. Dr. Hart has proven careful in
the diagnosis of cases and successful in the application of remedies, for he keeps
abreast with the most advanced professional thought and is interested in every-
thing pertaining to the science of medicine. He has remained always a close
and earnest student, never considering his medical education complete, and his
powers have continually developed so that today he is without doubt one of the
leading physicians and surgeons in Victoria. Since 1898 he has held the office
of coroner of the Victoria district and has discharged the duties of this office
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capably and conscientiously, making his superior ability the basis of a useful
work of public service.
In Dr. Hart's career there is an interesting military chapter. He is connected
with the permanent regular military service of Canada, having in 1898 joined
the Fifth Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery with the rank of surgeon major.
He served thus until May I, 1906, when he was made captain in the regular
service, a position which he held until December n, 1907, when he was promoted
to his present rank of major. He is also senior medical officer for district No.
ii, comprising British Columbia and the Yukon. He is a member of the Vic-
toria Medical Society and was for two years president of that organization
and for one year secretary. In addition to this he is past president and past
vice president of the Provincial Medical Society and through his membership in
these bodies keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought along medical
lines.
In Vancouver, in August, 1898, Dr. Hart was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret McPhee. a native of Nova Scotia and a daughter of Archibald and
Anne (McLane) McPhee, the former of Scotch ancestry. He for many years
engaged in farming in Nova Scotia, dying in that province in 1909. The mother
is of Irish extraction and makes her home with the subject of this review in
Victoria. Dr. and Mrs. Hart have three children : Ellen, who was born August
31, 1899; Edward, born July 22, 1902; and Josephine, born June 19, 1909.
Dr. Hart is a member of the Presbyterian church and fraternally is con-
nected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Foresters and the Knights
of Pythias. His club affiliations are extensive and important for he belongs
to the L'nion and Pacific Clubs of Victoria, the Victoria Gun Club and the Capital
Gun Club, of which he is past president. He is, moreover, prominent in the
affairs of the Victoria Automobile Association, for he has the distinction of hav-
ing been the first motorist in British Columbia, running the first car in the prov-
ince in 1900. lie is now vice president of the Automobile Association and has
kept up his keen and enthusiastic interest in motoring, spending a great many
of his leisure hours on the beautiful automobile roads in and around Victoria.
He is an enthusiastic advocate of all kinds of outdoor sports, believing in physical
efficiency as a factor in success and he is particularly interested in hunting as
his membership in the most prominent gun clubs in the city indicates. His atten-
tion, however, is concentrated upon his profession, of which he always remains
an earnest student, supplementing his already comprehensive knowledge and
experience by individual research and investigation. During the fifteen years
he has practiced in this city he has won a large and representative patronage and
holds the confidence and esteem of his patients as well as a high place in the
regard of the medical fraternity.
ISAAC HUDSON.
Isaac Hudson, a successful and representative business man and substantial
citizen of New Westminster, has for more than two decades conducted a paint-
ing and decorating establishment and also deals in wall paper. His birth occurred
in Grey county, Ontario, on the 6th of July, 1869, his parents being Henry and
Mary (Brown) Hudson, the former a native of Ontario and the latter of York-
shire, England. Their marriage was celebrated in Ontario, to which province
the mother had come as a girl with her parents. In early manhood Henry
Hudson was identified with the lumber business but subsequently located on a
farm in Grey county and there devoted his attention to general agricultural pur-
suits throughout the remainder of his life, passing away at the venerable age
of eighty-nine years. He served as reeve of the township of Osprey for several
year's and was one of the influential citizens of his section.
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Isaac Hudson was reared under the parental roof and attended the public
schools in the acquirement of his education, but his advantages in that direction
were somewhat limited, for he was ill during three years of the period usually
devoted to school work. In his sixteenth year he was apprenticed to the painter's
and decorator's trade, his term of indenture covering three years. For the first
year he received thirty dollars and board, while his second year's remuneration
was forty dollars and his third year's sixty dollars. When his apprenticeship at
Collingwood was terminated he went to Sault Ste Marie and for about two
years worked in cities on both the American and Canadian sides. In the fall
of 1889 he came to British Columbia, locating in New Westminster, where he
has made his home continuously since. On his arrival here he worked as a
journeyman for C. F. Pretty and one year later purchased the business from
his employer, having conducted the same independently to the present time. In
the fire of 1898 his establishment was wiped out and, being without insurance,
was a total loss. Within the following week, however, he had erected a shack
on the old site and was again ready for business. This same spirit of enterprise
and indomitable energy has characterized all of his efforts, and as the years have
gone by he has built up an enviable and gratifying patronage.
In 1896 Mr. Hudson was united in marriage to Miss Helen Pentlane Wood,
of New Westminster, who came to this city from Guelph, Ontario, with her
mother, Keith (Sutherland) Wood. Her father, Charles Wood, passed away
in Ontario. Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children, five
of whom are living, namely : Charles Reginald, Iva Kathleen, Bessie Myrtle,
Ernest Melbourne and William Osborne. Mr. Hudson belongs to the West-
minster Board of Trade and has fraternal relations with the following orders :
Amity Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. ; Granite Lodge, No. 16, K. P.; and Court
Westminster, No. 330, Canadian Order of Foresters. For five years he served
as manager of the Presbyterian church, of which his wife is also a devoted mem-
ber. The salient qualities of his life have ever commended him to the confidence,
good-will and esteem of those with whom he has come in contact and he has
always enjoyed the high regard of a host of warm friends.
FRANK LLEWELLYN BUCKLEY.
A man to whose executive ability, organizing power and progressive spirit,
Vancouver owes the development and growth of some of her most representa-
tive business institutions, is Frank Llewellyn Buckley, managing director of the
British Canadian Lumber Corporation and connected through investment or able
official services with other equally important corporate interests. A spirit of enter-
prise actuates him in all that he does, leading him while he is still a young man
into important business relations and proving a valuable factor in the growth and
development of the institutions with which he is connected. He was born in
Cass county, Iowa, on the 26th of July, 1874, and is a son of John R. and Ann
Elizabeth (Gates) Buckley, the former a native of New York state and the
latter of the city of New York. Their marriage occurred in Iowa and the father
engaged in farming in Cass county for many years thereafter, following this
occupation until his death. His wife survives him and makes her home with
the subject of this review.
Frank Llewellyn Buckley acquired his education in the public schools of
his native section and after laying aside his books turned his attention to teach-
ing, in which profession he was engaged for three years thereafter. At the
end of that time he went to Somers in the Flathead valley, Montana, and worked
in the sawmill controlled by the John O'Brien Lumber Company for four years,
after which he came to British Columbia, locating in the Okanagan valley.
Here he acted as manager for the mill at Enderby, the property of the Rogers
Lumber Company and after remaining three years, came in September, 1908.
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to Vancouver where he became connected with the Vancouver Lumber Com-
pany as sales manager. By this time he had mastered the lumber business in
principle and detail, his many years of experience combining with his natural
business and executive ability to make him a valuable man in any connection.
He retained his first business connection in this city until 1910, in March of
which year he became managing director of the British Canadian Lumber Cor-
poration, in which position he still continues. He is the only resident official
of the concern and its remarkable growth in the past three years is due to him
in large measure, for he has maintained a constant and careful supervision
over the entire management of the concern. This is one of the largest timber
holding and lumber manufacturing enterprises in Canada and Mr. Buckley's
administrative ability aided greatly in its later reorganization and in its estab-
lishment upon the solid, conservative and reliable financial basis upon which
it stands today. His responsible duties have made great demands upon his
tact, efficiency and executive power — demands which have been met fully and
completely, Mr. Buckley's success placing him in the front ranks of business
men of the city. In addition to his connection with the British Canadian Lum-
ber Corporation he is connected as a director with the Great Northern Railway
Company, the Coquitlam Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Company and the
Hudson Bay Mortgage Corporation ; and he is president and general manager
of the Iowa Lumber & Timber Company, president of the Vancouver Arena
Company, vice president and director in the North American Securities, Ltd.,
and a director in the Hazelton Bridge Company, connections which indicate
something of the scope of his interests and the extent of his ability.
On the i4th of January, 1900, in Cass county, Iowa, Mr. Buckley was united
in marriage to Miss Rosa Lindeman and they have become the parents of three
children, Geneva Anna, Helen Martha and Frank Norman. Mr. Buckley is
a member of the United Evangelical church and has extensive and important
fraternal affiliations, belonging to Melrose lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; the Knights
Templar, and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is connected also with the
Modern Woodmen of America and the Order of Hoo Hoos. He holds mem-
bership in the Terminal City Club, the Press Club and the Progress Club and
is well known in social and club circles of Vancouver, where his geniality,
courtesy and good fellowship have made him widely popular. His political
allegiance is given to the conservative party and although he never seeks nor
desires public office, anything relating to municipal development, advancement
or growth receives his hearty cooperation and active support. He is still a
young man but his ability has already carried him forward into important rela-
tions with the general business life of Vancouver and his individual contributions
towards the city's industrial and commercial progress have been many and
substantial.
REV. JOHN MAcKAY, D. D., B. A.
As principal of Westminster Hall, Vancouver, one of the leading theological
colleges of British Columbia, Rev. John MacKay occupies a distinguished position
among the educators of the province. He was born at Kintore, Ontario, June i,
1870, and is a son of Hector and Christina MacKay, pioneers of Oxford county,
that province. John MacKay in the acquirement of his education attended both
the county and high schools at Owen Sound, subsequently entering Toronto Uni-
versity, from which he was graduated in 1899 with the degree of B. A. After
leaving high school, however, and prior to attending university, he taught school
for two years at Holyrood, Ontario, and then went to Detroit, Michigan, where he
entered the employ of Stanley, Smith & Company, wholesale coal dealers, remain-
ing with that firm as a traveling salesman until 1895, in which year he matricu-
lated in the University of Toronto. Upon his graduation in 1899 he was awarded
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'-the governor general's gold medal and as the first vice president of the literary
•society was the only man in the entire history of the university to win the highest
scholastic honors and at the same time to receive the highest elective ones. Rev.
MacKay subsequently went to Scotland, where he graduated from the Glasgow
United Free Church College, in Glasgow, in 1902. In 1901 he was one of a party
•of scholars under Professor George Adam Smith to visit Egypt and Palestine and
spend some time in studying there. In 1908 the honor of D. I), (honoris causa)
was bestowed upon him by the Presbyterian College of Montreal. From 1902
•until 1908 Mr. MacKay was pastor of Crescent Presbyterian church of Montreal,
coming in the latter year to Vancouver, British Columbia, to enter upon his present
position in connection with Westminster Hall. He has done much toward making
this college one of the foremost in the Dominion and exerts his best powers and
ability to prepare the young men under his charge for the ministerial profession.
At Montreal Rev. MacKay was for four years chaplain of the Montreal Curling
•Club, a life governor of the General Hospital and of the MacKay Institution for
the Blind and since coming to Vancouver has served as chaplain of the Seventy-
second Highlanders. He is well known in fraternal circles, being a member of Mt.
Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and also holds membership with the
Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Toronto chapter. Dr. MacKay is the organizer and
president of Western Residential Schools, Ltd., capital five hundred thousand
•dollars, which conducts Braemar School for Girls and Langara School for Boys,
both situated on Shaughncssy Heights. He is a member of the International
Peace Centenary Association and of the Industrial Peace Association of Canada,
and is president of the Canadian Club of Vancouver. He is also a member of
the University Club of Vancouver and the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club.
On April 3, 1907, Rev. MacKay was married at Toronto, Ontario, to Miss
Leila Julie Sampson, a daughter of W. A. and Julie Sampson. For many years
W. A. Sampson was manager of the Bank of Commerce at Woodstock, Ontario.
Mrs. MacKay passed away in the spring of 1913, leaving one son. Armour
MacKay, five years of age. A zealous Presbyterian, Rev. John MacKay finds in
"his position all the opportunity for exercising his strong faith and spreading the
principles in which he believes, and in this connecton has become one of the most
able and successful representatives of his church, and yet, while loyal to his
faith he is catholic in his sympathies and enjoys the respect and confidence of all
denominations and is active in every form of religious cooperation in the city
and nation.
Dr. MacKay has published a volume of sermons, "Religion as Friendship with
God," and a small volume on Palestine, "Summer Days in the Holy Land," both
•of which have been well received.
JAMES DILLON BYRNE.
Among the representative citizens of Vancouver is numbered James Dillon
Byrne, who in 1889 established himself in the real-estate business in the city.
He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, on the i8th of August, 1858, and
is a son of the late Garrett Michael and Sarah (Dillon) Byrne, both of the
same section of the Emerald isle. His father was prominent in public affairs,
serving as a member of the Imperial parliament for County Wexford from
1880 to 1883 and for the West Wicklow division of County Wicklow from
1885 to 1889.
James D. Byrne was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, Eng-
land, and spent his youth and early manhood in Europe, crossing the Atlantic
in 1889. He settled in August of that year in Vancouver, British Columbia,
and became associated with C. D. Rand in the real-estate business, their asso-
ciation continuing from 1889 to 1894. Mr. Byrne was also for many years
connected with the real-estate department of the firm of Mahon, McFarland
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& Proctor, Limited, and he became well known in real-estate circles. He has
handled successfully many of the most important real-estate transactions ever
completed in this section.
Mr. Byrne married Miss Florence K. Walker, a daughter of the late
William and Kate (Boyde) Walker, the former a prominent woolen manu-
facturer in Yorkshire, England. Mr. Byrne gives his political allegiance to-
the conservative party and in early days was active in public affairs, serving
as the first official administrator and as the first assessor for the county of
Vancouver. He is connected fraternally with the Catholic Mutual Benevolent
Association and is prominent in the affairs of the Knights of Columbus, being;
master of the fourth degree for British Columbia and Yukon Territory, hav-
ing served as first territorial deputy and first state deputy of the Knights of
Columbus for the province of British Columbia. He is well known in Cath-
olic circles and is an active religious worker. Throughout a period of resi-
dence in Vancouver dating from 1889 he has made his influence felt in the
official and business life of the city, holding the unqualified confidence and good-
will of all who are in any way associated with him. Mr. Byrne resides at
Florence Court, Georgia street, Vancouver.
JAMES PLUMRIDGE.
The business interests of Mission City find a worthy representative in the
person of James Plumridge, who is here conducting a successful bakery and
general mercantile business in connection with which he is also discharging the
duties of postmaster. He is a native of England, his birth having occurred on the
i/th of July, 1861, and a son of James and Susan (Dafter) Plumridge. The
father is deceased but the mother is still living and continues to make her home
in England.
James Plumridge was reared in the home of his parents and pursued his edu-
cation until he had attained the age of thirteen years. His text-books were then
laid aside and he became a wage earner, his first employment being in a chair
factory. He was connected with this industry for a year and then went to work
in a bakery, following this occupation until he was twenty-two years of age. The
colonies had strongly attracted him from early youth, and feeling assured he would
here find better opportunities for advancement, he subsequently took passage for
Canada, locating at Port Arthur, Ontario. He there found employment in the
bakery of a Mr. Lavery, who is now one of the foremost representatives of this
line of business in New Westminster. Following the western trend of migration-
after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, he later came to British
Columbia, being one of the early pioneers of Mission City. When he first came
here Mr. Plumridge erected a little shack on the site of his present location on
the river front and there established a bakery. As his business developed he
extended the scope of his activities by adding a stock of general merchandise,,
enlarging his establishment from time to time to meet the demands of his con-
stantly increasing trade until he now has the largest enterprise of the kind ira
the town. His line is carefully chosen to meet the varied needs and circum-
stances of his patrons, while the quality of his wares is such as to commend
them to the people, whose confidence he has won through his honorable and
upright methods of conducting his business.
At Port Arthur, Ontario, on the I4th of December, 1886, Mr. Plumridge was
married to Miss Florence Mackenrob, a daughter of A. Mackenrob of Van-
couver, and to them have been born eight children, as follows : William George ;
Walter E. ; Fred J. ; Hori, who is deceased ; Clarence A. ; Arthur E. ; Allen V. ;
and Norman A.
The family attend the Presbyterian church, and fraternally Mr. Plumridge
is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Foresters, to
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\vhich latter organization he has belonged for eighteen years. He is actively
interested in all public affairs, belonging to that enterprising class of citizens who
•while engaged in attaining personal success, contribute toward the general welfare
of the community by cooperating in those movements which are designed to
promote the general well-being of the residents at large. He has served as a mem-
ber of the board of school trustees, while for ten years he has been the incum-
bent of the office of postmaster, and in both capacities has discharged his duties
capably.
CHARLES WOODWARD.
Charles Woodward, as the founder of one of the largest department stores
of Vancouver which since 1903 has been located at the corner of Abbott and
Hastings streets, has in a large measure contributed to the metropolitan growth
of the city and is accounted today one of its foremost merchants. The store
which he has built up from a small beginning is one of the finest in the whole
northwest and in it can be found all the requirements to clothe a family and
to furnish a house from cellar to garret. In the fast developing west Mr.
Woodward found the field of activity suited to his own ideas of expansion
and he has grasped the opportunities as they have presented themselves and
by perseverance, diligence and industry, guided by laudable ambition, he has
built up an enterprise of which Vancouver is proud and which stands as a monu-
ment to his achievement.
Mr. Woodward was born in the county of Wentworth, Ontario, on the igth
of July, 1852, and is a descendant of old English and Welsh families. His
father was John W. Woodward, a native of England, who was born on the old
farm which had been the home of the Woodward family for three centuries
and is still in the possession of a representative of the name. He married
Miss May Culham, of Welsh extraction, who lived to the old age of eighty-two
years. John W. Woodward died aged eighty-four years. They were members
of the Church of England and people who were highly esteemed for their
qualities of mind and character. In their family were five children, of whom
Charles Woodward is the only son who came to British Columbia. Fie received
his education in his native county and is a graduate of Mono College in Ontario,
and remained under the parental roof until twenty-two years of age — on the
farm upon which his father had settled after coming to this country. Under
the able guidance of his father he acquainted himself with all of the details of
modern farming, learned what methods to pursue and what pitfalls to avoid
in planting his crops and gathering his harvests, which knowledge stood him
in good stead in later life. When a young man of about twenty-two years,
he came with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, to the wilds
of Algoma and there took up land which he cleared and prepared for cultivation.
He held to the standard that "where there is a will there is a way," and with
never faltering patience and characteristic energy had in the next year over
thirty acres under cultivation which yielded him a large crop. On the little
back-woods farm he had also built a store and this enterprise represents the
humble beginning of one who is now considered one of the foremost merchants
•of Vancouver. In his first location he continued in his agricultural pursuits
and attended to his business for five years, when, selling out, he made a removal
to Manitoba in 1882 and there engaged as a cattle dealer, a business to which
he was particularly adapted by his experience along agricultural lines. Returns,
however, did not come fast enough and he once more went to Algoma where
he again began business, this time engaging in the lumber business as well as
in merchandising. It did not take him long to recoup and enjoy a large and
profitable trade. His growing success, however, was nipped in the bud by a
disastrous fire, causing him heavy loss. He discontinued the business in the
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interest of which he had assumed a heavy indebtedness, and although he found'
difficulty in at once meeting all of his obligations he succeeded in paying off
his creditors dollar for dollar, so that no one ever could complain of losing
one cent. Favorable reports concerning British Columbia having reached his
ears and, perceiving with wise foresight the business opportunities that that
virgin section offered to a young man of energy and ambition, he came to-
Vancouver at a time when the city was still in its formative state, in 1891.
Although at that time there was a prosperous little provincial town people
hardly dreamed of the wonderful development that would raise the city to-
metropolitan rank a few years later. Mr. Woodward, however, must have had
a premonition of what the future had in store for the settlement and built
a three-story block at the corner of Harris and Westminster streets. Com-
pleting the building, he was selling in his store in less than three months, gro-
ceries, boots and shoes, renting out such space in the block as he did not use
for his own purposes. His trade increased and it was only a short time be-
fore he needed the whole building. In November, 1903, he deemed it ad-
visable to remove to more commodious quarters and came to the corner of
Abbott and Hastings streets where the large emporium which he now owns is.
located. The business includes about twenty departments and each one is-
so complete in itself that it may be said to represent an independent store.
The immense undertaking is ably directed by Mr. Woodward who has made
it one of the finest department stores of the Canadian northwest. At the
time when he first began merchandising in Vancouver his store was located
on the edge of the bush yet such was his faith in the town and its opportunities
and what the future held in store, that he never faltered in carrying out his
progressive policies, being one of the leading spirits in making of the town
what it has become today, and he can now look back upon his dreams as
having come true, for his highest expectations have been realized.
In 1873 Mr. Woodward was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son, a native of Arthur township, Ontario, and a daughter of Donald Ander-
son, who was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. There were nine children in the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Woodward of whom the following are living: Mary
C. ; Annie E. : Donald Anderson ; William C., who of late has ably assisted
his father in his manifold duties in connection with his large business; Cora L. ;
and Archie P. Mr. Woodward is fraternally connected with the Independent
Order of Foresters and with the Masonic body as a member of Acacia Lodge^
A. F. & A. M. Although most of his attention has been demanded by his
extensive affairs in connection with the conduct of his business, he has inter-
ested himself in the welfare and advancement of all public questions, affect-
ing the city. The history of this section of the province has always been attrac-
tive to him and has found in him a man who has taken interest in research and
has given freely of his time and means to preserve valuable records to posterity.
The life of Mr. Woodward and his business success have been so closely inter-
woven with the advancement of this city that all three seem to be one, espe-
cially as his spirit of achievement has not only been evident in his individual;
interests but in those of the city which he proudly claims as his home.
WALTER R. DOCKRILL.
By virtue of his position as president and general manager of the Empire-
Stevedoring & Contracting Company of Vancouver Walter R. Dockrill holds a
prominent place in business circles of the city and his prestige has come as a direct
result of his business ability, his executive power and the initiative spirit which
has guided and controlled all the activities of his career. He was born at Florence,,
Ontario, on the 3ist of May, 1878, and is a son of Joseph and Maria Dockrill,.
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the former for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits but now living retired
at Port Moody, British Columbia.
The public schools of New Westminster afforded Walter R. Dockrill his early
educational opportunities and he was afterward a student in the high school of
that city. After his graduation he served an apprenticeship in the drug business
under D. S. Curtis, of New Westminster, and upon obtaining his diploma he
engaged in business for himself at Atlin and afterward at Dawson, Yukon, rc-
naining in the north four years and building up a large and profitable enterprise.
Eventually, however, he sold the drug stores and entered the employ of the North-
western Smelting & Refining Company at Crofton, Vancouver island, as an expert
malyst, doing efficient and capable work in their interests for four years. He
•esigned in order to again engage in business for himself, recognizing an advan-
ageous field of which he was quick to make practical and profitable use. He
engaged in stevedoring, loading lumber at Chemainus, and so rapidly and steadily
• lid his enterprise expand that in 1910 he incorporated it under the name of the
Empire Stevedoring & Contracting Company, with offices in all the principal ports
c if British Columbia, of which he is president and general manager. Thus it may
1 -e seen that one of the large and important business concerns of the city owes its
loundation, its development and its continued progress to his initiative spirit, his
practical business judgment, his energy and enterprise, for he has given almost
ill of his time and attention to the business since its organization and is now in
tontrol of extensive interests along this line. He is respected in business circles
c f the city as a man of experience, ability and personality — a man to be reckoned
vith in the development of any business transaction with which he is connected.
In 1902, Mr. Dockrill was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Palmer, a daughter
of E. J. and Mary E. Palmer of Chemainus, British Columbia, the former vice
president and general manager of the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Com-
pany of that city, and also a director in the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., and the Wal-
ls ce Fisheries, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Dockrill have three children, Caroline, Eliza-
beth and Francis, all of whom are attending school. The family reside on the
Crescent, Shaughnessy Heights. They are members of the Church of England
a-id politically Mr. Dockrill gives his allegiance to the conservative party. He is
a charter member of the Arctic Brotherhood and president of the Marine Associa-
tijn of British Columbia. He belongs to the Terminal City Club and the Van-
couver Board of Trade and is always ready to cooperate in any movement to ad-
vance the city's material prosperity. Although he is devoted to his business af-
fj irs and able in their conduct, he nevertheless is an ardent advocate of all kinds.
01 outdoor sports and is an enthusiastic fisherman and hunter. He is fond also
oi lacrosse and motoring and spends a great number of his leisure hours in these
recreations. Although still a young man he has already proven himself forceful
ai d powerful in the world of business and he possesses in his well developed!
faculties of mind a guarantee of continued progress and ultimate distinction.
G. EMERSON GILLEY.
The firm of Gilley Brothers, dealers in building materials and coal, is one
of the foremost of its kind in New Westminster, G. Emerson Gilley, one of
thj partners, having been especially active in promoting and expanding its
imerest, thereby not only encompassing his own prosperity but becoming a
factor in the general commercial expansion. A native of New Brunswick,
he was born in Oak Bay, Charlotte county, on October i, 1873, and is a son
i of Walter and Sarah (Rogers) Gilley, of whom extended mention is made on
! amther page of this work.
G. Emerson Gilley was but twelve years of age when he came to New
Westminster with his father. In this city he attended the public schools and
! here he reached manhood, being variously engaged for several years until he
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took up boating, becoming connected with the river and coast trade. For
seven years he was captain of the tugboat Flyer but in 1908 became a mem-
ber of the firm of Gilley Brothers, which was formerly composed of Walter
R. and James R. Gilley. Mr. Gilley has since been identified with this con-
cern, exerting himself in extending the trade interests of his house.
Jn 1898 G. Emerson Gilley married Miss Fannie B. Preston, a daughter
of William Preston, a well known retired lumberman of New Westminster.
In their family are three children, Frank H., Harold L. and Hazel L. Fra-
ternally Mr. Gilley is a member of Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I O. O. F. Mrs.
Gilley is well known in church work in New Westminster as a member of
the Reformed Episcopal church. Both he and his wife are highly esteemed
and regarded by their many friends, being popular in the younger social set.
A man of strong character, he has become recognized as a forceful element in
the community, being a helpful and cooperant factor in the general advance-
ment.
XARCISSE I5ELLEAU GAUYREAU.
Xarcisse Belleau Gauvreau, born March ~, 1855, 'n tne parish of Isle Verte,
county of Temiscouata, province of Quebec, is the third son of Louis Narcisse
Gauvreau, seigneur of Yilleray, and of his wife Gracieuse (nee) Gauvreau.
After attending the parish school for some years Mr. Gauvreau was sent to
Rimouski College where he spent four years, following this up with several terms
at Thorns School in Quebec. He was articled in 1872 under Charles A. Baillarge,
city engineer of Quebec, under whom he served four years as provincial land
surveyor and engineer at the same time following a private technical course at
Laval University. In 1874 he was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway
surveying party under the Dominion government on the north shore of Lake
Superior and in 1876 he had charge of part of the surveying and construction of
the Quebec, Montreal & Ottawa Occidental Railway, then being built in Quebec,
with which railway he remained until 1878. In 1879 Mr. Gauvreau joined the
Canadian Pacific Railway survey under the Dominion government to explore
that part of Lake Superior north of Lake Nipigon, and in the spring of 1880
he was ordered to British Columbia on construction work from Yale to Savonas
Ferry. On the completion of this work in 1885 Mr. Gauvreau took up his
residence in New Westminster, following his profession as British Columbia
land surveyor and engineer but the lure of the wild lands has always made a
strong appeal to him and in 1892 he was sent by the provincial government to
explore and report on the country between Quesnel on the Fraser river and
Hazelton on the Skeena river. In his report Mr. Gauvreau recommended that
good farming land was to be found in comparatively large areas in the Nechaco
and Watsonqua or Bulkley valleys. In the following year under orders from the
same government he made exploration and reports on the country, hitherto
unreported or mapped, between Telegraph creek, the Stikine river and the
northern boundary of the province. During two years, following 1894, Mr.
Gauvreau was employed by a San Francisco syndicate to explore and report on
coffee lands and mahogany forests in Mexico and central America. He, with
a companion, started on mules from Oaxaca city, eighty miles south of Mexico
city and traveled during about fifteen months through the southern part of
Mexico, Guatamala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama,
returning to San Francisco in 1896. On his return to New Westminster in the
following year he was employed on the Crows Nest Pass Railway, then under
construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and on its completion, he went to
Winnipeg, Manitoba, joining the Canadian Northern Railway engineering staff
and remaining with that company for six years. In 1906 he returned to settle
and follow his profession in New Westminster, entering the employ of the
Dominion government public works as assistant district engineer in 1908.
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Mr. Gauvreau had over five hundred photographic views taken during his
1 ravels and ranging all the way from the Yukon to Panama, a quite invaluable
lollection, which was unfortunately destroyed in the New Westminster fire of
September, 1898.
CHESTER BENJAMIN MACNEILL, K. C.
A comprehensive knpwledge of underlying legal principles, a keen mind, a
forceful personality and a well controlled ambition have brought Chester Ben-
jamin Macneill prominence and success at the bar of British Columbia, where
for twenty-one years he has been in active practice. He was born in Cavendish,
Prince Edward Island, February 23, 1861, and is a son of Alexander AT. and
I.ucy (Woolner) Macneill, the former a son of William Macneill, a native of
!:• Gotland and a pioneer of Prince Edward Island. William Macneill rose to a
position of prominence in public life in that province and acted as speaker of
t ic first legislature. His son, Alexander M. Macneill, was born, reared and
elucated on the island and there engaged in farming until his death, which
o:curred when he was seventy-six years of age. His wife lived to the age of
e ghty-seven. She was a representative of the Woolner family, members of
v hicli came from the vicinity of London, England, to Prince Edward Island.
Chester B. Macneill acquired his early education in the grammar schools
of Cavendish and was afterward a student at the Prince of Wales College at
C harlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He was then articled for the study of
1; w to Sir Louis Davis, who is now a member of the supreme court of Canada,
a id was admitted as a solicitor on the gth of January, 1883. On January 8th,
o" the following year, he was called to the bar of Prince Edward Island and
b'-gan practice at Charlottetown in association with Hon. William W. Sullivan,
now chief justice of Prince Edward Island and then attorney general. The
fi TII of Sullivan & Macneill was formed and had a prosperous existence until
i(l;9O, when Mr. Sullivan was called to the bench, after which Mr. Macneill
pi acticed alone for some time. Eventually, however, he formed a partnership
with A. A. Macdonald under the firm name of Macneill & Macdonald. Their
afsociation continued until 1892, when Mr. Macneill came to Vancouver, where
h( was admitted as a solicitor and called to the bar of the province on November
ii.th of that year. He began practice in association with Edward Pease Davis,
K C., and David Gordon Marshall, under the firm name of Davis, Marshall &
Macneill, continuing thus until John Silas Wynn Pugh was admitted to the
fiim, the name then becoming Davis, Marshall, Macneill & Pugh. This is one
of the foremost legal firms in western Canada and it is connected through a
la 'ge and important patronage with a great deal of notable litigation. Mr.
Macneill was appointed a king's counsel in 1904. He has been for twenty-eight
yesrs, seven on Prince Edward Island and twenty-one in Vancouver, solicitor
for the Credit Foncier Franco-Canadien, the largest mortgage loan company
in Canada, with main offices in Montreal and branches throughout the Dominion,
and he has other important professional connections which indicate clearly the
pLce in legal circles which his ability has commanded for him.
On the I7th of December, 1884, Mr. Macneill was united in marriage to
Miss Hattie Hayden, a daughter of Alexander Hayden, of Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. Mr. and Mrs. Macneill have two children: Vivian H., the wife
of James J. Hunter, of Vancouver; and Cyril A., who is engaged in the real-
esiate business in this city. The family is well known socially and Mr. Macneill
belongs to the Vancouver Club and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, having
been for two years commodore of the latter organization. He is a member
of the Union Club of Victoria and fraternally is connected with the Masons
an 1 Odd Fellows, being past master of Cascade Lodge No. 12, A. F. & A. M.,
an 1 past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political
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allegiance is given to the conservative party and his religious views are those
held by the Anglican church. He is one of the foremost barristers in Van-
couver and since entering upon professional life has made continued and rapid
advancement, enjoying today a degree of success which has come only in recog-
nition of superior merit and ability.
TRUMAN SMITH BAXTER,
In commercial and political circles of Vancouver the name of Truman Smith
Baxter is well known. He is now mayor of the city, in which connection he is
giving to Vancouver a public-spirited and progressive administration looking to
the present welfare and future development of the city. He was born on a farm
near Carlingford, in Fullerton township, . Perth county, Ontario, November 24,
1867, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Smith) Baxter, the former a native of
Ontario and the latter of Cornwall, England. The paternal grandfather came
from New York to Ontario at the time of the Revolutionary war, being numbered
among the United Empire Loyalists, and settled near Carlingford. The son,
Richard Baxter, was reared in Perth county and after arriving at years of ma-
turity took up the occupation of farming, to which he had been reared. He fol-
lowed that pursuit for many years but eventually sold his property near Carling-
ford and removed to Alerritton, Ontario, settling near Niagara, where he carried
on general agricultural pursuits until 1907. In that year he retired and removed
to Toronto, where he now resides. His wife died when her son Truman was
but fourteen years of age.
In the public schools of his native county Truman Smith Baxter began his
education and afterward attended the high school at Stratford, Ontario. He
afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for three years
in his native province, and in the spring of 1890 he came to Vancouver, where
he has since made his home. His first position in Vancouver was in the old
Leamy & Kyle mill on False creek, then often spoken of as the Red Mill. After
a time he went to the Royal City mill and still later was employed in the Heaps
mill on False creek, which was destroyed by fire soon afterward. During the
first year of his residence here Mr. Baxter was employed on the grading of streets
and was also a longshoreman. He then began studying for a first-class teachers'
certificate in connection with J. A. Eraser, the present member of parliament
for Cariboo. Upon obtaining his certificate he secured a school and for seven
years was successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Vancouver.
When he retired from the educational field he was the 'first assistant of the
Mount Pleasant school. He next took up the study of law and after five years
was called to the bar. He practiced for nearly three years in partnership with
L. B. McLellan and William Savage. Turning his attention to commercial pur-
suits he, in partnership with Peter Wright, purchased the furniture store of G.
W. Hutchins at Main and Hastings streets, whei* the business is still conducted
under the name of Baxter & Wright. They carry one of the finest and most
complete lines of furniture, carpets, etc., in the city, and their trade is large and
growing. Their business has ever been conducted upon the policy that satisfied
patrons are the best advertisement, and they have ever held to high standards
in the personnel of the house, in the line of goods carried and in the character
of the service rendered to the public. Mr. Baxter has thus gained an enviable
place in business circles of Vancouver and has d'one not a little to further com-
mercial activity here.
In politics Mr. Baxter has always been a liberal and his party, recognizing
his capability and his fitness for office, has called him to several local positions.
In 1900 he served in the city council as alderman for ward five and served the
same ward again in 1905, 1906 and 1912. In January, 1913, he was elected
mayor of Vancouver regardless of political .allegiance. He holds to the high
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standard that in municipal offices politics should not figure, and as long as he
fills the position of mayor political connections will have no bearing upon the
office or the exercise of his official prerogatives. He seeks ever the public good
and his methods are practical and beneficial. He works toward high ideals and
in large measure has achieved the purposes for which he strives. He worked
most untiringly in his efforts to carry the Canadian Northern agreement re
False creek and was successful in having it indorsed by a very large majority of
his fellow citizens. -Many of his acts will stand to his credit and for the good of
the city.
At Lulu Island, in 1893, ^r- Baxter was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Whiteside, a daughter of John Whiteside and a sister of Thomas Whiteside,
who for two years represented ward five in the city council. They have four
children: Ernest, Fred, Harold and Marguerite. Mr. Baxter is an enthusiastic
motorist and in his car finds much of his recreation. He belongs to the Loyal
Orange lodge and to various civic and social clubs. He is a member of the
Board of Trade and is connected with the Progress, Terminal City, Commercial
and Automobile Clubs, in all of which he is popular with the membership. His
energy and his industry, his capability and his public spirit have brought him
to a prominent position in commercial and political circles, and Vancouver honors
him as one of her representative men.
THOMAS LK MESSURIER.
Thomas Le Messurier engaged in the real-estate business and a large realty
owner in Vancouver, was born at Hamilton, Ontario, November 23. 1864, a
son of Daniel and Maria Elizabeth (Langlois) Le Messurier, the' former a
native of Indian Cove, Gaspe, Quebec, and the latter of Guernsey, in the Eng-
lish channel. They met and were married in Hamilton, Ontario, and cele-
brated their golden wedding anniversary in December. 1911. In May of 1912
the wife passed away but the husband now resides in Hamilton, in his eighty-
first year. He retired from business in the spring of 1912, at which time he
was the oldest established painter and paper hanger in Hamilton, having been
in that business there for half a century.
Thomas Le Messurier was educated in the public schools of Hamilton and
in early life learned the upholsterer's trade which he followed in his native
city for eighteen years. Attracted by the opportunities of the west, he arrived
in Vancouver on the I5th of March, 1900, and spent nearly five years in the
employ of the British Columbia Permanent Loan Company, most of which
time was spent in Victoria. In 1906 he engaged in the real-estate business on
his own account and has since continued in this field at Vancouver. He handles
subdivisions in South Vancouver and Point Grey, and also business and resi-
dential property and has thoroughly acquainted himself with the real-estate mar-
ket and has so guided and directed his interests as to win substantial suc-
cess. He is also a large holder of valuable property. His advancement is builded
upon his wide knowledge of real-estate conditions and values and his enter-
prising, energetic methods.
In connection with the development of the outlying districts Mr. Le Mes-
surier was for a time secretary of the Hastings Townsite Property Owners'
Association, engaged in the development of Hastings. The company was
concerned with the problem of taxation without representation or without city
improvements or facilities. Because of this lack of advantages under which
they suffered the property owners combined to meet the situation and bring
about better results. He was also secretary of the Capilano Land Improve-
ment Association, now known as the West Vancouver Rate Payers' Associa-
tion, and he has been both directly and indirectly connected with various move-
ments which have been of substantial benefit in the improvement of different
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districts. He is a notary public for the province and is a member of the Board
of Trade.
On the nth of August, 1890, in Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Le Messurier was
married to Miss Phoebe L. Baker, of Bakerspoint, Oakville, Ontario. They
now have five children, Grace, Ernest, May, Thomas and Clara. The mother
has for the past twelve years been deeply interested in the study of mental
science and phrenology and has received diplomas in phrenology from Dr.
Alexander, of Chicago, and Professor M. F. Knox, of Seattle, and has devel-
oped wonderful electro-magnetic healing powers.
In politics Mr. Le Messurier is independent, voting as his judgment dic-
tates. Fraternally he is connected \\ith the Independent Order of Foresters
and from early boyhood he has been a member of the Royal Templars of
Temperance, working untiringly and effectively for the cause of temperance.
He lias the record of never having taken strong alcoholic liquors in his life
and his adherence to high principles and moral standards has undoubtedly
been one of the factors in his advancement in public regard and in business
as well, lie has been very successful in the management of his business
affairs, his advancement being due to his sound judgment, his keen sagacity
and his indefatigable energy. He is a man worthy of the highest regard.
MICHAEL B. WILKINSON.
Since pioneer times Michael 1!. Wilkinson has been prominent and active
in business circles of Vancouver and today as manager of the Royal Ice Com-
pany, which he founded, he controls important and profitable interests, his suc-
cess having come as a natural result of his ability and industry. He was born
in Yorkshire, England, in 1864 and acquired his education in the grammar schools
of Manchester, in his native country. In 1888 he came to Vancouver with his
uncle, Samuel Brighouse, and here he has since remained a highly esteemed and
respected resident. His first year was spent as a clerk in the office of Rand
Brothers and at the end of that period he and another employe of that concern
engaged in business for themselves, continuing for one year thereafter. Mr.
Wilkinson then went to Mr. Brighouse's farm on Lulu island and this place
still continues to be his home. Samuel Brighouse died in England, July 31, 1913.
The years have brought him prominence and a substantial fortune, success steadily
attending his well directed and unremitting labors. In 1895 he turned his atten-
tion to the salmon-canning business, opening in partnership with William Mc-
Pherson the Dunsmuir Island Cannery, which they continued to operate until
1902, when they disposed of their business interests to the British Columbia
Packers' Association. Mr. Wilkinson afterwards became connected with the
Great Northern Cannery and he is still interested in this concern, in the progress
of which his business enterprise and commanding ability have been helpful fac-
tors. In 1905 Mr. Wilkinson built the plant of the Royal Ice Company in Van-
couver and became manager of the concern, a position which he still fills. Being
a discriminating, far-sighted and aggressive business man he has proven well
suited to his difficult and responsible duties and has managed the affairs under
his charge in a capable manner, making the institution one of the largest and
best of its kind in the city and province.
Near Manchester, England, in 1901, Mr. Wilkinson was united in marriage
to Miss Jane A. G. Holt, of the town of Rhodes, and they have two children,
John Holt and Jane Holt. Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the Terminal City
Club and is a stanch conservative in his political beliefs, taking an active and
intelligent interest in anything that pertains to municipal growth and advance-
ment. For two years he represented the Richmond municipality as reeve
and during that time accomplished a great deal of far-sighted and constructive
work, giving the weight of his influence to measures of reform and advancement.
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A man of sterling character and high integrity, he has during the course of his
twenty-five years of residence here influenced the direction of business growth
and the character of political development and has gained for himself that true
success which lies in the esteem, respect and confidence of many friends.
ERNEST ALBERT EARLE.
Ernest Albert Earle, sole proprietor of the engineering business and the
manufacturers' agency, conducted under the name of E. A. Earle & Company,
and recognized as one of the foremost business men of Vancouver, was born
in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, January 19, 1870. He is a son of
Samuel N. and Julia Earle, the latter a daughter of William Douse, a promi-
nent shipbuilder and an active politician on the island.
Ernest Albert Earle acquired his education under private tutors in his par-
ents' home and after laying aside his books entered the Royal Bank of Canada
with which he was connected closely and prominently for eighteen years there-
after, serving as manager of the important branches at Victoria, British Colum-
bia, and St. Johns, Xew Brunswick, lie became recognized as an authority
on finance and discharged his duties capably and with discrimination, winning
the trust and confidence of his superiors and the esteem and good-will of his
associates. Resigning from the Royal Bank of Canada in 1906, he came to
Vancouver and here established himself in business as an engineer and manu-
facturers' agent. He founded the firm of E. A. Earle & Company, but is the
sole proprietor of the concern, which under his able management has had a
gratifyingly rapid growth.
On the 2ist of October, 1904, in Vancouver, Mr. Earle was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Ethel Salsbury, a daughter of William Ferriman Salsbury,
a prominent official of the Canadian Pacific Railway and governor of the Van-
couver General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Earle have three children, Ernest
Salsbury, Audrey Marion and Lillian Noel.
Mr. Earle is a member of the Anglican church and for several years
belonged to the Royal Engineers of Prince Edward Island. In addition to the
business relations above enumerated he is also connected with important inter-
ests in the city as a director in several local companies and his sound judg-
ment and keen discrimination have been important factors in directing their
policies. His affairs are all carefully and systematically managed and con-
ducted along modern and progressive lines and have brought him a degree of
success which places him in a high position among Vancouver's representative
business men.
HUGH ARCHIBALD YOUDALL.
One of Vancouver's most able, energetic and progressive young professional
men and one of her most public-spirited and active citizens is Hugh Archi-
bald Youdall, British Columbia land surveyor. This province has been his
abode since his childhood, but his birth occurred in Harbor Grace, Newfound-
land, in 1877, his parents being Hugh and Bertha M. (Archibald) Youdall.
His father was a native of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, born in 1845, and in his
native, country he spent the early years of his life, going to Newfoundland
in 1859. In Harbor Grace he remained afterward for twenty years, acting
for eight years as manager of the branch house of John Munn & Company
and for twelve years engaging in business fpr himself and becoming during
that time highly esteemed and respected as a man of strict integrity and honor-
able and upright life. He came to British Columbia in 1884 and entered the
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employ of the Dominion government, taking charge of the fishing expedition
to the west coast of Queen Charlotte Island, to test fishing grounds for black cod.
He died in Vancouver in 1911, having survived his wife since 1905.
Hugh A. Youdall was still a child when his parents moved to British Colum-
bia, where he secured his education. He is interested in all kinds of land,
mineral and timber survey work and in the planning of subdivisions and his
patronage is continually increasing as his knowledge and ability become more
widely known.
Mr. Youdall married, in Vancouver, in April, 1913, Miss Schwengers, of
Victoria, and both are well known and popular in social circles. Mr. Youdall
is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and his political allegiance is
given to the conservative party. Although he is eminently public-spirited and
progressive in matters of citizenship and takes a deep interest in the advance-
ment of the city in which he has so long resided, he is not an active politician,
preferring to concentrate his attention upon survey work, in which he has been
signally successful, standing today among the most able representatives of his
profession in the city.
FREDERICK JAMES WILLIAMS.
A spirit of enterprise, progress and initiative, guided always by unbounded
faith in the future growth and greatness of New Westminster, has actuated
Frederick James Williams in the important work he has done for the city and in
all the activities of his career as a real-estate dealer — activities which have re-
sulted in placing him among the most capable and successful business men of
the city. For the past five years he has been connected with the real-estate
department of the Dominion Trust Company and his private land holdings are
likewise extensive. He was born in Grafton, Carleton county, New Brunswick,
in 1878, and is a son of Hayden and Teresa (Phillips) Ham, both of whom
died when their son was still an infant. At the age of four he was adopted by
Lambert and Sarah Williams, whose name he assumed, the former a prosperous
farmer of Knoxford, Carleton county, New Brunswick.
Frederick J. Williams acquired the education usual among farmers' children,
attending the country schools and at an early age dividing his time between his
books and work upon his adopted father's farm. After reaching maturity, how-
ever, he felt the lure of the west and came to the Pacific coast, working as a
common laborer in various parts of the country, drifting from northern Alaska
to British Columbia and eventually settling in New Westminster, where he took
up his home shortly before the great fire that wiped out a large section of the
city. He remained only a short time, however, at this period, for he was obliged
to return to New Brunswick on account of the illness of his adopted father,
who shortly afterward passed away. Responsibility for the care and manage-
ment of the homestead devolved upon Frederick J. Williams who assumed it
manfully, developing the farm along modern and progressive lines. By the
exercise of economy and industry he was able to add to his holdings from time
to time until he finally became the largest landowner in the neighborhood and
was the proprietor of the best equipped and most highly improved farm in the
locality. He continued to make his home in Carleton county for eight years
but at the end of that time sold his holdings and with the proceeds as a starting
capital returned to New Westminster, where he had in the short period of his
former residence recognized unusual business opportunities. He invested his
money in prairie lands and in this way has become identified with the real-estate
business, in which he has since continued. He is at present engaged in the
real-estate department of the Dominion Trust Company and as a private dealer
has engaged extensively in buying property upon which he builds improvements,
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later selling at a substantial profit. At present he is interested with others
in the development of a tract of land within the city limits upon which a great
number of modern bungalows have been erected and other improvements made,
the addition promising to be one of the most attractive in the Royal city. Mr.
Williams has in addition a half interest in a one thousand acre ranch in the
northern part of the province, owns one thousand acres of prairie lands and has
other extensive holdings in all portions of British Columbia. He is a stock-
holder in the Bank of Vancouver. In New Westminster he is known as a careful,
able and far-sighted business man whose interests are always capably conducted,
whose sagacity is far-reaching and whose activities are ever directed first for the
benefit of the community in which he resides and afterward for the advance-
ment of his individual prosperity.
Mr. Williams married Miss Laura Margison, a daughter of Charles T. and
Elizabeth Margison, the former a wealthy farmer of Knoxford, Carleton county,
Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have one daughter, Gladys Winifred, aged
three years. The family residence is at Xo. 533 Ash street. Mr. Williams
is a director in the Young Men's Christian Association and takes great delight
in the facilities which the organization offers for athletics and other indoor
and outdoor sports. He is president of the Hockey Club of the Young Men's
Christian Association and is an enthusiastic hunter and motorist, spending a great
many of his leisure hours in these recreations. He gives his political allegiance
to the liberal party, and fraternally is connected with the Masonic order, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. A man of
brains, personality and ambition, he has steadily directed his talents into channels
of general advancement and his expanding powers have for many years past
proven elements in growth. No project for the betterment of New Westminster
lacks his hearty cooperation and intelligent support and his faith in the city,
in its present opportunities and its future progress is one of its valuable munici-
oal assets.
HUME BLAKE ROBINSON.
Hume Blake Robinson is a successful barrister in Vancouver with a large
:lientage, and in a profession where success depends entirely upon individual
merit and ability has made continued and rapid advancement, standing today
among the able and prominent representatives of the British Columbia bar.
He is still a young man but has already left the impress of his ability and per-
sonality upon the legal history of the city, and his many friends do not hesi-
tate to predict for him continued progress in his chosen field. He was born
in Orillia, Ontario, December 27, 1874, and is a son of Samuel S. Robinson,
i barrister in that city. The family is of Irish origin, Mr. Robinson's great-
grandfather, Dr. Samuel Robinson, having left Dublin about the year 1839
ind emigrated to Canada, founding the family in the Dominion. In order to
nake the journey they chartered the vessel Ann of Halifax, and the experi-
ences which he encountered crossing the Atlantic and the details of his subse-
juent career are fully described in Irishmen of Canada.
After acquiring a preliminary education, Hume Blake Robinson entered
Toronto University and from that institution was graduated B. A., in 1895,
and LL. B., in the following year. He then attended Osgoode Hall, from which
le was graduated in 1898, beginning almost immediately afterward the gen-
eral practice of law in Minnedosa, Manitoba. He remained in that city for ten
years, three of which were spent as a partner of the present Judge Meyers,
of Winnipeg. During that time Mr. Robinson became recognized as a strong
and able practitioner, well versed in underlying legal principles and possessed
of the incisive and discriminating qualities of mind necessary for success in
aw. He left Manitoba in 1909 and came to Vancouver, British Columbia,
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where he engaged in practice as a member of the firm of Russell, Russell &
Hannington. This association continued until 1911, since which time Mr.
Robinson has practiced alone.
Mr. Robinson is a member of the Church of England and is connected
fraternally with the Masonic lodge. For three years he served in Company K,
Queen's Own Rifles, in Toronto, and has always been recognized as a public-
spirited citizen. He holds membership in the Western Club, the Shaughnessy
Heights Golf Club and the Vancouver Tennis Club, and his political allegiance
is given to the liberal party, of which he has been a life-long supporter.
SAMUEL ACHURCH.
Samuel Achurch, now living retired, his well placed investments having
brought him to a most gratifying financial position, was born at Dry Drayton,
Cambridgeshire, England, on the 3Oth of October, 1861, a son of Samuel and
Emma Elizabeth Achurch, farming people of England but both now deceased.
The son was educated at Lloyd's Cambridge Academy and after leaving that
institution assisted his father on the farm. The family removed to Essex and
in his twenty-fourth year the subject of this review left home in order to make
his own way in tin- world in the virgin country of Canada. After crossing the
Atlantic he ventured into the interior as far as Winnipeg and there obtained
work for two years in connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. After being employed in various places for the company he returned
to Winnipeg in the fall, remaining there through the winter. He led the life
of the typical pioneer, roughing it as was the custom, or at least the necessity,
often being obliged to go to bed in wet clothing and enduring other hardships
incident to life on the frontier. In 1887 he arrived in Vancouver, reaching this
city before the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway so that he saw the
first passenger train pull into Vancouver. He also saw the first tea boat arrive,
the vessel being the Abyssinia. A great crowd — taking in consideration the then
young city — preceded him to the wharf and there was the city band to meet the
incoming ship which should have arrived in the evening but it was delayed and
docked early the following morning, the crowd being greatly disappointed thereby.
During all the period of his early residence here Mr. Achurch was in the employ
of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. After a time he purchased a shack
for ten dollars which was located near False creek, the present location of the
Canadian Pacific yards, but what was his surprise on returning home one day to
find that his shack and nearly all his worldly possessions had been destroyed by
fire, a spark from some clearing near by having started the blaze. He spent seven
years in Vancouver and then made his first trip back to England. When he
returned he worked for a short time on a milk ranch, milking with the help of
one other man about thirty cows night and morning. His employer becoming
bankrupt, Mr. Achurch had to sue for his wages, and when the case was finally
settled, the lawyer had taken half the amount for fees. In 1895 Mr. Achurch
was again connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway as book agent, continuing
with the company for fifteen years, during which period he traveled between
Vancouver and Winnipeg for ten years and the remainder between Vancouver
and Calgary. In the meantime he had made judicious investment in property
which rose rapidly in value until the income secured therefrom made possible
his retirement. He purchased property where his present beautiful home now
stands, the dwelling having been erected in 1910. His hopes for future rise in
the value of his land were realized as the city grew in the direction of his property,
making all realty in that district more valuable. When the tract came into his
possession it was part of a vast forest area, covered with the native growth of
tree's, and many would not have believed that Vancouver, for a long time to
come, would take in the district as a part of its residential section. Mr. Achurch,
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however, had firm faith in the future and he is a most enthusiastic supporter of
Vancouver, proud of what the city has accomplished since he came here as a
pioneer in 1887, and after all his travels Vancover still has chief attractions for
him.
In 1906 Mr. Achurch married Miss Harriett Susanna Cock, eldest daughter of
William Fuller and Harriett Cock, of Essex, England, the former having been
one of the most highly respected and esteemed farmers in his neighborhood. Mr.
and Mrs. Achurch reside at No. 2276 Eighth avenue, West. In politics he is a
conservative and his membership relations are with the Church of England and
with the Ancient Order of Foresters. In his life he has encountered trials and
hardships and has met difficulties but these he has overcome as the years have
gone by and through his earnest efforts and wise investments is today ranked
among the substantial citizens of Vancouver.
JOHN COUGHLAX.
Among the commercial forces of British Columbia, ]ohn Coughlan. founder
of the firm of J. Coughlan & Sons, stands in a class by himself, for it was lie
who founded in British Columbia the structural steel industry, retaining thereby
for this province vast sums of money which otherwise would have had to be
expended in the east. Since 1907 his firm has erected practically all the steel
frames for the large buildings erected in Vancouver, Xe\v Westminster and
Victoria. Great credit is due to Air. Coughlan also for the valuable work which
he did in rebuilding New Westminster after the memorable fire. His firm
now operates two plants and their contracts are increasing so fast that a con-
tinued growth of the business may be predicted.
John Coughlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1854, and was edu-
cated in one of the leading colleges of that city, where he subsequently engaged
in the contracting business from the time he was a very young man until 1878,
when he made removal to Victoria. There he was closely identified with the
growth of the city and for many 'years served as a member of the city council,
doing eminent work in promoting valuable measures that have proven of lasting
benefit. At Victoria he erected the first steam operated brick manufacturing
plant in the province and continued in the contracting and brick making busi-
ness until 1898, when the city of New Westminster was destroyed by fire. He
removed to that city from Victoria, and there is perhaps no man who took a
more active part in the actual rebuilding of that city than Mr. Coughlan. His
brick plant was the first the town ever had and is still in operation, over one
hundred men being employed in the manufacture of the product. In 1907
the newly organized firm of J. Coughlan & Sons or, as it was previously known,
Coughlan & Company, opened a new industry in the province of British Colum-
bia— that of structural steel manufacture. They were the first to attempt the
making of structural steel in British Columbia or, more correctly, west of
Winnipeg. Their No. I plant, the first to be operated here, is located at the
south end of Cambie Street bridge; but in 1913 their business had progressed
so favorably that it was necessary to erect a second plant, which is located at
the foot of Columbia avenue, on False creek. In the two plants approximately
two hundred men find employment, and this fact alone indicates the importance
of the industry to the province and city, apart from the fact that much money
would have gone to the east which is now retained and spent in this province.
Since entering this field in 1907, J. Coughlan & Sons have erected prac-
tically all of the new steel frame buildings in Vancouver, Victoria and New
Westminster. Had it not been for the enterprise shown by J. Coughlan &
Sons in the opening of this great industry, the money for many large contracts
would have been lost to the west. In the course of their work they have erected
the frames for the Metropolitan building, the Exchange building, the Provincial
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Parliament building at Victoria, the Provincial courthouse in Vancouver, the
World building, the Leigh-Spencer building, the Carter-Cotton building, the
Holden building, the new Canadian Pacific passenger station, the new addi-
tions to the Vancouver Hotel, the prison farm buildings at Burnaby, and many
others of importance. This list, more emphatically than words, signifies the
importance of their work and its benefit upon the general growth of the province.
At Halifax Mr. Coughlan was married October 25, 1875, to Miss Margaret
Colbert, of that city. She passed away in Victoria on March 18, 1892. Of
this marriage were born nine children, of whom eight are living. The sons
are Thomas J., John J., Stanley H., George E., and Charles E., all associated
and taking an active part in the conduct of the business of J. Coughlan & Sons,
John J. Coughlan being the active manager of the firm. The daughters are:
Mrs. J. S. Smith and Mrs. F. R. Humber, both of Vancouver; and Grace
Coughlan, at home.
Mr. Coughlan gives his adherence to the conservative party but since leav-
ing Victoria has not been active in politics, his vast business enterprise demand-
ing most of his time. He was a charter member of the first Knights of Pythias
lodge in British Columbia, which was established in Victoria in 1883. A man
of force and character, he occupies a unique position in the commercial life
of Vancouver and is readily conceded to be one of the most important factors
in its progress and growth. He has succeeded by the most straightforward
methods only, and is admired as much for the qualities that have made possible
his success as for his actual achievements along material lines.
COLONEL ARTHUR WILLIAM CURRIE.
The west is essentially the land of big things. It is great in area, in projects
for development, in opportunities for achievement — and it produces big men
out of the crucible of endeavor. But with all its natural advantages tending
to make easy of accomplishment that measure of material success which is
the aim of every ambitious man, it is not a land where the drone will thrive
No, while there is opportunity in abundance, effort, courage and stamina are
essentials if anything worth while is to be achieved.
The career of the subject of this sketch — Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William
Currie — is a striking illustration of the truth of the foregoing. His life and
achievements in this golden land of promise contain a lesson for the thousands of
young men who have come — and are yet to come from the four corners of the
earth--a lesson of what pluck and industry may accomplish if backed by an
imperishable faith in the future greatness of their adopted country.
It was in 1894 — that period of almost world-wide depression — that young
Currie, then only eighteen years of age, a mere stripling, came to British Colum-
bia, fresh from the refining influences which surrounded him in his simple
home life on an Ontario farm and unskilled in the ways of the westerner. But
while thus unsophisticated, and to that extent handicapped, he possessed a rich
asset, a disposition to cheerfulness, due to his Irish ancestry and unbounded faith
and hope in the future.
It was not surprising, therefore, that after a period of "hard grind," in
teaching the young idea at public schools — first at Sidney .and later at Victoria
—the young Ontarian, even then a stanch British Columbian, should cast off
the shackles which kept him "cribbed, cabined and confined" in a narrow en-
vironment, and embark in business. This he did in the year 1900, when he
associated himself with J. S. H. Matson, of the Colonist, now one of the fore-
most men in British Columbia in commercial enterprises. They engaged in the
life insurance business. This partnership continued until 1906, and so rapid
was his success in that particular field of endeavor that Mr. Currie was made
provincial manager of the National Life Assurance Company. This important
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)ost he held for two years with every credit to himself and profit and advantage
o the company, but rinding his range of opportunity too narrow for his am-
)ition, he then joined R. A. Power and formed the partnership which continues
0 this day— Currie & Power, with commodious office premises on Douglas
street, dealing in all branches of the insurance business besides having a very
arge connection in their real estate department — handling almost exclusively
nside and residential property.
During this period of change and expansion Colonel Currie has of course
seen Victoria grow out of the swaddling clothes of a mere village and don
'he more ambitious and better-fitting garments of one of the great commercial
liorts of the north Pacific, and it was but natural that in the interim the subject
<>f this sketch should have himself reaped some of the reward which properly
belongs to those who are so fortunate as "to be in on the ground floor." Hap-
pily this has proved the case and Colonel Currie possesses much property in
Victoria and surrounding districts.
But Colonel Currie's career, aside from success in business, has one other
phase which should serve as a light and example to the youth of this country.
"his is a sane Imperialism which early led him to take up military training for
ihe defense of flag and empire should the occasion ever demand. Joining the
Fifth Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery, as a gunner, in 1897, he displayed
juch proficiency and aptitude for the pursuit of military tactics that his pro-
notion was rapid. He received his commission as lieutenant in 1900, and was
then advanced successively to captain, major and lieutenant-colonel — this latter
1 ost, which he now holds, having been assumed in 1909. Colonel Currie has
always taken the keenest interest in military affairs and to no small degree he
1 as stimulated a similar interest not only among his associates in the various
corps with which he has been identified, but among the youth of the city. During
1 is command of the regiment it has been first in general proficiency for three
years. He is now one of the vice presidents of the Canadian Artillery Associa-
t on. He has always taken the liveliest interest in rifle shooting, and since 1906
las been president of the B. C. Rifle Association. He is a member of the
cDimcil of the Dominion Rifle Association.
In politics Colonel Currie is a liberal. He was formerly president of the
Young Liberal Club and is at present a member of the executive of the Liberal
Association. He is a fluent speaker.
In 1901 Colonel Currie married Miss Lucy Chaworth Musters, a native
of Comox, Vancouver island, of English parentage; and the union has been
blessed with two children, Marjorie and Garner.
'Colonel Currie is a member of the Pacific Club and an adherent of the
( hurch of England. He is a prominent member of Vancouver and Quadra
I odge, A. F. & A. M., and is past district deputy grand master.
If one were writing a mere "Who's Who in Western Canada" it would be
sufficient to say that the subject of this sketch was born in Napperton, Ontario,
in 1875, son of William Garner Currie, a native of Ontario and of Irish-
Scotch parentage, his grandfather having come from Ireland and settled in
the eastern province in 1830. His father was a successful and prosperous
farmer and held numerous public offices prior to his death in 1891. His
n other was Jane Patterson, a native of Ontario, of Scotch parentage and
siill living at the old home. The Colonel was reared on the farm and edu-
cated in the common schools and at Strathroy Collegiate Instutute. Later
h • matriculated in Toronto University but attended school only a compara-
tively short time. At an early age the lure of the west proved too much
and he answered the call, to what purpose has been set out as above.
Personally Colonel Currie is a fine type of the stalwart young Canadian.
Sanding over six feet in height, of commanding presence, with clear steel-
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blue eyes and fresh complexion, he is a fine specimen of clean, western
manhood — and those who know him best feel that his best days are yet ahead
of him and that British Columbia will hear more of Colonel Arthur William
Currie.
JOSEPH FRANCIS WATSON.
Joseph Francis Watson, one of the most promising young architects of New
Westminster, was born in Haltwhistle, England, June 17, 1885, and is a son
of John and Ann Watson. The father was a prominent building contractor
in Northumberland and built all the additions to Blenkinsopp Hall and the
historic Blenkinsopp castle, home of the first Lord Byron, and the modern
buildings on the Blenkinsopp estate in that part of England.
Joseph Francis Watson acquired his early education in the grade schools
of Middlesborough and afterward attended Rutherford College in Newcastle,
from which he was graduated, i le received from the board of education of South
Kensington, England, first honors in sculpture and modeling. Having deter-
mined to make architecture his life work, he took up the study of this profes-
sion under his brother and was for three years with the East Riding educational
authority in England. He remained in his native country until 1910, when he
came to Canada, settling immediately in British Columbia, where he entered
the office of C. II. Clow, architect of New Westminster. He is now in busi-
ness for himself in the New Westminster Trust Company's building and has
already met with a gratifying degree of success, his detailed knowledge of his
profession and his ability in it having secured for him a large and representa-
tive clientage.
-Mr. Watson married, March 14, 1910, Miss Annie Lynam, a daughter of
T. and S. A. Lynam, of Yorkshire, England. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have two
children, Nancy and Joseph Francis. Mr. Watson is connected with the Inde-
pendent Order of ( )dd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and is well known
in fraternal circles. He is still a young man but he has already made an envi-
able place for himself in business and professional circles of the city and has
the opportunity before him for still further advancement — an opportunity of
which he is certain to make excellent and profitable use.
ALEXANDER DA VIE.
The title of self-made man can justly be given Alexander Davie, as his entire
capital when he arrived in Ladner about nineteen years ago amounted to less
than twenty dollars, and today he is the owner of four hundred and sixty acres
of farming land in addition to some property in Vancouver, all won through his
individual efforts. He was born in Durham county, Ontario, on the I2th of Sep-
tember, 1868, and is a son of Thomas G. and Mary (Stalker) Davie. The
mother is deceased and the father is living in Alberta.
Until he had attained the age of sixteen years the energies of Alexander Davie
were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education, for which purpose he
attended the public schools of his native county. Subsequently he turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits, assisting his father with the operation of the
home farm until 1894. In the latter year he left the parental roof and came to
British Columbia to pursue his career, his destination being Ladner. Upon his
arrival here he had less than twenty dollars, but it sufficed his needs as he im-
mediately found work with one of the farmers in this vicinity. He engaged as
a farm hand for two years receiving for his services from twenty to twenty-
five dollars per month. As he was thrifty and temperate in his habits he man-
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iged to save the greater portion of each month's wages, and gradually accumu-
ated sufficient capital to enable him to begin farming for himself as a renter.
\bout 1896, he leased the Skinner farm, which he operated for practically fifteen
'ears, meeting with a good measure of success. In 1902, he also bought two hun-
Ired and sixty acres of land, which he cultivated in connection with what he
vas renting, and in 1910 he further increased his holdings by purchasing the
"arm where he now lives. He subsequently removed to this place, which is well
mproved and comprises a hundred and twenty acres of fertile land. As his cir-
cumstances have permitted Mr. Davie has continued to increase his acreage until
'ie now holds the title to three hundred and eighty acres in Ladner, eighty acres
• m Lulu island and some property in Vancouver. His fields are largely devoted
•o diversified farming but in connection with this he engages in raising thor-
oughbred stock. For many years he made a specialty of Clyde and shire horses,
iolstein cattle and Oxford-Down sheep, his efforts in this direction meeting with
lucrative returns. He is a man of well organized ideas and systematic methods,
.•:nd anything he undertakes is pursued with the persistence and indefatigable
<:nergy which invariably bring success.
The ^ist of December, 1903, was the wedding day of Mr. Davie and Miss
vlargaret Paterson, of Kincardine, Ontario, and to them have been born two
;ons, Murray Alexander and Kenneth Paterson.
Fraternally Mr. Davie is a Master .Mason, and also belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held the office of treasurer for twelve
;-ears, and to the Foresters. He takes an active interest in local affairs, par-
licularly those of a political nature, and for ten years was a member of the
Delta municipal council, executing his duties in this connection in a capable
manner, as is attested by the length of his incumbency. High qualities of citi-
;enship have characterized Mr. Davie ever since he located here, and his inllu-
<nce is ever exerted in favor of every movement which will tend to forward the
Development of the community, or advance the welfare of its citizens.
WILLIAM ROBERT MARRIOTT.
Since the fall of 1906 William Robert Marriott has figured in connection
with the real-estate, financial brokerage and investment business, and his under-
standing of land values and the condition of the stock market well qualifies
1 im to successfully accomplish what he undertakes along these lines. He is a
i ative of Birmingham, England, born August 16, 1880, and is a son of Thomas
i nd Caroline (Key) Marriott. The father, a representative of an old Xorthamp-
tonshire family, spent the last years of his life in Birmingham, where
lie passed away in 1900. William R. Marriott was a pupil in the public schools
< f his native city, but was yet comparatively young when he started out in the
1 usiness world on his own account, being apprenticed to a draper. When his
term of indenture was completed he was employed in that line of business at
Birmingham until the spring of 1901, when, attracted by the opportunities of
the new world, he crossed the Atlantic, making his way to Canada. He settled
irst in Saskatchewan and engaged in farming near Qu'Appelle until the follow-
ing fall, when he went to Winnipeg, where he was employed by a wholesale dry-
|:oods firm for a year. He next went to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, Saskatche-
wan, making the entire trip overland on horseback — a most arduous journey owing
to the then unsettled condition of the country. From that point he came to
A ancouver, where he entered into business associations, and then went into
the Yukon and Mackenzie territory, where for four and a half years he was
tngaged in prospecting, mining, and fur trading. He went into all parts of the
frozen north, and after leaving that section of the country traveled down the
Pacific coast as far as the Panama canal. In fact, he has covered the entire
< istance from Fort McPherson, at the mouth of the Mackenzie river, reached
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only by dog team, to the canal zone of Panama. In the fall of 1906 he returned
to Vancouver and since that time has been actively engaged in business here,
entering the real-estate, financial brokerage and investment field. In this con-
nection his business knowledge is extensive and his enterprise unfaltering. In
March, 1908, he formed the firm of Marriott & Fellows, which conducted a
very extensive business until 1913, when Mr. Marriott purchased the interest
of his partner and the firm was dissolved. In the meantime, however, they
conducted extensive real-estate deals and had built up a big business along
financial brokerage and investment lines. In fact so extensive was their client-
age that they established branch offices in various cities of the province. Mr.
Marriott now has a large and varied personal business and financial interests
which he superintends. The constructive methods he has followed, his watch-
fulness over details, and his careful direction of his business policy have been
salient features in his growing success.
Mr. Marriott is a member of the Vancouver Exhibition Association and of
the Vancouver Royal Yacht Club. He has firm faith in the future of this part
of the country, believing that its opportunities and its resources have been
scarcely touched, much less exhausted, and that in years to come history will
chronicle the building of a great empire in this western section of Great Britain's
interests on the American continent.
ALBERT DEANS.
Albert Deans, who owns and operates an eighty-acre ranch in the vicinity of
Murrayville, has been identified with the agricultural development of British
Columbia for twenty-four years. He was born in the province of Ontario, his
natal day being the Kjth of February, 1848, and is a son of John and Eliza (Hud-
son ) Deans, both of whom are deceased. The father was a native of Scotland
and the mother of England.
Reared at home, in the acquirement of an education Albert Deans first at-
tended the public schools of Wellington county, Ontario. He subsequently sup-
plemented the knowledge there acquired by a course in the British-American
Commercial College of Toronto, following which he returned to Wellington
county, where he began his business career. He was there employed for sev-
eral years and then went to Pennsylvania and identified himself with the lum-
ber interests. A few years later he returned to Ontario and turned to farming,
following this vocation with a fair measure of success for five years. At the
expiration of that time he again connected himself with the lumber trade, with
which he was identified for six years thereafter. In 1889, he came to British
Columbia and took up a homestead at Otter. After proving up on it he sold it
and came to what is now known as Murrayville and rented a ranch. After
operating this place for four years he purchased his present holding and here
he has ever since continued his agricultural pursuits. He is engaging in diversi-
fied farming and stock-raising, and as his undertakings are capably directed is
meeting with a good measure of success. The buildings on his ranch are sub-
stantially constructed and in a good state of repair, his fields are producing
abundant harvests, and his equipment is fully adequate to his needs, all of which
are suggestive of his thrift and prosperity.
In the province of Ontario in February, 1873, Mr. Deans was married to-
Miss Elizabeth McColm, and to them were born two children : Charles B., who
married a Miss Shortreed and who died March 9, 1913; and Nellie, who became
the wife of Fire Chief Watson, of New Westminster, deceased. The mother of
these children passed away and in January, 1905, Mr. Deans was married to his
present wife, whose maiden name was Barbara McCay.
Mr. and Mrs. Deans attend the Presbyterian church and his fraternal rela-
tions are confined to his membership in the Masonic order and the Ancient Order
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of United Workmen. In politics he is a liberal. Ever since he located in the
province Mr. Deans has taken an active interest in municipal affairs and is
justice of the peace and acting police magistrate and license commissioner, lie
has also held the offices of councilman and assessor. He meets his official re-
sponsibilities in a capable manner, executing his duties with the same efficiency
which characterizes him in the discharge of his business affairs.
ROBERT WILSON HARRIS, K. C.
Robert Wilson Harris, of Vancouver, a barrister since 1887 and a practi-
tioner in this city since 1889, was born in 1'ackenham, Ontario, August 18, 1859,
a son of James and Catherine (Wilson) Harris, the former a son of Robert
Harris, a native of County Longford, Ireland, who came to Canada about 1830
and founded the family in the new world, settling in Fitzroy township. Carle-
ton county, Ontario, and there engaging in farming until his death. He was
one of the pioneers of that section, arriving there when the district was but
sparsely settled and when the work of civilization and development seemed
scarcely begun. As the years passed on his energy and enterprise were mani-
fested in his carefully managed agricultural pursuits, and he was accounted
one of the valued and representative citizens of the community. He ranked
as a man of prominence aside from business affairs, serving for more than
twenty years as justice of the peace. His son, James Harris, was born on the
old home farm in Carleton county, was there reared, and after attaining his
majority removed to Packenham township, Lanark county, Ontario, where he
engaged in general farming until his demise. 1 le married Catherine Wilson,
daughter of Thomas Wilson, who was a native of County Cavan, in the north
of Ireland, and came to Canada and settled in Huntley township, Carleton county.
He, too, was a pioneer of that district and becoming identified with agricultural
pursuits continued in that occupation throughout the remainder of his days.
Robert Wilson Harris pursued his preliminary education in the high school
of Packenham, Ontario, and afterward attended Victoria College at Coburg,
where he was graduated with the class of 1884. He then went to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, and was articled for the study of law to J. A. M. Aikins, K. C, of
the law firm of Aikins, Culver & Hamilton. He was called to the bar of Mani-
toba in 1887. He then went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he entered upon
practice in partnership with Mr. Hamilton, formerly of the firm of Aikins,
Culver & Hamilton. There he continued until 1889, when he came to Vancouver
and entered upon the active practice of law in this city. He was alone for a time
and then formed a partnership with A. H. Macneill, K. C., under the firm
name of Harris & Macneill, which relationship continued for a number of years.
They were then joined by W. S. Deacon under the firm style of Harris, Macneill
& Deacon, which partnership was maintained until 1897, during which time they
established a branch office at Rossland, British Columbia. On the dissolution
of the partnership Mr. Harris entered into professional connections with A. E.
Bull, practicing as Harris & Bull until 1910, when P. G. Mason was taken into
the firm under the style of Harris, Bull & Mason. This continued until Janu-
ary, 1912, when the admission of R. W. Hannington led to the adoption of the
present firm name of Harris, Bull, Hannington & Mason. Under that style
the law practice is now conducted. Mr. Harris is a king's counsel, having been
appointed in 1905.
On the 20th of April, 1898, Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss
Jessie A. Crosby, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Crosby, D. D., who came to
British Columbia as a young man and for fifty years was a missionary to the
Indians of the province, but he is now living retired in Vancouver. For twenty-
five years he was stationed at Port Simpson, where his daughter, Mrs. Harris,
was born, being the first white child born in northwest British Columbia, her
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mother having been the first white woman that lived at Port Simpson, then a
Hudson's Bay fort. More extensive mention of Dr. Crosby will be found on
another page of this work. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Harris has been born a daugh-
ter, Winnifred Marion, now four and a half years of age.
SAMUEL ALFRED MOORE.
Samuel Alfred Moore is engaged in general law practice as senior partner
of the firm of Moore & Cameron. He has lived continuously in British Colum-
bia since 1896 and was called to the bar in 1903. His birth occurred at New
Glasgow, Xova Scotia, October 14, 1877, his parents being Lieutenant Mc-
Lellan and Christina (Cameron) Moore. He attended public schools in Nova
Scotia and also spent three years in the Mount Allison University at Sackville,
New Brunswick. He was a youth of nineteen years when, in 1896, he came
to liritish Columbia, since which time he has resided in this province. In 1898
he was articled to the law firm of Russell & Russell and under their direction
continued his reading until 1903, when he was called to the bar of British
Columbia. At that time he was admitted to a partnership by his former pre-
ceptors although the firm name still remained Russell & Russell. For two years
he practiced as a member of that firm, benefiting by the broadening experiences
which came to him in that connection. In 1905 he entered into partnership
with C. X. I laney under the firm name of Haney & Moore, and in 1907 they
dissolved, after which Mr. Moore remained alone in his law practice until 1912,
when he was joined by Ceorge F. Cameron in a partnership relation under the
present firm style of Moore & Cameron. Their practice is general and has
connected them with much important litigation. Mr. Moore never fails to
give a thorough preparation and in his presentation of a case it is seen that his
reasoning is along the most logical line and his conclusions are unusually exact
and convincing.
On the 1 2th of July, 1908. in Seattle, Washington, Mr. Moore was united
in marriage to Miss Matilda Walters, a daughter of Howard C. and Jennie C.
(Wright) Walters, the former the president of the Brittania Mines of British
Columbia. The only child of this marriage is a daughter, Elizabeth. Mr.
Moore's interests largely center in his home and he has connected himself with
no club organizations. He belongs, however, to the Presbyterian church and
to Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, while his political
allegiance is given to the liberal party. These interests and his law practice
chiefly constitute his life's activities. His friends — and their number is increas-
ing annually — find in him a worthy, reliable gentleman, dependable under all
circumstances and one ready to meet any emergency of life with a conscientious-
ness that comes from a right conception of things and an habitual regard for
what is best in the exercise of human activities.
JAMES ANDREW McINTYRE.
James Andrew Mclntyre is proprietor of one of the largest and most popu-
lar cafes of Vancouver. He has been engaged in the restaurant business here
since May, 1905, and has made continuous progress, his capable management,
enterprise and progressive methods resulting in bringing him substantial success.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 8, 1880, and is a son of James
Andrew and Mary (Manson) Mclntyre, the former a native of Scotland and
the latter of Ireland. They were married in Goderich, Ontario, in 1878, and
in the following year went to Manitoba where the father engaged in the real-
estate and hotel business, there residing until his death, which occurred in 1893,
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when he was forty-four years of age. He served as a sergeant of the Nine-
tieth Regiment of Winnipeg Rifles throughout the Northwest rebellion and
was an excellent rifle shot. He had attended shooting contests at Wemblington,
now Beazley, England, was active in many sports and was a great huntsman.
His widow is still a resident of Winnipeg.
James Andrew Mclntyre pursued his education in public and high schools
of his native city and upon leaving school at the age of sixteen years entered
the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company in the dining car depart-
ment, continuing in that employ for eleven years. For several years he was
dining car conductor and for two years acted as inspector of the dining and
sleeping car service, traveling between Halifax and Vancouver. This acquainted
him with the west and its opportunities and he resigned from that position
on the last of April, 1905, with the purpose of engaging in business on his own
account in Vancouver. On the ist of May he opened a restaurant and has since
continued as its proprietor. He was first located at No. 439 Granville street
where he remained until the fall of 1911, in which year he erected a handsome
building designed for his special purpose at No. 556 Seymour street, where
he is now conducting one of the popular restaurants of the city. It has the
largest seating capacity and is one of the finest cafes in Vancouver and Mr.
Mclntyre does everything in his power to meet the demands of the public in
attractive service and well prepared viands. The business is steadily growing
and with the excellent facilities secured in the new building Mr. Mclntyre has
been enabled to do even more for his patrons, whose number is growing each
year. He is also interested in business property in this city.
Mr. Mclntyre is well known in athletics, interested in shooting and all kinds
of sports. He belongs to the Vancouver Curling, Vancouver Gun and Vancouver
Bowling Clubs and in 1913 went to Winnipeg with the first curling rink ever
sent out by Vancouver. He is now treasurer of the Vancouver Bowling Asso-
ciation and is a member of the executive of the Gun Club. He also belongs
to the Vancouver Commercial Club and is in hearty sympathy with its purpose
of promoting the welfare and upbuilding of the city. He votes with the con-
servative party although never active as a worker in its ranks and he gives loyal
allegiance to Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. .M., exemplifying in his life
the beneficent spirit of the craft. Although a young man he has attained in
business circles a position which many an older citizen might well envy. This
is due to his close study of the business in which he has engaged, his earnest
desire to please his patrons, his straightforward dealing and his enterprising
methods.
HOWARD KETCHUM BUTCHER.
Howard Ketchum Dutcher is a member of one of the foremost engineering
firms of British Columbia, that of DuCane, Dutcher & Company, specializing
in municipal and hydro-electric power work, with headquarters at Vancouver.
He was born at Milltown, New Brunswick, October 5, 1878, and is a son of the
Rev. Charles W. and Katherine E. (Howatt) Dutcher, the former a son of
John Dutcher, who came to America from Rotterdam, Holland, settling first
in the state of New York, whence he crossed the border into Canada, taking
up his abode in New Brunswick. The Rev. Charles W. Dutcher was born and
reared in New Brunswick and was educated for the Methodist ministry in Mount
Allison University. He filled pastorates in various towns in New Brunswick
to the time of his death in 1894. His wife was a member of the well known
Howatt family of Prince Edward Island.
Howard Ketchum Dutcher was educated at Prince of Wales College, from
which he was graduated in 1896, and in 1898 he entered McGill University,
specializing in civil and electrical engineering. He continued his studies in that
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connection for two years, after which he left the university and was employed
as -construction engineer on the Boston Elevated Railroad from 1900 to 1902.
In the fall of the latter year he resumed his studies at McGill and was graduated
in 1904 with the Bachelor of Science degree. He next entered the employ of
the Allis-Chalmers-Bullock Company at Cincinnati, Ohio, remaining with them
until the fall of 1905, when he once more entered McGill, pursuing a post-
graduate course and at the same time lecturing there on hydraulic engineering.
He was graduated in 1906 with the degree of Master of Science and in the
fall of that year he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, to take charge of
McGill University work in this city, as professor of civil engineering in the
new McGill University College of British Columbia. He also organized the firm
of Butcher, Maxwell & Company, consulting engineers, reorganized as DuCane,
Dutcher & Company in 1912, to admit into partnership Charles G. DuCane, of Sir
John Wolfe-Barry and partners, and H. B. Fergusson. They are now recognized
as one of the foremost engineering firms in Canada and undertake as consulting
engineers, all branches of engineering work, including municipal work for Kam-
loops, Duncan, Salmon Arm, Merritt and other towns in the west, besides sev-
eral large power and irrigation projects. Mr. Dutcher also continues his pro-
fessorship in the McGill University College, and he is financially interested in
various projects, being president of the Western Engineering Company, Ltd.,
and a director of several land companies of British Columbia. All this, with his
educational work, indicates his high standing in professional circles.
On the 3d of September, 1907, Mr. Dutcher was married to Miss Naoma I.
Snowdon, of Montreal, a daughter of J. J. Snowdon. She was educated at
Trafalgar College, Montreal, and in the McGill University. The children of
this marriage are Naoma K., born June 12, 1908, and Howard Norval, born
May 23, 1910. Mr. Dutcher is not active in politics, but usually supports by
his ballot the men and measures of the conservative party. He belongs to the
Western and University Clubs. He is also a member of Western Gate Lodge,
No. 48, A. F. & A. M., and attends the Presbyterian church, and these associa-
tions indicate much of the nature of the principles governing his conduct. Along
more strictly professional lines he is a member of the Canada Society of Civil
Engineers, and for two years he was secretary of the Vancouver branch of
that society. His attention is chiefly given to his professional interests, which
are now of an extensive and important character, and his ability is attested
in the large number of contracts awarded the firm. He holds to high profes-
sional ideals and has continuously promoted his knowledge through reading,
research and experience.
ARTHUR ELPHINSTONE HEPBURN.
Arthur Elphinstone Hepburn, a resident of British Columbia since 1898, has
through the intervening period become recognized as a foremost mining engineer
of the province and one whose wide knowledge and experience enable him to
speak with authority upon many of the subjects upon which his profession has
direct bearing. He was born in Surrey, England, January 21, 1873, and is a
son of George Wright Hepburn Hepburn, recognized as one of the distinguished
civil engineers of his time. He was an officer in the Army Works Corps and
served during the Crimean war. He afterward engaged in important work
throughout the world, being for seven years on the Punjab & Delhi Railway in
India and surveying and preparing complete estimates for the building of canals
along eight hundred miles of the Uruguay river in 1871. He assisted in the
construction of the Scinde Railway and was afterward connected with important
railroad work in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Great Britain. He built
bridges in Spain and in different parts of the world and a distinguished profes-
sional career ended at his death in 1880.
ARTHUR E. HEPBURN
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Arthur E. Hepburn acquired his early education under private masters in
London and New Zealand and afterward qualified for his profession as a min-
ing engineer. He received thorough training, both theoretical and practical, the
latter through actual work in the field, and he thus entered upon his duties well
equipped for the solution of the intricate and important problems which are fre-
quently met in that field of labor. His work carried him into the mining districts
of many parts of the world, where he engaged for several years in practical
underground and surface work, thus further obtaining experience in mining and
its methods. He early became recognized as an engineer of great ability and has
attracted a large and important clientage.
In 1898 Mr. Hepburn came to British Columbia, establishing himself in prac-
tice at Vancouver, and he has continued to reside in this section of the country
to the present time. He is now associated with Major William Hussey-Walsh
of London, England, under the firm name of Arthur E. Hepburn & Hussey-
Walsh, of Vancouver and London. The intention and reason for the London
office with its powerful connections and advisory board is to arrange finan-
cially for British Columbia issues of merit such as industrials, bond issues, and
hydro-electric plants, railways, docks, etc. Mr. Hepburn considers that Sir Rich-
ard McBride, K. C. M. G., is truly an empire builder with his broad and far-
sighted railway policy, having revolutionized conditions in this province, for it
has only been the lack of proper communication that has kept in check the develop-
ment of British Columbia's vast resources. Capitalists who will trust men of
integrity in this province to carry on legitimate investigations along certain lines.
cannot help but win rich results. Mr. Hepburn through his office connections in
London has been promised for the Vancouver Harbor & Dock Extension Com-
pany, Ltd., all the financial support necessary to carry out the great work in
which it is engaged and which is most desirable and necessary to enable greater-
Vancouver to hold its own when the Panama canal opens in 1915. This will
undoubtedly create enormous trade, which will in turn require greater dock ac-
commodations. The mouth of the Eraser river is ideal for immense industrial'
enterprises and the promotion and support of these concerns have been endorsed:
by very able British and New York engineers and financiers. Another large con-
cern for which Mr. Hepburn has been offered financial assistance is the Pacific
& Hudson Bay Railway Company, whose line from Bella Coola, running north to
Fort George and then into the Peace River country, is of vast importance to the
interior of the province. It is controlled by W. D. Verschoyle and E. C. Harris,
of Vancouver, who have already spent two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in investigations and surveys and who through Mr. Hepburn's London office have
been promised necessary support. Mr. Hepburn represents also large British
financial interests and has important connections in London. He has represented
professionally British capital and has made many exhaustive examinations in
connection with the coal and iron fields of British Columbia, having been instru-
mental in placing the investment of this capital in the natural resources of the
province. He has, moreover, given much thought, attention and research to the
possibilities for the development of a great British Columbia steel industry and
has made a very exhaustive report of the same to British financiers, this being
now under serious consideration. Mr. Hepburn has personally become largely
interested in coal lands, owning and controlling some twelve thousand acres ia
this province. These are very valuable, being bituminous and of coking quality,,
and coal of this character will undoubtedly be in great demand for smelting
operations.
Mr. Hepburn believes that greater Vancouver has a magnificent future and
that when the population increases, as it will upon the opening of the Panama
canal, labor will become cheaper and this in turn will enable large industrial en-
terprises to compete with those of eastern Canada and America. Enormous trade
and markets in grain and other commodities are only waiting proper arrange-
ments with China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Mexico. He believes that
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the motto of British Columbia should be "export, not import," as thereby more
industries could be supported and the profits kept in the Dominion.
On the I4th of February, 1902, Mr. Hepburn was united in marriage to
Barbara Gilmore Caldwell, a daughter of Captain Fisher Caldwell, of Troon,
Ayrshire, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Hepburn have one daughter, Jean Fisher.
The parents are members of the Anglican church and Mr. Hepburn gives his
political allegiance to the conservative party, being a loyal supporter of Premier
Borden's naval policy, considering that the proposal should have been accepted
without party debate and the future and broader issues left for more careful
consideration with the generous advice and cooperation of the imperial naval
council of London. Mr. Hepburn's motto is "one king, one empire, one flag."
In Vancouver he is known as a man of wide interests and progressive public
spirit and his cooperation is always readily and heartily given to movements for
the municipal advancement. He is a member of the Progress Club and the
Board of Trade, serving on the mining committee in the latter organization, and
is also affiliated with the Chamber of Mines and a life member of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science. He holds membership in the Canadian
Club, the Vancouver Golf and Country Club and the Terminal City Club and
is well known in social circles. He is, moreover, a member of the Canadian Min-
ing Institute, a life member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the
Royal Society of Arts of London, a Fellow of the North British Academy and
affiliated with the Naval and Military Emigration League of London. He is a
man of force, experience and capacity, far-sighted in business, loyal in citizenship,
eminent in his profession, and the influence of his standards and accomplish-
ments has been felt as a distinct force in the building up and development of
British Columbia.
JOHN GILMOUR HAY.
John Gilmour Hay, city solicitor of Vancouver, who engaged in the private
practice of law prior to his appointment to his present position, has ever proved
himself an able and conscientious minister in the temple of justice and the con-
sensus of public opinion ranks him with Vancouver's leading barristers. He was
born in Chatham, Ontario, May 17, 1873, a son of John Gilmour and Margaret B.
(Hawken) Hay, the former a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a son of
Morice Hay, who came from Aberdeen to Canada in 1830 He settled first
at Montreal but afterward removed to Port Hope, Ontario, where he was
engaged in the book and stationery business to the time of his death, being
recognized as one of the leading merchants of that city. He was also one of
the founders of the first Baptist church established in Montreal, organized by
the Rev. John Gilmour of Aberdeen, Scotland. John Gilmour Hay, father of
Mr. Hay of this review, early learned the tinsmith's trade, which he followed
in connection with the hardware business at Port Hope, Ontario, until he
removed to Chatham. There he again conducted a hardware and tinsmith busi-
ness until his death, which occurred in 1873, a few months prior to the birth
of his son and namesake. He was a veteran of the Fenian war.
At the usual age John Gilmour Hay, whose name introduces this review,
was sent to the public schools of Ridgetown, Ontario, and continued his educa-
tion through consecutive grades until he left the high school and afterward
entered Osgoode Hall of Toronto in preparation for the practice of law, which
he had determined to make his life work. He mastered the branches constitut-
ing the legal course and was graduated in 1894. The same year he was called
to the Ontario bar and began practice in Toronto as a member of the firm of
Clute, Macdonald, Macintosh & Hay, so remaining until 1902. In the latter
year he went to Dawson, Yukon Territory, where he successfully practiced
until 1907, when he came to Vancouver and for a time was a member of the
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firm of Martin, Craig, Bourne & Hay. In 1910 he was appointed city solicitor
of Vancouver and remains in that position, the duties of which he is discharging
with promptness, capability and fidelity. He has high rank as a barrister and
is making a splendid record as city solicitor, successfully conducting many
important cases which have arisen through the rapid growth of Vancouver.
His preparation of a case is always thorough and exhaustive; he seems to grasp
every detail and to give every point its due relative prominence, so that his case
in all of its features is well assembled and his exposition thereof throws the
strongest possible light upon the point which he intends to prove.
On the 5th of July, 1902, Mr. Hay was united in marriage to Miss Helen
J. Bailey, of Toronto, Ontario, a daughter of the late John C. Bailey, C. E.,
M. I. C. E., M. Imp. Inst., one of the foremost civil and constructing engineers
in Canada. He was the builder of the International bridge at the Soo and has
beer, engaged on most of the important railway construction work in the Domin-
ion. In fact he stood prominent among men of note in engineering circles,
his scientific and practical attainments enabling him to pass beyond the great
majority of those so engaged.
Mr. Hay is a liberal in politics, but though he keeps well informed on the
questions and issues of the day, does not seek nor desire office outside the strict
path of his profession, preferring to concentrate his energies upon the prompt
and faithful performance of his duties. He is a member of the Baptist church
and is popular in the Terminal City and British Columbia Golf Clubs, both of
which have his name upon their membership rolls.
JOHN GORDON McLAREN.
Since 1909 John Gordon McLaren has been engaged in practice in Van-
couver as a mining engineer and prior to settling here he was professionally
employed in California, South America and Australia. In 1898 he went to the
Yukon Territory on behalf of an English company, remaining there until 1909.
He still retains a large interest in a dredging company operating about sixty
miles west of Dawson, in the 40 Mile District. He is a member of the Van-
couver Club.
NOEL HUMPHRYS.
Reared as a farm boy to the age of nineteen years, Noel Humphrys, now
of Vancouver, then came to British Columbia, and in the wise utilization of the
opportunities which have come to him for education and business advancement
he has reached a position among the foremost civil engineers of the province.
He was born at Barrow-In-Furness, England, December 26, 1879, a son of
James and Jane Emma (Pearson) Humphrys. The father was a marine engi-
neer and naval architect and as manager had charge of the shipyards at Barrow-
In-Furness for fifteen years. He afterward removed to London, where he was
manager for the Brush Electric Light Company until 1887, when he came to
Canada, settling in Saskatchewan, where he engaged in farming until his death
in 1902.
In the acquirement of his education Noel Humphrys attended the public
schools of Saskatchewan and was instructed by his father in the science of
engineering. His boyhood and youth were spent upon the home farm and
when nineteen years of age, wishing to enjoy some of the advantages offered
by the growing western country, he made his way to British Columbia, settling
at Revelstoke. There for a year and a half he was in the employ of the engi-
neering department of the Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1901 he went to
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Vancouver under articles to W. A. Bauer, civil engineer and British Columbia
la.nd surveyor, with whom he remained for three years as required by the pro-
vincial government. In 1904 he qualified for the position of British Columbia
land surveyor and began the private practice of his profession in the fall of
that year, with offices in Vancouver. Before the completion of his articles he
.assisted in the government survey, in 1903-4, up the British Columbia coast
on Swanson Bay and vicinity. He has enjoyed an excellent practice from the
start and now has a very extensive business, which is indicative of the promi-
nent position which he occupies in the profession and the excellence of the
service rendered. He has done survey and location work in all parts of the
province and in 1908-9 had charge of the exploration surveys for the British
Columbia government at Graham island, Queen Charlotte group, while in 1911-
12 he made extensive surveys in the Peace river country. He is now practicing
in association with Frank Tupper as senior member of the firm of- Humphrys
& Tupper, British Columbia land surveyors and civil engineers, with offices in
the Rogers block in Vancouver. He also has other business interests and his
sound judgment and enterprising spirit have caused his cooperation to be sought
along various lines. He is president and director of the Alberta Pacific Grain
Growing Company, Ltd., is a director of the Grand Prairie Syndicate Com-
pany, Ltd., which owns a large tract of land on Grand Prairie, and is also
managing director of the Pacific Coast Automobile & Transportation Company,
Ltd.
In Vancouver, on the nth of September, 1904, Mr. Humphrys was married
to Miss Kathleen Higgins, a daughter of Connell J. Higgins, for many years
in the government service at Ottawa. Their children are Norah Mary, Noel
James, Hugh John and Kathleen Elizabeth. .Mr. Humphrys belongs to the
Anglican church and his wife is a Roman Catholic. Mr. Humphrys is a conserva-
tive in politics but not an active party worker. He has various club relations, being
a member of the Corporation of Land Surveyors of British Columbia, the Van-
couver, Terminal City, Vancouver Automobile and Shaughnessy Heights Golf
Clubs of Vancouver, and the Union Club of Victoria. Motoring and golf
form two important features of his recreation. His prominence in his profes-
sion has its root in the thoroughness with which he qualified, his close applica-
tion and unfaltering energy with which he has managed his practice.
RODERICK FINLAYSOX.
Roderick Finlayson, who for a half century was in the service of the
Hudson's Bay Company, died January 20, 1892, when in the seventy-fourth
year of his age. His birth occurred at Loch Alsh, Ross-shire, Scotland, on
the i6th of March, 1818, his parents being Alexander and Mary (Morrison)
Finlayson. He pursued his education at the place of his birth while spend-
ing his boyhood days in the home of his father, who was a sheep and stock-
raiser. On leaving his native land he sailed from Glasgow for New York in
July, 1837, as a passenger on one of the old time sailing vessels and
arrived at his destination after a tedious voyage of forty days. Through the
influence of a relative in New York city he received an appointment in the
Hudson's Bay Company's service as apprentice clerk. He proceeded imme-
diately to the head office of the company, then located at Lachine on the
St. Lawrence, and spent some time at a desk, but a vacancy occurred whereby
there came to him the chance of appointment to a station called Fort Coulonge,
on the Ottawa river. There he spent the winter of 1837-8 and was initiated
into the mode of trade carried on by the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1838 he was
placed in charge of the station at'Fort William and there remained until 1839,
when he was directed to join the men sent to the Columbia district on the west
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slope of the Rocky mountains in order to take possession of part of the Russian
territory on the North Pacific for trade purposes. This was leased from the
Russian-American Fur Company by the Hudson's Bay Company. The party
proceeded westward by water most of the way and after six months spent en
route finally reached Fort Vancouver, now in the state of Washington on the
Columbia river. It was then the head station of the Columbia district. In the
spring of 1840 the Hudson's Bay Company employes boarded the historic
Beaver on Puget Sound and proceeded along the coast, Mr. Finlayson thus pass-
ing Vancouver island, which was to be his future home. The party proceeded
on up the coast to Fort Stickeen in Russian territory, which by agreement they
took, and later, under command of Chief Factor Douglas, later Sir James
Douglas, went to Sitka, the head station of the Russian-American Company.
Subsequently they proceeded up the Taco river and established Fort Durham,
erecting a fort and making other necessary arrangements for their stay there.
Mr. Finlayson was placed second in command of the fort, Chief Factor Douglas
returning in the Beaver.
In the autumn of 1841 Mr. Finlayson was relieved and transferred to Fort
Stickeen, now Wrangel. In 1842 he was sent as relief clerk to Fort Simpson
and when Forts Stickeen, Durham and McLaughlin were abandoned Mr. Fin-
layson was ordered south with the party to the southern end of Vancouver
island, reaching Victoria harbor on the ist of June, 1843. They commenced build-
ing a fort with the forces of the abandoned forts, having three officers and fifty
men. C. Ross was placed in charge, with Mr. Finlayson as second in command.
The two vessels, the Cadboro and Beaver, remained as guard vessels until the
fort was built. There was nothing but dense forest on the water along the
harbor. They cleared some land on which to grow vegetables and cereals and the
work of making a habitable place thus continued. In 1844 Mr. Ross, who was in
command, died and Mr. Finlayson succeeded him and was placed in charge of
Victoria. During this period he had many brushes with the Indians but finally
subdued them and taught them the power and danger of firearms. During this
period Mr. Finlayson created what became the Indian Reserve, which existed
until a recent date. The Indians were all taught to respect British justice.
Three large dairy farms were established at this time and farming operations
conducted on an extensive scale, so that men-of-war and other vessels could
purchase supplies. A gristmill was opened at Ksquimalt and also a lumber mill.
The head depot for the Hudson's Bay Company was established here. About
this time the forty-ninth parallel was declared the boundary between United
States and Canada. The fur returns for England cleared from Victoria direct to
England from that time on. In 1849, when Chief Factor Douglas, later Sir James,
was sent to Victoria from Fort Vancouver, Washington, Mr. Finlayson was re-
lieved of his onerous duties to a certain extent. He became head accountant
and continued to act in that capacity until 1862. In 1851 Mr. Douglas became
governor of the island of Vancouver and Mr. Finlayson was appointed by him
as a member of the legislative council, his commission being signed by Queen
Victoria in that year. In 1850 he had received his commission as chief trader
and in 1859 received his commission as chief factor of the Hudson's Bay
Company.
From 1852 Mr. Finlayson had added extensively to his purchases of land,
which he cleared, fenced and drained so that he was able to lease his property
on good terms. In 1861 he returned to his native country for a visit and found
his parents alive and well, but both passed away the following year.
Mr. Finlayson at his own request was appointed to superintend the Hud-
son's Bay Company's affairs in the interior of the island. This was in 1862
and he continued in that position until he retired from the service and spent
the remainder of his days looking after his private interests. In 1878 he was
elected mayor of Victoria, which office he filled for one term, and in that posi-
tion, as in the other places of public trust which he had filled, he made an excel-
lent record.
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In 1849 Mf- Finlayson was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Work, a daugh-
ter of John Work, a Hudson Bay factor and a native of Ireland. Mrs. Finlay-
son died January 25, 1906, having for fourteen years survived her husband.
Their family consisted, of seven daughters and four sons. No history of the
northwest and its development would be complete without reference to Roderick
Finlayson, who as a representative of the Hudson's Bay Company played a
most active and important part in the development of this section of the country.
As the years passed on he embraced his opportunities for judicious investment
and became one of Victoria's wealthiest and most prominent citizens, having
accumulated much valuable real estate in and near the city. No man saw more
of the process by which Victoria and the province grew and developed than
Mr. Finlayson, whose attachment to the Hudson's Bay Company made him a
witness of all that pertained to the welfare and upbuilding of the northwest.
He was beloved and respected by all, so that his death was a blow to the com-
munity. The news of his demise brought a sense of personal bereavement
to many of the homes of the city and a flag on the city hall hung at half-mast,
showing that one of the leading and honored residents of Victoria had passed
awav.
GEORGE MEAD.
George Mead, living in retirement after an honorable and successful business
career devoted almost entirely to the barber's trade, is numbered among the pio-
neers in New Westminster, having located in this city when it was a mere village.
He was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on the 23d of September, 1848,
and is a son of James and Sarah Mead, both of whom have passed away, the
father dying when the subject of this review was still an infant.
George Mead acquired his education in the public schools of his native com-
munity and after laying aside his books was apprenticed to a barber and hair
dresser, for whom he worked in England for some time. In 1868, however,
he crossed the Atlantic and settled in Toronto, whence after one year he went
to Orillia, where he was engaged for four and one-half years in the barber
business. In 1875 he came to British Columbia and took up his residence in
Victoria, where for fifteen months he worked in the old San Francisco baths.
From Victoria he went to Nanaimo and in 1878 came to New Westminster,
being accounted one of the earliest residents of the city. For twenty-two years
he worked at his trade here, his ability and close application to business being
eventually rewarded by a comfortable competence which enabled him to retire
from active life. In the early days he purchased twelve acres of land from
the White estate and upon this engaged for some time in raising fruit. When
he first made his home upon it the tract was entirely covered with a heavy
growth of timber which he was obliged to clear before beginning the work of
cultivation. However, he afterward made it a very valuable property and a
few years ago sold a portion of it for a large sum and removed to his present
beautiful home at Mead's Station.
On July 28, 1872, Mr. Mead married Miss Edwina Louise Mortimer, a
daughter of Dr. Charles and Jane Mortimer, of Aurora, Ontario. The father
was a surgeon on one of Nelson's vessels and practiced his profession until
his death. His wife has also passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Mead became the
parents of eight children : George Mortimer, who lives in Valdez, Alaska ;
Fanny Alberta Mortimer, now Mrs. F. S. De Gray, of New Westminster;
Edwina Louise, who married N. H. McQuarrie; Edith Emily, now Mrs.
Arnold ; Alice Edna, Charles Frederick and Arthur Gordon, all of whom have
passed away; and Irene May, who married L. R. Alcock, of New Westminster.
Mr. and Mrs. Mead are members of the Church of England.
Mr. Mead is a member of the Masonic order and keenly interested in the
affairs of that organization. Premier Theodore Davie appointed Mr. Mead
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justice of the peace for Richmond and Dewdney Riding, and after Sir Richard
became premier he was made justice of the peace for the entire province. Dur-
ing the long period of his residence here he has gained the respect and esteem
of all who have been associated with him and he is today regarded as one of
the representative and deservedly successful citizens of New Westminster, on
whose list of pioneers his name occupies a prominent and worthy place.
JOHN BUCKLE JARDINE.
\;ew Westminster numbers among its foremost and valued citizens |ohn
Buckle Jardine, controlling important property and business interests in the
city and actively identified with its public life. During the twenty-three years
of his residence here his interests have extended to many lines and lie has put
forth effective efforts for the benefit and upbuilding of the city, cooperating
heartily in movements to advance the general welfare. He was born in Camp-
bellton, New Brunswick, April 8, 1871, and is a son of John and Catherine
(McNair) Jardine. the former a native of Campbellton and the latter of Jacquet
River, New Brunswick. They spent their entire lives in that province, the
father dying in 1883 at the age of forty-five and the mother in 1895, when she
was fifty-two years of age. The former was for a number of years employed
in the customs service.
John Ruckle Jardine was reared at home and acquired his education in the
public schools of his native ctiy. In 1890, when he was nineteen years of age,
he left home and journeyed to the west coast of British Columbia by way of the
United States. On the way he spent five months touring through the western
and middle western states, traveling in the latter section when the prairies were
still unfenced and the cattle industry was in its prime. On the 26th of Novem-
ber, 1890, he arrived in New Westminster and obtained employment in the
Royal City Mills, with which he was connected for seventeen years. He be-
gan in a humble capacity, tallying in the yards, herding the Chinese laborers
and driving a team, but his ability gained for him rapid advancement and he
was promoted through the various departments of the concern, severing his
connection with the company as cashier in the main office.
In 1900 Mr. Jardine married Miss Adelaide Ewen, a daughter of Alexander
Ewen, proprietor of the first salmon cannery on the Eraser river, operating a
plant of this character on the present site of the Windsor Hotel. His wife
was also a representative of a pioneer family in this city and was born where
the Russell Hotel now stands. On the death of Mr. Ewen, in 1907, Mr. Jar-
dine and John Hendry were appointed executors of his will, Mr. Jardine acting
as manager of the estate, which was closed in 1910. Since that time Mr. Jar-
dine has devoted his time largely to the supervision of his own and his wife's
extensive property interests, which he has managed in an able and practical
way so that they have constantly increased in value.
New Westminster has profited greatly by Mr. Jardine's well directed efforts
through the years, not only in the field of business but along political lines as
well. He is eminently progressive and public-spirited in matters of citizenship
and an active factor in the promotion of the permanent interests of the com-
munity. He supports the liberal party and was elected to the city council in
1904, serving in that capacity for six years thereafter. In 1913 he was again
made a member of the board and has since served, having accomplished a great
deal of effective work in the line of reform, progress and upbuilding. He is a
member of the board of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society, and
belongs also to the Westminster Club. His fraternal connections are with the
Knights of Pythias, in which he belongs to Royal Lodge No. 6, and with the
Masons. In this latter order he holds membership in Union Lodge, No. 9,
A. F. & A. M. ; New Westminster Chapter, No. 124, R. A. M. : Westminster
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Preceptory, No. 56, K. T. ; and Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Victoria.
He is also a stockholder in the Westminster Trust Company, in the Crystal
Dairy Company and British Columbia Life Insurance Company, these and many
other connections indicating something of the scope and variety of his interests.
He is liberal in his contributions to charity, a leader in all progressive public
movements, a business man of unusual ability and foresight — a worthy repre-
sentative of the type of citizen upon whom the present stability and the future
greatness of the city rest,
inhabitants.
GEORGE GORDON BUSHBY.
Vancouver numbers George Gordon Bushby among its most prominent and
progressive citizens, as he has been the promoter of several of the leading busi-
ness institutions of the city. He is today Vancouver manager of the British
Columbia Marine Railways Company and of the British Columbia Salvage Com-
pany, as well as president of the Compressed Gas Company. His association
with any enterprise insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his
nature to carry forward to successful completion the projects with which he
is associated. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful
man of business and in bis dealings is known for his prompt and honorable
methods, which have won for him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his
fellowmen.
Mr. Bushby is a representative of. one of the most prominent and noted
families in British Columbia and is himself a native son of the province, born
in New Westminster, January 24, 1867. His parents were Hon. Arthur Thomas
and Agnes (Douglas) Bushby, the former born in England and the latter at
Fort Vancouver, Washington, the old Hudson's Bay fort. The father came to
British Columbia in 1858, making the journey to Victoria by way of the isthmus
of Panama. In the early days he served as postmaster general of British Columbia,
as registrar and as county court judge and at his death in 1874 left behind him a rec-
ord of public service which was varied in its activities and faultless in honor. His
wife, who is a daughter of the late Sir James Douglas, now makes her home
at Cheltenham.
At the age of four years George G. Bushby went to England with his parents
and the family remained abroad for six months. At the age of eight he again
made the journey to Great Britain, going around the Horn on the Hudson's
Bay Company's ship, Lady Lampson, under command of Captain James Gaudin.
He entered Christ's College, Finchley, England, and there acquired his edu-
cation, remaining until 1883, when he returned to America, settling in Cali-
fornia. He was for one year a student in the State University and at the end
of that time entered the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, where he served a
five years' apprenticeship at the engineering trade. At the end of that time
he returned to British Columbia and here entered the service of the Dominion
government in the submarine rock-drilling department, doing a great deal of
valuable work in the improvement of Victoria harbor. At that time he was
in charge of the construction of the waterworks plant for the Williams Head
quarantine station and gained a reputation for reliable and capable work in
his profession. It was during this time that he with others founded the British
Columbia Marine Railways Company, which was then called the Esquimalt Marine
Railway Company. In 1892 he went to Esquimalt and there remained until 1900,
when the company constructed a marine railway in Vancouver. Mr. Bushby
then came to this city as local manager of the concern, which conducts a gen-
eral dry-dock, engineering and repairing business. Mr. Bushby's most notable
business connection at the present time is with the British Columbia Marine Rail-
ways, of which he is local manager. To his enterprising and energetic manage-
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ment is due much of the success of the company. The British Columbia Marine
Railways are engaged in shipbuilding and have constructed in their Esquimalt
shipyard the steamers Princess Beatrice, Princess Royal and Lillooet. They
also built the quarantine station vessel, the Madge and the Casca, the celebrated
Yukon stern wheeler, Transfer No. 3 for the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and are
now building Transfer No. 4. They have recently constructed the Princess
Maquinna, a two hundred and fifty foot steel vessel, for the Canadian Pacific,
the largest steel vessel built on the Canadian Pacific coast. The British Columbia
Marine Railways is one of Victoria's most important industries, and since being
in existence they have done practically all of the large repair jobs on steel ves-
sels on the coast. The business enjoys a most healthy and steady growth and its
gigantic undertakings result in gratifying financial returns. Mr. Bushby is also
salvage manager of the British Columbia Salvage Company, which was organized
in 1896. This company has salved many vessels from Alaska to Panama, among
them the Northwestern, wrecked near Valdez ; the Marechien, near Juneau, and
the Newport, at Balboa, Panama. Its business has expanded rapidly until the
•concern is today the largest ship salvage company on the Pacific coast and the
fourth largest in the world. It owns the steamers Salvor, William Joliffe and
Maude, stationed at Esquimalt, always kept under steam, being prepared to
proceed to the assistance of shipping in distress on a moment's notice. The com-
pany is in close connection with the ports of the world and controls an immense
business requiring constant supervision and systematic management. Mr. Bushby 's
position as a director of its destinies calls for rare tact, administrative ability
and organizing power, for versatility, keen insight and quickness of decision —
qualities which are elements in his character and upon which his present success
is founded. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans
readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business
•and his excellent management have brought him the high degree of prosperity
which is his today. In the control and management of a business such as that
with which he is connected many a man of resolution, courage and industry
would have failed, and he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that success
is not the result of chance but the outcome of clear judgment and discrimination.
Mr. Bushby is also connected with the Compressed Gas Company of Van-
couver as its president. This concern was founded in the spring of 191 1 and he has
since that date held executive office. They deal in dissolved acetylene for oxy-
acetylene welding, automobiles, boats, railway cars, locomotive headlights and
buoys. They also manufacture oxygen for oxy-acetylene welding, mine rescue
and medicinal purposes, supplying all the mines in Alberta and liritish Columbia
and the doctors and drug stores. Their acetylene is also used for cooking and
heating purposes. They operate the Welding Shop and manfacture autogenous
welding and cutting appliances. Moreover, they deal in Prest-o-lite tanks, Prest-
o-tire tanks, Prest-o-tire tubes, Prest-o-starters and automatic lighters. The of-
ficers of this company are: George G. Bushby, president; William B. Barwis,
vice president ; James Howard, treasurer ; Harry G. Allen, manager. They con-
trol an important and growing trade, being located at 571 Howe street, Van-
•couver, with works at 1530 Hastings street, E.
In Victoria, British Columbia, January 14, 1908, Mr. Bushby was united in
marriage to Miss Violet Brae, a native of England, but for several years a resident
•of Calgary, Alberta. They are the parents of two children, Audrey Violet Annie
•and John Sinclair.
Mr. Bushby is a charter and life member of the Royal Vancouver Yacht
Club and served for two years as official measurer and for a similar period of
time as captain. He has always taken a great interest in yachting and a great
many of his leisure hours are spent in this recreation. The possessor of a fine
tenor voice, he took part in many operatic performances and in concerts given at
social functions in Vancouver and Victoria in the early days and is an accom-
plished musician. A man of force, experience and capacity, his energies have
.been almost entirely directed to the field of business and in this line he has won
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notable and unusual success. He has gained wealth to some extent, yet it is not
alone this goal for which he has striven, for he belongs to that class of repre-
sentative citizens who promote the general prosperity while advancing their indi-
vidual interests.
DAVID ALEXANDER McKEE.
With important reclamation projects David Alexander McKee has been identi-
fied, and his labors in this direction have been of far-reaching benefit and value. He
was for a number of years engaged in farming but discontinued the active work of
the fields in 1899 to give his attention to development projects. He was born at
Cregagh, Belfast, Ireland, April 3, 1859, and came to British Columbia by way of
New York and the overland route to San Francisco with his parents in 1874, when
about sixteen years of age. His education had been acquired at the Rosetta school in
County Down, Ireland, and after becoming identified with the northwest he took
up the occupation of farming, which he followed for a number of years. As time
passed on he brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, employing such
modern methods as resulted in making his land productive and valuable. While
not carrying on farm work at the present time, he has many interests pertaining
thereto and in addition he purchased in 1911 about eight hundred and forty acres
of land on Barnston island in the Fraser river.
The whole island, consisting of about fifteen hundred acres, has been dyked at
at a cost of over forty thousand dollars, thus bringing into cultivable condition some
of the finest agricultural lands in British Columbia. Mr. McKee recognizes the
possibilities along those lines and in his business has looked beyond the exigencies
of the moment to the opportunities of the future. He has made a close study of the
best methods of reclaiming the lands, and from 1908 until 1910, inclusive, he was
the president of the Delta Agricultural Society. He was also president of the
Farmers' Telephone Company, Limited, for the year 1909-10 and he is a director
of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia. In 1913 he was
elected president of the Board of Trade, in which connection he is instituting vari-
ous new measures and movements for public benefit along the lines of progressive
development, exploitation and the adaptation of natural resources for the uses of
mankind.
On the 5th of September, 1900, at Hamilton. Ontario, Mr. McKee was united
in marriage to Miss Afargaret Vallance, a daughter of James and Janet Yallance,
of Hamilton. In politics Mr. McKee is a conservative, but not an active party
worker or officeseeker. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, in which he has long
been helpfully interested, serving on its managing board for about eighteeen years.
He is alert, energetic and resourceful, and as time has passed on has so wisely and
intelligently directed his efforts that his position among successful and leading busi-
ness men of his district is assured.
THOMAS CONNOR.
Thomas Connor was called to the position of secretary of the Retail Mer-
chants Association of British Columbia in 1910, in which connection important
and responsible duties devolved upon him. His long experience in commercial
fields 'has given him knowledge that splendidly qualifies him for the work which
he lias undertaken in promoting trade relations of the country and promulgating
methods and measures which shall add to the commercial greatness of the
northwest. His residence in Vancouver dates from 1905, previous to which
time he had spent five years in Manitoba. He was born March 9, 1875, in
Madoc, Hastings county, Ontario, a son of Thomas and Climena Connor, both
of whom were descendants of United Empire Loyalist families.
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In the public and high schools of his native city Thomas Connor pursued
his education. His family owned and conducted a general store in the northern
part of Hastings county, Ontario, and for four years after leaving school he
assisted in the conduct of the business. In 1893 the family removed to Picton,
Prince Edward county, and there Thomas Connor began learning the contract-
ing and building business. For twelve years the family home was maintained
at Picton, during which period Thomas Connor was for some time associated
with an uncle, Andrew Irving, an architect of Picton. His identification with
the west dates from 1897, in which year he arrived in Winnipeg, there becom-
ing associated with the Winnipeg branch of the Canada Cycle Motor Company
of Toronto, Ontario, as their credit man. He occupied that position for six
years, when he went to southern California and two years later, in 1905, came to
Vancouver. For about three and a half years he was credit man in this city
for the British America Lives:ock Association — which has since merged into
the British Empire Insurance Company — following one year as credit clerk
vvith Walter F. Evans & Company, music dealers. In the fall of 1911 he was
appointed credit man for the joint Retail Association of Vancouver and the
province, and six months later was appointed to his present position as secretary
of the Retail Merchants Association of British Columbia. He is also secretary
of the Vancouver Retail Grocers Association. He has studied every phase and
question concerning trade relations in the Pacific coast country, and in his
present connection is doing much to further mercantile interests in his adopted
city and the northwest.
Fraternally Mr. Coynor is connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He belongs also to the Vancouver Commercial Club and is a director
of the Progress Club. Enterprising, wide-awake, alert and energetic, he is a
typical representative of the northwest and one whose labors are constituting
an effective force in shaping the history of this section of the country.
ANDREW McCREIGHT CREERY.
Andrew McCreight Creery, manager of the insurance department of H.
Bell-Irving & Company, Ltd., and by virtue of this position and the force of
the ability by which he achieved it a power in business circles of Vancouver,
was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1863. Pie is a son of Andrew and Alice
(Tate) Creery, both of whom have passed away, the former being for many
/ears rector of the parish of Kilmore, in County Down.
In the acquirement of an education Andrew McCreight Creery attended
Foyle College, Londonderry, and Trinity College, Dublin, graduating from the
atter institution in 1886. Two years later he came to Canada, locating near
lalgary, Alberta, where he lived until 1890, in which year he came to British
Columbia. He settled in Vancouver and shortly after turned his attention to
he private banking business, conducting a safe and reliable concern of this
character under the name of Casement & Creery from 1890 until 1894. At the
>:nd of that time he engaged in the insurance business, becoming rapidly well
known and prominent in that field, and in 1900 entered the employ of H. Bell-
rving & Company, Ltd., as manager of the insurance department, a position
'vhich he now holds. It calls for a power of control, an executive force and
;.n initiative spirit and upon his possession of these qualities Mr. Creery has
based his success, the affairs of his department being in excellent condition and
proving steadily more profitable and important. He is a far-sighted, discrimi-
nating and able business man and is giving the best that is in him to the com-
pany which he serves, the growth of his special department being in a large
measure due to him.
In England, in 1891, Mr. Creery was united in marriage to Miss Anna
Hulbert and they have become the parents of six children, Irene Anna, Kenneth
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Andrew, Cuthbert John, Ronald Hulbert, Leslie Charles and Wallace Bour-
chier. Mr. Creery was for a number of years a member of the Vancouver
Rowing Club and formerly was active and skilful in tennis, football and cricket,.
sports to which he gave a great deal of time and attention. He is connected
fraternally with Western Gate. Lodge, No. 48, G. R. B. C., of which he is serv-
ing as master, and he is a past first principal of Royal Arch Chapter, No. 98, G. R.
C. He belongs to the Vancouver and the Jericho Country Clubs and his religious
views are in accord with the doctrines of the Church of England. He is public-
spirited and progressive in matters of citizenship and gives his hearty coopera-
tion to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual or mate-
rial welfare of the community.
WILLIAM GEORGE GILLETT.
Since 1910 William George Gillett has made Vancouver the head of his oper-
ations as general contractor, coming here from Nelson, in which town he was one
of the greatest forces for development and one of its real builders. Enjoying the
highest reputation professionally, it is but natural that larger and larger contracts,
should have come to him, among which may be mentioned the building of the
largest bridge across the Columbia river at Revelstoke, the building of the Van-
couver arena and some of the greatest government wharfs. Mr. Gillett is at
present largely engaged along the last mentioned line m the northern part of
British Columbia. As high as his reputation stands as a contractor, he is renowned
for a fact which he values still more highly, and that is that he cares for his men and
their lives as for his own and he never allows them to take any unnecessary risks.
It is most notable that in building the Columbia River bridge and the great Van-
couver Arena not one life was lost from the beginning of the operations until the
works were completed. This remarkable record of Mr. Gillett throws much light
upon his humane nature and makes his character one which makes him beloved by-
all men.
William George Gillett was born at Twillingate, Newfoundland, December 6,
1870, a son of George and Ann (Whitehorn) Gillett, both natives of that colony.
The grandfathers on both sides came, as many of the other settlers there, from the
western part of England. George Gillett, the father of our subject, still resides
at Twillingate, where for many years he has been engaged in general merchandising:
and is highly respected.
In the acquirement of his education Mr. Gillett attended public school in his-
native town, beginning his independent career at the age of fifteen while gaining
some knowledge of the carpenter's trade. He worked along this line of occu-
pation in Twillingate until nearly twenty-one years of age, when he removed to
Boston, engaging in carpentering there for two months before coming to Vic-
toria, where he arrived in January, 1891. In addition to his trade he here en-
gaged also in fur sealing on the coast, being so occupied during the sealing season
for three years. In 1895 he made removal to Rossland, British Columbia, being
there during the boom days, when much building was undertaken. He continued
following his trade but also began to take on contracts, which he carried to suc-
cessful completion. It was here that he made his first step into the contracting
business. In April, 1897, Mr. Gillett went to Nelson, engaging in contracting
only. He has ever since confined his efforts to that line. While there, however,
he also operated a sash and door factory. It was in Nelson that he first took an.
active part in politics. He was and is still today a liberal, but a liberal with some-
what original and independent ideas who does not blindly indorse every party rec-
ommendation. In 1901 Mr. Gillett was elected alderman for the east ward and, in-
1905 again served the same constituents. In the latter part of 1905 John Huston,
the mayor, suddenly left Nelson and upon his departure the council appointed
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vlr. Gillett acting mayor for the remainder of the term. At the election of 1906
he new mayor and entire council were elected and again in 1907. Under the
;,Tiidance of Mayor Gillett and this council many works of vital importance to
kelson were executed. The large hydro-electric power plant was built at a cost
nf three hundred thousand dollars under his regime and it is still the pride of
i he city. It was in 1906 that Nelson took over the defunct street railway, which
had permitted its charter to expire, and conducted it as a public utility. This street
lailway is of particular interest and unusual efforts have been made to maintain
in because it is the only street railway in the interior of British Columbia. When
the San Francisco disaster occurred, Mayor Gillett's energies were again tested
when he and the council, acting on behalf of the city, started a fund for the suf-
ferers. They worked through all that night, securing large contributions from
tie citizens and packing a car load of supplies to be shipped at the earliest possible
i loment. The expense of the shipment was paid out of the large fund made up
ind a comfortable sum was left which was forwarded in the form of cash. This
aid from Nelson was the first contribution from Canada to reach the San Fran-
cisco sufferers. Mr. Gillett also was chairman of the managing committee of the
i iterior liberal district council and in that capacity had charge of the appointment
c f the organizer for the district. He was on the executive of the Board of Trade
and while mayor of the city entertained for five clays His Excellency, Earl Grey,
governor general of Canada, and his party.
During his stay in Nelson Mr. Gillett built the beautiful marble courthouse
aid the handsome marble and granite edifice of the Trinity Methodist church.
He was a trustee and most active member of that church for several years and
was also a director of the Kootenay Lake General Hospital for ten years. Dur-
ing one year of his building operations in Nelson, Mr. Gillett erected twenty-seven
buildings, which statement gives an idea of the magnitude of his undertakings.
In August, 1910, seeking a broader field of operation, Mr. Gillett came to Van-
couver. He built in that same year the Columbia River bridge at Revelstoke for
the provincial government. This is one of the largest bridges across the Columbia.
In the same year he also built a railroad approach, six thousand and ten feet long,
o/erthe mud flats at the head of the Portland canal, for the Northeastern Short
Line Railroad. At the same place he built a wharf of fifty-three hundred feet
for the Dominion government. These two works, each more than a mile in length
a id built entirely of wood, are masterpieces of their kind of construction and
recognized as such by the profession. Mr. Gillett was the contractor for the
mammoth Vancouver Arena skating, curling and hockey rink, which is the largest
and most costly arena built for these uses on the American continent, having a
stating capacity of ten thousand, five hundred people. The size of the building
is two hundred by three hundred and thirty feet. It was the first artificial ice rink
ever built in Canada and is of semi-fireproof construction. Its cost of erection was
t\ 'o hundred and eighty-fi\e thousand dollars. Actual work was begun August
1. 1911, and the rink was opened to the public on December aoth of the same year.
Trierewere two hundred and thirty-two men employed on the work and the build-
ing was completed without injury to a man. Although the number employed was
not so large in building the Columbia River bridge, this work was finished with
the same remarkable record. Mr. Gillett values the lives of his workmen as he
does his own and never permits them to take risks that can be avoided. He has
always steadfastly adhered to this rule with the result that it is seldom that an-
accident occurs in his building operations. Since leaving Nelson in 1910 he has
made Vancouver his home, and upon completing the arena his work has been
largely confined to northern British Columbia, where he principally engages in
the building of wharfs for the Dominion government. Since April, 1913, he has
been principally engaged with building numerous government wharfs on the Queen
Charlotte islands.
On December 7, 1892, at Twillingate, Newfoundland, Mr. Gillett was married
to Miss Susan Elizabeth Young, who died in Nelson, February 8, 1908. On April
ic, 1909, Mr. Gillett married, at Rossland, British Columbia, Miss A. Beatrice
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Hobbs, of Brandon, Manitoba, and to them two daughters have been born,
Margery Beatrice and Georgia Vivian.
Mr. Gillett is well known in fraternal circles, being a member of Nelson
Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., and a charter member and recording secretary
of the Loyal Orange Lodge at Nelson. The importance of his work in opening
the resources of the province to the world can hardly be estimated today, and in
that relation he must be considered one of the most useful men in British Columbia.
He is patriotic to the core, ever interested in worthy public enterprises, and consid-
ers the general welfare as of greater importance than individual prosperity. It is,
however, but natural that financial independence has come to Mr. Gillett as the
result of his extensive operations, which were ever guided by extraordinary execu-
tive ability and good judgment, and it is therefore not surprising that he is to be
counted today among the most substantial men of the city and province. He en-
joys to a great extent the good-will and confidence of the public, the government,
those who employ him and especially those whom he employs and for whose
safety he feels as responsible as a father. It is this trait of his character which
stands out above all else and begets general admiration.
JOSEPH HENLEY.
Prominent among the older business men of New Westminster is Joseph
Henley, who for over twenty-five years has been engaged in the manufacture
of soda water in this city. Moreover, he has held government positions of
trust and for many years has served as alderman of his city, being connected
with important committees. Born in the county of Woburn, Bedfordshire,
England, on March 27, 1855, he is a son of George and Mary Ann (Cook)
Henley, both natives of that county, where they passed their entire lives. The
father was head gamekeeper for the duke of Bedford.
Joseph Henley was reared and educated in London, attending private schools
until sixteen years of age, when he came to Canada, locating in British Colum-
bia. He took the water route, going via the West Indies to Aspinwall, pro-
ceeding from Aspinwall to the isthmus of Panama and thence to the Pacific
coast, reaching San Francisco on the day following the earthquake of 1871.
However, he did not stop in that city but proceeded northward, finally reach-
ing Victoria, which city was destined to be his home for sixteen years. For
several years of that period he was variously employed but subsequently en-
gaged in the bakery business independently, his efforts being attended with
success. In 1887 he came to New Westminster and established himself in the
soda water business on Front street, subsequently building a factory on Cun-
ningham street, which was, however, destroyed by the great conflagration of
1898. He then moved to his present location, building his factory at No. 717
Princess street, near his residence, which is located at No. 615 Eighth street.
Mr. Henley has built up a gratifying business, enjoying a steady and profitable
demand for his goods. During the summer seasons he employs four men and
even during the winter months keeps three hands at work. The years have
brought prosperity to him and there is no one in New Westminster who is
more entitled to the success that has come to him than Joseph Henley.
In May, 1880, in Victoria, Mr. Henley was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Field, a native of Oregon, and to this union were born three children:
Mary Louise, the wife of Thackerous Oddy, of New Westminster; Joseph
Leonard Jr., who is engaged in the manufacture of shingles in the state of
Washington; and Mabel, deceased. Mrs. Henley passed away in 1899 and
in 1903 Mr. Henley was again married, his second union being with Miss
Jennie Stewart McColm, of New Westminster, but a native of _ Fergus, Ontario.
When a young man of but eighteen years Mr. Henley joined the Boys'
Volunteer Fire Department of Victoria and when these youths reached their
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twentieth year they were taken into the Men's Volunteer Fire Department.
Our subject continued in the service for fourteen years, or until he left the city,
having become second lieutenant of the department in later years. In 1888,
after the Hyacks (which was the name of the volunteer fire department of
New Westminster) disbanded, a new company was organized and Mr. Henley
was chosen as its captain. While in Victoria Mr. Henley also served three years
in the militia under Captains Vintor and Roscoe. He is also prominent in the
Masonic order, being a member of King Solomon Lodge, Xo. 17, A. F. & A.
M., and of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M. For twenty-five years he has been
connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters and the Westminster Club also
carries his name on its roster. Among other organizations he belongs to the
Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a
member of Royal Lodge, No. 6, K. P., having served as secretary of this lodge
for the past six years. Both he and his wife are devout members of the Pres-
oyterian church. Mr. Henley gives his political support to the conservative
Darty and in 1902 was appointed by the provincial government license commis-
sioner of New Westminster, serving for two years. Being elected alderman
it that time, he was then forced to resign the former position, as he could not
lold two offices, and with the exception of one year has since continuously
•served on the city council for a period of nine years. He has been chairman
)f the board of public works and for the past two years chairman of the board
of fire and market and has done valuable work in committee rooms and on the
open floor in promoting measures which have proven of much benefit to the
<ity. A man who fully realizes the obligations of citizenship, Joseph Henley
r,an always be found among those who are not chary in their support of worthy
public enterprises. A record of twenty-five years of continuous business enter-
prise stands to his credit and assures him of a foremost place among the busi-
ness men of New Westminster.
WILLIAM STEARNE DEACON.
Public opinion passes favorable judgment upon William Stearne Deacon
both as barrister and as citizen. Moreover, in Vancouver, the city of his resi-
< ence, he has gained many friends as well as a liberal clientage. He was born
ii Bothwell, Ontario, January i, 1871, a son of the Rev. Daniel and Maria
Helen (Ball) Deacon, both of whom were natives of Ontario. The father,
c n whom had been conferred the Master of Arts degree, was rector of the
Anglican church at Bothwell, whence he removed to Stratford, Ontario, where
he was rector of St. Paul's church for many years. He now resides in Strat-
ford, but the mother is deceased.
After attending the Stratford Collegiate Institute at Stratford, Ontario, Wil-
liam S. Deacon prepared for the practice of law as a student in Osgoode Hall,
from which he was graduated with the class of 1894. The same year he was
c died to the bar of Ontario and engaged in practice in Stratford for a short
t me. In 1895 he came to Vancouver and was admitted to practice in the
courts of this province in that year. He joined the firm of Harris, Macneill &
Deacon and within a brief period had given ample demonstration of his ability
in law practice. In 1896 he opened offices at Rossland, British Columbia, in
partnership with A. H. Macneill, K. C., continuing in practice there until 1904.
I i the spring of that year he returned to Vancouver and became a partner in
the firm of McCaul, Deacon & Deacon. Subsequent changes in the partnership
lid to the adoption of the firm style of Wade, Deacon & Deacon and since the
retirement of F. C. Wade, K. C., the firm has been known as Deacon, Deacon
& Wilson, with William S. Deacon as senior partner. His success has been
continuous, owing to his developing powers and broadening experience.
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Mr. Deacon was married at Stratford, Ontario, in 1900, to Miss Caroline
M. Fraser, eldest daughter of the late Dr. D. M. Eraser, one of the best known
pioneer physicians of western Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon have five chil-
dren, George Stearne, Donald Fraser, William Stearne, Jr., Martin Ledwith
and Caroline M. The family attend St. Paul's church, in which Mr. Deacon
holds membership, and he belongs also to the Vancouver Club. In politics he
is a conservative and has been active for the advancement of the party but has
never desired office. His ambition has been in the strict path of his profession
and his close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics has won for
him the highest regard of his professional brethren.
HAROLD WORSLEY EBBS CANAVAN.
Harold Worsley Ebbs Canavan, of the firm of Canavan & Mitchell, consult-
ing engineers, and one of the best known and most able representatives of his '
profession in British Columbia and the Yukon, was born in Toronto, Ontario,
November 25, 1867, and is a son of William Birch and Elizabeth Blanche (Eas-
taff) Canavan, of Winnipeg. The father was for many years a prominent bar-
rister in that city, but is deceased.
Harold Canavan acquired his education in the pubic schools of Toronto and
in collegiate institute in that city. During the entire course of his active career
he has been engaged in civil engineering, each year bringing him increased prom-
inence in his chosen field. He has done a great deal of important work in Alaska
and from 1893 to 1896 served as a member of the first Alaska Boundary Com-
mission. Since 1897 he has been in private professional practice in the Yukon
territory and in British Columbia, making his home in Victoria, where his ability
is recognized and honored in business and professional circles. In 1911 he
entered into partnership with A. K. Mitchell under the firm name of Canavan
& Mitchell, and they control today an important patronage as consulting engi-
neers, making a specialty of examinations and reports and all matters pertain-
ing to irrigation, drainage, hydro-electric development, waterworks, sewerage
and sewage disposal, besides being also well known as supervisors of construction.
In Victoria, on the 7th of November, 1904, Mr. Canavan was united in mar-
riage to Miss Frances Alice Clarke, a daughter of Captain Frank I. and Frances
A. Clarke, the former of whom took an active part in the Red River expedition
under General Wolseley and was for a number of years connected with the
provincial bureau of information. Mr. and Mrs. Canavan have three children:
Worsley F., Mary F., and Blanche E.
Mr. Canavan gives his political allegiance to the conservative party and is
connected fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Canadian Society
of Civil Engineers and belongs to the Pacific, the Union and the Canadian
Clubs, being well known in social and professional circles.
PETER PEEBLES.
Peter Peebles, well known as a representative of real-estate activity in New
Westminster, was born in Dairy, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, October 5, 1860,
a son of Thomas and Jane McKenzie (Murie) Peebles, both of whom were
natives of Perthshire. The father was a dealer in wood and an able, capable
business man who died at the comparatively early age of thirty-six years.
Peter Peebles was educated in the public schools of Scotland and pursued
a course in the Dundee Technical School of Dundee, Scotland, where he learned
the builder's trade. In 1882 he came to Canada and after spending a year in
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Winnipeg made his way westward to British Columbia to work on the Onder-
donk contract as a sub-contractor of the Canadian Pacific Railway, being con-
nected with the contracts of that part of the road extending from Kamloops
to Port Moody. There are today but few men living that worked on that con-
tract. Following the completion of the road Mr. Peebles continued as a build-
ing contractor until 1907 and built up a good business in that connection, his
efforts being an element in general improvement and progress in the districts
in which he labored. Since that time he has been engaged in the real-estate
business and is acknowledged an expert as a real-estate valuator and that branch
of his business is most important and has made him well known. He has also
negotiated many real-estate transfers and his opinions have largely become
accepted as authority upon matters pertaining to the real-estate market in New
Westminster.
In 1886 Mr. Peebles was united in marriage to Miss Angusta Grant, of New
Westminster, a daughter of Captain Angus Grant, who was the first captain
of the government snag boat Sampson. Mr. and Mrs. Peebles have become
the parents of six children-: Jane Murie, who is a teacher in the city schools;
Catherine Grant, the wife of Guy D. Cookson, yard foreman of the Fraser
Mills at Mill Site; Peter Grant, residing in Salem, Oregon; and Mary Evange-
line, Angusta Brownie and Allan, all at home.
Mr. Peebles is one of the leaders of the conservative party in this section of
the province, doing all in his power to promote its growth and insure its
success. He is a member of King Solomon Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Royal Lodge,
No. 6, K. of P.; and the Loyal Order of Moose. The cause of education also
finds in him a stanch champion. For six years he has been one of the trustees of
the Westminster schools and is one of the founders of the School Trustees Asso-
ciation of British Columbia. He is a past president and life member of the asso-
ciation and, recognizing education to be one of the bulwarks of the nation, he
has done everything in his power to promote the cause of public instruction.
ANDREW THOMPSON BROWN.
Andrew Thompson Brown, founder and half-owner of the Vulcan Iron Works
in Vancouver, is numbered among the well known and prominent business men of
this city, his wise management and the capable control of his interests winning
him a most gratifying measure of success. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September 23, 1875, and is a son of John and Mary Brown, representatives of
old Scotch families.
The public schools of his native city afforded Andrew T. Brown his educa-
tional opportunities and he was afterward a student at a normal school at Glas-
gow for two years, spending at the same time one-half of each day engaged in
teaching. In 1891 he started in the engineering business in a locomotive shop in
Glasgow, remaining there until his apprenticeship expired in 1896, when he began
his independent career as a journeyman engineer. Eventually he sailed out of
Glasgow as a marine engineer on Patsy Henderson's boats, going to Rangoon,
Burma, India, and in this connection remained for about two years. At the end
of that time he obtained employment in the marine engineering shops on the
Clyde, Scotland. .In 1900 he crossed the Atlantic to Canada, settling in the same
year in Calgary, Alberta. There he was employed by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way as a machinist for about two years, coming in 1902 to Vancouver, British
Columbia. Immediately afterward he went to sea as a marine engineer on the
Empress of India and he held this position for two years, after which he returned
to British Columbia, settling in Surrey, where from 1904 to 1911 he did capable
and efficient work as foreman in a shingle mill. In the latter year he took up his
residence in Vancouver and formed a partnership with J. M. McLaren, with
whom he does business under the name of the Vulcan Iron Works. Their equip-
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ment is complete and the enterprise has grown rapidly, a great deal of the credit
for its remarkable prosperity being due to Mr. Brown's ability, initiative spirit
and excellent management.
On the ist of December, 1902, in Vancouver, Mr. Brown was united in mar-
riage to Miss Isa Henderson, a daughter of T. B. and Mary Henderson, the former
for many years a resident of Chilliwack, British Columbia, who lives now retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of one son, Stanley.
Mr. Brown is a member of the Presbyterian church and is connected frater-
nally with St. Andrew Lodge, No. 465, F. & A. M., of Glasgow, and with the
order of Hoo Hoos. In Scotland he was for three years a member of the Medi-
cal Corps of the Volunteers of Glasgow. He gives his political allegiance to the
conservative party and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, although he
has never sought public office. Early coming to a realization of the fact that
success in any business must come as the legitimate and logical result of well
directed effort and intelligently applied labor, he has made perseverance, dili-
gence and integrity the guiding-posts of his life, which have brought him to the
creditable place which he now occupies in business circles.
COLONEL RICHARD WOLFENDEN, I. S. O., V. D.
Colonel Richard Wolfenden, whose demise occurred in Victoria in 1911, was
long a prominent and influential citizen of the province, holding the honorable
position of Queen's and King's printer for British Columbia during nearly a half
century. 1 le likewise acted as controller of stationery for the province and was
one of Victoria's honored pioneers, having been identified with the city from the
time of its incorporation. His birth occurred in Rathmel, Yorkshire, England,
on the 2Oth of March, 1836, and he was the third son of Robert and Mary (Frank-
land) Wolfenden, likewise natives of that country. They were farming people
and their lives were in consistent harmony with their professions as members of
the Church of England.
Richard Wolfenden obtained his education in the schools of Lancashire and
Westmoreland and in 1855 became a member of the Royal Engineers. Three
years later he was one of the party of one hundred and fifty of the Royal Engi-
neers who made the voyage around the Horn to British Columbia. There was
still no settlement on the mainland, and Victoria bore small resemblance to the
present thriving city, the fort of the Hudson's Bay Company being the principal
center of activity in the place. They established a post at Sapperton, just outside
of the present site of the city of New Westminster and engaged in roadmaking,
surveying, etc. Colonel Wolfenden was stationed at headquarters under Colonel
Moody, who was in charge of the party.
In 1863, upon his retirement from the Royal Engineers, Colonel Wolfenden
was appointed Queen's printer for the province of British Columbia and for
nearly fifty years, or until the time of his demise, ably discharged the important
duties devolving upon him in this capacity. He was likewise prominent in public
affairs of a varied nature and for two years served as a member of the city
board of school trustees. He was among the first to join the volunteer move-
ment in British Columbia and acted as ensign in the New Westminster and Vic-
toria Rifle Volunteers from 1864 until 1874. In the latter year, when the or-
ganization merged with the Canada Militia, he continued his connection with the
latter, and in 1878 retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel (V. D.) and was
created I. S. O. in 1903.
Colonel Wolfenden was twice married. In 1865 he wedded Miss Kate Cooley,
of Ashford, England. The seven children born of this union are all natives of
British Columbia and are all still living. The record is as follows : Nellie, who is
the wife of George F. Mathews; Francis Cooley; Roberta Elizabeth, who gave
her hand in marriage to Charles P. Innes; Arthur Richard; Mabel Mary, the
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wife of Kenneth R. Streatfield; Walter William, a sketch of whom appears on
another page of this work ; and Kate Cooley, who is Mrs. Percy B. Fowler. The
wife and mother passed away in 1878 and the following year Colonel Wolfenden
was again married, his second union being with Miss Felicite C. Bayley, who was
born in Philadelphia but came of old English ancestry. The children of this mar-
riage are Frederick Leslie, Victor Arnold and Madge, all at home with their
mother.
When Colonel Wolfenden was called to his final rest in 1911, Victoria lost one
of its leading and most esteemed citizens as well as early pioneers. His influence
was ever given on the side of right, truth and progress and his labors proved a
serviceable factor in the growth and upbuilding of this region. He was a devoted
member of the Church of England and served in the capacity of warden. At
one time he held the office of president of the Yorkshire Society, and lie was also
a valued member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His memory is
:herished by all who knew him, and his name and record are perpetuated on the
pages of British Columbia's history.
TAMES GORDON McKAY, M. D., C. M.
Dr. James Gordon McKay, since November, 1907, assistant medical superin-
:endent of the Provincial Hospital for the Insane at New Westminster and num-
bered among the leading and representative physicians and surgeons of the city,
was born in Morewood, Ontario, March 25, 1876, a son of William and Mary
McKay. He acquired his early education in the public schools of his native
own and afterward attended Ottawa Collegiate Institute and high school at
Xemptville, Ontario. In 1895 he entered McGill University in Montreal and
n June, 1899, was graduated in medicine, receiving the degrees of M. D., C. M.
'n the same year he entered upon the active practice of his profession in the state
of Montana where he remained until 1907, when he came to New Westminster,
vhere he has since gained prominence and distinction along professional lines,
casing his success upon a comprehensive and exact knowledge of underlying
medical principles and a keen sense of the responsibilities which devolve upon the
physician. He secured a large and representative patronage and was very suc-
cessful in its conduct until November, 1907, when he entered the Provincial Hos-
pital for the Insane as assistant medical superintendent. This position he still
holds and he discharges its duties in a capable and able way, for he is especially
interested in insanity and its attendant ills and has devoted a great deal of time
10 study along this line.
On the 4th of June, 1902, at Russell, Ontario, Dr. McKay was united in mar-
riage to Miss Florence Eleanor Craig, a daughter of William and Eleanor Craig.
She was born in Russell, Ontario, and there received her early education, later
; ttending the collegiate institute at Ottawa and the State University at Madison,
Wisconsin. Dr. and Mrs. McKay have two children, Dorothy Craig and Jean
sabei. Dr. McKay has been a member of the Masonic lodge since 1899 and in
912 he joined the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is recognized in New West-
minster as a conscientious, able and reliable physician and stands high in the
regard of the medical fraternity and the local public.
ARTHUR BUCHANAN POTTENGER.
One of the most successful and prominent of the younger representatives of
the British Columbia bar is Arthur Buchanan Pottenger, of Vancouver, who is
now serving in an efficient and capable manner as district registrar of the supreme
< ourt. He was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, November 8, 1872, and is a son of
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John and Jane Pottenger, the former for many years employed in the Merchants
Bank of Canada.
In the public and' high schools of Hamilton, Ontario, Arthur B. Pottenger
acquired his early education and he afterward attended Trinity University in
Toronto, from which he was graduated B. A. in 1893 and M. A. in 1895. He
afterward took the law course at Osgoode Hall in Toronto and was called to the
Ontario bar in 1896. One year later he came to British Columbia and in 1898
was called to the bar of this province, spending several years afterward in success-
ful practice alone. In 1906 he became a member of the firm of Russell, Russell
& Pottenger of Vancouver and continued with it until November, 1907, gaining
during that period recognition as a strong and able practitioner, whose knowl-
edge of underlying legal principles is comprehensive and exact and whose judg-
ment is at all times acute and logical. Mr. Pottenger severed his connection with
Russell, Russell & Pottenger in November, 1907, when he was appointed district
registrar of the supreme court, and this position he now holds, discharging his
duties in a way which reflects credit upon his ability and his public spirit.
In Vancouver Mr. Pottenger was united in marriage to Miss Annie Mildred
Fulton, a daughter of G. N. and Mary L. Fulton, and both are well known in social
circles of the city. Mr. Pottenger was a charter director of the Vancouver Ath-
letic Club and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Anglican
church. His political allegiance is given to the conservative party and he has
been for some years one of the greatest individual forces in the local organization,
having been one of the founders of the present Conservative Association. He is
well known in political, official and professional circles and is justly regarded
as one of the most representative and valued citizens of Vancouver.
WILLIAM TEAGUE.
William Teague, formerly a well known and successful miner, now living
retired in Yale, was born at St. Day in Cornwall, England, on the 27th of July,
1835, a son of Josiah and Michel (Cundy-Pentreath) Teague. He acquired his
education in the public schools and studied until he was twelve years of age,
after which he left England in 1855 and came to America, traveling to California
around the isthmus of Panama. He was three months in making the journey and
was nineteen years and three months of age when he reached the gold fields
of the western United States. He mined and prospected for three years at
Chip's Flat; and Monte Christo near Downieville, Sierra county, and then, at
the time of the general excitement over the gold discoveries on the Fraser river,
came to British Columbia on the steamer Oregon, which sailed from San Fran-
cisco July 5, 1858. En route with three other steamers for Victoria — the Cortez,
Orizba and Golden Age — the Oregon made the trip in four and a half days and
was the first steamer landed direct at Victoria from San Francisco. She had
fifteen hundred passengers on board. He paid for his passage two weeks before
the steamer sailed and while waiting was obliged to sleep on the floor of the
hotel — the What Cheer House, one of the leading hotels of the city at that
time. He was a passenger on the first boat to sail from California to Victoria
and from there he pushed on to Hope and then to Cornish Bar and mined and
prospected there and in the vicinity of Yale until April, 1864. In that year he
staked claims in the Cariboo country, walking a distance of six hundred miles
to locate them, and these he developed until 1873, when he was appointed provin-
cial government agent of revenue at Yale. He held that. office for twelve years,
discharging his duties ably, carefully and conscientiously, and upon leaving the
position resumed mining and continued in that occupation until he retired. He
is today enjoying in ease and comfort the rewards of his long life of activity
and toil and he well deserves his rest and freedom from business cares.
WILLIAM TEAGUE
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In 1871 Mr. Teague was united in marriage to Miss Alice Michell, of St. Day,
Cornwall, England, and they became the parents of five children: Mrs. Alice
Michell Bailey, of Vancouver ; Mrs. Nannie-Prout Mackenrot, of Golden, Brit-
ish Columbia; Mrs. Minnie Pentreath Nunan, of Seattle, Washington; Mrs.
Elizabeth Cundy Johnson, of Portland, Oregon; and Gladys, at home.
Mr. Teague is an honored member of the Pioneer Society of Victoria and
in his religious faith affiliates with the Church of England. He is a member of
Tregullow Lodge, No. 1 106, of Cornwall, and in his politics supports the liberal
party. He has ever been actuated by the principles which govern honorable and
upright manhood in his private life, and the same high ideals have been manifest
in his dealings with those with whom he has been connected in a business way.
HARRY BETTZ.
Four years' connection with the real-estate business in Vancouver has made
Harry Bettz well known among those who are handling property interests in this
city. Like hundreds of other ambitious, energetic young men he turned to the
northwest as the land of opportunity. He was born in Bay City, Michigan, Sep-
tember 17, 1880, his parents being William and Mary Bettz. In the paternal line
he is directly descended from old Puritan stock that came over on the Mayflower,
making the first settlement on the upper Atlantic coast. With the removal of
the family to Canada he became a public-school pupil at Owen Sound, Ontario,
and afterward pursued a course in the collegiate institute there. When his
school days were over he entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
and continued with that corporation in various capacities for thirteen years, or
from 1896 until 1909. On the 23d of May of the latter year he opened a real-
estate office in Vancouver and has since been engaged in this business, enjoying
a growing clientage and handling each year property interests of great magnitude.
He has invested to some extent in property in Vancouver and is quite heavily
interested in the development of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
On the 6th of November, 1906, at Oswego, New York, Mr. Bettz was married
to Miss Mabel Dumbolton, a daughter of L. B. Dumbolton. The father, of Ger-
man descent and a representative of an old New York family, is now retired. In
politics Mr. Bettz is a liberal. He holds membership in the American Club and his
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He started out in life on his own
account at the age of sixteen years and has since been dependent upon his
own resources, therefore deserving much credit for what he has achieved.
Steadily and persistently he has worked his way upward, knowing that difficul-
ties and obstacles can usually be overcome by continuous and earnest effort and
finding in, his laudable ambition the incentive for unfaltering business activity.
PERCY REGINALD BURR.
Percy Reginald Burr, a real-estate broker, actively and successfully handling
property interests in New Westminster, his native city, was born on the 22d of
February, 1889, his parents being William H. and Minnie E. (Pilow) Burr, both
of whom were natives of Dublin, Ireland, where they were married. The father
was one of the pioneer settlers of British Columbia. On crossing the Atlantic to
the new world he first took up his abode in Ontario where he reared a family of
children born to his first union. He came with the family to British Columbia
by way of the Panama route and was engaged in teaching school in Victoria, being
'one of the first, if not the first teacher there. His wife died in that city and later
he returned to Ireland, where he wedded Minnie Pilow, who accompanied him as
he again made the trip to British Columbia. Settling in New Westminster, he
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became a heavy speculator, owning property the value of which extended into the
millions. He made heavy investments during the boom here but when it burst he
lost heavily. He died in 1895 and is still survived by his widow, who now re-
sides in Ladner.
Percy R. Burr was reared under the parental roof and acquired his education
in the rural public schools and at Columbia College in New Westminster. He
finished his studies in 1906, but even prior to this time had entered upon his
business career, having during vacation periods, while he was still pursuing his
college course, worked as a clerk in a general store. After finishing his studies
he again took a clerkship but soon afterward secured a position at Fraser Mills
at tallying lumber, it being his intention to thoroughly acquaint himself with the
lumber business. He found it unsuitable to his taste, however, and again he
entered upon clerkship in the store of J. H. Harvey, with whom he continued for
two years. He then turned his attention to the real-estate business in 1908, and
has since been a prominent factor in that field of labor in New Westminster,
operating exclusively in property which he has purchased both on his own account
and for others. He is thoroughly conversant with realty values, and capable man-
agement and enterprise have brought him to a prominent position among real-
estate dealers in his city.
Mr. Burr holds membership with the Native Sons of British Columbia and
also with King Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M. He is a member of the Board
of Trade and the Progressive Association and likewise of the Westminster Club.
He is popular in these' different organizations, possessing many substantial and
attractive qualities which have gained for him the warm regard of all with whom
he has been brought in contact..
CHARLES HENRY JONES.
Charles Henry Jones, late of the firm of C. H. Jones & Son and a pioneer
of Vancouver who came here in 1886 and for a quarter of a century was con-
nected with its business interests, was born August 26, 1839, in Carmarthen,
Wales. He was one of thirteen children, of whom the following are still liv-
ing: Julia, born June 8, 1836; Alfred Poole, January 21, 1838; Edward, April
4, 1846; Mary Jane, August 10, 1849; Tom Hamberlin, May 6, 1851; Esther
Annie, May 17, 1853; and William Rodman, March 9, 1855.
Mr. Jones' earliest personal recollections are of Gloucester, England, in which
city he was brought up and where his father was a ship owner and chandler
and sailmaker, carrying on business along those lines for a number of years.
His education was obtained in a private school in his native land. Being asso-
ciated with captains and seafaring people in his younger days, Charles H. Jones
became fond of the water and interested in ships and at the age of twenty-one
resolved to take a trip on the sea and, giving his parents but four hours' notice,
had his hammock lashed and his chest packed and was on his way to Cardiff to
join his ship, a square rigged brig, The North Star, bound for Hong Kong
with a load of coal for the Imperial government. Going down the Bristol chan-
nel and across the bay of Biscay the brig encountered such rough weather that
she was as much under water as above. They made the long passage through
light and contrary winds and to add to their discomfort the brig sprang a leak
in her rudder trunk. They also ran short of water on the trip as at that time
most ships, particularly small ones, carried all their water in barrels and casks
instead of tanks and most of these were stowed away on deck. These were
some of the earliest recollections of Mr. Jones at the outset of his career.
Some time after coming to North America Mr. Jones settled in St. John,
New Brunswick, where in partnership with his brother, Alfred Poole Jones,
he was engaged in the sailmaking business for a number of years until they
burned out in 1878. Previous to this period the family had farmed for a
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short time in Nova Scotia, leaving that province in order to remove to New
Brunswick. Before taking his brother into partnership in St. John our sub-
ject carried on his business alone for several years. Alfred 1'oole Jones is
still engaged in the same line of business at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
In 1882 Mr. Jones went to Manitoba, farming in that province for four
years before coming to Vancouver, where he arrived in 1886, beginning busi-
ness under the firm name of C. H. Jones. Success attended his efforts from the
beginning and the passing years ever increased his annual income. Industrious
and honest in his dealings and popular in shipping circles, he enjoyed an exten-
sive trade and became one of the foremost men in his line in the city. In 190 r,
upon the admission of his son, Frederick S., the lirm name became C. H. [ones
& Son and upon the death of our subject, on July 8, 10,12, the lirm was incor-
porated as C. H. Jones & Son, Limited.
Mr. Jones was twice married and by his union with Anna Stecle Calbraith
had the following children: Charles Albert Workman; Julia Maude, who is
now Mrs. Ira Ransom ; and Frederick Stecle, of whom more extended men-
tion is made in another part of this work. There also is a half-sister, Laurada
May Jones. In his religious associations Mr. Jones was a Methodist, always
interested in the cause of his church and Christianity. Politically he gave his
support to the conservative party and while residing in Manitoba was from
1882 to 1886 clerk of the county council at Fort Fllis. However, after com-
ing to Vancouver he did not participate in public life, giving all of his atten-
tion to his business interests and promoting in a private way the welfare of his
city. He was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him as a pioneer
of Vancouver who had been a forceful element in the upbuilding of the city.
He traveled the path of usefulness and honor and although his start in life
was humble, attained a substantial success. His is the story of an honest man
whose gifts were not only used for the attainment of individual prosperity but
as much for the betterment of the whole community and his record is one which
may serve to encourage and inspire others, indicating the possibilities that lie
before the individual and demonstrating what may be accomplished through
personal effort and ambition. His memory is dear to the hearts of many who
admired his rugged qualities of character, who appreciated the humane side
of his nature and who saw in him a man who was imbued with love and kind-
ness for his fellows.
SAMUEL BOWELL.
Samuel Bowell is numbered among the early settlers in British Columbia, his
residence in the province dating from 1886. This has covered the period of its
greatest development, for the Okanagan country was at that time comparatively
jnsettled and conditions in other parts of the province were equally primitive.
Throughout the years Mr. Bowell has been an interested witness of the change
.vhich has revolutionized business conditions and made the section prosperous,
ind, by his steadily increasing success and his business enterprise, has borne
in important part in the advancement. He now makes his home in New West-
ninster where he owns a well equipped undertaking etsablishment.
Mr. Bowell was born at St. Johns, Newfoundland, January 23, 1865, and is a
;on of Robert and Catherine Bowell, the former a successful foundryman and
niller and for twenty-five years a soldier in the British army. Both have passed
away. Their son, Samuel, acquired his education in the parochial schools of his
lative city and at the age of fifteen laid aside his books to begin an apprenticeship
is a carpenter and undertaker. He became proficient in both lines of work and
after four years' study began as a journeyman, remaining for two years there-
after in St. Johns. At the end of that time he left Newfoundland and came to
3ritish Columbia, settling first at Nicola where he worked as a journeyman car-
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penter for a similar period. From Nicola he went to the Okanagan country, a
region then almost unknown and almost entirely unsettled. Business activity,
however, had begun and many opportunities offered for the man of enterprise
and initiative. Mr. Bowell remained there until the fall of 1899, engaging in
contracting in Enderby and making full use of the advantages which the develop-
ing country offered. In the days of the great boom of the Boundary country he
made his way thither and, settling at Grand Forks, there remained until 1905. In
that year he came to New Westminster and established himself here as a general
contractor, an occupation in which he continued for eight years. In 1912 he
again turned his attention to the undertaking business, purchasing the establish-
ment owned by Center & Hanna at No. 405 Columbia street, where he now has
well equipped undertaking parlors. He is known as an honorable and upright
business man whose sagacity is acknowledged and whose integrity is beyond all
question.
In 1899 Mr. Bowell married Miss Sarah Morgan, a daughter of Charles and
Keziah Morgan, residents of Newfoundland. Mr. and Mrs. Bowell have four chil-
dren : Mabel Boyd, who married Arthur Young of Claybourne, British Columbia ;
Bertram M. ; Vera W. M., and Charles Raymond, who are attending school. The
family occupy a pleasant home at 224 Third avenue. Mr. Bowell is a member of
the Methodist church and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Order of Foresters, the Royal Templars and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. Although not active as a politician, no man in New
Westminster is more keenly interested in the growth and progress of the city
along lines of business, political and social development and no one has done more
lasting and effective work in promoting advancement. His cooperation can
always be counted upon to further progressive public measures and his name
stands high on the list of the city's successful and public-spirited men.
JOHN W. THORNTON.
There was a period when a prospective purchaser of real estate sought out its
owner and the trade was consummated between them; today the real-estate
business is as well denned, as carefully organized and as thoroughly systematized
as any industrial, manufacturing or commercial enterprise, and a real-estate
dealer is as well acquainted with property values as a merchant with the price
of goods. As a member of the firm of Morden & Thornton, the subject of this
review is actively and successfully engaged in real-estate dealing in Vancouver.
He was born in Oxford county, Ontario, June 4, 1863, his parents being William
B. and Elizabeth Walker (Wilson) Thornton, pioneer settlers of Oxford county.
In the public schools of Ontario the son began his education and afterward
attended Woodstock College, a school conducted under the auspices of the Bap-
tist church at Woodstock, Ontario. His identification with the western country
dates from 1888, or for a quarter of a century. In that year he made his way
to Saskatchewan, where he continued for eight years in the general merchan-
dise business and as postmaster. He then removed to Rossland, British Colum-
bia, afterward spending a year in the Yukon. He subsequently returned to
Rossland, where he remained until removing to Vancouver in 1899. In these
different places he was employed in various capacities, and carefully directing
his labors, made steady advancement, so that when he came to Vancouver he
was able to engage in business on his own account, joining William Morden in
organizing the present real-estate firm of Morden & Thornton. They have had
charge of important property transfers, and handling much real estate have
become well known as representatives in their special field. Mr. Thornton's
principal investments are in real estate, for as he has found favorable oppor-
tunity he has purchased property.
JOHN W. THORNTON
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On the loth of September, 1884, in Woodstock, Ontario, occurred the mar-
•riage of Mr. Thornton and Miss Margaret Anderson, a daughter of John and
Annie (Reid) Anderson. The father was for many years engaged in the mer-
chant tailoring business at Woodstock, but subsequently removed to Winnipeg.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are Constance May, Edna Blanche and
Margaret Beatrice. The family attend the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Thornton is a liberal in politics but has not sought nor desired public
•office, as his attention has been fully occupied with business duties that are
making heavy demands upon his time. There has been nothing unusual or spec-
tacular in his career and it has only been by determined purpose and persistent
effort that Mr. Thornton has reached the plane of success on which he now stands.
Beside interests already mentioned he is also president of several local companies.
WILLIAM CLARENCE BROWN.
As a representative of professional interests William Clarence Brown is well
known by reason of his ability in the practice of law. He is also identified with
various corporate interests and is thus closely associated with the business life
of Vancouver. Personal interests and activities, however, do not claim his entire
time and attention, for he is a cooperant factor in many movements which have
for their primary object the public welfare, his efforts in that direction being
resultant factors for good. He was born at Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward
Island, September 22, 1873, and is a son of Samuel Henry and Mary Jane Brown.
In the public schools of his native isle he pursued his education until he entered
the Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown. In 1891 he came to British Colum-
bia and through the succeeding year attended Vancouver College. Subsequent
to his graduation from that institution he took up the profession of school teach-
ing, which he followed at Chilliwack, British Columbia, until 1893. He returned
to Vancouver in that year and attended Vancouver College. In 1895 he began
the study of law and was called to the bar of British Columbia in 1900. He then
entered upon the active practice of his profession in Vancouver and so continues
to the present time, being now a member of the firm of Ellis & Brown. He has
been very successful from the outset of his career as a barrister. No dreary
novitiate awaited him. He entered almost immediately upon a large practice
which has grown in volume and importance. The zeal with which he has devoted
his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his
clients and the assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases
have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct.
His arguments have elicited warm attention not only from his associates at the
bar but also from the bench.
Mr. Brown has always been greatly interested in the growth and development
of British Columbia and with faith in her future has acquired large financial
interests here, something of the nature thereof being indicated by the fact that
he is now a director of the North American Building, Loan & Trust Company,
Ltd., and a director of the Canadian Northern Land & Investment Company, Ltd.
He also has other financial interests and owns considerable realty.
Aside from those projects which are a source of personal gain he has taken
active and helpful part in many movements and measures resulting to the benefit
of the city. Any project which is a matter of civic virtue and civic pride may
count upon his earnest and zealous support and he is equally loyal to the province.
He is a director of the Vancouver Exhibition and many other tangible evidences
of his interest in the general welfare may be cited. In politics he has always been
a strong liberal and active worker in the party although not an office seeker. He
belongs to the Vancouver Liberal Association and for two years previous to the
amalgamation of the Young Liberal Association with the aforementioned or-
ganization he was its president. He is fond of outdoor sports and is an advocate
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of lacrosse, acting for four years as president of the West End Lacrosse Club.
He belongs to the Terminal City and Commercial Clubs and is appreciative of
the social amenities which these offer, as well as their more serious interests in
behalf of public welfare. Mr. Brown ranks with Vancouver's popular, prominent
and valued citizens and the place which he occupies has been won as the result
of personal merit and ability.
ARTHUR AXD FRANCES ELIZABETH HERRING.
Arthur and Frances Elizabeth Herring are well known residents of New
Westminster. The former was born in Corfu, Greece, in 1848, and the latter
was born at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England. Mrs. Herring is descended in the
maternal line from the Salmons, of Norfolk, of whom Rear Admiral Sir Geof-
frey Salmon was at one time the head.
Mr. Herring pursued his education in Heald's College, San Francisco, and
in the San Francisco pharmacy. Mrs. Herring was educated at Reading, Berk-
shire, England, and won a first class A certificate in British Columbia in 1876,
and also the Bishop of Canterbury's prize for bible knowledge and church history.
Mr. Herring came to the northwest, engaged in business as a chemist and drug-
gist, and Mrs. Herring, arriving in New Westminster in 1874, became a teacher
in the school at Fort Langley.
The school that Mrs. Herring taught, from 1875 to 1878, at the old Hudson's
Bay post, Fort Langley, was a large one-room frame building with a cottage
attached and with few exceptions the pupils were Indians and half-breeds. They
were very apt pupils* and quick to grasp all knowledge and especially the white-
man's way of doing things. Besides the regular routine of school work she
taught the girls knitting, crochet and various kinds of needle work. Mrs. Her-
ring had a piano in the spacious living room of the cottage and it was a treat
which she often gave them to have them all in her cottage, play for them and
teach them to sing. Many of them had good voices and all were fond of music.
Many of the boys of her school have learned trades and others farming and
are very successful residents of the Langley district and Fraser valley. The
present Chief Joe and his sister, children of old Chief Casimir of the Langley
tribe, were among her students.
Mr. and Mrs. Herring have watched with interest the progress of events
which have shaped the annals of this province and have been active in con-
nection with many movements which have had to do with the upbuilding and
advancement of it. In 1877 ^r- Herring established at New Westminster the
only wholesale and retail drug house on the mainland of British Columbia and
took high rank among the business men of the northwest. The trade supplied
reached from Plumper Pass to Cariboo and all the goods were of course, in
that early day, transported by water or pack train. Their stock of goods often
exceeded thirty thousand dollars in value. All the heavy goods were purchased
and shipped from England by way of Cape Horn. They therefore had to be
ordered one year in advance and all these items meant much work and in the
conduct of this extensive business Mrs. Herring took a most active part. In
this modern age it is of especial interest to note that the cost of transportation
of goods all the way from England to Victoria was only equal to the charge
for carrying from Victoria to New Westminster.
Mr. Herring was a member of the city council of New Westminster for
fifteen years and thus aided in shaping the public policy in connection with
municipal affairs. Mrs. Herring has been very active in the support of equal
rights for women and is well known as the associate editor of Commonwealth and
was correspondent to the Toronto Globe when Mr. Willison was manager.
She has written many stories which have appeared in magazines of England,
Canada and the United States and is the author of six books. All of her
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first books were written from data collected and preserved by her for many
years. The settings and people (nearly all of whom actually lived) in some
of these stories date as far back as fifty years ago, while, of course, some of
the happenings took place in quite recent years.
The first of all her books which is entitled Canadian Camp Life was pub-
lished in London in 1900. It is a well written story of the simple camp life of
a Canadian family and their interesting experiences at the sea shore with
just enough romance interwoven to make it captivating. It was well received
and many readers and critics, not knowing what the author had in store for
them, urged that she should follow it with another.
Among the People of British Columbia, (with the red, white, yellow and
brown) is the appropriate title of the second book which Mrs. Herring issued.
It is not only a picturesque description of the peoples of this great coast country
but imparts more good clean knowledge of pioneer life as it actually existed
in our province for many years than is usually found in a work combining real
life and fiction. It is in this book that she so beautifully pictures the awe-
inspiring Passion Play which was given at Chilliwack by the Indians of the coast
tribes as a thanksgiving. His Lordship, Bishop Dontonwill, O. M. I., a sincere
friend of Mrs. Herring and to whom she is grateful for many of the authentic
facts used in her books, was one of the founders of the Passion Play and it
was owing to the accuracy and beauty of expression with which this book was
written that his Lordship took one hundred copies which he presented as
special prizes to the boys of St. Louis College and the girls of the convent.
In 1904 T. Fisher L'nwin of London, who published her first two books,
offered to the public a third book by Mrs. Herring. In The Pathless West
with soldiers, pioneers, miners and savages, is the title of this truly thrilling tale
of pioneer and Indian life. It vividly describes some of the many cruel prac-
tices of the Indians, their escapades with the soldiers, miners and pioneers, as
the title implies, and also brings out the forms of recreation, entertainment and
pleasure they indulged in and enjoyed in those earliest of early days.
Xan, and Other Pioneer Women of the West which is just off the pres>
(1913) is the fourth and last edition of her growing list of successes. Nan, is
the engrossing story of a family crossing the plains to take their stand with the
soldiers of fortune in the California gold rush in '49. This volume also includes
ten interesting short stories of the life of as many other pioneer girls and women
of that age. One may say there was nothing extraordinary in the life of those
women but they need only to read this book to be convinced that there were
many wholesome thrills and happenings and that the way in which the writer
has framed the sittings and pictured the quaint characters makes the most de-
lightful reading.
Ena, in England, a story of English life will be published in 1913, and its
sequel, Ena in Hawaii, recording her travels in the Hawaiian islands will be
respectfully submitted to the public in 1914. Remembering the pen-pictures of
Nan and many others of the characters that Mrs. Herring has so skilfullly por-
:rayed we are sure that Ena will be equally entrancing. Her last book, The Gold
Miners, now in the hands of the publisher, is a story of the gold miners in the
Cariboo country of British Columbia and the gold fields of California and is a
sequel to her second book, which was accepted with so much favor, In the Path-
less West. We feel no hesitancy in saying that we believe this will be the crown-
ing work of Mrs. Herring's life. She takes extreme pleasure in announcing
that this greatest of all her good stories will contain a charming preface written
oy one of her warmest friends from the pioneer days to the present, His Honor,
Judge F. W. Howay.
Mr. and Mrs. Herring have become the parents of eight children, four of
ivhom are living: Dr. A. F. C. Herring, who married Miss Emily Margaret
VtcGuire and has two children, a son and a daughter ; Sidney, who wedded Sarah
\nn Tidy ; Mabel Harriett Frances, the wife of Dr. G. T. Wilson, a son of James
\Vilson, who was for many years superintendent of telegraph for the Canadian
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Pacific Railway, and a grandson of the late Lieutenant Governor Mclnnes of
British Columbia ; and Victor, a civil engineer with the Great Northern Railway,
in their New Westminster offices.
Mrs. Herring is not only a prominent figure in literary circles but has also
taken an active part in musical development in the northwest. She was a member
of the Cathedral choir in New Westminster for many years and played the organ
there on the first Sunday she spent in the northwest. She was much beloved
by the Indians and half-breed children at Langley among whom her influence
worked much good. In the early period of their residence in this province
Mr. and Mrs. Herring found delightful recreation in horseback riding and camp-
ing trips, continuing the latter to the present time. For twenty-two consecutive
years they have camped on the shores of Boundary bay. She was also an active
factor in private theatricals and choral unions. She has ever been noted for her
tact, displayed in hospitality, and her remarkable devotion to children and young
people. For some years she taught a bible class of young women and enjoyed
the fullest extent of their love and confidence. Both Mr. and Mrs. Herring have-
had much to do with the development of the northwest along the lines leading
to educational and moral progress and aesthetic culture, and the importance of
their individuality has been a potent force for good in the province.
GEORGE TELFORD, D. D. S.
The advanced and enlightened methods which in the past twenty-five years
have practically revolutionized dental surgery find a progressive and able exponent
in Dr. George Telford, who since 1901 has practiced in Vancouver, winning since
that time a large and representative patronage in recognition of his superior
merit and ability. He was born in Valens, Wentworth county, Ontario, November
19, 1876, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Tennant) Telford, the former a
native of Carlisle, England, and the latter of Ontario, being of Scotch parentage.
Throughout all his years of activity Mr. Telford has been engaged in farming.
In the public schools of his native county Dr. Telford acquired his early
education. Leaving Ontario he came to British Columbia in 1892, locating first
in Chemainus, where he attended the public school. Later, he moved to Chilli-
wack, where continuing his studies he took a teacher's certificate. For a time
he worked on the farm of G. R. Ashwell, after which he turned his attention to-
bookkeeping, being employed by the Knight Brothers in their lumber mill at
Popcum. From there he went into the interior as an employe of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, and from there to Nelson where he was engaged in transfer
business, being employed by West and Emerson of that place. Following this
he entered the employ of the Bank of British Columbia as a clerk and worked
in their institutions at Kaslo and Sandon. Having determined, however, to prac-
tice dentistry, he entered the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania
in the fall of 1898 and was graduated in 1901, with the degree of D. D. S. Imme-
diately after, he came to Vancouver and opened an office there, where he has
been in active practice since that time. That he has been successful is evidenced
by the large and representative patronage of which he is now in control, a
patronage which increases yearly as his reputation grows and his skill and ability
became more widely known. In addition to being a dentist of great ability and
prominence Dr. Telford is also a student of his profession from a scientific view-
point, keeping in touch with its most advanced thought and contributing to it&
development by his own study and research. His office is equipped with all the
latest improved appliances and he has accomplished some notable work in den-
tistry, making his profession a source of benefit to others, as it is an object of
continuous interest to himself. He .is a director of the Burrard Sanitarium and •
a member of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia and the Van-
couver Dental Society, and his ability is widely recognized in professional circles.
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On the first of July, 1902, Dr. Telford was united in marriage to Miss Ada
M. Templer of Chilliwack. They have two children, Marion Verona and Harold
Stuart. Dr. Telford is a member of the First Baptist church and belongs to the
Commercial Club, taking a deep interest in everything which tends toward the
further development of the city. Although a stanch liberal he is not an active
>olitician, his professional duties occupying a great deal of his time, but his
:ooperation can always be relied upon to further measures of reform and progress.
His work has marked a distinct advance in methods of dental practice in Van-
:ouver and in his ability, comprehensive knowledge of his profession and interest
n it he possesses the guarantees of continued progress and ultimate distinction
n his chosen field.
WILLIAM FRANCIS HANSFORD.
William Francis Hansford, a successful barrister of Xew Wesminster. has
icre practiced continuously for the past seven years and has gained recognition
is an able representative of his profession. He was born in Prescott, Ontario,
i son of Rev. William Hansford, D. D., and Marianne (Reynar) Hansford. The
'ormer was a native of Dorset county, England, while the latter's birth occurred
n the city of Quebec, Canada. William Hansford, who was educated for the
ministry in his native country, came to Canada about 1853 and f°r a period of
about thirty-five years took a prominent part in church work in Ontario and
Quebec. For several years he acted as president of the Methodist Conference
:n Ontario and also served as governor of Stanstead College in Stanstead, Que-
bec, for several years. His demise occurred in 1891, while his wife was called
10 her final rest in 1890. They became the parents of seven children, four of
-vhom survive, as follows: Jeffrey E., who is a barrister of Winnipeg; Marion
.1., a practicing physician of Montreal; Fannie P., who is a resident of New
York city; and William Francis, of this review.
The last named pursued a high-school course in Ontario and continued his
..tudies in Albert College of Belleville, Ontario, subsequently entering the Uni-
••ersity of Toronto, which institution conferred upon him the degree of B. A. In
902, immediately following his graduation, he came to British Columbia and
')egan the study of law, being admitted to the bar of this province in 1906. He
'ocated in New Westminster for the practice of his chosen profession and in the
intervening period of seven years has built up a remunerative clientage and gained
:i reputation at the British Columbia bar. The zeal with which he has devoted
his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his
i lients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases,
have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct.
Mr. Hansford is a conservative in his political affiliations and a prominent
worker in the local ranks of the party. He has served as president of the Young
Conservative Association and is now acting as secretary of the Conservative Asso-
riation of New Westminster. Fraternally he is identified with Lodge No. 5093
of the Loyal Orangemen's Association at New Westminster and New Westmin-
.'ter Lodge, No. 3, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is
ihat of the Anglican church.
JOHN A. MILLS, M. D.
Dr. John A. Mills, physician and surgeon of Vancouver, was born in Wood-
:tock, Ontario, August 22, 1860, a son of William and Eliza (Lafferty) Mills,
the former a native of Belfast, Ireland, and the latter of Hamilton, Ontario. They
'vere married in the province of Ontario and for a few years lived at Burford.
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They next went to Toronto and for many years the father, who was a capitalist,
continued to reside in that city. He died in 1891, his wife having preceded him in
1889. They were the parents of six children: William Lennox, bishop of the
Church of England of the province of Ontario; Eliza; Mrs. Mary Cornwall, the
wife of Dr. Cornwall, of Omemee, Ontario ; John A., of Vancouver ; James A.,
deceased, who practiced as barrister at Mills, Traverse, Keyes and other places,
being engaged in the profession for about twenty years ; and one who died in
infancy.
After pursuing his early education in the graded and high schools of Toronto,
Dr. Mills attended Toronto University, matriculating in arts in 1885. He gradu-
ated in medicine in 1890. After carefully and thoroughly preparing for his pro-
fession he began practice in Toronto where he remained for a short time. In
the same year, however, he came to Vancouver and immediately engaged in prac-
tice. Here he has since continued and in the intervening period, covering almost
a quarter of a century, he has steadily advanced, being now one of the capable
physicians of the city. He has been a member of the medical staff of Vancouver
General Hospital for the past fifteen years and in addition to his hospital work his
private practice is important. He belongs to the British Columbia Medical Asso-
ciation and the Vancouver Medical Association and thus keeps in touch with the
advanced thought and work of the profession. He was medical examiner for the
New York Life Insurance Company for a number of years and for the Odd Fel-
lows Society for seventeen years.
Dr. Mills was married in New Westminster, British Columbia, June 26, 1894,
to Miss Marguerite Murchie, a daughter of David Murchie, a retired resident of
New Westminster. They have two children, Lennox A. and Reginald C. The
former was enrolled as pupil in the King Edward high school at the age of ten
years and matriculated in McGill University at the age of fourteen, being admitted
to the college at that time by a special act of the board. It is a rule that no one
under sixteen years can enter this school and Lennox Mills, being admitted at the
age of fourteen, thereby holds the record for all of Canada as being the youngest
student to be admitted to this institution of learning. Dr. Mills holds membership
in Western Star Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Church of
England. He holds to high professional standards and is most careful to con-
form his practice to the most rigid professional ethics.
PERCY SEWELL HOWARD.
Percy Sewell Howard, one of the best known expert accountants in Van-
couver, with offices in the Dominion Trust building, is a native of Manitoba,
born in Winnipeg on the 2Oth of April, 1886. He is a son of George R'. and
Jane Frances (Sewell) Howard, the former a native of Norfolk, England, and
the latter, of Woodstock, Ontario. In his early days the father took up the
study of law and after he was admitted to the bar was for many years promi-
nently identified with a general legal practice, first in Toronto, Ontario, and
subsequently in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was a member of the well known
firm of Patterson & Howard. He became connected with a great deal of im-
portant litigation and' left the impress of his work and personality upon the
legal history of that city, but he eventually laid aside the cares of active pro-
fessional life and in 1911 moved to Vancouver, where he is now living in
retirement.
Percy Sewell Howard was reared at home, acquiring his education in St.
John's Boys' School at Winnipeg. At the age of seventeen he became a mem-
ber of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, serving as a member of that
body for three years, after which he accepted service with Webb, Read & Hegan,
the leading firm of accountants in Winnipeg, and with them he remained for
two years, gaining during that time a thorough and exhaustive training in the
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occupation which has since become his life work. When he left Winnipeg he
>-ame west and located at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he opened an account-
ng office for himself, displaying such ability in his work that he was subse-
quently made official auditor for the province of Saskatchewan. This position
lie filled with credit and distinction until 1910, when he pushed farther west,
locating in Vancouver, where he has since been prominent among the leading
expert accountants of the city. His patronage is large and representative and
is in itself an acknowledgment of his superior ability, his expert skill in his
.•^pecial line, and of his unquestioned business integrity. He is still a young
man but his career lies far before him and will undoubtedly lead to wealth,
prominence and well earned distinction in his chosen field.
On the i6th of December, 1908, Air. Howard was united in marriage to
[.liss Margaret Elinor Collier, a native of Cornwall, England, and a daugh-
ter of Captain Eben R. Collier, who was for many years a captain in the
Indian marine service and who died in India after his retirement. His wife,
who was in her maidenhood Margaret J. Roberts, survives him and makes her
1 ome in London. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have two children, Hernard Collier
; nd Richard Robert. The family are members of the Church of England.
?Ir. Howard is a member of the Association of Northwest Mounted Police,
just organized, with Vancouver as headquarters and branch societies in all
] arts of the Dominion. This association is composed of ex-members of the
Mounted Police. Although one of the later arrivals in Vancouver, he has
already established himself as a factor in its business life and he holds the
confidence, respect and high regard of all who are in any way associated with
1 im.
; ALBERT EDWARD BOLTOX, M. D.
Dr. Albert Edward Bolton, physician and surgeon of Vancouver, with an
extensive general practice, while his hospital service, too, has been of a most
important and valuable character, was born September 9, 1862, in Xewboro,
Ontario, a son of John and Mary Bolton. He supplemented his early education
bv' a high school course in Athens, Ontario, and his university course was pursued
in Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario, in which he spent three years. He then
entered the University of New York, from which he was graduated in 1888 with
the M. D. degree, and, thus well qualified for professional duties, he came to
British Columbia in 1889, remaining in active practice in Port Simpson from that
V'Jar until 1902. After residing there for three years he was appointed in 1892
t( the position of superintendent of the Port Simpson General Hospital and so
continued during the following decade. He was thereafter an active practitioner
o" Victoria until 1905, in which year he came to Vancouver, where he has since
nmained in general practice. His knowledge of all departments of medical and
surgical science is broad and his skill has constantly increased by reason of his
growing experience and his wide reading and research. He is greatly interested
in anything which tends to bring to man the key to the complex myste'ry which we
c; 11 life and at all times he conforms his practice to the highest standard of pro-
fessional ethics. In 1885 he was a member of the Ambulance Corps of the Prin-
ciss of Wales Own Rifles and remained in connection with that organization for
stveral years. Aside from his practice he has business interests, being a director
in the Terminal Press Company, Ltd.
On the 2d of October, 1889, in Athens, Ontario, Dr. Bolton was married to
Miss Nellie Bailey Blanchard, a daughter of Amos W. and Isabel Blanchard.
T ic children of this marriage are Isabel, Grace, Dorothea and Marion. The
se :ond daughter has graduated from McGill University at Montreal, winning her
Bachelor of Arts degree in May, 1913.
Dr. Bolton is a conservative but has never been active in politics. He was
a member of the school board in Victoria in 1905 and since 1890 has been
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a justice of the peace for British Columbia. He and his family attend the Meth-
odist church, in which he holds membership and acts as local preacher. He also
serves as vice president of the Vancouver Rescue Mission. His interests and
activities have always been along lines looking to the betterment of the individual
and the community and his influence is ever on the side of right, justice, truth and
improvement.
CAPTAIN MALCOLM McLEOD.
The life of Captain Malcolm McLeod furnishes many splendid examples of the
value of industry, determination and courage in the accomplishment of suc-
cess, for it has been long and eventful and filled with many hardships and dis-
couragements, all of which have been faced bravely and finally overcome. For
thirty-five years he followed the sea in various capacities, although he was gen-
erally master of a vessel, and during that time he gained a reputation for expert
seamanship and a thorough and practical knowledge of the science of naviga-
tion.
Captain McLeod was born on Prince Edward Island, in October, 1836, a son
of Roderick and Catherine McLeod, who came from the north of Scotland in the
early part of the year 1800, settling on Prince Edward Island, where the father
engaged in farming until his death. Captain McLeod acquired his education in
the public schools of his native province but at a very early age was obliged to
lay aside his books in order to assist with the operation of the homestead. He
also employed part of his time learning the shipbuilding business and he con-
tinued thus until he was twenty-two years of age. He then joined the govern-
ment survey party that was making a survey of the Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia coast in order to finish Bayfield's chart. He remained with this party,
which was under the command of Captain Orlebar, until its work was com-
pleted— a period of two years. Determining then to become more proficient in
seamanship, he went to England, where he engaged in the merchant marine
service, making several voyages across the Atlantic, principally as chief officer.
He afterward followed the sea before the mast for four years in order to get the
benefit of a wide experience and eventually he returned to his old home on Prince
Edward Island. However, he remained only a short time, embarking soon after-
ward as master of a vessel, which he sailed for one year. While in New York
a merchant of his acquaintance, recognizing Captain McLeod's sterling qualities
and his ability as a seaman, formed a partnership with him, buying the vessel, of
which he made Captain McLeod half owner and master. The latter sailed this
ship for four years, making a great deal of money during that time both for him-
self and his partner. Eventually, however, he sold the ship in Glasgow and
bought the Solario, of which he became sole owner. Captain McLeod sailed this
himself for two years but finally the great increase in the volume of his business
made it necessary for him to remain on land. He put the vessel in charge of a
new master, who proved very incompetent, and it was wrecked on the rocks of
Jamaica, Captain McLeod sustaining a heavy loss. After this misfortune he
retired from the seafaring life and made his residence in Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, placing the greater portion of his fortune in the Prince Edward
Island Bank. This institution soon afterward failed and Captain McLeod's sav-
ings were lost with the rest. With characteristic courage and determination he
made up his mind to start anew in the west and accordingly, in 1887, came with
his family to British Columbia, where he first engaged in the real-estate business
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 247
and later contracted to build the dykes on Lulu island, Maple Ridge and Coquit-
lam. He carried this work forward to successful completion and in 1892 was
appointed harbor master at Vancouver. He proved very capable in this office
and filled it creditably and ably for fourteen years thereafter, being especially
well fitted for its duties because of his long training in seamanship and his thorough
acquaintance with the laws and regulations governing shipping. It was not because
of any lack of ability or official integrity but rather through the schemes of polit-
ical enemies whose disfavor Captain McLeod had incurred in the faithful discharge
of his duties that he was finally compelled to leave this position. His enemies
made serious charges against him in the Ottawa office and in order to dis-
prove them Captain McLeod made a personal visit to the minister, taking with
him letters which were given him by the men controlling large shipping inter-
ests in Vancouver, with whom he had had dealings for so many years.
After reading these and studying the charges made the minister thoroughly ex-
onerated Captain McLeod, saying that he was convinced that he had done only
his duty. Since that time Captain McLeod has lived a comparatively retired
life in his home in Vancouver, having through successful real-estate investments
in property in and about the city accumulated a substantial fortune, which enables
him to spend his declining years in ease and comfort.
Captain McLeod married Miss Abigail Cogswell, of Prince Edward Island,
and they have become the parents of three children, one son and two (laughters.
The Captain is independent in his political beliefs and is connected fraternally
with the Masonic lodge and the Loyal Orange lodge, of which he is the oldest
member in British Columbia. In this connection it is of interest to state that
Captain McLeod, when but ten years of age, was a witness to the famous polit-
ical riot at Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in which the Catholic and Protestant
voters participated. They battled at the voting place for precedence with clubs
md sticks, and a number were killed. His father and brothers took part in that
nemorable fight for right and justice, and the former was injured and as a
-esult made ill for three months. The Protestants had been induced to lay aside
:heir sticks, but their good faith was misplaced and the first voter was beaten
o death. To see that justice maintained at subsequent elections, the military
was always called out, but the independence and tolerance of the ballot was
gained by this riot. Our subject viewed the desperate struggle from a distant
lill. The home of Captain McLeod is situated at 1155 Burnaby street and bears
he name of Schelma, the same as the hall used in the early times by the Highl-
anders as a place of refuge during their struggles with the Scandinavians. Cap-
ain McLeod belongs to the Presbyterian church and is known as a man of
exemplary character and unblemished integrity — upright, straightforward and
honorable in all the relations of life.
THOMAS JOSEPH JONES, L. D. S.
Dr. Thomas Joseph Jones, actively engaged in dental practice in Victoria, is
regarded as one of the eminent representatives of the profession in the province.
Moreover, his efforts have been of direct value to the profession inasmuch as he
was instrumental in having the first dental law passed in British Columbia, while
:.t all times he has upheld the highest professional standards. Dr. Jones was born
November 4, 1844, in Toronto, Ontario, and comes of Irish ancestry, his parents,
'nhomas and Sarah (Conway) Jones, having been natives of County Cork, Ireland.
The father was a plasterer and building contractor, learning and following his
trades on the Emerald isle until the early '403, when he emigrated with his wife
to Canada, settling in Toronto, then Upper Canada, now Ontario. There he con-
tinued in his line of business for a few years or until the time of his death, which
resulted from an accident while he was engaged in the building contracting business
in that city. His widow continued to make Toronto her place of residence until
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she was called to her final rest in 1887. Both the paternal and maternal grand-
parents of Dr. Jones were also natives of Ireland and in that land spent their
entire lives.
Dr. Jones' early education consisted of a course in the normal school in To-
ronto, Upper Canada, followed by preparation for the practice of dentistry as a
student in the office and under the direction of Dr. G. L. Elliott, of Toronto, who
at that time was the most eminent representative of the profession in Canada.
There were no colleges or schools of dentistry in the Dominion until some years
later. Having qualified to practice his profession, Dr. Jones left the office of his
preceptor and in 1863 located in Bowmanville, Upper Canada, where he remained
in the active practice of dentistry until 1872. Just prior to that date he secured
his L. D. S. degree in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons. It was conferred
upon him on the 2d of June, 1868. The lure of the west was upon him and in
1872 he removed to St. Catharines, Ontario, where he formed a partnership with
Dr. Klotz. This connection was maintained continuously until 1883, at which
time Dr. Jones sold out to his partner. He had won substantial success during his
residence at that place but disposed of his interests in order to carry out his
desire of moving farther west — a desire prompted considerably by ill health.
1 le was advised to investigate opportunities in Oregon and made his way to that
state but remained only a short time, for his health did not improve there. He
heard that Victoria offered excellent climatic conditions and also exceptional
opportunities for the practice of his profession and in the latter part of 1883 he
arrived in this city, lie opened offices at the corner of Yates and Broad streets
and in a comparatively short time regained his health and met with substantial
success. In 1885 his practice had increased to such an extent that it became
necessary to secure larger quarters and upon the completion of the new bank
building at the corner of Government and Fort streets he removed to that loca-
tion, where he has remained to the present time. His laboratory and office
ap]x>intments are all that are essential to the successful practice of his profes-
sion and added thereto are the skill and ingenuity which he displays in the actual
work of his calling. He is now the senior practicing dentist of British Columbia,
having remained in Victoria for thirty years. He owes his unusual success to
his unfaltering ambition, to his progressive spirit and his devotion to his chosen
calling and although now well advanced in years, his ability has never diminished
and his long and valuable experience has qualified him for expert work in his
chosen profession. He has at all times stood for advancement and for the up-
holding of high ideals. He believes that an advanced standard should be main-
tained, and with that end in view he labored untiringly to secure the passage
of the first dental law of the province. As he has prospered he has invested in
real estate and is the owner of considerable property, both business and resi-
dential, in the city of Victoria. On the organization of the first street railway
company of Victoria, two of its principal promoters being D. W. Higgins and
Captain Warren, Dr. Jones was elected to the vice presidency of the company.
While a resident of St. Catharines, Dr. Jones was elected alderman and served
for eight years, being the choice of the people for eight consecutive terms. He
has always been a strong liberalist and has taken an active interest in the politi-
cal welfare of the Dominion as well as in matters of local significance and
importance. He is a member of the Canadian Club and served as its president in
1910. His religious faith is that of the Church of England and for nine years he
served as church warden under the late Bishop Hill.
In December, 1864, Dr. Jones was united in marriage in Bowmanville, Upper
Canada, to Miss Susana George, who died in 1908, survived by their only son,
Thomas Harry Jones. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Har-
vey) George and came of English lineage, her ancestors emigrating from Corn-
wall, England, to Canada in the early '405, at which time a location was made
in Bowmanville, Upper Canada. Mr. George was a landowner, farmer and
stock-raiser. He passed away in 1872, while his wife survived until 1881. On
the 25th of August, 1912, Dr. Jones was married in Vancouver to Miss Annie
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Webster, of English parentage, a daughter of Thomas Webster, a mining in-
spector of Cornwall, England, who emigrated from that country and settled in
Port Hope, Upper Canada. Thomas Harry Jones, only son and child of the
Doctor, was born in 1865, in Bowmanville, Upper Canada, and is now associated
with his father in the practice of dentistry. He began study for his professional
career in his father's office and won the D. D. S. degree in the Philadelphia Den-
tal College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In early life Dr. Thomas J. Jones was an enthusiastic cricketer, but having
met with an accident in the pursuit of his favorite sport, he was obliged to give
up what has been his only hobby. The Jones residence, known as Dundalk, stands
in the midst of beautiful grounds at the southwest corner of Linden and Rockland
avenues in Victoria. Here Dr. Jones still makes his home and, although now well
advanced in years, he is yet in robust health, is distinguished in appearance and
seems in spirit and in interests a man of much younger age. He is ever courteous
and considerate of the welfare of others and his many admirable qualities have
won him the warm friendship and high regard of those with whom he has come
in contact. It is a matter of great pleasure to him to continue actively in the
practice of his profession assisted by his son, and the dental fraternity of British
Columbia honors him as its dean and as one who throughout all the passing years
has kept in the foremost rank, thoroughly conversant with the latest discoveries
and improvements known to dental science.
FREDERICK JAMES FIELDS.
Frederick James Fields has made for himself a creditable position among
those who are acting as financial, real-estate and insurance agents in Vancouver.
He established a business in 1910 and in the intervening period it has steadily
grown so that he now has a gratifying patronage. He was born in Hamilton,
Ontario, August 8, 1862, and is a son of Philip and Mary Fields, both of whom
are deceased. He pursued his education in the public schools of Hamilton to the
age of seventeen years, when he put aside his text-books and accepted a position
as commercial traveler, in which connection he traveled through Canada and the
United States for various houses through the succeeding nineteen years. His
ability in that direction was widely acknowledged and he secured large business
for different houses with which he was connected. In 1897, however, he left
he road and went to the Maritime provinces, landing at St. John, New Bruns-
wick, on the date of the Queen's Jubilee. He remained there for five years and
engaged in the brokerage business, but the opportunities of the northwest attracted
aim and in 1904 he went to Edmonton, Alberta, where he was engaged in the real-
istate business until 1910. He then came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and
las since been engaged in the real-estate, financial agent and insurance business,
n which connection he has made continuous progress. He is thoroughly versed
n property values and has not only negotiated various important real-estate trans-
:ers but as financial agent has also made many investments for others. He like-
.vise writes a considerable amount of insurance annually, representing a number
)f the old-line companies. He is a director of the Alberta Financial Corporation,
Limited.
On the 8th of October, 1903, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Mr. Fields was
united in marriage to Miss Minnie Morrison, a daughter of John and Mary Jane
(Ivey) Morrison, the latter a sister of John Ivey, a wholesale milliner of Toronto.
Vlr. Fields has been identified with the Masonic fraternity since his residence
n New Brunswick, having there joined Hibernia Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., at
St. John. He was one of the originators and charter members of Melrose
^odge of Vancouver and is an exemplary representative of the craft, to the
1 cachings and purposes of which he is always loyal. In club circles he is well
known as a member of the Progress Club and a director of the Amateur Driv-
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ing Club and the Vancouver Exhibition Association. His identification with
the first and last named organizations indicates his interest in all that pertains
to Vancouver's welfare and upbuilding, for he cooperates in the various move-
ments put forth for public good.
ROBERT TELFORD, M. D., C. M.; F. R. C. S. (E.).
A thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the underlying principles of
medicine, a realization and an appreciation of the true meaning of life and its
ultimate purposes, the interest of the scientist and the conscientiousness of the
true physician, form the basis of the success of Dr. Robert Telford and have
made him one of the most able and prominent members of the medical profes-
sion in Vancouver. Specializing in surgery, he controls an important practice
in the city and the high regard in which he is held by the local public and his
professional associates testifies to his skill and ability which are further evidenced
in the excellent results which have attended his labors. He was born in Beverly
township, Wentworth county, Ontario, on the I3th of June, 1869, a son of Robert
and Mary (Tennant) Telford, the former a native of Carlisle, England, and the
latter of Ontario, of Scotch parentage. Throughout his entire active career the
father followed farming in Wentworth county and he and his wife still make
their home in that section.
The public schools of his native region afforded Dr. Telford his early edu-
cational opportunities and he afterward attended collegiate institute in Hamil-
ton, Ontario. Following this he came in 1891 to British Columbia where, after
taking a teacher's certificate, he taught in the public schools on Vancouver
island for three years. At the end of that time he entered McGill University
in Montreal and in the spring of 1898 graduated in medicine from that institu-
tion, immediately afterward taking up the practice of his profession in Nanaimo,
British Columbia. Here he remained for one year after which he went to Che-
mainus where he did able work as physician at the mills of the Chemainus Lum-
ber Company for three years. During the summer and fall of 1902 he spent five
months at post-graduate work in Chicago and Montreal and he has never con-
sidered his medical education complete, remaining always a close and earnest
student of the underlying principles of medicine and keeping constantly in touch
with the most advanced and progressive professional thought. In 1902 he re-
turned to British Columbia and settled in Vancouver where he again turned
his attention to general practice, building up in two years a large and representa-
tive patronage and winning a high and honored place in medical circles of the
city. With Dr. Telford as with all true scientists, increasing knowledge brought
with it the desire to go still further into fields of medical research, the desire to ad-
vance in his profession and to exhaust its utmost possibilities, for he believed that
with his selection of medicine as a life work he had assumed responsibilities which
could be fulfilled only by constant study, individual research and the exhaustive de-
velopment of his best powers and talents. With a view therefore to increasing his
proficiency in his chosen field he went to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he entered
the Royal College of Surgeons, taking a special course in surgery and obtaining
from the institution the degree of F. R. C. S. Since that time, while maintain-
ing a general practice, he has specialized in surgery, and has accomplished some
remarkable results along this line, combining with his exhaustive knowledge of
the principles which underlie successsful surgical operations, the delicacy of
touch, the steady hand, the clear head, the self-confidence and the courage which
are indispensable elements in the surgeon's equipment. With his increasing repu-
tation his practice has grown steadily and it has reached extensive and important
proportions at the present time. He is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant,
able and successful professional men in Vancouver and his prominence is the
mere outward sign of superior merit and accomplishments.
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Dr. Telford is the proprietor of Burrard Sanitarium, an institution which he
erected in 1903 and which he has since successfully conducted, finding here a
place where his own medical theories may be followed and their value demon-
strated and filling also a long-felt want in the city. He has other valuable prop-
erty in Vancouver and upon a portion of it is erecting a modern, ten-story,
reinforced concrete apartment house, which when completed will contain one
hundred and twenty furnished apartments. It is his intention later to carry the
building through to Georgia street and this will double the size of the original
structure, making a total of two hundred and forty apartments.
On the agth of July, 1902, Dr. Telford was united in marriage in St. Andrew's
Presbyterian church, Vancouver, to Miss Ella Maude Monroe, a daughter of
Daniel Monroe of the British Canadian Lumber Corporation of this city. They
have become the parents of four children: Gordon Donald, Douglas, Jean Rob-
erta and Kenneth Monroe. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.
Dr. Telford is connected fraternally with Temple Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
Duncan, British Columbia, and belongs to the Loyal Orange lodge and the Order
of Foresters. Although not active as an office seeker he takes an intelligent in-
terest in politics and gives his hearty and ready cooperation to all projects and
measures for community advancement. His attention is, however, largely cen-
tered upon his profession, of which he is one of the most able representatives
in the city, his close conformity to high standards of medical ethics gaining him
:he regard of his professional brethren and his important accomplishments in
:he field of medicine and surgery winning for him a high .standing with the local
jublic.
PERCIVAL GARRET SILLS.
Percival Garret Sills, since 1899 a resident of British Columbia and since
1907 manager of the Western Lumber & Shingle Company at Vancouver, was
x>rn in Winchester, Ontario, August n, 1885, a son of George Percival and
Vlyra (Green) Sills, the former now a resident of Sperling, British Columbia,
#here he is manager of the mills of the Salmon River Lumber & Shingle Com-
pany, an enterprise owned by him and his son Percival, as are a number of
}ther mills in the province. G. P. Sills is a native of Ontario and a descendant
)f the loyalist family of Sills, who, with other United Empire Loyalists came
nto Canada at the time of the American Revolutionary war, settling along the
3ay of Quinte in Ontario. Throughout his entire life G. P. Sills has been
engaged in the sawmilling and lumber business, and since 1898 has resided con-
inuously in British Columbia, where he has operated extensively in the manu-
'acture and sale of lumber.
Percival G. Sills pursued his education in the public schools of Ottawa, after
vhich he engaged in newspaper reportorial work on the Ottawa Citizen until 1899,
vhen he came to British Columbia, joining his father at Barnett. After arriving
:n this province he became interested in the sawmilling and lumber business
;ind in 1907 associated with his father, established the Western Lumber &
Shingle Company at Vancouver, since which time he has shaped its policy and
controlled its interests as manager. The company in which he and his father
:ire the leading partners have important industrial interests at various parts of
ihe province, as is indicated in the fact that Percival G. Sills is a director of the
Mitchell Lumber Company, a director of the Banner Shingle Company, with
mills at Crescent, British Columbia; and a director of the Salmon River Lum-
ber & Shingle Company at Sterling, British Columbia; and a director of the
Melrose Shingle Company at Melrose, British Columbia. The above companies
control fifteen hundred acres of timber, containing about thirty-five million feet
of lumber, showing a cruise of twenty-five thousand feet to the acre, the various
tracts being adjacent to the different mills. The output of these mills is fifty
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carloads per month, or from twenty-five to thirty thousand feet of lumber. This
entire output is handled by the Western Lumber & Shingle Company and has
agents for outside mills that handle from fifty to seventy carloads of timber per
month. The enterprise and progressiveness of P. G. Sills has been one of the
salient features in the substantial and continuous growth of the business, and as
manager of the Vancouver Company, which is the real sales department of the
business, he has shown himself equal to the mastery of important commercial
problems and situations.
On the 2-).th of August, 1911, Mr. Sills was married in Vancouver to Miss
Sophie L. Deane, a daughter of Evan li. and Sophia C. Deane of this city. Their
only child is Percival Deane Sills. The parents hold membership in the Anglican
church and the name of Mr. Sills is found on the membership rolls of the
Canadian and Royal Vancouver Yacht Clubs. He is a young man of notable
business ability to whom opportunity has spelled success. He seems to easily
discriminate between the essential and nonessential in business affairs, and
keeping abreast with the progressive spirit of the times, he has so directed his
efforts as to produce the most gratifying and substantial results.
CHRISTOPHER J. LOAT.
Although but thirty-two years of age, Christopher J. Loat is the proprietor
of the Fair, one of the* foremost mercantile establishments of Xew Westminster,
and his success stands in proof of the fact that this is the age of the young
man's achievement. A native son of British Columbia, he was born in Departure
Bay on August 15, 1881, a son of Christopher and Katherine (Mackie) Loat,
the father a native of London, England, and the mother of Lanarkshire, Scot-
land. Both were pioneers of British Columbia, the father locating in this prov-
ince in 1866. With heart and soul he was a free trader, and on the event of
confederation demonstrated his feelings so far that he flew his flag at half-
mast on account of the event. Mrs. Loat came to British Columbia about 1871.
For a number of years the father was accountant for the Hastings Mills and
subsequently served in the same capacity for R. Dunsmuir & Sons at Departure
Bay, where his death occurred in April, 1888. He was a member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and was well known
and highly respected in his section of the province. The mother passed away
May 3, 1913, in Vancouver.
Christopher J. Loat was reared amid the influences of a cultured home and
educated in the public and high schools of Victoria, being graduated from the
latter institution. Following his graduation he accepted a position with
the Wellington Colliery Company in Victoria, with whom he remained as an
accountant for fourteen years, giving evidence of his high sense of honor, his
faithfulness, his stability, capacity for hard work and ready understanding of
commercial conditions. In 1908 Mr. Loat came to New Westminster in company
with A. R. Daniels and established his present business, of which he is now
sole proprietor. The Fair has become one of the important mercantile houses
in New Westminster, handling to a large extent crockery and fancy-goods.
They carry most up-to-date and complete lines, Mr. Loat being an experienced
buyer, and the business in all its departments is directed with such ability that
a steady growth may be prophesied for it in the future. Not even the smallest
detail Mr. Loat considers unworthy of his closest attention and he has built
up a service and a spirit among his employes which make it a pleasure to trade
at his store.
In 1906 Mr. Loat married Miss Ada Daniels, a daughter of the late Richard
Daniels, of Victoria, British Columbia, and to this marriage were born two chil-
dren, one of whom survives, A. Winifred. Both Mr. and Mrs. Loat are devoted
members of the Church of England, to which organization they give their earnest
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and helpful support. A man of experience and ability, Mr. Loat is a valuable
factor in the commercial life of New Westminster, having by the upbuilding
of his private enterprise largely contributed to the commercial growth of the
city. Every movement undertaken to promote the growth of the community
along material, moral or intellectual lines finds his ardent support and many
measures which have benefited the public must be credited to his initiative. The
rapid development of the great northwest is largely due to just such men as Chris-
topher J. Loat, who in their virile and aggressive policy of achievement are typi-
cal and representative of the western spirit.
JAMES GORDON" McADAM.
James Gordon McAdam is one of the progressive and representative business
men of Vancouver, being a member of the grocery firm of Mills & McAdam.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on the I2th of November, 1855, and is a
son of James and Agnes McAdam, the former a prominent farmer in that
province.
The public schools of Morrow afforded James Gordon McAdam his educa-
tional opportunities and after he had laid aside his books he turned his attention
to farming, engaging in that occupation in Ontario until 1875. 1° tnat vear ne
came to British Columbia and purchased land in the vicinity of Langley, develop-
ing there a profitable farm. This land is still in his possession, but in 1910
Mr. McAdam moved from the farm and came to Vancouver where in partner-
ship with his son-in-law, A. Mills, he entered the grocery business, the firm
being known as Mills & McAdam.
Mr. McAdam married on the 1st of Eebruary, 1882, in Mare township,
Ontario county, Ontario, Miss Martha Thompson, a daughter of Xoah and Mary
Thompson, the former a prominent farmer in that locality. Mr. and Mrs.
McAdam became the parents of six children, of whom only one, a daughter,
Agnes, now Mrs. A. Mills, survives. Mr. McAdam is a member of the Presby-
terian church and is a liberal in his political views, taking an intelligent interest
in community affairs without being active as an office seeker. He is well known
among the leading and substantial merchants of Vancouver and in the private
relations of life has an extensive circle of warm friends.
HENRY HARCUS LEXNIE.
Henry Harcus Lennie, controlling important interests in New Westminster
as an insurance agent and a dealer in real estate, was born in Edinburgh, Scot-
land, on the i gth of October, 1869, a son of Rev. Robert and Catherine (Harcus)
Lennie, natives of the Orkney Islands. The father was reared in the Presby-
terian faith but on reaching manhood espoused the Baptist religion and was
educated for the ministry under Rev. Spurgeon, a noted Scottish divine. He
was subsequently ordained and for many years afterward filled a pulpit in
Scotland, coming to Canada in 1871. He located first in Ontario and there
remained until 1884 or 1885 when he went to Bellingham (then known as
\\hatcom), Washington, whence one year later he came to British Columbia.
Locating in New Westminster, he preached for a time in the old courthouse,
subsequently building a church of his own on Agnes street, a structure which
was entirely destroyed in the great fire of 1898. Mr. Lennie preached in it for
a number of years, but in the late '8os went to California where for two years
he filled the pulpit of the Baptist church of Xevada City. Eventually he returned
to British Columbia and after a short time in New Westminster, went east,
spending six years in Mount Forest, Ontario, and Sherbrooke, Quebec. At the
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end of that period he came again to New Westminster and divided his time
between his duties as a member of the school board and those which devolved
upon him as substitute in the pulpits of various ministers during the absence
of the regular incumbent. Afterward he was made minister to the asylum in
New Westminster and in this capacity he is still capably serving, being widely
recognized as an important factor in the spread of religious doctrines in this
part of the province.
Henry Harcus Lennie was reared in the home of his parents, and acquired
his education in the public schools of Ontario and New Westminster. At the
early age of sixteen he began earning his own livelihood, securing a position as
clerk in a mercantile establishment. This place he held for four or five years and
at the end of that time accompanied his father to Nevada City, California, where
he engaged in the book and stationery business for himself. He was very suc-
cessful in this venture and was soon in control of a growing trade, taking his
place with the progressive business men of that community. In 1890 he returned
to New Westminster and here established a similar enterprise, developing a
large book and stationery business which he conducted successfully until his
building was destroyed in the fire of 1898. Mr. Lennie lost his home as well
as his business and was left in straitened circumstances which, however, he did
not allow to discourage him. He went to Vancouver and there obtained a posi-
tion as clerk in the stationery store operated by Clark & Stuart with whom he
remained for one year or until he was again able to embark in business for him-
self. He established a piano and music concern in New Westminster and con-
ducted it sucessfully for six years after which he disposed of his stock and turned
his attention to the real-estate and insurance business with which he has since
been identified. His concern has expanded rapidly and he today controls a large
clientage, his business increasing as his skill, business discrimination and sound
judgment become more widely known.
On the i6th of February, 1898, Mr. Lennie was united in marriage to Miss
Laura Henrietta Eickhoff, a native of New Westminster and a daughter of
Frederick Eickhoff, a prominent merchant of that city and one of its earliest
settlers. Mr. Lennie gives his political allegiance to the conservative party,
taking an intelligent interest in public affairs, and he is connected fraternally
with the Independent Order of Foresters, of the local lodge of which he has
served for some time as financial secretary. He is one of the most progressive
and successful business men in the city and in the development of his enterprise
has met with a gratifying degree of success, his industry and sound judgment
constituting important factors in his prosperity. He occupies a high place in
business and social circles of the city where the greater part of his life has
been spent, and he commands and holds the confidence and high regard of all
who are in any way associated with him.
WILLIAM THWAITES WILLIAMS.
William Thwaites Williams, one of the foremost merchants of Victoria,
British Columbia, and otherwise prominent in commercial and real-estate circles,
is widely known in this city in connection with J. N. Harvey, Ltd., of which he
serves as vice president, and as the president of the City Land Company. A native
of England, he was born in Leeds, February 6, 1869, a son of Benjamin and Eliza-
beth Williams, of Welsh extraction. The Williams are direct descendants of Roger
Williams, the historic settler who came to Rhode Island in Puritan days. Mrs.
Elizabeth Williams was a sister of David Spencer, of Spencer's Ltd., the foremost
dry-goods house of the Canadian west.
William Thwaites Williams was brought to British Columbia at the age of
ten years, the family making their way via Panama to Victoria, where he
received his primary education in the public schools, graduating in due time
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from the high school. After laying aside his text-books he became connected
with his father's clothing and furnishing establishment, the latter having em-
barked in that business in 1882. Mr. Williams worked his way from a humble
position to one of large responsibility. Although the father had started out in a
small way the store subsequently became, under the management of William T.
Williams, one of the largest in Victoria and in 1911 was sold to J. N. Harvey,
Ltd., our subject becoming a director and the vice president of this corporation.
J. N. Harvey, Ltd., also maintain a large clothing establishment at Vancouver.
As the years have passed Mr. Williams has extended his interests to other fields
and he is now also president of the City Land Company of Victoria which con-
ducts a large real-estate business. One of the substantial men of the town, Mr.
Williams enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him and through his
business ability has not only attained personal prosperity but has contributed
in no mean measure to the general growth and advancement. He is a member
of the Victoria Board of Trade and has been connected with this organization
for a number of years.
On April 17, 1912, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Jean Orr.
the wedding taking place at Duncan, British Columbia. Her father, the late
Oscar Orr, was for many years Indian agent at Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Politically Mr. Williams is a conservative, stanchly advocating the principles of
that party. He has always taken an interest in military affairs and for some
years served as a member of the old Fifth Regiment of Volunteers, in Company
No. 4, commanded by the late Captain Smallfield. His fraternal relations are
with Victoria-Columbia Lodge, No. i, A. F. & A. M., while he cultivates social
relationships and indulges in sports and outdoor life through the Pacific Club,
the Victoria Hunt Club, Victoria Yacht Club, Victoria Cricket Club, \ ictoria
Golf Club, Victoria Tennis Club, and Arion Club, the latter connections giving
indication of his means of recreation. A resident of Victoria during a period
comprising nearly thirty- four years, Mr. Williams has witnessed the wonderful
changes that have taken place here as primitive conditions have given way to the
onward march of civilization and has not only been an interested witness of, but a
cooperant and helpful factor in bringing about, this transformation.
JOHN DENNIS O'NEILL.
Various activities engage the attention of John Dennis O'Neill, who for
more than twenty years has been identified with the interests of -Steveston,
during ten of which he has been chief of the fire department. He was born in
Bruce county, Ontario, on the 24th of December, 1862, and is a son of William
and Agnes D. (Wells) O'Neill, natives of Prince Edward Island. The father
is now deceased but the mother is still living.
The early advantages of John Dennis O'Neill were very limited, his school
days being terminated at the age of eleven years, when he accompanied his
parents on their removal to Manitoba. During the first two years they resided
at Pirt DuChane, but at the expiration of that time he went to Plympton, Mani-
toba, where he worked on a farm until 1881. In the latter year he entered the
employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, with whom he remained
until 1885, assisting in the construction of .their lines to Revelstoke, British Colum-
bia. Next he aided in quelling the rebellion in that vicinity, following which
he went to Winnipeg and engaged in farming. In 1891, he came to Steveston
and established a dairy ranch, in the development of which he has ever since
been successfully engaged. Later he extended the scope of his activities by
establishing a wood and coal yard and he also does a general real-estate and
brokerage business, in all of which he is meeting with a fair measure of success.
At Vancouver in December, 1902, Mr. O'Neill was married to Miss Merione
G. Simpson, a daughter of Alexander Simpson of Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill are members of the Church of England, and politically
he is a conservative. He is one of the enterprising, public-spirited citizens of
the town and is an enthusiastic member of the Progress Club, and is now serving;
on its executive committee.
HAROLD GORDON WARRINGTON.
Harold Gordon Warrington, of the firm of Warrington & Johnson, merchants
and importers of builders' supplies and specialties at Vancouver, was born May
•2, 1884, in Liverpool, England, a son of John T. and Margaret E. (Stretch)
Warrington. His father was for thirty years a large importer of Canadian
produce to England. He had offices in London and Liverpool, England, and in
Montreal and Belleville, Canada, and also in New York citv He was continu-
ously engaged in that business until about five years previous to his death in
1911.
Harold Gordon Warrington was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge,
and afterward was apprenticed to Edmunds, Taylor & Company, timber mer-
chants of Liverpool, with whom he continued until 1909. He then came to
Canada and entered the employ of the W. C. Edwards Lumber Company of
Ottawa, with whom he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period
he removed to Vancouver and entered the employ of T. R. Nickson & Company,
Ltd., general contractors. In 1911 he commenced business on his own account,
forming the firm of Warrington & Johnson, merchants and importers of build-
ers' supplies and specialties. In this business he still continues.
ROBERT WALTER CROMPTON.
Robert Walter Crompton, engaged in the general brokerage business in Vic-
toria as senior partner in the firm of Crompton & Barton, was born in Liver-
pool, England, September 15, 1885, and comes of an old English family, his
parents being William and Rebecca Louise Crompton. For several years he was
a student in a private college at Liverpool and when his text-books were put
aside, the time having arrived for him to make his initial start in life on his own
account, he turned his attention to Manitoba, for the reports which had reached
him concerning the western country were favorable and convinced him that he
would there find the opportunities which he sought. When the long voyage
across the Atlantic was completed he continued his journey into the interior of
the country and for a time was engaged in farming in that province, but subse-
quently turned his attention to the banking business, filling the position of
accountant. He resigned there in 1910 in order to come to Victoria, after which
he spent nine months in the employ of Pemberton & Son, large real-estate deal-
ers and investors. On the expiration of that period he embarked in business on
his own account, being joined by William S. Barton under the firm style of
Crompton & Barton, general brokers. They have since been associated in the
conduct of a business of growing importance. They have been found thoroughly
reliable as well as enterprising and the firm today enjoys an enviable reputation
by reason of the progressive methods and unfaltering industry of the partners.
They are also agents for the Union Bank building, in which they have their
office. Their clientage is large in their real-estate department and their insur-
ance business has also reached extensive and profitable proportions. Their busi-
ness methods are such as will ever bear close investigation and scrutiny, there
being not a single esoteric phase in all their dealings. Mr. Crompton also has
other business interests, being one of the directors and the secretary of the New
Method Laundry.
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On the 4th of September, 1912, in Victoria, Mr. Crompton was married to
Miss Eleanor S. Robson, a daughter of G. R. and Martha Robson. Her father
was identified with the Hudson's Bay Company for about a quarter of a cen-
tury and is now retired upon a pension. Mr. Crompton has at all times been
interested in measures for the general good wherever he has lived and is a public-
spirited citizen. For several years while in Manitoba he was a member of the
Board of Trade. He now belongs to the Progressive Club of Victoria, of which
he is one of the directors. His political views are in accord with the principles
af the conservative party and he is a member of the Church of England, in which
lie is serving as warden. His interests in life are thus varied and his activities
:over a wide scope but are always found on the side of progress and improve-
nent.
OSCAR EDWIX DARLIXG.
Oscar Edwin Darling, who is extensively and successfully engaged in diversi-
fied farming at Steveston, was born at Rothesay, Xc\v Brunswick, on the ijth
of September, 1864. He is a son of Major John and Mary (Prince) Darling,
ihe father an officer in the Princess Louise Hussars.
The boyhood and youth of Oscar Edwin Darling were passed in the home
where he was born, his education being obtained in the schools of New Bruns-
wick. Upon terminating his student days he came to New Westminster. British
< Columbia, where for eight years he was employed in the postoffice. At the expi-
lation of that time he entered the railway mail service, and after following this
•occupation for three years turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He has
i let with success in the development of his interests along this line, and owns
< ne of the well improved and highly cultivated properties in this section.
Mr. Darling was married on the 12th of Xovember, 1890, at New \Yest-
riinster to Miss Virginia English. He supports the conservative party in poli-
t cs and takes an active interest in local affairs. In matters of citizenship he is
I ublic-spirited, taking an interest in all things pertaining to the welfare or
I rogress of the community and for four years he was a member of the New
Westminster Volunteers. Early in 1913 he was appointed a justice of the. peace.
- Ir. Darling is numbered among the prosperous citizens and highly efficient and
c ipable agriculturists of this vicinity, toward the progress and development of
v hich he has contributed in large measure.
LAW A. SOONG.
Law A. Soong, prominently connected with the general mercantile interests
of New Westminster as manager of the firm of Ying, Tai & Company, was
born in Canton, China, January 2, 1880, and is a son of Law Wing Leong. a
n erchant of that city. He acquired his education in the public schools of his
n.itive city and studied English after locating in New Westminster in 1899,
attending a school here for six years. At the end of that time he became
connected with the firm of Ying, Tai & Company as secretary and soon proved
himself a man of excellent business and executive ability. After three years
ir this position he was made manager of the concern and is today one of its
most trusted and esteemed representatives. The firm of Ying, Tai & Company
controls one of the largest and most important Chinese mercantile houses in the
ci:y and has secured an extensive and growing patronage, for its officials have
at all times adhered to high and honorable business policies and have conducted
the business along modern and progressive lines. As manager Mr. Soong has
taken an important part in promoting the growth of the concern and has secured
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an enviable reputation for reliability and integrity, not only among people of his
own race but in general business circles of the city where he makes his home.
In 1904 Mr. Soong was united in marriage to Miss Chow She, and they have
become the parents of three daughters who are attending school. Mr. Soong
is a member of the Presbyterian church and is interested in the work of the
Young Men's Christian Association, to which he belongs. He is a popular and
able business man and in his adopted city commands and holds the confidence
and high regard of all who are associated with him.
WILLIAM HENRY QUIGGAN ELSON.
William Henry Ouiggan Elson, superintendent of districts I and 4 and the
New Westminster lines of the British Columbia Electric Railway, was born in
London, Ontario, on the i8th of August, 1862. a son of John and Margaret A.
(Quiggan) Elson, the former a native of Devonshire and the latter of the Isle
of Man. Originally the Elson family came from Kent. Coming to Canada in
early life, the parents were married in London, Ontario, and in 1880 they removed
to southern Manitoba, where the mother passed away in 1883. The father is
still living there upon his farm at the age of seventy-eight years.
The youthful experiences of William Elson were those which usually fall to
the lot of the lad who has good home guidance and who depends upon the public
schools for his educational opportunities. He received thorough training in the
schools of London, Ontario, and in 1879 made his home in that city with an uncle,
J. D. Saunby, who was proprietor of the Black Friars flour mills there. It was
his intention to learn the milling business but two years convinced him that it
was not a congenial occupation and in 1881 he joined his parents in southern
Manitoba, spending three years at home. In 1884 he went to western Alberta
and on to eastern British Columbia and became identified with the construction
of the Canadian Pacific Railway over the western slope of the mountains, working
westward from Laggan to Beaver Mouth. Through this district is found some of
the most difficult engineering work over the line. In the fall of 1884 he returned
to Manitoba and the following spring enlisted in Winnipeg as a member of the
Moose Mountain Scouts under Captain George White. With that command he
took part in the Riel rebellion and in recognition of his services received from
the government a half section of county land and a medal. In August of the same
year he entered the employ of the Northwest Coal & Navigation Company as brake-
man, running on a train from Dunmore to Lethbridge. In January, 1886, he was
promoted to the position of conductor and thus served until June 7, 1887, when
he left the employ of the company and again came west, entering the service of
the Canadian Pacific Railway at Donald on the I7th of June as a brakeman. in
November, 1889, he was promoted to freight conductor and in January, 1891,
was made passenger conductor. He was on the run from Sproats Landing to
Nelson in the Kootenay country from June, 1890, until July, 1892, and on the
I9th or July of the latter year, when he left there, he was presented with a gold
watch, chain and charm by the citizens of Nelson in recognition of his popularity,
his genial good nature and his efficient service, all this being indicative of the
friendship entertained for him. At that time he returned to the main line, being
on the run from Kamloops to Donald and from Kamloops to Field and Laggan,
the divisional points of the road being changed at different times. In April, 1903,
he was promoted to the important position of train master at Revelstoke, filling
that place until March, 1910, when he resigned and entered the service of the
British Columbia Electric Company as train master. In May, 1911, he was
appointed superintendent, in which important capacity he is now serving. His
long experience in railway circles qualified him highly for the important duties
that now devolve upon him. New Westminster claims him as a representative and
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valued citizen and he has many friends not only there but in the different localities
in which he has lived and through the districts in which he has traveled.
On the 25th of June, 1900 Mr. Elson was married to Mrs. Margaret Ann
Nelles, nee Richardson, of Dorchester, Ontario. Mrs. Elson is a member of the
Church of England and Mr. Elson attends its services and contributes to its sup-
port. In politics he is a liberal and he is fraternally well known as a Mason and
Odd Fellow, his membership being in Mountain Lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M., at
Golden, British Columbia, and in the Selkirk Lodge, Xo. 12, 1. O. O. F., at Revel-
stoke. He is a most democratic man, genial and kindly in spirit, and' is one of
the most capable men on the operating staff of the British Columbia Electric. His
smile is contagious and he sheds around him much of the sunshine of life.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD.
"A worthy son of a worthy sire" may be written over the life record of William
Arthur Ward, a native of British Columbia, who in an important way is con-
nected with the commercial history of the province. Not only is he well known
as manager of the General Agency Corporation of Vancouver, British Columbia,
but in other business lines has stimulated growth and expansion. Born in Vic-
toria on June 29, 1867, he is a son of William Curtis and Lydia Ward, both
natives of England, who were married in January, 1864, and had four sons and
live daughters. One brother and one sister of our subject are living in British
Columbia and another brother has a command in the British Channel Squadron.
William Curtis Ward came to British Columbia in 1863. one of its foremost
pioneers, and upon his arrival assumed management of the Bank of British
Columbia. For many years this institution and the Bank of British North Amer-
ica were the only banks in the province, and the former was for a number of
years the only one in New Westminster and Nanaimo. He established and is
now the sole owner of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, the foremost stock
enterprise of the province, operating a ranch comprising one hundred and eight
thousand acres, it being the largest stock ranch in the province. This business
and its property interests were established in the '705 by Mr. Ward and his part-
ners in the transaction were C. W. R. Thompson and J. B. Greaves. In this '
connection it may be mentioned that Mr. Ward, Sr., is today the largest indi-
vidual landowner in the province. While residing here he was widely known
as a friend of all newcomers and pioneers, having been one of the first to locate
here, and as the capitalists of the early days were necessarily few, he was con-
nected with all financial enterprises of any magnitude. In 1897 he returned to
England as general manager of the Bank of British Columbia in London and
in a short time arranged for an amalgamation with the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce. He then became a director in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, still
holding that office, and makes his residence in High Holden, Kent.
William A. Ward was educated at the collegiate school of Victoria, Trinity
College of Port Hope, Ontario, and the United Services College, Westward
Ho, North Devon, England. Following college he spent the next year at Rouen,
France, for the purpose of acquiring the French language. In the fall of 1885
he returned to British Columbia and entered upon a position as clerk in the
office of his uncle, head of the firm of Robert Ward & Company, which is now
R. V. Winch & Company. In 1890 William A. Ward became a member of
the firm of Robert Ward & Company and continued in this connection for nine
years or until 1899, when he withdrew in order to engage in the general broker-
ige business, giving particular attention to the export of salmon and lumber. Inci-
ientally it may be mentioned that he arranged the shipment for the first cargo
)f wheat which was ever sent out from British Columbia. This shipment was
made in 1895, the consignment being designated to London. At one time
Mr. Ward was financing seven salmon canneries on the Fraser, Skeena and
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Nass rivers and he still has interests in the salmon and lumber business. More-
over, he is a director in the British Columbia General Development Syndicate,
an organization which controls large timber and land holdings in the Kootenay
and Columbia river districts and which owns the Stepney ranch at Enderby,
comprising thirteen hundred acres. This property is considered the finest ranch
in the province. As manager of the General Agency Corporation Mr. Ward
has given ample evidence of his executive ability, his ready understanding of
commercial situations and his sound judgment of men and conditions, all of
which qualities have combined with his perseverance and industry to gain for
him one of the leading positions in the commercial world of the Canadian north-
west.
In Victoria, British Columbia, in July, 1905, Mr. Ward was united in mar-
riage to Miss Beatrice Snider, a native of that city. She is prominent in the
social life of Vancouver, occupying a leading position in the exclusive circles
of society, and is a member of the King's Daughters Club and connected with
other ladies' societies which largely have for their object charitable purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward have two sons, Curtis and Kenneth.
Realizing that the character of a man's recreation is almost as important as
that of his work, Mr. Ward maintains through 'periods of .relaxation that even
balance which is so necessary to success and has always taken an active part
in athletics. He arranged the first football match between Vancouver, Vic-
toria and New Westminster and was captain of the Victoria team. For many
years he played also on the cricket team of that city. The health-giving exer-
cise of rowing gives him much pleasure and while in Victoria he was also a
member of the Polo Club of that city. There he also served as president of the
Board of Trade for two years, from 1899 until 1901, having for a two-year
period previous to that time, from 1897 to 1898, served as vice president. He
was the first chairman of the Native Sons Society of British Columbia. He is
a conservative along political lines but public office has never appealed to him,
as he believes that he can serve the interests of his province and city to greater
advantage along lines in which he has the greatest experience and which are
connected with commercial development. In that connection he is a member of
the Vancouver Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, doing pioneer work
in both institutions in the promotion of feasible plans to further trade interests
He is a member of the Vancouver Golf & Country Club and was one of the
founders of the Victoria Golf Club and a member of the Union Club of that
city. He also is a member of the Vancouver Club and the Progress Club of
Vancouver. His faith is that of the Church of England. A man of estimable
qualities of mind and character, of decided ability and of manly principles,
Mr. Ward enjoys the trust of all who have business relations with him and is
generally acknowledged to be one of the foremost factors in promulgating the
greatness of his native province.
GEORGE TURNER.
Although in his seventy-sixth year George Turner is still active in the serv-
ice of the government of the Dominion, being connected with the public works
department as assistant engineer in the British Columbia district. Coming here
in 1859, his life record covers a period from the earliest history of the region
to the present state of high civilization and advancement. When in 1859 he
reached New Westminster there was not a tree felled in the virgin forest and
primeval conditions still prevailed. Born in London, England, on September
17, 1836, he is a son of George and Helena (Wright) Turner, both natives of
the world's metropolis. The mother there passed away but the father died in
India while he was serving his country in the army.
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George Turner was reared at home and educated in private schools in Lon-
ion, joining in 1855, at the age of nineteen, the Royal Engineers Corps, serv-
ng in the ordnance survey. In 1859 he came with a detachment of the Royal
Engineers to British Columbia, serving in that connection until their disband-
nent in 1863. He then found employment in private survey work but in 1889
• :ntered the Dominion government service, with which he has since been identi-
ied. He is one of the well known pioneers of British Columbia, New West-
minster having been his headquarters since 1859. In his official capacity he has
•endered eminent service to his government and as the years have passed has
established himself in the hearts of his countrymen, who esteem in him
one who has worthily served the cause of the public for over five decades. Nor
does his connection with the Imperial government constitute all of his public
;.ervice, for he has also done valuable work in the early years of the history
of development as a member of the board of aldermen of New Westminster
:ind as a member of the school board has furthered the cause of education, lay-
:ng the foundation for the splendid system prevailing in his community.
In July, 1869, Mr. Turner was united in marriage to Mrs. Ann McColl, the
widow of Sergeant William McColl, and formerly Miss Ann Baseley, a native
<if England. To this union were born three children: Frederick George, a
real-estate man of Vancouver; Maudeline Hester, the wife of Herbert Appleby,
(if Burnaby; and Annie Helena, who married Joseph R. Grant, an attorney of
New Westminster.
Mr. Turner is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of Royal
City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., of which he is a charter member and the oldest
member at the present writing. He also belongs to the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, being a member of Frazer Lodge, No. 3. His religious adherence
is given to the Church of England. On February 15, 1912, Mr. Turner suf-
fered an irreparable loss in the death of his wife, who after nearly forty-three
}ears of a happy domestic life was called to her eternal rest. Not only has Mr.
' 'urner been an interested witness of the changes that have marked the trans-
formation of this region but he has also been a helpful and cooperant factor
i i bringing about the present prosperous conditions. He is highly respected
jnd honored by all who know him, venerated as a pioneer and beloved on
account of his many sterling qualities of mind and character.
JOHN W. WILSON.
John W. Wilson, a well known and important figure in insurance circles in
Vancouver, was born in Montreal, Quebec, July 24, 1882, a son of James Wilson,
i native of the province of Quebec, who is the sole owner of a large printing
establishment of Montreal, conducted under the firm name of Mitchell & Wilson.
He is still a resident of that city.
In the acquirement of his education John W. Wilson attended the public
and high schools of Montreal, and after putting aside his text-books entered the
lusiness field as a clerk in Montreal, in 1899. He so continued until 1905, when
re went to Winnipeg to become chief clerk in that city for the Liverpool and
London and Globe Insurance Company and the Liverpool-Manitoba Assurance
Company. Six months later he was promoted to the position of special agent
for that company. In 1907 he came to Vancouver as manager of the insurance
('epartment of B. B. Johnston, Howe & Company, continuing with them until
tie ist of February, 1909, when he purchased the insurance department, which
he has since conducted under his own name, with offices in the Winch building.
Mr. Wilson now covers extended risks in fire, accident, employers' liability,
bonding, plate glass, burglary, marine, automobile and life insurance, and in
fact practically every risk to which human beings and their property are liable.
He is resident agent for the Liverpool-Manitoba Assurance Company, the
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Acadia Fire Insurance Company, the North Empire Fire Insurance Company,
and the Western Canada Accident & Guarantee Insurance Company. He repre-
sents only well established and strictly reliable companies, and as the years have
passed his clientage has steadily grown and the volume of business now trans-
acted through his office is large.
In politics Mr. Wilson is independent, voting as his judgment dictates rather
than according to party ties. For eighteen years he was a member of the Mon-
treal Swimming Club, and in that connection won numerous medals and prizes.
His fraternal relations are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Knights of the Maccabees of the World, and his religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church. A young man, he has made continuous progress in busi-
ness circles and upon the foundation of energy, enterprise and capability is
building his success.
ERNEST HENRY BEAZLEY.
Ernest Henry Beazley, managing director at Vancouver for the Union Steam-
ship Company, was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, in 1876, a son of
James Henry Beazley, a ship owner of Liverpool and a resident of Cheshire.
In the public schools of England he pursued his education and afterward spent
one year in Germany. He then returned to his native land and made his initial
step in the business world. He was, as it were, "to the manner born," for
throughout his life he had heard discussions on marine interests and when he
started in business it was as an employe of the firm of Gracie, Beazley & Com-
pany, large ship owners of Liverpool, with whom he continued for several years.
He then entered the firm of J. H. Wellsford & Company, Ltd., also ship
owners of Liverpool, and for ten years was manager of their outside business.
His increasing responsibilities and broadening experience gave him knowledge
and ability that has constituted the basis of his later success. In August, 1911,
he came to Vancouver as managing director of the Union Steamship Company,
which owns the Boscowitz Steamship Company and which has other interests
here. The Union operates ships to every point on the Pacific coast between
Vancouver and the Alaskan border. On coming to the province Mr. Beazley
made it his purpose to thoroughly acquaint himself with every feature of shipping
interests along the Pacific and this, combined with his previous experience, well
qualifies him for the responsible duties devolving upon him in his present con-
nection which has won him recognition as one of the representative business men
of the city. He is also Canadian agent for J. H. Wellsford & Company, of
Liverpool, who have extensive interests on the coast. He serves at present as
president of the Ship Owners Association of British Columbia.
In England, in April, 1911, Mr. Beazley was united in marriage to Miss Elsie
Braithwaite, a native of Liverpool, and they have one son, Philip Henry. Their
religious connection is with the Church of England and Mr. Beazley belongs to
the Terminal City Club. He was captain of the ist volunteer battalion of the
Cheshire Regiment for seven years and this and other experiences of his life
have been of a broadening character, making him a well informed, resourceful
and capable man whose career has been marked by steady progress.
RT. REV. ALEXANDER MAcDONALD.
Rt. Rev. Alexander MacDonald, bishop of Victoria, author, educator, orator
and able propagandist, as well as one of the greatest individual forces in the spread
of the Catholic religion on Vancouver and adjacent islands, was born in Inverness
county, Cape Breton Island, February 18, 1858. He is a son of Finlay and
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Catherine (Beaton) MacDonald, both natives of that island, the paternal and
maternal grandparents having been born in Scotland.
Alexander MacDonald acquired his education in the common schools of his
native county and later attended St. Francis Xavier's College at Antigonish, Nova
Scotia. Subsequently he went to Rome, arriving in that city in 1879, and studied
at the Propaganda College, where he took his course in philosophy and theology,
pursuing his studies there for five years. On the 8th of March, 1884, the same year
in which he took his degree, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in St.
John Lateran church in Rome, by Cardinal Parocchi. and in the following July
returned to Canada, settling in Nova Scotia, where he was appointed teacher of
Latin and philosophy, at St. Francis Xavier College, serving in that capacity for
nineteen years and gaining during that time a wide reputation for ability as an
educator. In 1900 he was appointed vicar general of his diocese and three years
later was given charge of St. Andrew's parish in Antigonish county, Nova Scotia.
Over this congregation he presided until October i, 1908. when he was appointed
bishop of Victoria with jurisdiction over Vancouver and adjacent islands. Tn
this high position his work has become more and more notable with the passing
years and has. been fruitful of great good to the cause of Catholicity, for Bishop
MacDonald possesses talents which make his activities more than usually effective
and which give his ability a more than ordinary scope. He reaches many people
through his powerful sermons, for he is known as one of the most able pulpit
orators in British Columbia and his field is .still farther extended owing to the
wide circulation of the excellent religious books of which he is the author. Among
these may be mentioned: "The Symbol of the Apostles," a history of the Apostles
creed, which has attracted the attention and interest not only of the Catholic world
but of the Protestant as well; "The Symbol in Sermons," a course of sermons
Dn the creed ; "The Sacrifice of the Mass''; "Religious Questions of the Day." a
work in four volumes, treating on various subjects; "The Sacraments"; and
''The Mercies of the Sacred Heart." He possesses a simple, direct and telling
style and the faculty of making his message reach the hearts of the people as well
is satisfy scholars and doctrinists. Bishop MacDonald is a man great in his
-simplicity, his unselfish spirit and his kindliness of heart, qualities which are rarely
found in men of this period, especially when combined with scholarly attainments
ind executive ability. They have endeared him greatly to his people, among whom
he has accomplished so much consecrated work, and he holds their love in large
neasure as he does also the respect and confidence of people of all denominations.
S. G. CHURCHILL.
S. G. Churchill, who is now engaged in the real-estate business, has been a
resident of Eburne for nearly twenty years, during which period he has been
identified with various activities. He was born in Goodrich, Huron county,
Ontario, on the 25th of September, 1867, and is a son of William and Elizabeth
(Gibbons) Churchill. The father is now deceased.
The first sixteen years in the life of S. G. Churchill were largely devoted
to the acquiring of an education in the public schools of Clinton, Ontario. He
subsequently turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, assisting his father
with the cultivation of the home farm from that period until 1890. In the latter
year he left the parental roof and started out for himself, coming to British
Columbia to pursue his career. He first located in Vancouver, whence he later
came to Eburne, where he resumed farming. After following this vocation
for a year he went into the cattle business, but three years later turned his atten-
tion to commercial activities. His energies were entirely concentrated upon
the development of a general mercantile business until 1901, when he engaged
in the canning business and became one of the incorporators and a director of
the Greenwood Canning Company, so continuing for five years and then sold
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out to the British Columbia Packers Association, following which he entered
their employ. Three years later he resigned his position and went into the
lumber business, in which he continued until 1908. In the latter year he with-
drew from business and lived retired until 1910, when he became identified
with the real-estate firm of J. W. Fairhall & Company, a connection lasting until
July, 1913.
At Vancouver, in May, 1901, Mr. Churchill was united in marriage to Miss
Eleanor Drenay, a daughter of George Drenay, and to them have been born
three children, Evelyn, Lylas and William Harold.
Mr. Churchill is the only remaining charter member of Eburne Lodge, No.
34, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed through all of the chairs. He is also
affiliated with the Independent Order of Foresters. His political support he
accords to the conservative party, and for three years, 1909-10-11, he was a
member of the Point Grey council. He was also chairman of the Board of Trade
and chairman of the board of public works for two years. In January, 1912,
he ran for the office of reeve of Point Grey, the street railway question form-
ing the main plank in his platform, but he was defeated. However, he was
nominated in 1913, and elected by a good majority, indicating that many who
formerly opposed the improvements he advocated regretted the attitude they
took in the matter, and realized that their adoption would have substantially
forwarded the general welfare and interests of the community.
WILLIAM PRESCOTT OGILVIE.
William Prescott Ogilvie, engaged in the general practice of law in Vancou-
ver, is one of the younger members of the bar of this city, but already his ability
has gained him rank with able practitioners. Moreover, he is well known in
business circles through hjs active connection with, or invested interest in, vari-
ous corporations. He was born in Grenville, Quebec, March 9, 1878, and was
but ten years of age when in 1888 he was brought to British Columbia by his
parents, John and Mary Ogilvie, the former of Scotch and the latter of English
lineage. His grandfather, Samuel Ogilvie, was the first settler of Grenville and
the family was long connected with the pioneer development of that part of the
province of Quebec.
William Prescott Ogilvie, following the removal of the family to the west,
continued his education in the public and high schools of British Columbia and
afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for six years,
or until 1900, when, desirous of improving his own education in order to enter
upon other professional labors, he matriculated in McGill University at Mon-
treal, in 1900, and was there graduated in 1904 with the degree of B. C. L. From
1906 until 1909 he studied law under Sir Charles Tupper and a number of other
notable barristers, and in 1909 was called to the bar of British Columbia. He
practiced alone for about a year and in 1910 entered into partnership with E. W.
Brown under the firm style of Ogilvie & Brown. This connection still exists
and they engage in general law practice, in which they have won a gratifying
clientage. Mr. Ogilvie is well versed in all branches of the law and is a wide
and discriminating student of his profession, and in the preparation of his cases
displays the utmost care, so that he is well prepared for defense as well as for
attack. In addition to his law practice he has various other business interests,
being now president of the Muscovite Mica Company, president of the Royal
Theater Company, and a director of the Great West Land Company and of the
United Securities Company.
On the 8th of August, 1907, in Astoria, Oregon, Mr. Ogilvie was united in
marriage to Miss Caroline Young. They are Presbyterians in religious faith
and Mr. Ogilvie is a conservative in politics. In commercial and club circles he is
well known, being a director of the Commercial Club and a member of the Van-
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couver Athletic Club. He is also an ex-president of the Pacific Northwest Ath-
letic Association, and was an active athlete until 1907, when he retired, being
the recognized all-round champion of British Columbia. At the Pacific coast
champion meet in 1907 he won five first prizes. He is still very fond of athletics
and all outdoor sports and recognizes how important a part these play in main-
taining a healthful development in the business man who must need spend hours
at a time in concentrated effort along a single line of activity.
GEORGE KIDD.
George Kidd has been a resident of Vancouver for only a brief period, occupy-
ing the position of comptroller of the British Columbia Electric Railway Com-
pany, Limited. He was born in Sheffield, England, on March 9, 1874, and is a
son of John W. and Thirza Elizabeth Kidd.
In the acquirement of his education George Kidd attended the grammar school
of Lincoln, England, after leaving which he was articled to his father. Sub-
sequently he went to London, England, where he entered the employ of Deloitte,
Plender, Griffiths & Company, a well known firm of chartered accountants. His
connection with them continued until 1907, when he was appointed secretary to
the London Board of the British Columbia Electric Company, the headquarters
of which are in London. He first saw Vancouver in 1910 when he came to the
province on a visit. He then returned to London but the following year again
visited Vancouver and, pleased with the western city and its prospects and desir-
ous of remaining, he was appointed to his present position as comptroller for the
British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited. As the years have passed
on, since he started out in the business world, his progress has been continuous
and he now occupies an enviable position in the business circles of his adopted
city. He is a member of the English Institute of Chartered Accounts, as was
his father before him.
On the 4th of April, 1900, Mr. Kidd was married to Miss Blanche Huth-
waite, a daughter of Dr. Charles and Ann Huthwaite, the former a prominent
physician of Nottingham, England.
HARRY P. LATHAM.
Since 1911 Harry P. Latham has been engaged in the real-estate, insurance
and loan business in New Westminster, and, although he . has been connected
with this line but two years, has already built up an extensive and representative
patronage, his trade connections continually increasing in importance and scope.
He has long been in the service of the city, holding important positions with the
municipal government, and in a public and private way his activities have proven
of benefit to his community. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on June 17, 1877, he
is a son of Peter and Elizabeth Latham, the former a native of Middlewich,
Cheshire, England, and the latter of Dublin, Ireland. Their marriage took place
in Toronto. The father was by occupation a landscape gardener and florist and
was engaged in the floral business in Toronto. He was the landscape gardener
who laid out the parliament grounds there and enjoyed a wide reputation as one
of the foremost men in his profession. In 1881 he penetrated into the Saskatoon
country with the Temperance Colony, being accompanied by his sons, of whom
three were old enough to take up land. The government had at that time in-
augurated a colonization policy and the wife was also allowed to take up one
hundred and sixty acres, so that the family came into possession of five quarter
sections at the time. The agricultural enterprise, however, was not successful,
as their crops proved a failure, and after about six years of hard struggles and
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labors the family left that country and came to New Westminster. Here the
father engaged in his old business as florist and landscape gardener, being suc-
cessful along that line. He was one of the organizers of the Royal Agricultural
Society, in which he remained prominent until the time of his death. As a mon-
ument to his work can be seen today the grounds of Queens Park, which he
laid out, and he also designed many of the gardens and parks surrounding the
residences of the wealthy in Victoria and Vancouver. He died in 1912 but the
mother is still living in the old home on Third avenue and Fourth street.
Harry P. Latham was reared under the parental roof and acquired his educa-
tion in the Westminster public and high schools, graduating from the latter with
the class of 1893. Upon leaving school he entered the service of the city as
messenger boy and for seventeen years remained with the municipal government,
climbing during that time from position to position until the former messenger
boy had become city treasurer. In that capacity he did efficient work deserving
of the highest commendation. In 1910 he severed his connection with the muni-
cipality and for the next following year acted as manager of the National Finance
Company, but in 1911 engaged independently in the real-estate and insurance
business. He formed a company on January i, 1913, by admitting W. N. Clarke
to partnership and buying out the business of A. W. McLeod, one of the oldest
and best known real-estate and insurance concerns in British Columbia. Well
acquainted with the realty valuation in the city and surrounding country, Mr.
Latham has quickly become an important man in his professional circles, his busi-
ness increasing by leaps and bounds under his able management.
In 1907 Mr. Latham was united in marriage to Miss Molly Fletcher, a daugh-
ter of S. A. Fletcher, who is a government agent and resides in New Westmin-
ster. To this union were born two children, Gerald E. A. and Marian.
Mr. and Mrs. Latham are devoted members of the Church of England, in
the work of which they take an active and helpful interest. Fraternally he is con-
nected with the Masons, being a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M.,
and the Royal Arch chapter. He is also a Knight Templar, belonging to West-
minster Commandery, No. 56. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he
holds membership with Amity Lodge, No. 27, of New Westminster. Knowing
that the character of a man's recreation is almost as important as that of his
work and that through periods of relaxation that even balance is maintained
which is so necessary to success, he gives much attention to outdoor sports. In
1899 and 1900 he was a member of the Westminster lacrosse team, which won
the world's championship in both years, and was with them on their eastern trip
in 1900, when they returned undefeated. He is the proud owner of a gold watch
which was presented by the citizens in 1899 and a charm which was given him in
1900. He still takes an active interest in the game, finding thereby rest after a day
of hard work. He is interested in all projects undertaken to benefit the city and,
while he is on the highroad to prosperity, never loses sight of public interests,
readily championing every worthy enterprise and not sparing of time and money
to promote the public welfare.
WILLIAM BAYLIS.
William Baylis is prominently connected with mercantile interests of Victoria
as the proprietor of the Hollywood Grocery, a profitable enterprise which he
founded and which by his energy and ability he built up to its present gratifying
proportions. He was born in Bagington Hall, Warwickshire, England, December
8, 1862, the second of four sons in a family of seven children born to John and
Sarah (Commander) Baylis, natives of that locality. The father followed the
nursery business there until his death which occurred in 1900 when he was sixty-
nine years of age. His wife survived him until 1904, dying at the age of sixty- nine.
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William Baylis acquired his education in the public schools of Wolverhampton,
England, and after laying aside his books joined the Twentieth Hussars, serving
for twelve years as a non-commissioned officer and retiring as sergeant major in
September, 1889. In that year he came to Canada and located at Lake Dauphin,
Manitoba, where he engaged in farming until 1896, when he moved to Winnipeg,
becoming manager of the Manitoba Club. This position he retained until 1900
when he was made manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel at Moose ]aw,
resigning this position in 1901 and moving to Victoria where he has since remained.
Upon his arrival he became manager of the Badmington Club and he held this
position until 1904 when he purchased the Queens Hotel, managing this until 1909.
At this time he disposed of his interest in the enterprise and turned his attention
to the grocery business, his establishment at the corner of Fairlield road and Lillian
street being situated on a portion of ten acres which he had formerly operated as
a poultry farm. Mr. Baylis is practically the founder of intensive poultry raising
in this section and is a recognized authority upon this subject. For several years
he lectured all over British Columbia at Farmers' Institutes as a representative
of the provincial government and he edited the liritish Columbia Poultry Journal
for a long period. His own farm has now been subdivided into high class resi-
dential lots but he has not by any means abandoned his interests in scientific poultry
raising and is regarded as one of the most able authorities upon this subject in
the province. A great deal of his attention is, however, given to the development
of the Hollywood Grocery of which he is proprietor, and the business has con-
stantly increased in volume and importance, its growth necessitating an enlarge-
ment of quarters from time to time.
In September, 1884, Mr. Baylis was united in marriage in Cork. Ireland, to
Miss Theresa Willis, a daughter of John and Eleanor (Synan) Willis, natives of
that locality where the father engaged in merchandising. The mother was a
descendant of the Synans of Doneraile, whose ancestors date back to 1077 A. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Baylis have three children : Frank, who is a partner in and acts as
manager of his father's grocery business; Mary, who married Lieutenant J. fl.
Nankivell of the English Royal Navy ; and Charles, a surveyor who makes his
home in Victoria. The Baylis residence is called Adare Lodge and is an attractive
and well improved home on Fairfield road.
Mr. Baylis is well known in social circles being a courteous and affable gentle-
man, fond of all kinds of outdoor sports such as hunting, fishing, boating and
horseback riding. His sterling personal worth has gained him many friends in
Victoria and his name is recognized and respected in business circles as a synonym
for integrity and straightforward dealing.
A. ERNEST HENDERSON.
The rapid upbuilding of the west furnishes an excellent field to the architect,
the contractor and those engaged in allied business affairs. In the first mentioned
field of labor A. Ernest Henderson has gained recognition as one whose skill
and ability have placed him far beyond the ranks of mediocrity until he now stands
among the more successful few, practicing his profession as a partner in the firm
of Grant, Henderson & Cook. He was born in Orangeville, Ontario, July 13,
1873, and is a son of Rev. Canon and Martha (Taylor) Henderson, both of
whom are natives of Ontario. The father was for forty years rector of the
parish of Orangeville but is now living retired and makes his home in Toronto.
Mr. Henderson was educated at Trinity College at Port Hope, and studied
architecture in both Toronto and Buffalo, New York, later spending some time
abroad. He afterward went to Montreal where he followed his profession for
a year and a half in the employ of others and in 1898 came to British Columbia,
where he entered the employ of the well known architect G. W. Grant in con-
nection with work that was being conducted at New Westminster. He after-
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ward started out independently, practicing his profession at that place for two
years. In 1903 his former employer, Mr. Grant, admitted him to a partnership
under the firm style of Grant & Henderson, which connection has since been
maintained. In 1912 they were joined by H. T. Cook, the third partner being
taken in because of their growing business, and the firm name is now Grant,
Henderson & Cook. The time of all three is fully occupied with the manage-
ment and control of a business which is constantly growing in volume and im-
portance. Like his partners Mr. Henderson is acquainted with every phase of
the profession and various fine structures, including public and private buildings
of Vancouver, stand in evidence of his knowledge and skill as an architect.
In October, 1905, in Vancouver, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hender-
son and Miss Mildred Pentreath, a daughter of the late Ven. Archdeacon Pen-
treath. They have three children, Aileen Vivian Constance, Isobel Martha and
Eleanor Mabel. Mr. Henderson is a member of Acacia Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
and also the Scottish Rite. A believer in the doctrines of the Church of Eng-
land, he has his membership in St. Paul's. In politics he is a conservative and
while taking an active interest in political questions is not a worker in party
ranks nor does he seek the honors and emoluments of office. On the contrary
he feels that his time is sufficiently occupied by his growing business cares and
his ambition is rather in the path of his profession than in the line of office hold-
ing. Recognizing the eternal principle that industry wins, he has made that the
foundation upon which he is building his success and well earned reputation.
JOHN DOUGLAS MATHER.
Among the well known representatives of brokerage interests in Vancouver
is John Douglas Mather, who has been engaged in his present line of business
since the 1st of January, 1909, being a partner in the corporation of Mather
& Noble, Ltd. He was born in Ottawa, April 18, 1882, his parents being Robert
Addison and Maud (Cameron) Mather. The father, a native of Montrose,
Scotland, is now prominent in business circles of Vancouver, being president
of the firm of Mather & Noble, Ltd.
John D. Mather was a pupil in the schools of Kenora, Ontario, and after-
ward entered the employ of the Bank of Ottawa in the city of Ottawa in a cler-
ical position. His ability and fidelity soon won recognition and he was rapidly
promoted through various grades until he became accountant in the Regina
branch of the bank. He resigned from that position to become associated with
G. W. Murray, Ltd., of Winnipeg, and there remained until the latter part of
1907, when he came to Vancouver to accept the position of secretary of the
Dominion Trust Company. In that position he remained until January r, 1909,
when he resigned to enter upon his present business connections. In associa-
tion with his father, Robert A. Mather, and J. Fred Noble he formed the cor-
poration of Mather & Noble, Ltd., of which he became a director, so continu-
ing to the present time. The firm are financial agents and real-estate and stock
brokers, occupying a large suite of rooms in the Bank of Ottawa building.
They conduct an extensive business, being now accorded a large and growing
clientage, and Mr. Mather, although one of the young men of Vancouver, is
recognized as one of the representative business men — energetic, determined
and persistent. What he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion
and, making wise use of his opportunities, he has gained for himself a well
deserved reputation as a factor in the financial circles of Vancouver. He is
also a member of the Vancouver Stock Exchange.
On the 2d qf September, 1908, Mr. Mather was united in marriage, in Win-
nipeg, Ontario, to Miss Beatrice Champion, a daughter of H. T. Champion, of
Winnipeg, and they have two children, Mary Evelyn and Robert Addison.
The parents belong to St. John's Presbyterian church. Mr. Mather holds mem-
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bership in Western Gate Lodge, No. 48, F. & A. M., and also in the Van-
couver Club. He is a typical young man of the west, possessing energy and
enterprise which have been the dominant factors in the upbuilding of this sec-
tion of the country, and is imbued with that unconquerable spirit which knows
no such word as fail and which finds in difficulties and obstacles incentive for
renewed efforts, resulting in successful accomplishment.
DAVID MCGREGOR ROGERS.
David AIcGregor Rogers, a well known barrister and solicitor of Victoria^
also occupies a prominent place in business circles as managing director of the
firm of Rogers & Co., Limited, real-estate, insurance and financial agents, with
offices in the Times building. His birth occurred in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada,
on the 4th of May, 1874, his parents being Henry Cassicly and Maria (Burritt)
Rogers, likewise natives of Ontario, Canada. The family is of Scotch-English
origin. The first members of the family to emigrate to America came from
Ireland and settled in the English colony of New 1 lampshire in 1740. David
McGregor Rogers, the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, was born in
Vermont in 1772 and came to Upper Canada with the United Empire Loyalists
in 1784. In 1796 he was elected to represent Prince Edward county in the leg-
islature. In 1800 he was reelected for the same county and during three suc-
ceeding parliaments was returned for the county of Northumberland, to which
he had removed. He declined to be a candidate in 1816 but was elected in 1820
and would again have been the successful candidate in 1824, had he not died
while the election was in progress. During the war of 1812-14 he was actively
engaged as a commissariat officer, his place being one of the principal depots
between Kingston and Toronto. James G. Rogers, the paternal grandfather of
Mr. Rogers of this review, was a native of Brighton, Ontario, and had a long
and interesting military career. In 1833 he assumed command of Northumber-
land Troop of Volunteer Cavalry, remaining at its head for a period of twenty
years. During the rebellion of 1837-8 his cavalry was engaged in active service.
His demise occurred in November, 1874. His son, Henry Cassidy Rogers, was
appointed postmaster at Peterboro in 1871 and held that office for forty years.
At the age of sixteen he joined the Peterboro Rifle Company and during the
Fenian raids in 1866 was in command of that corps on the frontier. In 1872 he
organized and took command of the First Peterboro Troop of Cavalry, which
low forms C Troop of the Third Prince of Wales Canadian Dragoons. He
vvas married in 1863 and became the father of seven children, five sons and two
laughters, our subject being the second youngest of the sons.
David McGregor Rogers, whose name introduces this review, received his
earlier education in the public schools of Peterboro and the collegiate institute
it that place. In January, 1888, he entered Trinity College School of Port Hope,
Dntario, and was graduated from that institution in June, 1892. In October,
1893, he became a student in Trinity University of Toronto, which conferred
ipon him the degree of B. A. in 1897 and that of M. A. in 1904. Believing that
he west offered better opportunities, he came to British Columbia in 1897 and
ocated in Victoria, where he entered the office of McPhillips, Wootton & Barn-
ird, solicitors. He remained with that firm until June, 1901, at which time
le was called to the bar and immediately began the practice of his profession in
rartnership with F. T. Cornwall, under the name of Cornwall & Rogers, with
offices in the Law Chambers in Victoria. This partnership was terminated in
903, Mr. Rogers continuing practice alone in the same offices until 1904, when
he became associated with G. H. Barnard under the firm name of Barnard &
iiogers. He retired from general practice in 1906 but continued doing legal work
i'or various corporations until 1911. From 1901 until 1912 he was a member of
the examining: board of the Law Society of British Columbia, resigning in the
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latter year. During the period in which he was engaged in actual practice he
_ acted as solicitor for different banks and many of the larger concerns of Victoria.
In 1911 he entered the real-estate and insurance business by negotiating the sale
of the extensive tract of land now known as "Uplands" and comprising about
four hundred and sixty-five acres, to a French syndicate operating under the
name of Uplands, Limited. Mr. Rogers, who is chairman of the board of
directors of Uplands, Limited, devotes the greater part of his time to the manage-
ment and development of this place, which is conceded to be the most beautiful
piece of suburban natural park property and the most attractively and effectively
designed residential district to be found in any city of the Pacific northwest,
having been designed by John C. Olmsted, the famous landscapist of Brookline,
Massachusetts, and regarded as one of his noteworthy masterpieces. Although
he gives most of his attention to his real-estate, and especially Uplands, Mr.
Rogers continues his membership of the legal profession, accepting no cases in
court, however, and declining general practice. He was formerly solicitor for
The International Coal & Coke Company, Limited, and served as vice president
and as a director of this concern. He likewise acted as solicitor and a director
of The Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company, Limited, the British-Amer-
ican Trust Company, Limited, and the Canada Western Chartered Corporation.
His splendid business ability and keen discernment are also manifest in the dis-
charge of his important duties as managing director of the firm of Rogers & Co.,
Limited, real-estate, insurance and financial agents.
On the 2oth of July, 1904, at Tacoma, Washington, Mr. Rogers was joined
in wedlock to Miss Mary Ferriss, her parents being John M. and Maria Ferriss,
the former a native of New York. In politics Mr. Rogers is a conservative,
having served as secretary of the Conservative Association in 1901-2 and as a
member of its executive committee for several years. He holds membership
relations with the Union Club of Victoria, the Pacific Club of Victoria, the
Victoria Golf Club, the Victoria Cricket Club, the Royal Victoria Yacht Club,
and the British Columbia Hockey League, being the founder and a former sec-
retary of the last named. He likewise belongs to the Victoria Tennis Club and
the Progessive Club, while his religious faith is that of the Anglican church.
Mr. Rogers enjoys an enviable reputation among his professional brethren and
business associates and is widely recognized as a public-spirited and enterprising
citizen, his efforts having been an important factor in the promotion of Victoria's
welfare and progress.
HON. MONTAGUE WILLIAM TYRWHITT-DRAKE.
One of the most memorable figures in the politial, professional and general pub-
lic life of the province of British Columbia was Hon. Montague William Tyrwhitt-
Drake, who came to the province in 1859, and wno from that time until his death
left the impress of his ability upon provincial history. He was for many years
connected with official life as a member of the legislature and in other capacities,
proving himself a capable, progressive and far-sighted statesman. In the profession
of law he gained a position of eminence among the leading barristers of the prov-
ince and his work in this field he also made the basis of public service through the
successful conduct of a great deal of important government litigation. He was
raised to the bench of the supreme court in 1889, serving capably and conscien-
tiously until 1904.
Judge Tyrwhitt-Drake was born at Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, England,
January 20, 1830, and was the second son of the Rev. George Tyrwhitt-Drake, a
representative of an old country family of Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire, but
descended originally from a brother of Sir Francis Drake, the famous seaman of
the days of Queen Elizabeth.
Hon. Montague Tyrwhitt-Drake acquired his education in Charterhouse school,
London, and was subsequently admitted as a solicitor in England in 1851. Eight
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years later he came to British Columbia, making the journey by way of the isthmus
of Panama and arriving as a pioneer in the province in 1859. For a short time he
tried placer mining in the Cariboo country, but, meeting with little success, he came
to Victoria and resumed the practice of his profession, in which each year brought
him increasing prominence. .He was for two years in partnership with Attorney
General Carey, and from the beginning of his career was connected with notable
litigation. His ability in law brought him prominently before the people of Victoria
and he soon became very active in public affairs, serving .from 1868 to 1870 as a
member of the legislative council for the city. Two years later he became a mem-
ber of the board of education and in 1877 was elected mayor of the city, his adminis-
tration being still remembered on account of the constructive, businesslike and pro-
gressive policy by which it was characterized. In 1873 Judge Tyrwhitt-Drake was
made a member of the British Columbia bar and ten years later was made queen's
counsel. In the same year he represented Victoria as a member of the legislative
assembly, holding his seat in that body until 1886 and serving from 1883 to 1884 as
president of the executive council. During all of this time his prominence in law
had kept pace with his advancement in public life. He was known as a strong, able
ind forceful practitioner, learned in his profession, practical in the application of his
<nowledge and possessed of incisive, keen and analytical powers of mind. His prac-
tice reached extensive proportions, connecting him with a number of important
cases, and in 1887 he was employed by the Dominion government as its counsel in
the matter of the first seizure of the Canadian sealing schooners. He laid out the
lines on which the case should be fought and these were followed throughout the
:ontroversy, the report of the arbitration committee at Paris sustaining the Cana-
dian representatives. Judge Tyrwhitt-Drake was elevated to the bench of the
supreme court of British Columbia in 1889, retiring in 1904 after an honorable and
vvorthy judicial career.
In 1862 Judge Tyrwhitt-Drake was united in marriage to Miss Joanna Tolmie,
i daughter of James Tolmie, of Ardersier, Scotland. Mrs. Tyrwhitt-Drake passed
iway in 1901 and is survived by four daughters and a son, the latter, Brian H.
Tyrwhitt-Drake, being registrar of the supreme court. A more extended mention
of his career appears on another page in this work. Judge Montague Tyrwhitt-
Drake died in Victoria April 19, 1908, his death marking the passing of one of
British Columbia's most honored pioneer citizens and a man whose career forms an
:mportant chapter in the legislative, judicial and professional history of the prov-
nce.
H. J. BUTTERFIELD.
One of the important wholesale establishments of New Westminster is that
of H. J. Butterfield, wholesale dealer in fish. He was born in the Hawaiian
islands while his parents were on a trip to Honolulu, on September 5, 1874, and
is a son of James T. and Jessie (Holt) Butterfield, the father a native of Maine
;.nd the mother of Nova Scotia. In 1856 the father went to California, locating
in Nevada county, where for a number of years he was engaged in mining but
subsequently became connected with the sheep and goat industry, importing into
California the first Angora goats ever brought into that state. He later intro-
duced that breed also into Oregon and Washington. He was married in San
Francisco, where the parents of his bride, Samuel and Caroline Holt, were then
living. Subsequently, however, Mr. and Mrs. Holt moved to British Columbia
t3 make it their home, locating in New Westminster, where the grandfather
< f our subject is still living, the grandmother having passed away on February
12, 1913. James T. Butterfield, the father, moved with his family from San
Jose, California, where he was then living, to British Columbia in 1888, locating
ii New Westminster, where he still makes his home, although he spends the
\ 'inter months in California.
H. J. Butterfield was reared at home, acquiring his education in the public
and private schools and the San Jose Academy of that city. Discontinuing his
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lessons, he subsequently, in 1893, engaged in fruit culture and the nursery busi-
ness, with which he was successfully identified for about eight years before he
came in 1901 to British Columbia, locating in New Westminster. He has since
that time engaged in the wholesale fish business and has an extensive trade, sup-
plying the markets in Alberta and Saskatchewan, also Vancouver and Victoria.
His business ability leads him continually to increase his trade connections and
the business is growing from year to year, his annual returns increasing in a most
gratifying manner.
On December 24, 1897, Mr. Butterfield was married to Miss Lillian Still-
wagon, of Flushing, Long Island, and to this union were born seven children,
Lilly 1., Hope J., Chester C., Theodore, Wesley, Pearl and Ammon. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Butterfield are members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints and his political affiliations are with the liberal party. Com-
mercial life in Xe\v Westminster has distinctly profited by the arrival of Mr.
Butterfield, who not only has promoted his own interests since locating here but
has proven a factor in general commercial expansion. A man of wide outlook
and shrewd judgment, he is continually improving his opportunities and by tak-
ing care of advantages as they have come in his way has attained to a prominent
and substantial position.
CAPTAIN M. NEELIN GARLAND.
Captain M. Neelin Garland, of Vancouver, has various business interests, in
the management and control of which he displays sound judgment and unfaltering
perseverance. He was born in Carleton county, Ontario, and is a son of Edward
and Mary Ann (Neelin) Garland, the former a native of Surrey, England, and the
latter of the north of Ireland. In early life they became residents of Carleton
county, Ontario, where they were among the pioneer settlers and lived there
throughout their remaining days. Carleton county has nearly always been repre-
sented in the Dominion parliament by some member of this family, and, there is a
most creditable public record associated with the family name.
After attending the public schools Captain M. Neelin Garland continued his edu-
cation at Belleville College in Belleville, Ontario, from which he was graduated. He
was engaged in mining in Ontario until 1894, when he came to British Columbia.
He mined on the Eraser river from 1894 to 1898, when he went to the Yukon on
his own initiative and there staked what was known as the Bed Rock flume con-
cession. The following year he was appointed superintendent of the British Amer-
ican Corporation and located and opened their copper properties at White Horse,
Yukon Territory. His experiences were those which usually came in connection
with mine development and brought him intimate knowledge of that great depart-
ment of industry. He resigned in 1900 and retired to Vancouver, since which time
he has been engaged in the timber and lumber business and has assisted in organizing
several successful ventures. He is managing director of the Nimkish Lake Log-
ging Company, Limited, being also largely interested in British Columbia farm
lands, in which he made extensive investments. Whatever success is his is attribu-
table entirely to his own labors, as he early recognized the truth that there is no
royal road to wealth and that there is no excellence without effort. Thus it was
that he bent his energies to accomplishment of the tasks assigned him, and with the
passing years has advanced step by step .to the goal of prosperity. His invest-
ments in business affairs cover a wide scope and he is connected with many impor-
tant business projects. Varied are the interests which have claimed his attention,
having to do with business affairs, the duties of citizenship and public obligations.
His support of any movement has ever been prompted by a conscientious belief
in its advisibility and he attacks everything in which he is interested with a con-
tagious enthusiasm.
Captain Garland served with the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards at Ottawa
and won the rank of captain in C School, Toronto, his commission dating from the
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3 ist of October, 1889. He votes the conservative ticket and is keenly interested
in Dominion and provincial politics. Every measure that goes to the upbuilding or
development of the country, and particularly British Columbia, is sure of his
earnest and hearty support. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also
belongs to the Vancouver Club ; the Jericho Country Club ; the Royal Vancouver
Yacht Club, and the Canadian Military Institute, at Toronto. His religious faith
is that of the Anglican church.
Captain Garland was married in 19x39 to Miss Mary Agnes Lyons, only daughter
af John R. Lyons, J. P., of Rochdale, Lancashire, England.
FRANK ALEXIS PATRICK.
An eminent philosopher has said that few men recognize the fact that play-
ing well is only of secondary importance to working well — that relaxation and
entertainment maintain in nature an even balance to business activity. There is
in all Vancouver no more attractive place of recreation than the Arena, of which
Frank Alexis Patrick is manager. Well defined plans, carefully executed, not-
ible business ability and discernment combined with systematic management have
)een the features which have made this the splendid institution which it is today,
[ts existence is due to the Patrick family with the subject of this review as one
>f the promoters and directors. He is yet a young man, his birth having occurred
n Ottawa, Ontario, December 21, 1885, his parents being Joseph and Grace
'Nelson) Patrick. The father was a son of Thomas Patrick, who came from
County Tyrone, Ireland, and settled in one of the eastern townships of Quebec,
liis home being near Sherbrooke, where he engaged in farming. His son Joseph
^atrick was reared there upon the homestead farm and after reaching manhood
•mgaged in the timber business in Quebec, with headquarters and residence in
Vfontreal. His business grew to extensive proportions and he carried on his
operations in Quebec until 1906, when he acquired large timber limits in British
1 Columbia and removed to Nelson. There he continued in the timber and lumber
business under the name of the Patrick Lumber Company until 1911, when he
disposed of his interests to the British Canadian Lumber Corporation and retired
from active commercial pursuits. He then removed to Victoria where he now
icsides, enjoying the fruits of his former labor in a well earned and well merited
rest, his activities in former years being productive of a handsome competence
ihat now supplies him with all of the comforts of life. He married Grace Nelson,
;i daughter of R. V. Nelson, a well known and prominent railroad contractor
of Ontario and the maritime provinces.
In the pursuit of his education Frank A. Patrick attended the grammar and
high schools of Montreal and McGill University in that city, from which insti-
gation he was graduated in 1908 with the degree of B. A. Following his grad-
ration he joined his father at Nelson, British Columbia, and became associated
with him in the timber and lumber business as superintendent of the Patrick
Lumber Company. He continued to act in that capacity until the business was
sold in 1911, when he came to Vancouver and organized the Vancouver Arena
Company, Ltd., of which he became managing director and so continues. In this
t ndertaking he is associated with his father and brother Lester. The company
< rected the Vancouver Arena, one of the largest, finest and most imposing of its
Vind in the world, constructed at a cost of more than three hundred thousand
< ollars. It contains an artificial ice rink with an ice surface eighty-five feet wide
l>y two hundred and ten feet in length and having a seating capacity for ten
thousand, five hundred people. This artificial ice rink was the first to be built
ii Canada and is the finest on the American continent. The Arena contains the
most up-to-date refrigerating plant in the country from the viewpoint of fur-
nishing ice surfaces for skating purposes, hockey and curling, as well as ice for
domestic consumption. The ice for the rink is manufactured by the gravity
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brine system, a process invented and patented by Mr. Patrick. Unlike other
systems there are no series of coils, but all the pipes, which are operated inde-
pendently, are fed by one large pipe, which in turn is absolutely controlled. The
ice so manufactured has proven to be superior to natural ice for skating pur-
poses. In the basement of the building provision is made for the curlers, where
there are four fine sheets of ice. For a building of such great size its seating
capacity is so arranged as to afford the spectators a perfect view of the entire
ice surface from any point of the building. The lighting system is superior to
that of any ice skating rink in the country. The building contains four entrances
and fourteen exits and can be emptied in three minutes, even when full to its
capacity. The primary object of the Arena is to provide a rink in which to
stage the game of hockey, the great Canadian winter sport. The rink was opened
for skating on the 2Oth of December, 1911, and soon afterward the hockey sea-
son was inaugurated with three teams, representing Vancouver, New West-
minster and Victoria, comprising the Pacific Hockey Association. The games
have attracted great public interest during the two seasons in which the league
has been active and have been liberally patronized. Mr. Patrick is a fine hockey
player and occupies the point position on the Vancouver team as well as being
manager of the team. He is a splendid athlete in many directions and is a cham-
pion of all kinds of athletics and of manly outdoor sports. During the summer
months the Vancouver Arena is used for the purpose of holding shows of various
kinds and for all attractions requiring a large seating capacity, while the
basement is utilized for the manufacture of artificial ice for domestic use and for
cold storage purposes. The Patricks, father and sons, also built and own the
Victoria Arena, erected on the same lines as the Vancouver rink but with only
half the seating capacity. The Victoria rink is under the management of Lester
Patrick, while the father is only financially interested in the business.
Frank A. Patrick is a liberal in politics but not an active party worker. He
belongs to the University and Canadian Clubs and to the Methodist church. His
has been an active and well spent life, his labors reaching achievement in well
earned success. That he possesses splendid business ability is evidenced in the
establishment and control of the mammoth rink of which he is in charge and
which meets a need for public entertainment that makes it a valuable adjunct
to Vancouver.
VICTOR ALEXANDER GEORGE ELIOT.
Victor Alexander George Eliot is managing director at Victoria of the West-
ern Dominion Land & Investment Company, Limited, in which connection he is
doing much as a city builder and developer of property. A young man imbued
with the progressive spirit of the west, he is taking an active part in the work
of general improvement and advancement, and with him each year chronicles
successful achievement. He was born in London, England, June 2, 1884, a son
of Philip Eliot, who was dean of Windsor and chaplain to the late Queen Victoria,
to the late King Edward and now to King George. The mother, Mary Emma
Eliot, who died in October, 1901, was a daughter of the fifth Baron Rivers and
was maid of honor to Queen Victoria.
Victor A. G. Eliot pursued his education in Maryborough College of England
from 1898 until 1902 and then became a student at Trinity College, Oxford,
where he spent two years. He made his initial step in the business circles of
the northwest as a clerk in the Bank of Montreal at Victoria and afterward occu-
pied a clerical position with the British American Trust Company, Limited, in
that city. He turned his attention to the brokerage business as senior partner
in the firm of Eliot & Bronley, of Victoria, and afterward became a partner in
the firm of Bevan, Gore & Eliot, which is affiliated with the Western Dominion
Land & Investment Company. He is now managing director of the latter and
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also a director of the British Investments. Limited. The Western Dominion
Land & Investment Company, Limited, is interested in three hundred acres of
land on Tod Inlet, on the south side of the Saanich peninsula, about eleven miles
from Victoria. This property is being subdivided into small blocks suitable for
settlers who intend to engage in market gardening or mixed farming. The com-
pany also handles a considerable amount of English capital for investment in
mortgages, agreements of sale, real estate and industrial concerns. They hold
seats on the Victoria, Vancouver and Spokane stock exchanges and are in
close touch with the real-estate and money market of the province. The main
office of the company is located in Vancouver, under the management of C. H.
Gore, while the Victoria office is under the management of Victor A. G. Eliot.
The company's London address is u Haymarket and the office in the metropolis
is in charge of Gerald C. Torrens, while a branch office is located at Sidney, on
Vancouver island, and is in charge of Mr. Oldfield, at which point he is handling
a large tract of land that has been subdivided into business and residential lots,
known as the Brethour subdivision. A portion of this is industrial property,
having water frontage facilities, and the remainder is high class residential prop-
erty, all being handled on the easy payment plan. The company has also acquired
large interests in the Bulkley Valley and Fort George districts, which they are
subdividing into small blocks suitable for gardening and mixed farming. The
company also has large holdings of inside business property in Victoria and
Vancouver. Their efforts have been a most important factor in the upbuilding of
the town of Sidney, which has been termed "the town with a future." It is
fast becoming a great manufacturing and industrial center. Another notable
work which is being accomplished by the Western Dominion Land & Investment
Company, Limited, is the development of Brentwood, an attractive residential
suburb situated on the British Columbia electric line, within eleven miles of the
:enter of Victoria. With its splendid water front and rolling ground, it offers
excellent advantages to builders of beautiful homes who desire an ideal climate
is well as building sites. In all of his work in connection with the company Mr.
Eliot manifests a most progressive spirit and his labors have been an important
element in the success of the corporation with which he is connected.
Mr. Eliot was united in marriage to Miss Grace Edith Langley, a daughter of
Walter Langley, of Basque Ranche, Ashcroft, British Columbia. Their mar-
riage was celebrated in London, England, May 6, 1907. They are members of
the Church of England and Mr. Eliot gives his political allegiance to the con-
servative party but is not an active party worker. He is a member of the Board
of Trade and is interested in every movement not only for the benefit and upbuild-
ing of Victoria but of the entire province. The social activities of his life feature
argely in connection with the Union Club, the Victoria Golf Club, the Victoria
Lawn Tennis Club and the Cowichan Country Club.
FRED ALLEN.
Among the men who from pioneer times have taken a prominent part in
Business affairs in Vancouver and who, in ably advancing their own interests,
have become forces in general development is numbered Fred Allen, a feed mer-
chant on Water street. The years have brought him wealth, business prominence
and a place among the representative men of the city where he is now living in
practical retirement although still supervising the management of his store. He
was born November 20, 1861, at Charfield, Gloucestershire, England, and is a
son of George and Ann Allen, the former for many years active as a shoemaker.
Both have passed away.
Fred Allen is in all essential respects a self-made man, for at the early age
of nine years he was obliged to leave the public schools of his native city and
jegin earning his own livelihood. He worked first in his father's shoe shop,
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where he continued for seven years, after which he obtained a clerical position
in a grocery store in the Birmingham district. Resigning this and leaving his
native country, he emigrated to Canada, settling first in Toronto, Ontario, where
he followed railroading, working in various positions for about five years there-
after. In 1884 he came to British Columbia and after a short stay in Victoria
moved to Yale, where he was employed by J. B. Lovell in a general store for
about three years. In the fall of 1887, after the Vancouver fire, he came to this
city, where he is now numbered among the early settlers. For three years he
worked in a feed store conducted by H. Arkell and then established himself in
this line, his place of business being the old Methodist church on Water street,
now one of the landmarks of the city. For twenty-two years he has conducted
his store in that locality and during all of that time has not been absent from
the store for two weeks. In the interval his business has developed and ex-
panded into one of the largest of its kind in the city and he himself has taken
his place among the substantial merchants and progressive business men. From
time to time he has invested judiciously in city property and the rise in land values
has brought him an independent income upon which he is living practically
retired.
Mr. Allen married Miss Mary McLeod, a daughter of George and Mary
McLeod, of Prince Edward Island, both of whom have passed away. Mr. and
Mrs. Allen have three children, Percy, Gordon and Muriel, all of whom are
attending school. Mr. Allen is independent in his political views. He belongs
to the Pioneer Association of Vancouver as one of the early settlers in the city
which at the time of his arrival was a small village whose business district cen-
tered about his store. He has witnessed its development into one of the most
important cities on the Pacific coast and has seen its institutions founded and
its business relations extended, bearing to the best of his ability and opportu-
nities an active and honorable part in the work of progress and advancement.
His present period of leisure is well deserved, rewarding many years of untir-
ing industry and well directed labor in the past.
RUSSELL SMITHER.
For thirty-five years Russell Smither has lived upon his farm at New West-
minster, and his activities have been a force in the general development and
progress as well as in the attainment of individual success. At the present
writing he is living retired, enjoying the fruits of his earnest and intelligently
directed effort in former years. He is numbered among the honored pioneer
settlers of British Columbia but is a native of England, his birth having oc-
curred in London on the 28th of February, 1846, his parents being John and
Emma Smither, both of whom have passed away. The father's business was
that of car man and agent.
Russell Smither was educated mainly in The City of London School at
Cheapside and when sixteen years of age .was apprenticed to a contractor and
builder, with whom he served for five years. About this time he attained his
majority and leaving England in 1867, he crossed the Atlantic to the United
States, working for two years thereafter at the carpenter's trade in connection
with a railroad in Illinois. Subsequently he went to Franklin county, Kansas,
where he purchased two hundred and forty acres of land and there carried
on general farming for six years, but owing to the grasshopper scourge and
drouth he determined to make a change and in 1875 went to San Francisco,
California, where for nearly three years he was employed at his trade in con-
nection with the building of the Palace and Baldwin Hotels.
In September, 1877, Mr. Smither came to British Columbia and has since
been a resident of New Westminster. He was among the first to homestead
one hundred and sixty acres on the Hall's Prairie road, but on account of the
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bad condition of the roads, the difficulty of clearing the land and lack of means
he afterward sold that property. In those days a row boat was the only ferry
and was quite sufficient for the few who then crossed the river. For many
years Mr. Smither worked for the firm of John Hendry, McNair & Company,
afterward called the Royal City Planing Mills Company, his long continuance
in their service indicating clearly his fidelity and capability. In 1879 he pur-
chased seven acres of land on the north arm on the Fraser river, for which
he paid one hundred and seventy-five dollars and on which the taxes for a num-
ber of years were only fifty cents. After clearing this land he planted an
orchard and also began raising chickens, meeting with considerable success in
that undertaking.
Upon the tract he established his home and in 1883 he wedded Mary K.
Holt, a daughter of S. F. and Caroline Holt, natives of Nova Scotia, who came
to British Columbia in 1877. They have become the parents of five children:
Emma M., now the wife of W. M. Kerr ; William P.; fohn S .; Cara 11. and
Russell H.
Fraternally Mr. Smither is connected with the Masonic fraternity and the
\ncient Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Church of England
ind in politics votes independently, placing the genera! good above partisanship.
In 1892 he was elected and served as alderman of the city council and in 1893
filled the position of school trustee. He has always been greatly interested in
gardening and music and has found therein recreation and pleasure. He is now
practically living retired, enjoying the rest which crowns earnest, persistent and
lonorable effort.
WILLIAM WALMSLEY.
Since 1911 William Walmsley has efficiently filled the important position of
issistant sanitary inspector in New Westminster, doing work which largely
•esults in the betterment of sanitary conditions in the city and which is a factor
n the prevention of disease and epidemics. He was born in County Fermanagh,
Ireland, in 1868 and is a son of Edward and Mary J. (Sheridan) Walmsley,
latives of that county, who came to Canada in 1885, locating in Ottawa. In
[891 they crossed the continent to New Westminster, British Columbia, where
he mother still lives, the father having passed away. During the greater part
)f his active life he was engaged as a stationary engineer and was highly esteemed
md respected in the communities in which he made his home.
William Walmsley was reared under the parental roof, remaining in his
lative island until he was seventeen years of age, when he removed with his
>arents to Canada. He was educated in the common schools and upon discon-
inuing his lessons served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade in Ottawa,
vorking at his trade as a journeyman before coming to New Westminster.
Arriving here in 1891, he remained but a year, proceeding in 1892 to the Koot-
•onay country, engaging in the hotel business and operating an establishment of
hat kind in Kaslo for four years, subsequent to which period he continued in
he same line in Whitewater for six years and in Sandon for one year. He then
•eturned to New Westminster, turning his attention to agricultural pursuits for
he next three years and giving his time to contracting for the next two years,
loing work for the Emerson Lumber Company. His next position was as con-
ductor for the British Columbia Electric Company, in which relationship he re-
nained for two years, but in 1911 he was made assistant sanitary inspector of
'he city of New Westminster. He gives his undivided attention to this impor-
ant work, promoting health conditions in every possible way. The position is
;in important one, as it directly affects the people, and Mr. Walmsley conscien-
iously recognizes the seriousness of his duties, which he fulfills with the great-
est punctiliousness and faithfulness,
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Mr. Walmsley married Miss Alary Tappan, of Manitoba, and to them were
born three children, Arthur William, Elva Gladys and George Laverne. His
political allegiance is given to the conservative party and, although he keeps well
informed upon all questions of the' day, he takes no active part in the public life
of the city or province, his important duties precluding activity along other
lines. He is well known and popular in New Westminster and to a large extent
enjoys the confidence and good-will of the populace, who not only esteem him as
an efficient public official but also as a man who is distinguished for many high
qualities of mind and character.
ALBERT EDWARD PLANTA.
Among the public-spirited citizens of Nanaimo to whose energy and enter-
prise must be attributed the excellent progress and stable development of the
city is numbered Albert Edward Planta. For many years he has been ranked
among the foremost business men of the town, the interests of which he has most
ably served by his efficient discharge of various official duties, ranking from a
member of the school board to that of mayor. He is a native of South Australia,
his birth having occurred at Adelaide on the nth of September, 1868, and his
parents being Joseph Phrys and Margaret (Stacy) Planta. The father came to
British Columbia in 1870, locating in New Westminster, where he engaged in
teaching school. Among his pupils were many who have since figured promi-
nently in the public and official life of British Columbia, including such men as
the Honorable Sir Richard McBride, premier, and Judge Mclnnis. Later he was
appointed to the faculty of the collegiate school at Victoria, where he remained
for several years, removing from there to Nanaimo. Here he became associated
with the Vancouver Coal Company, being identified with this enterprise until
appointed to the office of stipendiary magistrate, in which capacity he served until
his death, in 1904. The mother is also deceased, her demise having occurred in
1906.
Albert Edward Planta, who with his mother and other members of the
family moved to British Columbia in 1879, was eleven years of age when brought
to the province and acquired his education in the public schools of Nanaimo.
Having early decided upon a commercial career, he terminated his student days
at the age of fifteen and obtained a position in a drug store. At the expiration
of an apprenticeship of two years, he entered the employ of Dr. Cluness, the
colliery surgeon of Nanaimo. He entered upon the duties of the latter posi-
tion some three years prior to the doctor's death, following which he identified
himself with insurance and real-estate interests of the city. This proved to be
a very profitable venture and he became the head of a large and thriving business
which he successfully conducted until 1911, when he sold his interests to the
Dominion Trust Company, of which he is manager. He has been entrusted with
the handling of extensive property interests and has negotiated many of the most
important transfers effected of recent years. His long connection with the busi-
ness has made him not only thoroughly familiar with local realty interests and
property values but he is widely informed on northwestern lands generally, his
opinion in this particular field being regarded as that of an authority.
On the 3d of June, 1890, Mr. Planta was united in marriage to Miss Amy
Gordon, a daughter of the late Hon. D. W. Gordon, M. P., and Emma (Webb)
Gordon. Of this marriage have been born four children: Edward S. L., a civil
engineer in the survey corps of the Western Fuel Company; and Clive M.,
Albert Murray and Robin, all yet at home.
The family hold membership in the Church of England, and fraternally Mr.
Planta is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows and the Foresters. Politically he is a conservative and takes an active
interest in all public affairs, particularly those of a local nature. He first became
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dentified with public life in 1894, when he was elected to the office of alderman,
n which capacity he served for eight years. During that time he took an active
interest in the water system, then in course of construction, and enthusiastically
< ooperated in forwarding various other progressive movements. At the expiration
of his period of office he was elected mayor, and during the six years of his
incumbency the present sewerage system was installed. The more important
treets of the city were paved at that time, cement sidewalks were laid, and many
minor improvements inaugurated, which not only enhanced the appearance of the
c ity, but greatly augmented property values. At the present time he is chairman
of the school board, on which he has served for many years, giving the same effi-
< ient and capable service here as has characterized him in the discharge of his
Carious other official duties. His reputation has spread beyond his immediate
vicinity and he has been called to offices of more than local importance, having
served in 1910 as president of the Association of Trustees of the Schools of British
Columbia, and for two years was president of the Union of Municipalities of
] British Columbia. In addition to his other services he has for years been dis-
charging the duties of justice of the peace and he is also a notary public. Mr.
Planta stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens, both as a business man and
1 ublic official, possessing those qualities which win him the confidence of those
with whom> he has dealings and he so meets his responsibilities and discharges
1 is obligations as to retain the respect of all honorable and upright men.
JAMES CRAIG.
Since December, 1910, James Craig has efficiently filled the position of city
I lumbing inspector of New Westminster, performing important duties in that
connection. Yet a young man, he has taken the right steps in the direction of
P access and stands on the threshold of a career that promises well for the future.
I'.orn in Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 21, 1884, he is a son of George and Jessie
(Wilson) Craig, natives of Aberdeen, Scotland. Roth came in their youth to
( anada from their native country, locating in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they
were married in 1883. In 1885 they removed to the province of Saskatchewan,
where the father homesteaded a piece of land, but two years later, in 1887, he
made another step westward, going to Vancouver, where he engaged in con-
tracting. On account of asthmatic troubles, however, he had to seek a change
of climate and in 1892 returned to Scotland, where he has since resided. He is
n>w holding the position of overseer of the Ellis estate, in the Scottish highlands.
James Craig was reared at home, enjoying the educational advantages of the
\ ancouver public schools, and subsequently attended Peter Head Academy in
Scotland for a short time. Following the completion of his studies he was em-
p oyed in a clerical capacity in a dry-goods store, this position being followed by
one in a grocery establishment. In 1898 he apprenticed himself to the plumbing
trade, serving thus for six years and nine months. He received four cents
less than a dollar a week for the first year of his service and a twenty-four cent
n ise per week each year following, of his apprenticeship. In the spring of 1905
ft'.r. Craig returned to Canada, being for six or seven months employed in Mon-
treal, but in December of the same year came west to British Columbia, locating
ai;ain in Vancouver. A few months later, however, the firm with which he was
connected transferred him to New Westminster, which he has since made his-
home. In the intervening years he served as government plumber for two years
and four months and for one year following this service was engaged in busi-
ness for himself. His thorough apprenticeship and subsequent wide experience
wall fitted him for the position of plumbing inspector of New Westminster, to
wiich office he was appointed in December, 1910, and in which position he is
still serving, discharging his duties faithfully and efficiently. His work in that
cc nnection is of the utmost importance to the city as the state of health of the
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inhabitants largely depends upon the system which is under his control and
inspection.
In 1908 Mr. Craig married Miss Margaret Isabelle Dailey, of Bangor, County
Down, Ireland, and to this union were born two children, Cecil Eaton and Cecilia
Victoria. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are members of the Presbyterian church, in the
work of which they take an active and helpful interest. His only fraternal con-
nection is with King Solomon Lodge, Xo. 17, A. F. & A. M., of the Masonic
order. An ambitious young man of progressive tendencies, Mr. Craig is fast
forging to the front, being highly esteemed and respected by all who know him
for his faithfulness in office, his manly qualities and his pleasant, warm-hearted
ways which make for him friends wherever he goes. He is a young man with
an ambition and there is no doubt that his ambition will lead him to positions
which will result in his own financial independence and also make him a service-
able factor in the cause of general advancement and development.
GEORGE ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, M. D.
Port Coquitlam numbers among its most distinguished, able and public-
spirited citizens Dr. George Alexander Sutherland, pioneer physician and sur-
geon in the city and for years a great individual force in the upbuilding of muni-
cipal institutions along professional and other lines. His labors since his arrival
here have emboided and exemplified the highest ideals of public service and dur-
ing the years he has made his comprehensive professional knowledge, his ability
and his prominence factors in a work of humanitarianism which places him in
the front ranks of public benefactors. He was born in Oxford county, Ontario,
on the 2ist of June, 1872. and is a son of John S. and Mary (Cameron) Suther-
land, the former for many years a prominent farmer, now living retired in Inger-
soll. Ontario.
Dr. Sutherland is in all essential respects a self-made man, for after acquir-
ing a preliminary education in the collegiate institute of Ingersoll he turned his
attention to teaching, following that occupation in his native county for five years
in order to gain the money to pursue his professional studies. Having at length
saved a sum sufficient for his expenses, he entered the University of Toronto
and was graduated in 1899, with the first silver medal and first-class honors,
thus giving evidence even at this early period of preeminence in his chosen field.
From 1898 to 1899 he served as house surgeon in the Toronto General Hospital
and from 1899 to 1900 was ship surgeon on the Pacific for the Canadian Pacific
Railroad Company. He afterward engaged in the general practice of his pro-
fession in his native town until 1911, when he came to British Columbia and after
passing the required examinations settled in Port Coquitlam as the first physician
in the city. His life since that time has been one of continuous advancement
and uninterrupted service. His private practice has grown and expanded con-
tinuously, for it is well known that he possesses a scientific and comprehensive
knowledge of the underlying principles of medicine, the broad learning, the deep
sympathy and the appreciation of the ultimate ends and purposes of life, neces-
sary to succeed in this most difficult profession. He has made his ability the
basis also of constructive work in the public service, as a record of his activities
will plainly show. He has done more than any other one man to improve san-
itary conditions in Port Coquitlam and with their improvement to check the
ravages of disease and prevent its recurrence. He has been instrumental in
founding a private hospital and in securing for the city a beautiful site on St.
Mary's Hill for the city hospital, thus making possible here the growth and
development of two badly needed institutions of this character. At the present
time he is serving as health officer and medical school inspector and is surgeon
of the construction work for the Canadian Pacific Railroad, with a contract
to serve nearly all of the Canadian Pacific construction camps. His activities
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;.long such lines as these are fully equalled, if not surpassed, by the quiet, unosten-
tatious but effective work which he has done as a private practitioner, for he is
;. physician who not only loves his profession but is actuated at all times by an
.-.biding sense of the responsibilities which it entails upon him. No weather is too
,'evere, no distance too great for him to travel to the bedside of a patient and his
< onstant and willing sympathy has made him an ever welcome visitor to the
Mck and suffering. The men in the construction camps around Port Coquitlam
; re devoted to him, for they have seen continued evidences of his self-sacrificing
work, his care and unremitting energy, his devotion to the sick under his charge,
;.nd they regard him with reason as the embodiment of all that is highest and
l*st in the physician's calling.
Dr. Sutherland married on the 26th of July, 1906, Miss Jeanette Munro, a
daughter of Colonel James and Agnes Munro, the former a private banker
;.nd a well known army officer. He was the organizer of the Twenty-second
Oxford Rifles and saw service in the Trent affair. He was also a member of
(he contingent from Canada, as paymaster, at the queen's jubilee. Dr. and Mrs.
Sutherland have one son, Bruce .Munro, named in honor of Herbert A. Bruce,
< ne of the foremost surgeons in the city of Toronto and an intimate personal
mend of the subject of this review. Dr. Sutherland is a member of the
Presbyterian church and is connected fraternally with the Masonic order and the
Independent Order of Foresters. He takes great delight in all kinds of outdoor
sports and is especially fond of motoring, in which he spends a great many of
1 is leisure hours. He was one of the first physicians in Port Coquitlam and
ij today one of the most honored and respected ones, his many years of earnest
and capable work having gained for him the respect and high regard of his
trethren of the medical fraternity and the confidence and good-will of all who
come in contact with him.
STANLEY E. EDWARDS.
In the short period of about three years Stanley E. Edwards has become
one of the leading jewelers of New Westminster. British Columbia, establishing
himself independently in September, 1910, in this city. He was born in County
Haldimand, Ontario, on March 18, 1879, ar>d is a son of Edward and Maria
(Harris) Edwards, the former a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose parents
cime from Wales to that province. The mother was born in Ontario and her
pirents were natives of Wales. The father in early life engaged as contractor
f )r a number of years but later became connected with agricultural pursuits.
I oth he and his wife are still living, the former at the age of eighty-two and the
1; tter having passed the seventy-sixth birthday. They are parents of eight
c lildren and there has never been a death in the family.
Stanley E. Edwards was reared on the home farm and educated in the country
schools and at the Caledonia high school, from which he graduated in 1897. The
s )irit of the west then took possession of him and he shortly afterward removed
to Minnesota, locating in Crookston, where he served an apprenticeship at the
jeweler's trade. In 1900 he moved northward to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where
he worked as a journeyman jeweler for several years, being most of that time
e nployed by the house of Henry Birk & Sons. In October, 1906, Air. Edwards
cime to British Columbia, locating in Victoria, where he worked at his trade,
aid in March, 1909, came to New Westminster, accepting a position with W. C.
Chamberlain, with whom he remained for about eighteen months. At the end
of that period, in September, 1910, he established his present business, which
under his able management has become one of the important concerns of its
kind in New Westminster. Thoroughly experienced in his line, Mr. Edwards
gives his personal attention to all work entrusted to his care and has built up a
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reputation for reliability which assures his customers of the fairest treatment
obtainable.
In March, 1908, Mr. Edwards was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Little-
wood, of Victoria, and to them have been born two children, Gwynneth Audrey
Mabel and Elsworth. In his political affiliations Mr. Edwards gives his support
to the conservative party and fraternally he is affiliated with Westminster Lodge,
No. 842, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Canadian Order of Foresters. Both
he and his wife are devout members of the Church of England. A man of
enterprise and action, Mr. Edwards contributes by his activities to general com-
mercial expansion and beside attaining individual prosperity has become an
important factor in the growth of his city. He takes a deep interest in all that
affects the. public and is ever ready to bear his share of time and money in the
promotion of public enterprises.
GEORGE LAW SON MILNE, M. D., C. M.
An exact and comprehensive knowledge of the underlying principles of medi-
cine, a broad humanitarianism, a sense of personal responsibility, and a keen
realization of the value of life and its ultimate purposes make Dr. George Lawson
Milne, of Victoria, a very able and successful physician. He has practiced in
the city since 1880 and during the intervening years has become not only a leader
in his profession but a power in politics as well, his interests extending to many
fields of public service. He has been a member of the provincial legislature and
is at present Dominion medical officer, immigration agent and controller of Chinese
immigration, his work in this office being recognized as unusually valuable and
able. He was born in Garmouth, Scotland, April 19, 1850, and is a son of Alex-
ander and Isabella (Ingils) Milne, natives of Scotland, the father having been
for man) years a merchant in Garmouth. In 1857 he came with his family to
Canada and settled in Meaford, Ontario, where he followed the general mer-
chandise business until his death, which occurred in 1894, when he was eighty-
one years of age. His parents were also natives of Scotland, his father following
the sea as captain of a ship and meeting death by drowning while in command
of his vessel. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review were
born in Scotland and the grandfather was a farmer and landowner.
Dr. George Lawson Milne came with his parents to Canada in 1857, being
at that time seven years of age. He acquired his early education in the public
schools of Meaford, Ontario, and later entered the medical department of Toronto
University. He received his degree of M. D., C. M., in 1880 from Victoria Uni-
versity, and in 1890 Toronto University also conferred upon him the medical
degree of Doctor. In 1880 Dr. Milne began to practice his profession in Victoria,
British Columbia, and here he has continuously resided since that time, for many
years tending to one of the largest practices in the city. He has since given up
private business entirely and now devotes his whole time to official duties as
Dominion medical officer, immigration agent and controller of Chinese immigra-
tion. He keeps in touch with the most advanced medical thought and science,
remaining a close and earnest student of his profession, and his knowledge has
been continually developed through experience, investigation and research.
Dr. Milne has held many responsible .public offices along the line of his pro-
fession, serving from 1884 to 1890 as health officer of Victoria. From 1886 to
1897 he was registrar and secretary of the medical council and a member of the
examining board, and in 1906 he was appointed Dominion government inspector
and immigration agent at Victoria, serving six years. At the end of that time
he \vas made immigration agent and controller of Chinese at this point, and these
positions he still holds, discharging his duties in a far-sighted, capable and pro-
gressive way. Aside from his profession Dr. Milne is well known in general public
life, for his citizenship is of that high order which finds it best exemplification
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in public service. He was a member of the Victoria public school board from 1887
to 1890, and from 1890 to 1894 served as a member of the British Columbia legis-
lature, his influence during that time being always on the side of right, reform
and progress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Dominion
house of commons in 1896. He has important business connections, being presi-
dent of the West Coast Fishing Company and honorary president of the Ramsay
Manufacturing Company of Vancouver.
On the 6th of December, 1882, Dr. Milne was united in marriage to Miss Ellen
Catharine Kinsman, a daughter of the late John Kinsman, alderman of Victoria
for many years, and Christina (Hunter) Kinsman. The father was a native
of England and when he was a young man came to Canada, locating first in
Ontario and afterward moving to Victoria, where he engaged in the contracting
business until his death, which occurred October 24, 1906. His wife, who is a
native of Ontario, survives him and makes her home in Victoria. The Milne
residence, at No. 618 Dallas road, known as "Pinehurst," is one of the most beau-
tiful homes in Victoria. It is set in the midst of over two acres of land, beautified
with artistic gardens, and it overlooks the sea and the Olympic mountains in the
distance. Dr. Milne has also an attractive summer residence at Becher bay, known
as "Speyside." Here he has all the facilities to enable him to enjoy life in the
open, in which he takes such great delight. Launches and boats of all kinds are
always at hand, as well as a great variety of fishing and hunting equipment. Both
Dr. and Mrs. Milne are very fond of outdoor life and spend many of their leisure
hours in the open. They are well known in social circles and Mrs. Milne is a
member of the Alexandra Club. Dr. Milne served from 1878 to 1880 in the
Queens' Own Rifles of Toronto and is a member of the Morayshire Club, of
London, England. He belongs also to the Pacific Club of Vict'oria and along
professional lines is identified with the British Columbia Medical Association
and the Victoria Medical Society, his ability being widely recognized in medical
circles. Dr. Milne is very prominent in Masonry, being a member of Victoria-
Columbia Lodge, No. i, A. F. & A. M.; Scotland Lodge, No. 120, R. A. M.,
while he is also a Knight Templar and member of Gizeh Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He is deputy district grand master for district No. i, British Columbia.
He is a Presbyterian and a member of St. Andrews church of Victoria. His
political indorsement is given to the liberal party. Those who know him personally
find him an affable and courteous gentleman, well informed, broad-minded and
well worthy of the position which he holds in the official and professional world
of the province and in the regard of the general public.
JOHN SMITH.
John Smith, who is filling the position of city clerk at Port Coquitlam, was
the first and has been the only incumbent in the office. In May, 1859, at Crown-
thorpe, Norfolk, England, his birth occurred, his parents being John and Mary
Smith. His father was a farmer under the late earl of Kimberly and both parents
are now deceased. The son had a grammar-school and college education and after
leaving school took up the study of chemistry and became a qualified English
chemist. He was thus engaged until thirty-three years of age, when he decided
to leave his native land and seek a home in the new world. He sailed from
England for Canada, and making his way to British Columbia settled at Port
Coquitlam in 1892. This district was then largely undeveloped end he began
farming, which he followed continuously and successfully for fifteen years. He
homesteaded a tract of land north of Port Coquitlam and sold it for eight dollars
per acre — property that is now worth four hundred and fifty dollars per acre.
In April, 1887, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Frances Rose
Middleton, of Fakenham, Norfolk, a daughter of Francis B. Middleton, who for
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forty-nine years was cashier, in the Gurney Bank. Both he and his wife are
now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born a son and two
daughters, Douglas John, Lucy M. and Olga M.
Called to public office, Mr. Smith has proved capable, efficient and faithful
in the various positions which he has filled. In 1897 he was councillor, which
position he filled until 1898 and then resigned in order to go to the Yukon. In
1899 he returned and was appointed clerk of the municipality. When the city
was incorporated he became the first city clerk, and he was police magistrate
for three years, was justice of the peace for nine years and license commissioner
for nine years. The record which he has made is a commendable one because
of his capability, his efficiency and his trustworthiness.
Mr. Smith belongs to the Church of England. In politics he is a conserv-
ative and always keeps well informed concerning the questions and issues of the
day. He is fond of hunting and indulging therein finds his chief source of recre-
ation. He has witnessed many changes during his residence in the northwest
as the district has become more thickly settled and the work of improvement
and progress has been carried forward.
SID\7EY J. PEARCE.
New Westminster has been singularly fortunate in having able and sterling
men as its public servants, and Sidney J. Pearce, the oldest city employe on the
coast, who has continuously served for twenty-eight years in the interest of his
community, is no exception to the rule but on the contrary has increased the
prestige of officialdom by his faithful service and honest devotion to the public
cause. As chief sanitary inspector and license inspector of New Westminster
he does service which has an important and far-reaching influence upon the wel-
fare of the community and discharges his duties in such a manner as to be
worthy of the highest commendation. He was born in Somersetshire, England,
on December i 1848, his parents being Isaac and Keziah (Smith) Pearce, both
natives of Bath, Somersetshire. They lived and died in that region, where the
father during his active life held the commission of high constable.
Sidney J. Pearce was reared at home and attended the national school at
Weston-super-Mare until his fifteenth year, when in 1863 he came to Canada
to enjoy the greater opportunities offered by a new country, yet in the state
of development. Upon reaching America he landed in Portland, Maine, mak-
ing the sea journey on board the vessel Xova Scotia, the trip consuming eigh-
teen days. From Portland he removed to Richmond, Quebec, where he made
his first settlement, there spending a period of about three or four years, engag-
ing in farm work. He subsequently entered the service of the Grand Trunk
Railway, continuing in that connection for fifteen years, working as fireman and
engineer, and then allied himself with the interests of the Canadian Pacific (dur-
ing the construction days of that road) as engineer and was engaged in that
capacity in the construction of the road between Sudbury and Fort William. He
remained with the Canadian Pacific until after the completion of this line and
it was he who after the rebellion hauled the train which brought back from the
northwest the soldiers, a number of the stations between Port Arthur and Bis-
cotasing being named after the officers of the regiment. In 1884 Mr. Pearce
severed his connections with the road in order to move to a place where better
advantages alpng educational lines could be secured for his children and, leav-
ing Chapleau, where he was then located, came with his family to New West-
minster. After his arrival here he was appointed on July i, 1885, to the city
police force and two years later, on account of ability, raised to the rank of
chief of police, in which capacity he served until 1891. During these years ho
also held the offices of chief sanitary inspector and license inspector, but in 1891
the growth of the city made it imperative that the positions should be divided
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and in order to bring this about he resigned his position as police chief and
gave his entire attention to his two other offices. He has held these continuously
for over a quarter of a century, becoming sanitary and license inspector in 1887,
and is now for twenty-eight years connected with the city service, being one of
the oldest city employes on the Canadian coast. He is always moved by the
highest sense of duty and in the many years in which he has held office there
has hardly ever been raised a complaint against him.
On November 6, 1877, Mr. Pearce was united in marriage to Miss Ida Mary
Lee, of Richmond, Quebec, and to this union were born five children: Annie
Maud, the wife of W. H. Clarke, a real-estate man of Vancouver; Sidney Arthur.
foreman of the Columbia Cold Storage Company of \Tew Westminster ; Charles
Isaac, of New Westminster; George Herbert, also of this <^ty ; and Howard
Stanley, who attends school. Both Charles and Herbert operate automobiles
commercially.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearce and their family are members of the Church of England.
taking a helpful interest in that organization. Politically he gives his support
to the conservative party and fraternally is connected with the Masons, being a
life member of St. Francis Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M., of Quebec. He also
holds membership in Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., and in the Royal
Templars of Temperance. A man of sterling qualities of mind and' character,
lie enjoys the confidence and high regard of all who know him and has become
recognized as a forceful element in his community. For many years part of the
mblic service has safely rested in his hands and it may be said that there is
lardly a man more ably qualified to fill the positions to which Mr. Pearce now
.jives his attention with such good results.
EDGAR GEORGE BAYNES
Ranking with the foremost contractors and builders of Vancouver, British
Columbia, and being identified with other important interests of the city, Edgar
George Baynes has done much toward promoting growth and expansion and has
>een connected with the erection of some of the most pretentious structures in
•he city. His life work has not only resulted in his own prosperity but has
i>een of general benefit and he has ever directed his affairs in such a manner as
10 invite the closest scrutiny, his actions being above the slighest reproach. Born
m Bocking, Essex, England, on September 13. 1870, Mr. Baynes is a son of _
George and Harriett Amelia (Staines) Baynes, both natives of Essex. The
•ather follows agricultural pursuits in that county, and both he and his wife
have lived for over twenty years at Broxted Hall, Dunmow, Essex. The family
on both sides have made their home in Essex for many generations.
Edgar G. Baynes attended the Braintree school of Essex in the acquirement
< >f his education, early leaving school in order to enter the office of his uncle, who
was a member of the firm of J. & A. Franklin, -contractors and builders, with
whom he learned the trade, in the spring of 1889 Mr. Baynes came to Van-
couver with his uncle. ]. L. Franklin. They engaged together in contracting
work for a couple of years and then our subject took up a ranch in Squamish
valley, where he lived for two winters. Returning to Vancouver, he has since
made his home here. About this time he became associated with William
-McLeod Horie and they soon thereafter formed a partnership, which has now
ixisted for more than twenty years. Their work has been largely for the
municipality and they also have erected a number of important business blocks,
"hey built the present home of the Vancouver office of the British Columbia
"elephone Company, which was the first fireproof structure erected in Van-
i ouver. They also erected the Davis Chambers, the, D. A. Smith building and
numerous other edifices which mark the early growth of the city. In recent
}ears they have built no less than ten of Vancouver's public schools and during
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the past few years have made a specialty of warehouse buildings, having erected
many of the largest and most costly structures of this kind in Vancouver and
the vicinity. Mr. Baynes is now building on his own account a modern and
up-to-date private hotel on Howe street, near Robson. He is president of the
Port Haney Brick Company, Limited, which was organized in 1907 and now is
housed in a large plant at Port Haney. This firm are the only manufacturers
of partition blocks in the province and make and supply by far the greater part of
all field tile used in and around Vancouver. Mr. Baynes is also vice president
of the British Pacific Trust Company, which he assisted in founding in 1909.
This corporation conducts a general loan and trust business. In association
with his cousin, Harry Franklin, he owns very valuable centrally located busi-
ness property. He is also a stockholder in the Western Plate Glass Company,
Limited.
In Vancouver, on the I5th of April, 1899, Mr. Baynes married Miss Mar-
garet Anderson McAlpine, a native of Ontario, and they have four children,
Doris Lillian, Jean Hetty, George Edgar and Margaret Anderson.
Mr. Baynes is a member of the Board of Trade and in that connection exerts
his best eft'orts toward growth and expansion. In 1909 and 1910 he was president
of the Vancouver Builders' Exchange — a fact which indicates the high position
which is readily conceded by men occupied in the same line of business. He
is a member of Holy Trinity church and serves on its executive board. His mili-
tary experience includes service in the Second Regiment of the Essex Rifle
Brigade, which he joined while in England and in which he served until he
came to Vancouver, where he enlisted in the first company of volunteers which
was formed here. He is a member of the Sons of England and of the Terminal
City, Progress and Canadian Clubs and a member of the executive board of the
Vancouver Automobile Club, which office he has held since the inception of this
organization in 1910. The citizenship of Edgar George Baynes is truly public-
spirited and aggressive, and while he has attained to a position of distinction and
financial independence, he has done as valuable service for the general good.
This is readily recognized on every hand and he therefore enjoys the high regard
and esteem of the general public.
W. DENHAM VERSCHOYLE.
W. Denham Verschoyle, a Vancouver capitalist whose advancement to his
present prominent position in business circles has been the direct result of the
wise use of time, talent and opportunities, was born in County Sligo, Ireland,
August 7, 1869, his parents being Richard John and Mary Verschoyle, the former
a land owner of Ireland.
In private schools of England, W. Denham Verschoyle pursued his educatior
and attended Kingsley College in north Devonshire. On putting aside his text-booh
in 1886 he went to Australia and afterward to New Zealand where he practiced
his profession of mining engineer until 1891. In that year he went to South
America where he remained for a short time and about 1892 arrived in British
Columbia. For several years he continued his professional labors here, employed
as a consulting engineer, and in 1895 he went to China where he was general
manager of the Wei-,Hai-Wei Gold Mining Company for a number of years.
He then resigned his position and returned to England where he engaged in
scientific work in the field of chemistry and general physics until 1910, when he
came to Vancouver. His interests and his activities have been of constantly
growing value and importance and he now has large holdings in British Columbia
realty and is connected with various important corporations, being president of
the Pacific & Hudson's Bay Railroad and general manager of the Port of Bella
Coola, Ltd., a company which was organized for the purpose of developing the
port at that place.
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On the 27th of September, 1910, in Sligo, Ireland, Mr. Verschoyle was united
in marriage to Miss lole, a daughter of Dr. Hercules and Fannie MacDonnell,
of Dundalk, Ireland. Her father was connected with the Dundalk Hospital and
in addition had a large and lucrative private practice. Mr. and Mrs. Verschoyle
have one son, Derek. Mr. Verschoyle is not interested in politics except in the
very broadest manner, having always preferred to concentrate his energies upon
the business interests and duties which have claimed his time and attention. At
.any one point in his career he seems to have reached the possibility for successful
accomplishment at that point. Upon the basis of scientific knowledge and broad
practical experience he has builded his success, becoming an acknowledged author-
ity upon many professional problems and gradually advancing until he ranks with
Vancouver's capitalists. His position in professional circles is indicated by the
fact that he is fellow of the Chemical Society of London, a fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society, a member of the Institute of Mining Engineers and a
member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
HUGH WILSON GIFFORD.
Among the well known young men of New Westminster there is none who is
more popular or better liked than Hugh Wilson Gifford, a native of this city,
where he was born on May 29, 1893, a son of Thomas and Annie (Stoddard)
Gifford, the former being extensively mentioned in another part of this work.
Hugh W. Gifford was reared at home and acquired his education in the public
schools of Columbia College in New Westminster. In 1907, after laying aside
his books, he apprenticed himself to the plumber's trade, to which occupation he
gives his time during the winter months. He is making fast and steady progress
along this line and all who know him appreciate his sterling characteristics and
unite in prophesying a splendid future for him. Mr. Gifford is also deeply
interested in athletics and for the past three years has been a member of the
Westminster lacrosse team which has won the world's championship for the
past seven years, with the exception of 1911, when it was lost to Vancouver.
Mr. Gifford has always heartily participated in all affairs tending to promote the
sport and is loyal to the team and its interests.
WALTER A. THURSBY.
Walter A. Thursby, president of the Coquitlam Financial Corporation and
an active and successful dealer in real estate in Port Coquitlam, was born in
Bristol, England, January 18, 1883, a son of Rev. John and Lilly (Batchelor)
Fhursby, the former a minister of the Church of England, residing in Vancouver.
Walter A. Thursby began his education in the public schools of his native
xmntry and continued it in the United States, completing his school days in a
Canadian high school. After laying aside his books he entered the employ
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Port Arthur and afterward was connected
with this corporation in Port William, acting in its interests in a clerical capacity
for five years. At the end of that time he entered the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and was afterward connected with the same
institution in London, in the same province, severing his connection with it in
order to go to the Cobalt district, where he spent three years engaged in mining.
He was afterward for two years in the insurance business in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, and at the end of that period came to British Columbia, settling in Port
Coquitlam and turning his attention to the real-estate business, handling all kinds
if Port Coquitlam and Vancouver property. He here organized the Coquitlam
Financial Corporation, of which he has since been the president, and his important
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interests are all carefully and capably managed, bringing him a gratifying degree
of success.
On the ist of October, 1910, Mr. Thursby was united in marriage to Miss
Lizzie Marie Townsend, of Devvsbury, England, by whom he has two daughters,
Barbara and Margaret, twins. He belongs to the Church of England and is a
conservative in his political beliefs, taking an intelligent interest in public affairs,
although he never seeks public office. He belongs to the Coquitlam Agricultural
Society and to the Port Coquitlam Board of Trade and does everything in his
power to advance the interests of the community along constructive and progres-
sive lines. He is a devoted husband and father and spends all of his leisure
hours with his family. He is fond of gardening, as the grounds around his
home bear evidence, and in manner is always courteous and genial. Although
still a young man he is a recognized business factor in Port Coquitlam and his
many friends do not hesitate to predict for him continued progress in his chosen,
field.
E. JAMES ENTHOVEN.
To see practically the outcome from the beginning, to recognize possibili-
ties and utilize them, to discriminate between the essential and the non-essen-
tial and to temper progressiveness with a safe conservatism — these are the
indispensable qualities in the financier who guards not only his own but also
the moneyed interests of others and, largely through his activities, estab-
lishes and maintains the healthfulness of trade. In this connection, as a well1
known and thoroughly reliable representative of financial interests, stands E.
James Enthoven, who since 1908 has been the secretary and treasurer and one
of the directors of the Vancouver Financial Corporation, Ltd. — a company hav-
ing large connections in Scotland as well as in British Columbia.
Mr. Enthoven was born at Arrow Hall, Cheshire, England, January 3, 1865,
and is a son of John and Sophia (Mozley) Enthoven, the former of whom was
engaged in business in Liverpool for a number of years, while later he removed
to London, where he conducted important mercantile interests.
E. J. Enthoven was educated at Harrow, the famous boy's school, and
after leaving there became a clerk for Lataste, Aubanel & Cie. at Paris in 1882,
there remaining until 1885, when ill health compelled him to abandon the mer-
cantile career which he had mapped out for himself. He then returned to
England. The following year he went to Austrailia, where for three years he
"roughed it" in the bush, on a large sheep station. He next went to New
Zealand, where for a time he was in charge of a sheep and cattle station. In
1890 he again went to Australia, settling at Melbourne, where he founded the
firm of Enthoven & Mills, engaging in the mercantile and import business, thus
continuing until 1903, when he again went to England, where he entered actively
into the business of calico printing at Manchester and London. Though start-
ing on a comparatively small scale and in competition with old-established houses
in that line he made a success ; but his residence in Australia, with its broad
opportunities, and the freer, fuller life of that country, caused him to feel dis-
satisfied with the close and crowded conditions of London and, seeing a favor-
able opportunity to dispose of his business, he decided to close out and leave.
In 1908 he came to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver, where in associa-
tion with C. R. Drayton, he organized the Vancouver Financial Corporation,
Ltd., remaining in that connection to the present time. In the organization of
this company he again entered upon what has been a difficult task of systematiz-
ing the work, developing the business to its present condition and standing:
On its organization the company occupied a small room and something of the
growth and success of the undertaking is indicated in the fact that the Van-
couver Financial Corporation, Ltd., has today a splendidly appointed and com-
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modious suite in the London building. Difficulties and obstacles have been
encountered in bringing about this result, but the same spirit of determination
and energy which has always characterized Mr. Enthoven has been manifest
in this connection and the firm has won its place among the most prominent
representatives of financial interests in the Pacific northwest. On the organi-
zation of the Vancouver Financial Corporation, Ltd., in 1908, its capital was
small and its resources limited, but the business is now capitalized for two hundred
and ten thousand dollars and has a reserve of two hundred thousand dollars. Its
officers are: H. Abbott, chairman; C. R. Drayton, manager; and E. J. Entroven,
secretary-treasurer. The company has large connections in Scotland and is
represented by agents in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. They conduct a general
financial business and have invested large sums for clients. They have been
exceptionally successful in this line, their investments being safe, sound and
lucrative. The company also manages several large business and office buildings
in Vancouver and conduct a large fire and casualty insurance business, being
general agents for the General Eire Insurance Company of Perth, Scotland; the
Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; the General Accident
Assurance Company of Toronto; and the Canadian Casualty & Boiler Insurance
Company. Mr. Enthoven also has other financial interests and is managing direc-
tor of the London & Vancouver Investment Company, Ltd.
On the I2th of October, 1892, at .Melbourne, Australia, occurred the marriage
of Mr. Enthoven and Miss Anna Georgiana Rudall, a daughter of James Thomas
Rudall, F. R. C. S., of Melbourne. Her father was a surgeon, was commissioned
in the navy of Great Britain, and served on the expedition to the Arctic regions
on H. M. S. Talbott in search of Sir John Franklin. Later he resigned his com-
mission in the navy and in 1858 went to Australia, settling in Melbourne, where
he took up the practice of his profession and so continued until his death in 1907.
He was a very prominent and distinguished physician and surgeon, known to the
profession not only in Australia but in England and other lands as well. For
years he was surgeon to the Melbourne Hospital, the Alfred Hospital, Blind
Asylum and the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Melbourne, and was a member of
the Victoria Medical Board. He was likewise a delegate to the International
Medical Congress in London in 1881 and was the author of medical writings
of considerable note. He also translated several medical works from the Ger-
man into English. His wife was Georgiana Gordon Scot, a daughter of Alex-
ander Scot, of Trinity, Midlothian, Scotland.
Mr. Enthoven exercises his right of franchise in support of the conservative
party and its policy, but his onerous business duties have left him no time for
activity in political affairs. He belongs to the Vancouver Club and Anglican
church. Gradually and steadily he has worked his way upward. Obstacles and
difficulties have seemed to serve as impetus for renewed effort on his part, and
when one avenue of opportunity has seemed closed he has sought out another
path by which to reach the desired goal. He is resourceful and expedient and
:he years have marked his constantly developing powers, so that at the present
writing he is regarded as one of the strong and able business men of British
Jolumbia, his strength and ability being proven in his splendid achievements.
WILLIAM N. CLARKE.
Among the real-estate, insurance and loan firms of New Westminster there
is none which enjoys a greater prestige than that of Latham & Clarke, whose
nisiness connections are extensive and important. William N. Clarke, the junior
nember of the firm, was born in New Westminster on September 21,1875, a son
)f James A. and Katherine (Magowan) Clarke, the former a native of St.
indrews; New Brunswick, and the latter of London, England. The father has
he distinction of being numbered among the pioneers of British Columbia,
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coming here some time in the early '6os, and has spent his subsequent year*
in Vancouver, New Westminster and Port Moody, where he now resides. He at
one time was the owner of the present town site of Port Moody.
William N. Clarke was reared under the parental roof amid the western,
conditions which called for enterprise, industry and energy. His education was-
acquired in the public schools of New Westminster and Port Moody and in the
New Westminster high school. In about 1895 Mr. Clarke entered the office
of Howay & Reid, barristers, remaining, however, but a short time in that con-
nection. He at present occupies these very same offices for his business transac-
tions. Leaving his position with Howay & Reid, he then became an employe in
the real-estate office of Turner & Hart, but upon the dissolution of the partner-
ship between these gentlemen, in 1898, remained with Mr.. Turner until he
entered upon a position with F. J. Hart, whom he left in 1902 to enter the offices-
of the Mainland Underwriters Association. In that connection he rose to be
chief examiner, remaining for eight years with this corporation. Returning to.
New Westminster, he then engaged in business for himself in association with
E. G. McBride, under the firm name of McBride & Clarke, operating in real estate
and insurance. This partnership continued for the year 1911 but later Mr. Clarke
became sole proprietor and on January i, 1913, formed his present association
when he and Mr. Latham purchased the real-estate and insurance business
of A. W. McLeod and established themselves as Latham & Clarke. Although the
business has been in operation under this firm style for only a few months, the
firm enjoys a distinct reputation and high prestige on account of the former
important connections of Mr. Clarke and his wide and varied experience. He is
a well informed man on local real-estate values and there is no phase of the
insurance and loan business with which he is not thoroughly acquainted.
In 1904 William N. Clarke was united in marriage to Miss Annetta F..
McDonald, a native of New Westminster. They have one daughter, Doris
Evelyn, a precocious child of remarkable talents and a natural-born musician,
being able to play the piano at the age of but two and a half years. ' Public-
spirited and progressive, Mr. Clarke has become recognized as a forceful element
in New Westminster, always standing for progress and advancement along
material and intellectual lines. He enjoys the highest reputation among men of
his profession as well as with the general public and enjoys the confidence and
good-will of all who have occasion to enter with him into business or social
relations.
HON. ALEXANDER EDMUND BATSON DAVIE.
Hon. Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, Q. C., was born November 24, 1847,
at Wookey Hole, Wells, Somersetshire, England. His father, Dr. John Chapman
Davie, M. R. C. S., L. S. A., a pioneer physician, came in 1862, with four of his
sons, to Vancouver island. Theodore, the youngest son, who eventually became
chief justice of British Columbia, followed his father to this country a few years
later.
Dr. John Chapman Davie wedded Anne Collard Waldron, of Wellington Somer-
setshire, England. Of Dr. Davie's large family, his three sons, Dr. J. C., the
Hon. A. E. B., and the Hon. Theodore, all rose to positions of prominence in
connection with the public life and development of British Columbia.
Hon. Alexander E. B. Davie, Q. C., pursued his education in Silcoate's College,
near Wakefield, Yorkshire, and in 1862 came to British Columbia with his father,
being then a youth of fifteen years. Desiring to make the practice of law his life
work, he was articled as a clerk, August 29, 1862, to Robert Bishop, a well known
barrister. He afterwards was articled to Robert E. Jackson, June 23, 1865, a
celebrated lawyer in Victoria in those days. He was enrolled as a barrister and
solicitor of the supreme court of civil justice of Vancouver island, November 25,
1868, by John Needham, chief justice, and was enrolled on the mainland as a
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b irrister and solicitor of the supreme court of British Columbia by Sir Matthew
1 aillie Begbie in 1869. He decided to practice in Victoria, traveling much on
c rcuit through Cariboo. He was law clerk to the legislative assembly from
i $72 until 1874, and in 1875, ne was elected a member for the Cariboo district.
In May, 1877, he became a member of the executive council of the Elliott
g )vernment, but met defeat on standing for reelection. In 1879 his enforced
a >sence from his law office led him to take into law partnership the late Hon.
L . E. Pooley, K. C., sometime speaker of the legislature, the firm being Davie &
I'ooley, and this connection was maintained to the time of Mr. Davie's death.
At the general provincial election, in 1882, Mr. Davie successfully contested
Lillooet, and when W. Smithe, deceased, was called upon to form a ministry in
1:583, he selected Mr. Davie as his attorney general. On the 2ist of September,
o the same year, Mr. Davie was made queen's counsel, and upon the death of
Premier Smithe, in March, 1887, he succeeded to the office of prime minister,
"t» coming also president of the council and attorney general, which public offices
hi: occupied until his life's labors were ended in death. He maintained and enjoyed
tre confidence of a large majority of the members of the provincial legislature,
ai d he manifested the utmost loyalty and public-spirited devotion to the general
good, exercising his official prerogatives in support of various measures which
h;.d to do with the welfare and advancement of the province. Close application
to his duties and to his law practice so undermined his health in the fall of 1887,
that he never recovered, and a gradual decline brought him to the end of life's
journey on the 1st of August, 1889. On the 3d of December, 1874, Mr. Davie
w is married to Constance Langford, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Skinner
of Maple Bay, Cowichan. Her father, like his own, was a pioneer settler on
Vancouver island. The death of Mrs. Davie occurred in 1904. By this mar-
riage there were five children who reached adult age, while two passed away in
in:ancy. Sophie became the wife of Hon. A. E. McPhillips, K. C., and judge
of the court of appeal, of Victoria. Ethel Bremmer is now matron of St.
\\ inifred's Sanitarium at San Francisco, California. Winifred Mary is the
wife of F. J. Fulton, K. C., of Kamloops, British Columbia. Cyril Francis is a
barrister of Victoria, and Constance Mary Claire is a resident of Victoria and
unmarried.
Mr. Davie became a convert to the Roman Catholic faith and was an ardent
rm mber of the church. In Dominion politics he was always a stanch conservative,
unfaltering in his advocacy of the principles of the party. Party politics were
no'; then in issue in British Columbia. He was attorney general at the time the
seHlement act of 1883 was drafted and successfully carried through the house,
an 1 he was successful in managing the disputes between the two governments.
Ht; was instrumental in securing an important decision which was rendered in
fa /or of the province in regard to the ownership of the minerals in the railway
be t.
A contemporary biographer wrote of him as follows :
"In the death of Hon. Mr. Davie the province loses one of its most gifted
m<m — one who leaves behind him a brilliant record untarnished by any questionable
ac.. In public and private life he was held in the highest respect and esteem.
H s conduct in all matters was such that he won the confidence of both followers
and opponents, and in his intercourse with all men he was ever courteous and
considerate. In the local parliament, when he addressed the house, he was listened
to with the strictest attention, and his opinions on all matters were valued by
frend and foe, for all believed that but one motive — the desire to do what was
fa r and honorable — guided his conduct. As a member of the bar, he occupied
aliigh place in the estimation of his fellows, and was a bencher of the law society
One month prior to his death he declined an appointment to the honorable position
of judge of the supreme court of the province. An editorial in one of the local
; papers, published August I, 1889, reads as follows:
' 'British Columbia lost an able and upright public man and exemplary and
i us ef ul citizen when the Honorable Alexander E. B. Davie died. He was a model
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man in every relation of life and he was so happy as to be appreciated at his
true value by all with whom he came in contact. He possessed the art of inspiring
confidence and winning esteem. He was genial and gentle in his demeanor, and
although an active politician who stood steadfast for his principles and worked
hard for his party, he made no enemies and attained a high position, both in pro-
fessional and political life.
" 'The honors he won he deserved, and he performed faithfully and effectively
every duty he undertook. He more than fulfilled the hopes entertained by his
warmest friends and his most partial admirers. As a public servant no man called
in question his ability or his integrity, and his private life runs without even the
suspicion of a stain. It is the lot of but few men to leave behind them so clean
a record as Alexander E. B. Davie. His memory will always be honored by
British Columbians, who, while they mourn his early death, look back with pride
on the works he did and the virtues he exhibited during his short but well-spent
life.' "
ARCHIBALD McNAUGHTON.
A notable fig'ure on the stage of business activity in British Columbia was
Archibald McNaughton, whose pioneer work along various lines stimulated
progress in such a way that its far-reaching and effective results can still be
felt. Such was the place he had won in public regard and in social circles that
his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret when he passed away,
Tune 21, 1900. It was especially the Cariboo district which benefited by his
labors and it was there that he did important work as representative of the Hud-
son's Bay Company and exerted himself successfully in promoting the gold
mining industry. There he was known as a wise counselor to old settler and
newcomer, and as friend to all those in need. Fortunes he made and fortunes he
lost, yet his indomitable spirit of enterprise never abated, and out of adversities
which engulfed him he came stronger for the combat and, making use of the
lessons learned, finally succeeeded in achieving the goal, being numbered among
the substantial men of the province at the time of his demise.
The eldest of three sons, he was born in Montreal, Canada, March 16, 1843,
a son of Archibald McXaughton. who was highly respected and prominent as
one of the pioneer merchants of that city. He was a public-spirited citizen who
took a deep and helpful interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare.
He spent practically his entire life in the Dominion, for he was brought to Can-
ada by his parents when a child of only three months. The paternal great-
grandfather of our subject was Baron McNaughton, of Stirling Castle, Perth-
shire, Scotland.
Archibald McNaughton was reared amid the refining influences of a cultured
home and \\as early grounded in the virtues of honesty and industry. He received
his education at the Phillips school of Montreal and the Lower Canada College
of that city. The stories of the west and its opportunities exerted a powerful
influence upon his plastic and adventurous mind and its advantages made a
strong appeal to him. He became more and more imbued with the idea of seek-
ing his fortune in those vast western lands which yet awaited development. His
plans taking on practical form, he assisted in organizing the Montreal party
which was bound for the west and which left that city to join the overland
expedition, May 5, 1862. Arriving in the Cariboo district, he familiarized himself
with local conditions and, like many of the western pioneers, first became con-
nected with mining, in which occupation he was engaged for a number of years
with varying success. Perceiving that more stable advancement lay along com-
mercial lines, he subsequently followed commercial pursuits in that section, his
straightforward business policy readily gaining him patronage and making for
his financial success. He was always true and loyal to his friends and many
there were who came to him for assistance and advice-
MRS. MARGARET McNAUGHTON MANSON
ARCHIBALD ilrXAUGHTOX
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Official appointment came to him, March 2, 1884, when he was chosen for
•he office of assessor and collector for the district of Cariboo, which
Difficult position he filled with such circumspection and ability that he received
ihe highest commendation from the government. In October, 1884, he entered
upon a period of service with the Hudson's Ray Company and, his exceptional
business ability soon becoming recognized, he was in 1887 appointed manager
or that company in the Cariboo district, severing his connection with that great
corporation in the month of October, 1894, when he was stricken with paralysis
nd was for seven years an invalid, nursed by his devoted, wife. In 1887 another
ifficial appointment came to him, when he was chosen for the office of postmaster
if Quesnel. The duties of his position were largely taken care of by his able
vife, as Mr. McNaughton was incapaciated by paralysis for years preceding his
iemise. He was connected with practically all gold mining enterprises of the
Cariboo district, where he organized or preempted most of the historic mines,
being engaged in both quartz and placer mining. In these ventures he made
; nd lost two fortunes but his spirit remained undaunted and, like all true miners,
1 is courage never failed. He was a man well known and highly respected in
the district. Having enjoyed superior educational opportunities in his youth, he
1 iter acquainted himself with various phases of the law and during the '6os and
'"OS often pleaded successfully before the judges who visited the district. Kind
A/orks and deeds characterized his entire life and he was beloved and honored
1 y all who knew him.
In 1885 Mr. McNaughton was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Mc-
( iregor, of Montreal, who was his cousin. She passed away in 1887. He subse-
c uently wedded Miss Margaret Peebles, of New Westminster, British Columbia,
t. daughter of the late Thomas Peebles and his wife, Jane (Murie) Peebles.
Mrs. McNaughton was born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, and came to New
Westminster in 1888, where she was married to .Mr. McNaughton on the I7th
cf September, 1890, in Holy Trinity cathedral, by the Yen. Archdeacon Woods,
Henry B. Irving, better known as "Father Pat," assisting. Mrs. McNaughton
i ; a woman of decided ability along literary lines and of rare accomplishments,
teing popular in the best social circles of Vancouver. Deeply interested in the
vork of her church, she is allied with numerous movements which are intended
t } better humanity and alleviate the trials of the poor and afflicted, being widely
known for her charity and womanly helpfulness in this city. Mrs. McNaughton
has been elected a lady associate of the Royal Colonial Institute of London,
England, a quite unusual honor, and she is also a vice regent of the Pauline
J jhnston Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire. She is a member of the
Canadian Women's Press Club, a director of the Scientific, Art and Historical
Association, a member of the Woman's Canadian Club and other institutions
of like prominence. She has written several works of note dealing with the
history of the province of British Columbia and was the first woman to publish
a book of this character in the province. Through her literary efforts she has
brought the Cariboo district to the notice of the whole of Canada, has written
for the press since 1890 and was presented by the government of British Col-
u ubia with an honorarium for preserving this history for future generations.
Mr. and Mrs. 'McNaughton had one son, who died in childhood.
Mr. McNaughton passed away June 21, 1900, his demise being deeply
regretted by a large circie of friends who esteemed him for his many high quali-
ties of heart and mind. He found his last resting place at Quesnel in the Cariboo
district, a region to the development of which he had given most of his life. A
nian of decisive views on public questions, Mr. McNaughton stanchly supported
the conservative party and, being public-spirited and of progressive tendencies,
give his indorsement to all measures and movements intended to improve the
conditions of the country and its people. He was connected with the Church
of England, being a licensed lay reader under the late Bishop Silitoe of that
c lurch and taking a vital and helpful interest in all matters affecting the organi-
zation. Gifted with qualities far beyond those possessed by the majority and,
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never discouraged or disheartened, he always pushed on, never losing sight of
his purpose, never forgetting for a moment the goal before him, conscious that
his aim was justifiable and his course honorable. The years have proven the
worth, of his labors and his life record reflects credit and honor upon British
Columbia, which honors his memory. His life was indeed of great use-
fulness, touching many lines of activity and proving of great worth along the
path of permanent progress and advancement in his adopted province.
EDWARD ODLUM, B. A., B. Sc., M. A.
The life work of Professor Edward Odium, scientist and educator and now
a prominent representative of real-estate and other important business interests
in Vancouver and British Columbia, has contributed in an extraordinary degree
to the development and progress of Canada, for as lecturer and writer he has
awakened among the inhabitants of other lands an interest in this country that
has resulted in bringing about an influx of population leading to the development
and upbuilding of the country. His efforts have been untiring and resultant in the
advancement of Vancouver's welfare along material, social, political and intel-
lectual lines. Possessing a mind of extraordinary fertility, he early recognized
the splendid opportunities offered by this section and with firm faith in the future
of the country became a cooperant factor in the utilization of the advantages and
resources here offered.
Born in Tullamore, Peel county, Ontario, November 27, 1850, Edward Odium
is a descendant of an old Irish family that authentically traces its ancestry back to
1690, in which year existing records give account of four brothers of the Odium
family, officers of the British army, who went to Ireland in the train of King
William when that monarch undertook to quell the turbulent element which would
not submit to the British crown. Abraham Odium, grandfather of Professor
Odium, was born on the Emerald isle and added luster to the family name by
his military record as an officer in the army of the great Duke of Wellington.
Subsequently he made a home on the beautiful channel island of Guernsey, but
in 1820 his ever ambitious spirit led him to charter a ship in which he sailed with
his family for America, with Quebec as his destination. His son John Odium,
who was a member of that party, participated in the war of 1837, as did Abraham
Odium.
In this country John Odium followed agricultural pursuits and led an upright,
honorable life, consistent with the tenets of the Church of England, of which
he was a devoted member. His wife. Margaret McKenzie, was of Scotch extrac-
tion but a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. They were the parents of nine
children. The mother passed away in 1892, in her seventieth year, while the
father lived to the remarkable age of eighty-six, making his home in Lucknow,
Bruce county, Ontario. He was not only venerated because of his advanced
years but also highly honored for his many admirable qualities of heart and mind.
Professor Odium spent his early boyhood on the home farm and acquired
his preliminary education in the neighborhood schools, while later he attended the
collegiate institute at Cobourg, Ontario. Subsequently he matriculated in Vic-
toria University, which conferred upon him the degrees of Bachelor and Master
of Arts and Bachelor of Science. Distinguished for his profound learning and
deep insight into sociological and political problems, he early recognized the need
of bringing emigration to the provinces that the natural resources and advantages
of the country might be utilized and developed. The government, recognizing his
ability, sent him to England, Wales, Scotland. Ireland and the Orkney islands
and through his ability as a lecturer he presented vivid pictures to the people of
Great Britain concerning the advantages of the country across the water, his efforts
resulting in a substantial increase in immigration. After two years devoted to
that work he returned to Canada and, imbued with the western spirit of which he
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had spoken in the old world, he made his way to the Cariboo district, where he
took charge of the affairs of a company largely engaged in gold mining. After
some time devoted to that work he advised that the company abstain from further
development, as the output of the mine was not sufficient to cover the heavy
expenses of their operation. The British Columbia government, desiring a report
:o be forwarded to the botanical section of the World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893 on the economic value of the woods within the confines of the
jrovince, selected Professor Odium for that purpose and he prepared a lucid and
comprehensive paper on the subject. A man of wide learning and well acquainted
vvith the problems of education, he was chosen as representative of the government
o make a study of the educational systems employed in Manitoba and the older
provinces of Canada and report thereon and also prepared a paper to induce the
government to set aside lands to be used for the benefit of the schools. The gov-
ernment of the day, Hon. Colonel Baker being minister of education, decided to
follow the suggestion and took the initial steps toward its adoption. The proposi-
ion to set aside lands for public educational purposes, however, was not adopted,
'or unfortunately at this time the sudden death of the premier, the Hon. John
Robinson, in Great Britain changed certain portions of the policy. A convocation
vas assembled at Victoria and much time spent in discussing and investigating an
ict previously passed. Much adverse criticism came from many and further action
.vas postponed to the following year. The death of the premier, as stated, defeated
he proposition. Had it passed the schools of British Columbia would have been
inanced abundantly and forever by the wonderful increase of land values.
Professor Odium, who came to British Columbia in 1889, has devoted much
i>f his life to public instruction as teacher, lecturer and writer and in an ecluca-
ional capacity was called to Japan to accept the position of president of a college
n Tokio, having six hundred students and fourteen professors and tutors under
lis direction. In his study of the Japanese and who they are Professor Odium's
indings are that the race are either .Assyrians or else one of the lost tribes of
srael. He is probably the only man in America who has studied the origin of the
apanese and his logic and his proof on this subject are convincing.
Throughout his entire life Professor Odium has been connected with much
scientific research and experimentation. He, under the direction of Dr. E. Haanel,
built the first electric light, a big arc light, used in Canada. Dr. E. Haanel, now
superintendent of mines for Canada, was science professor of Victoria University
;it Cobourg, Ontario, at that time and the electric light was used on the occasion
<>f a football tournament, in which five prominent teams participated — the Vies
< if Victoria, the teams from Queens and Toronto Universities, the Trins of Trinity
College, Toronto, and the team from Knox College, Toronto, all playing at
Cobourg. It is said that Dr. Haanel and Professor Odium built the first tele-
phone used in Canada for public purposes. Later these same telephones were
taken by Professor Odium to Japan 'and installed in the college there. Professor
Tyndall, experimenting with electricity in a lecture in the old country, accident-
; lly took a charge through his body and was somewhat injured. Professor Odium
was explaining this to a large class in Japan and was operating a machine four
times as powerful as Tyndall's. He warned his class of the danger of experi-
menting and at the very time, by a slight movement, his hand came .into contact
with the live wire and the charge passed through his body, but there were no
serious results. Professor Odium has always been a leader in experimental work,
seeking truth and scientific fact wherever they are to be found, going far beyond
the knowledge to be gleaned from books as a result of the researches of others.
When a freshman in the university he read much concerning materialistic
evolution and encountered the statement made by an eminent scientist that the
! 'Ushmen of Australia were but a degree above the orang-outang. He then deter-
i lined to visit Australia and make investigation for himself. After some years
1 e carried out his purpose and made careful examination among many tribes. In
cne instance he had opportunity to examine forty boys and girls in one of the
i lissionary public schools, the parents of whom at that time were living in the
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forest wilds. These boys and girls he examined in reading, writing, spelling,
arithmetic, grammar and history and found them as ready and intelligent in answer
as the average farmer's children of Canada, among whom he had taught for several
years. He was thus forced to conclude that the Australian bushmen were more
than one degree above the orang-outang.
In his science course it was necessary to pass specific examinations in surveying
and navigation and in order to master the latter Professor Odium spent several
months on a sailing vessel on the Pacific, giving many hours to practical work
each day. In order to gain thorough knowledge of surveying he worked volun-
tarily with surveyors on different occasions and thus added practical to scientific
training. He has ever greatly enjoyed making experiments in order to solve
scientific problems and on one occasion, when with two others he was experi-
menting on a dangerous gas in a small and perfectly enclosed room, an explosion
took place and the Leyden jar which they were using was shattered into invisibility,
no fragments being left. This led Professor Odium to further examinations. A
series of jars filled with gas were afterward exploded at once with a like result.
the glass being completely pulverized. A third experiment was made in Japan
with a similar result and these three trials made by Professor Odium made clear
to him a remarkable accident and result which occurred when he was a boy of
seventeen years. He was at that time an apprentice at cabinet-making and one
Sunday morning, with another boy, was experimenting on a large horn of powder.
He held the horn in one hand and poured the powder on the bench, touching a
match to it. In the explosion that followed the brass ring on top and the heavy
brass lacks holding the bottom of the horn were all that remained, not a particle
of the horn being found.
Another most interesting scientific occurrence with which Professor Odium
was connected constitutes a part of the scientific history of Japan. He was in
that country when Dr. John Milne was at the head of the seismological department
of Japan. One summer morning a large portion of a high mountain was blown
off by a volcanic explosion. Several towns and villages were wiped out of exist-
ence and many killed. Nearly one thousand acres were covered with volcanic ash
and the government sent Professor Seikya, head of the geological department,
with many men to survey and give an exact report as to the extent of damage and
effects of the explosion. On the mountain and in the adjoining valley were count-
less thousands of cone shaped holes noticed by Professor Seikya. These led to
an extensive and heated discussion, the Professor claiming that the holes were
formed by falling stones, while all the foreign educators opposed this conclusion.
With no knowledge of the discussion Professor Odium visited the mountain of
Bandisan and with much cost and labor made a careful examination. His con-
clusions he noted in his book on the spot and later on his arrival at Tokio he learned
of the heated discussion and that his conclusion was the same as that of Professor
Seikya. He found that the foreign educators had all taken sides against the finding
of the Japanese professor. Professor Odium then set off for north Japan, again
hired seven or eight men and went to the mountain. He dug into the holes and is
each case found stones and volcanic ash and beneath the stones found mountain
weeds, palm leaves and branches. On his return to Tokio he learned that Professor
Seikya, in order to save his position with the government, was forced to defend
his theory in public, undertaking the task in a large hall in Yokahama, Rear
Admiral Palmer, of the British navy, presiding over the meeting. Professor
Odium went to hear the address, after which the foreign educators attacked Pro-
fessor Seikya's theory. Professor Odium asked permission to speak and a few
moments' time was accorded him. He went forward, reached for a large pointer
and explained to the meeting the many diagrams on the wall, to which no speaker
had as yet referred. Having covered the ground and given facts, he finally
announced his conclusion to be that of Professor Seikya. The entire audience
applauded with great enthusiasm, for all Japan had become interested in the
discussion. Not a single reply was made by any of the opposition. When the
meeting was closed the members of the Scientific Society immediately held a
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meeting and decided to ask "the stranger" to prepare a paper on the subject and
read it before the society. He was made a member of that society for the express
purpose of presenting his paper, which was acknowledged to be final and con-
clusive on the subject. At government expense large numbers of pamphlets were
published containing Professor Odium's paper and were freely distributed in many
educational centers throughout the world.
While in Japan Professor Odium lost his wife, her death resulting from malaria
and pneumonia. This decided him to leave the country, after which he traveled
extensively in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, studying conditions
and weighing in his mind the advantages for settlement offered in various coun-
tries. He considered Vancouver, however, most attractive for residence and
for investment and upon his arrival here made extensive purchases of city property,
:he value of which has greatly increased with the rapid development of the city.
He purchased and sold valuable city tracts, built houses both for sale and rent
mcl through his activities greatly promoted the growth of the town. 1 le is still
he owner of extensive holdings. After twenty years of activity in educational
•ircles he decided to abandon that profession, although he received various highly
lattering offers of college professorships. He now gives his attention largely
o the supervision of his real-estate interests and to other business affairs and
investments. He is a director of the Trustee Company, the Terminal City Press
Company, the Orange Hall Association, the British Columbia Oil Refining Coni-
>any, president of the Grand Trunk British Columbia Coal Company, connected
vith the National Finance Company, a director of the Thompson Stationery Com-
>any, a stockholder in the Canadian Pacific Oil Company of California, and the
3acific Coast Fire Insurance Company.
It is but natural that a man of Professor Odium's intense mental activity
should use literature as a means of expression. He has contributed valuable
articles to newspapers on various subjects, writing not only upon the question
"Who are the Japanese," to which previous reference has been made, but also
upon the subject ''Who are the Saxons." These papers show marked literary
ability, wide research and a profound understanding of the nature of the peoples
vith whom he has dealt. His progress and patriotism have found expression in
many ways. In 1892 he was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Yan-
t ouver, being honored with the largest vote ever cast up to that time in the city
or a candidate for that office. It was on the expiration of his term of service
i hat he undertook his two year trip to Great Britain in the interests of emigration
; nd upon his return in January, 1904, he was again elected to the aldermanic
board — a vote of confidence given by the people which should be highly satisfactory
1o the Professor. His decided public spirit has been strongly manifest in his
service as an official, for he has always stood for the promotion of any measure
that would result in benefits to the city or tend to elevate mankind, and he has
not only helped in bringing about the acceptance of favorable proposals but has
; Iso been the champion of many progressive movements. He has been president
of the Central Executive Rate Payers Association and chairman of the Carnegie
Public Library Board of Vancouver. He is likewise connected with the Central
City Mission. He served with the Thirty-sixth Regiment from Peel county,
Ontario, during the Fenian raid of 1866 to 1870 and received one hundred and
Hxty acres of land in Ontario in recognition of the aid which he rendered.
In 1877 Professor Odium was married to Miss Mary Elvira Powell, a native
<>f Ontario and a descendant of a distinguished family of United Empire Loyalists
of English extraction. The first of the name in America had located in the United
States, but when the American Revolutionary war begun they crossed the border
into Canada. Having lost his first wife, Professor Odium was married to Miss
-vlartha M. Thomas, of Toronto. Professor Odium has four sons by his first
wife. Edward Farady, the eldest, was for a time head bookkeeper and part owner
in Thomson Brothers Stationery Company, Ltd. The second is Victor Wentworth,
of Vancouver, who has a controlling interest in the Clapp, Anderson & Odium,
Limited, insurance brokers. The third, Garnet McKenzie, died in South Africa
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after the Boer war, and the fourth son, Joseph Wellesley, holds a position in one
of the stores of Vancouver. Three of these sons offered their services in the
Boer war, the youngest being then but sixteen years of age and the eldest twenty-
one. These two, after participating unscathed in many battles, returned to Canada,
entering the army here as lieutenants. The record of Professor Odium and his
father as soldiers in the Fenian war, together with the record of his sons, establishes
the valor and loyalty of the family. Professor Odium has two sons by his second
wife, Arthur George, and Oswald Britson.
Professor Odium is connected with a number of organizations founded for
intellectual advancement and scientific research. For some time he belonged to
the Australian Science Association and the Asiatic Society of Japan, and was a
member of the British Science Association in Canada and also of its main body
in Great Britain. He is a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. He has prepared
and read before these societies valuable and instructive papers which have brought
him wide recognition.
Professor Odium spent the year 1905 in central and northern Europe, con-
tinuing a comparative study of ethnology, botany and geology, which for many
years have been his chief scientific pursuits. He made sojourn in western Russia
and the far north beyond the Arctic Circle, where he had a rare chance to study
the Finlanders and Laplanders and their lives and habits in their homes and villages.
Toward the end of this year, or early in 1914, Professor Odium intends to
set out on a long trip around the world, .during which he will study ancient Egypt,
Persia, Babylonia and Assyria by the help of the modern races now representing
the ancients in those countries and the works of specialists, including those of the
noted excavators of those regions. Apart from the continued study of comparative
botany and geology, he will give special attention to and make a close examination
of ethnology, especially as bearing upon the origin of the British peoples who
inhabited in early times -the "Isles of the Blessed" in the north Atlantic ocean.
The theory forming the basis of this historic research is that the early British
passed in part through Europe and also the south of Spain from the regions
formerly known as Assyria, Babylonia and Armenia.
The work to which Professor Odium has given much attention for thirty-five
years and which may justly be said to be the chief effort of his life is an investi-
gation along the line of theistic science, the study of God in nature. The estimate
which his scientific colleagues place on the value of his labors is manifest to some
degree in his election as president of the Arts and Science Association of Van-
couver, which position he filled for many years. It might well be said of him, as
it was said of an eminent man of old, that "he has done things worthy to be
"written and has written things worthy to be read, and by his life has contributed
to the welfare of his province and the happiness of mankind."
SAM BRIGHOUSE.
Sam Brighouse, son of Samuel and Hannah Brighouse, was born at Lindley,
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, January 13, 1836. His paternal ancestors
were for generations residents of Huddersfield and filled important offices in the
gift of the crown and the people. His great-grandfather was sheriff of that
county and his father, who was a large farmer, was parish overseer and occupied
a position on the board of poor-law guardians. His mother's family, the Mor-
tons, originally Scotch, had, in the latter part of the sixteenth century settled at
Lindley, where they subsequently established the pottery industry, for which
that place is so well known, and which the family still control. Our subject was
educated in his native town and -at the age of eighteen years took charge of his
father's farm, which he continued to manage until he left England. He had
not himself formed any definite plan of coming to America, as for a young man
he was prospering well at home, but in consequence of a promise previously
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made to his cousin, John Morton, he decided to try his fortune in the new world.
At this time the fame of British Columbia was being sounded throughout Eng-
land and the cousins determined to come to this country. On May 8, 1862, they
sailed from Milford Haven for New York on the Great Eastern. From New
York they went to San Francisco via Panama, and from there came to British
Columbia, going direct to New Westminster, which they reached late in June of
the same year. After remaining there a few days they went to the Cariboo region,
by the Harrison-Lillooet route. They remained at the mines only one month owing
to the inclement character of the season and the fact that all the best claims were
taken up. They returned to New Westminster in October, having completed the
round trip on foot. On the 4th of November they came to the shores of Burrard
Inlet, where the city of Vancouver now stands and where they had, in conjunc-
tion with William Hailstone, purchased rive hundred and fifty acres of land.
Here the three partners passed the winter, having erected a log house and a small
barn. During the wet season they worked hard at clearing the land. The parcel
of land they then purchased is known now on the plan of Vancouver townsite
as No. 185. Their house was the first white habitation erected on the shores of
Burrard Inlet, and Mr. Brighouse had therefore a clear claim to the title of the
"oldest inhabitant." They lived on good terms with the Indians and only once,
and that shortly after they came, was there any attempt on the part of the Indians
to commit theft. On this occasion they complained to Colonel Moody, who sent
for Chief Capilano, who caused the stolen articles to be returned. Air. Brig-
house brought the first cook stove to the shores of the Inlet, carrying it on his
back. Shortly after settling in their log house he and Mr. Hailstone began the
work of cutting a trail across the peninsula from the site of the old Sunnyside
Hotel to False creek, and this they completed before the beginning of the next
summer. In the spring of 1863 the partners put in a crop of vegetables. During
the same year they leased a large parcel of land on the Fraser river, where the
McLaren-Ross mill later stood and farmed this in conjunction with their own tract.
In the autumn of 1864 Mr. Brighouse. who had examined the farming country in
the Fraser valley and had foreseen how valuable it must become, purchased six
hundred and ninety-seven acres on Lulu island, in what is now some of the most
valuable agricultural land in the province. His land included the site on which
the town hall now stands. At the time he acquired this estate there were no
white settlers on the island. In 1864 he and his partners in the Burrard Inlet
property leased their farm and Messrs. Morton and Hailstone went to California
Mr. Brighouse, however, remained in British Columbia and continued his farm-
ing pursuits with ever increasing success. In 1866 he bought another property
:alled Rose Hill, near New Westminster, and this he made into a dairy farm.
This and the Lulu island farm he continued to operate simultaneously from that
;ime until 1881. In 1867 his lease of the land where the McLaren-Ross mill
stood expired and he did not renew it owing to the fact that he then had all the
and of his own he could handle. He found that the dairy farm at Rose Hill
ind his Lulu island farm were working together admirably so he invested heavily
n them. In 1870 his barn on Lulu island, the largest on the river, burned with
:he entire crop. When he got the land well under cultivation he started raising
stock on a large scale and was especially anxious to improve the quality of farm
:attle in this country, and through the purchase and introduction of some thorough-
bred stock he was very successful in this direction. He served in the second
:ouncil of Lulu island, having been appointed by that body to take the place of
i member who had left the province. He had been requested previously to stand
for the council but had always declined and now only accepted at the urgent
solicitation of the councillors. During 1869 and 1870 Mr. Brighouse was one
of the active workers for the confederation with the Dominion but opposed the
idoption of the Dominion tariff. In 1881 he leased his farms on the Fraser and
returned to his property on the Inlet. He found that the persons to whom the
and had been leased had departed some time before, the Indians having burned
their barns and stables. Shortly prior to this two hundred acres of this property
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had been sold, so that there now remained among the three partners three
hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Brighouse immediately began the work of clearing
the land and let contracts for that purpose. He felt confident that the Canadian
Pacific Railway would be extended from Port Moody and he realized how valu-
able the property had become. When the extension of the line was decided
upon, they gave one third of their land to the company, according to agreement,
and the work of cutting the balance into lots and building streets through it was
at once proceeded with. Mr. Brighouse was ever keenly interested in Van-
couver's progress and welfare. He was one of the most active workers in secur-
ing the first charter, and in 1887 he was elected by acclamation to represent Ward
I in the city council and accepted the position of acting chairman of the board
of works. He also sat in the council during the following year and filled the
chairmanships on the same committees as in the previous year. He was recog-
nized as one of the most energetic and broadest-minded members of the council,
and it was largely through his efforts as chairman of the board of works that the
affairs of the city were so well conducted. Mr. Brighouse made two visits to
England and in November, 1911, made his final trip, going to his birthplace,
Huddersfield, where amid the environment of his childhood and many cherished
friends he passed quietly from this life, July 31, 1913.
ALFRED EDWIN GOODMAN.
Varied interests have claimed the attention of Alfred Edwin Goodman of
Vancouver, British Columbia, and at all times his efforts have been put forth
along conservative and progressive lines — activities toward intellectual progress,
for political welfare in amateur athletics, in literary pursuits and in military life,
and in addition towards his material welfare. He is at this time manager of The
Land Agencies Limited, and has been engaged through the assistance of this com-
pany and through other sources in the settling of enormous tracts of government
land. "Back to the land'' has been his slogan and in three years nearly one thou-
sand persons, mostly young men, have been thus induced to take up more than
half a million acres of land.
He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, November 2, 1860, son of Edwin
Goodman, M. IX, and Elizabeth Caroline (Cross) Goodman and was educated at
the collegiate institute at that city, under the head mastership of the father of
Chief Justice Hunter of British Columbia, the chief justice being a fellow student.
This fact was mentioned to this eminent jurist recently and he was also reminded
that although his father was one of the leading educationalists of that day, he
was severe with the boys. The chief justice in assenting to this statement said in
effect, that he used to think sometimes that some of the lickings he got were not
so much meant as a punishment for offences committed as an example to other
boys of what they would get if they did not behave themselves.
Mr. Goodman, like his father and grandfather before him, had been intended
for the medical profession and spent several years fitting himself to take up
the practice of that profession. His inclinations toward commercial and literary
pursuits, however, were overpowering, and he compromised with his parents
by entering the services of the Imperial Bank, where he spent five years in dif-
ferent capacities and in several cities, in the meantime acting as correspondent
for newspapers. He subsequently entered actively into the mercantile business
and became a partner in the wholesale and retail grocery firm of John Nay &
Company, St. Catharines, Ontario, a partner with Maxim & Company, the senior
partner being a brother of the famous inventor of that name, in the book pub-
lishing business, and an active partner of W. Goodman & Warner in the stock-
broking business with offices at Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ontario.
Every spare moment of Mr. Goodman's time, however, was devoted to news-
paper work, owing to his love of writing, and he gained local fame by his versifi-
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cation. One work in particular which brought him more than local fame being
dedicated to the newsboys as a New Year's address, reviewing the world's hap-
penings of the year in verse with illustrations. This was placed on sale for
the benetit of the newsboys and realized a handsome sum for them. In looking
over a large scrap book in which his early efforts have been kept in the form
of clippings, it is noticed that these verses, mostly comical and topical, were
copied in papers all over the continent.
In 1891 he decided to devote all his energies to his chosen calling and for
that purpose he left the old homestead forever and sought his fortune in the
far west, arriving in Vancouver Ocfober 2y of that year, thus becoming eligible
for the Pioneers Club, of which he is a member.
He sought and obtained employment with the Vancouver Province and
Victoria Colonist and as a correspondent reached as high a standard as in those
days it was possible to attain, representing at one time practically every leadin_
daily in Canada and the United States, while at the same time writing editorially
for several trade journals in Winnipeg, Toronto, New York and San Francisco.
He has always taken a keen interest in amateur sport. In his home town
lie organized The Amateur Athletic Association of St. Catharines, Ontario, an
institution fostered and encouraged by every adult male citizen, and which
lead to such deep interest being taken in athletics that for many years St. Cath-
irines has been famous for her regattas and amateur lacrosse clubs, lie \vas
ilso one of the number instrumental in organizing the Vancouver Athletic Club
ind served for some time on the executive. 1 le assisted in the early 'cjos in
irranging successful athletic entertainments to financially assist the Vancouver
^acrosse Club, then champions of the province. He boosted amateur sport in
Vancouver in all the newspapers which would allow him space and materially
issisted in upholding the good name of the city as a place famed for good clean
imateur sport in every form.
In military matters he took considerable interest having served with the
Twenty-second Oxford Rifles and later as an officer in the Nineteenth Battalion
Jncoln Volunteer militia. In politics he got his baptism as press agent for a
politician, at the time a cabinet minister, and later as being chiefly instrumental
;n the election of his father to the office of mayor of St. Catharines, a political
ight in which he was campaign manager. His father was at the time president
<>f the Conservative Association, and, although he always declined to run for
parliament, was in the habit of going to Ottawa on calls from Sir John McDonald
; nd his colleagues. Thus the subject of our sketch has been an ardent conserva-
tive all his life, and in Vancouver took a prominent part in several elections. Per-
haps when it came his turn to run for office his experience in campaigning may
have stood him in good stead, for when he stood for alderman for Ward i in 1909
he was accorded the largest vote at that time ever given to any alderman in the
city. In the following year instead of again running for office as his friends
urgently desired him to do, he accepted the position of librarian of the Public
Free Library. He has been a director of the Art Historical and Scientific Asso-
< iation ; the Free Library ; the Canadian Club and several business concerns.
The real-estate business presented opportunities for big ventures and allur-
ing propositions and he is now devoting almost his entire time to business
enterprises.
He is a prominent Free Mason, having been chiefly instrumental in organiz-
ing Western Gate Lodge, A. F. & A. M., having been its third master. He is
; thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, being a past presiding officer of the
] -odge of Perfection and also of the Rose Croix Chapter, and an officer in the
Consistory of that body, as well as a member of the Pacific Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons. He is thus a worthy exponent of the basic principles of Masonry, and
ii much interested in the work of organization. His religious faith is that
(i the Episcopal church.
On the I5th of April, 1895, m Victoria, British Columbia, Mr. Goodman
was united in marriage to Miss Rose Ellis, daughter of Abraham and Catharine
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Ellis. Mr. Ellis is a member of the family of prominent bridge contractors of
England and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman have one child, Edwin Ellis
Goodman.
Thus it may be said that during twenty-two years Mr. Goodman has been
a resident of Vancouver he has been active along lines leading to intellectual
progress and improvement, ever standing for those things which contribute most
to the betterment of the individual and the community at large.
GEORGE BAILEY MILNE.
It is significant of the trend of modern times that more and more important
enterprises are entrusted to the care of young men who are proving their
ability by the excellent results which they obtain. Mr. Milne is one of the prom-
inent younger business men of this class in New Westminster, having done
much by his quick rise and rapid success to justify the modern idea. As man-
ager for G. B. Milne & Company he occupies an important position in financial
circles of the city, his work closely identifying him with growth and expan-
sion. He was born in Thornbury, Ontario, March i, 1886, a son of George
Wilson and Helen Jane (Brown) Milne, the former a native of Paisley, Scotland,
and the latter of County Sligo, Ireland. Both came to eastern Canada when
children with their respective parents, their families being among the very first
settlers in the Georgian Bay district. The father of our subject was a farmer
in eastern Canada but in February, 1893, made his way westward to British
Columbia, where for many years he was employed by the British Columbia
Electric Company. He died in 1911, being survived by his wife, who still resides
in Vancouver.
George 15. Milne was but seven years of age when his parents removed to
Vancouver, in which city he received his education, graduating in 1905 from the
Vancouver high school. Discontinuing his lessons, he then engaged in work for
Nichol Thompson in his machine shop, where he was employed for about
eighteen months. At the end of that time he was offered a position in the engin-
eering department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which he accepted and in
which capacity he served until 1910, when he secured employment in the city
engineer's office in New Westminster, continuing in that connection until October,
1912. At that time he became manager of G. B. Milne & Company, which import-
ant position he now occupies. Earnest, capable and conscientious in the perform-
ance of his duties, he has already demonstrated his ability and exerts his
capabilities to extend the connections of. his firm. One of the progressive and
successful young business men of New Westminster, he stands on the threshold
of a career which will not only bring him individual prosperity but which will
doubtless play an important part in the development of the city and prove of
benefit to the general public as well.
DUNCAN M. MACFARLANE.
Among the men of ability and substantial worth in Vancouver is numbered
Duncan M. Macfarlane, who, in association with his brother, controls a large
business as a timber broker in this city and owns vast timber tracts on the main-
land and the island, their holdings aggregating thirty-three thousand acres. He
was born in Renfrew county, Ontario, in 1866, and is a representative of a fam-
ily which has been known and honored in that locality since pioneer times, his
father, Duncan Macfarlane, having received a land grant from the government
in 1825. The elder Mr. Macfarlane had nineteen thousand acres of timber land
in Bagot township, Renfrew county, on the Madawaska river, and this he held
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for forty-four years. During that time he cut and manufactured forty-four
'afts of square timber, one raft each year and each raft containing from seventy-
ive to one hundred thousand cubic feet of timber, which he floated down the
Madawaska to the point where it empties into the Ottawa at Arnprior and thence
0 the Quebec market by way of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers. He owned
ilso eight hundred acres of land in Bagot and McNab townships, and this he
cultivated for many years, having received it as a government grant in 1825.
The land is still in possession of members of his family. .
Duncan M. Macfarlane began his independent career as an associate of his
father and during the five years which he maintained this connection became
:horoughly familiar with the lumber business in principle and detail. He then
:ormed an association with his brother, J. W. Macfarlane, and they turned their
. ittention to lumber contracting on the Sturgeon river, continuing there for about
'ourteen years, after which, in 1905, they moved their interests to Vancouver,
vhere they have since remained. They have secured a large and representative
;>atronage in recognition of their fair and honorable methods, and their business
las increased rapidly as their reputation for reliability and integrity became
more widely known. The year after their arrival in Vancouver they began buy-
ng timber lots on the mainland and the island and they now own thirty-three
ihousand acres in different parts of the province. They have not cut any of this
as yet, but contemplate erecting a fine mill in the near future. Both are reliable,
ar-sighted and able men, and their business interests, being carefully and capably
< onducted, have brought them a gratifying measure of success.
Mr. Alacfarlane is married and has two sons, John Lome and Allan Ross.
He attends St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, is connected fraternally with the
Sturgeon Falls Lodge, No. 447, A. F. & A. M., and belongs to the Vancouver
Commercial Club. His political allegiance is given to the liberal party, to which
i members of his family have belonged for the past one hundred years. In Van-
touver he is recognized as a man of progressive public spirit, interested in the
Development of the city and anxious to do his part in promoting progress. His
1 usiness record also deserves commendation, for in this field he has displayed
tare aptitude and ability in achieving results, and has at all times employed
i lethods which will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
SOLOMON ALEXANDER.
Vancouver is fortunate in the class of men who have represented her legal
i iterests. On the whole they have held to high professional standards, recog-
i izing the fact that they represent a profession which is the conservator and
safeguard of individual rights and liberties, life and property. Among those
vho meet high professional requirements and whose course sustains the majesty
of the law is Solomon Alexander, who was born September 2, 1886, in Cape
Town, South Africa. His parents were Abraham and Flora Alexander, the
f )rmer one of the first to go into Johannesburg in the Transvaal following the
discovery of gold there in 1885. The family is one conspicuous for strong
intellectual force. He is one of four brothers, all of whom are barristers. The
eldest, Morris Alexander, LL.B., is a representative of Cape Town in the
federal parliament and one of the leading members of the bar of that city. The
youngest brother, Aaron Alexander, has recently graduated from Cambridge
University, securing every honor conferred in scholarships at Cambridge, and
has just been appointed by the British government as inspector of the native
courts in Egypt. His cousins, A. and B. Alexander, are among the most prom-
inent barristers of Johannesburg, South Africa, and they have four brothers —
s x in all — who are barristers.
In the public schools of his native city Solomon Alexander pursued his early
education and later entered the South African College at Cape Town, from which
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he was graduated and won his law degree in 1906. The same year he was
admitted as solicitor of the supreme court of Cape Colony and practiced law at
Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, until 1910, when he came to Vancouver. The follow-
ing year he was called to the bar of Alberta and later in the same year to the bar
ot British Columbia. In July, 1911, he entered upon the practice of law in Van-
couver with J. Edward Sears under the style of Alexander & Sears, and the firm ,
is now extensively engaged in general law practice.
Mr. Alexander possesses the Queen's medal for services during the Boer
war in 1899 until 1902. While in South Africa he held membership in a number
of secret orders. His political faith is that of the conservative party and in.
religious belief he is a Hebrew. He possesses a laudable ambition and the
energy and perseverance which should accompany it. He is making gradual
and substantial advancement and already has gained creditable recognition at the
Vancouver bar.
HENRY D. BENSON.
A life of xealous effort and well directed business activity now enables Henry
D. Benson to live retired on his valuable farm of eighty acres, comprising some
of the best land on the Delta, which he purchased in the spring of 1913 and which
was known as the Vasie farm. Prior to that time he had resided on a beautiful
property embracing six hundred and forty acres of fertile Delta land in the
vicinity of l.adner, but disposed of the place in the fall of 1912. Marked success
has attended the endeavors of Mr. Benson, who in connection with diversified
farming engaged in dairying and the raising of registered horses and cattle. Not
only is he one of the highly prosperous agriculturists of the community, but he
lias figured prominently in local political activities and has for many years been
reeve of Delta municipality. His birth occurred at St. John, New Brunswick,
on )une 22, 1842, his parents being John and Charlotte (Vance) Benson. He was.
there reared and pursued his education in the public schools until he was a youth
of fifteen years. During the succeeding three years his energies were devoted
to farm work, following which, in 1860, he went to Nova Scotia. There he was
employed in the mines, being one of the first to follow this vocation on the
peninsula, until 1864. In that year he made his way to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
there obtained an opportunity to drive a bull team across the plains to Denver,
Colorado. He spent three years in the latter state, engaging in mining, and then
went by horseback to Wyoming, thence to Idaho and later to British Columbia,
covering the journey by horseback and bull team. The year 1869 marked his
arrival, and for a time thereafter he resided in the inland districts but later
engaged in logging in Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet. He followed this voca-
tion for three years but at the expiration of that time, in 1874, preempted one
hundred and sixty acres of wild land, on which he remained for thirty-eight
years. During at least six months of the year his tract was under water, but
he knew the soil to be highly fertile and diligently began the construction of
dikes. In the summer he plowed a portion of his tract and planted it, continung
to increase the amount each year until he had his entire acreage under cultivation.
His entire section of six hundred and forty acres was inundated wild land
and demanded arduous toil before it could be made cultivable. Mr. Benson
directed his operations in a practical and systematic manner, and each year
marked a decided improvement in his farm. He added to its value as well
as its appearance by the erection of an attractive residence, substantial barns,
ample sheds and outbuildings for the protection of his stock and grain, and
at various times installed about his premises different modern conveniences.
His fields were brought under high cultivation and kept in that state by a
systematic rotation of crops best adapted to the soil. In connection with di-
versified farming he did some dairying and also raised thoroughbred Clyde
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horses and registered Holstein cattle. In the fall of 1912 he disposed of his
property and in the following spring purchased the tract of eighty acres on
which he resides at the present time, now erecting thereon a handsome residence
it a cost of eight thousand dollars and also constructing barns and other build-
ings. Reliable business methods diligently pursued have brought the desired
•esults and he is now enjoying the evening of life in honorable retirement.
Mr. Benson has been twice married. His first union was with Miss Sarah
Fisher, of Nova Scotia, who passed away in 1901, leaving a family of six chil-
dren, as follows: Elsie; Alice, whose demise occurred in October, 1906; Norman
-lenry ; Leroy ; Lottie, who died on the I5th of June, 1913; and Sadie. In 1902,
Vlr. Benson was married to his present wife, who in her maidenhood was Miss
"arrie Fisher, also of Nova Scotia, and they have become the parents of one
•i laughter, Gladys.
Community affairs have always engaged much of the attention of Mr. Benson,
vho is public-spirited in matters of citizenship and is ever ready to contribute
iiis quota toward forwarding the local interests or in advancing the country's
development. He has figured prominently in the political life of his immediate
district since pioneer days, having been a member of the first council of the
Delta, while he has been the incumbent of the office of reeve almost continually
; ince that time. That he has given satisfactory service to his constituency and
the community at large in this connection is evidenced by the length if his term.
.Jr. Benson has attended the Presbyterian church since his boyhood. He has
i ow attained the venerable age of seventy-one years and is living practically
letired, enjoying in the latter period of his life the ease and comfort purchased
.1 y a life of thrift and labor.
ALBERT WILLIAM CRUISE.
The name of Albert William Cruise is a well known one in business circles
i i Vancouver. He is now president of the Consolidated Motor Company, the
Archibald Oarage Company and the Western Tire Company. His executive ability
i-i manifest in the successful conduct of each, and throughout the years of his
•connection with the northwest the public has recognized in him a man whose enter-
j rise and business ability enable him to conquer obstacles, overcome difficulties
.; nd press steadily forward to the goal of success. He was born at Buctonuche,
New Brunswick, August 4, 1874, a son of Dr. William and Margaret M. (Smith)
Cruise. The father a graduate of the medical department of Harvard University
at Cambridge, Massachusetts, practiced his profession at Moncton, New Bruns-
wick, for many years, or until 1907, when he came to Vancouver, where he has
5 ince lived retired.
When he had completed the course of study taught in the grammar and high
.schools of Moncton, New Brunswick, Albert \Y. Cruise started out in the business
\/orld as an employe in the engineering department of the Canadian government
railway system at Moncton, where he remained until 1900. He next went to
New York city, where he was employed in the engineering department ol the
New York Central Railroad Company, and subsequently was connected with the
Consolidated Gas Company of New York. He left that employ in 1902 in order
t > return to Canada, after which he engaged in the theatrical business in eastern
Canada until 1907, when he came to Vancouver, where he has since resided. On
1 is arrival here he engaged in the general real-estate and financial brokerage
business under the name of A. W. Cruise & Company, being continually and
actively identified with that line of activity until 1912. His interests were care-
fally systematized and he did an extensive business, winning a large clientage,
conducting many important realty transfers, and making judicious investments
for himself and others. While now retired from active business in that line,
he still owns a large amount of realty in city, suburban and farm lands. In 1912
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he organized the Archibald Motor Company, of which he became the president.
The following year this company was succeeded by the Consolidated Motor Com-
pany, the Archibald Garage Company and the Western Tire Company, the prov-
ince of the first named company being to look after the sales department, the
second after the garage business, and the last, the tire and accessory interests.
The second company has one of the largest and best equipped garages in Van-
couver. Mr. Cruise is president of all three companies and has been the strong
factor in the careful organization and systematization of the business thus con-
ducted. He early realized the fact that success is the maximum result secured
with minimum effort, and that this can only be achieved through careful manage-
ment and wise direction. He readily discriminates between the essential and non-
essential and in discarding the latter and utilizing the former he has made his
business interests prominent factors in commercial and industrial activity in
Vancouver and has won thereby gratifying returns.
On the 1 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Cruise was married to Miss Isabel Chis-
holm, a daughter of Colin C. Chisholm, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a member
of parliament from his county. The children of this marriage are Kenneth A.,
Margaret E. and Audrey. The family home is at Point Grey and Mr. Cruise was
councillor of that municipality in 1910. In politics he is a conservative, but while
interested in the public welfare he has not been a politician in the usually accepted
sense of the term. He feels that his business interests are more important and
his duty to his family more imperative, and his success shows that his time has
been well and wisely spent.
JOHN K. HICKAIAN.
One of the more recent acquisitions to the commercial fraternity of Nanaimo
is John K. Hickman, who on March TO, 1911, established a crockery and hard-
ware store, in the conduct of which he is meeting with a fair measure of success.
He was born in Staffordshire. England, on the I3th of October, 1859, and is a
son of Tohn and Caroline (Pearson) Hickman, who late in life emigrated to
British Columbia, passing their latter days in Nanaimo.
The early life of John K. Hickman was passed in the vicinity of his birth,
his education having been pursued in the schools there until he had attained the
age of ten years. His text-books were then put aside and he became a wage
earner, remaining a resident of England until 1888. In the latter year together
with his wife and family he took passage for America with Nanaimo as his
destination. Twenty-one days were consumed by the journey, which was made
by way of Montreal. Upon his arrival here Mr. Hickman obtained employment
as a locomotive engineer with the Vancouver Coal Company. That he was
reliable and trustworthy and discharged his duties with efficiency is manifested
by the long period of his connection with the company, which continued until
his resignation in 1910. While employed in this capacity he established a
world's record by loading the steamship Titania, which has a capacity of five
thousand eight hundred tons of coal in ten, eleven and twelve days. _ It is a task
which would engage the services of ten Chinamen, under ordinary circumstances,
three days, and its achievement in record time was only made possible through
the efforts of S. L. Robbins, through whose intervention he was able to
increase the efficiency of the methods ' used. Mr. Hickman also hauled the
ballast to fill in what is now the main street of Nanaimo. For a time after
resigning his position he took a vacation, but early in the year 1911, he began
making preparations to engage in business and on the loth of March, opened
the doors of his store to trade. His patronage has shown a substantial increase
during the past year and a half, and he has every reason to feel very well satis-
fied with the development of his business.
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In the Old Crooked Spire church at Chesterfield, England, on the 22d of
September, 1884, Mr. Hickman was married to Miss Elizabeth Stead, and to
hem have been born six children. In order of birth they are as follows : John
Ubert, who is twenty-four years of age, now in charge of the engine his father
operated for so many years for the Vancouver Coal Company; Reginald, who is
wenty-two years old and engaged in the express business ; Herbert, who has
passed the twentieth anniversary of his birth, in business with his brother
Reginald ; Lillian, who is sixteen and at home ; Joseph, who has passed his
thirteenth birthday, attending school; Caroline Gertrude, who has attained the
; ge of eleven years.
Fraternally Mr. Hickman is a member of Nanaimo Lodge, Xo. 5886,
]. O. F., of which he is past chief ranger. He has acquired quite a reputa-
tion locally as a singer, and was a member of the choir of the Methodist church
irom 1888 to 1-891, while for five years he sang in the Church of England and for
four in St. Paul's. He has also taken part in a number of amateur operatic per-
formances, his voice in range and quality being well adapted to work of this
i ature. Like the majority of his fellow countrymen he delights in outdoor
sports of all kinds, but has a decided preference for cricket in which he takes
a keen delight. Civic affairs engage his interest, and for three years he served
en the city council, having been a member of that body when the present water
system was installed and various other improvements promoted. Mr. Hick-
nan is accorded the respect and esteem of his neighbors and fellow townsmen,
as he is a man of sound principles and high standards, which qualities he has
manifested both as a public official and as a private citizen.
WILLIAM SAVAGE.
William Savage is a practicing barrister and solicitor of the city of Vancouver,
a member of the law firm of McLellan, Savage & White. He was born in Greens
Forton, Northamptonshire, England, January 4. 1876. and is a son of Josiah and
Ann (Foster) Savage, natives of the same locality. The parents came to
I ritish Columbia in 1889 and settled in Kamloops, where the father engaged as
a merchant tailor until 1905, when the family moved to Vancouver. Here he
resumed his former occupation, following it for five years, after which he
retired from active business life. He still makes his home in the city, where he
h numbered among the prominent and respected residents.
William Savage acquired his early education in the public schools of North-
amptonshire and later attended Columbian College at XTew Westminster. For
two and a half years thereafter he studied law under E. P. Davis, K. C., and spent
a similar period under the preceptorship of Hon. Joseph Martin, K. C. He was
c.-'lled to the bar of British Columbia under the regulations of the Law Society
o the province both as a solicitor and barrister in 1906 and immediately after
engaged in practice in Vancouver. For six months he remained alone but at
tl e end of that time formed a partnership with T. S. Baxter, now mayor of the
ci:y, and L. B. McLellan. After a time Mr. McLellan and Mr. Savage purchased
R r. Baxter's interests in the firm, later organizing the present firm of McLellan,
S wage & White. This is one of the strongest and most reliable legal firms in
Vancouver and controls a large and growing patronage connecting it with a great
deal of important litigation. Mr. Savage has made rapid advancement in his
cl osen profession and has now the firm confidence of a large clientele.
In Salmon Arm, British Columbia, in September, 1905, Mr. Savage was united
in marriage to Miss M. L. Palmer and they have three children, Helen Gertrude,
William Frederick and John Palmer. Mr. Savage is a member of the Sixth
Avenue Methodist church and is an active religious worker, having been for the
p; st twelve years local preacher. His political allegiance is given to the liberal
ptrty and he is an active worker in the ranks of the local organization, aiding
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in the cause in all campaigns and at all elections but never seeking office for him-
self. He has made an excellent professional record, is interested and active in
matters of public moment and, above all, a courteous and upright gentleman,
combining in his character all of the qualities of a desirable and useful citizen.
GEORGE R. SPECK.
There is much that is creditable in the life record of George R. Speck, who
is one of the foremost business men of New Westminster, British Columbia, for
at the age of ten years he was not only thrown practically upon his own resources
but became the main support of his widowed mother, being the breadwinner
of the family by giving at that tender age all of his time to the operation of the
home farm, his father having previously died. He is a self-made man in the
truest and most flattering sense of the word and that he has attained success in
business must largely be accredited to the fact that he has always made it his
motto to give his whole attention to the nearest duty at hand and strictly and
everlastingly pursued his efforts in the attainment of the goal.
Born in Grey county, Ontario, February 2, 1877, Mr. Speck is a son of William
and Mary (Milson) Speck, natives of Yorkshire, England. The father came
to Canada as a young man, while the mother was brought to this country by
her parents. Both families settled in Grey county, Ontario, where "the father
and mother subsequently married and continued their residence. The mother
is still living in Grey county but the father passed away in 1887.
George R. Speck was reared under the parental roof and early grounded in
the old-fashioned virtues of honesty and industry. When he was ten years of
age, however, heavy responsibilities descended upon his shoulders, his father
dying at that period, and he became at that early age the mainstay of his widowed
mother and the family. Soon after his father's demise he took charge of the
operation of the farm, subsequently taking over the whole management of the
place and continuing in the operation and cultivation of the homestead until
1904, which year marks his removal to British Columbia. Locating in New
Westminster, lie accepted a position with his brother Alexander, who was there
engaged in the mercantile business, remaining in that connection for two and
one-half years. Not content, however, to remain in a dependent position, he
in 1906 set out for himself and established himself independently although he
had a capital of but one hundred and twenty dollars. The confidence reposed
in him by others, however, enabled him to borrow four hundred dollars and he
then purchased of Thomas Mobray a bicycle business for twenty-eight hundred
dollars, paying five hundred dollars down as the first cash payment. The
shrewdness of his judgment and his ability and industry, however, won the day
and within the short period of fourteen months he had paid for his business
in full and had returned the four hundred dollars which he had borrowed. He
has since added a full and complete line of sporting goods and by giving his
whole attention to his affairs has built up an extensive and profitable enterprise.
His is one of the leading concerns of the kind in New Westminster, which is
steadily increasing in representative patronage. His success is the. more credita-
ble to him as it can be ascribed to no advantageous circumstances but is due
only to his own indefatigable efforts.
In October, 1899, Mr. Speck was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Hewitt,
of Grey county, Ontario, and to this union were born two children, Stanley
Lloyd and Nola Blanche. The family reside in a handsome home at No. 109
Third avenue, in New Westminster, which is the property of Mr. Speck. A
public-spirited and progressive man, he takes an active interest in all measures and
movements undertaken to benefit the city or to promulgate its commercial expan-
sion, although he has never cared to accept public positions. He gives his sup-
port to the conservative party, the platform and principles of which appeal to
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! im as the best form of government for the majority. Fraternally he is a mem-
1 er of Amity Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. ; of Westminster Lodge, No. 630, C. O.
!'. ; and Westminster Lodge, No. 6380, L. O. O. M. The career of Mr. Speck
j-hould be an inspiration to others for it is proof of the fact that opportunity waits
for all who know how to embrace her and that success is but ambition's answer.
ARTHUR JULIUS BIRD.
Arthur Julius Bird, an architect actively engaged in practice in Vancouver,
A ras born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, July 25, 1875, a son of Charles Bird,
I'.. A., F. G. S., and Margaret Wrightson Bird. The father, a graduate of
t ic London University, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, has long been
recognized as an English educator of prominence and was a former head master
<; f Sir Joseph Williamson's school at Rochester, England. He was an authority
<n geology, the author of a number of geological works, and was a fellow of the
Geological Society of England.
Arthur Julius Bird pursued his education in Sir Joseph Williamson's school
at Rochester and in 1892 was articled to Edward Burgess, a prominent architect
t f London, England, serving until 1896, when he became assistant to Air. Burgess
and so continued until 1903. In that year he became assistant to J. A. (lotch, F.
l\. I,, B. A., and as such remained until 1906, when he entered upon an inde-
pendent practice at Rochester and was thus engaged until 1907, the year of his
arrival in British Columbia. He settled at Vancouver, opened an otlice and
entered upon the practice of his profession, in which he has continued to the
present time. He has been eminently successful, gaining a large clientage, and
s >mething of the nature of his business is indicated in the fact that among other
buildings designed by him is Blenheim Court, Washington Mansions, Trafalgar
Mansions, the Lotus Hotel and others.
On the 2Oth of December, 1906, Mr. Bird was united in marriage to Miss
/lice Edith Wills, of Kettering, Northamptonshire. In politics he is independent,
nor does he take active part in political work. He holds membership in the
I ress Club and the Vancouver Automobile Club, and has pleasant association
v ith representatives of his chosen profession through his membership in the
I ritish Columbia Society of Architects. At all times prompted by a laudable
a nbition, he has so developed his native powers and talents through continuous
s'udy and experience that he is now occupying an enviable position among the
a 'chitects of Vancouver.
KILBURN K. REID.
Kilburn K. Reid, who since September, 1919, has held the position of account-
ant with the firm of H. A. Belyea & Company of New Westminster, was born
ii Centreville, New Brunswick, on the iSth of May, 1887. His parents were
Gaorge and Elizabeth (Starrett) Reid, both natives of Williamstown, New
Brunswick. The father, who successfully followed general agricultural pursuits
tl roughout his active business career, is now living retired at Centreville, New
Brunswick. The mother is deceased, having there passed away on the iSth of
August, 1912, at the age of sixty-two years.
Kilburn K. Reid was reared under the parental roof and in the acquirement
o: an education attended the public schools of Centreville and Mount Allison
Academy at Sackville, New Brunswick. After putting aside his text-books he
was offered and accepted a position as accountant with D. Fraser & Sons, lumber
manufacturers of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, remaining with that firm for
about three and a half years, when he resigned. In December, 1909, he came
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to British Columbia, locating in New Westminster, and for about eight months
was in the employ of the British Columbia Electric Company. In September,
1910, he accepted a position as accountant with H. A. Belyea & Company, by
whom he had been employed for a month after his arrival in New Westminster
and in the service of which concern he has remained to the present time. He has
proved himself an able and valued employe of the company and is recognized
as a young man of ability and promise.
On the I2th of February, 1913, Mr. Reid was united in marriage to Miss Mil-
dred O'Connor, a daughter of Arthur O'Connor, who is deceased. Fraternally
he is identified with the following organizations : Carleton Lodge, No. 35, A- F.
& A. M., of East Florenceville, New Brunswick; Westminster Chapter, No. 124,
R. A. M. ; Rockwood Lodge, No. 96, I. O. O. F., of Plaster Rock, New Bruns-
wick, of which he is past grand ; Waawena Rebekah Lodge, No. 54, of Plaster
Rock, New Brunswick, of which he is a charter member, and Harmony Encamp-
ment, No. 2, I. O. O. F., of New Westminster. His religious faith is indicated
by his membership in the Methodist church, to which his wife also belongs. The
young couple are well known in social circles and have many friends in tha
community where they reside.
ROBERT RUBIE JONES.
Robert Rubie Jones, architect and builder, real-estate and financial agent in
Victoria, is numbered among the young men of the city whose energy, enterprise
and progressive spirit are important factors in the general business growth and
expansion. He was born at Goodwich, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, March 5,
1883, being one of eight children born to Richard and Jane Elizabeth (Rubie)
Jones. The father is a native of South Wales and at one time was employed by
the English government as a surveyor on the west coast of Africa and on the
Japanese coast. In later years he was connected with the customs service in
south Wales, retiring in 1900 and moving to Hastings, Sussex, where he now
resides with his wife, who is a native of that locality. On the paternal side
Mr. Jones' grandparents were natives of South Wales and there the grandfather
passed away as the result of an accident, in the ninety-fifth year of his age.
The grandmother has now reached the age of ninety-five and still makes her
home in her native country. On the maternal side Mr. Jones is of English ex-
traction, his grandparents having been born in Sussex, that country.
Robert R. Jones acquired his education in the public schools of Devonshire,
England, and in Connaught, County Mayo, Ireland. He later took a three years'
course under a private tutor in Devonshire, England, and also in Sussex, as his
ambition at that time was to qualify as a school teacher. Owing, however, to
the scarcity of desirable positions in this field he decided to prepare himself for
another line of work and accordingly entered upon four years' course of train-
ing in draughtsmanship, studying in Eastbourne, England, under the engineer
and surveyor of that city. This course he completed in 1902, receiving an honor
certificate and a gold medal which is given only to those with the highest qualifi-
cations. This entitled him to become an architect and he spent a short time at
this profession, in which he became so proficient that in 1903 he was sent to
Ireland in the capacity of manager of a war department contractor engaged in
the erection of government barracks and other structures in Limerick, Tipperary
and other places in that country. After eighteen months, or in the early part
of 1905, he emigrated to Canada, locating in Moose Jaw, where for two years
thereafter he conducted a large and important contracting and building business.
However, the severe winters in Moose Jaw affecting his wife's health, he dis-
posed of his business interests in that community and hearing of the mild climate
of Victoria and the excellent business opportunities there existing, he came to
the city, where he has since remained an honored and highly esteemed resident.
ROBERT R. JONES
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A. short time after his arrival he engaged in the real-estate business, opening
offices in the Five Sisters block and remaining there until the building was de-
stroyed by fire. He then returned to England on a business and pleasure trip,
•eturning to Victoria at the end of six months and resuming his former occupa-
ion, to which he added that of contracting and building. He made his head-
[uarters in the Sayward building and here he is at present located. He makes
i specialty of building homes which he sells at medium prices on easy install-
nents, but he has also designed and built many of the larger residences and
Business houses in Victoria. His buildings are all convenient and adequate,
-epresenting the best in workmanship and material consistent with the prices
charged. In addition to this he makes it a definite object to have them artistic
in design, for, being an architect as well as a builder, he draws his own plans
^vhich he makes always attractive and pleasing. He has secured a large and
i epresentative patronage and this is continually increasing as his business in-
1 crests are carefully and conservatively managed and his skill and ability have
1 ecome widely known. His motto is "No misrepresentation, many sales, reason-
; ble profits, satisfied purchasers," and his adherence to these standards has been
i lade possible by his close application to business, his thorough knowledge of
tie building trade and his ability to design according to original and practical
i leas and to erect houses that strongly appeal to people of fair means who de-
sire to own their own homes. His own residence, known as Ellesmere, is located
at No. 1755 Monterey, North, and is one of the most attractive homes in Victoria.
On the nth of October, 1905, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Mr. Jones was
united in marriage to Miss Edith Wickham, a native of Seven Oaks, Kent, Eng-
land. Her parents were natives of London and their deaths occurred when she
vas still an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have five children, Robert Richard and
I 'orothy Edith, twins ; and Owen Victor, Edgar Desmond and Evan Roy.
Mr. Jones is connected with the Masonic fraternity and the Canadian Order
of Foresters. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being
a past chief patriarch in the encampment and also a member of the Patriarchs
Militant. His religious associations are with the Church of England and his
ujright and honorable life has been consistently in harmony with his professions.
A lover of all kinds of outdoor sports, he is especially active in cricket and foot-
ball and takes keen delight in yachting and motoring. His pet hobby is horticul-
ture and he spends a great many of his leisure hours among his plants, in the cul-
tivation of which he has met with remarkable success because he has studied the
one for, judging by his past, it will be characterized by earnest, persistent and
scientific details connected with the work and made practical application of
modern ideas along this line. He is a young man of force, ability and capacity,
interested in his profession and anxious to excel in it and governed always by
tfe highest and most honorable business standards. His future is a promising
wall directed work and crowned by definite and important attainment.
DENNIS E. WELCHER.
Dennis E. Welcher, fortunate in his real-estate investments and thus able
to live retired, makes his home at Port Coquitlam and is numbered among the
v; lued and representative residents there. He was born on the I2th of March,
1^59, in the state of Michigan, and is a son of Nelson and Serepta Welcher, who
were farming people of Michigan. Following the outbreak of the Civil war in
the United States, the father enlisted for service in the Union army and was killed
in battle, thus laying down his life as a sacrifice on the altar of his country.
Dennis E. Welcher was but four years of age at the time of his father's death.
H ; was educated in the public schools of his native state and after leaving
sc 100! engaged in farming in the Dakotas and in the state of Washington, contin-
ui ig his residence in the United States until April, 1896, when he came to British
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Columbia. He settled first at Elgin, later in Surrey, and in 1897 came to Port
Coquitlam. He afterward spent a short time in South Vancouver, but then
again came to Port Coquitlam. For seven or eight years he engaged in logging
and at the end of that time made investments in land and began farming. This
property, because of the development work in that locality, became very valuable.
It is situated three and a half miles north of Port Coquitlam and when the price
obtainable was satisfactory Mr. \Yelcher sold, realizing a handsome return on his
investment. He then purchased town property and again the wisdom of his
choice of a location was shown in the rise in values, which also brought him a
good financial return.
On the 1 8th of February, 1894, Mr. Welcher was married to Miss Adelaide
Simpson, a daughter of Matthew and Alice Simpson, farming people. The chil-
dren of this marriage are Alice May, Edith Pearl and Gordon Nelson Eugene.
In politics Mr. Wclcher is a liberal. For two years he was councillor of the
municipality of Port Coquitlam and also filled the position of reeve, discharging
his duties with promptness, capability and fidelity. At the present time he is one
of the aldermen for Port Coquitlam and in this office is carefully safeguarding
the interests of the town. He was likewise president of the Coquitlam Agricul-
tural Society and for ten years was one of its directors, during which period he
put forth earnest effort to advance the interests of the organization and the cause
for which it stood. Mr. Welcher belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters
and his family attend the Presbyterian church. His life is actuated by high and
honorable principles and he manifests a progressive and public-spirited citizenship
which has made his life work a valuable force in the development, improvement \
and upbuilding of the section in which he lives.
CHARLES BENSON WORSNOP.
Charles Benson Worsnop, engaged in the real-estate and mining brokerage
business in Vancouver, was born in the United States although the »reater part
of his life has been spent on this side of the border. His birth occurred at Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1879, his parents being Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Arthur and Mary (Benson) Worsnop. His father, who is the present
customs surveyor of Vancouver, was born in Lancashire, England, October 18,
18^8, and is a son of Charles Barnett and Martha (Bellhouse) Worsnop, both of
whom were natives of England. The former was for many years connected with
the department of science and art in the South Kensington Museum.
Charles Arthur Worsnop was educated in London and in 1876 went to Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, to take charge of the exhibition for the museum of science
and art at the Centennial exhibition held in that city. He became a resident of
Philadelphia and remained there until 1881, when he removed to Winnipeg, Man-
itoba, and later came to Vancouver. He entered business circles here as city
editor of the Daily News Advertiser and was thus connected until he secured
a position in the Dominion civil service. He became connected with the Van-
couver customs house in 1889 and later was appointed Dominion customs sur-
veyor at Vancouver, in which capacity he has since continued. He became a
member of the militia in 1881, joining the Winnipeg Field Battery of Artillery,
and in 1883 he became lieutenant of the Ninetieth Battalion of Winnipeg Rifles
on the formation of that organization. In 1885 he was with his regiment in the
Northwest rebellion and participated in the engagements of Fish Creek and
Batoche. He was also in the operations against Big Bear's band and was
awarded a medal and clasp. On the formation of the Garrison Artillery in Van-
couver in 1894 he became captain and subsequently was promoted to major, while
in 1897 he became lieutenant colonel, commanding the second battalion of the
Fifth Regiment of Garrison Artillery. In 1899 the battalion became the Sixth
Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, and on the expiration of his term
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Colonel Worsnop was transferred to the corps reserve. He wedded Mary Ben-
son, a daughter of Colonel Benson of Petersboro, Ontario.
Charles Benson Worsnop pursued his education in the public and high schools
>f Vancouver and at the old Whetham College of that city. He afterward
entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the passenger department
is assistant purser of the steamship Empress of China, since wrecked in Japanese
vaters. This position took him several times to China. In 1898 he became junior
i lerk in the Imperial Bank of Canada at Vancouver, continuing in that capacity
'intil 1902, when he resigned, having been advanced to paying and receiving teller,
n that year he became bookkeeper for the Vancouver Breweries, Ltd., and was
apidly advanced, becoming a director and finally managing director, in which
i apacity he continued until 1910 and then resigned. In that year he formed a
partnership with C. Elting Merritt, of whom more extended mention is made on
another page of this work. Under the firm style of Merritt & Worsnop they en-
gaged in the real-estate and mining brokerage business, and in this connection
they gained a liberal clientage. They conduct an extensive real-estate business
; nd are thoroughly conversant with property values. Both members of the firm
; re young men, wide-awake, alert, energetic, who recognize the possibilities in the
business situation here, and are ever ready to utilize and improve them.
The record of .Mr. Worsnop is a verification of the old adage : "Like father
like son," for he has always been active in military service. He joined the Fifth
Canadian Garrison Artillery in 1895 and was one of the representatives of British
Columbia and sergeant in charge of the Garrison Artillery at the Queen's diamond
jubilee celebration. In 1897 he passed the necessary examinations and was pro-
i loted to second lieutenant of artillery. He served as lieutenant in the Fifth
(western) Regiment of Canadian Mounted Rifles in the South African war,
returning to Vancouver on the declaration of peace in 1902. He was promoted
t > captain and served with that rank in the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Connaught's
( >wn Rifles, until he became a member of the corps of reserve.
Since his boyhood Mr. Worsnop has been active in athletics. He rowed as
j inior and senior of the crews of the Vancouver Rowing Club, taking part in
many of the shell and barge races in which that club participated. He is also a
Kugby football player of more than local reputation, having played for a long
period of years. He was a member of the British Columbia rugby team which
played a series of matches with the famous New Zealand All Blacks on its trip
to America. After Mr. Worsnop ceased to take an active part in the play he
c mtinued his interest in rugby as a coach and has been especially helpful to the
younger players, and during the past year has had forty boys under his direction.
/ side from this he is a member of the Western Club, Shaughnessy Heights Golf
Club, and the Vancouver Golf and Country Clubs. He is also a life member of
the Vancouver Rowing Club.
On the 5th of March, 1909, Mr. Worsnop was married to Marion Coburn, of
Seattle, Washington. He stands at all times for progress and improvement and
h.s efforts have tended toward perfection in the sports in which he is interested,
in his military activities and in his business career.
ARTHUR M. INSLEY.
Among the most progressive, enterprising and successful of the younger
generation of business men in New Westminster is Arthur M. Insley, manu-
facturer of rubber stamps, self-inking stamps, notary seals, etc., with head-
q larters in the Ginchon block. He is a native son of the city, born August 6,
1^78. His mother, who was in her maidenhood Miss Marina Morey, was born
a >oard ship near the Falkland islands while her parents were voyaging from
E ngland to Canada. Her father, Jonathan Morey, was a member of the royal
engineering corps sent out by England to colonize British Columbia and he aided
372 BRITISH COLUMBIA
in the construction of the five hundred miles of road into the Cariboo country.
After two years of able service he resigned from the corps and for a number
of years thereafter was a guard at the penitentiary. His daughter, the mother of
the subject of this review, makes her home in Berkeley, California.
Arthur M. Insley was reared at home and acquired his education in the
public and high schools of New Westminster. In 1893 he laid aside his books
and became connected with the stationery and book store conducted by H. Morey
& Company, with whom he was identified for twenty years thereafter. In the
spring of 1913, however, he resigned his position and on May I established his
present business concern. He manufacturers all kinds of rubber stamps, self-
inking stamps and notary seals and has developed a large business along this
line, the basis of his success lying in his organizing ability, his sound and practical
judgment and his modern and progressive business ideas.
On the 4th of June, 1912, Mr. Insley was united in marriage to Miss A.
Marion Eraser, a daughter of the late Captain Alexander M. Fraser, in his earlier
years captain on deep sea vessels and later marine engineer, residing in New
Westminster. He was well known in fraternal circles as the founder of King Sol-
omon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and was prominent and active in the affairs of the
Masonic organization. Airs. Insley is a descendant of Captain Simon Fraser, the
discoverer and first navigator of the Fraser river, which has been named in his
honor. His bust stands in Albert Crescent, New Westminster. Mr. and Mrs.
Insley are members of the Church of England and Mr. Insley is well known in
religious circles, being sidesman in St. Helen's church, this city. He belongs to
the Sons of England and the Native Sons of British Columbia and he is well
known in this city, where he is respected by his business associates and held in
high regard by all who come in contact with him.
WILLIAM ATKINSON LEWTHWAITE.
Among the active business men of Victoria is numbered William A. Lewth-
waite. dealer in farm lands. He was born September 2, 1867, in Cumberland,
England, and is the second eldest of eight sons in a family of twelve children, his
parents being George and Margaret (Atkinson) Lewthwaite, who were also
natives of Cumberland. The father was a landowner there and, his death occurred
in June, 1912, when he had reached the age of seventy-six years. His wife sur-
vives and is now residing in London.
W. A. Lewthwaite was educated in the Gigleswick grammar school in York-
shire, England, and came to Canada in June, 1884, at which time he took up his
abode at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. He was then a young man of seventeen
years. For about a year after his arrival he was engaged in agricultural pursuits
and subsequently followed various occupations until 1893. He next located in
Vancouver and his previous success in his undertakings enabled him to engage
in the wholesale produce business. He also took over the boarding contract of the
Pacific division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which he held from 1894 until
1902. Returning to Saskatchewan, Mr. Lewthwaite then engaged in the coloniza-
tion of the lands of that province, with headquarters at Minneapolis, until 1906.
He followed practical methods in bringing to the people of the States a knowledge
of the value, worth and possibilities- of the Saskatchewan lands and his efforts
were an important element in advancing the settlement of that part of the country.
In 1906 he promoted the Nechaco Valley Land Company, Ltd., of which he is
still managing director. The company specializes in farm lands in the central
valleys of British Columbia, its object being to acquire the lands and in many
cases improve them so that they can be utilized at once for farming purposes
by incoming settlers. Mr. Lewthwaite was also prominently identified with the
Luse Land Company, of St. Paul, from 1904 until 1906, that company doing
colonization work on a very extensive scale, their chief points of operation being
WILLIAM A. LEWTHWAITE
GEORGE W. LEDIXGIIAH
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.Steele, until 1901, when he returned to Vancouver, remaining for a year. In
1902 he reenlisted in the Fifth Canadian Mounted Rifles and served until the
-end of the war, receiving his honorable discharge as senior sergeant of D Troop.
He participated in many hard-fought battles, enduring many hardships, and could
-ever be found in the front ranks of those brave and courageous boys who had
gone forth to preserve the unity of South Africa and to maintain the prestige of
the empire. Mr. Ledingham then returned to Vancouver, occupying himself
.along various lines and waiting for the right chance to present itself for a suc-
cessful career. In 1905 he entered the employ of the city government as fore-
man of concrete construction work and continued in that capacity for two years,
when he formed a partnership with Thomas Scott, city superintendent of con-
•crete construction work. They not only engaged merely as home builders, how-
ever, but early recognizing the possibilities of the cement business, followed it
in this city, which then entered upon a term of development which has lasted
to this day and has by no means reached its end. For some time Mr. Scott and Mr.
Ledingham were familiar figures on work undertaken for the city, but after four
•or five years devoted to hard work Mr. Scott, having turned his earnings into real
estate, retired and prepared for a trip to Kngland. During those four or five
years the firm laid the foundation of their present extensive business.
Mr. Ledingham did not follow the example of his partner, having other am-
bitions for himself. For two seasons he carried on the work alone and then
.admitted to a partnership C. K. Cooper, A. M. C. S., C. K., who had served the
•city for several years and also acted as consulting engineer in South Vancouver.
Ever since the firm of Ledingham & Cooper has been in business, and as time
has passed, its contracts have grown in size and importance. They successfully
handled a sewer contract in Point Grey, necessitating an expenditure of one hun-
dred thousand dollars, and a contract of the same value on Hastings street. Van-
couver. They also had a large contract on Keefer street, this city, and one
•exceeding fifty thousand dollars on Hornby street. Ledingham & Cooper have laid
many miles of concrete sidewalk in the past years. During the time that he was
alone he put down something like one hundred miles, besides carrying out other
important projects. They also have the railroad contract for eleven miles on
Cowichan Lake for the Canadian Northern Railway. Ledingham & Cooper
employ a large number of men and always make efforts to obtain the best which
can be possibly secured. Their equipment is most up-to-date and their machin-
ery of the latest pattern. The enormous and profitable business which they now
conduct has come to them on merit alone, and the prosperous condition of the
firm is largely due to the efforts and the ability of Mr. Ledingham. The busi-
ness office of the firm is maintained at 16-17 Inns of Court building. The firm
of Ledingham & Cooper is keeping its foremost place amid a healthy yet severe
competition, and that it maintains its place is largely due to the experience of
Mr. Ledingham, which he gained as a capable foreman, and the knowledge of
Mr. Cooper as a civil engineer. There could be no men more fit than these
two in executing any, even the most intricate or extensive contract. The reputa-
tion which both enjoy is also evidence of the high opinion in which both men
are held by those who are able to judge. There has never been a time when
cement work, as put down by Ledingham & Cooper, has been so much in demand
in Vancouver as now, and there is every assurance that the present demand will
not only continue but increase. The demand for cement sidewalks and cement-
paved streets is growing with the development of the province and with the in-
crease of traffic in the city streets, and good streets, well paved, are absolutely
essential to take care of the increased traffic. That Mr. Ledingham's work, there-
fore, is not only accruing to his own benefit but is of vast importance to the city,
and a factor in its growth, is self-evident.
At Chesley, Ontario, on Christmas day of 1903, Mr. Ledingham was united
in marriage to Miss Helen Maud Reavely, a daughter of James G. and Margaret
(Grant) Reavely, the former a native of the lowlands, having been born at
Berwick. Scotland, and the latter at Aberdeen. They came to Canada with their
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respective parents, the father's parents settling near Dundas, Beverly township,
Ontario, while the parents of the mother made location where the city of Hamil-
ton now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Reavely were married in 1870. The father in
the beginning of his career was engaged in farming at Beverley, Ontario, as a
boy and in 1857, at the age of seventeen, moved to Gray county, that province,
where he continued along agricultural lines until 1886, when he moved to Ches-
ley, where he engaged in the woolen mill business for ten years. He then en-
gaged in the furniture and undertaking business, being so profitably occupied
until 1912, when he retired from active work. The mother of Mrs. Ledingham
passed away in 1911.
Mrs. Ledingham, after completing her education, engaged for some time in
school teaching and then became assistant to her father in the furniture and
undertaking business. She holds two diplomas for a commercial course and has
the unique distinction of holding a diploma for embalming having assisted her
father in that work up to the time of her marriage. She has decided business
qualifications and is a great help to her husband, who discusses with her often
his business transactions and profits by her sound advice. An excellent wife and
mother, she has created a home atmosphere which is happy in every respect and
she hospitably c'ntertains the many friends of the family. She is popular in social
circles on account of her many accomplishments and is a favorite in the best
homes of the city. She is also active in charitable work and in connection with
the Presbyterian church does much toward alleviating the needs of the poor
and unfortunate. She is a member of the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Ledingham have three children, Eula Winifred, Bruce Reavely
and lilen Wallace.
It is but natural that a man who is so closely connected with the upbuilding
of the city as Mr. Ledingham should have branched out, and he is today con-
nected with various important financial interests which not only are important
as to the profits they return to the stockholders but in the growth and expansion
of the city. Jn politics Mr. Ledingham is a liberal and, although he has never
found time to actively participate in the affairs of the government, is ever inter-
ested in matters that affect the public welfare. He is a member of the Imperial
Life Association and an ex-treasurer and member of Vancouver Lodge, No.
1328, Independent Order of Foresters. He has always shown a marked fond-
ness for, and has appreciated, the value of athletic exercise and is president of
the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Athletic Club. Like his wife, he is a member
of the Presbyterian church. A man of wide experience in business, thoroughly
familiar with local conditions, and of that progressive western type of the Cana-
dian empire builder, Mr. Ledingham has become one of the commanding figures
in the life of Vancouver and has made for himself a name which is inseparably
interwoven with the growth of the Terminal City.
SIMON JOHN TUNSTALL, B. A, M. D., C. M.
Exacting are the requirements of the medical profession. If a lawyer be
brusque and crabbed we are apt to regard it as the result of keen application
to professional duties; if a minister holds himself aloof we feel it is because he
is engaged in the contemplation of things beyond the common ken, but a
practitioner of medicine must, according to public demand, be ever genial and
sympathetic as well as learned in the science which forms the basis of his profes-
sional service. Dr. Simon John Tunstall is one who fully meets the requirements
of the profession, and comprehensive study, careful analysis and broad experi-
ence have placed him with the eminent practitioners of the northwest, his ability
being attested by colleagues and contemporaries. For more than thirty years
he has been active in practice in British Columbia, and since 1892 he has been
permanently located in Vancouver.
SIMON J. TUNSTALL
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A native of Quebec, Dr. Tunstall was born at St. Anne de Bellevue, Septem-
ber 19, 1852, and is a son of Gabriel Christie and Jessie (Eraser) Tunstall,
both of whom were natives of Montreal and were descended from pioneer fam-
ilies identified with the early history of the province. In the paternal line the
ancestry can be traced to the Rev. Mr. Tunstall, one of the first rectors of Christ
church, Montreal, and chaplain to the military forces in Canada in the early part
of the nineteenth century He is also descended from General Gabriel Christie
whose daughter became the wife of the Rev. Mr. Tunstall. General Gabriel
Christie was colonel of the Royal Americans and was second in command for
General Amherst when Yaudreuil surrendered Canada to the Hritish Empire.
Through General Christie, Dr. Tunstall was a co-seignior of the seigniory of
Lacolle and de Beaujeu. On the maternal side his great-grandfathers were
Major Eraser, who as major of the Eraser Highlanders was present at the cap-
ture of Quebec under Wolfe; and Donald McKay, one of the United Empire
Loyalists who left estates in Albany. New York, to follow the flag in Canada.
The maternal grandfather, Simon Eraser, was one of the chief factors of the
Honorable Northwest Company and bis brother, Thomas Eraser, was an officer
in the Royals and acted as aide-de-camp to the Duke of Kent when lie was in
command of the forces in Canada. Thomas Eraser rose to prominence in mili-
tary circles and died while serving as a major general in India.
After attending the high school at Montreal Dr. Tunstall prepared for the
practical of medicine at McGill University, Montreal, lie first pursued the
classical course in that institution, winning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1873
and in 1875 the degree of M. D. and C. M. During bis scholastic career he gained
numerous honors, having won the Davidson gold medal at the high school, taken
the Bachelor of Arts degree with first rank honors, and during his medical course
received a prize for his primary year, while the Holmes gold medal was conferred
upon him as the first of his year in his graduating class.
Dr. Tunstall located for practice at Papineauville, Quebec, where he remained
for four years, subsequently spending a year in Montreal before coming to Brit-
ish Columbia in 1881. He practiced for two years in Lytton and for nine years
was at Kamloops, where he was in charge as medical attendant, of a large num-
ber of men during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. In 1892
he came to Vancouver and has since enjoyed a distinctively representative and
remunerative practice. His ability has gained him recognition as one of the
ablest representatives of the profession of the northwest. Aside from private
practice he has participated actively in a wide range of professional and public
affairs. He has served as president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
)f British Colurnbia, is a past president of the Canadian Medical Association, and
for a number of years was director and also served on the building committee
jf the new Vancouver General Hospital. He is a past president of the Caledon-
ian and St. Andrew's Society and is past president of the Veterans' Association
}f Vancouver.
On the 22d of September, 1885, Dr. Tunstall was married to Miss Marianne
t.awson Innes, a daughter of James B. Innes, for many years a crown navy
)fficer, located at Esquimalt. The five daughters of this marriage are : Janet
Vlarianne, the wife .of P. A. O. Samkey, a prominent wholesale merchant and
mporter of Vancouver; Marjorie Katharine, the wife of J. Browne, of the firm
)f Evans, Coleman & Evans, Ltd. ; Dorothy Ella, the wife of Clarence O'Brien,
a prominent barrister of Vancouver; Gwendoline Louise and Ruth Elizabeth
7raser, both at home.
The family attend the Church of England and Dr. Tunstall, active in its
membership, has at various times served as church warden and lay delegate to
the synod. He is well known in Masonic circles, having for many years been
identified with the craft, while in the lodges of his local connections he has
passed all the chairs. He still retains his membership in Kamloops Lodge, No.
; o, and in the Royal Arch Chapter, of Kamloops. He is a past provincial prior
of the Knights Templar and a member of the Shrine. He has membership in
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the Vancouver, Jericho Country and United Service Clubs. He has recently-
returned from a several months' trip abroad. This was his first trip to the old
home in England and Scotland. He was welcomed royally in every home, which
added greatly to the impressiveness of the trip, which was a most enjoyable oner
comprising visits to many of the old historic points as well as all the art centers
and the scenes of the modern interests throughout Europe. He is a gentleman
of broad culture and scholarly attainments and his companionship is an inspira-
tion to deeper interest in the better things of life.
JOHN GORDON.
One of the progressive and ambitious young men of New Westminster is-
John Gordon, a son of George and Isabella (Grant) Gordon, of whom more
extended mention is made in another part of this work, and a native of Petrolia,
Ontario, where he was born December 8, 1874. Although Mr. Gordon has given
much of his time to agricultural pursuits he has of late considered a legal career
and at present entertains plans for pursuing a law course and establishing himself
along that line. He was educated in the public schools of Middlesex and Bruce-
counties, Ontario, and at the Port Elgin high school, completing his education.
with a business course at Owen Sound at the early age of sixteen years, a fact
which stamps him as a man of more than ordinary mental powers and ready per-
ception, lie began to earn his first wages in connection with farm work and, his
father being a miller and merchant, he subsequently worked in the latter's store
in Southampton, Ontario, becoming well acquainted with commercial conditions.
In 1895 he came with the family to British Columbia and for one year lived in
Victoria and worked for a short time in a sawmill and in a grocery store. In
1896 his father and his brother Sutherland took up land in Surrey municipality,,
each proving title to one hundred and sixty acres, which they still own and which
is now operated by our subject and his brother. An ambitious young man of
progressive tendencies, Mr. Gordon of late has considered a professional career
and entertains ideas of embracing the legal profession. There is no doubt that
a brilliant future is in store for him if he should follow out his plans and it may
be safely prophesied that his adopted city and British Columbia will hear more
of him in the near future.
CLARENCE HENRY ROGERS.
A continually growing business, capably managed and wisely directed has
made Clarence Henry Rogers well known in real-estate circles in Vancouver.
He was born in Winnipeg, August 18, 1886, and although yet a young man has
attained an enviable position in business circles. His parents were James Henry
and Emma (Carter) Rogers, who in the year 1895 removed with their family
to Victoria, British Columbia. Their son Clarence, then a lad of about nine
years, continued his education in the public and high schools of Victoria and-
after putting aside his text-books went to the Yukon, where for several years
he acted as cashier of the White Pass & Yukon Railway. Returning to British
Columbia, he has since 1908 been a resident of Vancouver. In that year he
opened a real-estate office and was in business alone until 1910, when he was
joined in a partnership relation by Charles B. Black under the firm name of
Rogers & Black. In 1911 Frank McAlpine was admitted and the firm is now
Rogers, Black & McAlpine. They have been largely instrumental in settling
the Eraser valley, where they own valuable tracts. Their business consists
entirely of buying up large areas of farm land, which they divide into farms,
selling the same to new settlers. That their business has been of great importance
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o the district is evident from the fact that they have been4able to induce one
hundred and fifty families to settle on these farms, bringing to the Fraser valley
,. reliable, thrifty and constant element of good agriculturists. The firm has,
besides large real-estate investments, other business interests and Mr. Rogers is
:. stockholder in the Vancouver Colonization Company, Limited, of which he was
formerly a director, and secretary and treasurer of the Fire Valley Land Com-
pany, Limited, of Vancouver. These companies are valuable supplemental in-
terests to his real-estate activity and are proving important elements in the de-
\elopment, colonization and upbuilding of the province.
On the i8th of October, 1911, in Vancouver, Mr. Rogers was united in mar-
liage to Miss Mary Dixon, a daughter of J. C. and Ada Dixon, who were Van-
couver pioneers and representatives of old English families. Mr. and Mrs.
Rogers have a daughter, Gyneth. Air. Rogers exercises his right of franchise
i i support of men and measures of the conservative party, and by financial sup-
f ort and attendance he upholds the Baptist church, in which he has membership.
He belongs to the Progress Club and is also a member of the Arctic Brother-
hood. Through these connections, as well as in business, he has become widely
and favorably known and has a growing circle of warm friends in the city.
ALEXANDER L. DEWAR.
Alexander L. Dewar, prominently known in Vancouver as a partner in the
firm of Dewar & Springer, financial agents, was born August 6, 1852, and is a
son of Plummer and Eliza Kemp (Pew) Dewar. Private schools in Hamilton,
Ontario, afforded him his educational opportunities and in 1868 he laid aside
his books in order to take a position as clerk in the Bank of British North
/ merica at Hamilton. He remained with this concern in various capacities,
b:ing stationed at Hamilton, Montreal, Quebec and New York city until 1874,
becoming during that time a far-sighted, discriminating and resourceful business
n an and an expert in all matters pertaining to modern finance. In the latter
y<:ar he became associated with the Canadian Bank of Commerce and was man-
ager for this institution in their banks at Montreal, Toronto, St. Catharines,
^A^oodstock and Chicago, rendering the institution able and efficient service for
twenty years and rising during that time to a place of importance in financial
circles of the various communities where he made his home. During the
fourteen years between 1894 and 1908 Mr. Dewar developed his ability as a
p 'omoter and organizer, establishing large and important business concerns in
various cities of the United States and Canada and dealing in large affairs, among
tl e most important of his enterprises being the financing of the street railways
ii Chicago and the promotion of the Central London Tube Railway in London,
England. During all of this time his powers were continually developing and
h;s reputation, based on notable accomplishments, had extended to various parts
oi America and England, his ability as a financier carrying him forward into
important relations with business life. In 1908 he came to Vancouver, British
C )lumbia, and here two years later he organized the Bank of Vancouver, of
w'.iich he was elected general manager. In this position his splendid executive
and organizing ability was called forth and the success of the institution and its
n.pid progress was in a large measure due to him. He supervised the details
01 its management, inaugurated the policies by which its affairs were directed and
g; ve much of his time, talents and energies to placing it upon a solid and safe
financial basis and to making it one of the conservative and strong moneyed
institutions in this part of the province. He resigned as general manager on the
ift of January, 1912, and since that time he has been in partnership with H. E.
Springer under the firm name of Dewar & Springer, financial agents. They con-
trol an important and representative patronage and their business is continually
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increasing, Mr. Dewar giving a great deal of his time to its further development.
In Vancouver he is known as an able business man, capable of controlling large
affairs and at his best in handling intricate financial problems. Since his arrival
here his influence has been felt as a force for good in business circles and his suc-
cess has come as a direct result of an energy that is untiring and an ability which
commands opportunities.
On the 8th of September, 1875, in Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Dewar was united
in marriage to Miss Grace Mackenzie, a daughter of John I. and Margaret (Phe-
lan) Mackenzie and a representative of the well known Mackenzie family of
Hamilton, whose genealogy and a record of the lives of the most important mem-
bers has been printed and published in book form. Mr. and Mrs. Dewar are
the parents of seven children: Fred, who is connected with the Wcstinghouse
Company of Vancouver; Harold, employed by the British Columbia Leather
Company; John, a member of the Carter, Dewar, Crowe Company, Limited, of
this city; Arthur, with Bentley & Company of Vancouver; and Elsie, now Mrs.
R. C. Cook, Maude, viow Mrs. J. G. Patterson, and Nellie, now Mrs. Tom Lord,
all residents of Chicago.
Mr. Dewar is a member of the Church of England. He gives his political
allegiance to the conservative party but is not active as a politician, although
interested in the advancement of the city's business and public interests. He is
modern in his views, progressive in his standards, high in his ideals, a splendid
type of the modern business man and a valuable addition to the ranks of Van-
couver's able citizens.
HUGH BURR.
Hugh Burr is one of the most venerable as well as one of the best known
citizens of New Westminster, and receives the high respect which should ever
be accorded one of his years whose life has been well spent. He is now living
retired, but his interest in the questions and events of the day has never abated.
He was born in Ireland on the 8th of June, 1829, and is a son of Benjamin
and Eliza Burr, both long since deceased. The father held several government
positions and was a well known resident of his locality. Hugh Burr is a descend-
ant of General Burr, one of King William's military leaders, who fought at the
battle of the Boyne in 1690. General Burr owned a castle and large estates in
County Carlow and Hugh Burr, when a boy, saw the ancestral seat, it being
pointed out to him by his father, who told him that the estate had at one time
belonged to the family but had passed away from them before the father's time.
The son was educated in the public schools of County Carlow and in the Kildare
Street school of Dublin. Obtaining a teacher's certificate, he left Ireland for
Canada and after teaching for a time in the eastern part of Canada returned
to his native land, where he pursued a course of study in the normal school. He
then engaged in teaching in Ireland for six years, after which he once more came
to Canada, his destination at that time being British Columbia. He made his
way across the isthmus of Panama and up the Atlantic coast, arriving at Victoria
in 1860. For a short time he remained in that city and then went to Fort Alex-
ander, where he had charge of the store of the Hudson's Bay Company for a
time. He next came to New Westminster, where he again taught school for
two years. On the expiration of that period he was fortunate enough to make
some judicious real-estate investments which laid the foundation for a sub-
stantial little fortune. Becoming dissatisfied with the conditions under which
he was teaching, he purchased some property at Burrard Inlet and turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits, developing the first dairy and fruit farm on
the inlet. He made it a model property and supplied the ships with butter, milk
and vegetables. After twelve years of farming he sold his holdings on the inlet
and again returned to New Westminster, since which time he has made the Royal
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3ity his home. He is still active for a man of his age, although now in his
•ighty-fifth year. He is a splendid type of the old country gentleman, in whom
•ourtesyand hospitality are pronounced characteristics. Through an active busi-
less career his affairs were well managed and his enterprise and energy, com-
bined with sound business judgment, made him one of the successful residents
• >f this part of the province.
In 1860 Mr. Burr was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Hill, a daughter
nf Alexander and Jane Hill, who were natives of County Wicklow, Ireland,
born near Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Burr became the parents of six children, of
whom Martha Jane, Sarah Frances and Emmeline are deceased. The others
;re: Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Burr; Adaline, the wife of E. Chidell ; and
jlarriet, at home. The family are members of the Reformed Episcopal church,
'"hey reside at No. 809 Queen's avenue, and theirs is a hospitable home, over
which Mrs. Burr graciously presides. She is a lady of many excellent traits of
character, sharing in the warm regard always extended her husband. In politics
~*JLr. Burr has always been a conservative, supporting the party, yet not seeking
political honors or office for himself. He has always been fond of lacrosse and
ii still an enthusiastic advocate of the game. There is no couple more worthy
t f high esteem in all New Westminster than Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Burr, who have
i ow traveled life's journey together for fifty-three years, their mutual love and
confidence increasing as the years have gone by.
THO.MAS GIFFORD, M. P. P.
Thomas Gifford, for eleven years member of parliament, is one of the most
I ublic-spirited of the citizens of New Westminster, standing at all times for that
vhich looks to the welfare, development and upbuilding of the country and the
s laping of its policy along beneficial lines. He is, moreover, well known as a
Lading merchant of New Westminster, owning and conducting a jewelry store,
vhich during his absence on parliament duties is managed by his son.
Mr. Gifford was born in Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on the ist of
June, 1854, his parents being William and Margaret (Stewart) Gifford, both of
\\hom were natives of that country, where their entire lives were passed. The
f ither conducted a grocery business in the town of Lockerbie, and in the Free
C hurch grammar school his son Thomas pursued his education to his fourteenth
y;ar, when, desirous of entering the business world and providing for his own
S'ipport, he apprenticed himself to a. jeweler of Lockerbie, with whom he com-
p eted a seven years' term of indenture. For several years following he worked
a ; a journeyman and during that period, prompted by laudable ambition, he care-
fully saved his earnings until he was able to engage in business on his own
a> -count. He opened a jewelry store in Lockerbie and conducted it for about four
y :ars. In 1880 he left his native country and came to the United States, settling
ii St. Paul, where he remained for six years. He there worked as a journey-
n an for a time and later spent three years in business on his own account.
Later he came to British Columbia, settling in New Westminster, and immediately
a 'terward established himself in the jewelry business, his store being the oldest
jewelry house on the mainland of British Columbia. Two years after his arrival
h:re he was elected to the board of aldermen and served continuously in that
position for twelve years, exercising his official prerogatives in support of various
n easures and projects for the public good. He also acted for seven or eight
y :ars as a member of the school board, and the cause of education found in him
a stalwart champion. About the same time he was a member of the hospital
board and thus was closely connected with various features of local significance.
S:ill higher professional honors, however, awaited him, for in 1902 he was
elected to the provincial legislature and by reelection has been continued in the
Oifice to the present time, covering a period of eleven years. In this connection
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he has performed many acts directly beneficial to the province, has been connected
with much important legislation, and is at present chairman of the railway com-
mittee.
In 1877 Mr. Gifford was united in marriage to Miss Annie A. Stoddart, of
Lockerbie, Scotland, and they have become the parents of the following children :
William, who manages his father's jewelry business; Thomas Stoddart, superin-
tendent of the Westminster bridge; Margaret, the wife of Gowan McGowan;
Bursar, of the asylum at New Westminster ; James Stoddart, who is engaged in
the machinery business ; and Julia Stewart, Hugh Wilson and John Jardine, at
home.
Mr. Gifford and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, and he
is prominently known in fraternal circles as a member of King Solomon Lodge,
No. 19, A. F. & A. M. ; Royal Lodge, No. 9, K. P., of which he became a charter
member; the Ancient Order of United Workmen; the Canadian Order of Forest-
ers ; and the Sons of Scotland. He is likewise a member of the Westminster
Board of Trade and cooperates in its various projects for the general good.
He belongs to the Westminster Club, to the Westminster Progressive Club and
the Westminster Publicity Club, his connection with and activities in these organ-
izations indicating his deep interest in all matters relating to the welfare, up-
building and substantial development of the city. By a consensus of public opinion
he is termed one of the foremost men of New Westminster and his life work is
indicative of his devotion and loyalty to adopted city and province. His life,
honorable in its purpose and fruitful in its results, has indeed been a beneficial
force in the community in which he lives.
SAMUEL FRED MUNSON.
By way of his activities in the real-estate and insurance business Samuel F.
Munson has contributed in a large measure to growth and development in Van-
couver.
He was born at North Branch, Michigan, June 24, 1876, and is a son of
Almon and Jeanette (Scrimgeour) Munson. The father is a veteran of the Civil
war, having been a member of the First Regiment, Michigan Cavalry, in the
contest between the northern and southern states.
Mr. Munson, the subject of this review, acquired his early education by
attending the public schools of his native town, this being followed by a course
in the high school at Mayville, Tuscola county, Michigan. Later he entered the
Albion Methodist College at Albion, Michigan. On leaving college he entered
insurance work in connection with the Ancient Order of Gleaners, at Caro,
Michigan. He was associated with that organization until 1902, when, deciding
to come to Canada, he went to Edmonton, Alberta. There he engaged in busi-
ness on his own resources, combining insurance with real-estate operations. In
1909 he came to Vancouver and established himself in the real-estate business
and since that time he has specialized wholly in subdivisions. He purchased a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres in North Burnaby and founded the town
site of Hastings Grove and Hastings Grove Addition. He put into operation
a motor-bus system between these properties and the terminus of the Van-
couver street car line. He personally made many improvements on the property,
among others being the erection of a spacious store building and a large room-
ing house, containing more than thirty rooms, both of which are rented. In
addition to this he has built five fine houses and there is also a Methodist church
in the town. The streets are all graded and all the improvements of the highest
order. The town is connected with the city of Vancouver by way of the street
railway and from that terminus over a stretch of beautiful macadam-
ized road by the big auto-buses, which make an ideal trip and form the
most rapid means of transportation. His appreciation for what the future
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has in store for this growing western country led him to enter the business in
which he is now engaged, and Vancouver's marvelous growth furnishes him
an excellent field in which to put forth labor that is productive of good results,
not only for himself, but for the upbuilding of the city as well.
On the 7th of February, 1901, Mr. Munson was united in marriage at Grove-
land, Oakland county, Michigan, to Miss Laura Honert, a daughter of Christo-
pher and Mary Honert, who are prominent farming people in the locality in
which they live. Mr. and Mrs. Munson have two daughters, Dorothy and
Phoebe. In religious faith the parents are Presbyterians and Mr. Munson
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Van-
couver Board of Trade and is interested in all efforts put forth by that organi-
zation for the benefit of the city. Socially, he is a member of the American Club.
Throughout his life he has been actuated by a spirit of enterprise that has led
him to such a position in commercial life that he is now regarded as one of the
prominent factors in the building of the "Last Great West."
THOMAS KENNEDY.
Among the most successful, enterprising and prominent of Xew Westmins-
er's native sons is Thomas Kennedy, now connected with the sheet metal, plumb-
ng and heating business as a member of the firm of Mahony & Kennedy, pro-
prietors of the largest concern of this kind in this section of the province. His
)irth occurred in 1863 and he is a son of James and Carolina (Stone) Kennedy,
of whom extended mention is made in another part of this work.
Thomas Kennedy was reared at home and acquired his education in the public
schools of his native city. After laying aside his books he served an apprentice-
ship as a sheet metal worker and became proficient and expert at this line of
vork. At the end of his term he established himself in business and continued
alone for ten years, securing during this, time a large trade and building up an
(extensive and profitable business. In 1910 he formed a partnership with Mr.
vtahony under the firm name of Mahony & Kennedy. They now control the
'argest sheet metal, plumbing and heating establishment in this locality and their
business is increasing owing to the progressive methods which they employ and
the honorable standards to which they steadily adhere. Mr. Kennedy since be-
ginning his active career has gained an enviable reputation in New Westminster
ior high integrity, enterprise and discrimination.
On the loth of March, 1896, Mr. Kennedy married Miss Elizabeth Allanson,
daughter of James Allanson, a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have
teven children, Caroline, Emily, Thomas, William, Katherine, Marshall and Noal,
; 11 of whom with the exception of the two youngest are attending school. The
iamily residence is at No. 229 Queensborough street. Mr. Kennedy has lived
in New Westminster all his life and the fact that many of his stanchest friends
; re numbered among those who have known him from childhood is an indication
that his life has been an upright and honorable one. Business men respect him
lor his high integrity, his enterprise and his initiative spirit and in the course of
years he has made substantial contributions to the development of his native city.
ROBERT KEAM CHAPMAN.
As secretary of F. J. Hart & Company, Ltd., of New Westminster, and one
( f the representative business men of this city, Robert Keam Chapman needs
i'0 introduction to the readers of this volume. His attainments are visible to all
;snd his success is the more creditable as it has been brought about by his own
efforts, unaided by favorable circumstances or financial help. A native of
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England, Mr. Chapman was born near Birmingham, in the town of Dudley, on
November 15, 1873, and is a son of Edward and Sarah J. H. (Isbell) Chapman,
the former a native of Birmingham and the latter of Cornwall, England. The
father came to New Westminster in 1899 and died here in 1907. He had spent
most of his active life as hardware merchant in St. John, Newfoundland. The
mother is still living.
Robert Keam Chapman received his education in the common schools of St.
John's, Newfoundland, and in laying aside his textbooks served an apprenticeship
at the dry-goods trade in that city. He then removed to Boston, Massachusetts,
where he was for four years employed along similar lines, largely augmenting his
knowledge, and in 1897 came to New Westminster. Soon thereafter he became
secretary of S. J. Hart & Company, Ltd., with whom he has since been identified.
His experience and thorough methods have in a large measure contributed to the
growth of that firm and he has become recognized as one of the able business
men of the city.
In New Westminster Mr. Chapman was united in marriage to Miss Mary M.
Jennings, a daughter of John F. Jennings, of Yorkshire, England, the cememony
being performed on November 20; 1901. To them have been born three children,
Mary I., Edward Fawcett and Robert Jennings. Mr. Chapman has an interest-
ing military record to his credit, having served seven or eight years as a member
of the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles. For the past ten or
twelve years he has been auditor of the municipality of Langley and has ever
demonstrated his public spirit by stanchly upholding the measures and candi-
dates of the conservative party. He is very prominent in Masonic circles and
highly thought of therein, having received most of the honors which that bro-
therhood may bestow. He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M.,
and since 1905 has been past master. He is past principal of Westminster Chap-
ter, R. A. M., of which he was a charter member, and a member of Westminster
Preceptory, No. 56, K. T., in which he is constable. He also belongs to Gizeh
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Mr. Chapman also holds membership in the West-
minster Club, where he associates with men who, like himself, are interested
in the growth and progress of the city and where many measures are fathered
which have proven of permanent value to the community. The success which
Mr. Chapman has attained is twofold, — as it not only means his financial inde-
pendence but lies as much in the accomplishment of something that has proven
of benefit to the public at large. A watchfulness over all the details of his
business, a comprehension of what is most essential and the ability to combine
and coordinate elements into a harmonious and unified whole have been ele-
ments in winning him a place among the leaders of commerce in New West-
minster.
BEAUMONT THOMAS FREDERICK WILLIAM BOGGS.
Beaumont T. F. W. Boggs, widely known as a prosperous and prominent
representative of business interests in Victoria, is a member of the firm of R. S.
Day & Beaumont Boggs, real-estate, insurance and financial agents, having offices
at No. 620 Fort street and constituting one of the oldest established real-estate
firms in the city. His birth occurred at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 5th of
August, 1863, his parents being Thomas and Charlotte F. (Bullock) Boggs, the
former a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the latter of Trinity Bay, New-
foundland. The ancestors of Thomas Boggs were United Empire Loyalists.
He was the senior partner in the firm of Thomas Boggs & Company, which was
established in 1790, conducting a general wholesale hardware business in Hal-
ifax, Nova Scotia. In the conduct of that enterprise he remained an active
factor until his death. For several years he was likewise a member of the Nova
Scotia volunteer forces. His demise occurred on the 27th of March, 1873, when
he had attained the age of sixty-three years.
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Beaumont Boggs obtained his education in the grammar and high schools
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, completing his studies in 1877. In that year he entered
the establishment of his uncle, who conducted business under the firm style of
Brown & Webb, wholesale druggists of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in whose service
he remained until 1885. In 1879 ne nad joined the Sixty-sixth Battalion,
Princess Louise Fusiliers, and received his commission as lieutenant in 1883,
having passed the long course at the .Military School of Instruction, his sword
being forwarded to him by Sir Garnet Wolseley. Upon, the call for volunteers
for service in the Northvvest territories he was appointed assistant adjutant of
:he Halifax Provisional Battalion. In July, 1885, he returned from service and
igain entered the employ of the firm of Brown & Webb in the capacity of travel-
ing salesman, remaining in that position until the call of the west prevailed. In
fanuary, 1886, he made his way to Victoria, British Columbia, and established
limself as manufacturer's agent. Soon afterward the lure of the gold fields
n the Similkameen valley took him to Granite creek and he crossed the I lope
nountains in .March, 1886. He met with but poor success and returned to
Vancouver three days before the fire, his total resources at this time amounting
o seventy-five cents. He obtained employment in the Royal City .Mills of Van-
•ouver and remained there for about nine months, at the end of that time coni-
ng to Victoria and entering the service of the Standard newspaper as a re-
porter under the late Amore De Cosmos. At the end of a year he secured a
position with the Dominion Goverment Bank as teller, having received a civil
^ervice certificate before leaving Halifax, \\hen a year had passed he resigned
his position to join F. G. Richards in the real-estate business under the linn name
of F. G. Richards & Company, the partnership being formed in 1888. This
; ssociation was severed in 1889 and Mr. Boggs then became a member of the
newly organized firm known as Crane, McGregor & Boggs, with offices near the
( orner of Broad and View streets in Victoria. At this time the firm opened up
the Oak Bay district and placed other large subdivisions upon the market.
' 'hey also built the Oak Bay Hotel, which was later destroyed by fire. They
1 kewise opened up the Gordon Head district, where fruit growing was intro-
cuced and encouraged, the venture proving very successful. In 1892 Mr.
Hoggs disposed of his interest in this concern and began devoting his attention
to insurance and the sealing business, conducting operations under the name
cf Beaumont Boggs & Company. Subsequently he joined R. S. Day, and the
firm style of R. S. Day & Beaumont Boggs has been retained to the present
time. Mr. Boggs was issued a commission as notary public in 1890 and was
made commissioner for the province of Nova Scotia in British Columbia in
the same year. His firm carries on a general real-estate and insurance business,
specializing principally in farm lands on Vancouver island, and acts as agent
for English as well as local capital. The company also handles large estates
aid acts as agent for large properties. Mr. Boggs' prominence in real-estate
circles is indicated in the fact that he is the president of the Victoria Real
Estate Exchange, having held that office since its organization. His able coop-
eration has been sought in the management and control of several business
enterprises and he is now president of The Shore Hardware Company, Limited;
tie Canada Mosaic Tile Company, Limited; and vice president of the British
Campaigners Association.
On the 23d of June, 1890, in Victoria, Mr. Boggs was united in marriage
tc Miss Louise Mary Richardson, her father being George Richardson, a native
o Kent, England, who came to Canada in the service of the Hudson's Bay
Company in 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs have four children. Arthur Beau-
mont, who was born on the 28th of July, 1891, and was graduated with honors
from the Royal Military College at Kingston, now holds a commission in His
A ajesty's Indian cavalry service, being stationed at Dalhousie, Punjab, India.
Herbert Beaumont, born July 28, 1892, is studying law in Victoria, British
Columbia. Mary Charlotte Beaumont was born November 4, 1893, while the
birth of Dorothy Louise Beaumont occurred October 17, 1899. The family
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home is a comfortable and attractive residence known as Maplewood, which
is located at No. 1133 Catherine street in Victoria.
In politics Mr. Boggs is a conservative and has always taken an active interest
in the work of the party. He acted as chairman of the public school board in
1906 and 1907 and was instrumental in the introduction of the cadet movement
in the public schools. He has been connected with the Board of Trade since
1890 and is now a member of its council. Mr. Boggs is likewise vice president
of the Victoria Development League and belongs to the Pacific Club, the Royal
Victoria Yacht Club, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Independ-
ent Order of Foresters. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in
the Anglican church, and he is one of the governers of the Anglican Theological
College of British Columbia. Since 1887 he has been a member of the synod
of the diocese of British Columbia. He is fond of athletic sports, hunting and
fishing, and is an ardent advocate of military training for young men. He has
always had a thorough belief in the eventual prosperity of Vancouver island and
Victoria in particular, and this, together with his conservative and just business
methods, has had much to do with his present success. His life is exemplary
in all respects and he has ever supported those interests which are calculated
to uplift and benefit humanity, while his own high moral worth is deserving of
highest commendation.
GEORGE WARD DE BECK.
George Ward De Beck, who is now prominently identified with the timber
and mining interests of British Columbia, was born in Carleton county, New
Brunswick, on the 27th of September, 1849, and is a son of George and Eliza-
beth (Dow) De Beck. On both the paternal and maternal sides he is directly
descended from loyalist stock and most of his ancestors have lived to a ripe
old age. His great-grandfather, John Ludwig De Beck, was lieutenant in the
Third New York Volunteers — a loyalist regiment — in the Revolutionary war
and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.
He was taken prisoner by the American army on the igth of October, 1781,
and our subject has in his possession a muster roll under the charge of Lieu-
tenant De Beck dated on the 2ist of October of that year. The Lieutenant mar-
ried Elizabeth Althause and to them were born two children : George and one
who died in early life. The family settled in St. John, New Brunswick, after
the Revolutionary war. George De Beck wedded Mary Green and made his
home in New Brunswick. To them were born seven children, of whom George,
Jr., was the father of our subject. He is now deceased but the mother, who
was one of the pioneers of British Columbia, having located here in 1868, is
still living, hale and hearty, at the extreme old age of ninety-nine years.
George Ward De Beck remained at home and pursued his education in the
public schools of New Brunswick until he was sixteen years of age. Believ-
ing he was fully qualified to assume the duties of manhood, he then laid aside
his text-books and started out to make his own way in the world. He subse-
quently went to the Redwoods of California, where he engaged in the saw-
mill business for two and a half years, and then came to British Columbia and
followed the same occupation at Burrard Inlet for seven years. Next he built
and operated the Brunett sawmill on the Fraser river above New Westminster
for a year and then sold out. His next removal was to Yale, where he engaged
in the hotel business for eighteen months, following which he went to the United
States and spent five years in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho in
the lumbering business. He returned to British Columbia in 1886 and engaged
in logging until 1891, when he went to timber cruising. After following this
latter occupation for four years he engaged in mining until 1902. In the latter
year he received the appointment as Indian agent at Alert Bay, where he was
GEORGE W. ])E BECK
BRITISH COLUMBIA 405
stationed until 1906. He next drifted back to timber cruising and logging and
has since been thus engaged, though he is still interested in several mines.
Mr. De Beck married Miss E. M. Keary, a daughter of James and Maria
Keary, of New Westminster, the event being celebrated on the I7th of March,
1887. Of this marriage there have been born six children : Edna, now the wife
of T. A. Livesley ; Edward K., who married a Miss Foster and is engaged in
the practice of law at Vancouver ; Leonora, who is at home ; Ward and Viola,
who are attending school ; and George, who is deceased.
Fraternally Mr. De Beck is identified with the Masonic order and holds
membership in Cascade Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M.
W. RUSSELL JAYNES.
Among the successful younger business men of New Westminster is W.
Russell Jaynes, located at 741 Front street, where he is engaged as dealer in
gasoline engines and boat accessories, also handling oxyacetylene and also en-
gaged in the welding and brazing of metals. He was born in Orono, Ontario,
on August 22, 1884, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Dodd) Jaynes, both
natives of Ontario, where the father passed away in 1906 and the mother still
resides.
W. Russell Jaynes was reared at home and educated in the common schools.
In 1904 he bade farewell to parents and home and came west to British Columbia
to put to test the stories he had heard of the wonderful opportunities held out
'to enterprising young men -who would but seek them. He temporarily located
in Vancouver but after a few months came to New Westminster, which he has
since made his home. Having learned the trade of machinist in Toronto prior
to his coming to British Columbia, he engaged at that occupation after locating
in New Westminster, working in the Schaake Iron Works and subsequently
in the Nelson Iron Works and the John Reid shops and also in the Van Stones
works. Not content with remaining in a salaried position, Mr. Jaynes in 1910
engaged in business for himself by establishing the firm under which he now
operates at 741 Front street, the business under his skilful management having
become one of the important enterprises of New Westminster.
Mr. Jaynes is well known in social and fraternal circles of New Westmin-
ster, being a member of Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., and a member of
the Rebekahs. He is an enthusiastic boatsman, owning five motor boats from
which he derives a considerable additional revenue. His strict adherence to fair
methods of dealing and his manly and stalwart qualities of character have made
for him many friends and he is considered one of the rising young business men
of the city. He is public-spirited and progressive and ever stands ready to break
a lance for the advancement of his city and province.
CLARENCE EARL MACLEAN.
Clarence Earl MacLean, a young man of excellent business ability, whose
clear insight and ready appreciation of opportunities have enabled him to work
his way upward to success, is now part owner of the MacLean-Burr Automobile
Garage, and numbered among the most enterprising and progressive business
men of New Westminster. He is a native of Nova Scotia, born March 13, 1885,
and is a son of James Thomas and Jessie MacLean, the former of whom was
a successful mining engineer.
Clarence E. MacLean acquired his early education in the public schools of
his native country. He later studied steam and electrical engineering with the
International Correspondence School and after receiving his degree went to Daw-
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son, Alaska, where he was placed in charge of the steam pumps of the Detroit-
Yukon Mining Company, gaining in this way invaluable practical experience in
his profession. When he left Alaska he came to New Westminster and for a
time was superintendent of the gasoline department of the Schaake Machine
Works. He remained in this position for six years, during which time he de-
signed the famous Yale engine which this concern makes a specialty of manu-
facturing. In the spring of 1912 Mr. MacLean severed his connection with
the Schaake Machine Works, and forming a partnership with Mr. Burr, opened
the MacLean-Burr Automobile Garage, now one of the important enterprises of
its kind in the city. The partners have secured a large and representative pat-
ronage and their business is constantly increasing in volume and importance.
Mr. MacLean has made for himself a most creditable business standing and his
enterprising spirit, perserverance, and determination have been the foundation
of his success.
Mr. MacLean married Miss Edith Cowper, a daughter of Jesse and Susan
Cowper of Victoria, British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. MacLean reside in their
new and attractive home on Ninth street and they have made this the center
of hospitality for an extensive circle of friends. Mr. MacLean is an athlete
with an enviable local reputation, having won the championship in the trap
shoot of iQo8 and a gold medal for the three mile swimming contest held in
Spokane in 1903. He is an enthusiast upon the subject of out-door sport and is
especially fond of automobiling, boating and fishing, spending many of his leisure
hours in these recreations. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and his
life is in all its relations an upright and exemplary one. He manifests sterling
qualities not only in his business activities but also in his social and citizenship
relations and is justly accounted one of the valued residents of the community.
HERBERT EDWIN WELCHEL.
Although a comparatively recent arrival in Vancouver, Herbert Edwin
Welchel has already established his right to rank among the enterprising busi-
ness men of the city, having made for himself a creditable name and place as
a real-estate broker. He was born in Syracuse, New York, December 28, 1870,
and is a son of Charles R. and Noma (Gushing) Welchel, the former a native
of Germany and the latter of the Empire state. The parents never came to
Canada and both passed away many years ago.
During the boyhood of Herbert E. Welchel a removal was made to Decatur,
Illinois, and there in the public schools he pursued his education. He after-
ward learned telegraphy in that state and was an operator on the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad for three years. Later he learned the machinist's trade,
which he followed in Nebraska. Still the west called him and in 1899 ne
made his way to Seattle, where he resided for a decade. During his resi-
dence in that city he engaged in the real-estate business, although much of
this time was spent in travel and in the east. In 1909 he arrived in Vancouver
and entered the real-estate brokerage business, establishing an office in this
city. He makes a specialty of handling large tracts of farm and timber lands
on the mainland of British Columbia and on Vancouver island and also in
the state of Washington. He still has interests in Seattle and in Chicago. He
was for two years engaged in chicken ranching on the Eraser river, along which
line he was very successful, hatching fourteen hundred chickens each year. It
proved a profitable venture but required too much time from his real-estate
business, to which he now gives his undivided attention. He has thoroughly
acquainted himself with property values in the line of real estate which he
handles, knows what is upon the market and, as the years have gone by, has
made f9r himself a creditable place in business circles, having now a large
and gratifying clientele.
HERBERT E. WELCHES
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On the I3th of May, 1907, at La Grande, Oregon, Mr. Welchel was united
in marriage to Miss Iva 13. Roberts, of Kansas City, Missouri, who was a
government nurse in the southern states for several years. They have one
daughter, Eleanor Leone. Mr. Welchel has been both the architect and builder
(f his own fortunes. Starting out in life without any special advantages at
l lie outset of his career, he has worked his way steadily upward and by his
( etermination and energy has overcome all difficulties and obstacles and reached
; prominent place in business circles. His life record proves that the path
c f opportunity is open to all who have the courage to persevere therein.
CHARLES M1LTOX \Y< )( )I )\Y< )RTH.
The consensus of opinion accords Charles .Milton \Voodworth high rank as a
1 arrister, and history bears testimony to his activity in politics, his public spirit
and his many tangible efforts for the general good, lie was born in Kings
ounty, Nova Scotia, July 11. 1868, and is a son of Aimer and Susan (Self-
ridge) Woodworth, who are also natives of Kings country. The father made
firming his life work but is now living retired in Middletown.
In his early boyhood Charles M. Woodworth worked upon the home farm,
vith opportunity to attend school for only a few months of each year. Me was
ambitious, however, to secure a good education and when fourteen years of age
made arrangements to supplement his early school training by an academic
c mrse. lie entered the Kentville Academy, where he spent eight months, com-
pleting two and a half years work in that time, lie then returned home and the
s icceeding year attended the Provincial normal school at Truro, Nova Scotia.
1 hrough the succeeding year he engaged in teaching in a country school, after
vhich he went to Aeadia College at Wolfville, Nova Scotia, from which he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1890. lie then made his way to Halifax
aid became a student in the Dalhousie Law School. He had opportunity to
article to the now Hon. Robert L. Borden and he was a classmate of R. B. Ben-
nett, K. C., M. P., of Calgary, Alberta. He was the first graduate of Aeadia
College to receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts in course. He was admitted
to practice in the courts of Nova Scotia after being articled for only two years
a id nine months, and a year after his graduation he was elected one of the
governors of the Aeadia College.
In 1893 Mr. Woodworth became a resident of Edmonton, where he opened
a law office and entered upon active practice, being there associated with such
n en as S. S. Taylor, of Vancouver, and Judge Beck, of the Alberta bench. He
practiced there until 1896, when he went to the Kootenay country, where he
remained for six months. In 1898 he went to the Yukon, settling at Dawson,
where he remained for six and a half years in the active practice of law. He was
successful there, being accorded a large clientele, his practice having chiefly to
d ) with mining litigation. He was largely interested in public questions, im-
p 'ovements and interests of the day, and while in that country organized the cit-
izen's committee in opposition to the liberal government and prepared the memorial
t( the governor general and represented the opposition in entertaining the party
o: the governor general while in the Yukon.
In 1904 Mr. Woodworth came to Vancouver, where he opened a law office
and has since engaged in practice. From 1907 until 1909 he was in partnership
with A. G. Smith, now land registrar, and from 1910 until 1913 he was in part-
nership with A. R. Creagh. In January, 1913, the present firm of Woodworth,
Creagh, Benton & Fisher was organized. Their practice is extensive and con-
nects them with much. of the important litigation tried in the courts of this part
o the province. Aside from his practice he has large timber holdings on the
coast, together with fruit ranches at Summerland, British Columbia, and farm
lands on the prairie.
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While in Dawson Mr. Woodworth decided that he would do his utmost
upon coming to Vancouver to prevent the liberal party from getting into power
in British Columbia and following his arrival here he immediately became a
factor in shaping the political situation, of which he secured full control. In
1906 he was made president of the Vancouver Conservative Club and filled that
position for two years, following which time he served a like period as president
of the Provincial Conservative Association. When he was chosen president of
the former they had ten officers, less than one hundred members and no ward
organization. When he retired two years later they had one hundred and forty-
one ward officers, six ward associations and over one thousand members. In
1908 Mr. Woodworth organized the Provincial Conservative Association and the
constitutions of both societies, in all essentials, remain exactly as when he made
them. Since Mr. Woodworth was elected president of the Vancouver Conserv-
ative Club there has never been a liberal elected to a city office, and the con-
servative organization has been made so substantial that the party has been
victorious throughout the province. To his political service Mr. Woodworth has
brought powers of organization, combined with executive ability. He has made
a close study of the vital problems and questions of the day and is ever ready
to support these by intelligent, clear and convincing argument.
In Calgary, on the 26th of June, 1902, Mr. Woodworth was united in mar-
riage to Miss Alberta Beatrice Hart, a native of Cape Breton. They have five
children, Sydney Michael, Charles Albert, Jessie Hart, Susan Dorothy and Mar-
garet Evelyn. Mr. Woodworth belongs to the Terminal City Club and in the
midst of his manifold professional and political interests is appreciative of the
social amenities of life, and is well known to a large circle of warm friends.
He belongs to the Kitsilano Baptist church, and something of his activity in
religious work is indicated in the fact that he is vice president of the Provincial
Baptist Association. Any cause with which he is allied finds him an earnest,
zealous, active worker. Following his removal to the north, when Dawson was
yet in a comparatively formative stage, he manifested public-spirited interest in
her welfare that resulted in tangible effort for her progress and improvement.
Since coming to Vancouver a spirit of fearlessness and loyalty has made him a
leader in political circles and his opinions count for much in every line of activ-
ity in which he is engaged.
JOHN GATLEY.
John Gatley, living retired in Port Coquitlam, was born in Cheshire, Eng-
land, April 4, 1849, and is a son of Robert and Martha Gatley, natives of that
section, where the father engaged in farming and in work at the wheelwright's
trade. In the acquirement of an education John Gatley attended public school
in Cheshire and after laying aside his books at an early age was apprenticed to
a carpenter, learning and following the carpenter's trade for a number of years.
He is in all essential respects a self-made man for his father died when he was
still very young. The independence and self-reliance developed in him by com-
ing thus in contact with the responsibilities of life remain a dominating influence
in his character to the present time and form the basis of the substantial success
which he has achieved.
In Cheshire, England, in 1875, Mr. Gatley married Miss Jane E. Fletcher and
her death occurred in 1881. Because of his deep sorrow at this loss he came
two years later to Canada and settled in Manitoba, where he remained until 1885.
In that year he became connected with an industrial school as instructor in the
carpenter's trade, holding this position for a number of years and filling it in a
creditable and able manner. In 1894 he arrived in Vancouver and then went
on with the gold seekers to the Yukon Territory, arriving in Alaska on June
14, 1897. He returned in 1901 and located at Pitt Meadows and he has remained
JOHN GATLEY
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a resident of this part of the province since that time. Foreseeing the develop-
ment of the locality, he purchased a great deal of property here and the invest-
ment has proven extremely fortunate, bringing him an income on which he is
able to live retired, resting after the labors of a long, useful and active life.
Mr. Gatley is a member of the Church of England and belongs to the Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters. In all matters of citizenship he is eminently loyal
and public-spirited, interested in the development of this section and eager to
do his part in promoting its advancement and growth. His life has been one of
genuine usefulness and his retirement rewards many years of earnest and faithful
labor.
DAVID W. BRAY, JK.
There is no citizen in New Westminster more widely known or more prom-
inent than David W. Bray, Jr., owner of the City Theater, which house he
opened in June, 1902, and which already has become one of the best patronized
pleasure resorts in the city. Mr. Bray is a native of Granby, Quebec, born
April 8, 1870, a son of David W. and Elizabeth (Carty) Bray, both natives of
that province. They came from Richmond, Quebec, to British Columbia, about
1889, locating in New Westminster, where both are now living. During his
active life the father was well known as a contractor and builder, but is now
living retired. He participated in the Fenian raid and in recognition of his
valuable service received a medal as well as a pension.
David W. Bray, Jr., received his education in the public schools of Rich-
mond, Quebec, and upon laying aside his text-books learned the carpenter's
trade and for ten years was identified with that work and building. He entered
upon his apprenticeship when about sixteen years of age. In New Westminster
he became connected with the show business upon the building of the New
Westminster Opera House, with which institution he was connected as stage
carpenter for two years. Subsequently he secured the lease of that house. In
1908 he engaged in the picture show business, establishing the Edison Theater
in partnership with F. L. Kerr. In June, 1912, he sold his interest in this con-
cern and opened the City Theater, of which he is now proprietor. His long and
varied experience in the theatrical business and his ready understanding of local
conditions enable him to put on such entertainments as meet with the greatest
popular favor and the success of the new house is already assured.
Mr. Bray in religious matters affiliates with the Church of England and
fraternally is a popular member of the Eagles. He is one of the most public-
spirited citizens of New Westminster, foremost in all matters of improvement
and ever ready to do his share along lines of advancement and progress. He
endeavors along business lines not only to promote entertaining spectacles but
sees to their educational value and maintains views in regard to the stage which
ire most highly commendable.
JOHN MUSGRAVE.
John Musgrave, who has worked his way steadily upward in the business
world to a position of prominence and prosperity, has since the spring of 1909
been the junior member of the firm of Swinerton & Musgrave, real-estate and
inancial agents, with offices at the Winch building, at No. 640 Fort street, Vic-
'.oria, constituting one of the most extensive and important concerns of its kind
n the city. The period of his residence in British Columbia covers almost three
decades. His birth occurred in Argentine Republic, South America, on the 2d of
Tune, 1868, his parents being Edward and Anastasia Letitia (Gee) Musgrave,
mtives of County Waterford, Ireland. His parental grandfather was Sir Rich-
ard Musgrave, baronet. Edward Musgrave, a younger son, went to Argentine
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Republic in early manhood and there engaged in ranching on an extensive scale,
devoting his attention to the raising of stock. In 1874 he returned1*!© his native
land, residing in Dublin until 1885, in which year he brought his family to British
Columbia. Here he purchased a large sheep ranch of seven thousand acres on
Salt Spring island, about forty miles from Victoria, operating the same success-
fully until 1892. In that year he established his home in the Cowichan district
on Vancouver island, purchased a farm and devoted his attention to its oper-
ation until called to his final rest in January, 1911. He had been a resident of
this province for a quarter of a century and had won an enviable reputation as
a substantial and esteemed citizen. The demise of his wife occurred in the year
1902.
John Musgrave spent the first six years of his life in Argentina and was then
brought by his parents to Dublin, Ireland, obtaining his education in the Corrig
School near that city, at Kingston. In 1885, when a youth of seventeen, he came
to British Columbia with his parents, five brothers and two sisters, the family
residing on a ranch on Salt Spring island until 1892, when they took up their
abode on a farm in the Cowichan district. John Musgrave carried on agricultural
pursuits in association with his father until 1902, when, feeling that his oppor-
tunities in that direction were but limited, he tame to Victoria and immediately
embarked in the real-estate business. Despite the fact that he entered the busi-
ness at an exceptionally quiet period, success attended his efforts from the start,
though his only assets were a good name and the benefits of excellent home train-
ing and environment. He soon mastered the details and intricacies of real-estate
operations and built up a very formidable clientele. In the spring of 1909 he
bought out the interest of B. S. Oddy of the firm of Swinerton & Oddy, real-
estate and financial agents, a well known and established concern. From that
time to the present he has remained a member of the firm of Swinerton &
Musgrave, which has grown to be one of the most extensive and important of
its character in Victoria. In addition to their very extensive real-estate business
they manage many large estates and represent much English capital. Their real-
estate transactions extend only to the highest class residential and inside prop-
erty. Mr. Musgrave is also a director in the Esquimalt Water Works Company,
Limited, but devotes most of his time to the development and management of
the business of the firm of Swinerton & Musgrave, which has been growing
rapidly year by year. The remarkable success which he has enjoyed may be
directly attributed to his natural qualifications, perserverance and close applica-
tion to business.
Mr. Musgrave belongs to the Union Club of Victoria and is likewise a mem-
ber and commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, in the affairs of which
he has been decidedly active and interested and which owes its remarkable suc-
cess in large measure to his efforts. He is also very fond of hunting and golf.
In religious faith he is an Anglican. He has attained an enviable position in
business circles, and the salient characteristics of his manhood are such as have
brought him the warm regard of those with whom he has been otherwise asso-
ciated.
DONALD EDWARD McKAY.
Donald Edward McKay is the owner of an attractive farm of forty acres
located on the River road, Lulu island, where for several years he has been
successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits. He was born in Oxford
county, Ontario, on the 2ist of February, 1866, and is a son of John and Helen
(McKay) McKay, both of whom are now deceased. They located in Oxford
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county in 1835, and there the father subsequently filed on a homestead, devot-
ing the remainder of his active life to its further improvement and cultivation.
The first eighteen years in the life of Donald Edward McKay were passed
in his native county, his education being acquired in the local schools. The son
of a farmer, his energies were early directed along agricultural lines, and before
attaining his majority he was thoroughly familiar with the practical methods
of tilling the fields and caring for the crops. In 1884, he left home and started
out to make his own way in the world, coming direct to British Columbia. He
first located at Steveston and there he subsequently leased some land from
Monah Steves, who first settled that portion of the island. He engaged in farm-
ing for four years, but at the expiration of that time turned his attention to
commercial activities and coming to Eburne engaged in the mercantile business.
He conducted this enterprise for eleven years, meeting with a fair measure of
success. Deeming it advisable, owing to the state of his health, to seek outdoor
employment, he later disposed of his store and resumed his agricultural pursuits.
He first rented one hundred and twenty acres of land and after cultivating this
for several years, purchased forty acres on the island and has ever since been
engaged in its further development. Mr. McKay has exercised intelligence and
good judgment in the operation of his farm, which is one of the most attractive
and valuable on the island.
At Mount Pleasant Mr. McKay was married to Miss Letitia Draney, a
daughter of George and Helen Draney of Goderich, Ontario, who later removed
to Bella Coola, British Columbia, where the father still resides. The mother is
deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. McKay have been born four children, as follows :
Pearl, who is fourteen years of age ; Irene, who has passed the tenth anniversary
of her birth; Donald, who is eight years old; and Gordon, who has passed his
second birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay are members of the Presbyterian church, and for many
years he was affiliated with the Odd Fellows fraternity. He has for some time
oeen president of the Richmond Agricultural and Industrial Association and
nolds the same office in connection with the Richmond Dairy & Produce Com-
pany and the Holstein-Friesian Association. He is a practical man of systematic
nethods and progressive ideas as is evidenced by the general appearance and
:ondition of his farm, which stands in proof of the exercise of capable man-
igement and good judgment in its operation.
HENRY WALKER SANGSTER.
It is significant of the trend of modern times that more and more important
business affairs are entrusted to young men, who are proving their ability by
ihe excellent results which they obtain by the progressive policies which they
advocate. Mr. Sangster is one of the prominent men of this class in New
Westminster and has done much by his quick rise to justify the modern idea. A
native of the United States, he was born in Argyle, Minnesota, on February 26,
886, and was brought to British Columbia by his parents when but two years
of age. They are Alexander and Elizabeth Davidson (Christie) Sangster,
natives of Scotland, the former going to the United States as a young man,
successfully engaging in farming. In 1888 the father removed to British
Columbia, locating in Victoria, and in 1895 came to New Westminster. Here
both parents still make their home, the father holding the position of miller
^vith the Brachman-Ker Milling Company. They are highly respected and
< steemed and both are widely and favorably known in this city.
Henry W. Sangster in the acquirement of his education attended the public
schools in Victoria and New Westminster, being enrolled as a high-school stu-
dent in the latter city. Ever since entering upon his career he has made for-
ward steps in the right direction, giving proof of his natural business ability and
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his capacity of readily judging business conditions and situations. Laying aside
his text-books at the age of fourteen, he was connected with a dry-goods house
until eighteen years of age, taking three years of high school at the end of that
period. Upon completing his school course, he worked for a year and a half in<
lumber mills at Chemainus in Vancouver, at the end of which time he became
associated with the Brachman-Ker Milling Company, in whose service he has
since risen rapidly to an important position. He is acquainted not only with the
details of the work under his charge but has a ready understanding of all the
transactions in which his firm engages, and enjoys the full confidence and good-
will of the officers of the organization. Capable, earnest and conscientious, he
gives his undivided attention to his duties, and' the position he holds in the mill-,
ing company is but the natural result of well applied energy, experience and.
business understanding.
The religious faith of Mr. Sangster is that of the Baptist church, and fra-
ternally he is a member of Amity Lodge No. 27, of New Westminster, I. O.
O. F., serving since July i, 1912, as financial secretary of the local organization.
He is thoroughly in accord with the brotherly principles this order stands for and.
professes them in all his life's actions. Mr. Sangster has also to his credit a mili-
tary record covering a period of eleven years. Five years of that time he was
associated with the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, and for the
past three years has been part of the One Hundred Fourth Regiment o-f New
Westminster. In March, 1912, he received in that organization his commission,
of lieutenant. Mr. Sangster finds recreation from his onerous and confining
business duties by outdoor exercises, along which line he gives preference to
lacrosse, having been officially connected with the New Westminster Senior
Amateur Lacrosse Club since 1911 in the capacity of secretary-treasurer. Al-
though yet a young man, Mr. Sangster has already made himself felt in business
life in New Westminster and a bright future may be prophesied for him. It is
to just such young men as he that the community looks forward for its further
development, and that Mr. Sangster ever conscientiously executes his citizen's
duties and will do so in the future to the advancement and upbuilding of this city,
there can be no doubt. He has always a cheery word for his friends or a pleasant
smile, yet there is in him a depth of character that goes beyond mere sociability
and no doubt will lead him into still more important relations.
JOHN McKEE.
John McKee, one of the distinguished citizens of Ladner, is now living retired'
on his beautiful homestead, "Rosetta." For many years he was actively con-
nected with the agricultural development of this section and was also for some
time prominent in commercial life, being engaged in the meat and farm pro-
duce business in Ladner. Mr. McKee is a native of Ireland, where his birth occur-
red in County Down on the I7th of June, 1855. His parents were John and
Margaret McKee, who in the fall of 1874, with their family, came to British
Columbia via San Francisco, spending the winter of that year at Sapperton. In
the spring the family came to East Delta, purchasing land in what is now known
as the McKee Settlement, and there engaged in farming. The father died in
1900 and the mother in 1911. More extended mention is made of the father and
mother on other pages of this work.
The education of John McKee was acquired in the schools of County Down
and Belfast. When nineteen years of age he accompanied his parents on their
emigration to the American continent, and after they had located their farm
in the spring of 1875 he assisted his father in the cultivation of the land. At
that time this section of the country was during a large portion of the year under
water, which made it practically impossible to obtain results during the remainder
of the time, the land being subject to inundation from the salt water of Boundary
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1 ay. '1 he farmers were compelled during that time to wear rubber boots all the
j ear around and the horses had to be shod with wooden shoes to keep them
from sinking into the marshy places while being put to the cultivation of the land.
The McKees, father and sons, immediately began the construction of dykes after
t icy had located their farm, and, when they had a small tract so protected against
i mndation, they began to prepare it for planting. Thus they gradually succeeded
i i placing their entire holding under cultivation. In the earlier years their crops
vere naturally small, but as they extended their operations, harvests were more
remunerative and returns more gratifying. Air. McKee 'also assisted with the
luilding of the residence and barns, being associated with his father in the opera-
t on of the farm until the property came into his possession. He withdrew from
a:tive farming in 1889 and for nearly ten years thereafter engaged in the meat
a id general produce business with gratifying success. In 1912 he rebuilt the old
home, "Rosetta,"' providing it with all modern conveniences and making other
improvements. He continued to reside there, enjoying the leisure which his for-
mer labors have made possible, and without doubt finds his greatest: satisfaction
in the thought that his attainments are the well merited reward of his own efforts.
In October, 1903, Mr. McKee was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Lilla
McNeill, a daughter of William and Margaret McNeill, of Dublin, Ireland, and
granddaughter of Daniel and Mary (Peele) Dewar, the former of Perthshire,
Scotland, and the latter of Durham, England. A brother of Mrs. McKee is Judge
McNeill, of Macleod, Alberta.
Mr. McKee has always taken an active interest in local politics and has been
a member of the municipal council practically since Delta municipality was estab-
liihed. He also has the distinction of having served as reeve for three terms. At
present he is discharging the duties of magistrate of Delta municipality and has
a so been honored by appointment to the position of justice of the peace, filling
b->th offices in a most creditable manner. He is a charter member of the Delta
Board of Trade. Mr. McKee takes a deep interest in religious and educational
n atters, serving at present as elder in the Presbyterian church and member of the
board of Westminster Hall Theological College, Vancouver. He is one of the
foremost citizens of his district, worthily perpetuating a name which has long
b<'en honored on this side of the Atlantic as well as in the Emerald isle.
ANGUS EVAN McCOLL.
Angus Evan McColl, barrister and solicitor, practicing as a member of the
firm of Corbould, Grant & McColl, of New Westminster, his native city, came
01 ancestry honorable and distinguished, and is fortunate in that his lines of life
h; ve been cast in harmony therewith. In person, in talents and in character
hi is a worthy scion of his race and the name of McColl has figured prominently
in connection with the history of the legal profession in New Westminster and
the northwest. His birth occurred in this city, August 2, 1888, his parents being
Aigus John and Helen Janet (Barlow) McColl. The father was chief justice of
B "itish Columbia for a number of years and extended mention of him is made
el ;ewhere in this work.
The son was accorded liberal educational privileges. He attended St. Andrews'
College at Toronto and the Columbian College at New Westminster, where he
p; ssed the senior matriculation and began the study of law in September, 1906,
in the office of the law firm of Corbould & Grant. His preliminary course of
reading was thorough and he was called to the bar in January, 1912. He then
ei tered into partnership with his preceptors and is now an active member of the
fiim of Corbould, Grant & McColl.
Mr. McColl votes with the conservative party and he holds membership with
the Native Sons of British Columbia. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
church. He is well known in the city where he makes his home and the fact that
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many of his stanchest friends are those who have been acquainted with him
from his boyhood indicates that his has been an upright, useful, honorable life.
He is yet a young man with his life work probably largely before him, and
owing to his native ability and laudable ambition it is not difficult for one to
predict for him success.
SAMUEL DAWE.
Samuel Dawe, who as manager of the Westminster Marine Realty, builders
of boats and scows, occupies a foremost position in shipbuilding circles of New
Westminster and British Columbia, is a man who has grown up amid sur-
roundings which have connected him with the sea and seafaring life from a
tender age. He was born in Newfoundland on May 25, 1860, a son of Samuel
and Mary (Dawe) Dawe, natives of Newfoundland, who followed our sub-
ject to British Columbia about five years after he had made settlement here.
The father was a seafaring man and for over forty years was master of his
vessel. He died in New Westminster about 1905, his wife surviving him for
about two years.
Samuel Dawe was reared at home and at the early age of twelve years went
aboard his father's vessel and from that time until 1890 was identified with the
sea. At the early age of nineteen he was made captain of his vessel but in
1890 decided to give up this occupation and came to New Westminster, British
Columbia. In his native land he had spent many of the winter months in the
shipyards, as the boats were laid up during the winter, and after coming to
New Westminster he engaged in shipbuilding, with which occupation he has
since been connected. In 1908 he organized, with four other gentlemen, the
Westminster Marine Realty, becoming manager of the firm, which is one of
the leading boatbuilding enterprises of the province. In the few years of its
existence the business has grown by leaps and bounds and its success must be
largely ascribed to the ability of Mr. Dawe.
In 1890 Samuel Dawe was united in marriage to Miss Emma Dawe, a
native of Newfoundland, who came to New Westminster a few months after
the arrival of her husband. Of this union were born six children: Selina F. ;
Arthur W., who holds a position as clerk in the Royal Bank of Canada ; and
Ernest L., Charles S., Eveline M. and Harold J. F. All of the children are
yet at home. Politically Mr. Dawe is a conservative and fraternally is con-
nected with Royal Lodge, No. 6, Knights of Pythias, and Lodge No. 1150,
Loyal Orangemen. He is one of the successful men of New Westminster and
on the high road to prosperity. As manager of an important commercial enter-
prise he takes part in all movements undertaken to promote trade expansion
and is always glad and willing to contribute his share in time and money toward
such a purpose.
WILLIAM JAMES McMANUS.
In life insurance circles of Vancouver William James McManus has taken
a prominent place as manager of the life insurance department of the Canadian
Financiers, Limited, his vast experience and profound knowledge in this line en-
abling him to intelligently manage an important branch of the great corporation
that he represents. His work has, ever since he has taken charge, been of vast
benefit to the concern. Although he now gives his time almost exclusively to his
business, he has been for many years connected with military affairs, having
always been deeply interested in such matters, which have been a tradition in
his family. The son of a soldier, he himself has been connected with military
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] fe since 1887 and during his long career in Ontario and British Columbia has
( one much toward upbuilding bugle bands, having practically created these in-
stitutions in this province. Of late he has been in command of H Company,
t'.ie Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles.
William J. McManus was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, April 9, 1870, a son of
Daniel and Jane (Bruce-Harwood) McManus, the former of whom was con-
i ected with the English army since twelve years of age. He was later band-
r laster of the famous Essex Regiment and was a veteran of the Crimean war.
He went through that entire conflict, taking part in the campaigns of Alma,
Inkerman and Sebastopol. He received from his queen the long-service medal
(granted for twenty years of consecutive service) and also had the Turkish
medal. After coming to Canada he took over the bandmastership of the Nine-
teenth Regiment at St. Catharines, Ontario, and retired several years prior to
I is death.
William J. McManus received his education in the schools of Ireland, Scot-
l;.nd and England and came to Canada in 1892, locating in St. Catharines, On-
tario. He was variously engaged in that and in other cities in Canada and the
United States until 1901, when he became associated with the York County
I oan & Savings Company, Limited, of Toronto as selling agent. He later was
in charge of the branch office of this company at Belleville, Ontario, and also
hid charge of the Montreal and Winnipeg offices and of the business in the
western provinces. He later became inspector of the life insurance and loan
.departments for the Dominion and so continued until the company liquidated in
I K>6. In 1907 he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and engaged in the
life-insurance business, representing various companies until 1910, when he be-
came manager of the casualty and life insurance department of the Canadian
Financiers, Limited. His wide and varied experience and deep knowledge of
ii surance and financial interests serve him in good stead in his present impor-
ts nt position and he has demonstrated his ability to handle this part of the busi-
ness as is shown by a constant and healthy increase in the insurance handled
annually. He is considered an authority along his line and his knowledge is
p -oving a valuable asset to the financial institution which he represents.
Military life has always had a deep attraction for Mr. McManus, which
is but natural for one grown up in a military atmosphere. Following in the
footsteps of his father, he has devoted much of his time to the army, and army
li re has been dear to him ever since he was a boy. He began his military career
ir the volunteer service in 1887 and was at Aldershot, taking part in Queen
Victoria's Golden Jubilee as a member of the Essex Rifles, during which cele-
biation he was bugler to General (later Field-marshal) Sir Evelyn Wood. He
then went to Woolidge and then to Colchester, returning from there to Wool-
icige and was lastly stationed at Worley, taking in each of these places a course
01 instruction each more advanced than that taken at the preceding place. He
remained at Worley in the Volunteer service until he came to Canada in 1892.
He obtained the bugle major's certificate, the sergeant drummer's certificate and
the sergeant trumpeter's certificate. On coming to Canada he became bugle
tnijor of the Ninetenth Regiment at St. Catharines, Ontario. On his removal
to Belleville, that province, he organized and trained the bugle band of the Fif-
teenth Regiment, Argyle Light Infantry, and was bugle major of the same
until December, 1902, when he was commissioned second lieutenant of the Sixth
Company of that regiment. He took the bugle band of the Fifteenth Regiment
to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in 1901. Their musical efforts were
the sensation of the day and to Mr. McManus is due much credit for their
accomplishments. Mr. McManus also took the bugle band of the Fifteenth Reg-
iment to the military review on the occasion of the visit to Canada of their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, the present king and
qi een, and had command of the massed bands on that occason. On the as-
sumption of his business duties which compelled him to discontinue his residence
in Belleville, he continued as an officer of the Fifteenth Regiment and was
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presented by his fellow officers with a fine timepiece, suitably engraved in com-
memoration of his work done in establishing and perfecting the bugle band. On
coming to Vancouver he became first lieutenant of the Sixth Regiment, Duke
of Connaught's Own Rifles, and at the present time is in command of H Com-
pany. He organized and trained the bugle band of the Sixth Regiment which
secured an engagement of one week at the Alaska- Yukon Exposition at Seattle,
Washington, in 1906. The band, however, became so popular that it was re-
engaged for a second week, this being the only time on record that a bugle
band had been engaged as a feature at a world's exposition. During this time
the band of the Sixth played with Liberati's band. During this exposition Mr.
McManus in conjunction with Dr. Elliot Rowe was largely responsible for
making the 1st of July — Canadian Day — such a big success, an occasion which
brought Vancouver strongly before the eyes of the public. This proved of dis-
tinct benefit to the city, advertising its advantages and resources in an effective
way. Mr. McManus has organized bugle bands in various other cities of the
Dominion, including Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto and London. The
founding of all the bugle bands of Vancouver is due to him either directly or
to instructors who receive their training from him. He has also done valuable
work in organizing numerous boys' brigade bugle bands.
•Mr. McManus was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Benn, a daughter of
Charles Benn, of Napanee, Ontario, the latter a carriage builder of that city,
and they have one daughter, Margaret Ethel, who was born in Vancouver. Mr.
McManus is a conservative in politics. Fraternally he is a Mason, holding mem-
bership in Moria Lodge, No. n, A. F. & A. M. His religious belief is that of
the Presbyterian church, being a member of St. Andrew's. Public-spirited and
progressive, Mr. McManus takes a deep interest in the welfare of the city and
is ever ready to support public measures of value. He is as enthusiastic and
loyal in promulgating the military spirit as he is in his business affairs, recogniz-
ing the important part which volunteer forces may have to play some day in
preserving the prestige and the unity of the empire.
THOMAS NEIL PHILLIPS.
A young man of energy, resource and capacity, Thomas Neil Phillips has
made these qualities the basis of an enviable success, bringing him to a promi-
nent position in business circles of Vancouver, where he is well known as vice
president of Timms, Phillips & Company, Ltd., lumber brokers. He has had
experience in every branch of the lumber industry, having worked in logging
camps and in manufacturing houses and offices, learning the administrative
branches of the business as manager of an important concern and mastering
everything connected with lumbering and lumber manufacturing in principle
and detail. He has based 'his success upon experience and ability and is num-
bered today among the young men of enterprise and substantial worth in Van-
couver. He was born in Kenora, Ontario, May 22, 1883, and is a son of James
and Mecaline (Bourasse) Phillips, the former a native of Dunblane, Scotland,
who came to Canada as a young man and became identified with railroad con-
struction work. He continued at this line of occupation until his retirement
fifteen years before his death, which occurred in 1904. He gained well deserved
success in his chosen field of labor and was perhaps one of the foremost con-
tractors on stone and masonry work and railroad bridge building in the Dominion.
Thomas Neil Phillips acquired his early education in public schools of Kenora,
Ontario, and afterward entered McGill University in Montreal, attending that
institution for two years. At the end of that time he entered the employ of D.
L. Mather and in his interests worked in the logging camps at Eagle lake,
Ontario. After one year he resigned this position and became connected with
the Rat Portage Lumber Company at Kenora, going first into a sawmill and
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then into the office, thus gaining experience in two important branches of the
work. He remained with the Rat Portage Lumber Company until 1907 and
n that year came to Vancouver as manager of the Burley Lumber Company,
icting in that capacity until 1912, when he assumed the management of the sales
department of the Imperial Timber & Trading Company of Vancouver. He
:ontinued in charge of this until January i, 1913, when in association with Her-
>ert Timms and D. M. Colquhoun he assisted in the organization of Timms,
Phillips & Company, Ltd., of which he became vice president, an office which
ic has creditably and ably filled since that time. In the one year of its existence
his company has secured a large and important trade and controls an extensive
umber brokerage business, the territory extending to all parts of Canada. Mr.
r'hillips' energy, resourcefulness and business ability and his detailed knowledge
>f the lumber business have been helpful factors in the growth of the institu-
•ion which is now one of the largest and most important of its kind in this part
of the Dominion. His associates are all young men and they manage the busi-
ness along modern and progressive lines, recognizing that the present-day busi-
ness world demands aggressiveness, keen insight, courage and resourcefulness.
On the 4th of January, 1911, Mr. Phillips was united in marriage to Miss
Ella Gertrude Kilgour, a daughter of James Kilgour, of Hamilton, Ontario. Mr.
; nd Mrs. Phillips have become the parents of a daughter, Marjorie M. Mr.
Phillips was one of the foremost hockey players in Canada and his ability was
1 nown and recognized throughout the entire Dominion. He was a member
i f the Montreal team when they held the Stanley cup, emblematic of the world's
championship in this sport, and he played with the Toronto Marlboros when
they were champions of the Ontario Hockey Association. He captained the
Kenora Thistles when that team held the Stanley cup, has played with the
Ottawa team, and his ability along this line makes his name well known in athletic
circles throughout Canada. Fraternally he is connected with Mount Hermon
] x)dge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., and he belongs to the Concatenated Order of Hoo-
Hoos. His political allegiance is given to the liberal party, and his religious
A iews are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Phillips
i> still a young man, but has already attained a distinct and substantial success
and his future, judged by his past, will be marked by continuous progress and
i nportant accomplishments.
FRANCIS VERE AGNEW, M. D.
The advanced and enlightened methods of medical practice which have practi-
c illy revolutionized the profession in the past have found an able exponent in Dr.
Prancis Vere Agnew, who since 1912 has been numbered among the prominent
a ad progressive physicians and surgeons in New Westminster, his ability being
e/idenced in a large and increasing patronage. He was born in Belfast, Ireland,
en the 2ist of November, 1886, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Gregg)
Agnew, the former a native of Ballymena, County Antrim, and the latter of
I.elfast, Ireland. The father died in London, England, while on a journey, and
t ic mother passed away in Bangor. The former had for many years held the
office of general inspector of the local government board of Ireland in Belfast
and was a man of considerable power and influence in political circles.
Dr. Francis Vere Agnew was reared at home, acquiring his early education
in Clanrye School in Belfast and at Leadhall House, Harrogate, England. He
was afterward a student in Cheltenham College at Cheltenham, England, and in
1906 entered the medical department of the Dublin University, from which he
vas graduated in the class of 1912, after a six years' course. He received the
degrees of M. D., M.. B., B. Ch. and B. A. O., having in 1907 been given the
degree of B. A. from the.same institution. Following his graduation Dr. Agnew
came to British Columbia and settled in New Westminster, where he opened
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offices in the Bank of Commerce building, and has since been in the active practice
of his profession. Always a close and earnest student of underlying medical
principles, he is in touch with the most advanced thought of his profession and
is today one of its most able representatives in New Westminster. Although he
has been here but a short time he has already secured a large and representative
patronage and this is steadily increasing as his ability and skill become more
widely known.
In July, 1911, Dr. Agnew married Mrs. Aumond, a resident of Vancouver but
a native of Ireland. She was in her maidenhood Miss Maida Lloyd-Hamilton
and after her first marriage lived in Vancouver, Dr. Agnew making his first
journey to British Columbia in 1911 in order to wed her. To their union have
been born two sons, Cecil John and Desmond Robert, twins. Mrs. Agnew is a
member of the Church of England and the Doctor attends services and is a
liberal contributor to the support of the church. In professional circles he is
honored and esteemed for his excellent professional record and his close conform-
ity to high standards of medical ethics and wherever he is known his excellent
qualities and genuine personal worth have gained him wide and well deserved
popularity.
CYRIL TWEEDALE.
A man who has made it the purpose of his life to make his native talents
subserve the demands which the conditions of society impose at the present
day and in so doing has won prominence in business, distinction in military circles
and a position of power in public life is Cyril Tweedale, founder and managing
director of the London and Western Canada Investment Company, Limited.
Although he is still a young man a mature judgment has at all time characterized
his actions so that he stands today an excellent representative of all that is best
and most progressive in modern citizenship. He was born in Lancashire,
England, June 23, iSSi, and is a son of Samuel J. and Fanny (Aitken)
Tweedale, the former a member of an old county family and himself one of the
leading country gentlemen of his native shire. His wife was a daughter of Cap-
tain Thomas Aitken, J. P., senior county magistrate of Lancashire.
Cyril Tweedale acquired his education in the Portsmouth grammar school
and at King's College University, after which in 1896 he entered the London &
Westminster Bank in London, with which he remained connected until 1903. In
that year he came to Canada and located in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, where
he engaged in ranching for three years, coming to Vancouver at the end of that
period. In this city he entered the employ of Richards & Akroyd, insurance,
financial and real-estate agents, and one of the oldest and most prominent firms
in that line of work in Vancouver. Mr. Tweedale's advancement was rapid. He
rose through the various departments of the business, becoming recognized as an
able, far-sighted and progressive man, and was finally made manager of the real-
estate department, acting in that capacity until 1910. He then determined to en-
gage in business for himself and accordingly established an independent insurance
and real-estate concern which he operated for a short time, eventually organizing
the London and Western Canada Investment Company, Limited, which took
over his former business. This concern was capitalized at two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars and Mr. Tweedale was appointed managing director, a
position which he fills at the present time. The London and Western Canada
Investment Company was formed with the purpose of carrying on the business
of financial agents, lending money on mortgage and other security on landed
property, acting as agents for insurance companies and interesting capital for
investment in the best class of real estate, either vacant or revenue producing, and
to take over and carry on the established business and connection of C. Tweedale,
notary public, financial and insurance agent, who has the principal interest in the
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roncern. Mr. Tweedale has had long experience in the financial business, includ-
ing insurance and conveyancing, and, having been a resident of the country for the
ast ten years, is in every way well qualified to give expert advice in all kinds of
investments, particularly revenue producing real estate in the inside business
.- action and first-class residential apartment house districts. The company is
making a special feature of investing money for clients living in England and in
i ither parts of the world and is prepared on behalf of investors to purchase vacant
liusiness property and have erected thereon for clients blocks of offices, stores
; nd apartment houses and it will complete the investment by finding the tenants,
collecting the rents, etc. The directorate of this company is comprised of men
df experience in the financial and commercial world and its affairs are conducted
; long safe, reliable and conservative lines. The energy with which Mr. Tweedale
1 as applied himself to the direction of the concern, his enterprising spirit and his
lorce of personality have been important elements in its rapid expansion and are
( onsidered today among its most valuable assets.
On the i8th of September, 1906, Mr. Tweedale was united in marriage to Miss
< lara Wood, a daughter of William 11. Wood, of Montreal, and they have
t iree children, Phyllis, Cyril Dudley and Esme Josephine.
A public-spirited and progressive citizen, Mr. Tweedale has always taken an
active interest in community affairs and has evidenced that hearty cooperation in
j regressive movements and that eagerness to promote the permanent interests
c f the city which are embodied in the truest idea of public service. He belongs
t > the Vancouver Horse Show Association and is a member and director of the
I'.ritish (Isles) Public Schools Association. He belongs also to the Canadian
I [ighway Association and the Progress Club of Vancouver and is at present acting
as sub district intelligence officer for the district extending to Queen Charlotte's
Sound. He is well known in military circles and is a qualified officer in the
infantry, cavalry and corps of guides, holding four certificates. While in London
hj served three years with the Civil Service Rifles and after coming to Canada
was officer of the Brittania Rifles of Saskatchewan for the same period of time.
I .e is at present officer commanding the Vancouver Troop, Corps of Guides, of
Canada. Mr. Tweedale is a member of the Canadian Club, the Vancouver
Royal Yacht Club, a director of the Vancouver Hunt Club and a member of the
Vancouver Automobile Club and the Brockton Point Athletic Club, connections
indicating something of the scope of his interests and his standing in social cir-
c es. The period of his residence in Vancouver has brought him a wide acquaint-
ance and his sterling personal qualities have won him high regard. A man of
b -oad views, of varied interest, of modern standards and ideas, he has gained a
h gh degree of success and laudable ambition prompting him to further effort,
v\ill undoubtedly bring him continued progress and greater prominence.
GEORGE EDWARD WINTER.
George Edward Winter, chartered accountant, practicing his profession as a
n ember of the firm of Riddle, Stead, Hodges & Winter, chartered accountants of
Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal, was born in Prescott, Ontario, November 9,
1875. He is a son of William Bottomley and Jane (McFarlane) Winter, the
f < >rmer a representative of an old English family, who came to Canada at the age
of twenty years, settling first in Montreal, and afterward in Prescott, Ontario.
He married Jane McFarlane, a daughter of Francis McFarlane, of a highland
Scotch family who came to Canada in 1842, and of Sara Browne, a daughter
of an old north of Ireland family.
George E. Winter pursued his studies in the public schools and high school
at Prescott, later taking a commercial course at Ogdensburg, New York and
afterward at Montreal. After engaging in several businesses in a clerical capac-
ity, he went in 1896 to the West Indies, taking charge of the business manage-
ment of a commission and fruit exporting house. He then went to Halifax and
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next to Montreal and later became accountant for the Gurney-Massey Company.
In 1905 he became associated with Montreal and Toronto financial interests in
the Alaska Central Railway Company, as its representative in the official capacity
of assistant auditor and later auditor until the end of the year 1907. After
spending some little time in public accounting work he became associated with
his present firm in 1910. Mr. Winter has other business interests which are
bringing to him substantial success. He is a member of the Institute of Char-
tered Accountants of British Columbia and also of the Dominion Association of
Chartered Accountants.
On the 29th of June, 1905, at Victoria, British Columbia, Mr. Winter was
united in marriage to Miss Edythe Anne Wilson, a daughter of Robert Wilson,
of Montreal. Their children are Edythe Wilson and Wilson McFarlane.
While residing in Montreal, Mr. Winter was an active member of the
militia, belonging to the Third Field Battery of that city for three years. He
was also active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, espe-
cially in the physical department, being on many committees at different times
in that department. He was secretary of Mount Royal Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
in Montreal for two years and was also a member of Carnarvon Chapter there.
He is a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Progress Club, the Can-
adian Club and other organizations. His religious faith is indicated in his
membership in St. John's Presbyterian church.
JAMES THOMPSON.
Unqualified commendation is ever deserved by the man who through his
own honest effort rises from an impecunious position to one of comparative
affluence. Such a one is James Thompson, who arrived in British Columbia
with a capital of fifty dollars, and now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-
five acres, free of encumbrance and valued at a thousand or more dollars per
acre. He is a native of County Derry, Ireland, his birth having there occurred
in the month of September, 1868, and a son of John and Jennie (Smith) Thomp-
son. The parents passed their entire lives in the Emerald isle, where the father
devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits.
The education of James Thompson was acquired in his native land, where
he passed the first thirteen years of his life. Laying aside his school books he
then started out in the world to make his own way, coming to the American
continent to seek his fortune. At Campbellford he joined a brother with whom
he engaged in farming until he was twenty years of age, when he resolved to
try his luck in British Columbia. He crossed the continent soon after the
Canadian Pacific opened its lines to transportation, coming directly to Lulu island.
Soon after his arrival he obtained work with a Mr. Mitchell, with whom he
remained for six months. At the expiration of that time he entered the employ
of a Mr. Shaw, remaining in his service for three years. His diligent habits
and reliable methods brought him the offer of the management of the Milligan
farm, which he accepted. It is comprised of six hundred and forty acres and for
three years thereafter Mr. Thompson applied himself to supervising its operation.
Subsequently he leased the property and engaged in diversified farming on his
own account for twelve years. This undertaking proved to be so lucrative that
he was then able to buy his present farm. During the intervening years he has
worked systematically and tirelessly in his effort to develop his place. He has
erected substantial buildings, introduced many modern conveniences including
a fresh water system, and brought the fields under high cultivation, thus con-
verting his land into one of the most attractive and valuable properties in that
vicinity.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES THOMPSON"
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For his wife Mr. Thompson chose Miss Esther Abercrombie, a daughter
of John and Elizabeth Abercrombie, and to them have been born seven children :
Elizabeth Jane, who is seventeen years of age; Esther Letitia, who has passed
her fifteenth birthday ; John James, who is thirteen years ; Jessie Mildred, who has
attained the age of eleven years; David William, who is anticipating his tenth
birthday; Mary Leona, who is six years of age; and Violet Beatrice, who is
three. All but the last named are attending school.
The family attend the Methodist church of which the parents are earnest
members. Mr. Thompson takes an active interest in all public affairs and has
for the past six years been serving as school trustee, being at present chairman
of the school board of Richmond. He is a man of earnest purpose, honorable
business methods and upright standards of conduct, all of which he has mani-
fested during the long period of his residence in this vicinity, where he has won
and retained the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. "
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNCAN.
William Archibald Duncan, city clerk of New Westminster, has been identified
with various business projects which have left their impress beneficially upon the
history of the northwest. He was called to his present position by appointment
on the ist of January, 1902, and his record in this office is most commendable,
being characterized by capability and unquestioned fidelity to duty. Mr. Duncan
was born December 13, 1845, at Castle Baldwin, County Sligo, Ireland, his
parents being James Stewart Moore and Jane (Shaw) Duncan. The parents
were also natives of the Emerald isle and are both mainly of Scotch descent, with
a slight intermixture in the mother's family of English blood. James S. M.
Duncan was born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ireland, and both he and his
father were either in the military or civil service of the British government and
jvere retired on pensions. On account of the frequent changes of residence caused
)y the promotions and transfers in the service, the family lived at many places.
The mother was born in the town of Sligo, Ireland, and was a daughter of John
Shaw, also in the service of the government.
William A. Duncan was educated at various schools in Ireland until he reached
:he age of sixteen years. He was first employed as a clerk in Trenton, New Jer-
sey, having emigrated to the United States irf 1863. At the request of his father,
lowever, he removed to Ontario in 1864 and lived in or near Toronto for a
ime but returned to the United States in 1865. On the 2d of March of that year
ic joined the One Hundredth New York Infantry for service in the Civil war,
)eing with that regiment until the loth of September, 1865, when he was hon-
orably discharged. He took part in the Appomattox campaign under General
•jrant, was present at the capture of Fort Gregg near Petersburg, Virginia, on
•he 2d of April, 1865, and was present at the surrender of General Lee on the
')th of April, which practically put an end to the war. He continued to make
lis home in the United States until 1870, when he became a resident of northern
Ontario, settling in the Parry Sound district, where he was employed by the
Guelph Lumber Company as clerk and bookkeeper. In June, 1879, he made his
-,vay westward to New Westminster, British Columbia, and was employed as
lxx>kkeeper at the salmon canneries, while later he served in the same capacity in
the Royal City Planing Mills until February, 1890. He was then instrumental
in organizing a company under the name of Duncan, Batchelor & Company and
built the Britannia cannery at Steveson, British Columbia. This was sold to
vhe A. B. C. Canning Company in 1891, after which Mr. Duncan engaged in the
real-estate business in New Westminster until 1895. In that year he removed
1o San Francisco but after a year returned to New Westminster, where he has
since resided. He was manager of canneries from 1897 until 1901 inclusive
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and in 1900 he became the first secretary of the Canners' Association, with office
at Vancouver.
Mr. Duncan's military experience in Canada covers five years' service in the
volunteer artillery of the. New Westminster militia. He has taken no very active
interest in politics, especially as a partisan. He was reared in the faith of the
conservative party but since coming to British Columbia has voted with the
liberals and conservatives, as his judgment has dictated, so that he may well be
called an independent. He was a member of the city council of New Westminster
in 1887 and was one of the three water commissioners that brought the water from
Coquitlam lake to New Westminster to supply the first water system, his serv-
ice in that connection covering the years 1890, 1891 and 1892. He was alder-
man for New Westminster in 1894 and on the 1st of January, 1902, was appointed
city clerk, in which capacity he is still serving, his eleven years' record in this
connection being a most commendable one, characterized by thorough under-
standing and faithful performance of the duties of the office.
On the 5th of December, 1895, at Vancouver, Mr. Duncan was married to
Miss Donalda Annie Sutherland, a daughter of John and Christina Sutherland,
of Caithness, Scotland. Her eldest brother went to central Africa as a medical
missionary and is still there. Another brother died in Edinburgh, Scotland, while
completing his college course, and her youngest brother is in charge of the
business of S. Leiser & Company, Limited, at Cumberland, British Columbia.
One sister is a teacher at Edinburgh ; one is married and lives in Wales ; and the
youngest resides with her parents in the highlands of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan have a family of four children: Alexander Sutherland, aged sixteen;
Lily Eleanor, fifteen years of age ; Annie Christine, thirteen ; and William Archi-
bald, nine years of age. The parents hold membership in St. Stephen's Presby-
terian church and Mr. Duncan is serving on the board of management and session.
He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1882, when he joined
Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., in which he has filled the offices of junior
warden, senior warden and worshipful master. He became a member of the
Royal Templars of Temperance in 1897 and his influence is always on the side
of sobriety, truth, justice and improvement.
ALBERT JAMES DA WE.
Albert James Dawe is a member of the Westminster Marine Realty, one of
the foremost shipbuilding firms in British Columbia. He was born in Newfound-
land on August 31, 1867, and is a son of Samuel and Mary A. (Dawe) Dawe,
the former for forty years a sea captain who subsequently gave up his occupa-
tion and came to New Westminster, where he passed away in 1905, his wife
following him in death two years later.
Albert J. Dawe was reared at home and when about twelve years old took
up the life of a sailor on his father's vessel and from that time until coming to
British Columbia followed the sea. He became first mate of the ship and for
one year served as master. The year 1891 marks his arrival in New Westminster
and here he followed for several years salmon fishing during the summer months,
while in the winter time he worked as carpenter and boatbuilder. In 1908, upon
the organization of the Westminster Marine Realty, he became one of the
organizers of that concern and has since been identified with its expansion. His
practical knowledge and experience have stood him in good stead and he has
largely been instrumental in producing boats which have earned him a high
reputation and have brought increased business to his firm.
In 1897 Mr. Dawe was united in marriage to Miss Clara M. Dawe, a sister
of the wife of his brother Samuel. His marriage was the outcome of a school
romance, Mrs. Dawe coming to New Westminster in the year of her marriage.
They became the parents of six children, of whom three survive : John Reginald,
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Henry Albert R. and Fannie Alexander. Mrs. Dawe is a daughter of Captain
Samuel Dawe, of the same name as the father of our subject, both captains living
in the same town and being widely and favorably known at Bay Roberts, New-
foundland, which was their home port. Albert J. Dawe and his wife are devoted
members of the Church of England, to which they give their moral and material
support. He is independent in politics and fraternally affiliates with Royal Lodge,
No. 6, Knights of Pythias. That the business fraternity of New Westminster
has benefited by the arrival of Mr. Dawe there is no doubt, for he has been
instrumental in founding a business which fills an important place in the com-
mercial life of the city and makes for expansion and advancement. Mr. Dawe
is popular both in social and business life and highly regarded by all who know
him on account of his honorable manhood and high qualities of character.
JOHN WESLEY SEXSMITH.
John Wesley Sexsmith, who is living retired on his beautiful homestead
located on the River road near Eburne, was for many years actively and suc-
cessfully identified with the agricultural development of this section, where he
acquired extensive property interests. His birth occurred in Lennox, Ontario,
on the loth of May, 1830, his parents being Simon and Margaret (Holcomb)
Sexsmith, both deceased.
The early life of John Wesley Sexsmith was passed on his father's farm,
his education being acquired in the common schools of Lennox. After leaving
school he engaged in farming, giving his undivided attention to this vocation
until he had attained the age of twenty-five years. Deciding that commercial
pursuits offered more lucrative returns at the expenditure of less effort than
farming, he subsequently identified himself with the mercantile activities of
Lennox, where he was engaged in business for twenty years. During that
oeriod he also participated to some extent in public affairs, and for eighteen
years held the office of treasurer in Richmond county. At the age of forty-
iight years, he resolved to try his luck in the northwest and started for
British Columbia. As this was prior to the building of the Canadian transcon-
tinental railroad lines, he made the journey by way of San Francisco, spending
jleven days en route. He landed at Victoria, going from there to New West-
ninster, whence he continued his journey by rowboat to his present farm. It
:omprises a hundred and seventy acres of land for which he agreed to pay
:our thousand dollars, his first payment consisting of a hundred dollars, his
entire capital. He immediately established a factory and engaged in cheese
naking. Not having the necessary money with which to buy an equipment he
>vas compelled to make all of the appliances necessary for the operation of his
)lant. Despite the fact that they were very crude, they met all practical
•equirements, his venture proving so successful that at the expiration of two
/ears he was able to pay off the mortgage and secure a clear title to his farm.
\s time passed he enhanced the value of his property by the addition of many
mprovements, subsequently increasing his holdings by the purchase of another
.ract of land consisting of six hundred and forty acres and afterward bought
enough to make up nineteen hundred acres in all. He also owned at one time
ive hundred acres at Pitt Meadow, which he has also divided with his family.
vVhen Mr. Sexsmith came here there were no schools and he started the first
educational institution in British Columbia and was the first school trustee.
He also established mail service in this section and built and ran the first daily
steamer between Eburne and New Westminster. He also erected and operated
a large cannery for several years. He still has a large interest in the Ester-
'>rook Milling Company, of which he was one of the organizers. He engaged in
he cultivation of his farms with his sons until 1908, when he divided his land
among his children and more or less withdrew from active work.
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Mr. Sexsmith has been twice married. His first union was with Miss
Amanda Boyce Henderson, of New York, and to them were born five children,
as follows: Charles Garrett, who married Miss Burrows, of Napanee, Ontario;
Addie, who became the wife of A. B. Wintermute, of New Westminster; and
three who have passed away. They are : Alida, who= married David Milligan
and who died on July 29, 1891, at the age of thirty-four years; Lansing, who
died on June 21, 1877, at the age of twenty-one; and a daughter who died in
infancy. The mother of these children passed away on December 6, 1870, and
in July, 1873, Mr. Sexsmith married Miss Alice M. Tuttle, a daughter of
James and Mary Ann Tuttle, of Acldington, Ontario. Five children have
been born of this marriage: James Tuttle; Frances Louise, the wife of J. W.
Foster, of Vancouver; George Ansley, a resident of Alberta, who married
Miss Alice Kerr; and Anna May and Myrtle, both of whom are liviing at
home.
Despite the many exactions of his extensive private interests, Mr. Sexsmith
found time in his earlier life to participate in local politics and in the early
'Sos served for six years as reeve of Richmond municipality. He has always
been a conservative in his political views and stanchly supports the men and
measures of that body. Although he had practically reached the half century
mark when he came to British Columbia, and had very little capital, Mr. Sex-
smith had absolute confidence in his powers to retrieve his fortunes. That he
succeeded in his efforts is evidenced by the beautiful farm he now owns and a
competence which more than meets the needs of himself and family.
HERBERT TIMMS.
Herbert Timms, a young man of forceful individuality and marked business
ability, has in the course of an active life constantly worked his way upward
and each step in his career has brought him a broader outlook and wider oppor-
tunities. He has carefully noted and used his advantages for progress and is
today one of the successful business men of Vancouver, where as president of
Timms, Phillips & Company, Ltd., he is in control of the affairs of one of the
important commercial concerns of the city. He was born in Montreal, Quebec,
February 8, 1885, and is a son of William and Harriet (Meldrum) fimms, the
former a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to the United States
at the age of eighteen and located in Baltimore, Maryland. He remained there
for several years and then removed to Montreal, where he followed engineering
to which line he devoted his entire active life. He died in Montreal in 1909.
Herbert Timms acquired his education in the public schools of his native
city and after laying aside his books was variously employed in different parts
of Canada and the United States until 1907, when he became a stenographer in
the offices of the Imperial Timber & Trading Company, Ltd., of Vancouver,
British Columbia. Here his ability, energy and industry gained him rapid and
steady advancement and he rose through department after department until he
finally became one of the most important officials of the concern, serving credit-
ably and ably as general manager. This position he resigned December 31,
1912, and on the ist of January of the following year joined T. N. Phillips and
D. M. Colquhoun in the organization of Timms, Phillips & Company, Ltd., of
which he has since been president. The company does a general lumber broker-
age business and their trade extends all over Canada. Although the enterprise
has existed barely one year, it has become an established business factor in Van-
couver and is counted among the most important commercial establishments of
the city. The men at its head are young, ambitious and progressive, alive to
modern business conditions and capable of coping with them — men of resource,
energy and personality who have made these qualities factors in the attainment
of a distinct and substantial business success. Mr. Timms gives practically all
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of his attention to the affairs of the company and his duties as its president are
discharged in a capable and far-sighted way.
On the I5th of May, 1912, in Vancouver, Mr. Timms was united in mar-
riage to Miss Alice V. Kendall, a daughter of John N. Kendall, of this city. Mr.
Timms is a member of Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., and of the
Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoos. In business he is progressive and energetic,
carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes and utilizing
the opportunities which are presented for advancement. His own well directed
efforts, his diligence and integrity are the qualities upon which his success is
founded, and they have brought him to the creditable place which he now occupies
in business circles.
A. W. HARRIS.
A. W. Harris is the owner of a well improved and attractive farm of ten
and a half acres located in the vicinity of Steveston, which he has been cultivat-
ing for more than twenty years. He was born in Oxford county, Ontario, on
the 8th of September, 1849, an<i 's a son °f George PL and Mary A. (Secorcl)
Harris, both of whom are now deceased.
The early life of A. W. Harris was passed in his native county, his education
being obtained in the public schools, which he attended until he was nineteen
years of age. His energies during the succecdng ten years were devoted to the
cultivation of the home farm, where he resided until 1878. In the latter year
he went to Huron county and there continued his agricultural pursuits for one
year, at the expiration of which time he moved to Algoma, where he remained
thirteen years with the exception of -two years spent in Michigan. He then
came to Steveston, where he has ever since resided. His farm comprises ten
and a half acres of land, for which he paid eighty-five dollars per acre, and it
is now valued at fifteen hundred dollars per acre.
In Ontario on the 3d of May, 1876, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Lois
E. Knight, a daughter of Benjamin Knight, and to them have been born two
sons: Austin M., who married a Miss Bodwell; and Goldwin H., whose wife
was formerly Miss Kidd. Mrs. Harris is president of the Richmond branch of
the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris attend the Methodist church and he also belongs to
the Good Templars Lodge. In politics he supports the conservative ticket. Mr.
and Mrs. Harris are people of many estimable qualities and are held in high
regard by their neighbors, the majority of whom arc acquaintances of long
years standing.
JOHN EDWARD TUCKER.
John Edward Tucker needs no introduction to the readers of this volume,
for as president of the Vancouver Lumber Company he is well known. During
his residence here he has been a powerful factor in the building up of this
concern, and has been active in cooperating with many movements for the
public good, his business affairs being largely of the kind which contribute to
the general development and improvement.
Mr. Tucker was born in Danville, Texas, October 10, 1857, and is a son
of Henry and Tennessee Tucker. He acquired his education in the grammar
and high schools of his native state and after completing it turned his attention
to the lumber business, in which he has since continued active, each year adding
to his knowledge of the business and developing his insight, his natural admin-
istrative ability and his ready grasp of detail. Mr. Tucker left his native state
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in 1903 and came to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver, where he pur-
chased with A. L. Clark the lumber business now operated under the name
of the Vancouver Lumber Company. This plant was operated as it stood
until 1905, when a much larger mill was erected. This is situated on twelve
acres of land, in the heart of the city, and the company controls over one
thousand feet of water frontage on False creek. The annual output reaches
forty-five million feet of lumber and this goes to the prairie provinces and to
foreign ports with the exception of that which is used locally. There is now in
course of construction a new mill, which will double the capacity of the plant,
which is supplied from the thirty-three thousand acres of fine timber land in
British Columbia controlled by the operating company. The present concern
was incorporated under the name of the Vancouver Lumber Company, Limited,
in 1911. .Mr. Tucker has had over forty years experience in the lumber busi-
ness and understands it in principle and detail, and it is mainly through his well
directed efforts that the present concern has been built up. He is a wide-
awake, progressive and energetic business man, who usually carries forward
to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and he has made the concern
with which he is now connected widely known throughout this part of Canada.
Manufacturing only the best lumber, the company controls a trade which has
now reached extensive proportions, this being largely due to the reliable and
progressive business methods to which its members have steadily adhered.
In 1879 Mr. Tucker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gillespie Blaine.
and they have become the parents of one daughter, lone, who married E. C.
Knight, managing director of the Vancouver Lumber Company. Mr. Tucker
is an elder in St. John's Presbyterian church in Vancouver and he is connected
with the Vancouver Club, the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, the Vancouver
Golf Club, the Vancouver Automobile Club, the Commercial Club and the
Progress Club. He belongs also to the Masonic order. He is popular in both
business and social circles and is regarded as one of the leading citizens of his
adopted city.
HENRY CHARLES ERASER.
Henry Charles Eraser has been a resident of Salmon Arm since 1885 and is,
therefore, numbered among its earliest settlers and has witnessed almost its
entire growth and development, for few settlements had been made within its
borders at the time of his arrival and all the evidences of pioneer life were to be
seen. Mr. Eraser was born in 1837 and has, therefore, reached the age of sev-
enty-five years. He is a self-made man, who owes his prosperity and progress
to his own well directed labors and unfaltering determination and to the sub-
stantial qualities upon which he based his efforts. His birth occurred in the isle
of Ceylon in the East Indies, where his father, Captain Hugh Eraser, of the
Seventy-eighth Highlanders, was stationed. He later returned to his native coun-
try of Scotland and afterward came to eastern Canada, locating in the Dominion
in 1850. The mother of our subject was in her maidenhood Miss Caroline
Cavendish, a native of Devonshire, England.
Henry C. Eraser acquired his education in the public schools of Perth, near
Stratford, Ontario, and he remained at home for a number of years. He came
to Salmon Arm in 1885. He walked the distance from Regina to this city and
took up a homestead claim of one hundred and twenty-seven acres. It was still
a frontier district and all around him stretched wild forest lands, his own tract
being covered with a dense growth of timber. In the winter Mr. Eraser hunted
and trapped in the woods and during the summers carried forward steadily the
work of development, cutting down trees, building roadways by hand and gradu-
ally getting the unbroken soil under the plow. He built his own log cabin and not
only developed his fields and fenced the place but also put up substantial build-
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ings. He carried on general farming and dairying until the city was founded
and laid out, at which time he subdivided much of his property into town lots.
Of late years he has lived retired from active life, having earned rest and com-
fort by worthy work in the past.
Mr. Fraser married in 1900 Mrs. Alice (Letts) Jirard, of London, England,
and they have two children : Pearl, aged eleven ; and Wilhelmine, aged two. For
twenty-seven years Mr. Fraser has lived in Salmon Arm and is one of the few who
have so long witnessed its growth and development. He has set aside the site of
his first cabin, a lot fifty by one hundred feet, to go to the Historical Society at
his death. He also will leave that institution a number of valuable relics of his-
toric interest. He is interested in the uplift of humanity and active in his sup-
port of church work. This section owes its wealth and progress to a large extent
to men who dared to face the hardships of pioneer life and who have reclaimed
this region for purposes of civilization. Among these is Mr. Fraser, who has
been a resident of Salmon Arm for over a quarter of a century.
EDGAR BURTON PFOST.
A native of the United States, in which country he was honored with im-
portant public positions and where for a number of years he w,as particularly
successful in mining in the state of Missouri, Mr. Pfost has since November,
1911, sought the business opportunities of Vancouver, in which city he is engaged
in the real-estate and investment business. His prominence in the American
colony is evident from the fact that he at present serves as president of the
American Club. Born at Ravenswood, West Virginia, May 14, 1863, he is a
son of La Fayette and Martha Olive Pfost, the former of German descent, his
father having come to America from that country, first settling in Pennsylvania
md later removing to Ripley, Jackson county, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Adhere his son, La Fayette Pfost, was born. The latter was reared and edu-
:ated in Ripley and after reaching manhood engaged successfully in live-stock
lealing at that place and later in Ravenswood. There he remained until 18/6,
•vhen he removed to Henry county, Missouri, where he engaged in farming, and
here he still resides, highly respected and esteemed by all who know him.
Edgar B. Pfost received his education in the schools of Ravenswood, West
Virginia, and at Montrose, Henry county, Missouri. After completing his edu-
cation he went to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where for four years he engaged in
'arming, and then removed to Topeka, that state, where he became first officer
of the Kansas City Reform School for Boys. He continued in that important
]>osition, discharging his duties with rare efficiency, until 1895, when another
removal brought him to Kansas City, Kansas, where he engaged in the fraternal
life-insurance business and also took up the study of law, being admitted to the
bar of the state of Kansas in 1897. In the same year he took charge of the North-
side city court of Kansas City, upon which bench he sat for two years, taking
up private practice at the end of that time in the same place. At the same time,
however, he continued in the insurance business. In 1901 Mr. Pfost removed
1o Kansas City, Missouri, where he continued in fraternal insurance, represent-
ing the Ancient Order of Pyramids until 1906. In that year he became interested
in mining in the lead fields at Joplin, Missouri, along which line he was success-
lul from the start, taking out one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars
worth of metal in the first year. He continued in that district, operating five
mines, but the slump of 1907 severely crippled operations and in 1910 he dis-
posed of his interests, entering in January, 1911, into a five-year contract with
the Seitz Truck Company as general sales manager for their entire output in the
United States and Canada. In October, 1911, he cancelled his contract and in
the following month came to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he has since
teen engaged in the real-estate and investment business, having quickly proven
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his worth as a reliable dealer and already enjoying an important clientage. His
varied experience stands him in good stead and he is considered to be one of the
most shrewd men in his line.
Mr. Pfost was twice married. His first union to Miss Jean Walton, of Deer-
head, Kansas, took place in 1886. She was a daughter of Thomas Walton and
to them were born two children: Alfred, of Vinita, Oklahoma; and Gladys, of
Knowles, that state. Mrs. Pfost died in 1900 and on September i, 1902, Mr.
Pfost married Miss Josephine Zeleny, of Kansas City, Missouri.
While in Kansas Mr. Pfost was active along political lines, in the ranks of
the people's party, for four years and served as chairman of the finance com-
mittee. He was also prominent in .Masonic circles in that state, being a thirty-
second degree Mason and as such a member of the Kansas City lodge, chapter,
commandcry and shrine. He is a life member of Kansas City Lodge, No. 440,
B. P. O. E., and also a member of the Woodmen of the World, the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Fraternal Aid Society. Since coming to Van-
couver he has joined the Progress Club, in which organization he has taken his
place with those who ever support worthy public enterprises. He has also been
honored by election to the office of president of the American Club of Vancouver.
Although one of the later arrivals in this city Mr. Pfost has already firmly estab-
lished himself in business circles and has become known as a reliable man of
affairs. Personally he is popular and is fast making friends, his genial disposi-
tion and pleasant manner finding ready response among those whom he meets.
JOSEPH SCOTT.
Joseph Scott has been a resident of Chilliwack since 1890 and during the
greater portion of the intervening period has been in some way connected with
official life, gaining for himself an enviable reputation for integrity, conscien-
tiousness and ability in the public service. He was born in Oxford county, On-
tario, on the loth of February, 1861, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bell) Scott,
both deceased. The father was during his active life engaged in general agri-
cultural pursuits.
Joseph Scott acquired his education in the grammar and high schools of his
native province and after laying aside his books came to the western coast, locat-
ing in Chilliwack in 1890. He first secured a position as a clerk, but in 1895
was appointed clerk of the municipality of Chilliwack and he held this office
continuously until 1901. During this period he served also, in 1899, as provin-
cial assessor and collector and in 1904 was appointed deputy sheriff, a position
which he still occupies and the duties of which he discharges in a capable and
able way.
Mr. Scott is a conservative in his political views and is a member of the
Church of England. He is connected fraternally with Ionic Lodge, No. 19,
A. F. & A. M.; the Westminster Chapter and the Mystic Shrine; and is also a
member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F. ; and Lodge No. 1470, L. O. L.
His has been an excellent official record and in the private relations of life also
he has been found upright and reliable, so that he commands the respect and con-
fidence of his fellow citizens.
BERTRAM EWART TUCKER.
Foremost in business and foremost in his loyalty to his adopted city, Bertram
Ewart Tucker occupies an enviable position in the business life of Edmonds,
British Columbia, where he is widely and favorably known in connection with
the firm of Disney & Tucker, contractors and builders and dealers in lumber
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and builders' supplies. A native of Devonshire, England, he was born on the
2ist of February, 1883, a son of William and Elizabeth (Knight) Tucker, both
natives of Cornwall, that country. After their marriage the parents located in
Devonshire, where they still reside. The father, until his retirement about four
years ago, was for many years station agent in the employ of the Great Western
Railway, serving at different points.
Bertram E. Tucker was educated at the Newton Abbott grammar school in
Devonshire but as early as in his fourteenth year secured a position in the engi-
leering department of the Great Western Railroad, specializing in carpentering
md building. He remained in the employ of this corporation for seven years
md upon leaving them in 1903 came to Canada, where he spent about four years
n various provinces, making his headquarters successively in Ontario, Manitoba
md Saskatchewan. In 1907 he came to British Columbia, where he worked at
lis trade in New Westminster and vicinity for about a year, after which time
ic engaged in contracting and building and in 1911 associated himself with
iarold Disney, establishing their present business. Although the firm has been
n existence but two years, their connections are important and their business
lias become one of the foremost of its kind in the city, its flourishing condition
being largely due to the efforts of Mr. Tucker, whose wide experience and innate
business ability are important factors therein.
In 1908 Mr. Tucker was united in marriage to Miss Melissa Phillips, of.Mis-
; ion City, British Columbia, and to them have been born two children, Ethel
Mildred and John Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker attend the Church of Eng-
land. Politically the former is independent, giving his support to the candidates
lie considers best qualified for the position to which they aspire, irrespective of
party lines. Fraternally he is a member of the Sons of England and of King
Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M. Yet a young man, Mr. Tucker has
leadily acquired the enterprising spirit of the west and guards and helps along
the public interests of his adopted city. He is public-spirited and progressive
; nd stands ever ready to give his indorsement to any measure undertaken to
1 enefit this community. He has become a forceful element in Edmonds, where
1 e is highly regarded and enjoys the confidence and good-will of all who know
; nd have met him in a business or social way.
WILLIAM JAMES SCRATCHLEY.
William James Scratchley, who owns a well improved farm of a hundred and
sixty acres located on the River road, Eburne, built the first house on Lulu
i ;land, having located here over forty-eight years ago. He is a native of Eng-
land, having been born in Wiltshire on the 2Oth of November, 1843, and a son
of Job and Matilda (Parriot) Scratchley. The parents passed their entire lives
i:i the mother country and were laid to rest in the cemetery near their home in
Wiltshire.
The education of William James Scratchley was acquired in Keevill. Upon
fie completion of his course of study, he joined Major Harrison as mail agent
on the line of the West Indies Steamship Company. He continued in the mail
service until he had attained the age of nineteen years when he crossed the
Isthmus to San Francisco, whence he took passage for Victoria and New West-
minster, his arrival antedating the extension of the railroad lines to western
Canada. The year 1864 marked his arrival in British Columbia, where he sub-
sequently obtained employment with C. W. Franks, who was treasurer of the
mainland when the capital was removed to Victoria. Eighteen months later he
resigned his position and purchasing the farm of Mr. McGee at Rose Hill entered
into partnership with a Mr. Brighouse, with whom he was associated for six-
teen years. Disposing of his interest in the property in 1882 he purchased his
present farm in the cultivation of which he has now been engaged for thirty
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years. He has dyked and cleared his place, erected thereon substantial buildings
and brought the fields to a high state of productivity, making it one of the most
desirable estates on the island. Mr. Scratchley was one of the early pioneers
of this section and was the first settler on the island, where he has ever since
resided. All the stock he had on his place at that time were brought here from
Westminster on a scow, that being the mode of handling all freight traffic in
pioneer days. During the long period of his residence here Mr. Scratchley has
witnessed the fulfillment of his early prophecy regarding the agricultural
development of the island, which has been transformed from a wilderness int
one of the richest farming districts of British Columbia. Land which could
be purchased for ten dollars or less per acre when he arrived here, is now valued
at from a thousand to fifteen hundred dollars.
At Norfolk, England, on the ist of July, 1892, Mr. Scratchley was united in
marriage to Miss Matilda Frost, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna Frost. Of
this marriage there have been born five children, Laura, Myrtle, William James,
Jr., Ernest Alfred and Gilbert Edward, all of whom are at home.
The family manifest their religious faith through their connection with the
Church of England. Mr. Scratchley has always taken an active and helpful
interest in all local affairs and is known as one of the public-spirited men of
his community. When the New Westminster volunteers were organized in
1864, he enlisted, serving for three years under Captain Pritchard. Later he
became identified with political affairs and was a member of the first council
of Richmond municipality, discharging the duties of this office for three years.
He is widely known on the island, where he has made his home continuously for
nearly half a century and has many friends, who hold him in high regard by
reason of his many estimable qualities and the fine principles he has always
manifested in his business transactions.
PETER LEO KING.
Peter Leo King, prominently connected with business interests of Vancouver
as proprietor of the business controlled by the King Warehousing Company, was
born on the 3d of November, 1881, in Montreal, Quebec, and is a son of Atwell
Charles and Edith Lucy King, both representatives of old English families. The
father was a commander in the British navy for many years and three of his
brothers, who have now passed away, were admirals in the English naval service.
Peter L. King acquired his education in the public schools of California and
British Columbia and upon laying aside his books went in search of adventure
to the far east, traveling through all the Oriental countries, principally in China,
for about two years. At the end of that time he came to the United States and
the war with Spain having just been declared, he enlisted in the Forty-first New
York Volunteers and saw a great deal of active service in the Philippines. Of
the thirty-six members which comprised his troop he and his chum were the
only ones who returned to the United States, half of their companions having
been killed in battle and the remainder having died of disease. Upon his return
Mr. King went to California, where he secured employment as a telegraph
operator, later moving to Milwaukee and taking a position as a traveling sales-
man in that city. He came to Vancouver in 1903 and has since been numbered
among the active, enterprising and prominent young business men of the city.
At first he formed a partnership with George H. Cotterill in the forwarding
business here. He had entire management and control of the business and
developed it ably along progressive modern lines. The partnership was dis-
solved in 1912 and on the I5th of April, in that year, Mr. King started in the
storage and warehouse business for himself, operating under the name of the
King Warehousing Company. His concern has expanded rapidly under his
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able management and has now assumed extensive proportions, being one of the
largest and most profitable of its kind in the city.
Mr. King gives his political allegiance to the conservative party and has
served the local organization as delegate to various political conventions. He
is a devout member of the Roman Catholic church and is well known in fraternal
circles, holding membership in the Knights of Pythias; Vancouver Lodge, No.
284, U. C. T. ; the Woodmen of the World; and the Masonic order. In this
latter organization he belongs to Cascade Lodge of Vancouver and is the youngest
member to attain the office which he now holds. He talces an active part in the
affairs of the Vancouver Board of Trade and has extensive and representative
:lub affiliations, belonging to the Terminal City Club, the Vancouver Country
Club, the Hunt Club, the Business Science Club, the Vancouver Rowing Club and
:he Vancouver Athletic Club — connections indicating the scope and variety of
lis interests. He is a splendid type of the modern business man — progressive and
iberal in his views, up-to-date in his standards and possessed of that executive
md administrative ability necessary to success in any business pursuit. He is
altogether a man to be reckoned with in business circles of Vancouver and,
although still a young man, occupies a place of honor and prominence in the city
vhere he makes his home.
ANGUS JOHN McCOLL.
Angus John McColl, an eminent member of the British Columbia bar and
;. peer of the ablest men who have sat upon the supreme court bench of the
province, is one whose career reflects credit and honor upon the people who
1 onored him. His life was, indeed, one of signal usefulness in molding the
judicial history of the northwest and in upholding the legal status of this section
cf the country. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, November 3, 1854, a son of
t le Rev. Angus McColl, D. D., a graduate of Queen's University and for many
}ears a prominent Presbyterian minister. The mother was Mrs. Alice McColl,
nee Ross, of Toronto. The son was educated by private tutors and at the high
school of Chatham, Ontario, where his parents resided. He afterward matric-
ulated and studied law in the office of Sir Oliver Mowat, in Toronto, and after
thorough preliminary preparation was called to the bar of Ontario in 1875,
vhen about twenty-one years of age. The same year he entered into partnership
vith J. W. Squire, afterward a county court judge in Ontario, under the firm
n ime of Squire & McColl. They practiced in the cities of Goderich and STUB-
S':lls, Ontario, for about a year, when Mr. Squire was appointed a judge and Mr.
McColl continued the firm's practice alone. To an understanding of uncommon
a<:uteness and vigor he added a thorough and conscientious preliminary training,
while he exemplified in his practice all the higher elements of the truly great
h wyer. He was constantly inspired by an intense, inflexible love of justice and
a delicate sense of honor which controlled him in all his personal relations. His
fi lelity to the interests of his clients was proverbial, yet he never forgot that he
o-ved a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His diligence and energy
ii the preparation of his cases as well as the earnestness, tenacity and courage
with which he defended the right as he understood it challenged the high admir-
al ion of his associates. He invariably sought to present his argument in the
strong, clear light of common sense and sound logical principles.
In 1878 Judge McColl went to Winnipeg and entered the firm of Bain &
Blanchard as junior partner. For four years he practiced in Manitoba and in
i«S82 came to British Columbia, where he formed a partnership with Gordon
E Corbould, afterward king's counsel, at New Westminster. This partnership
was continued until 1896, when Judge McColl left the firm and removed to Ross-
land. He there formed a partnership with C. R. Hamilton, afterward king's
ccunsel, under the firm name of McColl & Hamilton. Their practice was of an
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important character, and throughout the years of his active connection with the
bar Judge McColl showed constantly increasing ability and power in solving
the most intricate and involved problems of the law.
In 1892 he was appointed queen's counsel by the Dominion government and
on the I3th of October, 1896, was appointed a justice of the supreme court of
British Columbia. On the 23d of August, 1898, he succeeded the Hon. Theodore
Davis as chief justice of British Columbia. His decisions indicate strong mental-
ity, careful analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judg-
ment, and he wrote his name high on the keystone of the legal arch.
In 1884 Judge McColl was married to Miss Helen Janet Barlow, a daughter
of John Valkhard and Helen (Burns) Barlow of Toronto. The death of Judge
McColl occurred January 16, 1902, and in his passing British Columbia lost a
prominent citizen and- eminent jurist. He was a vigilant and attentive observer
of men and measures and this, added to his thorough familiarity with the prin-
ciples of jurisprudence, enabled him to cope with the most intricate legal ques-
tions. His reported opinions are monuments to his profound legal learning
and superior ability. They show a thorough mastery of the questions involved,
a rare simplicity of style and an admirable terseness and clearness in the state-
ments upon which the opinions rest.
SAMUEL DAVIES SCHULTZ.
While the practice of law is the vocation of Samuel Davies Schultz, he has
also been connected with varied activities and interests, journalism, music and
outdoor sports all making claim upon his time and energies. His, therefore, is a
well rounded character and his broad knowledge permits of the intelligent discus-
sion of the many problems of general moment. Mr. Schultz is not only entitled
to representation in this volume as a representative citizen but also as one of the
native sons of British Columbia. At a period when the northwest was just being
opened up to civilization he started upon life's journey in Victoria, his natal day
being October 21, 1865. His parents were Herman and Elizabeth (Davies)
Schultz, the former a native of Prussia, whence he emigrated to California in
the '503 and in 1863 came to British Columbia, continuing a resident of this
province until his death in 1877. Following his arrival here he was for a time
engaged in mining but later became a partner of the firm of Schultz & Tricke,
one of the best known freight-carrying firms of the early days, operating pack
trains. He married Elizabeth Davies, a daughter of Judah Philip and Maria
Davies, who were pioneers of British Columbia, having come to this province in
1862. The former was one of the leading citizens not only in business connec-
tions but also by reason of his prominence in political circles. He at one time
contested the seat in the Dominion house of commons with Sir John A. Mac-
donald and A. de Cosmos, but was defeated by the latter by a few votes.
Samuel D. Schultz was educated in the schools of Victoria and in Toronto
University, from which he was graduated with the B. A. degree in 1888. Fol-
lowing his graduation he returned to his native city but later again went to Tor-
onto to prepare for the bar and at the time attended lectures at Osgoode Hall,
in that city. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1893 and went to Nelson, Brit-
ish Columbia, where he entered upon the active practice of his profession. After
several months there he again went to Victoria, where he practiced until 1902,
when he came to Vancouver, where he has since remained as a follower of
the profession, being now senior partner of the firm of Schultz, Scott & Good-
stone. He has always manifested marked aptitude for journalistic work. He
has a temperamental disposition which finds enjoyment in music and the drama.
During his college days he was reporter for the Mail and Empire and the World
of Toronto upon music, the drama and sports. After entering upon his profes-
sional career he continued his newspaper writing upon those subjects for the
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Colonist at Victoria and for the Province and the World in Vancouver. He is
c ne of the few local composers and has published several successful compositions,
especially "The Charge at Dawn," a military march dedicated to the Canadian
1 eroes who fell at Paardeberg. He was a member of the first British Columbia
Amateur Military Band and played clarinet in the Victoria and Vancouver Ama-
t our Orchestras.
He has always displayed keen interest in sports and particularly in baseball,
f Dr many years being one of the most prominent pitchers in Canada, having fig-
ured in many intercollegiate contests in the east. He was the first pitcher in
British Columbia to retire a team without a run.
On the 5th of January, 1904, Mr. Schultz was united in marriage to Miss
Maude Dunwell Squarebriggs, a daughter of J. C. Squarebriggs, of a well known
1'rince Edward Island family. The children of this marriage are Carl Joshua
Davies and William A. In 1909-1910 Mr. Schultz was alderman of the city of
North Vancouver, where he maintains his home. He is a charter member of the
Native Sons of British Columbia, belongs to the Horticultural Society of North
Vancouver, having won many prizes for horticulture, and is a member of the
University and Commercial Clubs of Vancouver. He has been a consistent and
e ithusiastic worker in the ranks of the conservative party for the past eighteen
jears, during which time he has served on the executive of various associations
in Victoria and North Vancouver. He was president of the North \ ancouver
/ ssociation in 1912. Mr. Schultz has been more concerned with promoting the
bast and highest interests of the conservative party than in seeking personal re-
v ard and recognition. Few residents of the city have for a more extended period
baen witnesses of the growth and development of British Columbia and none
rejoices more heartily in what has been accomplished than this native son of the
p-ovince. His record is equally creditable and honorable to the district ihat has
h Miored him.
COLIN F. JACKSON.
Colin F. Jackson, who is engaged in the logging and contracting business and
it a dealer in mining supplies at Vancouver, has been identified with the industrial
aid commercial interests of this city since 1901. He was born at Sale, Cheshire,
England, January 10, 1864, his parents being Frederick James and Mary Anne
Jackson. The father was a leading merchant of Manchester, England, in the
'(os and 'jos and made extensive shipments to South America and Africa.
The son, Colin F. Jackson, pursued his education in the Uppingham school
o England and in 1882, when eighteen years of age, started out in the business
world in the employ of Brazilian merchants, friends of his father, with whom
ho remained for two years. During the succeeding four years he was engaged
ii manufacturing in Manchester, England, and the decade that followed was
spent in Liverpool, England, in the employ of Theo. H. Davies, of Honolulu,
who had a branch in Liverpool. During that period of ten years he thoroughly
n astered the business in its various phases and on the expiration of the period
was admitted to partnership, becoming sole owner on the death of Mr. Davies
a few years later. He is still owner of that business in Liverpool although
for twelve years he has been actively connected with commercial and industrial
affairs in Vancouver. He arrived in this city in 1901 and founded the Van-
couver Engineering Works, Ltd., of which he remained president and manag-
irg director for six years and then resigned. Subsequently he organized the
present firm of Colin F. Jackson & Company, general importers. He is still
engaged in this business of which he is sole proprietor. He deals extensively
ii mining supplies and in connection therewith conducts a logging and con-
tracting supply business. His activities have been varied since he started out
ii life on his own account thirty years ago. At all times he has been found
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resourceful, his efforts and knowledge being adequate to the demands of the
situation, and in the guidance and control of his business interests he has met
with well merited and growing success which has placed him among the sub-
stantial residents of Vancouver.
In military circles Mr. Jackson has a record of five years' service as a
member of the volunteer army in England. His interest in municipal and
provincial affairs is deep and helpful and along political and other lines he has
contributed in substantial measure to the work of public progress and improve-
ment. He is a conservative and for one year was chairman of the conservative
campaign of North Vancouver. For two years, beginning in 1910, he held
the office of police commissioner of North Vancouver and he has been presi-
dent of the Vancouver Electoral Union. He was also president of the North
Vancouver Rate Payers Association. That his interests are broad and that
he is studying the important sociological, labor and economic problems of the
community is further attested by the fact that he was vice president of the
Employers Association and his spirit of broad humanitarianism found tangible
evidence in his service as vice president of the Children's Aid Society at Van-
couver.
Mr. Jackson has been married twice. In 1892 he wedded Gertrude Long-
son, who passed away in January, 1906. On the loth of July, 1907, he married
Nella Longson, a daughter of James Edward and Annie Longson, the former
a prominent merchant of Manchester, England. His children are Frederick Ivor,
Edward Carol, Dorothy Mary and Eric Whitcliffe. The religious faith of the
family is that of the Anglican church. Mr. Jackson belongs to the Conserva-
tive Club of Liverpool and to the Vancouver Club, and he is likewise a member
of the Vancouver Kennel Club, of which he has twice been president.
EMERY COE -JONES, D. D. S.
Liberal educational opportunities qualified Dr. Emery Coe Jones for the
practice of dentistry which he has successfully followed since 1906, being now
a partner of the firm of Holmes, McSween, Jones & Hacking, of Ne\y West-
minster. He was born at Lynden, Ontario, June 20, 1879, and is a son of
Amos R. and Mary A. Jones, the former of whom passed away in 1906. Fol-
lowing his graduation from the high school at Waterdown, Ontario, with the
class of 1898, Dr. Jones began preparation for the practice of dentistry and
won his D. D. S. degree from the University of Toronto in 1906. He is also
a licentiate of dental surgery from the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of
Toronto (1906), and the same year was granted the Dominion dental license
by the Dominion Dental Council. In 1912 the degree of L. D. S. was con-
ferred upon him by the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia. Like
many who have attained success in various professional lines, Dr. Jones devoted
a period of his early manhood to school teaching, being thus engaged in Ontario
for four years, but following the completion of his dental course at the Uni-
versity of Toronto in 1906 he entered upon active practice in Dundas, Ontario,
where he remained until 1912. During the period of his residence there he was
also active in public affairs bearing upon the welfare and upbuilding of the
city and the advancement of its best interests. He served as a director and
secretary of the Dundas public library board from 1906 until 1910, and was
secretary of the Ontario Dental Society in 1911-12. On leaving his native
province he came to British Columbia and, joining the firm of Holmes, McSween,
Jones & Hacking, is now well established in the practice of his profession in
New Westminster.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on the ist of June, 1912, Dr. Jones was married to
Miss Jessie May Fulton, a daughter of Humphry F. and Elizabeth Fulton, of
Cleveland. Their religious faith is that of the Methodist church and Dr. Jones
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; Iso belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the fourteenth
degree of the Scottish Rite. He is yet a comparatively young man, but the
iccord which he has made would be creditable to one connected with the pro-
fession for a much longer period than Dr. Jones has been. He is a close and
c iscriminating student and his broad reading has kept him in touch with the
; dvanced work being done by the profession while his own investigation, research
;>nd practice have brought him knowledge and skill that have won for him the
1 igh position which he occupies in public regard.
ROBERT SCOTT DAY.
Robert Scott Day is prominently connected with business interests of Vic-
toria as a member of the firm of Robert S. Day & Beaumont Boggs, real-estate,
i isurance and financial agents. He is known also as a leader in community
affairs and as a man whose cooperation can always be relied upon in the support
cf measures to promote the social, economic or business advancement of the
city and he is, moreover, president of the Victoria branch of the Archaeological
Institute of America, in the affairs of which he has taken a prominent and active
fart for a number of years. He is therefore a man of wide interests, each of
vhich he has made a force in progress, and he stands among the men of marked
ability and substantial worth in the city where he makes his home.
Robert S. Day was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, November 8, 1858, and
i; a son of Robert and Rebecca (Scott) Day, both natives of that city, the
former actively engaged in the merchandising and manufacturing business there
a: the present time. He is a man of scholarly attainments and especially inter-
ested in the science of archaeology, of which he has always remained a close
aid earnest student. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries and belongs to other archaeaologic?! societies, his
o ttn collection of antiques, known as the Robert Day Collection of Irish Antiques,
b^ing the finest private collection in the world.
Robert S. Day acquired his education in private schools in Cork and in
(jueen's College, receiving from that institution the degree of B. E. on October
1 3, 1877. He afterward studied architecture, serving his time in the offices of
Sir Thomas Drew, of Dublin, who was a member of the Royal Hibernian Acad-
emy. At the end of two years Mr. Day went to London and there followed his
p "ofession for a similar period of time, after which he moved to South Africa,
k eating in Kimberley. After five years of successful professional work in that
city he came to Canada, locating in Victoria early in 1891. He opened offices
• a ; an architect in this city but at the end of one year purchased the real-estate
b isiness controlled by H. E. Croasdail & Company and established it under
tl.e name of R. S. Day. In 1907 he made an arrangement with Beaumont Boggs
aid the business underwent a complete reorganization, Mr. Boggs becoming
connected with it and the name being changed to Robert S. Day & Beaumont
Boggs. They have offices at No. 620 Fort street and there carry on a general
rial-estate and insurance business, acting also as financial agents, loaning money
o i mortgages and agreements of sale both as principal and agent. The firm
acts as agent for fire, life and accident insurance companies, and Mr. Day repre-
sints such concerns as the Law Union & Rock Insurance Company, Limited, of
London, England, and the Guardian Assurance Company, Limited, of the same
city, being general agent for these two concerns for British Columbia. Mr.
Day represents also the London Guarantee & Accident Company, Limited, of
London, England, and the Prudential Life Insurance Company of Winnipeg. In
tl e upbuilding of their business Mr. Day has taken a prominent and active part
and, being a man of energy, resource and capacity, has directed its development
along practical and modern lines, so that the business has increased steadily
ir volume and importance. Today the firm controls a representative patronage
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and is considered one of the strongest and most reliable of its kind in the city.
On the 1 6th of April, 1888, at Cape Town, South Africa, Mr. Day was
united in marriage to Miss Patience Swanton, a daughter of Rev. William and
Keziah (Collins) Swanton, both of whom have passed away. The father was a
native of Ireland and the mother was born in England. Mr. and Mrs. Day
became the parents of seven children, six of whom are living. Aline Dorothy
Wynne married Captain L. W. S. Cockburn, of the Royal Canadian Artillery,
stationed in Quebec. Olive Mary became the wife of Ronald George Dundas,
who is in the Dominion government wireless service and is stationed at Alert
Bay, British Columbia. William Swanton is associated with his father in the
firm of Day & Boggs. Richard Welsted is a pupil with James & James, archi-
tects in Victoria. Amy Leota is a student in the schools of this city. Robert, ,
the youngest member of the family, is also attending school. The family occupy
a beautiful home at No. 1606 Rockland avenue. It is known as Derreen and is
situated in the midst of two acres of grounds of great natural beauty. During
the twenty-one years he has lived here Mr. Day has continuously improved and
beautified his home, and the results of his efforts are seen today in its attractive
appearance. Mrs. Day takes a prominent part in the promotion of all move-
ments tending to the moral and social uplift of the community and is identified
with the work of the local Council of Women, the Children's Aid Society and
other associations of a similar nature. She takes a very active interest in church
affairs, is a regent of Coronation Day Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire
and is well known in social circles of the city, where her cultured mind and her
many charming qualities have gained her an honored place.
Aside from business Mr. Day's interests have extended to many fields and
have all been along lines of progress and improvement. He is honorary treasurer
of the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, of which he has been a director for
many years, and he is a member of the Victoria Board of Trade. He takes a
prominent part in the work of the Reformed Episcopal church and for several
years past has been warden. Amateur photography and horticulture are hobbies
with him and form two of his chief sources of recreation. He is a student of
historical and scientific works, and has become imbued with much of his father's
interest in archaeology, being today very active in the affairs of the Victoria
branch of the Archaeological Institute, of America, of which he is president. A
man of wide interests, forceful personality and modern ideas, he has made
steady progress since the beginning of his active career and is today accounted
one of the most able business men and prominent and representative citizens of
Victoria.
ALGERNON JUDSON PALMER.
Algernon Judson Palmer, who died in 1900, will long be remembered as one
of the notable pioneers of British Columbia and as one of the real founders and
upbuilders of Salmon Arm, to which he came among the first settlers. He was
a man of great determination, clear perception and stalwart character and upon
this firm foundation built up a prosperity which placed him in a high position
among the leading and representative citizens. He was born, May 3, 1853, in
Brant county, Ontario, where his father, a descendant of old United Empire
Loyalist stock, settled more than one hundred years ago.
Algernon J. Palmer acquired his education in the public schools of his native
section and there remained until he came to British Columbia in 1889 and took
up a tract of one hundred and sixty acres covered with a dense growth of scrub and
timber. Undaunted by the obstacles in his path, Mr. Palmer set about to clear
the property, cutting down the trees and hauling them away by hand, for this
was long before there were any horses or oxen in this part of the province. By
hard work and unremitting industry he put his property acre by acre under the
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ilow, building with the timber cut down a log cabin, barns and outbuildings, and
then commenced the work of cultivating the fields. He carried on general farm-
jig on a small scale, later adding stock-raising to his activities. The evidences
if his labor were soon seen in the highly cultivated fields, which brought forth
a;ood harvests, and in the attractive and excellent condition of the entire farm.
Mr. Palmer steadily carried forward the work of improvement and development
ind at his death had one of the finest agricultural properties in this locality. It
is now being operated by his son William, who has continued in the stock-raising
business and has recently added to his interests a butcher shop in Salmon Arm,
where he is one of the most successful business men. He is well known in the
Masonic order, of which he is a member.
On October 8, 1878, Mr. Palmer was united in marriage to Miss Emma Shaw,
Df Glanford, Ontario, a daughter of Thomas and Maria Jane (Choate) Shaw
ind the first white woman in this locality. To this union were born four chil-
dren : William ; Mamie, who married William Savage, of Vancouver ; Mrs. Ger-
:rude Kerr, of Vancouver ; and Thomas Hedley. In his wife Mr. Palmer found
i worthy helpmate who at all times has proven a blessing to the household and
)y her counsel and wise management has forwarded the best interests of the
iamily.
Mr. Palmer was a liberal in politics and for a number of years was president
)f the local association. He also served as president of the Agricultural Asso-
:iation. Interested in politics, he ran for parliament at the time the Hon. Joseph
Martin was premier. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and
ierved for many years as its recording secretary. He was president of the Farm-
;rs Cooperative Society and although a flour miller by trade gave most of his
efforts to agricultural pursuits. He deserved great credit for what he accom-
plished in this community and his life record should serve as a source of inspira-
ion and encouragement. He was one of the first settlers in this part of British
Columbia and, continuously connected with its development and upbuilding, he
matched its progress from pioneer times. He took an active and helpful interest
n all that pertained to the general good and to the substantial upbuilding of Sal-
non Arm, where he remained throughout his life an esteemed and highly hon-
ored resident.
ERNEST HENRY ROOME.
Twenty-four years of active and close connection with real-estate interests
n Vancouver has brought Ernest Henry Roome a gratifying measure of suc-
cess, a large and representative patronage and a secure place among men of
narked ability and substantial worth in the city. He is in addition serving as
lotary public for the province of British Columbia and connected through
nvestment or official service with many of the most important corporate con-
oerns in the province — a man of varied interests, all of which he has made
constructive forces in progress. He was born in Lindfield, Sussex, England,
July 7, 1866, and is a son of Rev. W. J. B. Roome, F. R. A. S., who was pastor
of a Presbyterian church in Sussex for many years.
Ernest Henry Roome acquired his education at Mill Hill, Middlesex, Eng-
and, and upon laying aside his text-books became connected with the Capital
>i Counties Bank in Aldershot, rising through various positions of responsibility
and importance to a place of trust in the main office on Threadneedle street,
.Condon. He maintained his connection with this concern for five years, resign-
•ng in 1889 in order to come to Canada. He settled in Vancouver and almost
immediately afterward engaged in the real-estate brokerage business here, an
occupation in which he has since continued. For almost a quarter of a century
he has been one of the leading real-estate men in the city, and he today con-
irols a large and important patronage which has been built up as the result of
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many years of reliable work and straightforward business dealings. On the
23d of July, 1903, Mr. Roome was appointed notary public for the province
of British Columbia and he has since filled that office, discharging his duties
in a capable, far-sighted and able way. In addition to this and his individual
business interests he is also secretary of Interior Lands of British Columbia,
Ltd., and president of Central British Columbia Lands, Ltd., both dealing in
British Columbia farming property, and his force, experience and capacity
have carried him forward into important business relations.
In Vancouver, in August, 1900, Mr. Roome was united in marriage to Miss
Amy E. Herbert, a native of England, and both are well known in social circles
of Vancouver. Mr. Roome belongs to the Presbyterian church and his life has
always been in harmony with his professions as a member of that organization.
He has proved himself always public-spirited and a loyal citizen, and through-
out the years of his residence in Vancouver few men have contributed more
materially to the permanent welfare of the community.
SAMUEL H. THOMPSON.
One of the substantial citizens of New Westminster is Samuel H. Thompson,
who since April, 1912, has lived retired in the enjoyment of a comfortable com-
petence after a long and active business career, in which he has been connected
for many years with the commercial expansion of New Westminster. Born in
Colchester county, Nova Scotia, he is a son of Samuel and Ruth (Burning)
Thompson, both of whom passed away in Nova Scotia.
Mr. Thompson was reared at home, enjoying the limited educational advan-
tages the neighborhood afforded at the time of his youth. He came to the United
States in 1887 and for one year worked in Boston, Massachusetts, in the service
of the Jamaica Pond Ice Company. In 1888 he came to British Columbia, find-
ing employment in a logging camp at Pitt Lake, but a few months later removed
to New Westminster and engaged in work at brush slashing for John Kirkland,
being so occupied for nine or ten years. Subsequent to his connection with the
lumber trade he spent one year in the fire department of New Westminster, after
which he engaged in the livery business, being very successful along that line.
The exact period of his identification with this occupation was eleven years,
one month and four days, selling out his interests on April 12, 1912.
Fraternally Mr. Thompson is a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. &
A. M. ; of Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F. ; and of Royal Lodge, No. 6,
K. P. For a quarter of a century he has made his home in New Westminster
and, having thrown in his fortune with that city, has grown to prosperity and
become as loyal to the interests of his adopted city as he has been industrious to
promote his own success. He is a well known figure on the streets of New
Westminster and highly respected by all who know him on account of what he
has achieved through continuous years of steadfast application to work.
ALEXANDER LACHLAN McQUARRIE, M. D.
Dr. Alexander Lachlan McQuarrie, physician and surgeon, engaged in active
practice in New Westminster, was born in Ottawa, Canada, August n, 1879,
a son of Lachlan and Mary (MacKinnon) McQuarrie, the former a native of
Orangeville, Ontario, and the latter of Streetsville. In 1886 the father removed
westward to Revelstoke. He was a contractor and came to British Columbia
in connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. In 1887
or 1888 he arrived at New Westminster and took a contract on the New
Westminster Southern Railway, now a part of the Great Northern system.
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.Vith the completion of that work he engaged in contracting in New West-
minster but is now living retired and spends the winter seasons in California,
ihe success which he achieved in former years making it possible for him to rest
;rom further labor and enjoy life's comforts and many of its luxuries.
Dr. McQuarrie was reared under the parental roof with opportunity for
ihe acquirement of an education in the graded and high schools of New West-
i linster. He left the high school when about eighteen years of age to enter
the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and for three years worked as
;i brakeman. Subsequently he was for five years in the railway mail service
I ut during the last year took a vacation, covering eight and a half months,
( uring which period he entered upon the study of medicine. Believing that he
\ 'Otild find it a congenial life work, he matriculated in the medical department
c f the University of St. Louis and completed the full course by graduation
vith the class of 1909. He then returned to New Westminster and in the fol-
lowing November took his examination before the medical board, being admitted
to practice in British Columbia. He then opened an office in New Westminster
and has since enjoyed a remunerative practice. He has the confidence and
t-ust of the public and the high regard of his brethren of the medical fraternity
because of his close conformity to the highest standards of professional ethics.
I 1 addition to his private practice he is serving as medical health officer and
i,1 the present coroner of New Westminster.
On the 22d of May, 1910, Dr. McQuarrie was united in marriage to
Miss Florence Alaud Morrison, a daughter of John Morrison, of New West-
minster, and unto them has been born a son, Lachlan. For two years Dr.
McQuarrie played on the lacrosse team of New Westminster, which won the
world's championship. He is well known in Masonic circles as a member of
Union Uodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., and of New Westminster Chapter,
>* o. 1.24, R. A. M. He also has membership with the Modern Woodmen of
.America and with the Westminster Club and the Westminster Progressive Club,
ii terested not only in their social features but also in the efforts being made to
advance the welfare, upbuilding and progress of the city. His standing as a
n an and citizen equals the position which he occupies in his profession, which is
that of a capable and leading physician and surgeon.
DUNCAN MCDONALD.
One of the most attractive and valuable farms in the vicinity of Eburne is
tl at of Duncan McDonald, which is located on Sea isle. Here in connection
\vith diversified farming and dairying he makes a specialty of raising Clyde
horses and is the owner of one of the finest stables in this section. He was
burn in Glengarry, Ontario, on the 2d of May, 1850, and is a son of Donald
and Sarah (Duer) McDonald, both of whom lived to attain a ripe old age, the
f; ther being eighty-six at the time of his demise while the mother was ninety-
tfree when she passed away. They made their home on the old McDonald
homestead in Ontario, which was taken up by the grandfather in 1811 and cul-
tivated by him until his death. To this worthy couple there were born seven
sens, four of whom are now deceased, two having died at about the age of
tventy-five years, and the others somewhat later in life. Of the two who are
lining beside our subject Hugh resides on Sea isle, while Thomas makes his
home in Glengarry.
The early life of Duncan McDonald was passed on the old farm in Glengarry,
his education being obtained in the common schools of that vicinity. At the
ape of eighteen years he left home and started out to make his own way in the
world. For three years thereafter he worked in the Canadian woods during
the winter and on the Ottawa river in the summer months. He subsequently
crassed the border into the United States and after spending two years in the
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woods of Wisconsin returned to Glengarry. The year 1875 marked his arrival
in British Columbia, the journey having been made by way of San Francisco,
as this was prior to the building of the Canadian transcontinental railway. Here
he and his brother Hugh, who was also one of the early pioneers of this section,
worked in the lumber woods for six years and then they turned their attention
to agricultural pursuits. Between them they purchased four hundred and forty
acres of land on Sea isle, which they industriously set about dyking, clearing
and placing under cultivation.
Their holding is one of the most desirable in this vicinity, and its value has
been greatly enhanced by the capable and intelligent manner in which they have
developed it. Mr. McDonald has built a large attractive residence on his
place, provided with all modern appointments, and has erected commodious
barns and sheds for the protection of his stock and grain. During the first
ten or twelve years of his residence here in connection with diversified farming
he engaged in dairying, keeping a large herd of graded Holsteins. Later he
began breeding Clyde horses, of which he still makes a specialty. Mr. McDonald
possesses the fine business instincts which characterize the Scotch people gen-
erally, directing his undertakings with the foresight and sagacity, which invari-
ably bring success.
The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. McDonald was known in her
maindenhood as Miss Catherine Isabella McDowell. She is a daughter of Samuel
and Mary (Harrison) McDowell, of Shawville, Quebec, where the mother
still lives at the venerable age of eighty-three years. The father is deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald were married on the I4th of April, 1886, and to them
have been born the following children, Mary Arabella, Donald Samuel, Thomas
Harold, Gordon Kilgour, Duncan Gladstone and Hugh Ralph, all of whom
are residing at home.
The family affiliate with the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. McDonald
is an elder, while his fraternal relations are confined to his membership in the
Independent Order of Foresters. He takes an active interest in public affairs,
particularly those of a political nature, and served for three years as councillor
in Richmond. Mr. McDonald is one of the substantial agriculturists of his
community, where his prosperity is recognized as the result of thrifty and
diligent habits.
EDWARD OSCAR WESTON.
Edward Oscar Weston, a well known business man of Victoria, connected
with the firm of Stinson, Weston & Pearce, real estate and investments, is a na-
tive of London, Ontario, born January 16, 1870, a son of Peter and Emma (By-
field) Weston, the former born in Nottingham and the latter in London, England.
Both the paternal and maternal grandparents were natives of England and the
paternal grandfather was a prominent lace manufacturer in Nottingham. Peter
Weston emigrated to Canada in 1842, and located in London, Ontario, where he
followed the woodworkers' trade in a business carried on by himself. He did
all the pillar and baluster work in St. Paul's cathedral and filled a number of
other important contracts. He retired from active life in 1892 and his death
occurred in 1896. He had survived his wife, who passed aw^ in 1885.
Edward Oscar Wetson acquired his education in the public schools of Lon-
don, Ontario, and at the age of sixteen years laid aside his books, entering the
service of a hardware concern with which he remained identified for two years.
In 1888 he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and there worked in various capacities for
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company until 1891, when he became asso-
ciated with the Deering Harvester Company in charge of the sales accounting
department. This responsible position he held until the reorganization of the
company in 1901, when the concern became the International Harvester Com-
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 473
pany. Mr. Weston remained with this company in an executive capacity until
1908, resigning in order to become associated with the real-estate firm of Baird
4 Warner of Chicago. On the ist of January, 1910, he removed to Victoria and
resumed his connection with the real-estate business, entering the employ of
fracksell, Anderson & Company. At the end of one year he established himself
is an independent real-estate dealer and on the ist of January following formed
i partnership with J. O. Stinson and M. R. Pearce, organizing the firm of Stin-
ion, Weston & Pearce. Their offices are located at 214-215 Say ward building
ind there a general real-estate business is carried on, the firm acting both as agent
md principal. A specialty is made of dealing in inside properties and handling
nortgages and conservative investments and the firm also writes a great deal of
nsurance, acting as a.gent for the German American Insurance Company of New
fork. In 1911 Mr. Weston was instrumental in negotiating what was from a
inancial standpoint perhaps the largest transfer of timber land ever completed
• m Vancouver island. It represented a consideration of approximately two and
one quarter million dollars, the property being purchased by a German syndicate.
The firm is one of the best and most favorably known of its kind in Victoria and
:t controls a representative and growing patronage. Mr. Weston has extensive
mdividual real-estate holdings and is interested in several financial enterprises
in British Columbia. He is recognized as a far-sighted and discriminating busi-
ness man whose sagacity is far-reaching and whose integrity is beyond question.
In Belleville, Ontario, in 1888, Mr. Weston married Miss Rebecca Spear,
;. daughter of John and Mary Spear. The father was a native of Corn-
wall, England, and emigrated to Canada in 1852, locating in Belleville where he
tngaged in agricultural pursuits and where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs.
Weston have three children: Mary Olive, who married W. S. Nason, of Victoria;
Leonard Spear, associated with the Times Publishing Company of Victoria; and
Rebecca Louise, who is attending school in Victoria. The family residence is at
Ho. 19, Highland drive, Oak Bay, and is a comfortable and attractive home over-
1 >oking the sea and the Olympic mountains in the distance. Mrs. Weston is
; ctive in church organization work and is president of the Ladies' Guild of the
Metropolitan Methodist church.
Mr. Weston was a member of the Field Battery at London, Ontario, having
tnlisted for the purpose of going to the Northwest Territories at the time of the
Riel rebellion. However, the Field Battery was not called out and he saw no
active service. He is a charter member of Camosun Lodge, No. 60, A. F. & A.
M., and belongs to the Pacific and Progress Clubs of Victoria. He holds mem-
l ership in the Board of Trade and although he has always taken an active inter-
est in politics is independent, voting for the man on account of qualifications
rather than for mere party's sake. His religious views are in accord with the
coctrines of the Methodist church. Ability, integrity and industry have brought
I im success in business and his excellent personal qualities have won for him the
esteem and regard of all who have met him in a business or social way.
WILLIAM JOHN LUTLEY.
Among the younger set of able business men of Vancouver is William John
Lutley, who as secretary of Williams & Murdoflf, Limited, of Vancouver, occu-
pies an important position in the commercial life of the city. He is yet a
young man and his career is another proof of the fact that this is the age of the
ymng man's business success, — the young man who by his successful policies
proves the value of modern methods. Born in Exeter, England, on January
25, 1880, Mr. Lutley is a son of Samuel Baker and Mary Ann (Hayden) Lutley,
the father also a native of that city. He was a well known construction engineer,
a man of ability with more than local renown, and among other projects of
importance he built in part the Bombay and Thana canal in British East India.
474 BRITISH COLUMBIA
William John Lutley was reared amid the surroundings of a cultured home
and in the acquirement of his education attended Wellington College, in Somer-
setshire, entering upon a position in a wholesale drygoods house in London
after leaving school. He remained in the world's metropolis until 1904 and no
doubt its hastening life and overcrowdedness largely induced him to turn his
thoughts towards the favoring conditions prevailing in the great Canadian west.
A man of action, he soon transformed his ideas into reality and came to Arcola,
Saskatchewan, ready to engage in any work that his hands might be able to
perform and selecting farming as the most likely to bring the quickest success.
Conditions, however, did not come quite up to expectations and he concluded
that in the fast developing British Columbia there were still greater chances
for young men of his brains and ability and he therefore came to Vancouver,
where he located, becoming connected with the firm of Williams & Murdoff.
Soon gaining the confidence and commendation of those in charge because of
the ready adaptability with which he performed his duties he made himself
master of business procedures and details of operation. Upon the incorpora-
tion of the firm, in 1908, as Williams & Murdoff, Limited, Mr. Lutley became
secretary of the company and has since continued in that important office.
The firm largely carries on a general real-estate business and they are also
financial brokers. They are very heavy investors in realty, being especially
interested in farm properties in the interior. An optimist in the best sense of
the word, yet a man of logical mind and sound judgment, Mr. Lutley has largely
contributed to the success of the firm and has himself become an acknowledged
judge of real-estate conditions and values in this region. He firmly believes in
the great future of Vancouver and British Columbia and that property values
will yet rise to unprecedented heights. He gives proof of his firm belief in a
number of judicious investments which he has personally made in the city as
well as the province and his aggressive activities are not only leading him to pros-
perity but are a force in general advancement and development.
On August 30, 1906, Mr. Lutley was united in marriage at Washington, to
Miss Lucile Hopkins, of Michelston. County Meath, Ireland, youngest daughter
of the Rev. Francis Hopkins, chaplain to the bishop of Dublin. Mr. and Mrs.
Lutley have one son, Hayden. Both he and his wife are members of the Church
of England. Mr. Lutley is essentially a home man and is at his best at his own
fireside. However, he is popular in the business world on account of his open-
heartedness and frankness and the friends he has made in Vancouver are
numerous. Wherever known he enjoys the highest regard and confidence and
considered from every viewpoint must be counted a valuable addition to the
best class of citizenship of Vancouver.
JAMES WILSON.
The importance of his previous service in connection with interests of vital
worth and significance to the general welfare, well entitles James Wilson to enjoy
rest from further labor. It was ill health, however, that forced his retirement,
for he is a man of marked energy and enterprise, never happier than when
engaged upon the solution of some important professional problem. He was
born July 12, 1856, in Ontario, and is a son of James and Mary Ann Wilson, the
latter a daughter of Theophilus Smith, who came to Canada in 1809 from Woed-
enbeck, in Northamptonshire, England. He was a son of Captain Thomas Smith,
who was one of the advisors of the governor general of Western Canada at the
time of the War of 1812.
James Wilson, Sr., became a resident of Canada in 1855. He was a native
of Alnwick, Northumberlandshire, and a son of the Rev. Ralph Wilson, of Eng-
land, who died during the early childhood of his son, James Wilson, Sr. The
latter settled in Elora, Ontario, where his remaining clays were passed, and his
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B'RITISH COLUMBIA 477
wife also departed this life in that province. In their family were seven children:
James, of Vancouver ; Ralph and Hugh, who are residents of New Westminster ;
Theophilus, of Manitoba; Phyllis, of Ontario; Janet, wife of A. C. Fraser, whose
home is in Moose Jaw, he being inspector of the Canadian Pacific telegraph
system ; and a boy who died in infancy.
James Wilson remained in the province of Ontario until 1876, or until he
reached the age of twenty-one years. His educational opportunities had been
somewhat meagre, but in the school of experience he has learned many valuable
lessons, making him a well informed, efficient and resourceful man. In 1872
he took up the study of telegraphy in his native town and in 1873 moved to
Toronto. In 1876 he went to Nova Scotia, where he was placed in charge of
the cable office at Torbay Station for the Dominion Telegraph Company, contin-
uing there until 1878. He was then made inspector of construction for the com-
pany for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and in 1879 was superintendent of
construction for the same district for the company. In May, 1880, he was sent
to British Columbia as district superintendent of the Dominion Government
Telegraph System and thus continued until October, 1886, when the major por-
tion of the government lines were transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
He was then appointed superintendent of the Pacific division of the Canadian
Pacific Railway lines and remained in that position of responsibility and honor
until he was forced to retire because of ill health on the 3Oth of June, 1910. He
had gradually worked his way upward, advancing step by step, the exercise of
effort developing his latent talents and ability until he was qualified to superin-
tend most important interests.
In July, 1884, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Webster,
a daughter of George and Martha Elinor Webster, of Dresden, Ontario. George
Webster, who died at Dresden, was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland. After his
death Mrs. Webster was married to Hon. T. R. Mclnnes, of British Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have one child, Dr. George T. Wilson, who is a graduate of
the arts and medical departments of McGill University and is now practicing
in New Westminster.
Mr. Wilson and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, and in
his fraternal connection he is a Mason, having been affiliated with the order since
1878, his membership being now in Cascade Lodge of Vancouver. Mr. Wilson
has lived to see notable changes since coming to Vancouver. He was the first
Canadian Pacific Railroad telegraph superintendent to take up his abode in Van-
couver and when he took charge everything was in a crude condition, the com-
pany then having but one transcontinental wire. During his incumbency in the
office the system was developed until he was in charge of six transcontinental lines
in addition to operating nearly all the telegraph lines in British Columbia. The
steps in Mr. Wilson's orderly progression are easily discernible. From the out-
set of his business career he mastered every task that devolved upon him, and
from the faithful performance of his daily duties found strength and inspiration
for the labors of the succeeding day. Each forward step brought him a broader
outlook and wider opportunities, and he at length gained a position of prominence
in connection with the management of a telegraphic system of the northwest.
ARTHUR BRYAN WILLIAMS, B. A., J. P.
Arthur Bryan Williams is numbered among the representative and valued
citizens of Vancouver, where since 1905 he has ably and efficiently discharged
his duties as game warden of British Columbia and as justice of the peace for
the province. He has resided in British Columbia since 1888 but was born in
Lismany, County Galway, Ireland, December 8, 1866, his parents being David
Arthur and Mary S. (Cocksedge) Williams, natives of England, who after-
ward moved to Ireland, where the mother still resides.
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A. Bryan Williams acquired his education in the public schools of his native
city and at Cambridge University, from which he received the degree of B. A.
In 1888 he came to Canada and settled in British Columbia, where for fifteen
years thereafter he engaged in prospecting and mining in the interior, visiting
during that time practically every portion of the province and becoming familiar
with the different kinds of game and with the laws governing the hunting of
the same. His comprehensive knowledge along this line received official recog-
nition in June, 1905, when he was appointed provincial game warden, an office
which he has most acceptably and creditably filled since that time. He con-
ducts the affairs of his department in a businesslike way, studying conditions
and seeking to improve them, and he has accumulated some valuable statistics
concerning game destruction and preservation in British Columbia. In the
same year in which he received his appointment as game warden Mr. Williams
was made justice of the peace of the province and he still retains this position,
his services reflecting credit upon his ability and his public spirit.
In Vancouver, on the 2ist of January, 1902, Mr. Williams was united in
marriage to .Miss Alice Moens, of Blackheath, England, and they have become
the parents of a daughter, Mary Adeline. While at Cambridge Mr. Williams
served for two years as a private in the University volunteers and during that
time also became interested in athletics, an interest which he has carried for-
ward into his later life. In the early days in Vancouver he held an important
position on the local football team and was a member of the rowing crew. He
belongs to the Western Club of Vancouver and to the Union Club of Victoria
and he is well and favorably known in both cities, having during the twenty-
five years of his residence in the province gained an extensive circle of warm
friends.
ROBERT BLACKSTOCK.
Robert Blackstock, who was engaged in farming in the vicinity of Hammond,
was one of the well known residents of Maple Ridge municipality, where he held
the official position of both reeve and councillor. He was born at Lake Simcoe,
Perth county, Ontario, on the i6th of July, 1849, and was a son of Thomas and
Mary Anne (Strong) Blackstock, both of whom are deceased. George Black-
stock, a brother of our subject, is a well known resident of Haney, British
Columbia.
The son of a pioneer agriculturist of limited means, the early advantages
of Robert Blackstock were very meagre. Such education as he received was
acquired in the common schools of Essex and Listowel counties, Ontario, prior
to the age of nine years. His service being needed at home he then laid aside
his text-books and began assisting his father with the work of the farm. This
was before the advent of the modern agricultural implements, when the various
processes connected with the cultivation of the fields involved long and laborious
hours of toil, farm work being little less than drudgery from dawn to dark
during the growing season, and naturally the duties of Robert Blackstock were
many, and oftentimes taxed the endurance of the lad. Long before he had
attained his majority he was thoroughly familiar with the practical duties of the
agriculturist and was taking the place of a man about the farm. He remained
at home until he was twenty-five and then started out for himself. For a time
he traveled through different portions of the United States and Canada looking
over the country, and finally settled in the state of Washington. He took up his
residence there in 1874, and after engaging in lumbering for. four years came
to British Columbia. His destination was Victoria, but from there he later
went to Granville, now Vancouver, where he remained for a year. In the autumn
of 1879 he located in the vicinity of Hammond and there he engaged in lumber-
ing for ten years. At the expiration of that time he turned his attention to agri-
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cultural pursuits and for twenty years was actively engaged in farming, meeting
with a good measure of success in his undertaking.
On the 5th of July, 1883, Mr. Blackstock was married to Miss Mary Isaac, a
< aughter of William and Elmira Isaac, the ceremony occurring at New West-
i linster. Of this marriage there were born four children, as follows : Robert
I larold, Albert George, Nora M. and Tereca M.
Fraternally Mr. Blackstock was formerly affiliated with the Independent Order
c f Odd Fellows. His political support he gave to the conservative party and
f )r three years he served as reeve in the municipality of Maple Ridge, while for
several years he held the office of councillor. Mr. Blackstock worked hard from
eirly childhood and well merits such success as attended his efforts. He was
a man of good principles, honest and upright in his transactions, diligent and
e iterprising in his business methods, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of his
njighbors and fellow citizens. He died July 8, 1913, and his many friends felt
the deepest regret at his death because his was a well spent life worthy the
r :gard of all.
WILLIAM JAMES WHITESIDE, K. C.
The consensus of public opinion places William James Whiteside in the
f -ont rank among the barristers of New Westminster. He is practicing as a
n ember of the firm of Whiteside & Edmonds and the extensive clientage
accorded them is indicative of the ability which they display in handling intri-
cate and involved legal problems. Mr. Whiteside was yet a young man of
twenty-two years when he came to British Columbia in 1886, his birth having
occurred in the county of York, Ontario, on the i5th of January, 1864, his
parents being Thomas and Jane (McCowan) Whiteside. The father was also
a native of the county of York, while the paternal grandfather came from Ire-
It nd to the new world, settling in Ontario. The mother was a native of Scot-
land and in her girlhood accompanied her parents to Canada. The marriage
o Thomas Whiteside and Jane .McCowan was celebrated in Ontario and they
continued to reside for a number of years in York county, removing thence to
Oxford county, near Woodstock, where the latter passed away in 1911. The
f; ther, who made farming his life work, is now living retired in the village
0 Inniskip. In politics he is a conservative.
William James Whiteside was reared at home, acquiring his education in
the Toronto Collegiate Institute, following which he engaged in teaching school
fc r two and one half years. He regarded this, however, merely as the initial
stap to other professional labor, and with a desire to become a member of the
b; r he entered the law office of G. W. Badgerow, of Toronto, who was a mem-
hx-r of the local legislature from east York. Mr. Whiteside pursued his studies
under the direction of Mr. Badgerow for a year and then in 1886 came west
to British Columbia. Settling in New Westminster, he entered the law office
01 T. C. Atkinson, with whom he remained for three years and then finished
hi; studies with Armstrong, Eckstein & Gsynor. In 1890 he was called to the
b; r, after which he entered at once upon the active practice of law. He remained
alone for a year and then formed a partnership with Judge F. W. Howay, with
w iom he was associated for two years. He was next associated with the firm
of Corbould, McColl, Wilson & Campbell, for two years, after which Mr. White-
sMe entered upon active practice in partnership with the present premier, Sir
R chard McBride. A year later, attracted by the gold discoveries, he went to
Rossland and in that mining district practiced law for six years. In 1902, how-
e-\er, he returned to New Westminster and became one of the organizers of
ths firm of Morrison, Whiteside & McQuarrie, the senior partner being now
a member of the supreme bench. In 1905 Mr. Whiteside became a partner of
H. L. Edmonds, who is his present associate. For eight years they have con-
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tinued active at the New Westminster bar, the firm being recognized as one
of the strongest among the barristers of New Westminster. Mr. Whiteside
has always been a close and discriminating student of law and his knowledge
of legal principles is comprehensive and exact. Moreover, he is seldom if ever
at fault in the application of a legal principle and his reasoning is clear, con-
cise and convincing.
On the 3ist of October, 1893, Mr. Whiteside, was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Dalglish, a daughter of James Dalglish, a business man of Ottawa,
and they have become the parents of seven children : Isabelle Marjorie, William
Gordon, Jean Kennedy, Margaret Eleanor, James McCowan, John Dalglish
and Mary Beatrice, all yet at home.
Mr. Whiteside is a liberal in his political views. He is well known fra-
ternally, holding membership in King Solomon's Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M.,
and in the Royal Arch Chapter. He is likewise a member of Royal City Lodge,
No. 3, I. O. O. F. He belongs to the Westminster Progressive Association
and to the Burnaby Lake Country Club. Appreciative of the social amenities
of life, yet he never allows these to interfere with his professional duties. He
gives to his client the service of great talent, unwearied industry and rare learn-
ing, yet he never forgets that there are certain things due the court, to his own
self-respect, and above all to justice and a righteous administration of the
law, which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success will per-
mit him to disregard. He is able and faithful, and conscientiously ministers
in the temple of justice.
WILBER STANLEY SMITH.
The term of self-made man is truly applicable to Wilber Stanley Smith, who
from a humble position has raised himself to one of importance through his
own efforts based upon industry, energy and self-denial. Mr. Smith occupies
a foremost position among the business men of New Westminster, where he is
engaged in teaming and also deals extensively in coal and wood. He was born
in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, March 29, 1866, his parents being George F. and
Mary E. (Dean) Smith, both natives of that province. There the mother passed
away. The father came to British Columbia about 1870 and engaged in logging,
with which occupation he was identified for several years. He also spent a
year or more in the Cassiar mining district during the gold excitement there.
He died in Victoria in 1878, about eight years after coming to British Columbia.
Wherever known he was highly respected and was a member of the Masonic
lodge.
Wilber S. Smith was reared at home and received a meager education until
his twelfth year, when he went to work as a farm hand in his native province.
Three years later he crossed the border into the United States, spending four
years in various parts, and in 1888 came to British Columbia, where for nearly
two years he found employment in the lumber districts, after which he came to
New Westminster. After driving a' team for two months for another man he
bought a team and engaged in that business for himself. For the past twenty-
three years he has been prominently identified therewith, his trade connections
and annual income increasing as the years have passed. He has also since
engaged as a dealer in coal and wood and his various interests result to him in
gratifying financial returns.
On February 24, 1892, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Minnie Smith, of
St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and to them were born eight children, of whom six-
survive, namely : Hazel Mildred, Beryl Estelle, Wilber Gordon, Percy Raymond
and Kenneth Graham and Clyde MacKenzie, twins.
Since making his home in New Westminster, Mr. Smith has always actively
participated in all matters of public importance and has been a member of the
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< ouncil of New Westminster for one term in 1907. Not only has he witnessed
i he city grow from a small provincial town into one of the metropolitan
< enters of the Canadian west, but has been an active and cooperant factor in
] ringing about the transformation. Fraternally he is a member of Union Lodge,
>Io. $, A. F. & A. M.j and Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., being also a
member of the encampment and canton of the latter organization. Moreover,
1 e is affiliated with Granite Lodge, No. 16, K. P. Mrs. Smith is a member of the
JJaptist church, to which organization she gives her ready support, and is also
< onnected with charitable and other beneficent work in connection with that
institution. Highly respected and honored, both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are popular
ia social circles of New Westminster and enjoy the friendship of many.
ALEXANDER ROBERT MOWAT.
There is no more trusted, capable and reliable man in the employ of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company than Alexander Robert Mowat, of Van-
couver, who throughout forty years of earnest, conscientious and able service
i s an engineer has seen railroad history develop in Canada and has taken a
j rominent part in its making. During that time he has gained the trust and
1 igh regard of the officials of the company he serves and the confidence and
good-will of his associates and today there is no better known nor more widely
1 eloved resident of the city where he makes his home. He was born in Gait,
( Jntario, April 3, 1854, and is a son of A. H. and Barbara Mowat, distinguished
descendants of a noble Scotch family and for a number of years residents of
t le Shetland islands. The father served as deputy attorney of Wellington
cDunty, Ontario, and did a great deal of important and notable work in this
capacity. He and his wife have passed away.
Alexander R. Mowat acquired his education in the public schools of Merlin.
< >ntario, and after laying aside his books learned the carpenter's trade, at which
he worked for four years, becoming afterward an employe of the Grand Trunk
Railroad at Toronto, serving in the capacity of fireman from 1873 to 1880. He
vas afterward for three years on the run between Toronto and Stratford on
the Grand Trunk Railroad and he resigned in the spring of 1883 in order to
€ iter the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad as engineer, remaining active
ii this capacity since that time. As the rails were laid and the territory covered
b/ the road extended Mr. Mowat followed with his engine, running for two
y>:ars between Fort William and Calgary, Alberta, and finally becoming con-
n :cted with the Rocky Mountain division under James Ross, chief engineer of
construction. In charge of his engine he continued to follow up the work of
construction and was in charge of the engine which pulled the train carrying
tioops to quell the Riel rebellion. In the summer of 1885 the line was finished
t(> Port Moody. In 1886 he went to Montreal and brought an engine from that
city across the continent to Port Moody. The same year he ran an engine from
Port Moody to Kamloops and the next year the line was extended to Revel-
stoke. When the local train on the branch road from Seattle to Vancouver was
pit on Mr. Mowat was placed in charge of the engine and he continued in this
capacity for twenty years thereafter, years of hard and often dangerous work
and of conscientious and earnest service. In his day he has pulled trains carry-
it g many members of the nobility and notable personages in all ranks of life,
Lord Aberdeen being a frequent passenger, and at present, although Mr. Mowat
h is been forty years in the service, he is still active and hearty and always alert at
the throttle of the engine he loves. His present run is between Vancouver and
Agassiz.
Mr. Mowat married Mrs. Z. Alice Middlemas, a daughter of James and
Wary Dunlap, the former a prosperous farmer of Grinnell, Iowa. Mr. and
Mrs. Mowat have one daughter, Ruth Helen, who is attending school. They
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occupy a handsome home at No. 1212 Davie street, Vancouver. In 1900, when
Mr. Mowat purchased the lot, it was entirely unimproved and the street had not
yet been opened, only a path was running where handsome Davie street now is.
In politics Mr. Mowat pays little attention to party lines, voting always for
the man whom he considers best fitted for the position. Although he tak'es an
active and intelligent interest in the growth of the proving to which he came in
early times he is not active in public life, concentrating his attention upon his
duties as .an engineer. He is an enthusiastic gardener and a lover of all kinds
of outdoor sports, being especially fond of fishing and baseball. He has many
interesting recollections of pioneer railroad days in Canada, days when the
engineer's duty was never done, when he slept, ate and practically lived at the
throttle, responsible for the lives of the people in his charge. In those early
times Mr. Mowat knew many notable people and had friends among the Indians,
often conversing with Chief Crowfoot, of whom Ralph Connor makes mention
in one of his stories. His life is a record of daily duties conscientiously per-
formed, the years bringing him a high place in the confidence of his superiors and
the true success which lies in the consciousness of work well done.
FRANCIS KERMODE.
Francis Kermode, curator of the Provincial Museum of British Columbia at
Victoria and a naturalist of more than ordinary reputation and unusual ability,
was born in Liverpool, England, June 26, 1874. He is a son of Edward George
and Elizabeth (Newby) Kermode, natives of Liverpool, the paternal ancestors,
however, having come originally from the Isle of Man. Edward G. Kermode
was a shipwright by trade and for many years engaged in shipbuilding in his
native city. In 1881 he came to British Columbia, leaving his family in Liver-
pool, and a short time afterward moved to China, where he remained until 1883.
In that year he returned to this province and, locating in Victoria, decided to
make his permanent home in the city. He therefore sent for his family and they
arrived in this city November second of the same year. The mother passed away
in Victoria in 1892 but the father survives, living retired at the age of sixty-nine
years.
Francis Kermode was nine years of age when he arrived in Victoria and he
completed an education, begun in the parochial school of the Anglican church
in Liverpool, in the public schools of this city. At the age of fifteen he secured
a clerkship in one of Victoria's mercantile establishments, where he was employed
for about eighteen months. In September, 1890, he was appointed assistant
curator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum and here found work well
suited to his tastes and abilities and became a student of natural history. He
carried his researches far into the fields of this science and his work soon gained
for him wide recognition and a place among men of superior attainments in this
field. In February, 1904, he was made curator of the museum and has since
held this important position, his scientific knowledge and his interest in his
work making him reliable, accurate and painstaking in the discharge of his duties.
He is a member of the American Ornithologists Union, a charter member of
the American Museums Association, a member of the Natural History Society
of British Columbia, the National Geographical Society and the Cooper Ornitholo-
gists Club, and his ability is recognized and respected in scientific circles. His
research work in the field of natural history has added greatly to present-day
knowledge of this branch. He spends a great deal of time on shooting and hunt-
ing trips through the mountains of the province and has brought back many
specimens to the museum and was instrumental in the discovery of a new species
of bear named in his honor Ursus Kermodei. Professor Hornaday in his account
of the circumstances surrounding the finding of this species says : "In November,
1900, while making an examination of the skins of North America bears that were
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:o be found in Victoria, British Columbia, the writer found a very strange speci-
nen in the possession of Mr. J. Boscowitz, a dealer in raw furs. The skin was of
i creamy white color and very small. Mr. Boscowitz reported that it had come
o him from the Nass River country and that he had previously received four
)r five similar skins from the same locality. Although this skin was of small
;ize and had been worn by an animal no larger than a grizzly cub one year old,
he well worn teeth indicated a fully adult animal. Believing that the specimen
night really represent a new ursine form, it was purchased and held for corrob-
jrative evidence. In view of the multiplicity of new species and sub-species of
Morth American bears that have been brought out during the past ten years, it
s not desirable to add to the grand total without the best of reasons for doing
:,o. Four years have elapsed without the appearance of a zoological collector
•nthe region drained by the Nass and Skeena rivers, and further evidence regard-
ng the White Bear of British Columbia was slow in coming. At last, however,
ihe efforts of Mr. Francis Kermode, curator of the Provincial Museum at Vic-
loria, have been crowned with success, in the form of three skins in a good
: tate of preservation. They represent two localities about forty miles apart. The
•our specimens now in hand are supplemented by the statements of reliable per-
.ions regarding other white bear skins which have been handled or seen by them,
; nd were known to have come from the same region. Following the route that
; polar bear would naturally be obliged to travel from its most southern haunt
in Behring sea to the Nass river, the distance is about twenty-three hundred
i liles. But the teeth of these specimens show unmistakably that they are not polar
1 ears. There is not the slightest probability that albinism is rampant among any
c f the known species of bears of North America; and it is safe to assume that
these specimens do not owe their color to a continuous series of freaks of nature.
' 'here is no escape from the conclusion that a hitherto unknown species of white
I ear, of very small size, inhabits the west-central portion of British Columbia,
;.nd that it is represented by the four specimens now in hand. In recognition of
1 is successful efforts in securing three of these specimens the new species is named
i i honor of Mr. Francis Kermode."
On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Kermode was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Allan Fowler, a daughter of Dr. C. E. Fowler, one of the prominent
dentists of Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. Kermode have become the parents of a
daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, and a son, Edward Gordon.
Mr. Kermode is connected fraternally with Dominion Lodge, No. 4, 1. O. O. F.,
of which he is a past grand. He belongs to the Canadian Club and the Union
C lub of Victoria. He is widely known in scientific circles as a man of superior
a ;tainments and great ability as an investigator and in the private relations of life
hj holds the esteem and confidence of all who are associated with him.
HORACE JAMES KNOTT.
Horace James Knott is prominently connected with business interests of
\ ictoria as a member of the firm of Knott Brothers & Brown, Ltd., general
real-estate, insurance and financial agents, and his work in this connection, as
it all others which have claimed his interest and activity, has been progressive,
fur-sighted and constructive and has resulted in the attainment of a degree of
success which places him among the men of ability and power in the city. His
el Forts have extended to many other fields and he is especially active in the
work of the Methodist church and Sunday school, his religious activity form-
irg one of the vital interests of his life.
Mr. Knott was born in Cornwall, England, June 19, 1871, and is the third
Sdn of a family of seven children born to Robert and Elizabeth Jane (White)
Knott, natives of that locality. The parents emigrated to the United States in
and located in New Jersey, where the father followed the stone mason's
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trade for four years. At the end of that time the family moved to Canada
and the father engaged in general building and contracting for thirteen years
thereafter at Orono, Ontario. He moved from there to British Columbia and
in this province located in Victoria, where he continued in this line of work
until the time of his death, in 1896. He had survived his wife for some years,
her death having occurred in 1888. On both the paternal and maternal sides
Mr. Knott of this review is of English extraction, the paternal grandfather hav-
ing been a contractor and builder in England -and the maternal grandfather
having engaged in the nursery business there.
Horace J. Knott acquired his education in the public schools of Orono,
Ontario, laying aside his books at the age of twelve in order to learn the brick-
layer's, stone mason's and plasterer's trades under his father. At the end of five
years he moved to Toronto and there followed the same line of business for two
years, after which, in 1891, he came to Victoria, establishing himself in the con-
tracting and building business with his father and brother. Mr. Knott of this
review disposed of his interests in this concern at the end of one year and turned his
attention to the grocery business. When he next made a change in his active
interests he accepted the position of agent for the British Columbia Permanent
Loan Savings Company of British Columbia and in their interests acted as
stock salesman and manager for Vancouver island for eight years and a half.
During that time he became one of the most able representatives of the concern
and was intrusted by the company with the responsible duty of organizing their
business in the province of New Brunswick. In 1907 Mr. Knott resigned from
the employ of the British Columbia Permanent Loan Savings Company and
went to Vancouver, where he assisted in the organization of the National
Finance Company, Limited, holding the position of manager of this concern
for two years thereafter and acting as general superintendent for the following
two years and a half. At the end of that time he severed his connection with
the company, remaining, however, a director, and came to Victoria, where he
aided in the foundation of a new concern known as Knott Brothers & Brown,
Ltd., general real-estate, insurance and financial agents. This company does
a large insurance, real-estate and loan business, dealing principally in city prop-
erty, and as its president Mr. Knott holds an important position and has been
largely responsible for its rapid advancement. He devotes a great deal of his time
to outside work in connection with the business and by his ability, energy and
resourcefulness has developed the concern into one of the largest and most
prominent of its kind in the city.
On the i/th of February, 1895, in Victoria, Mr. Knott was united in mar-
riage to Miss Letitia Andrews, a daughter of Richard Bennett and Anne (Per-
ring) Andrews, natives of Devonshire, England. They emigrated to Canada
in the early '6os and located in Victoria, where the wife of the subject of this
review was born. The father was one of the pioneers in the Cariboo district,
having joined the rush of gold seekers to the fields of that region, but he after-
ward returned to Victoria, where he made his home up to the time of his death,
which occurred in 1896.
Mr. Knott is a trustee of the Metropolitan Methodist church and has been
for many years an active religious worker, doing a great deal to promote the
spread of the doctrines in which he believes and to advance the temporal inter-
ests of the church with which he is connected. He was for four years superin-
tendent of the Metropolitan Methodist Sunday school and was in 1910 a dele-
gate to the World's Sunday School Convention, held at Washington, D. C.,
and to the World's Missionary Conference, held at Edinburgh, Scotland. He
is now president of the Provincial Sunday School Association. He is chair-
man of the finance committee of the Fairfield Methodist church and is also a
trustee and a member of the quarterly official board. He is teacher of the
Excelsior Bible class and his religious activity has been fruitful of great good
in the city and province. Mrs. Knott also takes a great interest in church
affairs and ably supplements her husband's untiring work in the cause of
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Christianity. Mr. Knott is a member of the Canadian Club and is past presi-
dent of the Young Men's Christian Association, serving during the years 1906
and 1907. His political allegiance is given to the liberal party and he has at
all times taken an active interest in community affairs although he has never
sought nor held public office. His success in business has not been the result
of any fortunate combination of circumstances but is entirely due to his close
application and his honorable business methods which have inspired the con-
fidence and regard of all who are associated with him. Another important
factor in his prosperity has been his unshakable faith in .the future development
of Victoria and his optimistic belief in its resources and possibilities. He is
fond of all kinds of outdoor sports and gymnastics and is an enthusiastic auto-
mobilist, spending a great many of his leisure hours in this recreation. In busi-
icss circles of \ ictoria he is recognized as a man of unusual ability and fore-
sight, of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and in religious circles is
respected and esteemed as a man whose sincerity of purpose has united with
lis organizing ability to make him a great individual force in a notable work of
Christian service.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON.
Diversified farming and dairying engage the energies of William William-
•on, who is the owner of eighty acres of well improved land on Sea isle, in the
•icinity of Eburne. A native of Scotland, he was born in Fifeshire on the 24th
of November, 1851, and is a son of James and Mary (Taylor) Williamson,
•vho passed their latter days in Leslie, Fifeshire.
The early life of William Williamson was passed in the parental home.
He was given the advantages of a common-school education, terminating his
,'tudent days at about the age of sixteen years. Upon leaving school he entered
; linen mill, where he learned the bleacher's trade which he followed for nine-
teen years. Becoming dissatisfied with conditions as he found them in the old
country, and realizing that the future held but little promise of advancement,
lie resolved to come to America. Acting upon this decision he took passage
lor the new world, coming direct to British Columbia and Port Moody. As
there were no linen mills here it was impossible for him to find employment at
1 is old trade, and he therefore followed any line of work which enabled him to
tarn an honest living. For a time he assisted in installing the gas system in
New Westminster, and later he worked on the government roads, following
t ic latter occupation until he came to Sea island. Subsequently he leased two
\ undred and forty acres of land here which he cultivated for four and a half
)ears. At the end of that period he removed to a farm of a hundred and fifty
acres. After cultivating the latter place for ten years, he purchased the farm
vhere he now resides. During the eleven years of his ownership, Mr. William-
s >n has energetically applied himself to the further development of this prop-
erty with gratifying results. He formerly made a specialty of dairying, and
a: one time kept a herd of thirty-four cows. His attention is now almost
entirely devoted to farming, although he still raises some stock and keeps eight
horses and five cows. The property was entirely unimproved and uncultivated
\vhen Mr. Williamson took possession of it, but he has since erected a fine resi-
dence, barns and outbuildings, put in a water system and introduced various
other modern conveniences.
In April, 1879, Mr. Williamson was married to Miss Jane Ann Leard
Mackie, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Syne) Mackie, and to them have
b^en born the following children: James; Thomas; Elizabeth, the wife of
1 homas Peden, of Victoria ; and Mary, who married G. W. Boston, of Van-
couver.
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Fraternally Mr. Williamson is a member of the Independent Order of For-
esters. In matters of citizenship he is public-spirited and is an ex-councillor
of Richmond. He is an industrious man and since coming here has led a life
of marked activity and enterprise, the results of which are apparent in his well
improved and valuable farm.
HUGH JAMES SIMPSON.
Hugh James Simpson, of Kerrisdale, has for the past four years done efficient
and valuable service as chief of police of the municipality of Point Grey. His birth
occurred in Ayrshire, Scotland, on the igth of December, 1876, his parents being
John and Catherine (McNiven) Simpson. The father, a molder and pattern
maker by trade, removed from Ayr to Liverpool, where his demise occurred in
1877.
Hugh T- Simpson obtained his education at Largs Academy in Ayrshire and
subsequently attended the government school of forestry at Scone, Scotland, for a
short time. He was afterward connected with the land department at Ross-shire,
Scotland, for two years, then spent two and a half years in the land department
at Yorkshire and thence emigrated to Canada in 1904, becoming engaged in police
work at Cobalt, where he was located for a year and a half. On the expiration
of that period he entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway, becoming
master at arms of the western division, which entailed police work and necessi-
tated his presence in various ports of the Orient. He remained in that capacity
until 1909 and then became chief of police of the municipality of Point Grey,
which responsible position he has held to the present time. Chief Simpson has
ably and faithfully discharged the duties devolving upon him in this office, which is
one of the most important in the municipal government, organizing and systematiz-
ing the police force until it is now a credit to the province and a powerful and
effective factor in the quelling of lawlessness and the maintenance of peace and
order. His military record covers four years' service with the Seaforth High-
landers at Inverness, Scotland.
Fraternally Mr. Simpson is identified with the Masons, belonging to Mount
Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and being also senior deacon
of Mount Lebanon Lodge, under dispensation, of Point Grey. He is likewise a
member of the Loyal Orange Lodge and the United Service Club. His record well
deserves a place among those of the leading and representative citizens of the
province.
PERCY B. BROWN.
Percy B. Brown, who has won an enviable reputation in business circles
of New Westminster because of his successful operations as a real-estate broker,
managing director of the Edmonds Development Company and notary public,
maintains offices in the Merchants Bank building. His birth occurred in Ongar,
Essex county, England, on the nth of July, 1861, his parents being Charles and
Louisa (Hubbard) Brown, the former a native of Essex county and the latter
of Suffolk county, England. Charles Brown was engaged in merchandising at
Ongar for a half century or more and became a prominent factor in business
circles of his section. His religious faith was that of the Anglican church, in
the work of which he took an active and helpful part, serving for many years
as warden. Conscientious and charitable, his life was upright and honorable
in all respects and he enjoyed the high regard and esteem of all with whom he
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was associated. His demise occurred at Ongar in 1884. His wife passed away
when our subject was but six months old, the latter being thus deprived of a
Mother's love and care.
Percy B. Brown acquired his education at Halstead, England, and in 1877,
when a youth of sixteen, became associated with his father's business with
which he was identified for a period of twenty years. In 1903 he came to
Canada, locating in New Westminster, British Columbia, where he served as
; n accountant with T. J. Trapp & Company for three years. In 1908 he
(mbarked in the real-estate brokerage business on his own account and subse-
(Uently became identified with the Edmonds Development Company, of which
l.e has served as managing director. In these connections he has won a gratify-
ing and well merited measure of success and deserves recognition among the
1 rosperous and representative business men of New Westminster.
In Essex county, England, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Jeanie
Hasterton, of Kincardine, Scotland, by whom he has one son and five daughters,
as follows: Jeanie, who is a graduate of the Westminster high school; Charles
I'.., likewise a graduate of that institution, who is now employed in the engineers'
cepartment of the Burnaby Corporation; Christine L., a high-school student;
I'hyllis, who is pursuing a course in stenography at St. Ann's convent of New
Westminster; Gladys B., who is attending public school; and Nina F. B., also
a public-school student.
Mr. Brown is a member of the Burnaby Board of Trade and also belongs
t ) the Edmonds Club, serving as president of the latter. He is likewise con-
nected with the Sons of England. He and his family are of the Angelican faith,
belonging to St. Albans church of LSurnaby, in which Air. Brown has served as
varden for the past several years. His genuine worth and his devotion to all
tiat is right, just and elevating, make him a man whom to know is to respect
and honor.
JOHN C. McCURDIE.
John C. McCurdie, living in retirement in Vancouver, is numbered among
the pioneers in the city and among the men who from early times bore an active
and useful part in the work of its upbuilding. He was born at Hamilton,
Ontario, December 29, 1856, and is a son of Alexander and Mary McCurdie,
deceased, the former a tailor by trade, and both of whom came from Scotland.
John C. McCurdie acquired his education in the public schools of Restigouche
county, New Brunswick, where his parents had removed from Hamilton,
Ontario. After laying aside his books he turned his attention to the lumber
business, which he followed for a number of years. He later spent one year
a; a locomotive fireman and at the end of that time came to British Columbia,
hnding in Vancouver in 1887. After his arrival he turned his attention to the
contracting business and in the early days laid a great many of the wood side-
walks with which the city was provided. As the community advanced and
c< orient took the place of wood in sidewalk construction Mr. McCurdie turned
his attention to another field of labor, entering the shops of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. For sixteen years thereafter he continued at that occupation, winning
daring that time the confidence and esteem of his employers and the respect
a id good-will of his associates. In 1910, feeling that he had won a period of
leisure by his many years of labor, he retired from active life and has since
enjoyed a well earned rest.
Mr. McCurdie is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and belongs
to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Pioneer Association. His
political views are in accord with the doctrines of the liberal party and he is
progressive and public-spirited in matters of citizenship although not active as
ai office seeker. He owns a considerable amount of property in Vancouver
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and his own home is located at No. 1038 Davie street. He took up his resi-
dence here twenty-six years ago and built one of the first houses in the localitty
upon a lot which was on the very outskirts of the city and in the midst of dense
woods. The growth of the city, however, has long since reached beyond this
place, which is today one of the finest residence streets and almost in the heart
of Vancouver. .Mr. McCurdie has made his home in this city for over a quarter
of a century and has witnessed practically its entire development, aiding to the
extent of his ability in the great work of upbuilding and growth. He has an
extensive circle of friends here, his many sterling qualities of character having
throughout the years gained him the respect and esteem of all who have come
in contact with him.
ERNEST WILLIAM BECKETT.
A spirit of enterprise and progress has actuated Ernest William Beckett
in all the activities of his business career and has been an important factor in
the success which has attended him through the years, bringing him finally to
the position of crown timber agent for the New Westminster district, where
he is known as one of the most capable and efficient representatives of the
Dominion government. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec province, on the
3 1st of October, 1857, and is a son of Henry R. and Mary (Earley) Beckett,
the former a native of Sherbrooke and the latter of the north of Ireland. The
Beckett family was founded in Canada by the paternal grandfather of the
subject of this review, Henry Beckett, who came from Berkshire, England, about
the year 1818 and was one of the first to settle upon the present site of
Sherbrooke, Quebec. He married there and his son Henry R. there grew to
manhood, moving in 1885 to British Columbia, where he and his son established
brickyards at Port Haney. Here the remainder of his life was spent, his death
occurring about the year 1899. His wife survived him some years, dying
about 1905.
Ernest William Beckett was reared in Sherbrooke and acquired his educa-
tion in the public schools of that city. After he laid aside his books he formed
a partnership with his father in the contracting and building business, and they
built up an extensive and lucrative patronage along this line, manufacturing
their own building materials in the brickyards, the lumberyards and the stone
quarries which they owned and operated. In 1885 he accompanied his parents
to British Columbia and in Port Haney he and his father opened a large brick-
yard, confining their attention to the manufacture of brick and becoming well
known as prosperous and representative business men. Mr. Beckett of this
review was soon carried forward into important relations with local public
affairs and in 1888 was appointed clerk of the municipality of Maple Ridge,
subsequently acting as assessor and later as collector, serving the municipality
in an able and efficient way for twenty-four consecutive years and discharging
his duties during that time in a manner which reflected credit upon his ability
and his public spirit.
Mr. Beckett was appointed to his present position of crown timber agent for
the district of New Westminster in 1912 and in that year removed to this city
and took up the duties of his new office. In their discharge he has proven
capable, reliable and far-sighted, the same qualities of energy, discrimination
and initiative which formed the basis of his prosperity in business aiding him
greatly in the successful development of his official career. In New Westminster
he is already recognized as a trusted government servant, a man of tried loyalty
and effective public spirit, whose political honor is beyond all question and who
never sacrifices the public good for his personal gain.
Mr. Beckett married, in May, 1884, Miss Mary McSwiggin, of Sherbrooke,
a daughter of John McSwiggin, a retired farmer residing in that city. To Mr.
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jitid Mrs. Beckett have been born four children, three of whom survive, two
sjns being in the northwest and one daughter at home.
Mr. Beckett is well and prominently known in fraternal circles, holding
i lembership in Victoria Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M., of Sherbrooke, and the
chapter at Sherbrooke ; Court Friendship, No. 5, C. O. F., of the same city,
and Maple Leaf Lodge, No. 17, A. O. U. W., of Port Hammond. He is a
member of the Maple Ridge Board of Trade and still interested in the growth
and progress of the municipality which he served so ably for almost a quarter
of a century. He gives his political allegiance to the conservative party, taking
a :i intelligent interest in public affairs, although not an active politician. His
vife is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Beckett has joined the
I regressive Association of New Westminster and is rapidly becoming a leader
in the promotion of projects and measures for the general welfare, his name
b.'ing held in high respect and honor among the men interested in civic develop-
ment. During the short period of his residence here he has gained the confidence
a id regard of all who are associated with him, and is accounted a valuable addi-
tion to the ranks of New Westminster's able and successful citizens.
JOSEPH WILLIAM FOSTER MILLER.
One of the valuable farms of Sea isle is that of Joseph William Foster Miller,
w hich contains a hundred and ten acres of fertile land. Here for many years
he has engaged in diversified farming and dairying, meeting with a good meas-
u 'e of success. He was born in Swansea, South Wales, on the 251)1 of October,
i;tf>4, and is a son of Richard and Sarah (Jobson) Miller. The father was a
c; ptain on a sailing vessel and was drowned at Matamoras, a port on the Gulf
o Mexico. The mother, who was a native of Berwick, England, died in Swan-
sea, South Wales.
The education of Joseph Miller was begun in the schools of Kirkbean, Scot-
laid, and completed in those of Lanark county, Ontario, his student days being
terminated at the age of sixteen years. Upon leaving school he began earning
his own way, his first work being on a farm in the province of Ontario. He
remained there until 1882, when he came to British Columbia, via San Francisco
and Victoria, and joined an uncle, James Miller, who was a pioneer of Sea isle.
For a time he worked for his uncle by the month, but later they formed a part-
ntrship and bought two hundred and ten acres of wild land, a hundred and ten
of which constitutes the present farm of Mr. Miller. During the winter months
this tract was under water the greater part of the time, but they knew the soil
w is very rich and that sometime it would be a valuable holding. They imme-
di itely set about constructing dykes, clearing the land and preparing it for cul-
tivation. As his circumstances have permitted Mr. Miller has made extensive
in provements on the place, including the erection of a fine residence, large barns
ai d the introduction of many modern conveniences. He is very proud of his
farm, as he well may be, as it is not only a desirable place of residence but
at nually yields him an income which is more than adequate for the needs of him-
se f and family. His principal crops are hay and grain and in connection with
thi tilling of his fields he engages in dairying, realizing gratifying returns from
both lines of his business.
Mr. Miller was married on the 25th of November, 1891, to Miss Isabella
\\ yatt, of London, England, and they have the following children : Ethel, the
wife of D. M. Wilson, of Sea isle; Eleanor, who is eighteen years of age; and
\\ illiam Richard, a youth of fifteen years. The two last named are living at
home.
In his political views Mr. Miller is a liberal and for the past two years has
bean serving as a councilor in the municipality of Richmond, having been elected
by acclamation. He is a man of earnest purpose, upright principles and un-
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ceasing diligence, and to these qualities must be largely attributed the prosperity
he has achieved. Both as a private citizen and a public official he is held in
high esteem in his community, where his fellow townsmen have ever found him
to be honest and honorable in his transactions.
PETER DAVIDSON MAcSWEEN, D. D. S.
Since making his initial step in the professions, Dr. Peter Davidson MacSween
has been continuously connected with such interests and activities, having for
a number of years engaged in teaching e'er entering upon dental practice in
which line he has achieved eminence and success, being a partner in the firm
of Holmes, MacSween, Jones & Hacking, which ranks among the foremost of
the representatives of the dental profession in the province. His birth occurred
at Kincardine, Ontario, June 5, 1878, his parents being Malcolm and Margaret
(MacDonald) MacSween. The mother died in 1907.
In the acquirement of his education Dr. MacSween attended the Uni-
versity of California, from which he was graduated with the D. D. S. degree
in 1906. He is a licentiate of dentistry of the province of British Columbia and
has been a student in the Haskell Post-Graduate College of Chicago. In early
manhood he devoted five years to the profession of teaching, which he followed
in the public schools of this province, but since preparing for dental practice
he has given undivided attention to the profession, in which his progress has
been continuous, bringing him to a notably prominent position among the more
successful representatives of the calling in British Columbia. He is now serving
as a member of the dental board of examiners for the province.
On the igth of August, 1903, at Eburne, British Columbia, Dr. MacSween
was married to Miss Charlotte Bonnalie, a daughter of William Bonnalie, of
Eburne. The children of this marriage are Ruth, Jessie, Malcolm and Evelyn.
Dr. MacSween belongs to the Masonic fraternity and exemplifies in his life
its beneficent principles. He is also a member of the Presbyterian church and
contributes generously to its support. He belongs to the New Westminster
Club and to the Board of Trade, in which connection he heartily cooperates
in the various movements promulgated for the substantial improvement of the
city. He stands as a high type of Canadian manhood and citizenship and is
esteemed no less for his personal worth than for his high professional attain-
ment.
FRANCIS WHITE PETERS.
Step by step Francis White Peters has advanced in his chosen field of labor,
meeting the most rigid requirements of railroad service, and he is today general
superintendent of the British Columbia division of the Canadian Pacific, with head-
quarters at Vancouver. He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, in 1860, a son
of William Tyng Peters, barrister. His educational opportunities were those
afforded by the St. John grammar schools and his initial step in the business world
was made in connection with the Intercolonial Railway as telegraph operator in
1874. Fidelity, capability and trustworthiness have constituted the foundation
upon which he has builded his business success. These qualities have won him
continuous advancement from one position of responsibility to another of still
greater importance. The successive stages in his progression are indicated in the
fact that he has been relieving agent and assistant agent at Newcastle, New Bruns-
wick, for the Intercolonial Railway, agent at Chatham Junction and relieving agent
and agent at Flint, Battle Creek and Olivet, Michigan, following his entrance into
the service of the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway in 1880. In October of the
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f Allowing year he entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Winni-
peg in the capacity of billing clerk and afterward was made cashier. In April,
1 382, he was made agent at Brandon and spent seven years there, after which he
v as transferred, in 1889, to Port Arthur as agent. From June of the latter year
until 1896 he was freight agent at Winnipeg and was then made assistant gen-
e ~al freight agent of the Kootenay district, in which capacity he continued for
f mr years. In 1900 he became general freight agent of the Pacific division at
A ancouver and so continued until 1903, when he was made assistant freight
taffic manager of the western lines, with headquarters at Winnipeg, where he
spent the succeeding five years. All through this period his responsibilities and
daties were increasing and from 1908 until 1912 he was assistant to the vice
president at Winnipeg. In May of the latter year he was made general super-
ii tendent of the British Columbia division, with headquarters at Vancouver, and
it today one of the prominent representatives of railway interests in the west,
oxupying a position demanding strong executive power and administrative
ability.
At Winnipeg, in 1884, Mr. Peters was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude
Vrynyard Hurd. They are members of the Church of England and Mr. Peters
g ves his political allegiance to the conservative party but his interest in politics
it merely that of a public-spirited citizen. He is a member of the Manitoba Club
o Winnipeg, the Ranchmen's Club of Calgary, the Union Club of Victoria and
tl e Vancouver Club of Vancouver. Attractive social qualities have made him
popular in all these organizations with which he is identified and he is everywhere
ai corded a tribute of respect and admiration for what he has accomplished since
n:aking his initial step in railway circles.
HENRY MOREY.
Henry Morey, for the past twenty-seven years continuously and prominently
identified with business interests of New Westminster as a member of the firm
oJ H. Morey & Company, stationers and book dealers, is one of this city's most
piogressive and successful native sons. His birth occurred on the 22d of Decem-
ber, 1862, his parents being Jonathan and Frances (Cobbe) Morey, the former
a native of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and the latter of Chichester, Sus-
sex. Their marriage occurred in England and in 1858 they came to Canada,
the father being a sergeant in the Royal Engineering Corps. He made the journey
around the Horn with a detachment which was sent out at that time to the gold
fit Ids in the Cariboo country and in this way became one of the first colonizers
in the province, aiding in the construction of five hundred miles of road into that
district and laying out and building thoroughfares throughout all of British
Columbia. After two years Jonathan Morey received his honorable discharge
at New Westminster, where for a number of years he served in a capable and
efiicient way as chief of police. He died in September, 1884, in the sixtieth year
of his age, and his death deprived New Westminster of one of its most valued
and representative citizens. His wife survived him many years, dying in April,
1931, when she was eighty years of age.
Henry Morey was reared in his parents' home and acquired his education in
tlv; public schools of New Westminster and under private tutors. From his
childhood he had exhibited a marked talent in music and in 1885 went to Leipzig,
G< rmany, where for the following year he took special courses in this art, which
has been a source of great pleasure and comfort to him in later years. He
w; s for a long period choirmaster and organist in Holy Trinity cathedral,
New Westminster, but has recently retired from active musical work and now
pi; ys only for the amusement and entertainment of himself and his friends. In
i8.% Mr. Morey established in New Westminster the business with which he is
now connected, founding the firm of H. Morey & Company which for the past
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twenty-seven years has been recognized as one of the strongest and most reliable
of this kind in the city and as a powerful factor in commercial circles. A great
deal of the credit for the continued growth and expansion of the concern is due
to its founder, Mr. Morey, who has through the years steadily adhered to high
standards of business integrity, has given largely of his time and energies to the
expansion of the enterprise, has studied modern merchandising and has applied
his knowledge in a practical and constructive way. The company carries a
complete line of high-class stationery and books and its policy has been one
of honor and uprightness, so that the name of H. Morey & Company in New
Westminster is a synonym for integrity and for straightforward business deal-
ings.
Mr. .Morey is connected fraternally with Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F.,
and the Native Sons of British Columbia. He belongs also to the New West-
minster Board of Trade, taking an active and helpful interest in community
affairs and doing all in his power to promote business advancement. He is very
fond of music and also takes great delight in fishing, spending a great many of
his leisure hours in that recreation. A member of the Church of England, he
is an active religious worker and for a number of years past has done capable
work as warden of St. Helen's church in South Westminster. He is one of the
representative business men and exemplary citizens of his native community,
where he enjoys the respect and confidence of all who are associated with him.
EDWARD STOUT.
Throughout an honorable and upright, yet adventurous life Edward Stout
has left a deep impress upon the history of British Columbia, upon its pioneer
development, the advancement of its mining industry and, in fact, upon practically
every line of progress and upbuilding. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, Septem-
ber 26, 1827, and in his infancy was left an orphan. He, however, acquired an
excellent education in the public schools of his native country and remained in
Bavaria until he was twenty years of age. At that time he crossed the Atlantic
and went immediately to the central portion of the United States, where he joined
his uncle, Captain Stout, on a steamer operating on Lake Michigan. He remained
connected with inland navigation in this way until 1849, when he left Milwaukee
and started across the plains to California, journeying with ox teams and driv-
ing a herd of cattle. He went through the Black Hills by way of Salt Lake to
Eldorado county, where he worked in the gold mines and prospected with fair
success until 1858. In that year he went to San Francisco and there hired a
schooner and with it came north, taking his supplies to Bellingham, Washington,
where he built two flat-bottom boats and made his way thus up the Fraser river,
which he entered May 2, 1858, arriving at Yale on the 2Oth of May of the same
month, James McClennan, Archie McDonald and "Old Texas" being also of the
party. They mined and prospected in the lowlands for some time but found the
gold there too fine to be taken out and therefore they started up the Thompson
river in search of new fields. Mr. Stout was present at the great Indian massacre
in 1858 and was one of the few survivors of the party of twenty-six, most of
whom were killed by the savages before Captain Schneider and his rescue party
arrived at China Bar. Mr. Stout was shot nine times by Indian arrows and still
bears the scars of that conflict. In 1859 he mined throughout the district lying
between Yale and Yankee Bar and in the following year walked all the way to
Cariboo, a distance of over four hundred miles. In 1861 he was a member of a
party which journeyed to Williams creek in search of gold and which later dis-
covered Stout's gulch. Mr. Stout led an outdoor life at this time, tinged with
romance and touched with adventure but filled at all times with privations and
dangers. Each fall he would take an Indian canoe and paddle to New Westminster
and in the spring he operated a boat carrying freight for the Hudson's Bay Com-
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p. my and Captain Irwin. His vessels bearing supplies for the Cariboo Company
went up the river to Lytton, where they connected with the pack teams. Mr.
S out remained in the Cariboo district for ten years, after which he came to
\ ale and established his residence here, where he is still active in mining and
p ospecting.
In 1873 Air. Stout was united in marriage to Miss Mary Thorpe, of Yakima,
Washington, and they have three children, Mrs. Maggie Masterson, Mrs.
D lisy Taylor and Mrs. Ella Barry. Something of the ruggedness and force of
tl e country which he helped to conquer is in his character and also the indomitable
will and high integrity of this country's worthiest pioneers. In the eighty-
seventh year of his age he can look back upon a career rilled with hard work and
lasting achievement and upon a life which has been long and honorable both in
di eds and years.
JOHN S. RANKIN.
John S. Rankin, who has won an enviable reputation and made a creditable
re:ord in business circles of Vancouver, has for the past two decades been suc-
cessfully identified with autioneering, real-estate and mining operations. His
bi th occurred in Northampton, New Brunswick, in 1860, his parents being James
andLydia (Shea) Rankin, natives of Scotland. The father was an agriculturist
b} occupation. Both Mr. and Mrs. James Rankin passed away in New Bruns-
wick.
John S. Rankin obtained his education in the Royal Institution of Liverpool,
England, and after leaving school entered the office of a timber broker. At the
age of twenty-two years he went to India and was there identified with the cut-
to i spinning business for a period of eight years. In 1893 ne camc t° Vancouver,
Bi itish Columbia, and here has since been engaged in auctioneering, real-estate
and mining operations. He is perhaps best known as an auctioneer, having con-
ducted a number of very important sales of property in Vancouver for the govern-
ment, including the Hastings town site and Point Grey. For the year 1911-12
he served as president of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, of which he was one
of the early members. He has likewise been a director of the Vancouver Trust
Cc mpany since its inception.
On the 22d of December, 1898, in Vancouver, Mr. Rankin was united in
m; rriage to Miss Elizabeth M. Macklin, of that city. They now have three chil-
dren: Helen, Elizabeth and John S., Jr. Mr. Rankin is a conservative in politics
and an active worker in the ranks of the party. For one year he served as
pr:sident of Ward I Conservative Association. He belongs to the Western
Clib and is likewise a member of St. John's Presbyterian church. He is inter-
ested in gardening and belongs to the City Beautiful Association, while his wife
is a member of the Studio Club.
GORDON BRUCE CORBOULD.
One of the most public-spirited, able and successful men in New Westmin-
ster at the present time is Gordon Bruce Corbould, prominent in business circles
| as i member of the firm of Diamond & Corbould, dealers in real-estate and insur-
'. an -e and well known throughout the city as a veteran of the Boer war and as a
j lojal and progressive citizen. He was born in Southampton, England, on the
i 6th of October, 1877, and is a son of Gordon E. and Arabella Almond (Down)
i Corbould, of whom extended mention appears elsewhere in this work.
Gordon B. Corbould was still a child when his parents came to New West-
' mi ister and in the public and high schools of this city he acquired his preliminary
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education. He was afterward a student in Columbia College and in St. Paul's
school at Esquimalt and then entered a private school known as Green's College,
in Victoria. He completed his studies at Wheathem College in Vancouver and
then, splendidly equipped to take his place in the world of business, entered his
father's office, where he remained for two years. Upon the outbreak of the
Boer war he enlisted in A Company Second Battalion (S. S.) R. C. R., and as
corporal of his company served in South America, enlisting on the 2ist of October,
1899, and receiving his honorable discharge December 23, 1900. With a credit-
able military record he returned home and was afterward variously employed,
prospecting, surveying, building canneries and doing all kinds of work along this
line. In 1902 he was one of the New Westminster contingency which attended
the coronation services of King Edward in England and three years after his
return he became connected with the accident insurance business, the enterprise
which he founded at that time being the forerunner of his present concern. In
1907 he formed a partnership with John H. Diamond and they have since engaged
in the general insurance and real-estate business in New Westminster' under the
name of Diamond & Corboukl. This is one of the strongest and. most reliable
firms of its kind in the city and a great deal of the credit for its remarkable
expansion is due to Mr. Corbould's energy, ability and business acumen, for he
has applied himself assiduously to make the business grow along modern and
constructive lines and has been an important factor in directing its development.
The firm controls a large and growing patronage and its name stands for business
reliability and enterprise. In business circles of New Westminster Mr. Corbould
is widely and favorably known, being recognized as a man whose sagacity is far-
reaching and whose business integrity is beyond reproach.
Mr. Corbould married on January 29, 1908, Miss Maud Agnes Charleson,
of New Westminster, a daughter of Alexander Charleson, for many years past
identified with the lumber industry in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Corbould have
become the parents of three sons, Gordon C., Donovan D. and Kenneth Bruce.
The parents are members of the Church of England and fraternally Mr. Cor-
bould is identified with Lewis Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. M. He belongs to the
Westminster Club, the British Columbia Golf Club, the Badminton Club and the
Westminster Tennis Club and he takes great delight in such outdoor sports as
motoring, golf, tennis, fishing and boating, in all of which he is unusually pro-
ficient. There is no more favorably known man in New Westminster at the
present time than Mr. Corbould, for he possesses in his personality the elements
which make for popularity, and he adds to these many sterling qualities of char-
acter, being reliable in business, loyal in citizenship and faithful to all the ties and
obligations of life.
PETER WESTOVER.
An efficient public servant, one of the first pioneers in Lynn Valley and a man
of character and ability, Peter Westover rose from humble circumstances to a sub-
stantial and honorable position by his own efforts and is now highly respected
and esteemed in the North Vancouver district, in which he holds the office of
councilor. Born near Guelph, Ontario, in the township of Erin, August 25, 1868,
his parents were Jacob and Mary Westover, both born in Canada. The father
has passed away.
Peter Westover received an education equivalent to a public-school course
and as his parents were in straitened circumstances it was necessary for him to
earn his own support at an early age. His career during his young manhood was
one common to many men who have to make their living. He worked in
various parts of the country at any honorable occupation which would furnish
him a livelihood and had a varied career, gaining therein experience as to man-
kind and conditions in many parts of the country. Being much exposed to all
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k nds of weather, he early contracted rheumatism and enjoyed not the best of
h:alth when he landed in British Columbia in 1890. In those days there was
not much choice of an occupation, the chief industry being lumbering. There-
f< re, he naturally became connected with that line and has practically ever since
been engaged in the woods, although he has of late largely retired from active
\v:>rk, devoting most of his time to his official duties. About fifteen years ago
hi came to Lynn Valley, and here settled in what was then a wilderness. In
fact, he was, after Air. Fromme, the second settler in the valley. He has become
a loyal adherent of the little city and whenever the occasion arises sets forth
it; advantages. Largely through his efforts and public-spiritedness Lynn Val-
le .' and its vicinity have made great strides toward civilization and a modern
ciiy.
On December 25, 1900, Mr. Westover was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Si lith, of Toronto, and they have one child, Olive Margaret, who is attending
th ; public schools of Lynn Valley. Mr. Westover is a devoted husband and
fa her and finds his greatest happiness at his own fireside. Because of this love
of home he does not belong to any societies. In religious faith he and his family
ar- members of the Methodist church. He enjoys outdoor life, finding recreation
in fishing, boating and hunting. The family home, which is one of the most
be mtiful in the valley, is often the meeting place of a charming circle of
frjends.
Mr. Westover has always interested himself in matters of public importance
an 1 especially has taken pains to further the cause of education as school trus-
tee of his district. Every force or effort to raise the intellectual, moral or
m; terial standards of his district and city receives his indorsement and he is
therefore a serviceable factor in the general advancement. He has made a
highly creditable effort, his course being marked by steady progress gained
thiough the ready utilization of every opportunity that has presented itself
an 1 based upon the old-fashioned virtues of industry and honesty, combined with
an ever-burning desire to attain a substantial place among his fellows.
MALCOLM RAMSAY WELLS.
Malcolm Ramsay Wells, known as the pioneer real-estate dealer of Point
Gr :y, controls today an important and extensive patronage along this line and
ha; besides other profitable business connections in the community, notably that
with M. R. Wells & Son, proprietors of a large automobile agency and garage.
: He was born in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, May 28, 1858, and is a son of
j William and Barbara (Ramsay) Wells, the former a son of James Wells, who
carie from Glasgow, Scotland, to Canada in 1801, settling at Alberton (then
! called Cascumpeque), Prince Edward Island, where he engaged in farming until
i his death. His son, William Wells, father of the subject of this review, became
| ont of the foremost citizens in his section of Prince Edward Island, where he
engaged extensively in farming and milling, building and operating the first flour
am sawmill in that locality. As his sons grew to manhood he built mills for them
am started them in the same line of business, in which he continued to be actively
| engaged until his retirement a few years before his death.
, Malcolm R. Wells acquired his education in the public schools of Alberton
' and he learned the milling trade under his father, with whom he remained until
he ^vas twenty-one years of age. William Wells then built for his son Malcolm
a saw and gristmill at Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island, and this the latter operated
unt 1 1887, making the enterprise a profitable and important one. In that year
he hft his native province and came to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver,
;wh<re he was variously employed for some time, finally turning his attention to
'the contracting business. In that line of work he continued until 1897 and then
.resiming the occupation to which he had been reared, established a portable saw-
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mill at Central Park, where he continued until 1900, when he moved the mill to
Eburne. Here he carried on an extensive sawmill and lumber business under the
name of the Manitoba Lumber Company until 1908 and then turned his attention
to the real-estate business at Eburne, being one of the first to engage in that
line of work in what is now Point Grey. He is called the pioneer real-estate man
of this locality and still retains his connection with this field, his business having
reached gratifying proportions as a result of his sound judgment, his knowledge
of land values and his constant concern for his clients' interests. Mr. Wells
is likewise connected with the garage and automobile business operated under the
name of M. R. Wells & Son and has extensive and important business connections
of other kinds, standing today in a foremost position among reliable and sub-
stantial business men.
On the 2Oth of April, 1881, Mr. Wells was united in marriage to Miss Jessie
J. Hunter, a daughter of James Hunter, of Kilmahumaig, Alberton, Prince Ed-
ward Island, where his family came in 1872, from Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. and
Mrs. Wells became the parents of six children, four of whom are still living:
Isabel J.; Helen S., who married R. E. Hayward, of Portland, Oregon; William
Hunter, who is associated with his father in the automobile business ; and Annie
Jean.
Mr. Wells has resided in Vancouver and the vicinity for twenty-six years and
is therefore numbered among the early settlers in this locality. Since his arrival
lie has been prominent in the support of many measures for civic good, and has
been especially active in the affairs of Point Grey municipality, inaugurating many
projects of advancement and development and giving hearty and intelligent co-
operation to all movements of a progressive character. Upon the organization of
the municipality in 1908 he became a member of the first council for ward 4,
and was again elected in 1913, his work being always of a constructive character
and his influence ever on the side of right, reform and progress. While residing
at Central Park he was active in the affairs of that suburb and from 1906 to 1907
served as a member of the South Vancouver school board. He belongs to the
Terminal City Club of Vancouver and is active in the affairs of the Masonic
fraternity, having been for twenty-seven years connected with that organization.
He is at present worshipful master of Mount Lebanon Lodge, U. D., A. F. & A.
M., of Eburne, British Columbia. He is a liberal in his political beliefs, inter-
ested in public affairs without being active as an office seeker. He is and has been
for more than a quarter of a century one of the substantial business men and pub-
lic-spirited citizens of Vancouver, and holds the respect and esteem of all who
are brought in contact with him.
JOHN PATTINSON HALDON.
Success in business with John P. Haldon was won through close application,
unfaltering enterprise and perseverance. He was one of the pioneer builders
of Vancouver and many of the fine structures of the city stand as monuments
to his skill and ability. He left behind him a memory that is cherished by all
who knew him for his was not only an active, but also an upright, honorable life.
He was born at Alston, Cumberland, England, March 22, 1852, his parents
being William and Sarah Haldon, the former a contractor of that county. At
the usual age the son entered the public schools of his native town and after he
had finished his course there entered upon an apprenticeship to the carpenter's
trade under his father. After completing his term of apprenticeship he formed
a partnership with his elder brother and did considerable work in England, but
feeling that still broader business opportunities might be secured in the new
world, he left his native land in 1883 for Canada. He did not tarry on the
Eastern coast, but penetrated into the interior of the country, settling at Winni-
peg. He was not pleased with that city, however, and soon went to Medicine
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1 lat. From that place he continued on to Calgary and after a year spent in that
<. ity proceeded to Victoria. The year 1886 witnessed his arrival in Vancouver.
. v few months later occurred the fire, in which he and his family lost all their
j ossessions, so that he had to start in business life anew, being empty-handed and
\ -ithout financial resources. In 1887 he entered into partnership with Theodore
J lorrobin and the firm of Haldon & Horrobin erected many of the early and
sabstantial blocks in Vancouver. They are now regarded as the pioneer builders
cf the city. Among the principal buildings erected by them are the Province
building, the Hadden block, the Dominion Hotel and many other public struc-
t ires which are still important architectural features of the city. At length
ill health forced Mr. Haldon's retirement and he was an invalid during the
1; st seven years of his life.
On the 24th of April, 1883, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Haldon and
Miss Isabel Storey, the daughter of Thirlwell and Bessie Storey, the former a
c lemist. On the day of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Haldon started for
( anada and began life together in the new world. They became the parents of
t'vo children: Bessie, .who is at home with her mother, and William Thirlwell,
\\ho died on the I3th of November, 1907.
Mr. Haldon was a member of the Church of England, to which his wife still
belongs. .He was a man of domestic taste, devoted to his home and the welfare
of his family, and he never became affiliated with any clubs or societies. He
p issed away October 26, 1906, and in his death the community lost one of its
v ilued citizens, his associates a faithful friend and his family a devoted husband
and father.
HERBERT O. DEMPSTER.
Herbert O. Dempster, an expert surveyor who is retained in an official capac-
it • by the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, is a member of the firm
ol Sheehan, Duffy & Dempster, of Vancouver, engaged in inspecting and survey-
ing' timber and timber lands for clients. His birth occurred in Leeds county,
Oitario, in 1888, his parents being Thomas and Margaret (Hurst) Dempster,
w 10 were likewise born in Ontario and still reside in that province.
Herbert O. Dempster obtained his education in the graded and high schools
ol his native county and when a youth of fifteen years left home to make his
way to the western provinces, stopping at Winnipeg and the other small towns
th an encountered en route to Nelson, British Columbia. Leaving that place soon
afterward, he visited Spokane and the western and southwestern states and spent
considerable time in levee work in Missouri and Kansas. In 1904 he returned to
O itario and entered the School of Mines at Kingston, being graduated therefrom
with the degrees of B. Sc. and C. E. in 1908. Subsequently he was associated with
"V\ illis Chipman, consulting engineer of Halifax, in the installation of municipal
se .ver systems. He worked on plants at Kamloops, Portage la Prairie and Saska-
toon and had other smaller contracts. In the spring of 1909 he came to Van-
cojver, British Columbia, and in the following summer made a twelve-hundred-
m le surveying cruise for the provincial government by pack train. They entered
the interior at Bella Coola, going through to Ootsa lake and One Hundred and
Fifty Mile House via the old Palmer trail. During that summer they laid out
seventy-five thousand acres, coming out at Ashcroft over the Cariboo trail. Re-
tu -ning east, he spent the winter in Ontario and in the summer of 1910 went back
imothe same district, there spending the entire season. In 1911 he was with the
party that surveyed about eighty thousand acres between Clinton and Cariboo
Road and Quesnel. In November, 1911, he made a trip into the Kootenays, going
in from Golden and remaining until February, 1912. At the time he left that
di,--trict the thermometer registered 22° below zero. In 1912 he surveyed about
th rty-five thousand acres on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific for the province
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of Ontario and there remained until September. In that month he came to Van-
couver but immediately left with a party for the interior, going from Lytton to
Lillooet, a distance of forty-seven miles, which was covered in an auto. They
then took a pack train of thirteen horses, making a trip up the Bridge river and
surveying about twelve thousand acres of timber for clients. The task was com-
pleted on December i, 1912. Mr. Dempster is still retained as official surveyor for
the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia and enjoys an enviable reputation
in this connection. On the ist .of March, 1913, he joined the firm of Sheehan &
Duffy, of Vancouver, which has since been known as Sheehan, Duffy & Dempster.
He handles all of the surveying work of this concern and also takes care of a pri-
vate practice. The firm of which he is a member has a large consultation practice
among persons wishing to buy or sell timber or timber lands and who before
entering into negotiations for disposing of or purchasing property wish to have
expert advice and reliable statistics. Among their clients are some of the largest
firms on the Pacific coast. This is the only organized company in the province
conducting a business of this nature, and their opinions and reports are con-
sidered as authority. Mr. Dempster is a popular member of the University Club
and in business and professional circles has made a splendid record for one of
his years.
MAJOR CHARLES GARDINER JOHNSON.
Public opinion soon becomes cognizant of the standing of a business firm or
corporation and public opinion is not slow in according to the firm of C. Gardiner
Johnson & Company a position of distinction among ship and insurance brokers,
real-estate agents, commission merchants and importers and manufacturers' agents.
It is the oldest established business of its kind in Vancouver, and throughout
the years of its existence it has never deviated from the high standards set up
at the outset.
Major Johnson, president of the company, was born near Dunblane, Scotland,
February 8, 1857, a son of Robert and Charlotte Johnson. He received early
instructions in a private school at Leamington, Warwickshire, England, where he
remained for a year, and afterward attended "Clifton Bank" at St. Andrews,
Fifeshire, Scotland. In 1870, when a lad of thirteen, he was bound out for a
four-years' apprenticeship to the shipping firm of J. H. Ross & Company, of
Liverpool, in order to learn navigation and seamanship. He later sailed on a
clipper, Lake Leaman, trading between Liverpool and the east. Here he remained
for four years on that vessel and had many interesting and thrilling experiences,
as well as mishaps. On one occasion he fell from aloft and on another occasion
was lost overboard ; both instances almost costing him his life. At the close of
four years he passed the examination for second officer in Glasgow, but he had
not yet reached the age of eighteen and was forced to wait until he had done so
before he could be given his papers. He was then made junior officer of the
steamship Viking under Captain R. S. Tannock, who sailed the British yacht
Cambria against the American yacht Dauntless across the Atlantic and defeated
her. The Viking was wrecked on Bombay shoal and its officers and crew had to
fight for their lives against Chinese pirates. Subsequently Major Johnson be-
came an officer on a number of sailing ships, his last voyage being on the William
Davie, which was engaged in carrying emigrants from England to New Zealand.
He went from New Zealand to Australia, where he was in the employ of the
Australian Steamship & Navigation Company, now the Australian Union Steam-
ship Navigation Company, with which he remained until 1880, and for a time
was chief officer of a fine steamer.
In that year Mr. Johnson returned to England on the Orient Line steamship
Cusco with the intention of passing an examination for his master's papers and
to take a steamer back to Australia for his company. In that year, however,
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1 here was much talk in England about the wonderful possibilities for farming in
Manitoba, Canada, and catching the spirit of the times he took passage from
(Glasgow on the steamship State of Georgia, bound for New York, whence he
i lade his way to Winnipeg and from there went to the mouth of the Souris river at
i s confluence with the Assiniboine. There he began farming, taking up a large
t^act of land, to the development and improvement of which he devoted his atten-
t'on for two years, or until the memorable September, 1882, when a heavy early
frost killed the wheat crop of that country, at which time Mr. Johnson had two
1 undred acres planted to that grain. He next went to Brandon, Manitoba, where
1 e remained for several months, and in 1883 removed to Portage la Prairie. While
1 ving there he was appointed deputy sheriff and so continued until 1885, when he
lost his office through a change in administration. He then came to British
Columbia, arriving on the site of the present city of Vancouver, September 5,
1885. The metropolis of the province was then known as the village of Gran-
ville and gave little promise of what the future had in store for it. Mr. Johnson's
frst work of any consequence: after he arrived here was with the Canadian
I acific Railroad Company. He then pushed the construction work toward the
I acific, in surveying the town site of what is now Vancouver. His first work
v as to chain from the north end of the old Granville street to the inlet to the
north end of the street on False creek. This work required two days, as it was
through virgin forests. Mr. Johnson was living here at the time of the memorable
d'sastrous fire on the T3th of June, 1886, which completely destroyed the embryo
c ty. He nearly lost his life in fighting the flames, but remained at what he be-
li;ved to be his post of duty as long as he could be of service. Every phase of
\ ancouver's history during its pioneer development is familiar to him. He ar-
rived when Granville was little more than a hamlet, containing only a few houses
a:id but one or two streets. The greater part of the present site of the city
was covered with a dense growth of forest trees and the most far-sighted could not
have dreamed that within the short space of a quarter of a century this was to
become the metropolis of the northwest — an important city with large shipping
f; cilities and extensive industrial, manufacturing and commercial interests. Major
Johnson always bore his part in the work of public progress and improvement
and his labors have been of far-reaching effect and benefit. In his business career
he has risen step by step to a position of prominence and at the same time has
labored actively to promote the welfare of the city, earnestly supporting all
measures and movements which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. At
all times he has been active in guiding the trend of events, and his memory forms
a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present, in which
Vancouver has a population of nearly two hundred thousand and is enjoying an
eia of rapid and prosperous growth. Throughout this entire period Major John-
S( n has maintained a foremost place among leading and representative business
men. His business affairs have made him widely known, as he is the head of
C Gardiner Johnson & Company, ship and insurance brokers, railroad agents,
commission merchants, importers and manufacturers' agents, being as previously
stated the oldest established business of the kind in the city. Mr. Johnson is
also Lloyd's agent for British Columbia, is managing director of Johnson's wharf,
is secretary of the Vancouver Pilot Board, is notary public, justice of the peace
for British Columbia, is commissioner for taking affidavits in the supreme court
01 Canada and for a time was registrar of the county court at New Westminster.
All this indicates something of the nature and extent of his activities and his value
a;, a citizen.
For eighteen years Mr. Johnson was active in militia affairs, and in
i.So.3 was commissioned second lieutenant in the active militia of Canada. He
r; ised his company, which became a part of the Fifth Regiment, Garrison Ar-
ti lery, and later he served with the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own
Rifles, in which connection he was promoted through various ranks and retired
in 191 1 as major. He thoroughly understands military tactics, was an excellent dis-
ciplinarian and had the entire confidence of those who served under him. His pro-
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nounced ability and loyalty won him promotion and his military experiences
constitute a most creditable chapter in his life history. Since his arrival in
Canada Major Johnson has been very active in amateur athletics, in which he
is still greatly interested. He played in all the early cricket matches and arranged
the first match between the Winnipeg and Brandon Cricket Clubs held in the city
of Brandon. He was the first secretary of the latter and one of the first secre-
taries of the Portage la Prairie Club. At the present writing he is president
of the Vancouver Cricket Club. His love for the game is pronounced and, more-
over, he is an enthusiast of all modern, outdoor sports and athletic exercises,
having entered heartily into amateur interests of this kind. He is equally well
known in football circles. His athletic activities have kept him in fine physical
condition, developing in him the strength and vital force necessary in the con-
duct of important business interests such as have come under his control.
On the 4th of January, 1884, Major Johnson was united in marriage to Miss
Minnie Boultbee. He belongs to Cascade Lodge A. F. & A. M., of which he is
a charter member, and also belongs to the St. Andrews Society, and the Van-
couver and Western Clubs of Vancouver, and the Union Club of Victoria. He
holds membership in the Christian Science church. His interests are many and
varied and as a factor in athletic, social, church and commercial circles he has
become widely known, not only in Vancouver but throughout the province, rank-
ing as one of her most representative and honored citizens.
ALEXANDER HENRY BOSWALL MAcGOWAN.
For over a quarter of a century Vancouver has numbered among her rep-
resentative, progressive and prominent citizens Alexander Flenry Boswall Mac-
Gowan. He may well be termed one of the founders of the city for he found
upon his arrival a small pioneer hamlet and during the years which followed has
promoted and developed one of its leading business enterprises, has given of his
time, energies and talents to the support of its public institutions and has been
one of the strongest and greatest individual forces in its political life. He has
won success along the two great lines upon which his interests have centered, as
is indicated by the fact that he is now senior member of MacGowan & Com-
pany, controlling one of the largest insurance enterprises in the city, and holds a
seat in the provincial parliament, of which he has been an honored member since
1903.
Mr. MacGowan was born on Prince Edward Island, April 14, 1850, and is a
son of William Stainforth and Ann Burston (Boswall) MacGowan, of Scotch
and English ancestry respectively. The paternal great-grandfather, Rev. John
MacGowan, was a native of Scotland and for many years a Baptist minister in
London, England. His son, Peter MacGowan, was born in England but at an
early date removed to Prince Edward Island, founding the family in Canada.
There he became a barrister of great prominence and note, serving as second at-
torney general of the province under royal appointment. William S. MacGowan,
father of the subject of this review, was a native of Prince Edward Island and
upon growing to manhood turned his attention to farming and merchandising
there. These, however, did not limit the field of his activity, for he became well
known in various walks of life, his success in business equaling his prominence
in politics. He served for several terms as high sheriff of Kings county, Prince
Edward Island, and held other responsible positions of public trust. He married
Ann Burston Boswall, who was born in the south of England, a daughter of Dr.
A. H. Boswall, who was born on shipboard near the Rock of Gibraltar. The father
was a commander in the British navy and married a Miss O'Connell, of Irish an-
cestry.
Alexander H. B. MacGowan acquired his education in the public schools of
Prince Edward Island and in early life turned his attention to the shipping, com-
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mission and insurance business there, a line of work with which he has since been
connected. Early in the year 1888, while Vancouver was still a pioneer village,
he came to this city and here has for a quarter of a century been identified with
business life, engaging in 'the line of work with which he has always been con-
nected. He is now senior member of the firm of AlacGowan & Company, the
}ther members of the firm being his sons, Max and Roy MacGowan. They
:arry on a general shipping, commission and insurance business and represent
iome of the largest and most important companies in Canada and the United
States, notably the Insurance Company of North America, of Philadelphia, the
oldest purely tire company in America, handling fire, marine, automobile, motor
)oat, yacht, baggjige and parcel post insurance ; Lloyd's Underwriters of London ;
vnd the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company of St. Paul, Minnesota.
The MacGowan company has been for twenty-five years representative of the
Consumers Cordage Company, Limited, of Montreal, manufacturers of cordage
,md rope. Their offices are in the Flack block, at the corner of Hastings (West),
and Cambie streets, while a warehouse is maintained at No. 1059 Hamilton
•treet. AlacGowan & Company control a large patronage and their interests have
expanded rapidly during the years, keeping pace with the remarkable development
of the city. Air. MacGowan's business affairs are capably and systematically
conducted. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, a genius for
'loing the right thing at the right time, every-clay common sense and controlled
;.mbition — these are his chief characteristics, in the twenty-live years of its
rxistence his business has passed through some trying periods but has been un-
disturbed, owing to the reliability and to the conservative methods of the man at
its head. He has been watchful of all the details of his enterprise and of all the
indications pointing toward prosperity and from the beginning has had an abid-
ing faith in the business and in the city which gave it an opportunity for growth.
J le has gained success, prominence and a substantial fortune and has used them
wisely and worthily, making them factors in the advancement of the general in-
terests of the community.
In 1874, on Prince Edward Island, Mr. AlacGowan was united in marriage
to Miss Frances AI. Hayden, a daughter of Alexander Hayden, who was for many
}ears a successful shipbuilder and a justice of the peace in that province. Mr.
; nd Mrs. AlacGowan had five children : Guy, who died at the age of twenty-six
} ears ; and Alax, Roy, Lyle and Earl.
Although Air. AlacGowan is a prominent and representative business man, his
i iterests have not been confined to this field but have been extended to include
activity in public life and in the promotion of movements of a progressive and
constructive character. Since pioneer times in Vancouver he has aided in the
development of many of the most important municipal institutions and a number
c f these still stand as monuments to his public spirit and enterprise. He aided in
t ic organization of the Vancouver Board of Trade and was its first secretary,
accomplishing a great deal of successful work during the five years in which he
held this position. He was in addition the first secretary of the Fruit Growers
Association and the British Columbia Dairymen's Association and was for eight
y2ars, commencing in August, 1888, a member of the Vancouver school board,
during which time he served as secretary and also as chairman, working untiringly
for the establishment of the present public-school system in the city. No move-
ment for the advancement of the permanent interests of Vancouver, no project
for the foundation or development of a needed public institution lacks his cooper-
a ion and hearty support, and since pioneer times he has been a force in progress,
a ding public growth by personal labor and by substantial material contributions,
fie has had a distinguished and successful political career, for he believes it the
daty of every citizen to serve his community when called upon to do so and has
n^iver sought to evade his official obligations. All his life he has been a stanch
conservative and active in the work of the party. In 1903 he was elected to the
p-ovincial parliament for Vancouver city with the McBride government and he
has been a member of the legislative assembly since that date, having been re-
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elected in 1907, in 1909 and in 1912. During his term of service he has aided
in making political history, for his influence has always been on the side of right,
reform and progress and his approval given only to constructive and progressive
legislation.
Mr. MacGowan is well known in Masonic circles, having become a member
of the lodge in 1871, while still a resident of Prince Edward Island. He after-
ward became master of his lodge and at the time he left his native province was
deputy grand master of Prince Edward Island. He is now affiliated with Cas-
cade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, being a charter member of the
same. It may be mentioned as remarkable that at the celebration in 1913, of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the lodge it was found that of the original thirty- four
members thirty-one were still living and nearly all the original officers were present
and occupied the same positions as at the organization, and did business at nearly the
same hour of the day. The pastmaster, William Downie, came all the way from St.
John, New Brunswick, to open the lodge and to preside. A brief review of Mr.
MacGowan's career shows him a man of liberal views, wide interests, command-
ing ability and effective personality — a forceful man who has used his talents
and powers to the best advantage and in so doing has made substantial contributions
to business, social and political growth.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, D.D. S.
Dentistry may be said to be almost unique among other occupations, as it is
at once a profession, a trade and a business. Such being the case, it follows that
in order to attain the highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with
the theory of the art, must be expert with the many tools and appliances incidental
to the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications ade-
quate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In all of these par-
ticulars Dr. William Russell is well qualified and therefore has attained prestige
among the able representatives of dentistry in Victoria.
He was born November 15, 1874, in Glasgow, Scotland, and comes of Scotch
ancestry. His paternal grandparents were natives of Glasgow but both are now
deceased. The maternal grandparents, likewise natives of Scotland, emigrated to
Canada in 1869, settling in Victoria, where the grandfather, John Boyd, served
as alderman. Dr. Russell is one of a family of five children all sons, three of
whom are living. His parents were James and Helen (Boyd) Russell, the former
a native of Stirlingshire, Scotland, and a printer by trade, while the latter was a
native of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1875 tnev emigrated to the new world, making
their way to California, where they remained for three years, and in 1878 they
took up their abode in Victoria, British Columbia, where the death of the father
occurred in 1911. The mother still survives and yet makes her home in Victoria.
Dr. Russell was a young lad when the family came to this city and in the
public schools he "pursued his education. After leaving school in 1889 he deter-
mined upon the practice of dentistry as a life work and entered the office of Dr.
L. Hall, who directed his studies until 1901, at which date he entered the dental
department of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, there winning his D. D. S. degree in May, 1906. He returned to Vic-
toria at that date and successfully passed the required provincial examination,
entering upon the active practice of his profession in offices in the new British
Columbia Permanent Loan Building at Johnson and Douglas streets. There he
is located and his professional ability has made him one of the leading dentists
of the city, accorded a gratifying practice. He possesses the skill and mechanical
ingenuity necessary to the delicate work on the teeth and he also has the scientific
knowledge which directs his labors according to the most modern methods.
His military record covers three years' service, from 1894 until 1897, in the
British Columbia Garrison Artillery as a gunner. His activities have extended
DR. WILLIAM RUSSELL
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to various fields having to do with the political and moral development as well
; s the professional interests of the city. He supports the liberal party and keeps
'vell informed on the issues of the day, although he does not seek office. He was
Jormerly a director of the Young Men's Christian Association of Victoria, and is
now president of the Victoria District Sunday School Association and also the
bcal treasurer of the Lord's Day Alliance. He belongs to the First Baptist
i hurch, in which he is serving as deacon and to the support of the church work
lie contributes generously both of time and means. Fraternally he is connected
with the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends and also with the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks.
On the I9th of September, 1905, in Victoria, British Columbia, Dr. Russell
was united in marriage to Miss Evangeline Jane Andrews, a daughter of Edmond
W. and Margaret Andrews, natives of Nova Scotia, who have lived in Victoria
since 1891. Her father is a ship carpenter by trade. Like her husband, Mrs.
Russell takes a most active and helpful part in religious work and is identified
with the First Baptist church. They reside at No. 1378 Pandora street and
theirs is a hospitable home, its good cheer being greatly enjoyed by their many
friends.
JOHN CLEMENS.
John Clemens, who makes his ability and public spirit the basis of his excel-
hnt work as assessor of the Point Grey municipality, was born in Waterloo
county, Ontario, September 27, 1869, and is a son of Aaron and Nancy (Snyder)
Clemens. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native county
znd in the collegiate institute at Gait, Ontario, and after laying aside his books
went in 1889 to Birtle, Manitoba, where he remained for eighteen years. During
that time he built up a large and profitable patronage as a grain dealer and be-
came also an important figure in civic life. However, in 1907 he moved to Win-
i ipeg and after spending two years in the grain business there, came in 1909 to
Kerrisdale, and in February, 1910, was made assessor of the municipality of
Point Grey. He has retained the office since that time', discharging his duties
n a capable, far-sighted and progressive way.
Mr. Clemens is very active in Masonic circles, being a thirty-second degree
Mason, past master of Birtle Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A. M., of Manitoba and in
1913 master of Plantagenet Lodge, No. 65, of Vancouver. He is a liberal in his
1 olitical beliefs and interested in civic advancement, cooperating heartily in all
f rejects which he believes will promote the permanent interests of the community.
I lis has been an excellent official record marked by the accomplishment of a great
ceal of beneficial and progressive work and his enviable reputation for ability
and integrity has been well earned and is richly deserved.
JOHN AND THOMAS MACKIE.
General agricultural pursuits engage the attention of John Mackie, who owns
a farm of a hundred and forty acres on Sea isle, which he has brought to a high
state of productivity. He is a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, his birth having oc-
curred on the 24th of December, 1866, and a son of Thomas Laird and Elizabeth
(Syne) Mackie. The father passed away in Vancouver, but the mother is still
living and now makes her home with our subject, as do also his two brothers,
Thomas and Alec, who assist with the work of the farm.
The boyhood and youth of John Mackie were passed in his native land, where
he received his education and subsequently worked in the bleaching room of a
linen factory until he was eighteen years of age. America seemed to offer greater
526 , BRITISH COLUMBIA
opportunities than were, afforded in the old country, and he later emigrated to
British Columbia, arriving here about the time the first transcontinental railroad
was completed. For a short time thereafter he worked on the government roads,
but later he leased a farm of two hundred and ten acres and began his career as
an agriculturist. He operated this place for thirteen years, devoting his energies
to diversified farming and dairying, his cattle being of the Ayrshire breed. For
some years he gave much attention to the development of his dairy, marketing
its products in Vancouver, but he has now withdrawn from this and gives his un-
divided attention to general farming. In the fourteenth year of his agricultural
career Mr. Mackie purchased his present farm. The land was partially cleared
but uncultivated, while all of the buildings now in use on the place have been
erected during the period of his ownership. He is a very practical man, and
directs his undertakings in a systematic and methodical manner, as is evidenced
by the appearance of his farm, which everywhere gives evidence of capable man-
agement and close supervision. His fields are largely planted to hay and grain,
of which he annually raises large crops.
Mr. Mackie is an unassuming man and leads a somewhat retired life, but
he takes an active interest in the affairs of the community and is ever ready to
render such assistance as he can in forwarding its progress and development.
JOHN HARDIE SPROTT.
John Hardie Sprott, for thirty-five years in the service of the provincial
government, recently retired from the office of inspector of roads. He was born
in Glenluce, Wigtonshire, in the ancient province of Galloway, Scotland, on the
1 2th of February, 1840, the only son of Hugh and Janet (Hardie) Sprott, both
of whom lived and died in Scotland. The father was a blacksmith and machinist
and for forty-nine years was foreman in the Caledonian Locomotive Railroad
works at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He died at the age of eighty-six
years, while the mother passed away at the very early age of twenty-two years.
Subsequently the father wedded Miss Elizabeth McDowell, by whom he had
two daughters and four sons, of which family one daughter and two sons still
survive and reside in Scotland.
John Hardie Sprott was reared at home, acquiring his education in the gram-
mar schools of Glenluce. At the early age of thirteen he went to sea and for
several years followed that life. Subsequently he was for a number of years
employed in various ways in Liverpool and Manchester and in 1870 came to
Canada, settling first in Perth, Ontario, where he found employment as a sta-
tionary engineer in a sash and door factory. In the early part of the year
1873 he came to the west coast, arriving in British Columbia early in February.
He settled on the north arm of the Fraser river and was employed in the lumber
woods, securing a situation in the Moodyville sawmills and performing such
other tasks as he could secure that would yield him an honest living. In 1878
he was appointed to the government service, being placed in the office of the
immigration agent and superintendent of roads, but, as Mr. Sprott said, "there
were but few roads then to superintend." The office of immigration agent was
continued for nearly four years and was then abolished. Mr. Sprott continued as
superintendent of roads and the system has gradually been extended and im-
proved until the public highways of British Columbia are equal or superior to
those of any province in Canada. A great number of the new roads have been
located and built under Mr. Sprott's supervision, and he has carefully directed
the extension of the highways and employed modern methods in the improvement
of the roads until British Columbia has every reason to be proud of the depart-
ment of her public works.
In 1865, in Manchester, England, Mr. Sprott was married to Miss Mary
Miller, a native of Scotland, and unto them have been born four children:
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Janet H., deceased; Mary M., the wife of Kenneth Smith and now residing with
her parents; William M., of the firm of Mercer Brothers & Sprott, real-estate
a id financial brokers of Vancouver, and Florence C., the wife of John G. Gamon,
of New Westminster.
Mr. Sprott and his family are members of the Presbyterian church and in
p ulitics he is a conservative. He is well known in both the Odd Fellows and
Masonic circles, hojding membership in Amity Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. ;
King Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., and Westminster Chapter,
K. A. M. Thirty-five years in the service of the provincial government indicates
h )w capable he has been in the discharge of his duties and he certainly well
deserves the rest that he is now enjoying in his retirement from public office.
Mr. Sprott was the recipient of signal honor when in the company of his
former coworkers and associates of the local government staff and members
o the provincial legislature and administration, appreciation of his thirty-five
years of faithful service as provincial road superintendent and sincere testimony
U his integrity, his faithfulness and good work was expressed by Premier Sir
Richard McBride. As a further mark of their esteem those who had worked
with him during many years of service united in tendering him a handsome
e; sy chair, the presentation being made by the premier at the close of his address.
T icre was also a complimentary dinner at the Kussell Hotel, attended by some
si^ty people, including the most prominent men of the province. During his-
'service Mr. Sprott had constructed and located over eight hundred miles of road
ai d three hundred miles of trail, had built three hundred bridges and carried out
numerous other works. It is a record of which he has every reason to be proud.
Ii his undertakings he was actuated by high ideals and showed the strength and
ccurage to live up to them. Honesty, integrity and the exercise of his talents
in his daily vocation gives him the right to occupy a high place in the esteem of
thi people of British Columbia.
HAAKON 13. CHRISTENSEN, M. D.
Dr. Haakon 15. Christensen. although yet a young man in years, enjoys an
extensive practice in New Westminster which is justly merited on account of his
.wide and varied experience. Although he has been located here for only a short
period, he has already made his name felt in professional circles and has become
fa /orably known as a general practitioner and a specialist in the treatment of the
eyi. Born in Denmark on July 18, 1881, he is a son of Ludwig and Ebba (Slet-
tii g) Christensen, both natives of that country. The father was a minister in the
State church, being located in the town of Kage. The mother passed away in
18)3. The father later married Miss Anna Wegner.
Haakon B. Christensen was reared under the parental roof amid the sur-
ro mdings of a cultured home. He acquired his professional education in the
famous university of Copenhagen, graduating from the medical department with
the class of 1906. Serving for some time in the Royal Danish State Hospital in
Copenhagen, he went in 1907 to western Turkey, where he passed his examina-
tion before the medical board and was there engaged in practice for one year,
returning to Copenhagen to serve as senior assistant in the state hospital until
19 r i, when he received an appointment from Shanghai, China, to give surgical
demonstrations and act as a teacher before the young Chinese medical students in
th( Sikaweih Red Cross Hospital. There he remained for two years, imparting his
knowledge and himself gaining a wider experience. In January, 1913, he came
to British Columbia, locating in New Westminster, with offices in the Bank of
Conmerce building, and although a resident here but a few months, has already
acquired a fair patronage. He is a member of the Danish Medical Society and
tin Danish Ophthalmological Society and has furnished valuable contributions
to medical journals both of Denmark and Germany. He is a skilled surgeon and
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eye specialist but fully as able and experienced in any internal treatments. New
Westminster is to be congratulated upon receiving such a valuble professional
man to the ranks of her citizenship and there is no doubt that his ability and skill
will soon command for him an extensive, representative and profitable practice.
Dr. Christensen gives his adherence to the Danish State church, in which he was
reared. A man of wide experience who has come in contact with many different
kinds of people, he takes an interest in all social problems and is public-spirited
to such an extent that he ever promotes any worthy public enterprise.
GEORGE EDGAR MARTIN.
George Edgar Martin is a member of the firm of McQuarrie, Martin & Cas-
sady, barristers and solicitors of New Westminster. He was born in Woodstock,
Ontario, December 18, 1862, and is a son of Harry Fargo and Elizabeth Martin.
His early educational opportunities were supplemented by a course in Woodstock
College, and upon the broad foundation of literary learning he has builded the
superstructure of his professional knowledge, qualifying for the bar as a student
in Osgoode Hall at Toronto. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1886 and
entered upon active practice in connection with Sir John M. Gibson ' as a
member of the firm of Gibson, Martin & Osborne, of Hamilton, Ontario. He
was thus engaged from 1886 until 1897 and then sought the opportunities of
the growing western country. It was in that year that he arrived in British
Columbia, settling first at Kaslo, where he practiced for eight years, or until 1905.
He then removed to New Westminster, where he has since been actively identified
with the legal profession of the city. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive
and exact, and the care and precision with which he prepares his cases is one
of the strong elements in his success. Moreover, he is resourceful in argument and
logical in his deductions.
In 1892, in Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss
Catherine Pierce, who died, leaving a daughter, Marion. Subsequently Mr.
Martin wedded Katherine Cory Mills, a daughter of George H. Mills, of Hamilton,
the wedding being celebrated in 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Martin hold membership
in the Anglican church and he is a member of the Westminster Club, the Terminal
City Club and the Jericho Country Club. He belongs to Lewis Lodge, F. & A. M.,
of which he was one of the organizers and the first master. In politics he is a
conservative but not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his energies upon
his professional duties.
JOSEPH R. A. RICHARDS.
Among the citizens of Salmon Arm who through their energy, industry and
close application have become prominent in business circles of the community
is Joseph R. A. Richards, proprietor of the Montebello Hotel. He was born in
New Westminster, British Columbia, in October, 1862, and is a son of a pioneer
of that city. His father, F. G. Richards, went to California at the time of the
famous gold discoveries of 1849 ar>d later made his way up the coast to New
Westminster arriving there in 1857. He mined and prospected along the Fraser
river and later entered the Cariboo district at the first gold rush in 1859. He was
one of the real pioneers in that section of the province, coming into the lower
country each winter and walking hundreds of miles to his home in New West-
minster. He took an active part in civic affairs and supported any movement
for the general good. He organized the first volunteer fire department in the
city, and in many other ways made his influence felt as a force in growth.
JOSEPH R. A. RICHARDS
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Joseph R. A. Richards spent his childhood in his native city and acquired
h s education in the schools of Victoria, where he remained until 1887, when he
c;me to Vancouver, which was just being opened up as a town. Here he first
became identified with the hotel business, with which he has been connected since
tl at time, much of his success being due to his long familiarity with its methods
and details. He remained in Vancouver a number of years and went from there
tc Nanaimo, where he opened the Wilson Hotel, which he managed until 1894.
In 1898 he came to the upper country and conducted a hotel at Nicola until 1908,
when he founded the Montebello, the leading hotel in Salmon Arm and an
enterprise which is in every way a credit to the community. It presents all of
tf e finer aspects of a modern hostelry, being equipped with every convenience for
the comfort of the guests and being managed by a man who thoroughly under-
stands every detail of the business and who reinforces his experience by natural
bi sines s ability.
Mr. Richards married in 1891 Miss Williams, of Victoria, whose parents were
CE rly pioneers in that city. While his attention has been largely concentrated upon
the conduct of his hotel, his influence has ever remained a moving force in those
ei terprises which are vital to development and advancement. He has won
er viable success and his record indicates clearly the value and power of close
aj plication, honorable ambition and wise use of opportunity.
THE GURNEY FOUNDRY COMPANY, LTD.
The Gurney Foundry Company, Ltd., has its offices and warehouse at No.
55jBeatty street, Vancouver. The business had its inception in 1843 when the
br >thers, Edward and Charles Gurney, began making stoves for cooking and
heiting purposes, doing all the work themselves and delivering the completed
pr xluct on a wheel-barrow to the general store where the early Ontario
set tiers exchanged such products as they had, the Gurney Brothers taking clue-
bil.s on the store.
After opening up business in Hamilton on the above date and operating suc-
ce.'sfully there for about twenty years, they purchased the McGee foundry in
Tc ronto, rebuilding and enlarging the latter to several times its original size.
Tl e E. & C. Gurney Company operated the foundries at Hamilton and Toronto
un~.il 1893, when one of the brothers died and the present Gurney Foundry Com-
pany, Ltd., was incorporated with an authorized capital of about a million dol-
lars, with head office at Toronto, Ontario.
At that time they began to open branch warehouses in different distributing
cei ters of Canada, and also started in a similar line of business in Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, where they have a large plant, melting about seventy-five tons of iron
each day. The first branch in Canada outside of Hamilton was opened in Mon-
treil, and in 1896 a branch was arranged for in Winnipeg, while in 1900 the Van-
coi ver selling agency was established, and in 1904 offices were opened in Calgary
anr Edmonton.
Their first showroom in Vancouver was in a small one-story building at the
foot of Richards street, now occupied by a cartage company. For five years,
beginning in 1902, they occupied a building on Hastings street, now known as
Hotel Astor. For the past six years they have occupied their own premises at
No s. 556-570 Beatty street, where they have a building complete in every detail
am especially planned to handle the varied lines of cooking and heating equip-
ment made at the plants in Toronto and West Toronto. From this small beginning
in 1 900, with a manager and one boy in charge, the business has grown to the point
where the wages of their large force run into many thousands of dollars each year,
all > pent in Vancouver. In all respects the Vancouver branch is a British Columbia
con:ern, doing a large part in building up the province.
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The opening of the Vancouver business in March, 1900, was entrusted to the
present local manager, Charles L. Lightfoot, who became a member of the sales'
staff of the company soon after its incorporation in 1893, and in October, 1913,
will have completed twenty years of continuous and pleasant service with the
company, of which he is a shareholder. Mr. Lightfoot is a Canadian by birth
and received his education at the public school in Metcalfe township and later
the high school in Strathroy, Middlesex county, Ontario, where his father now
lives. He began his business career with W. H. Morrison, of Shedden, Elgin
county, continuing there for four years, after which he remained at Wheatley,
Essex county, until 1892, when he suffered a heavy loss by fire.
Mr. Lightfoot's wife was formerly Miss Laura May Stafford, of Shedden,
Ontario, and came to \ ancouver with Mr. Lightfoot in 1900, after a residence in
Toronto of seven years. Fraternally Mr. Lightfoot is connected with Cascade
Lodge, Xo. 12, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and is also a member of the Termi-
nal City Club. He is a director of the Young Men's Christian Association and
occupies a prominent place in the activities of the Methodist church in Vancouver.
He is independent in politics, voting according to personal convictions without
regard to party lines, which he considers the proper attitude to take in regard
to public policies and candidates. As a business man he has demonstrated ability
in the successful management of the branch concern since its opening, and while
always optimistic, his optimism is tempered by a very cautious disposition.
IRA DAVID SAN KEY BARTON.
Ira David Sankey Barton, president of the Surrey Liberal Association and
closely connected with important business interests of Cloverdale as a member of
the firm of Barton Brothers, contractors and builders, was born in Kent county,
New Brunswick, November 26, 1877, his parents being John Graham and Char-
lotte (Bowser) Barton. The Barton family came originally from Edinburgh,
Scotland, and the American progenitor crossed the Atlantic in the second ship fol-
lowing the Mayflower. He settled in New York state and later moved to New
Brunswick, where he was one of the very early settlers. John G. Barton, father
of the subiect of this review, was born in New Brunswick and engaged in the
building and contracting business in Harcourt, that province, until 1890, when
he moved to British Columbia, locating first at Vancouver and later removing to
Cloverdale, Surrey municipality, where he turned his attention to farming and
carpentering. Fie continues to reside in this locality and is well known and
highly respected here.
Ira Barton acquired his education in the public schools of his native province
and accompanied his parents to British Columbia. Here he learned the carpenter-
ing trade, following it in the Boundary Bay country, whither he went when he
was twenty-one years of age. He later became carpenter foreman for the Cana-
dian Pacific Railroad on the construction of their lines in the Kootenay district,
and so continued until 1907, when he returned to Cloverdale, engaging in the con-
tracting and building business in association with a brother under the firm name of
Barton Brothers. Their association continues to the present time and their firm
is known as one of the strongest and most reliable of its kind in the district.
They control a patronage which is constantly increasing in volume and importance
and have based a gratifying degree of success upon reliable business methods and
high-class work.
On October 15, 1907, Mr. Barton was married in Vancouver by the Rev.
McLeod, the pioneer Presbyterian minister of that city, to Miss Jean Morrison, a
daughter of John M. Morrison, a farmer of Hazelmuir, British Columbia. Mr.
and Mrs. Barton have become the parents of two children, Annie and Vebert
Gerald.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 537
Mr. Barton is a member of the Presbyterian church and is connected fra-
te-nally with Cloverdale Lodge, No. 15, 1. O. O. F., in which organization he is
di strict deputy grand master. He is a prosperous and progressive business man,
bt t his interests have not, by any means, been concentrated upon this line alone,
for they have extended to many fields, notably that of civic affairs. He is vice
president of the Board of Trade and an active force in promoting the advancement
of the district along business lines. A strong liberal, he is loyal in his advocacy
of the party's principles and has done much to promote the spread of liberal doc-
trines during'his present period of service as president of the Surrey Liberal
A; sociation. He is a man of varied interests and has made these effective forces
fo-good along many lines standing forth as one of the substantial and representa-
ti\ e citizens of Cloverdale.
LYTTON WILMOT SHATFORD.
Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable
position in financial and business circles than does Lytton Wilmot Shatford, not
ale ne by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightfor-
w; rd, honorable and progressive business policy which he has ever followed.
W latever he has undertaken has been carried forward to successful completion,
an 1 the obstacles and difficulties which have arisen in his path have been over-
come by persistent and determined effort. When one avenue has seemed closed
he has sought out other paths to reach the desired goal and this very resourceful-
ness has been one of the strong elements in the orderly progression which has
brought him to his present enviable position as vice president of the Bank of
Vancouver and as an active factor in the control of many other important financial
and commercial interests. He was born at Hubbards, Nova Scotia, February 4,
18; 3, and is a son of Henry Alexander and Cecilia Victoria (Dauphinee) Shatford.
Af :er attending the public schools of his native city he was a student in a business
col ege at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was first employed by A. & W. Smith &
Co npany, wholesale grocers, at Halifax, in the capacity of bookkeeper, remaining
with that firm until 1893, when he came to British Columbia. He has since been
closely and prominently identified with business interests in the province. In
coi nection with his brother, W. T. Shatford, he established a general store at
Fa rview, under the firm style of W. T. Shatford & Company. The new under-
j taking prospered from the beginning. They studied the wishes of the public,
! sought out new methods for the development of their trade, and in time were at
; the head of an extensive business, which they incorporated under the name of
I Sh;.tford's, Ltd., and in addition to their Fairview establishment they had branch
I hoi ses at Camp McKinney and Hedley, British Columbia. As success attended
the n in that undertaking and their knowledge of business opportunities
increased they reached out along other lines and in 1905 the brothers organized
the Southern Okanagan Land Company of Penticton, British Columbia, to pur-
chase what was known as the Ellis estate. The part which the company played
| in the development of that section of the province and the value of their labors
is \ -ell known. The brothers are managing directors of the company, which is
stil; largely operating there and is proving a most important factor in the growth
anc progress of that district. Into still other fields L. W. Shatford has extended
I his efforts and something of the nature of his business ability and his high standing
I in 1 usiness circles may be indicated in the statement that he is also the president
! of the British Columbia Life Assurance Company of Vancouver; vice president
I of the British Columbia Portland Cement Company, with large works at Princeton,
I Bri ish Columbia ; and also president and managing director of the British Colum-
! bia Financial & Investment Company, Ltd., which was organized by him only
i a few months ago. He was elected a director of the Bank of Vancouver on its
est; blishment and so continued until January, 1912, when he was appointed
538 BRITISH COLUMBIA
vice president and general manager, in which position he continued until March,
1913, when he resigned as general manager but remains as vice president of the
institution, which is one of the strong moneyed concerns of the province, being
established upon a safe, conservative foundation.
On the 3 ist of August, 1898, in Victoria, British Columbia, Mr. Shatford was
united in marriage to Miss Lavina W. Bartlett and they have four children: Vera
Victoria, Reginald Alexander, Frederick Wilmot and Gerald Rochester. The
parents hold membership in the Anglican church and Mr. Shatford_ belongs also
to the Masonic fraternity and to the Terminal City and Commercial Clubs. He
is a conservative in politics and to some extent has taken active part in public
affairs as an office holder. He was chairman of the school board at Fairview,
British Columbia, for several years and was actively interested in everything
pertaining to public welfare and general improvement there. In 1903 he was
elected to the British Columbia legislature, sitting for the Similkameen district,
was reelected in 1907 and 1909, and in 1912 was reelected by acclamation, thus
receiving the highest possible indorsement for his public service, which has been
characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution and
a public-spirited devotion to the general good. He has thus divided his time
between public service, social interests and business affairs. In connection with
the latter he has steadily worked his way upward, for his start was a comparatively
humble one. Merit and ability, however, have established his position and given
him right to rank with the foremost business men and financiers of his adopted
province.
ISAAC LEHMAN.
Isaac Lehman, who lives practically retired in Ashcroft, although he still gives i
some attention to business affairs, is a man whose activity and enterprise have
brought him a comfortable competence, so that he is now enabled to enjoy a well
earned rest. He was born November 6, 1846, at Markham, near Toronto, Ontario,
and there acquired his education, attending school until he was fifteen years of
age. At that early date he served his apprenticeship as wagon builder and black-
smith, and afterward followed both occupations in various parts of the United
States, remaining in that country for three years, during which time he added car-
riage building to his list of accomplishments. He followed this for some time
in Chicago but in 1875 returned to Canada, coming to British Columbia by way of
San Francisco. He located first in Victoria, but a short time afterward came up
the Fraser river and preempted a piece of land at Mount Lehman, a district •
named in his honor as one of the early pioneers. He cleared the timber from
part of this tract by hand and carried on the work of cultivation and development
along modern lines and assisted in many projects of improvement, building for
the government a sleigh road two miles in extent. When he left Mount Lehman
he went to Yale and there worked at the wagon-making trade for some time,
adding to his activities the work of cultivating one hundred and fifty-three acres
at Mission. He later went into the Cariboo district and spent two years in the
mines but afterward moved to New Westminster and opened a blacksmith shop
which he conducted for three years, dealing at the same time in wood. At the
end of that period he bought a wagon shop in Yale and managed this for a similar
period, abandoning it when the railroad was built through the province. He
subsequently bought a shop at Cache Creek operating it for a short period and
then moved his establishment to Ashcroft and continued in business there until
about 1909, when he leased his shop and turned his attention to the undertaking
business. He was a pioneer in this line in the town and for some time made
coffins by hand. He still continues in the business to some extent, although he
lives partly a retired life.
Mr. Lehman has five children, all of whom are married, having families of
their own and there are fifteen grandchildren. He is now a widower for the
ISAAC LEHMAN
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se:ond time. He is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Independent Order
oi Odd Fellows, holding a prominent place in both organizations. He has always
bt en interested in those matters which pertain to general progress and improve-
m :nt and his labors have been factors in promoting both. His life has been char-
acterized by high principles, for he has been honorable in business, loyal in citizen-
ship and faithful to all ties and obligations.
EZRA ALBRIGHT BROWN.
Ezra Albright Brown, secretary and treasurer of Knott Brothers & Brown,
Ltd., real-estate and financial agents, and by virtue of this position and the force
of his own ability and energy one of the prominent business men of Victoria,
w;.s born in Clinton township, Lincoln county, Ontario, March 6, 1861. He is
tb: eldest of seven children born to George and Elizabeth (Albright; Brown,
th : former of whom was born in Germany and emigrated to Canada when he
w; s a young man. He located in Lincoln county, Ontario, and after engaging in
agricultural pursuits there for some time later became a clergyman in the Evangel-
ic; 1 Association. For forty years thereafter he continued active in the religious
fie d, serving churches at various points in Canada. He now resides in Chesley,
Bruce county, Ontario. His wife was a native of that province, her parents having
co ne there from Pennsylvania in early times. The paternal grandparents of
the subject of this review were also natives of Germany and in the early '505
crossed the Atlantic to Canada, locating in Lincoln county, Ontario, where the
grandfather engaged in farming until the time of his death.
Ezra A. Brown acquired his education in the public schools of various cities
in western Ontario and in the high school at Berlin, that province, from which
he secured a third-class teachers' certificate. After laying aside his books he
en ;aged in teaching for three years and then took a course in the Ontario Business
Cc liege at Belleville. After he was graduated from that institution he secured
a position with A. Harris, Son & Company, Ltd., in the collection department
of the Winnipeg office, and he remained with this concern for three years there-
after, resigning to take a similar position in the offices of the Massey Manufac-
tu"ing Company, Ltd., of Toronto. After about two years he returned to the
err ploy of A. Harris, Son & Company, this time entering the head office at Brant-
fo -d, Ontario, as chief accountant and cashier. In this capacity he remained
fiv; years, or until 1891, when he became secretary and treasurer of the Bain
Wigon Company, Ltd., of Brantford, a concern which after a year or two
aff liated with the Massey-Harris Company and occupied their large binder works
at Woodstock. Mr. Brown remained in the employ of the Massey-Harris Corn-
pa ly for eighteen years thereafter and became during that time one of the most
tn sted and capable representatives of the firm. He resigned in 1909 in order to
en jage in the real-estate business for himself in eastern Canada and in 1911
he moved to Victoria, where he has since resided. Here he formed a partnership
wi h Knott brothers under the name of Knott Brothers & Brown, Ltd., and
they secured offices on the corner of Blanchard and Yates streets. The company
cai ries on a general real-estate and insurance business, specializing in the handling
of city property, and many large real-estate transfers have been consummated
un ler its direction. Mr. Brown is secretary and treasurer of the concern and has
full charge of all the office work, his tireless energy, capacity for detail and
administrative ability proving valuable elements in this successful work.
On the 2d of June, 1886, in Welland county, Ontario, Mr. Brown was united
in narriage to Miss Carrie Wilson Beckett, a native of Ontario and a daughter
of Samuel and Mary Jane Beckett, the former a native of Ontario and the latter
of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents of seven children,
five of whom are living, as follows : Ray George ; Grace Gertrude, who married
Ira Milton Grey ; Mary Elizabeth ; Samuel Gordon Harrison ; and William Ezra.
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Mr. Brown is a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters and belongs to
the Canadian and the Progressive Clubs of Victoria. Aside from his business
his efforts have extended to many other fields and his activities have touched
•closely religious and educational interests of the city and province. He belongs
to the Metropolitan Methodist church of Victoria and for the past twenty years
has had the standing of a local preacher. He has been very active in religious
work and has important church associations, being superintendent of the Sunday
school, a member of the official board and treasurer of the Metropolitan Methodist
church. In 1906 he was a member of the general conference held in Montreal
and was prominent also in the conference held in Victoria in 1910. While a
resident of Woodstock, Ontario, he was well known in educational circles, having
for nine years served as a member of the school board, of which he was chairman
for one term. A man of sterling character and high principles, he owes much to
his early moral training and the excellent influence of the Christian home in
which he was reared. Upon this solid foundation he has built up his success,
supplementing integrity and strength of character by close application to business,
untiring labor and well directed ambition with the result that he stands today
among the representative citizens of Victoria and among the most progressive
and able of the city's business men.
HERBERT N. BOULTBEE.
One of the most active, able and progressive of the younger business men
of Vancouver is Herbert N. Boultbee, managing director of the Boultbee-Johnson
Company, Ltd., dealers in building materials and general agents. He is num-
bered among the city's native sons, his birth having occurred August i, 1886,
and his parents being John and Elizabeth Boultbee, the former police magistrate
in Vancouver for a number of years.
The city schools afforded Herbert N. Boultbee his educational opportunities
and after laying aside his books he secured a position in the Imperial Bank,
working in that institution for six years and gaining rapid promotion during
that time. In 1905 he resigned and associated himself with C. Gardner Johnson
& Company, ship brokers and general agents, remaining in their employ until
April, 1913, when the Boultbee-Johnson Company, Ltd., was organized and
incorporated, Mr. Boultbee receiving the appointment of managing director, a
position which he still holds. His rapid rise is sufficient evidence of his ability,
industry and progressive spirit ; and his work since assuming his present im-
portant office has been constructive and far-reaching, an important element in
the later growth of the concern with which he is connected. In Vancouver he
is known as a thoroughly reliable, efficient and discriminating business man of
tried integrity and worth, and these qualities will undoubtedly carry him far on
the road to prosperity.
Mr. Boultbee gives his political allegiance to the conservative party and is
active in his support of its principles and policies, although he never seeks public
office. Although still a young man, he has already attained substantial and dis-
tinct success, and in view of his marked ability, his enterprising spirit and his
administrative power his continued advancement is assured.
ELLA SCARLETT-SYNGE, M. D.
Highest attainment and efficiency have distinguished the family of Scarlett
for generations, and Dr. Ella Scarlett-Synge is worthily carrying forward the
record of her eminent ancestry, having gained fame and reputation on four conti-
nents. Coming to Canada in 1907, she located five years later in New Westmin-
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s'. :r, British Columbia, and has proven by her profound learning and wide
experience, gathered in all parts of the world, a valuable addition to the medical
fiaternity here. Capable, earnest and conscientious in the performance of her
pi ofessional duties, she inspires confidence in her patients by the strongly developed
hi man side of her character, which makes friends for her everywhere and creates
that mutual understanding between doctor and patient so necessary to effect a
ci re. Dr. Scarlett-Synge has held most distinguished positions, having had
ui'der her care the well-being of the great of the earth, yet the humblest of her
p; tients receives at her hands the same treatment as would a king or emperor.
A ; medical officer in the refugee camps during war times she followed the call
for aid where suffering humanity could proiit by her work, willingly giving her
service to her country — even at the peril and danger of death — and placing her
krowledge at the disposal of the government and those who fought for upholding.
th : prestige of the British name and British rights.
A daughter of the 3d Baron Abinger, it was her great-grandfather who was
ra sed to the peerage under the title. James Scarlett, ist Baron Abinger, was born
December 13, 1769, in Jamaica, and became one of the foremost jurists of his
tit le. His father was Robert Scarlett, who had large interests in that island. In
17-55 he sent his son James to England to complete his education, the latter gradu-
ating from .Trinity College of Cambridge with the degree of B. A. in 1/89. Having
en ered the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in 1791 and joined the northern
circuit and Lancashire sessions. Although he had no particular influence or
po.verful connections, he obtained a large practice, ultimately confining himself
to the court of king's bench and the northern circuit. He took silk in 1816 and
from that time until the close of 1834 was the most successful lawyer at the bar
in his district and probably in all England, being particularly effective before
jui ies. His income reached eighteen thousand five hundred pounds sterling, an
enormous sum for that period. He began his political life as a whig and first
emered parliament in 1819 as member for Peterborough, representing that dis-
trict until 1830 with only one short break. Later he represented the borough
of .Vtalton. When Canning formed the ministry he became attorney general and
in 1827 was knighted. He resigned when the Duke of Wellington came into
po'ver in 1828 but resumed office in 1829 and went out with the Duke in 1830.
His opposition to the reform bill caused his severance from the whig leaders
ami, having joined the tories, was elected first from Colchester and in 1832 from
Norwich. He sat until the dissolution of parliament. In 1834 he was appointed
lord chief baron of the exchequer and presided in that court more than nine years.
^ While attending the Norfolk circuit on the 2d of April he suddenly suffered an
att;.ck of apoplexy and died at Bury, April 7, 1844. In 1835 he was raised to
j the peerage as Baron Abinger, taking his title from his Surrey estate, which
i he lad bought in 1813. Acute in mind, clear in expression, he held an enormous
I sw; y over all men with whom he came in contact and was one of the dominant
I per tonalities of his times. He was twice married, his second union occurring only
j six months before his death. By his first wife, who died in 1829, he had three
j sons and two daughters, the title passing to the eldest son, Robert, who was
bori in 1794, and died in 1861. His second son was General Sir James Yorke
Scarlett (1799 to 1871). His eldest daughter, Mary, married John, Baron
Cai ipbell, and was created a peeress in her own right under the title of Baroness
Strutheden, being known as Lady Stratheden and Campbell. She died in 1860.
Sir Philip Anglin Scarlett, Lord Abinger 's younger brother, was chief justice
jof amaica and died in 1831. Sir James Yorke Scarlett attained undying fame
jin the Crimean war as commander of the Heavy Brigade. He was the second son
|of the ist Baron Abinger and entered the army as cornet in 1818. In 1830 he
i became major of the Fifth Dragoon Guards. From 1836 to 1841 he was con-
jsenative member of parliament for Guildford. In 1840 he obtained command
jof 1 is regiment, which he held for fourteen years. The Fifth Dragoon Guards
participated in the Crimean war as part of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade, of which
Sir Fames later became brigadier, being at the Black Sea in 1854. He participated
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in the fighting before Sebastopol and on the 25th of October, 1854, in the battle
of Balaklava. There the Heavy Brigade achieved a brilliant success against
the Russian cavalry and had Brigadier Scarlett been allowed to advance, as he
wished, he might have converted the disastrous charge of the Light Brigade into
a substantial success. For his service's on this day he was promoted major gen-
eral. In 1855 he was created a Knight Commander of the Bath (K. C. B.). After
a short absence in England he returned to the Crimea with the local rank of
lieutenant general in command of the cavalry. After the peace of Paris Sir
James Scarlett became commander of cavalry at Aldershot, remaining so until
1860, in which year he was commissioned adjutant general of the army, which
office he held until 1865, when he became commander of Aldershot camp, a post
he held until his retirement in 1870. He died in 1871. In 1869 he was created
by Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Queen, Grand Cross of the Bath (G. C. B.),
a most distinguished honor, obtainable only for most eminent military service.
Dr. Ella Scarlett- Synge studied medicine at the London School of Medicine
for Women and at the Royal Free Hospital for five years. She received the degrees
of L. S. A., London; M. D., Brussels (with honors) ; L. M., Rotunda Hospital,
Dublin; D. P. H., (with honors) College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ireland;
member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and British Colum-
bia (Canada) by examinations. She also passed the examinations before the
state boards of California, Washington and Oregon. Since coming to this conti-
nent Dr. Scarlett-Synge has taken post-graduate courses at the Chicago Policlinic
and a course with Dr. d'Arcy Power in San Francisco. Dr. Ella Scarlett-Synge
was appointed and acted for some time as physician to the court of the emperor
of Korea and while in South Africa was medical officer of concentration camps
during the Boer war. She was a member of the concentration camps commission
for inspection of all the refugees' camps and medical officer to the Normal College
at Bloemfontein, South Africa, and to the High School for Girls there. Dr. Synge
came to Canada in 1907 and for five years practiced in Edmonton, removing to
New Westminster, British Columbia, at the end of that time. Her wide experience
assures her of a most distinguished position among her medical brethren and her
prestige entitles her to the important practice which she is enjoying.
RALPH W. ATKINSON.
Ralph W. Atkinson, one of the leading contractors in Port Coquitlam, con-
trolling an important and growing trade along this line, was born in Bethesda,
Ontario, on the 23d of October, 1876, a son of Richard and Catherine Atkinson,
the former a well known contractor and builder. He acquired his education
in the public schools of his native community and before and after laying aside
his books worked on the farm which his parents owned. When he left home he
went to Alberta and there turned his attention to ranching, having, however, pre-
vious to this time learned the carpenter's trade. For eight years he divided his
time between farming and contracting in the Disbury district, going at the end
of that period to Vancouver, where he remained from 1904 to 1906, becoming
during that time quite prosperous and prominent in business. On the 5th of
April, in the latter year, he came to Port Coquitlam and has since resided in this
city, where he holds foremost rank among progressive and representative business
men. His patronage extends to Vancouver also, where he has built a number of
fine homes, which he afterward sold at a good profit. In Port Coquitlam many
of the best residences are the products of his skill. Mr. Atkinson has built up a
large and growing trade along his special line and is a recognized factor in busi-
ness circles here, his success coming to him as a result of his thorough knowledge
of the business, and his industry, energy and untiring activity.
On the I4th of February, 1900, Mr. Atkinson was united in marriage to -Miss
Margaret Morley, a daughter of William and Ann Morley, of England. Mr.
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and Mrs. Atkinson are the parents of three children : Ethel and Lambert, who are
ittending school; and Dorothy. Mr. Atkinson is a member of the Methodist
:hurch. He gives his allegiance to the conservative party, taking an intelligent
jut not an active interest in the political situation. He is serving at present as
:hairman of the school board, the cause of education finding in him an ardent
:hampion. His business record deserves great commendation, for in his chosen
ield he has displayed aptitude and ability in achieving results and has at all times
:mployed methods that will bear the closest investigation.
WILLIAM JOSEPH HACKING, D. D. S., L. D. S.
Dentistry may be said to be almost unique among other occupations, as it is
at once a profession, a trade and a business. Such being the case, it follows that
in order to attain the highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with
the theory of the art, must be expert with the many tools and appliances incidental
10 the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications
adequate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In all of these par-
ticulars, Dr. Hacking is well qualified and therefore has attained prestige among
the able representatives of dentistry in New Westminster, where he has been
in partnership with Dr. A. J. Holmes for the past sixteen years. His birth
recurred in Guelph, Ontario, on the 5th of April, 1874, his parents being Joseph
Henry and Christina Hacking, the former a newspaper publisher and printer.
William J. Hacking obtained his more specificially literary education in the
graded and high schools of Winnipeg and subsequently pursued a course in
( entistry at the Northwestern University Dental School of Chicago, Illinois,
\ 'inning the degree of D. D. S. in 1897. For a short time he practiced his profession
11 that city but in the fall of 1897 sold his interests there and came to Xew West-
minster, British Columbia, having since remained here as a partner of Dr. A. J,
Holmes. His practice is extensive and lucrative and he is widely recognized as
an able and successful representative of the dental profession in this province..
He has also a creditable military record, having served for three years witli the:
Ninetieth Battalion of Winnipeg and for a similar period with the Duke of Con-
naught's Own Rifles at New Westminster.
In May, 1898, at New Westminster, Dr. Hacking was united in marriage
to Miss Cora Gertrude Blum, a daughter of C. G. Blum, of Chicago, Illinois.
1 hey now have five children, namely : Lawrence Charles, Alvin Henry, Percy
L ester, Irene Winifred and Glen Cormie. Dr. Hacking is a Baptist in religious
faith and for a number of years served on the board of management of the Olivet
Eaptist church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, being master of
L nion Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., and third principal of the Royal Arch chapter.
His life has ever been in conformity with the highest standards of manhood and
hi is well known and popular in both professional and social circles.
NELSON SEYMOUR LOUGHEED.
\
One of the most progressive, able and discriminating young business men
of Port Haney is Nelson Seymour Lougheed, member of the firm of Abernethy
& Lougheed, Ltd., and general manager of Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., affiliated
ccncerns, which have been great forces in promoting industrial development in
the two communities. Mr. Lougheed was born at Thornbury. Ontario, March
!(•, 1882, and is a son of Lindsay and Ruth (McCallum) Lougheed, the former a
son of James Lougheed, a native of County Sligo, Ireland, who emigrated to
America in 1814, at the age of twenty. He settled first at Albany, New York,
and two years later moved to Canada, locating at what is now Toronto, Ontario,.
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and being one of the very earliest pioneers in that city. He later removed to
the Georgian Bay country in Grey county, where he engaged in farming until
his death. His son Lindsay Lougheed was born at Thornbury, Ontario, and
was reared and educated in Grey county, where he afterward turned his attention
to farming. He continued there until 1889 and then moved to British Columbia,
locating at Laclner. Later he entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company as foreman. After a number of years in this position he resigned and
moved to New Westminster, where he is now a foreman of the British Columbia
Electric Railway Company.
Nelson Seymour Lougheed came to British Columbia with his parents when
he was seven years of age and acquired his education in the public schools of
Mission City and at Columbian College in New Westminster. He was graduated
from the latter institution in 1896 and received the first regular "form" diploma
ever granted by that college, their diplomas at that time having been entirely
written in longhand. After leaving school Mr. Lougheed accompanied Professor
Kdward Odium on a trip through the Cariboo district, assisting in the preparation
of a series of articles on the conditions existing there. During the South African
war he enlisted in the Canadian Mounted Rifles, serving with them until the finish
of the war. Returning to British Columbia, he entered the employ of the Canadian
Pacific Lumber Company at Port Moody, with whom he continued until 1905.
In that year he moved to Port I laney, where he joined J. W. Abernethy in the
organization of the firm of Abernethy & Lougheed, Ltd. They purchased a
sawmill and have continued to operate this to the present time, having now a
large and important plant. They are manufacturers of fir, cedar and spruce
lumber, shingles, doors, windows, moldings, etc., and they deliver a large number
of scows of lumber daily to points on the Fraser and Pitt rivers, their concern
constituting the principal industry of the village where it is located. The Port
Haney mills are owned by the Kburne Saw Mills. Ltd., a concern which Abernethy
& Lougheed established in 1909, Mr. Abernethy serving as president and Mr.
Lougheed as general manager. C. G. Abernethy is vice president and manager
of the company's interests at Port Haney and D. Slatcher is secretary, while the
directors of the company are P. D. Roe and R. Abernethy, both of Port Moody.
The Kburne Saw Mills, Ltd., have organized and equipped with modern appliances
one of the most modern and complete lumber mills to be found in British Columbia.
The plant is located at Kburne, on the line of the British Columbia Klectric Rail-
way, a few miles out from the city of Vancouver, on the north arm of the Fraser
river. There is no more suitable site for a timber mill in the whole Canadian
northwest than here, for ready and fast growing markets are right at the very
door of the plant. While standing in the yards surrounding the mill one can see
in every direction building activities of an important character. It is hardly more
than a stone's throw from the plant to the site upon which the magnificent new
Grauer building is being erected on one of the main corners in the business section
of Kburne. The timber industry is one of the most important in British Columbia
and is constantly growing, building activities being such that all the mills in the
province are taxed to the limit of their capacity. Those operated by Kburne
Saw Mills, Ltd., are no exception, for Kburne is a junction point in the lines of
the electric railway and on the way to the city new buildings of every description
are being erected. On the road from Kburne to Vancouver through the districts
of Point Grey and Shaughnessy Heights hundreds of the most beautiful residences
in the province are either just completed or under course of construction.
The saw mills of Abernethy & Lougheed, Ltd., located at Port Haney, are,
as was mentioned before, owned by Kburne Saw Mills, Ltd., and the combined
plants, together with their logging operations, afford employment to about three
hundred men. At Kburne the trade is almost entirely a local one and so great
is the demand in the home market for lumber that the company has had to make
demands upon the Port Haney mill from time to time for the execution of i'.s
orders. On Lulu island it was found necessary to establish a local yard. This
is located at Steveston and serves as a distributing center for that district. The
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( utput of the Port Haney mill is largely shipped to the northwest prairies, or
c elivered by scows to the settlers on the Fraser and Pitt rivers. With a trade
Oat is ever expanding these mills are being worked to their full capacity. The
company's logging camps at Mount Lehman are also in constant operation, last
3 ear's production from this source being about eleven million feet. This was
( istributed to the mills at Eburne and Port Haney. In the development of this
great concern Mr. Lougheed has borne an active and important part and his energy,
resourcefulness and ability have been helpful factors in its success. As general
manager he to a great extent directs the policies of the company and is responsible
for the expansion of the business along constructive and progressive lines. He
I as proved eminently well able to cope with the difficulties and responsibilities
of his position and has won recognition as a business man whose judgment is
sjund and reliable, whose energy is untiring and whose sagacity is far-reaching.
On the i Jth of January, 1911, Mr. Lougheed married Miss Ruby Louise Sel-
kirk, a daughter of James Selkirk, of Port Haney, who is Dominion chief fire
ringer for the coast district. Mr. Lougheed is a member of the Presbyterian
c lurch; is connected fraternally with the A. O. U. W. lodge of Port Hammond,
1 ritish Columbia, and King Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., of Xew
\ Westminster, and belongs to the Westminster Club of that city. He is a strong
conservative, acting as president of the Conservative Association of Port Haney
district, and he has been active in civic affairs, serving for four years as a member
of the council of the Maple Ridge municipality and being today a member of
that board and a director of the Fraser Valley publicity bureau. Everything that
pertains to general advancement and progress receives his indorsement and hearty
support and he has made many substantial contributions to community develop-
n ent in Port Haney and Eburne by aiding in the establishment of two great
p -oductive industries. Although he is still a young man, his ability and energy have
c; rried him forward into important industrial and financial relations and these
s; me qualities are a guarantee of his continued progress.
PERCIVAL RIDEOUT BROWN.
Anything pretending to be a record of the lives of men who have attained
positions of prominence in the affairs of P>ritish Columbia would be faulty if it
cc ntained no reference to the career of the subject of this sketch, Percival Rideout
B -own. Indeed, it is not too much to say that no man has to a greater extent left
his mark upon all that had to do with the development of the great province of
B '-itish Columbia, and especially with Victoria, than Mr. Brown. Through his
skill in financial and investment matters he directed the expenditure of vast sums
of capital into channels where very profitable returns have been made to those
w 10 enlisted his services ; and a considerable number of people on this section
of the Pacific coast can point to the time of their having formed a connection
w th Mr. Brown as the date of their subsequent success in real-estate and property
ventures.
Mr. Brown was but seventeen years of age when he came to Victoria, and
this from his boyhood his fortunes have been wrapped up with those of Victoria;
and the remarkable insight he has shown in all his large and varied real-estate
transactions is no doubt mainly due to the rare knowledge he possesses of every
fa :tor which has entered into the building up of Victoria.
A native of North Sydney, Cape Breton, he was born August 21, 1855, a
son of George Stairs and Sarah Howe (Austin) Brown, the latter a niece of one
of the founders of confederation, and one of the greatest of Nova Scotia's political
leaders. Shortly after completing his education in the eastern province, he
answered to the call of the west and during the forty-one years of his residence
here Mr. Brown has pursued a round of ceaseless activity in commercial pur-
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suits, the latter years having engaged his attention with real-estate, financial
and kindred undertakings.
Almost immediately on his arrival in Victoria, he received and accepted an
important managerial post with the Sayward Lumber Company, which he held
with great profit and satisfaction to his principals until 1881, when he became
manager of the British Columbia Land & Investment Agencies, one of the leading
financial houses on the Pacific coast. This position occupied him until 1900, when
he was offered and accepted the important task of manager of the Colonist
Printing & Publishing Company. Three years later, recognizing the opportunities
for investment in Victoria real-estate, he relinquished his post with the Colonist
and established his present business.
In Victoria, on May 15, 1878, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss
Anna M. Jenkinson, a daughter of Robert and Patti Jenkinson. The latter's
father built the first penitentiary at New Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
have been blessed with nine children, Ethel, George S.,1 Percy R., Harold H.,
Herbert A., Thomas A., Charles E., Edith F. and Mabel.
Mr. Brown's life history contains an interesting military chapter in that he
was a member of the first company of volunteers of British Columbia after the
confederation in 1874, remaining in connection therewith for three years. He
is a member of the Pacific Club and is popular with all who know him, having
attractive social qualities. He is very genial and courteous, and these are features
of his success in business. He occupies large offices on the ground floor of the
Brown block, and his location and the appointments thereof indicate something
of the success which has attended him.
ROBERT EARLE KNOWLES.
Well directed business interests and judicious investments have brought to
Robert E. Knowles a measure of prosperity that now enables him to live retired.
He has been a resident of Victoria for more than three decades, having arrived
in this city in May, 1882. He was born in Cornwall, England, December 12,
1840, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Knowles. The father died during the
childhood of his son, Robert, and the mother passed away some years later.
Private schools afforded Robert Earle Knowles his education. In 1859 he
went to Australia where he remained until 1862, when he returned to England,
there engaging in farming until 1877. In that year he again went to Australia,
where he continued for four years. Once more he returned to England, but
at the end of eight months sailed for California, arriving in San Francisco early
in the year 1882. He did not remain long in the Golden State, however, for
in May of the same year he came to Victoria, where he worked for a time on
the government dredge. He was afterward employed by the late lieutenant
governor, Sir Joseph W. Trutch, and subsequently engaged in farming in
Victoria for three years. In 1887 he located on his present place, renting it
from the Sir James Douglas estate. The tract comprised forty-two acres in addi-
tion to which he ran a ranch at Patricia Bay of three hundred and forty acres.
For eleven years he continued the business and at the end of that time estab-
lished a dairy on Cornwall street. Subsequently, however, he returned to his old
place, which at that time was one-half within the city limits. Owing to the
growth of Victoria in the years which have just passed, the city has extended far
beyond his place and he has had to give up the dairy business, as the property
became too valuable to be used for that purpose. It has since been divided into
city lots and the tract is crossed with well laid-out streets and modern improve-
ments. Mr. Knowles has acquired considerable property and its rise in value,
consequent with the growth of Victoria, has brought him substantial and gratify-
ing returns.
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In 1864 Mr. Knowles was married to Miss Elise Le Gresley and to them have
been born six children, two sons and four daughters. Mr. Knowles is a member
cf the Church of England and served as church warden in England and in
Sydney, Australia. He votes with the conservative party. His chief recreation is
hunting. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the
r?2W world, for here he found good business opportunities and in their improve-
n icnt has gained substantial success.
QUINTIN McGILL.
Among the citizens of New Westminster who have attained an honorable place
in the community through their acknowledged ability and personal worth may
.bi mentioned Quintin McGill, who since 1904 has conducted a profitable real-
c;tateancl general insurance business here. He was born in Melbourne, Quebec,
Jily 15, 1875, and is a son of Quintin and Kmma McGill, of Scotch ancestry.
1 he father was at one time a prosperous farmer in Quebec, coming to Xew
\ ^estminster in 1904 where he and his wife both passed away.
Quintin McGill acquired bis early education in the public schools of Melbourne,
a id afterward spent three years in St. Francis College, Richmond, Quebec. After
1; ying aside his books he assisted with the work of the farm until he came west,
locating in Calgary, Alberta, in 1903. He spent one year in that locality and in
I-JO4 came to New Westminster where he has since made his home. Upon his
a rival here he established himself in the real-estate and general insurance business.
This is his present business connection, and be has made a success of the under-
t; king, controlling an important and steadily increasing trade along both lines.
I- e is recognized as one of the most prosperous and enterprising young men in
tl e community and his industry, honesty and progressive spirit have led him into
iriportant relations with the general business life.
Mr. McGill married in 1902 Miss Annie C. MacLean, a daughter of John
and Margaret MacLean of Melbourne, Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. McGill have three
children: Ethel, who is attending school; Quintin John Donald; and Kathleen
Isabella. The family residence is at No. 471 Columbia street, East New Wrest-
minster and is the center of a charming social circle.
Fraternally Mr. McGill is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of
E ks, and his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian
cl ;urch. He is fond of all kinds of outdoor sports and spends a great deal of
time hunting and fishing, being especially proficient with the gun. Although not
a Jolitician he always keeps well informed on questions and issues of the day and
in matters relating to public affairs he occupies a progressive stand, manifest in
hi s cooperation with many movements for the public good.
ALFRED BLACK DIXON.
Alfred Black Dixon, who is living retired in Eburne, has been a resident of
B "itish Columbia for twenty-four years but is a native of New Brunswick, where
he was born at Sackville on the 6th of June, 1852. His parents were J. D. and
E mice (Black) Dixon, the former deceased but the latter still living.
The education of Alfred Black Dixon was pursued in the schools of New
Brunswick until he was a youth of nineteen years. Reared on his father's farm,
his energies were early directed along agricultural lines, which he continued to
follow in the vicinity of his home for ten years after leaving school. The year
1^89 marks his arrival in British Columbia, where he first located at Mission
City. For two years he operated a mill there which he had established himself,
bv.t afterward was engaged for two years in the fishing business at Terranova
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on Lulu island. At the expiration of that period he entered the employ of the
Richmond municipality as clerk and assessor, filling these two offices for eleven
years and subsequently being elected councilor. Later he was a candidate for
reeve. After his political career he resumed his connection with agricultural
activities, locating on Lulu island, where he engaged in farming until 1910. In
the latter year he withdrew from active work and removed to Eburne, where he
has since been living retired.
In Amherst, Nova Scotia, on the I5th of January, 1878, Mr. Dixon was united
in marriage to Miss Florence Freeman, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Tait)
Freeman, both of Nova Scotia, and granddaughter of Colonel Freeman of Nova
Scotia, who was widely known as a political power, as he was a member of
parliament for forty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon have four children : Leonard
F., a farmer, who married Miss Margaret McCulloch; Ernest, who is an engineer
at Revelstoke, British Columbia, and married Miss Maud Beck, of Revelstoke;
Clementina Clara, the wife of William George McCalpin, of Calgary ; and Herbert
C., an employe of Richmond municipality, who married Miss Jennie Vincent.
The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and fraternally Mr. Dixon
is a member of the Royal Arcanum and holds the office of port chaplain in the
local order. In his political views he is a stanch liberal and is president of the
local option society of his district.
EDWIN SANDERS.
Edwin Sanders, to whom Vancouver is greatly indebted for her promotion,
progress and development in many ways, was born in London, England. Decem-
ber 26. 1830. His father, coming to Canada in 1831, settled in Toronto but
afterward removed to western Ontario and in 1877 to Winnipeg, where he lived
for eight years prior to his arrival in Vancouver in 1885.
Edwin Sanders was a pupil of the late Alexander Muir, who wrote the
national poem, "The Maple Leaf," and when his school days were over he
took up the carpenter's trade in Ontario, eventually engaging in the contracting
business in Barrie and other Ontario towns. He was very successful in his work
because of his skill, his straightforward dealing and his fidelity to the terms
of his contract. In 1877 ne went to Winnipeg where he established himself in
the contracting business, but the lure of the west was still upon him and in 1885
he came to Vancouver, which was then the village of Granville. It gave little
indication then of becoming the important and beautiful city which it is today
and yet it showed evidence that promised rapid growth. Upon arriving here
Mr. Sanders entered industrial circles as a contractor and builder and continued
actively in that line of business until 1892, when he retired. He was the first
man to suggest giving the city its present name and his suggestion was carried
out in the spring before the great fire. In 1885 Mr. Sanders built three cottages
on Prior street near Main which are the only three buildings standing today that
were built before the fire. At the time of the conflagration, which occurred on
the 1 3th of June, 1886, both Mr. and Mrs. Sanders turned out with tubs and
pails, as did the other villagers, and fought the fire with water drawn by hand
from their own wells. After the flames had been extinguished about fifty people
took refuge in Mr. Sanders' three cottages and the following morning it took
all the food that had been saved in the neighborhood to furnish breakfast for
this number of refugees. However, no one suffered for want of food for the
relief train from New Westminster arrived at an early hour. Throughout his
entire life Mr. Sanders manifested the same spirit of helpfulness to the city and
to individuals as well.
In 1887 he was a member of the city council and also served for a term in
the '905. He was the father of the Vancouver city market scheme and many
other public projects of worth owe their existence to his efforts. He became
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i large land owner, investing in property on Main and Prior streets and Fender
street, East, building, owning and renting many houses which returned to him
a substantial income.
In 1862 Mr. Sanders was married to Miss Margaret Ann Johnston, a native
of Ontario, and they became the parents of four children : William Henry, of
Seattle, Washington; Joseph E.. living at Great Falls, Montana; Anna E., the
wife of S. H. Ramage, one of Vancouver's aldermen; and J. Fred, who is
engaged in the real-estate brokerage business in Vancouver and is mentioned
more at length on another page of this work.
In addition to all the other important work which he did for the benefit of
he city Mr. Sanders became one of the founders of St. Andrews Presbyterian
:hurch in which he served as elder and active worker for many years, thus
contributing in large measure to the moral progress as well as the material devel-
opment of the community. His life, indeed, was one of activity and worth. All
•ecognize the value of his service in public connections and he was numbered
among the honored pioneers of Vancouver to whom later generations will ever
owe a debt of gratitude because of the substantial way in which these early
citizens laid the foundation for the present progress and prosperity of the city
ARTHUR WELLSSLEY GRAY.
Honored with election to the mayoralty of New Westminster, Arthur Wellssley
Gray is giving to the city a public-spirited, businesslike and progressive adminis-
tration. Previous experience on the board of aldermen qualified him for the
position, and in the discharge of his duties he displays the qualities which have
made him a successful business man. The city numbers him among her native
; ons and thus his life record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a
prophet is never without honor save in his own country. He was born October
(', 1876, his parents being Thomas William and Hyslop (Baird) Gray, the former
; native of Ontario and the latter of Ayrshire, Scotland. The mother was taken
10 Ontario when a child of four years by her parents, who settled in St. Thomas.
T. W. Gray, reared in that province, there learned the miller's trade and for
several years operated a flour and sawmill at Elora, Ontario, but the opportunities
cf the far west attracted him and in 1875 he came to British Columbia, settling
i i New Westminster. Here he acquired an interest in the Old Dominion Sawmills
Company, with which he was identified for ten or twelve years. Subsequently he
1 uilt the Nelson sawmills and later the Pitt River mills at Pitt River. He has
throughout the period of his residence in the west been identified with the lumber
iidustry and he now owns and operates a mill near Lady-smith. His life has
1 een one of intense and well directed activity and his efforts have been an element
i i the material development and progress of the districts in which he has operated
c. swell as the source of his individual success. In the early days of his residence
i i British Columbia he was a member of the New Westminster council. He is
also well known in fraternal circles as a Mason and was secretary of Union
Lodge in New Westminster in the '703. Both he and his wife hold membership
i i the Presbyterian church and are people of the highest respectability, enjoying
i i unqualified measure the warm regard and friendship of those with whom they
have come in contact.
Arthur W. Gray spent his youthful days under the parental roof and acquired
Hs education in the public and high schools of New Westminster. When about
sixteen years of age he entered the law office of Corbould, McColl, Wilson &
Campbell as a clerk, remaining with them for two years, but left their office to
return to high school. After completing his studies he went to Nelson to become
salesman for the Nelson Lumber Company, which he thus represented for two
years. From 1897 until 1911 he was salesman for the Royal City Planing Mills
of New Westminster and in February of the latter year he withdrew from that
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connection to engage in the real-estate business, with which he has since been
prominently identified. He now has a large clientage and has handled many
important realty transfers. He is recognized as an expert valuator of property
and has made for himself a creditable place in real-estate circles.
Mr. Gray is equally well known through his connection with public interests
and activities. From 1907 until 1913 he was a member of the board of alderman
of New Westminster and on the 1st of January of the latter year took his seat as
chief executive following his election to the mayoralty. He now has well in
hand the reins of city government and is giving excellent satisfaction to the more
progressive and public-spirited class of citizens who earnestly desire the welfare
and improvement of the city.
On the dth of December, 1899, ^r- Gray was united in marriage to Miss
Eleanor Jones, a daughter of H. A. Jones, a prominent real-estate broker of Van-
couver, and they adopted a son, David Earl. The wife and mother passed away
January 14, 1912 and on July 8, 1913, Mr. Gray married Miss Margaret H. A.
Davidson of New Westminster. Mr. Gray is prominently known in fraternal
circles, holding membership in Union Lodge, No. 27, F. & A. M.; Westminster
Chapter, No. 124, R. A. M. ; Westminster Commandery, No. 56, K. T. ; Gizeh
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Victoria ; and the local chapter of the Eastern
Star. He is likewise a member of Westminster Lodge, No. 3, of the Canadian
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of which he is the exalted ruler and a member
of the grand lodge. He further has membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles;
in Westminster Post, No. 4, of Native Sons ; and Lord of the Isles Camp, No. 191,
Sons of Scotland. In club circles he is known as a member of the Westminster,
Burnaby Lake Country and Westminster Lacrosse Clubs. He was an active play-
ing member of the last named from 1897 until 1906 and was on the eastern trip
in 1900, when they won the world's championship, returning home undefeated.
Mr. Gray is a Presbyterian in religious faith and is now manager of St. Andrews
church. The interests and activities of his life constitute well balanced forces.
While widely known as a successful business man, he is at the same time intensely
interested in political, social and moral activities and his standards of life are high.
HERBERT EDWARDS.
Herbert Edwards, a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer living in Vancouver,
was born in Oxford county, Ontario, on the I3th of December, 1871, and is a son
of Elijah and Lucy Edwards, the former of whom followed the carpenter's
trade. The parents, both of whom are deceased, were of English lineage.
Herbert Edwards attended the public schools to the age of sixteen years and
then began learning the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father, with
whom he worked along building lines for about six years, spending three years
of that time in eastern Canada, and about three years in British Columbia. Upon
coming to this province he settled in Vancouver, finding employment in connec- .
tion with the bridge work of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He next found a
position in the Canadian Pacific Railway shops, where he spent two years as a
wiper, at the end of which time he was promoted to the position of fireman upon
the road, making his first run from Vancouver to North Bend. In 1900 he was
made an engineer. In those days the engines were small and there was no air
brake, so that the work and responsibilities of the engineer were greater than at
the present time. Mr. Edwards spent six years upon the .Mountain run and with
this exception has been on his present run continuously since entering the railway
service as engineer. In 1900 he was placed in charge of engine No. 152, but now
has engine No. 467, which is one of the latest in design. He never had an acci-
dent and no man was ever killed on a train on which he was engineer, nor was
any man ever injured on his train. He is most careful and painstaking and his
faithful service is appreciated by the company and patrons of the road.
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On the 2d of March, 1912, Mr. Edwards was united in marriage to Miss Edith
I edwell, of Prince Edward Island, a daughter of William and Margaret Ledwell,
"b )th of whom are yet living. In politics Mr. Edwards is independent, preferring
to cast his ballot regardless of party ties. Socially he is connected with Mount
I .ermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. and he is a member of Western Star Lodge,
1^ o. 10, I. O. O. F., and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was
tl e first dancing master in Vancouver and became recognized as an authority
•o i the terpsichorean art, which he taught in Vancouver in the early days in a
hill that was lighted with candles and had other primitive furnishings. Mr.
Edwards has led an industrious life and his economy and diligence Jiave enabled
h m to become the owner of valuable property.
JAMES TILTON.
James Tilton, who is now living retired, was formerly actively identified with
tl e agricultural interests of Steveston. He was born in Oxford county, Ontario,
•on the i6th of January, 1872, and is a son of Samuel and Caroline (Auger) Tilton.
The mother is now deceased, but the father is still living and divides his time
^between Eburne and Vancouver.
The boyhood and youth of James Tilton were passed in very much the same
iranner as those of other farmer lads reared in his community at that time. He
•obtained his education in the schools at Delmer Corners, and early became familiar
with the duties and responsibilities of the agriculturist. Upon completing his
•education he turned his attention to farming in Ontario county, on his father's
f; rm which contained three hundred acres. There he remained until he was
tventy-eight years of age. He then came to Westminster and for a time thereafter
•cr.t ties for the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, following which he engaged
ir logging for himself at Mount Layman, British Columbia. Subsequently he
rented a farm from J. W. Sexsmith and engaged in the dairy business, supplying
tl e Empress steamboats with milk and cream, which products he also sold in
the city of Vancouver. This undertaking proved to be very lucrative and a few
y<ars later he bought a farm of a hundred and sixty acres, which he cultivated
until 1910. In the latter year he sold eighty acres of his holding and renting the
remainder retired from active business. He has acquired some promising mining
stjck and is one of the directors of the Royal Standard Investment Company,
w lich is operating mines in the Jamison Creek district.
In 1899 Mr. Tilton was married to Miss Mary Smith and to them have been
born two children: Georgine, who is eleven years of age; and Jennie, who has
p; ssed her eighth birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilton are members of the Methodist church, and his political
si pport he gives to the conservative party, taking an active interest in public
a) fairs. Mr. Tilton has worked tirelessly since early youth in the achieve-
ment of a definite purpose and such success as has come to him is the result of
indefatigable energy and intelligently directed activities.
ARTHUR JAMES PARMITER.
Agricultural pursuits have always engaged the energies of Arthur James Par-
triter, who owns a highly improved farm of a hundred and sixty acres in the
v:cinity of Ladner. He is a native of British Columbia, his birth having occurred
at Victoria on the 26th of May, 1872, and a son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Hart-
ni-11) Parmiter. The father came from England during the early pioneer period and
was connected with the Queen Charlotte coal mines until they were closed down.
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In 1872, he removed to Laclner and took up a hundred and sixty acres of wild!
land, thereafter making this his home.
As he was only an infant when his parents brought him to Ladner, Arthur
James Parmiter has passed practically his entire life in this immediate vicinity.
He was reared in very much the same way as other pioneer lads, and acquired,
his education at home and in the public schools of Ladner. At the age of sixteen
years he left school and locating on the farm he still owns turned his attention
to agricultural pursuits. The land was in practically a wild state, and during the
winter and early summer was overflowed by the water of the Fraser river to a depth,
that sometimes made it possible to row over it in a boat. To dyke, underdrain,.
clear and place under cultivation this holding was a big undertaking, especially
for a youth of his years. He had no apprehensions as to the outcome, however,
and took hold of the work in a manner that bespoke unusual capability and the
resourcefulness which can readily be converted into power. First, he began the
construction of dykes, and as soon as he had protected a small tract from danger
of overflow started to break the land and prepare it for cultivation. It was impos-
sible to proceed very rapidly with this part of the work, as even with the assistance
of three or four teams of oxen but little could be accomplished in a day owing
to the condition of the soil. The cattle would oftentimes sink to their knees in
the mire and it would be necessary to get a team of horses to pull them out. He
plowed and planted an acre at a time, increasing his cultivated tract each year Until
he had his entire acreage producing. As he prospered he increased the value of
his property by the erection of a better residence, large barns and substantial
fences, while he introduced about his premises such modern conveniences as are
consistent with the spirit of progress he at all times manifests in his work. Mr.
Parmiter engages in diversified farming, but makes a specialty of hay, oats and
potatoes and annually raises abundant crops of each. He is not only a successful
agriculturist but is regarded as one of the alert and enterprising business men of
his community, in the development of which he takes an active interest.
In New Westminster, on September 28, 1908, Mr. Parmiter was married to
Miss Bertha Cherry, of Essex. England, and to them have been born two children :
Winona Sylvia, four years of age ; and Alfred Arthur, who is eight months old.
Fraternally Mr. Parmiter is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and the Canadian Foresters, while he gives his political support to the conservative
party. He has worked hard, and applied himself to the achievement of his
purpose in an intelligent and capable manner. His prosperity has thus been pur-
chased at the price of unremitting energy and constant application and is in every
way highly merited.
WILLIAM DODD.
William Dodd, creditably filling the office of justice of the peace in Yale, is
a pioneer in British Columbia and for over fifty years his work has been a factor
in the development of the province. He was born at Matfen, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, England, April 4, 1837, and is a son of John and Margaret (Dobson)
Dodd. He acquired his education in the public schools and after laying aside his
books made his home in his native section until he was twenty-five years of age.
At that time he determined to try his fortune in the new world and accordingly
came to British Columbia by way of the Panama canal and San Francisco up
the coast to Victoria, and arrived in Lillooet in 1862. From Yale he walked
three times a distance of three hundred miles to the Cariboo district, where he
mined and prospected for nine years. At the end of that time he turned his
attention to commercial pursuits, joining the British Columbia Express Company
with charge of their interests at Yale. He held this position for twelve years,
showing himself resourceful, capable and far-sighted in all business dealings.
He gave up this office to accept an appointment as government agent, assessor
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; nd collector, serving loyally and ably from 1886 until 1911, when he resigned,
."•ince 1905 he has been acting as justice of the peace, or stipendiary magistrate,
showing his usual energy and public spirit.
In 1879 Mr. Dodd was united in marriage to Miss Clara Louise McCall, a
4 escendant of a well known family of United Empire Loyalist stock. Mr. and
! Irs. Dodd have three children. Mr. Dodd is prominent in affairs of the Masonic
< rder, belonging to Union Lodge No. 9, of New \Yestminster, and also the chapter
itid commandery. Politically he supports the conservative party. He is a man
< f excellent business ability, well known throughout the community for his integ-
rity and for the interest which he takes in public matters. He is in every sense of
I ic word a man worthy of the confidence of the people and is numbered among
Vale's most representative and highly respected citizens.
\
GEORGE E. DREW, M. D.
Dr. George E. Drew, physician and surgeon, is one of the honored repre?enta-
tves of the profession in the province. He specializes in surgery, in \\hich he
his attained eminence by reason of his constantly advancing skill and ability
r .'suiting from practical experience and broad research and investigation. Back
•of all of his scientific knowledge is a broad humanitarianism without which the
p ivsician and surgeon never attains the highest success.
Dr. Drew was born June 21, 1857, at Petite Riviere. Nova Scotia, his parents
b :ing William S. and Cassandra (Sperry) Drew, also natives of Xova Scotia, in
v hich country the paternal grandfather settled on coming from Xew England
w ith the United Empire Loyalists that left the United States on the outbreak of
tl e Revolutionary war. The American family of Drew trace their ancestry
b ick to John Drew, who in 1660 crossed the Atlantic and settled at Plymouth.
I- is son and namesake was born at Plymouth, August 29, 1676, and for a long
p triod resided at Halifax, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Delano, the daugh-
Urof Dr. Thomas Delano and the granddaughter of John Alden, whose unique
p 'Oposal on behalf of Miles Standish for the hand of Priscilla Mullens won him
hs bride when she turned to him with the now oft-quoted query: "Why don't
y ai speak for yourself, John ':" The John Drew long a resident of Halifax there
d ed July 10, 1745. Among the English ancestors of the family was one Sir
Tiomas Drew, a son of Edward Drew, who received the honor of knighthood
it 1625 in the royal garden at Whitehall at the time of the coronation of King
C larles I. Another ancestor, Edmund Drew, was granted a crest by Queen
E izabeth in 1589. Edward Drew, of Sharpness, Devon, was for some years
ir. ember of parliament from Exeter and from 1592 until 1594 was recorder of
J-indon. The parents of Dr. Drew were lifelong residents of Xova Scotia,
w icre the father followed farming and merchandising as well as ship building.
After attending Mount Allison College at Sackville, Xew Brunswick, Dr.
D-ew, having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work, entered
the medical department of the University of Xew York, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1881. He then returned to his home and practiced
at Petite Riviere, Xova Scotia, until 1893, when he spent a year in travel and
pest-graduate work, gaining the broad practical experience which only hospital
service can bring. In May, 1894, he arrived in British Columbia, settling at
X ;\v Westminster, where he has since resided and in the intervening period,
cc vering almost two decades, he has built up an enviable reputation as a physician
ard surgeon, ranking today among the foremost men in his profession in the
province. He is a member of the British Medical Association of London and
I of the Canadian Medical Association and through his connection with those
: organizations, as well as through wide private reading and research, he has de-
| ve loped the power and ability that classes him with the eminent surgeons of the
; ncrthwest.
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In 1885 Dr. Drew was united in marriage to Miss Ada E. Drew, a daughter of
Lemuel W. Drew, of Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia. They have two daughters,.
Jessie Evelyn and Kathleen, both at home. Dr. Drew and his wife hold mem-
bership in the Methodist Episcopal church and he is identified with several fra-
ternal organizations, being a member of Amity Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. ; the
Royal Templars of Temperance; and the Woodmen of the World. His ideals-
of life are high and he never fails to utilize any opportunity to raise himself to-
their standard. The profession and the public speak of him in terms of highest
respect, for his life work has been of signal usefulness in the world.
JOHN ELLIOTT.
One of the younger generation of professional men in Vancouver is John
Elliott, who controls a large and representative land surveying practice in this-
city. He was born in Bruce county, Ontario, April 16, 1883, and is a son of Sidney
Claude and Isabella (McLean) Elliott, the former a native of Ontario and the
latter of Scotland.
John Elliott was eight years of age when his parents moved to this city and
in the local public and high schools he acquired his education, having the distinc-
tion of being the first pupil graduated from the Fairview public school into the
high school. After laying aside his books he worked for a few years in his
father's employ but in 1901 became connected with the Canadian customs service
at Skaguay. He spent one year at that occupation and then in 1902 started as
a chain man with a surveying party. Becoming interested in this profession, he
was articled in April, 1903, to George H. Dawson, under whom he worked for
three years, after which they formed a partnership, organizing the firm of Daw-
son & Elliott. Their association, which was mutually beneficial, existed until
1911, when Mr. Dawson received the appointment of surveyor general of Brit-
ish Columbia. Mr. Elliott then entered into partnership with M. W. Hewett
under the firm name of Elliott & Hewett, this concern taking over the business
controlled by Dawson & Elliott. The firm enjoys a large and important patronage
and has reputation for prompt, reliable and efficient work, both partners being
well trained, able surveyors.
In New Westminster, on the 2d of March, 1909, Mr. Elliott was united in
marriage to Miss Edith G. Swift, a native of Virginia, and they have become
the parents of a daughter, Beth Garner. Mr. Elliott is independent in his poli-
tical beliefs, voting for men and measures without regard to party lines. Although
still a young man he has gained a high place in professional circles and the
future undoubtedly holds for him continued advancement and attainment.
ROBERT PERCY WILMOT.
Robert Percy Wilmot, a native son of Victoria, who has founded a substantial
degree of success upon his organizing ability, energy and well controlled ambition,
is now managing director of tVie British Columbia Investments, Ltd., and has
been largely responsible for the growth which this institution has made since its
foundation. He was born on the 3ist of March, 1885, and is a son of Edward
Ashley and Isabel Wilmot, the former of whom was in the early days a civil
engineer on the Inter-colonial Railway and afterward engaged on construction
work on the western division of the Canadian Pacific. He now makes his home
in Victoria. Mr. Wilmot of this review is a grandson of Robert Duncan Wilmot,
who was for several years lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.
Robert Percy Wilmot acquired his education in the public and private schools
of Victoria and after laying aside his books was employed by Molson's Bank in
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 571
^'ancouver, rising in five years from a comparatively humble position to that of
teller. He resigned this in 1907 and returned to Victoria, where he became con-
i ected with the wholesale commission business, as a silent partner in the firm
( f Radiger & Janion. In 1909 he sold out his interest in this concern and started
i i the real-estate business, being associated with Alvo von Alvensleben for one
\ ear. At the end of that time he associated himself with G. S. Rothwell and
t jgether they organized the British Realty, Ltd., but after a short time Mr. Wilmot
assigned his interest to his partner and organized the British Columbia Invest-
rients, Ltd., of which he became the managing director and he has since held this
office, discharging its responsible duties in a capable and progressive way. He
possesses great fertility of resource, untiring energy and the faculty of carrying
forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes and he has made these
qualities the basis of a success which places him in a high position among the
a lie business men of Victoria.
On the I4th of September, 1912, in Victoria, Mr. Wilmot was united in mar-
r age to Miss Winifred Johnson, a daughter of E. M. and Helen Johnson, the
f jrmer of whom is the pioneer real-estate dealer in Victoria, having been associ-
a:ed with this line of business here for over forty years. While a resident of
\ ancouver Mr. Wilmot was a member of the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Connaught's
Own Rifles. He is a conservative in his political beliefs and a member of the
/nglican church. Fraternally he is connected with the Native Sons of British
Columbia and he holds membership in the Union and Pacific Clubs of Victoria.
I e is also an ardent and keen sportsman, fond of all outdoor athletics. Although
si ill a young man, he has already advanced far on the road to success and his
ability and ambition guarantee his continued progress.
ANGUS MUNN.
Angus Munn, who since 1897 has been closely identified with the government
ct stoms service and since 1912 has rendered the province excellent service as
customs inspector, was born in Prince Edward Island, November 28, 1858. He
is a son of Duncan and Eliza S. (Brehaut) Munn, natives of that province, where
they were reared and married and where they resided until 1893. The father
eiigaged in merchandising and trading and was also closely connected with the
earning industry. In 1893 he came to British Columbia, locating in New West-
m nster, where he lived retired until his . death, which occurred about ten years
afterward. His wife survives him and makes her home in Vancouver, being
ei:;hty-eight years of age.
Angus Munn was reared at home and acquired his education in the public
sc lools of Prince Edward Island. On reaching manhood he was taken into his
father's business, becoming a member of the firm of Duncan Munn & Sons and
re:aining this connection until about 1888. He then withdrew from the concern
ard engaged independently in the mercantile business, becoming prominently
id :ntified with business interests of his district and proving himself a man of
resource, energy and capacity. In 1893 he disposed of all of his interests in
Prince Edward Island and accompanied his parents to British Columbia, the family
locating in New Westminster. Here Angus Munn became connected with the
fifh canning industry and had also mining interests, these concerns occupying
hi; attention until 1897, when he was appointed to a position in the government
customs service. Since that time he has been connected with this department
ard has risen steadily as his ability and trustworthiness have become recognized.
In 1902 he was advanced to the important post of customs collector and he served
in til 1912, when he was made inspector of customs for the province of British
Columbia, a position which he still holds. He has proven prompt, capable and
conscientious in the discharge of his duties and has won the warm approval of
th : people of the province by reason of his reliable and far-sighted work.
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In 1884 Mr. Munn was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Agnes Bell, a native
of Prince Edward Island, and to their union have been born six children : E. C.
Alvina ; Daniel Elsworth, who is connected with F. J. Hart & Company, real-estate
and insurance brokers of Vancouver; Harry A. D., employed by the Dominion
Express Company of Xew Westminster ; and Nina V. B., Lyle E. and Mary
Dollina, all of whom are attending school.
Fraternally Mr. Munn is connected with Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M.;
Westminster Chapter, No. 124, R. A. M. ; Westminster Preceptory, No. 56, K.
T. ; and Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He belongs also to the Sons of Scotland
and he and his family are attendants of the Presbyterian church. He is interested
in the work of the Westminster Club and a member of the Westminster Board
of Trade. During the sixteen years of his connection with the government service
he has made an excellent record and is considered today one of the most capable
and reliable officials in the province. In New Westminster he occupies a position
of influence, being numbered among the men of marked ability and substantial
worth.
JAMES GREENSHIELDS BRYMNER.
Tames Greenshields Brymner, warden of the provincial gaol, was born in
Melbourne, Quebec, on the iQth of September, 1861, a son of Douglas and Jean
(Thomson) Brymner, of whom more extended mention is made on another page
of this work in connection with the sketch of George D. Brymner. Spending
his youthful days under the parental roof, James Greenshields Brymner pursued
his education in the Ottawa public schools and on the Jth of June, 1881, when
in his twentieth year, he joined the Royal North West Mounted Police and
served as a member of that famous body of men for twenty-one years, attaining
his majority in the service. During his connection therewith he won promotion
through various ranks from constable to staff sergeant. Leaving the service
in 1902 he came West to visit his brother in New Westminster and was so well
pleased with the country, its advantages and its prospects, that he decided to
remain. In 1903 he was appointed a guard of the gaol, in which capacity he
served until 1907, when he was made warden of the institution, in which impor-
tant position he has since continued, capably and efficiently discharging his duties
in that connection.
In 1904 Mr. Brymner was married to Miss Rose Armstrong, of New West-
minster, a daughter of Robert Armstrong and a niece of W. J. Armstrong,
the well known ex-sheriff and ex-member of the provincial parliament,
living in New Westminster. Mrs. Brymner is a member of the Anglican church.
His name is on the membership roll of Union Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M.,
and he belongs also to the Westminster Club. He is likewise a member of the
board of directors of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of New
Westminster and is much interested not only in that association, but in other
projects and plans for the welfare and improvement of the district.
JOHN WILLIAM ABERNETHY.
Eburne counts as one of the greatest signal forces in its industrial development
the extensive business controlled by Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., and it numbers
among the men who have been active in promoting its growth, progress and
advancement John William Abernethy, president of the concern and since its
organization a dominating element in the direction of its policies. Mr. Abernethy
is a man of long experience in the lumber business, having been closely connected
with important branches of this industry for the past twelve years, and he is,
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n oreover, possessed of force, capacity and insight, qualities upon which he has
b ised a success which places him among the leading business men of this part
o British Columbia.
Mr. Abernethy was born in Oxford county, Ontario, September 29, 1862,
and is a son of Robert and Jane (Barkley) Abernethy, the former a native of
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who came to Canada in 1837, settling in Oxford county,
C ntario, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1902. fie was a
c; rpenter and builder and also for many years engaged in farming. His son
John William Abernethy acquired his education in the public schools of his native
cc unty and was afterward apprenticed to the carpenter's trade at Woodstock.
He followed this in that city for eight years thereafter and at the end of that
ti'.ne moved to Seattle and then to Tacoma, Washington, where he worked at
his trade for two years. In 1891 he went to Vancouver, following carpentering
in that city until 1895, when he went to Honolulu, in the Hawaiian islands. There
hi remained until 1902, following his trade, but in that year returned to British
Columbia, settling in Port Moody, where he entered the employ of the Canadian
Pacific Lumber Company. He held this position until 1905 and then moved to Port
H iney, where in association with N. S. Lougheed he aided in the organization of
th ; firm of Abernethy & Lougheed, Ltd. They purchased a sawmill in Port Haney
ard they have continued to operate this to the present time, having now a large
plant. They are manufacturers of fir, cedar and spruce lumber, shingles, doors,
windows, moldings, etc., and they deliver a large number of scows of lumber daily
to points on the Eraser and Pitt rivers, their concern constituting the principal
industry of the village where it is located. The Port Haney mills arc owned by
thr Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., a concern which Abernethy & Lougheed established
in 1909, Mr. Abernethy serving as president and Mr. Lougheed as general manager.
G. G. Abernethy is vice president and manager of the company's interests at Port
H;.neyand D. Slatcher is secretary, while the directors of the company are P. D.
Re e and R. Abernethy, both of Port Moody. The Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., have
organized and equipped with modern appliances one of the most modern and
complete lumber mills to be found in British Columbia. The plant is located
at iburne, on the line of the British Columbia Electric Railway, a few miles out
frc m the city of Vancouver, on the north arm of the Eraser river. There is no
me re suitable site for a timber mill in the whole Canadian northwest than here,
foi ready and fast growing markets are right at the very door of the plant. While
sta iding in the yards surrounding the mill one can see in every direction building
activities of an important character. It is hardly more than a stone's throw from
the plant to the site upon which the magnificent new Grauer building is being
ere:tedon one of the main corners in the business section of Eburne. The timber
I industry is one of the most important in British Columbia and is constantly
| growing, building activities being such that all the mills in the province are taxed
i to ihe limit of their capacity. Those operated by Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., are
no exception, for Eburne is a junction point in the lines of the electric railway
i am on the way to the city new buildings of every description are being erected.
I On the road from Eburne to Vancouver through the districts of Point Grey and
Sh; ughnessy Heights hundreds of the most beautiful residences in the province
; are either just completed or under course of construction.
The sawmills of Abernethy & Lougheed, Ltd., located at Port Haney, are,
as ^vas mentioned before, owned by Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., and the combined
plants, together with their logging operations, afford employment to about three
hur dred men. At Eburne the trade is almost entirely a local one and so great
; is the demand in the home market for lumber that the company has had to make
! demands upon the Port Haney mill from time to time for the execution of its
'. orders. On Lulu island it was found necessary to establish a local yard. This
! is located at Steveston and serves as a distributing center for that district. The
j output of the Port Haney mill is largely shipped to the northwest prairies, or
delivered by scows to the settlers on the Erasers and Pitt rivers. With a trade
Ithat is ever expanding these mills are being worked to their full capacity. The
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company's logging camps at Mount Lehman are also in constant operation, last
year's production from this source being about eleven million feet. This was
distributed to the mills at Eburne and Port Haney. Thus it may be seen that
Eburne Saw Mills, Ltd., control an immense and constantly increasing trade. The
business has expanded steadily since its foundation and has reached gratifying
proportions at the present time, much of its growth being due to the excellent
administrative and executive ability of its president, Mr. Abernethy, who in an
extremely difficult and responsible position displays great insight, capacity and
power of control as well as business discrimination and judgment of a high order.
He is an alert, energetic and aggressive business man, experienced in his particular
line, able to cope with modern business conditions, and with a reputation for
business integrity and sagacity that is beyond all question.
Mr. Abernethy married, December 25, 1892, Miss Josephine Laycock, a
daughter of Joseph Laycock, a native of England, who emigrated to Canada and
located in Oxford county, Ontario, where he operated a gristmill. Mr. and
Mrs. Abernethy have two children, George and Jean. Fraternally Mr. Abernethy
is connected with the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church and gives his political allegiance to the conservative party.
He is active in public affairs, being a supporter of many public enterprises and
institutions, to which he gives his influence as well as his means for their advance-
ment. His business career has been actuated by laudable ambition and character-
ized by unfaltering industry, combined with strict adherence to high standards of
business ethics. In Eburne he has aided in the upbuilding of a productive industry,
which has been one of the greatest contributing factors to the growth of the city,
and he stands today among the leading business men and representative citizens
of this community.
FRANK MILLWOOD BRYANT, M. D.
Dr. Frank Millwood Bryant, a successful member of the medical profession
of Victoria, was born on a farm eight miles from Russell, Manitoba, January
16, 1885, and is a son of Frank and Jessie (Lawther) Bryant. The father emi-
grated to Manitoba from London, England, in 1880 and took up land in Russell
county, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years. In
1882 he married Miss Jessie Lawther, a daughter of John Lawther, of New
Park, County Antrim, Ireland. Mrs. Bryant came to Canada in 1880 and settled
in Russell. She and her husband, are now living at Shellmouth, Manitoba. To
their union were born five children, one of whom, a son, has passed away. The
family is of English origin on the paternal side, the paternal grandparents being
natives of London. John Lawther, the maternal grandfather, was born in County
Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to Canada in 1880, locating in Russell, Manitoba,
where he engaged in farming. During the period of his residence in his native
country he was one of the largest stock buyers in his vicinity.
Dr. Byrant acquired his education in the public schools of Shellmouth, Mani-
toba, and in the collegiate institute at Portage la Prairie. In 1902 he obtained
a second-class teachers' certificate and afterward engaged in teaching until the
fall of 1906, when he entered Manitoba Medical College, graduating on the i3th
of May, 1911, with the degree of M. D. He made an excellent record in that
institution, obtaining two scholarships during his course as well as a bronze
medal and one of the Dean's prizes in his final year. Following his graduation
he came immediately to Victoria, where he entered St. Joseph's Hospital as
interne, remaining in that capacity until June 10, 1912. He then began the
general practice of medicine in this city and has already secured a large
patronage which indicates the confidence reposed in his professional skill and
ability. He holds to high standards of professional ethics and therefore enjoys
the regard of his brethren of the medical fraternity. Moreover, he keeps in
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touch with the general trend of progress that is stimulated through the inter-
c lange of knowledge among the members of the provincial and city medical
societies, with both of which he is identified. His office is located at Nos. 312-313
C entral building and is modern and up-to-date in its furnishings and equip-
n ent, being supplied with all of the newest appliances and surgical instruments.
Dr. Bryant is a member of the Presbyterian church and is connected frater-
n illy with Aerie No. 12, F. O. E. He belongs to the James Bay Tennis Club and
it a liberal in his political beliefs, interested in the growth and progress of the
city but not active as an office seeker. Conscientious in the performance of his
professional duties and constantly broadening his knowledge by reading and
ir vestigation, he has, although still a young man, made for himself a creditable
position among the able members of the medical fraternity in Victoria.
JOHN HONEYMAX.
Although he is living retired, John Iloneyman continues to reside on his beau-
ti 'ul farm located in the vicinity of Ladner, where for many years he success-
fi lly engaged in diversified agricultural pursuits. The career of Mr. Honeyman
h; s been pursued in various sections of the world. He is a native of Scotland,
his birth having occurred at Newburgh, Fifeshire, January 31, 1845. ancl n's
parents were John and Margaret (Ramsay) Honeyman.
He was reared at home, his youth having been passed amid an environment
ccnducive to the development of those sterling qualities which have character-
iz :d his manhood. His education was begun in his native town and continued
at St. Andrew's, Madras College, until he had attained the age of fifteen years.
Returning home he then began his agricultural career by assisting his father with
thj cultivation of the farm, his undivided attention being devoted to this work
ui til he was twenty. In common with many other young men he was desirous of
pi rsuing his career in the colonies, the spirit of adventure associated with the
life there making even the hardships and privations, which he knew the majority
wore compelled to undergo, irresistibly attractive. He therefore left the parental
ro )f and took passage on a sailing vessel for Xew Zealand. Six months were
co'isumed in making the journey, and upon reaching the port for which he was
I bound, he was still five hundred miles from his destination — the gold fields of
Now Zealand. He was compelled to walk the remainder of the distance, but this
I fa -t did not tend to lessen the enthusiasm of the youth, who was buoyed up by
i the wonderful stories he had heard of the fortunes made by many of the pros-
pe:tors. The hope of striking a rich vein of the precious metal held him there
I until the rush for the gold-fields of Victoria, Australia, which he sought in com-
\ pa ly with many of his companions, remaining there until 1872. In the latter
I year he was recalled to Scotland by the death of his father, and after straighten-
j inf up the business affairs incident to settling the estate, emigrated with his
brothers and sisters to Canada. They located in the province of Ontario, where
he remained until 1878, when he continued his journey westward to Manitoba.
That was his place of residence for ten years, at the expiration of which time
he came to British Columbia, making the journey by way of Los Angeles and
i Victoria. Ladner was his destination and soon after his arrival here he bought
, a 1 undred acres of land, which during the winter and spring was entirely cov-
' ered with water. In order to cultivate this tract it was necessary to wear rub-
j bei boots while the horses were shod with wooden shoes. Owing to conditions
! the work moved slowly, much time being consumed in preparing the soil for
j cultivation. The land was very fertile, however, and produced heavily, and
I heie during the succeeding years he engaged in diversified farming, his fields
i behg largely planted to oats, hay and potatoes. He also raised some stock,
his efforts in all directions being rewarded in a most gratifying manner. As
| time passed he added to the value of his property by the various improvements
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he effected, and the erection of a comfortable residence, substantial barns and
outbuildings and the installing of many conveniences about the place to lessen
the labor and expedite operations. Mr. Honeyman is very proud of his home-
stead, as well he may be, for it represents many years of unceasing diligence and
constant application. His early labors have been well rewarded, however, and
he now has a beautiful home, while his fields annually yield an income which
more than provides for the needs of himself and family.
.Mr. Honeyman was married on the 2gth of September, 1885, to Miss Helen
Xicholl. a native of Manchester, England, and to them have been born four chil-
dren, as follows : Gordon, Douglas Ramsay, Elsie Agnes and Stewart Xicholl.
The children are all at home, the sons having of recent years relieved their father
of the work and responsibility connected with the operation of the farm.
Mr. Honeyman is a Master Mason, having joined the order in Scotland when
he was twenty years of age. He is one of the widely known and high respected
pioneers of this section, having been one of the progressive and enterprising citi-
zens who took an active interest in forwarding the country's development and
he has ever supported worthy projects which he felt would advance the welfare
of the community.
THOMAS HEXRV SMITH.
Thomas Henry Smith, a capitalist who has made his home in Xew West-
minster for more than two decades, is the president of T. H. Smith Company.
Limited, the largest and foremost retail dry-goods establishment in the city.
He has retired from the active management of the concern, however, and de-
votes his attention to various financial interests. His birth occurred in Victoria
county. Ontario, on the i6th of August, 1863, his parents being John and Grace
(Bray) Smith, the former a native of Cornwall, England, and the latter of
Devonshire. The paternal grandfather. George Smith, came from England to
Canada about 1834. settling in Bowmanville, Durham county, Ontario, as a pio-
neer of the section, where he was engaged in milling and farming until he passed
away at the venerable age of ninety years. The tract of land which he cleared
on his arrival remained his place of residence until his demise. His son, John
Smith, was a lad of ten years when he accompanied his parents on their emigra-
tion to Canada and was reared on the original homestead in Durham county,
Ontario. On reaching manhood he removed farther north to Victoria county,
that province, where he was successfully engaged in general agricultural pur-
suits until called to his final rest in 1874. His wife, who bore the maiden name
of Grace Bray, was a daughter of John Bray, a native of Devonshire, who also
came to Canada about 1834 and settled in D\irham county, Ontario.
Thomas H. Smith obtained his early education in the public school of Wood-
ville. Ontario, and subsequently pursued a high-school course at Whitby, that
province. When a youth of sixteen he became apprenticed to a mercantile con-
cern at Cannington. Ontario, and at the end of his term of indenture secured
a position in a retail dry-goods store at Toronto, while later he was for twelve
years in the service of W. R. Brock Company, Limited, wholesale dry goods
merchants of Toronto as a traveling salesman, his territory covering central
Ontario. In June, 1891, he came to New Westminster, British Columbia, and
embarked in the retail dry-goods business on his own account. The enterprise
was successful from the beginning and has developed into the foremost and
best establishment of its kind in the city. Mr. Smith conducted the business under
his own name until 1909, when it was incorporated as the T. H. Smith Company.
Limited, of which he has since been president, although he has retired from its
active management. The store is one of which the city may well be proud, being
splendidly appointed in all of its departments and carrying an extensive stock
of merchandise at reasonable prices. In its conduct Mr. Smith has displayed ex-
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c:llent executive ability and capable management, and its growth is due to his
v isely directed efforts. Prosperity has attended his undertakings in large meas-
ure and he now has diversified interests, including directorships in the West-
n inster Trust Company, Limited, and the Westminster Investment Company,
I imited.
On the ijth of November, 1892, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss
Charlotte Anderson, her parents being William and Jane Anderson, of St.
Thomas, Ontario, the former a retired farmer. Our subject and his wife have
o ic son, James, who is an employe of the Westminster Trust Company, Limited.
Mr. Smith has always been active in civic life, taking a helpful interest in
a 1 matters pertaining to the growth, development and upbuilding of Xew West-
n inster. Politically he is a conservative. Fraternally he is identified with the
A'asons, belonging to Lewis Lodge, No. 56. lie is likewise a member of the
V restminster Club and is active in church and kindred work, being a director
o the Young Men's Christian Association, a member of the board of managers
o the Royal Columbian Hospital and a member and treasurer of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian church. Sound judgment has directed his efforts, laudable ambi-
tion has prompted his activity and progress has characterized his entire career,
winning him not only a prominent place in financial circles but also developing
his latent intellectual powers until he is today occupying a leading position in
sccialas well as business circles.
THOMAS W. QUILTY.
Throughout a period of residence in British Columbia dating from 1878
Thomas W. Quilty has witnessed practically the entire development of the province
ai d has been a great individual force in progress, his activities having been
alvays of a constructive and progressive character. The years have brought
hi n success, widespread esteem and substantial fortune and the work of his
ac:ive career has ended in honorable retirement and rest after labor.
Thomas W. Quilty was born in Prince Edward Island, on the ist of May,
1850, and is a son of Patrick and Mary C. Quilty, the former of whom came
to Canada in the early '8os and engaged in farming on the island. His son, the
su >ject of this review, acquired his education in the public schools of his native
co nmunity and at an early age went to sea, rising to be chief officer of a large
Aiierican ship when he was only twenty-two years of age. This important
portion he held until 1873 and then gave up seafaring life and entered the em-
pic y of the United States customs department in New York, being stationed
afterward in Baltimore and San Francisco and continuing in the service until
1877. In that year he entered the employ of the lighthouse department of the
sttte of California and during his one year in this connection visited every light-
hoise from San Diego to the northern boundary of the United States and as-
sisced in laying the first whistling buoy on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Quilty came to British Columbia in June, 1878, and settled in Xew West-
mi ister, where he was connected with the canning business for four years, re-
signing in order to become connected with the penitentiary department. In that
portion he continued for twenty-one years, accomplishing a great deal of con-
structive, efficient and beneficial work and finally resigning in order to enter
the hotel business at Port Coquitlam. In this city he conducted a modern,
well managed and profitable institution of this character until 1913, when he dis-
posed of the enterprise and retired from active life, his judicious investments
diHng the years having brought him a substantial fortune.
On the 1 5th of July, 1889, Mr. Quilty was united in marriage to Miss Jane
Coaghlan, a daughter of John Coughlan. of Prince Edward Island. Mr. and
Mrs. Quilty became the parents of five children : Charles Russell, Beatrice Mary,
Kathleen and May, the two latter in school at Toronto; and Thomas, deceased.
582 BRITISH COLUMBIA
Mr. Quilty is a member of the Roman Catholic church and guides his upright
and honorable life by the principles in which he believes. He is a public-spirited
and progressive citizen, interested in the development and advancement of the
section where he has so long resided, and he has gained the respect and esteem
of all who have been in any way associated with him.
SAMUEL M. McGUIRE.
Among the notable pioneers in Salmon Arm Samuel M. McGuire occupies
an honored place, for he is numbered among the real founders and upbuilders
of the city and has been since early times a powerful and vital force in its busi-
ness advancement. He was one of the first general merchants in the com-
munity and has been identified with this line of work since before the munici-
pality was incorporated and at the same time has given his active and hearty
cooperation to movements of a public nature. He was born in Montreal Septem-
ber 24, 1876, and is a son of Alexander and Agnes McGuire, who came to Winni-
peg at an early date.
Samuel M. McGuire acquired his education in the Winnipeg public schools
and remained at home until 1892, when he came to Salmon Arm and joined
his brother, who had a few years before taken up a ranch of one hundred and
sixty acres and established a general merchandise store. Mr. McGuire of this
review took over the management of the latter enterprise, which was then very
small, and from it has grown his present great concern — one of the largest of
its kind in this locality. The business soon outgrew its original quarters and
Mr. McGuire built a large modern store and therein installed a complete stock
of goods. His patronage steadily increased as the high quality of his goods, his
reasonable prices and his straightforward business methods became more widely
known and the scope of his activities makes him today an influential factor in
the city's mercantile and commercial life.
Mr. McGuire is a member of the Masonic order and is active in the affairs
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the L. O. L. As a citizen of Sal-
mon Arm and one of its first residents he has been loyal in his advocacy of every-
thing pertaining to the welfare of the city and has made substantial and important
contributions to its progress and upbuilding.
J. P. HAMPTON BOLE.
Many of the foremost figures in the ranks of the legal fraternity of British
Columbia are native sons. Among them is J. P. Hampton Bole, barrister and
solicitor and head of the well known firm of that name. Son of a distinguished
father, he worthily follows in his footsteps. His parents are Hon. W. Xorman
Bole and Florence Blanchard (Coulthard) Bole, of whom extended mention is
made in another part of this work.
Born in New Westminster, January 23, 1882, J. P. Hampton Bole entered,
upon completing his education, the office of his honor, Judge Ho way, in 1899,
and after a most thorough course of close application to and wide reading in the
law was admitted to the bar of British Columbia in 1904. In that year he began
the practice of his profession and is today considered one of the leading members
of the generation, prominent in his profession, giving particular attention to
criminal practice. He exemplifies in his conduct the lofty ideals of an ancient
and noble calling and honors his profession by paying it honor and by his adherence
to the solid virtues and enlightened principles underlying the law. To make
his native talents subserve the demands of the social and business conditions of
his day is the ambition of his life and the ultimate purpose of his work and he
stands today as an excellent representative of the lawyer to whom personal gain
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i ; but one aim in many, secondary in importance to public growth and development
; nd less important than many other elements which go to make up the sum total
c f human existence.
In 1906 Mr. Bole married Miss Evelyn Brown, a daughter of Major Brown,
c f New Westminster, who as second in command took the local rank of major
general and participated in the Chinese campaign under the late General Gordon.
?Iajor Brown has since passed away. Mr. and Airs. Bole have two daughters,
Xorma S. and Florence B.
Mr. Bole is one of the prominent figures in the younger ranks of the liberal
I arty and stands for the most progressive form of liberalism. He is a leading
s )irit in the Native Sons of British Columbia and in religious faith is an Episco-
palian. An ardent sportsman, he is devoted to motoring and yachting, owning a
f.ne sailing yacht in the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club flotilla, lie is a member of
t ic Terminal City and Royal Vancouver Yacht Clubs. Yet a young man, he
s ands on the threshold of a career which will no doubt connect him in an important
manner with the legal and political history of the province and its development.
Strongly marked by character, he is recognized as a forceful element in his home
c >mmunity, enjoying the high regard and confidence of those who know him.
PERCY LEONARD JAMES.
Percy Leonard James, a successful and leading architect of Victoria, is engaged
ii business in association with his brother under the firm style of James & James,
hiving offices at No. 414 Hibben-Bone building. His birth occurred in London,
England, on the jth of December, 1879, his parents being Samuel and Hannah
( Bridle) James, the former a native of London and the latter of Dorset, England.
Simuel James is an artist of note and an exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts.
t e resides in London with his wife. The paternal grandfather of our subject
was also an artist of London, which city was the place of his birth. Both he
and his wife, the latter also a native of England, are deceased. The maternal
grandparents, natives of Dorsetshire, England, have likewise passed away.
The maternal grandfather was an agriculturist by occupation.
Percy L. James obtained his education in the International College of Hamp-
stead, London, England, completing the prescribed course in 1893. In that year
he was articled to an uncle, John Elford, M. S. A., the borough engineer and
aichitect of Poole, England. In 1896 he left his uncle and returned to I^ondon,
strving in various architects' offices but being principally with Saxon Snell, F.
R. I. B. A., until 1906. Believing that Canada offered better opportunities, he
left his native land and in 1906 located at Edmonton, Alberta, eventually form-
ing a partnership with H. A. Magoon and E. C. Hopkins. This firm soon built
up a large practice and designed many structures in Edmonton, among them
bt ing the building of the Young Men's Christian Association. In 1908 he dis-
posed of his interest to his partner and came to Victoria, British Columbia, here
beginning work in his profession alone. Two years later he entered into part-
n< rship with his brother, Douglas James, who had spent several years learning
the profession in London. The firm has since been known as James & James.
Tiey have furnished designs for all kinds of structures but more particularly
hi»h-class residential buildings, including the residences of J. W. Morris and
G H. S. Edwards in the Oak Bay district ; the J. T. Reed residence on Rockland
a.\ enue ; the residence of Justice Galliher on St. Charles street ; and the residence
of Dr. J. D. Helmcken on Moss street. These are among the most beautiful
homes in Victoria. They also designed the municipal hall at Oak Bay. Mr.
Jr^mes is treasurer of the British Columbia Society of Architects and a member
of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He is devoted to his profes-
sion and familiarizes himself with the latest ideas pertaining thereto. His
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thorough knowledge and originality entitle him to recognition as one of the lead-
ing architects of Victoria.
In politics Mr. James is a conservative but not an active worker in the ranks
of the party. He is a member of the Church of England and belongs to the
church committee of St. Mary's at Oak Bay. He spends his leisure hours in
boating and fishing and takes a decided interest in horticulture. Though still
a young man, he has already attained an enviable reputation and recognition in
the line of his profession and will undoubtedly win added laurels.
WILLIAM LAWRENCE JOHNSON.
A resident of New Westminster since 1875, William Lawrence Johnson has
been connected with the commercial interests of the city since that time and for
twenty-eight years has held an important position with the Royal City Mills,
having for twenty-four years of this time been superintendent of the plant. His
conspicuous ability in handling men and his executive force have played a large
part in making him the efficient official he is, his services to the corporation being
invaluable on that account. He was born in Barrie, Ontario, November i, 1861,
a son of Robert and Sarah (Gallant) Johnson, the father and paternal grand-
father both being natives of I'arrie. Ontario. The paternal great-grandfather
emigrated from Ireland to the LTnited States prior to '1776, locating in Baltimore,
but upon the outbreak of the rebellion removed to Canada on account of his
loyalist tendencies. Here he located in Barrie, Ontario. The parents followed
our subject to British Columbia, locating in New Westminster about 1886, and
there they afterward made their home and passed away, finding their last resting
place in that city.
William Lawrence Johnson was but three years of age when his parents re-
moved from Barrie to Windsor, Ontario, where he enjoyed such educational
advantages as were offered at that place. He was but fourteen years of age
when he crossed the continent to seek his fortune, going to San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, where he remained for about a month before proceeding northward to
British Columbia. Here he located in New Westminster, which has been his
home since 1875, and was variously employed until 1878, when he entered the
staff of the Royal City Mills, becoming superintendent in charge of the opera-
tives of that establishment four years later, with the exception of seven years
when he conducted a shingle mill of his own on Gambier island, Howe Sound.
With that exception he has since served in this important capacity, his faithful-
ness to his duties and natural ability making him an ideal man for the position.
He is peculiarly well fitted to handle large forces of men and succeeds in getting
the best of service from his employes without friction or misunderstanding.
The people' working for him see in him their best friend and give him their
utmost loyalty, and in that way he has done work which is highly appreciated
by the officers of the company, as it is generally recognized that harmonious col-
laboration is most conducive to the best financial results.
On July 27, 1887, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Martha Grant,
of New Westminster, a native of Nova Scotia and a daughter of the late Captain
Angus Grant, who for many years was in the merchant marine service as captain
of his own vessel. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one son, Allen Lawrence, who
represents the British Columbia Equipment Company in Victoria. He enjoyed
excellent educational training, being a graduate of the Westminster high school
with the class of 1906.
As his means have increased Mr. Johnson has extended his interests by
judicious investments and is now a stockholder and vice president of the Vulcan
Iron Works of New Westminster, one of the prosperous industrial establishments
of the city. He is prominent in liberal politics and for two years served as
president of the Liberal Club of his city. He and his wife give their religious
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illegiance to the Methodist church, of which both are members. As the years
lave passed the position he holds in his community has increased in influence
ind he is now accounted one of the substantial men of the city. A forceful
:lement for good along moral, intellectual and material lines, he enjoys the good-
vill and confidence of all who come in contact with him in a business or social
vay.
ALEXANDER PEDEN.
Alexander Peden, of Victoria, representing the New York Life Insurance
Company, was born June 17, 1878, in Cockenzie, Scotland, and was the second
ildestof the five sons in a family of nine children whose parents were Alexander
zndMary (Highstead) Peden, both of whom were natives of Scotland. They
(migrated to Canada in 1888 and made their way to Victoria, where the father
engaged in the fishing industry on the Skeena river up to the time of his death,
\ -hich occurred in August, 1907. His parents were natives of Scotland and were
c f Scotch ancestry. The maternal grandparents were also natives of the land
cf hills and heather.
Alexander Peden was educated in the public schools of Cockenzie, Scotland,
tothe age of ten years, when he accompanied his parents across the Atlantic to-
C anada. The family home was established near the corner of Fort and Douglas
s reets in Victoria, where the Jones building now stands, and later they resided
01 the present site of the Balmoral block. From 1889 until 1891 Alexander
I eden attended the public schools of Victoria during the winter months and in
the summer seasons was employed in the canneries on the Skeena river. In the
h tter year he entered the service of George R. Jackson, a merchant tailor of
\ictoria, and learned the tailor's trade, continuing with Mr. Jackson until 1901,
covering a period of ten years. He then purchased his employer's business, which
h<: conducted independently on his own account until July, 1913, at which time
ho disposed of his interests to engage in the life insurance business. During the
yrars in which he conducted his tailoring establishment he was also actively
engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, both as principal and agent,
and many of the large and important real-estate transactions in Victoria and
vicinity were consummated by him. His tailoring establishment was the out-
g-owth of a business established in 1850 and is the oldest of the kind in Vic-
toria. Through his efforts, his capability and his knowledge of the trade he
\v is successful in a marked degree and he has also prospered in other lines, ad-
v; ncing entirely through his own efforts. He possesses notable ambition and
ei ergy, is watchful of all opportunities pointing to success, neglects no advantage
that will promote his legitimate interests and as the years have gone by has
giadually worked his way upward until he occupies a most gratifying place as
a substantial business man.
Mr. Peden is a member and one of the trustees of the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks of Canada and belongs to the organization of Loyal Orangemen. He
is 'ikewise connected with the Canadian Order of Foresters, of which he is a past
chief ranger and a former secretary. He became one of the charter members of
th'i Victoria lodge. His membership relations further extend to Columbia Lodge,
No. i, A. F. & A. M., of Victoria, and he is a member and the treasurer of the
Progressive Club, a member of the Vancouver Island Development League, a
director and one of the founders of the Shawnigan I^ake Athletic Association.
His political support is given to the liberal party, with which he is prominently
identified as an active, earnest and effective worker. He is a member and an
executive officer of the Liberal Association and he was a member of the city
co mcil of Victoria in 1911. His religious faith is indicated in his membership
in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church and he also belongs to St. Andrew's Society.
On the 28th of January, 1904, Mr. Peden was united in marriage to Miss
Violet Emily Robinson, a daughter of Edwin F. and Elizabeth (Maylin) Robin-
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son, both of whom were natives of England, whence they emigrated to Canada
in 1884, settling in London, Ontario, where Mr. Robinson engaged in the jewelry
business for many years. He is at present in the employ of the provincial gov-
ernment as a bee specialist. Mr. and Mrs. Peden have two children : Dorothy
Ilene, who was born December i, 1906; and Marjorie Elizabeth, born October
19, 1911. Mr. Peden finds recreation in football and motoring and is very fond
of outdoor life and all athletic sports. The family occupy a beautiful home at
No. 651 Trutch street, the residence standing in the midst of attractive grounds.
It is one of the visible evidences of the success which has come to Mr. Peden
in a well spent life, in which activity, intelligently directed, has brought him to
a prominent and creditable position in business circles.
THOMAS CONRAD JOHNSTON.
Among the wide-awake and successful real-estate men of Victoria is Thomas
C. Johnston, of the firm of Aloore & Johnston, real estate and insurance, No. 632
Yates street, Victoria. After a varied and interesting career as engineer in a
number of foreign countries he came, in 1907, to Canada and has found in
Victoria a field of operation that brings him rapidly to a. most gratifying finan-
cial position. Born May 6, 1884, in Hyde, Manchester, England, he is a son
of William and Emma (Evans) Johnston, the father a native of London, Eng-
land, and a stationary engineer by profession, who now lives retired in Hyde.
The mother was a native of Chester, Wales, and a daughter of Thomas Evans,
a native of that city and a well known landowner of that district in his day.
She died in 1911 at the age of fifty-eight. The paternal grandfather was also
a native of Manchester and followed the same occupation as his son.
Thomas Conrad Johnston was educated in the public schools of Manchester
and attended Owens' College, of the same place, completing his education in
1900. He then took up the same vocation as his father, remaining as stationary
engineer in Manchester until 1904. In that year he left England for a tour of
the world, which lasted about two and a half years, and then accepted a posi-
tion under the Hon. Percy Blandford Weston, serving as engineer in charge
of gold mining exploration work in Chile and Patagonia for eighteen months.
He was next engaged in copper mining throughout Bolivia, Peru and the Argen-
tine Republic, and later in 1907 came to Canada, locating in Victoria. Shortly
thereafter he went to Cumberland, Vancouver island, following various occu-
pations in connection with coal mining in that place, but a year later returned
to Victoria. Here he was engaged in various lines of work but finally accepted
the position of manager of the real-estate department of the firm of J. E. Smart
& Company, of this city. In this connection he gained valuable experience as
to local conditions and the local market, and perceiving the opportunities that
the field offered, he resigned his position to enter into a partnership with W.
W. Moore under the name of Moore & Johnston in order to independently
engage along that line. They do a large reQ.l-estate and insurance business and
Mr. Johnston is effectively active in promoting the success of the firm, which
has continued to expand and now does an important and profitable business in
this city. They also specialize to a considerable extent in Port Alberni prop-
erty. Mr. Johnston is yet interested in mines on Vancouver island and the
mainland but devotes most of his time to the interests of his firm.
A liberal in politics, Mr. Johnston is an active worker in party ranks although
he has never evinced any desire for public office. He is public-spirited and
progressive and by his life gives an excellent example of what constitutes good
citizenship. While he has attained individual success, he is ever ready to sup-
port public movements, and the city of Victoria may be congratulated upon hav-
ing among its younger business men such an enterprising, forceful character
as Mr. Johnston. Fraternally he is a member of the Far West Lodge, No. i,
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 593
K. P., and of Dominion Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., both of Victoria. He is also
; member of the Camosun Club. His religion is that of the Anglican church,
1 olding membership in Christ Church cathedral. Mr. Johnston is fond of the
; menities of life and particularly interested in amateur theatricals, having a
( ecided talent for the histrionic art. He is fond of football and ice hockey,
actively interesting himself in these two sports. These diversions form a well
I alanced counter weight to his strenuous business activities and give him that
j oise and renewed energy which is so necessary to the successful business man
cf die present day.
FREDERICK DAVIS.
Frederick Davis, who is making his experience, his business ability and his
initiative spirit elements in his successful conduct of one of the most important
dry-goods and furniture establishments in New Westminster, was born in Sli-
dell, Louisiana, and is a son of William and Caroline Davis. The father was a
soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, rising from the rank of
private to that of colonel. He was a stanch supporter of the Confederate cause
a id was a first cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states.
Li business life he was a successful plantation owner.
Frederick Davis was educated in England, attending Harrow and Cambridge.
A f ter his graduation he returned to the United States and became connected with
tl e furniture business in Philadelphia, thus gaining his first experience in the line
o ' work in which he is now prominent and successful. From Philadelphia he
w ent to Chicago, then to San Francisco and thence to Portland, engaging in the
furniture business in all of these cities. He came to New Westminster in 1905
a; manager of Lee's Limited, a connection which proved his high standing in
mercantile circles and in which he continued for four years, resigning in 1909 in
Older to establish himself in business. He now has a large and profitable enter-
pi ise and has been accorded a liberal patronage in recognition of his personal
popularity as well as the high quality of his goods and his upright and straight-
fc rward business methods.
Mr. Davis married, in 1899, Miss Josephine Oke, a daughter of John Oke,
of England, and they have two children, Dorothy and Irene, both of whom are
at :ending school. The family residence is an attractive and comfortable home
in Edmonds, a suburb of New Westminster. Mr. Davis spends a great deal of
hi ; leisure time in hunting, boxing and swimming, being an enthusiastic devotee
of all indoor and outdoor sports. He has made good use of his time and oppor-
tunities and justly merits the prosperity which has come to him and the place he
has attained among prominent and substantial business men of this community.
CHARLES HENRY GILLIS.
Industry, well directed activity and a progressive spirit, guided and con-
trolled by sound and practical business judgment, are the qualities which have
fo -med the basis of the success of Charles Henry Gillis and which have brought
him today to a place of prominence in business circles of Vancouver as president
and manager of the Western Trading Company, Ltd. He was born in Tilson-
burg, Ontario, April 22, 1880, and is a son of John and Amy Gillis, the former
a prominent and successful farmer in Ontario.
In the public schools of his native city Charles H. Gillis acquired his early
education, afterward attending the British American Business College of To-
ronto, from which he was graduted in 1899. I"1 tne same year he entered the
employ of the McGann-Fawke Lumber Company of Toronto and was sent to
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Irvine, Kentucky, to investigate some timber holdings controlled by the concern.
He retained this connection until 1902, when the company sold their interests
to J. A. Roberts. Mr. Gillis then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and identified him-
self with the Kentucky Lumber Company, with whom he remained for one year.
Coming to Vancouver at the end of that time, he was for five years thereafter
with the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Company, Ltd., acting as
their northwestern representative. In 1908 he organized C. H. Gillis & Com-
pany, Ltd., wholesale dealers in lumber and shingles, and he was elected presi-
dent, the company becoming under his able management the largest individual
jobbers of shingles in the province. The concern had offices in New York city
and in Tonawanda, New York, and controlled important and profitable inter-
ests. The business was closed, however, in 1911, and on the 25th of October,
of the same year, the Western Trading Company, Ltd., was incorporated, with
Mr. Gillis president and managing director. This concern controls a general
brokerage and commission business and has already become an important factor
in the commercial life of Vancouver. Mr. Gillis has displayed his usual energy,
determination and efficiency in his competent management of its affairs and a
great deal of its success is due to him.
On the i6th of March, 1907, in Vancouver, Mr. Gillis was united in mar-
riage to Miss Florence Beeton Le Feuvre, a daughter of Francis B. and Annie
Le Feuvre. Mr. and Mrs. Gillis have three children, Mary Beeton, Florence
Jean and Ruth Evelyn.
Mr. Gillis is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is a charter member
of the Alpine Club of Canada, belongs to Cascade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A, M.,
of \ ancouver, and is connected with' the Terminal City Club. A man of wide
interests, sterling worth and forceful personality, he is well and favorably known
in \ ancouver, to the later business development of which he has made many sub-
stantial and lasting contributions.
CLARENCE MAVVSON MARPOLE.
Extensive business interests are under the careful and intelligent guidance of
Clarence Mawson Marpole, a member of The Macdonald-Marpole Company,
Limited, agents for the mainland of British Columbia for the Canadian Collieries
ivDunsmuir) Ltd. Well formulated plans, carefully executed, constitute the basis
of their growing success and his successful achievement has placed Mr. Marpole
among the representative and honored business men of his adopted city. He was
born at Barrie, Ontario, March 4, 1878. His father, Richard Marpole, the present
general executive assistant for British Columbia of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
was born in Wales, June 8, 1850, a son of Richard and Eleanor (Evans) Marpole,
who were also natives of the little rock-ribbed country of Wales, where the
father engaged in merchandising and afterward in farming. Richard Marpole,
the father, was educated in the schools of Wales and of Glasgow, Scotland, and at
the age of sixteen years entered upon his business career in connection with rail-
roading. For a time he represented English railroads but afterward came to the
new world and represented the Northern Railway of Canada. In 1881 he became
connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway as a contractor, and in 1882 was
made a member of the official staff of that company as assistant manager of con-
struction on the Algoma branch and Nipissing division of the main line. He next
became superintendent of construction and operation of the Lake Superior divi-
sion and was transferred to the Pacific division in the same capacity in 1886. In
1897 he became general superintendent of the Pacific division and continued in
that capacity until 1907, when he was made general executive assistant for British
Columbia and so continues to the present time. Thus step by step he has ad-
vanced, the recognition of his ability bringing him larger responsibilities in more
arduous positions until he is today a prominent figure in railway circles of Canada.
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1 [e is also vice president of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Company. It is a
i otable fact in his career that what he has undertaken he has carried forward to
saccessful completion and that obstacles and difficulties in his path seem but to
s :rve as an impetus for renewed effort. He has been and is still an important fac-
tor, through his operations in railway development, in the growth of British Colum-
bia. He has studied the country and its conditions from many standpoints and has
a Ivocated the extension of railways into those sections the rich natural resources
of which constitute a promising field for labor and for settlement. All this has
b "ought him wide knowledge concerning Canada and especially of the west and he
h is lectured in England on the resources of the province, thus exploiting its ad van-
Is ges and its opportunities. While abroad in June, 1908, he was presented to Their
Majesties, the late King Edward and Queen Alexandra, at Windsor Castle. Aside
f -om his important business activities which have constituted so valuable a factor
ii the settlement and improvement of the west he has done much active work
a ong lines that have furthered the general welfare and promoted public progress,
a id is now the president of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society of British Columbia.
Jr is efforts in that direction are of untold value in checking the ravages of the
white plague and altogether his life work has been of signal service to mankind.
Clarence Mawson Marpole was educated in the public schools of Kamloops,
British Columbia, and in Wetham College at Vancouver and in Victoria College,
bring a graduate of the last named. Following his graduation he became an em-
ploye of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the engineering department in 1894
and there remained until 1897, when he was transferred to the passenger depart-
ment, where he remained until 1899. He then became associated with George E.
jVla.cdonald in the formation of the firm of G. E. Macdonald & Company, the busi-
ness being conducted under that style until 1901, when incorporation papers were
taken out under the title of The Macdonald- AJarpole Company, Limited, of which
Air. Marpole is the president. They have a fully paid in capital of one hundred
th Dusand dollars. This company acts as agent for the mainland of British Colum-
bi.i for the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. The main offices and two branch
he uses are located in Vancouver. They handle all the coal required by the Can-
ac ian Pacific Railway from Vancouver island, the transportation of this coal
being managed by the Vancouver Tug & Barge Company, Ltd., a subsidiary cor-
pc ration. This company has large storage bunkers on False creek and on Burrard
Inlet, the latter being the point at which all coal required by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad is loaded through the bunkers into the cars. Their retail business is
handled from their yards on Main street and they conduct the most extensive
co il business in Vancouver. The Macdonald-Marpole Company, Limited, is also
laigely interested in the Bermuda Steamship Company and the Vancouver Dredg-
ing & Salvage Company, and aside from this Mr. Marpole has other financial
interests. His business affairs are of far-reaching importance and extensive in
volume. His plans are always well formulated and have their basis in sound
business judgment, keen perception and a ready discrimination between the essen-
tial and nonessential. In 1912 Mr. Marpole promoted the organization of the
British Columbia Breweries, Limited, which effected the consolidation of the
breweries of Vancouver, Nanaimo and Cumberland. He became the managing
dii ector of the new organization and so continues to the present time. He is
also president of the Vancouver Tug & Barge Company, Ltd., as well as being
an officer and director in other financial and commercial enterprises, and he has
holdings in the oil fields of the Midway district of California.
On the nth of December, 1901, Mr. Marpole was married to Miss Mary
Ginford Edmonds, a daughter of the late Henry Valentine and Jane Fortune
(Kemp) Edmonds, of New Westminster, British Columbia, the former a pioneer
anl one of the foremost citizens of this province, of whom more extended men-
tio i will be found on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Marpole have
on-: child, Harry Gifford.
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Mr. Marpole has ever done his part in matters of civic development and has
sought the general welfare along many lines in which he has been a hearty coop-
erant. He is now a member of the board of directors of the Vancouver General
Hospital. In politics he is independent and not active. Fraternally he is con-
nected with Cascade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., and the Chapter, R. A. M.,
and his religious faith is that of the Anglican church. He is interested in various
club and social affairs of the city, belonging to the Vancouver, Terminal City,
Western, Vancouver Royal Yacht, Vancouver Rowing and Vancouver Athletic
Clubs of Vancouver, and the Union Club of Victoria. Since making a start in
the business world Mr. Marpole has made excellent use of his time and his oppor-
tunities and is regarded as one of Vancouver's prosperous citizens, achieving what
he has undertaken and marking out a course that others may well follow if they
desire to attain prosperity. Moreover, his efforts, reaching out along constantly
ramifying lines, have been of marked value as a factor in the general welfare,
of the city and province.
GEORGE EDGAR GRAHAM.
George Edgar Graham has recently become identified with the Coquitlam Ter-
minal Company, Limited, as general manager, entering upon his duties in this
connection after resigning his position as acting assistant general superintendent
of the British Columbia division of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, which
numbers among its representatives in various parts of the Dominion many suc-
cessful, able and far-sighted men. Among such, none are more worthy of suc-
cess, more reliable and straightforward in business, more able in fhe discharge
of responsible duties than Mr. Graham, who for a quarter of a century was with
the railroad company, being recognized as one of its most valuable representa-
tives. The same qualities which brought him promotion in that connection and
wrought for the success of that corporation will prove of equal worth in the devel-
opment and growth of the business of the Coquitlam Terminal Company, Limited,
of which he is now general manager.
Mr. Graham was born in Uxbridge, Ontario, on the igth of May, 1870, and is
a son of Thomas and Violet Graham, the former the descendant of a man well
known in Canadian military affairs and the latter of old United Empire Loyalist
stock. The public schools of his native town afforded Mr. Graham his early edu-
cational opportunities and he was afterward a student in the collegiate institute
at Markham, Ontario. In 1888 he laid aside his books and in October of the same
year entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad as telegraph operator,
beginning in this way a connection which has been a source of mutual benefit.
He retained his first position until 1890 and was then advanced to that of secretary
to the general freight agent in Toronto. For two years he was secretary to the
manager of construction of the Crow's Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific, with
headquarters at Macleod, Alberta. His record is one of continued and rapid
advancement. From secretary to the manager of construction he progressed to
the position of superintendent of the Canadian Pacific refrigerator service at
Montreal. In 1905 he was promoted to district superintendent at Winnipeg and
later at Fort William, where he remained until the 1st of January, 1910, when
he was transferred to Vancouver in the same capacity. This position he retained
until May i, 1913, when he was made acting assistant general superintendent
of the British Columbia division of the Canadian Pacific. On September i, 1913,
he resigned from the service of the Canadian Pacific to become general manager
of the Coquitlam Terminal Company, Limited, with headquarters in Vancouver.
The firm has extensive water frontage and industrial acreage in Port Coquitlam,
adjacent to the new Canadian Pacific terminal, where it is proposed to establish
manufacturing plants of various kinds. Mr. Graham's long experience in railway
circles well qualifies him for such tasks as now engage his attention and his-
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e •cperience as one of the most capable transportation men is of the greatest
v ilue to him in his new position.
On the ist of August, 1895, m Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Graham was united in
n arriage to Miss Mary Beckett, a daughter of James and Edith Beckett, the
f< >rmer a veteran of the Fenian raid and the latter a representative of old United
Empire Loyalist stock. Mr. and Mrs. Graham have one daughter, Helen.
Mr. Graham is conservative in his political beliefs and interested in public
aifairs, giving his active and hearty cooperation to movements for the general
good. He belongs to the Vancouver Commercial and Progress Clubs. He is
pieeminently a business man, energetic, determined and progressive, and an alert
ai d enterprising spirit has kept him in touch with all that pertains to the line
oi business in which he is engaged. The success which has come to him is well
m:rited, being the fitting crown of his perseverance and his labors.
EDWIN HOWARD McEWEX, M. D.
Dr. Edwin Howard McEwen, one of the leading medical and surgical prac-
titioners of Xew Westminster, was born in Ormond, Ontario, on the nth of
Auril, 1878, his father being the Rev. Peter H. McEwen, one of the pioneer
nvnisters of British Columbia, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere
in this work.
Dr. McEwen spent his youthful days under the parental roof and in the ac-
quirement of his education attended successively the Ontario common schools
and the high schools of Victoria and Xew Westminster. Subsequently he was
gr en a first-class teachers' certificate and for four and a half years engaged in
te; ching, spending the last two and a half years of that period in the city schools of
Nc.w Westminster. He then turned to other professional activities, however,
en ering upon the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons
at San Francisco. He was not satisfied with that institution, however, and spent
hi:- second year in the medical department of the University of Toronto. As that
school would not recognize the San Francisco college, he was compelled to write
the examinations of the first year in his second year, doing the two years' work
in one. Notwithstanding this, he finished sixth in his class in all around honors.
Tl inking there was better clinical material work in Montreal than in Toronto,
he next entered McGill University, but McGill would not recognize either the
Toronto or San Francisco colleges and he was there compelled to write the
examinations of his two preceding years in connection with his third years' work
and finished there, with all his handicaps, ninth of his class in all around honors.
Hi was graduated in 1906, following which he spent an interneship during the
summer, months in the Montreal General Hospital and in the fall of the same
ye; r returned to British Columbia. He first located at Cloverdale, where he
built up a successful practice which continued over four and a half years. In
June, 1911, he came to New Westminster and in January, 1912, formed a part-
neiship with Dr. G. T. Wilson. In October of the same year his brother, S. C.
McEwen, also became a member of the firm, which is one of the very successful
me lical firms of the city.
In January, 1907, Dr. McEwen was united in marriage to Miss Eva C. Len-
nie a daughter of Rev. Robert Lennie, one of the pioneer ministers of British
Columbia. In fact he was the first Baptist preacher in the province, filling the
pul lit of the first Baptist church in what is now Vancouver. Unto our subject
am his wife have been born two children, Theodore Stanley and Enid Catharine.
In politics Dr. McEwen is a liberal but not active as an office seeker. He
j belongs to Union Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., the Canadian Order of Foresters,
| the Ancient Order of Foresters, the Chosen Friends and Sullivan Camp, M. W.
A. Both Dr. and Mrs. McEwen hold membership in the Baptist church, in the
! work of which they are actively interested, and Dr. McEwen is a director of
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the Young Men's Christian Association. He is also school medical health officer
and his life work is of a broad nature, bringing him into close touch with intel-
lectual and moral as well as physical development. He stands for progress in
all things and at all times and his own career has been marked by continuous
advancement.
ROBERT FORREST BONSON.
The roster of public officials in New Westminster contains the name of no
more capable, progressive and efficient man than Robert Forrest Bonson, now
creditably serving as government road superintendent. He is a native son of the
city, born in 1862, his parents being Lewis Francis and Jemima Bonson, of whom
further mention is made elsewhere in this work.
Mr. Bonson acquired his education in the public schools of New Westminster
and for a number of years after laying aside his books engaged in important
bridge construction work for the Provincial government. In 1912 he was ap-
pointed government road superintendent and he has since served, proving con-
scientious, public-spirited and able in the discharge of his duties.
Mr. Bonson married Miss Janet Sprott of New Westminster, who has passed
away leaving no children. Mr. Bonson is well known in social circles of his native
city and has a host of warm friends. He is a member of the Presbyterian church
and politically gives his allegiance to the conservative party. He has proven
himself a capable and far-sighted public servant and is at all times interested in
the progress and development of the community which is proud to number him
among her native sons.
JOHN A. CHRISTIE.
Practically during all of his active career John A. Christie has been connected
with the lumber and sawmill industry, having attained a foremost place among
the men engaged in that line of work. Not only has he attained to prominence
and wealth but he has done much toward opening up the resources of this and
the middle western provinces and has for a number of years been president of
Christie & Company, Limited, extensive real-estate dealers, engaging in that
line of business in 1909 after his return to Vancouver from Winnipeg. Since
1913 Mr. Christie has also been interested in shingle mills on Vancouver island,
founding an industry for which a prosperous future may be vouchsafed. Born in
the township of Oxford, county of Grenville, Ontario, he is a son of Duncan and
Sarah (Selleck) Christie, the former a native of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire,
Scotland, where he was born in 1812. In 1817 he came to Canada, settling in
the township of Oxford, county of Grenville, Ontario, where he lived until his
death at the age of seventy-five years. During practically all of his active life he
was successfully and extensively engaged in farming. He married Sarah Sel-
leck, a native of Canada, whose parents had removed to Canada from Vermont,
settling in Oxford township. Grenville county.
John A. Christie was educated in the high schools of Ontario, after which
he remained on his father's farm for a short time, and then engaged in the lum-
ber business at Oxford Mills, Ontario, on his own account. He was also engaged
in flour milling there, continuing along both lines until 1882, when he removed
to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he remained for a few months and then went to
Brandon, that province, where he established a retail lumber business, engaging
there along that line until 1.887. In the fall of that year he built a sawmill, the
first mill of any importance west of Winnipeg, and operated this mill for thir-
teen years, doing the largest lumber business in the prairie provinces. His busi-
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n««s interests in Manitoba were very extensive and by his enterprise and energy
hi became one of the foremost men in his line. For ten years he was president
01 the Assiniboine Lumber Company and also vice president of the Northwest
F re Insurance Company of Manitoba. He also had other extensive interests.
He was one of the organizers and for a number of years president of the Mani-
toba Agricultural & Art Association, which now makes the largest exhibitions
in western Canada. He was also a member of the Brandon Board of Trade
ai d the most important position he held in the community is evidenced by the
fact that he served as president of that organization a number of years. In
the fall of 1899 Mr- Christie sold out his Manitoba interests and came to Van-
couver, British Columbia, to establish his residence. In the spring of 1900 he
'W'-nt to the Yukon Territory, where he engaged in sawmilling and in the lum-
ber business, operating in the summer months and returning to Vancouver for
th : winter months. He so continued until 1903, when he returned to Winnipeg,
where he engaged in the wholesale lumber business until 1909,- returning on the
nth of July of that year to Vancouver, where he has since resided. On his
re urn he became extensively interested in real-estate operations, engaging in
business as Christie & Company, Limited, and so continues. On January, 1913,
he also became engaged in the manufacture of shingles, his mills being located
on Vancouver island. A strong and aggressive man of extraordinary business
ab lity and executive force, Mr. Christie has made for himself a position which
enitles him to be numbered among the foremost men of the city. He enjoys
thi: highest reputation in commercial circles and his actions and methods war-
ra it the confidence which he enjoys.
On March, 17, 1870, Mr. Christie was united in marriage at South Gower,
Oi tario, to Miss Rebecca Pelton, a daughter of Elijah Pelton, a well-to-do farmer
of Ontario and a descendant of John Pelton, a member of a titled family of Nor-
folk, England, who fought with and killed the Duke of Buckingham, for which
it vas decreed that he either stand trial or leave the country (see Macaulay's
History of England). At this time John Pelton was a titled lord in Norfolk,
i Er gland. However, he selected the latter course to come to America on the
i M; yflower. He is registered in the first records of the city of Boston as hold-
] ing one acre of land. At that time the whole peninsula where Boston now stands
I was in standing timber. The Pelton family were United Empire Loyalists and
i lef the colonies during the Revolutionary war, removing to Canada and settling
in Dntario. Mr. and Mrs. Christie have one child, Eleanor Ethel, who married
i Jai les Young. Griffin, a capitalist and one of the foremost citizens of Winnipeg,
I bei ig president and general manager of J. Y. Griffin & Company, Limited, pack-
ers ; a director of the Bole Drug Company, of the Manitoba & Western Land
Company and the Annuity Company, Limited ; and chief promoter of the Dominion
Produce Company and the Lethbridge Collieries Company; also president of the
1 Ro /al Financial Corporation, Limited, of Vancouver.
Mr. Christie has always taken an active part in the civic life of those places
wh ch he made his residence although since coming to Vancouver he has not
car id to reenter the public arena. However, he gives ardent support to matters
1 per ;aining to the growth and development of the city and is ever ready to devote
his time and means to public projects of acknowledged value. While a. resi-
dent of Ontario, although quite a young man, he was a member of the council
of the township of Oxford, from 1877 to 1882, being elected by acclamation for
i the last term, which position he resigned and moved to Manitoba. Upon his
, ren oval to Brandon he became active in civic affairs there and in 1888 was elected
a member of the school board of that city and continued as a member and chair-
, man of the board for twelve consecutive years, never having a contest for his
seai during that time. This fact alone stands as irrefutable evidence that his
sen ices were able and that his accomplishments along educational lines were
i such as to enlist the greatest appreciation of the public. He also served on the
Iboa-d of aldermen of Brandon and several times refused the nomination for
ma) or which was tendered him by acclamation. As a candidate of the liberal
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party he contested for the Selkirk district the seat in the Dominion house of
parliament at the general election of February 22, 1887, against Hon. T. Mayne
Daly, minister of the interior, but was defeated by only one hundred and seventy
votes. These two candidates polled the largest vote cast in Canada outside of
the cities of Montreal and Toronto, the total being five thousand, three hundred
and thirty-three in the two hundred and fifty-two townships composing the
district. While Mr. Christie has achieved great success along material lines he
has ever given much consideration to the moral and intellectual side of life and
his religious views find expression in his membership in the Baptist church. He
enjoys the full confidence of all who know him, either in a business or social
way, and his career and achievements are a credit to the city which he calls his
home.
ALEXANDER McCALLUM.
Alexander McCallum has been identified with the business interests of Ab-
bottsf ord as a real-estate broker for the past four years and has won well merited
success in that field of activity. His birth occurred in Nova Scotia on the nth
of August, 1861, his parents being William and Martha McCallum, both of whom
are deceased. The father followed general agricultural pursuits throughout his
active business career.
Alexander McCallum attended the public schools in the acquirement of an
education but had to abandon his studies at an early age in order to earn his
livelihood. When a youth of eighteen he left home and made his way to Mass-
achusetts, where he was employed as gardener by a wealthy family. Subsequently
he spent a number of years as general manager of the estate of General John
H. Reed, of Boston, and was afterward for nine years superintendent of the
large farm and garden of Mrs. N. E. Baylis, of New York. He then acquired
land of his own and engaged in general farming and marketing. In 1909 he came
to British Columbia, settling at Abbottsford, where he embarked in the real-estate
business in association with his brother, who is now at New Westminster and a
sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. The firm has handled
considerable property in the vicinity of Abbottsford and their clientage has con-
tinually grown.
On the 6th of August, 1888, Mr. McCallum was united in marriage to Miss
Anna S. Larder, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Larder. They have seven
children, three sons and four daughters. Mr. McCallum is a Presbyterian in
religious faith and is a leading worker in the church of that denomination in
Abbottsford, acting as superintendent of the Sunday school and as manager and
elder in the church. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. There have been no spectacular phases in his life record but
only that persistent energy and ready adaptability which, coupled with unassailable
business integrity, always spells success.
HON. W.. NORMAN BOLE, K. C.
British Columbia has been signally favored in the class of men occupying
her highest public offices and the Hon. W. Norman Bole is one of those who by
their strength, fairness and ability have upheld that prestige. As local judge
of the supreme court of British Columbia and judge of the county court of New
Westminster he has given ample evidence of his knowledge, not only of the law
but also of human nature and prevailing conditions. Born at Castlebar, County
Mayo, Ireland, on December 6, 1846, he is the eldest son of John Bole, Esq.. who
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was deputy clerk of the Crown and Peace for Mayo, and Elizabeth Jane Camp-
bell, one of the Argyle clan. Judge Bole came to New Westminster on a tem-
porary visit in March, 1877, and was called to the bar of British Columbia in
May of that year. He was appointed queen's counsel in 1887 and returned a
nember of the British Columbia legislature for New Westminster by a six to
me vote in 1886. .From 1884 until 1889 he was the first police magistrate of
\Tew Westminster.
Judge Bole was the first lawyer to permanently settle in Xew Westminster
ind is now the senior member of the New Westminster bar. In the many cases
vith which he has been connected in a private capacity he has exhibited the pos-
session of every faculty of which a lawyer may be proud — skill in the presentation
of evidence, marked ability in cross examination, persuasiveness before the jury,
strong grasp of every feature of the case, ability to secure a favorable ruling,
unusual familiarity with human nature and the springs of human conduct, and,
last but not least, untiring energy. He has had a brilliant career as a criminal
lawyer and defended with marked success many notable criminal cases. To men-
lion one will suffice: The Queen against Halliday ; where the prisoner charged
vith wilful murder was tried three times, resulting in two disagreements of the
jury, while at the third trial before the late Sir Henry P. P. Crease, which lasted
i early one month — the court sitting on an average of twelve hours a day — the
result was acquittal, mainly due to the breakdown of the principal crown \\it-
i esses under the pitiless cross examination of Mr. Bole, hi a judicial capacity
Judge Bole presided at the celebrated trial of Mr. Lobb, a banker, accused of the
vilful murder of his wife. The crown was ably represented by the late A. |.
McColl, Q. C., afterwards chief justice, and the prisoner was also well represented
by E. P. Davis, Q. C. The trial lasted eight days and the judge's charge occupied
f)ur hours. The judge while carefully revising the evidence expressed no opinion
upon the facts and the jury acquitted the accused. Jn many other important
c ises Judge Bole has taken part and his name is a familiar one not only to the
Kgal fraternity but the general public to which he has rendered conspicuous
service.
A long and intimate connection with local affairs in British Columbia has
n iturally led Judge Bole into other important affairs of an industrial, commercial
o • charitable character. Eor many years he served as president of the Royal
Columbian Hospital, exerting his influence for the benefit of that institution.
lie also was president of the Board of Trade and as such did valuable work along
p 'emotional lines. He was president of the Hastings Sawmill Company and
held the same office in connection with the New Westminster Southern Railway
C >mpany when he, in connection with A. J. McColl, John Hendry, T. J. Trapp,
K . Hoy, and other public-spirited citizens out of their private resources built the
niilroad from New Westminster to the United States boundary at Blaine, a line
which has since been acquired by the Great Northern Railway Company.
For many years Judge Bole was actively identified with military affairs in
the province, serving as first lieutenant of The Seymour Field Artillery and lat-
te'lyof No. I Battery, British Columbia Brigade of Artillery, of which body he
w is captain and commanding officer. Judge Bole also enjoys an enviable reputa-
ti< >n as a public speaker. At the public celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond
Jibilee in 1897, at New Westminster, Judge Bole was unanimously chosen as the
orator of the day and delivered a splendid address in Queen's Park, during the
course of which he referred to all the principal events of the Victorian era and
was listened to with rapt attention by an audience of over five thousand people.
Tiie speech, which was published in the leading papers, was the subject of much
flattering commendation. Judge Bole has at many other public events been among
thj principal speakers, and as a parliamentary debater he was a marked success
and in this connection was not infrequently placed upon the government benches
when a dilemma on points of parliamentary procedure arose.
Judge Bole has always taken a keen interest in shooting, yachting and all
m;.nly outdoor sports. He is honorary president of the New Westminster Gun
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Club and has been president of nearly all the local clubs. He also finds recreation
in magazine writing and is a valued contributor to some standard publications.
In 1881 Judge Bole was married to Florence Blanchard, only daughter of
the late Major John Haning Coulthard, J. P. To this union were born two sons
but one, Garnet Seymour, has passed away, the other being J. P. Hampton Bole
of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work. The club connec-
tions of Judge Bole are with the Terminal City and the Royal Vancouver Y#cht
Clubs. His home address is "Ardagh," 310 Royal avenue, New Westminster.
The life record of Judge Bole is the story of a man whose activities have been
used for the betterment of his adopted country and its people, and serves to en-
courage and inspire others, indicating the possibilities that lie before the individual
and demonstrating what may be accomplished when effort and ambition combine.
JACKSON T. ABRAY.
Jackson T. Abray, a pioneer in British Columbia and for a number of years
active in the hotel business in various parts of the province, has since 1908 been
conducting an excellent hotel in North Bend. He was born in London, Ontario,
September 24, 1862, and is a son of John and Hannah (Jackson) Abray, of that
city. There he acquired his education and after laying aside his books remained
in the vicinity until he was eighteen years of age, when he started west, remain-
ing in Winnipeg for one year. When the Canadian Pacific Railroad was build-
ing a line over the mountains Mr. Abray obtained employment in the construction
department and worked in the interests of the company until 1883, in which year
he walked over the mountains and on to North Bend, where, however, he remained
only a short time. He later resumed railroad construction work which brought
him in 1885 to Vancouver, where he established himself in business. He met
with success but in 1886 his establishment was destroyed by fire. He was in the
same year appointed one of the first four policemen in Vancouver and for four
years he worked on the local force, doing loyal and able work. His identification
with the hotel business dates from the end of that time, for in 1890 he founded
the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vancouver and managed it successfully for many
years. Later he opened the Bernard Hotel, conducting it until 1908, when he
sold out and came to North Bend and purchased his present place, which he has
since conducted. His former experience made him familiar with the hotel'busi-
ness and this knowledge, supplemented by ability of a high order, energy and
resourcefulness, has been a factor in a success which places him in the front ranks
of the progressive and substantial business men of the community.
In 1888 Mr. Abray married Miss Maude Martin and they have become the
parents of four children. He is a loyal and active conservative and has always
been a faithful worker in the party's interests, having the distinction of having
hoisted the first conservative flag in Vancouver. In all of his dealings he has been
eminently practical and his success demonstrates his business ability and the worth
of his character.
AURDY JULIAN HOLMES, D. D. S.
One of the foremost dental firms in all British Columbia is that of Holmes,
MacSween, Jones & Hacking, of which Dr. Aurdy Julian Holmes is senior
partner. Closely in touch with all the scientific phases of dental practice and
possessing the mechanical skill and ingenuity which is a salient feature in suc-
cessful dental practice, Dr. Holmes has long been recognized as a leader in his
chosen field and at the same time is accounted a business man of superior ability,
as is indicated by his connection with a number of the foremost corporations of
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'"Jew Westminster. He is a Canadian by adoption, his birth having occurred in
rlillsboro, Ohio, September 14, 1866, his parents being Dr. B. F. and Nettie
iolmes. He supplemented his public-school education by a liberal course in the
Cincinnati (Ohio) University and, having thoroughly qualified for the practice
of dentistry, came to British Columbia in 1889, being drawn by the opportunities
of the growing northwest. His ability in the field of his profession is indeed pro-
nounced and his high standing is indicated by the fact that he was honored with
the presidency of the British Columbia Dental Association from 1897 until 1903,
while from 1895 until 1903 he was a member of the British Columbia dental
board. The firm of Holmes, MacSween, Jones & Hacking is indeed one of the
most prominent in dental surgery in British Columbia. The partners are busy
; Imost day and night. Through investigation and experiment they have
('.evised and given to the people of New Westminster modern methods in den-
tistry never before known in British Columbia. They are students, originators,
iiventors and searchers after new and better methods and these methods not only
embody practices generally known to the profession but have also brought out
•\arious new ideas which have proven of practical worth. Aside from his profes-
sional interest's Dr. Holmes is the vice president of the Westminster Trust & Safe
Deposit Company, Ltd., and of the Okanagan Telephone Company, Ltd., and is a
riember of the executive of the New Westminster Board of Trade.
In 1891 Dr. Holmes was married to Miss Ida M. Weaver, of Circleville, Ohio,
and they have one son, Aurdy B. Holmes. The religious faith of the family is
tiat of the Methodist church. Allied with the conservative party, Dr. Holmes
g.ves to it his earnest support. He has served as alderman, filling the position
in 1896, 1902 and 1903, but the professional demands upon his time leave him
little opportunity for active work of that character. He holds membership in
tie New Westminster Club, in the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and he
was the first president of- the New Westminster Automobile Association. He
fi ids his chief source of recreation in motoring, this giving him relaxation from
h s arduous professional cares which are constantly increasing. His position of
eminence has been worthily won and his ability is recognized by all.
WALTER WILLIAM BAER.
Although yet a young man, Walter William Baer has in a rapidly successful
career become prominent in the lumber industry of British Columbia, occupying
at present the position of managing director of the Consolidated Lumber & Shingle
Company of Vancouver, acting as selling agents for large lumber interests. A
lutive of British Columbia, Walter W. Baer was born March 25, 1891, at Nanaimo,
a son of Rev. Walter Wesley and Annie Elizabeth (Berridge) Baer, the former
a lative of Waterloo county, Ontario, and a son of George Baer, who came to
Anerica about 1800 and at first settled in Pennsylvania. George Baer later re-
in rved to Ontario, Canada, where his son, Walter Wesley, was born. The latter
st idied for the ministry at the Methodist University of Mount Pleasant and
after graduating came to British Columbia, his first charge being at Comox on
Vancouver island. He went from there to Victoria, where he remained for three
years, coming in 1893 to Vancouver. He had a charge in this city until 1897,
when he was transferred to Nelson, British Columbia, where he remained until
1907, when he retired from the pulpit. In that year he became actively con-
nected with politics in the ranks of the liberal party, later espousing the cause as
editorial writer on the Victoria Times. On January i, 1913, he became organizer
in the province of British Columbia for the liberal party and so continues to date.
H i married Annie Elizabeth Berridge, a native of England and a daughter of
W . W. Berridge, a well known cutlery manufacturer of the mother country, who
reared from the business about 1887 and came to Victoria, British Columbia,
where he resided until his demise.
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Walter W. Baer was educated in the public schools of British Columbia and
Ontario and at the Nelson (B. C.) high school, from which he graduated. He
began his business career in the employ of the branch of the Royal Bank of
Canada at Nelson, with which he remained for a year. He then accepted a
position with the Canadian Pacific Timber Company, now the Western Canada
Timber Company, at Nelson and has ever since been actively connected with the
lumber business. With the latter concern he spent a year and then came to Van-
couver in 1906, entering the offices of the Western Lumber Company and later
finding employment with the Export Lumber & Shingle Company, with which
he remained until 1910, when he organized the Mainland Lumber & Shingle Com-
pany, lumber and shingle brokers, of which he became manager. He did effective
service in this position, succeeding in building up a prosperous business, and con-
tinued in that capacity until May I, 1913, when the company sold their name
and good-will and Mr. Baer organized the Consolidated Lumber & Shingle Com-
pany, in connection with which he holds the office of managing director. The
last mentioned concern does a general sales business in lumber and shingles and
they are selling agents for a number of mills in the province. Mr. Baer's long
connection with the business and valuable experience promise well for the future
of the company, as he already has become recognized as one of the most shrewd
men in his line of business.
On June 15, 1911, Mr. Baer married at Vancouver Miss Helen Marguerita
Emett, a daughter of G. E. H. E. Emett, of New Westminster. Ever interested
in the future and progress of his city, Mr. Baer gives his support to all worthy
public enterprises. His time and attention are practically all taken up with his
extensive business affairs and his only fraternal connection is along lines of the
lumber business and consists of membership in the Hoo Hoos. A keen and alert
young man, Mr. Baer ranks already as a business factor in Vancouver, and every
step he has taken toward a successful career has been made in the right direction.
J. FRED SANDERS.
J. Fred Sanders, who for a number of years has operated in the field of
real-estate brokerage in Vancouver and has attained a creditable and gratify-
ing position for one of his age, is a western man by birth, training and prefer-
ence, and possesses an enterprising spirit which has been the dominant factor
in the rapid development and upbuilding of western Canada. He was born in
Winnipeg, April 30, 1882, a son of Edwin and Margaret Ann (Johnston)
Sanders, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. The removal
of the family to Vancouver enabled him to pursue his education in the public
and high schools of this city, supplemented by a general commercial course
in Vogel's Business College of Vancouver. He then made his initial step in
commercial circles as a clerk with Thomas Dunn & Company, ship chandlers,
with whom he continued for six years. He then accepted a position as purser
on the steamer Favorite, running on the Fraser river, and later he served in the
same capacity on the steamer Pheasant. He then entered the employ of the
British Columbia Electric Railway Company with which he remained for nearly
a year, and on the termination of that period he became traveling salesman for
a local concern, his route covering the territory between Vancouver and Winni-
peg. After nearly two years spent in that capacity he was employed in the
Royal City Mills for several months and on the 8th of December, 1905, he
turned his attention to the real-estate brokerage business. For a year he was
associated with J. W. Prescott and then formed a partnership with a Mr. Gra-
ham, but this was of short duration. In the summer of 1907 he became associa-
ted with W. C. Scott in organizing the Scott Brokerage Company, which part-
nership continued until February, 1910, a general real-estate brokerage business
being conducted. Mr. Sanders then withdrew from that association and has
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.' ince been alone in the same line of business. His previous acquaintance formed
i luring his connection with brokerage interests now served him in good stead
in the development of his clientage which is large,' his business having reached
{•ratifying and substantial proportions.
On the 23d of December, 1908, in Vancouver, Mr. Sanders was united in
narriage to Miss Robina Ellen Herbert, a daughter of Charles Herbert, a resi-
( ent of Vancouver and a former employe of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Company. In 1899 Mr. Sanders joined the Fifth Regiment of Canadian Artil-
hry, now known as the Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, with which he served
for four years. He played lacrosse for several years on amateur teams and
was very active in the cycling days. His political allegiance is given to the con-
servative party and he is a member of the Conservative Club. His activities
frave also been put forth along lines which in large measure touch the general
i iterests of society or which embody humanitarian and benevolent principles.
He is now a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge of which he was recording
s:cretary for a year, the United Service Club and the Knox Congregational
c lurch of which for several years he was one of the board of managers. Grow-
ing business interests have never precluded his cooperation in plans for the
public good or his aid to organizations rendering aid where it is needed; on
the contrary all the duties of life are ably met and, thus proving his worth
a id high character, he has gained warm and enduring regard.
SAMUEL CHARLES BAUMGARTNER.
Samuel Charles Baumgartner, who has lived in honorable retirement at Cen-
tr il Park for the past six years, was for a number of years successfully identi-
fied with industrial interests in British Columbia as proprietor of a sawmill and
fcrsome time prior to his retirement also carried on agricultural pursuits. He
w. is born in Queenborough, England, on the 6th of October, 1851. His father,
Jchn Percy Baumgartner, was a country gentleman who resided in Cambridgeshire
and subsequently in Norfolkshire, where he was lord of the manor, also serving as
justice of the peace for the county of Cambridge.
Samuel C. Baumgartner obtained his education in private schools of Nor-
wich, England, and on putting aside his text-books went on a training ship at
Worcester, following the sea for twenty years thereafter. During the last twelve
ye irs of that period he was engaged in New Zealand trade between London
anl New Zealand ports. In August, 1890, he came to Canada, locating in Lang-
le\ , British Columbia, where he embarked in the sawmill business in partnership
wi:h A. J. Bovill, their mill being situated about a mile and a half from Murray's
Ccrner. There they continued their operations until 1902. During the period
between 1893 and 1896, when hard times prevailed owing to the financial panic of
tht former year and when his partner was in England, Mr. Baumgartner kept
th( mill going as best he could and without profit to himself, thus furnishing em-
pic yment to the farmers and other residents of the community and. keeping the
settlement intact by helping the inhabitants to earn a livelihood. His public-
spirited devotion to the general good was manifest to all and won him the high-
est respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. In 1902 he abandoned his milling
interests and turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits, cultivating a
quarter section of land in Langley for the next five years. In 1907 he disposed
of the property and took up his abode in Central Park, where he has since lived
retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil in well earned ease. During the
pei iod of his residence in Langley he was an active factor in the communal life
and assisted in the organization and work of the Farmers' Institute of that place.
Fo • a number of years he likewise acted as president of the Langley Agricultural
Association.
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On the I2th of August, 1891, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Mr.
Baumgartner was united in marriage to Miss Grace Mary Ferraby, a daughter of
Dr. Charles Ferraby, of Swaffham, Norfolk, England. His religious faith is indi-
cated by his membership in the Episcopal church. He has many friends whom he
has gained by a life of industry and rightly directed endeavor — the only life
worth living and the one that leads to ultimate success.
CHARLES A. WELSH.
Charles A. Welsh, one of the foremost business men and one of the most
progressive, public-spirited and enterprising citizens of New Westminster, has
the distinction of being one of the first to reopen his grocery store in the city
after the fire of 1898, since which time he has been continuously and prominently
connected with retail grocery interests here. An executive and organizing
ability and an enterprising spirit, guided and controlled by sound and practical
business judgment, have actuated him throughout his entire career and have
been notable factors in the development of the C. A. Welsh Company, Ltd.,
controlling one of the most important and profitable grocery establishments in
the province of British Columbia.
Mr. Welsh was born on the i/th of February, 1866, and is a son of Daniel
and Susan (Smith) Welsh, the former a native of Ontario and the latter of
Scotland. They came to British Columbia in 1889 and located in New West-
minster, where the father is living retired, having survived his wife since 1911.
Charles A. Welsh acquired his education in the public and high schools of
Essex, Ontario, and at the Chatham Business College in Chatham, that province.
Completing his studies in 1886, he went to work in a grocery store and from
that time to the present has been continuously identified with this line of work.
He was first in Windsor, Ontario, and .then in Essex and Leamington, remain-
ing in the latter city until 1890, when he came to British Columbia, locating
in New Westminster. Shortly afterward, however, he went up into the Okana-
gan valley but after one year returned to this city, where he secured a position
in the grocery store conducted by Parnell & Gunn. With this firm he remained
until 1896, when he purchased an interest in the Jubilee Grocery Company and
was made general manager of the concern. Two years later this company's
stock and store were entirely destroyed by fire and on the following day Mr.
Welsh opened up in business for himself, having been practically the first gro-
cer to engage in business after the disaster. He has been identified with this
line of work in this city since that time and today occupies a place of prom-
inence in commercial circles as the founder and developer of a notably large
and profitable business concern. With the growth of his enterprise Mr. Welsh
has extended the field of his activities, opening in 1908 a branch store in Sap-
perton, located at No. 317 Columbia street East, and in 1912 a West End branch
at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twelfth street, New Westminster. His main
store is located at No. 681 Columbia street, this city, and is one of the most mod-
ern and well equipped grocery establishments in British Columbia. On the ist
of January, 1913, Mr. Welsh incorporated the business as the C. A. Welsh
Company, Ltd., taking into partnership some of his older employes, and all three
stores are included in the new concern, which has been established on a modern
business basis and will undoubtedly continue to grow under its founder's able
management.
On the 29th of September, 1896, Mr. Welsh was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Maud Williams, of New Westminster, a daughter of H. H. Williams, one
of the pioneers in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Welsh have two children, Ernest E.
and Rachael A. Mrs. Welsh is well known in social circles of the city and is
prominent in all kinds of charitable work, having been one of the founders of
the local Young Women's Christian Association and for many years associated
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with the auxiliary of the Royal Columbian Hospital. She was also for some
time secretary of the women's council and she is a devout member of the
Methodist church.
In addition to being an able, far-sighted and resourceful business man, Mr.
Welsh is also a progressive and public-spirited citizen, interested in everything
pertaining to municipal growth, advancement and expansion and making his
ability, his powers and his talents factors in an important work of public service.
He belongs to the Westminster Board of Trade and the Progressive Association
and has, besides, held various important public offices, serving for one year as
a member of the board of aldermen and for one year as license commissioner.
He is at present a member of the board of police commissioners. No movement
for the betterment of the city along any line lacks his cooperation and hearty
support and he is a leader in the development of all projects for the permanent
nterests of the community. He has been a member of the board of control of
he Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society for several years and in 1912,
vhen the office of first vice president was created, was elected as the first officer
o fill this position. Subsequently, upon the retirement of T. J. Trapp from the
presidency of the association, Mr. Welsh was elected to fill the position and
ic is the present incumbent of the office. He has extensive and important fra-
iernal affiliations, holding membership in King Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F. &
A. M., of which he is a past master; Westminster Chapte'r, No. 124, R. A. M. ;
Columbia Preceptory, K. T. ; and Vancouver Consistory, A. & A. S. R. He
is a past potentate of Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and for the past two
years has been a representative to the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine.
He belongs to the Burnaby Country Club and is active in all kinds of outdoor
t ports, being past president of the British Columbia Lacrosse Association. He
served for several years as a member of the executive board and as president
( f the Westminster team and for several years was its manager in which capac-
i:y he was serving when the team made their championship tour of the east
1 ringing the Minto cup to the coast. He retired from the management of this
organization in 1911 and at the present time is president of the amateur lacrosse
t;am of New Westminster.
He is vice president of the Western Home Investment Company and president
cf the New Westminster Arena Company and has other important and profitable
connections of this character, making his private prosperity always a factor in
public growth. A man of broad views, liberal mind and practical charity, he
tikes a great interest in everything pertaining to the upbuilding of New West-
minster and during the long period of his residence here has made tangible and
substantial contributions to it, his name standing as a synonym for business integ-
r ty, for political honor and for progress, reform and advancement in any field.
GEORGE T. WILSON, M. D.
Dr. George T. Wilson, a successful representative of the medical profession
ir New Westminster, is a physician and surgeon with offices in the Westminster
Trust building. He is a worthy native son of New Westminster, his birth hav-
irg occurred on the 4th of October, 1885, and his parents being James and
Jennie (Webster) Wilson, natives of Ontario of whom extended mention is
made on another page of this work.
George T. Wilson spent the period of his minority under the parental roof
and obtained his early education in the graded and high schools of Vancouver.
Subsequently he entered McGill University of Montreal, which institution con-
ferred upon him the degre of B. A. in 1908 and that of M. D. in 1910. After re-
turning to Vancouver he served as interne in the Vancouver General Hospital
for one year and in 1911 came to New Westminster, here associating himself
w th Dr. E. H. McEwen in the general practice of medicine. The firm at the
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present time consists of Dr. George T. Wilson, Dr. E. H. McEwen and the lat-
ter's brother, Dr. S. C. McEwen. Dr. Wilson has ever been most careful in the
diagnosis of his cases and is seldom, if ever, at fault in anticipating the outcome
of disease. His ability is recognized by the general public and a large practice
is accorded him. Through his membership in the Vancouver Medical Society
he keeps in touch with the progress which is being continually made by the pro-
fession.
In July, 1911, Dr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Frances Herring,
her father being A. M. Herring, a pioneer of New Westminster. Dr. and Mrs.
Wilson have one daughter, Frances Elizabeth. Dr. Wilson is fraternally identi-
fied with the Canadian Order of Foresters, while his religious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Presbyterian church. His wife belongs to the Anglican
church. In both professional and social circles he enjoys an enviable reputation
as a young man of splendid promise, and a bright future may be safely predicted
for him.
HERBERT THOMAS KNOTT.
Herbert Thomas Knott is prominently identified with business interests of
Victoria as vice president of Knott Brothers & Brown, Ltd., and is well known
also as a capable and active religious worker, closely connected with various
religious organizations and movements which have for their object the moral
and social uplift of the community. He was born in Cornwall, England, May
31, 1869, and is the second son in a family of seven children born to Robert
and Elizabeth Jane (White) Knott, natives of that locality. The parents emi-
grated to the United States in 1873 and located in New Jersey, where the father
followed the stone mason's trade for four years. At the end of that time he
moved to Canada, locating in Orono, Ontario, where he resumed work as a
contractor and builder, remaining in that locality for about twelve years. From
Ontario he moved to British Columbia and, locating in Victoria, continued along
the same line, remaining active therein until the time of his death, in 1896. He
had survived his wife since 1888. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents
of the subject of this review were natives of England, the paternal grandfather
having engaged in the contracting and building business there and the maternal
grandfather having been active as a nursery man.
Herbert T. Knott was four years of age when he was brought to America
by his parents and he acquired his education in the public schools of Orono,
Ontario. Laying aside his books at the age of eighteen, he became associated
with his father in the contracting and building business, remaining connected
with this line of occupation in Orono and Toronto until 1891. At that date
he came to Victoria, where for about twenty years thereafter he engaged in gen-
eral contracting and building, securing during this time a large and representative
patronage and becoming known as a far-sighted, able and progressive business
man. During the period he erected many of the most important residences in the
city, building homes on property which he owned himself and selling these on
easy payments. In 1910 he disposed of his interests along this line and in the
following year assisted in the organization of the firm of Knott Brothers
& Brown, Ltd., real-estate and financial agents. The company has offices in a
building on the northeast corner of Blanchard and Yates streets, a property
which is owned by the subject of this review and considered one of the most
desirable business corners in Victoria. Knott Brothers & Brown, Ltd., carry
on a general real-estate and insurance business, specializing in the handling of
city property and acting as both principal and agent in the negotiation of loans.
Mr. Knott is vice president of the concern and, devoting the greater part of his
time to the outside work in connection with the business, has been a most help-
ful factor in its success. In Victoria he is known as a capable, far-sighted and
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<liscriminating business man, fully alive to the conditions in the modern busi-
ness world and possessed of the aggressiveness, energy and resourcefulness
necessary to cope with them successfully.
In Victoria, on the nth of January, 1898, Mr. Knott was united in mar-
liage to Miss Charity Jane Matthew, a daughter of Thomas Henry and Emma
jane Matthew, natives of Cornwall, England, who came to Canada in 1875
i nd located in Belleville, Ontario. There the father engaged in the contract-
i ig and building business until 1890, when he moved to Victoria, where he car-
ried on his former occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Knott have become the parents
cf three children: Sydney Howard, who was born June 24, 1899, and who is
attending public school in Victoria ; Muriel Alexandra, whose birth occurred
August 9, 1902, and who is also attending school ; and Eldon Herbert, born
> ovember 12, 1907.
Mr. Knott devotes a great deal of time to the affairs of Knott Brothers &
I rown, Ltd., but his interests are not by any means limited to the field of
b isiness, although he has met with a most gratifying success along this line.
I e is well known in church circles as an active religious worker and as one of
tl e greatest individual forces in that promotion of movements for the general
social and moral uplift. He is a member of the Metropolitan Methodist church
a; id associated with its work in an important way, being a member of the joint
board of managers and chairman of the finance committee. He is also trustee
o ' the Hampshire Road Methodist church and in close touch with the work
and aims of the Young Men's Christian Association, serving as a member of
tl e board of directors and as chairman of the boys' department. He is tireless
in his efforts to promote the moral development of the city and a more gen-
eial acceptance here of the doctrines of Christianity and his efforts are ably
si pplemented by those of his wife, whose work along similar lines has been
u;eful and far-reaching. Politically Mr. Knott is a stanch supporter of the
McBride administration and he takes a keen and intelligent interest in public
al "airs, although he has never solicited or held public office. He is a director
ai d a member of the Moore-Whittington Lumber Company, Ltd., of Victoria,
belongs to the Canadian Club and the Agricultural Association and is fond of
al kinds of athletic sports, spending a great deal of time in the open motoring
along the beautiful roads in and around Victoria. His home is located at No.
1354 Pandora street and is a commodious and attractive residence, situated in
th : 'midst of beautiful grounds. Mr. Knott is recognized in the city as a man
who adheres steadily to the highest and best standards of upright living and
th nking and whose success has not been attained at the expense of others but
has been achieved by untiring and well directed labor along worthy lines.
DAVID CRANDALL WEBBER.
David Crandall Webber, who for more than a decade has been identified with
tht official life of Haney, where he is now discharging the duties of city clerk,
WDS born and reared in Nova Scotia. His natal day was the 24th of May,
18 |.6. and his parents Anthony and Elizabeth (Crandall) Webber, who are now
deceased.
The boyhood and youth of David C. Webber were passed in the parental home,
his energies being largely devoted to the acquirement of an education until he had
att lined the age of nineteen years. His attention was then turned to commercial
activities and for ten years thereafter he was engaged in the lumber business
wi'h his father. In 1875, he decided to try his fortunes at prospecting and went
to California where he spent three years in the mining camps. At the expira-
tion of that period he returned to Nova Scotia and resumed his connection with
the lumber interests, continuing to be identified with this trade until 1881. In the
latter year he .removed to British Columbia, subsequently locating at Maple Ridge.
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In 1882, he engaged in bridge construction work, but after following this
for a year he homesteaded a hundred and sixty acres of land and turned his atten-
tion to agricultural pursuits. The improvement and cultivation of his ranch
engaged his entire attention for three years, but at the end of that time he disposed
of it, investing the proceeds in a farm in the vicinity of Port Hammond. He there
engaged in fruit-growing with varying success until 1895, when he obtained
employment in Yale, where he made his home for two years. He next went to
Vancouver and after spending two years in the employment of the Vancouver
Power Company removed to Haney, where he has ever since resided. During
the first two or three years he was located here Mr. Webber was on a fruit ranch,
but he later became a general commercial agent and then entered public life. He
has served as councillor, tax collector, assessor and clerk, discharging his duties
in each instance with a fine sense of conscientious obligation to the public who
have entrusted their interests to his care. He was appointed a notary public as
early as 1888 and was provincial revenue tax collector from 1908 to 1912. On
June 24, 1913, he was appointed justice of the peace for the province of British
Columbia.
Mr. Webber has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Ellen
Shenkle, whom he married in Nova Scotia in 1873. She passed away about eighteen
months later and in 1880 he married Miss Ellen R. Carter, of California. To
Mr. Webber and his second wife were born twelve children, as follows : Edwin
D., Alice M., Eileen E., Vaughan, William, Enid, David, Thomas, Jack, Frederick,
Dollie and Richard. The son last named is deceased.
His political allegiance Mr. Webber accords the conservative party and has
been president and secretary of the Port Haney Conservative Association. In
1865 he joined the Fourteenth Regiment, Halifax Militia, and in the next year
received his commission as lieutenant in the same regiment. He was a member
of the Nova Scotia Provincial Rifle Association, and ranked among the best
shots in that province. Mr. Webber is well informed on all public issues, having
taken an active interest in those subjects affecting the progress or general welfare
of the people, and is always ready to indorse any movement he feels will advance
the development of the district.
EDWARD ALBERT QUIGLEY.
Edward Albert Quigley is manager of the branch office at Vancouver for the
Macdonald Marpole Company, Ltd., extensive dealers in coal, and in control at
this place has built up a business of gratifying proportions. He is also widely
known in athletic circles, and whether one meets him in social or business con-
nections he is always the same courteous, genial gentleman, his sterling worth
commending him to the good will and high regard of all.
He was born in the city of Quebec, April 22, 1870, a son of Thomas Martin
and Mary Martha (Murphy) Quigley, who were also natives of Quebec. The
father was a contractor and followed the business in Quebec for at least fifteen
years, during which period he erected the jail in that city and also built the
Rainbuski bridge across the St. Lawrence river. He afterward removed to
Sherbrooke, Ontario, where he resided for three years and there built the
Eastern Township Bank and other prominent buildings. Believing that the west
offered still broader opportunities, he made his way to Winnipeg, where he
became connected with the prominent railroad contractors, Manning, McDonald,
McLaren & Company, who built section B of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr.
Quigley occupied the position of paymaster and was with the company for
five years. On the expiration of that period he engaged in the furniture business
in Winnipeg, conducting a store for two years, and in 1892 he removed to Van-
couver, after which he lived retired until his death. His wife has also passed
away. Their son, M. T. Quigley, was local manager of the Canadian Pacific
EDWARD A. QUIGLEY
BRITISH COLUMBIA 627
telegraph in Vancouver for fifteen years, but is now deceased. Another son
A 'as a barrister, being a graduate of the Manitoba University, and was connected
vith the firm of Williams & Williams for several years. He passed away at
t le age of twenty-seven years.
Edward A. Quigley acquired his education in schools conducted by the
C atholic church, being a student in St. Mary's Brothers School at Winnipeg
a id afterward spending two years in St. Mary's Jesuit College of Montreal. He
then returned to Winnipeg, where he entered the employ of the E. & C. Gurney
Company, prominent as proprietors of an extensive stove foundry of Toronto.
1 e represented the house in its Winnipeg branch, remaining with the company
for nearly five years. He then returned to Eastern Canada for the Temisconata
Railway Company, being connected with its engineering department in the con-
struction of its branch between Rivieri du Loup, Quebec, and Edmunston, New
B 'unswick. This work occupied him for a period of two years, after which
hi again came to the west and after a brief interval spent at Winnipeg ,nade
hi 5 way to Vancouver. He soon engaged with Oppenheimer Brothers, then the
01 ly wholesale grocery house in Vancouver, and was with that firm for five
years, serving in all capacities. At the time he resigned he was acting as city
traveler. He next entered the department of Canadian customs, with which
hi was connected for six years, and later was purser for the British Yukon
N ivigatiori Company on the steamships connecting with the White Pass Rail-
way. He served for two years in that connection and since 1905, or for a period
of eight years, has been the representative of the Macdonald Marpole Company,
Ltd., extensive wholesale and retail dealers in coal at Vancouver. He is now
in charge of branch offices and in the position of executive control and manager
is building up an excellent trade for the company.
Mr. Quigley is a conservative in politics, but not an active party worker.
H'i belongs to the Canadian Club and the Vancouver Athletic Club. He is very
widely known through his activities in athletic circles both in Vancouver and in
the east in years gone by. He played with the Vancouver Lacrosse Team from
18)0 until 1896 and for several years was a member of the Burrard Inlet Rowing
Cl tb. He was also a member of the Vancouver Rugby football team, and has
bem president of the Vancouver Lacrosse Team and secretary and treasurer
of the British Columbia Lacrosse Association. He is still interested in all kinds
of sports and athletics, although in late years has not been active in organized
affairs of that kind, his attention being given in large measure to the conduct
of business affairs of growing importance which now largely monopolize his time.
RICHARD EDEN WALKER, M. D., C. M., L. R. C. P. & S.
Dr. Richard Eden Walker, who has been actively and successfully engaged
j in the practice of medicine at New Westminster for the past twenty-three years,
is t ne of the foremost representatives of the profession in the city. His birth
1 occurred in Orillia, Ontario, on the 26th of December, 1864, his parents being
James and Helena (Corbould) Walker. The father, a native of Yorkshire,
England, came to Canada in 1854, making his way to Ontario and eventually locat-
I ing at Orillia, while subsequently he took up his abode in Toronto, where he
j resided -until the time of his demise in 1901. He was a gentleman of means,
1 drawing an income all his life. His wife was a daughter if Charles Corbould,
a native of England, who emigrated to Canada and located at Orillia, Ontario.
i It v. as there that the parents of our subject were married.
Richard E. Walker obtained his preliminary education in Trinity College of
',Por:Hope, Ontario, and then prepared for the practice of medicine as a student at
; Trinity Medical College of Toronto, from which he was graduated with the degree
jof M. D., C. M. in 1888. Subsequently he pursued a two years' post-graduate
couise in the Universities of Edinburgh and London and in 1890 came to British
628 BRITISH COLUMBIA
Columbia, opening an office at New Westminster, where he has continued in
practice to the present time. He is accorded a good patronage, for his thorough
preparatory training, supplemented by many years of practical experience, has
made him a valuable member of the medical fraternity. He has ever recognized
the responsibilities that devolve upon him in his chosen calling and has been most
conscientious in the discharge of all duties connected therewith, so that he has
won uniform trust and confidence. Dr. Walker has the degree of L. R. C. P. & S.
from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh, and is a
member of the council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British
Columbia, serving as president of that body during the years 1903 and 1911. He
is likewise a member of the medical council of the Dominion of Canada, represent-
ing British Columbia.
On the 27th of September, 1893, Dr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss
Helen Mathilde Homer, her father being J. A. R. Homer, M. P., a pioneer resident
and influential citizen of New Westminster, who has made an honorable and
highly commendable record as a member of parliament. Unto Dr. and Mrs.
Walker have been born five children, namely : James Charles Eden, Minna Helen,
Mary, John Eden and William Eden.
Dr. Walker has been active in the-civic life of New Westminster and for a
number of years ably served as a member of the public library board. In Masonic
circles he is likewise active and well known and has attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite. He belongs to Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M.,
and Lewis Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M.. and has passed through all the chairs
of the former organization. He is a past grand master of the grand lodge of
British Columbia. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Church of England, while socially he is identified with the Westminster Club
and the British Columbia Golf Club. Dr. Walker is an extremely busy and suc-
cessful practitioner, constantly overburdened by demands for his services, both
professionally and socially. He is a man of the highest and purest character and
an industrious and ambitious student. Genial in disposition, unobtrusive and
unassuming, he is patient under adverse criticism and in his expressions con-
cerning brother practitioners is friendly and indulgent.
JOHN SHAW.
John Shaw needs no introduction to the citizens of Nanaimo, for he has resided
in the city for over thirty years and has been prominently connected with public
affairs since 1898, filling various positions of trust and honor in a way which
reflects credit upon his ability and his public spirit. He is now serving his second
term as mayor of the city and his work in this office has met with widespread
approval, being directed always by a loyal and sincere regard for the people's
interests. He was born in Manchester, England, July 4, 1863, and is a son of
Alexander and Ann (Rowan) Shaw, who went to Ontario in 1870, remaining
there for nine years, at the end of which time they came to British Columbia.
Both are of Scotch extraction and are making their home at Nanaimo, the father
having reached the age of eighty and the mother that of seventy-eight years.
John Shaw began his early education in the public schools of Manchester,
England, and continuing in Canada attended high school in Bruce county, Ontario,
and also in Nanaimo, British Columbia, graduating from the latter institution in
1882. After laying aside his books he taught for twenty-six years in the schools
of this city and his ability carried him forward into important relations with
educational interests, as is evidenced by the fact that he was for twenty-one years
principal of the Nanaimo schools. He abandoned teaching when, in 1008, he
received a government appointment in the inland revenue office, and he has con-
tinued to fill this office since that time. To its duties he adds those of mayor
of the city, serving his second term, and his two administrations have been charac-
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terized by the successful completion of a great deal of constructive and progressive
vork in the city's interests. He has proven capable, reliable and conscientious in
ihe discharge of his duties, never placing personal benefit before the general
j ood and giving his aid and influence to measures of reform and progress. He
lias held other posts of responsibility and trust, having been school trustee, sec-
i etary of the hospital board, director of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society,
i ispector of weights and measures, alderman, excise officer and gas inspector,
; nd his official career has been varied in service and faultless in honor.
In 1887 Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Lesley Haggart,
a daughter of James and Isabel Haggart, the former for many years manager
of the mines in the Wellington district. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have two children:
Lesley Isabel, who is now Mrs. Newburry, of Vancouver; and Herbert Clyde,
v ho is studying law.
Mr. Shaw is connected fraternally with Ashlar Lodge, Xo. 3, A. F. & A. M.,
h is taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry according to the Scottish Rite and
ih identified with the Royal Arch Masons and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
ii. Victoria. He belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters, is a director
a id secretary of the Nanaimo Club and president of the Nanaimo Literary and
Athletic Association. He is fond of all kinds of outdoor sports and in his younger
d.iys was an accomplished athlete and today takes great delight in motoring.
J-Jis religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church
and in his political views he is independent. He has lived in Nanaimo for over
tl irty years and during that time has become one of the most prominent and
st bstantial men of the city, his ability carrying him forward into important official
relations and his personal worth and sterling qualities of mind and character
g; ining him the respect and esteem of all who are associated with him.
ERNEST STEWART WELLER.
Ernest Stewart Weller, a progressive and successful young business man of
V; ncouver, prominently connected with important business interests as a member
of the directorate of many of the strongest and most reliable corporate concerns
in the city, was born in Brighton, England, August 16, 1877, and is a son of
George and Elizabeth Weller, both representatives of well known English families.
In a private school in his native city Ernest S. Weller acquired his education
an 1 after laying aside his books became employed on the stock exchange in
London, becoming familiar with business conditions during the twelve years of
hi;- connection with this line of work and developing in himself the energy,
1 resourcefulness and quickness of decision which form the basis of his business
1 success. In 1907 he came to Canada and, locating in Vancouver, turned his
j attention to the hardware business, entering the employ of Anderson & Warnock.
; Th:s connection he maintained until 1909, when he associated himself with financial
I interests. Mr. Weller is a member of the directorate of many of the most impor-
j tant corporate concerns in Vancouver and his signal business ability is recognized
am respected in business circles. He is secretary and treasurer of the Hibernian
&7 Western Canadian Investment Company, Limited; a director, secretary and
I treasurer of the Vancouver Suburban Investment Company, Limited; secretary
I anc treasurer of Fitz-Herbert Brothers & Metcalfe, Limited, and of the Edgewood
Orchards, Limited ; a director, secretary and treasurer of the Reed-Roller Block
Company, Limited ; secretary and treasurer of the Diamond Vale Supply Company,
Lin dted ; a director, secretary and treasurer of the Canadian Theatres, Limited,
1 and of the West End Garage, Limited ; and secretary and treasurer of the Hygienic
•Dairy, Limited, — connections indicating something of the extent and scope of
his nterests and his prominent place in the business life of the city.
On the 29th of December, 1900, in London, England, Mr. Weller was united
m marriage to Miss Alice Ott, a daughter of Theodore and Alice Ott, residents
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of Lubbecke, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Weller have become the parents of a son,
George. Mr. Weller is a member of the Commercial and Canadian Clubs and is
independent in his political beliefs, voting for men and measures rather than for
parties. He is preeminently a business man, possessing the quickness of resource
and the sound judgment necessary for success in this field, and his influence will
undoubtedly continue to be a constructive force in local business development.
JAMES ALBERT MARSH.
For the past ten years James Albert Marsh has been connected with the British
Columbia Electric Railway, passing through various positions to that of train
master, which he now fills. He was born in Dresden, Kent county, Ontario, on
August 1 6, 1876, a son of Leonard and Catherine (Fretz) Marsh, natives of Lennox
county, Ontario, where the}' were reared and subsequently married. They resided
upon a farm in Kent county until 1904, when the father retired from active labor
and, selling the farm, came to British Columbia, where the parents made their
home with our subject. The father died in New Westminster on July 13, 1905,
but the mother is still living with our subject.
James Albert Marsh was reared under the parental roof, acquiring his education
in the public schools in Ontario. In 1898, after having reached his twenty-second
year, he left home to embark upon his independent career. Going to South Dakota,
he there found work with the Northern Pacific, with which road he was employe'd
for two years, and in 1900 came to New Westminster, where for two years he
was connected with the fire department in the capacity of driver of the hose wagon.
In 1 902 he entered the service of the British Columbia Electric Railway in the
capacity of conductor, being advanced from that position to the office of agent at
the Vancouver terminal and being made train master on May I, 1911, having
charge of the interurban lines. In this important position he has done effective
service, receiving the high commendation of his superior officers.
On July 20, 1898, Mr. Marsh was united in marriage to Miss Aneta Walters,
of Chatham, Ontario. Both he and his wife attend the Methodist church. Fra-
ternally he is affiliated with the Masons and Odd Fellows, holding membership
in Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and Amity Lodge,
No. 27, of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Marsh is widely and favorably known in New
Westminster, where he enjoys the high regard and confidence of all who come in
contact with him. He is public-spirited and progressive, taking an active interest
in all that affects the welfare of the city, and stands ever ready to support any
movements undertaken to advance the public welfare.
EDMUND E. NIXON.
Through thirteen years of able service in the interests of the Dominion Ex-
press Company Edmund E. Nixon has risen by the force of his ability and
personality through successive stages of progress and advancement to be the
manager of the New Westminster office, a position the importance and responsi-
bility of which mark him as one of the most trusted and reliable representatives
of the company he serves. He was born in London, Ontario, March 24, 1870,
and is a son of Joseph and Isabel (Cuthbert) Nixon, both of whom were born
in Woodstock, Ontario. The grandfather is of English ancestry, his father having
come from Great Britain to eastern Canada in pioneer times. He there took part
in the war of the Rebellion and aided the cause by carrying despatches from
Woodstock- to London. The father of the subject of this review engaged in
farming during his active life and is now living in retirement at No. 151 Oxford
street in London.
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Edmund E. Nixon acquired his. education in the public schools of his native
community and after laying aside his books worked with his father upon the
1 omestead until he was twenty-five years of age. At that time he became con-
r ected with the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company but in March, 1900, severed
t lis connection and came to British Columbia. He went immediately to Van-
couver, where he accepted a position with the Dominion Express Company, a
c jncern with which he is still identified. Advancement came rapidly as he proved
his efficiency and capability and he is today one of the company's most valued
employes. He has worked in every branch of the concern and for the past
three years has held the responsible office of manager of the company's affairs
in New Westminster, a position which he has proved himself eminently well
qaalified to fill. He has been successful in private investments also and has
accumulated a comfortable fortune, which places him among the men of affluence
it this community.
On the 23d of May, 1890, Mr. Nixon was united in marriage, at Woodstock,
t<> Miss Annie Bickerton, a daughter of James G. and Annie Bickerton, the former
a very wealthy and substantial man of that community, where he is engaged in
tl e wholesale saddlery business. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon have one daughter, Audry,
ajfed ten, who attends a private school in Toronto. The family residence is at 222
Third street, New Westminster, and is one of the most artistic and beautiful
homes in the city.
Mr. Nixon gives his political allegiance to the conservative party but often
votes independently when he believes the best interests of the city call for inde-
p(ndent action. Fraternally he is connected with the Canadian Order of Foresters.
V;ry fond of all kinds of outdoor sports, he takes his keenest delight in driving
01 riding horses and is considered one of the best horsemen in the city. He is
gtnial and social in disposition, always ready to greet a friend with a warm
h; ndshake and a pleasant smile, and he has thus gained the esteem and good-will
of all with whom he has come in contact.
CHARLES HAROLD CHAYTOR PAYNE.
Charles Harold Chaytor Payne, senior partner in the firm of Payne & Pitts,
fit ancial agents, insurance and real estate, in Victoria, has been a resident of this
city since 1908, and in the intervening period of five years has thoroughly estab-
lis led his position as that of a representative business man, alert, energetic and
en erprising, his efforts being attended with substantial returns. He was born in
Lcndon, England, February 2, 1884, and is therefore yet a young man to whom
the future holds out excellent opportunities. His parents are John and Mary
Adelaide (White) Payne. The father, who was a well known and prominent
architect of London, is now living retired.
Tn the public schools of the world's metropolis C. H. C. Payne pursued his
education and afterward entered the employ of Frith Sands & Company, merchant
bankers of London, with whom he remained for five years, gaining valuable experi-
ence and training in business affairs. He next accepted the position of private
sei retary to Rowland C. Feilding, a mining engineer of London, but after two
yetrs he resigned with the intention of coming to the new world. He made his
way to Victoria in 1908, arriving here when a young man of twenty-four years,
and became a partner in the wholesale brokerage firm of Shallcross, Macauley &
! Company, Ltd. In 1911 he disposed of his interests in this concern and joined
| G. C. Howell in business under the style of Howell, Payne & Company, Ltd., of
which concern he was appointed secretary and managing director. The firm were
1 re.-1-estate and manufacturers' agents and with that business Mr. Payne was
! associated until November, 1912, when he sold out to his partner and established
his present business in February, 1913, being joined by A. C. S. Pitts under the
i style of Payne & Pitts, financial agents, insurance and real estate.
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On the loth of April, 1912, in Victoria, Mr. Payne was united in marriage to
Miss Eliza Vivian Blackwood, a daughter of Edward E. and Eliza Blackwood. Her
mother's people were Victoria pioneers and her father is passenger and freight
agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad in Victoria. Mr. Payne belongs to the
Pacific Club and to the Anglican church. He has never had occasion to regret
his determination to seek his fortunes in the new world, for he has steadily worked
his way upward, adapting himself to conditions and surroundings, making wise
use of time, talents and opportunities, and thus reaching a creditable position for
one of his years in the business circles of his adopted city.
STANLEY CAMERON McEWEN, M. D.
Dr. Stanley Cameron McEwen, an able and rising young physician and surgeon
of New Westminster, with offices in the newly completed Westminster Trust
block, is here engaged in practice in partnership with his brother, Dr. E. H.
McEwen, and Dr. G. T. Wilson. His birth occurred in Thurso, Quebec, on the
2/th of January, 1882, his parents being the Rev. Peter H. and Christina (Mc-
Ewen) McEwen, of whom extended mention is made in another part of this work.
Stanley C. McEwen was reared under the parental roof and obtained his early
education in the graded schools of Victoria and New Westminster, later attending
the high schools in those cities. From 1902 until 1905 he followed the profession
of teaching and in the latter year entered McGill University of Montreal, graduat-
ing from the medical department of that institution with the class of 1909. He
received practical training as an interne in the Montreal General Hospital and
in November, 1909, began the general practice of medicine at Port Hammond,
British Columbia, remaining there for three years and winning recognition as
an able representative of his chosen calling. In the fall of 1912 he came to New
Westminster and entered into partnership with his brother, Dr. E. H. McEwen,
and Dr. G. T. Wilson, having since practiced his profession in association with
these two gentlemen. They have commodious offices in the newly completed West-
minster Trust building and enjoy an enviable reputation as medical practitioners
of skill and ability. Dr. McEwen's practice has continually grown in volume and
importance as he has demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems
which frequently confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong
life.
On the ist of January, 1912, Dr. McEwen was united in marriage to Miss
Agnes Dier, her father being William A. Dier, a prominent business man of
Victoria. They have one daughter, Agnes Gilsey McEwen. Fraternally Dr.
McEwen is identified with the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Westminster Lodge, No. 3, of the latter
organization. He is likewise connected with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and holds the office of grand foreman. His religious faith is indicated by
his membership in the Baptist church and he lends his talent thereto as a member
of the choir. In professional circles he enjoys an enviable reputation, while the
salient characteristics of his manhood are such as have brought him the warm
regard of those with whom he has been otherwise associated.
WALTER E. GRAVELEY.
Walter E. Graveley, now living retired in Vancouver, laid the foundation of
his present substantial financial position in indefatigable industry, thorough study
of every phase of his business, careful management and close application. He
was born in Cobourg, Ontario, in 1853, a son of William and Margaret (Boswell)
Graveley, the latter the youngest daughter of the Hon. Captain Boswell, R. N.
WALTER E. GRAVELEY
BRITISH COLUMBIA 639
The Graveley family came from Yorkshire, England, to Canada in the early part
of the nineteenth century and settled in the province of Quebec, while Captain
Boswell, leaving his native England, located in Ontario about 1810. Mr. and
Mrs. William Graveley spent their entire lives in the province of Ontario.
Walter E. Graveley was educated in Cobourg in the private school conducted
by F. W. Baron, who had previously been principal of Upper Canada College
and was then conducting a private preparatory school for boys who desired to
enter the British army and navy. In 1873 Mr. Graveley went to Toronto and
engaged in the marine insurance business, there remaining until 1881. He next
went to Winnipeg, where he was connected with the real-estate and financial
business, spending two years in that city. In 1883 he removed to Victoria,
British Columbia, arriving there in the month of June. His intention on com-
ing west was to locate at the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, which
was then Port Moody, but upon his arrival on the coast he felt that it would be
advisable for him to locate in Victoria. While in Winnipeg he was associated
in business with F. C. Innes, who also went to Victoria and they resumed their
business associations there. After about two years they dissolved partnership
and Mr. Innes came to Vancouver. Later he became head of the firm of Richards,
Innes & Akroyd.
In October, 1885, Mr. Graveley removed to Vancouver and opened his office.
This was about the same time that C. D. Rand took up his residence in the city.
The first real-estate advertisement ever published in the interests of the future
Vancouver, then Coal Harbor, was printed in 1884 in a paper published at Port-
and, Oregon, called The West Shore. This article was prepared by 'Messrs.
Sraveley and Innes and read as follows :
"Coal Harbor, the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway in
British Columbia, is a magnificent sheet of water about three and a half miles
ong by one to two miles wide; is completely landlocked and accessible at all
stages of the tide by the largest vessels afloat. The following table of distances
villgive some idea of the advantages this place possesses over all others as the
site for a commercial city. Taking a common point on the Asiatic coast, Yoko-
hama in Japan, the distance to points on the western shores of North America
;:re (nautical miles) :
Yokohama to San Francisco 447°
"* rokohama to Coal Harbor
The distance from Yokohama to San Francisco by the route followed by all
vessels is really nearly eight hundred miles longer than the above, vessels taking
in extreme northerly route in order to obtain the advantage of certain winds and
currents. This distance does not affect the route to Coal Harbor but should
properly be added to the San Francisco route.
"The estimated distance from above points to Atlantic tide water and various
I-laces is as follows (statute miles) :
San Francisco to New York 3390
San Francisco to Boston 3448
Coal Harbor to New York via Canadian Pacific Railway and Montreal. . . . 3414
( bal Harbor to Boston ; 3197
Coal Harbor to Montreal 2842
'-'he distance across the Atlantic is (nautical miles) :
New York to Liverpool 3040
Montreal to Liverpool 2790
"From the above we see that the distance from Yokohama to Liverpool is
(statute miles) :
Via San Francisco and New York 12038
Via Coal Harbor and Montreal .. mil
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or nine hundred and twenty-seven miles in favor of the Coal Harbor route ; to
this add the eight hundred miles above mentioned, making the total distance by
regular route from Yokohama to Liverpool, via Coal Harbor and Montreal, nearly
eighteen hundred miles shorter than the San Francisco route. In a few years a
railroad to Hudson Bay will undoubtedly be in operation, making the distance
by this short route about twenty-six hundred miles shorter than by San Francisco.
"Therefore, taking into consideration the fact that the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way is the shortest and only one crossing the continent under one management, a
glance at the above table of distances will show that this terminal city from a com-
mercial standpoint cannot possibly have any successful competitors.
"The town site is all that could be desired and it is doubtful if a more beautiful
and picturesque location could be found on the continent: looking north across
the harbor, a magnificent view of snow-capped mountains is obtained, and to the
south Mount Baker is seen to better advantage than from any other point on the
coast. In fact, look where you will, an entrancing view of woods, mountains and
water meets the gaze. At the entrance to and fronting on Coal Harbor and also
on English Bay (a roadstead to the west) is a government reserve which influen-
tial parties are now trying to obtain for park purposes. The land being high,
about one hundred and eighty feet above the sea level, a grand view of Burrard
Inlet, English Bay, Gulf of Georgia and surrounding country can be had. On
the west or English Bay side of this reserve is situated the famous Siwash Rock.
This park alone will yet attract thousands of pleasure seekers. Nature has done
much and when drives and squares have been laid out this park will become as
famous as some of the grand national parks in the distant interior of the conti-
nent. The town site is gently undulating, with just sufficient slope for perfect
drainage, and is covered with a growth of fine maple and other trees. The
climate is undoubtedly the best on the coast : days warm and pleasant ; nights
pleasantly cool ; rainfall moderate. The country in this vicinity presents great
attraction to the sportsman, the lakes and streams being full of trout ; in the woods
deer, bear and smaller game, and on the mountains numbers of goats. Burrard
Inlet and the adjoining waters of Gulf of Georgia and Howe Sound are unrivaled
for yachting and boating. In fact this district is the sportsman's paradise. Gen-
eral Manager Van Home has stated that the Canadian Pacific will spend many
millions in this place in the erection of wharfs, workshops, rolling mills and
depot and has given it as his opinion that the terminal city will become one of the
two largest on the Pacific coast. In the fall of 1885 the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way will be in operation from Atlantic to Pacific, and as these buildings will
have to be erected by the time the road is completed, the expenditure of so much
money will certainly have the effect of building up a large town in an unprece-
dentedly short time. The Canadian Pacific Railway will employ at least two
thousand men in their different shops and these will have to be supplied with the
necessaries of life, thus creating first-class openings for business men of all classes.
Within the next year and a half large wholesale and importing houses will spring
into existence here, also foundries, woolen factories, furniture factories, etc.,
and as a great portion of the grain grown in the northwest will be shipped from
this port, it will necessitate elevators. Business men of all classes looking for good
openings would do well to consider these points. Plans of the town site are now
being prepared and in a few days lots will be offered for sale, and we must say that
better chances for investment were never offered. Lots that can now be bought
for a few hundred dollars will beyond a doubt be worth as many thousands
within a year or two. A large number of people are looking for this property
to come on the markets and hundreds of thousands are planning investments
here, and we have no hesitation in stating that lots must double in value within
a few months after any are first placed on the market. We would therefore
advise those looking for first class investments in real estate to come here and see
for themselves, and we feel sure that those who do so, after a careful inspection,
will be more than satisfied with the prospects. Investments only of a few hundred
dollars will yet return fortunes to those who have the foresight to realize the
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future in store for this place. It is only once in a long time that the public have
such a chance as the present, and we would recommend those that have money
to invest to investigate the merits of Vancouver or Coal Harbor before making
other investments. We will be pleased to furnish applicants with plans and
prices ; also any particulars they would desire, but would prefer to have intending
investors pay Coal Harbor a visit and then call in and see us. In a few weeks
we will open an office at the terminus and will then be pleased to show visitors
over the town site and give them every possible information, but all letters sent
to present address will always find us. Innes & Graveley, real estate brokers and
financial agents, British Columbia Express Building, Victoria, British Columbia."
On the 1 6th of March, 1886, Mr. Graveley purchased the first lot sold by the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, in the new town site of Vancouver, and still has the
•eceipt for the first payment and other papers issued in the transaction. Mr.
Sraveley continued to conduct a real-estate, insurance and loan business in Van-
:ouver for many years, success attending his efforts as time passed on, owing
o his judicious investments, his keen foresight and his undaunted spirit of enter-
prise. He is now living retired and has just returned from a several months'
our around the world. He is the president and was one of the first stockholders
in the British Columbia Plate Glass Insurance Company, which was organized
about 1903, and at all times he has been interested in the material development
of the city, contributing thereto in no uncertain or limited degree.
Mr. Graveley was also one of the organizers and the first commodore of the
]loyal Vancouver Yacht Club, occupying the position of commodore for three
years. Upon his retirement he was made honorary commodore for life. He
was one of the crew on the Canadian yacht Countess of Dufferin that sailed in
New York for the American cup in 1876. He belongs to the Vancouver and Jer-
i:ho Country Clubs and has membership in the Church of England. In politics
1 e is a conservative but not an active party worker.
Mr. Graveley was married in San Francisco, in August, 1888, to Miss Frances
Moore, who was born in that city, of English parentage, and they have two chil-
cren, Margaret and Eileen. Mr. Graveley has never had occasion to regret his
( etermination to establish his home in the west, the land of limitless opportu-
nities, and the wise use he has made of the advantages offered by the country
has placed him in a most creditable and enviable position, while the honorable
course he has ever followed has firmly established him in public regard as one of
the most worthy and valued citizens of Vancouver.
EDWARD A. GREAME.
A resident of British Columbia for a quarter of a century and since 1900
engaged independently in the real-estate business, Edward A. Greame has become
k lown as one of the foremost men in his line in New Westminster, where he
conducts an office as real-estate and insurance broker. A man of rare business
ability and cool and sound judgment, he has become most intimately acquainted
with real-estate values in this province and his advice is often sought when impor-
tant deals are to be consummated. Moreover does he enjoy a reputation of the
highest character on account of his straightforward methods and unshakable
integrity. He was born in Yorkshire, England, January 17, 1868, a son of
Henry Charles and Melicent (Cropper-Foster) Greame, the former a native of
S -otland and the latter of Lincolnshire, England. The father in his early man-
hood left the northern kingdom for England, where he married and located in
Yorkshire. He was a woolen merchant, having business houses both in Halifax
arid Hull. The parents died in Yorkshire, the father in 1900 and the mother in
1C 12.
Edward A. Greame was reared in Yorkshire and educated at the Oundle
school in Northamptonshire, completing his studies in 1886. In 1887 he came
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to eastern Canada, locating in Barrie, Ontario, where he engaged in farm work
for Colonel O'Brien, a member of the Dominion parliament, remaining in that
connection for one year. The opportunities offered in the west decided him in
the spring of 1888 to come to British Columbia and the following fall found
him located in New Westminster, where he secured a position with the Canadian
Pacific Railroad in their engineering department. For the greater part of the
next following six years he remained in the service of that road but subsequently
became a member of the real-estate firm of Malins, Coulthard & Company, with
whom he was identified until 1900, when he severed his connection with that firm
in order to establish himself independently- Success has consistently accompanied
Mr. Greame's efforts and as the years have passed he has become one of the
dominant factors in the real-estate field in New Westminster. He has handled
some of the most important deals consummated in this part of the Dominion and
his judgment is considered by many as final. Personally he is a man of genial
nature, frank and open-hearted, easily making friends and retaining them.
On February 6, 1893, Mr Greame was united in marriage to Miss Alice Homer,
a daughter of the Hon. J. R. Homer, M. P., a member of the first legislature of
British Columbia after the confederation and subsequently a member of the
Dominion parliament. Mr. and Mrs. Greame became the parents of five children:
Henry Charles, a clerk in the Bank of Montreal of New Westminster ; and Edward
Arthur, Meliccnt, John Welton and Alice, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Greame are
members of the Church of England, to the work of which they give -their helpful
interest.
The political affiliations of Mr. Greame are with the conservative party, in
whose principles he sincerely believes. He is a member of the Westminster Club
and also of the British Isles Public Schools Club. He seeks his recreation in
manly outdoor exercise and for years has been a member of the Westminster Foot-
ball Club, having played in the first Rugby football game of the province between
the mainland and the island. In this way he maintains the necessary mental bal-
ance and finds that relaxation which again fits him for his confining and important
duties in connection with his extensive business. Public-spirited and progressive
Mr. Greame does not only consider his personal success but takes often in con-
sideration the effect his business transactions have upon the general prosperity and
conforms his activities to those interests. There is no man more loyal to New
Westminster than he and no man more willing to bear his share of time and
money in promoting the general welfare.
EDWIN BYRON ROSS.
Edwin Byron Ross, barrister of Vancouver, was born in Peel, New Bruns-
wick, September 29, 1878, a son of Roderick Russell and Charlotte (Moore)
Ross, the former a native of Nova Scotia, to which province his father, William
Ross, had emigrated from Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, early in the nineteenth
century. He was a representative of an old Scotch family. Roderick Ross in
early manhood went up the St. John's river and settled at Peel, New Brunswick,
where he engaged in merchandising and continued to make his home until his
death in 1886.
Reared in Peel, Edwin B. Ross pursued his education in the public schools
there, in the Provincial Normal School at Fredericton, New Brunswick, and in the
Dalhousie University at Halifax, from which he was graduated in 1904 with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, winning high honors and the University medal in
philosophy, only four of which have ever been awarded. He also pursued post-
graduate work there and won the degree of Master of Arts in 1905. The fol-
lowing year he was graduated from the law department of the same institution
and the LL. B. degree was conferred upon him. Following his graduation he
went to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he resided for a year, representing
EDWIM B. ROSS
BRITISH COLUMBIA 645
eastern capitalists in connection with railway interests. In 1907 he returned to
Halifax and was called to the bar of Nova Scotia. In the fall of that year he
came to British Columbia, settling at Vancouver, and in January, 1908, he was
called to the bar of this province, entering upon active practice in Vancouver as
a member of the firm of Brydon Jack, Ross, Price & Woods, which association
continued until October, 1912. Mr. Ross then withdrew from that firm and
established his offices in the Rogers building, and so continues to the present
time. Aside from his profession, Mr. Ross has financial interests, in connection
with a number of corporations, and he is also legal representative of a number
of important business interests, and represents extensive eastern capital.
On the I2th of November, 1906, Mr. Ross was united in marriage to Miss
Edith M. Archibald, only daughter of J. L. Archibald, a retired merchant of
Halifax, and they have one child, Jean. Mr. Ross is an independent conservative.
Before coming west he was very active in politics, making numerous speeches in
the campaign of 1904. He belongs to the University Club, the Commercial Club
and to the Methodist church and to the purposes and principles of each is loyal.
He stands for the better things of life in the way of citizenship and good govern-
-nent, holds to a high standard of professional ethics and has won the warm and
merited regard of his fellow townsmen during the period of his residence in
Vancouver.
STUART S. McDIARMID, B. Sc.
An excellent professional education and practical experience in his line fit
Stuart S. McDiarmid for the important duties which come to him in his work
of surveying, which profession he follows in a private capacity after having spent
four years in official positions under the Dominion government. Recently he has
oecome a member of the firm of Cleveland & Cameron, one of the foremost firms
of its kind in the province, maintaining offices in the Rogers block, Vancouver.
Stuart S. McDiarmid was born near Aylmer, Ontario, August 4, 1881, and
is a son of Hugh H. and Elizabeth (McEwen) McDiarmid, both natives of that
province, where they were reared and married, and the father subsequently in
issociation with his brother, John D. McDiarmid, operated a sawmill. From this
Beginning developed a general wood products manufacturing business which
jecame one of the important industries of the Aylmer section of Ontario. Branch-
ing out in the business world, the brothers built the municipal electric light plant
ind the municipal waterworks of Aylmer which they owned and controlled. They
oecame influential factors in all public affairs and highly esteemed and respected.
In 1911 the father came to Vancouver, where he now lives in retirement after
i long, active and useful career.
Stuart S. McDiarmid was reared at home and educated in the public schools
ind at the collegiate institute at Aylmer, Ontario, subsequently attending Queens
University at Kingston, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903 with
:he degree of B. Sc. Following his graduation he was connected for two years
with the survey of Dominion lands in the northwest territories, following which
lie spent one year in the office of the surveyor-general of the Dominion. In 1905
lie was made a member of the staff of the International Boundary Commission
which established the forty-ninth parallel as a boundary line between Canada
ind the United States. This work occupied him up to the middle of 1907, when
he came to Vancouver, where he has since been engaged in private practice with
ever increasing success. From the fall of 1910 to the fall of 1912 he had charge
of the special survey of the city of New Westminster and since that time has been
angaged in the special survey of the municipality of Burnaby under the direction
of the attorney general's office. Recently Mr. McDiarmid has become a member
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of the firm of Cleveland & Cameron and his new connection promises a still wider
scope for his useful activities.
On January 23, 1909, Mr. McDiarmid married Miss Helen Kirby, of Toronto,
Ontario. Mrs. McDairmid is a lady of rare accomplishments and for years has
been professionally engaged in musical work as a contralto soloist and is widely
known in art circles. Both Mr. and Mrs. McDiarmid are members of the First
Baptist church of Vancouver, to which they give their moral and material support.
Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order and more closely associated with
the Scottish Rite.
THOMAS OVENS.
Thomas Ovens, proprietor of extensive machine shops and carriage works in
New Westminster, owner of real-estate and property interests, prominent in
public and business affairs and altogether one of the most substantial and rep-
resentative men of the city, came to the province of British Columbia in 1871
and for the past forty-two years has been uninterruptedly active in various phases
of its business and political life.
Of English and Irish ancestry, Mr. Ovens was born in the city of Liverpool,
England, December 4, 1843. He there received a good education and afterward
served an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's and machinist's trades, paying for
the privilege of learning these occupations a premium of twenty pounds sterling
and receiving for his first year's work a salary of two shillings and six pence a
week. This wage was, however, increased from year to year and during the last
twelve months of his service he received twelve shillings per week. As a journey-
man he went to work for Mathew Wilson in Whitechapel, Liverpool, where as
foreman he received thirty-four shillings per week for two years thereafter. At
the end of that time he established himself in business, opening a job and machine
shop in Liverpool and conducting it with excellent success for some time. From
Liverpool he went to Manchester, where he was made manager of the shops
conducted by Henry Moore on Oxford street, a position which he held for three
years and a half. In the meantime he had been happily married to Miss Ruth
Susanna Rowe, a native of Liverpool, who died at the birth of her daughter,
their only child. She in turn soon afterward passed away, dying of scarlet fever.
Soon after the death of his wife and child Mr. Ovens felt compelled to seek a
change of scenes and this desire led him to America. From the Atlantic coast
he crossed the plain to San Francisco, where he sought and found employment in
the Risdon Machine \Vorks, remaining there until 1871, in which year he went
north, locating in British Columbia. In this province he with a partner estab-
lished himself in the fishery industry and was among the pioneers in this field
of endeavor. For seven years thereafter he conducted extensive interests along
this line, he and his partner employing some three hundred men and operating
over twenty-five fishing boats. It is a noteworthy fact that at the Centennial Ex-
position in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he took the medal for the best exhibition
of canned salmon.
After severing his connection with the fishing business Mr. Ovens went to
the Coquahalla river and there spent one season in placer mining before he ac-
cepted a position as engineer on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
assisting in the building of that line through a part of the Yale district. This work
completed, he came to New Westminster and here established the blacksmith
and machine shops which he now owns and which under his far-sighted and
capable management have grown to comprise one of the leading industrial
institutions in the city. In these shops all kinds of mechanical job work is
done as well as a great deal of steamboat refitting and repairing and extensive
wagon and carriage manufacturing, for Mr. Ovens has gained a widespread
reputation for the superior quality of the work done in his shops, for prompt
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; nd reliable methods and for straightforwardness and honor in all his business
c ealings. A large, commodious three-story building is required to accommodate
tie various departments of his business and the concern is altogether a large and
i nportant one — a fitting monument to a life of industry, activity and well directed
hbor. Mr. Ovens has also done a large amount of building in New West-
riinster, including his own home, which is a neat cottage on a hill in the city,
cDmmanding a beautiful view of the Fraser river and the virgin forests beyond.
He owns twelve city lots in this locality and a brick business block in the business
section and all of his interests are capably and progressively managed, his business
ability and discrimination being of a rare order and his integrity above reproach.
Of late years Mr. Ovens has practically retired from active life, his shops being
under the control of a competent manager.
It is not alone along business lines that Mr. Ovens has done splendid work for
New Westminster, for his activities have been extended also to the field of public
life, where his able service in positions of trust and responsibility has done much
to advance the permanent interests of the community. Supporting the conserva-
tive party, he has rendered the city excellent service as a member of the board of
a dermen, a capacity in which he acted for thirteen terms, and from 1898 to 1899
h : served as mayor, giving to New Westminster a constructive, efficient and
b isinesslike administration, characterized by earnest support of measures and
n ovements for community advancement. In fact, Mr. Ovens has always been
foremost in the promotion of projects for making the city larger, better and more
prosperous and his work has been capable, far-sighted and discriminating, a
valuable factor in municipal progress and expansion. He has served for eight
years as justice of the peace in New Westminster and is the present incumbent of
that office. Fraternally he is connected with King Solomon Lodge, No. 17, A. F.
& A. M., the Knights of Pythias and the Manchester Unity, the mother lodge of
tie order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Westminster Club and is a member
01 the Amalgamated Smiths and Machinists of England, one of the largest indus-
tr al societies in the world. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines
01 the Church of England. He is numbered among the foremost of the surviving
pioneers of New Westminster, having throughout his many years of residence
htre borne an honorable and worthy part in the work of progress, and to him
the city owes a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid.
RALPH SMITH.
Since coming to Vancouver Ralph Smith has carried on a private financial and
insurance business, being interested also in mining properties. As a member of
parliament and a factor in public life, he has gained even wider acquaintance than
he has through his business connections, for it is well known that he is a man of
aggressive spirit in support of what he believes to be right and that his position
is never an equivocal one. Men have learned that what he promises he will do
and that neither fear nor favor can swerve him from a course which he believes
to be for the best interests of the people at large. Newcastle-on-Tyne, in Northum-
be'land, is the place of his birth, and his natal day was August 8, 1858. His
parents were Robert and Margaret Smith, the former a well known farmer at
Newcastle. In the district and public schools of that locality Ralph Smith pursued
his education and when a lad of but eleven years began earning his own living in
the mines at Newcastle. He was connected therewith for twenty-three years,
during which period his industry, honesty and loyalty enabled him to gradually
wt rk his way upward to official positions. In the latter year he determined to
tr} his fortune in the new world and made his way to the furthermost coast, arriving
on Vancouver island in 1892. He was there employed in the mines for a short time
an I soon afterward was appointed agent for the Coal Miners Association, which
position he held from 1895 until 1902. He has long been prominently associated
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with the labor movement. He had studied the labor situation in England and in
America as well, and his views upon the question, therefore, are superficial in
no degree. Standing always for the interests of the working man as against the
oppression of capital, he was elected president of'the Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada and so continued from 1898 until 1902. He was associated with G.
Fenwick, John Wilson, and T. Burt, all members of parliament, and other labor
liberals in England, and has been prominently identified with cooperative societies
in his native land and in this country. He was a delegate to the Glasgow Cooper-
ative Congress in 1889 and when he took his seat in the legislative halls of British
Columbia one of the strong features of his public service was his efforts to ameli-
orate hard conditions of life under which the laboring man works. He sat for
Nanaimo in the provincial parliament in 1898 and 1900, and in the latter year
resigned his position to contest a seat in the Dominion parliament. He was elected
in that year and indorsement of his legislative service came to him in reelections
in 1904 and 1908. For some years his attention was given almost exclusively to
his political service and his efforts in behalf of labor movements. In December,
1911, however, he came to Vancouver to provide a home for his sons who were
already here. He carries on a private financial, insurance and real-estate busi-
ness, being also interested in mining properties.
In his political views Mr. Smith has always been a liberal and, moreover, he has
been a close student of the questions and issues of the day. A local paper writ-
ing of him said : "Mr. Smith has had a long and contentious experience in pub-
lic affairs. His attitude on the platform is usually combative and argumentative,
and arouses the hostility of his opponents, and at the same time their respect
for his sincerity and ability. He had a very high standing in the house of com-
mons with all parties, and with so long a record in public life, he stands today
without the slightest suspicion against his character and stands unflinchingly for
the same democratic principles for which he has. always stood. He is a liberal,
anxious to push the party on the road to reform and never apologizes for his
principles."
On the loth of February, 1883, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mr. Smith was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Spear, a daughter of Richard and Mary Ann
Spear, prominent mining people of Northumberland. The children of this mar-
riage are Mary Elizabeth, Richard Robert, Ralph and John Wesley. The daugh-
ter is now the wife of John Carr, assistant postoffice inspector at Victoria. Mr.
Smith was a layman in the Methodist church for many years. He became a
member of the Ancient Order of Foresters at Newcastle-on-Tyne and he belongs
to the Nanaimo Club of British Columbia and the Terminal City Club of Van-
couver. He is a man of notable forcefulness, aggressive in support of his hon-
est convictions, yet never infringing upon the rights of others. He has been a
close student of the signs of the times and the great problems which are engag-
ing public thought and attention, and he merits the honor and respect which are
accorded him in recognition of his ability and his devotion to duty.
WILLIAM FRASER TOLMIE, L. F. P. S. G.
Although more than a quarter of a century has passed since Dr. William
Fraser Tolmie was called to his final rest, he is still remembered by the older
residents of British Columbia as one of its most esteemed and prominent citizens.
Eight decades ago, in 1833, ne fifst came to Fort Vancouver, Washington, as a
surgeon in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company and throughout the re-
mainder of his life continued an active factor in the work of progress and devel-
opment here. During the later years of his life he was prominently identified
with agricultural pursuits, owning a valuable farm of eleven hundred acres. He
was likewise well known as an ethnologist and historian and possessed an inti-
mate knowledge of Indian affairs.
DR. WILLIAM F. TOLMIE
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Dr. Tolmie was born in Inverness, Scotland, on the 3d day of February, 1812.
H e acquired his education in Glasgow, Scotland, being graduated from Glasgow
University in 1832, in which year he crossed the Atlantic to America as a surgeon
in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He came to Fort Vancouver on the
Columbia, a sailing vessel, by way of Cape Horn, stopping at Honolulu and the
Sandwich islands, arriving at the Fort in 1833. In his younger days, he was
gieatly interested in botany and natural history, and he discovered many new
pi mts and birds on this coast, some of which were named in his honor. In 1833,
w lile on a botanizing trip, accompanied by two or three Indians, he made the first
at empt of any white man to scale Mount Rainier, Washington, but owing to his
he liday coming to an end, he was unable to get to the summit. A peak of this
mountain is now called Tolmie Peak in his honor. In 1834 he was a member of
ar expedition along the northwest coast as far as the Russian boundary, now
A aska, establishing trading posts at various points for the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany and at this time also choosing the site for Fort Simpson. About 1835 he
w;ts the first white man to draw attention to the fact that coal was to be found on
th s coast somewhere in the north.
In 1836 Dr. Tolmie returned to Fort Vancouver in the capacity of surgeon.
In 1841 he visited his native land, returned to Canada the following year and
making the overland journey by way of Fort Garry and other Hudson's Bay
Company posts. Upon arriving at Fort Vancouver, he was placed in charge of
th<: Hudson's Bay Company posts on Puget Sound, with headquarters at Fort
N squally, which is now about sixteen miles from Tacoma, Washington. He
took a very prominent part in the Indian war of 1855 and 1856, and as he was
quite familiar with a number of Indian languages, it was through his efforts and
knowledge that peace followed and the red men were pacified. In 1855 he was
m; de chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Nisqually, and after
thr company gave up their possessory rights to American soil, he removed to
Vi:toria in 1859 ar>d continued in its service, building at this time the first stone
hojse erected in British Columbia and which is now occupied by his descendants.
Dr. Tolmie remained in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company and also as
ag :nt of the Puget Sound Company until 1870, when he retired to his farm of
'eleven hundred acres, which he had purchased several years previously. He
WES very active in agricultural affairs and did much to raise the standard and
gride of cattle and horses by importing thoroughbred stock. Dr. Tolmie also
ga ned recognition as an ethnologist and historian, contributing valuable treatises
an 1 articles on the history and languages of the west coast natives. He gave
th( vocabularies of a number of tribes to Dr. Scouler and George Gibbs and these
ha 'e been published in contributions to American Ethnology. In 1884 he col-
laborated with Dr. G. M. Dawson in the publication of a nearly complete series of
short vocabularies of the principal languages spoken in British Columbia. Today
the works of Dr. Tolmie stand as authority in the history of the northwest and
this province. All through his life he was ever ready to contribute from his
extensive store of knowledge to anyone to whom it would be useful, and, being
at all times public-spirited and progressive, his opinions were highly valued.
He remained intimate with Indian affairs until the time of his demise, which
occurred on the 8th of December, 1886, when he had reached the age of seventy-
four years.
In 1850 Dr. Tolmie was united in marriage to Miss Jane Work, the eldest
daughter of John Work, then chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at
Victoria. Mrs. Tolmie, who passed away on the 23d of June, 1880, became the
mother of seven sons and five daughters as follows: Alexander John, who is
now deceased; William Eraser, who resides in Victoria; John Work, born in
; 1854, who is likewise a resident of Victoria; James; Henry Work; Roderick
Finlayson; May Fraser; Jane Work; Anne Fraser, deceased'; Margaret Cecilia,
j who has also passed away; Dr. Simon Fraser; and Josette Catharine. All of the
i sui viving children are residents of Victoria.
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Dr. Tolmie was a member of the local legislature for two terms, representing
the Victoria district until 1878. The cause of public instruction always found in
him a stanch supporter and ardent champion and for many years he served as
a member of the board of education. He held many positions of trust and re-
sponsibility and was everywhere recognized as a valued and respected citizen.
Generous and kind-hearted, he is still remembered for his many acts of quiet
charity and for his loyalty in friendship. His memory remains as a blessed
benediction to all who knew him and his name will gain added luster as the
years go by.
STEPHEN JONES.
None of the representative men of British Columbia have a better right 10
a place in this volume than the subject of this sketch — Stephen Jones. If one
were seeking an outstanding figure amongst the remarkable body of young men
who have done and are still doing so much to direct the course of western devel-
opment, one could make no mistake in selecting this gentleman for that distinc-
tion, for it is but the bare truth to say that he has, in respect to Victoria, been
a pioneer in enterprise — and so well have results shown his foresight in business
matters that he enjoys a wide reputation for sound judgment.
Mr. Jones is esentially a man of action. With even a cursory knowledge of
his character and temperament it is easy to conclude that in any walk of life
he would have won a foremost position. A restless energy, keen insight, a delib-
erateness in judgment and an indomitable will are elements in his make-up,
where rests the responsibility for his amazing success in commercial life.
Mr. Jones, while he has large property interests in Vancouver and elsewhere
in the province and is identified with a score of enterprises, is best known as the
proprietor of the Dominion Hotel. It was the really marvelous success which
attended the efforts of Mr. Jones to build up a great hotel in Victoria which
earned for him his present-day reputation as one of the most shrewd business
men in western Canada.
Victoria was not much of a city in 1889, the year that Mr. Jones, then a mere
lad, assumed charge of the Dominion Hotel on upper Yates street, then a very
unpretentious building, having some time previously been conducted by his father.
But he had not been entrusted with this responsibilty for a week before he began
to make improvements, and not many months elapsed before he began arranging
for enlarged premises ; and, from then on, expansion followed expansion in such
rapid succession as to startle the old-timers of the city, whose extreme conserva-
tism, while characteristic of Victoria in the early days, was in marked contrast
to the enthusiasm of the young man about whom these lines are written. With
many a wise shake of the head they predicted disaster, but success followed success
until today not only is the "Dominion" known from ocean to ocean as the standard
of hotels in its class, but its owner is reckoned among the wealthy men in the
wealthiest city, per capita, on the continent.
A native of the province of Ontario, Mr. Jones was born in Clinton, in the
county of Huron, July 7, 1869, his parents being Stephen and Elizabeth Jones,
representatives of an old Irish family. They removed westward to Victoria in
1872, and Stephen, then three years of age, was reared under the parental roof.
After concluding his education in 1887 he joined with his father in the work
of conducting the International Hotel at Esquimalt, then an important British
naval base on the north Pacific. Two years later found him back at Victoria in
charge of the Dominion, with the results as related.
Mr. Jones' father, the late Stephen Jones, was one of the best known sturdy
pioneers of the province. Coming here when conditions were very much in the
rough, he adapted himself so well to his environment and made such good use
of his opportunities that he acquired a competency prior to his demise and left
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a host of friends who never tired of telling of his kindly heart, so characteristic
cf Irishmen the world over.
•Mr. Jones, of this review, married in 1910 Miss Eliza Margaret Thompson,
a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Thompson, of Cornwall, Ontario. The two
c lildren of the marriage are Stephen and Howard. The family residence is on
I'ouglas street, adjoining and overlooking one of the most delightful portions of
I eacon Hill park. Here Mr. Jones has created one of the most charming homes
t<> be found in western America. Not only is the residence of palatial propor-
tions, but it sets in grounds where the art of the gardener has been employed to
f ill advantage, and the many friends whom Mr. and Mrs. Jones take occasion
to entertain here never tire of singing the praises of what easily constitutes one
of the most beautiful residential estates in the city.
Though on every ground eminently qualified for it, Mr. Jones has declined
e fery offer to seek public honors, contenting himself with the management of
h s many commercial enterprises. He never fails, however, to lend his services
b every movement calculated to advance the interests of Victoria. He is iden-
ti led with the Victoria Board of Trade and for two years was a member of the
council of that body. He was one of the founders of the Tourist Association of
tl e city, which for a number of years did such good work in making known the
attractions and advantages of this charming section of Vancouver island.
Mr. Jones is a life member of the Pacific Club and is a very active member
o: the Masonic order, serving at the present time as chairman of the Masonic
Temple Association. He is a past master of Victoria-Columbia Lodge, No. i,
01 Victoria, and is (1912-13) potentate of Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
REV. JAMES SUTHERLAND HENDERSON.
Civic and social interests of New Westminster have in the last ten years received
a 'iew impetus through the constructive and well directed work which Rev. James
Sutherland Henderson has done along these lines. He has not only promoted
th; cause of Christianity through his services as pastor of St. Andrew's church
of New Westminster and clerk of the Presbytery but has in addition lent the
weight of his influence to every worthy and progressive public project, winning as
hi; reward the lasting regard and unwavering confidence of his fellow citizens.
Hi was born in York county, Ontario, June n, 1858, and is the eldest son of
M ignus and Christina (Sutherland) Henderson, who came to Canada from the
virinity of Thurso, Caithnesshire, Scotland, in 1857, the year following, their
m; rriage. They located in the town of Newmarket, York county, but after two
ye irs they removed to Glenallen, Wellington county, where the father was for a
number of years connected with grist and sawmills. Subsequently he made settle-
mcnton a farm in the vicinity of that city and while devoting a great deal of his
time to agricultural pursuits took also an active part in public affairs, becoming a
do ninating factor in shaping the policies of the local government. He was for
twenty-three years clerk of Peal township and one of the best known and most
wi lely respected men in Wellington county. He and his wife were devout members
of the Presbyterian church. Both have passed away, the mother dying in 1904,
at :he age of seventy-eight, and the father in 1909 or 1910, when he was past the
age of eighty.
Rev. James S. Henderson acquired his primary education in the public schools
of Glenallen and afterward entered the University of Toronto. He studied there
andatKnox College, graduating from the latter institution in the spring of 1883.
Hi was immediately afterward ordained to the ministry and in the same year
accepted his first charge, that of pastor of the London Presbytery at Melbourne,
Middlesex county. He remained there for five years and at the end of that time
vai called to Hensall, Huron county, where for fifteen years he labored untiringly
in i he promotion of the doctrines in which he believes. In 1903 Mr. Henderson
658 BRITISH COLUMBIA
was called to New Westminster, where he became pastor of St. Andrew's Presby-
terian church and clerk of the Presbytery. In the spring of 1911 he was elected
moderator of the Synod of British Columbia and during that time spent four months
traveling in Europe. He has, however, spent most of his time in New Westminster,
where his interests have extended to many fields, touching closely the commercial,
industrial, social and moral progress of the city. He is a member of the New West-
minster Board of Trade and on the board of control of the Royal Agricultural
and Industrial Society and he acts as chairman of the municipal committee of
the Westminster Progressive Association. The citizens of New Westminster give
him a great deal of credit for the erection of the new Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation building in 1910. Mr. Henderson was in that year chairman of the citizens
committee which raised forty-seven thousand dollars in the course of a five-day
campaign and erected a handsome brick structure on Royal avenue, just east of
Sixth street.
In 1885, Mr. Henderson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Maggie Mahala
Grant, second daughter of the late John. Grant, of Lambton, Ontario. Having no
children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have adopted a son, Roy Grant,
who has just finished his third year in applied science at McGill University. Mrs.
Henderson has been for many years one of the most active spirits in the promotion
of the social and religious life of New Westminster and her wisdom of counsel
and her strength of character make her one of the most valued workers in these
important fields. Mr. Henderson is connected fraternally with Union Lodge,
No. 9, A. F. & A. M., and Amity Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled
all of the chairs. Since his arrival in the city he has taken an active part in all
clean sports and for two years was president of the famous Westminster lacrosse
team, which in 1908 won the world's championship. In view of the important
social and civic work with which he has been identified during the entire period
of his connection with St. Andrew's church he was in the general assembly held
at Toronto in June, 1912, unanimously appointed field secretary of social service
and evangelism for the province of British Columbia and in September, 1913, will
resign his pastorate in order to take up his labors in a new field. His loss will
be felt keenly by the citizens of New Westminster, who speak of him in glowing
terms as "one of the finest men in this or any other city," and who regard him as
an upright and God-fearing man and a progressive citizen whose place it will be
difficult if not impossible to fill.
CHARLES STANFORD DOUGLAS.
Charles Stanford Douglas, journalist, capitalist, legislator and ex-mayor of
Vancouver and one of the most prominent, successful and highly respected citi-
zens of British Columbia, is descended from a family of Scottish ancestry that
has for years held high position on the American continent, both in Canada and
the United States. Among the ancestors was Deacon William Douglas, who
sailed from Scotland to Massachusetts in 1640 and settled in Boston. Charles
Stanford Douglas is the son of John A. and Esther M. (Knappen) Douglas, the
•former a second cousin of the eminent American statesman, Stephen A. Douglas,
the "little giant" of Illinois. The father, John A. Douglas, served as an officer
in the Wisconsin Volunteers during the Civil war, becoming quartermaster of
the Twentieth Wisconsin Regiment, and his last days were spent in Lebanon,
Missouri.
Charles S. Douglas was born in Madison, Wisconsin, October i, 1852, and pur-
sued his education at Wayland University in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Following
the completion of his education he was employed on various newspapers in Minne-
sota and Wisconsin and in 1875 became owner and publisher of the Superior
Times, at Superior, Wisconsin, which he sold two years later. In 1877 he crossed
the border into Canada, settling at Fort William, Ontario, where he purchased
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 661
the Fort William Day Book, and in 1878 removed to Emerson, Manitoba, where
1 e published the Emerson International, the first or second paper published in the
I rovince. He became a prominent and influential factor in community affairs,
c ontributing much to the upbuilding of the city and district, and he was a member
c f the town council, of the school board and also filled the position of mayor,
{••till higher official honors awaited him, however, in his election to the local parlia-
r tent, where he sat for Emerson from 1883 until 1889. In June of the latter year
he came to Vancouver, where he has since engaged in the real-estate and brok-
erage business and in various other lines of activity which have contributed to
fie material development and prosperity of the city as well as to his individual
ii iterests.
On the 1st of December, 1881, Mr. Douglas was united in marriage to Miss
Annie M. Johnston, a daughter of J. E. Johnston, of Toronto. She died in 1908.
I 1 1909 Mr. Douglas was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Eliza-
beth Manley, the widow of Major Fred M. Manley and a daughter of John Fisher,
of Harriston, Ontario. Air. Douglas has had no children of his own but has
r< ared several adopted ones.
Mr. Douglas' identification with progressive public measures and projects
h is made him one of the leading, influential and honored residents of the prov-
ii ce. He has taken great interest in a memorial known as the Scot Memorial
Sailors Home. In 1894 he was a candidate for the provincial legislature for
Richmond but was defeated. He assisted in the organization of South Vancouver
v, hich was then small and comparatively unimportant but is now a great munici-
pality, and he was chairman of its first finance committee. In 1909 he was
elected mayor of Vancouver, filling the office for one term, during which he gave
tc the city a public-spirited and beneficial administration, characterized by various
needed reforms and improvements. While occupying the mayor's chair a num-
bt r of notable events occurred, including the opening of the Granville Street bridge
b;' his excellency, Earl Grey, governor-general of Canada; a visit to the city of
Lird Strathcona and a visit of a party of distinguished Australian journalists
ei route to London. These latter Mr. Douglas entertained at a banquet which
h< gave at the Hotel Vancouver. An interesting souvenir of this visit is a large
photograph of the party including a number of prominent citizens of Vancouver
and taken at the "big tree" in Stanley Park. Mr. Douglas also has an interesting
photograph taken at the "big tree" on the occasion of Lord Strathcona's visit.
It includes Lord Strathcona and Sir Mackenzie Bowell, two grand old men of
Ctnada, Chief Commissioner Chipman of the Hudson's Bay Company and Mr.
Dmglas. He also entertained Governor (now Justice of the United States
Supreme Court) Hughes of New York and Governor Johnson, of Minnesota.
Prominent and popular in club circles he is well known as a member of the
Vancouver, Terminal City, Canadian, Shaughnessy Heights Golf Clubs, and the
Royal Yacht Club of Vancouver. In personal appearance Mr. Douglas is five
feat, eight inches in height and weighs two hundred and thirty-five pounds. He
is a man of cheerful disposition, genial, courteous and approachable, and has a
cii cle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. His devo-
tic n to the best interests of city and province show him to be thoroughly Cana-
dian in spirit and the enterprise of the west is manifest in all that he undertakes,
either for individual benefit or for the welfare of the city and province.
HARRY W. JAKEMAN, V. M. D.
Upon a comprehensive and thorough training, constant study and research
and natural ability Dr. Harry W. Jakeman, of New Westminster, has based a
gratifying success in the practice of veterinary surgery, ranking today with the
most expert men engaged in this profession in western Canada. He was born
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, October i, 1885, and is a son of William and May
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(Akerly) Jakeman, the former a native of Prince Edward Island and the latter
of Pugwash, Nova Scotia. They were married in Revere, Massachusetts, where
they continued to reside for a number of years. The father held the degree df
D. V. S. from McGill University in Montreal and he practiced his profession in
Massachusetts and afterward in Nova Scotia, where he still resides, making his
home in the town of Glace Bay.
Dr. Harry W. Jakeman spent his boyhood days in Nova Scotia and there
acquired his public-school education. In the fall of 1902 he went to Sackville,
New Brunswick, where he entered Mount Allison University, taking a four years'
arts course. He became prominent in athletics, especially football, and during a
hotly contested game met with an accident which effectually closed his career in
the university. In the fall of 1907 Dr. Jakeman went to Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, where he entered the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was
graduated in the spring of 1909, with the degree of V. M. D. and with the highest
honors in his class. Determining to have the advantage of the most expert train-
ing in his chosen line and the opportunity of contact with the most modern
thought in his profession, he went in the following year to Germany, where he
took a post-graduate course in veterinary medicine, spending a year and a half
in the Royal Veterinary Colleges in Dresden, Hanover and Berlin, specializing
in pathology, bacteriology and laboratory diagnostics. He also attended clinics
and visited veterinary and other hospitals throughout Germany, subsequently
spending several months in the colleges in London, England, where he attended
lectures and clinics at various hospitals. Finally) being thoroughly trained in his
profession and with his viewpoint broadened by contact with its most eminent
and able representatives, he returned to Canada and settled first in Nova Scotia,
where he practiced in partnership with his brother for some time. In Alarch,
1912, he moved to New Westminster and in one year has secured a large and
growing patronage and a high place in professional circles.
Just before sailing for Germany Dr. Jakeman was united in marriage to Miss
Lelia Alma Carter, a daughter of William D. Carter, at that time a barrister in
Richibucto, New Brunswick, but now connected with the firm of Matheson &
Carter of Vancouver. Dr. and Mrs. Jakeman have a son, William Allison. The
parents are favorably known in social circles of New Westminster and Dr. Jake-
man is already accounted one of the most able representatives of his profession
here, his success coming as a natural result of his comprehensive knowledge and
unusual ability.
FRANK E. VANDALL.
The death of Frank E. Vandall on the igth of August, 1911, removed from
British Columbia one of its most honored pioneers and from Vancouver one of
its most progressive and successful business men — a man who, actuated at all
times by a spirit of enterprise and progress and dominated by high standards of
business integrity, did much while promoting his own prosperity to advance the
general interests of the city. He was born in Rhode Island in August, 1868, and
was of French-Canadian extraction, his parents having died when he was still
very young.
In the acquirement of an education Frank E. Vandall attended public school
in his native state and afterward a Jesuit college, having for some time the inten-
tion of studying for the priesthood. However, he had afterward changed his plans
and learned the machinist's trade, working at it for about five years in Rhode
Island. The exact time of his coming to British Columbia is not known. In the
early days he established a hotel in Revelstoke and conducted it thereafter for
five years, becoming known as a far-sighted, resourceful and successful business
man. When he disposed of this enterprise he removed to Vancouver and here
remained an honored and deservedly respected resident until his death. He
FRANK E. VAKDALL
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mrned his attention to timber cruising and surveying and was known as one of
)he greatest cruisers in British Columbia, reaching all portions of the province
•vhile engaged in this line of work. He developed in Vancouver a well managed
; nd lucrative enterprise, and his interests were constantly being extended, his
.-uccess rewarding his executive ability, his capable control of business affairs
; nd his high and honorable business standards. A short time before his death
Jlr. Vandall sold his timber interests to the Booth Lumber Company but he re-
tained a great deal of valuable city property, including the Vandall block, which
A /as in course of construction when he died.
On the ist of August, 1898, Mr. Vandall was united in marriage to Miss
Xellie E. Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Yandall became the parents of one son,
Frank. Mr. Vandall was a member of the Roman Catholic church, exemplifying
i i his honorable and upright life the doctrines in which he believed. Pie
\ -as a devoted husband and father, spending a great deal of time in his home,
and all who were fortunate enough to come within the close circle of his friend-
ship found him a kindly and courteous gentleman who guided his life by prin-
ciples of manly honor from which he never deviated during the entire course of his
Lusiness career.
ALBERT G. MARSHALL.
General farming and stock-raising have commanded the attention of Albert
< . Marshall during the entire period of his active career and upon an exhaustive
s udy of methods, natural ability and wide experience he has founded a success
v hich places him in the front ranks of progressive agriculturists of South West-
minster, where he makes his home. He is an exponent of the scientific school of
firming and his beautiful homestead, equipped with modern buildings and labor-
saving machinery, is one of the best proofs of the practicability of his theories.
JN r. Marshall engages also in the real-estate business and, being a resourceful,
fur-sighted and capable business man, has made this department of his activities
profitable also. He was born in the parish of Tyng, near Taunton, Somerset-
si ire, England, July 13, 1863, and is a son of Felix and Sarah Marshall, the
former of whom was for many years engaged in cheese making. Both have
passed away.
Albert G. Marshall acquired his education in public and private schools in the
p; rishes of Tyng and North Curry and after completing his studies worked with
his father on the farm until after the tatter's death. He then managed the prop-
ei ty for his mother until he was twenty-five years of age, when he began farm-
ing for himself, giving his attention to mixed methods, raising hops and fruit,
ai d breeding fancy stock, principally milch cows. He won hundreds of prizes
in England with his entries at the agricultural fairs, for he was always an able
ai d progressive farmer and a close student of the scientific aspects of his calling.
H : came to Canada in 1906, settling in Manitoba, where, he remained six months,
at d even during that short period won several prizes. Upon its expiration he
ca ne to British Columbia and purchased the property in South Westminster upon
which he has since resided. Understanding farming in principle and detail, he
has worked untiringly for the accomplishment of success and has transformed his
place into a beautiful garden spot, which everywhere reflects the careful supervi-
sic n and practical labor he has bestowed upon it. Mr. Marshall continues along
th'i same lines he followed in England, engaging in mixed farming and stock-
ra sing. He has exhibited at the Surrey and New Westminster agricultural fairs,
winning at the former seventeen first prizes and at the latter sixty-two. He exhibits
fancy dairy cows, poultry and field and vegetable produce and his entries represent
always the very best in these things which scientific farming can produce. Mr.
M irshall also controls a large real-estate business, handling extensive tracts of
lai d in Surrey municipality.
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Mr. Marshall married Miss Emma Meaker Coombes, a daughter of Frederick
I. and Annie (Meaker) Coombes. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have become the
parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters. In England Mr. Mar-
shall served as a member of the school board and parish council and for the past
two years has been chairman of the board of education of the municipality of
Surrey. He gives his political allegiance to the conservative party and is a mem-
ber of the Church of England. He is a director of the Surrey Agricultural Asso-
ciation and one of the committee on field and vegetable produce of the New West-
inster Agricultural Association, and in this connection has done work possible
only to a man who thoroughly understands the principles of modern agriculture.
His work has marked a distinct advance in methods and his contributions to the
development of the science of farming have been many and substantial.
CHARLES WILSON, K. C.
Among the men who have been prominent in public life in British Columbia
during the last half of a century is Charles Wilson, K. C. The record of few
has extended over a longer period and none has been more faultless in honor.
fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation. He has been in the vanguard of
civilization in promoting the progress and upbuilding of the Pacific Coast country
and from the first has been an influential factor in moulding public opinion.
A native of London, England, he was born February 5, 1841, and comes of
English ancestry. His education was acquired in his native land and prompted
by a young man's dream and hope of the future, he sailed for the new world
soon after reaching his majority, on the Baltimore built ship, "Frigate Bird,"
transferred to the British flag. The voyage was a long and stormy one, five
months being consumed ere anchor was dropped at the port of Victoria in 1862.
He at once made his way to the mainland of British Columbia where he spent
some time in the Cariboo and Big Bend gold fields but later took up the study of
law and in 1883 was called to the bar of this province. In the intervening period
to the present he has gained a most creditable and honorable position in a pro-
fession where advancement depends solely upon individual merit and ability.
The consensus of public opinion places him in the front rank among the leading
barristers of the west and the court records bear evidence of his comprehensive
knowledge and wise handling of cases. He was made Dominion queen's coun-
sel during the administration of the Earl of Aberdeen, November 27, 1894,
and the provincial honor was conferred upon him in 1899.
In 1896 he was elected a bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia,
which position he held until he became attorney general of British Columbia,
and for twenty-five years he has been counsel for the Bank of Montreal. All
this indicates something of the nature and extent of his connection with the
bar, where his position has long been one of leadership.
Whatever else may be said of the legal profession, it cannot be denied that
members of the bar have been more prominent actors in public affairs than any
other class of the community. This is but the natural result of causes which
are manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training which qualify
one to practice law also qualify him in many respects for duties outside the
strict path of his profession and which touch the general interests of society.
Identified with the conservative party since age conferred upon him the right
of franchise, Mr. Wilson was elected its leader in British Columbia in 1899, fol-
lowing election as president of the Vancouver Conservative Association, of which
he is now the honorary president. His first active official work was done in the
local parliament, where he sat for Cariboo from 1882 to 1886. He was returned
for Vancouver in 1903 and continued in the office until 1906. He unsuccessfully
contested the Cariboo district at the general election of 1886 and Victoria in the
general election of 1892.
CHARLES WILSON
BRITISH COLUMBIA 669
Upon the formation of the first conservative government in British Columbia,
!vlr. Wilson accepted the position of president of the council and at the general
dection, following, he was elected as one of the members for Vancouver city,
j^ater he was appointed attorney general of British Columbia and was reelected by
;. majority of ever nine hundred, the largest majority ever given any candidate
or the office in this province, and his record in the position from 1903 until 1906
justified this expression of public confidence and approval. He has not only had
his part in shaping legislation and in administering the law, but was also asso-
tiated with Edwin Johnson, Q. C, in 1888 in revising the statutes and with A. P.
Luxton, K. C., in the revision of 1911 — a stupendous task, comprised in four
volumes.
Mr. Wilson wedded Miss Minnie Parker, of Barkerville, British Columbia, in
1876 and having lost his wife some years later, he was married again in 1894,
1 is second union being with Mrs. Helen Mary Twiford of Vancouver, who passed
; way in 1908. In 1909 he married Mrs. Maude Hamilton McLean and they
cccupy a comfortable residence known as Ryswick, on Shaughnessy Heights,
vancouver's most beautiful and aristocratic suburb.
Mr. Wilson is a member of the Unitarian church, the Vancouver Club, the
Jericho Country Club, and the Union Club of Victoria. He has been spoken of
as "a splendid gentleman, always courteous and affable" deserving in full mea-
sure the high regard and the honors which have come to him. More than half
a century has passed since he came to British Columbia. He met the experiences
c f frontier life, with its attendant hardships and privations, and in all his career
I e has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way.
The exercise of effort has developed his latent powers and talents, time has proven
his worth and public opinion bears testimony to his signal usefulness and service
as a citizen and statesman.
JOHN McRAE.
Ontario has furnished a number of worthy citizens to British Columbia and
tiieir enterprise and progressive spirit have constituted features in the upbuild-
ing and development of the province. Among their number is John McRae,
row living in Agassiz, on a farm which he broke and cleared in early times. 1 le
has lived here since 1892 and has since made his influence strongly felt upon the
agricultural development of this section and upon its political growth and expan-
s on. His birth occurred in Glengarry county, Ontario, in October 10, 1864, and
ha is a son of John and Annie (Urquart) McRae. He acquired his education in
the public schools of his native section, laying aside his books at the age of fifteen
in order to assist his father with the work of the farm. He remained upon the
homestead until 1887, in which year he made his first location in British Columbia,
settling in Vancouver when that city was still a village. He worked at various
oxupations there until 1892, when he came to Agassiz and purchased one hun-
dred and forty-five acres of wild land, covered with a dense growth of timber.
I te cut down the trees by hand and took up the stumps with the aid of oxen,
the modern method of blasting them out with powder being then unknown. Mr.
McRae built a good house, barns and outbuildings and acre by acre brought his
1; nd under cultivation, every year witnessing material advances until today almost
the entire farm is cleared and improved. Mr. McRae carries on general farming,
but is also actively engaged in contracting and building. His prosperity is evi-
denced by the excellent condition of his property and the high place which he
holds in the ranks of progressive agriculturists.
In 1897 Mr. McRae was united in marriage to Miss Ambie McRae, of Agassiz,
a id they have eight children. Mr. McRae founded the local lodge of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows in 1894 and takes a great interest in its affairs.
Politically he is a conservative and has always been a stanch supporter of the
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party's doctrines and an active worker in public affairs. His political career
began in 1895, when he was elected councillor and after two years was made
reeve of the municipality by acclamation, a position which he has held continu-
ously since that time. He is a man whose industry and honesty have made him
influential in the affairs of the town, and since he also takes an active interest in
the general welfare of the community he commands the respect and confidence of
his fellow citizens and is accounted one of the substantial public factors of the
locality.
RICHARD HENRY HANCOCK ALEXANDER.
Richard Henry Hancock Alexander, secretary of the British Columbia Lum-
ber & Shingle Manufacturers, Limited, of Vancouver, has occupied his present
position since 1903 and in the' decade which has since elapsed has contributed
largely to the success of the business, which is now one of the important enter-
prises of the kind in the city. Mr. Alexander is a western man by birth, training
and preference and possesses the spirit of enterprise and progress characteristic
of this section of the country and manifest so largely in its rapid development
and upbuilding. He was born on the i6th of November, 1867, in Victoria,
British Columbia, a son of Richard H. and Einma (Tammadge) Alexander,
who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. The family removed to Granville,
now Vancouver, during the early boyhood of Richard H. H. Alexander, so that
he pursued his early education in the public schools here. Later he was afforded
the opportunity of attending the Upper Canada College at Toronto, from which he
was graduated with the class of 1883. Immediately afterward he returned to
Vancouver and throughout his entire business career, now covering three decades,
he has been connected with the lumber trade. He has familiarized himself with
every branch of the business and has gradually worked his way upward until
in 1903 he was appointed to his present responsible and arduous position as sec-
retary of the British Columbia Lumber & Shingle Manufacturers, Limited. In
this connection he has voice in the management and control of a constantly grow-
ing and important business and has won for himself favorable criticism among
colleagues and contemporaries.
On the 2 ist of November, 1906, in Vancouver, Mr. Alexander was united
in marriage to Miss Isabel Cartwright, a daughter of the Rev. C. E. and Mrs.
Cartwright, formerly of Kingston, Ontario, but nowof Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander hold membership in the Anglican church and he is a member of the
Vancouver Club and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. In politics he is a con-
servative and well versed in the questions and issues of the day but without
ambition for office, as he feels that his business interests make full demand upon
his time and his energies.
REV. P. H. McEWEN.
Rev. P. H. McEwen had not compassed the Psalmist's allotted span of three
score years and ten when called to his final rest on the 2ist of August, 1912,
passing away at the home of his son, Dr. E. H. McEwen, of New Westminster,
in his sixty-ninth year. He was born in Glengarry in 1844 and several years
later accompanied the family on their removal to Bruce county, Ontario. It was
there that he first became identified with Christian work, uniting with the Baptist
church under the preaching of A. A. Cameron and James Coutts, students of
Woodstock College, who were holding evangelistic services in the Tiverton Bap-
tist church. T- P- McEwen also united with the Tiverton church in March, 1867.
Their affiliation with this religious organization meant no perfunctory interest
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i T activity. They at once entered heartily into efforts to promulgate the teach-
ings of the Gospel and soon afterward established a Sunday school in a district
lour miles from their church home. Their awakened interest brought about
through their Sunday school teachings and labors resulted in their decision to
become ministers of the Gospel and with this end in view they soon entered Wood-
stock College, of which the late Dr. R. A. Fyfe was then the president. P. H.
McEwen continued his studies there in a most zealous manner for about six years
; nd in vacation periods he devoted his service to preaching and working with weak
churches to which he cheerfully and lovingly ministered. He was graduated in
the spring of 1873 and received a call from the Ormond church which he ac-
cepted, being there ordained in June of the same year. His labors in the ministry
were successful from the beginning. He continued in his first pastorate for five
}ears and then accepted the oversight of the churches of Thurso and Clarence,
where he continued for nearly six years. Subsequently he organized a church at
Cornwall and was instrumental in the building of a house of worship there.
After leaving Cornwall he devoted his energies to evangelistic work for a year
; nd then accepted the pastorate of the Paisley church which he served with the
i delity and success which had previously characterized his ministry. For a year
1 e devoted himself to the mission of Grande Ligne and during that period in its
1 ehalf visited the old country.
When in June, 1892, Mr. McEwen accepted a call from the Emanuel Baptist
church at Victoria he found there an organization young in years, needing careful
guidance of just such a zealous and consecrated minister as Mr. McEwen. He
entered upon his work with contagious enthusiasm and with the cooperation of
1 is people erected a beautiful and commodious house of worship during his first
} ear's pastorate. He continued his labors there most acceptably for six years and
then resigned in order to become pastor of the Olivet Baptist church at New
Westminster. While he was occupying that position the house of worship owned
ly the society was destroyed in the disastrous fire of 1898, which swept out the
entire business portion and much of the residential district of the city. Mr. Mc-
Kwen at once took cognizance of the existing conditions and possibilities and
i lade his plans to secure a new church home for his people. A lot was soon
obtained and soon afterward a church edifice was erected upon which there re-
i lained but a slight indebtedness. Mr. McEwen continued his labors at New
Westminister until the summer of 1900, when he resigned to accept the superin-
tendency of Baptist missions in British Columbia. To this work he devoted his
attention with unabating energy, his labors being resultant throughout the three
}ears of his connection with the position. He then undertook the upbuilding
c f the church in Ladner and in 1904 entered upon active work in Vancouver —
work that resulted in the organization of what is now called the Fifth Avenue
church. During his pastorate there, many united in the Baptist Society, a good
1 ouse of worship was erected and the work and influence of the church was greatly
extended and strengthened. Under the conviction that a younger and stronger
nan was needed for the position the Rev. McEwen resigned in December, 1908,
t ut continued to supply the pulpit until March, 1910, when he discontinued active
connection with the ministry and took up his abode upon a small fruit farm which
1 e had purchased in the Port Hammond district. For a period he devoted his
attention to raising fruit but he found that he could not content himself outside
the pale of active ministerial and church work. He rallied the scattered Baptist
elements and organized a church of twenty-two members in the summer of 1911
rnd secured a house of worship. There he continued his efforts in the further
i pbuilding of the newly organized church until his health began to fail in No-
\ember, 1911.
On the loth of September, 1873, the Rev. McEwen was united in marriage to
Miss Christina McEwen, a sister of his companion in church work, J. P. Mc-
Kwen. In January, 1912, he and his wife went to make their home with their
son, Dr. E. H. McEwen, in New Westminster. There he received the utmost
professional as well as filial care and attention but death had marked him for
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its own and gradually he failed until the end came on the 21 st of August, 1912.
He was survived by his wife and the following children : Dr. E. H. McEwen, of
New Westminster ; Dr. S. C. McEwen, of New Westminster ; H. B. McEwen,
a medical student at McGill University in Montreal ; and Jean, a teacher. The
Rev. McEwen was most highly esteemed wherever he was known. The Baptist
convention of British Columbia, which met in New Westminster in June, 1912,
sent him a resolution of appreciation and of sympathy, couched in most tender,
loving terms. His kindly spirit, his charitable disposition, his unfaltering loyalty
to all that marked the highest ideals of Christian life placed him in a position that
makes his memory a cherished possession of all who knew him while his example
remains as a blessed benediction.
WILLIAM H. GAY.
William H. Gay is one of the successful agriculturists of Lulu island, where
he owns one hundred and fifteen acres of highly improved land, having recently
sold one hundred and forty acres of his original holding of two hundred and
fifty-five. He is a native of New Brunswick, his birth having occurred on the
23<3 of November, 1863, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Gay. The mother
is deceased and the father still resides in New Brunswick.
William H. Gay was reared at home and educated in the common schools of
New Brunswick. He was trained to an agricultural career, having assisted his
father with the cultivation of the home farm from early youth until he had
attained the age of twenty-three years. In 1892 he went to Winnipeg, obtaining
a position on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, where he was employed for two
years. At the expiration of that time he went back to New Brunswick for a
brief period, subsequently coming to British Columbia, where he built the Mission
City bridge. Upon its completion he came to Lulu island and rented the Beck-
man farm, which he operated for a time. Later he bought five acres of land
from Mr. Woodward and leased a tract of two hundred and fifty acres, with
the option of buying, from the British Columbia Land & Investment Company.
Here he engaged in fruit culture and at the expiration of ten years bought the
land he had been renting, for forty-five dollars per acre. He has wrought many
improvements on his holdings, bringing the value of his land to a thousand dol-
lars an acre, and has recently sold one hundred and forty acres of his tract to
excellent advantage, his remaining land comprising one hundred and fifteen acres.
In 1892 Mr. Gay was married to Miss Sarah Cope, who passed away in 1901.
Of this marriage were born three children : Fred, who is eighteen years of age,
assisting his father with the cultivation of the farm ; Victoria, who is seventeen ;
and George, who has passed his twelfth birthday. The two last named are liv-
ing at home and attending school. In 1903 Mr. Gay married Mrs. Jane Pope
of Vancouver, who had two daughters : Iris, who is twenty years of age, living at
home; and Daphne, who is fifteen and attending school.
Mr. Gay has led a life of intense activity and intelligently directed energy
as is evidenced by the appearance of his farm, the general condition of which
indicates capable management and a careful regard for details in its development.
CHARLES WILLIAM McALLISTER.
A man who has made efficiency his watchword and who, adhering to this
standard, has built up through his own tireless energy, ability and organizing
power one of the most important business concerns in Victoria, is Charles Wil-
liam McAllister, proprietor of the Royal Dairy, one of the largest dairy and ice-
cream manufacturing enterprises in this part of British Columbia. He is well
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mown in business circles here because he has never deviated from the most hon-
orable business methods, has adhered closely to the highest standards of business
:thics, and in so doing has gained a success which places him among the repre-
sentative and substantial business men of the city. Mr. McAllister was born in
\Vhitby, Ontario, April 3, 1879, and is the second in a family of four sons born
o Archibald and Emily (Danford) McAllister, the former a native of the isle of
[ura, Scotland, and the latter of Whitby, Ontario. The father came to Canada
n early life, locating first in Nottawa Village, Ontario, where he was educated,
.le later moved to Whitby and engaged in the hardware business there until 1883,
,vhen he settled in Barrie, continuing his former occupation. In 1897 he came
.vest to Vancouver and after conducting a hardware store there for a short time
iisposed of the enterprise and went into the lumber business in North Vancouver,
vhere he now operates a lumber and sash and door factory and is well known
n business circles. He is also president of the Liberal Association of North
Vancouver. His parents were also natives of Scotland and they came to Canada
about fifty years ago, locating in Collingwood, Ontario, where his father followed
agricultural pursuits. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review
vere natives of England and the grandfather was captain in the Seventeenth Lan-
• •ers in the English army. He afterward came to Canada and located in Whitby,
vhere he was head of the police department of the county.
Charles William McAllister acquired his education in the public schools of
Barrie, Ontario, laying aside his books in 1897. He then moved to Toronto,
vhere he became associated with T. Eaton & Company in their ice cream depart-
ment, remaining there until icpq. From 1900 to 1902 he was associated with
different concerns in Toronto, acquiring a general knowledge of the dairy and
ce cream business. In the latter year he moved to Vancouver, entering the serv-
ce of the Royal Dairy Company there and remaining until 1906, when he came
•o Victoria, founding the Royal Dairy of this city, of which he has since been
•jroprietor. The first location of this concern was on Eort street, but this was
abandoned in 1908, when the enterprise was moved into the Pemberton build-
ng. This structure was destroyed by fire in 1909, at which date the present
quarters of the branch at No. mo Douglas street were secured. In August,
912, the present main office and supply station at No. 1615 Douglas street was
nut into operation. The quarters of both the main and branch offices and the
upply stations of tire Royal Dairy are large and modern and are equipped with
overy facility for carrying on the business in a manner most satisfactory to the
interests of Mr. McAllister and his customers. Special attention is paid to sanitary
Considerations and the ice cream made at the Royal Dairy is without question
Thoroughly pure, for the latest improved machinery has been installed, making
thorough sanitation possible. The volume of Mr. McAllister's trade has steadily
increased since the time of the foundation of the concern and he now con-
irols the largest business of this kind in Victoria. His plant has a capacity
of one hundred and twenty-five gallons of ice cream per hour, supplying over five
hundred gallons daily to the local trade. This is in addition to seven hundred gal-
lons of milk and two hundred gallons of cream per day. In carrying on this
immense wholesale business Mr. McAllister operates eight delivery wagons and
trucks, thus insuring prompt delivery of milk, cream and ice cream in a pure
condition. Thus it may be seen that the Royal Dairy is an important business
concern, ably managed and operated along modern and sanitary lines. It is a
monument to the energy and resourcefulness of its owner, who alone is responsible
] or its foundation and whose determination, enterprise and ability have built it up.
On the 6th of December, 1905, in Vancouver, Mr. McAllister was united in
marriage to Miss Bertha Milliman, a daughter of Frank and Lena (Townsend)
Vlilliman, natives of New York state. The father engaged in farming there for
many years, dying in 1912 a*t the age of seventy-three years. His wife survives
him. The McAllister residence is at No. 1016 Fisguard street and is an attractive
home set in the midst of beautiful grounds. Mr. McAllister is fond of all out-
door sports and is also a well known breeder of hackney horses. In this he has
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been very successful, his entries taking three first prizes and one third at the
Vancouver Horse Show of 1913. Mr. McAllister's principal interest, however,
is centered upon his business, which he has developed by his own initiative and
enterprise and the successful management of which places him in the front ranks
of Victoria's representative business men.
LEWIS A. FRETZ.
Lewis A. Fretz, controlling an important and growing business in Port Coquit-
lam as a general contractor, was born near Napanee, Ontario, July 31, 1864. He
is a son of pioneers of Ontario, themselves descendants of United Empire Loyal-
ists, and his ancestors sat in parliament in the days of Upper and Lower Canada,
when what is now Toronto was known as York.
Lewis A. Fretz acquired his education in the public schools of Ontario, passing
his entrance examination to the high school in July, 1877, when he was thirteen
years of age. After laying aside his books, he worked at various occupations
until he was twenty, when he left home and learned the carpenter's trade, expand-
ing his activities after a few years to include general contracting and building.
'In 1884 he located at West Superior, Wisconsin, and meeting with gratifying suc-
cess in his chosen line of work, became one of the leading business men of the
city. The panic of 1893, however, forced him to turn to new fields and he came
west to British Columbia. Here he located at Revelstoke, where he is known
as one of that city's pioneers, having been a resident there for thirteen years. In
1906, Mr. Fretz disposed of his property in Revelstoke, and moved to Vancouver,
where he resided until 1912, when the growing young city of Port Coquitlam
attracted his attention, and settling here, he has already secured a large and rep-
resentative patronage, much of the important contracting and building work in
the city being entrusted to his care.
On the 1 5th of January, 1901, Mr. Fretz was united in marriage to Miss Edith
H. Forsey, a daughter of Captain Samuel and Hannah Forsey, of Newfoundland.
Miss Forsey received her education in Ontario, also, and was considered one of
the best English graduates of her year from the Renfrew Collegiate Institute of
that province. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz have three children, L. Paul, Edith Mar-
guerite and Rosemary.
Mr. Fretz is independent in both his religious and political views and is not
identified with any fraternal organization, preferring to divide his time between
his business and his home. He is recognized in Port Coquitlam as a reliable,
energetic and far-sighted business man and although he has been only one year
in the city, has already become established as an important factor in its commercial
life. He understands the business in which he engages in principle and detail
and upon his proficiency in it, his natural ability, energy and determination, has
built a success which places him in the front ranks of the. substantial and valued
citizens.
JAMES BROOKES.
Among the younger men of commercial importance in New Westminster is
James Brookes, owner of the Westminster Woodworking Company of New
Westminster, British Columbia, who has attained that foremost position although
he is not yet thirty years of age. Born September 14, 1884, at Bolton, England,
he is a son of William and Mary Brookes, both of whom are still living at
Bolton, where the father is successfully following the carpenter's trade.
James Brookes was educated in the public schools of his native city and upon
laying aside his text-books at an early age was apprenticed to the building trade,
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continuing to work along that line until twenty-one years of age. A desire
for conditions which permitted of greater opportunities led him across the
Atlantic to Canada. He made Winnipeg his first stopping place after his ar-
rival in the Dominion, but remained there only a few months, after which he
continued onward to British Columbia, with New Westminster as his destina-
tion. His first position in this city was with the Royal City Mills and after
several years of service with this company, years which were fraught with
serious effort and frugal living, he started in business for himself in a modest
way. This was in 1908. His first location was at the corner of Eleventh street
and the Canadian Pacific right of way, and it marks the beginning of the West-
minster Woodworking Company. He continued in that location until 1913, when
he moved into the new large factory at Queensborough. By unceasing diligence
and laudable perseverance he has succeeded in increasing the output of his
plant to a remarkable extent and has developed from a modest little shop the
magnificently equipped building he now occupies. The factory boasts of the
latest and most modern machinery for producing all kinds of woodwork re-
quired for interior and exterior finish. Its list of employes now numbers sixty-
five men and is fast growing. This extraordinary progress is attributable only
to the energy, enterprise and initiative of Air. Brookes, who incontrovertibly has
demonstrated his business ability and his right to success. He has ever been
watchful of opportunities pointing to the goal and has never feared to venture
where favoring opportunity led the way. Correctly judging of his own capaci-
ties and of those things which go to make up life's contacts and experiences,
his even paced energy has carried him into the important position he now occupies
relative to local business life.
On December 21, 1912, Mr. Brookes was united in marriage to Miss Jane
Boddy Goodrich, a daughter of Robert and Jessie Goodrich, of Scarborough,
England. Fraternally Mr. Brookes is a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the Westminster Club and, along
more specifically commercial lines, of the Westminster Board of Trade, in
which connection he can always be found in the .front ranks of those who in-
augurate new policies of growth and expansion and give their support to all
worthy public enterprises intended to improve the city along material, moral
and intellectual lines. Mr. Brookes is fond of athletics and to a large extent
indulges in all outdoor sports, being a devotee of motoring and a lover of horses.
In communion with nature he finds that even balance of mind which makes him
take up the reins of business with unabated energy when his onerous duties
demand undivided effort and keen attention.
EDWARD FAUNCE ALLEN.
Edward Faunce Allen is well known as one of the leading business men of
Vancouver, where since 1907 he has been prominently connected with the lumber
and paper milling industry, controlling today important and extensive interests.
A spirit of enterprise and initiative has actuated him throughout the course of
his entire career and has led him into many fields of activity and brought him
prominence and substantial success, as is indicated by the extent of his business
connections in Vancouver and his high standing in business circles. He was
born in Hancock county, Maine, April 10, 1873, and is a son of David and
Harriett Allen, the former a descendant of one of- the first families that settled in
the Pine Tree state. Three families, the Aliens, Hinckleys, and Walkers, crossed
the Atlantic together in an eighty foot boat and after a perilous journey landed
on the coast of Maine, the Aliens taking up land in 1655 under a government
grant. Representatives of the family have lived in the state since that time.
Edward F. Allen acquired his education in the public schools of Hancock
county and in Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, from which he was
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graduated in 1894. He began his business career as a shoemaker in Haverhill,
that state, but after a number of years turned his attention to the real-estate
business there, developing a large and important enterprise of that character.
He came to Vancouver in 1907 and he has since been a resident of this city,
prominently connected with the lumber and paper business as secretary of the
British Columbia Wood Pulp & Paper Company, Ltd., and of the Colonial
Lumber & Paper Mills, Ltd., and as a director in several other companies
engaged in the paper manufacturing business. In addition to this he is also
in business individually, conducting a store for the sale of dairy products, and
this enterprise, like all others with which he is connected, is ably and progress-
ively managed and has proven extremely profitable. Mr. Allen is a young man
of energy, resource and experience and his interests are conducted ably and
intelligently, so that his individual success is counted an important factor in
general development.
On the roth of July, 1895, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Mr. Allen was united
in marriage to Miss Maud Munro, a daughter of David Munro, a representative
of a pioneer family of New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have three children,
Pearl, Earl and Clifton.
Mr. Allen is connected fraternally with Southern Cross Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
of Vancouver, and is a member of the Commercial Club, interested in the city's
growth and cooperating heartily in all projects to promote its expansion and
development. He retains his American citizenship and while a resident of
Massachusetts served in 1901 and 1902 as a member of the state legislature.
He is well known in business affairs in Vancouver and has a wide circle of
friends in the city, who respect his success and who honor the straightforward
methods by which it has been attained.
HARRY TIDY.
Harry Tidy, successfully engaged in business as a florist of New Westmin-
ster, is also a factor in theatrical circles as managing director of the Westminster
Amusements, Limited. His birth occurred in New Westminster, British Colum-
bia, on the 5th of March, 1890, his parents being Stephen George and Margaret
Tidy, the former a native of Kent, England, and the latter of Wellington county,
Ontario. The father was born on the 23d of February, 1851, while the mother's
natal clay was April 10, 1855. Stephen G. Tidy came to this province in 1886,
and the lady whom he afterward made his wife came here on the first through
passenger train to Vancouver in 1885.
When a little lad of eight years Harry Tidy entered the graded schools of
New Westminster and continued his studies therein until 1904, when he became
a high-school student, completing that course in 1908. Since starting out in the
business world he has conducted a florist shop with excellent success, enjoying
an extensive and well merited patronage. His name is also well known in theat-
rical circles and he has proved his executive ability in that business as managing
director of the Westminster Amusements, Limited. He has been engaged in the
Westminster Opera House for the last fifteen years, working his way up from
program boy to manager, attaining this position at the remarkably young age of
eighteen. He was then the youngest manager of an opera house in America.
He still holds the position of manager of this house. In August, 1913, he was
appointed western manager for the Canadian Provincial Theatres, Limited, a
company which has been formed in New York to operate a circuit of vaudeville
houses from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Victoria, British Columbia, opening about
October I, 1913. Mr. Tidy has charge of all houses in British Columbia. In
the course of a year it will be as big a vaudeville circuit as any in the world and
will be purely a Canadian enterprise. He has already won an enviable measure
of prosperity for one of his years and the future has doubtless much in store
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for him. For six years he was a member of the Boys Brigade, entering the
organization as a private and attaining the rank of sergeant major.
On the i6th of October, 1912, in St. Barnabas church of New Westminster,
Mr. Tidy was united in marriage to Miss Alice Emily Masters, a native of Van-
couver and a daughter of Thomas and Emily Masters. In politics Mr. Tidy is
independent, not considering himself bound by party ties in exercising his right
of franchise. His fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Native Sons of British Columbia, the Fra-
ternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose, while his religious faith
is that of the English church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tidy are well known and pop-
ular in social circles of New Westminster and enjoy the regard and esteem of
all with whom they have come in contact.
HERBERT J. KIRKLAND.
One of the best known pioneer agriculturists of Ladner is Herbert J. Kirk-
land, who for forty years has been here engaged in general farming and dairying,
in both of which he has met with more than an average degree of success, and
who has also been prominent in the canning industry. He is a native of the
province of Ontario, having been born at Owen Sound on the 2~th of January,
1853, and is a son of John and Letitia (Clarke) Kirkland. In 1872 the family
removed to British Columbia, and as their migration antedated by some fifteen
years the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the Dominion, they
made the journey by way of San Francisco. Upon his arrival here the father
took up six hundred and forty acres of wild land, which during the winter
and spring months was entirely covered with water. He knew the soil to be
rich and fertile, however, and had no hesitancy in undertaking its reclamation,
although it involved long years of hard work. A man of practical ideas and
well defined purposes, he directed his operations in a highly intelligent and
capable manner, employing methods which he thought would bring the most
satisfactory results, despite the fact that the process might be somewhat slower.
Recognizing the need of dykes, he immediately began their construction, and
while thus engaged he was breaking his land and preparing a small portion
for cultivation. Owing to the heavy inundation existing through a large portion
of the year, ploughing was fraught with many difficulties, and it was necessary
to use three or four teams of oxen at a time. Operations proceeded slowly,
but Mr. Kirkland was not discouraged, feeling confident that the ultimate rewards
would well repay him for his efforts. At last he had his entire tract planted to
such crops as he deemed best adapted to the soil, his specialties being hay and
grain. He annually reaped abundant harvests from his fields and in connection
with diversified farming, later engaged in raising high-grade stock and in dairying.
He was the first settler of Ladner to import thoroughbred cattle and sheep, and
for many years owned one of the finest and best stocked farms not only in
this section but in the province. His cattle were the Durham, Hereford and
polled Angus breeds, while in sheep he confined his herd to the Oxford-Downs.
Anything he undertook was pursued with the efficiency and well defined purpose
of the specialist, the achievement of excellence in all things being his aim. In
his stock-raising as in his farming he was systematic and methodical and at the
same time progressive, all of which qualities characterize the successful man
in any vocation. His stock was displayed at every exhibition in either the province
or Dominion for more than twenty years, and he was accorded many medals,
including cups received from both governor general and lieutenant governor.
Mr. Kirkland's activities were not alone confined to the development of his
personal interests, however, but were extended to public affairs, and he figured
prominently in the early political history of this municipality. He was one of
the first five or six pioneers and served on the local council from the organiza-
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tion of the municipality to his death, which occurred in 1896. He also held
the office of reeve for many years, discharging his duties in this connection
with the promptness and general efficiency which marked him as a business man.
The municipality is indebted in no small degree to the efforts of Mr. Kirkland
for its progress and development, as he was ever ready to forward its advance-
ment along the various lines of human activity, and enthusiastically cooperated
in promoting its public utilities. His widow still makes her home in this vicinity
as do also his sons, William A. and Frank, both of whom are prosperous agri-
culturists.
The first nineteen years in the life of Herbert J. Kirkland were passed in
his native province. He received his education in the public schools of Guelph,
and while there engaged in the mastery of the common branches he was laying
the foundation for an agricultural career by assisting his father with the work of
the farm. He accompanied his parents on their removal to British Columbia
in 1872. continuing to be associated with his father whom he assisted in placing
the homestead under cultivation. In 1882 he went into the cannery works and
from 1888 to 1907 he was engaged as manager in the British Columbia Canning
Company. During this time, however, he also worked the farm, made improve-
ments thereon and made it his home. In 1900 he rented the farm for a
period of eleven years and for the past two years has operated it himself. Mr.
Kirkland keeps a high grade of stock, his fields are capably tilled and the im-
provements and buildings on his place are well repaired, all of which serve to
stamp him an efficient agriculturist and competent business man.
In October, 1883, Mr. Kirkland was married to Miss Marian Nicholson, of
New Westminster, who passed away in 1906. Of this marriage were born four
children, two of whom are living: Florence, the wife of David Ellis, of Ladner;
and Olga, who. is at home. In 1907. he married his present wife, whose maiden
name was Bessie Oldliam.
Air. Kirkland is one of the public-spirited and enterprising members of his
community and one of the oldest pioneers, in point of years of continuous
residence. He is held in high repute among his neighbors and fellow citizens,
by reason of his contributions to the country's development no less than through
his capable management of his personal affairs.
DONALD ROSS.
Donald Ross is now practically living retired at McKay save for the attention
which he gives to his invested interests. His efforts have been an element in the
development of the city in which he makes his home, for he has laid out one of
its attractive subdivisions. He was born in Sutherlandshire. Scotland, on the
3Oth of April, 1854, a son of Alexander and Robina (Rose) Ross, both of whom
were natives of Scotland, the father's birth occurring in Ross-shire, while the
mother was a native of Sutherlandshire. In the land of hills and heather they
spent their entire lives, and during the years of his business activity Mr. Ross
was a contractor and builder. The family numbered five children, three of whom
survive : John, a resident of Port William, Ontario ; Georgeiana, of Scotland ;
and Donald, of this review. The two who have passed away were Hugh and
Hughina.
Donald Ross was educated in the Free Church schools of Scotland, and after
putting aside his text-books entered upon a five-year term of indenture to James
Watson, better known as Black Watson, of Glasgow, a well known general con-
tractor there. Mr. Ross received a dollar per week during the first year of
his apprenticeship and at the end of the fifth year was getting twenty shillings
per week. He continued to work at his trade in Scotland until 1880 and then
went to London, where he remained until 1882. Favorable reports reached him
concerning the opportunities of the new world, and bidding adieu to home and
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riends he sailed for America, arriving in New York city on the 23d of May,
883, the day before the Brooklyn bridge was opened to the public. He remained
:n New York for six months and then went to Pennsylvania, where he worked
:. t his trade for a year and a half. Later he spent six months in Florida, after
•vhich he returned to New York, where he remained until August, 1889. He
ihen made his way to Spokane, Washington, where he followed his trade until
891, when he came to Vancouver. Later, however, he returned to the state of
"Washington, spending a year there before he again came to British Columbia,
where he has since continued to reside. He assisted in the erection of many of
Vancouver's early business blocks, including the old postoffice and the buildings
of the Bank of Montreal and the British Bank of North America. He was
joreman for John McLuckie and had charge of his operations in the building
line in Vancouver for five years. Mr. Ross is now residing on his eight and a half
i ere tract of land in West Burnaby, which he took up from the government in
899. At that time it was practically a wilderness, but it is now one of the
i lost attractive suburban properties near Vancouver. He has subdivided it and
i:s favorable location, as well as the improvements made upon it, has greatly
promoted its value. Mr. Ross has now retired from active business life save
lor the management of his property interests, which bring him a gratifying
i nnual income.
Mr. Ross has been twice married. On the ijth of September, 1885, a:
\ronkers, New York, he wedded Catherine Powers, a native of Ireland, and
•unto them were born three children: Robert Alexander; Catherine, the wife of
Clarke Ellis, of New Westminster; and John, who passed away in infancy. Airs.
]loss died at Spokane, Washington, on the 3d of January, 1890. On the 5th
of April, 1893, Mr. Ross wedded Elizabeth Lee, of Vancouver, a daughter of
( ieorge Lee, who was a native of England. Five children have been born of this
i larriage : Georgeina Elizabeth, John, Alexander George, Jean Rosina and Don-
; Id, all of whom are at home.
Mr. Ross is independent in politics but is a warm supporter of Sir Richard
McBride. He takes a deep interest in the cause of public education and was
j-chool trustee from 1905 until 1910, when he resigned, but was again elected in
913. He has done very effective service for the schools and was the first chair-
man of the school board of the municipality of Burnaby, acting as chairman
ironi 1905 until 1908, inclusive, and again filling that position at the present time.
;Ie and his family are members of the Henderson Presbyterian church of West
liurnaby. Mr. Ross has always done his full part in the development of the
i lunicipality and ever manifests a public-spirited interest in matters and projects
i elating to the general good. He was one of the charter members of Central
J 'ark Agricultural Association and Farmers Institute and for eleven years served
i s one of its directors. He has witnessed great changes during the period of his
lesidence upon the Pacific coast, as the work of settlement and development has
Veen carried rapidly forward, and at all times he has done much to further public
progress where the best interests of the majority are to be conserved.
HENRY ECKERT.
Henry Eckert, who has lived in honorable retirement at Chilliwack since
September, 1907, was for a number of years successfully identified with indus-
trial interests as the proprietor of a box factory in New Westminster which sup-
plied the demand for fruit and butter boxes throughout the entire province. His
Hrth occurred in New York, on the banks of the Hudson, on the loth of Novem-
1 er. 1845, his parents being Abraham S. and Sarah Eckert, both of whom are
< eceased. He is of French and Dutch origin. In the acquirement of his educa-
tion he attended the public schools of Wisconsin, the family home having been
<stablished in that state when he was ten years of age. After putting aside his
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text-books he learned the carpenter's trade and subsequently followed that occupa-
tion for six years. He was married in 1867, when a young man of twenty-two-
years, and in 1871 settled on a farm in Iowa, being busily engaged in its opera-
tion until 1883. In that year he removed to South Dakota, where he success-
fully carried on general agricultural pursuits for seven years or until 1890, when,
he went to Olympia, Washington, and there devoted his attention to the raising,
and shipping of fruit. In 1899 he came to New Westminster, British Columbia,,
and erected a factory for the manufacture of fruit and butter boxes, conducting
the same for a period of several years and furnishing all the boxes used for fruit,
and butter in the entire province. On disposing of this plant he took up his.
abode at Chilliwack in September, 1907, and has there resided in honorable retire-
ment to the present time, spending the evening of life in the enjoyment of well
earned ease.
On the gth of January, 1867, Mr. Eckert was united in marriage to Miss.
Caroline Hicks, a daughter of German and Abia Hicks, both of whom are
deceased. Our subject and his wife have three children, one son and two daugh-
ters. The family home, a beautiful and commodious residence, is ever open for
the reception of friends, who greatly enjoy its hospitality. Mr. Eckert is a liberal,
in his political views but when exercising his right of franchise considers the
capability and fitness of a candidate rather than his party affiliation. His religiou;
faith is that of the Presbyterian church. His record is well deserving of a place
m this volume as that of one of the prosperous, esteemed and representative,
citizens of British Columbia.
!
MARK BATE.
Among the early pioneers of British Columbia prominent mention must be
made of Mark Bate, who for more than fifty years has been a resident of
Nanaimo, settling here at a time before this town even existed. His career
might well serve as an example to a younger generation, for it can be cited as-
proof that intense industry coupled with good judgment and scrupulous honesty
will bring results. Success has been Mr. Bate's in whatever line he has exerted
his energy. Beginning without means and having no influential friends about
him he has made his own way, and therefore his present prosperity must be the
more gratifying to him.
Mark Bate is the youngest son of Thomas Bate, who was a partner in the
well known iron manufacturers' firm of Bramah, Cochrane & Company, of Wood-
side, Worcestershire, England. Mark Bate was born at Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, England, December n, 1837. His mother before her marriage was Miss-
Elizabeth Robinson. Mr. Bate attended Dudley grammar school in Worcester-
shire and other schools, laying aside his text-books at the age of sixteen years
in order to enter the service of his father's firm at Woodside. He remained in
that business for about two years, gaining a knowledge of commercial pursuits.
While there he received a letter from an uncle, George Robinson, in which a
glowing and enthusiastic description was given of the wonderful country on the
Eraser river, and being a young man of energy and of adventurous mind this was
sufficient to decide Mr. Bate to leave home, and he set out for Vancouver island
in 1856, reaching Victoria in January, 1857. He went from Victoria direct to
Nanaimo to join his uncle, who was manager for the Hudson's Bay Company,
in charge of their coal mines. Before coming to Nanaimo, however, he spent ten
days in Victoria, but ever since the former place has been his residence and field
of activities. Mr. Bate immediately found employment in the office of the Hud-
son's Bay Company, rising with the years in the service until appointed account-
ant and cashier. When he arrived in Nanaimo on the ist of February, 1857, the
present city was but a collection of primitive huts with a sprinkling of people.
Ever since that day Mr. Bate has resided here and taken part in the progress of
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lie city. He continued to hold the position of cashier and accountant with the
Hudson's Bay Company until 1862, when .the Nanaimo coal mines were bought
I y the Vancouver Coal Mining & Land Company, and Mr. Bate, in 1869, was
; ppointed manager of the new company, a position which he retained until the
; ppointment of his successor, S. M. Robins, in 1884. In 1886 he was appointed
government assessor of the extensive district of Nanaimo and capably discharged
t ic duties of that office and, for eight years those of district registrar and county
court registrar, until 1913, when he retired from the government service. The
city of Nanaimo was incorporated in 1874 and at the election for the first council
i i 1875 Mr. Bate contested for the mayor's chair and was elected by a considerable
riajority. During the succeeding five years he was elected by acclamation. He
\ -as the first mayor of Nanaimo, serving from 1875 to I&79> and declining the
i omination in 1880. In the following year, however, he was importuned to again
manage the affairs of the municipality and was returned without opposition, being
continuously elected from 1881 to 1886. It may be mentioned that in 1883 his
•vote was double that of his opponent. He was again mayor from 1888 to 1889,
and from 1898 to 1900, having been elected sixteen times by acclamation. He has
s nee refused to again be a candidate. In 1878, in behalf of the coal company of
vhich he was manager, he gave the hospital site to the city and also the cemetery
s te, and aided in founding and keeping thoroughly efficient the fire department
and other public and private institutions. In 1866 he was part owner and editor
cf the Nanaimo Gazette, the first paper published in this city. It was he who
t irned out the first casting in iron ever made in British Columbia. The wisdom
and energy of Mr. Bate's government when mayor are proven by the present
prosperous conditions prevailing in the city, which must be largely ascribed to
him, although it has been years since he served in the capacity of mayor. In
1887 it was doubtful if he would accept the nomination and therefore a request
s gned by nine-tenths of the voters was presented to him, and in the following year
he was made the recipient of an address from the citizens, accompanied by a gold
vatch, a gold-headed cane and silver tea set. During his incumbency as mayor
Mr. Bate received all the governors who visited British Columbia since the con-
f ^deration. Mr. Bate is proud of the city and gives tangible evidence of his inter-
e;t in her progress by having his financial interests confined exclusively to this
district. He was several times requested to accept nomination for parliament
but always declined, having urgent business at home.
In 1859 Mr. Bate was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann Cartwright, of
Y/orcester shire, England, and they have the following living children: Emily,
vho is in South Africa; Mark, Jr., who is an accountant in the Western Fuel
Company's office; Sarah Ann, the wife of W. J. Joepel, of Nelson, British Colum-
bia; Lucy Alicia, who married Montague Stanley Davis, of Nelson; May Bea-
t'ice, the wife of George Wadham Bruce Heathcote, manager of the Canadian
lank of Commerce of San Francisco; Elizabeth Ada, whose husband, J. H.
I lawthornwhaite, is an ex-member of parliament from Nanaimo ; and John
Augustus, who is the youngest. George Arthur and William Charles Bate are
the two sons who have passed away.
After having filled the office of government assessor for a period of about
t' venty-seven years and registrar of the superior and county courts for eight
years, Mr. Bate now lives retired. He was appointed the first justice of the
peace in the district of Nanaimo, receiving his commission in 1873 and has taken
a leading part in all magisterial functions. He was the first chairman of the
board of education of the city and has been continuously connected with school
affairs since 1865. For many years he served as president of the Nanaimo
I iterary Institute and is a government nominee on the hospital board. Mr. Bate
is very prominent fraternally, being a member of the Masonic order, belonging to
Ashlar Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., and is a past deputy grandmaster. On May
15, 1913, he was presented by the brethren of Ashlar Lodge with an illuminated
address, a beautiful work of art, in high appreciation of his eminent services.
He is past district chief of the Order of Foresters, a past noble grand in the
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Odd Fellows and past master workman of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. Mr. Bate gives adherence to the Episcopal church. He is most highly
respected in Nanaimo, the history of which city could not be written without
prominent mention of him whose name introduces this article. He has witnessed
every sign of civilization coming here and has himself ardently contributed toward
bringing about the present prosperous conditions. He has been one of the fore-
most forces in this part of the province and his participation in any worthy pub-
lic enterprise has ever been considered quite natural, as there never has been
undertaken anything of importance with which the name of Mr. Bate has not been
connected.
CHARLES EDWARD REDFERN.
Charles Edward Redfern, a member of the firm of Redfern & Son, jewelers
of Victoria, was born October 23. 1839, in London, England, where his father,
Charles Edward Redfern was established in business as a watch and chronometer
maker. The son was educated at Brewer's school in his native city and afterward
served a seven years' apprenticeship under his father. On the 9th of June, 1862,
he left England on the steamer, Tynemouth, for British Columbia, sailing around
Cape Horn and arriving at Victoria on the I7th of September. He is thus
numbered among the pioneer residents and throughout the intervening years has
been classed with the valued and prominent citizens.
In the year of his arrival here. Mr. Redfern entered the jewelry business on
his own account in Victoria, his first location being on Government street a little
south of Yates street, and adjoining the old Colonial Hotel. In 1864, he visited
the Leach River mines, but decided that conditions there were unfavorable and
returned to this city. In 1875 he purchased the watch and jewelry business of
T. L. lungermann, located on Government street, a business that had been estab-
lished in 1858 and of which the enterprise of the present firm of Redfern & Son
is the ultimate outgrowth. Theirs is one of the leading jewelry establishments
of the province. They carry a large and attractive stock of jewelry of domestic
and foreign manufacture and its tasteful arrangement constitutes one of the
pleasing features of the store, while the honorable business methods of the house
recommend them to the continued and increasing patronage of the public.
While Mr. Redfern occupies a position as a leading merchant, he has also
taken active part in public affairs, particularly relating to municipal welfare. In
1877-8. he was member of the Victoria city council, representing the James Bay
ward. Other political responsibilities came to him and his standing as a citizen
is indicated in the fact that four times he has been called to the mayoralty, serving
in 1883. 1897, T898 and 1899.
Many tangible evidences of his public spirit might be cited. He gave loyal
support to various movements for the benefit of the city and introduced a number
of plans for civic betterment. His associations along other lines are many, and
are largely of a valuable character. In 1886 he was president of the British Colum-
bia Pioneer Society. He has been a member of St. George's Society since its
inception and was its president in 1890. He is a past president and now vice presi-
dent of the Navy League, and for many years he was member of the executive
committee of the Royal Jubilee Hospital. ' The Union Club numbers him among
its charter members and he was formerly a member of its executive committee.
He is likewise a member of the Board of Trade and interested in all of its pro-
jects for the public good. A conservative, he takes a keen interest in political
affairs and his wide learning and insight has enabled him to support his position
by intelligent argument. His religious faith is that of the Anglican church.
Mr. Redfern was married in St. John's church of Victoria, October 5, 1877,
to Eliza Arden Robinson, a daughter of the Rev. W. A. Robinson, an Anglican
minister, who was a native of Ireland, and became a resident of South Africa,
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where his death occurred when he had reached an advanced age. Mrs. Redfern
came to Canada in 1875 and passed away in Victoria in March, 1906. By her
marriage she became the mother of nine children. Martha Eliza, the eldest, born
August 29, 1878, became the wife of a cousin, Alfred Edward Redfern of
England, where they now reside. Charles William Edwin, born November 19,
18/9, at this writing is in England. George Henry, born June 16, 1881, is engaged
in the watch making and engraving business for himself in Victoria. Ina Mabel,
born September i, 1882, is now residing in Victoria. Alice Maude, born March
22, 1884, is the wife of E. H. Probert, of Agassiz, British Columbia. Kate
Emily, born August 6, 1885, is the wife of C. J. Paget-Ford of Victoria. Alfred
Edward, born August 31, 1888, is a member of the firm of Redfern & Son, and
is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. Winifred Violet, born December 15,
1889, and Elsie Muriel, born November 17, 1890, are at home. The family resi-
dence is at 648 St. Johns street and has been the Redfern home for the past forty
/ears. Although Mr. Redfern has reached the seventy-fourth milestone on life's
iourney, he is still an active, capable and enterprising member of the firm and
i leading business man of the city. He is uniformly kind and courteous, which
s the testimony of his many patrons and through his energy and foresight his
Business ranks as one of the foremost of its kind in the city and is the oldest
established jewelry house of western Canada, if not of the entire Dominion of
HARRY BICKERDIKE.
Under the careful guidance and wise direction of Harry Bickerdike. the
laundry business of which he became proprietor, in Victoria, was developed
into the largest enterprise of the kind in the city and brought to him a measure
<if prosperity that now enables him to live retired. He was born at Bradford,
England, October 22, 1866, and is a son of John and Hannah (Stead) Bickerdike,
lioth of whom are now deceased. The father was a wholesale and retail fish
merchant. Our subject was one of eleven children of whom six survive, those
besides himself being three brothers and two sisters. One brother, Fred Bick-
«rdike, resides in California.
Harry Bickerdike was educated in the public schools and when fifteen years
«'f age left England, making his way direct to Chicago, Illinois, arriving there
ii 1 88 1. He remained in that city for eleven years, working in the laundry busi-
i ess. He started out as chore-boy, sweeping the floors and doing other odd jobs,
1 ut gradually worked his way up through all the branches of the business. In
] 893 he left Chicago, going to Port Angeles, Washington, where he remained for
j.bout fifteen months, looking around for a favorable location. He then came
t3 Victoria and secured employment in the laundry owned by Mclntosh & McCrim-
i ion. He continued with this firm for about ten years and with his brother,
Fred Bickerdike, and Alfred Rushworth, then bought out the business. His
partners retired within a year and he became sole proprietor, continuing busi-
i ess under his own name from 1905 until 1911, when he turned it into a stock
csmpany, and on the 3ist of December, 1911, he retired. The Victoria Steam
laundry, by which name it is now known, is the largest in the city and was
developed from a small and poorly equipped plant to its present size under the
able management of Mr. Bickerdike. His family assisted him at rush times
and frugality and industry were characteristics of the household. Today because
of his sagacity in his investment and his capably managed business affairs, Mr.
I'.ickerdike is able to live retired. In all the time he worked for others and con-
ducting the laundry business, he had only about four days' vacation, and that
on account of illness.
Now he is able to enjoy the leisure which his prosperity affords and the rest
is certainly well deserved. In Chicago, on the 24th of August, 1887, Mr. Bicker-
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dike was united in marriage to Miss Mamie Jerusha Savage, a daughter of
Alvin and Elizabeth Savage, originally from the state of Pennsylvania. The
mother is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bickerdike have two children : Pearl
Elizabeth, who is now Mrs. Clifford Walker of Victoria; and Harry Irving,
who is attending a private school. The parents are members of the Congrega-
tional church and in politics Mr. Bickerdike is a liberal. Fraternally he is affil-
iated with the Independent Order of Foresters. His chief recreation is found in
motoring, fishing, boating, and hunting, and his success enables him to indulge
in those things which are to him a matter of recreation, interest and pleasure.
FREDERICK J. MILLER.
Frederick J. Miller, secretary and treasurer of the World Publishing Com-
pany, publishing the Evening World at Vancouver, in his official position mani-
fests all the elements that contribute to success in newspaper publication, and
his paper is now enjoying an extensive circulation and is regarded as one of the
leading journals of the province. Mr. Miller was born in New Westminster,
British Columbia, on the 22d of February, 1865, and is a son of Jonathan Miller,
ex-postmaster of Vancouver, who for twenty years served Vancouver in that
capacity. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Springer, was
a daughter of Colonel Benjamin Springer who won his title by service in the
Fenian war and who was a civil engineer at London, Ontario. Jonathan Miller
was born in Wellington, Ontario, about 1833, was there reared and in 1862 came
to British Columbia, settling in New Westminster, where he engaged in teaming
for some time. Subsequently he turned his attention to merchandising and was
connected with that line of business for a number of years. Later he turned
his attention to the logging industry and about 1871 entered the government
service, being appointed constable and tax collector, with jurisidiction over a
large district. He capably and efficiently served in that capacity until 1886, when
he was appointed postmaster of Vancouver. In 1872 he removed his family to
this city, where he had already maintained his office for three or four years.
He continued in the position of postmaster of Vancouver until 1908. Following
the death of his wife he resigned his position and has since lived retired. He
makes his home at Long Beach, California, and is now hale and hearty at the
age of eighty years. He is a member of the Church of England.
Frederick J. Miller was reared at home, acquiring his education in the public
schools of New Westminster, the Columbia College of that place, and in the
public schools of Vancouver, then Granville. When eighteen years of age he
discontinued his studies and entered the store of the Moodyville Lumber Com-
pany as clerk. Four years later he was promoted to the position of manager of
their store, in which important capacity he served for five years. He next entered
the postoffice of Vancouver, being assigned to the money order and savings bank
department, in which position he continued until 1896, when he resigned to go
to California, where he found employment with the Earle Fruit 'Company, near
Los Angeles. He conducted business as a contractor in the picking of the fruit
for a little more than two years and later returned to Vancouver. After a
brief period spent at home he went to eastern Washington, where he was
employed by D. C. Corvin, a Spokane millionaire, who at that time was erecting
a large beet sugar factory. Mr. Miller was given the superintendency of all his
farm work. He had more than four thousand acres planted to sugar beets, the
largest single beet farm in the world, employment during the summer season
being given to from five hundred to seven hundred men. Mr. Miller remained
in that connection for about seven years, after which he returned to Vancouver
and secured the position of circulation manager with the World Publishing Com-
pany, in which capacity he remained for two years. He was then made secre-
tary and treasurer of the company, in which important position he has since
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)een retained, and the success of the enterprise during the intervening period to
;he present time is largely attributable to his efforts.
Mr. Miller was married in 1908 to Miss Serena B. Mack, a daughter of A. L.
Mack, ex-county auditor and now a resident of Terre Haute, Indiana, where he
s living retired. Mr. Miller was formerly a member of the Knights of Pythias
Lodge, from which he has demitted, and he is a conservative in his political
/iews. He and his wife hold membership in the Anglican church. Since starting
>ut in life on his own account he has ever been found reliable and enterprising,
.visely using the advantages which he has encountered along life's pathway and
•caching the goal of substantial success by methods that neither seek nor require
lisguise.
WILLIAM MORESBY.
The name of .Moresby figures prominently in connection with the history
of British Columbia, and he of whom we write was a valuable citizen and loyal
public official. Those who knew him in the relations of friendship found him
ever genial and courteous — a true gentleman in the highest sense of the term.
le was a nephew of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby, G. C. B., K. M.
T., D. C. L., who with his son, a lieutenant of the navy, named most of the
islands, sounds, etc., on the British Columbian coast. Lieutenant Moresby later
became an admiral, and is the author of a volume entitled The Two Admirals,
which deals with the Moresby family and its early connection with British
Columbia.
William Moresby's public connection was that of governor of the provincial
jail at New Westminster and later that of warden of the British Columbia
penitentiary, in which connection he assumed his duties on the ist of August,
1895. HC was born in London, England, in 1847, anc' while still a young lad
accompanied his parents to Hongkong, China, whence he returned to England
ii 1857 to be educated, attending school for a time in Essex. His father, Wil-
1 am Moresby, was a well known barrister whose practice caused him to go to
Hongkong, China. In 1858 he came to Victoria, British Columbia, where he
resumed the active work of the profession, but he was not long permitted to
tnjoy life in the new world, his death occurring soon after his arrival.
In 1861 William Moresby of this review accompanied his mother and sisters
t > what is now the provincial capital, which was reached after a long and tem-
restuous voyage of over six months' duration. Soon after reaching Victoria
Mr. Moresby, who was then about fourteen years of age, began to read law
and was articled to a barrister of the name of Dennis. He did not continue in
that course very long, however, for attracted by the gold discoveries in the Cari-
boo in 1863, he went to that region and there met all of the changing vicissitudes
and successes incident to the life of the miner. In 1868 he entered the provincial
police service under Captain Pritchard, the jailer of those early days, with head-
q aarters at New Westminster. He was successively promoted, due to his grow-
ing skill and sagacity, until he was eventually made governor of the provincial
jail. He also acted as chief provincial constable, in which capacity he earned
the respect of all. He was ever fair and' impartial, always giving a prisoner
e/ery opportunity of getting any and every kind of evidence which might assist
in his defense. He was both feared and respected by the Indians. He made
a most capable official and after some years' service as governor of the provincial
jail of New Westminster he was advanced to the position of warden of the
Eritish Columbia penitentiary, assuming his duties on the ist of August, 1895.
He continued to act in that capacity most creditably until the time of his death,
which occurred on the I5th of November, 1896. In private life he was of happy
disposition, always genial, kindly and courteous, a true type of the British gen-
tleman, ever loyal to family, friends and country.
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Mr. Moresby was married in 1875 to Miss Mary Anne Edwards, a native
of Kent, England, who came to British Columbia in 1859. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Moresby were born four children, of whom three are living: William Charles,
Noel M. and Violet Mary. Mr. Moresby was a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, joining Westminster Lodge of New Westminster on its organization
and thereafter exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He
held membership in the Anglican church and his was an upright, honorable life,
characterized by all that is manly and straightforward.
His eldest son, William Charles Moresby, was born June i, 1876, in New
Westminster, British Columbia, and is a member of the law firm of Moresby
& O'Reilly, with offices in the Belmont block. He was educated in the schools
of his native city, including Lome College and the high school. He became a
clerk in the employ of Armstrong. Eckstein & Gaynor and was articled for five
years to the law firm of Corbould, McColl. Wilson & Campbell. He passed
the required examination in December, 1897. He was one of the youngest mem-
bers of the bar in his district, being in his twenty-first year. He assumed charge
of the office of Drake. Jackson & Helmcken, so continuing until May 15, 1904,
when he formed a partnership with Arthur J. O'Reilly. Their position is one
of prominence at the Victoria bar, Mr. Moresby's growing ability gaining him
distinction as an able and representative member of the profession. In early
days Mr. Moresby was prominent in athletic circles and his military record con-
sists in a former period of membership in Company 3 of the British Columbia
Garrison Artillery of New Westminster. He is a conservative in politics and
was formerly secretary of the Conservative Association. In 1911 he served as
an alderman of Victoria. In 1913 he was elected one of the Benchers of the
Law Society of British Columbia. He belongs to the Union Club and to the
Pacific Club and is a past grand chief factor of the Native Sons of British
Columbia. His record sustains the high reputation always borne by the family
and adds new laurels to an untarnished family name.
JAMES REID.
James Reid, who, makes his business ability, discernment and public spirit
the basis of excellent work in the office of city liquor license inspector and secre-
tary of the board of license commissioners, was born in Lesmahagow, Scotland,
May 10, 1879, and is a son of Thomas and Annie Reid, the former of whom
was for many years in the general merchandise business in that city. James
Reid acquired his education in the public schools of Lesmahagow and upon
laying aside his books served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's and joiner's
trade. He remained in Scotland until 1903 and then crossed the Atlantic to
Canada, settling first in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where for one year he followed
his trade. At the end of that time he moved to Banff, British Columbia, and
in the fall of 1904 came to Vancouver, where he has since remained, a highly
respected resident. For three years after his arrival he was business agent
for the Amalgamated Carpenters Union, and he subsequently engaged in the
contracting business, becoming immediately successful and securing a large
and representative patronage. In 1912 he was appointed city liquor license
inspector and secretary of the board of license commissioners, and he has since
held these positions, the duties of which he discharges capably and conscien-
tiously and in a way which reflects credit upon his ability and his public spirit.
On the I3th of July, 1899, Mr. Reid was united in marriage, in Baillieston,
Scotland, to Miss Janet Webb, a daughter of Isaac and Jane Webb and a repre-
sentative of a well known Scotch family. Isaac Webb was in the butchering
business at Baillieston for a number of years and was highly respected in busi-
ness circles of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Reid became the parents of six chil-
dren, thr£e of whom, jane, Thomas and Isa, are living.
JAMES REID
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Mr. Reid was reared in the Presbyterian religion but is now a devout adher-
ent of the Methodist church. He is connected fraternally with the Masonic
lodge and is a conservative in his political beliefs, having been for two years,
1912 and 1913, elected executive representative for the Conservative Associa-
tion representing ward /, which was formerly Hastings townsite ; being one of
the organizers of this conservative club. For about two years he also was presi-
dent of the Hastings Townsite Rate-Payers Association, and in the fall of 1911
made the race for alderman at Hastings ward at the first election but was
defeated. He is a member of the Progress Club of Vancouver and is prom-
inent in the promotion of measures and movements for the advancement of
the city's interests. Ambitious and energetic, he has, as the years have gone
by, gained prosperity and an enviable reputation as a careful man of business
and an upright and capable public official.
HIRAM PERRY McCRANEY.
Hiram Perry McCraney is now living retired in Vancouver and the rest
which he is enjoying is well earned and richly deserved for in previous years
ic took active and helpful part in the work of public improvement, being one
of those who were foremost in clearing the townsite of Vancouver and in laying
out and developing many of the original streets. He was born in Oakville, Hal-
on county, Ontario, December 2, 1859, a son of William and Elizabeth (Coote)
McCraney, who were representatives of United Empire Loyalist families. The
ijreat-grandfather, William McCraney, came from the highlands of Scotland
;ind resided in the state of New York until the time of the Revolutionary war,
-vhen, because of his loyalty to the crown he removed to upper Canada, settling
in what is now Brant county, Ontario. In 1801 he became a resident of Halton
rounty, the McCraneys being the third white family in the country. His son,
Hiram McCraney, was born in Brant county, Ontario, and in his infancy
removed with his parents to Halton county, where his entire life was spent.
He was a farmer and lumberman and passed away there at the age of seventy-
eight years. William McCraney, father of Hiram P. McCraney, was born in
Halton county, Ontario, and there resided until 1891, when he came to Van-
couver. In his native province he engaged in the lumber business and after
coming to this city was prominently known as a lumber merchant and capitalist
1 ut spent his last days in honorable retirement from business, his death occur-
ling June 21, 1911. He was prominent in the public life of his native province,,
serving for many years as a member of the house of commons from Halton
county. His brother, Daniel McCraney, was a distinguished member of the
Ontario legislature from East Kent and his son, George E. McCraney, is now
sitting in the Dominion house for Saskatoon.
Hiram P. McCraney was educated in the public and high schools of Oakville,
Ontario, in the Ontario Agricultural College, from which he was graduated
in 1876, and in the Hamilton Business College, where he completed his course
in 1881. While in the Agricultural College he was the youngest student. In
1878 he went to St. Catharines, Ontario, where for seven years he was engaged
in the lumber business with. his father as a member of the firm of William:
McCraney & Son. At length he disposed of his interests in that business and irt
January, 1885, came to British Columbia, spending a year in construction work
on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad in the employ of the firm of Bell, Larkin
& Patterson.
In March, 1886, Mr. McCraney came to Vancouver with the intention of
making this city his home and immediately thereafter engaged in the contrac-
ting business in partnership with the late Thomas Stevenson. Vancouver was
then but a city in embryo and the firm cleared much of the present townsite
and laid out and built many of the original streets. Their work consisted largely-
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in street grading and the building of sidewalks and also included much work for
the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. In 1889 the partnership was dissolved
and in the summer of that year Mr. McCraney built the original street railway
of Vancouver, doing all of the grading and track laying from the Main street
bridge to the Granville street bridge, which with the Powell street to Campbell
avenue extension made the total three and a half miles of road forming the
entire original system. Two years later the Broadway division was built by
the late Daniel Gillivray and this with the foregoing constituted the entire system
for several years. About 1890 Mr. McCraney turned his attention to the real-
estate business and acquired large holdings of both business and residential
properties. In 1895 he removed to Rossland, British Columbia, where he spent
fifteen years, and for a time was engaged in the mining business there, while for
ten years he filled the office of collector of internal revenue. He also served
for thirteen years as a member of the school board of that city and was promi-
nent in promoting the work of public progress along many lines of advancement
and improvement. In the spring of 1910 he returned to Vancouver, since which
time he has lived retired but is still largely interested in real estate, having
extensive holdings in Vancouver and the surrounding district.
In politics Mr. McCraney is well known as a prominent liberal and in past
years has taken a very active interest in securing party success and in bring-
ing about desired improvements through party measures. He was a mem-
ber of the first park and also of the first library board of Vancouver and
was present at the dedication of Stanley Park by Lord Stanley in 1887. From
1892 until 1895 inclusive he was a member of the city council, was chairman of
the board of public works in 1892, 1893 ar>d 1894, and of the finance committee
in 1895. During his first year in the council he moved that the assessment of
improved property be lowered from one hundred to seventy-five per cent of its
valuation and the following year that it should be reduced to fifty per cent of
its value. Both of these carried while the law in regard to the latter reduction
stood for many years. During his service as chairman of the board of public
works many large projects were under way which benefited greatly by his judg-
ment and discrimination and which, under his direction, were carried forward
to successful completion. His labors have ever been effective because of his
practical methods, his keen insight into the situation and a recognition of public
needs.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on the I4th of November, 1888, Mr. McCraney was
united in marriage to Miss Joy Campbell, a daughter of the late Alexander Camp-
bell, a native of Scotland and one of the most prominent Scotchmen of north-
ern Ohio. He became a prominent railroad contractor there and continued in
Cleveland to the time of his death, which occurred in 1911 when he had reached
the age of eighty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. McCraney have but one child,
Margaret Campbell. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCraney are members of the Presby-
terian church and she takes a very helpful part in the social activities and other
work of the church. The daughter, Margaret Campbell, is one of the native
daughters of Vancouver, having been born in a house that her father erected
while in the contracting business a number of years ago and which occupies
the site adjoining the present Elysium Hotel. She is a graduate of the Rossland
high school and after completing her studies there went abroad to study music.
She has always specialized on the violin and has studied in Germany, France,
Bohemia and Belgium, making splendid progress in this art and winning much
favorable comment both at home and abroad. She is also a gifted writer and
her articles on music and on European subjects have been published by the
local press. Both Mrs. McCraney and her daughter are members of the Can-
adian, the Empire and the Musical Clubs.
Mr. McCraney is a Master Mason, having been initiated into the order in
Cascade Lodge in Vancouver more than twenty years ago although his member-
ship is now in Corinthian Lodge of Rossland. He has also been active in ath-
letic circles and was president of the Rossland Curling Association and of the
British Columbia Curling Association, while of the Rossland Rifle Company
he was captain for a number of years. He took a very active interest in the
BRITISH COLUMBIA 701
winter carnival at that place and for some years was secretary of the organi-
zation. He learned the lesson that the thing next in importance to working well
is to play well and his amusements have constituted an even balance to his intel-
ligently directed activity which has brought him to a prominent place among
the honored and representative citizens of Vancouver.
ESLI POWERS MILLER.
Esli Powers Miller, general manager of the Dominion Trust Company, Ltd.,
with offices in the Dominion Trust building, has had a varied experience con-
necting him with mercantile life in the United States, with missionary work in
Africa, and with financial interests in British Columbia. He was born on the
zoth of January, 1872, in Bellefontainc, Ohio, a son of Andrew R. and Lucy A.
Miller, both representatives of old pioneer families of Ohio. The father was
for a number of years engaged in general merchandising in Bellefontaine.
In the public schools of Buffalo, New York, the son pursued his education and
crossed the threshold of business life as a clerk in the Queen City Bank of
Buffalo, where he remained from 1891 to 1892. He then went to New York
city and for several years engaged in study, preparing for work in the mission
field. He devoted the years of 1896 and 1897 to missionary labors in the Congo
Free State under the auspices of a non-denominational society, and with his return
to America settled in Toronto, Canada, where from February, 1898, until 1901,
he was connected with the Elias Rogers Company, Ltd. In the latter year he
became interested in the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd., of Fernie, British
Columbia, and was thus engaged until May, 1907. The following year witnessed
his arrival in Vancouver, where he became connected with the Dominion Trust
Company, Ltd. He was appointed to the position of general manager in 1912.
Its clientage is continually increasing because of the confidence awakened by the
straightforward and progressive business policy followed by the company. Mr.
Miller has closely studied the financial situation of the northwest, and directing
his efforts in accordance with his belief has gained the confidence of his fellow
executive officers and the clients of the company.
In 1898, at Boma, in the Congo Free State, Mr. Miller was united in marriage
to Miss Rene Ada Dickson, of Toronto, Ontario, a daughter of John and Emily
D. Dickson, and they have five children : Kenneth Livingstone, Ethel, Esli Gor-
don, Laura and Douglas. In his religious faith Mr. Miller is a Presbyterian. He
belongs to the Terminal City Club of Vancouver and during the years of his
residence here has become firmly established in public regard as well as in busi-
ness circles, his substantial qualities of manhood and citizenship, as well as his
business ability, gaining for him the warm regard of all.
THOMAS DOBESON.
As an important factor in building up an industrial Nanaimo, no name is
more prominent or deserving of recognition as a public-spirited and enterprising
ckizen than the subject of this sketch, Thomas Dobeson, who coming from
Newcastle-on-Tyne, thoroughly equipped by training and experience there,
founded about a quarter of a century ago, the extensive foundry and engineering
works which he still successfully operates.
Mr. Dobeson was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne July 31, 1844, of English par-
ents, and is a son of George and Mary (Gray) Dobeson, his father being a
mechanical engineer, and owner of an engineering works on the Tyne. Mr.
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Dobeson's early education was received in the public schools of his native city,
completed by a course in the Science and Arts School of Newcastle and Durham
University Extension classes — he afterwards being apprenticed in his father's
works for four years. On the expiration of his apprenticeship he spent three
years in the North Eastern Railway Company's locomotive works at Gateshead.
Spending three years in various marine engineering works in Newcastle, he,
to fully complete his experience, then spent some years as marine engineer in
coasting- and foreign trade. Retiring from sea he entered his father's works
to become a partner under the firm name of George Dobeson & Sons, which
he continued for some sixteen years.
In i88<) he decided to try his fortunes in British Columbia, and in that year
established the present foundry and engineering works, a plant well equipped
to handle the varied business consequent upon the important marine, mining
and lumbering industries of the city and district, a specialty being made of
marine and stationary engines, and heavy castings of iron or brass.
Although no aspirant for public honors, Mr. Dobeson was for five consecu-
tive years an alderman of the city of Nanaimo. was for two years a member of
the board of school trustees, and served also for some years as chairman of the
Nanaimo pilotage authority. He has long been a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, for many years holding the position of treasurer of Doric Lodge. Mr.
Dobeson was one of the original members of the North West Coast Institution
of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Newcastle. This important body was organ-
ized in 1884.
Mr. Dobeson was married in 1872 to Barbara, youngest daughter of the late
John and Elizabeth Maddison, of Allendale county, Northumberland, and to
them have been born two sons and five daughters, two of the latter having lately
passed away. The sons, Joseph William and John Osman are actively engaged
in their father's works. The living daughters are Elizabeth, Jane and Ursula,
of whom Jane is married to Louis McQuade. Mary and Barbara are deceased.
Verging upon the traditional three score and ten Mr. Dobeson is still hale
and vigorous and takes the keenest of interest in all that pertains to the welfare
of the community. He is an ardent, well informed reader and possesses an
interesting and entertaining fund of knowledge on many subjects. He, although
fond of motoring, is an indefatigable walker and thoroughly enjoys an outing,
such as fishing on lake or stream. British Columbia is justly proud of the ster-
ling quality of her pioneers, and .Mr. Dobeson is truly one of them.
WILLIAM ALFRED RALPH.
William Alfred Ralph has lived in West Burnaby since 1899 and is regarded
as one of the early residents of that municipality. He is living in practical re-
tirement after many years of prominent identification with the contracting busi-
ness in various parts of Canada, principally in Vancouver and North Vancouver,
where he was connected with important work for the municipal government.
He was born in Pontiac county, Quebec, June 19, 1865, and is a son of William
and Ann Ralph, the former a carpenter and millwright by trade. Both have
passed away.
William A. Ralph acquired his education in the grammar and hi'jh schools
of Shawville, Quebec, and after completing his studies farmed with his father
for a short time. He afterward engaged in bridge construction work in the employ
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company and helped to build the sledges upon
which the soldiers were transported to quell the Riel rebellion. He subsequently
engaged in building iron bridges in eastern Canada in the employ of the Dominion
Bridge Company, severing this connection in order to engage in carpentering
with his father. After a number of years he turned his attention to lumber-
ing on the Ottawa river and he continued in this occupation until 1888, when he
WILLIAM A. RALPH
BRITISH COLUMBIA 705
came west, working for some time for the Canadian Pacific Railroad on bridge
construction. He was located first at Mission and then on the ist of July, 1888,
went to Vancouver, where the city government employed him on bridge con-
tracts. He was foreman for the city when the old Granville Street bridge was
built and he had charge of the repair work on the wharf at North Vancouver
when the new ferries were put on. At the end of four years, during which he
was constantly in the employ of the city of Vancouver, he moved to West Burnaby,
finding here only a few people. There were no streets laid out, no lights and no
modern homes but Mr. Ralph believed in the future of the community and pur-
chased property here. This has greatly increased in value since that time and
the town has grown and prospered. Mr. Ralph was appointed road superintend-
ent and constable for the municipality of Burnaby in 1907 and he did capable
and effective work in these capacities for three years. At the end of that time
he engaged in logging on the north side of Burnaby lake, extending his opera-
tions in the following spring to Reed island. 1 le then sold out his logging inter-
ests and was afterward engaged by the Burnaby school board as foreman of the
grading done by that body. Since the completion of this work, however, he has
lived in comparative retirement, although he engages now and then in large real-
estate transactions.
On the 2ist of April, 1892, Mr. Ralph was united in marriage to Miss Katie
Paul, a daughter of James and Annie Paul, and they have become the parents of
five children, one son and four daughters. Mr. Ralph is a member of the Pres-
byterian church and is connected fraternally with I 'ark Lodge, No. 66, I. O. O.
F. He is an enthusiastic deer hunter and spends a great many of his leisure hours
in this sport. His political allegiance is given to the conservative party and he
is interested in public affairs in \Vest Burnaby, where he has so long resided and
where he has taken such an active and prominent part in promoting develop-
ment. He is and has been for a long time one of the substantial men of the
community and has gained a position among its representative and leading citi-
;ens.
LAURENCE MANSON.
Laurence Manson, who for a quarter of a century has been identified with
he commercial interests of Nanaimo, where he is successfully conducting a
general mercantile store, was born in the parish of Sandwick, Shetlands, Scot-
and. His natal day was the I2th of November, 1854, and his parents John
and Margaret (Bain) Manson. The father is still living and continues to make
lis home in Scotland, but the mother passed away in 1911.
The early life of Laurence Manson was passed in a thrifty Scotch home
of limited means, his education being acquired in the schools of his native land.
At the age of sixteen he terminated his student days and went to Edinburgh to
earn the grocery business. After devoting some time to this occupation he
oined the ordnance survey, of the Royal Engineers for a year or so. From
farly youth he had had a strong desire to come to America, the different mode
of living with its varying experiences no less than the greater opportunities and
better advantages here afforded proving most attractive. Therefore, in 1877,
he took passage for Quebec, going from there to San Francisco, by way of
Omaha, thence to Victoria and Nanaimo, his arrival here antedating the build-,
ing of the transcontinental railroad some ten years. He here joined a brother,
who was a locomotive engineer, and soon after his arrival obtained a position as
weigh-master with the Vancouver Coal Company. He remained in the employ
of this company for ten years and through his temperate habits and the exer-
( ise of his Scotch thrift managed to save enough of his salary to enable him to
engage in business. At the expiration of that time, therefore, he established the
general mercantile store he has ever since conducted. Success has attended his
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efforts and during the intervening years he has enlarged his establishment to
meet the needs of an increasing population and a growing trade. In the conduct
of his business he has adopted a policy which commends him to the confidence
of the community, and as a result he is accorded a large and desirable patron-
age.
On the 28th of November, 1880, Air. Manson was married to Miss Catherine
I. B. Duncan, and to them have been born six children, five of whom are still
living: Catherine Jane, the wife of C. C. Perry, of Metlakatla, British Columbia;
William R., who is engaged in business with his father; Ernest L., at the pres-
ent time located in Alberta; Margaret E., and Douglas E., who is attending
school. John S. died at the age of twenty-four years.
The family are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Manson was
superintendent of the Sunday School for several years. In politics Mr. Manson
is a conservative. He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and
for twenty years has been secretary of the local court. As his interests have
always been largely identified with commercial activities, Mr. Manson has not
had the novel experiences of many of his pioneer friends, save in a few instances
during the period of his connection with the mining interests. He was employed
there at the time of the explosion in shaft number one, in 1887, at which time
one hundred and fifty of their men were killed. Both as a business man and
a private citizen he stands high in the estimation of the community, as he is
honest and upright in his transactions, his success being only such as can be
attained through diligent methods, careful management and strict attention to
business.
JOHN HILBERT.
For many years John Hilbert conducted an undertaking establishment in
Nanaimo which was the leading concern of its kind in the city. He was one
of the foremost men in his line in British Columbia but recently has retired
from business, having sold out to the United Undertakers of Vancouver. The
firm of John Hilbert & Son was located on Fitzwilliam street, and the son, Albert
Edward, now has full charge of one of the branches of the United Undertakers'
in Vancouver. Mr. Hilbert withdrew from business on account of the demise
of his wife, who passed away March 23, 1913. He was born in Haxey, Lin-
colnshire, England, on the 2Qth of July, 1844, and is a son of John and Mary
Ann (Morris) Hilbert, both of whom passed their entire lives in the mother
country.
The boyhood and youth of John Hilbert were passed in the town where he
was born, his education being accquired under the Rev. Charles J. Hawkins,
with whom he studied until he was a lad of fourteen years. He then began an
apprenticeship in the Stephenson Agricultural Works at Haxey, in which plant
he spent several years. At the expiration of his period of service he left the
parental home and went to the city of Leeds, where he was engaged in the pat-
tern-making business. He continued to be a resident of England until 1873,
when he started for British Columbia, taking passage for New York city. From
there he went overland, by way of Chicago, to San Francisco, thence to Victoria
and Nanaimo, arriving here thirteen years before the railroad terminal became
Vancouver instead of Winnipeg. He located at Nanaimo and at once established a
shop and engaged in the carpentry and undertaking business for himself. After
being engaged in business for some years he closed out his furniture stock, using
the money thus invested to enlarge his undertaking department. He was engaged
in the latter line for the past twenty-five years, during which time he expended
his energies with commendable intelligence, tact and foresight. Mr. Hilbert
has spared no expense in fitting himself to efficiently meet the requirements of
his profession and has been awarded certificates from four of the best embalm-
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ing schools in America, namely : the New York, Oriental, Eureka and Clark's
Schools at Springfield, Ohio. His establishment having a frontage of sixty
feet on Fitzwilliam street, was divided into six apartments, and much thought
and consideration was given to the arrangement of the rooms, each of which
was especially designed and furnished to meet its particular requirements.
In Leeds, Yorkshire, England, on the I7th of February, 1867, Mr. Hilbert
was married to Miss Mary Jane Gilligan, and to them have been born nine chil-
dren, three of whom are living. In order of birth they are as follows : Albert
Edward a graduate of the Oriental and Clark's Schools of Embalming, who mar-
ried Miss Helda Keddy of Nanaimo; Waddington, who married Miss Mary
Saunders of Wellington; and Lillian, the wife of George P. Chapman, of Corn-
wall, England.
Fraternally, Mr. Hilbert has been, and is still closely identified with all the
.eading organizations having branches in British Columbia. Soon after his arri-
/al here he was instrumental in organizing Court Nanaimo, No. 5886, A. O. F. ;
ind he has since organized Court Royal Columbia, No. 8808, in New Westmin-
ster; and Court General Kitchner, No. 8809, in Nanaimo. In 1881, he assisted
n establishing Nanaimo Lodge, No. 53, A. O. U. W., of which he is first past
naster and also served as representative to the First Grand Lodge at Salem,
Oregon. He is a charter member of Inkerman Lodge, No. 325, Sons of St.
jeorge of Nanaimo, and has held all of the chairs in this order and was repre-
sentative to the San Francisco meeting. Later he was elected grand inside sentinel,
while the offices of grand messenger, grand vice president and grand president
were subsequently awarded him in the order given and without any opposition,
lie has passed through all of the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
ind the United Ancient Order of Druids, and he is also connected with the
.Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, and the Canadian Order of Odd Fellows,
saving been grand master of the former and deputy grand master of the latter.
Mr. Hilbert is a conservative in politics and takes an active interest in all local
affairs. In the early '8os he was elected to the board of aldermen, in which
capacity he served for a number of years, meeting the responsibilities of his
office with such efficiency and general capability that his fellow townsmen nom-
inated him for mayor in 1890. His excellent record and general popularity not
only enabled him to carry his own party but a large vote of the opposition, and
at the next election his term was continued by acclamation, no one being found
;o run against him. He is progressive in his ideas and enthusiastically supports
<-very movement that contributes to the welfare of the community or the interest
of its citizens. As chairman of the board of school trustees he did much to
promote the interests of education, while for the past decade he has fulfilled
the duties of justice of the peace for both the county and province. He was
vice president of the first Board of Trade in Nanaimo and served on the first
hoard of trustees of the City Hospital. Mr. Hilbert is a conscientious man of
honorable motives and upright principles, and the duties of any office he assumes
ire discharged with clear judgment and foresight, every responsibility being met
to the best of his ability.
FRANCIS JOHN PEERS.
Francis John Peers is senior partner in the real-estate firm of Peers, Ramsey
ti Norman of Vancouver. He was born in Addlestone, Surrey, England, August
] 5 ,1875, a son of the Rev. W. H. Peers, rector of the Church of England, who
l:ad charge of the parish at Harrow-Weald, Middlesex, England, but is now
tetired and makes his home at Wimbleton.
In the acquirement of his education Francis J. Peers attended Charterhouse
school and Trinity College of Cambridge, from which he was graduated with
*he class of 1898. He made his initial step in the business world in connection
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with marine insurance and shipping at Lloyd's. Eight years were thus spent
and in 1905 he came to Vancouver but soon afterward settled at Burnaby Lake,
where he purchased a tract of land of fourteen acres which he afterward sold.
After two years' residence in British Columbia he engaged in the real-estate
business under the name of Walker & Peers, operating at Edmonds for one
year. He next formed a partnership with H. Ramsey, with offices at New
Westminster, and in 1909 they removed to their present office in the Hartney
chambers, and in 1912 G. S. Norman came into the firm, under the style of
Peers, Ramsey & Norman. They were right-of-way agents for the Burnaby
Lake car line, for the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and they also
conduct a general real-estate brokerage business, in which connection they have
gained a large clientage.
At Cambridge, in 1898, Mr. Peers was married to Miss Elizabeth Frisby,
a native of that place, and they are the parents of five children, Arthur Francis,
William John, Geoffrey Hugh, Mary Elizabeth Dora, and Richard Dominie.
Mr. Peers' political support is given to the conservative party and he is now
serving as secretary of the Conservative Association of Burnaby Lake. He is
well known as a cricketer, having played on the Vancouver team for the past
five years, while in the present year he was elected its captain. He is vice presi-
dent of the British Isles Public Schools Club and is a member of the New West-
minster Club. His interest in matters pertaining to the general good finds tan-
gible expression in hearty cooperation with the plans and projects that are
working for the upbuilding of the province along business, social, political and
intellectual lines.
EWEN WAINWRIGHT MACLEAN.
Ewen Wainwright MacLean, one of the most prominent capitalists in Van-
couver and on the Pacific coast of Canada, has been engaged in the real-estate,
loan, investment and insurance business for about two decades and is an active
factor in the control and management of various enterprises. His birth occurred
at Nagasaki, Japan, on the I7th of September, 1863, his parents being Hugh Alex-
ander and Sarah (MacMillan) MacLean, the former a native of Scotland and the
latter of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, also of Scotch descent. They were
married in Prince Edward Island and subsequently went to Japan, where Hugh A.
MacLean acted as superintendent of the lighthouse service for several years.
His demise occurred there in 1875, while his wife passed away in San Francisco
in 1892.
Ewen W. .MacLean obtained his early education by private instruction and
subsequently entered St. Paul's College at Hong Kong, from which institution he
was graduated in 1876. Having been reared and educated in China, he spoke
Chinese fluently and on several occasions after coming to this country acted as
interpreter. Following his graduation he went to San Francisco and in that city
made his home for ten years or until 1886, when he came to Victoria, British
Columbia. Here he engaged in fur sealing, which at that time was a very popular
and profitable field of activity. The business was stopped, however, by an act of
the legislature late in the '8os. In 1890 .Mr. MacLean took up his abode in Van-
couver and embarked in the coal business. Two or three years later he disposed
of his interests in that connection and became identified with the real-estate, loan,
investment and insurance business, in which he has remained continuously and
successfully since. In association with J. W. Weart he organized the Investors
Guarantee Corporation, Limited, of which he acts as vice president and which
is erecting the new fifteen-story Weart building at the corner of Hastings and
Richard streets. When completed it is intended that this building shall be the most
complete and modern in finish and equipment of any in Vancouver and prob-
ably in Canada. Mr. MacLean is president of the A. J. Burton Saw Company,
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which was organized in 1905, acts as a director of the Pacific Marine Insurance
Company and in 1910 was one of the organizers of the Hendry Land Company,
Limited. He is also chairman of the Riverside Land Company, Limited, which
nves its inception in 1909 largely to his influence. In 1908 he became interested
n the Southeast Kootenay Railway, now serving as vice president of the road.
\s a director he is identified with the Western Pacific Development Company,
^imited, the Dominion Trust Company, Limited, and acts likewise as vice presi-
lent of the Exchange Building, Limited. He was one of the provisional directors
ind assisted materially in planning the second Narrows bridge under the super-
vision of the Burrard Inlet Tunnel & Bridge Company. The undertaking has
>een turned over to the various municipalities on Burrard Inlet and will be carried
•out under their jurisdiction. While Mr. MacLean found in Vancouver the oppor-
• unities for advancing his personal interests and has attained notable success, his
.iife work, in its reflex action, has been of inestimable value to the city. He belongs
10 that class of financiers who have placed the city upon a strong and broad finan-
cial basis, and while he has sought in all of his business affairs that success which
Jias its root in progress, his efforts have never been characterized by injudicious
speculation but have rather manifested conservation of time and energies without
.'acrifice of results to be attained.
In 1889, in Oakland, California, Mr. MacLean was united in marriage to Miss
Ella M. Wilson Julien, a native of San Francisco, by whom he has four children,
Ewen W., Jr., Aileen Alexandra, Ruth and Victor Alexander. Politically he
n a supporter of the liberal party and now a member of the executive of that
1 ody. He is a life member of the Vancouver Exhibition Association and a share-
1 older in the Vancouver Horse Show, having been interested in the latter since
i:s inception. His membership relations also extend to the Terminal City and
Royal Vancouver Yacht Clubs. His life has reached out in a constantly broaden-
i ig field of activity and usefulness and figures strongly as one of serviceableness
i i many directions. With a nature that could not be content with mediocrity, his
l;iudable ambition has prompted him to put forth untiring and practical effort until
l~e has long since left the ranks of the many and stands among the successful few.
MANFRED JAMES GASKELL.
Notable progress for one of his years is accredited to Manfred James Gaskell,
v ho is regarded as a most representative man in his line of business in Van-
couver. He is the president of the Thomson Stationery Company and the Gaskell
Book & Stationery Company. There is no phase of the business that is not
familiar to him, while his study of conditions bearing thereon has led to his sub-
stantial success and advancement. He was born at Owen Sound, Ontario, July
8 1872, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Webster) Gaskell, the former a
n.itive of Lancashire, England, and the latter of Elora, Ontario. Both are now
d xeased. Mr. Gaskell was in the merchant marine service.
In the public schools of Ontario, Manfred James Gaskell pursued his edu-
ci.tion and at an early age made a start in the business world. He is truly a
sdf-made man and as the architect of his own fortunes has builded wisely and
well. When a boy he learned the book-selling and stationery business in Owen
Sound and later went to Pembroke, Ontario, where he had charge of a large
book and stationery stock for six years. He next removed to Ottawa, where
ho took charge of the business of James Ogilvie, which he conducted with great
success for three years, thus giving evidence of his developing powers and busi-
ness capacity. On the expiration of that period he took charge of the whole-
s;lebook and publishing business of the Musson Book Company, Ltd., at Toronto,
where he continued until October, 1907, when he came to Vancouver. A few
months later he bought out the Thomson Stationery Company, owning a large
book and stationery store on Hastings street, together with the extensive manu-
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facturing plant in connection, where the company does elecrotyping and blue-
printing and manufactures loose leaf systems. The stationery company carries-
the largest retail book stock in Canada, either east or west. In the purchase of
the business Mr. Gaskell had two partners but has since bought out their inter-
ests, so that the business is now controlled wholly by him. He is also the sole
proprietor of the business conducted under the name of the Gaskell Book &
Stationery Company, including three stores. One at Nos. 679 and 681 Gran-
ville street, Vancouver, and the second at No. 649 Columbia street, New West-
minster, were established in 1910, while in 1911 the Main street store of Van-
couver was established. Mr. Gaskell is the exclusive representative in British
Columbia of a number of the largest manufacturers, and along the legitimate
lines of trade he has developed a business of extensive proportions and far-
reaching importance.
On the 28th of February, 1911, at Pembroke, Ontario, Mr. Gaskell was united
in marriage to Miss Jessie Small Millar, a daughter of the late John P. Millar,,
a prominent lumberman of Pembroke. They have one son, Eric Fleming. Mrs.
Gaskell is a member of the Woman's Canadian Club and is very active in benevo-
lent work. Mr. Gaskell is in thorough sympathy with her efforts in that direc-
tion and both are devoted members of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church, Mr.
Gaskell serving on its board of management. He also belongs to Plantaganet
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is a member of the board of directors of Westmin-
ster Hall. His life is active in various phases of usefulness touching the gen-
eral interests of society, while in business circles he has gained a reputation that
is most enviable. He is honored and respected by all because of his achieve-
ments and the straightforward business policy he has ever followed. Employ-
ing the most progressive methods, he has also adopted as guide posts of his life
those principles which everywhere excite admiration and respect and constitute
the basis of all honorable and desirable prosperity.
J. E. T. POWERS.
High in the ranks of the foremost business men of Nanaimo stands the
name of J. E. T. Powers, who for more than twenty years has been prominently
identified with the mercantile interests of the city. He was born in Lachute,
Quebec, on the 22d of June, 1858, and is a son of George and Martha (Martin)
Powers. The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, passed away in Ottawa
during the childhood of our subject.
The educational advantages of J. E. T. Powers were limited to the schools
of St. Andrews, Quebec, which he attended until he was a lad of thirteen years.
A member of a family in limited circumstances it was then deemed advisable for
him to begin contributing toward his own support, and to this end he obtained
a position in a men's furnishing store in Ottawa. He was identified with this
concern until he had attained the age of twenty-three, and as he was an ambi-
tious, enterprising young man, so intelligently applied himself to the discharge
of his duties that he acquired a thorough knowledge of the details of the busi-
ness and a comprehensive understanding of the principles of salesmanship. He
subsequently went to Winnipeg, then the terminal of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, and after three years residence there, continued his journey westward to
Brandon, Manitoba. As he was thrifty and modest in his tastes during the long
period of his clerkship he had managed to save sufficient money to enable him
to engage in business for himself on a small scale, and he opened a boot and
shoe store in the latter place. His energies were tirelessly devoted to the develop-
ment of this enterprise for five years with a good measure of success, but believ-
ing that better opportunities were afforded in British Columbia he came in
1891 to Nanaimo. Here he became associated with a Mr. Stevenson and together
they established a general dry-goods store, which they operated on a partnership
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hip basis for nine years. At the expiration of that time Mr. Stevenson removed
o Vancouver and Mr. Doyle took over his interests, he and Mr. Powers there-
after conducting an exclusive men's furnishing store, including a boot and shoe
• lepartment. The value of their stock at that time did not exceed two thousand
dollars, but during the intervening years they have built up such an extensive
natronage that they now occupy ten times the floor space they formerly used,
: nd their merchandise invoices fifty thousand dollars. The extensive business
i hey have built up has not been an easy achievement by any means, but has
i equired the expenditure of unceasing time and effort, no less than keen fore-
tight and marked sagacity. Men of progressive ideas, they conduct their store
; long such lines and are always more than willing to keep abreast of modern
improvements. Their goods, which are always attractively displayed, are of
; superior quality, the personnel of their store is high and in the conduct of their
1 usiness they have adopted a policy that commends them to the confidence of
t.iose with whom they have dealings. As a result they have built up a large
i nd permanent patronage which is annually increasing.
For his wife and helpmate Mr. Powers chose Miss Martha Clark, of Sarnia,
( )ntario. He has led a life of enterprise and business activity, concentrating
1 is resources upon the achievement of a definite end in the attainment of which
1 e has exercised the intelligence and good judgment which win success.
ALFRED M. POUND.
Alfred M. Pound, connected with important business interests in Vancouver
as a member of the firm of Campion & Pound and as managing director of
t:ie Sterling Trust Company of British Columbia, Ltd., and with the public life
of British Columbia as a member of the provincial executive of the liberal party,
v as born on Prince Edward Island in 1872. He is a son of William Harris and
Maria Pound, natives of Devonshire, England, both of whom went to Prince
E dward Island in childhood. The father was prominent in public affairs, serv-
ing for a number of years as a local magistrate and was at one time a candidate
for parliament. He has passed away but his wife survives him, making her
home at New London, Prince Edward Island.
Alfred M. Pound acquired his education in the public and normal schools
o" Charlottetown in "his native province and was afterward articled to the present
chief justice of Nova Scotia, Sir Charles Townshend. Before completing his
Irw course, however, he became a member of the staff of the St. John (N. B.)
E aily Telegraph and was connected with that publication for eight years there-
a 'ter. In 1901 he came to Vancouver and here became connected with the .fire
ii surance and investment business, a line of work in which he has since con-
tinued. In 1903 he joined Mr. Campion in the firm of Campion & Pound,
and they have built up a large and important patronage in old line fire insurance
and investments for English clients. In 1910 with Thomas B. May, he organized
tl e Sterling Trust Company of British Columbia, Ltd., of which he is managing
d rector and in the growth of which he has taken an active and prominent part.
The company is held to be one of the largest of its kind in the province and is
an important addition to Vancouver's business assets. In addition to his con-
nection with it Mr. Pound is a member of the directorate of various other impor-
tant corporate concerns in Vancouver, and has been carried forward by the force
oi his ability and personality into close relations with business interests.
In St. John, New Brunswick, in 1897, Mr. Pound was united in marriage
to Miss Caroline Reynolds, a daughter of the late Dr. Harlan P. Reynolds, a
pi eminent physician in that city and in Lepreaux, New Brunswick. Mr. and
Mrs. Pound have two children, Dorothy Reynolds and Marjorie Myrick.
While a resident of New Brunswick Mr. Pound served for seven years as
a .nember of the St. John Rifles. He is a liberal in his political belief and active
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in politics, having been for the last six years a member of the provincial exec-
utive. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian
church, and he holds membership in the Terminal City Club of Vancouver. He
is a profound student of Canadian literature and history and has carried his
research far into these fields, as his extensive and well selected library of books
on these subjects plainly indicate. A man of broad culture, wide interests and
progressive public spirit, he unites in his character the best qualities of modern
citizenship and is recognized in Vancouver as an excellent representative of the
type of man upon whom rest the permanent interests of the community.
FREDERICK CHIPMAN TINGLEY.
Throughout the entire course of his active life, which began when he was
nineteen years of age, Frederick Chipman Tingley has been in some way con-
nected with the transfer business and today as managing director of the Van-
coiner Transfer Company occupies a position of prominence and importance in
this line. A spirit of initiative and enterprise actuates him in all that he does
and combines with his unquestioned business probity to make him one of the
most respected and highly esteemed men in the community where he now makes
his home. He is one of British Columbia's native sons, his birth having occurred
in Yale, April 22,1873, h'5 parents being Stephen and Elizabeth (Harper) Ting-
ley, the father now of Ashcroft, British Columbia, and of whom more extended
mention is made elsewhere in this work.
Frederick C. Tingley was still a child when his mother died and the early
years of his life were spent in the home of relatives in New Brunswick. He
acquired his education in the public schools of Sackville, that province, and was
afterward a student for two years in Mount Allison College. At the age of
nineteen he returned to Vancouver and entered his father's employ, his first work
being the driving of a stage in the Cariboo district between Ashcroft and Cariboo.
After continuing in this line of work for about nine years he came in 1899 to Van-
couver and bought an interest in the Vancouver Transfer Company, of which
he is now managing director. This is one of the largest concerns of its char-
acter in the city and it controls an important and growing trade, much of the
success of the enterprise being due to .Mr. Tingley's able management and
excellent business ability. A general transfer business is carried on, a specialty
being made, however, of providing accommodations for tourist parties, for
wedding parties and funerals, and the entire enterprise is conducted on modern
and superior lines. The Vancouver Transfer Company has baggagemen on all
of the trains and boats coming into Vancouver and a practically perfect system
has been developed through the years. The concern is one of the oldest in the
city and occupied one of the first business houses in Vancouver. In 1911 Mr.
Tingley and his brother, Clarence Harper, built the five-story building, sixty-two
and a half by one hundred and twenty-eight feet, at No. 844 Cambie street,
which is used for their transfer business and office and storage purposes. They
also have a building at the corner of Hamilton and Helmcken streets, one hun-
dred and fifty by one hundred and ten feet and four stories high, which is
used for the stables and garage accommodations. One hundred and seventy
horses and several automobiles are used in the business, which is the largest
of its kind in the province. They are principally engaged in the transportation
of passengers and transfer of baggage. In addition to his work along this line
Mr. Tingley is a director of the Vancouver Horse Show Association and is an
annual exhibitor. In 1913 he entered horses in seven classes and took ribbons
in all but one, receiving three first and three second prizes, and one third and one
fourth prize. He is a member of the Rotary Club and a director in the Van-
couver Commercial Club and actively interested in any movement to promote
the city's business activity or to advance its material prosperity.
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At Vancouver, on July 15, 1902, Mr. Tingley was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah Nevin, a native of Scotland, and they have three children, Jeanet Eliza-
beth, Henrietta Frances and Myrtle Nevin. Mr. Tingley is connected with Mount
Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., and is a conservative in his political views.
He is not active politically. Business men respect him for his integrity, his
ability and his success, while in social circles his many fine qualities and genu-
ine personal worth have won him widespread respect and esteem.
MICHAEL McTIERNAN.
Earnest persistent labor constituted the foundation upon which Michael
McTiernan built the success that now enables him to live retired. He is in
possession of a comfortable competence, as a result of his former labor and
is pleasantly located in an attractive home in Victoria. He was born in county
Sligo, Ireland, on the 28th of October, 1836, and is a son of Terrance and Anne
McTiernan, who were farming people. He was educated in the parish schools
which he left to assist his father on the farm, being thus engaged until he
reached mature years, when he left home and came direct to Victoria, arriving
on the 3d of June, 1865. The journey was made by way of the isthmus of
Panama and San Francisco. After reaching his destination he began farming
and spent some time clearing land. In 1867 he went to the Cariboo where he
engaged in prospecting for two years, after which he was in the employ of the
Hudson's Bay Company for nine years at Victoria. He severed his connection
therewith, to engage in the draying business in which he continued for twenty-
six years, doing most of the draying for the Hudson's Bay Company. He is
ane of the few survivors among the early pioneer representatives of business life
in Victoria. He retired some years ago and because of his former unfaltering
industry and his careful investments is now able to live in ease in his old age.
On the 2Oth of August, 1883, Mr. McTiernan was married to Miss Ann
Behan, a daughter of John and Ann Behan, who came from Ireland in 1854
and settled in Bytown, now Ottawa. Mrs. McTiernan first came west to Vic-
toria with Lord Lome and the Princess Louise, as a maid. Here she met her
future husband and some time later the wedding was celebrated. Their reli-
Sjious faith is that of, the Roman Catholic church and Mr. McTiernan also belongs
to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, while his political support is given to the
:onservative party. In the early days of his residence in Victoria he worked
for a short time in the office of the Colonist but with that exception was always
identified with the Hudson's Bay Company or with the draying business, and
indefatigable energy, and persistency of purpose at length brought to him a
creditable and gratifying measure of success. For almost a half century he
has made his home in British Columbia and therefore well deserves mention
imong its pioneers.
CHARLES HOWARD BARKER.
The office of judge of the Nanaimo county court has for three years been
most ably filled by Charles Howard Barker, who was born in Sheffield, New
Brunswick, on the 4th of April, 1864. His father, the Rev. Joseph Barker, is
deceased, but the mother, whose maiden name was Anne Upton, is living and
nakes her home in Toronto.
The early years in the life of Charles Howard Barker were passed amid the
'efining influences of a good home. He was educated in the schools of his
lative town and the university at Fredericton, from which institution he was
graduated. After awarded his degree he returned to Sheffield and for three
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years thereafter taught in the grammar school. Having resolved to identify
himself with the legal profession, he went, at the expiration of that time, to
Toronto to pursue his professional studies, being a student in Osgoode Hall Law
School during the succeeding two years. His next removal was to Victoria,
where for one year he continued his studies in the law office of Yates & Jay,
successfully passing his examinations and subsequently being admitted to the
bar. Soon thereafter he came to Nanaimo and established a branch office for
the firm of Yates & Jay, which he conducted in their name for a year. At the
end of that time he bought out their practice, and began his independent career
as a counselor. Later he took Beevor-Potts in with him, the business being con-
tinued under the firm name of Barker & Potts until 1902. As they were both
conscientious and worthy representatives of their profession they readily won
recognition in the local courts and succeeded in building up a highly desirable
clientage. After the dissolution of the firm, Mr. Barker practiced alone until his
appointment to the office of judge in 1909. While in the practice of his profes-
sion he exercised minute care, manifesting a conscientious regard for the rights
of his clients, which he protected to the best of his ability, his cases never being
lost through the oversight or careless disregard of a legal technicality. As a result
he has been engaged in some very important litigations, one of them being a
famous damage case instituted against the Wellington Coal Company in 1902.
The counsel for the defendant at Ottawa was the Honorable A. B. Aylesworth,
subsequently minister of justice and one of the foremost representatives of the
bar in Canada. Mr. Barker won the case in the lower court, but it was later
appealed to Victoria and subsequently carried to the supreme court at Ottawa,
where the first decision was sustained. This was a great victory for Mr. Barker,
who was highly commended for the able manner in which he presented and
defended the plaintiff's claim.
Mr. Barker married Miss Susan B. Russell, a daughter of William Russell,
of Douglastown, New Brunswick, who passed away in November, 1909. He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a past master of Doric Lodge, No.
18, A. F. & A. M., and a past district deputy grand master. Mr. Barker's chief
recreation is hunting. He is a skilled marksman and a member of the Nanaimo
Rifle Club, which organization he represented one year at the Ottawa meet.
REV. EBENEZER ROBSON, D. D.
Rev. Ebenezer Robson, D. D., whose demise occurred at Vancouver, British
Columbia, on the 4th day of May, 1911, was one of the pioneer band of four
missionaries sent out by the Wesleyan Methodist church to preach the gospel
to the miners and settlers of Vancouver island and British Columbia. Arriving
at Victoria on the loth day of February, 1859, he was the first of the company
to set foot ashore.
Mr. Robson was the sixth son of John and Euphemia Robson, both natives of
Roxborough, Scotland, and a younger brother of John Robson, of Victoria,
British Columbia, late premier of British Columbia, a sketch of whose life
appears on another page of this work.
Born near Perth, Ontario, on the I7th day of January, 1835, he received his
early education in the public and grammar schools of Sarnia, Ontario, and after
working in the lumber camps as ox driver, "cookee" and "boss," he took charge
of his lather's sawmill at Sombria, Ontario. It was there that he received the
call to the Christian ministry, and after continuing his studies for some time at
Victoria College, Cobourg, Ontario, he was appointed assistant pastor of St.
James Methodist church at Montreal, Quebec. He was ordained on the 3ist of
September, 1858, and ordered to British Columbia, where his first field of labor
was among the gold miners and settlers of the Fraser river, with his head quar-
ters at Hope, which was at that time the head of steam navigation on the river.
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He was an expert canoe man, and had the distinction of being one of a very few
white men to navigate, unaccompanied, the dangerous rapids known as Hells
Gate.
On August i6th, 1859, he was married in Victoria to Miss Ellen Mary Hall
>f Brockville, Ontario, and after six years of most active service at Hope, Yale,
Mew Westminster and Nanaimo, he was compelled by his wife's continued ill-
icss to return to eastern Canada.
In 1880 he returned to British Columbia with his family and once more took
ap the work in this province. At all times he led a most strenuous life, on sev-
eral different occasions preaching eight times on a Sabbath and traveling many
niles by various conveyances in order to do so.
Mr. Robson held the first religious service on the town site of Vancouver,
Breaching to a congregation of eight, out of a total population of fifteen on
ruly 30, 1865, in the bunk house of the Hastings sawmill, which was under con-
struction at that time. He took an active part in the educational work of this
province, being one of the founders of the "Collegiate and High School" of
>Jew Westminster in the early 'Sos, and later on, of Columbia College, of which
institution he was a director. About the year 1889 or 1890 when an effort was
made to establish a provincial university, he was made a senator, but owing to
; change of government the project was abandoned.
In 1887 he was elected president of the first British Columbia conference
< f the Methodist church and held that office for two terms. He was a delegate
ID the general conference in the years 1878, 1890 and 1894. Mr. Robson was
; Iso the first president of the British Columbia branch of The Dominion Alliance,
; charter member and district organizer of The Royal Templars of Temperance,
vas president of The Lord's Day Alliance of British Columbia, honorary presi-
( ent of The Juvenile Protective Association of Vancouver, was honored by a
1 fe membership in the Canadian Club, and was made an honorary life member
c f The Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1900 he retired from the
regular pastorate, but continued his labors by supplying vacancies and starting
i ew churches in outlying districts.
The Robson Memorial church was erected by his friends and sympathizers
in Vancouver in commemoration of his record. In 1900 Columbia College hon-
ored him by granting him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Mr. Robson found
recreation in traveling, exploring and investigating, always in the interest of
religion or science. O.wing to his unselfish nature and open-mindedness he was
r :spected by all who knew him.
THOMAS DAVID CONWAY.
Thomas David Conway, collector of customs at Ladysmith, was for many
y<:ars engaged in the construction of telegraph lines in British Columbia, having
irstalled practically all of those now in use in' this section of the country,
h eluding Vancouver island. He was one of the first telegraphers in the province,
and in this connection at one time held the position of superintendent of con-
struction for the government. He was also in the employ of the United States
government during four years of the Civil war in that country. A native of
Quebec, his birth occurred at Montreal on the gth of January, 1844, his parents
being Thomas and Alice Conway.
The boyhood of Thomas David Conway was passed in the city of Montreal,
his education being pursued in the public schools. Later he entered the office
of the Grand Trunk Railroad Company and learned telegraphy and in 1861 entered
the United States military telegraph service. He retained this position until
July, 1864, when he joined his brother, who had charge of the construction of
the Collins telegraph lines. This company had been organized for the purpose
of building lines by way of Siberia to Russia and thus establish communications
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with the various countries of Europe. It was a most stupendous and expensive
undertaking and would involve years of labor. They journeyed from the
Atlantic seaboard via Panama and San Francisco to New Westminster, the seat
of their operations. Upon their arrival they began cutting a trail through to Forts
Hope and Yale, stringing their telegraph line along the wagon road to the mouth
of the Quesnel river. They were compelled to discontinue operations during the
winter, but the following summer extended their trail to eighty miles beyond
Kespiycx canyon. Their lines, however, were only built to the canyon. The year
previous they wintered in New Westminster and the following summer the
Atlantic cable was at last perfected, which made it impracticable to continue the
Collins lines. The company abandoned the work completed and turned it over
to the Canadian government, which later utilized the same trail for the Yukon
lines. Mr. Conway next went to Omaha, Nebraska, and constructed the Western
Union lines from that point to Cheyenne and thence to Salt Lake City, over the
old Union Pacific lines. In 1876 he returned to Vancouver island to take the
position of superintendent of construction for the government telegraph lines,
being retained in this capacity by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company after
their purchase of the property. He also had charge of the building of the lines
for Mr. Dunsmuir when the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad was built from
Victoria to Wellington and to Cape Beall and from Nanaimo to Alberni and later
to Comox. To Mr. Conway has been intrusted the construction of all the tele-
graph lines on Vancouver island, and the greater part of those in the remainder
of this section of the province. In 1903 he withdrew from this business, as his
advancing age hardly warranted his being longer identified with such a taxing
vocation, and accepted from the government the appointment of collector of cus-
toms for the port at Ladysmith.
In the month of January, 1875, Mr. Conway was married to Miss Ann Will-
iams, and to them have been born two children: May, the wife of Robert Allen,
collector of customs at Chemainus, British Columbia; and E. J., who was
awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science at McGill College, taking the highest
honors in metallurgy, following which he became connected with the Tyee Cop-
per Company, but is now in the employ of the Granby Copper Company.
The best years of Mr. Conway 's life have been passed in the northwest, par-
ticularly in the province of British Columbia, the rapid progress and marvelous
development of which has not exceeded his expectations, as he early recognized
its wonderful possibilities and vast natural resources.
JOHN HENDRY.
John Hendry enjoys distinction as a most active factor in the mammoth opera
tions that have characterized the development of the lumber industry of th<
northwest. He has worked his way steadily upward, passing on to positions of
executive control and subsequently bending his energies largely to organization,
to constructive efforts and administrative direction. Possessing broad, enlightened
and liberal-minded views, faith in himself and in the vast possibilities for devel-
opment in his country's wide domain, with recognition, also, of its specific needs
along the distinctive lines chosen for his life work, his has been an active career,
in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing
in no small degree to the expansion and material growth of the nation, and from
which he himself has derived substantial benefits. His name is known from
ocean to ocean in connection with the lumber trade and he is equally popular with
social acquaintances from the east to the west. He is today at the head, as presi-
dent, of the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Company, the oldest and
largest enterprise of the kind in the northwest, and was prominently and actively
identified with railroad interests and many other extensive and important cor-
porations having to do with the prosperity and upbuilding of the province.
JOHN HENDRY
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Mr. Hendry was born in Gloucester county, New Brunswick, January 20,
1843, and is a son of James and Margaret (Wilson) Hendry. His education was
acquired in his native province and in his youth and early manhood he received
both practical and theoretical training in sawmill and flourmill engineering. For
some years he followed that pursuit in the maritime provinces.
In September, 1872, Mr. Hendry arrived in British Columbia, but the lumber
business was undergoing a period of temporary depression — comparatively
speaking — and he made his way therefore to the state of Washington and at
Seabeck was in the employ of the Washington Sawmill Company, assisting in
the survey of logs and timber, and superintending millwright work.
In 1873 he moved to Port Gamble, where he entered the employ of the Puget
Sound Sawmill Company in the same capacity. In this and in other connections
he became familiar with every phase of mill operation and also became an excel-
lent judge of timber, especially that for export. In 1874 the Moodyville Sawmill
on Burrard Inlet was destroyed by fire and George Haynes, superintendent, went to
Puget Sound to secure millwrights for its reconstruction. He engaged Mr.
Hendry, who in the capacity of foreman superintended the rebuilding of the mill
and then took charge of its operation as night superintendent.
In 1875 the Red River country was drawing to itself wide attention and Mr.
Hendry, believing that it would be long before the timber in southwest British
Columbia would be valuable made his way to Winnipeg, where high prices in
lumber were already prevailing. There had been a grasshopper scourge in that
part of the country, however, and the region being so new and undeveloped the
time was inopportune for building operations, and the consequent use of lumber,
so he returned to the coast by way of California remaining at San Francisco for
a time. He then returned to British Columbia and built a small sawmill for W.
]. Armstrong at New Westminster. All through these changes he was learning
more and more of the timber resources of the province and was gradually advanc-
ing in his connection with the lumber interests of the northwest.
It was in the fall of 1876 that he formed a partnership with David McNair
md erected a sash and door factory at Nanaimo; and the same year went to
San Francisco to purchase machinery. On his return to the north he completed
lis sash and door factory in Nanaimo, and in 1878 the firm of Hendry, McNair
•4 Company was organized, the partners being Messrs. Hendry, David McNair,
\ndrew Haslam and R. B. Kelly. They carried on business at Nanaimo for a
ime and then moved 'the machinery to New Westminster where they built a
;ash, door and box factory, and Mr. Lees joined the partnership. The rapidly
developing fishing industry of the Fraser river created a demand for boxes and
.1 liberal patronage was accorded them. Their business grew rapidly and in
1:880 they incorporated and the Royal City Planing Mills Company, Limited,
vas formed, with Mr. Hendry as president and general manager.
In 1885 the Nanaimo sawmill at Nanaimo was purchased by this company,
vhich was afterwards disposed of to Messrs. Haslam and Lees. The rapid
development of the business continued and when the city of Vancouver came
nto existence a branch was established here. The great fire during the early
listory of the city spared their partially constructed mill and from the outset
iheir enterprise in Vancouver proved a profitable and growing one, Mr. Hendry
eventually becoming a leader in the movement which resulted in the merging of
all his milling interests. The company secured extensive timber limits in the
province. About that time they entered upon the export trade at New West-
minster, having in the interim purchased the business of the Dominion Sawmill
Company of New Westminster and thus greatly enlarged their facilities there.
Owing to the dangerous condition of the Fraser river ships were chary about
Koing up that stream and Mr. Hendry as president of the Board of Trade, suc-
c ceded in inducing the Dominion government to make surveys and improvements
;it the mouth of the river, so that in 1888 foreign ships were loading at their
mill for all parts of the world.
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In 1889 the Hastings mill was purchased by the Royal City Planing Mills
Company and Mr. Hendry was made president and general manager of the larger
plant. The legislature issued a special charter consolidating the two companies
and thus catne into existence the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Com-
pany. At first their output consisted of seventy thousand feet per day ; something
of the growth of the business is indicated in the fact that in 1890 the manufactured
product amounted to two hundred and fifty thousand feet per day and employ-
ment was furnished to more than two thousand men. The daily product in the
three mills had reached about four hundred thousand feet in ten hours. Doors,
sash, blinds, and all building materials were manufactured. The equipment of
the different plants was most complete and the latest improved machinery facil-
itated the work in every particular. The company built many miles of railroad,
extending from their timber limits to the water, owns a large number of logging
engines and seven locomotives and utilizes seven steamers in its lumbering opera-
tions. The company ships its products to Australia, China, Japan, South Africa,
South America, Great Britain and every known part of the civilized globe,
reached by rail or water. They own the wharves, dry kilns and railroad facilities
for shipping and to the initiative spirit and carefully formulated plans of Mr.
Hendry is largely due the credit for the development and upbuilding of this vast
business enterprise. Their brandies included the Hastings Sawmill and the Royal
City Planing Mill at Vancouver, the Royal City Planing Mill at New Westminster
and the Moodyville Sawmill on Burrard Inlet.
Not the least important of Mr. Hendry's projects has been his operations in
railroad building, among which was the construction of the Kaslo & Slocan Rail-
way which was afterwards taken over by the Great Northern. He was the prime
mover in the construction of the Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway
from New Westminster to Vancouver, which was taken over by the Vancouver,
Victoria & Eastern Railway Company, and over which road the Great Northern
Railway enters the city of Vancouver.
Mr. Hendry is honorary president of the British Columbia Lumber & Shingle
Manufacturers Association, Ltd. He occupies a prominent position in connection
with a number of organized business interests, being vice president of the Cana-
dian Lumbermen's Association, and past president of the Canadian Forestry Asso-
ciation of Canada, and a member of the commission of conservation of Canada.
He was president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association in 1910, and he
was president of the Vancouver Board of Trade in the early days of Vancouver,
following several terms' service as vice president and also was president of the
New Westminster Board of Trade. He was the promoter of the Stave Lake
Power Company, Ltd., later absorbed by The Western Canada Power Company,
Limited, and chairman of the Burrard, Westminster & Boundary Railway &
Navigation Company and a director of the British Columbia Sugar Refining
Company.
His intense and well directed activities have also featured in connection with
municipal affairs. In 1878 he was elected a member of the city council of New
Westminster and was chairman of the committee that had in charge the resur-
veying of that city. He acted for six months as mayor of New Westminster
when the new charter was introduced, but resigned because of the conflict of his
official position and his connection with the New Westminster Southern Railway
Company.
In 1881 Mr. Hendry was united in marriage to Miss Adaline McMillan, a
native of Nova Scotia and a daughter of Donald McMillan of Pictou, Nova
Scotia. They have one daughter, Aldyen Irene Hendry, the wife of E. W. Ham-
ber. Mr. and Mrs. Hendry are members of the Presbyterian church, to which
they have been most liberal contributors and are equally generous in support of
many benevolent and charitable projects.
Mr. Hendry has attained high rank in Masonry, being a Knight Templar and
a Consistory Mason, having taken the thirty second degree. He is also identified
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the St. Andrews and the Cale-
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donian Society. He finds recreation in motoring, yachting and fishing and he is
identified with many of the prominent clubs of the country, holding membership
in the Vancouver, Terminal City, Jericho Country, Canadian, Vancouver Auto-
mobile, Royal Vancouver Yacht and Vancouver Athletic Clubs; the Brockton
Point Athletic Association of Vancouver; the Union, of Victoria; Westminster,
New Westminster; Rideau, Ottawa; Wellington and American Universities,
London, England ; the Touring Club de France, Paris ; the Touring Club Italiano,
Milano ; the American Automobile Association, New York ; the Automobile
Association and Motor Union, London, England; the Pacific Power Boat Asso-
ciation, Seattle, Washington ; the Pacific Highway Association of North America
and others.
Since 1903 Mr. Hendry has resided in Vancouver, although his extensive
business interests take him to all parts of the country. His identification with
the northwest covers more than forty years and there is perhaps no representative
of important industrial, commercial and manufacturing interests who has had
more to do with the material growth, development, upbuilding and prosperity of
the country than he. His influence along other lines, social, intellectual and moral,
has also been on the side of progress and the consensus of public opinion accords
John Hendry a central place on the stage of activity in British Columbia.
ROBERT SIMM PATTERSON CARRUTHERS, M. D.
Dr. Robert S. P. Carruthers, a well known and able representative of the
medical fraternity in Vancouver, has here practiced his profession with growing
success for the past two years. His birth occurred at North Bedeque, Prince
Edward Island, on the 22d of July, iSSi, his parents being James and Sarah
(Clark) Carruthers. The paternal grandfather of our subject came from Scot-
land to Prince Edward Island, where he followed farming during the remainder
of his life. His son, James Carruthers, was there born and has always made
that island his home, devoting his attention to general agricultural pursuits.
Robert S. P. Carruthers obtained his education in the public schools of
Prince Edward Island and at Prince of Wales College of Charlottetown, from
which institution he was graduated in 1904. Two years later he entered the
medical department of McGill University, which conferred upon him the degree
3f M. D. in 1910. For one year he was engaged in hospital work at Montreal
ind in 1911 opened an office at Vancouver, where he has followed his chosen
Drofession to the present time, building up an extensive and lucrative practice.
He is a member of the Vancouver Medical Association and also belongs to the
Canadian Club, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Presbyterian church. Though still young in years, Dr. Carruthers has already
nade a creditable record in his profession and may confidently look forward to
cuture successes.
IRA EUGENE LOWE.
Among the successful real-estate agents of Ladysmith, British Columbia,
:s Ira Eugene Lowe, who, although he has been established in this city only a few
years, has secured a gratifying clientage in that time. He also acts as agent for
various insurance companies and does conveyancing, deriving a gratifying addi-
tion to his income from these sources. Since 1911 he has also acted as notary
public for the province of British Columbia.
Ira E. Lowe is a native son of the province, being born at Nanaimo, October
t6, 1878. He attended the public schools in his native town and then took up
the study of law in the office of E. M. Yarwood, of Nanaimo. He continued in
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that connection for over three years, and although he did not complete his
articles, gained a comprehensive knowledge of legal matters, an acquisition which
has ever stood him in good stead and which has been especially valuable to him
since engaging in his present business. Discontinuing his connection with Mr.
Yarwood, Mr. Lowe turned his attention to mining, in which occupation he was
active for fifteen years. He was employed in the mines of the Dunsmuir, now
the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., at Wellington and Ladysmith. In February, 1910,
Mr. Lowe met with an accident, being injured in the extension mine at Lady-
smith, which prevented him from continuing along that line of work. Follow-
ing his recovery he engaged in the real-estate business in Ladysmith, meeting
from the beginning with gratifying success, as he was already well known to the
people in his former capacity and enjoyed a reputation for high character and
reliability. He is now active in the real-estate business, having acquainted him-
self with local conditions and valuations, and has become recognized as a shrewd
and able dealer and a good judge of properties. He never takes advantage of
his clients, giving fair service in exchange for a fair remuneration, and on all
sides he enjoys trust and respect. He also gives attention to the insurance
business and conveyancing, adding to his income along these lines. In 1911 he
received the appointment of notary public for the province of British Columbia.
On May 11, 1899, Mr. Lowe married Miss Emma May Palmer, a daughter of
Z. B. Palmer, of Nanaimo. To this union were born five children : Ira Eugene,
Jr., Benjamin, Veda May, Effie Jane Spalding and Percival Palmer. Mr. Lowe
occupies a commendable position in the business life of Ladysmith and his per-
sonal qualities are such as to call forth the respect and good-will of the general
public. He has made many friends here and both he and Mrs. Lowe are popular
in social circles.
GEORGE LOUIS TASCHEREAU.
George Louis Taschereau, senior partner of the law firm of Taschereau &
Lockwood, occupying a prominent position at the bar of Vancouver, was born
at Saint-Pierre Jolys, Conate Provencher, Manitoba, on the nth of February,
1883. He comes of a prominent old French family and has back of him an an-
cestry honored and distinguished. The family originated in La Touraine, France,
in 1492. The first member of the family in Canada was The Honourable Thomas
Jacques Taschereau, who arrived in the province of Quebec in August, 1726, as
secretary to Claude Thomas Dupuy, "Intendant de la Nouvelle France." His
father Philippe Albert Taschereau was born at St. Joseph de la Beauce, Province
of Quebec, June 10, 1841 and after graduating at the University of Laval, Quebec,
went west to Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1884 he removed to Saint Pierre, where
he was registrar of the court until his death on the 3Oth of July, 1898. He married
Marguerite Anne McPhillips, daughter of George McPhillips, a surveyor. They
were married at St. Charles, Manitoba, August 10, 1874, and Mrs. Taschereau
died in Winnipeg, June 3, 1893.
Their son, George Louis Taschereau, received his education at St. Boniface
College, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, the beautiful old French town that Whittier
eulogizes in his poem, The Bells of St. Boniface. He was also a student in St.
Michael's College, Toronto, and pursued his preliminary law studies in the office
of his uncle, L. G. McPhillips, K. C., following his arrival in Vancouver in 1904.
Mr. Taschereau continued his law reading for four years under the able direction
of Mr. McPhillips and afterward completed his course in the office of Sir Charles
Hibbert Tupper, K. C. M. G., LL. B., K. C. He was called to the bar of British
Columbia in the spring of 1910 and immediately entered upon active practice,
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following his profession independently until February, 1912, when he received
H. G. Lockwood into a partnership, since which time they have practiced under
the firm style of Taschereau & Lockwood. They are able representatives of the
legal profession and their clientage includes large and important corporations.
Mr. Taschereau is well versed in the various departments of law, but has always
confined his practice to civil law, making a specialty of corporation practice.
He readily sees the relation of cause and effect and his analytical power and keen
discrimination, combined with comprehensive knowledge of the principles of
jurisprudence, have gained him prominence as a practitioner at the Vancouver bar.
Mr. Taschereau is an acknowledged leader of the conservative party in Van-
couver and was formerly vice president of the Vancouver Young Men's Con-
servative Club. He belongs to the Catholic church and has membership with
the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters. Nature endowed
him with musical talents which he developed by study in the Toronto Conserva-
tory of Music, studying piano, violin and vocal, but his chief interest is in vocal
music, to which branch of the art he now confines his activities. On one occasion
he made a professional tour, covering several months in the United States, dur-
ing which time he appeared in a number of the larger cities. He is ever a wel-
come figure in musical circles, but he regards the practice of law as his real life
work and upon his professional duties concentrates his energies. He has already
attained a commanding position among the younger representatives of the Van-
couver bar and the legal powers which he has displayed argue well for farther
and eminent success in the future.
JOHN D. McNEILL.
Various business and corporate interests in Vancouver owe their inception to
;he organizing genius of John D. McNeill and their continued development and
progress to his business discrimination, his enterprising spirit and his excellent
Judgment. During a residence of sixteen years in the city he has been carried
forward by virtue of his wide interests and commanding ability into important
•elations with the general commercial life, and, steadily adhering to high ideals,
las made his name one of power and influence in business circles. He is presi-
dent and general manager of 'the Great Northern Transfer Company, Ltd., and
of the Vancouver Coal Company, Ltd., and has other important financial and
commercial connections, his interests being powerful elements in the prpmotion
of that general activity which means growth and progress.
Mr. McNeill was born in Paisley, Ontario, on the 2ist of April, 1866, and is
;i son of Archie and Helen (Currie) McNeill, the former a son of Hugh McNeill,
'vho came to Canada from Colonsay Island, Argyleshire, Scotland, settling in
Prince Edward Island, where he engaged in farming until his death. His son,
lather of the subject of this review, was born on Colonsay Island, Scotland, and
( ame to Canada with his parents at the age of six. He was reared upon his
lather's farm in Prince Edward Island and after reaching manhood turned his
:ittention to agricultural pursuits, developing a fine property until he was thirty
years of age. He then removed to the vicinity of Paisley, in Bruce county,
Ontario, and there remained until his death in 1896, becoming in the intervening
period a prosperous farmer and a representative citizen of that locality. He
married Miss Helen Currie, of Prince Edward Island, a daughter of Angus
Currie and a representative of an old Scotch family.
John D. McNeill acquired his education in the grammar and high schools of
Paisley, Ontario, and afterward went to the United States, settling in 1885 in
Saginaw, Michigan, where he worked in the lumber camps for three years. In
1888 he went to Dakota and thence to the state of Washington, where he was
employed at various occupations until 1890, when he came to British Columbia.
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In this province he settled first in Victoria, entering the employ of the Shawnigan
Lake Lumber Company of that city and remaining active in their interests for
five years thereafter. In 1895 he turned his attention to the butcher business
there, building up a large, lucrative and well managed concern of this character,
which he conducted until 1897. That year witnessed his arrival in Vancouver
and in this city he has since remained an honored, respected and widely known
resident. In association with F. D. Gross he turned his attention to the draying
and transfer business under the firm name of Gross & McNeill. Under this
title the business continued until 1904, when the partners formed the Mainland
Transfer Company, of which Mr. McNeill became general manager, holding that
important position until 1906, when he entered into an exclusive contract with
the Great Northern Railway to handle all the transfer business of that road.
In order to facilitate the work he organized the Great Northern Transfer Com-
pany, Ltd., of which he has since been president and general manager, the com-
pany controlling large and important interests. In 1908 Mr. McNeill organized
the Vancouver Coal Company, Ltd., of which he is president and general mana-
ger, and he is connected through investment or official service with various other
financial or corporate concerns in the city, the extent and variety of his interests
indicating something of the scope of his ability and his high standing in busi-
ness circles. In this city whose commercial institutions he has aided so greatly
in upbuilding he is known as a man of rare force, ability and power, aggressive
at times and at times cautious, but dominated always by an accurate sense of
business exigency and acting in accordance with the best and highest business
standards.
Mr. McNeill is a director of the Vancouver Exhibition Association, which
holds an annual horse show second in importance on the American continent
only to those shows held at Madison Square Garden in New York city, and he
is always to be found among the leaders in promoting any movement for the
growth and development of Vancouver and the province of British Columbia.
Fraternally he is connected with Plantagenet Lodge, N. D., A. F. & A. M., of
Vancouver, and is a member of the Commercial and Terminal City Clubs. He
is a devout member of the Baptist church. In his younger days, while a resi-
dent of Paisley, Ontario, he served with the Thirty-second Battalion Volunteers.
He is a conservative in politics and prominent in the councils of the local party
organization. In 1912 he was a member of the city council from his ward, serv-
ing creditably, effectively and with public spirit, but his influence is exerted not
so much as an office seeker but as a promoter and supporter of progressive pro-
jects and measures. His recreation is horseback riding and he is the owner
of the beautiful chestnut "McDuff," a prize winner at the last horse show. He is
a member of the Riding Club and Hunt Club. Vancouver has profited greatly by
his well directed efforts along business and public lines and counts him among
her most valued and representative citizens.
CHARLES' DUBOIS MASON.
Charles Dubois Mason, a Victoria barrister and solicitor practicing as senior
partner of the firm of Mason & Mann, was born in London, England, July 9,
1845, a son °f Henry Hewett and Lydia Augusta Mason, representatives of old
English families. The son attended private schools in London and Richmond
and after serving articles with his father was admitted as solicitor and attorney
in 1868. He practiced in London and became a partner of his father, continuing
in that relationship until the death of the latter in 1882. In 1884 he visited
America and via New York and San Francisco, California, came to Victoria in
1885, having been greatly attracted to this city. He spent several years in visit-
ing Comox, Enderby and other points and after about a year's service with
Messrs. Eberts & Taylor as managing clerk he" opened a law office in Victoria
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in 1889 and has since been actively engaged in practice. In 1895 he became city
solicitor and occupied that position until 1899, when he visited Atlin and there
also established himself in practice in addition to his Victoria business. In 1906
he formed a parnership with J. P. Mann under the firm 'style of Mason & Mann.
They were again city solicitors for a number of years and are still in active
private practice.
In London, England, on the loth of December, 1870, was celebrated the mar-
riage of Mr. Mason and Miss W. Miranda Watts, a daughter of John King
Watts, of St. Ives, Huntingdon, deceased, and a sister of Theodore Watts Dun-
ton the poet and art critic of the London Anthenaeum. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have
a son Herbert Walter, who is married and is a fellow of the Institute of Sur-
veyors. Mr. Mason served in Victoria for five years as a member of the militia.
In politics he is a conservative ; fraternally is connected with Columbia Lodge,
F. & A. M., of Victoria ; and socially with the Pacific Club.
ALFRED EDWARD YOUNG.
Alfred Edward Young, who in 191 1 became building inspector of the cor-
poration of South Vancouver, was born in England on the nth of June, 1883, a
son of Ephraim and Annie (Bacon) Young, both of whom are representatives of
families that for many generations had been connected with agricultural pur-
suits in England, The father died in 1887 and in 1889 the mother married again,
becoming the wife of Ellis Hayne, of Somersetshire.
A. E. Young was reared in the usual manner of farm lads and his first work
iside from the farm was in the civil engineer's office of the new works depart-
ment of the .Midland Railway Company under his stepfather. Between the ages
if fourteen and nineteen he learned the building business both in theory and
practice, being engaged partly on public works and partly with building firms,
[n February, 1902, he arrived in Canada, but returned in September of the same
year to his native land and took up the study of building construction with the
Sheffield University College in the technical department. In May, 1904, he
•eturned to Canada and in August of the same year arrived in Vancouver, where
le took up the study of architecture under the direction of the International
Correspondence School. He likewise pursued a course of business manage-
ment and salesmanship with the Sheldon School, of Chicago.
Mr. Young has resided continuously in Vancouver since 1904, with the
exception of a brief period of five months spent in Alaska on a mining and fish-
ing expedition about 1906, and a month in Prince Rupert about seven or eight
months before the town site was placed on the market. He was called to his
present position as building inspector for the corporation of South Vancouver
in 1911 and continues to fill that office, in which connection he is making a
creditable record. Prior to the time when he entered upon his present official
('uties he was connected with building interests, and his thorough practical and
technical training has constituted the basis of his success in that direction and
Us present efficiency in office.
ARTHUR MURDOCH WHITESIDE.
Arthur Murdoch Whiteside, who successfully follows the legal profession
i:i Vancouver, British Columbia, was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1876. Daniel
Whiteside, his father, was among the early settlers in British Columbia, well
known in the Cariboo country where he located in 1859, and can be accounted
one of that distinguished body of men who were the real history makers of
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this section. He was married in 1873 to Miss Ruth White, of Toronto, and after
a life filled with successful endeavor passed away in July, 1904.
Arthur M. Whiteside came as a boy to British Columbia where he was
educated and acquired his knowledge of law under the able guidance of Chief
Justice McColl, at New Westminster, being called to the bar in 1897. He first
practiced in Rossland where he remained for two years, and then from 1898
until he came to Vancouver was located in Greenwood, where he built up a
large clientage. He specialized along the lines of corporation law and during
that time acted as solicitor for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the
Montreal & Boston Copper Company, the Canadian Bank of Commerce and
other large corporations, taking care of the interests of these parties in such
legal issues as would arise from time to time. Since coming to Vancouver Mr.
Whiteside has enjoyed a large and important practice, having brought with him
a reputation for achieving his ends, and he is connected with important inter-
ests. He is a member of the Masonic body and is prominent in its local
institutions.
THOMAS HENRY HALL MILBURN, M. D.
Dr. Thomas Henry Hall Milburn, engaged in the general practice of medi-
cine in Vancouver is recognized as one of the able and successful physicians of
Vancouver. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, April 16, 1885, and is a son of
Joseph and Mary A. (Edmison) Milburn. The .Milburn family came originally
from the north of England and at a very early date its representatives settled in
the vicinity of Peterboro, where the grandfather and the father of the subject of
this review were born and where during all of their active lives they engaged
in farming.
Dr. Milburn acquired his early education in the grammar and high schools
of his native city and afterward was engaged in business in Wessington, South
Dakota, previous to entering Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, graduat-
ing from the medical department in 1908 with the degree of M. D. He served
his interneship in St. John's Hospital in New York, and after sixteen months
there took the full four months' course in the Lying-in Hospital in that city, after
which he did special work in various hospitals. Leaving the Empire state he went
to Wessington, South Dakota, and there for six months had charge of his brother's
practice. He afterward spent a short time in Portland, Oregon, but in the fall
of 1911 came to Vancouver, where he began the practice of medicine with Dr.
D. McLellan. As a result of earnest effort he has secured a large and representa-
tive patronage in Vancouver, and this is continually increasing as his knowledge
and ability become more widely known.
On the 25th of December, 1912, Dr. Milburn was united in marriage to Miss
Frances Edwards, a daughter of T. S. Edwards, of Calgary, Alberta. Dr. Mil-
burn is a member of the Wessington (S. D.) Lodge, No. 107, A. F. & A. M.,
and is connected with the Vancouver Medical Association, his ability being recog-
nized in professional circles. He is a physician of the modern school, a scientist
and an investigator as well as a capable practitioner, and his future, judged by
his past, will be filled with important and worthy accomplishment.
REV. JAMES CROSS MADILL.
A man who unites unusual executive and administrative ability with religious
zeal of a high order with the result that he has become a great constructive force
in the spread of Presbyterian doctrines in the Dominion of Canada is Rev. James
Cross Madill, since 1909 pastor of Cedar Cottage church in Vancouver and known
as the founder and organizer of some of the principal Presbyterian churches in
REV. JAMES C. MADILL
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western Canada. He has been active in the missionary field, is a zealous tem-
perance worker and prominent in fraternal circles and he holds a place of dis-
tinction in Vancouver, where he leads many movements of reform and progress.
He was born in Wellington county, Ontario, August 26, 1853, and acquired his
education in the common schools of Peel township and the high school of Orange-
ville, that province, and at Knox College, Toronto, Before his graduation he was
catechist at the Saugeen (Ont.) presbytery and in 1884 took up his work at
Markdale, Ontario. In 1885 he established Presbyterian churches at Corbetton
and Riverview and rebuilt the church at Gaudier. In the following year he was
transferred to the Orangeville presbytery, continuing there until 1890, when he
was again transferred. This time he was transferred to the Toronto presbytery,
taking charge of the Dufferin Street mission, and in that year he built the church
at Fairbank, Ontario. Soon afterward his congregation in Toronto became
Congregationalists and extended a call to Mr. Madill, who accepted it and was
examined, ordained and inducted in 1890, immediately after his graduation from
Knox College, Toronto. Two years later he received a call to Garafraxa and
Belwood, Ontario, where he remained a short time, after which he was called
to Sarnia. In 1894 he was called to Hope church, Toronto, and remained pastor
until 1898. In that year he returned to the Presbyterian church and took up
mission work in the Winnipeg presbytery. lie was stationed at Little Briton,
Manitoba, for four years, during which time he built four churches and a manse,
organized five Sunday schools and did other important work. In 1902 he was
regularly received by the Presbyterian general assembly at its meeting in \ an-
:ouver and was called to Balmoral, Manitoba, in the Winnipeg presbytery. He
:ontinued there for three years, after which he resigned in order to take up
nission work in Saskatchewan. There he did important extension work, organ-
zing congregations at Maymont, Fielding and Ruddell and building three churches
n that field. His zeal and ability carried him rapidly forward into important
Delations with religious life and besides other work of great importance he took
inactive part against the autonomy bill in 1905. In the fall of 1908 Rev. Madill
:ame to Vancouver, British Columbia, where for four months he occupied the
mlpit at Knox church. At the end of that time he received a call to the Cedar
Cottage Presbyterian church and here he has since remained, having accomplished
during four years notable and lasting work. When he assumed charge this
congregation had only sixteen members and the first three services were held at
vhat was called Doxey Hall, a small building and one of the first erected in
Cedar Cottage. Afterward the congregation purchased the site of their present
Church, pitched a tent on the back end of the lot, holding two hundred and fifty
persons and building the present edifice in the same summer. They have erected
;in addition every year since that time and the church now occupies the entire
site. In 1912 a new site at the corner of Twenty-second avenue and Gartley
road was purchased. The congregation now numbers four hundred, and six hun-
dred names are on the Sunday school roll. Rev. Madill gives freely of his time and
<nergy to the affairs of the parish, which he has practically built up, and he
1 olds the love of his people in large measure, as well as the esteem and confidence
c f people of all denominations. The business affairs connected with the admin-
istration of the church property are ably conducted and the parish is in excel-
hnt condition, viewed from either a material or religious standpoint.
On the 6th of December, 1876, Rev. Madill married Miss Esther Elizabeth
Blakeman, a daughter of John Blakeman, of Peel township, Wellington county,
Ontario. Rev. and Mrs. Madill have had seven children: William B., whose
i eath occurred in Toronto ; James Alfred, who passed away in Winnipeg, Mani-
tsba; Eliza Alberta, who married Christopher Paris, of Fielding, Saskatchewan;
Violet M., the wife of Dr. Christopher Liscum, of Portland, Oregon; Margaret
r.thel, who married Charles Wallace, formerly of Toronto, Ontario, but now
residing near Fielding, Saskatchewan; Mary Pearl, now Mrs. Herbert Elliott,
f Calgary, Alberta; and Edna Ruth, who married A. Donehay, a barrister, of
the firm of Donehay & Donehay, of Vancouver.
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Rev. Madill has always been prominent in fraternal circles and has taken
an especially active interest in the affairs of the Loyal O'range Lodge. He organ-
ized six Orange lodges in Saskatchewan and two Black Preceptories, one at
Battleford and the other at Prince Albert, and during a month's holiday in
Toronto he organized sixteen orange lodges in Quebec. He founded also a
Scarlet Chapter at Battleford and was master of the Orange Ix>dge at Fielding
and county master for two years. He is past grand chaplain of Supreme Grand
Orange Lodge of British America and past grand chaplain of Provincial Grand
Orange Lodge of West Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. He was respon-
sible for the first I2th of July celebration ever held in the district of Fielding and
these have been continued annually to the present time. He is associate deputy
grand master of the province and is chaplain of Ebenezer Lodge, Xo. 1589,
of Vancouver. He is also active in Masonic circles and was a member and
junior warden of Battleford Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and now belongs to Mount
Hermon Lodge, No. 7, of Vancouver. He likewise belongs to the Independent
Order of Foresters. His work in the cause of temperance forms another vital
interest of his life, for he is a past grand chief Templar of Ontario and district
chief Templar for two years of Toronto and provincial grand chaplain of Mani-
toba and also of British Columbia. He is lodge deputy of the Independent
Order of Good Templars and espouses the temperance cause wherever possible,
accomplishing a great deal of beneficial and lasting work along this line. He is
an active worker in social and moral reform and was for three years grand presi-
dent of tlie Protestant Protective Association, which accomplished a grand work
throughout the Dominion. He is also chaplain and honorable captain of the
Royal Irish Fusiliers, recently organized, and was in 1904 a delegate to the
Pan-Presbyterian Council held at Liverpool, when he and his family spent the
summer in the British isles. His life has indeed been a valuable and useful one,
for he is sincere in purpose, honest in conviction and high in his ideals and he
possesses, moreover, the ability to make his ideals practical and his purposes far-
reaching.
DANIEL McLELLAN, M. D.
Dr. Daniel McLellan, a successful medical practitioner of Vancouver, is
well entitled to representation among the able members of his profession in the
province. His birth occurred in Ross township, Renfrew county, Ontario, on
the loth of November, 1880, his parents being John and Isabella (Porter)
McLellan. The former was born in Greenock, Scotland, and came to Canada
with his father, John McLellan, when a lad of nine years, locating in Renfrew
county, Ontario, where the grandfather of our subject engaged in farming. John
McLellan, Jr., also carried on general agricultural pursuits in that country until
called to his final rest in 1889. He was the father of eleven children, five sons
and six daughters.
Daniel McLellan obtained his early education in a public school in Ross
township and the public school of Beachburg, under the tuition of George R.
Wood. Subsequently he attended the high school at Pembroke, Ontario, and
after graduating from that institution entered the Renfrew Model School, a
training school for teachers, under the tutelage of E. Newton Jory. He then
taught school in Horton township, Renfrew country, for two years, and on the
expiration of that period entered Queen's University at Kingston, pursuing
both the scholastic and medical courses and being graduated in 1906 with the
degrees of M. D., C. M. and B. A. On leaving that institution he took the
practice of Dr. McLaren at Cobden, Ontario, for a short time and then went to
New York city, where he did post-graduate work at the City Hospital on Black-
well's island. Subsequently he made his way to Fort William, Ontario, and
there became surgeon for the construction gang of the Grand Trunk Pacific
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Railway, later continuing his labors at Kenora in the same capacity. He next
removed to Eden, Manitoba, and there had charge of the practice of Dr. John
A.. Wellwood for a year. Dr. McLellan then spent three years in the practice
jf his profession at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and subsequently did work in the
Post-Graduate Hospital at Chicago for six months. In November, 1911, he
:ame to Vancouver, British Columbia, and this city has since remained the scene
>f his professional labors.
Fraternally Dr. McLellan is a Mason, having joined the order at Cobden,
Ontario. He now belongs to Assiniboine Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Winnipeg;
Cing Edward Chapter, No. 136, K. A. M., of Neepawa, Manitoba; and the
Cnights of Pythias. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church.
WALTER A. GILLEY.
For over three decades the activities of Walter A. Gilley have had a decided
i ffect upon the growth of New Westminster, where he is engaged as a wharf
builder, tug owner, and in the general towing and lighterage business. Born
ii St. Andrews, New Brunswick, on March 19, 1857, he is a son of George and
Mary (Bartleff) Gilley, the former a well known shipbuilder of St. Andrews,
where both he and his wife passed their entire lives, being highly esteemed by
til who knew them.
Walter A. Gilley was reared in his native city, where he was educated in
tie local schools until he was apprenticed to a ship carpenter to learn the
trade. After being so connected for three years he engaged in a seafaring life
and for eight years was connected with the merchant service. Hearing decid-
edly favorable reports concerning the Canadian northwest, he decided to throw
iu his fortunes with the growing western country and in 1882 came directly to
New Westminster, working for the first two years after his arrival for the San
Francisco Bridge Company and being employed in work which kept him in the
mountains. In 1884 Mr. Gilley established himself in his present business, with
vhich he has since been identified with ever increasing success, his annual
profits showing a healthy growth from year to year. He has become one of
tiie substantial residents of New Westminster, occupying in his line a position
s :cond to none in the city.
In 1879 Mr. Gilley was united in marriage to Miss Anna McLachlan, of St.
/ ndrews, New Brunswick, and to this union was born one child, since deceased.
Fraternally Mr. Gilley is a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., the
0 dest Masonic lodge in these parts, and he is also a member of Royal City
1 odge, No. 3, I. O. O. F. He takes a helpful interest in all movements and
n.easures undertaken to promote commercial expansion, although he has never
cared to actively participate in public affairs. His career is proof of the fact
tl at. success is but ambition's answer and that the old-fashioned virtues of
ii dustry, energy and honesty are still the only safe key to prosperity.
JOHN STEWART.
For the past eight years the energies of John Stewart have been concentrated
upon the development of a real-estate and insurance business in Ladysmith in
which he is meeting with success. He is a native of Scotland, his birth having
occurred in the city of Glasgow on the 29th of October, 1864, and a son of John
aid Isabella (Murray MacKenzie) Stewart, both of whom passed their entire
lives in the old country.
In the acquirement of an education John Stewart attended Hamilton Aca-
demy at Hamilton, Scotland, until 1879. He then terminated his student days
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and entered the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he spent five years, at the expira-
tion of which time he was sent to London to take charge of their clearing house
at that point. He remained in the latter city until 1889, when he emigrated to
British Columbia to accept the position of teller in the Bank of British Columbia
at Vancouver. After serving in this capacity for two years the bank sent him
to Nelson, British Columbia, where he discharged the duties of accountant for
five years. His next removal was to Victoria, but after a year's residence there
he went to Nanaimo, where he also held the position of accountant. In 1902,
he was sent to Ladysmith to open a branch for the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce, which had taken over the interests of the Bank of British Columbia. He
had charge of this enterprise for two years, and then resigned his position to
engage in the business he is now conducting. As he is a man of clear judgment
and is reliable and trustworthy in his methods, his is one of the firmly established
and stable enterprises of the kind in the city.
On the igth of September, 1893, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Elizabeth
Durham Clarke, a daughter of the Rev. Robert Holmes and Margaret (Kennedy)
Clarke. To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart there have been born two children: John
Kennedy, a youth of eighteen and a student in the University of Victoria; and
Aileen Margaret, a school girl of sixteen.
Mr. Stewart is a past master in St. John's lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. M. and
the district deputy grand master of his district. His political support he gives
to the conservative party, and in 1909 was a candidate for parliament in Newcastle
district, but was defeated. He was the first officer to return after the incorpora-
tion of Ladysmith in 1904 and was the first city clerk and is now police magis-
trate of that city. He is a member of the Board of Trade and is secretary of that
body. Mr. Stewart is one of the progressive and public-spirited men of the town
and has enthusiastically cooperated in forwarding the development of its various
public utilities and in advancing the welfare of its citizens.
WILLIAM JAMES ROPER.
William James Roper, for half a century one of the most prominent figures in
British Columbia's development and one of the fast vanishing band of hardy
pioneers who blazed the trails and made possible the marvelous advancement of
later years, is a native of Dorsetshire, England, where he was born May 5>
1841. He was educated at Sherbourne College, Somerset, England. In 1862
he was attracted to British Columbia, as were many others who have risen to
places of prominence in the province, by the gold excitement in the Cariboo
country. In the spring of that year he sailed from Southampton, coming via
Panama to San Francisco on the old steamer Golden Age ; thence to Victoria by
the steamer Sierra Nevada. Arriving in Victoria, he remained for about a
month, when he took passage in the Hudson's Bay Company's steamer Beaver,
to New Westminster, proceeding thence by Port Douglas and Lillooet and on
across the mountains into the Cariboo. Mr. Roper spent the following years in
the district prospecting and mining, much of the time being spent on Williams
creek, meeting with some success in his ventures and enduring the hardships
and privation of the rough life, characteristic of the early mining camps, where
food supplies were packed in on foot, and found ready sale at one dollar and a
half per pound, and frequently not obtainable at any price. In 1866 he went to
the Kootenay country, locating on Wild Horse creek, where he spent a season,
returning to Victoria later that year. He next went to Fort Yale, where he found
employment at packing and teaming.
The succeeding year he established the 108 Mile Post Ranch on the Cariboo
road, but the venture proved a failure, and he again turned his attention to the
business of packing and teaming for the Hudson's Bay Company.
WILLIAM J. ROPER
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In 1871 he again determined to take up ranching, and began with a govern-
ment preemption claim of three hundred and twenty acres near Kamloops, British
Columbia. Two years later he purchased the Cherry Creek Ranch and from
year to year added to his holdings until the acreage reached fifteen thousand, to-
gether with a tract of equal size held under lease ; the property was developed into
one of the finest stock ranches of western Canada, producing thousands of cattle
and horses, and becoming noted for its splendid herds of Hereford cattle and
Cleveland bay and Clydesdale horses. In 1910 after nearly fifty years of suc-
cessful and useful activity, Mr. Roper disposed of his large interests to the Cana-
dian Brazilian Trust Company, and retired from business activities. Following
a period of travel abroad, he came to Victoria, taking up his residence at Oak
Bay, where his home, "Sherbourne." commands a magnificent view of land and
sea. In 1899 ^r- R°Per married Edith Grace Marescaux, of England.
Mr. Roper is a Mason and his religious affiliations are with the Church of
England. While residing at Kamloops he became one of the founders and con-
tributed liberally to the Kamloops Hospital. He served for some time as presi-
dent of the Pioneer Society.
In politics he is a stanch conservative, and for many years took an active part
in party councils, but steadfastly refused to become a candidate for any office,
although repeatedly urged to do so.
His interest in all healthful out-of-door sports has always been keen, in his
younger days being a football and cricket player of considerable skill, and during
lis ranching days was noted as a clever driver of fast horses, and was also a
levotee of the rod and gun. He has been, almost since its organization, a mem-
jer of the Union Club of Victoria. Mr. Roper's various experiences and activi-
:ies in British Columbia might be briefly summed up as a half century of good
dtizenship. A half century in which he has seen a wild frontier transformed into
;i happy, prosperous community and its struggling villages developed into splen-
did modern cities with all the comforts and most of the luxuries of the old world.
:le, like others of the sturdy pioneers, faced the hardships of early days and pri-
"ations which would now be considered almost unendurable, setting an example
(if thrift and industry that might well be emulated by following generations.
Genial, generous, kindly, Mr. Roper is a fine type of the men who have given
to the far west its reputation for openhanded hospitality and the stories of whose
lives form the most thrilling chapters of its history. Self-made and successful
through industry and sound business- judgment, he is spending the latter years
c f a ripe old age surrounded by the friends and comforts that have come as a
reward of an earnest and useful career of active helpfulness in the development
c f Canada's fairest province.
THOMAS MORGAN.
One of the oldest citizens of Nanaimo, considering years of continuous resi-
cence, is Thomas Morgan, who located here in 1869. For many years he was
in the employ of the Vancouver Coal Company and from 1898 government mine
inspector until he retired, May 30, 1913. He is a native of Wales, having been
born in Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, August 17, 1848, and is a son of David
and Mary (Miles) Morgan, both of whom are deceased.
A member of a family in meager circumstances Thomas Morgan received
but limited advantages in his boyhood. At an early age he entered the mines,
where he was employed until he had attained his majority, but as he was an
ambitious youth and desired to make the most of every opportunity, he continued
his education in the night schools. In 1869, he resolved to come to America to
pursue his career and took passage for British Columbia, coming by way of
Panama to San Francisco, whence he came to Victoria and Nanaimo. He arrived
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here almost twenty years before the Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed,
and there were but few settlers in this section, the greater part of British Colum-
bia being yet undeveloped. There were only about ten white families in Nanai-
mo, and approximately five thousand Indians, many of whom were employed in
the mines. He readily adapted himself to his new environment, enjoying the
novelty of his strange experiences with their accompanying dangers and the
spirit of adventure prevailing. For two years he was employed in the black-
smith shop of the Vancouver Coal Company and then acted in capacities rang-
ing from miner to manager in the different departments of the concern. In
November, 1898, he received the appointment of government mine inspector, in
which position he served with great ability and to the complete satisfaction of his
government department until he retired in May, 1913. Upon this occasion he
received the following flattering testimonial :
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF CHIEF INSPECTOR OF MINES
Victoria, loth June, 1913.
To Mr. Thomas Morgan,
Nanaimo, B. C.
Dear Sir:--
Your retirement from active service removes from the staff of Coal and
Metalliferous Inspectors, and from the mining industry, one who has witnessed
and taken a prominent part in the growth and upbuilding of the coal-mining
industry in this Province.
Starting your mining career in this Province in the mines at Nanaimo forty-
four years ago, your faithful service and ability were early recognized, and upon
the passage of the first Coal Mines Regulation Act in 1877, you were the first
Fire Boss appointed under its provisions.
Years brought you further confidence of your employers, and advancement to
the important position of Mine Manager in Protection Island Shaft.
On November ist, 1898, you were appointed by the Government of that day
to the important position of Inspector of Coal and Metalliferous Mines in British
Columbia, and now after fourteen years and seven months of painstaking, care-
ful, conscientious and continuous service, you are retiring, full of years and full
of honor, to a well earned and well merited rest.
Those of us who have been actively engaged in the Inspection service with
you are desirous of embracing this opportunity of presenting you with a slight
token of our recognition of your years of faithful and conscientious labor and those
upright and honorable qualities in you which have ever been our admiration.
We sincerely trust you may be spared many years to enjoy your well earned
rest, and hope that these small tokens of our esteem and affection for you may
add some little to that measure of happiness in your retirement, we sincerely
wish you.
James McGregor,
Evan Evans,
Robert Strachan,
John Newton,
Thomas Graham,
T. H. Williams,
Henry Devlin.
Inspectors of Coal and Metalliferous Mines for the Prov-
ince of British Columbia.
Nanaimo, B. C.,
June i4th, 1913.
Nanaimo was the scene of Mr. Morgan's marriage to Miss Annie Holden, a
daughter of one of the first settlers here, and to them were born five children,
as follows: Dr. Arthur David, who is a resident of Alberni; Mark Henry, who
is living in Vancouver ; Frank Cyril, who is at home ; Ettie, the wife of Herbert
Shadforth; and Grace, who is also at home.
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Fraternally Mr. Morgan is a Master Mason and is a member of Ashlar Lodge
No. 3. He is thoroughly familiar with pioneer conditions, and well remembers
when the present site of many of the thriving towns and flourishing cities of
British Columbia formed a part of the trackless wilderness.
WILLIAM NELSON DRAPER.
Belonging to one of the pioneer families of British Columbia, William Nel-
son Draper has become widely known in New Westminster as land surveyor.
He was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 17, 1863, and is a son of
James Nelson Draper, a native of New Brunswick, who was educated in Kings
College at Fredericton, that province. The father came to New Westminster in
1859 and enjoys the distinction of having erected the first business building in
the city on Sixth and Front streets, which he used as his lumber office. lie was
extensively engaged in the lumber and fishing industries for about two years
and subsequently acted as bookkeeper for the Seabeck Lumber Company, being
stationed on the Sound at Seabeck, Port Blakely and Seattle until 1876. In
1877 he returned to New Westminster and was associated with Ewen & Com-
pany, salmon canners, in the capacity of bookkeeper and cashier, retaining this
position until his demise in 1898, shortly after the great fire in New Westmin-
ster. He married in Victoria, this province, Miss Katherine Vickcry, of St.
John, New Brunswick, the ceremony being performed on the 25th of March,
1862. The mother is still living, making her home in South Vancouver.
William Nelson Draper was reared under the parental roof and acquired his
education in private schools which were directed under the auspices of the
Methodist church of New Westminster. \Vhcn eighteen years of age he took
jp surveying and has since been engaged in that line of work. His first position
ivas in the office of A. J. Hill, of New Westminster, and he later worked under
I. E. Woods in the Kootenay district and subsequently for a long time had charge
)f Mr. Woods' surveying crews in that district. Mr. Draper has done in the
:ourse of years important work in almost every part of the province and is widely
"ecognized as one of the most able men in his line.
On April 26, 1908, he married Miss Mary Bray, a daughter of David W. Bray,
Afho is well known in New Westminster, where he lives retired. In his political
ifnliations Mr. Draper is a conservative, promoting the interests of his party in
:very possible way, although he is not a politician in the usually accepted sense
)f the word. Both he and his wife are members of the Church of England, tak-
ng an active and helpful part in the work of that organization. Fraternally he
-s affiliated with Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M. At all times Mr. Draper
lias been actuated by a laudable ambition which has carried him forward to
success and the foremost position he occupies today stands in proof of the fact
.hat the old-fashioned virtues of industry, energy and honesty are still the key
:o prosperity.
ZACHARY MACAULAY HAMILTON.
Zachary Macaulay Hamilton, engaged in the real-estate and investment busi-
ness in Victoria, was born at Balta Sound, Shetland Islands, July 8, 1872, his
parents being William Cameron and Ellen (Edmondston) Hamilton, both of whom
were natives of the Shetland Islands, whence they emigrated to Regina in 1890.
Eighteen years later, or in 1908, they came to Victoria, where they now reside.
The father is a descendant on the paternal side of the Hamiltons of Middleholm
and Auldtown in Lanark, which is one of the oldest branches of the Hamilton fam-
ily in Scotland. In the maternal line Mr. Hamilton is connected with the Mouat
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family, one of the most ancient of the landed families of the northern part of
Scotland. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Hamilton was Dr. Edmondston, the
well known and eminent naturalist of Balta Sound, Shetland Islands. On the
father's side Mr. Hamilton is also descended from the Macaulay family of which
Lord Macaulay and Zachary Macaulay were members. He is a great-grandson
of the Rev. John Macaulay, with whom Dr. Samuel Johnson had his famous
controversy during his Scottish trip in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
An uncle, Sir Robert Hamilton, was secretary to the admiralty, was Irish admin-
istrator, became governor of Tasmania and was credited with having drafted
Gladstone's first home rule bill. Another uncle of William Cameron Hamilton
was Dr. John Hamilton of the royal navy, who settled in Hamilton, Ontario, about
the middle of the nineteenth century and was a well known pioneer of that period.
Zachary M. Hamilton, whose name introduces this review, acquired his educa-
tion at Watson's College in Edinburgh. He was brought by his parents to Canada
in 1890 and engaged in farming until 1804 in the Qu'Appelle valley. At that
time he entered the Dominion civil service in the Indian department at Regina
but left the service in 1897 to engage in newspaper work. He managed and edited
the West at Regina for Nicholas Flood Davin and from 1900 until 1902 edited
the Calgary Herald. During this period he was a contributor to magazines and
periodicals, writing articles dealing with various phases of life and sport in west-
ern Canada. In 1902 he abandoned journalistic interests to engage in farm land
development in Saskatchewan in association with J. E. Gray. In 1906 he came
to Victoria and with Mr. Gray acquired the tracts of land adjacent to the city
known as the Yates and Finlayson estates, which property they improved, sub-
divided and placed on the market during the years from 1907 until 1910. Mr.
Hamilton's activity in the real-estate line .is as a principal rather than as agent
and his holdings and development of property are of an extensive nature.
Mr. Hamilton is an aggressive worker for the conservative cause. He has
always been a stalwart advocate of the party and labored earnestly in its sup-
port in Saskatchewan, being closely associated with Nicholas Flood Davin until
his death in 1901.
In Regina, Saskatchewan, on the i8th of June, 1900, Mr. Hamilton was united
in marriage to Miss Marie Albina Bonneau, daughter of Paschal Bonneau, a
native of Sainte Angele, Quebec. Her father was one of the first Canadian Pac-
ific Railway contractors and the first man to engage in general merchandising
in Regina, in which business he embarked in 1882. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
have been born the following named : Zachary M., born in 1904 ; Gwain, in
1909; and Alan, in 1913. The Hamilton residence is at No. 336 Newport avenue
— a delightful home overlooking the famous golf links of Victoria and the broad
expanse of the ocean. Mr. Hamilton is very fond of sports afforded by rod
and gun and yachting is a favorite pastime. He belongs to the Pacific Club of
Victoria and to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. His political views naturally
have caused him to become allied with the Conservative Association and his church
connection is with the Anglican. He is a student of the early conditions in west-
ern Canada and somewhat of an authority on the eventful period of the early
settlement of the prairie country.
ROBERT THOMPSON TINN.
Robert Thompson Tinn, one of the able and prominent business men of
Victoria, and closely connected with financial interests as managing director
of the Merchants Trust & Trading Company, Limited, the Newcastle Lumber
Mills. Limited, and the Cameron Valley Land Company, Limited, was born in
Gateshead-on-Tyne, England, March 30, 1879. He is a son of Cuthbert and
Elizabeth (Thompson) Tinn, the former a mechanical and construction engineer
R. THOMPSON TINN
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at Gateshead-on-Tyne for several years. The family is a very ancient one, trac-
ing its descent in a direct line back over four hundred years.
In 1900 Robert T. Tinn moved to London, where for the next seven years
he engaged in journalism, writing independently for various publications. Dur-
ing this time he was actively connected with the social reform movement in Great
Britain, being for over six years a resident of Toynbee Hall, a university settle-
ment in Whitechapel, London, of which he is still an associate member. He
worked on several committees dealing with labor troubles in England during
the six years and investigated the different labor colonies in Europe, and he
became well versed in the conditions and needs among the laboring classes. Mr.
Tinn left England in 19x57 and came to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver,
where he established the Merchants Trust £ Trading Company, Limited, becom-
ing managing director. The headquarters of the concern were moved to Victoria
in 1912 and here Mr. Tinn has since resided, being numbered among the promi-
nent and progressive business men of the city. The Merchants Trust & Trading
Company, Limited, does a general financial business, including the placing and
selling of mortgages and insurance. They handle large trust accounts, particularly
for leading men in the north of England, who have been interested in the possi-
bilities of this province by Mr. Tinn. The company has offices in London and
Newcastle, England, and Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Represent-
ing English capital invested in this province, Mr. Tinn in 1912 formed the New-
castle Lumber Mills, Limited, of Victoria, and also the Cameron Valley Land
Company, Limited, and he is managing director in these concerns also, his energy
and executive ability being helpful factors in their growth.
On the 6th day of April, 1904, in Kinsale, Ireland, Mr. Tinn was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Walker, a daughter of Henry Drew Walker, a prominent
landowner in the south of Ireland. Mr. Tinn is connected fraternally with Cas-
cade Lodge, No. 12, A,. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and belongs to the Royal
Victoria Yacht club, the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, and the Western Club
of Vancouver. His political allegiance is given to the conservative party and his
religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Anglican church. He is
widely and favorably known in this part of the province, his enterprise having
carried him forward into important relations with business life and his pro-
gressive spirit winning him recognition as a loyal and public-spirited citizen.
WILLIAM PENN JAYNES.
High in the annals of pioneerdom in Duncan appears the name of William
Penn Jaynes, who is now living retired after a long and successful business career.
Not only did he establish the first mercantile concern in the town, but he was
instrumental in founding various local enterprises, chief among which was the
Cooperative Creamery, the largest and most flourishing industry of the kind in
the entire Dominion. Mr. Jaynes is a native of England, having been born in
Gloucestershire in November, 1846, his parents being Edwin and Charlotte (Hill)
Jaynes, both of whom passed their entire lives in the mother country.
William Penn Jaynes was reared at home and educated at King's College,
Gloucester, which he attended until he was a youth of fourteen. Having resolved
to follow a commercial career, he subsequently became an apprentice to a corn
provision merchant, in whose employ he remained until 1870. In the latter
year he left his native land and came to the province of Ontario, feeling assured
he would find greater opportunities there than were afforded in the more closely
congested districts of England. At the expiration of eight years, in 1878, he
came to Cowichan and established a trading post. The greater part of his busi-
ness was done with the Indians, of whom there were about two thousand in this
region at that time, while there were not more than six white families in the
district. Not only did he establish the first store at that point but he was the
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first postmaster, remaining the incumbent of that office for seventeen years, during
which time he purchased some farm land. The year 1886 marked the completion
of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad in this locality, and with the keen busi-
ness discernment which has always characterized him, Mr. Jaynes quickly recog-
nized the great advantage it would be to the settlers in this locality if a station
were established here. With this purpose in mind he began trying to enthuse
the more progressive citizens and with their cooperation built an arch on the
site of the present town of Duncan. When Sir John A. Macdonald, who was
then premier. of Canada, accompanied by Lady Macdonald, and also Mr. Smithe,
the premier of British Columbia, and Mr. Dunsmuir, the general superintendent
of the road, came through on a tour of inspection, they stopped here. Mr. Jaynes,
acting as spokesman, and his little body of adherents, extended a gracious wel-
come to their honored guests, who showed their appreciation of the courtesy, and
the time being propitious be later asked Mr. Dunsmuir to establish a station here.
His request was granted, Mr. Jaynes being appointed temporary agent. Imme-
diately thereafter he erected a building and established a general store, conducting
it and acting as station master until the railroad company sent a regular man
to relieve him of his duties in the latter connection. From that time on he was
recognized as the enterprising spirit of the community, toward the development
of which he worked tirelessly. In 1896, with others he established here the first
cooperative creamery in British Columbia, and is still a member of its board of
directors. It thrived from the very first, and has developed until now it is
the largest and most prosperous industry of the kind in the country. They receive
and pack large quantities of eggs, butter, milk and cream, which they ship through-
out the Dominion, their products being well known and of a superior quality.
In 1870, Mr. Jaynes was married to Miss Clara Rhead, a daughter of William
Rhead, formerly chief engineer for the railroads of the Brazilian government,
and to them have been born the following children: Florence, the wife of J. H.
Whittome; Ada, who married E. A. Price; Louise, who became the wife of E.
H. Beach, of Hazelton; Beatrice, who married A. Day; and Percy, John and
Philip, all yet at home.
Mr. Jaynes has always interested himself in the progress and development of
Duncan and the cause of education has found in him a warm supporter. He
held for many years the office of trustee and secretary of the school board and
in that connection wrought many beneficial changes in the educational system.
Enterprising and public-spirited, modern in his views and aggressive, he has had
occasion to make himself felt in Board of Trade circles, which organization he
served as president for two years. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights
of Pythias and a past chancellor commander of the local lodge. He is president
of the Cowichan Merchants, Ltd. He is one of the substantial and most valua-
ble citizens of Duncan, having not only attained individual success but having
also been a powerful factor in promoting measures which have affected the public
weal in a most beneficial way.
T. J. SMITH.
T. J. Smith is president of the Diamond Vale Collieries, Ltd., and is thus
prominently identified with the development of the coal fields of the country.
He is a progressive business man, watchful of every opportunity pointing to
success, and his business interests are proving not only a source of individual
profit but also a factor in the general development of the section in which he
operates.
Mr. Smith is a native of New Brunswick, born in Gloucester county on the
ZQth of January, 1868, his parents being Richard B. and Anna (Brown) Smith,
both of whom were representatives of families who were among the first set-
tlers in that part of New Brunswick. For a number of years the father owned
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and operated a stone quarry in Gloucester county. The son, spending his youth-
ful days under the parental roof, began his education in the public schools of
New Brunswick, and following the removal of the family to the west attended
the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also engaged in
teaching school in that province at intervals between 1888 and 1897. The latter
year witnessed his arrival in British Columbia, at which time he made his way
to Rossland, where he became interested in mining. In 1898 he removed to
Vancouver, where he has since resided and has continuously been connected with
mining interests. He is now active in the development of the Nicola Valley coal
fields, having in 1908 organized the Diamond Vale Collieries, Ltd., of which he
was elected president and manager. He still fills the dual position and under his
careful guidance the business is proving a profitable one. The consulting col-
liery engineer, Frank C. Greene, of Seattle, Washington, after making a thorough
test of the mines says that the coal is entirely suitable for rail use and coking
tests and that results demonstrated its value as metallurgical fuel. The mines
are being worked according to modern methods and the processes employed are
productive of excellent results.
On the i6th of February, 1898, at Brandon, Manitoba, Mr. Smith was united
in marriage to Miss Marie A. Robinson, a daughter of William and Maria M.
(Moore) Robinson and a sister of J. M. Robinson, who founded the towns of
Peachland, Summerland and Naramata, British Columbia, all on Okanagan Lake.
Mr. Smith is interested with his brother-in-law, Mr. Robinson, in the fruit indus-
try there. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born four children: Annie M., Win-
ston R., Zella B., and Grace. Mrs. Smith died April 3, 1905.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church, to which
Mr. Smith belongs. He gives his political allegiance to the conservative party.
He is greatly interested in horses and is a member and ex-president of the Van-
couver Horse Show Association. Fraternally he is connected with the Independ-
ent Order of Foresters and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he also
belongs to the Terminal City Club and to the Commercial Club. He is not only
interested in the social features of these organizations but also in their projects
for public benefit, and cooperates in many movements which contribute to the
welfare of the city.
THOMAS PITT.
To arise from a position of limited financial resources to one of affluence not
only requires unremitting diligence, thrift and perseverance but keen discernment
and the ability to discriminate to a nicety between the essential and the non-
essential factors in the pursuit of a business career. All of these qualities have
been manifested by Thomas Pitt during the period of his connection with the com-
mercial interests of Duncan. He has long been recognized as one of the fore-
most citizens of the town, and as a member of the Cowichan Merchants Com-
pany is entitled to mention among its representative business men. .Mr. Pitt
was born in Worcestershire, England, in July, 1870, and is a son of Thomas
and Letitia (Tombs) Pitt. The father, who was a farmer, has passed away,
but the mother is living and continues to make her home in England.
In the acquirement of an education Thomas Pitt attended school in Worces-
tershire until he was a youth of seventeen years. He was already familiar with
the duties of an agriculturist having assisted about the home farm at such times
as he was not engaged with his lessons. For three years after leaving school he
gave his undivided attention to the work of the fields and care of the crops, but
having resolved to establish himself in business in a country that offered greater
opportunities, he took passage for Canada at the expiration of that time. His
destination was British Columbia, and upon his arrival here he immediately sought
employment as a farm hand. He readily found a place and for six years thereafter
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continued to follow this occupation. It was his ambition to become one of the
successful citizens of his community and with this purpose in mind he carefully
saved as much as possible out of his earnings. Subsequently he availed himself
of an opportunity to engage in the hotel business, which he followed with good
success for three years. He next became associated with a Mr. Peterson and
together they bought out the general mercantile establishment of a Mr. Smith
in Duncan. They are both enterprising, alert business men of well defined ideas,
whose efforts are directed in accordance with carefully and systematically laid-
out methods. It was their intention to permanently identify themselves with the
commercial interests of the town, and as they are men of good principles and
recognize the importance honesty plays in every successful undertaking, they
adopted a policy in the conduct of their store that readily commended them to
the confidence of the community. Each year marked an increase in their patron-
age, their store being enlarged to meet the demands of their trade, and before they
had been in business ten years it required the services of fourteen people in addi-
tion to themselves to look after their interests. In 1910, they combined their
business with that of William P. Jaynes, who is more fully mentioned elsewhere
in this work. At this time they began the construction of the building they now
occupy, which is sixty by a hundred and eighty feet and is two and a half stories
high. They occupy the entire structure, carrying as large and complete an assort-
ment of general merchandise as any store to be found on Vancouver island. They
enjoy a large and constantly increasing patronage and have added to their pay
roll until it now carries the names of thirty people. It is the effort of this firm
to please all, and unfailing courtesy and gracious consideration is accorded each
and every patron. They believe that the best advertising medium is a well satis-
fied patron, and the greatest effort is made, therefore, to meet the reasonable
demands of their customers, even at a loss to themselves.
In September, 1900, Mr. Pitt was married to Miss Alice Grassie, and to them
have been born two children, Cyril and Gladys.
Fraternally Mr. Pitt is affiliated with the Masonic order, and is past master
of Temple Lodge, No. 33, having served in that capacity for two years. In mat-
ters of citizenship he is public-spirited, taking a keen interest in all things per-
taining to the welfare or progress of the community, and is an ex-member of the
council. The life history of Mr. Pitt should serve to inspire and encourage other
young men to like effort, as his success is the result of individual effort and not
of a combination of fortunate circumstances. His aim is high, his purpose
unflinching and his determination of the quality that never recognizes defeat,
and as a result each year showed a marked advance in his career and today he
is numbered among the substantial business men and the honored citizens of
Duncan.
WILLIAM J. BOWSER, LL. B., K. C, M. P. P.
There is an old saying which runs, "You will always find the most missiles
under the finest apple tree in the orchard." This comes to mind when one attempts
to set down on paper something which may be informative of the character and
career of the subject of this sketch — Hon. W. J. Bowser, K. C., attorney-general of
the province of British Columbia. He enjoys the distinction of having had a good
many missiles of criticism hurled at him by his political opponents — and than this
no better testimony can be offered as to his strength of character.
Mr. Bowser is known in politics, as "a good fighter." He is no fair-weather
sailor. He is at home where the storm and stress of public life rages the fiercest.
And as his weapons are invariably honesty of purpose, a clear understanding, and
a whole-hearted regard for the interests of the public, he has attained a measure
of popularity which has been accorded to but few men in hif.h office in western
Canada.
WILLIAM J. BOWSER
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The Honorable, the Attorney-General, has, to a greater extent than any of his
predecessors in office, shown a determination to safeguard the interests of the
people on all those large matters which properly come within the jurisdiction of
his departmefit. He won the thanks of the public for having secured the pas-
sage through the legislature of the motor traffic act. This measure affords the
maximum amount of protection to pedestrians on the crowded streets of cities,
and to travelers along country roads. For a time so drastic a regulation called
forth some criticism from owners of motor vehicles, but it was soon seen that it
was really in the best interest of the community, and now it is accepted on all sides
with the greatest satisfaction.
Another action on the part of Mr. Bowser, in his official capacity, has won for
him unstinted praise. This was the order which resulted in a great improvement
to the rolling stock facilities of electric railway companies operating in the prov-
ince ; also better regulations for handling traffic on street cars in cities. This is
characteristic of the man — he plays no favorites, where the interests of the people
are concerned.
It is the manner in which he has administered the laws of the province, how-
ever, that has won for him such a unique position as a legislator and administrator.
Take the case of the liquor act. Ignoring the sentiinentalism of a section of the
•jublic which aims to accomplish the impossible — destroy the traffic root and branch
—he approached the problem of lessening the evils which flow from over-indulg-
ence in drink with the one idea of accomplishing something which would prove
really beneficial. And being a practical man, he \\ent about his task in a practical
AT ay. So he reduced the hours at which liquors might be sold at public bars —
naking the closing hours 1 1 P. M. on week days, except Saturday, and 10 P. M.
)n Saturdays. In other respects he improved existing regulations. He increased
he penalties for serving interdicted persons with liquor ; he closed up all the road
louses on Sunday; and he instructed the officers of the crown throughout the
•ountry to enforce the laws rigidly and without fear or favor. In doing all this,
ic incurred to some considerable extent the hostility of the liquor interests — but
VIr. Bowser stands to his guns, strong in the belief that his policy is for the general
One of his conspicuous traits is his courage in standing by his convictions.
Once he has made up his mind as to a course of action to be followed, he cannot
be swerved from his course no matter what may be the pressure brought to bear
ipon him. This was well illustrated, when he was waited upon by a deputation
'vho requested him to allow the provincial jails for the detention of fallen women.
He refused to place the police force at the disposal of certain reformers for such
^rork, pointing out that members of the deputation might be better employed in
securing relief from the conditions complained of by educating the masses. All
of this happened some time ago, and it is now recorded that the very people who
iirst complained of his attitude are now willing to admit that the course he followed
v/as more in accord with Christian ethics.
But no more important service has been rendered to the province of British
Columbia than that performed by Mr. Bowser in his capacity as commissioner of
i sheries. While as early as 1901 a provincial fisheries act had been passed, no
active steps were taken to assert the rights or the jurisdiction of the province
although there was a very crying need for action.
Popular alarm and indignation had been aroused throughout the province
through neglect on the part of the Dominion to give proper protection to the
great salmon industry. While the thoughtful feared the salmon were becom-
hg depleted through a lack of proper regulation of fishing and proper closed
seasons, those engaged in the industry felt that through constantly changing
legislation they were harassed and their investments threatened and all to no
purpose.
A commission sitting from 1905-07 had recommended certain changes, not-
ably a cannery and boat limitation in the northern district of British Columbia,
but no action was forthcoming from the Dominion. There seemed no prospect
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of any betterment of conditions until in 1908 Mr. Bowser entered the govern-
ment of the Hon. Richard McBride as attorney-general and incidentally com-
missioner of fisheries. The year he assumed office he introduced a measure
known as the cannery license act under the guise of a revenue act. It carried
and under it, Mr. Bowser practically limited the canneries in the north and it
became apparent that the first step towards the protection of this very im-
portant asset had been taken. Spurred at length to action the Dominion fol-
lowed suit the next year.
This was but the first step. Indications pointed to the fact that the can-
ners in the north intended fishing the chief rivers more heavily, increasing the
number of their boats and in consequence taking a heavier toll of the fish run-
ning upward to their spawning beds. The commission previously mentioned had
urged a limitation of the boats in this district but the Dominion department
seemed blind to the need for action. In the fall of 1909 Mr. Bowser had the
matter investigated and when plans for operation next year were under con-
sideration the canners were informed just how many boats they would be
permitted to fish in connection with each plant. The proposal met with opposi-
tion at first but Mr. Bowser stood firm and in 1910 a boat rating for the north-
ern districts of the province was enforced by the provincial authorities. Again
the Dominion followed suit and the following year enacted a regulation differ-
ing in detail but little from the provincial rating and accepted by the province. By
these actions, by setting his face against undue exploitation of the salmon fish-
eries he practically alone has prevented the rivers of northern British Colum-
bia falling into the sad category of nearly every river in the United States
and Alaska which 'have been depleted and robbed of what might have proved
wealth for all time and at the same time he has given the canners stability of
regulation and relieved them of the harassment they suffered for years.
In addition Mr. Bowser has been active in furthering scientific study of
fish life, not so much for the purpose of settling certain little matters "of the
enclitic de" in zoology, but because he has felt that any regulation which is not
based upon a knowledge of the life history of the fish it is designed to protect,
is poorly based, apt to be mischievous and as liable to defeat as to serve the
ends for which it is proposed. Studies of the life history of the Pacific salmons, of
the embryology of the eastern and native oysters, of the distribution of the
clams, have been launched and have been attended by notable results while
active measures have been taken to introduce to the rich waters of the province,
food fishes non-indigenous but desirable. Chief amongst the latter, after four
years of effort Mr. Bowser secured the planting of some eight million white-
fish fry from the Great Lakes in the lakes of the Fraser watershed, an experiment
which will be continued.
In addition as attorney-general, Mr. Bowser has been keenly in sympathy
with the spirit of the century in its attitude to the criminal. He has realized
that the mission of the law is as much to reform as to punish and as a result
British Columbia has blazed the trail in many movements directed to the ameli-
oration of the condition of the prisoner and designed to make him a useful mem-
ber of society. Under his regime a system of prison farms has been launched
where fresh air and exercise with healthy occupation may minister to the regen-
eration of the culprit while many reforms in the administration of the Industrial
School for Boys have been effected. More recently a similar institution for
girls has been established.
Mr. Bowser is one of the best public speakers in the province. When a
political campaign is in progress, he is always to be found in the thick of the
fray. Possessing an excellent command of language and a clear resonant voice,
he is a very pleasing, as well as a forcible, speaker.
Mr. Bowser is a member of the firm of Bowser, Reid & Walbridge of Van-
couver, one of the most important and leading law firms of the province. He
was born in Rexton, New Brunswick, on the 3d of December, 1867, his parents
being William and Margaret (Gordon) Bowser, both natives of New Brunswick.
BRITISH COLUMBIA 755
His paternal grandfather was John Bowser, a native of England, who emigrated
to New Brunswick in the early days of the province, and became a colonial
magistrate. William Bowser, the father of our subject, followed merchandis-
ing throughout his active business career and passed away at the age o-f seventy
years. His widow makes her home at Rexton, New Brunswick. She became
the mother of eight children, three of whom survive, namely: Frank and Mrs.
Irving, both of whom are residents of Kerrisdale, British Columbia ; and Wil-
liam J., of this review.
Mr. Bowser obtained his early education in the public schools of his native
section and continued his studies in Mount Allison Academy. Subsequently he
pursued a two years' course in arts in Dalhousie University at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and then entered the law department of that institution, being graduated
therefrom with the degree of LL. B. in 1890, and being admitted to the bar of
\Te\V Brunswick. In 1891 he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and in the
same year was admitted to practice, immediately becoming identified with the
profession as a member of the firm of Bowser & Lavelle. The concern after-
,vard became known as Bowser, Godfrey & Christie, and subsequently was
;hanged to Bowser, Reid & Walbridge, which style has since been maintained.
Mr. Bowser has always taken a special interest in criminal law. While his linn is
>ne of the leading and largest in British Columbia, controlling an extensive gen-
eral practice, he has been at different times crown prosecutor, and in 1900 was
nade queen's counsel.
In 1903 he became a member of the provincial legislature from the Yan-
•:ouver district, and was reelected in 1907, 1909 and 1912. In 1907 he became
,i member of the government, and was sworn in as attorney-general and also
.is commissioner of fisheries. During the years 1909 and 1910 he served as
•ninister of finance. In 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Bowser were presented to Their
Vlajesties, the late King Edward \ J 1 and Queen Alexandra, and in the follow-
ing year were presented at the coronation to Their Majesties, King George Y.
; nd Queen Mary.
In 1896 Mr. Bowser was united in marriage to Miss Lorinda D. Doherty, a
native of New Brunswick. On Terrace avenue in Yictoria he has recently
erected a beautiful home which overlooks the sea and occupies one of the most
attractive sites in the city.
Mr. Bowser is a stanch conservative in politics, and in 1896 was candidate
irom his district for the Dominion parliament. As a lawyer he ranks among
the most learned in British Columbia, and as an official of the present govern-
i lent he has received most favorable criticism from both liberals and conserva-
tives. He belongs to the Union Club of Y'ictoria, and the Vancouver Club of
^ rancouver, while his religious faith is indicated by his adherence to the Pres-
l yterian church. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to
Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Chapter No. 7, R. A. M., having
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He has also held the
1 ighest office in the Grand Lodge of British Columbia — that of grand master,
teing elected to that office in 1904.
FRANK R. PEARSON.
As manager of the electric department of Lee's Limited of New Westminster,
British Columbia, Frank R. Pearson occupies an important place in the commer-
cial life of his community, well fitted for his position by a thorough education
and long years of experience as civil engineer. He was born in Oakville, Ontario,
on August 28, 1874, a son of Rev. T. D. and Isabelle (Robson) Pearson, the
1; tter a sister of the ex-premier of British Columbia, the Hon. John Robson. The
father was a minister of the Methodist church but was superannuated prior to
his coming to British Columbia, his removal to Westminster occurring about 1885.
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Subsequent to that time he spent his life there in retirement, passing away in
1912 at the advanced age of eighty-four years. The mother is still living, having
passed the seventy-sixth milestone on life's journey. One of their sons, T. R.,
is now manager of the Dominion Trust Company of New Westminster.
Frank R. Pearson was reared at home and in the acquirement of his education
attended the public schools of New Westminster and Columbia College, being
a member of the first class of that institution. Discontinuing his school work at
the age of eighteen, he then took up the study of electricity, being for four years
employed in the electrical department of the city of Westminster. At the end
of that period he crossed the continent eastward and, proceeding to Schenectady,
New York, accepted employment with the General Electric Company of that city,
remaining in their employ for about four and a half years. He was mostly
employed during that time on general construction work. He left his position in
order to accept the management of the electrical department of the Pennsylvania
division of the Delaware & Hudson River Railroad, in which important capacity
he served for four years. Going westward, he then became electrical engineer
with Dugan & Company of Los Angeles, California, having supervision of the
electrical work on the government buildings then under construction. A period
of three years was thus passed before he returned to New Westminster, where
he established a business known as the Pearson Electric Company, conducting
this enterprise successfully for two years. When Lee's Limited became a reality
Mr. Pearson was offered the management of the electrical department of that
large institution and accepted the offer, having since served in that capacity. He
is an expert in all that pertains to electrical installation and is well and widely
known in electrical circles.
In 1897 Mr. Pearson married Miss Catherine Welch, a daughter of G. W.
Welch, a retired business man of New Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson
have two children, William Raymond and Arthur Thomas. Both he and his wife
are members of the Methodist church, to which they give helpful support. Fra-
ternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, belonging
to Royal City Lodge, No. 3, and Granite Lodge, No. 16 respectively. Mr. Pear-
son is considered an authority upon all matters pertaining to electricity in New
Westminster and combines with his professional knowledge that business ability
which makes him efficient as manager in Lee's Limited, the company being highly
appreciative of his services. He is, however, not only interested in his own pro-
gress but gives to all measures and movements undertaken to benefit the city
sympathetic support. Personally both he and his wife are popular with the
younger social set, where they are highly esteemed for their accomplishments and
many good qualities of mind and character.
BENJAMIN HIRAM CHAMPION, M. D.
Dr. Benjamin Hiram Champion, discharging his professional duties with a
sense of conscientious obligation because of his thorough understanding of the
responsibility which devolves upon him as a physician and surgeon, has won
for himself a foremost place in the ranks of the medical fraternity in Van-
couver. Since 1910 he has practiced in this city and the local public has attested
its faith in his skill and ability by giving him a liberal patronage. He was born
in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, April 2, 1880, and is a son of Benjamin and
Mizie (MacDougald) Champion. The family is of English origin and was
founded in Canada by the grandfather of the subject of this review, who came
from Bristol, England, to Newfoundland, later removing to Prince Edward
Island. There his son, father of the subject of this review, was born and in
that province he engaged in fishing for a number of years, owning a large fleet
of fishing vessels, selling his catch and conducting a large packing business. He
died in Alberton in June, 1903.
DR. BENJAMIN H. CHAMPION
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Dr. Champion acquired his preliminary education in the grammar and high
schools of his native city, and was for five years in his father's employ. He then
vent to Summerside where he entered the employ of R. T. Holman, who was
a general merchant, having the largest mercantile house in Prince Edward Island,
and with whom he remained for five years. At the end of that time he entered
I'rince of Wales College at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and from that
institution was graduated in 1904. In the same year he turned his attention
to the insurance business, but after two years at that occupation entered McGill
I'niversity, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. Imme-
diately afterward he came to Vancouver, serving for one year as house surgeon in
. tlie Vancouver General Hospital and then engaging in the private practice of
his profession. He has gained recognition as one of the able and successful
p lysicians in the city and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his
sierling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held
b / the medical fraternity and the local public.
Dr. Champion is connected with the Progress Club, with the Independent
C rder of Odd Fellows, the Vancouver Medical Association, the Dominion and
Provincial Medical Associations, and is also a member of the Canadian Medical
Protective Association. He keeps abreast of his brethren, continually broad-
ening his. knowledge through individual research and investigation until his
ability now places him among the able and representative men of his profession
ir the city. He enjoys a large practice, is a progressive citizen and one whose
position in the community is enviable, as public opinion regards him most
f; vorably.
WILLIAM HENRY LANG LEY.
That William Henry Langley is one of the able and prominent barristers in
V ctoria, connected through a large and important patronage with a great deal
of notable litigation, is not his only claim to a position among the representative
min of his native city, for since the beginning of his active career he has been
a force in municipal development along many lines and has greatly aided the city
in its material, social and economic progress. He was born here February 13,
1868, and is a son of Alfred John Langley, a native of Lichfield, Staffordshire,
England, and Mary (Edwin) Langley, who was born in Dublin, Ireland. The
fa '.her was a California '49er and in the early '505 established in San Francisco
th ; wholesale drug house of the Langley & Michaels Company, of which he con-
til ued as the head until 1858. In that year he came to Victoria and here also
engaged in the wholesale drug business, later becoming a member of Langley &
Company. He became very prominent in public affairs and was appointed on
thi 5th of February, 1861, a member of the council of government of Vancouver
ishnd and dependencies, serving under Sir James Douglas. On the I4th of
November in the same year he was made a commissioner for the colony at the
gr :at exhibition of 1862 at London and he was also commissioner of the Savings
B; nk of the Colony and a justice of the peace. He passed away in Victoria on
the gth of April, 1896, at the age of seventy-eight years, after a long, useful and
honorable career in the course of which he made many substantial contributions
to the growth and progress of the city and of Vancouver island.
William H. Langley acquired his early education in Trinity College School
at Port Hope, Ontario, and was afterward articled to the late Justice Tyrwhitt-
Drake in the law offices of Drake, Jackson & Helmcken. He finished his
le^al education at the Inns of Court in London and after completing it re-
tailed to British Columbia, where he was called to the provincial bar in 1890. In
the following year he engaged in practice in Victoria and he has been continuously
connected with the legal profession here since that time. For two years he was
a partner with Archer Martin, now Hon. Justice Martin of the court of
apjeals, and afterward until 1906 with Alexis Martin of this city, after
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which he continued alone, being recognized today as a strong and forceful prac-
titioner whose ability has carried him forward into important professional rela-
tions and has gained for him a large and growing patronage. Mr. Langley was
for nine years solicitor to the department of justice in Ottawa and aside from his
profession his interests have extended to many fields, notably that of public life.
Essentially progressive and public-spirited in matters of citizenship, he has been
a moving spirit in the accomplishment of a great deal of important work along
lines of municipal advancement and during his two years of service as a member
of the board of aldermen initiated and carried forward to successful completion
a number of progressive projects, among them the erection of the Dallas Road
sea wall and improvements. He was also associated with ex-Alderman A.
Peden in the passage of the by-law for the erection of the Ross Bay sea wall
and other achievements of a similar nature stand to his credit.
On the 3d of January, 1906, in Victoria, Mr. Langley was united in marriage
to Miss Gladys Annie Mona Baiss, a daughter of J. S. Baiss, who came to British
Columbia from England in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Langley have become the par-
ents of three children, Dorothy Mary, John William Edwin and Beatrice Massie.
Mr. Langley is president of the Island Amusement Company, Limited, and a
director of the Colonist Printing & Publishing Company, Limited, and his ability
is recognized and respected in business circles. He is a liberal with strong impe-
rialistic views but is opposed to the policy of this party on the naval question.
He was one of the charter members of the Victoria-Esquimalt branch of the
Navy League, of which he is president, and for the past twelve years has been
associated with nearly every resolution passed at the meetings of this league in
Victoria looking toward the contribution by Canada in some shape or form to
Imperial navy defense. He is connected fraternally with the Native Sons of
British Columbia, of which he is past chief factor, is a member of the Union,
the Victoria Golf and the Royal Victoria Yacht Clubs, and belongs also to the
Royal Colonial Institute. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines
of the Church of England. In his life record is a creditable military chapter,
for he was for nine years connected with the Fifth Regiment, Canadian Garrison
Artillery, serving for three years in the ranks and for six years as commissioned
officer. He is now captain of the Corps Reserve in this regiment.
As may be seen from this brief review of his career Mr. Langley is one of
Victoria's most tireless men of affairs and an active worker in the city's interests
and a leader in the promotion of all projects looking toward municipal advance-
ment. Possessed of great breadth of mind, quickness of intellect and comprehen-
sive legal knowledge, he has attained a position of distinction in his chosen pro-
fession and a reputation for ability in it which could come only as a result of
superior merit and important accomplishments.
WILLIAM CHALMERS DUNCAN.
Not only did William Chalmers Duncan found the town named in his honor,
but to him must be given much credit for its progress and development, many of
its most commendable movements having been born of his enterprising spirit,
nourished by his enthusiasm and carried to a successful completion through his
persistent effort and determination of purpose. Mr. Duncan was born at Sarnia,
Ontario, on the i8th of October, 1836, his parents being James and Christina
(Chalmers) Duncan. The son of a pioneer farmer of limited means, his early
advantages were meager. At the usual age he began his education in the little
log school house in the vicinity of his home, pursuing his studies there during
the winter months for five or six years. His services being required at home,
he laid aside his text-books, and assumed a share of the farm work. His undi-
vided attention was given to various duties connected with the cultivation of the
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fi :lds and care of the stock until he was twenty-four, at which time word reached
h s section of the gold finds in the Cariboo. A desire to try his luck as a pro-
spector prompted him to start for the west, so he made his way to New York,
\\ hence he sailed for San Francisco, going by way of Panama. Upon reaching
tl e California metropolis he took boat for British Columbia, reaching Esquimalt
a; ter a long and eventful journey. He walked from there to Victoria, at which
point he took the steamer for New Westminster. His next destination was Yale,
where he procured an outfit and started on his long walk to the Cariboo, a dis-
tance of four hundred miles. Upon reaching Boston Bar he joined Mr. Spence,
who had been awarded the contract for building the roads through that section
oi the territory. He remained there during the summer and in the fall returned
tc Victoria, where in August, 1862, he joined a party which, accompanied by the
governor, was going to the Cowichan district to take up land. Upon reaching
their destination he built a log cabin and spent the winter trapping and hunting.
Ii the spring he again started for the Cariboo to join his brother, who was build-
in? bridges. He readily found employment and assisted in the construction of
a Bridge four hundred feet long and twenty-six feet high, all of the timbers used
h; ving been procured in the forest adjacent to the river. He remained with. this
crsw, which constructed bridges all the way to the Cariboo, until fall, when he.
w th fourteen others, rowed down to Yale and then took boat to Victoria. At the
time of the Leach River excitement in 1864, he started for that territory but
arriving too late, he returned to Victoria, going from there to Cowichan. now
D mean. As he liked the place and had unlimited faith in the agricultural devcl-
oj ment of the country, he took up a hundred acres of timber land. The prepara-
tion of his holding for cultivation involved long months of arduous labor, as he
w is not in the circumstances to hire help and possessed no tool but an ax for
felling the trees. He was not easily discouraged, however, and diligently applied
hi nself to clearing a portion of his tract. As soon as he had removed the timber
fr>m a half acre he plowed the land and planted it to vegetables. He continued
oj eration as fast as he could until ultimately he had the entire tract cleared and
ui der cultivation. In 1870, the government sent out a party of engineers to sur-
vey for the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad. They made their headquarters at
hi i house and finally decided to build their road across his farm. Very soon
thereafter he had his tract surveyed and subdivided, with the firm intention, if
pcssible, of making it a town site. When word was received in 1886, that the
premier of Canada, Sir John A. Macdon'ald accompanied by Lady Macdonald,
thi governor of British Columbia, Mr. Smithe and Mr. Dunsmuir, the builder of
thj road were coming through on a tour of inspection, Mr. Duncan rapidly formu-
laied his plans. First he telegraphed to Mr. Dunsmuir to know if they would
receive a deputation, and upon receipt of a favorable reply began the work which
resulted in his winning the town site. Together with others, who were interested
in the project, he constructed a large arch across the railroad, and induced every
one in the vicinity, even the Indians to be present when the train with the distin-
guished party arrived. Feeling honored by the courtesy extended them, the
officials of the road were asked to establish a station here, although such project
ha i never been considered before, and they graciously consented to do so, saying
it should be named Duncan. This was but the beginning of many years of intelli-
geitly planned and capably directed work on the part of Mr. Duncan. In order
to induce people to locate here and establish places of business he gave away
rm ny lots, some of them being the best business sites in the town. Having abso-
lute confidence in the development of the village, he inspired others with his
enthusiasm and each year witnessed a marked growth in the population as well
as in the commercial and industrial interests, and today Duncan is one of the
emerprising and flourishing towns of the province.
On the 22d of May, 1872, Mr. Duncan was married to Miss Sarah Ingram,
of Donegal, Ireland, and to them have been born seven children, four of whom
arc living as follows : Isabella, the wife of Frederick C. Holmes ; Kenneth, who
is mayor of Duncan ; Inez ; and Margaret Effie.
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Mr. Duncan is spending the evening of life in well earned ease and comfort.
He enjoys the consciousness of having put to the best possible use every advantage
afforded him, and of having created opportunities, where they did not present
themselves. He is justly proud of the title of self-made man, as he became
one of the world's workers when a lad of tender years, and everything he has
or ever owned is the result of his unremitting energy and constant application.
JOSEPH JAMES LEMON.
An enterprising and aggressive spirit, dominated and controlled by sound and
practical business judgment, has actuated Joseph James Lemon throughout the
activities of his business career and has made him one of the representative busi-
ness men of Victoria, where he is connected with some of the most important
industrial, commercial and financial concerns in the city. As president of the
Lemon, Gonnason Company, Ltd., he is at the head of a large sash and door
manufacturing and sawmilling business, which he assisted in founding and which
his energy and resourcefulness have been important factors in building up. Mr.
Lemon was. born in New York city, February 26, 1856, and is a son of Adam
and Margaret (McElroy) Lemon, natives of County Armagh, Ireland. They
came to the United States in 1852 and the father followed the carpenter's trade
in New York city until 1858, when he came to Canada, locating in Cornwall,
Ontario. He there engaged in contracting and building, afterward following
these occupations in Thorold and St. Catharines until about 1876. He then
returned to the United States and his death occurred in Rochester, New York,
when he was sixty-five years of age. His wife died in 1874, at the age of thirty-
nine. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of the subject of this review
were natives of Ireland and the paternal grandmother came as a widow to the
United States, locating in Rochester, New York.
Joseph J. Lemon acquired his education in the public schools of Thorold,
Ontario, laying aside his books at the age of sixteen. He afterwards learned the
carpenter's trade under his father and then associated himself with George A.
McFarland, a contractor, with whom he remained for three years. In 1879 he
went to the United States, locating in Atchison, Kansas, where he engaged in'
the building of elevators and other railroad structures along the line of the
Chicago & Alton Railroad and the Santa Fe. In 1881 he moved farther west,
locating in Denver, Colorado, where he was employed by the Union Pacific in the
erection of railway structures, such as depots and roundhouses. He afterward
engaged in the contracting and building business in Leadville and the vicinity,
continuing thus until he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he became foreman
for the Frank Lewis Company, contractors and builders and planing mill opera-
tors. In their interests he was sent to Tacoma, to take charge of the erection of
the Northern Pacific Railway station. He remained with the company for about
one year and a half and in 1887 moved to Victoria, where he became foreman for
the Johnson Walker & Flett Company in their sash and door factory and planing
mill. This position he retained until 1891, when he associated himself with Aaron
and Benjamin Gonnason in the organization of Lemon, Gonnason & Company.
This concern was capitalized at ten thousand dollars and in the beginning employed
twenty men. In 1903 a sawmill was erected and twenty thousand dollars was
added to the capital stock. In 1910 the business was incorporated under the name
of the Lemon, Gonnason Company, Ltd., and it now controls a capital stock of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and employs one hundred and forty men.
The company manufacture all kinds of sashes and doors and building supplies
and they have filled many contracts for woodwork and glass work on structures
in Victoria, among them the Empress Hotel, the Sayward building and the Pem-
berton building. Great credit is due Mr. Lemon for the remarkable growth of
this concern, for he has been indefatigable in his efforts to extend its trade rela-
JOSEPH J. LEMON
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tions and to bring the company into important business and financial connections.
He has, however, other business identifications, being a director in the Hudson
Bay Mortgage Corporation and in the Washington Compressed Fuel Company,
which is at present arranging to erect a branch plant in Victoria for the manu-
facture of compressed fuel from refuse of sawmills. In addition to this Mr.
Lemon is financially interested in several other commercial enterprises in Victoria
and in other parts of the province.
In March, 1889, in Victoria, Mr. Lemon was united in marriage to Miss Isa-
bella Jones, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jones, natives of Ireland, who
came to Clinton, Ontario, at an early date. More extended mention of these
parents is found elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Lemon died in 1898, leaving two
children : Maggie Ellis Leonore ; and Bertram Roy, who is associated with his
father in the Lemon, Gonnason Company, Ltd.
Mr. Lemon is a member of the Victoria Board of Trade and is connected
with the Pacific Club, the Camosun Club, the Automobile Association, and the
Victoria Bowling Club. He is undoubtedly one of the successful men of Vic-
toria and his prominence is the direct result of his hard work, close application
and earnest effort to keep abreast of the most modern methods in everything
pertaining to his line of business. Those who know him personally find him a
courteous and genial gentleman and he has an extensive circle of friends in
Victoria.
JOHN N. EVANS.
Nearly half a century has elapsed since John N. Evans, one of the extensive
landowners and prosperous farmers of Duncan, arrived in British Columbia.
During the greater part of that period he has been a resident of this locality,
where he is highly regarded and widely known, both by reason of his agricultural
success and because of his service in the provincial parliament, where for three
years he was the liberal representative from the Cowichan district during the first
McBride regime. He is a native of North Wales, having been born in Montgom-
eryshire on the 9th of May, 1846, and is a son of James and Esther Evans. The
parents passed their entire lives in the old country.
The education of John N. Evans was begun in his native country and contin-
ued in London, England, until he was a' lad of thirteen years. He was then
apprenticed to a dry-goods merchant, remaining in London until 1864, when he
took passage for America, having resolved to pursue his career in British Colum-
bia. As this was prior to the completion of the transcontinental railroads in either
Canada or the United States he made the journey by way of Panama and San
Francisco, being two months and a half en route. The first two years of his
residence in this country were passed in Victoria, where he assisted in the build-
ing of the first trunk roads out of that city. Subsequently he went to California
ind engaged in mining until 1870, when he once more took up his residence in
British Columbia. Upon his return he came to the Cowichan district and took
ip a hundred and sixty acres of land which formed the nucleus of his present
lomestead. His holding was comprised of undeveloped land, and many
nonths were occupied in preparing it for cultivation, and as the country was
lew and market facilities poor, years elapsed before the returns from his crops
compensated for the labor involved in bringing them to maturity. With the pass-
ing of years conditions improved, however, and with them his circumstances.
Se was thus able from time to time to replace the crude buildings erected when
ic first settled on his farm with more pretentious structures, and he made various
other improvements enhancing the value and appearance of the place. His first
house and barn were made of logs, which he felled and brought to his building
site on a wooden sled with an ox team, there being but two wagons in the entire
district at that period. Crude and primitive conditions prevailed in both the home
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and fields, and hard was the lot of the men and women who formed the advance
guard of civilization on the Pacific coast. The experiences of Mr. Evans were
neither better nor worse than those of the average pioneer agriculturist, and while
at times he became somewhat discouraged he possessed the tenacity of purpose
and determination of spirit characteristic of his race and these periods of depres-
sion but served to renew his zeal and inspire new enthusiasm. In 1884 he
increased his possessions by the addition of another hundred and fifty acres to
his holdings, which he likewise cleared and placed under cultivation, and has ever
since devoted his entire tract to diversified farming. As his fields have been
capably tilled and intelligently cared for they have attained a high state of
productivity, and for many years he has been enjoying abundant harvests, the
success of his latter years having softened the recollection of his early hardships
and privations until they have become pleasant memories, illuminated by the satis-
faction of the victory won.
On the 2d of February, 1873, at Mortonville, Contra Costa county, Cali-
fornia, Mr. Evans was married to Miss Mary Jane Davies of South Wales, a
daughter of J. D. and Mary (Evans) Davies and to them have been born eight
children, of whom six are living, as follows: Arthur W., of North Vancouver;
Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John Flett, of Maple Bay ; Ella Estelle who married
Peter Auchinchie of Somenos; Lillian, the wife of George Savage of Duncan;
Newell Chester ; and Ruby, who is at home. William Roderick and Elbert War-
ren are deceased.
Fraternally Mr. Evans is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, being one of
the oldest members in British Columbia, and has passed through all of the chairs.
At the present time he is secretary and trustee of Maple Lodge. In his political
views he has always been a stanch liberal. He has taken an active and helpful
interest in public affairs since pioneer days, and served as reeve of North Cowi-
chan municipality for many years, in the forming of which he assisted materially,
the petition having been circulated among the voters of the district by him and
Mr. Duncan. Mr. Evans is president of the Cowichan Creamery Association.
His long residence here and his connection with public affairs has made him
thoroughly familiar with the progress and development of the country, toward
the promotion of which he has contributed by the able management of his personal
interests no less than through his efficient discharge of his official duties.
OTTO WEILER.
A history of Victoria's commercial development would be incomplete and
unsatisfactory were there failure to make extended reference to Otto Weiler,
who, though now retired, was for many years a leading and prominent mer-
chant of Victoria and throughout the entire period enjoyed the high confidence
and regard of his colleagues and contemporaries. He never made engagements
that he did not keep nor incurred obligations that he did not meet, and his enter-
prise, intelligently directed, was the source of his prosperity.
Mr. Weiler was born in Tuolumne county, California, on the I4th of Decem-
ber, 1859. The surname indicates his German lineage. His father, John Weiler,
was a resident of Wiesbaden, Germany, but in 1846 left that country for New
York, where he resided until he learned of the gold discoveries in California. The
tales of wealth rapidly secured at length led him to seek his fortune on the Pa-
cific coast and he made his way to California by way of the isthmus route in 1850.
For ten years he devoted a portion of his time to mining and he lived upon the
frontier of that state until 1861, when he came to British Columbia, reaching
Victoria between Christmas and New Year's. It was the gold discoveries of this
section of the country in 1858 that eventually led him to remove to the north.
His wife, who bore the maiden name of Christiana Kessel, was also a native of
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Germany and with her parents came to America and afterward accompanied them
i m the long trip across the plains to California. It was in that state that she
ormed the acquaintance of John Weiler, who sought her hand in marriage. They
'vere married in 1855 and became the parents of six children. George Phillip, the
eldest, born in California, was a member of the firm of Weiler Brothers of Vic-
toria but died in 1908. Charles, also a native of California, born in December,
^856 is living retired in Victoria. Emma is the deceased wife of D. Hamm, of
Seattle, Washington. Otto was the fourth in order of birth. Joseph William,
; native of Victoria, died in 1901 and one child died in infancy. Although
; ttracted to British Columbia by the gold discoveries, the father, John Weiler,
i ever went to the mines. Instead, he settled in Victoria and after being employed
1 y various people at his trade, that of a baker, he embarked in business on his
cwn account, establishing a small furniture store in 1862 in partnership with a
Mr. Stemler. Not long afterward he purchased his partner's interest and con-
cucted the business under his own name. His stock of goods was at first very
1 mited, but gradually he increased this in order to meet the growing demands of
t ic trade and as his sons reached a suitable age they were admitted to partnership.
The business, however, was conducted under the father's name until 1891. It had
s lown a steady growth from the beginning and was an important enterprise when
in 1891 John Weiler turned over the store to his sons, who thereafter conducted
ii under the name of Weiler Brothers, the four brothers being the partners. Fol-
lowing his retirement the father spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of
a well earned rest until he was called to his final home on the 8th of August,
I ^99. His widow still survives and, although now eighty-seven years of age, is
81 ill a remarkably well preserved woman, enjoying good health and unimpaired
faculties.
Otto Weiler, whose name introduces this record, was a student in the paro-
chial school known as St. Louis College, and later he attended the public schools
uitil in his fifteenth year, when, in 1874. he entered his father's business, with
which he was connected until his retirement. He continued in the store fitting
h mself by study and practical experience to take over the buying and selling
irterests of the house. By the time the business came into possession of the
bi others in 1891 he had thoroughly mastered all branches. Their trade kept
growing and from time to time additions were made not only to the stock but to
the building. In 1898 they erected a magnificent business block extending from
9n7 to 921 Government street. At the time of its erection it was the finest store
bi ilding in Victoria. They built their first factory in 1884 and in 1892 added
to it a brick addition. The business developed rapidly and outgrew the mammoth
bi ilding which they had erected, so that they had to rent various warehouses for
storage purposes. Their continually increasing trade in time made their business
th: largest of its kind in British Columbia. They not only carried furniture but
all kinds of house furnishings, their stock being the largest in the province. They
al;;o manufactured office furniture, hotel fittings and furnished many hotels and
banks. They conducted a strictly cash business and their enterprising spirit and
re iable methods constituted the secret of their success. Joseph Weiler was the
first of the brothers to pass away and the death of George Weiler occurred in
19 58, so that the management of the rapidly growing business then devolved upon
the two remaining brothers. Their trade and their responsibilities kept increas-
ing and in 1912 they were employing one hundred and fifty people. In August,
I 1912, the Weiler Brothers retired from active connection with the business, which,
i however, is continued under the old name of Weiler Brothers. Otto Weiler
i ani his brother, however, put aside all active connection with the house in order
i to enjoy the rest to which their labors have justly 'entitled them. Their progres-
| she business methods embrace the natural German thrift, thorough understand-
| inj of the trade, a close study of the market and irreproachable business integ-
j rity. As early as 1881 Otto Weiler published a small catalogue for the benefit
1 of the trade and was a pioneer in that method of advertising. In 1912 the cata-
i logue of the firm contained three hundred and fifty pages, twelve by fifteen inches,.
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and with over fifteen hundred illustrations, indicating something of the marvel-
ous and gratifying growth of the business.
Mr. Weiler is a director of the Silica Brick & Lime Company and of the
Nootka Marble Quarries, but takes no active part in business management, enjoy-
ing the rest to which his former labors have fully entitled him. He has consider-
able city and country property, having made judicious investments in real estate,
and he feels that the care of his investments is all the business responsibility that
he desires to assume. His success is the just and merited recompense of his
labors, which have always been intelligently directed and, therefore, productive
of good results.
In 1901 Mr. Weiler was united in marriage to Miss Emma Jane Martin, a
native of California, and unto them have been born three children, Alvina, George
and Otto. The family reside at No. 238 Douglas street. Mr. Weiler is a member
of the Pacific Club and the Victoria Gun Club. He has never taken an active
interest in politics, having always preferred to concentrate his energies upon his
business affairs. He has a country home at Shawnigan Lake. He greatly enjoys
hunting, fishing and motoring and now has leisure to indulge his tastes in these
directions. Indefatigable labor and accurate knowledge of his business and of
business conditions have been the source of his success. The record which he
has made is a most creditable one and shows what may be accomplished when
one has the will to dare and to do. It is also indicative of the fact that success
and an honored name may be won simultaneously.
WESLEY A. BLAIR.
City development bids fair to become one of the greatest and most important of
modern professions and the civic spirit has been recognized as a leading factor
in the upbuilding of present-day communities — a factor upon which depends the
growth of commerce, the extension of trade relations, the foundation and
progress of business and public institutions. The men who engage in this pro-
fession are necessarily able, far-sighted and discriminating men, capable of
handling large and important business problems, of grasping minute business
details, of coordinating forces, of initiating, planning and carrying forward to
successful completion projects of expansion and development. Vancouver is,
therefore, fortunate in having as secretary of her Board of Trade Wesley A.
Blair, a man who has grasped the meaning of modern municipal development,
who has made a study of the methods and details connected with the work of
promoting it and who is, above all, himself a practical and able business man. He
has accomplished a great deal of constructive work during the one year of his
service and his ability, his force of personality and his enthusiasm are qualities
which guarantee his continued successful activity in his chosen field.
Wesley A. Blair was born in Kincardine, Ontario, March n, 1872, and is a
son of William L. and Mary (Almond) Blair, the former a native of Belfast,
Ireland, born in 1850. As a young man the father crossed the Atlantic to Can-
ada and located at Walsingham, Ontario, on Lake Erie, where he engaged for a
time in the lumber milling business. Later he removed to Bruce county, in the
same province, and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, following farm-
ing in that locality until his death, which occurred on the 8th of July, 1911. His
wife was also a native of Ireland, born in County Kerry, on the lakes of Killar-
ney. She there spent her childhood and after the death of her parents came with
her seven brothers to New York and thence to Canada, being at that time eighteen
years of age.
In the acquirement of an education Wesley A. Blair attended public school
and collegiate institute at Kincardine, Ontario, and was afterward a student in
the Toronto University. When he had laid aside his books he turned his atten-
tion to teaching, being employed in a school near Lucknow, Ontario, for one
WESLEY A. BLAIR
BRITISH COLUMBIA 771
•ear, and this occupation he resumed after he came to British Columbia. In
1893 he went to Yale and taught in the schools of that city for three years, after
vhich he removed to Rossland, where he acted as principal of the schools until
oxxx That year witnessed his removal to Vancouver in order to become pro-
•incial manager for the Temperance & General Life Assurance Company of
America, a position which he retained until 1902, when he became chief clerk
.md cashier of customs for the port of Vancouver. He did able and conscientious
•vork in this office until 1912, when he resigned in order to accept the secretary-
. hip of the Vancouver Board of Trade, in which position he continues. He has
proved himself ideally fitted for his work, for his talents, standards and enthus-
iasm are all of a character tending to promote his success in this field, his public
:pirit being of that vital and forceful kind which finds its best exemplification
in public service. Everything calculated to advance the growth of Vancouver or
10 promote the city's interests along any line receives his earnest study and his
helpful cooperation and he has proven an expert in publicity work, combining
the rare qualities of enthusiasm and restraint. He never allows his belief in the
tity or in its future possibilities to override his better judgment and he answers
; 11 queries in reference to the opportunities here in a fair, comprehensive and
; ble manner. Although he works early and late to further immigration to this
c ity and to promote the establishment here of business institutions and large
manufacturing plants, no false representations are ever made, no hopes held out
that are incapable of fulfillment, no falsehoods told in the name of civic loyalty.
Honest, sincere and straightforward in his work, Mr. Blair has wrought along
1 nes of progress, expansion and development and in the one year of his activity
i i his present position has given to Vancouver the services of an expert publicity
zigent, a far-sighted, discriminating and capable business man and a public-spirited
rnd loyal citizen. In addition he manages his extensive personal financial inter-
ests in a methodical and able way and his timely and judicious investments are
I roving every day more profitable and important. He is a director in the Okana-
gan Canners, Ltd., a concern which operates a large cannery at Kelowna, Okan-
agan country, British Columbia, and he is connected through investment or official
service with many other representative business institutions in Vancouver and
throughout the province.
At Ingersoll. Ontario, on the 3d of January, 1906, Mr. Blair was united in
marriage to Miss Mildred Campbell, a daughter of Homer Campbell, a promin-
ent merchant of that city and well known in official circles through his able ser-
vice as mayor. Mr. and Mrs. Blair have become the parents of two children.
Wilfred Francis Campbell and Dorothy Mildred.
Mr. Blair is a member of the Presbyterian church and belongs to the Com-
mercial Club and the Canadian and Bruce Old Boys Clubs. No man is more
widely known in Vancouver than he, for his work in the interests of the city
has been far reaching and beneficial in its efforts. Those who know him find
him an upright and courteous gentleman, interested in the work he is doing as
secretary of the Board of Trade, and capable of performing it worthily and
veil, and he holds the respect, esteem and confidence of all who are associated
\\ ith him.
ROBERT HENRY WHIDDEN.
Robert Henry Whidden, who follows the trade of wheelwright and also
engages in the undertaking business, has for more than twenty years been iden-
tified with the interests of Duncan. He was born in Colchester county, Nova
Scotia, on the 2d of November, 1857, and is a son of John and Jessie (McClen-
n.m) Whidden, who passed their entire lives in Nova Scotia.
Reared in the parental home Robert Henry Whidden obtained his education
in the schools of his native county, which he attended until he was a youth of
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fourteen years. He later became an apprentice to the wheelwright's trade under
George Clark, who was later member of parliament from that district. Upon
completing his period of service four years later he went to Wakefield, Massa-
chusetts. He resided there for ten years, during eight of which he followed the
carpenter's trade, and then came to British Columbia by way of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad. He arrived in Victoria the day before the laying of the cor-
nerstone for the Jubilee Hospital, remaining there for a month, following which
he joined Mr. Rocket whom he assisted in constructing the Industrial School for
Indians at Kuper Island. Upon its completion he came to Duncan, where he
worked for others for a year and then engaged in the business of contracting in
connection with which he also followed the wheelwright's trade. As he was a
skilled carpenter, possessed more than average ability in planning and designing
and was trustworthy and reliable in matters of business, he soon had all of the
work he could do. He engaged in building for ten years, during which time he
was awarded the contracts for many of the best commercial buildings and resi-
dences erected then. For the last fourteen years he has given his undivided
attention to his work as a wheelwright, and to the undertaking business. When
/he first took up this occupation he made all of his coffins, but he now carries a
line of manufactured goods. He has been very successful and for two years has
also been sole agent for Baynes buggies, of Hamilton, Ontario. He is now num-
bered among the substantial citizens of the town.
On the igth of November, 1883, Mr. Whidden was married to Miss -Robena
McNeil of Wentworth, Cumberland county, Nova Scotia, and to them have been
born three children, as follows : Clara J., who is at home ; Hattie Mabel, the wife
of James A. Owen ; and Robert Wallace.
Fraternally Mr. Whidden is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, being past
deputy of the local lodge, and for two seasons was delegate to the grand lodge.
He also belongs to the Loyal Orange Lodge. He served two years as councillor
in the municipality and for one year as alderman of the city and has always stood
steadfastly for advanced measures and such propositions as would be of the
greatest benefit to the greatest number. A hard-working, enterprising man, of
upright principles and honest business methods, Mr. Whidden is held in favor-
able regard in Duncan, where he has many friends.
WILLIAM DAY.
The career of William Day is another proof of the fact that this is the age
of the young man's success. Although he has only passed his twenty-third birth-
day, he has already attained a prominent business position in New Westmin-
ster, where he is engaged along electrical lines, owning his own establishment.
Ever since he was thirteen years old he has shown a strong inclination for elec-
trical appliances and machinery and in the course of years has become recognized
as one of the foremost electricians of his community. He was born in .Muskoka,
Ontario, on July 4, 1890, a son of Arthur and Keith (Wood) Day, the former a
native of London, England, and the latter of Edinburgh Scotland. Both were
brought to Canada in their youth by their respective parents, who located in
Ontario. In that province they grew up and were married, the father being
located in Muskoka for a number of years, following the occupation of farming.
Subsequently he drove stage but in 1892 came to New Westminster, British
Columbia, where he has resided for the past twenty-one years, being employed
during that time by Gilley Brothers, whom he is serving in the capacity of fore-
man of their extensive plant.
William Day was but two years of age when his parents removed to New
Westminster, where he passed his boyhood and received his education in the
public and high schools. At the early age of thirteen he took up electrical work
and has since been identified with that line. In January, 1911, he established
BRITISH COLUMBIA 773
himself independently in the business in partnership with Charles Weber under
the firm name of Weber & Day, but the partnership was dissolved on February
I, 1913, since which time Mr. Day has conducted his business alone. Mr. Day
has already established an enviable reputation as one of the foremost and expert
electricians of New Westminster and a prosperous future may be prophesied for
him. An aggressive young man, he readily sees his opportunities and knows how
to make use of them. He is known in the fraternal circles of the city as a mem-
ber of Royal City Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F., and also is a Royal Templar. Stand-
ing upon the threshold of a successful career, there is no doubt that Mr. Day
will make his name one of the most prominent in the commercial circles of his
city.
REV. DAVID HOLMES.
Among the pioneer ministers of British Columbia the Rev. David Holmes
occupies a noteworthy position. He worked tirelessly in the early days to spread
:he gospel among the Indians and to stimulate Christian life and principles among
;he whites and rouse them to a higher moral plane. To his endeavors it is due
:hat seven churches were built, three on the mainland and four on the island, and
:his accomplishment is the more remarkable as money for such purposes was
scarce at the time and the population took comparatively little interest in religious
natters, being incited by the lust for gold, which in those days was the prevailing
>assion. Rev. Holmes was born at Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England, on the
7th of September, 1837, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Cade) Holmes. He
attended school at Halton Holsgate, and studied under private tutors. In 1865
le matriculated in St. Augustine's College at Canterbury, where he completed a
ihree years' course of work in two, his fine powers of concentration and his dili-
gence being the chief factors in attaining this remarkable result. Of serious dis-
position, he felt inspired to spread the teachings of the Christ in foreign lands and,
reeling impelled by a higher force, he in 1867 took passage for British Columbia
with the intention to enter the missionary service. Transcontinental railroads
being yet in the far future, he made the journey via Panama and San Francisco
to Victoria. Upon his arrival he was ordained by Bishop Hills, who assigned
him to the pastorates at Yale and Hope. His work was chiefly among the
Indians, as there were then few white settlers in the district excepting the town
( f Yale, which was at the head of navigation and already an important place
it that time. In order to establish a closer relationship with his charges, he
t egan immediately the study of their language, soon mastering two Indian dia-
1 :cts, in both of which he preached. He also trained a choir of three hundred
•voices, all of them Indians, who sang the service of the Church of England in
their own language, the service having first been translated by Mr. Holmes.
Rev. Holmes visited as often as possible among the natives, doing everything to
t ring them into closer communion with him so he could more firmly plant the
vord of God in their hearts and souls. For six and a half years he traveled by
cinoe from Yale to Chilliwack, often in the most inclement weather, spending
at the latter place every fourth Sunday and visiting and preaching to every tribe
and settlement between the two points both on his up and down journey. In
1873 ne built the first church erected at Chilliwack and in the same year was
assigned duty at Cowichan, the pastorate extending north to Nanaimo. As an
example of his zeal and earnest endeavor, it may be stated that only the second
week after his arrival he began to erect three churches — one at Quamichan,
aiother at Somenos and a third at Chemainus river. He took upon himself
a 1 responsibility for this undertaking. He continued work in this field for ten
y;ars, during which time he took up five hundred acres of land for himself with
the intention of establishing there an agricultural school. However, as his plans
in this connection did not meet with the approval of the parishioners, he resigned
h is charge and settled on his farm, devoting part of his time to its development,
774 BRITISH COLUMBIA
while at the same time he resumed charge of the parish of Chemainus. He
cleared his holding and placed it under cultivation as rapidly as his time would
permit, but when the report of his successful work in the missionary field reached
the outside world and found well merited appreciation, he received in 1894 a
call from a parish at Virginia City and Madison Valley, Montana, which he
accepted. At the end of two years he resigned the pastorate at that point and
went to California, where he remained at Watsonville for a similar time and
then went to Gainesville, Texas, joining the Rt. Rev. Bishop Garrett. After one
year's residence in the latter place the bishop removed him to the Pan Handle
district, where he had charge of nine county towns and two hundred and fifty
miles of parish. He then returned to British Columbia and a little later built
the wharf church at Chemainus. A man of tireless energy, high aims and noble
purposes, Rev. Holmes ever had the full confidence of Bishop Hills and was much
beloved by his parishioners in the places where he labored. Not only does he
possess the true Christian spirit of love, but he has the essential qualities of lead-
ership and a keen insight in business affairs, which characteristics enabled him
to meet with an extraordinary success in ministering to all those who came under
his charge, as he understood their conditions, their afflictions and trials, as well
as their spiritual needs.
In 1871 Rev. Holmes was married to Miss Susan Abercrombie Nagle, of Vic-
toria, a daughter of Captain and Catherine Nagle. Rev. and Mrs. Holmes be-
came the parents of six children: David Henry Berkeley; Frederick Crease;
Philip, deceased ; Beatrice Mary ; Isabella, who married Captain Roberts, of Kep-
pert island; and Josephine, the wife of Hugh Charter.
Mr. Holmes' life has been a highly commendable one in every sense of the
word, his youthful enthusiasm, his early vitality and the best years of his man-
hood having been expended in any effort to benefit his fellowmen, to bring into
bonds of unity alien natures and peoples and to lift humanity generally to a
higher standard of living. He worked tirelessly, risked his life and endangered
his health by undergoing all sorts of exposure in order to serve others, his sole
reward in many instances being the satisfaction of knowing that he had done his
duty as it appeared to him. He is thoroughly familiar with the early history and
development of the island as well as the city of Vancouver, where he performed
the first marriage service in 1870. Mr. Holmes is held in high regard in the
community where he has resided for many years, being known as a public-spirited
citizen, loyal friend and a consistent follower of the faith he teaches, all of which
qualities have united in winning him a host of stanch friends.
ROCHFORT HENRY SPERLING.
Various corporate interests feel the stimulus and profit by the enterprising
methods and sound business judgment of Rochfort Henry Sperling, an electrical
engineer by profession and a business man of notable ability, who formulates his
plans readily and carries them forward to successful completion. He was born
in London, England, on the gth of February, 1876, and is a son of Henry Regi-
nald Sperling and Harriet Emma Sperling. The family residence was Dynes
Hall at Essex, England.
R. H. Sperling was a pupil in Eton college. His preparation for a professional
career was made in the Electrical Standardizing Testing and Training Institution
at Faraday House, London. Having thus qualified for the position of an electrical
engineer, he has devoted his succeeding years to work along that line and to the
management of business affairs of importance, whereby he is classed with the
prominent and representative business men of his adopted city. He came to
British Columbia in 1896. He entered into active relations with the British Colum-
bia Electrical Railway Company, Limited, and as general manager in 1905, but,
while his duties are onerous and extensive in that connection, he yet finds time
ROCHFORT H. SPERLING
BRITISH COLUMBIA 777
for other activities and the importance of his interests is intimated in the fact that
he is general manager of the Vancouver Gas Company, Victoria Gas Company,
Vancouver Power Company, and the Vancouver Island Power Company. He is
a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers of England and also of the
American Institution of Electrical Engineers. He has been a constant student
of everything pertaining to his profession and his wide learning enables him to
speak with authority on many involved and important technical questions.
Mr. Sperling is a Mason and the principles of the craft find exemplification
in his life. He belongs to the Junior Carleton Club of London, England, and to
the Vancouver and Union Clubs of British Columbia. His religious faith is indi-
cated by his membership in the Church of England and that he is a man of high
principles, to which he is ever faithful, is indicated by the regard in which he is
uniformly held.
On the i8th of August, 1909, Mr. Sperling was married to Miss Fleurette
Lily Huntley MacPherson, a daughter of Mrs. E. Beetham, and they have one
child, a daughter, Elizabeth Amy Sperling. Mr. Sperling is yet a young man,
but has already attained a position which many an older representative of the
profession might well envy. He possesses marked executive ability and keen in-
sight and is never afraid of the laborious attention to details, so necessary to
success.
HENRY SEYMOUR SIMMONS. D. 1). S.
The name of Henry Seymour Simmons is well known to the dental profession
md the general public in Vancouver. Dr. Simmons was born in Sheffield, Xew
Brunswick, on July 16, 1866, his parents being James E. and Hannah B. Sim-
nons, the former a well known bridge contractor. He received his fundamental
jducation in the public and high schools of New Brunswick and in the acquirc-
nent of his professional knowledge attended the Baltimore Medical College,
r'rom which institution he received his degree in dentistry in 1898. After receiv-
ng his graduation papers he came to British Columbia and settled in Greenwood,
.vhere for thirteen years he engaged in practice with ever increasing success,
tn 1913 he moved to Vancouver and is established in the practice of his profes-
sion with his son, their offices being located at the cforner of Granville and Robson
.treets.
On June 13, 1888, Dr. Simmons married Miss Rena Pickard, a daughter of
ames and Eleanor Pickard, the former a lumber dealer of Fredericton, New
Jrunswick. Dr. and Mrs. Simmons have one child, Harry Alexander, who fol-
lows the dental profession and has his office with his father.
The religious faith of Dr. Simmons is that of the Methodist denomination
;.nd politically he is a liberal. In fraternal circles he is well known as a Mason,
ixemplifying the principles of that organization in his every-day life. Capable
; nd conscientious. Dr. Simmons enjoys the full confidence of the general public,
his extensive practice standing as evidence of his professional ability. He is
public-spirited and a loyal son of his adopted city, whose interests are his in-
terests and whose welfare is dear to him and receives his active cooperation.
ALFRED EDWARD REDFERN.
Alfred Edward Redfern is one of the young business men of Victoria who
tad the advantage of becoming connected with a commercial enterprise already
established. To its further conduct, however, he has brought the energy and
ambition of a young man and is thus contributing to the success of the jewelry
house of Redfern & Son, in which he is the junior partner. He was born in Vic-
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toria, August 31, 1888, his parents being Charles Edward and Eliza Arden (Robin-
son) 'Redfern. The family has been associated with the Island City from pioneer
times, the father arriving here in 1862, when the work of development and
upbuilding was still in its initial stages. Its advantageous location, however,
promised well for the future and, having faith in the city, Mr. Redfern in the
same year established the jewelry business which has had a continuous existence
always under his own name. He has increased his stock to meet the growing
demands of the trade as the city has developed and in 1911 he admitted his son
to a partnership. A complete sketch of C. E. Redfern appears elsewhere in this
volume.
Alfred Edward Redfern was educated at the Victoria public schools. When
his text-books were put aside he entered commercial circles and for several years
was in the employ of a wholesale grocer, but in 1908, when a young man of
twenty years, he joined his father and since 1911 the firm has been Redfern
& Son. To the more mature judgment and experience of the father has been
added the hopefulness and progressiveness of the son, making a strong business
combination. Theirs is a well appointed establishment, containing a large and
carefully selected line of goods, tastefully arranged and displayed. The honesty
of their business methods is also a feature in their prosperity.
The son is well known as a member of the James Bay Athletic Association
and he belongs also to the Native Sons of British Columbia. He has many
friends here, where his entire life has been passed, and is popular with young
and old, rich and poor.
MILTON EDGSON.
A highly cultivated and well improved farm of four hundred and twenty-
five acres located in the vicinity of Maple Bay, pays tribute to the agricultural
skill and business ability of Milton Edgson, who for many years has here engaged
in dairying and diversified farming in connection with which he has also raised
sheep, having been the first settler in the Cowichan district to follow the latter
industry. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, his natal day having been in
May, 1841, and is a son of John W. and Mary (Brooke) Edgson.
In the acquirement of his education Milton Edgson attended a school in France
and also in Birmingham, England, until he was a youth of seventeen years. He
then terminated his student days and began his business career in the city of
London, England, where he resided for a year or two. Having decided that he
preferred to pursue his career in the less congested sections of the colonies, in
1862 he took passage for British Columbia, making the journey by way of Panama
and San Francisco. He arrived here a quarter of a century before the first rail-
road was built in the province, taking up his residence at Victoria, remaining
there until 1864. In the latter year he joined a party of engineers, who had
charge of the construction of a telegraph line, which was to be extended through
Alaska and ultimately establish telegraphic communication between the various
European countries and America. That year the Atlantic cable was perfected
after repeated failures, and the former company abandoned their undertaking.
The greater part of the labor was being performed by Indians, and Mr. Edgson
had charge of those who were laying the poles. When the work was abandoned
he went up to Soda creek, being interested in some mines in the vicinity of Barker-
ville, and after remaining there for some time returned to Victoria. Two years
later he was married and soon thereafter went to Port Angeles, Washington,
then the port of entry, but later it was transferred to Port Townsend.
Returning to Victoria, Mr. Edgson later bought the farm on which he is now
living. It comprises four hundred and twenty-five acres, which at that time was
heavily timbered and infested with bears, wolves, panthers and other wild animals
indigenous to this country. His early experiences were in every way similar
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to those of other pioneer settlers, who engaged in farming on the frontier. He
hewed the trees to build his log cabin and barn, and then began clearing his land
for cultivation, cutting the heavy timbers with an ax and hauling them away with
.an ox team. The work naturally proceeded slowly under the conditions, but
ultimately he had forty acres cleared and under cultivation. He then engaged
in dairying and subsequently began raising sheep, while his fields were planted
to such crops as he deemed best adapted to the soil. Here he has ever since
engaged in diversified farming, dairying and stock-raising, meeting with more
than an average degree of success in his undertakings and is regarded as one of
the most efficient and prosperous agriculturists of the community.
In 1866, Mr. Edgson was married to Miss Keturah Neale Hutchins, of Dor-
setshire, England, born in August, 1850, and to them have been born eight chil-
dren, five of whom are living, as follows : John William, Mary, Caroline, Fannie
and Eleanor.
Mr. Edgson is held in favorable regard in the community where he has long
resided, and is known as a public-spirited, enterprising citizen, a loyal friend and
.an honorable and upright man of business. He takes an active and helpful inter-
est in all movements inaugurated for the progress or development of the country
and contributes his share toward advancing the welfare of the community along
material, intellectual or moral lines.
ROBERT McLAY, JR.
The building interests of Duncan find an able representative in the person
•of Robert McLay, Jr., to whom has been intrusted the construction of many of
the most important commercial blocks and some of the finest residences. He is
a native of British Columbia, his birth having occurred at Koksilah, on the nth
of January, 1878, his parents being Robert and Elizabeth (Crawford) McLay.
The father, who was one of the first settlers in this district, came to Victoria in
1860, going from there to the Cariboo mining district where he spent some time
in prospecting. He subsequently returned to Victoria, whence he later came
to Cowichan and took up a hundred acres of timber land. He possessed the
fibre of the pioneer, and hesitated at no undertaking because of the labor in-
volved, but worked tirelessly and persistently in the achievement of his purpose.
He built his own house and barn, rafting the lumber for both down the river and
hauling it through the woods to his holding with an ox team. After making
on his place the improvements necessary for habitation he began clearing the
land cutting the heavy timbers by hand. By working constantly, early and late
he put it under cultivation, and now owns one of the valuable farms of that
section. The mother is deceased, having passed away in 1909.
The boyhood and youth of Robert McLay, Jr., were passed in the parental
home, his education being pursued in the schools of Duncan. He remained on
the home farm until he had attained his majority when he started out for him-
self and soon thereafter engaged in the business of contracting and building in
Duncan. As he is not only thoroughly familiar with his particular line, but is
a good and dependable business man he has met with more than an average
degree of success. To him was awarded the contract for the erection of the first
brick block built in the town, which was the Duncan Trading Company's building,
and he also erected the first quarters for the Cowichan Merchants Company, a
structure sixty by one hundred and twenty feet and two and a half stories high.
It was destroyed by fire in 1911 and rebuilt by Mr. McLay in 1912, the new
building being two hundred by sixty feet. He also built the Knights of Pythias
hall; the Opera House; the I. O. O. F. hall, in 1913, being sixty by one hundred
feet and two stories in height ; Duncan's garage, sixty by one hundred feet and
two stories high, as well as many smaller buildings and residences. He is a
man of practical ideas, employing modern methods and systematic in the execu-
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tion of his work. All contracts awarded him are given careful attention and
all work entrusted to him is under his personal supervision and direction.
Mr. McLay was married on the Kjth of January, 1911, to 'Miss Gertrude
Amanda Van Norman, well known in Duncan. Both Mr. and Mrs. McLay are
widely known in this section, where they have a large circle of friends. Frater-
nally he is a member of Maple Lodge, No. 15, K. P., and Temple Lodge, No.
33, A. F. & A. M. He practices the brotherly principles of these organizations
in his everyday life and enjoys as high a reputation with his workmen as a kind
and just employer as he does as a shrewd and able business man. Matters affect-
ing the public welfare are always sure of his earnest interest and consideration
and he is ever ready to support worthy public enterprises by giving to them his
moral and material indorsement, which counts high, as he is one of the foremost
men of the town.
CHARLES ARTHUR WICKENS.
Vancouver, growing steadily and substantially, has drawn to it enterprises
of almost every character that figure in the trade relations of the world, and the
development of the city is due in large measure to the energy and determination
of its merchants and manufacturers. For fourteen years Charles Arthur Wickens
has been a resident of Vancouver, connected with its commercial upbuilding, and
since 1903 has been a representative of the wholesale glass trade now conducting
business under the firm name of Bogardus-Wickens, Ltd. He was born in
Toronto, Canada, in 1876, and after attending the public and high schools of
that city sought the opportunities offered by the west, for the reports which he
had heard concerning British Columbia proved an irresistible attraction. He
came to Vancouver in 1899 and was first employed as a traveling salesman in
the stationery business, in which he continued until 1903. He was then asso-
ciated with A. P. Bogardus and F. R. Beggs in the organization of the British
Columbia Plate Glass Company, Ltd., under which name the business was con-
ducted until 1908, when it was changed to Bogardus, Wickens & Beggs, Ltd.
In 1911 Mr. Beggs retired and the business has since been carried on as Bogardus-
Wickens, Ltd. They handle plate, sheet, window, stained and leaded glass and
mirrors. From the outset the business has steadily grown and has now assumed
mammoth proportions, extending over the entire province of British Columbia
and into Alberta. The business methods of the house commend the firm to the
continuous patronage of the public, for in all trade relations th'ey are found thor-
oughly reliable as well as enterprising, and moreover they handle a fine line of
goods, secured from the leading glass manufacturers of this and other countries.
In former years Mr. Wickens was quite active in athletic circles, and for a
number of years was a member of the Vancouver Lacrosse Team. He belongs
to the Terminal City Club and finds recreation in yachting and motoring. Real-
izing the truth of the old adage concerning all work and no play, he enters heartily
into recreation when business permits and thus maintains that even balance of
physical and mental force so necessary to success in any field of labor.
GEORGE BURFORD ANDERSON.
The middle and far Canadian west has greatly benefited by the activities of
George Burford Anderson, who since 1908 has made Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, his home, where he is successfully engaged in the commission and brokerage
business. Along many lines he has done important work, having in the early
days of the middle west been connected with railroad building and also with
general construction and building work. Moreover, he turned his attention with
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successful results to farming and stock-raising and for a time was also one of
the large grain dealers of Manitoba. Mr. Anderson has also been one of the
foremost owners and fanciers of standard-bred horses in the North American
west, being a true lover of the sport, and in his day has done as much as any
man in stimulating interest in that noble animal by racing and driving. He him-
self holds records which challenge those of the most famed men in the profession
and he still interests himself in trotting horses, although his appearance on the
speedway has become rarer as the years have gone by.
Born in Franktown, Ontario, November j, 1856, George Burford Anderson
is a son of Mathew and Frances (Hunt) Anderson. Mathew Anderson was a
native of Armagh, Ireland, whence he came to Canada about 1840, making the
voyage on a sailing vessel which consumed three months in crossing the Atlantic.
He settled at Innisville, Lanark county, Ontario, where he followed the trade of
blacksmithing and carriage building. After a few years he removed to Frank-
town, Ontario, where he lived until 1878, when another change of location
brought him to Moorefield, western Ontario, where he resided until 1881. The
favorable reports emanating from the middle west provinces decided him in that
year to remove to Winnipeg, where he engaged in the same trade. In that city he
made his home and successfully conducted his business until 1892, when he crossed
the border to Minneapolis, Minnesota, which continued to be his home until his
death in 1894, his demise occurring at Inkster, North Dakota, to which place he
had gone on a visit. He was married to Frances Hunt, a daughter of George Hunt,
a native of Ireland, who upon coming to Canada settled in Lanark county, Ontario,
where during all his active life he was engaged in farming. Mrs. Anderson
passed away in Vancouver in October, 1912.
George Burford Anderson was educated in the common schools at Frank-
town, Ontario, and after laying aside his textbooks was apprenticed to the car-
riage builders' trade. After completing his indenture he engaged along that line
on his own account at Innisville and was so engaged until 1877, when he removed
to Moorefield, Ontario, continuing in the same occupation until 1879. In that
year he made a change in his occupation, turning his attention to railroad con-
tracting on the Stratford & Lake Huron Railway, which is now a part of the
Grand Trunk system. In 1880 he became assistant engineer for the Canadian
Pacific on the construction work of the first division east of Rat Portage, Ontario,
and in the following year was made superintendent of tanks and bridges for the
Canadian Pacific. He resigned that position in order to be able to accept the
more responsible office of superintendent of construction with the Glenboro
branch of the same road but never assumed his duties, engaging in building and
contracting independently at Winnipeg in 1882. He so continued for two years,
when he removed to the Red river district of Manitoba, where he engaged in
farming until 1885, which year marks his return to Winnipeg, where he again took
up contracting work, his efforts being accompanied with ever increasing success.
He also engaged in ranching and stock dealing, carrying on both lines of business
on a large scale. In 1893 he began to devote himself more and more to grain
dealing and became one of the largest men along that line in Manitoba, having
elevators in various parts of the western provinces. In 1906 he discontinued his
activities in grain but continued in live-stock dealing until 1908, when he came to
Vancouver, bringing with him a number of standard-bred horses, among which
were some fast performers which he gradually sold ofF. In 1909 he became
engaged in general contracting on public works in Vancouver and so continued
until 1911, when he took up the commission and brokerage business, having been
successful along this line ever since. His vast experience and thorough knowl-
edge of conditions stand him in good stead and he is doing a large and profitable
Business. While engaged in horse dealing in Winnipeg and after coming to
Vancouver, Mr. Anderson was one of the foremost owners and racers of standard-
)red horses in western Canada. He campaigned a large stable on the Canadian
Circuit and on the Grand and Great Western circuits of the United States. At
various times he owned and raced such horses as : Tom Keene, 2.04 ^ ; Pauline
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G., 2.o<j'/4 ; Captain Brino, 2.07^4 ; Snap Shot, 2.08% ; Harry B., 2.0954 ; Lady
Syrus, 2.ioj4 ; and Afrite C., Lady Melba, Flora Dora, Missouri Grattan, Charlie
Fewcll and others. Mr. Anderson enjoys the distinction of having ridden the
fastest mile behind horse-flesh, driving a pair of runners to pole in 1.50 1/5.
Although he has retired from the professional racing game, he keeps up his
interest in trotters and was a moving spirit in the organization of the Vancouver
Amateur Driving Association, serving on the executive board for three years as
secretary. It was he who built the race track at Exhibition Park in Vancouver.
In September, i88->, Air. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Jessie
McLean, a daughter of Archibald McLean, of Winnipeg. They became the
parents of live children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the remaining three
the eldest son, Frank Archibald, died when a promising youth of nineteen, losing
his life in a grain elevator at Jndian Head, Saskatchewan. He was a splendid
young man, giving promise of a fine career, clear-headed, strong-minded, coura-
geous, yet thoroughly sympathetic and popular with old and young. His most
untimely death was a severe blow to his parents and the legions of friends which
lie so readily made. 1 le has left a place in the hearts of all who knew him which
i-an never be Tilled. A daughter, Mrs. Georgia Smith, is married to a hardware
dealer in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, llillyard Livingston, the youngest mem-
ber of the family, is an employe of the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Winnipeg.
An active and progressive man of high qualities of mind and character, Mr.
Anderson enlists his talents as readily for the public welfare as for his own
success. Ilis support can ever be found on the side of worthy public enterprises
and he gives expression of his thoroughly public-spirited citizenship by his mem-
bership in the Progress Club, in which he is active in matters which make for the
growth and development of Vancouver and liritisli Columbia. A typical western
man. Mr. Anderson is shrewd, able and ambitious, yet he is ever considerate of
the interests of others and never loses sight of those things which benefit the
public weal.
JOHN T. ATKINSON, D. O.
John T. Atkinson, an osteopathic physician of Vancouver, whose professional
acquirements have brought him a liberal patronage, was born in Brant county,
Ontario, June i, 1875, a son of William C. and Sarah (Bellhouse) Atkinson,
both of whom were natives of England. They were married in Brant county,
Ontario, where the father followed farming throughout his entire life, but both
are now deceased.
In the public and high schools of his native county Dr. Atkinson received his
general education and then prepared for his professional career by a course of
study in the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, from which
he was graduated in 1904, the D. O. degree being there conferred upon him. Re-
turning to Brantford, Ontario, he there engaged in practice for five years, but
thinking to find still broader opportunities in the new and growing west he
came to Vancouver in 1909 and here passed the medical examination, since which
time he has engaged in active practice in this city. He opened offices in the
Dominion building on its completion and is still located there in a well apponted
suite of rooms. In British Columbia the practitioners of osteopathy are re-
quired to pass the medical examinations and are fully recognized by the medical
profession. The researches of man are constantly bringing to light scientific
truths hitherto unknown and the medical profession has recognized the fact that
the leading osteopathic practitioners have gone a step in advance along certain
curative lines. No school of medicine requires as thorough and exact a knowledge
of anatomy as does osteopathic practice and Dr. Atkinson in the mastery of the
principles taught in the American school has become splendidly qualified for his
professional duties. He has now been actively engaged in practice for the past
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nil e years and has met with gratifying success, drawing his patronage from
an ong the best class of Vancouver's citizens. He was one of the founders of
th( British Columbia Association, of which he is now the vice president.
In Brantford, Ontario, on the 5th of April, 1899, Dr. Atkinson was united in
m: rriage to Miss Annie Berry, a native of England and a daughter of Robinson
Be-ry, a well known resident of Brantford, who, in connection with his three
soi s, established the first linen mills in Canada. They now have three factories
loc ited at Tillsonburg, Bracebridge and Guelph, in which they are heavy stock-
holders. Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson have four children: William Clark, Gordon
Be -ry, Belva Gene and Eva Bcrnice. The family are well known socially in
Vancouver where the Doctor and his wife have won many friends through the
peiiod of their residence here.
FRANK STILLMAN BARNARD.
Frank Stillman Barnard, of Victoria, one of the foremost of British Colum-
bia's citizens, is widely known through his connection with important business
int( rests, public-spirited progressiveness and the prominent part he has taken
in t ie political councils and activities of both the province and Dominion. 1 le was
bor i at Toronto, Ontario, May 16, 1856, the eldest son of Francis (ones and
Ellen (Stillman) Barnard, extended mention of the father being made on another
pag:of this volume.
Frank S. Barnard came with his mother to British Columbia in 1860 to join
the husband and father, who had preceded them in 1859. lie attended the Vic-
tori i Collegiate School and later entered llellmuth College at London, Ontario.
His first business experience came as a clerk in the offices of the British Columbia
Ex| ress Company and his rise to positions of greater and greater responsibility
follnwed rapidly as a recognition of his developing powers and wisely directed
tale its. In 1881 he was made general manager of the British Columbia Express
Company and served as its president from 1882 until 1886. In the meantime
his interests and activities were constantly broadening and in 1883 he was called
to tl e presidency of the Victoria Transfer Company, remaining thus as its execu-
tive head until 1896. He was also a director of the 1 tastings Sawmilling Company
of Vancouver from 1885 until 1889 and was general manager of the British
Colt mbia Electric Railway Company in 1895. The succeeding year he became
managing director and so continued until 1899, while from that year until 1906
|he v as one of the directors and since K)o6 has been chairman of the local advisory
wai d. He is a director and one of the large shareholders in Evans, Colcman
&E1 ans, Limited, is one of the directors and is largely interested in the Victoria-
of.nix Brewing Company, while various other important projects throughout
he province have had the benefit of his financial support and mature business
udgment. In this connection his activities have extended to the Vancouver
Trai sfer Company, the British Columbia Milling & Mining Company and the
olumbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company. He has contributed largely
o Victoria's advancement through the building operations in which he is interested.
/.s a member of the conservative party Mr. Barnard's service to the public has
>een both varied and distinguished and his labors have been most effective in
Jromoting the best interests of the province. He served as alderman of the city
>f Victoria in 1886 and 1887 and was elected to the house of commons for Yale-
"ari >oo in 1888. He was again chosen at the general election of 1891 and sat until
896 but did not stand at the general election of that year. In 1902 he contested
Victoria city unsuccessfully, being defeated by Senator George Riley. It is a
|A'ell known fact that his influence has ever been on the side of progress and
improvement. His broad business experience and his public spirit combine to
u.-ikr him a most useful and valuable factor in shaping affairs of general interest.
•Hie >rcadth of his vision and his keen understanding of every phase of situations
786 BRITISH COLUMBIA
have been again and again manifest in his attitude concerning affairs of public
importance.
Mr. Barnard was one of the original members of the Union Club of Victoria,
with which he is still identified, and also of the Vancouver Club of Vancouver,
British Columbia. He likewise belongs to the Raleigh Club of London, England,
and is a member of the Royal Automobile Club of London. He likewise belongs
to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto, Ontario, and is a member of the
Victoria Golf, the Victoria Yacht and the Vancouver Yacht Clubs — associations
which indicate something of the nature of his recreations.
F. S. Barnard was married November 8, 1883, to Martha Amelia Loewen, a
daughter of Joseph Loewen, of Victoria, and their residence. "Cloverly," is one
of the city's "most beautiful homes.
M1CHAKL COSTELLO.
Michael Costello was in his days one of the important men of British Columbia,
where in earlier years he was not only prominently connected with the hotel bus-
iness in Vancouver, of which city he was a pioneer, but also showed decided
business qualifications in carefully placing his investments and becoming exten-
sively engaged in the fisheries business and salmon-canning industry. He not
only operated a large plant in New Westminster but also owned canneries
in Steveston, besides having important interests in Alaska, having become the
president of the Alaska Fisheries Union. In Vancouver he was long known and
popular as the host of the Eagle, Glasgow and Commercial Hotels, which he suc-
cessively built and conducted. His business connections were all important in
character and, more than that, his business record was an unassailable one. In
social circles he occupied a prominent position and was beloved for his geniality,
his open-heartedness and his loyalty.
Mr. Costello was a native of Connaught, Ireland, and when a young man crossed
the Atlantic to the United States, where he enlisted for military service in the
Union army during the Civil war. He was captured and for some time confined
in the noted Libby prison. He continued his residence on that side of the border
until 1881, when he made his way to British Columbia, where he settled, securing
a small farm on the site of what is now Oak Bay. He also spent some time in
Victoria. He came to Vancouver before the fire of 1886, which destroyed the
greater part of the city, and soon after the memorable conflagration erected the
Eagle 1 lotel, which he successfully conducted for some time. He then ran the
Glasgow, well known in its day, and then built the Commercial Hotel, of which
he remained the popular proprietor. Realizing the bright future in store for the
city, he judiciously invested in real estate and other property, the rise in value
in conjunction with the growth of the city making his holdings highly profitable.
Active and energetic, Mr. Costello, however, was not content with drawing a
handsome income from his realty holdings and business investments but soon turned
to other fields of activity, perceiving in the fishery business a line which promised
gratifying returns. He built the Columbia Packing Company buildings in New
Westminster, which concern he owned and conducted independently of the British
Columbia Canneries. They froze their fish at his plant and shipped it in that state
far and wide, doing a profitable business. Mr. Costello also owned four canneries
at Steveston besides having valuable interests in Alaska. In his later years the
fisheries business and salmon-canning industry took up much of his time and in
this line he was in partnership with ex-Alderman McMorran. Something of the
extent of his business and his prominence in connection with the canning industry
is indicated in the fact that he was president of the Alaska Fisheries Union, which
was organized through his efforts.
Mr. Costello was married in Winona, Minnesota, in May, 1878, to Miss Kate
Murray, a daughter of John Murray, and they became the parents of seven chil-
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dren, of whom four are living: Helen, the wife of J. F. McAllister, of Portland,
Oregon; Mabel, who married Claude Stringer, of Oakland, California; Frank,
who assists in the hotel work and also looks after the other business interests
of the family ; and Harry, attending school. The family circle was broken by
the hand of death when on the 141)1 -of October, 1901, Air. Costello was called
from this life after but a few days' illness. He passed away at his home in Mount
Pleasant, where he had built one of the first houses, which still stands and is in
use. His widow, with her two sons, now resides at Xo. 1103 Pendrell street,
Vancouver.
The religious faith of Air. Costello was that of the Roman Catholic church
and his political views were in accord with the conservative party. His business
ability and clear insight into conditions and affairs of the city and province made
iiim prominent in politics, in which he became an active force. P>eing beside
well known and very popular on account of his geniality and open-heartedness,
lis fellow townsmen, appreciative of his value, elected him a member of the city
:ouncil, on which he served during the years 1889 and 1890 and during which
:ime he was chairman of the police committee. He also had the honor of serving
is park commissioner of Vancouver for several years. He always took a deep
nterest in everything pertaining to the general welfare and was highly esteemed
because of his devotion to the general good as well as by reason of his personal
•vorth. At his demise one of the local papers said of him: "Genial as a com-
panion, open-hearted and loyal as a friend, patriotic as a citizen and enterprising
;~s a business man, the passing of Michael Costello will leave a void in both the
social and business life of the community."
GAYLARD HARRISON HADWEN.
Gaylard Harrison Hadwen is the owner of Amblecote, a profitable and scien-
t fically managed farm of one hundred acres near Duncan, and he has been con-
nected with agricultural interests of this vicinity for over twenty years. He has,
moreover, during that time been a force in business and political development,
his interests extending to many fields but lying always along lines of progress and
advancement. Mr. Hadwen was born in Lancashire, England, in July, 1869, a son
of Gaylard and Anne (Harrison) Hadwen, the former a native of Liverpool
a id the latter of Worcestershire. The father was a cotton spinner in Manchester
for many years, and his father, Isaac Hadwen, was an importer of South American
p 'oduce into Liverpool, the business being conducted under the name of Hadwen
& Robinson. Gaylard Hadwen, Sr., died in France in 1890 and his wife after-
ward came to British Columbia, where she makes her home with the subject
of this review.
Gaylard H. Hadwen studied in the University of Lille, France, and in 1889
emigrated to Canada, settling in Ontario, where he spent two years in the Agri-
cultural College at Guelph. At the end of that time he moved to Chemainus,
\ ancouver island, where he farmed for eighteen months, after which he moved
to Duncan, purchasing a farm of one hundred acres on Quamichan lake. Upon
tl is property, which is known as Amblecote, he has erected substantial buildings
and installed labor-saving machinery, neglecting nothing which will add to its
appearance or value. Mr. Hadwen specializes in raising sheep and has some
very fine Hackneys and Shropshires. His farm is well managed along modern
and progressive lines and his success has come as a natural result of his practical
methods and untiring industry..
Mr. Hadwen is also well known in business circles of this locality, being a
stockholder in the Island Lumber Company of Duncan and chairman of the board
01 directors. He took an active part in the work of reorganizing this company
into a joint stock company in 1910 and has been a helpful factor in its develop-
ment. He also aided in the organization of the Cowichan Creamery, which was
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founded in 1896, and served as its first secretary. This is one of the most suc-
cessful creameries in the province and in the course of its operations handles over
two hundred thousand dollars annually. Mr. Hadwen is also a member of the
Cowichan Agricultural Society and is active in the discussions at their regular
meetings, thus keeping in touch with the trend of advancement in agricultural
circles.
Mr. Hadwen served for two years as a member of the militia while a resident
of Guelph. He belongs to Temple Lodge, No. 33, A. F. & A. M., is a member
of the Cowichan Country Club and the Union Club of Victoria. His religious
views are in accord with the doctrines of the Church of England and his political
allegiance is given to the conservative party, he being at present a member of
the Cowichan Conservative Association. Although not active as an office seeker
he is intelligently interested in community affairs and gives his hearty cooperation
to movements to promote growth and progress. He is an enterprising and public-
spirited citizen and well deserves the high esteem and regard in which he is
uniformly held.
JOHN GRAHAM BROWN.
John Graham Brown, one of the most highly esteemed and valued residents
of Victoria, has for the past twelve years served in a capable and far-sighted
way as assistant resident architect and assistant superintendent of government
telegraph stations of British Columbia. During practically all of his active life
he has been connected with the profession of architecture and with contracting and
building and a great deal of his success in his present office is due to his wide
and varied experience. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 17, 1860, and
is a son of James and Margaret (Wright) Brown, the former a native of Edin-
burgh and the latter of Glasgow. The father engaged in the cotton manufactur-
ing business during all of his active life, serving as superintendent of large mills
in Glasgow. He subsequently retired and removed to London, where he resided
seven years. In 1893 he emigrated to Canada and located in Victoria, taking
up his 'residence with his son, the subject of this review. His wife passed away
in Scotland in 1870 and he survived her many years, dying December 7, 1909,
at the age of eighty-three.
John Graham Brown was reared in Glasgow and there acquired a public and
high school education, later attending the Technical School of Construction and
Architecture, taking a three years' course. He subsequently served an apprentice-
ship at the builder's trade and in 1881 came to Canada, locating in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, where he turned his attention to contracting and building. He engaged
in this line of work for six years, during which time he took part in the Riel
rebellion, participating in the engagements at Fish Creek and Batoche and receiv-
ing the medal and clasp. Early in 1888 Mr. Brown left Winnipeg and came to
the west coast, spending about six months in Seattle. In the following fall he
moved to Victoria, where he has since made his home. Here he was prominently
identified with building and contracting until 1901. In June of that year he was
appointed assistant resident architect and assistant superintendent of govern-
ment telegraph stations and has efficiently served in these capacities for the past
twelve years, his record being one of unusually capable and progressive public
service.
In 1889 Mr. Brown married Miss Catherine Palmer Teague, a native of Vic-
toria. Her father, John Teague, was a native of Redruth, Cornwall, England,
and emigrated to Canada by way of San Francisco in 1858, settling in Victoria,
where he was for many years a prominent architect. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have
become the parents of three children, Catherine Graham, Ethel Abington and
James Teague. The family are members of the Presbyterian church and Mr.
Brown has recently resigned as choir master, a capacity in which he served for
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twenty-five years. Upon his resignation he was presented by the members of the
congregation with a diamond srarf pin and a gold watch suitably inscribed, the
gifts being given in recognition of his efficient and faithful service during a
quarter of a century.
Mr. Brown is connected fraternally with Victoria Chapter of the British Colum-
bia Association of Architects and is a member of the Pacific Club and the Vic-
toria Tennis Club. He is identified with the Independent Order of Good Temp-
lars and is in thorough sympathy with its aims, serving for one year as grand
secretary. He is a man of exemplary character, interested not only in the
material but also in the moral advancement of the city, and his genuine personal
worth and sterling qualities of character have gained him widespread respect
and esteem.
WILLIAM HENRY BONE.
Among the most representative and important business firms in Victoria is
that of T. N. Hibben & Company, book dealers and stationers, controlling the
oldest continuously operated business in British Columbia. Among the men who
have been forces in its growth and upbuilding and who have to an important
extent directed its progress is William Henry Bone who has been connected with
the concern since he was a boy of sixteen and who is today its head. He has come
to be classed with the men who have shaped the business development of the city
and his energy, reliability and keen discrimination are important assets in general
advancement.
Mr. Bone was born in Bowmanville, Ontario, July 25, 1855, a son of Thomas
S. and Tane (Hallgate) Bone, the former a native of Saltash, Cornwall, England,
and the latter of Yorkshire. As a young man the father came to Canada, locating
in Montreal. Quebec, where his marriage occurred. He subsequently removed
~o Kingston, Ontario, and thence to Bowmanville where he remained until 1859.
Leaving his family in that city he came west in that year to British Columbia
Irawn by the reports of gold discoveries on the Eraser river. However, the gold
excitement died down about this time and Mr. Bone with his friend Sheriff Mc-
Millan, who had accompanied him to this country, returned east, arriving in
Bowmanville in the fall of 1859. In 1861 gold was discovered in the Cariboo and
Thomas S. Bone again came west the following year with the intention of mining
and prospecting in the district. Before reaching his destination, however, he
abandoned this plan and settled in Nanaimo where he entered the employ of
ihe Vancouver Coal Company, remaining about one year. In 1863 he sent east
/or his family and with them located in Victoria, establishing himself in the fur-
niture business. He later sold his furniture concern and became a shoe merchant,
continuing thus until he retired from active life. He died at the age of eighty,
his wife having passed away when she was sixty-two.
William Henry Bone was eight years of age when he came with his mother
1 5 British Columbia and practically all of his education was acquired in the public
schools of Victoria and under private tutors. At the age of sixteen he entered
the employ of T. N. Hibben & Co., book dealers and stationers. He learned this
I usiness from the ground up, filling as a boy various positions, the duties of
v/hich included the delivery of the morning papers and the monthly magazines.
He received a salary of fifteen dollars a month but acquired invaluable experience,
gaining an intimate and exhaustive knowledge of all the details of the business
and becoming finally one of the most trusted and efficient representatives of the
firm. Eventually when money was needed for the enlarging of the concern and
the extension of the business, Mr. Bone and W. C. Kammerer were taken in
ai partners, the original name being retained. Mr. Kammerer, an excellent busi-
ness man, in the early days of his connection with Mr. Bone was wont to tell the
1; tter that his abilities lay rather along the line of carpentering or mechanics.
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However, as the years passed and the business grew in volume and importance,
he came to recognize the true worth and value of his associate and to lean upon
him and to defer to his judgment in business matters. Gradually both Mr. Hibben
and Mr. Kammercr placed more and more important matters under Mr. Bone's
charge and for many years prior to the deaths of his partners, the subject of this
review had complete management of what was by that time an important and
growing business concern. He is now the head of T. N. Hibben & Company,
which is the oldest enterprise in British Columbia in point of continuous opera-
tion, having been established in 1858 and having had an uninterrupted existence
since that time. During the long period of his connection with it Mr. Bone has
taken an important part in directing its growth and progress and in promoting
its advancement along progressive and modern lines. Being energetic, reliable
and possessed of excellent administrative ability he has built up a typical present-
day business concern and has made himself a powerful force in business circles
of the city where he makes his home.
Mr. Bone married in 1878 Miss Mary Ann Sayyea, a native of Ontario and
a daughter of John Sayyea, one of the noted pioneer prospectors and miners of
British Columbia. A creek in the northern part of the province is called Sayyea
in his honor. Mr. and Mrs. Bone have become the parents of four children.
Maud Ethel married Dr. McMicking, a physician and surgeon in Victoria. They
have two children, Leighton and Bruce. Frank Sidney is associated with his
father in business. He married Louise Burns and has two children, William
Douglas and Kathleen. The other two children born to .Mr. and Mrs. Bone,
Lena Edna and Genevieve, live at home.
Mr. Bone belongs to the Methodist church of which he is one of the trustees.
Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World and he holds mem-
bership in the Pacific Club. His political allegiance is given to the conservative
party but he is not active in public affairs, his extensive business requiring all of
his time and attention. His ability, integrity and worth are widely recognized in
business circles where he has won for himself a place of prominence and honor.
ARCHIBALD DICK.
Archibald Dick, who is living retired in Nanaimo, was formerly mine inspector,
in which capacity he served for thirty years. He was born in Kilmarnock, Scot-
land, on Christmas day, 1840. His parents, James and Sarah (Muil) Dick,
emigrated to British Columbia during the pioneer days, the mother, who passed
away in 1877, being the first to be buried in the Nanaimo cemetery. She was
survived until 1888 by the father, who was engaged in mining.
Archibald Dick was reared at home and educated in the parish schools of
Scotland, which he attended until ten years of age. Being considered old enough
to become a wage earner he then entered the mines, where he was employed
until he was twenty-five. Believing that conditions in America would more readily
enable him to realize his ambitions of financial independence, he took passage on
a sailing vessel for British Columbia. He came around the Horn and one hundred
and sixty-nine days had elapsed before the vessel reached Victoria, during which
time Mr. Dick never left shipboard. He continued his journey to Nanaimo, where
he entered the employ of the Vancouver Coal Company, working in their mines
until after the discovery of gold in the Cariboo district in 1869, when he resolved
to try his luck at prospecting. He remained in the gold fields until 1872, having
been there during the season that was known as the dark days, night coming on
shortly after twelve o'clock, noon, and continuing until five in the morning. Upon
his return to Nanaimo he entered the employ of the Baynes Sound Mining Com-
pany, having charge of their mines on Vancouver island until 1880. In the latter
year he was appointed mine inspector and continued to discharge the duties of
that position until 1910. At the time of Mr. Dick's arrival, this section of the
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northwest bore little resemblance to the British Columbia of today, with its well
tilled farms, prosperous cities and thriving towns. What is now the site of the
city of Vancouver was then a wilderness, and there more than fifty years ago
his brother sank a bore over six hundred feet deep, looking for coal.
On the 1st of January, 1879, Air. Dick was married to Miss Elizabeth Clara
Westwood, a daughter of William and Fannie Westwood. She was born when
her parents were crossing the plains to California with ox teams, whence they
later came to British Columbia. The grandfather of Mrs. Dick, Joseph West-
wood, participated in the battle of Waterloo and with his wife and family later
came to America. His first wife died in St. Louis, Missouri, and he subsequently
married her sister. They made their way to the Pacific coast and there the grand-
father took up six hundred acres of land at Vallejo, California, where they re-
mained for two or three years, at the end of which period they came to Victoria,
British Columbia. This was about the year 1859. In 1861 the grandfather
removed to Nanaimo and here he passed away in about 1888, at the venerable
age of ninety-six years. The grandmother died in Victoria and found her last
resting place in the Old cemetery of that city. William and Fannie Wcstwood,
the parents of Mrs. Dick, while crossing the plains to California, were delayed
by the Mormons, who kept them for two years in Salt Lake City and would
not permit them to move on, as they were good musicians, and the Mormons
made them play in their tabernacle. They and their party were finally rescued
by General Harney, who was going from the east to California with a company
of soldiers. They located in Victoria, where her father, who passed away in
1872, built and operated the first brewery. Later, however, he engaged in farming.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dick were born eight children : James, who is a head bookkeeper
and resides at Extension, Nanaimo ; Fannie, teaching school at Cranbrook ; Wil-
liam, in the government conservation department at Ottawa ; Archie, a master
mechanic and now a government inspector for Alberta ; Sarah, residing at Victoria ;
Clara Belle, at home; Vallejo. a locomotive engineer at Extension; and John, at
home who is attending high school.
Mr. Dick is well informed on the pioneer history of the northwest, particularly
that portion of it dealing with the development of the mining industry, with which
he has been identified during the greater portion of his residence, covering a
period of more than forty-six years. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No.
34, A. F. & A. M., of Cranbrook. He is widely known in this section of the
province and has hosts of friends who esteem him for his high qualities of char-
acter, and it is significant that those who know him longest speak of him in the
most enthusiastic terms.
ROBERT CHANCE.
A native of England, Robert Chance has found a suitable field of labor in
British Columbia, where he is widely and favorably known as assessor of the dis-
trict of North Vancouver. He is an expert accountant, having a wide and
varied experience along that line and, moreover, is famed as a gifted musician,
oeing prominent in musical circles, a factor therein and also interested in the
;ause of education. It may be said of him that he is in every respect an able
•nan, one who recognizes his duties to his fellows and fulfills them and is there-
fore beloved and respected by all who know him. Born in Stourbridge, Wor-
:estershire, England, January 21, 1872, he is a son of Frederick and Eliza
(Bingham) Chance, both natives of that shire. The parents came to Canada
in 1895, locating in Toronto, but in 1910 returned to the mother country, where
heir deaths subsequently occurred. While in Stourbridge the father was a green
grocer on High street and well known among the business men of the town.
In 1900 Robert Chance accepted a position in the Canadian Railroad Commer-
cial Telegraph office at West Vancouver as an accountant, being subsequently
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placed in charge of the delivery department, in which capacity he remained for
nine years. In 1909 he came to North Vancouver to accept the assessorship of
this district, having since served in that capacity with conspicuous success.
Everyone recognizes the difficulties of his position yet he has maintained his
popularity, as he is just and tries in every way possible to equalize the burden of
taxes to suit all constituents.
Having a natural musical ability Mr. Chance has always shown a love for
that art and in the summer of 1910 organized the North Vancouver Band from
inexperienced players and out of this haphazard organization has developed one
of the leading bands of British Columbia. For two years he served in the
capacity of bandmaster and instructor but at present is connected with the H. W.
Harpers Orchestra of Vancouver.
Mr. Chance was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Meiser, a native of
Tiffin, Ohio, and they became the parents of three children, one daughter, Roberta,
living at home, and two sons who have passed away. Both he and his wife are
members of the Church of England, to which they give their active and helpful
support.
ST. ANN'S ACADEMY.
The visitor to Victoria seeking to view the representative institutions of the
city is invariably taken to St. Ann's Academy on Humboldt street, the oldest pri-
vate educational institution in the province of British Columbia. He sees an at-
tractive brick structure set in the midst of fine grounds and with wide avenues
lined with beautiful trees leading to the main entrance. From the veranda he
catches picturesque glimpses of Beacon Hill Park and of the Parliament buildings
in the distance, and nearer, the lawns and gardens of the academy itself. Should
he seek its history he hears of a courageous struggle against obstacles, of deter-
mined work on the part of the founders for many years and of final triumph in
the establishment of a modern, practical and thoroughly adequate institution of
learning.
St. Ann's Academy was founded in 1858 by four sisters of St. Ann, who
made the long and perilous journey from Montreal to Victoria by way of New
York and the isthmus of Panama, crossing on what is said to have been the first
train, and making the journey at a time when the ties were not yet properly fas-
tened and spiked. Upon their arrival they opened a small school in a little log
cabin twenty by eighteen feet in dimensions, located on south Park street. One
of the original four sisters is still living and has reached the advanced age of
eighty-eight. Fifty-six pupils enrolled in the first year and this number has con-
tinually increased, the enrollment in 1913 being three hundred and sixty. Years
of self-sacrificing labor and well directed effort on the part of the founders and
their successors have resulted in the building up of an educational institution
second to none in this province, for St. Ann's Academy is generally recognized
as an up-to-date and well managed school and one well worthy of its place among
the leading private academies in British Columbia. It does not by any means
mark the limit of the accomplishments of the sisters of St. Ann, for in 1863
they built St. Ann's Orphanage at Quamichan and two years later a convent at
New Westminster. They established an Indian school at Mission City in 1868
and St. Joseph's Hospital in Victoria in 1875. They built a convent at Nanaimo
in 1877, one at Kamloops in 1880 and one at Juneau, Alaska, in 1886. The orphan-
age was operated in conjunction with the academy until 1886 when the two insti-
tutions were separated.
The academy has had a steady growth since its foundation, the increase in
the number of pupils enrolling being a material one each year. Since the present
building was erected, substantial additions have been made to it, and there are
now twenty-eight class rooms and one hundred other apartments, utilized as
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sleeping rooms, parlors, dining and recreation rooms, a chapel and an auditorium.
The standards of the institutions are uniformly high and the education received
therein is practical, solid and refined, special attention being paid to instructing
the pupils in the ways of virtue and right living. The sisters have the hearty
and broad-minded cooperation of the people of Victoria in the work they are
striving to accomplish and the pupils of the school include the daughters of the
representative families not only of this province but of those across the border
line as well. The course of study is identical with that followed in the ward
and high schools of the city and special courses are offered in music, art, litera-
ture, Latin, German, French, elocution and physical culture. The two latter
branches are in the hands of trained lady teachers and indeed all the members
of the staff of eighteen are educated, refined and thoroughly competent women.
In the art department students are surrounded by everything that tends to culti-
vate artistic taste and the methods of instruction are the best and latest. Excellent
work in china painting, water colors and oils as well as in crayons, evidence the
skill of both the teacher and the pupils. The institution owns a first class modern
kiln where the pupil's work is fired as well as a great deal of that done by the
ladies of the city. The music department at St. Ann's is second to none in the
city. A well selected library for musicians is at the disposal of the students and
they are encouraged to become acquainted with the biographies and works of
the masters, ancient and modern. In addition to the above described courses
the academy has a well furnished commercial department and moreover students
so desiring are prepared to take the provincial examinations. There are excellent
physical and chemical laboratories and also a library of valuable volumes. In
addition to the library proper there are numerous branches, each class room
being furnished with a well filled bookcase to meet the demands of the grade.
The study halls, music halls, dormitories, dining rooms and thS long and cheer-
ful corridors all are arranged with a view to health, comfort and convenience,
and numerous bath rooms supplied with hot and cold water adjoin all the sleep-
ing apartments.
The mother house of the sisters of St. Ann is located at Lachine, Quebec
province, and the order has become powerful and important along educational
and charitable lines throughout Canada. The academy at Victoria stands as a
fitting memorial to the self-sacrifice, courage and determination of its founders,
and to the ability, foresight and sincerity of purpose of those who have followed
after.
WILLIAM H. HAYWARD, M. P. P.
William H. Hayward, who represents the Cowichan district in the provincial
parliament, owns an extensive and valuable estate on Quamichan lake, called
Erleigh and is one of the leading citizens of that vicinity, where he is widely
ind favorably known by reason of his efficient public service. He is a native
)f England, his birth having occurred in the city of Dover in the month of
October, 1867. His boyhood and youth were passed in his native land, where
ne received good advantages, having completed his education at Dover College
ind Sutton- Valence and Crystal Palace School of Engineers. In 1886, he left
England and went to the United States, and during the succeeding eight years
was interested in the tobacco industry in Virginia and other southern states.
At the expiration of that period, in 1894, he came to British Columbia making
nis home in Victoria for one year. The following year, he rented the farm
of Glengarry in Metchosin, going in for dairy and poultry farming for nine
/ears and making a success of the undertaking. At the end of that time he came
'O Duncan and bought his present home "Erleigh," and has since taken an active
and helpful interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare or progress of the
district. He first entered parliament in 1900, representing the Esquimalt dis-
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trict for four years. In 1907, he successfully contested the constituency of the
Cowichan district, which he still represents. Naturally Mr. Hayward 'is much
interested in agricultural affairs, and for the past four years he has been
chairman of that committee and is giving very efficient service in this connec-
tion. He has also been chairman of the municipal committee during the entire
period of his present incumbency, while he has served as deputy speaker of
the house for several years.
Mr. Hayward is a member of the Church of England and politically sup-
ports the conservative party. He has always been interested in outdoor sports,
particularly polo, cricket and tennis, and is chairman of several teams. He
is also a member of the Union Club of Victoria and the Cowichan Club, Duncan.
Mr. Hayward is a man of clear foresight and keen discernment in matters of
business, who exercises his official power in an intelligent, practical manner,
and while safeguarding the interests of the people never retards progress by
undue conservatism.
THOMAS HENRY WHITE.
A fact established by the consensus of public opinion is that no one agency
has done so much to advance civilization and promote development and progress
as railway building. The railroad practically annihilates time and space and
brings the frontier into close connection with older developed sections. Prom-
inently associated with railway construction throughout the prairie and western
provinces of Canada, the name of Thomas Henry White is today inscribed
high on the roll of distinguished representatives of his profession as the result
of the work which he has accomplished as engineer in charge of the construction
of divisions of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and the extension of the Canadian
Northern Pacific. An eminent American statesman has said: "Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than war," and in the fight which is necessarily
waged in the extension of railway lines into comparatively undeveloped regions
Mr. White has surely come off conqueror in the strife and deserves the victor's
crown.
He was born in St. Thomas, Ontario. January 27, 1848, his parents being
William J. and Sarah (Van Buskirk) White. The father was a member of
a prominent Knglish family of London, England, and in 1846 came to Can-
ada, settling at St. Thomas, Ontario, where he became a clerk in the banking
business with which his brother-in-law, afterwards the Hon. Adam Hope, was
also connected. He later took up the study of law and practiced his profession
until his death in 1901. He was police magistrate of St. Thomas for more
than twenty years and was prominent in all walks of life. His influence was
a valuable factor in public progress and his opinions carried weight in mold-
ing public thought and action. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah
Van Buskirk, was a member of an early Dutch family which settled in New
York colony. They became United Empire Loyalists, the progenitor of the
family in Canada having been Captain Van Buskirk, who with his wife and
children crossed the line into Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary war. Henry
Van Buskirk, father of Mrs. White, lived at London, Ontario, where for many
years he conducted a successful contracting business and there passed away.
In the grammar schools and under the direction of private tutors Thomas
Henry White acquired his education in St. Thomas, Ontario, and later took up
the study of law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, where he was graduated with
the class of 1870. The following year he was called to the Ontario bar but
never engaged in the practice of that profession. Immediately after receiving
his legal papers he became connected with construction work on the
Canadian Southern Railway on which he continued until the completion of
that road. He was then engaged on the double tracking work of the Great
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Western Railway of Canada, 'now a part of the Grand Trunk system, on its
lines west of London, Ontario, until 1874, and the following year was similarly
employed in connection with the building of the Hamilton Northwestern Rail-
way. In 1875 he came to British Columbia as a member of the government
engineering staff in connection with the first survey work of the Canadian
Pacific Railway and remained on the survey and construction work until the
completion, in 1883, of the Onderdonk contracts, which consisted of one hun-
dred and twenty-eight miles of line on the main land from Emory's Bar to
Savona. This was the first Canadian Pacific Railway work done in the province.
In 1883 Mr. White returned to the cast as a member of the engineering
staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate and was engaged on survey and
construction work on their lines north of Lake Huron and on the prairies of
Manitoba until 1896, when he became chief engineer for Messrs. Mackenzie
& Mann, who had purchased the charter of the Lake .Manitoba & Canal Com-
pany. He constructed for that corporation the railroad from Gladstone to
Dauphin, Manitoba, a distance of one hundred miles, this being the first hundred
miles of what is now the Canadian Northern Railway. This one hundred miles
of road was completed under Mr. White and operation begun over its lines
in December, 1896. Mr. White was in the Cariboo and Kootenay districts
for two years in mining matters for the same interests and then the company
began the construction of the Ontario & Rainy River Railway, in 1899, to Port
Arthur, with Mr. White, as chief engineer, in charge. During the following
four years Mr. White was chief engineer in charge of the construction of the
Halifax & Southwestern Railway, after which for four years he was in charge
of all the construction work done by the firm of Mackenzie & Mann, who
in 1901 had combined their railway interests to form the Canadian Northern
Railway, consisting of some twelve hundred miles of road. During this period
Mr. White maintained his office in the home office of the road at Toronto. In
1909 he became chief engineer in charge of the construction of the Canadian
Northern Pacific in British Columbia and continues in that capacity to the
present time, with offices in Vancouver. The Canadian Northern Pacific has
pushed ahead with its construction work in this province in a manner which,
to quote the premier of the province, "constitutes a record in Canadian railway
building." In 1910 the company entered into an agreement with the govern-
ment of British Columbia which assured the road a transcontinental line and
since that day construction in this province has progressed with great rapidity.
The line enters the province through the Yellow Head Pass and continues
westward to Tete Jaune Cache, from which point it follows the North Thomp-
son river southward to Kamloops and thence into New Westminster and
Vancouver, following somewhat closely the road of the Canadian Pacific.
Mr. White's important position in railway circles is indicated by the fact
hat throughout all this period of construction and railway expansion he has
>een the engineer in charge. The importance of his work cannot be overes-
'imated. As the engineer his position is one of eminence because of his thor-
ough understanding of the great scientific principles which underlie the pro-
'ession and his comprehensive knowledge of all of the practical phases of the
•vork in principle and detail. His knowledge and skill have enabled him to
accomplish many difficult and notable engineering feats connected with the
building of railways over mountains, through valleys and across rivers. Engi-
neers throughout the country have noted with interest the progress that he
has made and the public as well as the profession honors him for what he
lias accomplished.
On the i4th of October, 1901, at Port Arthur, Manitoba, Mr. White was.
married to Mrs. Agnes Marks, nee Bartlett-Buchanan, the widow of Thomas
Harks, of Port Arthur, and a daughter of Alexander Bartlett-Buchanan, at
tne time Hudson's Bay factor, who after his retirement from that position lived
h Prince county, Prince Edward Island. Mr. White is a member of the Van-
couver and Jericho Country Clubs of Vancouver, the Union Club of Victoria
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and the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg, and is a foundation member of the Cana-
dian Society of Civil Engineers. During the Fenian raid of 1866 he served
with the First Hussars, receiving a medal and the usual one hundred and sixty
acres of land. He possesses the qualities of sociability and geniality, which have
made him popular in the different organizations to which he belongs, but it is
in his professional capacity that he has become most widely known and honored,
his fame extending over Great Britain and the American continent as the history
of his achievements has become known.
ROBERT JOHN ROBERTSON.
As hospital overseer, schoolmaster, librarian and in charge of the anthropo-
metric department of the British Columbia penitentiary, Robert John Robertson
occupies an important public position. He was born in Durham, Ontario, on
January 26, 1865, his parents being John and Anna (McLachlan) Robertson,
natives of Oban, Argyleshire, Scotland. Both parents were brought to Canada
in their youth by their respective families and located at Priceville, Ontario,
where they were subsequently married. There they resided for a number of
years, the father being established as a merchant tailor in Priceville and later
in Durham, in which city he and his wife resided to the time of their death.
Robert J. Robertson was reared at home and acquired his education in the
public schools of Durham, which he left at the age of fourteen in order to appren-
tice himself to the molder's trade, serving his apprenticeship first in the town of
Ingersoll, Ontario, and completing it in London, that province. A few months
later he crossed the border into the United States, where he found employment
at his trade in Detroit, Michigan, and while there molded the bronze soldier's
monument which stands in Market (now Fulton) Square, Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan. From Detroit he went to Ohio, where he followed his trade in Fremont,
Springfield, Toledo, Hamilton and Cleveland, and after a three months' stay in
Chicago he returned to Canada in January, 1886. He subsequently spent about
two years in Ottawa but in 1887 made his way westward to British Columbia,
securing a position in the provincial penitentiary as guard. In 1895 he was
appointed steward of the penitentiary and in 1909 was made storekeeper. In
1911 he was promoted to his present important position.
In 1895 ^r- Robertson was united in marriage to Miss Eva Carr, of New
Westminster, a native of St. John, New Brunswick, and to this marriage were
born five children : Olivine E., attending high school ; Leola A. ; Kathleen H. ;
Campbell McL. ; and Dorothea E. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and their children
are members of the Church of England and fraternally he belongs to the Masons,
being a member of Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M. He is well and favorably
known in New Westminster and highly respected and esteemed. On account of
his official duties he comes in contact with many people, and there is none who
does not speak in the highest terms of Mr. Robertson.
JAMES CRAN.
James Cran, who is living retired at Maple Bay, was for many years actively
identified with the banking interests of Canada, having first located in this prov-
ince in the '705. He is a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Aber-
deenshire on the aoth of August, 1848, and a son of Dr. Alexander and Mar-
garet (Reid) Cran, both of whom passed their entire lives in Scotland.
The education of James Cran was completed in the University of Aberdeen
and King's College, his student days being terminated at the age of eighteen years.
Having decided upon a business career he entered a bank in London, with which
he was identified until 1870. In the latter year he entered the "employ of the
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Bank of British North America, at their branch in Brantford, Ontario, where he
looked after their interests for three years. He was next transferred to Napanee,
Ontario, and two years later the company sent him to Victoria as their account-
ant. This occurred some twelve years prior to the advent of the first Canadian
transcontinental railroad and he made the journey by rail to San Francisco,
whence he took the steamer to his destination. The next year the company
transferred him to their bank at Cariboo. Rich gold claims were then daily bring-
ing wealth to the few, stimulating the less fortunate to renewed zeal and greater
effort in their search for the precious metal. In some instances the supply seemed
to be practically inexhaustible, and Mr. Cran tells of one mine which produced
a hundred pounds of gold in one week while he was there. He was stationed in
the Cariboo district until 1877 when he returned to Victoria, where he spent three
years as accountant in the same bank. His next removal was to San Francisco,
where he held the position of accountant until 1885, when he was recalled to the
bank at Brantford, Ontario. There he was retained in the capacity of accountant
for five years, at the expiration of which time he was sent to Paris, Ontario,
where he served as manager until 1897. In the year last named he was again
sent to the northwest and spent a year in the Kootenay district. Owing to his
previous experience in a mining town he was subsequently transferred to Daw-
son City, arriving there at the time when gambling was a legitimate profession
and immense fortunes daily changed hands at the gaming table, as much as sixty
thousand dollars worth of gold sometimes being staked on a single game. Mr.
Cran was only retained there a year and then sent to Ashcroft, where he had
charge of the bank for eleven years, at the end of which period he retired to Maple
Bay.
On the 2 ist of July, 1880, Mr. Cran was married to Miss Mary Cridge, a
daughter of Bishop Cridge, a pioneer missionary, who located in this province
in 1855. Of this marriage have been born four children, as follows: James M.,
manager of a bank in Bella Coola, British Columbia ; Maude, who married Roland
Paget, a son of Lord Berkely Paget, of Staffordshire ; Duncan, a surveyor ; and
Robert, at college in Edmonton.
Mr. Cran's early years of residence in the province were replete with expe-
riences of an unusual nature, which he relates very entertainingly. He is a mem-
ber of the Sons of Scotland and takes a deep interest in the organization. He is
thoroughly familiar with the financial progress and development of the province,
which he has seen transformed into fertile fields, and is ever ready to support
measures undertaken in the interest of the people.
WILLIAM LESLIE CLAY.
William Leslie Clay, a well known divine of Victoria, has served as pastor
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church for almost two decades. His birth occurred
at Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, on the I4th of November, 1863, his parents
being John and Jane Townsend (Cousins) Clay, likewise natives of Prince
Edward Island. The paternal grandfather of our subject was born in Ayrshire,
Scotland, and passed away in Prince Edward Island shortly after his emigra-
tion to Canada. His wife was a native of Dumfries, Scotland. The maternal
grandparents were natives of Prince Edward Island and came of Scotch ances-
try. John Clay, the father of William L. Clay, was a land surveyor and for
a number of years acted as superintendent of public works for Prince county,
Prince Edward Island. He likewise served as sheriff of that county. His
demise occurred in 1901, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1900.
They became the parents of three sons and four daughters.
William Leslie Clay, the youngest of the sons, acquired his early education
in the public schools of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and in 1879 entered
the Prince of Wales College of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, leaving
chat institution in 1881 upon receiving a teacher's license. During the following
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three years he taught school in Prince Edward Island, and in 1884 entered McGill
University of Montreal, taking the senior matriculation and receiving the degree
of B. A. in 1887. He also won a gold medal for honor work in mental and moral
philosophy. In the same year he began the study of theology in the Presbyterian
College of Montreal, from which he was graduated in 1890, receiving a gold
medal for honor work. At this time he volunteered for home mission work
in western Canada and was sent to the district of Morris in the presbytery of
Winnipeg. A few months later he was called to 'Moose Jaw, in the presbytery
of Regina, and was there ordained on the I4th of November, 1890. In May,
1894, he left Mouse Jaw to accept a call from St. Andrew's Presbyterian church
of Victoria, of which he has since remained as pastor. During the period of his
connection with that church he has accomplished much in its interests. The
church was heavily burdened with debt when he became its pastor and that has
since been entirely eliminated. For the past eighteen years Rev. Clay has been
convener of home mission work in the presbytery of Victoria and of the entire
synod of British Columbia and the Yukon for seven years. He is a director of
the Protestant Orphans Home in Victoria, was closely identified with the organ-
ization of the Children's Aid Society and the juvenile court and is at present
vice president of the Children's Aid Society. In April, 1913, the degree of
1). ! ). was conferred upon him by the Presbyterian College of Montreal. Since
nji2 he has been a member of the public library commission.
( hi the 2cl of July. 1890, at Stanhope, Prince Edward Island, Rev. Clay
was united in marriage to Miss Florence N. Leitch, a daughter of John C. and
Margaret (Minto) Leitch, of Scotch ancestry. Their children are as follows:
.Margaret lean, John Leitch, Helen Amelia, Mary Minto and Kathleen Mabel,
all at home. The only son is engaged in the brokerage business in Victoria.
Airs. Clay serves as president of the Home for Aged and Infirm Women. The
faniilv home is a beautiful residence at No. 821 Linden avenue in Victoria.
BERNARD MAYNARD HUMBLE.
Bernard Maynard Humble, prominent in club and military circles of Van-
couver, was born in Bath. England, in 1867 and is a son of the late Rev. Maughan
Humble, a native of Northumberland and for fifty years rector of Suttons Scars-
dale, Derbyshire, England, and a scholar of Emanuel College, Cambridge.
Bernard M. Humble acquired his education in his native country and there
remained until 1884, when he came to Canada. In the following year he served in
the Northwest rebellion and at the end of two years returned to England, where
he remained until 1896. He then returned to Canada, living in Montreal for
over eleven years thereafter, during which time he became very prominent in
club circles, serving as secretary of the Mount Royal Club and later of the St.
James Club. In 1907 he moved to Vancouver in order to become secretary of
the Vancouver Club, a position which he retained until 1908, when he became
associated with the Canadian Pacific Railroad as manager of the Empress Hotel
in Victoria. He did capable and efficient work in that capacity for two years
but in 1910 returned to Vancouver, where he joined the firm of Lowen & Harvey,
which then became Lowen, Harvey & Humble. In March, 1913, Mr. Humble
disposed of his interests in that concern and retired from active business life.
He was again appointed secretary of the Vancouver Club and still serves in that
capacity. Mr. Humble is interested in military affairs and has an excellent record.
He joined the Third Regiment of Victoria Rifles in Montreal in 1898 as lieutenan*
and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1904. Two years later he acted as
assistant adjutant of the Canadian Bisley Team and in 1912 was transferred
to the Corps of Reserve of the Sixth Regiment, the Duke of Connaught's Own
Rifles. He is experienced in club matters, his work along this line having
been of an important character and his connections varied and representative. He
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is a member of the Mount Royal Club of Montreal, the Union Club of Victoria,
the Vancouver Club and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. He holds membership
also in the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, of which he has served on the
board of governors, and in the Jericho Country Club, of which he has been a
member of the committee. He is a member of St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374 (English
Register), A. F. & A. M., Montreal, this being the only lodge in Canada working
under a charter from the Grand Lodge of England.
ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL.
St. Margaret's School was founded in 1908 by Miss Edith and Miss Isabel
Fenwick, Miss Barton joining them in the management of the school in the fol-
lowing year. By 1910 the increase in the number of pupils necessitated the
renting of the two houses on Cook street. The accommodations were soon
found to be inadequate and plans were considered for securing land and erecting
buildings specially designed for school purposes. At this time, came 'the tragic
•death of the two Misses Fenwick in the Iroquois disaster. A committee of
parents was at once elected to support Miss Barton in carrying on the school
and to secure funds for the building of a large girls' school, which should be
both a memorial to the Misses Fenwick and a credit to the city of Victoria.
Many influential citizens were associated in this work. Guarantees were shortly
obtained which resulted in the acquisition of two acres of land, the raising of
forty thousand dollars in bonds for the St. Margaret's School Site Company,
with D. R. Ker as chairman of the board of directors and Messrs. F. I 'ember-
ton, J. Wilson, M. A. Grainger and A. S. Innes composing the remainder of the
board. Plans were prepared by the well known architect, F. M. Rattenbury and
in April, 1912, the new buildings, consisting of a school house to accommodate
•one hundred and twenty-five pupils and a boarding house for thirty girls were
formally opened.
Adequate provision had been made in the way of gymnasium, covered and
open playing grounds, grass and asphalt tennis courts and so great was the
popularity of the school, that during the first year the number of pupils increased
so that both boarding and school house were filled to capacity.
BENJAMIN F. ENGLISH.
Benjamin F. English is living retired in Kamloops after an active, eventful
and adventurous life closely connected in many phases with the pioneer history
of the province. He was born in St. Louis, .Missouri, March 19, 1841, a son
of Benjamin F. and Paulina English, and he acquired a very limited education
in the public schools. He is, however, today a well informed man, having car-
ried forward his studies by himself and added to his knowledge constantly
through reading and observation.
When Mr. English was a child of five he accompanied his father over the
overland trail from St. Louis to Oregon, arriving in the latter state after a
journey of ten months, made with bull teams and pack trains and filled with
all of the hardships and dangers of pioneer travel. Many times they were
forced to fight their way through bands of hostile Indians and on one occasion
when Mr. English was riding behind his father's saddle, the horse was shot
from under them with poisoned arrows. Upon their arrival in Oregon the
father of our subject bought a ranch and Mr. English of this review made this
iiis home until 1858, when he started for the Cariboo country but was obliged
o turn back after reaching Okanagan on account of the treachery of the Indians.
In 1860 he made the perilous journey, bringing cattle which he later butchered
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and sold to the Cariboo miners. For three years he engaged in the pack train?
business, driving from Boston Bar to Cariboo, and in connection with this carried
on stock-raising on an extensive scale until the year 1872, when he went to
Chilcoten. There he opened a general merchandise store but later sold his
interests and went to Ashcroft, where he made his home for sixteen years,
becomin'g well known and prominent in business circles. The next ten years
of his life were spent in the Venable valley, where he engaged in stock-raising,
meeting with well deserved success and accumulating in time a comfortable
competence which enabled him to retire. He took up his home in Kamloops
and has since remained here, spending the evening of his life in ease and com-
fort.
In March, 1885, Mr. English married Miss Ellameen Martin and they are
the parents of five children. Mr. and Mrs. English are well and favorably
known in this locality and he holds membership in the Cariboo Brotherhood.
He is a typical provincial pioneer and can relate many interesting and thrilling-
experiences of his early life, having had several narrow escapes from death
at the hands of the Indians. He, however, learned their language and speaks it
fluently and is considered an authority upon all matters relating to Indian man-
ners and customs. In 1864 he spent the entire summer as a member of a
special police posse which was hunting hostile Indians who had killed a band
of white settlers. He and his four companions caught the murderers and
brought them to justice, this exploit opening the way to further services along
the same line. A few years later Mr. English was called to Victoria by the
Dominion government and was from there sent out to capture two Indian mur-
derers who had escaped. Accompanied by one constable, he went into the wilder-
ness and, after living for weeks among the Indian tribes, captured the murderers
single-handed and took them to Westminster. Mr. English is a born frontiers-
man to whom change, adventure and danger is the breath of life and courage
the mainspring of all activity. He has lived always in the wild, open country
and something of its free spirit is present in his personality, so that he repre-
sents all that is highest, greatest and best in the pioneer type and all that is
worthy and honorable in individual character.
JOSEPH DENIS O'CONNELL.
The consensus of public opinion gives Joseph Denis O'Connell high standing
among the business men of Victoria. Indeed, he is one of the youngest of the
successful merchants of the city, conducting an extensive clothing house. Care-
ful management, enterprising methods and a progressive spirit constitute the
foundation upon which his prosperity has been built. Mr. O'Connell was born
on a farm near Lindsay, Ontario, March 20, 1881. His father, Patrick Joseph
O'Connell, was also a native of Lindsay, born June 21, 1852, but, as his name
indicates came of Irish lineage. He was reared on a farm in the vicinity of
Lindsay and devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits, but passed
away when only thirty-one years of age. He was a son of Morris O'Connell,
who was born in County Cork, Ireland, and on coming to Canada with his par-
ents cast in his lot among the early representatives of agricultural interests near
Lindsay, where he owned and conducted a farm. The lineage can be traced
farther back to the great-grandfather of Joseph O'Connell, who was born in
County Cork, Ireland, whence he emigrated to Canada and became the first
white settler in the township of Ops, Victoria county, Ontario. The Illustrated
Atlas of the Dominion of Canada, published in Toronto, in 1881, says: "The
honor of being the pioneer of Ops has been contested between several parties,
but diligent inquiry among those apparently best informed on this subject
establish the justice of Patrick O'Connell's claim to the distinction of having
first located within the wilds of this township. He settled on lot 7, con 2. just
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west of the Scugog as early as 1828, and in consideration of being the first
settler appropriated the title of 'King O'Connell,' by which he was known during
the balance of his life." The mother of Joseph D. O'Connell bore the maiden
name of 'Mary McGuire and was a daughter of Denis McGuire, who was born
in the county of Fermanagh, Ireland. Mrs. O'Connell is still living at Lindsay.
Joseph Denis O'Connell was educated in The Separate School and in the
Collegiate Institute at Lindsay, Ontario, being graduated from the latter with
the class of 1898. Following his graduation, he entered the firm of B. J. Gough,
clothiers, of Lindsaj, Ontario, afterwards became one of the leading salesmen
with Gough Brothers, of Toronto, which position he filled for several years,
and in 1907 he took over the management of the Sellers-Gough Fur Company,
of Toronto, remaining with that company until 1909, at which time lie came to
Victoria, British Columbia, and entered into partnership with R. F. Fitzpatrick
in the clothing business on the ist of March. The location of their store at
that time was No. 813 Government street, where they had floor space of eight
hundred and fifty square feet. Their business developed from the beginning
and in the following year additional space was secured, giving them seventeen
hundred square feet. In the fall of 1912 the firm removed to newer and larger
quarters at Nos. 1017-1021 Government street, providing them with fifty-five
hundred and fifty square feet of floor space. Their present location is excep-
tionally desirable, being one of the very best in the retail section. The appoint-
ments of the store are unexcelled in their line of business in the city and the
service and courtesy extended by the management to patrons leaves nothing
to be desired. The business has grown rapidly, yet along substantial, healthful
lines, and the success of the undertaking is attributable in large measure to the
efforts, capable management and straightforward business policy of Mr. O'Con-
nell and his associate, Mr. Fitzpatrick.
On the 2ist of June, 1911, occurred the marriage of Joseph D. O'Connell
and Miss Elizabeth Maud Diament, of Lindsay, Ontario, a daughter of Cap-
tain J. W. and Mary (Brady) Diament, who are still residents of Lindsay. Mr.
O'Connell is a member of the Pacific Club of Victoria, and also of the Cana-
dian Club, of which he was formerly an executive officer. He is a member of
the Knights of Columbus and is grand knight of Victoria Council. He justly
deserves to be classed among the most successful of the young business men
of the city and he merits the high regard in which he is uniformly held, for his
personal worth as well as his business capability entitle him to the respect and
:onfidence of all.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM S. JEMMETT.
Captain William S. Jemmett, a retired English army officer and a pioneer in
British Columbia, was for many years closely connected with the section around
Vgassiz. He is at present living retired, enjoying the rewards of his active,
honorable and well directed work in the past. He was born in London, Eng-
land, and is a son of William T. Jemmett.
Captain William S. Jemmett entered the English army, serving for fifteen
years in the Fifteenth and Forty-first Regiments and receiving his commission
is captain. Afterward he came to British Columbia and took up a military
{..rant but soon joined the government survey service and remained in it for
twelve years, surveying, platting and laying out Indian reserves throughout
the province. He was the third person in Agassiz to take up land and part of
1 is claim he cleared for himself, engaging in farming during the later years of
1 is active life. He still resides upon his property. He is numbered among the
earliest pioneers in this part of British Columbia, having come to Agassiz
when there were no roads through the section and ten years before the railroad
vas built.
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In 1880 Captain Jemmett was united in marriage to Miss F. Woods, a daugh-
ter of Archdeacon Woods, who came to British Columbia in 1860 to take charge
of the collegiate schools of Victoria. As archdeacon of British Columbia he
went to Westminster in 1868 and there died in 1895. Captain Jemmett gives
his allegiance to the conservative party and has always been active and public-
spirited in matters of citizenship, working for the advancement and upbuild-
ing of the section to which he came in pioneer times. He has always aimed to
meet every obligation of life with confidence and courage and to perform his
duties to the best of his ability, and as a result he has gained an enviable reputa-
tion as one of the representative men of this region and one of its honored
pioneers.
DUGALD CAMPBELL PATTERSON.
As bold men, and brave, set out from Scotland in the days of old in quest of
adventure and proved their valor in meeting the flower of knighthood, the deni-
zens of the land of hills and heather in our age have gone forth to all parts of the
earth and have proven their ability by gaining success in all walks of life. The
Scottish qualities of thrift, honesty, modesty and patient endurance have won the
day for many of that sturdy race in all climes, and it has been particularly the
Scot who has furnished the material out of which empire builders are made.
Among men of that class is Dugald Campbell Patterson, of Edmonds, British
Columbia, who by his sucessful career again proves the fact that "blood will tell,"
for in him confluence the bloods of the Campbells of Campbellton, the Patersons
of Rutherglen and the Purdons of Partick, among the proudest of the clans of
Scotland. That Mr. Patterson has made good use of those sturdy qualities which
through his ancestry have descended to him, thereof his career is proof, for there
is possibly not a man that has done as much towards the development of Edmonds
as he, and as he has attained to prosperity he has ever remained loyal to the city
which gave him his opportunity and here made his investments, here identified
himself with public projects of worth, giving his time and thought as much to
the future greatness of his city as to the advancement of his individual interests.
There is not a public movement undertaken in which he does not participate if its
value can be demonstrated to him, and material, moral and intellectual growth has
no truer friend than Dugald Patterson.
A native of Scotland, Dugald Campbell Patterson was born at Partick on
January 2, 1860, a son of John Murdoch Paterson, of Rutherglen, and Mar-
garet Purdon, of Partick. In Scotland the family name is spelled with but a
single "t," but Dugald Patterson, upon coming to this country, adopted the spell-
ing he now employs on account of the pronunciation of the name. The father
was well known and prominent in his community as ship joiner but also was artis-
tically gifted, doing distinguished work as a landscape painter. Under the influ-
ence of his worthy parents Dugald C. Patterson passed his boyhood amid an
environment conducive to the development of the highest qualities of manhood,
early having instilled in his youthful consciousness lessons on the value of dili-
gence, honesty and thrift. In the acquirement of his education he attended the
common schools of Glasgow and with the completion of that course his prepara-
tion for life's duties was concluded. He then was apprenticed to the shipbuilding
and boiler making trades and found employment with Barclay, Curie & Com-
pany at Whiteinch and subsequently in the Anchor Line shipyards at Partick.
Stories of the favoring opportunities which the Dominion held out reached him
and the desire to make his mark in the world in a new country laid hold of
him and induced him to cross the ocean, his voyage ending at Montreal, where
he arrived on July i, 1884. For about five years he remained in the eastern
provinces but in June, 1889, we find him in Vancouver and Victoria. He had
•developed his early experiences towards the building trade and while in Vic-
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 813
toria built Corrig College and other important structures. In these years he
also worked for Armstrong, Morrison & Company of New Westminster and
Vancouver, as foreman, and was foreman boiler maker for the Vancouver Engi-
neering Works. In these various positions he improved his latent ability and,
being careful of his earnings, acquired the necessary capital to establish the
Vulcan Iron Works of New Westminster, of which he was the sole owner.
This establishment, under his able direction and guided by his profound experi-
ence, became one of the most important on the Canadian coast, but later in life
he decided to retire from these confining duties and engaged in the real-estate
and insurance business in Vancouver and New Westminster, also being inter-
ested in Burnaby properties. He makes his home in Edmonds and has the dis-
tinction of being the first postmaster of the large and important municipality of
Burnaby, while in 1912 and 1913 he also served on the school board, giving evi-
dence of his interest in the cause of education, realizing that the future growth
of his city largely depends upon the younger generation. Patterson, a suburban
station on the British Columbia Electric Railroad, which adjoins Central Park,
has been named in his honor.
In Victoria, in 1890, Mr. Patterson was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Mabel Webb, a daughter of J. \V. and Frances Jane (Yapp) Webb, of Cradlcy,
England. The Webb family has long been prominent in the mother country.
being known as the Wrebbs of Webb & Sons, the well known cut glass manu-
facturers of Stourbridge and owners of the Bretwell Lane Iron Works of that
:ity. The father of Mrs. Frances Jane (Yapp) Webb was Richard Yapp, high
sheriff of Hereford. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are the parents of the following
:hildren : Charles Bruce, a builder ; William Harold, at present studying for the
egal profession ; Frances Mary Helen ; Alice Marguerite ; Frances Mabel Lili ;
ind Victoria Jean Evelyn. ,
In his political affiliations Mr. Patterson generally gives his support to the
'iberal party,, although he has voted twice on the conservative side and depends
snostly on his own judgment in giving support to government measures and can-
didates. He is a guarantor of the Imperial Home Reunion Association and
prominent in its membership. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Knights of
]*ythias and the Canadian Order of Foresters but has demitted from those
crganizations. His faith is that sturdy religion of his ancestors — the Presby-
terian denomination, and he is ever active in furthering its work and spreading
its doctrines. In him the city of Edmonds honors and respects one of its most
loyal citizens, one who always stands ready to make sacrifices for the com-
rmnity welfare. In his long and useful life he has given a splendid example of
civic righteousness, an example that may well be emulated by the younger gen-
eration. Careful of his own interests, he has always been considerate of those
cf others and has never made an advanced step to the detriment of a fellow
vorker. His sturdy qualities have led him into important relations and the
respect, confidence and good-will, which are readily conceded him on all hands,
are but a feeble expression of the veneration and appreciation in which he is
fesld.
ARTHUR JAMES BARHAM.
Arthur James Barham, who since May, 1912, has filled the position of sec-
retary of the Barnaby Board of School Trustees, and makes his home in
tt'.cKay, was born in Kentington, England, March 10, 1866, a son of James Fred-
erick and Louise Sophia Barham, the former a stationer and freeman of the city
01 London. He was a descendant of the late Rev. Richard Harris Barham, the
author of Ingoldsby Legends, and other writings. The family estate in and
aiound Barham county, Kent, England, from which locality the above writer
took his characters, has been in chancery now for about seven hundred years,
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the deeds having been destroyed through a family quarrel, at the time Sir Thomas
a Becket was archbishop of Canterbury. The late Thomas Richard Barham,
in 1865, spent a large sum in tracing the ancestral records for seven hundred
years in case the deeds were discovered, that his descendants might claim the
estate.
Arthur James Barham pursued his education in Wilson's grammar school in
his native town, completing his course in 1880, after which he was employed as
an accountant in England until June, 1907. He entered the service of the Can-
adian Pacific Railway of Montreal at that date in the capacity of auditor and so
continued until May, 1908, when he resigned. He afterward engaged in ranch-
ing for a brief period in Saskatchewan, and in 1909 came to the coast, after which
he engaged in ranching in Surrey until 1912. He was also employed as an account-
ant in Vancouver from 1910 until 1912, but his time is now occupied with his
official duties. In 1911 he was the secretary of the Surrey Board of School
Trustees and was a member of the Board of Trade of Surrey. In May, 1912,
he was called to his present position as secretary of the Barnaby Board of School
Trustees and is making an excellent record in that connection, loyalty to duty
ever being one of his strongest characteristics.
On the 1 5th of September, 1894, in St. Peters, Brockley, England, Mr. Bar-
ham was married to Miss Florence Gertrude Mosely, a daughter of M. Mosely,
a freeman of the city of London. The mother was a daughter of William Bras-
ier, contractor and large land proprietor in Sussex, England. Mrs. Barham is
also a niece of Chief Justice Mosely at Cairo, Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. Barham
have four children: Harold Arthur, an electrical engineer, eighteen years of age;
Percy Samuel, age seventeen ; Dorothy Violet, eight years of age and Phyllis
Mabel, a little maiden of four summers. The parents are members of the English
church and Mr. Barham was formerly a member of the Carlton Club of Brighton,
England, and the Hanover Park Club of London, England. In politics he is
independent, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. In matters of
citizenship he is deeply interested and he stands at all time for those things which
are of vital worth to the community.
JAMES STARK.
James Stark is occupying an enviable position in connection with commer-
cial interests in Vancouver, not alone by reason of the success which is his but
also owing to the straightforward and progressive business policy that he has
ever followed. As president of James Stark & Sons, Ltd., he is at the head of an
extensive department store and this establishment stands as a monument to his
capability, his business integrity and his enterprise. He was born in Dundee,
Scotland, May 25, 1845, a son °f Walter and Elizabeth Stark, representatives of
old Scotch families. He is indebted to the public-school system of his native
city for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He was a young man of
twenty years when in September, 1865, he arrived in Canada, where for several
years he was employed as a salesman in the dry-goods house of Robert Struthers,
of St. Catharine's, Ontario. Subsequently he spent some time as a dry-goods
clerk in Brantford, and in these connections gained the experience which quali-
fied him to conduct an establishment of his own when his industry and careful
expenditure had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to embark in the
dry-goods business on his own account. This he did at St. George, Ontario, in
1873, remaining there for about three years. Later he followed the same busi-
ness in Toronto for several years and afterward removed to Ayr. Ontario,
where he was in business for eight years. He was regarded as one of the valued
citizens of the town during that period and served as a member of the Ayr
school board. In March, 1892, he arrived in Vancouver and entered the business
circles of this city under his own name, opening a store on Carroll street. After
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a few years he removed to Cordova street and in 1901 two sons were taken
into partnership under the style of James Stark & Sons. In 1905 the business
was incorporated under the name of James Stark & Sons, Ltd., with Mr. Stark
as president, W. L. Stark as vice president and E. W. Stark as secretary and
treasurer. In 1909 a removal was made to their present location on Hastings
street, where they have a large and well appointed establishment, splendidly
equipped in its various departments. Mr. Stark has been connected with the
dry-goods trade for forty-eight years and there is no feature of the business 01
its development that is not familiar to him. He has always kept abreast with
:he trend of the times in commercial interests and has been a leader, not a fol-
ower, in the mercantile circles of Vancouver. The value and worth of his judg-
nent and activity is further indicated in the fact that his cooperation has been
nought along other business lines, and he is now a director of the Dominion
Trust Company, Ltd., and vice president of the Pacific Building Society of Van-
couver.
On the 8th of August, 1871, in Brantford, Ontario, Mr. Stark was married
to Miss Julia -Mitchelhill Leek, a (laughter of Robert and Julia Leek. The chil-
dren of this marriage are Walter L., Mary C. T., Ernest W., Jessie F. and Wil-
liam Mclntosh. The sons are married and the daughter Jessie is now
Mrs. F. Begg. One of the sons, Walter L., is connected with the business.
Aside from his commercial interests Mr. Stark is justice of the peace, hav-
i ig been commissioned on the 23d of May, 1899. He received the queen's medal
for active service in the Fenian raid in 1866. His political indorsement is given
t) the liberal party and his position upon any vital or significant question is
i ever an equivocal one. In Masonry he has taken the Royal Arch degree and
has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He likewise be-
longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is an active and valued
member of the Presbyterian church, serving as a trustee and treasurer of St.
Andrews for fifteen years. He is now abroad, making a tour of the world, feel-
ing that he can leave his business in competent hands when it is in the care of
his son, while his own activity and enterprise well entitle him to the rest that he
it now enjoying. A little thoughtful consideration of his career brings one to
the conclusion that he has in most of his business operations been impelled by
the spirit of the pioneer. He has sought out new plans and new conditions likely
to favor his purposes, and after he has made them available and profitable he
h is sought out still others. The wisdom of his selection has been proven by the
success that has crowned his efforts.
JOHN BULMAN.
British Columbia numbers among its most capable, efficient and public-
s[ irited officials John Bulman, registrar of the supreme court, deputy registrar
ol the city court, clerk of the peace and clerk to the government agent, with
residence in Golden. He was born in Carlisle, England, October 3, 1856, and
is a son of John and Frances (Bird) Bulman. His education was acquired in
his native city and after laying aside his books he went to Scotland, where for
j tv elve years he was connected with a railroad office at Glasgow. Returning
j to Carlisle, he traveled in the interests of an iron manufacturing concern for
I four years and later established himself in business independently. He came
to America in 1893 and in the same year settled in British Columbia, where
\ he took up five hundred acres of land near Golden. This tract he improved
and developed along modern and progressive lines, engaging in general farm-
| in;; and stock-raising and making both branches of his work extremely profit-
, able. He held his farm until 1901 but a year previous to that time was
i appointed government mine recorder at Windermere. This position he held
J until 1904, when he was transferred to Golden, where he now acts as registrar
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of the supreme court, deputy registrar of the city court, clerk of the peace arid
clerk to the government agent. In the discharge of his duties in all of these
capacities he has proven able, conscientious and reliable and has accomplished
some valuable and beneficial 'work, standing ever on the side of right, reform
and justice.
Mr. Bulman married, in 1897, Miss Margaret Aitken, a native of Scotland,
and they became the parents of three sons. Mr. Bulman is past master of the
Masonic lodge, secretary of the Golden Hospital Society and takes an active
part in all kinds of athletics, these connections indicating to some extent the
scope and variety of his interests. As an official he brings his wide experience,
his strong powers of mind and his comprehensive grasp of the true purposes
of government to the discharge of his duties and has achieved a success which
places him in a high position as a director of public thought and opinion.
C. STUART CAMPBELL.
C. Stuart Campbell, who for many years has held a prominent position in
athletic circles as a brilliant lacrosse player, and who has been connected with
important journalistic interests as an able newspaper man, has now severed both
of these connections in order to give all of his time to the extensive business
affairs with which he is connected as a successful real-estate dealer and to his
public duties as a member of the Burrard Peninsula sewerage commission. He
was born in Tliorah township, Ontario county, Ontario, in 1870, and is a son of
Charles and Christina (Macmillan) Campbell, also natives of that province. The
family moved west to Brandon. Manitoba, where the father engaged in farming
until his death, which occurred in 1892. His wife passed away in Brandon some
years previously.
C. Stuart Campbell acquired his education in the public schools of Ontario
and Manitoba, receiving a third-class teacher's certificate from the Brandon high
school. However, he never engaged in teaching but began his independent career
as a clerk in a general store in Brandon, holding that position for two years. At
the end of that time he became connected with the Brandon Times, learning the
printer's trade and working on that paper for nearly five years. During that
period he was connected with various departments of journalism and learned
the newspaper business in principal and detail. Later he removed to Winnipeg,
where he entered the composing room of the Manitoba Free Press under the
editorship of J. W. Dafoe. He was connected with the paper for two years,
during which he also became prominent in athletics, taking a place on the Winni-
peg amateur lacrosse team, with which he played successfully for two seasons.
In the fall of 1889 he came to New Westminster and joined the Westminster
lacrosse team, serving as a popular member of that body for five years thereafter,
during which time he toured eastern Canada with the Victoria team, playing in
all the principal cities. He afterward moved to Victoria, where he played for
two years with the city lacrosse team, at the close of which time he retired from
athletics. In 1898 he returned to Vancouver, where he joined the linotype staff
of the Vancouver Daily Province, helping to publish the first copy of that paper
ever issued. He remained in this connection until 1910 and then resigned in order
to turn his attention to the real-estate business. He opened offices at 407 Hastings
street, West and he today controls an important and growing patronage, dealing
chiefly in South Vancouver property and land in northern British Columbia. He
is also a partner in the Barker Drug Company, Ltd., of South Vancouver and
a director of the Street Car Indicator Company, Ltd., and his ability, energy and
resourcefulness are recognized and respected in business circles.
Mr. Campbell was married in New Westminster, in the spring of 1896, to
Miss Annie Helen Bonson, a daughter of L. F. Bonson, one of the few surviving
members of the Royal Engineers Corps, who came to this province to build the
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Cariboo road and to carry out many other important feats of engineering. Mr.
and Mrs. Campbell have seven children, Hubert Bonson, Gordon Lionel, Douglas
Stuart, Alan Urquhart, Lewis Charles, Earl Forrest and Kathleen Marion.
Mr. Campbell is a member of the Riverview Presbyterian church and serves
as a member of the board of management. His interests have extended to many
fields and in Vancouver, besides being a prosperous and prominent business man,
he is known also as an able worker in the public service, cooperating heartily in
all measures of reform and advancement, and an acknowledged force in municipal
affairs. He was elected to represent ward 7 in the South Vancouver city council in
1912 and was reelected in 1913. In July of the same year he was appointed a
member of the Burrard Peninsula sewerage commission, an organization which has
already accomplished a great deal of notable work and will undoubtedly be one of
the most important factors in the promotion of a greater Vancouver. Mr. Camp-
bell is in complete sympathy with the aims of this organization, as he is with
iverything pertaining to municipal progress and advancement. His interests are
thoroughly identified with those of Vancouver and his efforts are potent elements
n furthering the material, political and intellectual development and upbuilding
>f the city.
JAMES W. BAILEY.
A well improved and highly developed tract comprising four hundred and
eighty acres is the home of James W. Bailey, who is numbered among the enter-
prising and progressive agriculturists in the vicinity of Vernon. He was born
in Essex county, Ontario, and is a son of Amos and Susan Bailey.
In the acquirement of an education James W. Bailey attended public school
in his native section and remained with his parents until 1877, when he went
ID Winnipeg, then Fort Garry, and farmed in the vicinity of the city for five
} ears. At the end of that time he obtained employment on the Canadian Pac-
iic Railroad at a time when the line was just being constructed through Mani-
toba. He remained in this position until the railroad was completed, after
which he lived in Donald, carrying on business there for several years. Then
1 e paid a visit to his parents in Amherstburg, and upon his return to the west,
stayed in Calgary for a few months. In 1892 he came to Vernon and spent
tvo years conducting a brick manufacturing business which he had bought. At
t ic end of that time he took up a preemption claim of three hundred and twenty
acres, later adding to it, becoming finally the owner of four hundred and eighty
a:res, which constitute his present farm. He has built upon this a fine modern
r:sidence and barns and has placed about one hundred acres under cultivation,
and now has a valuable property, yielding good financial returns. In addition
to his general farming Mr. Bailey makes a specialty of raising and feeding high-
grade cattle.
Mr. Bailey married, in 1891, Miss Elizabeth Suttie, of Scotland, and they
hive two sons, Donald W. and John S. Both he and his wife are well known
ir Vernon, and have gained an extensive circle of warm friends during the
period of their residence here.
THOMAS MELBOURNE BRAYSHAW.
For over twenty years Thomas Melbourne Brayshaw has been engaged as
a carriage and wagon manufacturer in Victoria, British Columbia, and, as the
years have passed, success has come to him as the result of his careful methods
and thorough understanding of the business. His establishment is now con-
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sidered one of the largest in the city and takes an important place among the
manufactories of the province.
Born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, Thomas M. Brayshaw is a
son of David and Ellen (Terry) Brayshaw, the former a native of York and
the latter of London, England. The father was a terra-cotta worker by trade
and was decided to emigrate to Australia by the lure of the famous placer
mines which had been discovered in that country. Landing in the Antipodes, he
proceeded to Ballarat, where he arrived in 1859. There he remained until the
gold excitement in New Zealand broke out, when he went to the diggings and
there prospered and made a fortune in gold mines. Well satisfied, he then
returned to St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, where he purchased two rows
of houses, but subsequently on account of unfortunate real-estate transactions
he lost his entire fortune. Returning to New Zealand, he again courted the
fleeting goddess of chance but fortune refused to smile upon him again. Return-
ing to the same locality, he finally abandoned mining and returned to his trade,
building up an extensive business at Dunedin, New Zealand, and remaining
there until 1893, when he went to the continent of Australia, where he died on
November 18, of the same year. His wife survived him for many years, pass-
ing away in 1912, at the age of seventy-eight, at Stratford, New Zealand.
Thomas M. Brayshaw was taken to Australia when a child of eighteen
months and was reared and educated in the public and high schools of New
Zealand. He was apprenticed to his father's trade, that of a terra-cotta worker,
serving his time until he was seventeen years of age, when he apprenticed him-
self to the carriage and wagon builder's trade, serving a term of four years and
leaving a remunerative line of work in order to serve an apprenticeship as a
carriage builder, hi doing this he followed the same course pursued by an
older brother, who also learned the terra-cotta trade but later turned to car-
riage building. Thomas M. Brayshaw worked as a journeyman carriage builder
for a number of years and then in company with two other employes, John
Hordern and John White, established a factory at Dunedin. They started a large
plant, employing eighteen workmen, and conducted this business for several
years, or until 1890. Seeking wider opportunities, Mr. Brayshaw then decided
upon the turn of a coin between Cape Town, South Africa, and Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia, the latter city becoming his choice. With his wife and three
sons he made the trip to Victoria, landing on the ist of April, 1890. Soon
thereafter he bought out the Victoria Transfer Carriage Shop, operating the
same from 1891 to 1907 very successfully. In the beginning he employed four
men, this number having increased to twelve in 1907. In that year, owing to
the building of the new barn of the Victoria Transfer Company on the site of
his shop, he erected a new plant at the corner of Government street and Cale-
donia avenue, where he now has a completely and modcrnly equipped plant.
He builds all kinds of wagons and carriages and also automobile bodies, doing
also carriage and automobile painting. At the present time he employs in his
shop eighteen men, all skilled laborers, and by his energy, industry and close
application has built up a remarkably successful business. He is president of
the Victoria Carriage Builders & Blacksmiths Association, is first vice president
of the Carriage Builders & Blacksmiths Association of the State of Washington,
and organizer for British Columbia of the International Carriage Builders &
Blacksmiths Association of America. Mr. Brayshaw is a strong advocate of
the organization of trade interests and allied lines of business. He learned
much regarding this while making his home in New Zealand, where intelligent
cooperation has brought the highest results.
On February 26, 1871, Mr. Brayshaw was united in marriage to Miss Jane
Frazier Mair, of Glasgow, Scotland, the ceremony taking place at Dunedin,
New Zealand. To this union were born four sons: Francis Cuthbert, born
in Dunedin in 1873, who passed away November 20, 1898; Alexander, who was
born in that city in 1875 ; Mark, who was born in Dunedin in 1877 and whose
death occurred February 7, 1903 ; and William David, who was born in Vic-
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toria, May 24, 1890, and who acts as foreman of his father's business. Alex-
ander Brayshaw, the second in order of birth and the oldest living son, mar-
ried Miss Margaret Rogers, a native of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia,
and they have two sons, Thomas Melbourne and Francis Nelson. Alexander
Brayshaw is foreman of the Victoria Transfer Carriage Shop.
Mr. Brayshaw has at various times been identified with a number of indus-
trial enterprises in Victoria but has since abandoned any official connection with
outside interests with a view to devoting himself entirely to his present business.
Fraternally he is a member of Victoria Lodge, No. i, I. O. O. F., and also a mem-
ber of the Encampment, having held all of the chairs. For five years he was
treasurer of the Victoria lodge of the Odd Fellows and a member of the Daugh-
ters of Rebekah. Moreover, he belongs to Victoria Lodge, No. 17, K. P., and
is a charter member of Victoria Aerie, No. 12, F. O. E., of which he is past
president. He was also president of St. Andrews and Caledonian Society for
three years, 1909-10-11. While in New Zealand he was for eight yeans a mem-
ber of the city guards at Dunedin and was a crack shot, having qualified three
times as the best man to go to Wimbledon, England, to compete in the British
Empire competition which is held each year. Mr. Brayshaw attained to the
rank of sergeant of his company. He finds much pleasure in amateur photog-
raphy and has become quite an artist along that line. He is a most success-
ful business man and what he has attained must be ascribed entirely to his own
efforts, to his adherence to fair business principles and to his incessant labor
and indomitable will.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DICKENS.
Benjamin Franklin Dickens, who was at one time actively engaged in real
estate in Vancouver, is now solely interested in the promotion of Indian River
Park, the beautiful tourist resort and park at the head of the North Arm of
Burrard Inlet. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, November 30, 1860, and is
i son of William and Hannah C. Dickens. The father, who followed mer-
chandising, is deceased. In the acquirement of his education the son attended
ihe public schools of Belleville and after graduating from the high school
•altered a business college of that city. When his text-books were laid aside
he became connected with his father in mercantile interests and afterwards
entered into business connections that necessitated considerable traveling. In
that way he became familiar with conditions of the country from Quebec to
Victoria and, perceiving promising signs of further growth and development
in the west he located in Vancouver in the spring of 1898. Here he entered
into business relations with the Vancouver Daily Province as advertising man,
i ontinuing in that position for two years. Subsequently he conducted a general
publicity organization and was one of the company that purchased the Vancouver
World from Mrs. J. C. McLagan. He became the vice president and a direc-
tor of the new company but later sold his interest in the World and engaged with
the Royal Business Exchange, Ltd., of which he was also vice president. At
the same time he was vice president of the Royal Guarantee & Trust Company,
Ltd., of Victoria. Subsequent to his connection with those ventures he pur-
chased considerable property at Indian River and promoted Indian River Park,
tD the furtherance of which project he is now giving his time and energies in
association with Alvo von Alvensleben. He is laying out the district along
approved lines and every feature of modern development will be exploited.
His experiences in traveling, his work as publicity agent and other experiences
cf his life have qualified him for the tasks which now devolve upon him. He
has done much to exploit the interests of the coast and so close and thorough
has been his study that he is able to speak with authority upon many points
relative to British Columbia and her upbuilding.. He has entered into various
organizations which have for their object the substantial improvement and set-
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tlement of this section of the country and was a charter member of the Tourists
Association and remains an active member of the Progress Club and also of
the Commercial Club. Moreover, he was one of the founders of the 100,000
Club, the object of which organization is indicated by its name. His political
support is given to the liberal party but he has neither time nor inclination for
active political work.
Mr. Dickens was united in marriage to Miss Ida E. Aishton, a daughter of
Clark and Marie Aishton, of Napanee, Ontario, and they have three children,
Irene, Charles and Florence.
E. WEDDELL.
E. Weddell, a pioneer business man of Kelowna, now living retired after
many years of close identification with mercantile interests, was born in Rox-
burgh, Scotland, in 1857, a son of James and Rose Weddell. He was educated
in Edinburgh and spent his early life in that city, crossing the Atlantic in 1884.
He settled first in Petrolia, Ontario, at the time of the great oil boom there and
he remained a resident of that place for seven years, coming in 1891 to Kelowna,
British Columbia, as one of the earliest settlers of the town site. The city
had not yet been built and where it now stands broad prairies stretched for
many miles in all directions. Mr. Weddell was one of the few who practically
founded the city, for in 1892 he joined a Mr. Le Quime in the establishment
of a general store, the first of its kind in the locality, with the exception of one
conducted at the Indian mission, several miles away. Mr. Weddell secured a
liberal and representative patronage, which was accorded him in recognition
of his honorable and upright methods, his courteous service and his well selected
line of goods. He continued in business until 1912 and then sold out his inter-
ests and retired. He is one of the best known of Kelowna's pioneers, for he
not only came to the community at an early date but took a prominent part in
its early development, becoming also an active force in its later upbuilding.
ROBERT DOUGLAS RORISON.
With the history of pioneer development in the west the name of Robert
Douglas Rorison has long been associated. As the tide of emigration has steadily
flowed to the Pacific he has become connected with development work in various
sections through his business activity and today he is one of the foremost figures
in real-estate circles, handling property in such a way that not only individual
interests are promoted but the welfare and prosperity of Vancouver are also
enhanced. A native of Fitzroy, Ontario, he was born September 10, 1848, a son
of Hugh U. and Ann G. (Grierson) Rorison. The founder of the family in
America was the grandfather, Basil Dunbar Douglas Rorison, who came to this
country from the vicinity of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and settled in Vermont.
The Rorison family is an old one in Scotland, owners of an old estate and of
Rorison castle and bearers of a coat of arms. The castle is still standing but is
not now in possession of the family. Over the entrance door can still be seen
the coat of arms bearing the inscription : "Fear God and hate sin." Basil D. D.
Rorison, living in Vermont at the time of the American revolution, came as a
United Empire Loyalist to Canada after the close of the war and settled at what
is now Brockville, Ontario, where he engaged in the lumber business until his
death. His son Hugh U. Rorison was born at Brockville and when quite young
went with his uncle, Captain John Grant, to the Ottawa valley in Ontario, taking
up his abode at Fitzroy, where he engaged in the lumber business, being among
the first to conduct an enterprise of that character in the territory. As time
advanced he secured large landed holdings and later also engaged in farming,
owning one of the finest and most productive farms in Ontario, containing six
hundred acres of rich and arable land. Upon that place he remained until his
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death, which occurred on the 2Oth of December, 1863, when he was in his fifty-
ninth year. He was never an office seeker yet keenly interested himself in all
matters pertaining to civic and national development. As the years passed on
his capably managed business affairs made him a rich man, while his integrity and
upright methods gained for him the high esteem and unqualified confidence of
all with whom he was brought in contact.
Robert D. Rorison was educated in the schools of Fitzroy and Belleville Col-
lege, Ontario, and likewise attended London Commercial College at London,
Ontario, taking a Grade A diploma with highest honors in the graduating class.
In 1864, while at the common school, Mr. Rorison received a book direct from
Queen Victoria through the inspector of militia in recognition of being captain
of the best drilled company of boys in Ontario. Mr. Rorison taught school for
several terms before entering into business. He initiated his business career at
Petrolia, Ontario, in 1869, becoming connected with the development of oil fields
there. After four years, or in 1873, he went to Renfrew, Ontario, where in part-
nership with his brother H. U. Rorison he conducted a general store until 1878.
In 1879 ne moved to Manitoba and in November of that year he entered the grain
business in Minnedosa, being the first grain buyer west of Portage la Prairie, in
that province. In 1880 he removed to Carberry, Manitoba, and continued in the
grain business until 1885, when he sought the broader fields offered in Winnipeg.
He became an extensive grain dealer and leading business man of that city, his
trade becoming one of large volume and importance. His business offered an
excellent market for grain and constituted a stimulus for activity in that direction
among the farmers of the district. In 1893 he also entered the real-estate busi-
ness there and carried on both undertakings until 1899. There was not a single
esoteric phase in all of his business career. He based his principles on the rules
which govern industry and strict, unswerving integrity, and the combination of
energy and capable management brought about the desired result.
In 1899 Mr. Rorison removed to Vancouver, having become interested in
mining properties in this province. Incidentally these mining ventures were
failures but he became impressed with the opportunities offered by the city and
province in other directions and decided to remain. He entered the real-estate
field, forming the firm of R. D. Rorison & Son, and they at once became heavy
operators in realty, not only handling city property but also branching out and
becoming interested in timber, lumber and mining enterprises and carrying on
in addition a general financial brokerage business. They have promoted a num-
ber of large and very successful business enterprises in the province. Their own
interests have grown to mammoth proportions and in 1911 they incorporated as
R. D. Rorison & Son, Ltd., with a paid-in capital of one million dollars* Mr. Rorison
becoming president, with his son W. D. S. Rorison as vice president. They are
very extensive owners of realty in and near Vancouver and have dealt largely in
subdivision property. They have also made a specialty of reclamation projects,
thus adding to the material growth and development of the city and province
ind converting apparently worthless waste land into cultivable tracts or good
, residential districts. With almost intuitive prescience Mr. Rorison seems to recog-
lize the possibilities of a situation and to determine accurately the outcome of
my business venture. This has enabled him to place his investments most judi-
:iously in districts where property has continuously appreciated in value, thus
>ringing to the firm gratifying returns. The business has been carefully systema-
ized, is most methodically managed and in all things there is displayed the charac-
• eristic spirit of western enterprise and achievement. They own and are at present
promoting the Bridgeport townsite on Lulu island just across the Eraser river
rom Eburne, and they also own the townsite of Royal on the mainland. They own
undare reclaiming a number of islands in the Eraser river and they organized and
are at present promoting the Royal Dock Limited, with a capital of ten million
dollars. This is a mammoth reclamation project, the purpose of which is to reclaim
;i large acreage of the North Arm of the Eraser river, including the Sturgeon
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banks and the west ends of Sea island and lona island for the purpose of erecting
docks and developing mill atid manufacturing sites and building sites for employes.
This is indeed a big proposition and wilt mean much to Vancouver as a factor in
substantial growth and development. Carefully formulated plans are being exe-
cuted and a successful outcome of the project is a foregone conclusion to all who
know aught of the firm and their enterprising business methods. In 1900, they
organized the Royal Nurseries and Floral Company, Ltd., with a capital stock of
one hundred thousand dollars, and in 1911 reorganized under the Royal Nurseries,
Ltd., with a capital stock of one million dollars, of which seven hundred and thirty-
two thousand dollars is paid in. Of this company Mr. Rorison is the president and
his son, \V. D. S. Rorison, vice president. The Royal Nurseries constitute the
largest undertaking of this kind in Canada and one of the largest combinations
of nursery, greenhouse and bulb farming on the American continent. The nurse-
ries and greenhouses are situated at Royal, on the mainland, where the company
owns forty acres, and at Bridgeport, on Lulu island, in the Fraser River valley,
where the company owns fifty acres, upon which they conduct a bulb farm as well
as part of their nursery. They grow and deal in choice plants and shrubs from
all parts of the world. They buy in large quantities and their variety is not sur-
passed on the American continent. They also carry a complete line of nursery
stock in fruit and shade trees and in addition conduct a growing, large and profit-
able business in floral designs and cut flowers. The breadth of their undertakings
is marvelous and their success is the natural and logical sequence of carefully
formed plans, of keen insight and discrimination and of unabating and indefati-
gable energy. Thus year by year they have reached out along constantly broaden-
ing lines and the extent, importance and prosperity of their business affairs place
them with the leading business men of the province.
Mr. Rorison was married, at Renfrew, Ontario, January 6, 1875, to Miss
Charlotte Walford. a daughter of Stephen Walford, a druggist of Renfrew.
Mrs. Rorison passed away June i. 1909. They had one son, Walford Douglas
Somerled Rorison, who is associated with his father in business. In 1911 Mr. Ror-
ison married Jean Kilby, a sister of E. C. Kilby, of Vancouver.
Mr. Rorison has always been active in matters pertaining to the growth of
the city and its improvement. He has firm faith in Vancouver and in the province
and is a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Progress Club, the Rich-
mond Board of Trade, the Point Grey Board of Trade and in all he is an active
worker, cooperating heartily in their, projects for the upbuilding of the various
municipalities and of the province at large. Moreover, Mr. Rorison has always
been a liberal supporter of charities and philanthropic movements, being especially
generous where there is opportunity to ameliorate the hard conditions of life for
the unfortunate. His prosperity and his benevolence have gone hand in hand,
for he has been active in following the mandate : "Bear ye one another's burdens."
His position upon the temperance question is never an equivocal one. He stands
strongly for prohibition as against the use of intoxicants, realizing how detrimental
in every way is intemperance. In the townsites promoted by him a clause is inserted
in the deeds prohibiting the property for use in carrying on the sale or manu-
facture of intoxicants. Mr. Rorison was the chief organizer of the Vancouver
Electoral Union, which from IQOI until 1907 was the most potent force in the
political situation of the city. He was recognized as the hardest worker of the
union, which by constant and unfaltering effort had finally wrested the control
of the city from the liquor interests and succeeded in electing members of the
union to twenty-seven out of the thirty-two elective offices of the city. This
organization was also largely instrumental in the election to two of the remain-
ing five offices of men, in sympathy with their movement, but not members of
the union. These officers included the mayor, license commissioners, trustees,
aldermen and park commissioners. Mr. Rorison is very prominent in local option
affairs and in full accord with the Dominion alliance, the object of which is the
suppression of the liquor traffic for beverage purposes throughout the Dominion of
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Canada. He is a member of and active worker in the Royal Templars Society
and the Good Templars Society. He is equally earnest and efficient in his cham-
pionship of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, has
been a liberal giver to the building funds and to all other projects which seek the
moral development and upbuilding of the community. Socially he is a member
of the Canadian and Progress Clubs and various organizations for social reform.
He holds friendship inviolable and as true worth may always win his regard he
has a very extensive circle of friends, his life demonstrating the truth of the Ralph
Waldo Emerson statement that "the way to win a friend is to be one." The
public work that he has done has been of a nature that has brought no pecuniary
reward and yet has made extensive demand upon his time, his thought and his
energies. All who know him speak of him in terms of praise. In his life are the
elements of greatness because of the use that he has made of his talents and his
opportunities, because his thoughts are not self-centered but are given to the
mastery of life problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his relation
to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his relation to his province and his country.
CHARLES A. SCHOOLEY.
Charles A. Schooley, who has been a resident of Vancouver for about a
quarter of a century, is well known in the city and for the past six years has
held the office of paymaster, having been appointed to that position in the spring
of 1907. His birth occurred in Port C'olborne, Ontario, on the 26th of May,
1850, his parents being Abraham and Barbara (Graybiel) Schooley, both of
whom were natives of that province and came of United Empire Loyalist stock.
The father, a merchant of Port Colborne, there passed away when our subject
was still but an infant. The mother now makes her home at Poplar Hill,
Middlesex county, Ontario.
Charles A. Schooley obtained his education in the public schools of Welland
county, Ontario, and subsequently studied law for two years but was obliged to
abandon the course on account of ill health. He next spent a period of six
years in Florida and was there associated in business with a New York man as
a pioneer dealer in moss. Returning to Canada, he was connected with the
Hobbs Hardware Company of London, Ontario, until 1889 and in that year
came to Vancouver, British Columbia. He had the agency for the Imperial
Oil Company of Pretolia, Ontario, and continued to represent that concern until
it was absorbed by the Standard Oil Company, Subsequently he embarked in
the commission business, being a wholesale dealer in fruit and produce for a
period of five years or until he entered the city hall as a member of the staff
of the treasury department, which position he held for two years. In the spring
of 1907 he was appointed to the office of city paymaster and from that time to the
present has ably discharged the duties devolving upon him in this connection,
making a creditable and commendable record.
In 1886, at Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Schooley was united in marriage to Miss
Kate E. Samons, of that city. He is a deacon in the First Baptist church and
his wife is a very active member of St. John's Presbyterian church. During
the long period o.f his residence in Vancouver he has .won an extensive circle
of friends who esteem him as a man of honorable character and upright life.
FREDERICK THOMAS JENKINS.
Frederick Thomas Jenkins, a successful young business man and prominent
representative of industrial interests in Vancouver, is the president and manager
of the Dominion Iron Works, Limited, which he organized in the summer of
1913. His birth occurred in Victoria, British Columbia, on the igth of August,
1884, his parents being David and Margaret (Townsend) Jenkins, who were
natives of Wales and were married in Chili. The year 1882 witnessed their
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arrival in Victoria, British Columbia, and David Jenkins was for many years
thereafter engaged in farming on Salt Spring island. He maintained his resi-
dence in Victoria, however, and there passed away in August, 1905, when sixty-
nine years of age. His widow still resides there and is very active in com-
munity affairs, having for the past sixteen years or more acted as one of the
school trustees of Victoria.
Frederick T. Jenkins obtained his education in the public schools of his
native city and when sixteen years of age was apprenticed to the trade of boiler-
maker, serving with the Moran Company of Seattle and the Albion Iron Works
of Victoria. In 1910 he went to North Vancouver and there organized the
McDougall-Jenkins Engineers, Limited, now the North Shore Iron Works,
Limited, of which he is still a director. In the summer of 1913 he organized the
Dominion Iron Works, Limited, of which he acts as president and manager,
and the business is steadily growing under his able direction. He possesses
untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is deter-
mined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent
management have brought to him the enviable degree of prosperity which is
today his.
On the ist of August, 1911, at North Vancouver, Mr. Jenkins was united
in marriage to Miss Muriel Fugler, her father being J. W. Fugler, building
inspector of North Vancouver. They now have two children, Olive Mabel
and Mary June. In politics Mr. Jenkins is a conservative and has done con-
siderable campaign work. He finds recreation and pleasure in a motor boat
and also enjoys shooting. In all the relations of life, business, political or social,
he has maintained such a high standard of honor and integrity that he has won
the respect, good-will and confidence of those who, through daily intercourse
with him, have come to know him well.
CAPTAIN GEORGE McSPADDEN.
Few, if any, residents of Vancouver are better known in the city than Captain
George McSpadden, who is not only prominently identified with business interests
as a successful real-estate dealer, but also connected with political and military
circles in a prominent and notable way. His record as building inspector and
city assessor of Vancouver has never been surpassed with regard to the amount
and value of the work accomplished, and his activity along this and other lines has
been of inestimable worth to the community, to the general advancement and
development of which he has made many substantial contributions. Moreover,
he was chairman of the railway and bridges committee when the Granville and
Main Street bridges were built, and he was also the leader in establishing the
Vancouver Exhibition at Hastings Park. He was born in County Down, near
Bryansford, Ireland, November 3, 1865, and is a son of James and Elizabeth
(Moore) McSpadden, also natives of the Emerald isle, the former for many
years land steward for the Lord Ansley estate at the town of Castlewellan,
County Down. Both have passed away.
Captain George McSpadden acquired his education in the public schools of
his native county and afterward served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's
and joiner's trade under his brother, Robert James McSpadden, who was at that
time chief architect and superintendent of works for the Earl of Ansley. After
completing his term Captain McSpadden came to Canada and located in Toronto,
where he became connected with the firm of Gall, Anderson & Company, with
whom he continued for eight years, gaining a valuable, practical experience. At
the end of that time he removed to Denver, Colorado, United States of America,
and then after one year returned to Ireland, where in the city of Belfast he
engaged in the building and contracting business for seven years. In April,
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1900, he again crossed the Atlantic and this time settled in Vancouver, British
Columbia, where in partnership with Duncan McDonald he engaged in contracting
and building. Six months after his arrival the city advertised for a building
inspector and out of seventy applications received Captain McSpadden's was ac-
cepted and he received the appointment as the first building inspector of the
city. His former experience in the contracting and building business proved
invaluable to him in this connection, for he had studied building conditions and
knew the requirements of any kind of a structure with regard to safety and
sanitation. He was appointed to a joint office, his duties including those of city
assessor, and in 1900 he took the census for Vancouver unaided, finding the
population of the city to be something over twenty-three thousand. In the same
year he placed a valuation upon all the buildings in the city and assessed the
same, taking also the name of each osvner and the tenants' names as well — an
exhaustive and detailed work which he accomplished successfully without assist-
ance. Captain McSpadden held the office of building inspector and city assessor
of Vancouver for about seven years and made an enviable record, inaugurating
during the period many reforms and changes, systematizing methods of operation,
adding new departments, accumulating valuable statistics and placing the entire
office upon a businesslike and practical basis. His resignation after seven years
of signally successful work was received with regret, for it deprived the city of
the services of a man who understood his work in principle and detail, who was
an organizer and administrator as well as a capable business man and who had
given the city the benefit of his talents and powers in a public-spirited and pro-
gressive way.
After leaving office Captain McSpadden turned his attention to the real-estate
business and he has been active in this field ever since. He first joined Harry T.
Devine under the firm name of Devine & McSpadden, the partnership being
formed for a period of three years. At the end of this time Captain McSpadden
engaged in business for himself, making Grandview the part of the city of his
operations. When he first established himself there he found only a few crude
snacks east of Campbell avenue, and he immediately began the exploitation of
this section, the possibilities of which he saw with a keen business eye. Nine
years ago he built his own beautiful residence on Commercial drive and Charles
street, this being one of the first attractive homes in Grandview, and he has
watched the development of this beautiful locality, his work forming one of the
greatest single forces in its growth. He understands the real-estate business and
is an excellent judge of land values, and he has in consequence secured a large
and representative patronage and conducts a profitable and growing trade. In
Vancouver business men respect his success and honor the integrity and upright
methods by which it has been attained, numbering him among the men of marked
ability and substantial worth in this community.
In St. Margaret's Anglican church in Toronto, on the nth of December,
1890, Captain McSpadden was united in marriage to Miss Minnie McBrien, a
daughter of the late Dr. Alfred McBrien, a prominent physician of Newtonville,
Ontario. Captain and Mrs. McSpadden have five children : Grover Stanley,
Melrose, Mabel, Cecil and Loma, all at home. The Captain is a devout member
of the Presbyterian church and has important fraternal relations, being a member
of Acacia Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., the Royal Arch chapter, and of Van-
couver Lodge, No. 10, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a pa'st master
of N. Clarke Wallace Lodge, Loyal Order of Orange, and in this organization is
also a past county master of Vancouver and past grand lecturer of the most
worshipful grand lodge of British North America. He belonged also to the
Royal Arcanum in Toronto, but is now affiliated with the Vancouver organization.
His political allegiance has always been given to the conservative party and he
has taken an active part in public affairs, cooperating heartily in all movements
to promote municipal expansion and development. Upon resigning the office of
building inspector he was asked by the rate payers of the fourth ward to become
t candidate for alderman and he was elected by a large majority. Since that
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time he has represented this ward in the city council and is now in the fifth
year of his able service.
George McSpadden is a graduate of the Toronto Military School, where he
studied under Lieutenant Colonel Otter, and he afterward served for several
years with the Twelfth Battalion York Rangers in Toronto, of which he was for
six years an officer and for a long time captain of Parkdale No. 6 Company. He
is Lieutenant Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment of the Irish Fusiliers of Canada.
He intends to make it one of the best in Canada and to be Irish in every respect
as far as possible. He will devote the greater part of his time to this purpose
throughout the year 1914. He is still known to his friends as Captain McSpad-
den and he has made this name a synonym for the qualities which command suc-
cess and prominence — steadfastness of purpose, keen insight, well timed progres-
siveness and unwavering integrity.
EDWARD STERLING.
During practically his entire life Edward Sterling has been connected with
railroad interests and at present fills efficiently the important position of superin-
tendent of the British Columbia Electric Company, with offices at New Westmin-
ster. In that connection he has done important work in promoting transporta-
tion facilities of the city and in the surrounding district, work which not only
has brought him to a prosperous position but has made him a serviceable factor
in the general progress of the city. He was born in Thornbury, Ontario, October
3, 1874, his parents being David and Mary (Yigars) Sterling, the father a native
of Scotland and the mother of England. They were married at the Bruce mines
in Ontario, where the father was employed at the time. Subsequently the father
was made station agent at Thornbury for the Northern and Northwestern Rail-
ways, serving for years in that capacity at that city and in Meaford. In 1886
he went to Yale, British Columbia, to accept the office of station master for the
Canadian Pacific at that point, removing two years later to Spokane, Washing-
ton, where in partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Vigars, he engaged
in the real-estate business. He' disposed of his interests in that city in 1890
and returned to British Columbia, locating in Vancouver, where he lived retired
until his death, in 1909. He was a well known member in the Masonic lodge
and the funeral rites were conducted with Masonic honors. The mother is still
living and makes her home in Vancouver.
Edward Sterling was but twelve years of age when he arrived in British
Columbia, where he came with his parents when his father entered upon his
position as station agent and operator. He acquired his education in Ontario and
in this province. Telegraph transmittance at that time was somewhat different
from the procedure followed at the present day, all messages being received on
a tape and no sound messages being taken. While in Meaford Edward Sterling
spent much time in the office of his father and learned to take the telegrams by
sound. When his father took up his duties at Yale he found that there was
no arrangement to take the wires by tape and the knowledge which young Edward
had acquired in the Morse alphabet came into play, he becoming the assistant of
his father at that point. He made the removal with his family to Spokane and
in 1890 entered the employment of the Canadian Pacific as operator, being under
the direct charge of Lacey R. Johnson, who then was master mechanic for the
road. Mr. Sterling continued his relations with the Canadian Pacific Railroad
for nineteen years, his long period of service being incontrovertible proof of his
faithfulness and ability. For six years he was connected with office work, becom-
ing successively operator, station agent and chief train dispatcher, but in 1896,
upon tiring of inside work, resigned his position as dispatcher to join the train
service. Beginning in a humble position he worked for eighteen months as
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brakeman, at the end of which period he was promoted to the position of con-
ductor. He subsequently held the position of trainmaster but in 1909 handed
in his resignation in order to enter upon his present duties. In that year he was
offered and accepted the superintendency of the British Columbia Electric lines
and he began his service by working on the construction of the Fraser River line
until that section was completed. He has since acted as superintendent of opera-
tion of this extensive system. Bringing into play his extensive former experience
and actual ability, he has earned the high commendation of his superior officers
and has succeeded in extending the system and bettering conditions of opera-
tion. He is one of the most valued employes of the British Columbia Electric
lines and has built up a reputation in his position which places him with the fore-
most men in similar positions in this part of the country.
On January 21, 1903, Mr. Sterling was united in marriage to Miss Ida Smith,
of Jamestown, North Dakota, a daughter of Donald Smith, engaged in general
merchandising at that place. To their union was born a son, Frederick Harold,
on June 19, 1904. A conservative by conviction, Mr. Sterling gives his undivided
support to that party, upholding its principles whenever the occasion offers. He
is a member of Lewis Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. M., of the Masonic order, and
along more professional lines is connected with the Order of Railway Conductors,
of which he has been made an honorary member. In the commercial life of New
Westminster he occupies a leading and representative position, having much to
do with passenger and freight traffic of this part of the province. He is a man
of wide interests, well informed upon all public questions and one who always
stands ready to gladly bear his share in time or money in furthering worthy
public projects and enterprises. Highly esteemed and respected by all who know
him, he enjoys the general confidence and good-will of the public, who esteem
him for the success he has attained and those qualities of his mind and character
which have made possible his rise.
FRANCIS CARTER-COTTON, M.L. A.
Few men have been more actively concerned with public affairs in British
Columbia during the last quarter of a century than Mr. Carter-Cotton. An
Englishman by birth, he has been identified with political affairs and commercial
and other enterprises in this province and has enjoyed in a remarkable degree
the confidence of his fellow citizens as has been shown by his election to many
important positions in various spheres of political and commercial activity. He
first came to Canada in 1879 but did not decide to take up his permanent resi-
dence in this country until 1886. Like many others he realized the great oppor-
tunities which would follow the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
opening the vast western portion of the Dominion. He chose Vancouver as his
ilace of residence and in 1887 established the News-Advertiser newspaper, of
jvhich he remained the editor and manager until he disposed of his interest in
t in 1910.
In his newspaper he discussed public questions in a broad and fair manner
and made the paper a powerful factor in directing public opinion. Elected as
ihe representative of Vancouver in the legislature in 1890, he was reelected in
1894 and 1898 but was defeated in 1900. In 1903 he was elected for Richmond
;ind has since been returned three times for that constituency which he still rep-
resents. He was minister of finance and agriculture from 1898 to 1900; chief
commissioner of lands and works from 1899 to 1900; and president of the council
1'rom 1904 to 1910, when he resigned. He was elected by convocation in 1912 as
the first chancellor of the University of British Columbia and was appointed
chairman of the Vancouver harbor commission by the Canadian government in
1913. One of the founders of the Vancouver Board of Trade, he was for many
} ears a member of its council and was elected without opposition as its president
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in 1913. He has always taken an interest in educational matters and is the presi-
dent of McGill University College of Vancouver and Victoria. Besides these
public interests Mr. Carter-Cotton has been largely interested in some of the
commercial and financial companies that have done much to build up the trade
and business of Vancouver.
JOSEPH HARWOOD.
The business career of Joseph Harwood is the interesting record of a deter-
mined struggle upward to prosperity, and his success in the livery business at
the present time rewards a life of honorable, upright and well directed effort. He
has lived in Vernon since pioneer times but was born at Hartford, near London,
England, November 2, 1863, a son of John and Marion Harwood.
Joseph Harwood acquired his education in the public schools of his native
city and remained in England until 1884, when he crossed the Atlantic to Canada,
settling in Winnipeg. He worked upon a farm in the vicinity of that city for
some time, receiving for his services five dollars a month, and afterward engaged
in the freighting business, following that occupation when the heavy loads were
drawn by oxen. He drove a team from Regina to Prince Albert but later joined
McKenzie & Mann in the building of the C. & R. Railroad, continuing in this
connection for two years. At the end of that time he again became connected
with the freighting business, driving a team from Calgary to Edmonton. The
financial returns were inconsiderable and Mr. Harwood was soon obliged to dis-
continue business and come to Vernon, arriving here in 1892 without a penny in
his pocket. He worked for some time thereafter at anything which would
bring him an income and by strict thrift and economy saved enough to purchase a
horse and rig, with which he started in the express business in a small way. This
humble beginning was, however, the nucleus of his present large livery enterprise,
for his honorable business methods and his progressive spirit gained widespread
recognition and his patronage grew as he became better known. This concern
expanded until today he owns about twenty teams and operates in connection with
his livery enterprise a large ice business. He is one of the pioneers in Vernon
and is perhaps one of the greatest individual forces in its business development,
for he has always given active support and helpful cooperation to movements
for the general good and to those projects which directly affect commercial
growth.
Mr. Harwood married, in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1890, Miss Belle Ettie, of
that city, and they have seven children, all of whom live at home. He is inter-
ested in the cause of education and has done able work in its promotion for the
past six years, during which he has served as school trustee. In a review of his
life it will be found that his success has come as the natural outgrowth of per-
sistency of purpose, unwearied industry, confidence and courage — qualities which
never fail to bring prosperity.
TEMPLE FREDERICK SINCLAIR.
The life work of Temple Frederick Sinclair has not only been of the great-
est significance to British Columbia but his activities have extended to Alaska
and the middle west, where he also successfully solved intricate engineering
problems. As path and road builder and as railroad construction engineer he
has done eminent work in opening northwestern Canada to civilization, building
roadbeds across mountain passes which for many years defied the most audacious
efforts of leading engineers and guiding the shining rails across rivers and
through tunnels to their destination. He has designed harbor projects and ex-
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ecuted them in half the time specified for the purpose, corrected, narrowed and
deepened river beds and has been instrumental in opening to navigation such im-
portant streams as the Fraser and Columbia. In later days he has executed
many great sewer, sanitary and water systems in various cities of British Columbia
and is now engaged along these lines in New Westminster, where he makes his
home. Setting forth from Scotland as a youth of twenty, he has met, like the
faring knights of old, adventure but has achieved accomplishments which over-
shadowed any valorous deeds they might have done, for he has created and
realized projects of practical value which have proven a boon to thousands.
Rounding out a career in which romance and success strangely mingle, his life
record equals a tale which rivals the most vivid fiction. Traveling the trail for
hundreds of miles, accompanied only by Indians, he brought succor to the suffer-
ing and dying, and food to the starving. In the great mine discoveries he led the
van of the thousands in search of fortune and blazed their trail. He is now con-
sidered one of the foremost engineers and builders of his time on the coast, a
man whose experience has brought him a national reputation and whose name
ranks with the empire builders of the west, a man whose record should prove
an inspiration and incitement to every youth as an example of what can be
attained when ambition and energy lead the way.
Temple Frederick Sinclair was born February 3, 1853, in Dunbeath, Caith-
ness-shire, Scotland, a son of Temple Frederick and Margaret (Finlayson) Sin-
clair, both natives of that country, now deceased. He was educated in the com-
mon schools of his native land and early took up railroad work, doing surveying
and contracting under James Ross, who now enjoys an international reputation
as the celebrated builder of Montreal. The attraction Canada held out in her
undeveloped possibilities exerted a strong influence upon his imagination, and
when twenty-one years of age he decided to throw in his fortune with the de-
velopment of the Dominion and came to Toronto. With two others — the late
John Carr and C. Dickinson — he set out for British Columbia in April, 1874,
expecting to join the surveyors of the Canadian Pacific in this district, but when
they reached their destination they found that all the parties had already been
made up. For a time he had to content himself with any work that came to hand
and about the middle of June came to New Westminster with A. J. McClelland
as foreman of his grading gang, the latter having a contract from the provincial
government for about sixteen miles of what is now known as the New West-
minster & Yale road from Langley to Mount Lehman, being an outlet of the
Cariboo road. Before this, however, he had already done road work in the
/icinity of the spot where now stands Vancouver, there being no settlement
here at that time. After the work in the New Westminster district was com-
pleted he proceeded to Victoria, where he worked for a time on street grading
and then, on the 8th of November, 1874, left on the steamer Otter for the Cas-
siar mining district when the news of rich diggings in that region reached Vic-
toria. After a stormy passage he landed at Fort Wrangel, Alaska, on the I4th
(if November, remaining there a few days in preparation for the long trip up the
Stikine river. The party consisted of about three hundred members and the
distance to be made from the mouth of the river to Dease creek was about three
hundred miles. As dog teams were not known in those days, each had to haul
1 is own sled, which was no easy matter, as the sleighs were loaded with a weight
<>f from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds. As it was of no use
for a man not able to draw that weight to start on the trip, there were only
two hundred and fifty members left in the party when the beginning was made,
some of whom attempted to draw as much as five hundred pounds. During
t'.ie first fifteen miles many provisions and tools were abandoned and, as Mr.
Sinclair expresses it, enough of a load was thrown off to fill a freight train.
When forty miles of the journey were completed eighty per cent of the party
bad returned to the starting point and only about twelve per cent succeeded in
reaching their destination, the party consisting of about twenty members when
Dease creek was reached on December 27th. All were joyful at the successful
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completion of the trip, which ended at a place by the name of Laketown, where
a rest of several days was made. There they celebrated the incoming of the
new year, making as jolly an occasion of the event as a small place, which con-
tained about three to four hundred people, permitted. The place consisted of
one hotel, three or four restaurants and five bar rooms, all the buildings being
constructed of round logs, as there was an abundance of good timber for such
purposes close at hand. The price of a drink was according to measure, fifty
cents to one dollar, and the "restaurateurs" charged on an equal basis, fixing
their prices according to the amount a man would eat. In the language of an
old Missourian who kept an eating place there, "a snack was one dollar, a meal
two dollars and a gorge three dollars." On about the 4th of January two men
of a party of about thirty-five who had left in the fall to prospect for some mines
that were supposed to be discovered two years previous by McCulloch and Tib-
bet, came from Upper Laird river, about four hundred and fifty miles further
north, and reported that their partners had scurvy and that if no volunteers would
go to their aid at once with medicines they would not recover. At first several
had volunteered to go, including Mr. Sinclair, but after all the medicines, such
as lime juice, potatoes and rum, were collected by the gold commissioner there
were only two left, one of them being our subject; and as Air. Sinclair would
rather go alone, not being favorably impressed with the other man, it was he who
set forth accompanied by but three Indians to bring help to the sufferers whose life
or death depended upon his successful accomplishment of four hundred and fifty
miles of travel on snowshoes. We resume the narrative in his own words, as
follows: "The distance I undertook to travel was over four hundred and fifty
miles and, figuring the return trip, about nine hundred miles in all. The whole
journey had to be made on snowshoes in a temperature which was so low that
the mercury in the thermometers was frozen in Laketown when we started and
so remained during all the time of our going north. When we had traveled
about a third of the distance, or one hundred and twenty-five miles, two of my
Indians left me, as the hauling and the snowshoeing was too hard, and turned
back. The other Indian, belonging to the Skeena tribe, remained with me and
during the next day we made a cache, storing all our surplus provisions and any-
thing which we possibly could spare outside of the medicines. On the fourth day
after the two Indians had left me, near the junction of the Dease and Upper
Laird rivers, we saw in the afternoon a man coming toward us hauling a sleigh
which seemed heavily loaded. He was a tall and strong man, yet he was pulling
the sleigh with difficulty, and when he came upon us told us that on the sled
he carried his partner, who had been taken with scurvy. He told us that he
came from Delore, from the Upper Laird river, and that he had brought his
partner, who was very sick, all the way. I suggested to him to halt and camp
there for the night and we started a good fire and after getting some brush
together warmed up the sick man and helped his partner to take him off the
sleigh, and giving him some lime juice and potatoes, made him eat those raw
with their skins on, which is claimed to be the proper thing to do for people
sick with scurvy before lying down for the night. I also gave him some hot
rum and the next morning when he woke he felt better. We also left the two
men some medicine and enough provisions which would take them to McDames
creek, which was nearer than . Laketown and which they safely reached. Bill
Haley was the man hauling the sleigh and his partner was a man named Dan
Campbell. The former belonged to the Nova Scotia Haley family and he left
the Cassiar country in 1880, coming to Yale and proceeding from Yale to Lang-
ley, where he remained for some years. Subsequently he went into the Kootenay
district, coming later to Revelstoke, where he died in 1911. He would always
come to see me when I was in Revelstoke. While there I heard that Campbell
went to Alaska and I subsequently heard of him being there, though I have never
seen him and I am sure that if he had known where I was, he would have
hunted me up. On the 26th of February, 1875, I arrived at the main camp,
where I found three-quarters of the men seriously ill. I distributed my supply
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of medicine and rested there for five days, beginning my return trip to Lake-
town on the 3d of March. The hauling was lighter and consequently good dis-
tances were covered and I reached Laketown the last day of March. My snow-
shoes, however, were all used up, although I had them twice refilled, and my
last pair of moccasins, of which I used up four pairs, were gone and I had my
feet wrapped in cloth — not a comfortable mode of traveling during the March
days in those climes. I remained in the Cassiar district until 1878 or four sea-
sons, my efforts being attended with varied success, doing mining during the
warm months and whipsawing lumber during the winters. The men in the dig-
gings were 'jacks of all trades,' so they could hew and build and make their
way everywhere comfortably."
In 1878 Mr. Sinclair returned to Victoria, engaging in work as foreman for
Thomas Spence, one of the Cariboo road builders. One of the remarkable feats
ic did at that time was the removal of a great sunken rock in Victoria harbor,
'cnown as Beaver Rock, which had long been a menace to navigation. It was
named after the famous pioneer steamer Beaver of the Hudson's Bay Company,
which sunk upon it. Thomas Spence, for whom Mr. Sinclair was at that time
engaged in work, was a foremost road and bridge builder of his time and Spence's
j {ridge, for which he had the contract, was named for him. To blow up Beaver
Jlock, Mr. Sinclair sunk a shaft from the surface, running in three small cham-
bers, but being afraid to use too much powder, the explosion did not prove a
s-uccess and compressed air was then used in removing the rock, this being the
i rst time that compressed air was used on the north Pacific coast for such a pur-
j ose. In 1879 the news of gold discoveries in the state of Washington reached Mr.
Sinclair and he snowshoed to that state and to the claims. The winter was
•\ery severe and in the spring of 1880 a great rush was on for the Upper Skagit,
vhere rich finds had been reported. Thousands were expected to make their
vay there from Victoria and New Westminster and as they wanted to travel by
the route of the Fraser river and Hope instead of Seattle, Mr. Sinclair was
delegated by the government to inspect and report on the advisability of a road
biing built, his report being to the effect that the road from New Westminster
was better than that from Seattle. Leaving Victoria, he took under consider-
a-ion the project of building a narrow road from the old sapper trail, twenty-
three miles long, from Hope, to the boundary line and made an approximate
estimate of the cost. When in Hope there were about five hundred men there
waiting to break the trail, and after Mr. Sinclair secured the help of two Indians
tc haul his sled he set out to break the trail on good snowshoes, and after three
d.iys from Hope landed at a place on the Skagit which was named Steamboat
L mding and located about five miles from the boundary line. He then sent back
his Indians and was there joined by three other men, whom it took three weeks
tc make the way from Hope. One of them had been wounded, so his partners
left him there, as he could not return with them. At midnight eight famished
men came up the Skagit from Seattle and their experiences made Mr. Sinclair
a) raid to return that way, while the way to Hope was covered by a deep snow-
fall. Having no good snowshoes and their provisions running low, they were
scon in a starving condition, but by good luck that evening a band of deer came
uji the river on the opposite side and Mr. Sinclair secured one of the deer, of
w rich the party made a feast. The next day they built a raft and, floating down
the Skagit five miles, lost and rebuilt four more before they arrived at Ruby
creek, about thirty miles from the boundary line. There they stayed two weeks
and put in a few sluices, but as they found that the creek would not yield suffi-
cient gold, sold the claim. Mr. Sinclair then located on a place which he thought
at that time would turn out a real bonanza but did not come up to expectations.
Returning to Hope in the spring, he then secured the help of eight men to cut
out the trail from Twenty-three Mile post on Skagit river to the boundary line, a
di:tance of some thirty miles. His pack trains had been waiting for him with
his provisions when he arrived in Hope and they closely followed him on the trail,
all assisting in making bridges, which were generally constructed of one log with
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additional ones on each side, some spans being ninety feet in length. The road
was intended for pack mules and splendidly served its purpose. Returning to
Hope, Mr. Sinclair found awaiting him a letter from an old friend, J. B. Harrison,
from Yale, asking him to proceed there by first boat in order to take charge of a
construction gang, and in that way Mr. Sinclair joined the Canadian Pacific con-
tractors under Andrew Onderdonk. This gentleman at that time had charge of
the building operations of the Canadian Pacific in the British Columbia territory
and it was he who broke through the first tunnel from Yale. Mr. .Onderdonk
was backed by a strong syndicate of capitalists, including such well known men
as Morton Bliss, D. (.). Mills, Read and other New York millionaires. Mr. Sin-
clair remained in Mr. ( hiderdonk's employ for nearly three years, doing much
work on the Fraser canyon, J. 11. Cambie being engineer in charge. Mr. Onder-
donk had the contract for the road from Port Moody and Mr. Sinclair was en-
trusted with doing the dangerous work of dynamiting and the heavy tunneling
on that section. From Yale Mr. Sinclair was ordered to Spence's Bridge and
worked from there west on Thompson river. Mr. McLeod was engineer in
charge on this division, on the main line of the Canadian Pacific, eight miles
east of Lytton and known as the Jaws of Death. It was proposed to build a
tunnel about twelve hundred feet in length, but at that time the cost for build-
ing the road had run to such a high figure that the government was doing all
in its power to reduce expenses. Under Major Rogers report was made to Van
Horn that the road could be built with a grade of but two per cent on a southern
route, but it was found that the grade would be five to five and a half per cent.
The road had then been built that far and a stop to operations meant ruin to the
Canadian Pacific. For a time operations ceased, but the government then guar-
anteed twenty-five million dollars in bonds and the Canadian Pacific returned
in lieu thereof twenty-five million acres of land. Under these conditions the
government decided to reduce expenses by shortening the tunnel so as to run it
nearer to the edge of the bluff. This proved a mistake, however, as the retain-
ing walls became too thin. Mr. Sinclair then proposed a plan of blasting off a
side of the bluff instead of tunneling and to do this a short tunnel was cut under
the almost perpendicular cliff by Air. Sinclair, the tunnel being about two hun-
dred feet, and then was charged with explosives to equal about thirty tons of
black powder and the whole face of the cliff was blown away, displacing about
eighty thousand tons of rock. This was probably the largest blast ever set off
in British Columbia, although a similar charge was used by Mr. Sinclair in the
state of Washington in 1891, when the Northern Pacific planned a ferry to Van-
couver island and in order to build a breakwater and make a harbor at Port
Crescent he had to blow down a bluff to form a breakwater about two thousand
feet from shore. Mr. Sinclair often humorously remarks that it took Mr. Mc-
Leod, the engineer in charge, a long time to forgive him for blowing the only
tunnel on his section into the Thompson river. It is now twenty-eight years
since this construction work on the Canadian Pacific was completed, yet although
advancement in engineering lines has been steady, no improvement could have
been made in doing this work. In 1883 Mr. Sinclair began contracting for the
Canadian Pacific at the crossing of the Fraser river, where the first cantalever
bridge in the world was built. The idea of this style of bridge was found in
British Columbia and taken from an old Indian structure which crossed Bridge
river above Lillooet. This work was also done in connection with Mr. Onder-
donk. In the fall of 1883 Mr. Sinclair took a contract from the federal govern-
ment to clear the obstructions and rock from the Cottonwood canyon in order
to improve navigation on the Fraser river and successfully carried out this project
to the entire satisfaction of the federal government, completing the work on
March 4, 1884. He then again engaged in contract work with the Canadian
Pacific, for a distance of ten miles, from Savonas Ferry along Lamloops lake to
Cherry creek. He also had another contract from the Canadian Pacific at that
time, building the road from Shushwap Station to Salmon Arm, a distance of
thirty-three miles. When Mr. Sinclair took over the Shushwap contract twelve
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months were allowed him for its completion, but when beginning work at Salmon
Arm he was notified that he would have to bring his task to an end within eight
months, and that he succeeded in complying with this instruction stands as evi-
dence of his ability and energy, he earning thereby high commendation from
the Canadian Pacific officials and Mr. Onderdonk. Twenty-two hundred men
were used to complete this enterprise in the shortened period of time. The
thankfulness of the Canadian Pacific officials, however, was but short-lived, for
when Major Rogers, who took over the work for the railroad, was about to
return his final estimate, he would not allow proper classification and repudi-
ated part of the contract. A long drawn out legal fight resulted, being carried
m in the provincial and other courts for five years, but finally the Canadian
Pacific lost out, the legal cost ensuing from the litigation amounting to fifty
housand dollars. Mr. Sinclair, however, was allowed all his claims, the court
•ecognizing the justness of his cause. Major Rogers was one of the noted
:haracters in the history of the surveys and construction of the Canadian Pacific,
xjth he and Marcus Smith being widely known throughout all the camps of the
lorthwest, their picturesqueness and whimsical humor often bringing diversity
o the monotonous life of the construction camps.
Mr. Sinclair then took a rest from his onerous labors and returned to Scot-
'and to visit his father and the places of his youth, but in a few months again
returned to British Columbia, engaging in contracting for the Dominion govern-
ment. In 1886 and 1887 he deepened the Fraser river. In 1887 and 1888 he
(Onnected the head waters of the Columbia with those of the Kootcnay river
ly means of a canal a mile and three-quarters in length, built with a lock thirty
1 y one hundred and twenty feet and now known as the Canal Flats. It was
intended to make it possible for the steamers to go from (lolden, British Colum-
1 ia, straight through to Jennings, Montana, but the cost of this improvement
\ 'as so great that the government desisted from expending any more money
c n the project, although boats were enabled to go in the open season from
Golden to Windermere lake as a result of the engineering work done by Mr. Sin-
clair. From East Kootenay Mr. Sinclair then made a trip from Groman up
t'le Kootenay river to the east branch, and ascended to Summit and, pressing
ever the mountain pass, came out at what is now known as Kannask's pass.
After a few days' rest he then proceeded on horseback from Cochrane Point to
C algary. Returning, he then entered the mountains north of the route which he
lud taken, near Canmore, passing through territory which was then entirely
u iknown and crossing by a pass which he named Cross or Whitman's pass, corn-
it g to what is now known as Vermilion pass and to the source of the Kootenay
river. He then crossed what is known as the Small Divide and, coming from
the west, followed Vermilion pass and creek to the Columbia river and to
S nclair creek and pass, named after him. Later, he there wintered his horses
fur some time and yet regrets that he did not purchase the place, as subsequently
a valuable sulphur spring was found thereon. In September, 1887, he began to
build by orders of the federal government the first mattresses made of brush
and intended to close the South Channel, as it was known then, near the mouth
oi the Fraser river opposite Steveston, the size of the large mattresses being
01 e hundred by twenty-five by six and a half or seven feet, these being trans-
pi >rted there on scows and put in place and sunk with rocks. These brush mat-
tr ^sses were the first ones ever used on the Pacific coast. Mr. Sinclair continued
in government construction work of that character until 1893 with the excep-
tion of one year, and while doing work on the Fraser river made his head-
qvarters at New Westminster. At this time Victoria had no harbor, the boats
la iding at Esquimalt, and Mr. Sinclair took charge of the construction of the
outer docks at Victoria for R. R. Rithet & Company and completed the work in
1892. This was the largest harbor improvement undertaken at that time by
pr vate parties in British Columbia, its cost amounting to nearly three hundred
thousand dollars. It saved great expenses, as the deep draft vessels coming to
Victoria had to discharge their cargo at Esquimalt, whence it was transported
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by lighters to its destination. The dock wall rests upon a concrete and rock
foundation and extends six feet above high water mark. It is built of large
blocks of sandstone and cement, the submerged material being put in place by
divers, who had to work in three-hour shifts to put eighteen thousands yards of
masonry down. It took sixteen months to put down the heavy stones, which
weighed from six to ten tons each, and even the heaviest gale has not affected
this wonderful work. Many engineers at that time doubted the feasibility of
the project, but the confidence reposed in his ability brought it to realization.
It was Sir Joseph Trutch, a famous engineer and the man who had charge of
most of the railroad work in that part of Canada, who recommended Mr. Sin-
clair for the work. The harbor improvements were completed in 1892 and are
today as stanch and solid as when they were built.
In 1893 Mr- Sinclair removed to Chicago, where his reputation had pre-
ceded him, and took charge of the work of the first long tunnel built under the
lake. It extended four miles and was accomplished by means of a plan of
working known as a "box heading" instead of a "shield." The engineers and
contractor, Mr. A. Onderdonk, had considerable trouble on account of what
they called expanding clay and for this difficulty had given up the work, which
was completed by Mr. Sinclair, although serious obstacles had to be overcome;
but the large experience and knowledge which he had gained in his varied
labors in British Columbia in the early years stood him in good stead, and he was
enabled to complete the work in fourteen months — a labor which was estimated
by the engineers to consume two and a half years. Mr. Sinclair remained in
Chicago, taking contract work in partnership with Ross Brothers to build a
north-side tunnel of two and a half miles and to connect it with the old short
tunnel one and a half miles out in the lake. In 1897, however, he left Chicago,
returning to British Columbia in order to join the expeditions for Skagway,
Alaska, but instead of going into the Klondike he made his way westward to the
Copper River country. There he helped in work on a proposed road and on the
26th of October, 1897, reached Schola pass, north of Mount St. Elias. Heavy
snow storms, however, drove back the party to the coast. He then returned
to New Westminster and with Mr. Onderdonk went to Ottawa to get a charter
for the McKenzie & Mann contract but found that this matter had been disposed
of in a different way than they had planned. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Sinclair
again proceeded to Dawson, Alaska, making his way from Skagway to Labarge,
to the gold fields, at a time when about forty thousand people were on the march
to the fields. While in Skagway Mr. Sinclair became aware of a plot to rob one
of the bankers who was expected to come through there with a large amount of
money. Sopey Smith, an outlaw, who with his gang of robbers held full sway
of the passes from Saltwater to Summit, in which latter place the northwest
mounted police took charge, at that time levied a tribute from everyone passing.
It was he who laid the plan to rob the banker, and this man happened to arrive
in the very hotel where the gang was holding out. Mr. Sinclair warned the
intended victim and assisted him in his escape over night to the summit of
White pass. The following summer Sopey Smith was killed in a brawl. In
1901, '02 and '03 Mr. Sinclair built roads at Dawson for the Yukon government
and also built about fifteen miles of railroad inland from Yukon Run to the coal
mines. This was the furthermost northern road then built, it being in the lati-
tude of 65° 40'.
Mr. Sinclair then returned to Vancouver, where he made his home until
1912. For four years he devoted his attention to municipal contracts, installing
sewerage systems and building septic tanks at Fairview, Grandview and other
places. In 1907 he completed the sanitary system of Kamloops and in 1909
was engaged in similar work in Revelstoke, where he remained until 1911 in
order to provide a water supply system. He then removed to New Westminster,
where he had a contract with the city for a new sewerage system, and has since
made that city his home. In October, 1912, he completed a second contract
with the city and still has two agreements with the municipality running — one
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for a sewer improvement and the other for providing rock for the harbor. He
also has a contract for building the jetty at the mouth of the Fraser river and
although he is not alone in this deal and the agreement was made by a company,
he will have to carry out the work as a responsible backer of the enterprise.
On the ist of March, 1883, Mr. Sinclair was united in marriage to Miss
Theresa Loring, of Lytton, British Columbia, who passed away leaving four
children: Margaret, the wife of Allen Sanderson, of Vancouver; Jessie, who
married Samuel Rose, of Vancouver; Mary, the wife of N. McLeod, an engineer
of Steveston ; and Frederick, who is employed with the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road at North Bend. In 1905 Mr. Sinclair was again married, his second union
being with Mrs. Marie (Kemp) Sampson, a daughter of Jacob Kemp, of Suffolk
county, England, and the widow of John Sampson. By her first marriage she
became the mother of one child, Olive Sampson, who makes her home with
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair.
Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Sinclair takes deep interest in all public
questions, although he has but once actively participated in politics, serving as
reeve of Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Since the 'Sos he has been a member
of Vancouver Quadra, No. 2, and is a charter member of the New Westminster
Club. He also affiliates with the Masons, being a member of the blue lodge and
chapter of Victoria. There is little to add in conclusion, for his life record
gives ample evidence of the importance of his labors. The work he has done
has brought millions of dollars and thousands of people to this region and it is
to pioneers of the character, ability and indomitable perseverance of Mr. Sin-
clair that northwestern Canada and particularly British Columbia is largely in-
debted for its present prosperous conditions.
DUNCAN G. McLENNAN.
Duncan G. McLennan, who was appointed provincial clerk of public works
in May, 1911, has since held that position at Vancouver, and in that connection
has made a highly creditable record as a capable and trustworthy official. His
birth occurred on a farm at Laggan, Ontario, on the iSth of August, 1869, his
parents being Roderick and Mary McLennan, pioneers of Glengarry county. He
acquired his education in the public schools of that county and after putting
aside his text-books he drove a mail stage for his father, who had a contract to carry
the mail between Laggan and Alexandria, Ontario, and intermediate points. He
then took up the carpenter's trade in and near Montreal. In the spring of 1888
he went to Saginaw, Michigan, where he worked about a year. He then returned
to Montreal and finished his apprenticeship to the carpenter trade. On the 7th
of April, 1891, he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and here engaged in
contracting for one year. In 1892 he made his way to Chicago, Illinois, where
he followed the same business until after the close of the World's Fair, when he
went to West Superior, Wisconsin, being there employed by the American Steel
Barge Works for three years. On the expiration of that period, in 1896, he again
came west and after spending two years at Nelson and in that district of British
Columbia, left for the Yukon, remaining there, in Nome and Dawson, for three
years in the building and mining business. Subsequently he spent two years in
Seattle and in 1903 returned to Vancouver, here embarking in the contracting
business and being successfully identified therewith until he received the appoint-
ment to his present position. It was in May, 1911, that he was made clerk of
works for the provincial government at Vancouver courthouse, the duties of
which office he has discharged with signal ability and faithfulness to the present
time.
On the isth of February, 1905, at Nanaimo, British Columbia, Mr. McLennan
was united in marriage to Miss Grace D. McNeil, her father being E. W. McNeil,
a pioneer of this province. Mr. McLennan is a conservative in politics and f ra-
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ternally is identified with the Masons, being an officer in Plantagenet Lodge, No.
65, A. F. & A. M., of Vancouver, and also a life member of Alexander Lodge in
Ontario. He is likewise a member and trustee of Lodge No. 8 of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows at Vancouver and is a valued member of the Progress
Club here. Attractive personal qualities have made him popular with a large
circle of friends, and he is uniformly respected and esteemed.
EDWARD KTHELBERT RAND.
In the field of real-estate activity in Vancouver the name of Edward Ethel-
bert Rand is well known. It has figured as long in connection with the agency,
purchase and sale of property as that of any other business name in Vancouver.
Arriving here when the city was still the village of Granville, Edward E. Rand
began handling property and the importance of his work can hardly be over-
estimated as a factor in progressive development here. He was born in Canning,
Nova Scotia, November 21, 1860, and is a son of Edwin and Margaret (Ells)
Rand. The family was founded in Cornwallis valley. Nova Scotia, at a very
early day. Representatives of the name have since been largely engaged in
agricultural pursuits and various members of the family have become prominent
both in Canada and the United States. Edwin Rand, father of Edward E. Rand,
was engaged in the hardware and ship-building business at Canning. The son,
Edward E.. while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, attended
the public schools of that city and also the Morton Academy. At the age of
eighteen years he entered the employ of the New York, Lake Erie & Western
Railroad Company in New York and so continued for three years. In 1882 he
arrived in British Columbia, joining his brother, Charles David Rand, in New
Westminster, the brother having preceded him to the northwest by several years.
They formed the firm of Rand Brothers and engaged in the real-estate business,
remaining at that place until December. 1885, when Edward E. Rand removed
to Granville. which the following year became the incorporated city of Vancouver.
The firm of Rand Brothers operated in real estate with growing success until
1897, when Edward E. Rand purchased his brother's interest and has since re-
mained alone, having now an extensive clientage which connects him with a large
part of the important real-estate transactions of the city. In fact he is at the head
of the oldest business conducted continuously under one name in Vancouver.
He early recognized something of what the future had in store for British Co-
lumbia and has ever been a firm believer in its greatness, owing to its natural
resources and to the character of its citizenship. He has perhaps done as much
as any other one man for the utilization of its resources and for its growth and
development. He did not advise his clients to follow a course which he would
not himself pursue. On the contrary he began early to invest in real estate and
to interest outside capital. Through his efforts the resources and advantages
to be found in the province were brought before the capitalists of Europe and
immense sums of British money were brought in for investment. Mr. Rand has
made a number of trips to England for that purpose and his efforts have always
been attended with a gratifying measure of success. He brought in the first capi-
tal from the Yorkshire Guaranty Company which has since been a strong force
in the development of this province. His clientage is now extensive and the
nature of his business is indicated by the fact that throughout the years of his
residence here he has negotiated some of the most important realty transfers
which have been made. He is also the agent for a number of large English es-
tates, looking after their interests in this province, and he carries on a general
real-estate, loan and brokerage business. His individual holdings of property
include city, suburban and acreage property and farm lands in many parts of the
province and are extensive.
EDWARD E. RAND
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Mr. Rand is a man of ability, never lacking in expediency and always ready to
meet an emergency. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail. With him,
to undertake a task is to carry it forward to successful completion. These quali-
ties have made his cooperation largely sought in other connections and he has
today many extensive financial interests, being a director of the Port Hahey
Lumber Company, Valley View Land Company, Hendry Land Company, Burnaby
Land Company, District Lot 173 Company, Glen Valley Land Company and the
Carbonate Mountain & Mining Company. He is also secretary of Nakusp Land
& Improvement Company and has other minor business connections.
On the 27th of February, 1906, Mr. Rand was married to Miss Laura Town,
of Vancouver, a native of Kent, England. He belongs to the Vancouver Club and
gives his political allegiance to the conservative party. The west with its bound-
less opportunities affords him scope for his energy and determination — his salient
qualities. Anyone meeting Mr. Rand face to face would know at once that he is
an individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term a
"square" man — one in whom to have confidence, a dependable man in any relation
and any emergency. His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness
and cordiality of address with the total absence of anything sinister or anything
to conceal foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the
:onfidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception
of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human ac-
:ivities.
DAVID PAGE.
The life history of David Page is so replete with adventures and experiences
•>f an unusual character as to read like a highly imaginative work of fiction,
dealing as it does with perilous days at sea, nights fraught with equal danger
: pent before Indian camp fires, long tramps across the western deserts and
months passed in the mining camps of California, Idaho, and Nevada at a time
when the law was administered by vigilance committees. His career was begun
in the city of Gloucester, England, his birth there occurring on the I2th of
une, 1836, and he is a son of John and Elizabeth (Hood) Page.
Born in a family of moderate circumstances, David Page early became self-
i-upporting, his education being acquired after he came to the United States.
]n 1844, at the age of eight years he went to work in a rope factory, being
tmployed in what was known as the rope walk. He remained there for four
} ears, following which he worked at various occupations until he had attained
t le age of fifteen, when he had an opportunity to pay for his passage to the
United States by working for a captain of a sailing vessel. After six weeks at
sza. they landed at Charleston, South Carolina, at which port the captain turned
him over to the mate of a sailing vessel going up the coast. They landed at
I'rovidence, Rhode Island, and continued their journey to Boston by rail. Dur-
ing the early part of the journey they encountered terrible storms, and in order
to keep afloat they worked at the pumps night and day. Their stock of provi-
s-ons ran low and they were almost starved when picked up by a steamer and
towed to a port, where they laid in a fresh stock of supplies and again started
northward. The remainder of the trip was made in comparative comfort, and
ii; due time they arrived in Providence and Boston. Times were hard and work
siarce, while the prices of all commodities were extremely high, flour bringing
twenty dollars a barrel in Boston. David Page was bound out to a man by
tl e name of Lanagan, who much abused him and then became chore boy for
a Mr. Webster, in whose service he remained for two years. He was received
in the home of this worthy man, who took an interest in the welfare of the lad and
placed within his reach the only educational advantages he ever received. About
1852, he started for Illinois to join a brother, but as he did not like the prairies
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of the middle west he resolved to continue his journey westward to California.
He started to walk the entire distance, but subsequently obtained an opportunity
to work his way to Kansas City. From there he drove a government ox team
to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he bought a pack mule and with a friend
started across the country to California. Upon reaching a point known as San
Francisco mountain they encountered a band of Indians and were compelled to
return practically a distance of eight hundred miles. They obtained shelter
in an ancient pueblo or Indian village of one of the less hostile tribes where
they remained for about two months. At the expiration of that time they
resumed their journey until they reached Fort Hune, on the Colorado river,
where they engaged in prospecting for practically a year. Their success not
being of a nature to encourage their remaining longer, they then continued their
journey across the Mojave desert, where they were caught in a sand storm which
almost cost them their lives. After perilous experiences and innumerable hard-
ships they at last reached Los Angeles, practically two years after Mr. Page
left Illinois. For two months thereafter he worked on a ranch in that vicinity
and then went to Santa Barbara, where he later took a steamer to San Francisco.
He subsequently engaged in ranching in the vicinity of San Jose, but later went
to Oregon, where he followed the same vocation. Next he worked in the mines
of Idaho, where he obtained a small amount of money, and then returned to
Oregon. He first went to The Dalles but he later located in Portland where he
opened a laundry in 186.2. The next year he disposed of this enterprise and
came to Victoria, but only remained here for a brief time and then went to
San lose to meet the friend with whom he had crossed the desert some ten
years previously. Finding his former partner had met with a fair degree of
success in his prospecting, Mr. Page decided to try his luck in the gold mines
of Virginia City. Nevada. He started to walk to Sacramento, but before reaching
that point came to a hydraulic mine and decided to establish himself near by
and pan the gold found in the water coming from this mine. This venture
proved worth while as he succeeded in taking out about a hundred dollars worth
of gold before the large mine closed down, following which he made his way
back to the coast and took ship for the Sandwich Islands. There he opened
and operated a tin shop for a year or so, and then came back to America.
He soon went back to the islands, where he spent another year and then returned
to this country, locating at Port Gamble, Washington. For six months there-
after he was engaged in logging on the Snohomish river, following which he
went to Scow Bay in the vicinity of Port Townsend. While there he had
the misfortune to be shot in the leg and for seven months thereafter was con-
fined to his bed. When partially recovered he married an Indian woman, who
took him in a sail boat to a point about a hundred miles distant, the home of
her people. The country was nothing but a wilderness, but she felled trees and
together they erected a log cabin and then began clearing the land and prepar-
ing it for cultivation. He was still compelled to use his crutches, but they suc-
ceeded in planting a small field of potatoes, which when matured they dug
and placing fifteen sacks of them in their canoe took them to Nanaimo. There
they endeavored to exchange them for flour, powder and other necessities, but
failing in this they returned to their home and subsisted on fish, wild game
and such vegetables as they had raised until the next year. Their second crop
they were able to dispose of at Nanaimo, and by that time he was able to work
and he found employment in the company's blacksmith shop at the mines there.
He later built a home, continuing to follow his trade at Nanaimo for ten years,
following which he joined Mr. Dunsmuir when they opened the mine at Well-
ington. At the end of another five years he returned to his ranch in the culti-
vation of which he thereafter engaged. He was the first man to engage in the
oyster industry in British Columbia, and for some years had considerable trouble
with the Indians robbing his beds. He experienced much difficulty with the
northern tribes, many of whom were very hostile, but for years the Indians
were practically his only companions and associates. He learned their Ian-
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guage, became entirely familiar with their customs and habits of life, but never
felt entirely safe and had many narrow escapes from death at their hands.
Mr. Page was left a widower by the death of his Indian wife in 1896, and
in 1898, he married Mrs. Sarah Jane Young. He has now attained the venerable
age of seventy-seven years and has been living retired in Ladysmith since 1911,
at which time he sold his ranch of a hundred and sixty acres for twenty thou-
sand dollars, while his oyster beds brought him six thousand dollars. In all
probability there is no one in this section who is more thoroughly familiar with
pioneer conditions than Mr. Page. He has witnessed the greater portion of
British Columbia transformed from a wilderness into a highly improved and
cultivated agricultural district, while the Indian villages of fifty years ago have
been replaced by thriving towns and flourishing cities provided with all of the
conveniences and comforts of a modern civilization.
T. E. CROWELL.
T. E. Crowell, a contractor and builder in Vernon, was born in Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia, February 21, 1857, and acquired his education in the public schools
of that community. He remained at home until he was thirty years of age and
then went to Winnipeg, settling in that city in 1887 and was there engaged in
contracting and building until 1889. In that year he went to Vancouver and from
there came to Vernon, where since 1891 he has been associated with building
operations as a contractor. Having demonstrated his ability in this direction,
various important contracts have been awarded him, and beautiful residences,
fine churches and substantial business houses stanrl as proof of his knowledge
and his painstaking care in the execution of his work. He has been awarded
many contracts outside of the city and has also erected many public buildings,
having just completed a new school, erected at a cost of fifty thousand dollars.
In 1888 Mr. Crowell was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Brown, of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and they have two children who are residing at home.
Mr. Crowell is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Masonic order and is well known and very popular in Vernon, where he has
always taken an active and helpful interest in the upbuilding and welfare of the
city, having served for the last fifteen years as chief of the fire department.
His strict integrity, business conservatism and sound judgment are so widely
recognized that he enjoys the public confidence to an enviable degree and natur-
ally this has brought him a lucrative patronage which is steadily increasing.
REV. JOSEPH FRANCIS McNEIL.
Rev. Joseph Francis McNeil, who since November, 1911, has had charge
of Sacred Heart parish in Vancouver, has worked zealously and untiringly in
the interests of Catholicism here, and his labors have borne fruit in the lives of
those who have come under his teaching. His birth occurred at Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia, on the nth of September, 1881, his parents being Hector and Ann
(McNeil) McNeil, the former a farmer of Cape Breton. The family is of
Scotch descent, among the first representatives of the name in Canada to come
from the land of hills and heather.
Father McNeil obtained his early education in the public schools of his
native province and at Sydney Academy of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Subsequently
he began preparing for the priesthood as a student in St. Francis Xavier College
->f Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and without completing the course in that institu-
tion went to Rome to finish his studies, being ordained in that city on the I3th
of June, 1908. Returning to his native land, he took charge of a parish at
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Baileys Brook, Nova Scotia, and there remained for eighteen months. In 1910,
he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, but in September of that year became
priest of a parish at Revelstoke, there remaining until November, 1911, when
he returned to Vancouver and took charge of Sacred Heart parish. As the
spiritual leader of this parish he has since labored with consecrated and untiring
zeal and is beloved and honored by all who know him. He is still young in
years and a long life of usefulness lies before him.
WILLIAM ELLERY FALES.
William Ellery Fales possesses in large measure the quality which has been
termed commercial sense, in other words, he quickly discriminates between the
essential and non-essential in matters commercial, and his sound judgment and
even-paced energy have carried him into important business connections. He is
well known as a successful furniture dealer and undertaker of New Westminster
and has advanced to his present position step by step. He was born at Temple-
ton, Massachusetts. May 23, 1X53, a son of William Baxter and Mary Ann
(Hudson) Kales, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Ver-
mont.
The educational opportunities accorded William E. Fales were somewhat
limited, but in the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons.
When sixteen years of age he left home and went to Chelsea, Massachusetts,
where, although but a boy in years, he secured a position as boss of a gang of
men in a clay pit. A few weeks later he apprenticed himself to the carpenter's
trade, which he followed for seven months, his salary being six dollars per
week, lie then entered the employ of a gentleman who owned a beautiful
country home and a small farm at Klizabethtown, New Jersey, working there
from May until November of that year. He afterward spent the winter season
in (he butchering business and, following the great fire in Boston, went to that
city to see his mother and decided to remain in that locality. Accordingly he
again took up carpenter work, following his trade in Boston, Chelsea, Brighton
and other points. In the fall of 1875 he prepared to come to British Columbia, for
favorable reports had reached him concerning this new and growing country.
On the i Jth of December of that year he sailed from New York with his wife
and their baby of a few months. They spent Christmas in Panama, stopped at
San Francisco for a brief period and arrived at Victoria on the I4th of January,
1876. Four days later they took the boat for New Westminster, where they were
met by Mrs. Kales' father, who had come to the Cariboo from Ontario at the
time of the gold excitement, in the early '6os.
Mr. Fales' first work in Mritish Columbia was cutting wood and making
barrel staves. In the following May he began work on the penitentiary, being
thus employed until fall, after which he built a cannery for the late Alexander
Ewen on the site now occupied by the Windsor Hotel. That year he brought
his mother to the coast and she went to Victoria, where she secured work as a
nurse. A little later, in Victoria, she became acquainted with John G. Bunty
and became his wife. Air. Bunty was foreman of the old-established furniture
house of Jacob Sell, who also had a branch store in New Westminster. Mr. Bunty
was made manager of the New Westminster establishment and about a year
later purchased the store, which he conducted for four years, during which time
Mr. Fales entered his employ and thus gained a knowledge of the furniture
business and of mercantile methods. In the early '8os Mr. Fales purchased
property in Port Moody, where he established a general store which he conducted
for four years. Fire broke out in Mr. Bunty's store and Mr. Fales purchased
the salvage stock and a little later closed out his business in Port Moody in order
to concentrate his attention upon his furniture store and undertaking business at
New Westminster. Since that time his patronage has steadily increased and he
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today has a well appointed establishment, carrying a large and well selected line
of high-class furniture. His store is tastefully arranged and his reasonable
prices, enterprising spirit and honorable business methods have constituted the
source of a gratifying success.
Having come to this province in January, 1876, Mr. Fales is truly one of its
pioneer settlers. He has earned the high esteem in which he is held by his
friends and fellow business men. Not merely through the growth and prosperity
of the community has his marked degree of success been attained but through
his natural talent for business and his untiring perseverance. Since becoming
the proprietor of a furniture establishment in this city he has twice suffered
heavy losses through tire. In 1888 he was left almost penniless and in 1898,
although he was protected by some insurance, he suffered a great loss. Undis-
couraged by disasters that would have utterly disheartened many a man, he set
to work with renewed efforts to retrieve his losses and developed his business
into a still greater success.
Mr. Fales was married in Boston, Massachusetts, November 26, 1874, to Miss
Frances Jane Hunter, a daughter of C. H. M. Hunter, a native of the north of
Ireland, who lived for a time in Ontario and became one of the Cariboo pioneers,
as previously mentioned. Mr. and .Mrs. Fales had three children: Gertrude
Mary, the wife of John A. Campbell, of New Westminster ; George Washington,
who died at the age of fifteen months ; and John Ellcry, who is now a practicing
physician.
Mr. Fales may be termed a liberal in politics but is always very independent,
voting as his judgment dictates. He served for one term as alderman, absolutely
without pay, and during that time acted as chairman of the board of works. He
is a member of New Westminster Camp, Xo. 53, W. O. W. ; Royal City Lodge,
No. 3, I. O. O. F., of which he is a past noble grand ; and Royal Lodge, No. 6,
K. P., in which he has filled all of the chairs, lie has likewise been a member of
several other organizations and is most loyal and faithful to every basic principle
founded upon a spirit of fraternity. His religious faith is that of the 1'resby-
terian church. His life has been a busy and useful one and is an indication of
he fact that it is only under the stimulus of disaster and the pressure of adversity
;hat the strongest and best in man is brought out and developed.
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS.
One of the most enterprising, progressive and public-spirited citizens of
iurnaby is William Griffiths, since 1911 prominent in the public life of the
municipality and today serving in a capable and far-sighted way as comptroller.
He is regarded as a financier of unusual foresight and discrimination, a business
man of rare acumen and ability, and these qualities he has applied to the dis-
iharge of his important duties, the community profiting greatly by his public
tpirit and well directed labor. He was born in Cumberland, England, on the
J5th of March, 1882, and is a son of John and Jane (Pattison) Griffiths, both
i atives of that locality. The father lived and died in Cumberland, where he
engaged in farming, being also well known throughout the vicinity as a dealer
; nd breeder of high-class horses. Three of his sons followed in his footsteps,
I eing today prominent judges of horseflesh and extensive dealers in horses. The
1 lother is still residing on the home farm in England and is seventy years of age.
William Griffiths was reared at home and acquired his education in the village
school and under private tutors in the city of London, where he took special
courses in civil service work. He subsequently attended King's College and
afterward spent two and one-half years in civil service work in London, proving
cipable and efficient in this line of work. However, not liking the confinement
and congested conditions in a great city, he returned to his native county and
a:cepted a position as accountant in a brewery office in Penrith, where he re-
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mained for two years. At the end of that time he went to Cockermouth, where
he was placed in charge of the wine and spirit department of the brewery, re-
maining for about eighteen months, during which time he gained the respect
and confidence of his superiors and the esteem of all who were associated with
him. However, his former employers in Penrith asked him to return and take
charge of the wine and spirit department of their concern and he • consented,
spending one year in that position. In 1906, however, he left England and went
to the gold district of West Africa, where he was employed by Elder, Dempster
& Company, of Liverpool, as assistant manager of their shipping industry at that
point. For fifteen months he remained in Africa and at the end of that time
returned home, afterward spending six months in recuperation and study. He
then secured a position with the firm of J. & T. Usher & Company, brewers of
Bristol, England, and was appointed secretary of the concern, a capacity in which
he did a great deal of constructive and administrative work for two and one-half
years. He resigned in March, 1910, and came in that year to British Columbia,
locating first in Vancouver, where, on the day following his arrival he secured
a position as secretary to the managing director of the Evans, Coleman & Evans
Company, in which capacity he served one year.
In March, 1911, Mr. Griffiths came to Burnaby as accountant to reorganize
the office system of the municipality and shortly afterward he was appointed
municipal clerk. As the community grew he was made comptroller and he has
since had full charge of the financial system of the municipality, his work reflect-
ing credit alike upon his ability and his public spirit. He has made it his con-
stant aim to so conduct his office that the greatest economy consistent with the
highest efficiency is obtained and this difficult work he has already accomplished,
the aflairs of the municipality being today upon a sound, conservative and solid
basis.
On the 9th of August, 1912, Mr. Griffiths was united in marriage to Miss
Louise Janes, of Bristol, England, their marriage being the fruition of an engage-
ment made prior to Mr. Griffiths' coming to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths
are members of the Anglican church and Mr. Griffiths belongs to the Edmonds
Club and the Burnaby Lake Country Club. He is interested in all kinds of
outdoor sports and is especially fond of tennis, a recreation in which he spends
a great many of his leisure hours. Politically he gives his allegiance to the con-
servative party, and fraternally is connected with Union Lodge, No. 9, A. F. &
A. M., of New Westminster. He is still a young man, but his ability, personality
and energy have carried him forward into important relations with public life
and in these same qualities which are dominating elements in his character he
possesses the guarantee of continued progress and ultimate distinction.
WALTER LECK STARK.
Walter Leek Stark needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, for
as secretary and treasurer of James Stark & Sons, Ltd., he occupies a notable
position in commercial circles in Vancouver, the firm owning one of the large
department stores of the province. He was, as it were, "to the manner born,"
for since making his initial step in the business world he has been connected
with merchandising and has been an active factor in the development and up-
building of the establishment which he now largely controls. He was born at St.
George, Ontario, June n, 1873, a son of James and Julia Stark, the former the
president of the James Stark & Sons, Ltd. After mastering the branches of
learning taught in the public schools of Toronto and Ayr, Ontario, he attended
business college in the former city and his commercial training qualified him for
the duties which devolved upon him when he came west with his father and
started in business with him, the store being conducted under the father's name.
The admission of the sons to a partnership interest led to the adoption of the
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firm style of James Stark & Sons in 1901, and on the incorporation of the busi-
ness in March, 1905, under the name of James Stark & Sons, Ltd., the father
was elected to the presidency, while Walter L. Stark became vice president and
E. W. Stark secretary and treasurer. In 1913 W. L. Stark was chosen secretary
and treasurer and still fills this dual position. In business affairs he has ever
followed the rules which govern industry and strict and unswerving integrity.
The department store which is now owned by the company is too well known to
need comment here. It is one of the foremost mercantile enterprises of Van-
couver, having grown to extensive proportions. The company has ever main-
tained high standards in the personnel of the house, in the character of goods
carried, and in the nature of the service rendered to the public. All that is most
attractive in foreign and domestic manufacture is to be found here, and the
thoroughly modern business methods of the firm have made them leaders in this
field.
On the 5th of February, 1902, in Vancouver, Walter L. Stark was united
in marriage to Miss Emily Jane Gardner, a daughter of William and Edith Gard-
ner, who were natives of Victoria, as was Mrs. Stark. The only child of this
marriage is Edna Meryl. The family occupy an enviable social position and
their own home is proverbial for its warm-hearted and genial hospitality. They
attend the Presbyterian church, and in addition to his membership in this or-
ganization Mr. Stark is a member of Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
Vancouver. He early learned to judge correctly of those things which go to
make up life's contacts and experiences ; to measure men at their true worth,
and to estimate unerringly upon the possibilities of a business situation. To
understand thoroughly and then to execute well defined plans has been his pur-
pose since starting out in the business world, and to the father's more mature
judgment and conservative policy he has added the enterprise, unflagging energy
and ambition of the young man, making this a strong, resourceful company.
JAMES BLACK.
Although James Black has resided in Vancouver only two years, acting as
:laim agent for the Canadian Pacific Railroad, he is one of the oldest employes
of that corporation and has done capable, efficient and reliable work in its interests
since 1889. He was born in Seaforth, Huron county, Ontario, in April, 1858, and
s a son of William and Margaret (Stewart) Black, natives of Scotland. Both
rameto America with their parents in 1854, the Blacks locating in Huron county,
Ontario, and the Stewarts in Oxford county, near Woodstock. After he grew
10 manhood the father engaged in farming in Huron county and there resided
until his death.
In the acquirement of an education James Black attended public school in
Seaforth and after laying aside his books remained at home until he was twenty-
one years of age. He then entered the employ of the Great Western Railway at
St. Thomas, securing a position in the freight office. This he held for a little over
; year and then, in 1881, went to Winnipeg, where he became connected with the
freight office of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. After one year he resigned this
josition and homesteaded land near Wolseley, Saskatchewan, engaging in farm-
ing for four years thereafter. At the end of this time he went to Duluth, Min-
nesota, and there obtained employment in the freight office of the Northern
Pacific road, holding this position for three years. In 1889 he came to Van-
couver and here he became connected with the Canadian Pacific in the local freight
office. He remained only one year and a half, however, and at the end of that
time he was transferred to New Westminster, where for nine years he did able
and conscientious work as cashier and chief clerk. From New Westminster he
vas sent to Nelson, British Columbia, where he acted in the same capacity for
one year, after which he was transferred to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and given the
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position of clerk in the claims department. He was advanced from that office
to that of chief clerk and later to that of assistant claim agent, serving a total of
ten years in that office and winning the rapid promotion which rewards conscien-
tious and well directed labor. After one year at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, as
freight claim agent he was, in 1911, sent to Vancouver, where he was made claim
agent for the British Columbia division and the British Columbia coast service,
and he still holds this office, making his long experience in this branch of rail-
roading the basis of far-sighted, intelligent and accurate work. During more
than twenty-four years' connection with the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Mr.
Black has proved his ability and loyalty, has done much to promote the interests
of the road and has witnessed the making of a great deal of railroad history.
During all of this time he has labored conscientiously in the discharge of the
duties which devolve upon him and has gained the confidence of his superiors
as a man of force, experience and capacity and has won the respect and esteem
of all who have been associated with him.
In Seaforth, Ontario, in January, 1884, Mr. Black was united in marriage to
Miss Susan K. Campbell, of Huron county, Ontario, and they have become the
parents of three children: William Campbell, of Assinniboia, Saskatchewan;
and Florence and Stewart, who live at home.
Mr. Black is a liberal in his political views and takes an active interest in
the growth and welfare of the city, taking part in the work of the Progress Club,
of which he is an enthusiastic member. He belongs to the Mount Pleasant
Methodist church and is an active religious worker, doing much to promote the
spread of the doctrines in which he believes. He is a member of the quarterly
official board of the Mount Pleasant church and superintendent of the Central
Methodist Sunday school and he not only professes the doctrines of the church
but molds his upright and honorable life by its principles.
JOSEPH RICHARD SEYMOUR.
Joseph Richard Seymour, capitalist, whose activity in commercial and real-
estate circles has brought him to his present enviable and honorable position
among Vancouver's leading citizens, was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Jan-
uary K). 1858. a son of James and Elizabeth (Murton) Seymour. He attended
the public schools and the Grantham high school of his native city. It was his
intention to take up the study of medicine as a preparation for a life work ; in
fact, he entered upon that study, but was compelled to abandon it because of a
sunstroke. He then decided to become a pharmacist and was articled in that
profession, while in 1875 he entered the Ontario Pharmaceutical College, from
which he was graduated in 1876. Soon afterward he went to Buffalo, New York,
taking charge of the dispensary of W. H. Peabody, and continued in that capacity
until 1877, when he entered the employ of the drug firm of Hazard & Caswell.
on Fifth avenue, in Xew York city. He continued with them for a year and
then returned to Canada, becoming an employe of Richard Brirley at Hamilton.
After six months, however, he was sent, in 1879, to St. Thomas, Ontario, by
the wholesale drug firm of J. Winer & Company to look after their interests in
a retail drug store in that city. He there continued until 1880, when, having
established that business upon a safe financial basis, he entered the employ of
John Wyeth & Brother, manufacturing chemists of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
by whom he was later transferred to the Davis & Lawrence Company at Mont-
real, Quebec, Canadian agents for the Philadelphia house.
In 1881 Air. Seymour embarked in business on his own account as a retail
druggist in St. Catharines and met with very gratifying success during the period
of eleven years in which he carried on business in that city. In 1890 he made a
trip of investigation to Vancouver and was so favorably impressed with the
possibilities and opportunities of the city that he made investment in real estate
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here, returned to St. Catharines, closed out his business there, made arrange-
ments for removal to the west, and in 1892 came with his family to Vancouver,
where he has since made his home. The wisdom of his judgment regarding the
city in the early days of his visit here has been proven in the passing of time,
for the growth and development of the city have more than met his expectations,
and in the work of general progress and improvement he has borne his part. On
his arrival he established a retail drug store, and, extending his business, event-
ually became proprietor of three of the leading drug houses of the city, one at
the corner of Seymour and Hastings streets, one at the corner of Georgia and
Granville streets, and one on West Main street. Two of these establishments
are still in existence and are the only original drug stores remaining of all that
were in Vancouver at that time.
As the years passed by Mr. Seymour continued his investments in real estate,
in which he became actively interested. At length his holdings .seemed to demand
his entire time and attention, and in 1904 he disposed of his drug stores in order
to give his undivided energies to his real-estate interests and to real-estate opera-
tion generally. He continued in the business alone until 1906, when he organized
the Seymour & Marshall Company, which existed for three years. Mr. Seymour
then retired from that connection and in 1909 organized and became senior part-
ner of the firm of Seymour, Allen, Story & Blair, conducting a general real-
estate and financial brokerage business. He was thus connected until 1912,
when he retired from the firm and has since given his attention to the supervision
of his personal real-estate holdings and investments. His interests are very
extensive and he is a large owner of real estate in this city, together with sub-
urban and farm property. He is associated with a number of financial and
business corporations. He has been an active factor not only in commercial and
real-estate circles, but in various walks of life, and is recognized as an important
force in the growth and development of the city. He is foremost in all move-
ments for the public good and for advancement along business, social, political
and moral lines.
In politics Mr. Seymour has always been a strong conservative and an active
party worker, and was largely instrumental in the work of changing the hybrid
politics of the province of twelve years or more ago to the old condition of
sharply defined party lines, which resulted in the present clear alignment of
:onservative and liberal principles and brought the conservative party into power
in the province and made it the dominant party in Vancouver in 1903. During
':he reconstruction period, covering years, he was chairman of the executive
:ommittee of the conservative party of the province and Vancouver city, and has
xmtinued an active worker in the party to the present time, although not an
office seeker.
Mr. Seymour served as license commissioner for the city of Vancouver for
one year, was on the board of the Vancouver General Hospital, and has also
served on the Carnegie library board for three years. In early life he was con-
lected with the Nineteenth Battalion of Lincoln at St. Catharines, Ontario, for
;wo years. He is especially active in Masonic circles, being a past master of
Temple Lodge, No. 298, A. F. & A. M., grand lodge of Canada at St. Catharines,
Ontario, and now holding membership in Cascade Lodge, No. 12, F. & A. M., of
/ancouver, of which he is past master. He is also past first principal of Van-
couver Chapter, No. 98, R. A. M. In Scottish Rite Masonry he is deputy for the
province of British Columbia and is past T. P. G. M. of the Lodge of Perfection,
past M. W. S. of Rose Croix Chapter and past commander-in-chief for the con-
sistory of British Columbia. Moreover, he is one of very few active thirty -third
degree Masons west of Ontario.
On the 1 3th of June, 1883, Mr. Seymour was united in marriage, at Toronto,
to Miss Adele A. Adams, a daughter of John Adams, a pioneer merchant of
Winnipeg, who, after his retirement from active business, made his home in
Toronto until his death. The children of this marriage are Cecil Adele, Ruby
Kthel. Murton Adams and Richard Ansley. The last two are attending Toronto
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University. Mr. Seymour is a man of social nature and holds friendship invi-
olable. He belongs to the Vancouver Club, the Jericho Country Club and the
Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club. His religious faith is evidenced in his mem-
bership in the Anglican church. For the past ten years he has been lay secretary
of the synod of New Westminster, and for fifteen years a member of the execu-
tive of the diocese. His interests are many. He is not so abnormally developed
in any line as to become a genius, but has directed his efforts with such intelli-
gence and utilized his powers with such discrimination that he has gained a
prominent place in business circles, has become a leader along political lines,
and, moreover, has gained for himself the respect and high regard of all. Even
those who oppose him politically recognize the integrity of his views, and his
personal qualities are such as have gained for him the warm friendship of many.
DAVID LLOYD-JONES.
Probably no man is more familiar with pioneer conditions and history in
Kelowna than David Lloyd-Jones, who came to this section before the era of
railroads and has since been a factor in establishing and building up business
establishments. He encountered and overcame the early conditions and to a
great extent made pioneer history, his labor resulting in a degree of success which
makes him today one of the prominent lumbermen of this community. He was
born near Brantford, Ontario, in 1862, and received his early education in the
public schools of his native city. He remained at home until 1880 and then,
at the age of eighteen, started for British Columbia, traveling by way of San
Francisco and Victoria. After a five weeks' journey he arrived at Chilliwack and
went from there to Fort Hope and thence by horseback to Okanagan mission, a
distance of about three hundred miles. He arrived in this section six years
before the first railroad was built into it and here he joined his brother in the
operation of a large ranch. Their partnership continued for twelve years, but
at the end of that time the land was sold, Mr. Lloyd- Jones of this review remov-
ing into the city of Kelowna, where he engaged in the lumber business with Mr.
Le Quime. He later bought out his partner's interest and for two years con-
ducted the enterprise alone. In 1902 he formed the Kelowna Sawmill Company,
Ltd., of which he is president and managing director. His progressive business
methods and straightforward policy have resulted in success and today Mr.
Lloyd- Jones represents one of the most important business interests in this part
of the province.
Mr. Lloyd-Jones married in 1892 Miss Gartrell, of Summerland, British
Columbia, and both are well known and highly respected in Kelowna. Mr.
Lloyd-Jones is a member of the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the
Woodmen of the World and the order of Foresters. He was one of the earliest
pioneers in this section, coming here when there were very few families within a
radius of two hundred miles. From the beginning he did constructive pioneer
work along business and political lines, establishing an important industrial enter-
prise and becoming a member of the first city council.
JAMES ESSELMONT.
Since 1884 James Esselmont has been connected with the Canadian Pacific
Railroad and in the various important positions which he has held has witnessed
and helped to make a great deal of notable railroad history. His ability and
knowledge of his work have gained him rapid and continuous advancement in
his chosen field until today he occupies a position of trust and responsibility as
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roadmaster at Vancouver for the line between Coquitlam and North Bend. He
was born on the Orkney islands, Scotland, September 8, 1860, and is a son of
Robert and Isabella (Jamieson) Esselmont, natives of Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
both of whom have passed away. The father was for many years engaged in
farming and spent practically his entire life in the Orkney islands.
James Esselmont acquired his education in the public schools of his native
locality and after laying aside his books farmed there until 1883. In that year
he moved to Battle Creek but at the end of twelve months located in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, whence after a short time he went to Port Arthur. There in the sum-
mer of 1884 he entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company as
section foreman. For about fifteen years thereafter he lived at Port Arthur
and Fort William, becoming recognized during this time as a man who could be
trusted in an emergency, who possessed courage, reliability and quickness of deci-
sion and who was, therefore, of inestimable value to the company he served.
When he left Fort William he was transferred to Rat Portage, now Kenora, as
roadmaster, with full charge of one hundred and fifty miles of road to St. Ignace.
After seven years' able work in that capacity he was sent to Vancouver and
here he has resided since Christmas, 1910, acting as roadmaster between Coquit-
lam and North Bend. The Canadian Pacific Railroad Company has in Mr.
Esselmont a reliable, efficient and trustworthy representative, a man who has
the interests of the company at heart and who in a responsible and important posi-
tion does all in his power to promote them. In the twenty-nine years of his con-
nection with the road his duties have been discharged always conscientiously and
ably and his advancement has come in recognition of superior merit and constant
fidelity.
In Kaministikwia, Ontario, in November, 1888, Mr. Esselmont was united
in marriage to Miss Flora McVickers, of that city, and they have become the
parents of six children: Robert, Annie, John, James, William and Donald. Mr.
Esselmont is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and is connected fra-
ternally with Aurora Lodge, No. 13, K. P., at Fort William, where he served as
master at arms. The duties of the office which he holds with the Canadian
Pacific have always been capably performed and he has been at all times pro-
gressive in citizenship and true to his obligations and responsibilities, so that he
is today numbered among the worthy and respected residents of his community.
ARTHUR RALPH CREAGH.
As a member of the firm of Woodworth, Creagh, Banton & Fisher of Van-
couver, general law practitioners, Arthur Ralph Creagh has been connected with
much important litigation before the courts of the province. He is a native of
[reland, born at "Pella," Kilrush, County Clare, and a son of John and Maria
Creagh, the father, now deceased, being formerly engaged in the banking business
:n County Kerry. The family name was originally O'Neill, its members belong-
ng to the famous O'Neill clan of the Emerald isle. The change of name is
described thus in O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees: "A branch of this family (O'Neill)
'vent in the tenth century to Limerick, to assist in the expulsion of the Danes,
over whom they gained several victories; and on one occasion, having worn green
boughs on their helmets and on their horses' heads, they from this circumstance
got the epithet 'Craebhach' (i. e. Ramifer) signifying 'of the branches,' a name
which has been anglicized 'Creagh' ;" and the family crest is a horses head with
a sprig of laurel. Mr. Creagh is a distant relative of General Sir O'Moore
Creagh, who succeeded Lord Kitchener as commander in chief of the Indian army.
Arthur R. Creagh was educated by a private tutor and at Wesley College,
Dublin. He came to Vancouver in 1896 and decided to take up the study of
hw, becoming articled to E. P. Davis, K. C. He was one of the organizers and
the first president of the first law students' society formed in Vancouver. He
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was called to the British Columbia bar and admitted as solicitor in 1901. For a
time he practiced alone but in 1902 formed a partnership with F. J. Bayfield
under the style of Creagh & Bayfield. This firm continued until 1905, when Mr.
Creagli again took up his practice alone. In 1908 he associated himself with
Ellis & Brown, under the firm name of Ellis, Brown & Creagh, which firm con-
tinued until 1911, when he retired form its personnel and formed a partnership
with C. M. Woodworth as \Yoodworth & Creagh. In January, 1913, Messrs.
Banton and Fisher were admitted to the firm, which now enjoys a wide and
favorable reputation as Woodworth, Creagh, Banton & Fisher. Their practice is
general and much important work has been entrusted to their care. Mr. Creagh
is well versed in legal principle and precedent, and his reputation is in accord with
his achievements.
As is so often the case with members of the legal profession, Mr. Creagh
has deeply interested himself along political lines and is carried on the roster of
the Young Liberal Association as one of its charter members, this band of public-
spirited young men becoming subsequently amalgamated with the Vancouver
Liberal Association. Mr. Creagh has held several offices therein. At present
he is vice president of Ward Two Liberal Association and a member of the execu-
tive of the Vancouver City and District Liberal Association. He frequently gives
expression to his views on Canadian and British policies through the medium of
the press, setting forth his points in a clear, concise and convincing manner. He
has become connected with the commercial life of Vancouver, having made judi-
cious investments along various lines, being a stockholder in the British Columbia
Accident & Employers Liability Company, the Prudential Investment Company,
Limited, and the Burrard Publishing Company, Limited. His religious belief
is that of the Anglican church. He is a member of the Vancouver Commercial
Club and the Progress Club. He gives evidence of another of his interests by
his membership on the executive of the Vancouver branch of the Archaeological
Institute of America.
CAPTAIN ROBERT BAILEY.
Captain Robert Bailey, tug boat owner, has been identified with shipping inter-
ests at Vancouver and this section of the province for more than a quarter of a
century. He was born on the 8th of June, 1861, at Trinity, Newfoundland, and
is a son of George and Mary Bailey, both deceased. The father was a cooper by
trade but also followed the sea.
Captain Bailey was educated in the common schools but his opportunities in
that direction were limited as the financial circumstances of the family made it
necessary that he early start out to earn his own living. About the only occupation
that one might follow at the place of his nativity was something connected with the
sea and, hence, in his youth he obtained employment as a cabin boy on the steam-
ship Lyon, a square rigged vessel. From that position he worked his way upward
as far as mate and saw service in that capacity on several boats. His next experi-
ence was with Captain Joe Barbor in a sealing schooner. Among the many ships
upon which Captain Bailey saw service in the east were the Flash, Diebell, Venus,
Sea Slipper and Ranger. He was long connected with the coasting trade but,
recognizing the fact that all departments in the eastern service were overcrowded
he determined to try the western coast and in the year 1887 started for British
Columbia.
Following his arrival here Captain Bailey was appointed mate on the tug Skid-
gate for the Briard Steamship Company and after six months was made captain
of the tug Leonora. He has thus been long connected with the shipping interests
of this section and now as tug boat owner and captain is widely known, being a
familiar figure in marine circles.
CAPTAIN ROBERT BAILEY
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Captain Bailey was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Carrol, a native of
England and a daughter of John and Mary Carrol. They came to British Columbia
where the mother died. The father was a lock and razor maker and now is a
retired resident of Vancouver. Three children were born to Captain and Mrs.
Bailey, all deceased. Captain Bailey occupies a beautiful home at No. 502 Vic-
toria drive, which is the visible evidence of the success which has crowned his
well spent life and rewarded his industry and perseverance. He holds member-
ship with the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Sons of England and is a
member of the Church of England. He is largely familiar with the history of
the development of shipping interests from this port and can tell many inter-
esting tales concerning the seafaring men and their vessels
GEORGE FRANKS MATHEWS.
Business activity, whether of an industrial, commercial or professional char-
acter, features largely in the life of every individual. This is preeminently an
age of business enterprise, when the great host of men are engaged not in military
affairs but in the utilization of the resources which nature has provided or in
the conduct of trade interests growing out of the present day conditions of life.
A factor in the business circles of Victoria is George Franks Mathews, now vice
president of E. G. Prior & Company, Ltd., dealers in hardware and agricultural
implements, conducting both a wholesale and retail business. He was born
January 7, 1859, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, and is the third son in
a family of four sons and four daughters. The latter, however, are all now
deceased. The parents, James and Charlotte (Lamb) Mathews were also natives
of Worcestershire, as were the paternal grandparents. The grandfather was
well known in industrial circles, being for many years manager of the brick
manufacturing plant conducted by the firm of Rufford & Company. The maternal
grandparents of G. F. Mathews were of English ancestry and the grandfather,
who was a landowner, engaged in agricultural pursuits. James Mathews, the
father, also became a manufacturer of fire brick and porcelain baths at Stour-
bridge, in connection with the firm of Rufford & Company. Theirs was the first
established fire brick manufacturing company in that district. Mr. Mathews
there passed away December 31, 1900, at the age of seventy-three years, and his
wife survived until the 7th of October, 1906. He was a talented musician as
.veil as a capable business man and among a wide acquaintance was highly
:steemed.
George F. Mathews was educated in the Stourbridge grammar school, in the
Moravian School at Nyon in Switzerland, and also in the commercial school at
Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany. He completed his studies in 1877, at which
lime he entered the service of his father's firm, and later became an employe of
vloore & Manby, iron merchants, of Dudley, England, with whom he continued
until 1884. In that year he left his native land and crossed the Atlantic to
Canada, settling near Minnedosa, Manitoba, where he carried on agricultural
pursuits for nearly a year. On the expiration of that period he came to British
Columbia, settling in Victoria, where he became associated with the firm of E. G.
Prior, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements, in the capacity of book-
keeper. At the end of a year he purchased an interest in the business, which
was then conducted under the firm style of E. G. Prior & Company, wholesale
;ind retail dealers in hardware. The business had its inception in 1859 and
the present company was incorporated in 1891, at which time Mr. Mathews became
•\ ice president, with E. G. Prior president of the company. The business is capital-
i/.ed for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which indicates something of the
importance and extent of the enterprise, which is today one of the most important
industries of the city. At the time that Mr. Mathews became a member of the
firm the business was carried on entirely through the Victoria house, but in 1887
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a branch house was opened at Kamloops and in 1893 another at Vancouver.
The business has grown to large proportions and ranks as the second in size of
its kind in the province. They also maintain offices in London, England, and
New York city, and the company handles everything in the hardware line, its
stock also including agricultural implements, gas engines, pump supplies, wagons,
buggies, wire rope and mine supplies. The steel used in the construction of the
parliament buildings was furnished by this company, as well as the rails for the
Victoria & Sidney Railway. Many other large enterprises have received their
building supplies from this company, and their business is one of the foremost
commercial undertakings in the Pacific northwest.
On the 9th of October, 1890, occurred the marriage of Mr. Mathews and
Miss Nellie Frankland Fraser Wolfenden, a daughter of Colonel Richard and
Kate (Cooley) Wolfenden, who were natives of England. They came to Canada,
settling in Westminster, and later removed to Victoria, where Mr. Wolfenden was
king's printer for many years. Unto Mr. and Mrs Mathews were born three
sons: Richard Franks, who is with A. \V. Jones, Ltd., of Victoria; James Ernest,
a graduate of the Royal Military College of Kingston, Ontario; and George Randle
Share, attending a private school in Victoria.
Mr. Mathews is a member of the council of the Esquimalt municipality. He
has membership in the Church of England and for ten years was warden of St.
Paul's church at Esquimalt. In former days he took great delight in cycling and
lawn tennis, but business interests of late years have prevented his active partici-
pation therein. His wife devotes much time to gardening and horticulture and
has had much to do with beautifying their home and grounds. Their residence,
located at Esquimalt, is known as Wychbury. It is a lovely home, standing in
the midst of beautiful grounds comprising over two acres, highly improved. It
commands a line view of the lakes and strait of Juan De Fuca, and is one of the
most attractive homes of that section.
JAMES DONALD McCORMACK.
Centuries ago a Greek philosopher, Epicharmus, said : "Earn thy reward :
the gods give naught to sloth," and the truth of' this admonition has been verified
in all the ages which have since run their course. With a recognition of this
fact, James Donald McCormack has so directed his labors as to make his time,
his efforts and his opportunities count for the utmost, and today he is the secre-
tary and treasurer of the Canadian Western Lumber Company, Ltd. He was
born December 8, 1859, on Prince Edward island, a son of Donald and Catherine
McCormack. The father was a representative of one of the old families from
the south of Scotland, founded on Prince Edward island at an early date. In the
public schools of his native island James D. McCormack pursued his education
and after his text-books were laid aside engaged in farming for a time. He
afterwards spent a portion of his time for six years in the employ of the A. A.
McDonald Brothers Mercantile Company, of Georgetown, Prince Edward island,
who were merchants and ship builders. In 1882 he left home and made his way
to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he remained for a few months, and in July,
1882, he went to Winnipeg, where he continued until October, 1883. He then
returned to Minnesota and on the isth of that month became connected with the
lumber business in the employ of Brennan & Finlayson, Pine county, Minnesota.
After nine months in the service of that company he was made manager and
continued with them for nine years, a fact indicating in unmistakable terms his
capability, fidelity and the confidence reposed in him. On the ist of October,
1892, he went with the Weyerhauser interests in the same county and was secre-
tary and manager of the Rutledge Manufacturing Company at Rutledge, Pine
county, Minnesota. He closed out the business there in January, 1907, at which
time he became connected with the Davidson & McRae interests at Golden,
BRITISH COLUMBIA 867
British Columbia, as manager of the Columbia River Lumber Company. He
was with them until May i, 1910, when he was transferred to Vancouver and
was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Canadian Western Lumber Com-
pany, Ltd., being practically in charge of this and subsidiary companies. He is
still secretary of the Columbia River Lumber Company. These are both sub-
sidiary companies of the Davidson & McRae interests. Mr. McCormack was
also at one time a director in the First National Bank at Rush City, Minnesota.
On the I7th of October, 1887, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mr. McCormack
was united in marriage to Miss Aura Walton, a daughter of Oliver and Cynthia
Walton. Several of her uncles were soldiers in the Civil war of the United
States. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McCormack have been born six children : Mabel ;
Catherine, now the wife of Herman W. Dickey, of Winnipeg; Isabella, the wife
of Roy A. Dailey, of Calgary, Alberta; Paul J., Florence and Francis D. The
religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church, and Mr. McCormack
holds membership with the Knights of Columbus and the Canadian Order of
Foresters. He is also a member of the Vancouver Commercial Club. Since
starting out in the business world he has steadily worked his way upward and has
based his success upon his substantial qualities of industry, determination, faith-
fulness and honor. His loyalty to the interests which he has represented has never
been called into question and the record he has made is most creditable.
HARRY GUY GANSON.
Harry Guy Ganson, of Vancouver, is now established in business circles
here as managing director of the Railway Utility Company of Canada, Limited,
a railway builders' equipment and supply concern. His birth occurred in Chicago,
Illinois, on the i6th of November, 1875, his parents being O. B. and Emma B.
Ganson, likewise natives of the United States. The father, a heating engineer,
is engaged in the electrical heating business in Omaha, Nebraska, representing
large Chicago interests. Both Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Ganson survive and make
their home in Omaha.
Harry G. Ganson attended the graded and high schools of Omaha and Lincoln
and also pursued a course of study in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Subsequently he became clerk in a bank at Beatrice, Nebraska, and at the end of
two years went to Fairbury, that state, where he began reading law. Shortly
before his examinations he received an excellent offer as secretary to a prominent
New York banker and, accepting the position, he was thus employed in the
eastern metropolis for two years. On the expiration of that period he went west
as secretary to the manager of western lines of the Northwestern Railway at
Omaha. At the end of two years spent in that capacity he returned to New
York and embarked in the brokerage business but suffered bankruptcy in the
panic of 1901. Subsequently he entered the engineering department of the Pull-
man Company, with offices at Pullman, Illinois, remaining in the service of that
corporation for four years. He then bought out a number of hotels and eating
houses on the line of a western railroad. On the I2th of July, 1909, he entered
the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway and after serving in several minor
positions acted as inspector of sleeping and dining car service for one year. On
the ist of December, 1910, he was appointed superintendent of the British Colum-
bia division of the sleeping and dining car and news service, holding that position
until February I, 1913, when he was appointed assistant general superintendent
of this service on all western lines. On the ist of July, 1913, he resigned his
position to engage in the railway builders' equipment and supply business as
managing director of the Railway Utility Company of Canada, Limited, with
offices in the Vancouver block. This company is the Canadian department of the
Railway Utility Company of Chicago, of which ex-Senator Lorimer is presi-
dent. In his present responsible position Mr. Ganson has already manifested his
868 BRITISH COLUMBIA
excellent business ability and has established his reputation as a valued official
of the corporation.
On the isth of January, 1899, in Chicago, Mr. Ganson was united in mar-
riage to Miss Martha W. Riddell, of that city. He is a member of the Vancouver
Board of Trade and the Progress Club and also belongs to the Royal Arcanum.
His life has at all times been honorable and upright, characterized by unfaltering
adherence to those principles which, aside from any business or social distinction
to which he may attain, win for the individual the unqualified respect and trust
of his fellowmen.
WILLIAM CECIL McKECHNIE, M. D., C. M.
William Cecil McKechnie, physician and surgeon, of Vancouver, British
Columbia, was born at Port Hope, Ontario, October 31, 1874, a son of Major
William E. and Mary (Bell) McKechnie. His father was born at Claverhouse
Castle, Dundee, Scotland, while his mother was a native of Ontario, in which
province they were married. For many years Major McKechnie was divisional
superintendent of the Grand Trunk and later was president of the Prince Edward
Island Railway. He afterwards engaged in ranching in Manitoba and later
retired and came to Vancouver, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoy-
ment of a well earned rest. His widow survives him, and although now eighty-
one years of age, enjoys excellent health. She makes her home in Vancouver.
In the public schools and collegiate institute of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr.
McKechnie received his early education, becoming at that time extremely inter-
ested in ornithology, and spending many a night in the woods with his horse and
dog for companions, literally lived among the bird creation. Later he and a
few of his young friends were given rooms in the city hall, where they formed
the Junior Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba and published a paper
called the Junior Historical and Scientific Journal, edited and managed by these
enthusiasts. This society is still flourishing in Winnipeg. Events arose which
prevented this love of nature being fostered, however, and in 1899 he graduated
in medicine from McGill University in Montreal, being president of his senior
class. From there he went to Nanaimo, British Columbia, practicing medicine
until 1902, during which year he was married and took up his residence in Port-
land, Oregon. After spending six years there and making a place for himself
among the leading physicians of that city, Dr. McKechnie spent several months
in traveling, visiting most of the larger clinics in the eastern states, finally return-
ing to Vancouver, where he took up his permanent residence and quickly acquired
an extensive practice. He has proven himself a skillful and successful surgeon
and has won an enviable reputation among the members of the profession in this
city. He is also the youngest brother of Dr. R. E. McKechnie, a prominent
Vancouver surgeon. He belongs to Ashley Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of 'Nanaimo,
the University Club and the Vancouver Medical Society, and is always interested
in any measure or method which he deems will prove of benefit to the profession
in its efforts to alleviate human suffering or check the ravages of disease.
Dr. McKechnie married Miss Zella Baright Robinson, daughter of Captain
William and Maria (Moore) Robinson of Wellington County, Ontario. Miss
Robinson was for three years soprano soloist in the First Baptist Church, Winni-
peg, simultaneously receiving training from Miss Edith J. Miller, now of London,
' England, later furthering her studies at the Toronto Conservatory of Music,
where she graduated in voice culture under Rechab Tandy. Coming to Van-
couver from Toronto she engaged in choir and concert work, and in the year
1901-2 had the training of Dr. Roland Dwight Grant's choir of girls. The mar-
riage took place at Peachland, British Columbia, the first to be celebrated in the
southern Okanagan valley, which was opened to settlement by her three brothers,
DR. WILLIAM C. McKECHNIE
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referred to elsewhere in this series. Two children resulted from the union—
Maria Willa Bell and William Robert Edward.
Both Dr. and Mrs. McKechnie are prominent socially and are well known
as valued members of different organizations. Mrs. McKechnie is prominent in
club life and was circulation manager of the special women's edition of the Sun,
which was published in February, 1913, and is one of the editors of the Van-
couver Society and Club Magazine. She belongs to the First Baptist church and
is active in the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Dr. McKech-
nie is a liberal in politics, but not an active worker in party ranks. Their circle
of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintance.
HARRY GEORGE ALLEN.
Harry George Allen is associated with George G. Bushby in the manufacture
of Oxy-Acetylene welding appliances and in contracting for work employing
Oxy-Acetylene process, the business being conducted under the name of the
Compressed Gas Company, Limited. Inventive genius and mechanical ingenuity
have brought Mr. Allen to his present responsible and prominent position. He
was born in Somerset, England, at Bradford-on-Avon, December 29, 1875, and
during his infancy was brought to Canada, the family home being established at
Guelph, Ontario. When he was twelve years of age a removal was made to
Chicago, Illinois, but before leaving Canada, Harry George Allen had secured a
position and was earning his own livelihood. In Chicago he became errand boy for
a railroad company and was also employed for a time in the same capacity in
one of the large drygoods houses of that city. While he was still in his teens his
mechanical talent manifested itself and its development has since found expres-
sion in many most useful and valuable devices. When twenty-one years of age
Mr. Allen left Chicago for Minnesota, where he remained for six years. In
the meantime he married Elsie Morrison of Inverness, Scotland, who had gone to
the United .States one year previous. Five children have been born to them, all
of whom are residents of Vancouver. While in Minnesota Mr. Allen engaged in
steam engineering in connection with the paper mills and lumber plants, but event-
ually severed these connections in order to enter a machine shop and broaden his
knowledge by practical experience along that line. On leaving Minnesota he
removed to 'North Dakota, where he spent two years in repairing machinery,
iiarvesters, boilers, etc. He was later at Fresno, California, where he assisted in
erecting a large electrical power plant, operating it until it was accepted by the
:ontracting party. Leaving California for Seattle, Washington, he held several
•esponsible positions there in large steam plants and it was during his residence
n that city that his high professional standing was recognized and he was honored
vvith election to the presidency of the Engineers Association.
While in Seattle Mr. Allen became imbued with the idea of the possibilities of
he Oxy-Acetylene welding process and as a result organized and established
'.he first plant to use that process in the northwest. It is interesting to note the
success which he made from the start. A piece of machinery — an exceptionally
large laundry mangle — had been broken into one hundred and tw"enty-five pieces
by falling from a sling while being loaded on a steamship. As it was of cast iron,
it seemed ruined, but Mr. Allen with his process, repaired it so completely that
1here were only twenty-eight whole parts and the entire mangle was as good as
i>ew, and it is still in operation at the end of four years. So unusual, was the
task which he accomplished, even with the remarkable process at his command,
that wide comment was made of it and the Literary Digest of March 29, 1913,
£ave a full page description and illustration of it under the heading of Repairs
1 "xtraordinary.
Soon after starting this business in Seattle Mr. Allen met George G. Bushby
of Vancouver, who induced him to come to this city and take up similar work
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here. The result was the organization of the Compressed Gas Company, Limited,
for the purpose of building and installing the Oxy-Acetylene plants as well as doing
the work itself. The Vancouver plant was erected at No. 1530 Hastings street,
East, and is the best equipped of its kind on the Pacific coast. In addition to the
work above mentioned they generate and compress oxygen for mine rescue work
and medicinal purposes. They also manufacture dissolved acetylene for motor
boat and automobile lighting, commonly known as Prest-o-lite. The company
intends to ultimately manufacture and compress hydrogen and carbonic acid
gas. The business was incorporated with a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars
and Mr. Allen was made manager, which position he still holds.
The combustion of acetylene and pure oxygen gives a small concentrated flame
with a temperature of sixty-three hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and this intense
and localized heat permits the fusion of metals in the break of the parts to be
welded without any injurious effects to the metal. Although the process is so
new, a large number of manufacturing industries have been practically revolu-
tionized by this system.
It is used by shipbuilders, in steel and iron foundries, machine shops, by boiler
makers, garages, ornamental and sheet iron workers. Mr. Allen has taken porta-
ble plants into the holds of ships to weld the boilers, having had several large
contracts for work of that character. He has also welded logging engines in
the heart of the woods and on one occasion repaired a large pumping engine on a
scow anchored in the middle of the Pitt river. To get there a launch was needed
to take man and apparatus up the river and the work had to be accomplished
under the most unfavorable conditions, but nevertheless the result was very
successful. Most remarkable results in the cutting of steel and iron (with the
exception of cast iron) can be accomplished by the Oxy-Acetylene flame. Uses to
which the cutting torch can be applied are innumerable, but the cutting work
done in connection with the demolishing of the Quebec bridge and the raising of
the battleship Maine may be mentioned as notable examples. In cutting, the
metal is first heated by the ordinary welding flame. A fine jet of pure oxygen is
then turned on, which combining with the carbon of the steel literally burns a
clean, smooth narrow slot, leaving the metal on either side unharmed. Nothing
has ever been invented to equal this process for cutting metal quickly, economically
and easily.
Mr. Allen feels since becoming connected with the Oxy-Acetylene business
that it is to be his life work and his varied experiences along mechanical and
engineering lines have well qualified and prepared him for his present activities
and his natural tendencies toward mechanics and his aptitude for originating
new ideas give promise of a bright future for the business. The company already
supplies all of the oxygen for mine rescue work used in British Columbia and
Alberta. Mr. Allen is a member of the International Acetylene Association of the
United States and the British Acetylene & Welding Association of Great Britain,
the Compressed Gas Manufacturers of the United States; the Canadian Manu-
facturers Association ; the British Columbia Automobile and Motor Trades Asso-
ciation, in which he holds the office of second vice president ; and the Vancouver
Rotary Club, consisting of business men of Vancouver who meet at luncheon
once a week to discuss various ways and means to improve business generally.
He is likewise a member of the traffic department of the Board of Trade of Van-
couver, while fraternally he is connected with the Cascade Lodge of Masons.
RICHARD COUPLAND SPINKS.
Richard Coupland Spinks, a Vancouver barrister, practicing as a member of
the firm of Senkler, Spinks & Van Home, was born in Liverpool, England, May
15, 1876, his parents being John M. and Jane (Coupland) Spinks, both of whom
were natives of Lancashire. In the spring of 1884 the family emigrated to Vic-
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toria, British Columbia, and moved to a place called Duncan, where they spent the
winter of 1884-5. In tne fall of the latter year they returned to Victoria, where
they remained until March, 1886, when they went to Granville, now Vancouver.
There the father engaged in the real-estate business, in which he continued until
1903, when he removed to Ontario, where he now resides. His wife passed away
in September, 1892. Coming to this province soon after the completion of the
railroad, they are justly numbered among the pioneer settlers and Mr. Spinks has
taken an active and helpful part in the development of the region in which he
located, his labors being an effective force in advancing public progress and
improvement.
In private schools of Vancouver Richard C. Spinks pursued his education and
afterward took up the study of law under the late Chief Justice McCall, his read-
ing also being directed by the firm of Wilson & Campbell. He was called to the
bar of British Columbia on the i6th of July, 1902, and immediately engaged in
practice as a member of the firm of Wilson, Senkler & Bloomfield. This part-
nership continued until 1909, when Mr. Senkler and Mr. Spinks formed the firm
which existed under the style of Senkler & Spinks until 1911, when George Cor-
nelius Van Home became associated with them and his name was added to the
firm.
In February, 1903, in Vancouver, Mr. Spinks was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Mildred Dixon, of this city. His recreation comes chiefly through rowing
and football. His military experience covers six years' service with the Sixth
Regiment of Rifles. He has never taken active part in politics, preferring to con-
centrate his energies on his professional duties, which are of constantly growing
importance, the firm being accorded a large and distinctively representative clien-
tage.
J. PERCY GEDDES.
J. Percy Geddes conducts a profitable business as customs broker in Vancou-
ver, British Columbia, having been born in Montreal, Quebec, on March 15,
1868, a son of Charles G. and Janet (Millar) Geddes, the former a native of the
province of Quebec and the latter of Perth, Scotland. The father was for many
years prominent as a stock broker and with his father, Charles Geddes, was
engaged in that business in Montreal under the name of C. & C. G. Geddes,
brokers. They were at one time the largest stockholders in the Montreal Street
Railway Company. The father was prominent in Masonic circles, being a past
master in St. Paul Lodge of Montreal, and was also active in athletic and military
matters. He was a captain of the Fifth Regiment Fusiliers and later retired
from the Royal Scots of Montreal with the rank of major. Both parents are
now deceased.
J. Percy Geddes was educated in a private school in Montreal for a short
time and then went to South Leigh, in the county of Oxford, England, where
he attended the preparatory school known as Little St. Edward's School for about
six years. Returning to Canada, he then received instruction in St. John's school
of Montreal for three years and then matriculated in McGill University at Mon-
treal for one year. Discontinuing his education, he entered the employ of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad as clerk in the mechanical superintendent's office at
Montreal and there worked for nine months. He then became secretary to the
chief engineer of the road, holding that office for a similar period. His next
position was with the Central Vermont Railway as secretary to the superin-
tendent of the northern division, with headquarters at St. Johns, Quebec, where
he remained eighteen months. He then reentered the services of the Canadian
Pacific, becoming secretary to Thomas G. Shaughnessy, now widely known as
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, and was in that office about one year. He was after-
ward transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia, arriving here January 19,
1888, as secretary to Harry B. Abbott and continuing with him until Mr. Abbott
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retired, and then was in the office of Mr. Marpole in the same capacity until
1898. Having gained vast and valuable business experience in these confidential
positions, he then decided to launch out for himself and engaged in the customs
brokerage business, establishing his office at 407 Hastings street, West, but for
the past seven years has been located at 719 Fender street, West. He has made
rapid success in this occupation and his clientage today is representative and
important. Understanding all of the details and intricacies of the business and
having gained wide and valuable experience as to transportation rates and other
information of value, he is able to handle business entrusted to him expeditiously
and with the least expense.
At Bellingham, Washington, on June 15, 1901, Mr. Geddes was united in
marriage to Mrs. Margaret Jones, a daughter of Judge E. M. Day, of Bellingham,
Washington, and they have one son Percival Day.
Mr. Geddes is a member of the Church of England and politically gives his
support to the conservative party, faithfully performing his duties of citizen-
ship, although he never participates in political activities. He is interested in
athletics, in which he has always been active, and is a member of the Vancouver
Athletic Club. He rowed in the Racing Four Crew of the Burrard Inlet Rowing
Club, who won the junior championship of the North Pacific Rowing Association
in i8<)2. He was in the crew of the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club, which won
the Ferguson perpetual challenge cup from the Vancouver Rowing Club, and
has also been very active in swimming and played on the first water polo team
in Vancouver. lie is still active in swimming sports and derives great pleasure
from motor boating. As the years have passed Mr. Geddes has become attached
to the interests of Vancouver and stands ever ready to give his support to any
public enterprise that may benefit the city. He has found a field of labor for
which he seems particularly adapted and his successful career entitles him to
rank with the more prominent business men of the city.
HENRY LOUIS MASSEY.
1 lenry Louis Massey is senior partner in the firm of Massey & Freer, of Van-
couver, a name now widely and prominently known in connection with the fishing
industry 011 the coast. He was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, January 25,
1869, and is a son of Louis Joseph and Aurelie (Berard) Massey, both of whom
were natives of Quebec, lioth the paternal and maternal grandfathers came from
France and settled near Montreal, where they spent their remaining days, both
being farmers of that locality. The father, Louis Joseph Massey, was married in
Quebec and there followed farming for several years. Unto him and his wife
were born several children, and as money was very scarce in Quebec in those days
there was a great tide of immigration to the cotton mill towns of the United
States. At that time Mr. Massey removed his family to Fall River, Massachusetts,
where they lived for twenty years, after which they returned to the old homestead
in Quebec, the ownership of which they had always retained. There they spent
the remainder of their lives, and both the father and mother passed away when
about eighty-three years of age.
Henry Louis Massey pursued his education in the Catholic schools and in the
Notre Dame Commercial College at Fall River. Immediately after leaving school
he made his way to Seattle, Washington, and for a few years was employed in
that city and in Tacoma. Through his industry and economy he won a substantial
measure of success and removed to Montana, locating near Great Falls, where he
engaged in the cattle business, continuing at that point for ten years. In 1899 he
closed out his interests there and made his way to the Kootenay district of British
Columbia, where he became engaged in the hotel business. He afterward
purchased the Dominion Hotel at Phoenix, of which he was proprietor for two
years.
HENRY L. MASSEY
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In April, 1909, Air. Massey disposed of his interests there and came to Van-
couver. Immediately afterward he purchased acreage which he platted and of
which he sold every lot himself, closing out the entire tract in sixty days. On them
he made a handsome profit and immediately afterward handled two more tracts in
the same manner. These transactions covered a period of five months. In the
fall of 1909 he decided to make larger investments in the province, and having
great confidence in the future of the northern country he made his way to the
Skeena river and seven miles from its mouth selected the spot that in his opinion
was the most logical point on the river for a fishing town. There he purchased
two hundred and sixty acres and laid out the town of Haysport. Associated with
him in this work is Lemuel Freer, the business being conducted under the name
of Massey & Freer. They succeeded in securing English capital to the amount of
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to assist in developing the fishing industry,
building the town and peopling it with Newfoundland fishermen. Thus English
capitalists are associated with the company. Their plan is not to build a town in
order to promote real-estate values or advance the price on the sale of land and
manufacturing sites, but to promote the fishing industry. However, to do this
they must furnish adequate places in which the people may live, also provide
stores and various business enterprises which will supply their needs. In the first
place the town has the finest harbor on the Skeena river and the only one open
throughout the year. After much arbitration they have compelled the railroad
to stop their trains at this point. Trouble in this connection arose from the fact
that it is an independent town site, neither the government nor the railroad having
any interest therein, as is customary in most cases. The plan of the firm is to bring
out a large number of families from the coast of Newfoundland — men who are
fishermen and who, accompanied by their families, will become permanent resi-
dents and will thus add substantially to the growth and development of the prov-
ince. They are putting forth strenuous effort toward keeping out the Japanese
fishermen and permit only the white fishermen to reap the benefit of this great
ndustry. No Japanese can purchase property in Haysport, neither do people of
:hat nationality frequent this town or the waters on the north side of the river, for
hey already realize that they are not wanted there. During the fishing season
iix hundred craft can be seen on the Skeena in front of Haysport within a radius
)f a few miles, furnishing employment to hundreds of men. Of course this town
s still in the making, but already Haysport has a good hotel, a two million pound
•old-storage plant, postoffice, telegraph office and a store. There is now a popula-
lion of quite a number of families, all of whom are provided with better than
ordinary dwellings. In October, 1913, Haysport was supplied with electricity
i or power and lighting by the Hydro-Electric Company, which is taking its power
irom the falls of the Hocsall river, about ten miles above Port Essington, and
building power lines to Haysport, Port Edward and Prince Rupert. This will
i;reatly facilitate the operation of the Haysport cold-storage plant and other indus-
tries that will eventually locate in Haysport. The present season will witness the
< rrival of at least fifty new families, all of whom, together with the present
1 opulation, will be furnished employment in connection with the fishing industry.
' "he firm of Massey & Freer will bring these people here not only this year but
tach ensuing year in larger numbers, and after their arrival they are not left in
a new and strange land entirely on their own resources. They have assured
employment with ready and steady pay, and the firm not only guarantees employ-
ment but also builds a house for the immigrant suitable to his own particular needs,
giving him a term of years in which to pay for the same and they are planning
t> subdivide the farm lands back of the town site for the benefit of the fishermen.
Ii this not convincing evidence that the work of this company is the promo-
t on of one of British Columbia's greatest revenue-producing industries? It is
unquestionably one of the most commendable forms of provincial development
that is being utilized today, and it is the men back of such enterprises who deserve
to rank with the builders of the empire of the northwest. Aside from his con-
nection as senior partner of the firm of Massey & Freer, Mr. Massey is a trustee
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in the Graham Fishing Company of Washington and a director in the Skeena
River Syndicate, a fishing company operating on the Skeena.
In Great Falls, Montana, on the 6th of June, 1897, Mr. Massey was united
in marriage to Miss Louisa Lucille Baker, of that city. They are members of
the Holy Rosary Catholic church and Mr. Massey holds membership with the-
Knights of Columbus. In politics he is a liberal but not an active party worker,
for his time and energies are fully occupied with his important and growing busi-
ness affairs. He has recognized the opportunities of the northwest and is doing
all in his power to exploit and utilize its resources. His efforts have been of
untold value and benefit to a large number of his fellowmen, and he ranks today
as one of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens of Vancouver and
the province.
WILLIAM LYELL DARLING.
William Lyell Darling is industrial commissioner for the city of New West-
minster, British Columbia, and possesses in large measure the salient character-
istics of the successful business man. He was born in Montreal on the 6th of July,.
1880, and is a son of William and Eva M. (Dudley) Darling, the former a native
of Montreal and the latter of Elyria, Ohio. They were married in Montreal,
where the mother, who had been left an orphan at an early age, was making her
home with an uncle, E. Muir. William Darling was one of a family of several
brothers who had been prominent men of affairs for years in the east, including
the late Andrew Darling, one of the well known citizens of Toronto and founder
of the Andrew Darling Company of that city ; Henry Darling, late general man-
ager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and now secretary-treasurer of the Gen-
eral Electric Company of Schenectady, New York ; and Robert Darling, of the
wholesale tailors' supplies house of Robert Darling & Company. The subject
of this review is also a nephew of the late Thomas Davidson, senior partner in the
firm of The Thomas Davidson Company, of Montreal, enamel and tinware manu-
facturers.
William Darling on reaching manhood identified himself with the hardware
business which had been established by his father, William Darling, Sr., who,,
admitting his sons to a partnership, organized the well known house of William
Darling Sons, which at one time was the largest wholesale hardware establishment
in the Dominion of Canada. William Darling, the grandfather of William Lyell
Darling, was not only a leading figure in commercial circles but was also prom-
inent in local political and civic affairs and was at one time candidate for election
to the house of commons. He was one of the distinguished citizens of eastern
Canada, prominently identified with financial as well as commercial interests as a
director of the Merchants Bank of Canada. In 1894 William Darling, Jr., retired
from active business and spent his latter days in Montreal, where he passed!
away in February, 1912, at the age of sixty-five years. His widow survives him
and now makes her home in Vancouver.
William Lyell Darling spent his youthful days under the parental roof and in
the acquirement of his education passed through consecutive grades in the public
schools until he reached the Montreal high school, from which he was graduated
in 1895. Subsequently he entered the service of the Grand Trunk Railway, becom-
ing connected with the auditing and claims department, with which he was asso-
ciated for four years. In the fall of 1899 he became imbued with the western
fever and started for Winnipeg, where he entered the employ of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company as an accountant in the engineering department. Sub-
sequently he worked for the road in various capacities in Calgary, Alberta and in
Canbrook, British Columbia. In 1905 he resigned from the service of the
Canadian Pacific, at which time he was filling the office of chief clerk to the general
superintendent, G. J. Bury, now vice president of the road. Mr. Darling theni
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came to Vancouver to accept the secretaryship of the British Columbia General
Contracting Company, a subsidiary of the Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of
New York. He remained with that company until 1908, when he resigned to take
:harge of construction for the contractors Ironside, Reannie & Campbell, in the
milding of the Fraser Valley branch of the British Columbia Electric Railway.
tie continued in the employ of that contracting firm until 1911, when the firm of
Vlotherwell & Darling was formed. They were instrumental in purchasing the
•ight of way for the Canadian Northern Railway through the city of New West-
ninster, a transaction involving nearly a million of dollars. On July i, 1913,
VIr. Darling severed his personal connection with the firm of Motherwell & Dar-
ing to accept the appointment of industrial commissioner for the city of New
•Vestminster.
On the I7th of June, 1903, Mr. Darling was married to Miss Sarah Louise
.und, of Spokane, Washington, and unto them have been born two children,
Eleanor May and Eva Lyell. Mr. and Mrs. Darling are members of the Church
of England and the former belongs to the Westminster Club and the Terminal
City Club of Vancouver. In politics he is a liberal and takes an active part in
tverything pertaining to the welfare and progress of his city. He is a member of
tie Westminster Progressive Association and of the Westminster Board of Trade
;.nd cooperates in all their movements for the upbuilding of the municipality. Mr.
Darling may well be termed a self-made man, deserving all of the credit which that
t :rm implies, for as the years have gone by he has worked his way steadily upward
and his capability, industry and resourcefulness have constituted the motive force
in his advancement.
HON. C. A. SEMLIN.
Hon. C. A. Semlin is living practically retired in Cache Creek, although he still
g ves personal supervision to the operation of his fine and well improved farm.
I e came as a pioneer to this part of British Columbia and for almost a half
c< ntury has been looked upon as one of its leading and representative citizens,
a force in agricultural development and a powerful factor in provincial circles.
Ee was born in the county of Simcoe, Ontario, in 1836, and is a son of David
and Susannah (Stafford) Semlin.
C. A. Semlin acquired his education in the public schools of his native city
and by private tuition. After leaving college he taught school until 1862, in which
year he left Ontario and came to Cariboo by way of the isthmus of Panama,
S;in Francisco and Victoria, influenced in this move by reports of the great gold
discoveries on the Fraser river. In the Cariboo district he spent three years pros-
pecting and mining, but at the end of that time located in Cache Creek, where he
established himself in business. In 1870 he filed upon a tract of land, which
di:ring his period of ownership has grown to be one of the largest farms in this
part of the province. Mr. Semlin has steadily carried forward the work of
development, erecting buildings and installing the necessary equipment, and is-
nvmbered today among the most progressive agriculturists of this locality. He
is living practically retired, looking after his invested interests.
Aside from his work along agricultural lines Mr. Semlin has been a powerful
foxe in the public life of the province since pioneer times. He was elected
to the lower house in 1871, was defeated for the same position in 1875 and
1878 and reelected in 1882, holding office continuously until 1900. In 1884 he
wjs chosen leader of the opposition, and was called upon to form the gov-
ernment in 1898, continuing to lead his party until 1900, when it was dis-
missed. Reelected in 1903, he sat until the dissolution in the same year. In
his- official service he showed a broad comprehension of the country's need and
the integrity, single-mindedness and executive force of a true statesman. He
do^s not make a political office an avenue to personal advancement or a road to
wealth, regarding it rather as a trust committed to him by the people. Mr.
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Semlin was the first postmaster at Cache Creek in the early days and has been
school trustee almost continuously since 1875. He is president of the Yale
Lillooet Pioneer Society and past president of the Island Agricultural Society,
these connections indicating the strength of his position with his associates in
the two fields of endeavor to which his attention is given.
JOSEPH BLACKBURN GREAVES.
Joseph Blackburn Greaves, for nearly fifty years a resident of British Colum-
bia, and a potent factor in its development, through his activities in the conduct
of one of the province's most extensive ranching enterprises, which he built up
from an exceedingly modest beginning, is a native of Putsey, Yorkshire, England,
where he was born June 18, 1831.
He enjoyed practically no educational advantages, but through extensive read-
ing, travel and contact with the world of business, developed the latent faculties
that have made him one of the keen, resourceful men who have done most to
transform the Canadian west from a wilderness into the enormously wealthy
province of the present.
At the age of fourteen he left home and took passage in the sailing ship
Patrick Henry, with the United States as his destination, landing, after a rough
voyage of sixty days, at New York city. Going to New Jersey, where he had
relatives, he remained for a short time, and then made his way to Pittsburg and
thence, by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to St. Louis, Missouri, going
from there to Belleville where he remained until 1852, when he removed to
St. Louis.
In 1854 he joined an emigrant train bound for the gold fields of California.
The party of sixty-five men had, in addition to the usual complement of "prairie
schooners," common to the wagon trains of those days, one thousand head of
cattle and five hundred horses. Crossing the states of Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska to Laramie, Wyoming, thence on over the mountains to Sacramento
county, California, he arrived there after a journey of several months character-
ized by the usual hardships of overland travel, but on account of the large number
in the party comparatively free from molestation by the Indians.
Soon after his arrival in California, Mr. Greaves located at Michigan Bar
and secured work as a laborer, and soon saved sufficient money to engage in
the butcher business on his own account.
In 1867 he came to British Columbia, arriving in Victoria in May of that
year, and after a month went to Barkerville in the Cariboo country, and later
engaged in the butcher business on Grouse creek for a year, when he returned
to California, but on account of the fever which was prevalent there, did not
remain.
Going to Oregon he invested in sheep which he brought overland to Olympia,
Washington, shipping thence to Yale, and driving by way of the Cariboo road to
the 150 Mile House, where the flock was sold at a good profit. He at once
returned to Oregon where he purchased a herd of cattle which he brought over-
land to the Thompson river and began building up what later became an extensive
cattle ranching enterprise.
In 1882 he organized the Douglas Lake Cattle Company of which he was
general manager and one of the largest owners. This ranch was added to from
time to time until it comprised a vast domain of one hundred and twenty thousand
acres, pasturing fifteen to twenty thousand cattle and upwards of a thousand
horses and it became famous for the splendid herds of blooded Herefords and
shorthorns and fine draft, saddle and thoroughbred horses, including over three
hundred pedigreed Clydesdales.
In 1910 after forty-three years of highly useful and successful activity, Mr.
Greaves disposed of his extensive properties, and retired from business. Coming
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to Victoria, he purchased a beautiful residential property on Clarence street,
where he is spending the latter years of a life of exceptional usefulness sur-
rounded by the friends and comforts which have come as a reward of earnest,
strenuous endeavor.
In politics, Mr. Greaves is a stanch conservative, but has never taken an
active interest in politics nor allowed his name to be presented as a candidate
for any office. Hale and hearty, his appearance belies the long span of years
he has lived and the hard work that brought him success and fortune.
Mr. Greaves is one of the rapidly thinning band of hardy pioneers whose
early adventures and experiences form the most fascinating chapters in the
province's history, and whose devotion to the work of upbuilding, under condi-
tions of hardship little understood by a later generation, should ever he an
object for emulation.
ROBERT BROWN.
Robert Brown, who is living retired in Nanaimo, after many years devoted
to mining, was born in Northumberland, England, in 1850, and is a son of Robert
and Isabella (Goodwell) Brown, both of whom passed their entire lives in the
mother country.
The boyhood and early youth of Robert Brown were passed in the home of
his parents, his education being acquired in England. At the age of twelve years
he terminated his student days and went to work on a farm, following that and
various other vocations until he had attained his majority. It had long been his
ambition to come to America, and having acquired the necessary money, soon
afterward took passage for New York. After a brief sojourn in the latter
city he went to Northumberland, Pennsylvania, thence to St. Paul and British
Columbia. Upon his arrival at Nanaimo he obtained employment in the mines of
the Vancouver Coal Company, where he worked for eleven years. At the expira-
:ion of that time he went to the Wellington mines, where he remained until 1884.
Having accumulated sufficient money to enable him to establish an enterprise of
lis own, he then gave up mining and started teaming, engaging in this business
tor three years. In 1887 he disposed of his interests in this connection and
-eturned to England on a visit to the scenes of his childhood. He returned to
Canada in time to cross the continent on the first train running into Vancouver on
ihe Canadian Pacific lines. Having a competence which supplies all the needs of
himself and wife. .Mr. Brown has been living retired since he returned to Nanaimo,
; pending his latter years in well earned rest.
The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Brown was known in her maidenhood
:.s Miss Esther Gray, and is of English extraction. During the long period of
Ids residence in the northwest Mr. Brown has been an interested observer of the
(ountry's wonderful progress and development no less than of the spirit of
tnterprise, which has enabled its citizens to transform British Columbia from
practically a wilderness into one of the wealthiest sections of British North
, through the development of its rich natural resources.
SIDNEY CHARLES BURTON.
In business and political circles of Kamloops the name of Sidney Charles
I'urton is well known, for in both of these fields his work has been notable as a
fDrce in advancement and his accomplishments have gained him a place among
successful and representative citizens. Since 1911 he has been managing director
of the Kamloops Trust Company, Ltd., and he is connected through investment
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or official service with many of the most important business and corporate con-
cerns in the city. In addition to this his interest in politics has carried him for-
ward into important relations with public life and he has done excellent work in
various positions of trust and responsibility.
Mr. Burton was born in Bedford, England, February 9, 1874, and is a son
of James and Elizabeth Burton. He acquired his education in the public schools
of his native city and began his independent career there as an accountant. In
1897 he came to British Columbia and settled in Kamloops, where from 1898
to 1911 he was connected with F. J. Fulton, K. C. In the latter year he assumed
the management of the Kamloops Trust Company, Ltd., and he has since that
time done notable work in this position, which has made frequent demands upon
his executive ability, his initiative spirit and his power of control. It is these
qualities which have carried him forward into other important business relations
and made his name well known in the affairs of some of the most substantial
corporate concerns in the city. He is a director in the Western Cigar Manu-
facturing Company, Ltd., and the Kamloops Trust Company, Ltd., is president
of the Sage Creek Oil Company, Ltd., and vice president of Shuswap & Lillooet
Fruit Lands, Ltd., and his work in these connections has won him wide recogni-
tion as a resourceful and far-sighted business man.
In New Westminster, April 17, 1902, Mr. Burton was united in marriage
to Miss Jane Ann Jones, a daughter of J. J. Jones, manager of the Westminster
Trust Company, Ltd., in New Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. Burton have three
children, Arthur Sidney, Amy Isabel and Reginald Francis.
It is not in the field of business alone that Mr. Burton has won success and
prominence, for his interests have extended to other lines, touching closely the
best interests of the community. He is well known in local conservative politics,
having served from 1902 to 1913 as treasurer of the Kamloops Conservative
Association and in the latter year as vice president. In 1905 and 1912 he was a
member of the board of aldermen of the city of Kamloops and was reelected to
this position in 1913, being now chairman of the finance committee. He is serv-
ing also as police commissioner and his work in this office, as in all others which
he has held, is conscientious, capable and energetic. Mr. Burton is a member
of the executive of the Kamloops Board of Trade and the Kamloops Agricultural
Association and from 1900 to 1910 served as secretary and treasurer of the
Royal Inland Hospital. He was chairman of the board of directors of that
institution in 1911 and is now a member of that body, and he takes a great
interest in the work of the hospital, doing all in his power to promote its effi-
ciency. He is a member of the Church of England and connected fraternally
with the order of Foresters, of which he served as secretary from 1900 to 1910,
and as chief ranger in 1911. He belongs also to the Sons of England Benefit
Society and is interested in athletics, acting from 1912 to 1913 as president of
the Kamloops Football Club. He is an intelligent, active and progressive citizen
and in the course of his residence in Kamloops has made many substantial con-
tributions to general growth and welfare.
THOMAS J. CUMMISKEY.
Thomas J. Cummiskey has every reason to be proud of the excellent record he
has made in the responsible position of government inspector of Indian agencies
at Vernon, for he has accomplished lasting, useful and far-r.eaching results and
has been of invaluable service to his government in dealing with one of its most
important problems. He was born at Fort Augustus, Prince Edward Island,
January 18, 1858, and is a son of John and Bridget (McKenna) Cummiskey.
In the acquirement of an education Thomas J. Cummiskey attended -public
school and later worked under private tuition at Fort Augustus, taking the first
class certificate of the Prince of Wales at the age of sixteen. He afterward
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taught school until 1886, in which year he came to British Columbia, entering the
service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad as telegraph operator at Port Moody.
He advanced rapidly, rising to the position of station master, in which capacity
he served for a number of years at Spences Bridge, working there at a time when
the Indians were the principal inhabitants and when all business was transacted
with them. Mr. Cummiskey studied their customs and learned their language
and aided by a strong sympathy and interest gained their friendship, which is
today proving of lasting value to him. He continued in the employ of the
Canadian Pacific for twenty-five years, coming to Vernon in 1899 to take charge
of the station here. He resigned in 1911 when, in recognition of his unequalled
qualifications, he was appointed government inspector of Indian agencies, a re-
sponsible position which he is ideally fitted to fill. In his hands today rest the
comfort and welfare of thousands of Indians living from the United States
boundary north for many hundreds of miles and it is safe to say that their
affairs have never been in the hands of a man more capable, more sympathetic
and more keenly comprehensive of their needs and desires.
Mr. Cummiskey married, on July 18, 1894, .Miss Georgiana Miller, of Ontario,
and they have one daughter, Irene. Mr. Cummiskey has always been active in
public affairs and an able and efficient public servant having been for seven years
trustee of the schools and for a long period license commissioner of the pro-
vincial government. He also served as alderman in 1910. A man of broad
attainments, excellent scholarship and unusual qualities of mind, he has made
effective use of his many talents, serving with them his government and the Indian
nations dependent upon it.
ALBERT E. ILIFF.
Albert E. Iliff, an engineer in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
was born at Kempville, Ontario, on the I4th of September, 1862, and is a son
of Thomas and Sarah Iliff, the former engaged in the bakery and confectionery
business. The family removed to Bytown, now Ottawa, during the childhood of
Albert E. Iliff, and there the father engaged in business for almost a half cen-
tury, but both he and his wife are now deceased.
To the public-school system, Albert I7!. Tliff is indebted for the educational
opportunities which he enjoyed. He left, the public schools, however, when
about fourteen years of age and having no liking for the bakery business he
was sent to Western Ontario, in order to complete his education there. He spent
two years in that place and in the spring of 1883 he left home, going to Winnipeg
over the Grand Trunk Railroad to St. Paul, and thence northward to his desti-
nation. He continued a resident of that city for three years and in 1886 he arrived
in Donald, British Columbia, where he was employed first as a watchman for
the Canadian Pacific Railway. He next worked as brakeman, being thus engaged
for about four years, running out of Donald, Rogers Pass and Kamloops. He
arrived on the coast in the year 1890, making his way to Vancouver, after which
he was employed as a fireman until 1894. He was then promoted to the position
of engineer and later went back to the mountains to work. On the I7th of March,
1896, he again came to Vancouver, after which he was assigned to a freight run
between Vancouver and North Bend. He is now running on the passenger train
between those two points, having been thus engaged for the past six years. He
has been in several very serious accidents and has been reported dead, but fate
destined otherwise. ,
On the I2th of March, 1896, Mr. Iliff was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Lau-
rence, a daughter of Samuel and Ann Laurence, farming people of Ontario, who
were originally from Ireland. They made the journey across the Atlantic in
sailing vessels and located in County Grey, Ontario, where they lived for many
years, but both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Iliff have become the parents
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of two daughters, Sarah Elma and Annie Alberta, the former attending Yale
College and the latter the Dawson school. The parents are members of the
Church of England and Mr. Iliff belongs to Cascade Lodge, No. 12 A. F. &. A. M.
and also to Selkirk Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Revelstoke, and is chief of his division,
No. 320, in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In politics he is a liberal
but does not seek nor desire office. He enjoys baseball and lacrosse when his
business duties leave him leisure but he counts his railway service as ahead of all
other things and is most loyal in the discharge of his duties.
JOHN THOMAS AISH.
John Thomas Aish, a representative of farming interests at Matsqui, British
Columbia, was born February 21, 1868. at Middlezoy, Somersetshire, England,
a son of John and Deborah Aish. The father carried on general farming largely
in Gloucestershire, England, and was very successful in his undertakings. In
the common schools of his native land the son pursued his education and was
reared to the occupation of farming. He has always followed that pursuit as
a life work and is now the owner of a ranch of forty-five acres near Matsqui.
He came to this country in 1891 and for many years has lived on his present
location, where he carefully tills the soil and improves his place according to
modern methods.
At Mission City, British Columbia, on March 18, 1897, Mr. Aish was united
in marriage to Miss Jane Plumridge, a daughter of J. Plumridge, who came to
British Columbia from England in the year 1895. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Aish have
been born six children, three sons and three daughters, namely; Frank, Harold,
Stanley, Florence Isabelle, Winifred May and Eva Mildred. Mr. Aish holds
membership with the Modern Woodmen of America and is consul of the local
organization. He was a member of the Matsqui municipal council, serving from
1909 to 1911, inclusive, and he gives his political allegiance to the conservative
party. Farming constitutes the chief interest in his life, yet he is not remiss in
the duties of citizenship. During the period of his residence in British Columbia
he has become widely and favorably known, gaining many friends.
ROGER C. GALER.
Roger C. Galer, one of the prominent men in public life in Port Coquitlam
and a progressive and successful merchant of that city, was born in Suffolk,
England, at Wangford, on the I7th of December, 1874. He is a son of Edward
and Mary Ann Galer, the former still engaged in merchandising, a line of work
which has occupied his attention during his entire active career.
Roger C. Galer acquired his education in the public schools of his native city
and after laying aside his books served an apprenticeship at the mason's trade,
at which he worked for twelve years thereafter in London. During the greater
part of this time he acted as a builder's foreman and became very proficient in
all branches of contracting and building. Because of a family bereavement he
left England for Canada and, locating in Saskatchewan, worked there as a con-
tractor for five years, coming in 1907 to British Columbia. In this province he
settled first in Vancouver but after a short time determined to locate at Port
Coquitlam, where for several years he was in control of an important representa-
tive trade as a general contractor, during which time he erected some of the
principal public buildings and some of the finest residences in the city. Eventu-
ally, however, he determined to follow the business which engages the atten-
tion of his father and he accordingly established himself as a shoe merchant.
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Mr. Galer married on the ist of June, 1910, Miss Christina Marshall, a daugh-
ter of Matthew and Agnes Marshall, pioneers in British Columbia and well known
and highly honored in Port Coquitlam. Mr. and Mrs. Galer have became the
parents of two children, Mary and Rena. The family are members of the Church
of England and Mr. Galer is connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters and
the Moose Jaw Lodge, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. He gives his political allegiance to
the liberal party and has always been active in politics, serving at the present
time as alderman. Everything that pertains to the welfare and growth of the
city receives his indorsement and hearty support, his public spirit being of that
vital and effective kind which finds its best exemplification in public service. He
was the first president of the 1'ort Coquitlam Hoard of Trade, holding that office
for two years, during which time he did a great deal of constructive work in
advancing the city's business interests. He is today well known and deservedly
popular in business and social circles and holds the esteem, respect and confi-
dence of all who are in anv wav associated with him.
HERBERT VOLLANS.
Herbert Vollans, who has been in the service of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way during the entire period of his residence in British Columbia, covering
twenty-three years, has since January. 1911, held the important position of road-
master of terminals, having charge of the road at all terminals west of Pitt
river. His birth occurred in Yorkshire, England, on the loth of July, 1869,
his parents being John and Mary (Adams) Vollans, likewise natives of York-
shire. The father was engaged in the retail meat business in and near Mel-
bourne, England, for many years. Both Mr. and Mrs. John Vollans have passed
away.
Herbert Vollans obtained his education in the public schools of Yorkshire
and after putting aside his text-books worked as a farm hand in England until
1891. In that year he emigrated to Canada and came to Victoria, British Colum-
bia, but after a few days made his way to Mission City, where he entered the
employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway as a section laborer. At the end of fifteen
months he was made section foreman, holding. that position until 1902, when he
became foreman of extra gangs. His next position was that of assistant roadmas-
ter, and after serving in that capacity for a year he succeeded A. Munro as road-
master of the Cascade subdivision, with office in Vancouver. In January, 1911,
he was made roadmaster of terminals, which position he has held to the present
time, having charge of the road at all terminals west of Pitt river. As assistant
roadmaster he had charge of the building of the Eburne line, subsequently super-
vised the work of double-tracking from Vancouver to the Pitt river and also
had charge of the new terminals at Coquitlam. As above stated, he has been
in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the past twenty-three years,
or during the entire period of his residence in this province, and has had a part
in the building of a road which has been one of the most important factors in
the growth and development of British Columbia. Entering the employ of the
Canadian Pacific in a humble capacity, he has worked his way steadily upward
to a position of importance and responsibility and has made a record which may
well be emulated and should serve to encourage and inspire others who must
win success unaided.
On the i2th of July, 1903, at Vancouver, Mr. Vollans was united in marriage
to Miss Annie Elizabeth Dowding, of Woodhouse, Ontario, by whom he has nine
children, namely: Mary, Effie, Bertie, Jack, Wilhelmina, Norman, Muriel, Ever-
ett and Vernon.
In politics Mr. Vollans is independent. While a resident of Mission City,
where he made his home from 1891 until 1908, he served for six years as secre-
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tary of the school board and was a member of numerous committees pertaining
to agricultural development and organization, always being interested in agri-
culture to the fullest extent his time would permit. Fraternally he is identified
with the Independent Order of Foresters, belonging to Mission City Lodge, of
which he is chief ranger. Although now retired from both the Canadian Order
of Foresters and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, he took a very active
part in the work of those organizations at one time, being past noble grand and
also treasurer of the latter for several years. His religious faith is that of the
Church of England. Wherever known he is held in warm regard and most
of all where he is best known, for his many sterling traits of character have
commended him to the esteem and good-will of all with whom he has come
in contact.
JAMES CHARLES MARRINGTON.
James Charles Marrington, who owns seventy acres of well improved and
fertile land in the vicinity of Steveston, has for twenty-two years been a resident
of British Columbia. He was born in Surrey, England, in 1847, and is a son
of Christopher and Elizabeth (Steadman) Marrington both of whom passed
their entire lives in England.
The education of James C. Marrington was acquired at St. Marks College,
Chelsea, England. Upon the completion of his course of study he went to Lon-
don and identified himself with the drapery business, in which he there engaged
for twenty years. In 1890, together with his wife and family he came to British
Columbia and went into the real-estate business with a Mr. Mason, with whom
he was associated for two years. At the expiration of that time he purchased
his present farm and has ever since devoted himself to its further improvement
and cultivation. As he has directed his undertakings with foresight and intelli-
gence he has prospered, and now holds the title to one of the attractive and valua-
ble properties of this section.
In London, England, on the 26th of August, 1873, Mr. Marrington was united
in marriage to Miss Ella Georgiana Brooks, and to them have been born four
children. In order of birth they are as follows : Charles William, who married
Miss Etta Morton ; Theo Frank, who is also married ; Nellie, who became the
wife of John Featherstone ; and Herbert, who is unmarried and lives at home,
where he assists his father about the farm.
The family are all members of the Church of England and take an active and
helpful interest in the work of its various organizations. As he is public-spirited
in matters of citizenship, honorable and upright in business transactions and
thoroughly dependable in all the relations of life Mr. Marrington has been a
most desirable acquisition to his community, where both he and his family are
held in favorable regard.
JOHN JAMES WILSON.
John James Wilson, who is meeting with a gratifying degree of success in
the conduct of his poultry farm at Steveston, was born in Shawville, Quebec,
November 17, 1872, and is a son of Thomas and Mary (Armstrong) Wilson
The father, who for many years owned and operated a grist mill at Shawville,
is now deceased, but the mother is living.
In the acquirement of his education John James Wilson attended the public
schools of Shawville and the Shawville Academy until he had attained the age
of seventeen years. He then engaged with his father in the milling business
until 1891, when he came to British Columbia, first locating at New Wesminster.
There he was employed for two years as engineer in the Royal City Mills,
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following which he engaged in the salmon canning business. He continued to
be identified with this industry until 1905, when he embarked in the poultry busi-
ness, in which he is meeting with a good measure of success. His specialty is
the raising of high-grade poultry, in which connection he has become widely
known, and is favored with orders from all this section of Canada and the north-
western portion of the United States. He has already shipped seventy-five
thousand chickens this year and is daily in receipt of further orders.
At Los Angeles, California, in February, 1899, Mr. Wilson was united in
marriage to Miss Edith A. Williams, a daughter of W. G. and Catharine (Little)
Williams of Cloverdale, and to them have been born two sons : Jack Leroy and
James C.
The family affiliate with the Church of England, and his political allegiance
Mr. Wilson gives to the conservative party. Although he is a man of unassum-
ing manner and does not figure prominently in public life he is not remiss in
matters of citizenship, but is always ready and willing to support every pro-
gressive measure and actively cooperates in promoting the development of the
country.
DONALD NICHOLSON.
Donald Nicholson, superintendent of government roads for the districts of
Newcastle and Nanaimo, was born at Roseburn, Inverness county, Nova Scotia,
on the 3ist of December, 1866, and is a son of Donald and Sarah (McLeod)
Nicholson. The father, who emigrated to this country from Scotland in 1840
is deceased, but the mother is living and continues to make her home at Rose-
burn.
In the acquirement of his education Donald Nicholson attended the public
schools of his native town until he was a lad of fourteen years, when he began
an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. He followed this vocation during
the winter months and assisted his father with the cultivation of the home farm
in the summers until he was twenty years of age when he engaged in contracting
and building on his own account. He continued to engage in this business for
three years, at the expiration of which time, in 1890, he came to British Columbia.
The first month or two of his residence in this province he spent in New West-
minster, whence he later removed to Wellington. There he was employed in
the mines for nearly a year, following which he worked at the carpenter's trade
for three months. At the end of that time he once more engaged in contracting
and building on his own account, locating at the town of Wellington, which had
just been founded. He remained there until the discovery of gold in the Klon-
dike, when he resolved to try his luck at prospecting. He made the journey
by way of the Dyea trail, walking all of the way, a distance of four hundred and
fifty miles and spent thirty-six days en route. In the fall he came out of the
Klondike, and loading a canoe returned to Dyea, where he landed October 31,
1897. The next year he returned to the Klondike over the Skagway trail, but
on reaching Dawson sold his outfit and returned to Wellington. There he
resumed the contracting business which he followed until 1900, when he came
to Ladysmith, which was founded that year, and here he continued to engage
in contracting and building until 1910. In the latter year he was appointed
superintendent of the government roads for the districts of Newcastle and Na-
naimo, and has ever since been discharging the duties of this office.
On the 28th of June, 1900, Mr. Nicholson was united in marriage to Miss
Isabella McKenna, and to them have been born four children: Florence, who is
eleven years of age ; Jessie Euphenia, who is seven ; Myrtle, who has passed her
third birthday ; and Donald Charles, one year old.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson are members of the Presbyterian church. Frater-
nally he is affiliated with St. Johns Lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. M., in which he
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holds the office of junior warden; Keystone Lodge, No. 127, R. A. M. ; Columbus
Commandery, No 34, K. T. ; and he also belongs to Gizeh Temple. For twenty-
one years he was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
has passed through all the chairs of that lodge. He is likewise a member of
the Eagles and for twenty years he belonged to the Orange lodge. His allegiance
in politics he accords the conservative party, and he has several times been called
to public office, having been elected mayor on three occasions. In 1904, he began
his political career as a member of the board of aldermen, with which body
he served for two years. In 1906 he was elected mayor, and at the end of his
term of office went east but in 1908 and 1909 he was reelected to the same office.
In the discharge of his official duties Mr. Nicholson has manifested those quali-
ties which have brought him the general commendation of his fellow citizens
and have placed him among the foremost of the enterprising and progressive
residents of the community.
WILLIAM KNIGHT.
William Knight, engaged in the manufacture of shingles in Chilliwack, was
born in Renfrew county, Ontario, July 24. 1851, and is a son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Knight, of that section. He acquired his education in the grammar
schools and pursued his studies until he was fourteen years of age, after which
he remained upon the home farm, assisting his father until he was eighteen.
At the outbreak of the Riel rebellion in 1870 he joined the volunteers and
remained in service until the close of hostilities, after which he went to Michi-
gan. He made his residence in that state for two years, but eventually returned
to British Columbia and in 1874 went to Cassiar, influenced by the reports of
the gold discoveries there. Returning in 1878, he purchased a sawmill at Pop-
cum and there for twenty-two years conducted this enterprise, becoming one
of the prominent and successful men of that locality. When he sold his saw-
mill he came to Chilliwack and established himself in the shingle business, in
which he is still engaged. He is a very energetic and progressive business man
and to these qualities and his untiring industry may be attributed his success.
On the 23d of April, 1883, Mr. Knight was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Kipp, the first white child born in the Chilliwack valley, and they became the
parents of eight children. Mr. Knight served for a number of years as school
trustee and fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He is one of Chilliwack's popular and representative citizens and in
business circles has made for himself an enviable position.
HARRY C. CHAMBERS.
That Harry C. Chambers is regarded as an expert electrical engineer and
has won well deserved prominence in his chosen profession is indicated by the
fact that although he is still a young man he holds the responsible position of
chief electrician for British Columbia for the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com-
pany. He has been a resident of Vancouver since 1908, but was born in Dor-
chester, New Brunswick, January 13, 1883, a son of Herbert S. and Gertrude
(Dixon) Chambers, both natives of that province. The father was a sea captain
and sailed during practically all of his active life, retiring in 1912 and moving
to Vancouver, where he and his wife now reside.
Harry C. Chambers acquired his early education in the public schools of
Dorchester and later attended high school in that city. He took a three years
electrical course at the Pratt College in Brooklyn, New York, and afterward
obtained a position in the employ of the Rhodes-Currier Company, of Amherst,
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Nova Scotia, now a branch of the Canada Car Foundry Company. For three
years he retained this connection and at the end of that time went to Winnipeg,
where he became identified with the Canadian Pacific Railroad as shop electrician.
Here his unusual ability was quickly recognized, winning him advancement to
the position of shop foreman. In the five years during which he remained in
Winnipeg, Mr. Chambers became known as one of the most able electricians in
the employ of the Canadian Pacific, and his promotion in 1908 to the position
of chief electrician for Brtish Columbia at Vancouver was regarded as the natural
result of his superior professional attainments. This position is in itself a proof
of his ability, for the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company employs only expert
men in its various departments and is quick to recognize unusual merit. Mr.
Chambers has full charge of all the company's lines from the coast east to Field,
British Columbia, including all the branch lines with the exception of those on
Vancouver island, and he has proved prompt, capable, energetic and reliable in
the discharge of his important duties.
In Dorchester, New Brunswick, in 1906, Mr. Chambers was united in mar-
riage to Miss Edna Dobson, a native of that city, and they have become the
parents of two children : Robert and Iris. The parents are members of the
Kitsilano Methodist church and Mrs. Chambers is active in the work of the
Ladies Aid. Mr. Chambers gives his political allegiance to the conservative party
but is not an active politician, although he is interested in the growth and advanc-
ment of the city. He is a member of the American Association of Electrical
Engineers and keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought in a profession
which finds in him a most able and gifted representative.
WILLIAM NEVE.
William Neve is well known in official circles of Kerrisdale as municipal
building inspector, having assumed this office after a number of years of prom-
inent connection with the contracting and building business in the city. He
is, moreover, a veteran of the South African war and is known as a man who
never neglects any duty of citizenship, placing the public good always before
oersonal benefit. He was born in Paddington, London, England, June 8, 1883,
md is a son of William and Elizabeth (Baker) Neve, natives of Hastings,
Sussex. Both have spent their mature lives in London, where for more than
hirty years the father was engaged in the building and painting business. He
low lives retired.
William Neve acquired his education in the public schools of London and
after laying aside his books was apprenticed to R. Hardy, of Edmonton, Lon-
don, under whom he learned the carpenter's trade. He afterward entered the
employ of the government in the building department of the telegraph service
I'.nd did able work in this capacity for some time. About this period he became
; member of the Duke of Cambridge's Own Rifles and in January, 1902, went
to South Africa as a private in the Metropolitan Mounted Rifles, seeing a great
c'.eal of active service until the close of the war in June of that year. He received
1 is honorable discharge in Johannesburg in October, 1902, and afterward turned
liis attention to the building business in that city, remaining there for one year
::nd building up a large and profitable patronage. In 1903 he went into Bechuan-
jiland in the interests of the London Mission Society, taking charge of the build-
i ig operations of that association for three ye'ars and a half, during which time
re constructed among other institutions two industrial schools. He returned to
England in 1906 and in the same year crossed the Atlantic to Canada, settling
in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he followed his trade of carpenter, at
tiie same time taking a course in contracting and civil engineering from the
International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania. After com-
pleting this he turned his attention to the contracting and building business in Ker-
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risdale, organizing the firm of Neve & Gregor, which existed for one year. Upon
its dissolution the firm of Neve & McDonald was formed and it became one of
the strongest and most reliable of its kind in the city, connected with many of
the most important building operations completed during the several years of its
existence. Mr. Neve's energy, industry and knowledge of his business proved
helpful factors in the success of the concern and in his individual recognition as
one of the leading business men of Kerrisdale. He has now retired from active
connection with contracting and building but has nevertheless superintended the
construction of the new Congregational church at Vancouver, erected at a cost
of seventy-five thousand dollars. In May, 1912, he became building inspector
for the municipality of Point Grey and he has done excellent work in this office,
being eminently well qualified by reason of his former activities for the capable
discharge of its duties.
On the I4th of October, 1908, Mr. Neve was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Emily Buckle, a daughter of Henry Buckle, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and they
became the parents of two children, one of whom, Margaret N., is living. Fra-
ternally Mr. Neve is connected with Mount Lebanon Lodge, N. D., A. F. &
A. M., of Point Grey, and Court Mountain View, No. 569, C. O. F. His political
allegiance is given to the conservative party and his religious views are in accord
with the doctrines of the Congregational church. A young man of unusual ability,
energy and force of personality, he has already attained an important place in
official and business circles of Kerrisdale and his continued progress is assured.
ARTHUR P. SLADE.
Commercial interests in Vancouver find a worthy representative in Arthur
P. Slade, wholesale dealer in fruit and produce. Since first coming to the new
world he has made his way westward by successive removals and the spring of
1910 found him in this city. He was born in Bristol, England, in 1880, a
son of Charles Henry Slade, who was also a native of that city and for many
years engaged in the packing and provision business there. Although he passed
away in 1906 the business is still conducted under the old name of Pullin, Thomas
& Slade. This company has become well known through the development of
a method of curing meats, having put upon the market the celebrated Doles'
Wiltshire bacon.
In the Winchester House, school of Bristol, a private institution, Arthur P.
Slade pursued his education and started in the business world as an apprentice
in a grocery store in the south of England. Reports concerning the opportunities
of the new world were so favorable that he determined to try his fortune on this
side of the Atlantic and in 1900 he arrived in Montreal, where he entered the
employ of the firm of A. A. Ayer & Company, produce dealers, in whose serv-
ice he remained for four years. On the expiration of that period he made his
way to Winnipeg, where he entered the employ of the Swift Canadian Com-
pany, with which he continued for six years. The first two and a half years
of that period were spent in Winnipeg, at the close of which time he was trans-
ferred to Nelson, British Columbia, in charge of the branch house of the com-
pany in that place. In the spring of 1910 he resigned his position and came to
Vancouver where he spent nearly a year with the Robertson Morris Company.
He next engaged in business on his own account under the name of A. P. Slade
& Company and is now a wholesale dealer in produce, butter, eggs and cheese,
being perhaps the largest importer and jobber of butter from New Zealand and
eastern Canada in Vancouver. The company acts as agent in British Columbia
and Alberta for Doles' celebrated Wiltshire bacon. From the beginning the
business grew rapidly and in the spring of 1912 a branch house was established
in Victoria. The company is represented upon the road by six traveling salesmen
and there are forty people in all in Mr. Slade's employ, while his trade covers
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British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The business has grown by leaps
and bounds, so short a time has it been established, but the previous business
experience of Mr. Slade combined with his enterprising spirit and determination
have constituted potential factors of success, and his capable management has
brought him to the present enviable position which he now occupies, being ac-
counted one of the foremost young business men of the city.
In 1908 Mr. Slade was married in Vancouver to Miss Blanche McDonald, a
daughter of Angus McDonald, pioneer and ex-councilman of Vancouver. The
two children of this marriage are Margaret Isabel and Jeanette. The family is
well known in this city, having gained many warm friends during their residence
here. Mr. Slade is a conservative in politics but not an active worker in party
ranks, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business affairs which
are of growing importance and have already gained for him an enviable posi-
tion in the commercial circles of the city.
j. A. MCMILLAN.
J. A. McMillan, the incumbent of the office of postmaster in North Van-
couver since 1908, has been a resident of British Columbia for the past nineteen
years, during the greater portion of which period he has been identified with com-
mercial activities. He was born at Whitley River, Prince Edward Island, on
October 18, 1864, and is a son of Alexander and Sarah McMillan. The father,
who is now deceased, was engaged in general mercantile pursuits and he was
also interested in farming.
The early life of J. A. McMillan was passed in the community where he
was born, his education being acquired in the public schools, which he attended
until he was a youth of sixteen years. He then began his training for a com-
•nercial career by entering one of his father's stores remaining in his employ until
1884. Following the death of the father in that year he assumed the manage-
ment of that store and also the farm which was operated in connection therewith.
In 1892, he went to Seattle, Washington where he remained for a year. From
here he came to British Columbia, entering the employ of his brother, E. H.
McMillan, who was engaged in the general mercantile business at Vancouver.
He clerked for his brother for ten years, and then came to North Vancouver,
vhere he successfully engaged in the grocery business on his own account until
ihe 1st of June, 1912. When he first engaged in business here the postoffice was
Jocated in his store and in 1908 he was appointed postmaster, which office he
lias ever since held.
At Margate, Prince Edward Island, Mr. McMillan was united in marriage to
Ivliss Mary Jane Thompson, the event being celebrated on the I5th of March,
5893, an<i to them have been born two sons, Glen A. and Lee.
Fraternally Mr. McMillan is a third degree Mason, and is now worshipful
master of Burrard Lodge, No. 30, A. F. & A. M., and he is also a director of
the Masonic Temple Association. He is a man of estimable qualities and is
1 eld in high respect by his fellow townsmen among whom he numbers many
friends.
CHARLES C. McMANE, M. D.
Capable, earnest and conscientious, Dr. Charles C. McMane enjoys a prof-
iiable medical practice in North Vancouver which insures him a gratifying in-
ome. A man thoroughly prepared for his duties, of innate ability and favored
\vith a deep understanding of human nature, he is particularly efficient in allaying
the diseases and ills of mankind and fully merits the confidence which he receives.
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Dr. McMane was born in Perth county, Ontario, on November 27, 1878, a son
of Allen and Elizabeth (Strong) McMane, natives of Ontario, where both father
and mother, the former a well known farmer, are living in Perth county.
Charles C. McMane was reared at home and received his fundamental educa-
tion in the Listowel high school and in 1901 entered the Toronto Medical Col-
lege, from which he was graduated in the class of 1905. He then went to London,
England, where he entered the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, from
which he graduated in 1906 with the degrees of L. R. C. P. and M. R. C. S.
Dr. McMane subsequently returned to Ontario, where for four years he was
engaged in practice in the western part of that province, but in the fall of 1911
he came to British Columbia and located in North Vancouver, where he has
since been prominently and profitably identified with the medical profession,
lie occupies a creditable and enviable position not only in the estimation of his
colleagues but also in that of the general public, as he is careful in his diagnosis
but quick to act after he has reached a decision. Wide experience enables him
to readily recognize a disease and it is given him to readily select the right remedy.
Moreover, he is a skillful surgeon and when necessity arises is always able to
select the least harmful course for his patient, as he is equally well grounded in
both branches of medicine. His deep sympathy with suffering mankind makes
him the trusted friend of his patients and he instills in those who seek his aid
that confidence which is so necessary to improvement during crises and to sub-
sequent cure.
In September, 1912, Dr. McMane married Miss Ruth Knox, of Atwood,
Ontario, lie is a member of the Vancouver Medical Society and his religious
faith is manifest by his membership in the Anglican church. Yet a young man
who has not long resided in North Vancouver, he has established a reputation
which might well be the envy of many an older colleague and receives the trust
of his patients in a most gratifying degree. Moreover, he is interested in the
growth and expansion of his adopted city and is ever ready to gladly bear his
part of time and money in the promotion of the general weal along material,
moral or intellectual lines.
MONTAGUE ROBERT OTTLEY.
Montague Robert Ottlcy, a prominent merchant and man of affairs in Port
Moody, occupying a central position in business and public circles of the city,
was born in London, England, January 19, 1869, and is a son of James Levy
and Louise Mary Ottley, the former of whom engaged in the tailoring business
for a number of years. The parents have passed away.
Montague Robert Ottley acquired his education in the public schools of his
native city, laying aside his books at the early age of eleven and a half years.
Until he was twenty he worked at various occupations, spending some time at
the harness business, six and a half years as an employe of a theatrical ticket
agency and working also as a licensed victualer. In 1886 he left England and
came to Canada, settling in Manitoba, where he spent ten years in farming. He
moved to British Columbia in 1896 and selected Port Moody for his home where
he has since remained an honored and respected resident. For a short time he
worked in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, laying heavy
steel on the Pitt River bridge, and he afterward turned his attention to work in
the lumber mills at Port Moody. Eventually he went into business for himself,
establishing a general store, and this enterprise he has since conducted, his
business annually increasing in volume and importance. Today he controls an
extensive and growing patronage and is regarded as a thoroughly able, far-sighted
and resourceful business man, whose contributions to general business advance-
ment have in the course of seventeen years been many and substantial.
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In June, 1906, Mr. Ottley was united in marriage to Miss Katharine Ann
Pritchett, of Harborne, England, a daughter of George and Alice Pritchett, now
residents of Port Moody. Mr. and Mrs. Ottley have become the parents of two
children, Allen Robert and Elsie Marguerite.
Mr. Ottley is a member of the Church of England and an independent con-
servative in his political beliefs. At all times a public-spirited and progressive
citizen, he has taken a prominent part in community affairs, cooperating heartily
in all measures and projects to advance the general welfare. When Port Moody
was incorporated in April, 1913, he was a member of the incorporation com-
mittee and was elected to the first council, receiving next to the highest number
of votes of any of the sixteen candidates. He has since discharged his duties
in an able and progressive way and is accounted one of the leading factors in the
advancement and upbuilding of the city.
JOHN ROBERT ADAMS.
John Robert Adams, deceased, was a pioneer settler of British Columbia,
ictively connected with the substantial development of Victoria and other dis-
:ricts. His name is associated with the building of the first sawmill on Williams
:reek and the first flour mill on Soda creek and with the building of one of the
irst steamers at Kamloops. Judicious investment and capable business manage-
nent made him a wealthy man and the part which he played in the development
>f the country entitles him to mention among its representative citizens.
Mr. Adams was born at St. John, New Brunswick, in 1827, and his parents
vere also natives of that place. Attracted by the opportunities of the far west,
lie made his way to the Cariboo district and there followed mining. His efforts
•vere attended with success, for he had little difficulty in finding the precious
metal. He also followed the gold rushes to the Cassiar and Omineca districts
<• nd later he engaged in mining in Alaska and the Yukon. In 1858 he took up
Lis abode in Victoria, where he engaged in the mining business, finding here at that
time a small city of but little importance. It was in 1862 that he went to the
Cariboo and engaged in mining on Williams creek, where he made an independent
iortune. It was in that part of the country that he built one of the first saw-
i lills and soon afterward built the first flour mill in that section, the plant being
1 jcated on Soda creek. He also built one of the first steamers at Kamloops
< uring the period of construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was one
of the first men to go into the Kootenay country, making the journey from Vic-
toria by way of Fort Colville, now Spokane, Washington. He was likewise one of
t.ie pioneers in the Peace river country and few sections of the northwest were
tmfamiliar to him in the early days. During all the time he was in the north he
•was prospecting and developing different resources of the country in addition
to his individual enterprises. He was all through the Chilacoten and Okanagan
country and his predictions at that time as to the resources, prospects and future
development of the country have materialized to the fullest extent. He seemed
tn see much of what the future had in store for that district and he knew that
in time its natural resources would be claimed by the enterprise of the white man.
Mr. Adams was actively interested in mining projects and other pursuits in the
districts already mentioned and continued to hold interests there until his death,
•which occurred in Victoria.
It was in 1855 that Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Minerva
Woodman, a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and a daughter of James and
Eunice Woodman, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Nova
S<:otia, where they passed away. Both belonged to Loyalist families who came
tc Nova Scotia from Massachusetts before the War of 1812 and both passed
away in Nova Scotia. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams were born one son and two
daughters: Frank Woodman, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Laura,
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now the wife of Judge J. A. Stratton, of Seattle, Washington; and Grace, who-
makes her home with her mother in Los Angeles. The part which he played as
an early settler and the work which he accomplished well entitles John Robert
Adams to mention in this volume, and in fact the history of the northwest
would be incomplete were there failure to make reference to him, so important
and far-reaching were his labors as factors in the general development.
WILLIAM HENRY MORTON.
William Henry Morton, who came into British Columbia ten years before
any railroad was constructed through the province and who since pioneer times
has been identified with the mining and business development of various sections,
is today one of the well known merchants in Nanaimo, where he conducts a large
hardware store. He was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, December 17, 1851, and
is a son of Robert and Ruth (Harn) Morton, both of whom died in Scotland.
The father was a machinist by trade.
William H. Morton acquired his education in the public schools of Lanark-
shire, attending until he was fourteen years of age, and then entered the employ
of the Caledonia Railway Company, for whom he served as machinist until
he had attained his majority. At the age of twenty-one he left Scotland and went
to England and in the next year crossed the Atlantic to New York, whence after
a short time he pushed westward to Illinois and then on to the Black Hill district,
reaching that country at the time of the great gold rush in 1873. There he spent
one year prospecting and mining and in 1874 went to the coast, meeting in Cali-
fornia Major Downey, of the United States army, with whom he did much mining
and prospecting work in that state and' later in British Columbia. Mr. Morton
remained one year and a half in California and then went to Victoria, more than
ten years before the first railroad entered British Columbia. He walked more
than one hundred miles into the Cariboo district, where gold had just been discov-
ered, and after one year spent in prospecting returned to Victoria, whence he
came to Nanaimo at the opening of the large coal fields here. He at once turned
his attention to coal mining, entering the employ of the Vancouver Coal Company
in the machine department, and he remained for five years, after which he formed
a partnership with J. H. Pleace in the hardware business. For seven years their
association continued and at the end of that time Mr. Morton bought the concern,
which he has since enlarged to three times its original size, making it one of the
finest mercantile enterprises in the city. He carries a complete, modern and
well selected line of goods, which he sells at reasonable prices, and in recognition
of this fact and his constant courtesy and straightforward business methods he
has been accorded a liberal patronage. He is a very progressive business man, a
student of modern merchandising and his business has, therefore, grown under
his management, being today an important element in the mercantile development
of the city.
Mr. Morton married, in 1884, Miss Caroline Webb, 'a daughter of Moses Webbr
a pioneer in British Columbia, who came from England on the second ship sailing
from that country to the province. He spent the rest of his life here engaged in
mining and was well known and prominent in his locality. Mr. and Mrs. Morton
had seven children : Ruth, who married Joseph Meise, superintendent of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Vancouver; William J. and Arthur,
who are assisting their father in business ; Lavina, who lives at home ; Henry,
also with his father; Ethel, at home; and Joseph, who passed away at the age
of six years.
Mr. Morton has for many years been an adherent of the Methodist church ,
and joined the first organization of that faith in Nanaimo. He is a stanch con-
servative in his political beliefs and has always taken a prominent part in public
affairs, having served as alderman from 1900 to 1905 and again from 1906 to
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1909. He is interested also in the local hospital and for ten years was a member
of its board of managers. He has since 1874 been a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, having joined that organization in Illinois and affiliated
with Black Diamond Lodge in 1881. He has been past grand of British Columbia
Lodge, No. 5, of Nanaimo, the fifth lodge to be founded in the province. He
has also held the office of secretary of the lodge for fifteen years. He is a member
of Doric Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and one of its past grand masters. Prob-
ably no man in British Columbia is more familiar with the pioneer conditions
and history of the province than Air. Morton, for he has not only witnessed its
development but has taken an active part therein. He treasures many interesting
recollections of the early days when he traded with the Indians, exchanging his
wares for furs, and he can remember a time when a colony of almost four thousand
savages lived on the present site of Xanaimo. Having watched this most mar-
velous change of conditions, he is naturally interested in an unusual degree in
the development of the community and is ever eager to advance it, cooperating
heartily in movements for the general good. He is well known as a progressive
business man and as a public-spirited citizen who readily makes sacrifices for the
community good, and has gained many friends during his active, upright and
honorable life.
RICHARD MAYNARD.
Richard Maynard, deceased, was numbered among the worthy pioneer settlers
of the northwest and there were few phases of the development of this section
of the country unfamiliar to him. In the practice of his art, photography, he
Traveled all over the country doing expert work in his line.
Mr. Maynard was born in Bude, Cornwall, England, on the 22d of February,
832, and in 1853 arrived in eastern Canada, where he remained for a number
of years. In 1859 he came to British Columbia and for a time engaged in mining
in the Fraser river, between New Westminster and Yale. He next returned
to eastern Canada, his home being at Bowmanville, Ontario. He had engaged
in the shoe business, but after his return to Bowmanville he sold his store. While
lie was closing out the business his wife had learned photography and later he
lecame acquainted with the art. After his interests in Bowmanville were closed
cut he came again to British Columbia accompanied by his wife and children.
They made the trip both times by way of the isthmus and San Francisco to
Victoria, where Mr. Maynard arrived the second time on the 6th of March, 1862.
I te then began mining on the mainland, leaving his family in Victoria, where
Mrs. Maynard opened a photographic gallery on Johnson street, there con-
tnuing until 1891. Mr. Maynard remained in the mining country for only
one year, after which he returned to Victoria, where he engaged in the boot and
s ice business and also dealt in leather findings. Gradually he drifted into the
v\ holesale photographic supply business, having in the meantime acquainted him-
self with the art of photography through the aid of his wife. A government
p lotographing party had brought overland a large amount of photographic sup-
p ies, which Mr. Maynard purchased and thus established his wholesale business.
In 1868 he made a trip to Barkerville, going from New Westminster by boat as far
as Yale and thence by wagon road into the Cariboo as far as Barkerville. He was
ai this time engaged in obtaining views of the different parts of the province.
Vany of the pictures of early scenes in this work are from negatives which
ho made.
He was in the government service as official photographer for years and made
annual trips; all persons and events of note were photographed by him and the
negatives are still in possession of the firm. In 1892 Mr. Maynard went to
the Bering Sea in company with Dr. Macoum .and spent nine weeks in doing
photographic work on the Seal islands. He also made trips into Alaska and
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on many of these trips was accompanied by his wife. He likewise made trips
around Vancouver island doing similar work. Mrs. Maynard was long asso-
ciated with her husband and retired in 1912 after fifty years of active connec-
tion with the gallery which she opened in 1862. She is still living at the advanced
age of eighty years, but her husband passed away on the loth of January, 1907.
It was in 1851 that Richard Maynard was united in marriage to Miss Hannah
Hatherly and unto them were born five children. One ot these, Albert H. May-
nard, was born June 6, 1857, at Bowmanville, Ontario, and was educated in
the public schools of Victoria to which city the family moved in 1862. At
an early age he left school and made trips with his father. He accompanied his
father on the memorable trip made by wagon into the Cariboo. This was made
during the gold excitement and Albert Maynard has in his possession a fine
nugget picked up in the streets of Barkerville. He acted as manager of his
father's business for over thirty years and displayed ability and energy along
all the lines in which his father engaged. In the shoe business he proved him-
self an expert shoemaker, cutting the shoes and keeping ten men busy on the
finishing work. Not much of this kind of work is done now, as machines have
taken the place of hand labor. Mr. Maynard was a hard worker and it was
due in large measure to his efforts that the business developed from its modest
beginnning to its present proportions. He had learned by dire necessity the
value of money and through experience the difficulty in obtaining it, so that
he made wise use of his time, talents and opportunities and at the present writ-
ing has practically laid aside the burdens of the business which in turn have been
taken up by his daughter, Lillian E. Maynard, who is now practically manager
of it. In 1878 Albert Maynard married Miss Adelaide M. Graham, and they
became the parents of a son and two daughters.
In politics Mr. Maynard is a conservative but has never been an active party
worker. He has been identified with various movements and interests, and is
now a member of the Natural History Society. When the provincial museum
was established he became assistant to Mr. Fannin, who had charge. He has
taken many trips in the interest of the museum and has himself mounted many
of the exhibits therein. He was treasurer of the Vancouver Island Building
Society for eighteen years and after four years service in that position, in recog-
nition of his worth and efficiency, he was presented with a gold watch. He
served for four years without salary and for fourteen years with salary. He
was also treasurer of the Woodmen of the World for fourteen years and but
recently resigned. He likewise holds membership with the Foresters and Com-
panion of the Forest. He finds recreation in collecting all kinds of guns. He
lias a very valuable collection of ancient and modern fire arms. He greatly
enjoys motoring, fishing and hunting and is a man of genuine worth and wide
popularity, whose life work has been valuable along the lines in which he has put
forth his energy. Because of his good cheer he sheds around him much of
the sunshine of life and all who know him are glad to call him friend.
JOHN WEAVER.
John Weaver has for nearly twenty years been engaged in diversified agricul-
tural pursuits in the East Delta district, Ladner, where he owns a fine, well
improved farm. He was born in Cheshire, England, January 31, 1850, and is
a son of John and Mary (Parry) Weaver.
The boyhood of John Weaver was passed in the parental home, his education
being pursued in the schools of his native town. At the age of fourteen years
he terminated his student days and became a wage earner. For seven years
thereafter he was employed as a clerk on the railroad ; later he turned his atten-
tion to agricultural activities and assumed the management of a farm for his
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brother-in-law. He held this position for fifteen years, and having become very
much interested in British Columbia from the many reports and accounts he had
read of the country, he subsequently resolved to establish a home there. There-
fore, in the late '8os, about two years after the extension of the railroad to Van-
couver, together with his wife and family he took passage for America. The
first year of his residence in this country was spent on a farm at Mud Bay, but
at the end of that time he removed to North Arm road, near New Westminster,
where he engaged in the milk business with John Woodward for four and a
half years. He subsequently bought his present place in East Delta, comprising
a hundred and fifty-four acres. It was inundated land and had to be dyked
and underdrained before it could be successfully cultivated. After erecting a
house and barn, doing practically all of the work himself, he began preparing
the land for planting. Owing to the marshy condition of the soil, his horses
had to be shod on the hind feet with broad wooden shoes, and even then opera-
tions proceeded very slowly. In time he had his entire tract under cultivation
and from time to time added to his holdings until they have grown to three
hundred and forty acres of land, which is now very valuable. He has for many
years been successfully engaged in diversified farming and is annually harvesting
abundant crops. As he has prospered, Mr. Weaver has added to the value of
his property by replacing the crude buildings he erected when he first located on
his honiestead with more pretentious structures. Today he is the owner of one
of the best improved and most attractive farms in the community, his place
clearly manifesting the exercise of systematic and intelligent methods in its
operation.
In England in 1873 Mr. Weaver was married to Miss Ellen Woodward, also
a native of Cheshire, and to them have been born the following children : Julia,
Florence. William, Frank, Harry, Samuel, Joseph, Fred, Albert, Reginald, Ellen
and Elizabeth, who is deceased.
Mr. Weaver is classed among the enterprising and public-spirited men of the
community, and can be depended upon to give his support to any progressive
movement which appeals to him as being practicable. He is a school trustee in
the Delta district and is interested in all things pertaining to the progress or
development of his neighborhood, maintaining a standard of citizenship which
would make him a desirable acquisition to any community. The family are mem-
bers of the Wesleyan Methodist church and are all highly regankd wherever
known.
WILLIAM H. EVANS.
William H. Evans, one of the oldest employes of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company, having been continuously in service since 1881, has during the
intervening years made a rapid and steady progress, his ability gaining him pro-
motion to the position of district master mechanic, with offices at Vancouver.
He was born in Hiawatha, Ontario, in 1861, and is a son of George and Magda-
lene (Amey) Evans, the former a native of Liverpool, England, and the latter
of Ontario. The father has passed away and the mother makes her home in
Vancouver.
William H. Evans acquired his education in the public and high schools of
Goderich, Ontario, and was afterward apprenticed to the machinist's trade in
that city, working there until 1881. In that year he went to Winnipeg and there
entered the shops of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, where he remained employed
for two years, coming to British Columbia at the end of that time as locomotive
engineer on the construction of the Canadian Pacific line, working east and
west out of Yale. He held this position until 1901 and was then promoted to
the office of road foreman of engineers, discharging his duties capably and con-
scientiously until November, 1912, when he received the appointment as district
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master mechanic, an office which he still holds and the duties of which he dis-
charges in a way which reflects credit upon his ability, his integrity and his
thorough knowledge of this department of railroading.
In Vancouver, on the i8th of June, 1891, Mr. Evans was united in marriage
to Miss Eleanor Gordon, of England, and they had the distinction of being the
first couple married in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. Mrs. Evans is a mem-
ber of that church and is connected with the Women's Canadian Club and various
social organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have three children: George Gordon;
Fredericka. who teaches a class in the Presbyterian Sunday school ; and Jean.
Mr. Evans is a conservative in his political beliefs and is connected fraternally
with Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., the Royal Arch Masons and
with Kamloops Lodge, K. P. He has been in the employ of the Canadian Pacific
since 1881 and during the period of his connection with it has witnessed a great
deal of the later development of the system, bearing a not unimportant part in the
work of construction. Through the years he has risen steadily in the regard
of his superiors, who recognize his integrity and faithfulness, and has gained
the respect and confidence of his associates and friends.
RUPERT ALLEN FULTON.
Rupert Allen Fulton, who has been a resident of New Westminster for
almost a quarter of a century, has attained an enviable position in business cir-
cles as a member of the firm of H. A. Belyea & Company, dealers -in coal and
wood and also conducting a general transfer and hauling business. His birth
occurred in Colchester county, Nova Scotia, on the i6th of March, 1861, his
parents being Adam and Sarah (Hill) Fulton, likewise natives of that county.
The mother passed away in Colchester county on the i6th of March, 1882, and
in the spring of 1890 Adam Fulton came to British Columbia, locating in Lang-
ley after a few months spent in New Westminster. During nine or ten years'
residence in Langley he was engaged in ranching and subsequently returned
to New Westminster, making his home with his son Rupert for the following
twelve years. In the fall of 1911 he removed to Victoria and still resides there,
retaining all his faculties though now in his eighty-second year.
Rupert A. Fulton was reared under the parental roof and obtained his edu-
cation in the public schools of Economy and Little Bass River, Nova Scotia.
After putting aside his text-books he assisted his father in the work of the home
farm until nineteen years of age and then started out upon an independent
career, making his way to Concord, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in
teaming for about two years. Returning to Nova Scotia, he there spent the
following winter and in the spring went to Manitoba, where he took up railroad
work, entering the service of the Manitoba & Northwestern Railroad. A year
later he became connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway in construction
work on the north shore of Lake Superior, being thus employed for twelve
months. Subsequently he spent another winter in Nova Scotia and in the spring
of 1886 made his way westward to California, securing employment in the min-
ing districts of Sierra county. He there fired a hoisting engine for two and a half
years and afterward ran the engine. In the fall of 1889 he came to British
Columbia, located in New Westminster and bought a team of horses, engaging
in the teaming business on his own account for about five years. On the expira-
tion of that period he sold his team and was employed as a driver by his pred-
ecessors in the business. Subsequently, in association with H. A. Belyea and
Thomas Stoddart, he formed the firm of H. A. Belyea & Company, which bought
the transfer and teaming business of Crane Brothers. Under the management
of the present owners the concern has been built up until it is now the leading
coal and wood and transfer company in New Westminster. In its conduct Mr.
Fulton has manifested the qualifications and perseverance which have made pos-
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sible his rise in the business world and which have won him recognition among
the substantial and representative citizens of New Westminster.
On the 3d of October, 1894, Mr. Fulton was united in marriage to Miss Wil-
helmina H. Stoddart, a sister of Thomas Stoddart, who is a partner of our sub-
ject and of whom a sketch appears on another page of this work. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Fulton have been born four children, Sylvia H., Allen B., William H. and
James G., all at home.
In politics Mr. Fulton is a conservative, while his religious faith is indicated
by his membership in the Presbyterian church, to which his wife and children
also belong. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to Amity Lodge, No. 27, of which he is one of the founders.
In all life's relations he has been straightforward and honorable, justly valuing
his own self-respect and the good-will of his fellowmen as infinitely more prefer-
able than wealth, fame or position.
WILLIAM BRUCE ALMON RITCHIE, K. C.
A comparatively brief period has passed since William Bruce Almon Ritchie
arrived in Vancouver, but in the interval, covering only about two years, he has
become firmly established as a barrister of ability and note. He was born at
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, June 27, 1860, and is a son of the Rev. James J. and
Eliza R. (Almon) Ritchie. The family is of Scottish descent and the first repre-
sentatives in America settled in Massachusetts during colonial days, but the family
•emoved from there to Canada prior to the Revolutionary war, locating at Annapo-
is, Nova Scotia.
The Rev. James T- Ritchie was born at Annapolis, was educated for the bar
and practiced his profession in his native town for eight years. He then entered
'he ministry of the Church of England, in which he continued throughout the
iemainder of his days. He was first a curate and afterward a rector of the parish
of Annapolis. He married Eliza R. Almon, a daughter of the Hon. W. B. Almon,
;•- prominent physician of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
William B. A. Ritchie was educated at the County Academy at Annapolis and
;.t Upper Canada College, Toronto, and studied law with J. M. Owen, now judge
< f probate at Annapolis, and with the firm of Meagher, Chisholm & Ritchie, at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and during the. year 1880-1 attended the law school of
1 larvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1881 he was admitted to the
1 ar of Nova Scotia and at once began practice at Annapolis. He practiced alone
u-itil 1886, when he formed with his brother J. J. Ritchie, now judge of the supreme
court of Nova Scotia, the firm of Ritchie & Ritchie, remaining in practice at
Annapolis until 1889, when he removed to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the latter
city he became associated with the present prime minister of Canada, Right
I ton. Robert Laird Borden, then engaged in the active practice of his profession,
35 a member of the firm of Borden, Ritchie, Parker & Chisholm, continuing to
ba associated with Mr. Borden until he retired from practice in 1906, when he
formed with T. R. Robertson, now city solicitor of Victoria, the firm of Ritchie
& Robertson, which continued in practice at Halifax until 1911, when Mr.
Ritchie removed to British Columbia and was called to the bar of this province
and entered upon the practice of his profession at Vancouver, becoming asso-
ciated as counsel with the firm of Bowser, Reid & Wallbridge, of which firm
Ho.n. W. I. Bowser, attorney general of the province, is the senior member. Mr.
Ritchie occupied a leading position at the bar of Nova Scotia and was for two
yoars president of the Nova Scotia Bar Society. He was commissioned as a
Cinadian queen's counsel some fifteen years ago and as a British Columbia
king's counsel in the present year.
On the 2ist of June, 1905, Mr. Ritchie was married to Miss Lilian Stewart,
a laughter of Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Stewart, of Halifax. Their children
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are Charles Stewart Almon and Roland Almon. Mr. Ritchie is a member of the
Church of England and in politics he is a liberal conservative and took a very
active part in the affairs of his party in Nova Scotia and for two years was presi-
dent of the Nova Scotia Liberal Conservative Association. He was formerly a
member of the Halifax Club but now belongs to the Vancouver Club.
JACOB GRAUER.
Jacob Grauer is living retired in Vancouver after many years of close identi-
fication with its business interests and those of Eburne and Steveston and with
the agricultural development of this part of the province. He is one of the
wealthy men of Vancouver and has made his own success entirely unaided, as
he came to America a poor boy and with unwavering determination began under
most difficult circumstances to lay the foundation of his successful career by
ceaseless energy and unswerving integrity. It Itas been said of him that he has
built substantially in various parts of the province and always better than was
ever built in those parts before. Sea Island, Steveston and Eburne have all
profited by his interest and been assisted to greater improvement by his
investments. His record as a citizen is such as any man might be proud to
possess, for he has been true to all business and personal obligations and has
sought his prosperity through legitimate channels, placing his dependence upon
substantial qualities of industry, perseverance and the wise use of opportunities.
Me was born in Wnrtemberg, Germany, in April, 1860, and is a son of George
and Maria (Friih) Grauer.
Jacob Grauer acquired his education in his native city and was about eighteen
years of age when he crossed the Atlantic. He landed first in New York and
then pushed westward to Illinois and later to Iowa, where he remained only a
short time, being extremely anxious to reach the western coast of the United
States. He made his way to Omaha and thence to San Francisco, arriving in
the latter city about the year 1880 and going almost immediately up the coast
to Portland, making this city his headquarters while he traveled through various
parts of Oregon. Arriving in Seattle about the year 1883, he engaged in the buy-
ing and shipping of lambs, purchasing them in Washington and shipping them
to Ilritish Columbia. He developed a considerable business and becoming
impressed with the opportunities in British Columbia removed here in 1886,
coming to Vancouver, where he established himself in the cattle business and
opened a butcher shop. Some time afterward he went to Steveston, which was
even then a large fishing port, and he supplied that community and the ships
coming into the harbor with meat. About the same time he established a butcher
business at Eburne, being a pioneer in this line of occupation in both of the fore-
mentioned communities. He opened the first butcher shops there and conducted
all of these enterprises until 1895, at which time he turned his attention to agri-
cultural pursuits, buying three hundred acres of land near Eburne. This was
undeveloped and heavily timbered and Mr. Grauer was obliged to cut down the
trees and grub up the stumps. The clearing of this land was very laborious
and expensive, as the trees were huge and grew thickly, and an intrepid spirit
was necessary to supply the labor needed. In those days the coming of the
present great city of Vancouver was little expected. He placed almost the
entire tract under cultivation and from pioneer times steadily carried forward
the work of improvement. About 1900 he bought six hundred and forty acres
near Ladner. The six hundred and forty acres purchased is known as the
Boundary Bay ranch. At that time it had but few improvements but Mr. Grauer
has developed it finely, adding modern improvements. The ranch is devoted to
the raising of large flocks of sheep. He still retains this ranch as well as his
first purchased farm and since his retirement is still interested in sheep growing,
although he has turned the active management of the ranching and the sheep
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raising over to his sons, Gustave A. and Rudolph. The fine new hotel building,
the Grauer block in Eburne, was erected by him in 1912.
Mr. Grauer married in 1885 Miss Marie Neth, of Wurtemberg, Germany,
and they have nine children : John George, now in Eburne, in charge of the
Grauer block and running the hotel which his father established ; Gustave Adolph
and Rudolph, who reside on the three hundred acre farm which the father first
bought; Pauline Catherine, Marie Barbara, Carl Martin, Jacob, Albert Edward
and Frederick Wilhelm all of whom are attending school. The Grauer residence
at 364 Tenth Avenue, Vancouver, is a well appointed modern home. The family
are devout members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Grauer is justly accorded a
place among the prominent and representative citizens of Vancouver, for he
belongs to that class of men whose enterpriseing spirit is used not alone for their
own benefit but to promote the public prosperity and advance the general good
through the able management of individual interests.
WILT JAM ROCKETT.
William Rockett, now living retired, has been prominently identified with
the work of public improvement in British Columbia as a builder. He was born
in Oxford, Ontario, January 31, 1849. a son of Henry and Mary (Hislop)
Rockett, farming people. The public schools afforded him his educational privi-
leges and he was later apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, becoming an efficient
workman. In 1874 he went to San Francisco and after following his trade for
a few months in that city he made his way to Victoria in February, 1875. His
first work in British Columbia was on the steamer Gertrude, which was being built
for the Stikine river service. He then went to the Cariboo and was employed on
the construction of the first bridge built at Quesnelle, replacing the scow ferry
that had been the only means of crossing. This bridge stood but a short time
when it had to be taken down and in 1876 Mr. Rockett was sent to rebuild the
bridge, which he again rebuilt after sixteen years. He also built the first bridge
for the provincial government across the Kicking Horse river at Golden and in
1882 he worked for Mr. Onderdonk as foreman at Yale on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad construction. After a season spent in that way he returned to the
provincial government service and built the first bridge across the Kootenay
river at the head of the Columbia river. He next erected the first bridge at
Fort Steele, after which he returned to Victoria. Three times he was called
upon to build the Parsons bridge on the main Sooke road as it became old and
worn out and had to be replaced by a new structure. He erected the present
steel bridge at the Gorge and he also built the Sooke bridge and rebuilt it.
His contract work has included the building of the following: the Nanaimo
river bridge ; the Tsable river bridge and the Courtney river bridge. He was
in the employ of the provincial government in charge of bridge building under
William Gore, chief commissioner of land and works. As a contractor Mr.
Rockett has extended his efforts into other building lines and has erected many
of the residences in Victoria. He built in 1888 the present Kuper Island schools
for the Indians ; erected the Dominion buildings at Agassiz on the government
experimental farm ; the Presbyterian Industrial school at Alberni ; and also
built bridges across the Cowichan river at Duncan and the Sproat river at Alberni.
In 1877 ne built the old Four Mile House which is one of the land marks of
the present day, and the following year erected Victoria's first sawmill for the
late Mr. Sayward.
These bridges were built at the time when distance between points seemed
very great on account of the methods of travel and when all material had to be
procured under trying conditions. There were no railroads and all public roads
were in poor condition and supplies had to be transported many miles. In fact,
material had to be carted or carried over the mountains and through forests.
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All this involved great hardships, but with the courageous spirit of the pioneer
and the determination that knows no such word as fail, Mr. Rockett continued
his labors and was recognized as one of the foremost contractors of the province,
his public work being indeed of great benefit to the country.
In February, 1877, Mr. Rockett was united in marriage to Miss Margaret
McAdie, a daughter of Alexander and Margaret McAdie of Scotland. The
religious faith of Mr. and Mrs. Rockett is that of the Presbyterian church and in
politics Mr. Rockett is a conservative. He also has membership with the Odd
Fellows, having joined the local lodge at St. Thomas, Ontario, in 1872. From
the outset, his career has been characterized by continuous advancement. He
early learned to correctly judge of life's contacts and its experiences and to gain
from each the lesson therein contained, and as the years have passed his energy
has carried him into important relations with the life of the province.
PATRICK D. BOOTH.
Patrick D. Booth, a civil engineer of Vancouver, arrived in British Colum-
bia in 1908 and for the past three years has made his home in this city. He
is a young man with, probably, the greater part of his life before him, yet in
his profession he has 'already made substantial advancement, reaching a posi-
tion which augurs well for his future. He was born in Peebleshire, Scotland,
September 17, 1886, a son of Patrick and Jessie (Dick) Booth, who are also
natives of the land of hills and heather. They are still residing in Scotland
and the father is a retired sea captain.
Patrick D. Booth pursued his education in Daniel Stewart's College at Edin-
burgh and in the Edinburgh University, where he took a scientific course and
was graduated with the class of 1907, receiving the Bachelor of Science degree.
That his scholarship was high is indicated by the fact that he was chosen as
assistant to the professor of engineering during his last half year in the uni-
versity.
The growing western section of Canada seemed to him to offer the best
field for successful professional achievement and in 1908 Mr. Booth came to
British Columbia. He afterward spent considerable time in travel in the prov-
ince and for six months was a resident of New Westminster and for the past
three years has made his home in Vancouver. He is now a partner in the firm
of Booth & Downton, civil engineers, the greater part of their work being
in land surveying. They already have acquired a good patronage and they now
maintain a branch office at Lillooet. In addition to the practice of his pro-
fession in this connection Mr. Booth was one of the organizers and is a director
of the Bridge River Power Company which was formed in 1912. He is also
on the executive of the Vancouver Chamber of Mines.
While in Scotland Mr. Booth spent three years in military connection in
the volunteer service. In politics he is a conservative but not active. He holds
membership in the Western Club and Vancouver Rowing Club and during the
period of his residence in this city has made many warm friends who appre-
ciate his sterling traits of character.
DONALD McGILLIVRAY,
The name of Donald McGillivray, familiarly known throughout the province
as "Dan," has long figured in the history of the west, nor is his reputation con-
fined to this section of the country, for his work in the vast field of engineering,
especially in the department of railroad construction, extended over a wide
territory. He started in the business world in a humble capacity but gradually
BRITISH COLUMBIA 915
worked his way upward and his success and prominence were the outcome of
his merit, indefatigable energy and ability. He was born at Strathroy, Ontario,
in 1857, a son of Neil and Christina (McRae) McGillivray. The father was
connected with the building of railroads in various parts of Ontario. In the
family were five sons and three daughters, the daughter Margaret being the wife
of Sir Richard McBride, the present premier.
In the village schools of Ripley, Ontario, Donald McGillivray pursued his edu-
cation and in his youthful days manifested the spirit of leadership, early evinc-
ing a desire to be iiis own master. No honorable labor was too humble if it
promised advancement. He cleared land and did other useful work and finally
became superintendent of bridges, under Mr. Onderdonk, in the construction of
the Canadian Pacihc Railroad, by reason of his faithful application and keen
discernment. The knowledge and insight into the business which he thus gained
enabled him to enter the railroad contracting business on his own account. His
first individual railroad building was the construction of the branch line of the
Canadian Pacific from New Westminster to Westminster Junction. Thereafter
he became probably the most active contractor and railroad builder in the prov-
ince. He built the first Canadian Pacific Railway bridge across False creek,
now used by the British Columbia Electric. He afterward built the first Granville
Street bridge and the Cambie Street bridge for the city and also the bridge at
Mission City across the Fraser river. He was likewise awarded the contract
for the building of the snow sheds in the Selkirk mountains on the Canadian
Pacific, protecting the track from the great snow slides which often occur in
the mountains and which would utterly block traffic. He constructed the rail-
road line from Robson to Nelson, which was the first railway in the Kootenay
district, and was the builder of the Arrow Lake branch of the Canadian Pacific,
which connects the Arrowhead with Revelstoke. He likewise built the branch
from Slocan to Nakusp and laid the first pipe line across the narrows of
Burrard Inlet, thereby accomplishing a notable engineering feat which experts
had previously declared impossible. These lines connect Vancouver with the
source of its water supply and one may thereby judge of the importance of the
work accomplished by Mr. McGillivray, and it is a feat of which he might
have been justly proud inasmuch as others had said it could not be accomplished.
It certainly indicated his own expert knowledge of engineering and his skill
in carrying forward his well formulated plans. The contract for the building
of the wharves of the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Vancouver was also awarded
him and the contract for the building of the British Columbia Electric Railway
from Vancouver to New Westminster and the Coquitlam water works into
New Westminster, thus connecting that town with its water supply. Mr. Mc-
Gillivray as a rule worked independently but in a few instances had partners.
The Inland Construction Company was formed to build the Slocan & Nakusp
road and Mr. McGillivray was chosen its president. The company, however,
suffered great financial loss in the collapse of the property boom between 1891
and 1893. Even this did not crush his resolute spirit and strong purpose. He
resumed his work in courageous manner and as long as life remained to him his
activity constituted a telling force not only in the improvement of his own for-
tunes but also in the development and progress of the country in which he
operated. Mr. McGillivray built some forty miles of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, "the Crows Nest Pass," from Nelson to Lethbridge, and McGillivray
station on that road was named for him and marks the spot where his camp
was during the period of construction. He also built the first large wharf at
Chemainus, on Vancouver island.
On the 2ist of November, 1888, at Victoria, the Rev. Dr. Frazer, a cousin of
Mr. McGillivray, performed the marriage ceremony which made Miss Sarah
Douglas Parker his wife. She is a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Dunn)
Parker. Her father was a pioneer of the west and conducted a trading store
at Fort Douglas that was patronized by the miners from the gold regions in
that section of the country. Mrs. McGillivray was the first white child born at
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Fort Douglas and her middle name was given her in honor of Sir James Douglas,
the first governor of British Columbia. Unto this marriage were born four
children : Donald, Catherine Jean, Sarah Dorothy and Morach, all of whom are
living with their mother in Vancouver.
Mr. McGillivray was a man of kindly spirit, planning for the care and safety
of his helpers and most keenly feeling their sufferings. He was especially quali-
fied to deal with the men and the hardships of those earlier days, his genial
smile and kind words being ever in evidence and freely given. Consequently
his men held him in the kindest regard and familiarly called him "Dan." A
man of commanding appearance, standing over six feet in height, he was mag-
netic, masterful, of even disposition, slow to anger, yet firm, with the attributes
of true leadership. He loved his home and family and was happiest at his own
fireside. But in the great mystery of life and death, he was not to be spared.
The care of the family was to rest on the mother alone, for while building the
Rainy river road he contracted smallpox at Port Arthur and died at Sault
Sainte Marie on the 22d of May, 1000, after a four days' illness, his remains
being interred at that place. His death was felt as a distinct loss to the engineer-
ing profession and in the various club and social circles with which he was
connected as well as among his friends, who were legion, and in his home,
where he was a devoted husband and father. In politics he was an ardent
liberal, thus following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He was
a member of the Masonic lodge, was a charter member of the Vancouver Club
and a member of the Union Club of Victoria. His social qualities won for him
the kindly regard and friendship of all with whom he came in contact in every
relation of life and he was a man respected and honored wherever known and
most of all where he was best known.
HARRY McADOO GRAHAME.
Harry M. Grahame, a representative of one of British Columbia's most prom-
inent pioneer families and for many years an important factor in the business life
of Victoria and western Canada, where practically his entire lifetime has been
spent, is a native of Londonderry, Ireland, where he was born June 7th, 1861,
the son of James Allan Grahame, late chief commissioner of the Honorable Hud-
son's Bay Company, extended mention of whom will be found elsewhere in this
work. His mother, Mary, a daughter of the late Honorable John Work, (Wark
former spelling) chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and one of the
original members of the legislative council of the crown colony, is still a resi-
dent of Victoria.
Harry M. Grahame was brought to Canada when an infant of four weeks,
traveling via St. Paul and Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) to Norway House, then
under his father's charge, and where the family remained until 1866. After
passing the winter of that year in eastern Canada they began the journey via
New York and Panama to Victoria, arriving here in 1867, spending the next
winter in that place, and the year following at Fort St. James on Stuart's lake.
In 1869 Mr. Grahame, Sr., was summoned to England on business and was
accompanied by Harry M. for the purpose of attending school. The journey
was made via San Francisco to New York over the just completed Union and
Central Pacific Railways and passage taken on the "China," of the Cunard
line. Arriving in Great Britain he at once entered "The Nest Academy," at
Jedburgh, County Roxborough, Scotland, where many others, sons of Hud-
son's Bay Company officers, and boys from the various colonies of the empire
were in attendance. The school, situated on a street called "The Bow," run-
ning towards the River Jed, stood directly opposite the entrance to historic Jed-
burgh Abbey, and had for its head master George Fyfe, M. A., LL. D., of
Edinburgh University. Here Mr. Grahame finished the academic course, and in
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1877 matriculated at Edinburgh University with the intention of pursuing a course
in medicine.
On account of his youth it was thought best that he take the arts course first
and during the winter of 1877 and 1878 he attended the classes of Professors
Blaikie and Sellar, also those in botany and chemistry. In the spring of 1878
it was decided that he go out to Montreal where his parents were and continue
his studies at McGill. He did not like the latter proposal and through the influ-
ence of Lord Strathcona (then Mr. Donald A. Smith) he entered the Dank of
Montreal, in Montreal, remaining there until 1881, when he was assigned to
the bank's Winnipeg branch.
In 1883 he resigned to enter the Honorable Hudson's Bay Company service,
being stationed for a short time at Calgary, under the late Chief Factor Richard
Hardisty (afterwards senator), and the following year was at Edmonton under
Chief Factor James McDougall. In the autumn of 1884 he was transferred to
Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca district, leaving on the i ith of September and proceed-
ing to Athabasca Landing, thence by York Boat up the Athabasca and Lesser Slave
rivers, across Lesser Slave lake and the Portage to the junction of Peace and
Smoky rivers, and having had as one of his traveling companions, Mr. H. B.
Round, now a resident of Victoria, and then accountant of Peace River district
and stationed at Dunvegan. Chief Trader William E. Traill was in charge of
Lesser Slave Lake post, and arrangements were made for Mr. Grahame to
proceed to his destination by raft which he did leaving the Landing on the i6th
of October after waiting for delayed freight from the British Columbia side of
the mountains, his only companion being a Cree Indian, and having a cargo of
some sixty pieces of goods for Vermilion. At Wolverine or Carcajou Point,
about one hundred and sixty miles from Vermilion, further travel by water was
blocked by floating ice. A cache of the cargo was made and the journey through
the wilderness on foot with packs in deep snow without snowshoes was resumed
and Fort Vermilion reached without serious mishap, passing Elmore's camp on
the way. Elmore was a free trader, and had got stuck in his boat in the ice;
he had passed Mr. Grahame's camp some time before and had decided to win-
ter with his family having all his goods ashore and proceed in spring.
Chief Trader Henry J. Moberly, then in charge of Fort Vermilion, advised
him to remain until the despatch of the winter packet, which was done, and he
finally arrived at Fort Chipewyan on Christmas Eve, 1884, after having stopped
a day en route at Red River post, then under Jr. Chief Trader Alexander Mac-
Kenzie, known to old timers as "Black" MacKenzie. The trip occupied three
months and a half from the time he left Edmonton, and was an eye-opener.
The Athabasca district was at this time in charge of Chief Factor Roderick
MacFarlane, and Mr. Grahame took up the work of district accountant and sec-
ond in charge at headquarters, traveling extensively throughout the district in
the course of his regular duties. He remained in this connection serving also
under Factor Roderick Ross, Chief Factor James McDougall and Factor William
Morrison McKay, M. D., who severally succeeded Mr. MacFarlane as district
managers, until 1890, when he returned for a visit home via the Athabasca
"iver, then and now the main transport and travel route, to Edmonton and the
Canadian Pacific Railway to Victoria. During a fortnight's stay, he tendered
lis resignation, which was not accepted as his contract extended another year
md he returned to the north at once, traveling by way of Athabasca Landing
and canoeing down the Athabasca river to his destination, arriving late in
October. In 1891 he severed his connection with the Hudson's Bay Company,
K'oing to Winnipeg at the request of Chief Factor Julian S. Camsell, in charge
of the MacKenzie River district, to close up the accounts of that district, return-
ing to Victoria on completion of the work.
In February, 1892, he entered the office of Lowenburg, Harris & Company,
real-estate, financial and insurance agents, and managed the fire insurance depart-
ment of the business for the succeeding seven years. In 1899 he took over the
business which he conducted for five years, and then disposed of.
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Outside of business Mr. Grahame's activities have been numerous. He served
for some time as a director of the Royal Jubilee Hospital, and represented for
three years the north ward, in the city council, also serving as acting mayor.
During his service in the council he was one of the strongest advocates of mak-
ing over the James Bay Flats to the Canadian Pacific Railway, of the building
of the causeway, of the acquisition of the Gorge park, and of modernizing the
city by starting paved streets, concrete sidewalks, etc. While police commis-
sioner he secured the first horse patrol wagon for the force being supported only
by a brother commissioner and being opposed by the mayor and entire council.
He secured his point by a forcible memorandum to the then Attorney General
Hon. Charles Wilson. As a member of the Board of Trade he served on the
council and arbitration committees. He was for seven years consular agent for
France at the port of Victoria. His military record covers a period of twelve
years successively as a private in The Victoria Rifles of Canada, Montreal, cor-
poral in the Winnipeg Field Battery, captain in the Fifth Regiment Canadian
Artillery, Victoria, as well as paymaster and regimental treasurer of the latter.
He is a conservative and a Presbyterian. He became a member of the
Masonic order his mother lodge being Vancouver-Quadra, No. 2, A. F. & A.
M., G. R. B. C, Victoria ; he demitted from this lodge when he became a char-
ter member of Lodge Southern Cross, No. 44, A. F. & A. M., G. R. B. C., Van-
couver; he is a member of Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 120, G. R. S.,
Victoria, of Western Gate Preceptory, No. 30, G. R. C., Victoria, of Lodge
of Perfection and of Rose Croix Chapter, A. & A. S. R. Vancouver, and is also a
charter member of Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Victoria, British Colum-
bia.
He is a member of the Union Club of Victoria. Mr. Grahame finds recrea-
tion in all in and outdoor sports, being particularly fond of billiards, shooting,
boating, football and cricket, and was for many years well known as a player
of the latter two.
Genial, manly, companionable, Mr. Grahame measures up to a high type of
citizenship, and his individual worth is an asset to the city and province, where
so many years of his life have been spent, and where his friends are numbered
by the score.
ALFRED ERNEST BLACK.
Alfred Ernest Black, who in cooperation with J. M. Watson and James C.
McLeod, directs the affairs of the Owl Drug Company, occupies as vice presi-
dent of this business an important position in business circles of Vancouver.
Born in Rockwood, Ontario, on January 31, 1882, he is a son of Thomas and
Myra (Laight) Black, natives of that province. The father was a successful
agriculturist in Ontario, an occupation which he followed up to the time of his
demise.
Alfred Ernest Black enjoyed the opportunities of the public and high schools
at Guelph, Ontario, and subsequently learned the drug business in that city and
Toronto, obtaining a certificate in the latter in 1905. Immediately thereafter
he went to New York city where he remained for a year and a half, at the end
of which period he came to Vancouver at the close of the year 1906, entering the
employ of the McDowell, Atkins & Watson Company, general retail drug dealers
of this city. His thorough study and subsequent experience well fitted him for
important positions and he was soon made manager of their store at the corner
of Hastings and Main streets, continuing in that capacity until the spring of
1910, when in partnership with J. M. Watson and James T. McLeod he purchased
the interests of the McDowell, Atkins & Watson Company, the business being
subseqently incorporated as the Owl Drug Company, Mr. Black becoming vice
president. He still has charge of the active management of the store on Main
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and Hastings streets, which under his direction has become one of the most
attractive of their retail establishments, contributing in a large measure to the
prosperity of the firm. In March, 1912, the fourth store was established at the
corner of Powell and Dunlevy streets, this extension of their business being
evidence of the progress which the firm is making.
Politically Mr. Black is a liberal and although he keeps well informed on all
public issues does not actively participate in political affairs, his confining busi-
ness activities not permitting him to devote time to outside interests. Fraternally
he is a member of Cascade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M. He makes his home in
an attractive residence at No. 1147 Nelson street with his mother. A progressive
young man, he firmly believes in the great future of his community and readily
gives his support to all worthy enterprises undertaken to benefit the city.
CHARLES W. ENRIGHT.
Important public service indicated clearly the public spirit which has actuated
Charles W. Enright in all his official connections. The work which he did as
a member of the city council would alone entitle him to distinction. Many more
years of usefulness undoubtedly lie before him, however, for he is still a young
man, his birth having occurred in Hamilton, Ontario, on the I2th of July, 1882.
He is a son of Daniel and Mary (Coffey) Enright, both of whom were natives
of Ontario. The father was a farmer in that province, where the family lived
for many years. In 1911, however, he came with his wife to Vancouver and
here they have since made their home, Mr. Enright having retired from active
business life.
Charles W. Enright was educated in the public schools of his native city
and his first work was in an "iron ore smelter on Georgian bay. He was thus
employed for three years after which he was connected with the operation of a
sawmill in Ontario for the same period. He has been a resident of British
Columbia for nine years, and on his arrival in Vancouver in 1904 he entered the
employ of the British Columbia Mills, Timber & Trading Company in the capacity
of foreman of their Royal City Mills branch. He capably served in that
capacity until 1909, when he resigned in order to engage in business on his own
account. He devoted his energies to building projects and to real-estate specula-
tion until 1911 and was very successful. He still holds much property in various
sections of Vancouver and the suburbs, and derives therefrom a gratifying
annual income.
In January, 1910, Mr. Enright was elected a member of the city council for
ward 3 and had the honor of being 'returned at the head of the polls at each
of the two succeeding elections, serving in the council from 1910 until 1912,
inclusive. While a member thereof he fathered the plan for building viaducts
Dver the Great Northern Railway's industrial tracks at Hastings, Pender, Keefer
ind Harris streets. This plan has been approved by the Dominion Railway
Commission and by a vote of the people of Vancouver. To execute the work
proposed by this plan there will be required an expenditure of at least half a
million dollars. The Great Northern Railway and the British Columbia Electric
Railway Companies were made a party to the project by the railway commis-
sion, thereby relieving the city of at least seventy-five per cent of the expense.
The plan was worked out by Mr. Enright more than a year before he ever had
; ny assistance or cooperation in the matter, but he recognized the need of such
E. measure and was untiring in its support until the accomplishment of the proj-
ect was assured. He was also one of those members of the council that sup-
1 orted the eight hour day law for all city employes, and in regard to salaries he
1 as always stood for the betterment of the working classes. During his term
of office he put through both the Canadian Northern and the Great Northern
Railway deals for the establishment of yards in the bed of False creek. It was
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the result of his strenuous opposition to a proposed measure that the city still
retains the water frontage at the foot of Gore avenue. This, however, was only
a part of his important and beneficial work along that line while in the council.
He was also a member of the council when the single tax was initiated in Van-
couver, and at all times he favors city ownership of public utilities. He was a
candidate in the general election in 1912 for the district of Vancouver for the
provincial house. He was compelled to give up political life to enter business
and in the spring of 1913 he engaged in contracting, teaming and draying, and
also in dealing in wood. He also opened a coal department and has under con-
templation a number of branch offices in various parts of the city. His plans are
carefully formed and then promptly executed, and the results achieved are sure
and certain. His identification with other public interests and movements of
Vancouver has been of great benefit to the city. He is a director of the Van-
couver Exhibition Association, and is park commissioner for Exhibition Park.
lie is likewise vice president of the Vancouver Progress Club and is a member
of the Vancouver Commercial Club and a number of fraternal orders.
On the i6th of December, 1907, Mr. Enright was married to Miss May
Frances Harris, a daughter of the late Charles Harris, one of Vancouver's pio-
neers. They have one child, Dorothy Bertheve. The parents are members of
the Sacred Heart Catholic church. When one reviews the life record of Charles
W. Enright and recognizes how much he has accomplished, it is difficult to think
that he has completed little more than three decades. Swift in decision, prompt
in action, resolute in purpose, and at all times energetic and far-sighted, his
labors have counted for the utmost along lines of business advancement and
municipal progress.
HENRY H. STEVENS.
Henry II. Stevens, member of the Dominion parliament for Vancouver
since 1911 and one of the popular, influential and successful citizens of the
province, has left and is leaving the impress of his individuality upon the
material development and the political history of the northwest. Forceful,
resourceful and keenly alive to existing conditions and the signs of the times,
he is ready to meet any emergency with the courage that comes from a right
conception of things and an habitual regard for what is just and equitable in
affairs relating to the general welfare. A native of Bristol, England, he was
born on the 8th of Dectember, 1878, and is a son of S. Richard and Mary J.
Stevens.
His education was begun in the schools of England and continued in Ontario,
for it was during the period of his youth that he became a resident of the new
world. He has been closely identified with the interests of British Columbia
since 1894. He was for some years an accountant and broker. For twelve
years following his arrival he acted as bookkeeper in Vancouver and in 1906
became secretary and chief accountant of the Dominion Trust Company of
Vancouver, thus coming into close and prominent relations with financial af-
fairs in the province. He is likewise a director of the Terminal City Press
and success has followed his intelligently directed efforts, placing him among
the substantial citizens of Vancouver.
It is fust twenty years ago since Henry H. Stevens took up residence in
British Columbia. In the early pioneer days he, like so many others, saw
before him great opportunities for his gifts. He, like so many others, saw
great opportunities for hard work — his desire being to take his share in the
building up of a great country. That he was justified in this belief is proved
by the fact that he is today one of the most respected men not only in Van-
couver but in other parts of Canada where the good work he has done and is
doing is intimately known. He saw and felt that in a young country there
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was abundant scope, not only for his own particular work but for much good
work for the public weal. It is unnecessary here to enlarge on his work prior
to his entry into civic life. Sufficient to say he identified himself with many of
the problems that confront a new country — problems that call for much self-
sacrifice on the part of those who possess public spirit. The work he did during
these years may be regarded as the preliminary dressing of the ground — the
preparation for greater activities not only in matters pertaining to local affairs but
work in the larger and wider spheres of politics.
In 1910 Mr. Stevens was elected an alderman of Vancouver. Here he
proved himself to be a tireless worker. As chairman of the health committee
he worked late and early — the work he did in connection with the joint sewer-
age scheme being especially valuable. All this was of course good training
for one who was to occupy a responsible position in politics. A stanch con-
servative and having very decided views on the great question of the year
1911, viz., limited reciprocity with the United States, this gave him the oppor-
tunity he sought for. He appealed to the electors of the city of Vancouver
to return him as their member in the Dominion parliament and this they did
by an overwhelming majority of three thousand two hundred and fifty-six in
September, 1911. He fought the election not only on the vital issue of reciproc-
ity but on reforms pressing for solution and legislation. In a striking speech
on the eve of the election he did not mince matters. He believed that Canada
was facing a race question as serious as the negro problem in the south. He
showed that the influx of southern European peoples through the eastern, and
Asiatics through the western portals of Canada, was directly due to the lax
administration of the Alien Labor Act. He dealt in like manner with the
methods adopted by the canneries and their methods of boat rating. It is
unnecessary here to dwell at length on his views of reciprocity. Apart from
the grave dangers that would ensue if the reciprocity agreement were ratified
by the country he shared the views of Mr. Borden that the surest and most
effective way of maintaining United States friendship was to be absolutely
independent of it. He did not share the view held by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
that "Sir John Macdonald had been the Moses of Reciprocity who failed to
reach the Promised Land ; he would be the Joshua who would lead the people
of Canada to the goal." In a leading article on this speech the News-Adver-
tiser said : "One feature of the Vancouver contest is the vigor of Mr. Stevens'
campaign and the personal strength developed by the candidate." Speaking
of his opponent it went: on to say : "It is no disparagement of Mr. Sinkler
to say that even apart from the parties and causes which they represent Mr.
Stevens is decidedly the more effective public man, both in his grasp of im-
portant questions and in capacity to deal with them. . . . This city and
port will have in him an able, well informed and persistent advocate." But
it is perhaps more to the point to make some comment on what he has achieved
since the opening of the twelfth Dominion parliament of Canada. Mr. Stevens'
motto in all his public work during the two years he has represented the city
of Vancouver, has been the public weal. In all his platform addresses he keeps
clear of personalities. Whatever subject he touches on, he goes straight to
the heart of it. There is a ring of sincerity in all he says. It is not mere word
painting but an honest attempt to get at the truth and hold fast by it. He is
a tireless worker ; nothing of the sluggard about him. Endless callers, heavy
correspondence, deputations, political meetings, addresses to public bodies —
these make up the sum of his work, week in and week out. To predict what
he future holds is not the object of this article. This, however, is certain —
whatever field of labor he enters he will do his work with a will, having only
'he one end in view — the common good.
While deeply concerned over questions of national moment, he is equally
loyal and aggressive in his support of measures for the benefit of his adopted
< ity. He was the originator of the Greater Vancouver sewerage system and
<lid much to carry it to realization and success. He has also been very active
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in the plan of harbor development that Vancouver may become a great national
port. He is likewise a director of the Carnegie Library of Vancouver. His
interests are never of a merely political nature. They reach out along broaden-
ing lines that touch the general interests of society and he is thoroughly in-
formed concerning economic and sociological as well as political problems.
In 1905 Mr. Stevens married Miss Gertrude M. Glover. He finds recrea-
tion in horseback riding. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church
and his fraternal associations are with the Masons, the Orangemen and the
Sons of England. He interests himself greatly in all matters tending toward
the betterment of the province and its people, is a forceful speaker and is fre-
quently heard in advocacy of a work for the advancement or safeguarding of
the public interests.
EDITH JACKSON GITCHELL.
Mrs. Edith Jackson Gitchell enjoys the unique distinction of being recorded
in history as the first white child born in Vancouver after its incorporation.
Moreover, she has always remained a resident of the city and has been a witness
of its marvelous growth. Impressive business streets, handsome, smooth boule-
vards, splendid park areas now stretch where but a few decades ago trackless
forests covered the hind, through which were hewn a few paths and in which
nestled a few houses. Gradually it grew into a small town, — a provisional town, — -
with a few streets. A great conflagration destroyed this budding civilization, but
out of its ashes rose the new Vancouver, and that Mrs. Gitchell was the first
white child born in this new Vancouver entitles her to a place in the annals of
the history of the city. This has been fittingly recognized by the mayor and city
council, who upon the date of her marriage presented her with an illuminated
address, which is appended, and a silver service.
In a way it is a responsible position to be the first native of one's city, but
Mrs. Gitchell has always carried her honors well and has returned for the dis-
tinction conferred upon her a love for her home town which is sincere, intense
and expresses itself in actions by which she may contribute to the glory of
Vancouver.
Edith Jackson was born on the 1st of August, 1886, a daughter of John Wil-
liam and Nellie (Smith) Jackson, the former a native of Nova Scotia and the
latter of Oregon. Their marriage was celebrated in Portland, that state. In
1885 John William Jackson came to Vancouver and became one of the pioneer
jewelers of the city. The house in which Mrs. Gitchell was born still stands
at the southern end of Westminster Avenue bridge, directly opposite the city
market building. At the time of her birth the former structure was one of the
most pretentious homes in Vancouver and was located in the heart of the small
settlement from which the present metropolitan city has grown.
Edith Jackson obtained her education in the graded schools and attended high
school. She then made herself useful in the parental household, remaining at
home until the time of her marriage, which was celebrated in Vancouver on the
4th of September, 1907, when she became the wife of Wallace Franklin Gitchell,
retired. The city would not let pass such an auspicious occasion to take cogni-
zance of her first native citizen and presented Mrs. Gitchell with an illuminated
address and a silver service in commemoration of the fact that she was the first
white child born here since the incorporation. The address is as follows :
"September 4, 1907.
"To Miss Edith Jackson.
"Dear Miss Jackson : —
"We, the undersigned, mayor and aldermen of the city of Vancouver, desire
to take advantage of this last opportunity afforded us before your approaching
marriage, to express in some tangible way the pleasure we have in calling to
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remembrance the fact that you were the first white child born in the city of
Vancouver since incorporation.
"This distinction must be highly pleasing to you and we congratulate you
on your preferment, though it was a matter over which you had no control, and
trust you may have many happy returns this your twenty-first birthday.
"You have had the honor of growing up with this city from your very
infancy, and you must have noticed with pleasure the various phases of
development through which it has passed and the splendid condition of advance-
ment to which it has attained at the present time.
"It is unnecessary to recapitulate the pleasures and enjoyments you must have
had during the last twenty-one years and now as you are about to enter on a
new sphere of life by joining hand in hand with Mr. W. F. Gitchell, to be your
husband, we wish you every success and happiness, and trust you will accept the
accompanying gift, not for its intrinsic worth or value, but as a slight token
of the esteem in which you are held by us, and we hope you may continue to
reside in Vancouver and live to see this place the greatest and most prosperous
city on the Pacific coast.
"Again wishing you every joy and happiness on this your wedding day, we
have the honor to be Yours faithfully,
(Is) "ALEXANDER BETHUNE, Mayor.
"JOHN B. CAMPBELL "JAMES RAMSAY
"D. M. STEWART "W. J. CAVANAGH
"R. MILLS "J. EDWARD BIRD
"GEORGE MCSPADDEN "E. H. HEAPS
"ANGUS MACDONALD "T. H. CALLANO
"WALTER HEPBURN "W. D. BRYDOXE-JACK
"Aldermen."
Mr. and Mrs. Gitchell have one son, Jackson Lee Gitchell, and it is their
greatest concern and sincerest wish that he may become a valued citizen of Van-
couver who will take his place among the men who endeavor to the best of their
ability to promote the greatness of their proud native city. No doubt the
>atriotic spirit of Vancouver's first native daughter will descend to him and
.vill> inspire him to make contributions toward making Vancouver the queen of
'he Pacific in return for the distinction which rests upon her who gave him life,
n that way the name of Edith Jackson and the rebirth of the Terminal city
'vill be most worthily perpetuated and will become the family's proudest tradition.
FREDERICK BUSCOMBE.
Frederick Buscombe is one of the pioneer residents of Vancouver. He came
n British Columbia first in 1884 on a business trip, when the town was known
as Granville, and made frequent visits to the Pacific coast until in 1891 he
returned to Vancouver and located permanently. He has since taken an impor-
tant part in public activities, filling the position of chief executive of the city
f>r two years.
Of English birth, he was born September 2, 1862, in the town of Bodmin,
( ornwall. He is a representative of an old Cornish family. His father, born
in Egloshayle, married Miss Isabella Olver, a native of Liskeard, Cornwall. The
year 1870 saw them en route for the new world and after establishing their
home on this side of the Atlantic the father engaged in contracting and building
for forty years or more. The family is connected with the Church of England.
There were ten children, nine sons and a daughter, and all are yet living. Three,
Frederick, George and Charles, have become residents of British Columbia,
where they are associated in business.
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Frederick Buscombe spent the first eight years of his life in the land of his
nativity. He then went with his parents to Hamilton, Ontario, where he
attended the collegiate school. He made his initial step in the business world
as an employe of James A. Skinner & Company, dealers in china and glassware.
Before coming to the west he became a partner in that firm in the establishment
and management of a branch business in Vancouver. In 1899 he became sole
owner, purchasing the interests of the others in the establishment. His progres-
sive business policy and his enterprise led to the substantial growth of the under-
taking, which is today the largest wholesale and retail business of this kind west
of Toronto. The establishment occupies eleven floors of a building twenty by
one hundred and twenty feet, all filled with china, glassware and house furnish-
ings, representing the best that can be secured of domestic or foreign manufacture.
They ship extensively over British Columbia and the other western provinces
and the Yukon district and have a large trade in Vancouver. Theirs is the only
wholesale crockery and glassware house in the city. Mr. Buscombe has given
his time almost exclusively to the development of his business, has studied the
demands of the public and has so conducted his affairs that substantial results
have followed. In 1907 he was elected president of the Pacific Coast Lumber
Mills, 1 .imited, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the province.
In 1912 he sold out the above mentioned business and retired but finding idle-
ness did not agree with an active disposition he, in July, 1913, established the Bus-
combe Securities Company, Limited, located at 103 London building, of which
company he is president.
Air. Buscombe is held in high esteem, as he has not only proven a factor in
the commercial progress of the city but has also manifested an active and helpful
interest in all that pertains to the general good. Fie has held the position of
president of the Board of Trade, a member of its council and of the board of
arbitration and in 1905 and 1906 was mayor of Vancouver. He was the first
president of the Vancouver Tourist Association and was largely instrumental in
its formation.
On the 6th of May, 1886, occurred the marriage of Mr. Buscombe and Miss
Lydia Rebecca Mattice, a native of Ontario, and to them have been born eight
children, of whom five are living: Robert Frederick Edwin, Harold Edwin, Erie
Stewart, Marjorie Gordon and Barnett Margerett.
The family are members of the Church of England. Mr. Buscombe was
active in the building of Christ church, one of the finest specimens of ecclesias-
tical architecture in the city. He is a conservative in politics, ever seeking to
promote the good of the communiy. In Masonic circles he is well known, being
a past master of Cascade Lodge, No. 12, F. & A. M., while in the Scottish Rite
he has attained high rank. It has been said: "Not the good that comes to us
but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success,"
and. judged by this standard, Mr. Buscombe has been a successful man, for
while he has become a prosperous merchant of Vancouver he has also done
much to advance her interests.
MRS. ALICE H. BERRY.
Mrs. Alice H. Berry, managing director of The World at Vancouver, has the
distinction of being the only woman who is managing director of a Canadian
daily newspaper. She was instrumental in organizing The World Printing &
Publishing Company, Limited, and has retained her present position since the
reorganization of the company in 1905. She is one of Vancouver's native
daughters. Her parents were Jonathan and Margaret (Springer) Miller and
her father had the distinction of being Vancouver's first postmaster. Her
mother was a daughter of Colonel Benjamin Springer, who was a civil engineer
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at London, Ontario, and won his title in the Fenian raid. Jonathan Miller was
born in Wellington, Ontario, about 1833 and there resided until 1862, when he
came to British Columbia and settled in New Westminster, where he engaged
in mercantile pursuits, with which he was identified for several years. His
next venture was in the logging business and about 1871 he entered the gov-
ernment service, accepting appointment to the joint office of tax collector
and constable with jurisdiction over a large district. He capably and
efficiently served in that capacity until 1886, when the newly incorporated city
of Vancouver was granted a postoffice. He was immediately appointed post-
master, being the first incumbent in that position. In 1872 he removed his fam-
ily to Vancouver. He continued to act as postmaster until 1908, having most faith-
fully and loyally managed the affairs of the office through the period of its con-
tinuous growth for twenty-two years. Following the death of his wife he resigned
his position and has since lived retired, now making his home at Long Beach, Cali-
fornia. He enjoys remarkable health for one of his years.
In 1889 his daughter, Miss Alice H. Miller, became the wife of Harry A. Berry,
who for a number of years was widely and popularly known in Vancouver. He
was born on Jersey island in 1862 and was nine years of age when brought by
his parents to Canada.
He lived in London, Ontario, until he reached the age of eighteen, when,
upon the advice of a family friend, W. Kyle, he removed to the west, making
the journey to the Pacific coast by way of San Francisco, and thence northward
to British Columbia. He took a position with the Onderdonks. contractors on
the Canadian Pacific Railway, and remained in that connection until the comple-
tion of that road to Port Moody. In fact, he had the distinction of being the
last man in the Onderdonk employ, auctioneering off all their building equip-
ment at Port Moody. Mr. Berry then removed to Vancouver, where he embarked
in business on his own account, making his home in this city to the time of his
demise. Mr. Berry was married twice. In 1887 he wedded Alice S. Howay,
i daughter of William Howay of New Westminster and a sister of Judge
Howay. Mrs. Berry died in 1888, after a short illness, leaving a daughter. As
ireviously stated Mr. Berry was married in 1889 to Miss Alice II. Miller. He
vas a member of the Masonic fraternity, loyal to the teachings and spirit of the
:raft and at one time he served as master of Mount Hermon Lodge. He took
;i leading part in amateur sports and athletics, and all who were associated with
lim delighted in the connection. He died on the 3Oth of September, 1899.
Following the death of her husband Mrs. Berry, ambitious to make her life
one of activity and usefulness, began teaching piano music, to which she devoted
our years, being recognized as one of the most able instructors of the city.
She then turned her attention to life insurance and for about two years was
lady manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada. Her work
in this line was most gratifying, and as an organizer she proved notably capable.
She organized the insurance departments for the local branches of the Lady
Maccabees, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Woodmen of the World.
So remarkable was her success in that connection that a leading insurance com-
I any gave her charge of its woman's department, and again she proved equal
t> the task devolving upon her. It was Mrs. Berry who suggested the organiz-
i ig of a company to purchase The World, which then had a circulation of twenty-
three hundred copies. The company was formed, business taken over, and
tjday there are thirty-five thousand subscribers. The present company was
formed in 1905 and Mrs. Berry was chosen managing director, which position
she still fills, her able guidance, keen business discrimination, progressive meth-
ods and unfaltering enterprise being indicated in the substantial success of the
paper. The company was compelled to operate in small and undesirable quar-
ters for several years, owing to the fact that no building existed suited to their
purposes, but in 1912 when The World building was erected they moved to their
present location. Their spacious offices, press rooms and editorial department
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are surpassed by no newspaper in western Canada and in keeping therewith the
machinery and equipment is all of the newest and most modern type.
Mrs. Berry has three sons, two of whom, Francis Kyle and Harry Archi-
bald, are associated with her on the paper, while the youngest, Jonathan Miller,
is attending college with a view to fitting himself for the legal profession. Mrs.
Berry is a member of the Atheneum Club and of St. James church. Her
life has been one of steady progression. She keeps closely in touch with the
policies and the editorials of the paper and is today recognized as one of the
representative women of the northwest, her ability winning for her the admira-
tion and high respect of all. She is thoroughly conversant with the leading
questions and issues of the day and her broad knowledge makes her a most
interesting and entertaining companion.
CHARLES HENRY KING.
Among the men of Victoria to whom success has brought retirement from
business is Charles Henry King. He was born in the city of Birmingham,
England, April 15, 1855, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rawlins) King, who
were farming people of that country and are now deceased. Between the ages
of six and ten years, the son was a pupil in the public schools, but when he had
completed his first decade went to sea with an uncle, who was captain of a
ship. He spent four years upon the water and then returned to his native city.
On again leaving home he made his way to South America and passed through
a revolution in Peru in 1873. He was employed as time-keeper at a silver
mine when the revolution broke out and the rebels compelled him and others
to join their forces. Captured and made a prisoner of war, he managed to escape
by swimming a river. He proceeded to Panama, walked across the isthmus to
Colon and thence took passage on a steamer for New York. Later he went to
India, landing at Bombay, and subsequently proceeded to Madras, where he
joined the police force and rose to the rank of second-class inspector. He was
sent to Rangoon, British Burmah, and was on the frontier ^as police inspector
when the British government became involved in trouble with the Burmese.
Obtaining six months' leave of absence, Mr. King returned to England and then
resigned about the year 1879. Later he once more went to South America and
thence to the state of Texas where he served as scout with the Eighth Cavalry
during the Apache Indian war. On leaving the Lone Star state, he proceeded
to San Diego, California, where he purchased a schooner and with this boat
engaged in fishing, trading, etc., between Mexico and California. After selling
his schooner, he joined a Victoria sealer in San Francisco — Alex McLean, the
commander of the schooner, Mary Ellen, and the original of the leading character
of Jack London's novel, The Sea Wolf. They made several sealing trips, after
which Mr. King was employed on different schooners. He was on the Vancouver
Belle when it was captured by the Russians and came very near being sent to
Siberia. After six months, however, he was released and made his last sailing
trip on the C. D. Rand, a sealing boat, in 1893.
He next engaged in the cannery business on the Fraser river as net foreman
and continued at that business for seven years. During the succeeding seven
years he was in charge of the isolation hospital of Victoria and after leaving
the hospital he purchased a launch and employed his time in prospecting, hunt-
ing, etc. On one of these trips he fell and was injured and has never fully
recovered.
In September, 1893, Mr. King was married to Miss Annie Nicholas, a daughter
of James and Annie Nicholas of England. They reside at 975 N. Park street.
Mr. King holds membership with the Sons of England and he belongs to the
Church of England, while in politics he is a conservative. He greatly enjoys
a game of football or of cricket. He has seen all parts of the world, visiting
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almost every section on the face of the globe; has passed through hardships
almost beyond belief, has seen the wonders of. the Occident and of the orient and
is today an interesting conversationalist, his talk being enriched with many tales
of his travels, entertainingly told.
T. GLENDON MOODY, D. D. S.
Dr. T. Glendon Moody, who for ten years has been engaged in dentistry in
Vancouver with ever increasing success, belongs to an old and distinguished
family of British Columbia, being a son of the late Thomas G. Moody, of
Victoria. The latter came as a boy to this country on the steamer Northern
Light from New York, among the passengers at that time being Captain John
Irving. The party crossed the Isthmus and reached Victoria with the steamer
Gussie Telfer in January, 1859. The Moodys became associated with the lum-
bering industry on Burrard Inlet and in their honor Moodyville, on the north
shore of the inlet, is named. Thomas G. Moody was a brother of S. P. Moody,
who was drowned when the steamship Pacific was wrecked with great loss of
life in 1874. From about that date his brother, Thomas G., continuously resided
in Victoria until his death. He was the father of the following sons : Dr. F. G.
Moody, of Victoria; Dr. T. Glendon Moody, of this review; D. H. P. Moody,
of Vancouver ; and Dr. William Moody, who died only recently. The father
was a native of Maine, where he was born in Hartland, and had reached an
age of seventy years when he passed away at the family residence on Pandora
avenue in Victoria.
Dr. T. Glendon Moody was born at Victoria, British Columbia, October 28,
1875. He attended the grammar and high schools of Victoria and subsequently
the Philadelphia Dental College for three years, graduating in 1902 with the
degree of D. D. S. While in college he was secretary of the British American
Society, which was made up of Australians and British subjects. Returning to
Victoria, Dr. Moody practiced there one year, but in 1903 came to Vancouver,
opening offices in the Monroe block on East Hastings street. There he continued
for nine years with increasing success, when he removed to the Dawson building
at the corner of Hastings and Main streets, where he is now located in spacious
offices excellently furnished and suitably equipped. Dr. Moody enjoys a very
large practice, including the most prominent people in Vancouver, and has a
corps of able assistants. Having arrived here before the boom days set in, he
foresaw the great future of the city and availed himself of the many opportuni-
ties that were presented for favorable investment. He has large holdings in
business and residential real estate, both in Vancouver and Victoria.
In Victoria, British Columbia, on June 2, 1897, Dr. Moody was united in
marriage to Miss Ethel May Stapledon, a daughter of B. Stapledon, a pioneer
canner on the Skeena river. Dr. Moody is ever interested in all that pertains
to a prosperous future of his city and gives warm support to all worthy enter-
prises. He is a member of the Native Sons of British Columbia, the Progress
Club and the Commercial Club of Vancouver, in which latter organization he
exerts himself in promoting and extending the trade interests of the city, and is
also a member of the Camosun Club of Victoria. His religious faith is that of
the Methodist church. In 1913 Dr. Moody was elected president of the North
Vancouver Kennel Club, being deeply interested in dogs and the owner of the
famous Boston terrier, Wampagne's Delight. This dog was the winner of
sixty first prizes at the dog show in New York City, and at the Vancouver show
in 1913 took first prize for the one best dog of the show. Dr. Moody 's other dogs
also took first prize for the best four dogs. Wampagne's Delight, however, holds
many more and even more important honors than those mentioned above. .
In 1893 Dr. Moody began to take an active part in athletics. He played third
base for the Victoria High School Amateur Baseball team for three years, and
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while in high school also took part in rowing and the amateur rowing races which
were held on the 24th day of May (Victoria Day). On these occasions he was one
of the winners for several years. He was nearly always in the singles and won
several medals and prizes. He later took up cycling and for several years rode
in amateur races in various parts of the province at the numerous midsummer
celebrations. He won several amateur championships and then took up pro-
fessional cycling. In this he was equally successful and in this sport he was
perhaps better known than in any of his other athletic work. He won many
prizes and honors in the province and throughout the Sound cities. On the
24th of May celebration at Victoria in the '905, at the old Beacon Hill race
course, he won the fifteen-mile championship, which he still holds. He raced
for four years with the famous Deeming brothers over the British Columbia
circuit, which comprised the towns of Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria,
Xanaimo and \Yellingtoii. During that time he won the one-mile championship,
which he held for a long time and numerous others for shorter periods. He
continued active in cycling until 1899, when he took up the study of dentistry.
He is now equally devoted to his profession and has gained a reputation which
is reflected by his extensive practice. He enjoys the full confidence of colleagues
as well as the general public, and his professional reputation is of the highest
character.
CHARLES McCULLOCH BEECHER.
One of the great individual forces in the development of the lumber indus-
try in western Canada was Charles McCulloch Beecher, who from 1885 until
the close of his honorable and useful career was connected with lumber and
timber interests in British Columbia, his business insight, discrimination and
resourcefulness proving valuable factors in the foundation and support of one
of the greatest productive industries in this locality. From 1891 until his death
Mr. Beecher was vice president and assistant general manager of the British
Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Company of Vancouver, an enterprise which
his initiative spirit aided in organizing and which his executive ability helped
build up to its present large proportions.
Mr. Beecher was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, August 16, 1845, and 's
a son of Rev. Charles Beecher, a brother of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
of Brooklyn, New York. Charles McCulloch Beecher acquired his early edu-
cation in the public schools of his native city and afterward attended Phillips
Andover Academy. He later enrolled in Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine,
and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1865 or 1866. Follow-
ing the completion of his studies he turned his attention to the lumber business
on Lake Simcoe, Ontario, where he remained for several years, learning the busi-
ness in principle and detail. Afterward he removed to Albany, New York, then
a great distributing point, and conducted large yards in the vicinity of the city,
afterward managing a similar enterprise in Connecticut. Foreseeing the great
development of the Canadian west and the opportunities which this development
would bring, he left Connecticut, in 1885, and came to British Columbia, settling
in New Westminster. There he allied himself with John Hendry and David
McNair in the Royal City Planing Mill Company and his business career there-
after was associated with that of Mr. Hendry. In 1891 the partners removed
to Vancouver, where they organized the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trad-
ing Company, of which Mr. Beecher was made vice president and assistant gen-
eral manager, responsible positions which he filled until his death, which occurred
November 14, 1906. He gave a great deal of his time to the development of the
trade with the prairie provinces, extending the relations of his company year by
year, establishing new connections and promoting to the extent of his great ability
the best interests of the concern along all lines. He became very prominent in
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BRITISH COLUMBIA 937
industrial circles, where his name came to be regarded as a synonym for integrity,,
well directed activity and constructive ability.
In Albany, New York, Mr. Beecher was united in marriage to Miss Anna
Johnson, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Robert L. John-
son, of Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher had three children : Richard K., who died
in infancy; Frederick L., of Vancouver, and Robert L., a resident of New York
city. Frederick L. learned the lumber business under his father, with whom he
was associated during the latters life, and he now continues in the same occupa-
tion, being vice president of the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Com-
pany and one of the directors in that concern. Mrs. Beecher survived her hus-
band until January 12, 1911, passing away in Vancouver.
During his college days Mr. Beecher was a well known athlete, a man of
sturdy build and great strength, and his interest in clean manly sports, particularly
in Rugby, lacrosse and tennis, continued until his death. He was president of
various athletic associations in Vancouver and New Westminster and a member
of many sporting clubs. Not only was he enthusiastic in his support of athletics,
but it was his constant endeavor to keep all games and contests utterly above
taint or suspicion of unfairness and to keep them from deterioration of any sort,
manly in the best sense. It was his belief that athletics could and should be con-
ducted with the highest regard for honor. He was a member of the Church of
England, an active worker in Christ's church of Vancouver. He was loyal to
all those things for which the church stands, ever ready to aid in her work in any
way possible and above all thoroughly consistent in his daily life. Although he
was not an active politician no movement for the betterment of his city or prov-
ince lacked his cooperation and hearty support. He was one of a very few who
in early times believed in the future of British Columbia and he lived to see his
faith justified and to aid to a great extent in the justification. He was public-
spirited and progressive in citizenship as well as resourceful and far-sighted in
business, and his death was a distinct loss to the province in the ranks of its rep-
resentative and worthy men.
LOUIS NOYER.
A young man of energy, resource and ambition, who has made these qualities
elements in a distinct, substantial and growing success, is Louis Noyer, since
1911 connected with the Franco-Canadian Corporation, Ltd., and now a director
in this concern. As such he occupies a prominent place in business circles of
Victoria, a place to which his talents entitle him and which his ability eminently
well qualifies him to fill. He was born in Lyons, France, September 15, 1886,
and is a son of Paul and Mathilde (Gaufres) Noyer, the former of whom was
a native of Lyons and a silk manufacturer there up to the time of his death
in 1904. The mother, who was born in Paris, died in 1909.
Louis Noyer acquired his education in a college in his native city and took a
course in engineering in Paris, receiving the degree of C. E. in 1907. He after-
wards engaged in electrical engineering at Lyons for two years and the yeai
1910 was spent in traveling in foreign countries. He came to Canada in August,
1911, and located immediately in Victoria as representative of a French invest-
ment company, known as the Franco-Canadian Corporation, Ltd., of which
Georges Barbey, of Paris, France, is the president. Mr. Barbey, formerly a
lawyer in Paris, associated himself with various prominent bankers and finan-
ciers of that city and formed in 1910 a syndicate with a capital of one million
dollars, to invest extensively in Canadian lands and business property. In 1911
Air. Barbey promoted the Compagnie Franco-Canadienne, Franco-Canadian Cor-
poration, Ltd. The head offices are located in Vancouver and the company has
invested millions of dollars in lands in Montreal, Winnipeg and other prairie
cities as well as Vancouver and Vancouver island. Its most important holdings
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include the Uplands, the beautiful residential suburb of Victoria, and a tract of
thirty thousand acres of agricultural lands on Vancouver island, in the vicinity
of Port Alberni, Nanaimo and Comox. This large acreage is being subdivided
into twenty and forty acre farms, which are being sold on long time payments.
The company is carrying on an active advertising campaign throughout Great
Britain to encourage the immigration to British Columbia of British subjects
who are desirous of engaging in agricultural pursuits under the most favorable
circumstances. An experimental farm is supported by this company in order
to assist settlers in every possible way by giving them an opportunity to learn
the best and most practical agricultural methods and to encourage mixed farming
and dairying.
Mr. Noyer's energy and enterprise have been most helpful factors in the
growth of this great concern, of which he is a director and to the affairs of
which he gives a great deal of time and attention. He is in addition a director
in the Franco-Canadian Trust Company, Ltd., in several subsidiary companies
of the Franco-Canadian Corporation, Ltd., in the Continental Shipping & Trading
Company, Ltd., importers of building materials, in the Mayne Island Shale Brick
Company, Ltd., and in the Edmonton Interurban Railway Company, these con-
nections indicating something of the extent of his interests and the scope of his
activities. Mr. Noyer served as a lieutenant in the Garrison Artillery at Mar-
seilles, France, and is a member of the French Protestant church. He belongs
to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the Vancouver Tennis Club and the Vancouver
Club of Vancouver and he resides at the Union Club in Victoria.
JAMES CAMPBELL McLEOD.
James Campbell McLeod is well and favorably known to the drug trade of
British Columbia as secretary and treasurer of the Owl Drug Company of Van-
couver, now operating four of the most modern and up-to-date retail establish-
ments in the city. He was born in Almonte, Ontario, in 1881, his parents being
Norman and Matilda (Campbell) McLeod, the father having been born on the
Atlantic while his parents were en route from Scotland to Canada, and the
mother's birth occurring in Ontario. When a young man Norman McLeod was
engaged in the lumber and milling business in that province. In 1884 he came
to Okanagon valley, where he made settlement and became engaged in the milling
business, there remaining until 1900, when he came to Vancouver, where he has
since lived retired in the enjoyment of a comfortable competence.
James Campbell McLeod was educated in the public and high schools of
Vernon, British Columbia, which he left at the age of fifteen in order to enter
upon an apprenticeship with S. A. Muir, of Vernon, British Columbia, remain-
ing with him for one and a half years. At the end of that period he came to
Vancouver, entering into a connection with the McDowell, Atkins & Watson
Company, with whom he completed his apprenticeship. In 1910 in partnership
with J. M. Watson and A. E. Black he bought out that firm, of the business
of which they are now sole proprietors. In 1911 the name of the firm was
changed to the Owl Drug Company and in 1912 another store was added to
their three original stores, the expansion of their business bespeaking the able
management which directs the affairs of the company. Since the incorporation
Mr. McLeod has served as secretary and treasurer, devoting his time largely to
the retail store at Abbott and Cordova streets, of which he acts as manager.
The other three stores are located at Granville and Dunsmuir streets, Hastings
and Main and at No. 395 Powell street.
In 1903, in Vancouver, Mr. McLeod was united in marriage to Miss Sadie
M. White, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and they have two children, Exilda
Genevieve and Raymond. Mr. McLeod is a member of the Presbyterian church,
in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. An indication as
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to his means of recreation is found in the fact that he is a member of the Van-
couver Automobile Club. Fraternally he belongs to Western Gate Lodge, No.
48, A. F. & A. M. Although his extensive business interests demand most of
his time he is ever ready to listen to any projects undertaken in the interest of
his adopted city and gladly bears his share by contributing to any worthy enter-
prise. His progressive business policy stands as evidence of his faith in the
future of Vancouver, which has no more loyal son or sincere well-wisher than
Mr. McLeod.
HENRY PIM.
Henry Pirn, district manager of the Canadian General Electric Company of
Vancouver, was born in Toronto in 1864, a son of Henry Pirn, who for half a
century was in business in Toronto as a manufacturer of structural and orna-
mental iron, there residing until his death.
Henry Pirn became a public-school student, but had no high-school, collegiate
or technical training. His first work was with his father, by whom he was
employed for several years, and later he entered the employ of the Great North-
western Telegraph Company as an operator, continuing in that position for two
years. He again went with his father for a time, after which he was at various
periods connected with the Dominion Express Company in their Toronto office,
and with the Bell Telephone Company.
He made his initial step in his present field of work with the Edison General
Electric Company of Toronto, which was succeeded by the present Canadian
General Electric Company, which was organized in 1892. Mr. Pim became
associated therewith as clerk in the sales department and he was well fitted for
that position, having for a time been sales manager with the old company. In
his new position he continued in Toronto for eight months and was then sent
to Winnipeg, where for three months he was cashier. On the expiration of that
period he was transferred to Vancouver as district manager, which office he still
most ably fills. Upon his arrival here there were two employes. Later a com-
plete reorganization took place and under Air. Pirn's twenty years of guidance
the business has reached large proportions, the employes now numbering nearly
fifty, while the business occupies a handsome, spacious new building on Fender
street, West. Recently the Canadian General Electric Company bought out the
Allis-Chalmers-Bullock Company of Canada and upon the reorganization of that
concern Mr. Pim was made district manager, which office he holds in conjunc-
tion with the one already mentioned.
In 1893, in Toronto, Mr. Pim was united in marriage to Miss Sanderson, of
that city, and they have four children. In politics Mr. Pim is a liberal, yet with
very independent tendencies. He belongs to the Vancouver Commercial Club
and he and his wife are active in the First Congregational church, in which he
is serving as chairman of the board of managers.
MARK EDWARD HEWITT.
Mark Edward Hewitt, road superintendent of North Saanich, his home
being at Sidney, was born at Guelph, Ontario, February 2, 1850, a son of Jacob
and Anne (Hewitt) Hewitt, who were farming people. The father is now
deceased, but the mother still survives. After attending the public schools, Mark
Edward Hewitt assisted his father on the old home farm until twenty-two years
of age, and then entered into partnership with a carpenter contractor. He came
to. British Columbia in 180,2 and in the same year made his way to Sidney. He
was assigned the duty of superintending the construction of the sawmill at
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Sidney for the Toronto Milling, Mining & Manufacturing Company. For three
years he remained in charge of their interests at this point and then again em-
barked in, the contracting business, which he followed on his own account until
1908. Though Sidney is a' comparatively small place, it has every reason to
be proud of its beautiful houses, nearly all of which were built by Mr. Hewitt.
Barns, large and substantial, were also built by him and to him has been awarded
the contract for the erection of a number of Victoria's attractive residences. In
1908 Mr. Hewitt was called to his present position, being appointed superintend-
ent of roads at North Saanich, under the provincial government. He has made
an excellent record for himself in this connection and the roads in his district
speak for his efficiency and capability. He is also the owner of considerable
valuable real estate.
On May 13, 1876, Mr. Hewitt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Walters,
daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth (Leach) Walters, of Mount Forest,
North Wellington, Ontario, and they have one child, Bertha, now Mrs. Walter
Mcllmoil, of North Saanich. They are the parents of two childrefi, Lavinia
Leach and Nellie Alma Amelia Mcllmoil. Mr. Hewitt is a conservative in poli-
tics and he served for three years as a member of the Sidney council. He
belongs to the .Independent Order of Foresters and to the Methodist church —
associations which indicate much of the nature of the principles which govern
his life. He enjoys hunting and horses and these constitute his chief sources of
recreation. He is a man of fine physique and in his early manhood enjoyed a
province-wide reputation as an axman. His has been a busy life well spent and
whether in government service or in the management of individual affairs, he
displays a capability and fidelity to duty that commends him to the confidence
and regard of all with whom he is brought in contact.
PERCY F. SCHARSCHMIDT.
Percy F. Scharschmidt has since 1898 been engaged in the real-estate and con-
tracting business in Vancouver and has built up an extensive and important con-
cern, to which he devotes his entire attention, his close application, his strong
purpose and his conservative and honorable business methods constituting the
basis of a success which classes him with the leading and representative business
men of the city. He was born in Kent, England, July 14, 1868, and is a son of
S. T. and Alice (Fremlyn) Scharschmidt, the former a native of the West Indies,
where for many generations his people had resided, all, however, being of English
lineage. The father was a graduate of King's College, England, and was married
in that country. By profession he was an engineer and he was connected with a
great deal of important government work, most of his attention being given to the
construction of breakwaters, dykes and bridges. He afterward returned to the
West Indies and became one of the most prominent engineers on the islands and
there he has since resided, although he has now retired from active professional
life, making his home at Mandeville.
Percy F. Scharschmidt acquired his early education in the public schools of
the south of England and was afterward sent to the Toronto University at To-
ronto, from which he was graduated in medicine in 1887. He began practice in
Nanaimo, British Columbia, and there remained until 1892, after which he aban-
doned his professional work and after traveling extensively throughout the
province went in 1897 to the Yukon territory, where he engaged in prospecting,
locating a gold mine which he owned and developed for a short time. In 1898,
however, he became superintendent of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, serving
creditably and ably in that office until the spring of 1911, when he came to Van-
couver, identifying himself with the real-estate and contracting business, in which
he has since continued, controlling now an important and growing trade. He
handles all kinds of business and residence property, being especially interested
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in business blocks, and he has come to be known as an expert judge of land
values, a man whose opinion on matters concerning the line of his interests is
considered practically infallible in business circles of the city. In Newport, also
he is well known, for he has extensive real-estate interests in that community and
maintains a branch office there. He has met with substantial success in life, and,
carefully directing his activities, has achieved results which are directly attribu-
table to his enterprise and ready utilization of opportunities.
At Victoria, British Columbia, in 1888, Mr. Scharschmidt was united in mar-
riage to Miss Butler, a daughter of Captain George Butler, a pioneer in that city,
and they are the parents of four children: Howard, a lieutenant in the Sixth
Regiment; Guy, a member of the Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles; Winnifred;
and Daphne.
Mr. Scharschmidt is a member of the Pacific Club, and his religious views are
in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England. He gives his polit-
ical allegiance to the conservative party and in 1891 was a candidate for a seat
in the provincial parliament, representing Comox, but was defeated. He has,
however, always been active in politics and takes an active interest in com-
munity development and advancement. He is a veteran of the Riel rebellion,
having served through that conflict as a member of the Tenth Battalion of To-
ronto. A man of high character, his position in the public regard is an enviable
one and although he has been in Vancouver but a short time, he has left the im-
press of his individuality upon its business history, while at all times he is a
cooperant factor in measures and movements for the public good.
RUSSELL MUNRO.
Russell Munro, who has been successfully engaged in the real-estate business
at Vancouver for the past eight years, is managing director of the Western
Canada Townsites, Limited, and has gained an enviable reputation as a dealer
in British Columbia town sites and also in the fruit and agricultural lands of the
province. His birth occurred in Palmerston, Ontario, in 1878, his parents being
Robert and Jessie (Bain) Munro, both of whom were born in the highlands of
Scotland. They were married in that country and in 1853 emigrated to Canada
settling at Palmerston, Ontario. Mr. Munro was engaged in railroading in
Ontario until 1883, and then removed to Winnipeg, where he continued work
in the same line throughout the remainder of his life, passing away in 1898.
The demise of his wife occurred at Los Angeles in October, 1912.
Russell Munro acquired his early education in the grammar and high schools
of Winnipeg and subsequently attended Manitoba University, from which insti-
tution he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1897. In that year he
embarked in the real-estate business in Winnipeg, dealing in large tracts of
Manitoba's most valuable lands. He still has interests in that province. In 1905,
however, he came to Vancouver. British Columbia, at once opened offices and
has since dealt in British Columbia town sites and British Columbia fruit and
agricultural lands. He acts as managing director of the Western Canada Town-
sites, Limited, the owner of the town site of Fort Salmon and a large holder of
agricultural lands in the Salmon river valley. Mr. Munro is a young man of
marked business enterprise and firm determination that enables him to carry for-
ward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. In his business he is
enjoying a constantly growing clientage and his interests are now important and
extensive.
In Winnipeg on the 2gth of June, 1904, Mr. Munro was united in marriage
to Miss Sadie T. Sandell, of Toronto, by whom he has one son, Robert Russell.
He is a liberal in politics, a very active worker in the local ranks of the party
and a member of the Vancouver Liberal Club, while formerly he was identified
with the Winnipeg Liberal Club. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons,
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belonging to Cascade Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He is likewise a valued member
of the Vancouver Commercial Club. While in college he took a leading part in
all athletics and afterward played professional hockey and lacrosse with the
Winnipeg teams for several years. He is interested in all that pertains to
general progress and improvement and is a public-spirited citizen and reliable
business man, while his friends esteem him for his genuine personal worth.
JOHN D. GILLIS.
Close application and well directed ambition have gained for John D. Gillis
the prominent position he now occupies in educational circles of British Columbia
as provincial inspector of schools. He was born on Prince Edward Island,
April 5, 1866, and is a son of Duncan and Christy Gillis and a representative
of one of the pioneer families on Prince Edward Island, members of which have
farmed there for several generations.
John D. Gillis acquired his education in the Springton grammar school on
Prince Edward Island, in the Prince of Wales College of Charlottetown and in
the Provincial Normal School. He afterward engaged in teaching on Prince
Edward Island for a few years and then came west to Victoria, settling in that
city in 1 888. In the following year he began teaching school at Mission City,
there remaining until 1895, when he was appointed principal of the Wellington
school at Wellington, British Columbia. This position he held for the next two
years and then resigned in order to accept the position of principal of the Boys'
Central school in Victoria. Since that time he has become steadily more promi-
nent in educational circles and in 1906 his ability was recognized in his appoint-
ment to the office of provincial inspector of schools. He has since done much
for the betterment of educational affairs in the province, being progressive and
up-to-date in his methods, and it is to some extent owing to his efforts that the
public schools of British Columbia rank with the best institutions of this kind
in western Canada.
On the 23d of December, 1891, in New Westminster, Mr. Gillis was united
in marriage to Miss Hannah Abercrombie, a daughter of Hugh Abercrombie,
a prominent farmer in Ontario who later removed to British Columbia. Mr.
and Mrs. Gillis have become the parents of two children, Gwendolyn Christina
and Hugh Neville. Mr. Gillis is an adherent of the Presbyterian church and is
connected fraternally with Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.
ROGER GEORGE MONTEITH.
Roger George Monteith, a well known young business man of Victoria, has
already made a creditable record and won a gratifying measure of success in
the real-estate, investment and insurance field as the secretary and treasurer of
the firm of Monk, Monteith & Company, Limited. His birth occurred in Vic-
toria, British Columbia, on the 4th day of January, 1885, his parents being
William and Annie Berkeley (Good) Monteith. The father came to Victoria
in 1883 and was here engaged in the importing business for a number of years,
while subsequently he embarked in the real-estate and insurance business under
the style of William Monteith & Company, Limited, which he has conducted
successfully to the present time. He acted as secretary of the Board of Trade
in the early days and for about twenty years served as public administrator.
The period of his residence in Victoria covers three decades and he has been
numbered among its prosperous, representative and esteemed citizens.
Roger G. Monteith acquired his education in the public schools of his native
city and after putting aside his text-books entered the employ of the Bank of
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British Columbia at Victoria, which three months later was amalgamated with
the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He removed to Portland, Oregon, in the
service of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and continued with that institution
for rive years. In 1905 he resigned his position to join his father in the real-
estate and insurance business and for the following six years acted as secretary
of William Monteith & Company, Limited. In 1911, in association with T. JJ.
Monk, he organized the firm of Monk, Monteith & Company, Limited, and has
since remained its secretary and treasurer. This company has taken over the
insurance business of William Monteith & Company, Limited, of which firm
our subject is still a director. R. G. Monteith is likewise a director in the West
Coast Development Company, Limited, of Victoria. He has made it his purpose
to largely acquaint himself with property values here and has secured a good
clientage, while in the conduct of his business he has negotiated many important
realty transfers.
On the 24th of April, 1912, at Victoria, British Columbia, Mr. Monteith
was united in marriage to Miss Ernestine Doris Mason, her father being Joseph
Mason, now deceased, a pioneer citizen who was a member of parliament from
Cariboo in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. Monteith have one daughter, Vera
Elspeth.
In his political views Mr. Monteith is a conservative. He has served as
public administrator for some time and virtually acts in that capacity at present.
His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Anglican church. He
belongs to the Native Sons of British Columbia, the Union Club of Victoria,
the James Bay Athletic Association, the Victoria Football and Cricket Clubs,
and the Canadian Club. He has always been active both as a participant in and
patron of all athletic sports and is an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman. He
has won an extensive circle of friends and enjoys an enviable reputation in both
business and social circles of his native city.
JOHN BURPE MILLS.
Since 1875 John Burpe Mills has been engaged in the practice of law and
in a difficult and responsible profession has advanced rapidly to a position of dis-
tinction, being today one of the representative barristers of Vancouver. He
was born in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, July 24, 1850, and is a son of John M.
and Jane (McCormick) Mills, the former a shipbuilder and farmer.
After acquiring a public-school education John B. Mills entered Horton
Academy, from which he was graduated in 1871. He afterward became a stu-
dent in Acadia University, receiving his B. A. degree from that institution in
1873 and his M. A. degree in 1877. He studied law in Harvard University and
was called to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1875, since which time he has been in
active practice. From 1875 to 1904 he resided in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia,
and there made the weight of his influence felt as a constructive force in pro-
fessional and public life, winning prominence at the bar and an important place
in the ranks of the local conservative organization. He served as municipal
councillor of Annapolis Royal and in February, 1886, entered parliament for the
county of Annapolis, representing this with credit and honor until 1900. During
his residence in Nova Scotia he was also editor of the Annapolis Spectator and
through his loyal advocacy of all measures of reform and advancement made
this journal an important force in progress. Mr. Mills came to British Columbia
in 1904 and opened an office in Vancouver, where he is numbered among the
able representatives of his profession. He has a large and growing clientage,
for he is a strong and able barrister, well versed in the underlying legal principles
and resourceful and discriminating in his application of them.
Mr. Mills has been twice married. He wedded first Miss Bessie Corbitt, a
daughter of A. N. Corbitt, of Annapolis Royal. She passed away in 1891 and
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in 1896 Mr. Mills married Miss Agnes Katharine Rose, a daughter of Lewis
Rose, of Ottawa. Mr. Mills has five children, Jean Louise, Harold M., John
Victor, H. Manfred and Ruth Hildred.
Mr. Mills is a member of the Episcopal church and he gives his political
allegiance to the conservative party. He belongs to the Jericho Country Club
of Vancouver and is fond of all kinds of outdoor sports, being especially pro-
ficient at golf and cricket. His professional reputation is of the highest and he
is well known socially, having gained in the course of nine years' residence in
Vancouver an extensive and representative circle of friends.
LEMUEL FREER.
Lemuel Freer is prominently known in British Columbia as a member of the
firm of Massey & Freer, general brokers of Vancouver, which was organized
in 1909 for the development of the townsite of Haysport and the fishing indus-
try on the Pacific coast. He was born on the 2ist of April, 1885. His par-
ents, Charles and Susan (Moore) Freer, are of French and English ancestry.
They are now living retired in England.
As a boy, for a short time, Lemuel Freer worked on the steamers crossing
the English channel. He later followed various occupations in England and
]•" ranee and at the age of fifteen became storekeeper for the New Palace steam-
ers operating on the River Thames. In 1900 he visited the Paris Exposition
and after its close again spent a short time on the Channel. He became man-
ager of Leicester Lounge, the 'famous cafe on Leicester Square, London, and
retained that position for four and a half years. In the meantime he had
acquired interests in Winnipeg and in 1905 came to Canada, locating here
permanently. During his brief stay in Winnipeg he became interested in a
hotel syndicate, building hotels along the line of the Canadian Northern Rail-
way between Winnipeg and Edmonton. He was at the same time conducting
other real-estate deals and acted as sub-agent for Canadian Northern Railway
townsites. Subsequently he acquired a hotel at Paynton, Saskatchewan, and
although he did not personally conduct the same owned the hostelry for about
a year. During this time he made a trip with a party of script buyers, going
north of Prince Albert on the route of the Hudson Bay Railway, which is
now in course of construction. In the conduct of his real-estate business he
likewise made a trip through the Peace river country to Dunvegan. Upon his
return lie met and was invited to join a party of friends at Edmonton who were
en route to the Greater Slave lake country. While en route they lost their way
but discovered the blaze of the new line of the Grand Trunk Pacific, followed
the same and came through the mountains at Yellowhead Pass. After spend-
ing several weeks in the northern part of the province they went down the
Skeena river to Port Essington and over the site of the present city of Prince
Rupert then known as Tuck's inlet. On this trip Mr. Freer passed over the
land where the new town of Haysport is now located, little thinking that there
he would have a part in the building of one of British Columbia's northern
towns. He then came to Vancouver for the first time and thence made his
way to Winnipeg, going from there to Los Angeles, California, and south to
the Mexican border.
Mr. Freer now decided to cease traveling and returned to the Channel
Islands, and after marrying there he again came to Vancouver. It was in
1907 that he began business under the name of the Pacific Coast Locators,
dealing in British Columbia farm lands and realty in Vancouver and vicinity
until the summer of 1909. At that time he met Henry L. Massey and in asso-
ciation with him organized the firm of Massey & Freer and the Haysport Town-
site Company. In the fall of 1909 they purchased the land and started the
independent townsite of Haysport. For the past four years Mr. Freer has devoted
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much time and effort to the development of this fast-growing town and fishing
port. The real purpose of his firm in developing the town is to promote the
fishing or other industries on the Skeena river and gradually eliminate the
Japanese fishermen by bringing in white men who are experienced in the work.
A detailed account of their resultant labors is given on another page of this
work in connection with the sketch of Henry L. Massey, the partner of our
subject. Mr. Freer is a director in the Skeena River Syndicate, Limited, a
fishing company operating on the coast of British Columbia, and also acts as
treasurer of the Graham Fish Company, which operates along San Juan island,
Washington, directly opposite Victoria. A young man of excellent executive
ability, shrewd and far-sighted, he has made a splendid record in business cir-
cles for one of his years and will undoubtedly augment his prosperity as time
2;oes by.
. On the 29th of May, 1907, Mr. Freer was united in marriage to Miss Lily
Rose Murphy, a native of the Channel Islands. In politics he is an independ-
ent conservative but takes no active part in public life. Attractive social qual-
ties make him popular and he has gained many friends during the period of
lis residence in Vancouver.
THEODORE BENNING MONK.
Theodore Benning Monk, one of the younger but none the less successful
•epresentatives of business interests in Victoria, is a member of the firm of
Vlonk, Monteith & Company, Limited, investment brokers, promoters and insur-
ince solicitors. His birth occurred in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the 2.Sth of
November, 1884, his parents being John Kenning and Ann 1). L. ( I leming) Monk,
he former a native of March, Ontario. The paternal grandfather, John Benning
Vlonk, was the first white child born on the Ottawa river above Ottawa. The
'ather of our subject still survives and acts as manager of the Bank of Ottawa
:n Winnipeg. The Monk family came to this country from England in the
beginning of the seventeenth century, locating in what is now Xova Scotia, though
;it that time all of the maritime provinces were known as Acadia. The family
'vas afterward scattered over various parts of Canada and the United States.
Theodore B. Monk was reared under the parental roof and in the acquire-
ment of an education attended the public schools, Tuckwell's Boys School, St.
_ ohn's College in Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Business College. Subsequently
lie took up the study of law in the office of Aikens, Pitblado, Robson & Loftus,
i i Winnipeg, but abandoned his reading at the end of a few months and entered
the solicitor's office of the Canadian Pacific Railway, spending a few months in
tiiat position. Later he found employment in the offices of the Northern Iron
Works at \Vinnipeg and there remained until March, 1908, when he came to
victoria, British Columbia. Here he spent one year in the office of the city
i ngineer and a similar period in the service of Pemberton & Sons as manager
c f their real-estate department. He then opened up the real-estate department
< f William Monteith & Company in connection with their insurance business, and
;ibout a year later organized the firm of Monk & Monteith. At the end of
another year the concern was incorporated as Monk, Monteith & Company,
Limited, which has become recognized as one of the leading enterprises of the
kind in Victoria.
On the 6th of April, 1908, in Vancouver, Mr. Monk was united in marriage
to Miss Julia B. Tobin, her father being Napoleon Tobin, who is residing at
present on one of his farms at Whitemouth, outside Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs.
Monk now have three children, namely. Faith A. D., Julia Gloria H. and George
I enning.
Mr. Monk gives his political allegiance to the conservative party and is a
sialwart advocate of its principles. He belongs to the Union Club, the James
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Bay Athletic Association and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and finds both
recreation and pleasure in rowing and yachting. He likewise belongs to the
Fifth Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery and serves as lieutenant of No. 3
Company. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Church
of England, while his wife is a devout communicant of the Catholic church.
Altogether he is regarded as an energetic, wide-awake, alert and progressive
young man who is doing good work and accomplishing results along all the lines
to which he directs his activity.
RICHARD HORACE MEEK.
Richard Horace Meek, who since 1904 has been connected with the city
health department of Vancouver, has for the past three years occupied the
position of milk and food inspector. For a number of years prior to his emigra-
tion to this country he was engaged in the military service of England and ex-
perienced many hardships and clangers. His birth occurred in London, England,
on the 26th of October, 1873. his parents being Richard J. and Annie (Poupard)
Meek. The father when a boy was apprenticed to Stationers Hall in London
and was connected with that institution for many years. Subsequently he em-
barked in the publishing business in that city on his own account, and at the
present time is living retired in London.
Richard H. Meek obtained his education in a private school of his native
city and in 1890 joined the military service, becoming a private in the Ninth
Lancers of Imperial Cavalry. He spent three years at Aldershot, being part of
the time under Sir Raker Russell and during the remainder of the period under
the present Duke of Connaught. From Aldershot the Ninth Lancers sailed under
sealed orders and prepared for active service in the relief of Khartum under
Lord Kitchener but were eventually sent on to Durban, Natal, South Africa, for
the Matabele war, and from there to Pietermaritzburg, where they formed the
garrison at that point. They were there stationed under canvas for a year and
eight months. On the expiration of that period they marched to Ladysmith
and there built the camp which later became known as Tintown because of the
fact that all the permanent buildings were made of corrugated iron. At the end
of six months the Ninth was joined by the Royal Irish Rifles under Colonel
Haggard and by three batteries of field artillery, constituting the nucleus of the
permanent garrison established at that place. The Ninth was stationed at Lady-
smith for eighteen months and mam7 men of the garrison fell victims to typhoid
fever on account of the numerous flies and insects, death claiming them at the
rate of sometimes three each day. Leaving Ladysmith, the Ninth Lancers went
to Bombay, India, and thence marched by easy stages across to Muttra, Bengal,
where they were stationed for eighteen months and were then ordered back to
South Africa because of the outbreak of the Boer war. They made forced
marches back to Bombay, shipped aboard transports to Durban and from there
on to Cape Town. Thence they marched to De Aar, where they took part in
much skirmishing, eventually arriving at Belmont and participating in the battle
of that place, in which the Ninth lost a number of men. Going to Modder
River, they went all through the battle there and subsequently engaged in skir-
mishing and the eventful battle at Magersfontein, and previous to the fight
they were inspected by Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts. They next marched
to Kimberley and thence went on to Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Bloemfontein
in the Orange Free State. There Mr. Meek became disabled and was invalided
home, being stationed at Canterbury until he left the service in the latter part of
1900. He had many narrow escapes and had borne many hardships and faced
dangers which could not have been overcome or resisted by one less brave and
fearless. His strength and courage were often taxed to their utmost in those
dreadful days when his comrades were dying all about him.
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In 1901 Mr. Meek came to Canada and made his way first to Winnipeg. Hav-
ing resolved, however, to become acquainted with the country before making a
permanent location, he remained in Winnipeg only six months and subsequently
spent a similar period at Medicine Hat, Manitoba, then removing west to Cal-
gary, where he remained for a short time. In 1902 he came to Vancouver,
British Columbia, and thence went on to Victoria, where he was variously em-
ployed for six months. On the expiration of that period he returned to Van-
couver and has here resided continuously since. In 1904 he became connected
with the department of health of the city of Vancouver. Having in 1901 been
granted a certificate on sanitation by the Sanitary Institute of London, this tes-
timonial in connection with his army experience enabled him to immediately become
an active factor in the department, which required many new measures to make it
an adequate institution of the rapidly growing city. He helped to organize many
of the sub departments and put them on a practical basis, and in 1910 became
milk and food inspector, which position he has filled in a highly credible manner
to the present time. In the discharge of his duties he is always most fair and
impartial and has proven himself in every way fitted for his responsible office.
On the 5th of March, 1908, Mr. Meek was united in marriage to Miss Annie
Barrett, a daughter of J. Barrett, of Nottingham, England. They have two chil-
dren, Richard Jack and Reginald Horace.
Mr, Meek is a member of the Royal Sanitary Institute of London. His influ-
ence is always given to righteousness and truth, progress and improvement, and
in every relation of life he advocates high standards nor deviates from a course
which he believes to be for the benefit of the individual or the community.
ALEXANDER LORNE McCONNELL.
Alexander Lome McConnell, who since 1001 has been connected with the
auditing department of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and is doing unusually
able and efficient work as traveling auditor out of Vancouver, was born in More-
wood, Dundas county, Ontario, August 7, 1878. He is a son of Alexander T.
and Mary A. (Beattie) McConnell, the former a native of eastern Ontario and
the latter of Quebec province. The father engaged in farming in Dundas
county and resided in that locality for many years, dying there in 1890. His
wife survives him and makes her home with her son in Vancouver.
Alexander Lome McConnell acquired his early education in the village
school at Morewood and later attended the Collegiate Institute at Morrisburg,
Dundas county, graduating in 1895 with a third-class certificate. Two years later
he turned his attention to teaching, following that occupation until the close of
1899, when he entered commercial college at Brockville, Ontario. After com-
pleting a full course he spent four months in the employ of the Brockville, West-
port and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and then, in the spring of 1901, entered the
auditing department of the Canadian Pacific at Montreal. He has been con-
nected with this department since that time and has risen steadily as his ability
and capacity have become recognized. In January, 1905, he was put upon the
road as traveling auditor, working out of Montreal, and in October of the same
year was transferred to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he remained until June,
1907, when he came to Vancouver in the same capacity. He is now traveling
auditor out of this city and is recognized as an expert in his special line, having
added to ability a number of years of practical experience.
In Vancouver, on the i7th of April, 1912, Mr. McConnell was united in
marriage to Miss Florence M. Stanford, a daughter of James Stanford, a pio-
neer in Vancouver, who resided in this city before the fire and still makes his
home here.
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Mr. McConnell is a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters at More-
ivood, Ontario, and is a liberal in politics. He lias never taken a very active part
in public affairs, preferring to concentrate his attention upon the duties of his
important office, and he has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful
man of business, being known in his dealings for his prompt and honorable
methods, which have won for him the deserved confidence of his fellowmen.
ROBERT EDWARD KITTSON.
The passing away on July 29, 1912, of Robert Edward Kittson, was not
only a great loss to his immediate neighborhood, but the entire community
about Ladner, where for nearly thirty years he had been recognized as one
of the district's representative citizens. Not only was he a skilled agricultur-
ist and capable man of business, but he possessed the qualities of leadership
and figured prominently in local political life from pioneer days. To his enter-
prising spirit and active effort can be attributed the adoption of more than
one measure which contributed in no small degree toward the country's progress
and development. All matters pertaining to the welfare of the community enlisted
his enthusiastic cooperation, and during the long period of his connection with
political affairs he filled various offices, ranging from that of justice of the peace
to reeve of the district. In each and every instance his duties were discharged
with a rare sense of conscientious obligation to the public who had intrusted their
interests to him, believing he would safeguard them and execute the business
connected therewith promptly and capably.
Robert Edward Kittson was a native of Ireland, having been born inTJerry-
gonelly in the month of March, 1855. and a son of William and Jane Kittson,
who passed their entire lives on the Emerald isle. His early years were passed
in the home of his parents, his education being pursued in the schools of his
native city until he was a youth of eighteen years. Subsequently he continued
his studies under a private tutor with the intention of preparing for the min-
istry. Having decided to adopt a commercial career, he then entered the
employ of an uncle who was engaged in the mercantile business, serving an
apprenticeship and being associated with him for about nine years. A longing
to pursue his career in the colonies resulted in his taking passage for Canada
at the expiration of that time, with Quebec as his destination. After a resi-
dence of a year or so in the latter city, induced by his brother-in-law, Christ-
opher Brown who had married a twin sister of Mrs. Kittson, he crossed the
continent to British Columbia, coming direct to Ladner. Upon his arrival here
he purchased from his brother-in-law a farm of two hundred and forty acres
and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. His land was not only in a
wild state but during a large portion of the year the greater part of it was under
water. A man of keen discernment, he readily recognized the country's great
natural advantages and had implicit confidence in its rapid development agricul-
turally and industrially as well as commercially and had no hesitancy in investing
his entire proceeds in his farming venture. After placing upon his holdings
the necessary buildings for occupancy, he began the construction of drains and
dykes, and at the same time began preparations for the cultivation of the land.
Owing to the condition of the soil, plowing was a tedious and difficult undertaking
and involved the services of several teams of horses. He encountered the usual
obstacles and discouragements experienced by all the frontiersmen of this sec-
tion, but he possessed the fibre of the true pioneer and nothing served to dishearten
him or lessen his faith in the final success of his undertaking. On one occasion the
incoming sea flooded the farm and the salt water rose to an extent that covered the
kitchen floor to a depth of about eight inches. Ultimately he had his entire tract
under cultivation, his fields having been planted to hay and such cereals as he
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deemed best adapted to the soil. As he was practically unfamiliar with farming
he had nothing to unlearn in the treatment of the land, which daily presented
new problems to the experienced agriculturist, but intelligently applied him-
self to the mastery of conditions as he found them here, regardless of methods
followed elsewhere. In connection with his diversified farming he early engaged
in dairying, which likewise netted him lucrative returns, and he also raised some
stock. Each year marked an improvement in Mr. Kittson's farm as well as in
his circumstances and in 1902 he increased his holdings by the purchase of an
adjoining one hundred and sixty acres, disposing of one hundred and sixty acres
previously bought, but retained and cultivated the balance of two hundred and forty
acres. He had never retired but was still actively engaged in business at the
time of his death and was generally recognized as one of the foremost agricul-
turists and dairymen in the district. Of recent years he had increased the value
of his farm by the introduction of various modern conveniences and the erection
of several new buildings, including a twelve-room residence, which he built in
1907. It is one of the most attractive farm houses in this vicinity and is equipped
with a hot-water heating plant, electric lights and every other convenience of the
period, being in every way a model country residence.
On the gth of August, 1881, Mr. Kittson was married to Miss May Thompson,
a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, and of the children born to them five
are still living. In order of birth they are as follows : Robert Edward ; Sadie ;
Harold ; Rudolph ; and Mary Eileen, a normal-school student. They are all
living at home with their mother and theirs is one of the most highly respected
families in the province.
In matters of religious faith Mr. Kittson was a Presbyterian and his widow and
children are consistent members of the same denomination. Despite the exac-
tions of his private business, he always found time to take an active and helpful
interest in all things affecting the welfare of his community, particularly those of
a political nature. He held the office of justice of the peace from the time he
settled here until his death, his long period of incumbency bespeaking his fitness
for the position and the general efficiency with which he met its requirements. For
many years he likewise served in the Delta council, while for a long period he was
reeve of the district and he was also a member of the board of school trustees
and president of the Board of Trade at the time of his death. In the execution of
his official duties he manifested the systematic methods, well defined purpose,
promptness and general efficiency which characterized him in his business life
and stamped him as a man of more than average rescource and capability. His
death occured in Victoria, where he had gone for a pleasure trip with his wife and
some friends. He developed pneumonia and after a week's illness passed to
his final rest. His death was a shock to the entire community and long felt. He
possessed a tender 'heart and never willingly inflicted pain or suffering.
The Delta Times, in reporting the death and funeral of Robert Kittson, pays
him high tribute and speaks of the universal regret which his sudden demise oc-
casioned in that community. Of his life and character it says: "Earnest in all he
undertook, with a lively sense of his duties and responsibilities, both private and
public, Mr Kittson received many marks of confidence from his fellow citizens.
. . . He was a former president of the Delta Conservative Association, being
a strong but fair-minded supporter of Conservative principles. A consistent and
stanch member of the Presbyterian church, he was held in high regard by his
religious associates, who looked up to him as a man of judgment and as one whose
life was wholly exemplary." The funeral was one of the largest ever held in
that municipality, and interment was at Boundary Bay cemetery. Many regrets
were expressed that one so influential in religious and civic affairs should have
been cut off so suddenly and in the prime of life from a sphere in which his work
and example had been all for the best interests of the community. Tributes of
respect were printed in a number of local papers. Rev. J. J. Hastie, pastor of
Ladner Presbyterian church, who conducted his funeral services, said in part as
follows : "There is no work better calculated to lead men to see their dependence
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upon God than agriculture; the worker there has direct contact with dew, rain
and sunshine, hence it is no wonder that from men following that pursuit have
arisen some of our most eminent citizens ; but when refinement and culture and a
reverent soul are added, the worker is far removed from grossness of pleasure.
Surely then it is that 'with quietness they work.' We are met today to show our
tribute of respect to one who grasped the Divine intention of what life was meant
to be. Personally, I may say that there was no one on the Delta with whom I
was on closer terms of intimacy, partly, it may have been because he had com-
parative leisure and partly also, because he was always disposed to converse on
higher themes. Into his home, a realm of peace and joy, it was always a stimulus
to enter, for the evidences of practical religion were on every hand, filial respect
never wanting and harshness banished by joyous endearment."
ERNEST MILLER HAYNES.
Ernest Miller Haynes has for twenty-two years, the entire period of his
active life, been connected with the postofnce service in British Columbia and
during that time has risen by the force of his ability and energy through depart-
ment after department, becoming finally assistant postoffice inspector of the
province. He is a native son of Victoria, born November 3, 1874, his parents
being William and Fanny (Miller) Haynes, both pioneers in British Columbia.
Ernest Miller Haynes acquired his education in the public and high schools
of his native city and laid aside his books at the age of eighteen. He immediately
afterward entered the government service, having been appointed clerk in the
Victoria postoffice. Here he advanced from his comparatively humble position
through the various departments of the postofnce up to the highest clerkship and
on February 10, 1913, was promoted to the office of assistant inspector of the
postoffice department of the province, an important position in which he now
serves, discharging his duties capably, accurately and conscientiously.
Mr. Haynes resides with his parents in Victoria and is widely known and
popular in social circles. He has extensive and important fraternal affiliations,
being a member of the Vancouver-Quadra Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M.; Colum-
bia Chapter, No. 127, R. A. M. ; the Commandery, K. T. ; and Gizeh Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and
the Sons and Daughters of England, having served through all the chairs of
the latter organization and having for the past ten years held the office of dis-
trict deputy of the Daughters of England. He is identified with the Native Sons
of British Columbia and the Loyal Order of Moose and is a devout member of
the Church of England. In the field of labor to which he has devoted his entire
life he has made steady progress, his rapid advancement being the best proof of
his capabilities.
MARTIN FREDERICK KEELEY, D. D. S.
Dr. Martin Frederick Keeley, a successful member of the dental profession
in Vancouver, was born in Kingston, Ontario, June 7, 1874, and is a son of James
and Mary Keeley, pioneers of Frontenac county, that province. In the acquire-
ment of an education he first attended a convent at Arthur, Ontario, and was
afterward a student in Toronto University, from which he was graduated in
1906 with the degrees of L. D. S. and D. D. S. Immediately afterward he went
to the West _ Indies, practicing his profession there and in Brazil, where he
remained until 1909, when he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, having made
his home in this city since that time. Ever deeply interested in the progress of
his profession and in close touch with its most advanced thought, Dr. Keeley
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has become widely and favorably known in this city, a large practice indicating
the general confidence in his skill and ability. He holds always to a high standard
of professional ethics and enjoys therefore the regard of his brethren in the
dental fraternity.
On the loth of November, 1909, Dr. Keeley was united in marriage in Van-
couver to Miss Nellie McQuillan, a daughter of John and Anna (Dailey)
McQuillan, of Guelph, Ontario. Her maternal grandfather was the hrst city
clerk of Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Keeley is a member of the Commercial Club
and is interested in the city's progress along business lines, doing everything in
his power to promote and advance the best interests of the community. He has
made some judicious investments, particularly in real estate, his holdings being
today profitable and important, a striking evidence of his sound judgment on all
matters connected with land and land values. Politically he gives his allegiance
to the conservative party and he is a man who commands the confidence and
high regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact in social, business
or professional relations.
ARTHUR BERNARD WHITE.
Arthur Bernard White, who since 1896 has been known in Port Moody as
an able and reliable accountant and who is today connected in this capacity with
the Thurston-Flavell Lumber Company, was born in Warwickshire, England,
and is a son of, William and Grace White, both of whom have passed away. He
acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and after laying
aside his books learned accounting, following this occupation in Warwickshire
for ten years thereafter and becoming very proficient in his chosen line of work.
In 1896 he came to British Columbia and, locating in Port Moody, resumed his
former occupation. He has since been connected as accountant with various,
lumber concerns of the city and is now accountant in the offices of the Thurston-
Flavell Lumber Company. His ability is widely recognized and lie is considered
one of the leading members of his profession in this part of the province.
In 1905 Mr. White married Miss Grace Seaton, of England, and they have
become the parents of three children, two sons and one daughter. Mr. White
is fond of all kinds of outdoor sports and spends a great many of his leisure
hours in the open. Since the incorporation of Port Moody, in April, 1913, he
has served as a member of the board of aldermen and in this capacity has
aided in the accomplishment of a great deal of constructive and progressive
public work. He is highly respected in the city where he makes his home and
where his ability and excellent personal qualities have gained him the esteem
and confidence of all who have business or private relations with him.
ALLEN C. WELLS.
The real builders and promoters of any agricultural section are largely the
men who came into the region when it was an unimproved tract and utilized
its natural resources, transforming the wild prairie land into rich and productive
fields. Allen C. Wells, residing in Sardis, is one of those who have contributed
in substantial measure to the development and advancement of British Columbia,
for here in pioneer times he opened up and developed a new farm of nearly
four hundred acres, upon which he has resided since 1867. Mr. Wells was born
at Napanee, Ontario, in 1837, a son of Allen and Martha (Casey) Wells. He
acquired his education in the public schools of his native community and after
laying aside his books learned the saddlery business and engaged in "it for some
time at Newburgh. In 1862 he came to British Columbia, traveling by way of
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Panama and San Francisco before any overland railroad had been built in that
part of the United States or in Canada. Arriving in Victoria, he pushed on to
Cariboo, walking the last two hundred miles of his journey. He was influ-
enced in locating there by the report of the great gold discoveries. He mined
and prospected for some time but in 1867 came to Chilliwack and took up his
present place of nearly four hundred acres. At that time this was a tract of
raw land, covered with timber and brush, and not a furrow had ever been turned
upon it. With characteristic energy Mr. Wells applied himself to the work of
improvement, clearing the property and bringing it acre by acre under the plow
and improving it with fine buildings, fences and a comfortable residence. The
work advanced slowly but Mr. Wells carried it forward steadily and at length
his unremitting diligence brought him success. His harvests increased in quality
and abundance every year and the volume and importance of his dairy business
grew, so that today he stands in the front ranks of successful men and repre-
sentative farmers.
In 1856 Mr. Wells was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Hodge, of New
York, and they became the parents of two children. Fraternally Mr. Wells is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his religious views
are in accord with those of the Methodist church. He was for ten consecutive
years reeve of the Chilliwack municipality. He has at all times been interested
in the welfare of the community and has given active cooperation to many move-
ments for the public good, while his efforts in behalf of general advancement
have been effective and far-reaching. Living in British Columbia for forty-five
years, he is one of the best known citizens in this locality and is honored and
respected wherever he is known.
JOHN OLIVER.
Although recognized as one of the representative citizens of East Delta as
well as one of the substantial agriculturists and capable business men of his com-
munity, John Oliver will be longer remembered by his neighbors and fellow
townsmen by reason of the excellent public service he has rendered the district,
particularly while a member of the provincial parliament. He was born in
Hartington, Derbyshire, England, on the 3ist of July, 1856, and is a son of
Robert and Emma (Lomas) Oliver. The parents emigrated to America in 1870,
locating in the province of Ontario, where the father still makes his home, but
the mother has passed away.
The early advantages of John Oliver were very limited, his schooling being
terminated at the age of eleven years in order that he might become a wage
earner. For three years thereafter he worked in the lead and iron mines of
Derbyshire, England, but at the expiration of that time he came to Canada.
He located in Maryboro, Wellington county, Ontario, where he worked on a farm
in the summer and in the timber woods during the winter months until the
spring of 1877. In the latter year he continued his journey westward, with
British Columbia as his destination. As the railroad had not then been extended
beyond Winnipeg and the transportation of that period was much slower than
that of the present time, it was a long, tiresome journey. He came by way of
Omaha to San Francisco, taking the boat at that point for Victoria, where he
arrived on the 5th of May, 1877. Immediately thereafter he obtained employ-
ment with an engineering party who were making surveys for the government
railroad which is now the Canadian Pacific system.
In the autumn of the same year Mr. Oliver took up a homestead in Surrey,
his holding comprising a hundred and sixty acres, and turned his attention to
farming. He cleared about ten acres of his land and engaged in its further
development until 1880, when he acquired the title to his present farm in East
Delta, which likewise contains a hundred and sixty acres. It was not only wild
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land but during at least half of the year it was under water. In January, 1893,
his present home farm was covered with sea water to a depth of three and a half
feet, but by dykes and underdrains it was reclaimed so that the same year he grew
a fine crop of oats thereon. Mr. Oliver was one of the very first to extensively
introduce the system of underdraining on the Delta, using six-inch cedar boards
placed in the shape of a triangle about three feet below the surface of the ground
and running to the dykes, these being put down two to four rods apart. Such
underdrains last from twelve to fifteen years, and Mr. Oliver has about thirty-
seven miles of them on his farm. Despite the fact that the preparation of his
property for cultivation involved long years of labor and much expense, he con-
sidered it to be worth the effort owing to the wonderful fertility of the soil.
Operations moved slowly, as during the early period of his residence he was largely
engaged in the construction of dykes for himself and other farmers in the
neighborhood, and he also built one of the first roads crossing the main trunk
road in Ladner. When the high water came he found his own dykes were not
high enough to protect his fields and for several years thereafter he sustained
heavy losses, his crops sometimes being entirely swept away and for three years
almost entirely lost. His was not an isolated case, as many of the pioneer
farmers suffered similarly. Experience brought knowledge, however, and through
the united efforts of the different settlers conditions were changed and in 1892
the municipal dyke system was installed. At that time Mr. Oliver re-dyked his
own land, and while thus employed conceived the idea of underdraining his
fields, thus getting rid of the salt by preventing its coming to the surface. He
invested all the money he could command in underdraining. The first year he
drained sixteen acres, and at that season he harvested the largest and best crop
from that field he had ever grown. He continued operations until his entire
acreage was underdrained. Three years had elapsed before the work was com-
pleted, but it has been well worth the labor and expense, as he has annually
harvested large crops ever since and is one of the most prosperous farmers in this
community.
In 1888 Mr. Oliver extended his activities into other lines by the purchase
of a threshing outfit and, as its operation substantially augmented his yearly
income, he subsequently purchased two more. He was very successful in this
line of work, having enough orders to keep his three outfits busy during the
entire season each year. He operates two threshing outfits at the present time.
In 1898 Mr. Oliver purchased a semi-portable sawmill and with it he cut many
of the planks used in the old roads of the Delta country, as well as boards for
the underdraining and timbers for his barns and the modern new residence which
he has erected. He laid the stone foundation, cut the lumber, built the house
and is now installing the plumbing, thus demonstrating his diversified talents.
During the past two years, 1912 and 1913, he and his son, William Arthur, have
done considerable municipal work. They have built two and a half miles of the
trunk road and saved the people forty per cent of the cost which would have been
incurred by day labor. It is solidly built and compares favorably with govern-
ment-built road costing four times as much. In 1913 they built the concrete
sluiceway which is the outlet of the East Delta drainage system, constructing
it under their own plans and specifications and with a five-year guarantee.
They will remedy any defect which may arise and have it perfect at the end of
that period. This was the first concrete sluiceway in British Columbia.
On the 2Oth of June, 1886, Mr. Oliver was married to Miss Elizabeth Wrood-
ward, of Cheshire, England, and they have become the parents of eight children,
as follows : Robert ; William Arthur ; John Thomas ; Charles Edward ; Joseph ;
Elizabeth Alice, at home ; Sarah Ellen, a high-school student ; and Mildred Emma,
who is attending the common schools. The family is intellectually inclined. Mr.
Oliver offered his five sons a farm which he owned at Pitt Meadows to divide
among themselves and operate or to sell for educational purposes. William
Arthur preferred to remain on the farm, but the other four sons chose to use the
proceeds thereof for educational training and the property was accordingly sold.
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Robert was qualified to enter high school but the other boys were less advanced.
Mr. Oliver engaged a private tutor, erected a house for him on the farm and in
August, 1909, the boys began their studies under his direction. In September of
the following year the four youths had passed the matriculation examination for
McGill University, which institution they have now attended for three years,
Robert preparing for the practice of medicine, John Thomas and Joseph pur-
suing an arts course and preparing for law, while Charles Edward is pursuing a
scientific course and intends to take up mechanical and electrical engineering.
William Arthur Oliver wedded Miss Helen Heaton, of English parentage and
birth, by whom he has a daughter.
In politics Mr. Oliver is a stanch supporter of the liberal party and always
takes an active interest in all local affairs. In 1900 he was elected to represent
the Delta district in the provincial parliament, serving in this capacity for nine
years. He possesses high standards of citizenship and while in public office
kept his reputation free from all suspicion of evil or doubt as to his integrity.
Anything with which he is connected is conducted in an open and straight-
forward manner, thus leaving no possibility of doubt as to his integrity, and in
the execution of his official duties he as cautiously safeguarded the public funds
as his own, although he never retarded progress by unnecessary conservatism.
A man of independent thought and action, he does what he deems right after
careful deliberation, absolutely regardless of results, and when in 1903 he grew
suspicious regarding some of the government realty transfers he insisted upon
an investigation. The report confirmed his suspicions, and as a result the crown
grants issued to the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company giving them the title
to between six and seven hundred thousand acres of coal and oil lands were can-
celled by statute. The government records of 1903 contain the maps and evi-
dence of this great case, which years hence will be read with amazement. While
not at present holding any political office Mr. Oliver is, as he has ever been,
keenly alive to all political developments of the province. He is ever consider-
ing ways and means and laying plans for the uplift and improvement of the
people of British Columbia and its laws. He stands high in the opinion of his
fellow townsmen, where through the long period of his residence he has shown
himself to be a most desirable type of citizen, upholding the highest standards
in both public and private life and cooperating in every movement he feels will
tend to promote the welfare of the community along either intellectual, moral
or material lines.
CAPTAIN VICTOR WENTWORTH ODLUM.
Captain Victor Wentworth Odium, managing director for Clapp, Anderson
& Odium, Ltd., fire insurance brokers and fire protection engineers, is perhaps
even more widely known through his military history, in which connection he
has gained distinction and honors. He was born at Cobourg, Ontario, October
21, 1880, and is a son of Professor Edward and Mary Odium, mentioned at
length in another part of this work. Between the ages of six and nine years he
was with his parents in Japan. He supplemented his education, acquired in the
public schools of Cobourg, by study in Columbia College at New Westminster,
British Columbia, and in Toronto University. He came to British Columbia in
1898 and entered the field of journalism in 1902 as a reporter for the Daily
World. In that connection he steadily advanced and in 1905 became editor in
chief. In 1908 he removed to Winnipeg and was made inspector for Burnett,
Ormsby & Clapp, and in 1911 was appointed western manager with headquarters
in Vancouver, where the business is conducted under the name of Clapp, Ander-
son & Odium, Ltd., insurance brokers and fire protection engineers. Thus gradu-
ally Mr. Odium has worked his way upward until he occupies a substantial and
enviable position in business circles. At one time he was engaged in the real-
estate business in Vancouver and was very successful, accumulating a very grati-
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fying fortune. He went to the Kootenay country, where he purchased large
tracts of land and there sustained heavy losses. He did not despair but has
again climbed to success. His life record does not yet cover a third of a cen-
tury, and within the period he has made and lost one fortune and made another.
All this indicates his resourcefulness, laudable ambition and ability, and he now
occupies an enviable and creditable position among the business men of Vancouver.
Captain Odium and his younger brother Garnet went to South Africa at the
outbreak of the Boer war as privates and returned there for a second term of
service a year later, each with a commission — a remarkable record. Captain
Odium served with the Second Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Regi-
ment, known popularly as the First Canadian Contingent and won a medal and
three clasps. On his second trip he was a lieutenant of the Third Canada
Mounted Rifles, with whom he remained to the end of the Boer war. in 1902
he was a lieutenant in the Forty-Eighth Highlanders of Toronto, having been
made a commissioned officer in that command on his return from South Africa.
In 1902 he was transferred as lieutenant to the Sixth Regiment, Duke of Con-
naught's Own Rifles, at Vancouver, and in IQIO was commissioned captain of
the One Hundredth Regiment, Winnipeg Grenadiers. In 1913 he transferred
to the new Vancouver Irish Regiment, the Eleventh, known as the Irish Fusiliers
of Canada, and in that corps is the senior captain, being in command of "E"
company. He has had sixteen consecutive years of service in the Canadian
militia and his military honors have been well won.
On the 1 6th of August, 1904, Captain Odium was married to Miss Eugenia
Tressa Rogerson, of Victoria, a daughter of Isaac and Martha Rogerson. The
father is now deceased, while the mother is a resident of Vancouver. Captain
and Mrs. Odium have three sons and one daughter. In politics he is a liberal
and in religious faith is a Methodist. He is deeply interested in matters of local
concern and progress, as well as in provincial and Dominion affairs, and in 1904
he served as school trustee of Vancouver. The same year he was president of
the Vancouver-Young Liberal Association. He holds membership in the Van-
couver Commercial Club and the Junior Army and Navy Club, of London, Eng-
land, and in the Western Canadian Military Institute of Winnipeg. He finds
his chief recreation in rifle shooting. He is a young man of commanding pres-
ence, of dark complexion, six feet in height, well proportioned, and weighs one
hundred and sixty-five pounds.
JOHN W. McINTOSH, B. A., M. B.
John W. Mclntosh, physician and surgeon with high standing in the various
professional bodies, was born in Guelph, Ontario, August 19, 1870, a son of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Fraser-Barron) Mclntosh, both of whom were natives
of the highlands of Scotland. They came to Canada in 1854 and settled at
Hamilton, Ontario, subsequently removing to Guelph. In 1878 they became
residents of Toronto, where they lived for many years. Mr. Mclntosh was a
member of the wholesale grocery firm of Hill, Mclntosh & Innes, of Toronto.
Both parents are deceased.
Dr. Mclntosh was educated in the public schools, in the Toronto Collegiate
Institute and in the University of Toronto, pursuing a scientific course, which
he completed by graduation in 1892, when the B. A. degree was conferred upon
him, and his professional course was also taken there which won him his M. B.
degree in 1894. He immediately engaged in practice and was at once appointed
government physician to the Indians on Manitoulin island, Ontario, where he
remained for twelve years, during which period he also cared for a large private
practice and acted as coroner for the district. He next went to London, Eng-
land, where he pursued a year's post-graduate work, and upon his return to
Canada made his way direct to Vancouver, where he engaged in general prac-
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tice. That was in 1906. He continued actively in the profession until the
spring of 1913 and spent the summer of that year in zealous study at the Johns
Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland. Returning to Vancouver, he reen-
tered active practice, specializing in consultations in internal medicine. His
pronounced ability well qualifies him for the work that he is doing in this con-
nection. His high professional standing is indicated in the fact that he was for
two years secretary of the Vancouver Medical Association, was vice president
in 1912, and in 1913 was elected to the presidency. He is also secretary of the
British Columbia Medical Association and a member of the medical staff of the
Vancouver General Hospital.
On the I2th of September, 1902, at Toronto, Ontario, Dr. Mclntosh was
united in marriage to Miss Helena K. Burns, a daughter of John Burns, vice
president of the Standard Bank of Toronto. They have a daughter, Margaret L.
Mrs. Mclntosh is also a Bachelor of Arts graduate of the University of Toronto,
completing her course in 1896. She is likewise a graduate of the School of
Pedagogy of Toronto and of the Royal Victoria Training School, of Montreal.
She was assistant superintendent of the New York Woman's Hospital for a
time after completing her studies. Since coming to Vancouver her pronounced
activities have been in connection with the Robertson Presbyterian church and
the Young Women's Christian Association. In the latter connection she was
instrumental in organizing the Young Women's Christian Association's Hostel
of Vancouver.
Dr. Mclntosh has always taken an active interest in sports, including hockey,
football, baseball and rugby, and from 1891 until 1893 was captain of the baseball
team of the University of Toronto. He also took an active part in other sports
throughout his college days. In politics he is independent with liberal tendencies
but holds to many reform ideas. He was active in politics while in Manitoulin
island but not since coining to Vancouver. In the former place he was urged
to contest for a seat in the provincial legislature but declined. His religious
faith is indicated by his membership in the Robertson Presbyterian church, in
which he has served as elder. He and his wife are in full accord in their efforts
to advance the work and influence of the church, and their labors are a potent
element in the moral progress of the community, while in professional circles
Dr. Mclntosh stands high as one whose eminent ability and wide learning has
enabled him to outdistance many of his competitors in the professional field.
PATRICK A. ALLEN.
Among the honored pioneers of British Columbia and among the men whose
activity and enterprise in former years have brought them a fortune sufficient
to enable them to spend the declining years of their life in rest and comfort is
Patrick A. Allen, now living retired in North Vancouver. He was born in County
Cavan, Ireland, on the 1st of August, 1843, and is a son of John and Mary
Allen, both of whom passed away when he was still a child. In consequence
Mr. Allen acquired but a meager education and at an early age was thrown upon
his own resources, the hardships and difficulties of his early life developing in
him the qualities of industry, independence and self-reliance, which formed the
basis of his later success. Patrick A. Allen resided on the home farm until he
was seventeen years of age, at which time he left Ireland to seek his fortune in
America. He landed in Connecticut in 1860 and was apprenticed at once to the
blacksmith's trade, at which he became very proficient. After completing his
term he determined to go west and accordingly crossed the continent, landing
in San Francisco in 1866. He worked in and about that city until 1872, when
he came to British Columbia, arriving in Moodyville on the 2Oth of June, 1872,
one of the earliest pioneers in that locality. He obtained employment in the
Moodyville mills as a blacksmith and he continued to work in the interests of
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the concern for a period of thirty years, winning during that time the confidence
and trust of his superiors and the good-will, respect and esteem of his associates.
Having come to this part of the province in pioneer times, he had the opportunity
to invest in property at a low figure and his holdings have steadily increased in
worth, their present value being a striking example of the accuracy of his early
judgment and his excellent business discrimination. His interests are now very
important and the income from them is large enough to enable him to live in
retirement without recourse to further labor.
During the long period of his residence in this community Mr. Allen has
been interested in its growth and development and has taken an active part in
local politics, giving a general support to the conservative party but voting inde-
pendently when he deems that the best interests of the city demand such action.
He has at three different times been a member of the board of aldermen but has
refused reelection, considering that he is now entitled to a period of ease and rest.
He is a familiar figure on the streets of North Vancouver and he has won the
confidence and respect of all who have been associated with him in any way,
the name of "Pat" Allen, by which he is familiarly known, standing for high
ideals of personal and business honor, for enterprise, fair dealing and good
citizenship.
FREDERICK LYON FELLOWES.
Frederick Lyon Fellowes is supervising city engineer of Vancouver and occu-
pies a position of eminence in his profession. The unfolding of his life record
will indicate his prominence in this connection. His knowledge embraces at
once a scentific attainment and practical experience, and his life work has con-
nected him with some of the most important engineering projects attempted in
the Canadian northwest.
Mr. Fellowes is a native of Ottawa, Ontario, born December n, 1860, a son
of George Byron Lyon Fellowes, Q. C, M. P., and Mary Matilda Ottley Fellowes.
The former was the eldest son of Captain George Lyon, of the old One Hun-
dredth Regiment, who fought under General Brock at Niagara, and was one
of the few officers of that regiment who remained in Canada for the purpose of
having in this country a number of trained officers as a unit in case Canadian
troops were again called into service. He settled in the town of Richmond, near
Ottawa, where the remainder of his days were passed. He was descended from
the old Strathmore family of England. His uncle fought the last duel in Canada
under the code and was killed.
George Byron Lyon Fellowes, father of our subject, was one of the foremost
barristers of Ottawa, a man of brilliant talents and distinguished ability, whose
record graced the profession which numbered him among its representatives.
At the age of thirty-seven he was appointed a queen's counsel. He practiced
law as senior member of the firm of Fellowes, Lepier, O'Gara & Remmo, one
of the foremost legal firms of Ottawa, and he was a bencher of the Law Society
of Ontario. He was likewise prominent in the political and civic affairs of his
city and province, was a member of parliament for the county of Russell, and
at the time of his death, in 1876, was a mayor of Ottawa. In Masonic circles
he occupied a place of equal distinction and was grandmaster of the grand lodge
of eastern Canada. The organization numbered him among its most honored
exemplars. There are few men who attain distinction in so many fields as did
Mr. Fellowes, whose ability ever gained him leadership in any field in which
he cared to put forth his activities. He wedded Mary Matilda Ottley Fellowes,
a daughter of Captain Richard Fellowes, an officer of the English army who
served in India and thence was transferred to Ceylon in command of the First
and Second Ceylon regiments. While on that isle he contracted fever and died.
His father was Captain Thomas Fellowes, a captain of the grenadier guards,
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and another member of the family was Lieutenant Ben Fellowes, of the Rifle
Brigade, who fought under Wellington at the battle of Waterloo and held a
medal for distinguished services. The Fellowes family in Canada has always
been a prominent one, different representatives of the family leaving the impress
of their individuality upon the political and military, history of the country.
They were large landowners in the early days and Rockcliffe, at Ottawa, was at
one time all owned by the family.
Frederick Lyon Fellowes, whose name introduces this review, was educated
in the public schools of Ontario and at Upper Canada College at Toronto, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1880. He then served an apprenticeship
in the Dominion lands department and afterward became associated with the
engineering firm of Evans, Bolger & Drewry at Belleville, Ontario. He was
associated with the members of that firm in various construction works of an
important character, and broadening experience and constant reading and investi-
gation made him yearly more and more efficient along professional lines. He
was first engaged in railway construction work on a short line from New Bruns-
wick to Quebec and was then assistant to C. H. Keefer on the construction of
the bridge across the Bay of Quinte, which was a half mile in length and had
sixteen piers. Mr. Fellowes had charge of all the sub-construction, a fact indica-
tive of his ability in executing important engineering projects. In 1890 he was
appointed deputy city engineer of West Toronto and continued in that capacity
for two years. During that period he designed the overhead bridges of the city
above the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, designed the Kiel street subway,
which was constructed at a cost of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
assisted in laying out the original plans for the drainage and sewerage system
of the city in addition to other development work.
In 1882 Mr. Fellowes took up the private practice of his profession in Toronto,
continuing there and at Montreal until 1900. During this time he was a member
of the board of arbitration which considered the damage claims of private prop-
erty owners against the city of Toronto arising from the building of approaches
to and bridges across Dundas street and the Don river ; also for claims for
•damages for reclamation work on Toronto island. He was likewise assistant
engineer to Air. Drewry in the construction of a combined railway bridge, dam
and power development project on the River Trent at Trenton, Ontario, and
was assistant engineer to John D. Evans in the building of the Central Ontario
Railway from Coe Hill to Bancroft, Ontario. In 1900 he was appointed city
engineer at \Yestmount, Quebec, and continued in that capacity until his removal
to Vancouver. While thus serving he was appointed one of three engineers as rep-
resentatives for nine municipalities of the island of Montreal on the Pierre river
sewerage situation. While engineer of Westmount he made the original report
on garbage disposal which gave complete statistics for the use of garbage as a
power factor, and under his supervision the first civic plant in America for
the disposal of garbage for the production of electric power was installed in
Westmount. This plant when completed satisfactorily disposed 'of the garbage
without odor or other bad results and produced power at the ratio of five to
one per pound of steam as compared with coal. That is, five pounds of garbage
produced the same amount of steam as one pound of coal. This resulted in an
immense saving to the city, reducing the cost of a two thousand candle power
arc light from ninety to seventy dollars per annum. In competition with the
privately owned power plant operated in the city this plant caused a reduction
in their rates from fourteen and a half cents per kilowatt hour to ten cents the
first year and still showed a profit. At the present time the charge is seven cents
per kilowatt hour. Mr. Fellowes also prepared the report and designs for a
complete system of waterworks for Westmount. All city work at that time
was carried on by day labor under supervision of the city engineer. He also was
head of the building department and head of the garbage department. All the
public parks were under his charge and he also prepared all building, plumbing and
sanitation by-laws. While in Westmount he investigated the Montreal Water
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•& Power Company's entire source of water supply from the St. Lawrence river
.as to practicability, quality and general condition. This work involved the making
of a complete set of surveys of a large area of the river. During his regime
in Westmount he was the highest salaried official of the city. His work in the
•east was of continually growing importance, showing his steady advancement along
professional lines, until he stood with few peers in the municipal engineering
field. Work of the most difficult and complex character was entrusted to him
and for each involved problem he found a ready and correct solution.
In 1911, when the city of Vancouver was casting about for the proper man
to take charge of the large amount of contemplated engineering work caused
by the rapid growth of the city, whereby was demanded increased facilities
along many lines, attention was directed to Mr. Fellowes, who was called to
the position of supervising city engineer, and here he has since made his home.
During the period of his residence in Vancouver extensive engineering works
have been carried out to meet the rapid growth of the city. The following sum-
mary shows the total mileage of the different classes of work completed to
the end of 1912:
Total mileage of permanent street pavements 49-279
Total mileage of permanent lane pavements 3-!&7
Total mileage of street, rocked 141.408
Total mileage of lanes, rocked 22.94
Total mileage of cement concrete sidewalks 191.26
Total mileage of sewers 1 53-55
Total mileage of water mains 259.10
On the 2Oth of December, 1912, Air. Fellowes brought down the report of
the supervising city engineer of the city of Vancouver for the fiscal year 1912,
this being the first report ever brought down by the city, and it is worthy of note
that it was in the hands of the printer on December 26, 1912, complete in every
detail with the exception of a few current items for the month of December.
His report read in part as follows :
"To His Worship The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vancouver :
"Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit, in accordance with by-law, the
report of the department, setting forth the various works under construction
and completed for the fiscal year ending December, 1912, with suggestions and
recommendations for the new year as to new works and improvements required.
"The work carried out during the present fiscal year is the greatest in the
history of Vancouver, and the bringing down of a report covering the same
at this time, has for its object the placing of all details in connection with the
construction and maintenance work, as a guide to the new council in forming its
programme of works for the coming year.
"The submission of a report by the city engineer before the fiscal year is
completed is unusual. Generally speaking, these reports appear about eight
months later.
"I believe this is the first report issued by this department, dealing exclusively
with the works department, and all matters coming under its jurisdiction.
"The reports of the assistant city engineers dealing with the several matters
under their charge, together with tabulated statements and diagrams, are hereto
appended.
"A financial statement, showing the approximate expenditures under the head-
ing of Revenue, also the monies expended by by-law up to 3Oth November, 1912,
is appended hereto. This department was unable to obtain complete statements
to date owing to the fact that there are yet outstanding accounts for material
which cannot be included ; these, however, will appear in the annual statement
submitted by the comptroller at the beginning of the year. A summary of the
expenditures of the water works department up to 3Oth November, 1912, is
also appended.
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"The waterways of Vancouver have a world-wide reputation and consequently
shipping is increasing enormously. Presently four Trans-Pacific Steamship
lines and eight Coast lines of steamers are in operation from the Inlet.
"The total number of works carried out under the Local Improvement Act
was 306 as compared with 230 in 1911.
"In connection with recommendations under above, four pavements, one side-
walk, and one street widening were defeated. Recommendations for four pave-
ments, one sidewalk, and two lane openings were withdrawn.
"Valuable work has been done in the testing laboratory for materials which
entered into the construction of pavements.
"Besides general tests, cement and asphaltic mixtures have been analyzed
and tested, as well as the rock, sand and gravel forming a composite part of
our pavements. Creosote, tars and other materials have also been thoroughly
analyzed. Tabulated statement and report from the chemist are appended.
"The various works carried out this year are far in advance of any previ-
ous year, and the necessity for undertaking this large amount of work is a fair
measure of the rapid growth of the city.
"The amount of paving work carried out this season is greater than the
combined totals of all previous 9 years put together, excluding the pavements
built last season (1911).
"As stated before in previous reports regarding the recommendation of pave-
ments, great care should be observed in varying the recommendation of your
engineer as to the class of pavements to be laid, as in every instance traffic and
local conditions have been studied, and in locating these pavements a definite
system has been followed forming connections. The total length of pavements
laid this year is 20.81 miles, as compared with 13.017 miles laid in 1911. The
detailed costs of same will be found in the financial statement submitted by the
comptroller at the beginning of the year.
ASPHALTIC CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
"This class of pavement, on the recommendation of your engineer, was laid
for the first time in Vancouver, and so far has proved very satisfactory.
"The recommendation was for the following purposes :
"First — To afford other contractors an opportunity of bidding on asphaltic
pavements, as against the monopoly of the patent product.
"Second — To reduce the cost of asphalt and bitulithic pavements. This was
successful in reducing cost by 13 per cent.
"Third — To bring into the field of competition large contracting firms.
"In this connection the feature has been the policy of awarding yardage suf-
ficiently large on the unit basis, to make it worth while for these large companies
to compete. As a result we now have in the city of Vancouver two firms thor-
oughly equipped and capable of carrying out rapidly pavements of this class,
viz: The Canadian Mineral Rubber Company and M. P. Cotton Company,
exclusive of the Columbia Bitulithic Company, who have operated a plant here
for several years.
"The total yardage of asphaltic pavements which is represented by sheet
asphalt, bitulithic and asphaltic concrete, amounts to 196,761 yards.
"The amount of asphaltic pavement recommended at the beginning of the
year by your engineer was in the neighborhood of 250,000 yards, but Victoria
Drive and one or two other pavements were left out at the request of the prop-
erty owners. Also one or two small sections under present contracts were not
constructed owing to sewer operations.
"The saving effected by laying asphaltic concrete in place of bitulithic equals,
$i:4>327; m place of granitoid, $147,908; in place of creosoted wood blocks,
$194,790.
"If the asphaltic concrete does not prove to be the pavement that we believe
it is, and should prove unsatisfactory under heavy traffic conditions, which only
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time can tell, it certainly is an admirable pavement for residential streets and
under light traffic conditions.
"It will be seen by the above cost table that if we constructed a yardage next
season equal to this season, we will have a net saving in cash for the two seasons
over the cost of laying bitulithic amounting to $228,654, granitoid amounting to
$295,816, creosoted wood blocks amounting to $389,580.
"These amounts, representing as they do a saving of from a quarter-million
to a half-million dollars, are worth consideration in making a selection of
pavements.
"Had it been possible to construct in asphaltic concrete the following pave-
ments laid this year, bitulithic, creosoted wood block and granitoid, the total
saving would have been $270,489.
SHEET ASPHALT.
"The amount of sheet asphalt laid this year was 1.119 miles, as compared
with 1. 20 miles laid in IQII.
"The amount of creosoted wood block pavement laid this season is slightly
in excess of last year. It is represented on 7.346 miles, as against 5.42 miles
in 1911.
"The total mileage of granitoid pavement laid this year was 0.6 miles as
compared with I mile last year.
"Particulars of stone block pavement are contained in the assistant city
engineer's report. A considerable number of lanes were built of this type.
"Concrete pavement has been laid in lanes, and appears to be giving good
satisfaction.
"This year the department has laid 47.96 miles of cement concrete sidewalk,
against 41.3 miles during 1911, or an increase of 6.66 miles.
"The matter of the Clark Drive development was dealt with at several meet-
ings of the board of works. Under management of the Council a certain amount
of grading has been carried out, and charged to the Grading By-Law voted for
this purpose. Also a temporary trestle to give connection between Tenth avenue
and Eleventh avenue has been built. This provides right-of-way for water main,
which is at present under construction.
"You are aware in connection with the sewering of Grandview and Mount
Pleasant, that the location for the permanent trunk sewer, now being built in
China Creek, will be, if not wholly, at least partly in Clark Drive. This is a
very large work, and cannot be completed before 1914. The exact details, which
are in the hands of the consulting engineer, have yet to be brought down as to
the type of sewer, or the modus operandi.
"Complete tabulated statement of public utilities is submitted, and particu-
lars are contained in the assistant engineer's report, as to the number of companies
operating, with their respective mileages laid and in use in the city of Vancouver.
The table showing this is of interest.
"Particulars of the traffic condition of Hastings, Pender and Powell streets
are also submitted, showing the enormous daily traffic on the points where the
C. P. R. intersects the above streets.
SEWERS.
"In connection with the sewer department, particulars and details are sub-
mitted in the report of the assistant city engineer, which is appended. Tables
are also submitted showing the mileage constructed from 1908 to 1912, also
the mileage constructed in the respective wards. It is gratifying to report that
considerable sewer construction had been projected and carried out in the
Grandview, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano districts. Very little infor-
mation was available on which to base the necessary calculations for providing
trunk sewers. Your engineer, therefore, had a full staff of men employed in
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the field last summer, obtaining all necessary data, and, as a result, we were able
to bring down a comprehensive scheme for designing and pushing forward the
large trunk sewers necessary to give relief to these districts. As a result, we
have today as follows : The Balaclava trunk sewer practically completed, Bridge
street and its branch trunks are completed, China Creek as far as Eleventh,
avenue, and that part known as Canoe Creek, leading to Fifteenth avenue, are
practically finished. Thus the remaining sections of these trunk sewers neces-
sary to give relief to all the territory within Vancouver proper, with the excep-
tion of ward 7, will be completed next season.
STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT.
"In connection with this department, I beg to say that the results obtained
this year are, I believe, an improvement on past years. The lanes have been
kept in fairly good condition, and the maintenance of the streets compares
favorably with other cities in Canada. Full particulars are contained in the
.superintendent's report appended.
GARBAGE.
"The report of the superintendent of the garbage department is submitted,
showing in detail the work carried on, and with suggestions and recommenda-
tions. I may say that the appointment of two inspectors for following up the
collections, has been a move in the right direction, and I would suggest that two
more be appointed, also that the city be divided into four sections. In this way
we could obtain a more thorough inspection, which is desirable, as, in the opinion
of your engineer, the sanitary condition of the city depends largely on the col-
lection of garbage, and in keeping the lanes in a healthy and clean condition.
BRIDGES.
"The work of this department has been somewhat heavy. As you will note
plans are prepared and under preparation for the East End bridges, the Georgia-
Harris viaduct, the subway at Carrall street, and subways at other points along
the water front, as well as detail plans, which were prepared on the old scheme
of Coal Harbor. In connection with the Coal Harbor work, I beg to say that
owing to the proposed plans brought down by Air. Mawson, which only outlined
a plan scheme, the work of preparing all the details of construction would have
to be gone into very carefully.
WATER WORKS.
"As far as possible, your engineer is submitting tabulated statements and
diagrams, showing the amount of water consumed, cost of construction and
mileage laid. I have endeavored to bring the records of this department up to
date, but I have experienced some difficulty in obtaining the necessary information.
"In conclusion I beg to thank the members of the several committees for
their valuable assistance, also the members of the staff, who have given me loyal
and untiring support in carrying out the large amount of work which has been
put through during the present year.
"Respectfully submitted,
"F. L. FELLOWES,
"Supervising City Engineer."
Vancouver, substantial and growing, having everything in its favor to indi-
cate future development, with its maritime possibilities and its railway shipping
facilities, is fortunate in having chosen Frederick L. Fellowes to become super-
vising city engineer, for the spirit of progress which he displays is such as falters
not in the face of difficulties and obstacles.
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On the I7th of June, 1891, occurred the marriage of Mr. Fellowes and Miss
Mary Gilmour, of Quebec, a daughter of John Gilmour, a large lumber dealer
of that city and a cousin of Sir John Gilmour of Montrave, Fifeshire, Scotland.
His first cousin married Walter Chamberlain, a brother of the Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, home secretary of England. Mr. and Mrs. Fellowes are the par-
ents of two sons and a daughter: Richard Allen Gilmour, Frederick Ben Gilmour
and Mary Dorothy Gilmour.
Mr. Fellowes is a Mason and a member of the Anglican church, associations
which indicate much of the nature of his principles and the rules which govern
his conduct. His association with scientific organizations is that of member of
the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, member of the American Waterworks.
Association, and member of the Engineers Club of Montreal. The east and
the west have both profited by his efforts and well developed talents. The years
have brought him success which only merit can attain. Distinction and honor
are now his as the result of his ability to grasp a situation and thoroughly master
it in principle and detail, losing sight of no point of its many complex interests.
He has followed the methods of the pioneer in that he has taken the initiative
in relation to various important engineering questions, and his life work has
been of significant service to mankind.
HENRY J. CAMBIE.
Henry J. Cambie, consulting engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and
one of the eminent representatives of the profession in connection with gigantic
railroad projects, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, October 25, 1836, and
is of Huguenot descent, the family having been represented on the Emerald isle
through three generations. In 1852 his parents emigrated with their children to
Canada. The father died in the year 1867.
Henry J. Cambie acquired his education in Leicester, England, and in 1852,.
when a youth of sixteen years, he came to Canada. The steps in his orderly
>rogression are easily discernible. His constantly expanding powers, his unfaltcr-
ng enterprise and his devotion to duty have been the chief points along the path-
vay that he has followed. He was employed as an engineer on the Grand Trunk
Railroad from 1854 until 1861 under Walter Stanley and in the latter year took
ip land surveying in Ontario which he continued until 1864. He was a surveyor
of the Intercolonial Railroad in 1864 and 1865 and in the succeeding year became
:.n engineer at Pictou, Nova Scotia. He was from 1867 until 1869 an engineer
with the Windsor & Annapolis Railway and had charge of the works for the
ntercolonial Railroad from 1870 until 1873.
Mr. Cambie came to British Columbia in 1874 in charge of the works of the
Nanaimo & Esquimalt Railway and in 1874 and 1875 acted as surveyor for the
Canadian Pacific, his survey work being done on the mainland of British Columbia
in selecting a route for the proposed transcontinental railroad. In that connec-
tion he was under Sir Sandford Fleming, K. C. M. G., as he was also when,
< onnected with the Intercolonial Railroad. He was given charge of the survey
work for the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1876 and so continued until 1879.
He was in charge of construction work through the Fraser River canyons from
J 880 until 1883, and was superintendent of construction work for the Canadian
Pacific from Savona's Ferry to Shushwap lake in 1884-85. In 1886 he became
engineer for the Pacific division of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and so con-
tinued until 1 002 and since 1903 he has been consulting engineer for the Canadian
Pacific.
Through the intervening period he has been connected with some of the most
i nportant and difficult engineering projects in connection with the construction
c f this transcontinental line and his ability has been demonstrated in the success-
ful execution of the important tasks intrusted to him. As consulting engineer
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his work has been on the mainland west of the mountain summits and south from
°MriaCambie was married to Miss Helen E. Fay of Halifax, a daughter of
John B. Fay, of Nova Scotia, and they have become the parents of a son and
four daughters. Mr. Cambie is a member of Cascade Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
and he holds membership in the Anglican church. His life work has been of a
most active and important character and his place in history is second to none
among the builders and makers of British Columbia. He is a man of high
purposes and lofty principles and his influence is one of constant uplift.
SYDNEY HERBERT WEST.
South Vancouver numbers among1 its most able and progressive public officials
S. H. West, who since October, 1911, has held the position of municipal assessor.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, October 25, 1882, and is a son of
George and Susan West, the former of whom was for forty years in the con-
struction branch of the admiralty, spending thirty years of this time in the gun
and torpedo department. He is now retired but is very proud of the fact that all
the members of his large family are employed in the government service in some
capacity.
S. H. West acquired his education in the public schools of Kent county,
England, and after laying aside his books was articled to the naval construction
branch of the admiralty for six years. He afterward served in this department
for four years, two of which were spent in South Africa as a member of the
West Kent Yeomanry during the Boer war. Upon the close of hostilities he
came to Vancouver, British Columbia, whence after a short stay he went to Daw-
son, Alaska, where he spent one year. For the next few years he traveled up and
down the coast surveying and in October, 1911, returned to Vancouver, having
received the appointment of municipal assessor of South Vancouver. He has
since held this office and discharges his duties in a capable, far-sighted and pro-
gressive way, his work reflecting credit upon his ability and his public spirit.
Mr. West supports the conservative party and is interested in public affairs,
cooperating heartily in all movements of a progressive character. He has already
accomplished excellent work in the office he holds and, being still a young man,
has opportunity before him for continued progress and greater achievement.
HON. ROBERT E. McKECHNIE.
Hon. Robert E. McKechnie has figured prominently in political circles as a
legislator and in professional circles as a physician and surgeon. He was born
in Brockville, Ontario, April 25, 1861, a son of the late Major William McKech-
nie, who was born in Claverhouse Castle, Dundee, Scotland. He, after coming
to the new world, was for many years division superintendent with the Grand
Trunk Railway, traffic manager of the Midland and general superintendent of
the Prince Edward Island railroads.
His son, Dr. R. E. McKechnie, attended the Brockville public schools, the Port
Hope high school and the Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown, thus com-
pleting his more specifically literary education. His professional training was
received in McGill University, which conferred upon him the degrees of M. D.
and C. M., and he also won the Holmes gold medal in 1890, indicating his high
scholarship. Entering upon his professional career he sought the opportunities
of the far west and made his way to Nanaimo, British Columbia, where he suc-
ceeded Dr. Praeger as surgeon for the Vancouver Coal Company, acting in that
capacity for ten years. On leaving Nanaimo he went abroad and pursued post-
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graduate work in the University of Vienna. After a year spent in Europe, in
which he became familiar with the advanced methods followed by various emi-
nent physicians and surgeons of the old world, he returned to British Columbia
and since 1893 has made his home in Vancouver, where he is engaged in the
practice of surgery. The high position which he occupies in professional circles
is indicated not only by the extensive patronage accorded him but also by the
fact that he was honored with election as the first president of the British Colum-
bia Medical Association. He is also well known in the educational field, being
for fifteen years a member of the council of the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of British Columbia and president thereof three times. He is a member of
the first council of the Dominion Medical Board, the creation of which has made
inter-provincial medical reciprocity possible. In addition, at the first convocation
of the University of British Columbia he was elected to the senate of that institu-
tion and later was appointed by the Minister of Education as a member of the
Board of Governors of the university. .Moreover, he is a member of the British,
the Dominion, the British Columbia and the Vancouver Medical Associations, as
well as being a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of
Surgeons, which was organized in 1912, and was in 1913 made a fellow of that
society of which body he is also a regent. He is consulting surgeon of the Van-
couver General Hospital and has filled the office of municipal health officer at
Nanaimo and has also been provincial health officer. He is a director and first
vice president of the Alpha Mortgage & Investment Company, Ltd., of British
Columbia.
In 1891 Dr. McKechnie was married to Miss Helen A. Russell and they have
one son, Eberts, so named in honor of Dr. I. M. Eberts, to whom Dr. McKechnie
was assistant at the Wellington Collieries in 1891-93. In politics he has been a
liberal and for three years was treasurer of the British Columbia Liberal Asso-
ciation. He sat for Nanaimo city in the local parliament in 1898-9 and was
president of the executive council in the Semlin administration. He belongs to
the Episcopal church and is interested in all that pertains to the moral as well
as the material development of the community. Dr. McKechnie is a member of
the Vancouver, Terminal City, Royal Vancouver Yacht, Vancouver Automobile
and Burnaby Golf Clubs, and through appreciation of the social amenities of
life enjoys the companionships offered through these organizations.
SIDNEY CHARLES SYKES.
Sidney Charles Sykes, manager for the Hotels Corporation, Ltd., and one of
he prominent and popular hotel men of British Columbia, was born in Toronto,
Ontario, August 24, 1870, a son of William and Elizabeth (Stewart) Sykes, the
"ormer a native of Sheffield, England. In his boyhood days the father came to
Canada with his father, who engaged in railroad construction work. William
Sykes took up the same line and while so engaged was killed in a railroad
;-.ccident in 1872.
Sidney C. Sykes pursued his education in the grammar and Newmarket high
schools and afterward entered the employ of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company in Toronto, with which he remained for a year. In 1889 he joined
the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the sleeping and dining car department
;.s clerk .and so continued until 1893, when he became dining car agent for that
corporation at Toronto. In 1894 he was promoted to the position of district
tuperintendent of dining car service and removed to Vancouver, acting in that
capacity until 1909, when he resigned. He then made the necessary arrange-
rients for the opening of the Carleton Cafe and continued as manager for several
rionths, placing the enterprise upon a substantial basis. He next opened a cafe
for the department store of James Stark and on the Tst of April, 1911, assumed
the management of the Hotel Elvsium. He is a popular boniface and has made
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the Elysium one of the most attractive hotels of the city. It is equipped with
every convenience and every luxury that modern ingenuity can devise, and is
without comparison the most modern and most palatial hotel in Canada. Jt is
situated not far from the center of the city, yet is removed from the noise and
turmoil, and a motor car takes guests to and from train and boat. The Elysium
leaves nothing to be desired in hotel life from a well appointed kitchen to the
most expensive bedrooms. Of these there are one hundred, tastefully, com-
fortably and attractively furnished, many of them with private bath, and the
hotel is electrically equipped throughout. Every guest room is an outside one
and its location furnishes a splendid view of the magnificent panorama of sea,
sky and snow-capped mountains.
Mr. Sykes is very prominent in Masonic circles and is regarded as an exem-
plary representative of the beneficent principles upon which the order is based.
He has been honored with many offices in the organization, being a past' master
of Cascade Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M. ; a past first principal of Vancouver
Chapter, No. 98, R. A. M., of which he is also past grand superintendent; past
preceptor of the Columbian Preceptory, No. 34, K. T. ; and a past grand pro-
vincial prior of the Knights Templar of British Columbia. He is likewise a past
warden of the British Columbia Consistory, A. & A. S. R., and he belongs to
Gizeh Temple, A. A. O. X. M. S. of Victoria.
On the I3th of August, 1894, Mr. Sykes was united in marriage to Miss
Rebecca Small, a daughter of William Small of Parkdale, Ontario, where he was
engaged in the wholesale meat business. Mr. and Mrs. Sykes have one son,
Sidney Mackie. a fine boy of whom the parents are justly proud. Mr. Sykes'
business and Masonic relations have brought him a wide acquaintance, and in
both connections he is prominent, popular and well liked. He is a generous man,
a courteous gentleman and one who recognizes and meets the obligations of life
in man's relation to his fellowmen.
GEORGE EDWARD WILLIAMSON.
Not only has George Edward Williamson achieved means and prominence
as a general contractor of Vancouver but he has given much heed to the public
needs and as an official has done much toward promoting the growth and wel-
fare of the city and toward bringing about municipal improvements of lasting
value. Moreover, he is entitled to credit for the valiant service which he ren-
dered the Dominion in the Northwest rebellion. Born in Orillia, Ontario, May
1 6, 1865, he is a son of Robert and Rose (Gately) Williamson, the former a
native of England and the latter of Ireland. They were married in Ontario,
where the father successfully followed farming, and in that province they lived
all their lives. Both have passed away.
George Edward Williamson attended the public schools of Orillia and a
private college. He learned the carpenter's trade and then began contracting,
which- line he followed in Ontario for about three years. In 1889 he came to
Vancouver and immediately engaged in the same business here and has since
so continued with ever increasing success. For twelve years he was in partner-
ship with Charles F. Mills under the firm style of Mills & Williamson. Mr.
Williamson has in the course of his work built the Mainland Transfer building
on Beatty street ; the Alexandra Hotel ; the Empire block ; the Evans, Coleman
& Evans building on Granville street ; the Hollywood apartments on Seymour
street ; the Algonquin block, and many other buildings of importance too plenti-
ful to mention. Suffice it to say that in one year during his career he built
sixty-seven houses.
Much of his time Mr. Williamson has unstintingly given to public service,
and in 1910 he served on the board of license commissioners for the city of Van-
couver. In 1911 he was elected to represent ward No. 5 in the city council and
BRITISH COLUMBIA 979
was reelected with the largest vote ever accorded any alderman in Vancouver —
a testimonial of rare value as to his worth and the esteem in which he is held
by his constituents. In 1912 Mr. Williamson was chairman of the water com-
mittee that compiled the agreement which settled for all time the right of Point
Grey municipality to a portion of the water supply from Seymour creek. It was
settled that Point Grey would convey to Vancouver all such rights and in con-
sideration thereof would receive a certain sum of money and an unbroken delivery
of one hundred and fifty cubic inches of water to be delivered directly through
a twenty-four inch main from Capilano to Point Grey. In the fall of 1912 a
by-law was prepared and passed to the people for approval to cover the cost
of the building of a road and the purchase of an area to be flooded by a large
storage basin capable of containing an adequate supply of water for at least
one million people. In 1912 they also passed a by-law to reduce the water rate
ten per cent and, moreover, provisions were made and a by-law passed to con-
struct a reservoir at Little Mountain capable of containing seven million gallons
of water, this to be done by acquiring the old quarry and building a dam across
the mouth of the quarry and facing the inside. This project would cost approxi-
mately fifteen thousand dollars. Mr. Williamson while chairman of the water
committee submitted a plan for supplying free water for lawns and boulevards
which was, however, rejected. In 1911 he took up the Old People's Home
movement and was successful in being able to purchase a beautiful location from
the provincial government on the Hastings town site containing eighteen acres
and in having a by-law passed to provide for a nice home and excellent quarters
for the old people of the city. The plans were made and the home was under
construction in the summer of 1913. He was also successful in having by-laws
submitted and passed for the purchase of a site and the erection of a fine build-
ing on Haro street, between Thurlow and Bute streets, for the new home of the
Creche Day Nursery. It was he who induced the city to take over the nursery
from individuals in 1912. During that year Mr. Williamson served on the board
of police commissioners and brought the force up to what it should be after
finding it in a very inadequate condition. He increased the force by seventy-five
men, saw to it that new equipment was installed and undertook the building of
new quarters, the necessary ordinance for which he successfully passed through
the council. He was also instrumental in establishing a temporary prison on the
Hastings town site to care for prisoners and make them work until such time
as they can be taken over by the prison farm at Burnaby. This plan of making
the prisoners work from the time they are sentenced has a strong tendency to
reduce minor offenses and has a great advantage over the old way of letting
them remain idle in jail, thus keeping vagrancy down to the lowest ebb. Mr.
Williamson also has a military chapter of interest in his career, having joined
the militia in Ontario in 1882, and served through the Northwest rebellion in
1885 with the York and Simcoe Battalion. He was for about eight years a
member of Company 6, Fifth Regiment Canadian Artillery, retiring with the
rank of sergeant.
At Orillia, Ontario, on the 9th of September, 1897, Mr. Williamson was
united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Winters, of that place. She is an active
member of the Mount Pleasant Methodist church. One daughter was born to
this union, Kathleen.
Mr. Williamson gives his support to the conservative party and is always
active in promoting the interests of that organization. He is an ex-president of
the Mount Pleasant Conservative Club and has taken an active part in every
election for the past twenty-four years. He is well known in club circles and
fraternally, being a member of Loyal Orange lodge and the Press Club, the
Progress Club, the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and the North Vancouver Yacht
Club. A man of rare public spirit, Mr. Williamson has done much toward pro-
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moting the interests of the city and it is largely due to men of his stamp and
enterprise that this province has grown so rapidly and that the city of Vancouver
has taken her place as one of the busy marts and great ports of the world as
well as one of the most pleasant domiciles anyone could wish to live in.
FITZGERALD McCLEERY.
One of the oldest agriculturists of what is now Point Grey with reference
to years of continuous residence, is Fitzgerald McCleery, who for nearly fifty-
two years has been actively engaged in the development of his valuable farms,
having owned one on Sea island as well as an attractive property on the main-
land of Point Grey where his home now is. He is of Irish extraction, his birth
having occurred in County Down on a farm which had been occupied by his
paternal ancestors for more than two hundred years. His natal day was the
I5th of October, 1838, and his parents were Samuel and Margaret (McRob-
erts) McCleery, both of whom passed their entire lives in the old country. Of
their marriage there were born five sons and five daughters, all of whom are
now deceased with the exception of our subject and one of his brothers, John
Bailie McCleery, a resident of Point Grey.
The boyhood and youth of Fitzgerald McCleery were passed on the old
McCleery homestead, his education being obtained in the schools of his native
land. In common with many of his fellow countrymen, he early resolved to
pursue his career in some one of the colonies, feeling convinced he would there
find opportunities which would afford more likelihood of his attaining his ambi-
tion. He had left home at the age of twenty-three years, and in 1862 he took
passage for British Columbia, sailing from Southampton to the West Indies,
thence to Victoria by way of Colon, Panama and San Francisco. He arrived in
Esquimalt on April 27, 1862, and in New Westminster. May I, twenty years
before the first railroad reached British Columbia. Many wonderful stories
regarding the reputed wealth of the Cariboo district resulted in his resolving
to try his luck prospecting, therefore, he and his brother, Samuel, who passed
away in 1882, started for the goldfields, walking a distance of more than four
hundred miles over a trackless wilderness and through dense forests. There
they experienced during the succeeding few months the usual vicissitudes of the
miner's life, but failing to make any rich discoveries or any which held forth
much hope they walked back to Westminster. An uncle Hugh McRoberts, one
of the real pioneers, owned fourteen hundred acres of land on Sea island, and
Fitzgerald and Samuel McCleery entered his employ. Prior to this they assisted
in building a trail from New Westminster to Point Grey, being paid for their serv-
ices thirty dollars per month. From their earnings they managed to save enough
money to enable them to purchase four lots in New Westminster. They worked
for this uncle for some time, and in September, 1862, each preempted a hundred
and sixty acres of land, which formed the nucleus of their farms. Soon after 'Fitz-
gerald McCleery extended the boundaries of his place to the higher land by the
purchase of an adjoining tract of forty acres for which he paid fifty cents per acre,
and today it is worth thousands per acre. On this high ground he built his house
and barns. His most striking characteristics are diligence and persistency of pur-
pose, as was substantially manifested during the next few years. Having implicit
confidence in his own powers to win success and knowing the soil to be rich and
fertile he diligently applied himself to building dykes and drains and preparing his
land for cultivation. About this time, induced by Mr. George Black,' a promi-
nent Cariboo mining man, he and his brother mortgaged their lots in New
Westminster for five hundred dollars, paying twelve dollars and fifty cents per
month interest — which had to be paid each month— in order to acquire the
money to buy stock. Fitzgerald McCleery then went to Oregon and purchased
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a horse and fifteen head of cattle, which he shipped by sloops and scows to his
farm. There was an increasing demand for milk and butter, and appreciating
the large returns to be made thereon he started a dairy, carrying his products
to the market at New Westminster, a distance of fourteen miles, in a canoe.
This proved to be a very profitable undertaking as he often realized seventy-five
cents per pound on his butter. His energies were also devoted to the raising of
hay and grain, and when the first steamers were put on the Fraser river in
1868, he began shipping supplies to the logging camps and to Nanaimo. The
returns from this venture netted him enough to warrant his buying, in partner-
ship with his brother Samuel, six hundred acres of land on Sea island. This they
retained until 1880 when the brothers divided their Sea island land and our
subject sold his Sea island tract for twenty dollars per acre, and now it is
valued at many hundreds of dollars per acre. In 1892 he purchased six hun-
dred acres in the Okanagan district for twelve thousand dollars, of which he
still retains three hundred acres which is occupied and cared for by his eldest
daughter. Mr. McCleery's greatest inconvenience in the early days was experi-
enced in getting his products to the market, as until 1883 ne was compelled
to transport everything by water. In the latter year the first road was built
between his land and what is now the city of Vancouver, at that time known as
Gastown. Despite the many obstacles he encountered during the pioneer days,
however, he prospered in a most gratifying manner, and is known as one of
the wealthy agriculturists of his section. He has spared no labor in the beau-
tifying of his homestead, which is a most desirable place of residence on the
Marine drive, about one-half mile from McGee Station. In 1870 the first
house occupied on the farm gave place to the old homestead, which in turn gave '
place to the more commodious residence of today. In 1891 he erected his
present modern residence, which contains ten very large rooms, some of which
are thirty by forty feet, and the house is now provided with all modern appoint-
ments and conveniences. In 1891 he also built a large barn and stable and made
other extensive improvements on the place, all of which have added to its
general appearance and value. In the late 'gos he rented the farm, but after
some twelve years he took it back and is again superintending its operation,
having resumed his dairying. He is at present supplying the residents of Point
Grey with sixty gallons of milk per day, all bottled on his farm. His land is
highly productive, as is all that reclaimed land. In 1865 he planted a small
tract to potatoes, its first crop, and the next year he sowed on the same space a
sack of oats, which, cut green for feed, netted him sixty dollars. During the
interim his soil has lost none of its original richness but through the intelligent
rotation of crops and careful tilling has been kept in a high state of fertility.
On the 1 5th of October, 1873, in New Westminster, Mr. McCleery was
married to Miss Mary Wood, of Port Rowan, Ontario, and to them were born
four children, two of whom, their only sons, died in infancy. One daughter,
Miss Theodora Marian, is residing on the farm in the Okanagan, and the other,
Miss Margarita Elizabeth, is residing at home with her father, the mother hav-
ing passed away on the 2Oth of March, 1903. Mrs. McCleery was the daugh-
ter of the Rev. William Wood, a clergyman of the Church of England. She
came to New Westminster in 1870. Throughout her entire life she was much
interested in church work and moral uplift. Every plan for the betterment of
the community found in her an earnest advocate and helper. She willingly
shared the hardships of the early days and in every way was a helpmeet for
her pioneer husband. His disappointments and successes were as much hers
as his. A generous-hearted, kindly-natured woman, she was a lover of all that
tended to improve the moral tone of her community and an uncompromising
enemy of whiskey.
Mr. McCleery and family are Presbyterians and take an active interest in
the work of the church and its various organizations, he having been an elder
since the first missionary, Rev. Robert Jamison, came to British Columbia. In
earlier life he was interested in local politics and served in the South Vancouver
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council from 1891 to 1893. Although well past his three score and ten years,
he still is a hard worker and has a special fondness for the strenuous labor of
clearing land and takes a keen interest in everything pertaining to the farm and
its fine herd of cattle. Through all the years of his residence in British Colum-
bia, Mr. McCleery has kept a diary in which the daily happenings of special
moment have been faithfully recorded, and this is of much value to those
interested in the story of the pioneer days of the province. Samuel McCleery,
who for so many years was a partner of his brother Fitzgerald, passed away
in 1882, leaving a widow, now Mrs. W. F. Stewart, and a daughter, Mrs. H. B.
Barton, of Point Grey. Mr. McCleery has never regretted casting his lot with
the pioneers of British Columbia, nor in early having his energies diverted from
prospecting to agricultural pursuits, as he has prospered in his undertakings, and
has watched with interest from year to year the development of his interests and
the increasing returns from his early labor.
FRANCIS WRIGHT.
Francis Wright is engaged in the wholesale paper business at Vancouver as
secretary and treasurer of the firm of Smith, Davidson & Wright, Limited. His
birth occurred at Ashburn, Ontario, on the loth of September, 1872, his parents
being George and Janet Wright. The city of Toronto remained his boyhood
home and there he attended Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, acquiring a thor-
ough education which well prepared him for the serious duties of life. Upon
discontinuing his lessons he made his entrance into the business world by accept-
ing a position with W. J. Gage & Company of Toronto, wholesale paper dealers
and manufacturing stationers, remaining with this firm for about twelve years.
He then removed to the United States and became connected with Armour &
Company of Chicago, Illinois, with whom he remained for three years, at the
end of which time he returned to Toronto to again enter the service of Gage
& Company, his former employers. The opportunities of the west, however,
appealed to him and after about a year he decided upon removal to Vancouver.
Here he established himself in business in 1907, with associates, founding the
firm of Smith, Davidson & W right, Limited, wholesale paper dealers, of which
corporation he was elected secretary and treasurer, an office which he has held
since then.
On August 13, 1902, in La Salle, Illinois, Mr. Wright was united in marriage
to Miss Stella Reed, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Reed. He
is of the Presbyterian faith and fraternally is a member of Georgina Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., of Toronto.
AUGUSTUS HARRIS WESCOTT.
Augustus Harris Wescott, who is living retired in Steveston, was one of the
founders of the town in the progress and development of which he has ever
been actively interested, having been until recently identified with its business
enterprises. He was born in Bignee, Nova Scotia, on the 29th of March, 1866,
and is a son of Hiram Carpenter and Sarah (Denton) Wescott, both of whom
are now deceased.
The education of Augustus Harris Wescott was obtained at Chatham, Ontario,
where he resided until he had attained the age of twenty years. Much atten-
tion was being directed to British Columbia at that time, owing to the com-
pletion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and, resolving that he would seek
his fortune in the northwest, Mr. Wescott came into the territory on the first
train run on that line. Upon his arrival here he first obtained employment with
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H. Benson, and he also worked for Mr. Steves, for whom the town of Steveston
was named, for a year. He next rented some land on the present site of Steves-
ton and engaged in farming on his own account. Later he assisted in founding
a town here, and realizing the need of better transportation facilities in 1900
he put in a stage line, known as the Sock Eye Stables, which he operated until
the railroad came through. Disposing of his stables he then purchased the
Richmond Hotel, which he conducted until 1912, when he likewise sold it and
retired from active business. Mr. Wescott has prospered in his undertakings
and is still interested in some of the local enterprises, chief among these being
the Jarvis Inlet mines on which he holds the leases.
On the 3d of May, iSgi, Mr. Wescott was married to Miss Margaret McEl-
hinney, and to them have been born two children : Leonard Augustus, who is
twenty years of age ; and Sarah Lillian, who is eighteen. They are both living
at home.
The fraternal relations of Mr. Wescott are confined to his membership in
the Eagles lodge, and politically he stanchly supports the conservative party.
His residence in British Columbia covers the great formative period in the
country's development, toward which he has contributed his quota by actively
cooperating in promoting the progress of Steveston, of which he is one of the
enterprising citizens.
ANDREW JUKES.
In financial circles of British Columbia Andrew Jukes occupies a prominent
position, for the upbuilding of the Vancouver branch of the Imperial Bank of
Canada is largely attributable to his efforts. He was born at St. Catharines, On-
tario, September 14, 1857, and is a son of Dr. Augustus L. and Phoebe (Adams)
Jukes, In the pursuit of his education he attended Trinity College School and
when he made his initial step into the business world he turned to banking for a
congenial employment. He entered the St. Catharines branch of the Imperial
Bank of Canada when seventeen years of age and has been continuously associated
with that bank to the present time. His ability won him rapid advancement
through the various grades and in 1882 he became manager of the branch at Bran-
don, Manitoba, there remaining in charge until 1895. While a resident of Brandon
he was recognized as an important figure, not only in financial circles but in con-
nection with commercial and civic affairs. He was actively interested in all
movements for the public good and his cooperation could be counted upon to
further any measure that had to do with the upbuilding and benefit of the com-
munity. In 1895 he came to Vancouver and in December of that year opened a
branch of the bank of which he has continued as manager to the present] time.
The Imperial Bank of Canada was first located at the corner of Hastings and
Hamilton streets and later was removed to the Leckie building on Granville
street, which was erected for its accommodation. In 1911 the Canada Life
Insurance Company erected a building on Hastings street, West, the whole of
the ground floor being occupied by the Imperial Bank of Canada. This is a
modern office thoroughly equipped with attractive furnishings and supplied with
everything necessary to facilitate the work of the bank. Not only has the Van-
couver branch prospered, but since its establishment there have been opened three
branches of this bank, one at Hastings and Abbott streets, one at Main and
Keefer streets, and another in Fairview. These really are monuments to the
enterprise and business ability of Mr. Jukes, who has recognized the possibilities
of banking brought through the rapid growth of the city and has been ready
to meet the emergency. The Imperial Bank of Canada is today one of the
strongest financial institutions doing business upon the Pacific coast, and one
of the strongest banks in the Dominion and has always paid large dividends and
conducted a profitable business. It paid a twelve per cent dividend for the fiscal
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year ending May 31, 1913. It has branches in all parts of Canada. The Imperial
Bank of Canada, with head office in Toronto, has issued its thirty-eighth annual
statement. It was established in Toronto in 1875, the first annual report, made
in 1876, showed a circulation of $311,000, and deposits of $1,576,000, the paid-up
capital then being $804,000, with a reserve fund ot $25,000. A comparison of
these figures with those of the statement issued in the spring of 1913 indicates
something of the marvelous growth and the substantial standing of the bank,
which today has a circulation of $5,803,794, with deposits of $56,802,111.86.
The paid-up capital now stands at $6,925,000 and a reserve fund at $8,100,000.
The total liquid assets are $34,904,459.75, or fifty-five and a half per cent of
the liabilities, of which $22,754,556.72, or thirty-six and one-fifth per cent of the
liabilities, are in cash, which shows the bank to be in excellent condition. In
addition, in the past year the bank has set aside its annual contribution of $7,500
for the officers' pension and guarantee fund and made a special contribution to
the same of $20,000. The Vancouver branch of the bank has always followed
the policy of the head office. Progressive methods have characterized the insti-
tution since its establishment in Vancouver.
In politics Mr. Jukes is a conservative, believing in the principles of the
party, yet never active to the extent of seeking office as a reward for party fealty.
He has been earnest in support of plans or projects pertaining to the growth,
development and improvement of Vancouver and the province and at all times
is a public-spirited citizen. An Anglican in religious faith, he belongs to St.
James church, of Vancouver, in the work of which he has been active and help-
ful, serving at different times as one of its officers. His social connections are
with the Vancouver and Jericho Country Clubs, and he is actively interested
in athletics and manly outdoor sports. Prominent and successful as he is in
financial circles, he has regarded business as but one phase of existence and has
found time for activity along those lines which indicate the recognition of man's
obligations to his fellowmen and to his country.
THOMAS JOHN JANES.
Thomas John Janes has hardly yet reached the zenith of life, yet the success
which he has attained enables him to live retired. He makes his home in South
Vancouver and has been a resident of British Columbia since 1883. Through
the intervening period he has witnessed many changes as the work of improve-
ment and development have been carried forward, and at all times he has borne
his share in advancing public interests. He was born in Cornwall, England, on
the i6th of April, 1855, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Janes, both of whom
are now deceased.
The father followed farming in his native country and it was in Cornwall
that Thomas John Janes was reared. He supplemented his early education,
acquired in the public schools of his native country, by study in the grammar
school of Bodmin, and when his school days were over he entered upon an
apprenticeship to the butcher's trade, at which he worked until he left home in
1875. He was then a young man of twenty years, ambitious to improve the
opportunities offered in Canada. He located in London, Ontario, and after-
ward removed to Seaforth, in the same province, there conducting a butchering
business for seven years. Still he heard the call of the west, his next removal
bringing him to the coast. He arrived in British Columbia in 1883 and was
made manager of the meat shop of George Black, in what was then Gastown,
now the city of Vancouver. The future metropolis of British Columbia was
then but a small village and various evidences of pioneer life and frontier
experiences were to be seen on every hand. Later Mr. Janes purchased a stage
line, a branch of the Lewis business, and ran a stage between Vancouver and
New Westminster, continuing until the former became the terminus of the
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Canadian Pacific railroad, and a more expeditious way was established to carry
passengers to New Westminster. The year 1886 was the one of the great and
memorable fire in Vancouver but Mr. Janes' place was one of the few that
escaped destruction. Other parts of the province came to the relief of the burned
town and he had supplies that were sent from Victoria, Nanaimo and elsewhere
stored in his barn as a warehouse, to which the people who had lost all that they
possessed, flocked, and were fed and many housed. He gave much needed aid
and three hundred slept in his loft. His telephone line also escaped destruction
when most of the city was laid waste and until the restoration of the telephone
service in Vancouver his wife acted as "central" for a number of months.
Mr. Janes continued in the stage business until 1888, in which year the
Canadian Pacific railway was completed into Vancouver thus doing away with
the necessity of the stage line between this city and New Westminster. At that
time he turned his attention to teaming and also began dealing in hay and feed.
Ambitious and energetic, he improved the opportunities which came to him as
the years passed by and thus he has gradually worked his way upward. He joined
Professor E. Odium, Richard Gosse and Rev. J. F. Betts in founding the Imperial
Steamship Company. The company owned but one boat and this was destroyed
by fire, which ended the company's business. It was in the early days of his
residence in Vancouver that Mr. Janes purchased his present grounds where
is his home. This district of the city was then all wilderness and brush. He
cleared his eight acres and engaged in truck farming, a business which proved
very profitable owing to his capable management and enterprising methods. At
length, with the growth of the city and the demand for realty, this property has
become very valuable and Mr. Janes still retains it. He continues farming in a
small way, although he is now practically living retired in the enjoyment of the
prosperity which came to him in former years.
On the 1st of May, 1878, Mr. Janes was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Jane Leatherland, a daughter of Robert and Eunice Leatherland, of Kingston,
Ontario, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Janes are the parents
of eight children, three daughters and five sons. Their religious faith is manifest
in their membership in the Central Methodist church and in point of service
Mr. Janes is the oldest trustee of the church, in the work of which he is actively
and helpfully interested. He is also a trustee of the Wilson Heights church
and he does everything in his power to extend the influence and promote the
growth of his denomination. He belongs to Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7,
A. F. & A. M. and with one exception is the oldest representative of Masonry,
belonging thereto, having joined the order at Moodyville in 1883. He is also
connected with the Royal Templars.
In politics he is a conservative but has never been an office seeker. He finds
recreation in gardening and in cattle-raising and he has ever led a busy, indus-
trious and useful life. The family home is on Forty-third avenue, formerly
called the Janes road, and is an attractive and well appointed place, but recently
completed. This has long been the property of Mr. Janes, whose foresight
enabled him to make judicious investments during the early period of his resi-
dence in British Columbia.
HARRY MOREHOUSE LEONARD.
Although yet young in years, Harry Morehouse Leonard is recognized as
one of the leading real-estate men of Victoria, having offices in the Pemberton
building. He is a member of the firm of Leonard, Reid & Company and the
Benson Land Company, Limited. His firm has laid out some of the largest sub-
divisions to the city and they have also handled enormous timber tracts, while,
moreover, they are engaged in selling agricultural lands in the fertile Bulkley
valley.
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Born on November 17, 1881, at St. John, New Brunswick, Harry More-
house Leonard is a son of E. P. and Frances E. (Morehouse) Leonard, both
natives of that city. The father was an electrician and engaged in that occu-
pation until his death, which occurred in 1906 at the age of fifty-three years. His
wife survives and now makes her home in Victoria. The paternal grandparents
were also natives of St. John, where the grandfather was a sea captain until
his demise. The maternal grandparents were natives of New Brunswick,
engaged along agricultural lines.
Harry Morehouse Leonard was educated in the public schools of St. John
and the University of King's College at Windsor, Nova Scotia, graduating from
the latter institution in 1903 and receiving thereupon the degree of B. C. L.
He then practiced law in New Brunswick for about a year. During this period
he was also for four years associated with the St. John Sun and the St. John
Star, receiving wide and valuable experience while engaged in newspaper work.
He continued along these lines until 1905, when he engaged in the real-estate
business in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, so continuing until 1907, which year marks
his arrival in British Columbia. He located at first in Vancouver, where he was
admitted to the bar and practiced for about a year, but in 1909 came to Victoria
to engage in the real-estate business in partnership with F. E. Reid under the
name of Leonard, Reid & Company. His law, newspaper and former real-estate
experience stood him in good stead and he has been largely instrumental in
making the firm what it is today — one of the foremost of its kind in the city.
They are mostly engaged as principals, specializing in subdivisions in Victoria
and vicinity. Among these may be mentioned the "Happy Valley Lands," embrac-
ing over one thousand acres and being the largest suburban subdivision of many
which the firm handled. Orchardvale is another one which was very successfully
laid out and disposed of. The company, however, also acts as agent in negotiating
sales and transfers of both country and city property, confining in this respect
their operations principally to Vancouver island. Mr. Leonard has made a care-
ful study of the timber situation there and his firm has acted both as principal
and agent in handling a number of large timber tracts. They have negotiated
many of the most important property transfers in the business district of Vic-
toria. Leonard, Reid & Company carry on, moreover, extensive operations in
connection with Bulkley Valley lands. These comprise several thousand acres
and are splendidly adapted for growing all kinds of vegetables as well as raising
other farm products. The richness and fertility of the soil is undeniable and the
products can be well disposed of, as shipment can be made over the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, which passes near there. Leonard, Reid & Company hold
membership in the Victoria Real Estate Exchange.
In January, 1912, Mr. Leonard was married in Victoria to Miss Mabel
Reid Andrews, a daughter of James Reid Andrews, of New Brunswick. The
father for many years was a successful ranchman but both he and his wife now
live in Victoria, having come to British Columbia in 1908. While Mr. Leonard's
favorite recreation is horseback riding, his wife finds much pleasure in music.
She is a singer of note and well known as a soloist in many of the churches of
Victoria and elsewhere. She received her musical education in the Toronto
Conservatory of Music. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard is at 1564
Gladstone avenue, Victoria, an attractive home comfortably appointed. Mrs.
Leonard's fondness for flowers and horticulture is evident from the attractive-
ness of their home.
Politically Mr. Leonard is a conservative but has never cared to actively
enter into public life. Both he and his wife are members of the Church of
England. He is well known in club circles as a member of the Pacific Club
and Progressive Club. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias, belonging to
Brunswick Lodge, No. i. The success which Mr. Leonard has attained thus
early in life must largely be laid to his thorough education — an education which
did not cease with leaving the university but which carried him into newspaper
work and made him acquainted with other real-estate fields. He has wisely
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made use of his experience and has always courted opportunities. He is shrewd,
able, energetic and progressive, a business man of the modern type, and as his
judgment has ripened he has become an authority upon real-estate values in
various parts of the province and in his own city. As the transactions of the
firm have ever been above the slightest reproach, he enjoys the full confidence
of the business world and the general public, and it is largely the belief in the
firmness of his character, the general conception that his word is as good as
his bond, which has carried him into such important relations. Public-spirited
in the best sense of the word, there is no worthy enterprise undertaken in the
interest of commercial expansion, moral uplift or intellectual advancement to
which Mr. Leonard does not give his hearty support, and while his private
operations have brought him substantial returns, they have also played an impor-
tant part in developing the resources of the city and province and in creating
values which were not existent or at least lay dormant.
CHARLES HERBERT ELLACOTT, B. A. Sc.
Charles Herbert Ellacott, B. A. Sc., was born in London, England, December
24, 1866. About four years later his parents, Charles R. and Elizabeth Ellacott,
of Plymouth, Devon, removed with their young family to Montreal. After attend-
ing the public schools of that city Charles Herbert Ellacott lived for a few years
on a farm in the Ottawa valley. Deciding to take up the profession of civil
engineering, he entered McGill University and in 1890 graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Applied Science. Within a few weeks he was at work as an
assistant engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway on the remeasurement of
some of the most difficult work along the Eraser Canyon. The next year he
was engaged as engineer on construction in Idaho by the Great Northern Rail
way. Later in the same year he returned to British Columbia and entered upon
private practice, first in Victoria and afterward in several of the early Kootenay
mining towns. A visit to Montreal led to his services being secured to make
detailed surveys, estimates for water power, development and railway connec-
tion at Shawenegan Falls, Quebec, and Grand Falls, New Brunswick, in 1898.
Preferring the life of the west, he returned to the Kootenays and the free-
dom of private practice. A few years later he was engaged by the Northwestern
Territory government to carry out important water conservation and drainage
investigations. Another eastern visit resulted in two years in charge of railway
construction in Ontario for the Canadian Pacific and Canada Northern Railways.
Since returning to Victoria, in which city he has unbounded confidence and a
deep love for its varied beauty, his work has carried him over many distant parts
of the province, which he believes will be, at no distant date, the greatest in the
dominion, containing the greatest proportion of happy and prosperous families.
RALPH GERRARD KEAST.
Ralph Gerrard Keast, who is one of the enterprising and substantial young
citizens of Vancouver, has since 1910 been associated in business with J. H.
Bowman, one of the most prominent architects of the city. His birth occurred
at Sunapee, New Hampshire, on the I4th of July, 1890, his parents being Jonathan
and Mary (Gerrard) Keast, the former a native of Cornwall, England, and the
latter of Merigomish, Pictou county, Nova Scotia. They came to Vancouver in
1907 and here Jonathan Keast is now successfully engaged in business as a
member of the firm of Keast & Allan, dealers in granite and stone.
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Ralph G. Keast obtained his education in the graded and high schools of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, and after putting aside his text-books was employed for a
time in a machine shop. He was also for a time with a Mr. Peabody, an architect
of Boston. In 1907 he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and continued to
study architecture with W. T. Whiteway, of this city, with whom he remained
until 1910. In that year he became associated with J. H. Bowman, one of the
most prominent architects of Vancouver, with whom he has continued to the
present time. In this connection he has already won recognition and success,
being a young man of exceptional ability. He also takes a keen interest in
aeronautics, has made a thorough study of aerial navigation and is at present
building a flying machine.
In politics Mr. Keast is a conservative, while his religious faith is that of
the Methodist church. He takes an active interest in matters pertaining to the
growth and development of Vancouver and is a valued member of the Progress
Club. He likewise belongs to the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, the crack infantry
company of Vancouver. In both business and social circles of Vancouver he is
well known and popular, enjoying the esteem and friendship of all with whom
he has come in contact.
Mr. Keast was married October 7, 1913, to Miss Ida MayGreenius of Van-
couver.
WILLIAM BURNS, B. A.
Professor William Burns, principal of the Provincial Normal School and one
of the foremost educators of the west, was born in Rochester, England, February
n, 1843, a son °f William Bums, M. A., LL. D., who was a native of Forfar,
Scotland, and married Charlotte Chaplyn, a native of Rochester. They lived in the
latter city for many years, the father becoming well known as an educator through
his service as principal of a grammar school there. Both parents are now
deceased.
William Burns, of this review, acquired his education in the public and high
schools and is an undergraduate of the London University. He completed his
studies in Queen's University at Kingston, so far as school training is concerned,
but throughout his entire life he has been a wide reader, a deep thinker and a
logical reasoner — in a word, he has ever been a student. In 1882 he came to
Canada, making his way direct to Ontario. In various high schools of that
province he engaged in teaching, his last position being at St. Catharine's, after
which he left Ontario in 1892, following his appointment to the position of
inspector of the British Columbia schools. He immediately came to this province
and continued to act in that capacity until 1901, in which year the Provincial
Normal School was opened and Mr. Burns was made principal, his connections
continuing to the present time. His entire life has been devoted to the pro-
fession of teaching. He took up the work when but eleven years of age and has
been active along that line almost continuously since. His ability has constantly
increased as his powers have developed and he stands today as one of the leading
educators of the northwest, in touch with the most advanced and progressive
methods of the profession.
Professor Burns was married in Rochester, England, in 1866, to Miss Helen
Muirhead, a native of Chatham, England. They became the parents of nine
children, six of whom are now living : Captain Robert M., who died at Penang
while in the colonial government service ; Arthur, who was a well known news-
paper man of Vancouver and died in that city in 1912; William T., who never
came to Vancouver; Ronald, a member of the Vancouver drug house of Burns
& Cairns; Margaret M., a practicing physician of Ogden, Utah; Kenneth J.,
assistant general freight agent for British Columbia with the Great Northern
Railway; Edgar M., general freight agent for the Chicago & Great Western
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Railroad at Portland, Oregon; Russell M., who is with the Vancouver Trust
Company; and Frank M., who is in the customs service in Vancouver and is dis-
tinguished as one of the members of the Vancouver Athletic Club and for a time
was a member of the lacrosse team, holder of the Minto Cup.
Professor Burns is a member of Mount Hermon Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
of which he is past master; is past grand superintendent of the Royal Arch
chapter and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is
also a member of the Terminal City Club and his membership in the Presbyterian
church indicates his religious faith. His life, honorable in purpose and action,
has been one of value to his fellowmen — a factor in pushing forward the wheels
of progress and civilization.
JOSEPH DESPARD PEMBERTON, JR.
Joseph Despard Pemberton, a British Columbia land surveyor with offices in
the Pemberton building, is a son of Joseph Despard and Theresa Jane Despard
(.Grautoff) Pemberton. In this family of six children were three sons, Joseph
D. being the second of that number. Extended mention of the parents is made
on another page of this work.
J. D. Pemberton, Jr., supplemented his preliminary educational training by
a college course at Victoria, British Columbia, and later entered the University
College School on Cower street, London. He afterward continued his studies
in the University College on Gower street and received therefrom the engineer-
ing certificate in 1895. In December of the same year he returned to Canada and
Victoria. Here he entered the office of Pemberton & Son as a member of the
firm and thus engaged in a general real-estate and insurance business, acting
both as agent and principal. While connected with that firm Mr. Pemberton
pursued a three-years course of study and qualified as a British Columbia land
surveyor, after which he began the practice of his profession, continuing as a
member of the firm of Pemberton & Son. Since qualifying as a surveyor, he
devotes, however, much of his time to his profession. Mr. Pemberton was also
interested in stock-raising in Alberta and continued so for eight years. He located
the road which is now being built from Telegraph Court to Dease lake, a dis-
tance of seventy-five miles, this opening up the mining districts in the vicinity
of North Cassiar. He has had much to do with the surveying of timber limits,
mineral claims and government lands in British Columbia and has laid out many
sub-divisions in and around Victoria and elsewhere on Vancouver island. His
professional duties have been of an important and responsible character and
indicate his careful training and his expert efficiency.
Mr. Pemberton has an interesting military chapter to his record, having served
with the Fifth Regiment of Canadian Artillery from 1897 until 1905. He served
in the ranks for three years, while for five years he was an officer, rising to
the position of captain, with which rank he left the service.
On the ist of December, 1904, Mr. Pemberton was married in Victoria to
Miss Helen Mary Yoder Baiss, a daughter of James and Susan Baiss, both
natives of England. Emigrating to the United States they settled in Texas and
later made their way northward to Canada, establishing their home near Mis-
sion, British Columbia, where the father engaged in ranching for several years.
He is now an accountant in Japan. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton
ire Theresa Susan Yoder, Dorothea Benedicta and Joseph Despard Massie.
The family attend the Church of England, and aside from his membership there-
in Mr. Pemberton belongs to the Union Club, the Progressive Club, the Auto-
nobile Association, the Victoria Golf Club, and the Hunt Club of Victoria. In
'politics he is a conservative but not an active party worker. His favorite recrea-
tion is riding and he has won many cups at different meets of the Victoria Hunt
Club. He is likewise very fond of golf, polo, tennis and motoring, and in fact
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all manly outdoor sports. His residence at Xo. 1652 Wilmot place, Oak Bay,
is a beautiful one, standing in the midst of grounds covering eleven acres, pos-
sessing much natural beauty, enhanced by the art of the landscape gardner. Mr.
Pemberton accomplishes successfully whatever he undertakes, whether it be
the adornment of his home, the driving of a golf ball, the steering of a motor
car or the taking of a picture. He does most excellent amateur photographic
work and in fact along many lines shows well developed talents.
WILLIAM HKXRY JOHNSTON.
William Henry Johnston, engaged in general contracting and building in
partnership with Air. Gill, is deserving of prominent mention among the leading
business men of Kamloops, for he came to the city when it was still a village
and his activities have since that time been a powerful force in its business
development. lie was born in the province of Quebec, May i, 1865, and is a
son of James and Sarah Johnston.
William H. Johnston acquired his education in the public schools of his
native province and after laying aside his books learned the brick-laying trade,
at which he continued in eastern Canada until 1886, when he came west, locating
in Vancouver about the time the Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed. He
worked at his trade in that city for a number of years and then came to
Kamloops, then a small village, and in partnership with Mr. Gill started in the
contracting and building business on a small scale. Their patronage grew steadily
and today they are recognized as the most successful men in their line of work
in the community and they have made their influence felt in a vital way upon
development and growth. They have erected every large and important build-
ing in the town, including the Commercial, the old and the new high schools,
the Trust building, the Hudson's Bay Company's building and every bank build-
ing in the city, as well as the new hospital and various other public and private
structures. Mr. Johnston is a man of unusual ability and enterprise and of
unquestioned business integrity, and he enjoys in a gratifying degree the con-
fidence and good-will of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Johnston married, in October, 1888, Miss Elizabeth McClain. He is
well known in the Masonic order and is affiliated also with the Knights of Pythias.
As one of the first residents in Kamloops he has always been interested in the
affairs of the community, and, although he avoids public office, he yet never with-
holds his support from any enterprise which he believes will advance the moral,
intellectual or material welfare.
JOHN KENDALL.
John Kendall, a chartered accountant of Vancouver, was born in Notting-
hamshire, England, in October, 1873, and is a son of Reed and Mary Kendall.
In private schools he began his education, which was continued in Notting-
hamshire University, and determining to take up the profession of accountant
as a life work he qualified for that calling. After leaving school he began the
practice of his profession, becoming a chartered accountant in London, England,
in 1895. He practiced in the metropolis until 1901, when thinking to find
still broader opportunities in the growing western country of British North
America he made his way to Canada. He first settled in Winnipeg, but remained
there for only a short time, coming to British Columbia in 1902. With his
arrival in the northwest he became a resident of Vancouver and has followed
his profession in this city to the present date. He first practiced with the firm
of Clarkson, Cross & Hellewell until 1906, and then began independent practice
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as a member of the firm of John Kendall & Company, which relation was main-
tained until 1907, when Frank Crompton Sewell joined the firm under the style
of Kendall, Sewell & Company. Later on the retirement of Mr. Sewell, the name
of the firm was altered to Kendall, Barr & Company, by the admission to part-
nership of Mr. Robert B. Barr, F. A. A. They enjoy a large clientage and are
auditors for the city of Vancouver. Mr. Kendall s practice has continuously
grown since he started out independently, and in addition he now has important
financial interests. He is a member and vice president of the Vancouver Stock
Exchange and occupies a prominent position in the regard of his colleagues and
contemporaries. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
England and Wales, is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of the Dominion of Canada, of which he is now vice president, and is a fellow
of the Chartered Accountants of the Province of British Columbia.
Mr. Kendall married Miss Gertrude Skipworth and they have many friends
in Vancouver. His social relations are with the Western Club of Vancouver,
and he is also connected with the Royal Colonial Institute of London. Laud-
able ambition has prompted him in all of his business activities, and gradually
working his way upward, he has made for himself a place that is creditable and
satisfactory, his clientage being large and of a representative character.
FREDERIC THEODORE UNDERBILL.
Frederic Theodore Underbill of Vancouver was born in Tipton, Stafford-
shire, England, in 1858, a son of William Lees Underbill, F. R. C. S. (Eng.).
Dr. Underbill began practice in 1881 at Tipton, following his graduation in that
year, when he won the L. R. C. P. degree. He became a Fellow of the Royal
College of Surgeons at Edinburgh in 1884 and a D. P. H. in 1877. He has
been a resident of British Columbia since 1894, practicing in Mission City for
three years, or until 1897, when he came to Vancouver. He was medical health
officer in 1904.
Dr. Underbill married Beatrice Alice Muriel, a daughter of Dr. Muriel of
Norwich, England, and their family numbers seven sons and five daughters.
EDWARD GODFREY BLACKWELL.
A man's worth to a community is in considerable measure determined by
his business activity and enterprise as well as his loyalty to that which stands
for the best in governmental affairs. Such is Edward Godfrey Blackwell, well
known in commercial circles in Vancouver as a dealer in builders and loggers'
supplies, in which business he has been engaged since the I2th of November,
1907. He was born April 23, 1881, at Port Huron, Michigan, and is a son of
Kennett W. and Fannie C. Blackwell. The father was connected with the
Grand Trunk Railway system for many years as mechanical superintendent and
later was with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the same capacity.
In the public schools of Montreal, Edward G. Blackwell pursued his early
education, which was supplemented by further study in a private school at
Ashbury, North Devon, England. He was first 'employed by J. R. Booth, of
Ottawa, Ontario, in the lumber business, remaining with him for several years,
after which he entered the service of Dobell, Beckett & Company, of Quebec,
where he engaged in the same line. Mr. Blackwell continued with that firm
for a number of years and afterward spent several years in the southern states
in the employ of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company. The 2ist of March, 1907,
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witnessed his arrival in British Columbia, and believing the growing city of
Vancouver would furnish a profitable field for business, he perfected his arrange-
ments whereby he embarked in the builders' and loggers' supplies business on
the 1 2th of November of that year. His industry and careful expenditure in
former years had brought to him the capital that now enabled him to start out
on his own account. From the first he recognized the fact that satisfied patrons
are the best advertisement, and he has ever made it his purpose to fully meet
the demands of the public. In all his dealings he is straightforward and reliable
and through his industry and enterprising methods has promoted the growth of
his business which is bringing him substantial annual returns.
On the 27th of April, 1910, in Vancouver, Mr. Blackwell was united in mar-
riage to Miss Frances May Leighton, a daughter of Robert and Florence Leigh-
ton. In politics Mr. Blackwell is a liberal. The Masonic fraternity numbers him
among its worthy representatives, his membership being in Western Gate Lodge,
F. & A. M., of Vancouver. He belongs also to the Vancouver Club, the Shaugh-
nessy Heights Golf Club and the Country Club of Vancouver and the Union Club
of Victoria. His associates in these organizations find him of a social, genial
nature and he is termed a companionable man as well as an enterprising factor in
business circles.
GEORGE ALBERT McGUIRE, D. D. S., M. L. A.
Liberal educational opportunities qualified Dr. George Albert McGuire for
the attainment of prominence and success in the practice of dentistry, in which
he actively continued until 1912 and then retired from the profession. In the
meantime he had acquired important financial interests as the result of sound
judgment in placing his investments and now devotes the greater part of his
time and energies to the management of his holdings. He was born upon a farm
near Mount Forest, in what is now Egremont township, Ontario, on April 7,
1871, his parents being George and Henrietta (Gardiner) McGuire. The father
was a son of Thomas McGuire, a native of County Mayo, Ireland, and a British
army officer who came to Canada in 1838, first settling in Toronto. Later he
made his way to the Queen's Bush, Ontario, where he took up land and began
farming. In time he acquired large tracts of land and became very prosperous
as wealth was then measured. This enabled him to provide amply for his six
sons, to each of whom he gave a large farm, together with horses, implements
and other things necessary for equipment. At the time of his removal to the
west, Queen's Bush was a veritable wilderness. Mr. McGuire had to endure all
the hardships and privations of pioneer life in order to establish a home in this
section of the country and develop his property, but as the years went on his
earnest labors were rewarded with success and, where once hardships were his
lot, later comforts and conveniences came to take their place. His wife, whom
he married in the Emerald isle, was a native of County Sligo, Ireland.
Their son, George McGuire, was born in Toronto, and as a boy accompanied
liis parents in their removal to the Queen's Bush, where he grew to manhood,
and afterwards engaged in farming until thirty-two years of age. He then
turned his attention to the conduct of a general store at Riverstown, Ontario,
where he also served as postmaster, continuing in business there until a short
time prior to his death, when he removed to Clifford, Ontario, where he died in
1883. He was a thoroughgoing business man, energetic, enterprising and deter-
mined, and while he was not a seeker for public office, he was an ardent con-
servative and an active worker in the interests of that party. He married
Henrietta Gardiner, whose father was a school teacher, and Mrs. McGuire also
followed that profession 'for a year or two prior to her marriage. She was born
at Kittley's Corners, near Brockville, Ontario, a representative of a prominent
family. Several of her brothers are successful agriculturists and reside near
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Mount Forest. Another brother is the Rev. Robinson Gardiner, now living
retired at Hamilton, Ontario, who was for many years prominent as a minister
of the gospel, his last charge being at Welland. Still another brother is Francis
Gardiner, a leading and successful physician of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unto
George and Henrietta (Gardiner) McGuire were born four children, as follows:
Frank W., a general practitioner of medicine in Buffalo, New York; Amanda J.,
now residing in Buffalo, New York, who is the widow of W. H. Ryan, who died
in Vancouver; George Albert, of this review; and Edgar R., a successful surgeon,
who is associated with the eminent Dr. Roswell Park, of Buffalo.
Dr. George A. McGuire pursued his early education in the graded and high
schools of Mount Forest, Ontario, and later entered the Royal College of Dental
Surgeons at Toronto, where he continued for a year. He then pursued his
preparation for the practice of dentistry as a student in the University of
Maryland at Baltimore, from which institution he was graduated with the
D. D. S. degree in 1892. Immediately afterward he came to British Columbia,
locating for practice in Vancouver, where lie continued as a capable, prominent
and successful follower of his profession until 1912, when he withdrew from
active practice to concentrate his energies upon his business interests, which
in the meantime had grown to large proportions. He had an extensive practice
and was president of the board of dental examiners of liritish Columbia, but
resigned in 1907.
In the meantime Dr. McGuire had become an active factor in promoting
the growth and development of British Columbia, and as opportunity had offered
made judicious investments in real estate and in business enterprises, and now
has large financial interests. He owns much realty and is a director of the
Prudential Investment Company and was a director of the Imperial Investment
Company, both of Vancouver.
Following in the political footsteps of his father. Dr. McGuire has always
been a conservative and active in the party since 1901. His entrance into active
politics was purely accidental. Without plan or purpose, he dropped into a
conservative meeting, made a little speech in support of principles in which he
firmly believed, and much to his surprise was at a subsequent meeting, a few
weeks later, elected president of the Conservative Association at Vancouver.
He entered earnestly upon the work which had come to him unsolicited and has
since been actively connected with that body, remaining as president of the
association up to and through the campaign of 1903. The conservative party
had always been in the minority in Vancouver but had been growing in strength,
and in 1907, as one of its representatives, he contested the seat for Vancouver
in the British Columbia legislature, was elected and has been continuously
reelected to that position since. At the last election he was at the head of the
poll and is now the senior member. While he never falters in his support of
principles or measures in which he believes, he never sacrifices the public welfare
to partisanship or places personal aggrandizement before the public good. His
name has been prominently mentioned for the position of senator from Vancouver.
At Vancouver, on the 151)1 of August, 1894, Dr. McGuire was united in
marriage to Miss Marie Jennie McLean, a daughter of M. C. and Mary (Allen)
McLean. The father came to Vancouver from Madoc, Ontario, and for a time
was associated with the lumber firm of Edmunds & Webster. Later he held
office in connection with the customs at Vancouver to the time of his retirement
from active life, about 1910. Dr. and Mrs. McGuire have two daughters, Stella
and Jean. The Doctor belongs to Acacia Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., of
Vancouver; to Vancouver Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Pythias; Pacific Council, No.
4, of the Royal Templars of Temperance, and is past grand councilor for the
Royal Templars of British Columbia. He is also connected with the Western
Club of Vancouver and with the Union Club of Victoria, and his religious faith
is indicated in the fact that he is an adherent of the Presbyterian church. Dr.
McGuire holds high rank among the forceful and resourceful citizens of Van-
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couver. He won a position of distinction in professional circles and is now
counted one of the enterprising business men whose sound judgment and enter-
prise have proven the basis of his success. A Greek philosopher once said:
"Earn thy reward : the gods give nought to sloth ;" and the truth of his admon-
ition has been verified in all the ages which have since run their course. Grasping
the eternal principle that industry wins, Dr. McGuire has so directed his efforts,
taken advantage of his opportunities and utilized his native powers that he has
gained a place among the honored, successful and representative residents of his
adopted city.
HENRY NELEMS.
Henry Neleins, a pioneer resident of the Chilliwack valley now living retired
in Chilliwack, was born on lot 24, Burford township, Brant county, Ontario,
where his parents, William and Eliza Nelems, settled in the year 1832. They
made their home on a tract of wild brush land and remained upon that property
during the remainder of their lives, the mother dying when she was sixty-four
years of age and the father at the age of eighty-three.
Air. Nelems' earliest recollection is of the family life in the old log cabin
set upon a knoll on the corner of lot 24. There were six sons and five daughters
but four of the children died when young. Mr. Nelems can remember, however,
when all were at home in a house about sixteen by twenty-two feet in dimen-
sions, with a "lean-to" at the back, and when three or four slept in what was
called a trundle bed. After a hard day's work clearing the land the father spent
his evenings making shoes for his family while the mother and the older sisters
spun or made flannel or cotton dresses for the girls and utilized full cloth for
the boys. By the strictest economy the family was able to live and eventually
one hundred acres across the township line was purchased, the family paying
for this tract four hundred dollars and taking many years to discharge the debt.
By the time Air. Nelems was old enough to start to school a little settle-
ment had grown up in the vicinity of his parents' farm, for the Great Western
Railway had been built in the province. His school days were limited in extent,
for as soon as he was old enough to work he was obliged to lay aside his books
and, like his brothers and sisters, he acquired only a common-school education.
When he was almost twenty years of age a party of sixteen set out for Cali-
fornia and Mr. Nelems joined them, leaving home on the 6th of November,
1864, and going first to New York. From there the party took a side-wheel
steamer, to the Isthmus, to cross by the Nicaragua route, spending nine days
upon the Atlantic. After their arrival they embarked on small, flat-bottomed
boats and sailed up the San Juan river until they were within fourteen miles of
Acapulco, on the Pacific coast. They were two days in crossing the Isthmus and
fourteen days going from there to San Francisco. After a short stop in that
city they took a river steamer to Sacramento and after his arrival there Mr.
Nelems walked to Elkgrove, where he hired himself out to Dr. Duncombe. He
started at a salary of twenty dollars per month, which was subsequently increased.
After Mr. Nelems had been in California a few months he received word from
his sister, who was then upon her wedding journey, to meet her 'in San Fran-
cisco, but this he was unable to do, as the letter came upon the same boat on
which she had taken passage. Mr. Nelems therefore remained in the vicinity
of Sacramento until July and then came north and joined his sister and brother-
in-law in British Columbia. It was at that time a rough country. New West-
minster was a small town, Vancouver had not been thought of and there were
only seven settlers in the Chilliwack valley. These, however, were all energetic
and capable men and they soon had a good sized area of land under cultivation.
Mr. Nelems arrived in British Columbia July 16, 1865, and at that time remained
five years in the province, traveling over a great deal of territory and finally
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returning to the Chilliwack valley which according to his views 'offered the best
opportunities. In the summer of 1867 he went to the forks of the Quesnel with
a band of cattle walking all of the way, and in the following season he went
by stage to the Cariboo. He made the return journey with George Chadsy,
now deceased, but then active and well known in the Chilliwack valley, while
Henry Kipp was also of the party, and he and -Mr. Nelems, being accomplished
violinists, provided splendid entertainment along the way. In 1869, Mr. Nelems
returned to Ontario, where he remained for a number of years, farming the
homestead and rearing his family in that province. During his father's life
Mr. Nelems of this review continued to operate the home farm but after his
death returned to the Chilliwack valley as soon as he could dispose of his hold-
ings.
Mr. Nelems has been twice married. In 1889 death took his first wife,
Sarah (Lane) Nelems, in the forty-third year of her age. Some time before
Mr. and Mrs. Nelems had lost their first daughter, aged eight years, and the
mother never fully recovered from the shock. Two years after her death Mr.
Nelems married Miss Isabella Howell. who met death by apoplexy eight years
afterward. This sad event occurred about one year after Mr. Nelems' return
to British Columbia and he sent for his oldest son and his daughter-in-law,
who were then living in Detroit, and they came and made their home with him.
The son went into the real-estate business and with his father's help secured
a large acreage adjoining the town of Chilliwack. This he divided into lots
and sold at an excellent profit. Mr. Nelems' son and daughter-in-law afterward
moved into Chilliwack and invited the subject of this review to make his home
with them. Here he is spending his declining years, finding in the unpretentious
yet comfortable establishment, a homelike atmosphere and the peace and content-
ment which rewards a useful, honorable and well spent life.
DAVID GRIFFITH WILLIAMS.
David Griffith Williams has since 1904 engaged in the real-estate and financial
brokerage business in Vancouver, his interests being now conducted under the
firm name of Williams & Alurdoff, Ltd., with Mr. Williams as president of the
company. He was born in South Wales, November 15, 1859, a son of Thomas
and Margaret (Griffith) Williams. The father was an expert in soft lead smelt-
ing and had charge of that process in a large smelter, having five furnaces under
his direction.
David Griffith Williams was educated in private and public schools of his
native land after which, in 1873, he became a. junior railroad clerk, so continuing
until 1878, when he became clerk for W. G. Williams in the town of his birth,
remaining in that position for two years. In 1880 he became clerk and book-
keeper for James Williams in the lumber business and so remained until 1883,
when he went upon the road as a commercial traveler, representing London and
Bristol houses, being thus engaged until 1885, when he went to the United States.
He first made his way to Texas with the intention of engaging in sheep ranching
there but after spending several months in investigating the chances for that
business he resolved to turn his attention in other directions and removed to
Kansas City, Missouri, where he engaged in the building and contracting busi-
ness and also spent several years in railroad contracting. At that time he like-
wise became interested in newspaper work and assisted in the preparation of
a series of special articles on building construction and kindred topics. From
Kansas City he went to Astoria, Oregon, where he remained for several months,
and then went to Tacoma, Washington, where for a year he was connected with
the Tacoma Globe and its successor, the Tacoma Ledger. He then came to
British Columbia, making his way to Victoria, where he was connected with the
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Colonist and later was advertising manager of the News for a short time. He
next went to the Kootenay district where he engaged in land and mining specula-
tion. He then came to Vancouver and at the time of the inception of the Province,
at that time a weekly paper, he took charge of the business management, which
he directed for some time. He afterward became associated with the Daily
News at New Westminster, a political sheet with which he continued during its
existence of several months. He next became owner of the circulation of The
World at Vancouver, of which department he was proprietor for nine years, and
during the latter part of the time was business manager of the paper. In 1904
he turned his attention to his present business, that of real-estate and financial
brokerage, under the name of Williams;, Hoare & Company, which continued
for about a .year when the interests of Mr. Hoare were purchased by Frank L.
Murdoff and the firm became Williams & Murdoff. In 1906 the business was
incorporated as Williams & Murcloff, Ltd., with Mr. Williams as president, since
which time he has remained at the head of the company which conducts an
extensive business, negotiating many important realty transfers and doing a large
brokerage business. Mr. Williams also has other financial and business inter-
ests, being a director of the British Columbia Life Assurance Company, presi-
dent of the Superior Coal & Improvement Company of Seattle, and one of the
original incorporators of the Western Canada Mortgage Corporation of Van-
couver, lie likewise has large land and mining interests and his investments
have been judiciously placed, bringing to him a most gratifying financial return.
Mr. Williams has been married twice. He first wedded Mollie Smith, now
deceased, and in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1897, he married Caroline McLel-
lan. I lis family numbers two sons and four daughters. Mr. Williams is a
conservative in politics and while not active as an office seeker he was councilor
of Point Grey in 1908-09. He is a member of the Vancouver Stock Exchange
and is interested in various projects for the general good. He belongs to the
Baptist church and fraternally is connected with the Masons, Odd Fellows and
the Loyal Orange Lodge. He belongs to the Vancouver Golf Club and to the
Vancouver Automobile Club and is an enthusiastic motorist. His advancement
in the business world has been continuous for the wise use he has made of time,
talents and opportunities has brought substantial results and placed him in an
enviable position in business circles.
FRANCIS ORRA CANFIELD.
Francis Orra Canfield, principal of the Lord Kelvin grade school in New
Westminister, has devoted his life largely to educational work and, ever laboring
toward high ideals, his service has been a potent and helpful influence in promot-
ing intellectual advancement in the various localities in which he has made his
home. He was born in Oxford county, Ontario, in 1872, and is a son of Austin
and Margaret Canfield, natives of that province, where the father followed farm-
ing for a number of years. He is now living retired, and he and his wife make
their home in Woodstock.
Francis Orra Canfield acquired his early education in the Woodstock Colle-
giate Institute but before he was graduated came to New Westminster, locating
here in 1800, just at the time of the depression following the first "boom" which
the town enjoyed. Employment of any kind was hard to secure and Mr. Canfield
directed his attention to photographic work in the studio of S. J. Thompson where
he continued for nearly two years, after which he went to Chilliwack, where he
worked for two years at surveying. He followed this by a period on the prairies
around Matsqui, but at the end of one year returned to New Westminster deter-
mined to pursue his education. He entered Columbian College from which he
was graduated after two years with a first-class certificate. Immediately after-
ward he engaged in teaching, following this profession in Brownsville for five
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years, after which, upon the foundation of the normal school, he entered it and
took the complete course. Upon completing the course he moved again to New
Westminster and secured a position as teacher in the Central school under Mr.
Coatham. He did able and far-sighted work for over two years and then, upon
the death of R. J. Hall, was appointed principal of the west end school, a position
which he still occupies. Practically his entire life has been given over to educa-
tional work and he has become an able and recognized leader in this field. He
is zealous and discriminating, imparts readily and clearly to others the knowledge
that he has acquired, and, moreover, studies each pupil from the standpoint of the
individual, without which understanding the best work of the teacher is never
done. He has during his nine years and a half connection with the Lord Kelvin
school noticeably raised its standard and the student who will apply himself to
his work finds in this institution a means for thorough preparation for the prac-
tical duties of life. Mr. Canficld takes a deep and keen interest in everything
pertaining to the promotion of public education and is always ready even at the
cost of personal sacrifice, to do all in his power to promote its spread.
Mr. Canfield married Miss Ida Wells, a daughter of Nelson and Ellen Wells,
residents of New Westminster for the past twenty-five years. Of this union
were born three children: Orra W., who is attending school; and Edwin Woodard
and Gene E. Mr. Canfield is a member of the Methodist church and is well
known in fraternal circles, holding membership in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, the Royal Templars, the Canadian ( )rder of Woodmen of the World and
the Young Men's Christian Association. He is interested in all the sports which
New Westminster affords and is a true educator in that he is able to grasp the
spirit of youth and grasp its need of recreation as well as of study from books.
He has been for a long time a leader in all the boys' games and is at present presi-
dent of the Boys' Football Association. He gives his political allegiance to the
conservative party and while at times he takes an active interest in political
affairs, he has never been a politician in the usually accepted sense of the term.
He is never neglectful of the duties of citizenship, however, and his influence has
been a tangible force for good in the community.
JAMES J. WHITE.
James J. White, sub-collector of customs at Sidney, was born in Madoc,
Ontario, in 1868. His parents, Joseph and Malinda White, are still living. In
the public schools, James J. White pursued his studies and started in the busi-
ness world in connection with the survey of timber on the west coast. He came
to British Columbia in 1892, settling in Sidney, where he was employed as fore-
man for the Toronto & British Columbia Lumber Company. He afterward
became agent for the Victoria & Sidney Railroad Company, under Mr. Pater-
son, occupying that position for ten years, on the expiration of which period
he embarked in general merchandising, conducting business for six years, when
his interests were amalgamated with the Sidney Trading Company. He became
a partner in the new organization under the name of the Sidney Trading Com-
pany, Limited, and theirs is the principal store of the kind in Sidney, a large
line of goods being carried and a profitable trade enjoyed.
In 1894, Mr. White was married to Miss C. Estella Brethour, a daughter
of Henry Brethour, who was one of the pioneers of this locality. There are
two children : Lorna and Eileen, who are attending St. Margaret's school in
Victoria.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of England, Mr. White
belongs to the Alpine Club, but on the whole is a home man, his domestic tastes
prompting him to secure the society of his family, rather than club life. In
politics he is a liberal and keeps well versed on important public questions. He
has filled several local offices, serving as school trustee and as postmaster for
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five years, during which period he saw great increase in the mail handled in
the office, owing to the rapid development of this locality. When he came to
Sidney, there were but two houses and one store, so that he has witnessed prac-
tically the entire growth and progress of the town and surrounding district. Mr.
White has found recreation in mountain climbing and in fishing, his interest in
the former being manifest in the fact that he is a member of the Alpine Club.
He is a progressive man, with sterling qualities that win him high regard and
many friends, who admire and respect him.
HENRY DOYLY ROCHFORT.
Henry Doyly Rochfort, engaged in the real-estate and investment business
at Victoria, has here conducted operations along that line for the past six years
and has met with a gratifying and well merited measure of success. His birth
occurred in Portsmouth, England, on the i8th of August, 1886, his parents being
Doyly T. and .Mary Rochfort. His great-grandfather, Colonel Tullbch, founded
the militia in Canada in the early days, reorganizing the entire system.
Mr. Rochfort attended the public schools of California in the acquirement
of an education. In 1902, when a youth of sixteen, he came to Victoria, British
Columbia, and entered the Canadian Hank of Commerce, remaining in the employ
of that institution at Victoria and other places during the next five years. In
.1907 he resigned his position in the bank and embarked in the real-estate, loan
and brokerage business at Victoria, which he has continued to the present time as
sole proprietor of II. D. Rochfort & Company. He has made it his purpose
to largely acquaint himself with property values here and has secured a good
clientage, while in the conduct of his business he has negotiated many important
realty transfers. Eor several years he was connected with the militia as a mem-
ber of the Fifth Regiment of Victoria, holding the rank of sergeant and being
the youngest man with this title in Canada.
In politics Mr. Rochfort is a conservative, while his religious faith is that
of the Church of England. He belongs to the Pacific Club and is also a member
of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. He
has gained an enviable measure of prosperity for one of his years and is well
known as one of the popular and enterprising young men of Victoria.
WILLIAM AUSTIN BROWX.
Among the young men who take a prominent part in the official life of North
Vancouver is William Austin Brown, who since 1912 has held the position of
city clerk. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he is a son of Richard and Mary Brown,
the former of whom was the professor of mercantile law at St. Mungo's College,
Glasgow. The father is deceased but the mother survives.
William A. Brown was educated in the public schools and at Lenzie Academy.
He later attended Glasgow University, in which institution he acquired sufficient
knowledge to become solicitor before the supreme court of Scotland. After
completing his education he first practiced in that capacity in Glasgow, continu-
ing thus for about ten years, but in 1910 came to Vancouver, British Columbia,
where he entered into connection with the firm of McNeill, Bird, Macdonald &
Bayfield. Mr. Brown remained with this firm until he entered the land registry
office and because of his efficient work therein and the practical knowledge which
he gained was on June 4, 1912, appointed city clerk of New Westminster, which
office he has since so capably administered. He has earned the high commenda-
tion of the general public by the faithfulness with which he executes his duties
and does everything possible in his position to promote the interests of the city.
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Mr. Brown was married to Miss Sarah Fraser, a daughter of William and
Amanda Fraser, the former a coal master of Glasgow. His religious faith is
that of the Presbyterian denomination and he is a member of the local church,
being active in its affairs and spreading its doctrines. Fraternally he is a Mason
and is also a member of the United Service Club of Vancouver. He takes
a deep interest and finds his recreation in athletics and is fond of golf, hockey
and football, recognizing that upon a man's pastimes largely depends his efficiency
for useful work. He is devoted to the interests of North Vancouver which he
has as dearly at heart as his private prosperity and is popular and respected among
its people. Readily acquiring the spirit of the west, he is always to be found
in the ranks of those who take the most advanced views in regard to helpful
innovations. His arrival in Xorth Vancouver marks the addition of a valuable
man to its citizenship and it may safely be said that Mr. Brown in this city has
found as suitable a field of labor, as North Vancouver has found in him a useful
citizen.
HERBERT L. ROBERTS.
Business circles of Victoria know Herbert L. Roberts as the secretary of the
real-estate firm of DeSalis, Roberts & Company, while in political circles he is
equally well known as the secretary of the Liberal Association. His activity
in these lines makes him a factor in the public life of his adopted city, in which
he has now made his home for about three years. He had previously been a
resident of the province, however, and is well known in various localities. He
was born March 22, 1868, in Liverpool, England, a son of John L. and Sarah
Roberts. The father, now deceased, was a sea captain, following the sea through-
out his entire life.
In private schools of London, England, Herbert L. Roberts pursued his
education and afterward returned to his native city of Liverpool, where for
five years he was employed in the offices of Alfred Dobell & Company,
timber brokers. In 1888, at the age of twenty years, he went to Vancouver
and secured employment at the Moodyville sawmill, where he remained for
four years. He first came to Victoria in 1892 and for several years was
bookkeeper for the grocery firm of Eskin, Wall & Company. In 1896 he
went to Ashcroft, British Columbia, and for several years was manager for
F. W. Foster, who was engaged in general merchandising and later Air.
Roberts engaged in the same line of business on his own account. He was
very ambitious to advance in business and steadily he worked his way upward
step by step, utilizing his opportunities to good advantage in the conduct of his
affairs and the performance of his duties. On his withdrawal from the field
of general merchandise he engaged in railway construction work. He also
carried with him a stock of merchandise and spent the next few years at Spence's
Bridge, Nicola and Field, British Columbia. In 1909 he again went to Van-
couver, where he accepted a position in the employ of the Island Investment
Company of Victoria. He was in their Vancouver office for ten months, after
which he was transferred to their home office in Victoria, where he took the
position of accountant. He left that company in 1912 in order to engage in
the real-estate business on his own account, and was joined by C. F. DeSalis
in a partnership- that still continues, under the firm style of DeSalis, Roberts &
Company. His knowledge of real-estate interests and values makes him well
qualified for the successful conduct of a business of this character. Mr. Rob-
erts is also secretary of the Liberal Association of Victoria, to which he devotes
much of his time, and he is an unfaltering champion of the principles of the
party.
On the roth of August, 1897, in Victoria, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage
to Miss Clara Crook, a daughter of Richard and Helena Crook. Her father,
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who was a cabinet-maker by trade, was on old-time settler in British Columbia,
residing in this province before the completion of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way. Mr. Roberts holds membership in the Church of England and is an
exemplary representative of Masonry, belonging to Camosun Lodge, A. F. &
A. M. He likewise belongs to the Camosun Club. For a quarter of a century
he has lived in the northwest and has ever been deeply interested in its progress
and development, manifesting the helpful attitude of a public-spirited citizen.
Me has also in his business affairs displayed energy and determination, which
have brought him a substantial measure of success.
WILLIAM HENRY GALLAGHER.
It is imperative that in the history of Vancouver mention should be made of
William Henry Gallagher, one of its pioneer residents. He passed a vote at the
first election held in the new city and was closely identified with its growth and
progress as a representative of the contracting and building business and later
as a general real-estate and financial agent. His memory forms the connecting
link between the primitive past and the progressive present and he is enabled
through actual knowledge to speak authoritatively concerning the events which
have figured most prominently in the history of Vancouver, for of these he has
been a witness. He was born on a farm in Adjalo township, ^imcoe county, On-
tario, September 12, 1864, a son of Robert I. and Lucinda (Summerville) Gal-
lagher. The father, who was also born in Adjalo township, and who was an of-
ficer in the English army, was a son of John Gallagher, who came from County
Down, Ireland, to Canada at an early day and settled in Simcoe county, Ontario,
where he located on land belonging to his wife. She was of English birth, the
land having been granted to her father at a very early date in part lieu of a pen-
sion which was also granted and given in recognition of the fact that members
of her family had rendered valuable and valorous service in the army. John
Gallagher and his family were among the earliest settlers of Simcoe county. He
became an extensive landowner in that section and the larger part of the original
land grant from the government is still in possession of members of the family.
His son, Robert Gallagher, the father of W. H. Gallagher, was reared on his
father's farm in Simcoe county and on reaching manhood began farming on his
own account, being connected with agricultural pursuits there until his death,
which occurred in 1902.
William H. Gallagher pursued his education in the public schools of Toronto,
Ontario, and later took a commercial course in Wells' Business College of that
city. He was then apprenticed at Toronto to learn the carpenter and house build-
er's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship went to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in
1883. There he followed his trade for a time and later was connected with build-
ing interests in Wolseley and in Regina, Saskatchewan, being engaged in the gen-
eral contracting business in the latter city until 1886. During his residence there
he practically had charge of one of the divisions of the commissary and trans-
portation department for the government troops engaged in the Riel rebellion of
1885.
In the spring of 1886 Mr. Gallagher arrived in British Columbia, settling in
Granville, which the same year was incorporated as the city of Vancouver. In
the first election held thereafter Mr. Gallagher cast a vote. He immediately be-
came identified with industrial affairs in the new city, taking up the work of con-
tracting and building, and realizing something of what the future had in store
for this great and growing western country, he began investing in real estate,
believing Vancouver to have a most advantageous situation, which would consti-
tute a feature of its development and growth. He continued actively and suc-
cessfully in the general contracting business until 1896, when he withdrew from
that line to concentrate his entire time and attention upon a general real-estate
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business, in which he has continued to the present time. Although he has always
been alone in business, he has in recent years operated under the name of William
H. Gallagher & Company, real-estate and financial brokers and insurance agents.
He is thoroughly conversant with every phase of the business in its different de-
partments, carefully formulates his plans, watches for and utilizes opportunities,
and in the enterprising and straightforward conduct of his business is meeting
with substantial and gratifying returns. He has also been an active factor in
manufacturing and commercial circles of the city, and his private interests are
varied and extensive.
In 1901 Mr. Gallagher was united in marriage at Milton, Ontario, to Miss
Esther Melina Chapman, a daughter of Ephraim Chapman a farmer of Campbell-
ville, Ontario. The family are adherents of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Gal-
lagher belongs to the Vancouver Athletic Club, of which he is a director. He
likewise has membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he
has been an active worker, filling all of the chairs in the local lodge. He has like-
wise figured in connection with local political interests and represented his ward
as alderman in the city council in 1 81,17. He has ever been in the front rank of all
movements pertaining to the public welfare, advancement and progress and has
held many honorary positions in connection with public and semi-public projects
and institutions which have to do with the province's improvement or with any
of those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. There are
few indeed who have longer resided in Vancouver than he and none is more
entitled to be classed with its public-spirited citizens.
WILLIAM ERNEST DITCHBURN.
*
William Ernest Ditchburn is one of the most able and prominent officials of
the dominion government in British Columbia, serving as inspector of Indian
agencies for the southwestern portion of the province and has. moreover, an
enviable reputation as a lacrosse player, his excellence in this sport having
received recognition throughout this province and in eastern Canada. He was
born in Hereford, England, December n, 1862, and is a son of Thomas Lee
and Eliza Ann (Landells) Ditchburn, the former a son of Thomas Ditchburn,
a prominent solicitor and barrister of London, England. His wife was a daugh-
ter of James and Caroline Amelia (Vaux) Landells, the former of St. Martin's
Place, Charing Cross, London, and the latter a daughter of Colonel John Vaux,
a colonel in Her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blue. The father of the sub-
ject of this review was a photographer by occupation, following this line of work
in London and later in Canada, whither he brought his family in 1868. He
located in Toronto and has since made his home in that city, being now retired.
His wife passed away in 1903. Eight children were born to their union, six of
whom still survive, as follows : Eliza Emily, the wife of John Morrison, of
Whiting, Indiana ; Walter John, who is engaged in the shoe manufacturing
business in Chicago, Illinois ; Frederick Arthur, of Toronto, Ontario ; William
Ernest, of this review ; May, who married Robert G. Trotter, a contractor of
Vancouver, British Columbia; and Minnie, the wife of George Dean, of Toronto,
Ontario.
William Ernest Ditchburn was six years of age when he came to Canada
with his parents. He acquired his education in the public schools of Harwood,
Cobourg and Toronto, Ontario. In 1875, when he was but thirteen years of age,
he apprenticed himself to the printer's trade and for many years thereafter
was identified with the printing and bookbinding business. In 1890 he came west
to British Columbia and shortly afterward located in Victoria, where he has
since made his residence with the exception of about eighteen months, during
which he traveled in the States. In 1892 he went to San Francisco, California,
where he worked for a time on the Examiner. He afterward moved to Sacra-
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mento, becoming a member of the staff of the World Record, and after resigning
this position he moved to Utah, working on the Salt Lake Herald. He was
afterward identified with the Omaha Bee and from that city returned to Vic-
toria, where he joined the lacrosse team, traveling with it through eastern
Canada. Upon the close of the tour he returned to Victoria, where he estab-
lished himself in the printing business, remaining identified with this line for
seventeen years thereafter. On the 2oth of May, 1910, he was appointed
inspector of Indian agencies for the southwestern portion of British Columbia
and in this capacity has since served, being numbered today among the most
capable and trustworthy officials in the province.
In October, 1897, Air. Ditchburn was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Ann
Blackett, a daughter of Cuthbert and Christiana Blackett, of Stockton-on-Tees,
England, but residents of Victoria at the time of their daughter's marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Ditchburn have become the parents of three children, two of whom
still survive, Raymond Blackett and Helen Virginia. Mr. Ditchburn is fond of
fishing and hunting but is especially interested in lacrosse. He was for years
prominent in lacrosse circles both here and in the east, being actively associated
as a player with various well known teams. He was a member of the Victoria
team from 1891 to 1896 and during that time gained a reputation as a brilliant,
active and able player. He is connected fraternally with Vancouver-Quadra
Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., and belongs to Far West Lodge, No. i, K. P.
His attention and energies are, however, largely concentrated upon his official
work and his duties are discharged capably and conscientiously so that his public
record is gratifying and enviable.
EDWYN SANDYS WETMORE PENTREATH.
Edwyn Sandys Wetmore Pentreath, deceased, at one time archdeacon of
Columbia and also at the time of his death superintendent of missions of the
Anglican church in the diocese of New Westminster, was prominently numbered
among those whose efforts have been a potent force in the moral progress of
the northwest, and the memory of his upright life remains as a blessed benedic-
tion to those who listened to his teachings and came under the influence of his
upright life, which indeed proved an example worthy to be followed.
He was born at Clifton, Kings county, New Brunswick, December 5, 1846,
a son of Captain Edwin and Elizabeth R. (Wetmore) Pentreath. The family
comes of United Empire Loyalist ancestry. In the schools of England, E. S. W.
Pentreath pursued his early education and afterward was graduated from the
General Theological Seminary at New York, which conferred upon him the
degree of Doctor of Divinity, and from St. John's College at Winnipeg, Mani-
toba, which conferred upon him the degrees of B. D. and D. D. Entering actively
upon the work of the church following his graduation from the New York
school, he was ordained deacon by the bishop of New Jersey in 1872, while his
ordination services as a member of the priesthood were conducted by Bishop
Medley of Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1874. He was the incumbent of
Grace church at Rutherford Park, New Jersey, from 1872 until 1874 and in the
latter year became rector at Moncton, New Brunswick, where he remained until
1882. Through the succeeding thirteen years he was rector of Christ church,
Winnipeg, and during his rectorship he held the offices of rural dean, honorary
canon, examiner of exegetical theology and chaplain of the Ninety-first Battalion
of the Winnipeg Light Infantry. In 1890 he was a member of the Winnipeg
conference which formed the basis for the union of the Church of England
dioceses in Canada. He was a delegate to the general synod from its formation
in 1893 and was one of the deputation from the Canadian church to the general
convention of the Episcopal church in the United States in 1901.
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Dr. Pentreath came to British Columbia in 1897, on his appointment to the
archdeaconry of Columbia, which position he occupied to the time of his demise,
and was superintendent of missions of the Anglican church in the diocese of New
Westminster. He was also commissary of the general diocese of New West-
minster on several occasions.
In 1875, at Dorchester, New Brunswick, Dr. Pentreath was married to Miss
Clara Woodford Sayre, the third daughter of Thomas S. Sayre, barrister at law
of Dorchester. They became the parents of a son and two daughters: Harold
Edwyn Anson Pentreath, Mrs. George Gavin and Mrs. A. E. Henderson, who,
together with Mrs. Pentreath, survive the husband and father. For several
months prior to his death Dr. Pentreath was in ill health and in February, 1913,
he left the north for Paso Robles, California, where he passed away on the rpth
of March following. He was a theologian of note in his comprehensive knowl-
edge of the teachings of the church, but it was not merely with form and doctrine
that he was familiar. That he had caught the true spirit of Christianity in its
teachings concerning charity and brotherly kindness was manifest in every rela-
tion of his life and it was his broad sympathy, as much as his learned discourse,
that drew men to him and made them his followers in an effort for moral
progress.
ROBERT WEIR DICK.
Robert Weir Dick, living in temporary retirement in Vancouver, following
a period of close connection with agricultural interests of Mission, during which
he served with credit and distinction for three terms as reeve of the municipality,
was born in Dominion City, Franklin county, Manitoba, August i, 1877. He
is a son of David G. and Mary ( Stewart) Dick and a grandson of John Dick,
who came from Bathgate, Scotland, to Canada in 1821. He settled at Rosetta,
Ontario, and there engaged in farming until his death. His son David G. Dick
was born at Rosetta and reared upon his father's farm. After reaching manhood
he served his time as carriage maker and later engaged in business at
Almonte. Ontario, where he remained until 1874. In that year he moved to
Dominion City, Manitoba, and for fourteen years thereafter conducted a large
mercantile enterprise there. He left Manitoba in 1888, coming west, and he
traveled over various parts of western Canada and the United States until 1897,
when he journeyed to Alaska and the Yukon territory, spending three years pros-
pecting. Returning in 1900 and later locating in North Vancouver he engaged in
the real-estate and general financial brokerage business from 1903 until 1910,
when he retired from active business life. He now spends most of his time in
travel, although he maintains his residence in North Vancouver.
Robert Weir Dick acquired his education in the public schools of Manitoba
and Washington and after laying aside his books prospected in the Atlin and
Dawson districts for five years. He met with a fair degree of success and in
1902 returned to the coast. In 1904 he moved to North Vancouver, this province,
and became associated with his father in the real-estate business. At the end of
two years he purchased a one hundred and sixty acre farm in Mission and turned
his attention to agricultural pursuits, securing extensive and important interests
along this line. He became also very prominent in public affairs, serving as
councillor of the Mission municipality in 1908 and 1909. In the following
year he was elected reeve and proved so eminently capable and efficient in that
office that he was twice reelected, his third term ending with the year 1912. In
that year he disposed of all of his interests in Mission and moved to Vancouver,
where he is now living in temporary retirement.
On the 4th of September, 1905, Mr. Dick was united in marriage to Miss
Jennie May McLeod, a daughter of Norman McLeod, of Vancouver. They
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became the parents of two children, Robert Norman and Hazel May. Mr. Dick
is connected fraternally with Pacific Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M., of Mission, in
'which he has held all of the chairs, and he also belongs to Vancouver Chapter,
No. 98, R. A. M. During his residence in Mission he was a member of the
Board of Trade and belonged to the Agricultural Society, taking an active interest
in all matters of civic welfare and advancement. This interest in public affairs
he has carried to Vancouver, where he is now a member of the Progress Club
and a moving spirit in its work.
WILLIAM s. MCDONALD.
William S. McDonald is one of the pioneer contractors of Vancouver, but still
very actively engaged in business. He was born at New Glasgow, Pictou county,
Nova Scotia, in 1864. a son of Alexander and Jessie ( Macpherson) McDonald, who
were also natives of that province. The father was a farmer of Pictou, Canada,
where he and his wife maintained their residence until called to the home beyond.
William S. McDonald pursued a public-school education to the age of iifteen
years, when he was apprenticed to the stone-cutter's trade, which he followed there
until 18(84. Then, at the age of twenty years, he came to the Pacific coast, settling at
Victoria. I le did not remain there, however, but went soon afterward to San Fran-
cisco. After a brief period he continued his journey to Fresno, California, where
he was engaged in the stone business, spending three years in that state. In March,
1888, he returned to Victoria and thence came to Vancouver. Here he engaged in
the stone-cutting business on his own account, forming a partnership with his
brother, D. (1. McDonald, who was the first stone-cutter to locate in Vancouver,
while William S. McDonald was the second. Another brother, Findley McDonald,
also was a member of the firm for a short time. After some years William S. Mc-
Donald decided to engage in the general contracting business, which he conducted
in connection with that of stone-cutting. About that time the partnership was
dissolved and in 1903 he entered into partnership with the late Albert Adams under
the name of Adams & McDonald. This connection existed for two years. Their
first contracts were for the building of the Carnegie library and the Vancouver
General Hospital. About 1905 Hugh Wilson purchased Mr. Adams' interest in the
business and continued active in the firm until January, 1913, when he retired.
Mr. McDonald is now sole proprietor, although the business is still conducted under
the old firm title of McDonald & Wilson. In addition to the general contracting end
of the business he owns and operates two large stone-cutting plants, the Vancouver
one being on Main street and False creek, and the other on Montreal street in Vic-
toria, in which city a branch office is maintained. Mr. McDonald has erected many
of the more important buildings in both Vancouver and Victoria, including the
handsome new Vancouver county courthouse, to -which he is now erecting a spa-
cious addition. He has also been awarded the contract for a one million dollar addi-
tion to the provincial parliament building at Victoria. All this indicates the nature
of his work, which in its excellence, durability and finish surpasses that of many
other contractors. As he and his brother, D. G. McDonald, were the first stone-
cutters in Vancouver, they may truthfully be called the pioneers in the business in
the city, having located here when the name of Granville was used and long before
its population entitled it to be classed as a city.
In San Francisco, on the 2ist of October, 1891, Mr. McDonald was united in
marriage to Miss Louise Buttle, a native of that city, although her father, the late
John Buttle, was a pioneer of British Columbia, coming here as a member of the
Royal Engineers. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have become the parents of seven
children: John Alexander, Clement Harold, Mary Violet, William Ray, Louise
Dorothy, Walter Valentine and Jessie Agnes.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are members of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and in
politics he is a conservative but not an active party worker. He belongs to Western
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Gate Lodge, A. F. & A. M., has also taken the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry and
the Preceptory, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He
likewise belongs to the Terminal City and Vancouver Clubs. During his long resi-
dence in the northwest he has gained a wide acquaintance in Vancouver, Victoria
and other sections of the province, and his name is high on the roll of those whose
industry and capability have gained them honorable prosperity.
II. WILFRED HATT-COOK.
The career of 11. Wilfred Hatt-Cook is another proof of the fact that this
is the age of the young man's success, for he has proven his ability by the excel-
lent results which he has obtained as wholesale produce dealer, although he is
not yet thirty years of age. He is known to Liritish Columbia as the potato king
and was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, on February 4, 1885, a son of Henry
and Alary (Watts) Hatt-Cook, the former a native of Cheshire and the latter
of Yorkshire. In the latter county the parents were reared and married and
there the father engaged in woolen manufacture, being the owner of large mills
which he later sold to his brothers. 1 le then removed to New South Wales,
Australia, where he engaged extensively in the sheep and cattle industry. For a
number of years he was very successful but about 1895 a severe drought came
over the country and, continuing for three years, caused him to lose thousands
of dollars' worth of stock. Discouraged as to the prospects the future held out to
him in Australia, the father, in 1898, came to British Columbia and after a short
residence in Burnaby came to New Westminster, where for several years he
was variously engaged but subsequently embarked in the produce business, with
which he and his son, II. Wilfred, are now identified. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatt-
Cook are the parents of two children: Harold, who operates one of his father's
ranches; and H. Wilfred, our subject.
H. Wilfred Hatt-Cook was reared under the parental roof and educated in
the schools of Leeds, England, and Sydney, New South Wales. After laying
aside his schoolbooks he decided upon auctioneering as a profitable career but
after three years gave up this profession to establish himself in the commission
business, with which he is still identified. He has made a specialty of potatoes
and for that reason has been given the sobriquet of "potato king" of British
Columbia. He also deals extensively in cattle, horses and hogs. Although yet
quite a young man, he is widely and favorably known in the business life of
New Westminster for his ability and shrewd judgment. His faith is that of
the Church of England and he holds membership with the local organization.
Of progressive tendencies, he takes interest in all movements inaugurated to
improve his community, and his public-spiritedness entitles him to the high
regard of his fellow citizens.
THOMAS HENRY SLATER.
Thomas Henry Slater has been identified with business interests in Victoria
since 1906 and through well directed activities has come to be ranked with the
capitalists of the west. He was born in London, Ontario, December 5, 1865,
and is a son of James and Mary Jane (Mathews) Slater. The father is a
prominent merchant of London, Ontario, and is a representative of an old English
family. They were Yorkshire people. The mother was a native of Devonshire,
England, and died in 1909.
While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof T. H. Slater was
a pupil in the public schools of London, Ontario, and also in Hellmuth College.
When his text-books were put aside he became connected with mercantile inter-
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ests as an employe of Robinson, Little & Company, wholesale dry-goods merchants
at London, Ontario. His first position was a somewhat humble one, his industry,
capability and fidelity winning him promotion until, having passed through inter-
mediate grades, he became western manager at Winnipeg. He was with that
house for twenty-three years and then resigned in 1906 in order to remove to
Victoria and engage in business on the Pacific coast, making general invest-
ments which have been judiciously handled.
Mr. Slater is an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and a
valued member of the Union Club and the Victoria Golf Club. On the 26th of
March, 1893, in his native city, Mr. Slater married Miss Elizabeth Maude
Robinson, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Robinson, her father being senior
partner of the well known firm of Robinson, Little & Company, of London,
Ontario and Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. Slater have a daughter, Phyllis Maude,
who is now being educated in Europe. The family residence is at Rosmead, a
beautiful estate of five acres at Esquimalt. It is kept as nearly as possible in the
state in which nature left it. with little forced cultivation, only the underbrush
being cut away. The splendid natural beauty of the tract, together with the
magnificent residence erected, constitutes this one of the most beautiful places
on the island. Mr. Slater has traveled quite extensively, gaining that experience
and culture which only travel can bring, and he is today recognized as one of
the most valued and honored residents of the section of the province in which he
makes his homo.
WILLIAM DUNCAN WHITEHEAD.
More than a quarter of a century has come and gone since William Duncan
Whitehcad arrived in Vancouver, being brought to the west by his parents in
1887 when a little lad of four years. His attention is now given to the extensive
shipping, commission and insurance business which he is conducting under his
own name. He was born at Momence, Illinois, February 6, 1883, and is a son
of John Martin and Elizabeth (Robertson) Whitehead. The former, a native
of England, went from Sheffield, that country, to Momence, Illinois, where he
engaged in farming until 1887, when he brought his family to Vancouver and
here became associated with Robert Ward & Company, Ltd., now R. V. Winch
& Company, Ltd., in the commission, shipping, insurance and financial brokerage
business. He continued with Robert Ward & Company, Ltd., until 1903, when
he became assistant secretary and sales manager of the British Columbia Packers
Association, Ltd., at its formation. He continues in that connection to the pres-
ent time and has been active in formulating the policy and directing the interests
of the company, his efforts being a strong element in its success. He is also
consul for Belgium in British Columbia.
As previously stated, William Duncan Whitehead was but four years of age
when brought by his parents to Vancouver, and when he had arrived at school
age he began his education, which was continued through various grades. He
started out in the business world as an employe of Robert Ward & Company,
Ltd., remaining with them for five years. He next went with Dodwell & Com-
pany, Ltd., engaged in the import and export business, also' as general shipping
agents. He was with that firm for a year and afterward became connected with
McKenzie Brothers, steamship owners, with whom he continued for a year. In
1906 he entered business on his own account and under his own name, establish-
ing a shipping, commission and insurance business. He was successful from the
start, carefully organizing his interests and wisely directing them until substan-
tial results had been attained. Later in the year in which he embarked in busi-
ness on his own account he organized the Coast Steamship Company, Ltd., of
which he became managing director and so continued until 1913, when he retiree
from the active management of that company, though he still retains his interest
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in the company and is a director on the board. The Coast Steamship Company,
Ltd., operates a line of freight steamers from Vancouver to various ports of
British Columbia, Alaska and Puget Sound, owning the steamers British Colum-
bia, Celtic, Fingal and Clansman. Mr. Whitehead now gives his time and atten-
tion in almost undivided manner to the business of William D. Whitehead, which
is an extensive and growing shipping, commission and insurance business, and
he is also general agent for the British Dominions General Insurance Company,
Ltd. He is thoroughly conversant with the varied interests with which he is
connected, has acquainted himself with shipping in all its phases, also with vari-
ous branches of the commission business, and so directs his labors and interests
as to win an extensive and gratifying clientage.
Mr. Whitehead is a conservative in politics but without aspiration for office.
He belongs to Southern Cross Lodge, No. 44, F. & A. M. and is well known in
club circles, being a representative of the Terminal City, Royal Vancouver Yacht
and Vancouver Rowing Clubs. In these connections he finds recreation and
interest, constituting an even balance to his intense energy and unfaltering enter-
prise as displayed in the conduct of his business affairs.
ARTHUR R. COUTTS.
Arthur R. Coutts, dealer in electrical supplies in Vancouver, has built up a
business which many an older man might well envy. The spirit of enterprise,
characteristic of the northwest, is manifest in all that he undertakes, and his
progressive methods and close application have given him the enviable position
which he now occupies in connection with business interests in his adopted city.
He was born in Brigdon, Ontario, in 1885, a son of Peter and Jessie (Brown)
Coutts, both natives of Ontario. The father was a railroad contractor and spent
much time in railway building in the states, especially in the Dakotas. His last
work, however, was the building of the \Vhite Pass & Yukon Railway in 1909,
an engineering feat which attracted the attention of the entire country.
In the public and high schools of Seattle, Arthur R. Coutts pursued his educa-
tion until graduated with the class of 1905. While in the high school he took
the electrical course and immediately upon putting aside his text books entered
the employ of the Portland General Electric Company, of Portland, Oregon.
He was associated with that corporation for three years in a partnership which
gave him thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the business. On the expira-
tion of that period he went to Seattle and entered the employ of the Seattle
Electric Company as a journeyman electrician, which position he filled for three
years. He was afterward with the General Electric Company of Seattle as a
traveling salesman, and subsequently he resigned to enter the service of John A.
Robling & Sons as city salesman. Each change in his position brought him
added experience and increased responsibilities and qualified him for the conduct
of an independent business. In April, 1911, he came to Vancouver, where he at
once opened an establishment of his own under the firm name of A. R. Coutts
& Company, Ltd., with office and factory at No. 1090 Hamilton street. They
manufacture electrical switchboards, cabinets, panels and various other articles,
in addition to conducting a general jobbing and contracting business. They have
been favored in the past with such contracts as the new Vancouver block, the
Rogers block, the British Columbia Electric Railway building, Birk's building,
St. Paul's Hospital and many other important buildings, in all of which they
have supplied the electrical fixtures and appliances. They also installed all the
panels and motors for the huge plant of the British Columbia Lumber Company
on Lulu island. Their business is now extensive and of gratifying proportions
as a result of the enterprise, business qualifications and intelligently directed
energies of Mr. Coutts.
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On the i8th of August, 1911, at Seattle, Washington, Mr. Coutts was united
in marriage to Miss Beulah Mitchell of that city, who is a graduate of the
National Park Seminary of Washington, D. Q. They hold membership in the
First Presbyterian church and Mr. Coutts belongs to the Commercial and Ter-
minal City Clubs. Recognizing at the outset of his career that in the individual
and not in his environment are to be found the inherent qualities of success, he
resolved that he would win advancement if it could be secured by earnest effort,
perseverance and diligence, and upon those qualities has builded his success.
PAUL RAOUL CHANEY.
In the field of real-estate activity Paul Raoul Chancy is becoming a well
known figure and since entering upon his present business connections with E. E.
Heath in 1911 operates under the firm style of Heath & Chancy. He is yet a
young man, hopeful, ambitious, energetic, and the qualities which he possesses
point to further success. He was born August i, 1881, in Nantes, France, and
is a representative of an old French family, his parents being Gilbert and Amelie
Chancy. Liberal educational opportunities were offered him and he supple-
mented his public-school course by study in the Nantes Lyceum. The favorable
reports which he had heard concerning the new world and especially the oppor-
tunities to be enjoyed upon the Pacific coast led him to make arrangements to
come to this country. Upon leaving college, he therefore completed preparations
for a trip to the Dominion and in 1898 arrived in Saskatchewan. For a time
he was employed in a general store in the capacity of bookkeeper and while thus
engaged carefully saved his earnings, hoping that he would later find opportunity
to engage in business on his own account. In 1906 he associated himself with the
Union Supply Company of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, acting as assistant manager
and accountant and at the same time being financially interested in the business.
Two years were thus spent, at the end of which time he came to Victoria, enter-
ing business circles here as a representative of the British Columbia Hardware
Company, with which he was associated for three years. In 1911 he formed
a partnership with E. E. Heath and the firm of Heath & Chancy has since been
successfully engaged in the real-estate business, handling considerable property.
While in Saskatchewan Mr. Chancy acted as commissioner in the taking of
affidavits. He has always voted with the conservative party since coming to
western Canada but has never been active as an office seeker. He became a mem-
ber of Rosthern Lodge, Xo. 22, F. & A. M., and in Victoria he has membership
in the Pacific Club. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to
come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought
and in their employment has steadily worked his way upward, reaching a credita-
ble position for one of his years, his labors bringing to him a substantial annual
revenue.
AMOS BARNES ATKINSON.
Amos Barnes Atkinson, who for practically twenty years has been numbered
among the residents of Steveston, is a native of New Brunswick, his birth hav-
ing occurred at Sackville, on the 2Oth of June, 1848. He is a son of Edwin and
Cynthia (Barnes) Atkinson, both deceased.
The boyhood and youth of Amos Barnes Atkinson were passed on the home-
stead where his birth occurred, his education being acquired in the district schools.
After mastering the common branches he laid aside his text-books, and for five
years thereafter devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits, with which he was
already familiar having assisted his father about the farm from boyhood. The
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sea had always had a strong attraction for him, and deciding upon a sailor's life
he left the parental roof and shipped as a common seaman. He exercised intelli-
gence in the discharge of his duties, and as he possessed executive ability and a
keen sense of responsibility was rapidly promoted. For fourteen of the twenty-
two years he was at sea he held the position of master, achieving a remarkable
record, as during that time he never missed a day, experienced an accident or en-
dangered a life. He then engaged in sealing for a year in British Columbia and
subsequently located in the Cariboo district, where he had been sent by Judge
Crease to operate one of the Hudson's Bay Company's claims. While there he met
with an accident which resulted in the loss of one of his hands, and in March,
1893, he came to Lulu island, which has ever since been his place of residence.
At Sackville, in April, 1887, Mr. Atkinson was married to Miss Alice Bots-
ford, a daughter of Blair and Sarah Botsford, and to them have been born three
children: Edwin, who is twenty-two years of age; Blair, who is fourteen; and
Catherine, who has passed the tenth anniversary of her birth. All three are at
home, the last two being in school.
The family affiliate with the Church of England and fraternally Mr. Atkinson
is a Mason. He is a man of pleasing personality and genial manners, while his
wide and varied experiences both at sea and on land have provided him with an
inexhaustible fund of reminiscences all of which unite in making him an agree-
able companion. Mr. Atkinson has acted as councilman of Richmond for two
terms and has always taken an active interest in promoting the public weal. He
has many friends in his locality, where he is widely known, having located here
during the pioneer period and during the intervening years he has contributed
his quota in forwarding the country's development.
CAPTAIN W. HARVEY COPP.
Vancouver is particularly rich in men of varied and strange experiences in
many parts of the world, but it is doubtful if there are half a dozen men from
one end of the Pacific coast to the other who can equal or beat the well known
local skipper, Captain W. Harvey Copp, in the variety and extent of their wander-
ings and adventures. Hale and hearty, clean-cut, f resh-complexioned and upstand-
ing despite his grizzled hair and the seventy-one years which have passed over
his head, Captain Copp is as fine a type of the old sea captain as one need wish
to meet in a day's march. And what is more, he has what so many men of action
have not, facility of speech and pen, and — as many a Vancouverite is aware —
when he breaks forth into verse about matters pertaining to the sea he can do so
very entertainingly. For nearly fifty years the Captain commanded at sea, and for
thirty of those fifty years his wife, who has been an invalid for the past couple of
years, accompanied him upon his voyages. Though there have been lengthy breaks
in the continuity of his residence in Vancouver — breaks extending into years
upon one occasion, when, at the age of fifty-three, he had to go forth into the
world to commence life afresh — Captain Copp is one of the city's oldest timers.
His adventures and wanderings would fill a three-volume novel. The following
autobiography, though necessarily very much condensed, should prove good
reading.
"It was in February, 1842, that I first saw the light of day in a little country
village called, at that time, Roshea — now Waterside — on the shores of the Bay
of Fundy, in Albert county, New Brunswick. My father, who was a giant in
stature compared with ordinary-sized men, was of the old United Empire Loyal-
ist stock, and I was brought up in the old Puritanical way. At the age of four
I began going to school and continued at school until I was twelve years old, but
these eight years seemed very long years to me, for I longed to be away to sea
with my father, who sailed a coasting schooner up and down the Bay of Fundy,
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and I can remember the great pleasure it gave me to listen to him reading Marryat's
novels and telling tales of the sea during the long winter evenings when the old
schooner was laid up, and I pictured in my mind's eye what a jolly and romantic
life a life on the ocean wave must be, so I persuaded my father to take me along
with him, and I made my first voyage from the head of the Bay of Fundy in an
old schooner called the Pacific at the age of twelve.
"My father did not want me to go to sea, and, as I was the only boy on
board, I got rousted around pretty lively by the mate, so as to sicken me from
going to sea, but that gruelling did not have the desired effect, and I stuck to
the ship, and after about three years my father retired from sea and took me on
the farm, and I grew up in the neighborhood of mixed farming, fishing, ship-
building and lumbering, and took a hand in every branch of those industries
until 1 was seventeen, at which time I decided to go back to sea and stay with it.
So I shipped as able seaman on board an American schooner. This schooner
traded only on the American coast, and after a few coasting voyages I joined a
British schooner, an extremely fast packet, carrying the mail from New York to
the West Indies and Demerara. At Demerara I was stricken with yellow fever and
came near sending in my checks on the voyage back to New York via the West
Indian Islands, and when I got to New York I returned home, and during the
winter I got strong again. Most of the next year I spent in a Cape Ann fisherman,
fishing on the coast of Canada, and when the fishing season was over I joined a
new bark called the Craigrownie, helped to rig and load her with deals, and
sailed for ( Ilasgow. At Glasgow I went to navigation night school, and after
making a round voyage to the Mediterranean, the West Indies and back to
Glasgow, passed my examination as only mate on the Broomelaw at the age of
twenty.
"From Glasgow I sailed as first mate in a new vessel called the Alexander
Milligan, after the master, an American, who was a rank Southerner, who had
formerly sailed the American ship St. James out of New Orleans to India and
had accumulated a fortune, but the Civil war broke out, the country was devas-
tated and his property destroyed, lie had saved enough to partially build a new
ship at St. Andrew's, under the British flag. The American fleets were being
burnt and destroyed by the Alabama, Tallahassa and southern privateers, and
what remained of the American fleets were put under the British flag for pro-
tection.
"I remember Halifax harbor at that time was full of blockade runners, and
during the time we lay there, all ready for sea, but being prevented by fog, one
morning as the fog cleared, we discovered a vessel so close at anchor she was
liable to swing into our ship, and she proved to be the Southern privateer Talla-
hassa. She had burned several Northern vessels the day before and was chased
by a Northern gunboat, but escaped in the fog and managed to slip into Halifax
in British waters. She remained in port two days, and Captain Milligan went
on board, and we did not sail until after she had been warned and had to leave
the port of Halifax. I made another voyage in this vessel, and then joined the
C. C. Van Horn as first mate, with Captain Dan Meriam of Parrsboro, Nova
Scotia, who was called the hardest captain then afloat, but I did not find him so
if the crew did their duty. I afterwards sailed as first mate of the bark Minnie
in the West India trade a few voyages. I left that ship, came home and was
married to Miss Shields, daughter of a well known captain and shipowner. I
was then twenty-two years old, and my great ambition was to get command and
take my wife to sea.
"After a winter at home I joined a new ship, building at Hopewell Cape, New
Brunswick, by Mr. Bennett (the grandfather of the present M. P.), afterwards
called the Enoch Arden, and I helped to finish this ship. I rigged and loaded
her, and afterwards sailed as mate with Captain John Calhoun. Our voyage
was to Ireland, Bristol Channel, St. Thomas, W. I., but the day before we arrived
we experienced one of the worst hurricanes that has ever swept over St.
Thomas. We lost spars and sails and, when the storm passed, were in a sinking
condition. Next day when we arrived we found the town in ruins, and out of
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seventy-five sail of ships, including several steamers, only four small vessels
were afloat, and the dead strewed the beaches and among the windrows of wreck-
age twenty feet high above high water mark. We were sent to Kingston, Jamaica,
to discharge, and from there to Nassau, thence to Ipswich, and then she was
chartered for Shanghai, and I then got my discharge, came home and took com-
mand of a new bark which I sailed for five years, trading to Rio Plate, West
Indies, and Europe, and carrying my wife with me. I had no agents, but did all
the chartering and ship's business, as was the custom in those days. The freights
were good and the ship paid for herself twice in the five years I sailed her. The
firm I sailed for, L. McMann & Sons, St. John, then joined me with another
firm, and we built and owned several very fine ships, among which were the
bark General Wolsey, which was wrecked on Gull Rock Ledge, the ship Alex-
androvina, the ship Alexander Mackenzie, the bark Lady Dufferin, the ship Lord
Lytton, the bark Capenhurst and the ship Karl Granville.
"Now came the time when the steel ship came in and \ve quit building, and
I remained master and managing owner of the Karl Granville for about twelve
years, trading to all parts of the world. During the time I was master of the
Earl Granville I happened to be in Valparaiso with a cargo of coal on board,
some two thousand tons, which 1 sold to the Chilean government at the time of
the war between Chile and I'eru, and ran it safely into Callao Kay clear of the
Peruvian turret the Wascum, called the terror of the Chilean coast, arriving a
few days after the bombardment of Callao.
"When at Callao discharging I built two thirty-ton lighters to lighter my
cargo of guano, which I was to take in at the Island of Lobos di Afeuca, as I
had chartered with Colonel North to deliver two thousand three hundred tons
of guano in New York. So I sent my freight home by sight bills on London
except a cartload of Mexican dollars to pay my own debts and half a dozen other
ship's debts at Lobos di Afeuca, which was being sent by my ship, and I arrived
in due course at Lobos with two big scows, one slung up on each side, which
they took for a big side-wheel man-o'-war at first, but the lighter company was
not well pleased when they found I was going to lighter my own cargo, which I
did and sold the scows to them afterwards for more than first cost.
"I had given a banquet on board my ship to Colonel North and the Chilean
authorities, and got good introductory letters to the governor at Lobos, so. as
the Chileans were now in command, I had no trouble. I, however, was very
near being taken prisoner at Lambaqui. I had crossed over from Lobos in my
boat, quite a yacht, to the mainland, about sixty miles, landing at Eton Point.
I had with me the captain of the American ship Bombay and an Italian pilot, and
on our excursion we stayed one night at Lambaqui, when we were arrested as
spies and brought to Eton Point. On arriving we found our boat seized and it
was only by the influence of one Mrs. Ball, a noted woman on the coast, that we
were let off, for we had been traveling in the country in war time without a pass
from the governor, which we forgot to ask for. We, however, had to pay one
hundred and twenty dollars to get our boat released so as to get back to the island.
"When the ship was laden I sailed with a big cargo, and in eighty days sailed
into New York harbor, the quickest passage made with a sailing ship up till that
date at any rate. On arriving I found that the firm of Steeves Brothers & Com-
pany, of St. John and Liverpool, had failed, and this firm having creditors in
New York, and owning the ship, the creditors immediately attached my freight
for eight thousand pounds, but not until I had collected one-half of it, which I did
one hour after arrival. This was the beginning of a test case in the United States
courts handled by six of the biggest maritime law firms in the world, and was
the means of me having to send my ship away in command of another master,
to Yokohama and Eastern ports, and I went into business in New York for about
two years whilst the ship was away. On her return I again took charge, but it
cost me some fifteen thousand dollars for law suits for alleged scurvy with some
of the crew, although there was only one case of scurvy on board and one sailor
had died of dropsy on the voyage.
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"I will not enumerate the many voyages I made afterwards in this ship. One
time I had a mutiny on board and got dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope, being
at that time bound from New York to Sydney, Australia. The ship was a three
skysail-yarder, and the fore topmast, jib-boom, main topmast, main masthead and
mizzen topgallant mast went over the side. One sailor who was aloft went with
the spars. The ship was rigged up, and in twelve days had a main topgallant yard
across and made the voyage from New York to Sydney in one hundred and three
days, the quickest voyage that year. The dismasting did not detain her over a
couple of days, for we had a hard gale right after us all the trip up to Tasmania.
When we got to Sydney the mutineers did three months in Darlinghurst gaol.
''I will pass on until 1 come to the port of Vancouver in the year 1888 to load
a cargo of lumber at the Moodyville sawmills for Melbourne. I had been to
Puget Sound at the time that Vancouver was burnt, some two years before, and
the people I talked with there seemed to think that Vancouver would be the
terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but when I sailed into Burrard Inlet
I saw that I had entered one of the best harbors in the world. 1 had my exemption
ticket as a pilot to Sydney and knew every inch of that beautiful harbor. I also
had been to Rio de Janeiro, an immense harbor, but I could see that Burrard Inlet,
although not nearly so large as the harbor mentioned, was a more wonderful sheet
of water, as English Bay was comparatively smooth water, where a ship could
anchor, whilst I had more than once seen a terrific sea outside Sydney Heads, and
a dangerous place to run for in a southeast gale if anyway thick; but once inside
your ship is landlocked in a harbor with six hundred miles of water frontage,
taking in the Paramatta river. Taking the approaches into consideration I con-
sider Burrard Inlet one of the very best and safest harbors in the world. On
arriving at .Moodyville I was told by Benjamin Springer, the manager of the
Moodyville sawmill, to come over to Vancouver and enter my ship at the customs
house, and on my way up Cordova street I met John Rounsefell, whom I had
formerly known in London, being the head of the firm of Harwood & Company,
and before 1 left Vancouver I bought, through him, eighteen acres of land in what
is now the best part of Grandview for fifteen hundred dollars, besides a big corner
lot in the \Yest End.
"J. C. Keith was manager of the Bank of British Columbia, the only bank then
in Vancouver, and with him I deposited my deeds and sailed for Melbourne. At
Melbourne I had a law suit with the Harbor Trust, which turned out in my favor.
I had some trouble with one of the crew, and he shot me in the breast and then
shot at my wife, holding the revolver so close that her face was burned by the
discharge. He got four years. I came around to Newcastle to load coal for San
Diego, where the chief steward stole two hundred pounds in four fifty-pound notes
from my dressing table. He got four years, two of them with solitary confine-
ment. I came to San Diego and thence to the Sound, and visited Vancouver,
buying twenty-one fifty-foot lots near the park in Hastings Townsite, and after
making another Australian voyage went to Manila, Liverpool, San Diego, Aus-
tralia, Nagasaki, Manila and back to the Sound. I engaged Captain Saunders to
take command on the good ship Earl Granville, and came to Vancouver to settle
down.
"On arriving at Vancouver with my family, goods and chattels, I bought a
house on Hornby street, and began looking up a site for a shipyard, as ship-
building was my hobby. David Oppenheimer, who was then mayor, sent me over
to Deadman's Island, and, after sounding around it, I reported favorably as a
shipyard, but on further inquiry from Dr. Witham and Captain Tatlow, both
park commissioners, found that there would be trouble in procuring a lease from
the Dominion government, as they had already put a bridge across for park
purposes. So I looked up a site on False Creek and started a shipyard. In June,
1891, I launched the Vancouver Belle. About that time the governments of the
United States and Great Britain were negotiating a modus vivendi to close the
Behring Sea, and on the I3th day of June I shut down the shipyard, cleared the
Vancouver Belle for the Behring Sea on a sealing trip, and took command myself.
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On the 5th day of July, being in the vicinity of Begasloof and being seen, I was
spoken by the American cruiser Corwin, and the president's proclamation put on
board, backed up by the British parliament, and I left the sea for home, but not
until I had been spoken by the British cruiser Pheasant, which endorsed the
Corwin's order to leave the waters forthwith.
"The next year the schooner was fitted out and again sailed for a cruise in the
North Pacific, and I again went as master. On arriving at Unimac Pass we found
the sea again closed for 1892, so I steered for the Asiatic coast and was well
outside the Russian territory limits when my vessel was seized by the Russian
cruiser Zabiaka, and myself and all my crew but three taken on board the cruiser,
where we remained for some days. After a time the commander, L'.. DeLiveron,
offered me an old schooner which he said was useless to his government to bring
about forty of us distressed sealers home. I accepted, as we were starving on his
ship, as his own crew of three hundred were on short allowance before we came
on board. I accepted his offer and we went to Petropavlovski, on the east coast of
Siberia, where we were turned on shore under the jurisdiction of the governor, a
Tartar by nature and birth. We were entitled to fifteen kopecks a day for food,
but he refused to give it, saying that DeLiveron was crazy to give us a vessel to
bring us home and that we should be sent to Saghalien Island to the mines. We
had a squad of Cossack soldiers surrounding the hovel, which was without roof
or floor, until I got the old Rosie Olsen, and Captain DeLiveron gave me my slop
chest, composed of clothing, rubber boots, etc., which I sold to the Japanese com-
pany store and bought food to keep the crew alive until we sailed. We were
detained in all about fourteen days at Petropavlovski awaiting the arrival of the
admiral's ship, who had to sanction Captain DeLiveron's offer to hand over the old
schooner to bring us home. We, however, had a good run home, arriving in twenty-
nine days, but we were very short of food and arrived in a starved condition. The
old schooner was handed over to the Canadian authorities, and they handed her
over to the former owners in Victoria, and my company, of which I was managing
director, made a claim against the Russian government, which was paid, with
interest, after seventeen years.
"I will now pass over about three years of my life at Vancouver, during which
time I was stevedoring, rigging vessels and general work that came to hand with
the shipping. One year and a half was spent in the Similkameen country putting
in a big mining plant for the Anglo-American Gold and Platinum Company, which
turned out a failure, and then I decided to go back to the ocean, and in due course
I left Vancouver City for England, via Cape Horn. But it was the trial of my life
to go out into the world at the -age of fifty-three and start life over again, although
I had a great quantity of real estate in Vancouver which I could not sell at any
price. I had made up my mind to make Vancouver my home, but times were then
hard in Vancouver, as all the old-timers must know, and I, among others, had spent
my ready cash, some of which had been confiscated by the Russian government.
I had a few years previous rigged a new steel vessel called the Americana, and on
board of her as chief officer I took a subordinate position to get to England. I
was off to sea again, leaving my home, my wife, my family and my friends, and
as the vessel towed out through the narrows, I could hardly realize that it was
possible that I was now really leaving the place that I fully intended would be my
home for the rest of my natural life. Going out into the world at the age of
fifty-four to try and get command after being so many years in command as master
and owner and had given thousands of men employment, it is not to be wondered
that I felt blue. I, however, had a duty to perform to get the ship ready for s*ea
during the twenty-four hours' tow out by Cape Flattery, and so I immediately
put away all the thoughts of leaving home and began to break in my new crew by
getting deck load lashes and everything was made fast and secure. It is always a
good thing when a man feels blue to have work to employ his mind, and now there
was plenty of work on board the Americana and I saw I had a crew to handle
that were not really sailors but substitutes, and that kept me busy. By the time
we got out by Cape Flattery everything on board was in shipshape and now with
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all sail set and a light, fair wind we cast off from our tug and started out on our
long voyage of some sixteen thousand miles around Cape Horn. Nothing of
importance occurred until we were off Cape Horn except the carrying away of a
couple of spars in a squall, but as we had no carpenter on board I soon made new
ones, and by the time we got down to the Horn I had made some new sails and
the ship's canvas and rigging and was in good shape for bad weather, which we
always expect off the Horn.
"Well, although we expected bad weather, we did not expect quite so much of
it, especially the gales from the south, which were head winds in rounding the
Cape from our position. For weeks on a stretch gale succeeded gale and the ship
having a big deck load of timber, labored heavily, her deck cargo straining and
opening up her deck seams. One day in a gale we had to set the jib and when
the ship came round the chain pennant of the jib sheet struck me and knocked me
under the anchor lashed on the forecastle deck, and my right arm was broken
below the elbow and the wrist. I was badly hurt internally and the second mate
and a sailor got me aft, and I held my arm whilst the captain lashed the splints on
my broken arm. I went to my room, which was full of water, and crawled into
my bunk, where I lay for two days whilst the ship was hove to in a gale of wind.
By this time Captain Smith was very much exhausted, for he had to be on deck
night and day, as he could not trust the second mate. After a couple of days I
told Captain Smith I must relieve him, and although he remonstrated against me
coming on deck, I came and took charge of the deck in the daytime and the Captain
took to the watch at night ; and now having a fair wind, we rounded the Horn
without further mishap and hauled up for our course to Gibraltar and were soon
in fine weather. Nothing of importance occurred on the voyage from the Horn to
Gibraltar, where we arrived after a very long passage of one hundred and eighty-
rive days. We discharged about half of our cargo of timber, which was to be
used in building the great government clock at Gibraltar, and sailed for Queen-
borough and had rather a long trip up the coast. After discharging all our cargo
we towed up to London, dry-docked and got repaired from the damages received
in rounding the Horn. After this we towed up the Thames to Greenwich buoys
and moored : and then Captain Smith went to Liverpool, his home, for a week
and I took charge until his return. Then the ship towed down to Rotherhithe to
load a cargo of chalk, and when she was loaded another chief officer was engaged
and I shook hands with Captain Smith and went back to London.
"Whilst at London I witnessed Queen Victoria's jubilee procession and espe-
cially noticed the reception that our premier, Sir Wilfred Laurier, received, and
it struck me that he was the favorite premier of all the rest of the premiers of
Britain's over sea domains. I felt proud to be a Canadian. This over, I went
down to Liverpool, my old stamping ground of some fifteen years before, but a
great change had taken place. That long line of docks which used to be a forest
of spars were now replaced by steamers' funnels with all the different colors of
the rainbow, representing the different big lines, and I realized that ship owning
was now in the hands of big companies. Therefore it looked rather a bold question
to ask an owner to give a command to a request, especially as the man requesting
a master berth was a comparative stranger, seeing that in the lines the officers
are promoted by stages from second to first mate and then to master. So I
decided to try for a tramp steamer, which would suit me much better than a liner,
as I would then have a chance to use my knowledge of maritime business to better
account for the benefit of the owner. At Liverpool I found over twenty ship-
misters that I knew waiting for employment and some of them had been waiting
for a year. My brother-in-law, Captain Robert Shields, was then harbor master
at Ardrossan and finding that he was very ill, I went over to see him, being only
one day in Liverpool. I found my relative very ill indeed and he was taken to
the Cathcart Home in Glasgow for special treatment and no one was allowed to
see him for three months except his doctor and nurse. This was disappointing
to me, as I thought through his influence I might stand a chance to get command
of a steamer. I knew some firms in Ardrossan which Captain Shields had sailed
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for and owned with, but these firms were companies made up of small investors
and the master must put in money to secure a berth, so in that respect there was
no chance for me, as I had no money to put into a steamer to buy a master's posi-
tion. I, however, found in Glasgow a very old friend who knew me twenty-eight
years before and he spent one whole day going around with me to different ship-
owners' offices. Stuart Murran, the man I have reference to, was formerly a
ship broker, a man very highly respected among the shipping men of Glasgow,
and the private office door in those big shipping firms' offices was always open for
him to see the manager. Then he put me up as a visitor on the royal exchange for
a month, during which time I was offered the command of a big steel ship and an
iron bark. At the end of one month he renewed my visitor's ticket and I became
acquainted with more shipowners in Glasgow and Greenock than many captains
who were born and brought up in those cities. At the end of the third month I
was offered a tramp steamer, but I heard that her engines and boilers were in a
state that was not satisfactory as to speed and consumption of coal, she being an
old boat ; so I declined to accept the offer as master.
"Shortly afterwards Captain Shields returned to his home cured and he intro-
duced me to the managers of the Park Steamship Company, who were building
at Port Glasgow, in Rodgers' shipyard, a beautiful big steamer of six thousand
tons and weight. I applied for this steamer and in due course I was engaged and
sent to P'ort Glasgow to superintend the finishing of this boat, which was launched
in due course and brought to Glasgow to be enjoined by Messrs. Dunsmore and
Jackson. Now this was a great streak of good luck, for there were forty applica-
tions of well known men and men who would be glad to put money in this firm,
one of the very best in Scotland, but they accepted my application and in due course
we ran our trial trip with a large party on board, which left the ship off the dock
at Greenock and then I proceeded to Newport in the Bristol Channel to load coals
for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was now winter and we had only just time to get
our cargo in by hurrying day and night so as to get loaded before Christmas
holidays came on. So on Christmas eve, at midnight, the ship finished loading and
we sailed from Newport on Christmas day of 1897. Christmas day was spent
washing off coal dust as we steamed off down channel for the open sea — a calm,
lovely day ; but the next day as we poked our nose outside Ushant, the westernmost
point of France, we met a gale right ahead. That night it was blowing a fierce
gale from southwest with a high head sea such as can get up in the Bay of Biscay,
and I was obliged to slow down to half speed. About midnight the steam steering
gear broke and the ship fell off in the trough of the sea. The ship's rudder was
banging to and fro whilst the quadrant was smashing from side to side, smashing
and breaking up her wheel chains. The night was inky black and all hands were
aft trying to secure the quadrant and get the ship into hand steering gear, and it was
over an hour before we got that quadrant snared with a big chain after breaking
up the biggest tackles we had. Then we got tackles on and got our quadrant
amidships and got her into hand gear. During this time the sea was making a
dean breach over the ship, washing away everything on deck even to the pipe
casing and steam pipes themselves. Almost in the first of our attempt to secure
the quadrant the carpenter got caught with his foot under the quadrant and his
foot was cut almost off. Then after we got the ship into hand steering gear it
took four men on each wheel to turn the gear, but there was no binnacle aft or
compass to steer by, so we had to steer by the boatswain's whistle from the bridge.
I had no doctor on board, so I had to be surgeon myself ; and the poor fellow nearly
bled to death before I could get the blood stopped, but I managed to get the ankle
bones as near in place as possible seeing the bones were all broken and the foot
hanging to one side by a small portion of the flesh, and then I had to leave him in
charge of one of the stewards and take the bridge.
"As soon as daylight came we started in to repair the steam steering gear and
by dark that night had the ship in steam steering gear again. And now for about
five days we had nothing but a continuous gale from southwest to west northwest,
making a tremendous sea which broke in the chart house, carried away the bul-
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warks and rail and broke the midship derricks in two, tore up all the steam pipes
and pipe casings on deck, stove in the forecastle port lights, washing the crew out
of their bunks, and smashed up things generally. On the seventh day we passed
the latitude of Cape Finisterre well to the west of the Cape and, the weather
moderating, we reached Las Palmas ten days out from Newport, when the ordi-
nary passage only takes about six days. I put my carpenter in the hospital, took
in four hundred tons bunker coal and proceeded, and for the next ten days we
were all hands busy repairing the damage of that ten days of the heaviest weather
1 have ever seen. Several vessels were lost and several steamers in company with
me put back to English Channel ports for repairs.
"Nothing of importance occurred on the rest of our voyage to Rio, where we
landed our cargo and proceeded south to Bahia Blanca, a port about five hundred
miles south of the River Plate. Here we loaded a cargo of grain and wool and
proceeded to Buenos Aires to take on deck four hundred and fifty fat cattle for
the foreign cattle market, Deptford, London, whilst the cargo of wool and grain
\vas for Antwerp. I had considerable trouble with my crew owing to the drink
habit and they bad a bad leader in the chief engineer, who was the guarantee
engineer for Dunsmore & Jackson, for lie was habitually drunk when he could
get ashore. I'efore sailing I insisted on him measuring his coal bunkers, which he
did and reported coal enough to take the ship from Buenos Aires to Madeira,
which is five days' steaming beyond St. Vincent, Cape De Verde, which was my
first coaling port en route home. 1 could not stop for coal in any port on the
lirazilian coast or continent of Europe owing to the board of agriculture getting
a law passed in England against the infection of mouth and foot disease being
brought in from Brazil or continent of Europe amongst the breeders of home
cattle. Eor this reason I wanted to make sure that I had coal enough to take the
ship to St. Vincent and was told I had five days' run overflush. We had the usual
strong head winds coming up the coast of Brazil and the chief engineer gave me
his daily consumption at noon each day. One evening, being in about 5°, south
latitude, he came to me and reported the coal in the side bunkers finished and he
was going to broach the cross bunker, which was partly full. Now there is no
worse fever than a coal fever — that is to find yourself commanding a big steamer
that is propelled entirely by steam, at sea without fuel ; and now I insisted on
going down with the chief and measuring the coal in that cross bunker, and when
I worked out the cubic contents in figures, found we lacked coal one and a half
days' run to take us to St. Vincent and that the chief must have made a great
error in his calculation on leaving Buenos Aires. I was then within about sixty
miles of the convict island of Fernando Noronha, which lies in 4°, south latitude,
and about three hundred miles from the Brazilian coast, which island belongs to
Brazil, and I made up my mind to try to get coal at this island, as I had heard of
a coal concession being granted by the Brazilian government for a coaling station
here. So I steamed on slow and passed in to the north close to the island in the
morning and signalled the island my ship's name, nationality, where from, where
bound, all well on board. Then I asked was there any coal on the island and they
ran up, 'No.' Then I asked, 'Can I come in and anchor,' and they answered, 'If
you are able.' What they meant by being able was that at that time of the year
a great swell sets in all around the island which makes landing in a boat very diffi-
cult. I then went ahead into Victoria Bay, the only breach where a boat landing
could be made, and dropped my anchor, and before I could get my boat ready to
leave the ship, a Brazilian came off through the surf on his log and handed me
a note that I could not land, as it was an island where convicts only were allowed
except the telegraph operators for Lloyd's signal station and telegraph cable. I
then signalled: 'I want a cable. Can I land?' The answer was the same as
before, 'If you are able.' I then pulled for the shore and, watching my chance,
went in on the last of three big rollers which broke a hundred yards from the
beach. As soon as the boat's keel struck the sand, I jumped and ran up the beach
and the boat backed out through the surf all right ; but the surf caught me before
I gained the shore and nearly carried me out into the sea. Help was however at
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hand in the three English telegraph operators and the governor of the island,
a very nice old gentleman (a Portuguese), and they ran in and pulled me on shore.
They had brought a horse for me to ride into town on, which was along a trail
about half a mile away. I immediately informed the governor the ship's position
in regard to fuel and thought before I came in that there might be a coaling station
on the island. He informed me that for some four years forty tons of coal were
dumped on the island, which was required to hold the concession, but that was all
the coal on the island. I then said, 'I will cable to Pernambuco and get two hun-
dred tons of coal brought over by lighter.' In this the governor undertook to
assist me by trying to get the coal brought over in the steamer that tended the
island, which was then due to sail with three hundred tons provisions for some
two hundred and fifty prisoners and a garrison of three hundred soldiers besides
other officials living on the island, and the steamer could carry at least a thousand
tons and would be able to bring my coal if the government would allow the
steamer to bring the coal. I then cabled to Wilson's Coal Company at Pernam-
buco to send the coal, and in the reply was informed that the steamer could not
come for a week, seeing it was Easter or Holy week in Brazil and, moreover, my
ship's name was not in Lloyd's Register, she being just new. Now I could see
nothing for it but to go back and get coal at Pernambuco and cabled my owners
accordingly, as I was deviating from my voyage, this being requisite on account
of insurance. Had I not come in at the island, but kept right on and burned the
cargo, it would have turned out better for the ship, but this I could not do after
knowing I had not coal to go on with and had coal on board to steam the ship
where coal could be got. So I went back to Pernambuco roads, three hundreds
miles, and laid three miles out in an open roadstead for a whole week, to get three
hundred tons of coal aboard. This could have been done in six hours if I could
have got into the inner harbor of Pernambuco, but I could not do this, as my ship
drew too much water. In this roadstead the wind and sea had a fair rake, and
every day it blew a gale lighters were sunk alongside, tugs damaged and coal lost
in the sea, and never will 1 forget that week of trouble and anxiety. I had to buy
more fodder for the animals and got the last bale of hay from the old horse rail-
road company at a fabulous price, drawing on my owners for some two hundred
and fifty pounds to pay for it before I could get clearance. I got away at last
and shaped a course straight for St. Vincent and had a good run.
"On arriving, the St. Vincent Coal Company showed me a letter from the
owners to take what coal would run me to Madeira or Las Palmas and coal for
home at Madeira or Las Palmas ; but the coal company had a cable from owners
a fortnight later date to instruct me to coal at St. Vincent for London. This cable
they did not show me for the reason that the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera
was then coaling in St. Vincent, taking all the coal they could get at a much
higher price than our ship's contract price. So after taking in enough to run the
ship four days further on to Las Palmas, I sailed for that port. On arriving at
Las Palmas I was placed in quarantine and no one was allowed on shore. Now
Messrs. Blandy Brothers, my coaling agents, informed me they would coal the ship
in quarantine at forty-five shillings per ton, as the war between the United States
and Spain was now on, and as the Canary Islands were Spanish, our contract of
eighteen shillings was broken according to the terms and conditions of the con-
tract. I then cabled my owners and after waiting thirty hours and getting no
reply made up my mind to get my bunkers filled and let the owners fight it out
with the coaling agent. After working at coaling about ten hours I got a cable
from owners to proceed to Madeira and next morning I anchored in Funchal Bay.
Blandy Brothers said they could not give me any coal and advised me to go to
Lisbon. I did not tell him that I had touched at a Brazilian port and brought up
as an argument that I could not land the cattle if I went to a port on the continent,
and that I must have coal to run me to London or some port in the Channel, so he
consented to give me one hundred and eighty tons — just one-third less than I asked
for. at double the contract price. Then again I had to buy more fodder for the
cattle and had to pay a fabulous price for Lisbon straw, and getting a cable from
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owners to come to London instead of proceeding straight to Antwerp, I sailed.
When I got to Gravesend on the Thames, I was told I must kill the two thousand
sheep and four hundred and forty-eight head of cattle on board the ship, as the
authorities would not allow the animals to be landed alive ; so this had to be done
at the foreign cattle market dock, Deptford, and took four days. At this dock
there was not water to lay afloat at low tide, and at low tide the ship would be
aground and, the bottom being mud and quite steeply inclined, the ship would
slide off from the dock when she took the bottom. So we had to keep a pilot and
tug ready in case she carried away her moorings and was swept down the river
with the strong current. As it was, she parted her moorings and tore put her
mooring bits and had considerable damage. As soon as we got clear of the animals
we proceeded to Antwerp, discharged our cargo and came back to Hull, where the
ship loaded a cargo of coal for Rio de Janeiro. In the meantime the cattle owners
sued the owners for damages for not having coal enough on board to run the
ship to St. Vincent and the North Indemnity Insurance Company settled the case
for eight hundred pounds to settle with the owners of the animals. From Hull
we proceeded to Rio de Janeiro and from Rio to St. Lucia, one of the West India
Islands, and was ordered to Xew York to load on the Prince Line for Buenos
Aires. Now had I been sailing for some shipping firms that I know, I would have
been discharged from my command as soon as I reached Hull, for with some
firms the master of the ship is the scapegoat for all the ills which befall the ship,
but with the Park Steamship Company the blame was placed on the engineer,
who sent in his resignation at Hull, and he was duly discharged without me signing
a certificate of good character, owing to his drunken habits.
"At New York, Mrs. Copp and my daughter joined the ship, as the owners
gave me permission to carry them on board, and they remained traveling with me
nearly the whole time, to nearly all the ports of the world, for the period of about
twelve years, until I retired from the employ of the Park Steamship Company;
and I have it to say that I think I am about the only master that has carried his
wife or any female of his family on board a troop ship of the Allan Line or the
Prince Line. On board a government transport it is objectionable and also on the
Allan Line prohibited, but my owners advised me, and my wife and daughter were
always signed on the ship's articles as stewardess and assistant stewardess, and so
this difficulty was got over. If they appeared as a part of my crew, neither the
time charterers nor the government could object.
"Now I have written in detail my first voyage, showing how one trouble fol-
lowed another ; and I will now pass over the many voyages I made in the SS. Mary
Park, with very great success, to many parts of the world. The ship was built
for the River Plate trade and I was generally in that trade to the United Kingdom
or continent when not engaged on time charter by different lines that I sailed for
or by the different governments as a transport. I was on the Allan Line from
London to Montreal in the summer of 1899, and in the fall of that year the Boer
war broke out. I remember on our last voyage in November of that year when
we arrived at Gravesend, River Thames, three big transports were leaving the
Tilbury docks with troops. I remember the crowds of people on the docks and
the troops cheering. They said : 'We are going out to thrash the Boers and will
be back to spend Christmas with you at home.' Two years afterwards, when my
own ship was a transport for the British government, I walked through the Boer
trenches at Colenso, shortly after Ladysmith was relieved, and I thought of the
scene on the docks at Tilbury when the first of the troops were leaving for South
Africa, and I had still more reason to pause and reflect as I passed along toward
Ladysmith, for on both sides of the road along the Tugela river crosses and
stones marked the graves of our dead soldiers, in clusters and scattered all over.
At Harts Hill, where we outspanned to get lunch and feed our horses, was an
enclosure with many hundred graves, for it was here that a terrible slaughter
occurred, for the Boers were intrenched and poured a deadly fire into the Dublin
Fusiliers and other companies at a distance of only a few paces. There has been
much said respecting Buller and his army, of his reverses and the disasters that
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occurred in his frontal attacks ; but let anyone who doubts the ability of that
general and of his army go through those trenches and along the road leading
along the Tugela river to Gablers Cliff and Spion Kop, and then they will wonder
how our soldiers could have shifted the Boers from one position to another with
as little loss of life as there was, for those entrenchments were so made that one
man in those trenches with provision and ammunition would certainly be able for
one hundred men out in the open. I also visited the spot where Long lost his guns
on the edge of the Tugela river, where I understand he went without General
Buller's orders and where young Roberts fell by a Boer bullet; and taking in the
whole position with the level veldt on one side of the Tugela river from Cheveley
to Colenso and then the hills rising straight from the river bank where the Boer
trenches ran along not half a gunshot from the river, forming, as it were, a
natural fortress, the task that liuller had was a hard one indeed.
"At Lady-smith I visited the different places over where battles were fought
and went out to what was called the tin camp, owing to the most of the houses
or huts being built of tins which once contained provisions. Here were eight
thousand Boers in an enclosure, guarded by our troops, and some of the officers
of different regiments told me it was very monotonous having nothing more excit-
ing to do and that they would be much more contented to be using their rifles
within shooting distance of those lioers that had inllicted the punishment on our
troops along the Tugela river. On this particular voyage I speak of, I was at
London and witnessed Queen Victoria's funeral. 1 went from London to St.
Helena, where I landed stores for the garrison and for some eight thousand Boers
of General Cronje's army, and thence to Cape Town and Durban. From Durban
I went to Australia, thence to Noumea, and on my return to Australia I was put
on time charter through North German Lloyd for the German government to
carry stores for the German troops in North China. I had then to go down to
New Zealand, where I took in two thousand tons of oats and came back to Sydney,
New South Wales, and filled up with other stores. This was the time of the
Boxer rising and it was certainly a very interesting voyage for the reason that all
nations had sent troops to North China to quell that Boxer rising, and although
the main trouble was about over, yet all these troops from Europe and all over
the world were still policing the country, and to see these companies from all the
different armies in the world's nations was a sight probably never seen before,
nor is it likely to be ever seen again.
"Well, I will pass over the particulars of my voyages to South China, Burma,
India and other voyages up to my two last voyages in the Mary Park, when I
carried from Buenos Aires live stock to repatriate the Boer farms in the Orange
River Colony, and then to Hull, England, with a cargo of wheat ; and here at Hull
I left the good steamship Alary Park in command of my chief officer as master
and came to the Clyde to superintend the building of another steamer for the Park
Steamship Company. So ends my career of the first six years in steam — a very
successful period for that company and the owners of that ship.
'T was in Glasgow about five months until the new steamship Catherine Park
ran her trial trip, and our maiden voyage was to Buenos Aires. I made several
voyages to the Plate and Europe, to Mauritius, India and other parts of the
world, and finally, about the time that Rodjevensky fired on the Hull fishing
fleet, I left Cardiff with a cargo of best Welsh coal for the east, calling at Angier
Point and afterwards at Shanghai for orders, and, to make a long story short, I
landed that cargo in Sasebo, Japan, and not one of my crew knew where I was
•joing with the coal until I was signalled by a Japanese man-o'-war, near Sasebo,
the big naval station in Japan, and escorted into the roadstream at Sasebo. Had
i Russian man-o'-war come across us, needless to say, we should never have
irrived. At Sasebo I gave a luncheon on board on New Year's Day to some of
he head officials belonging to the fortress, and during luncheon a steam launch
.vas sent off from the fort with a message giving the particulars to my visitors
•>f the fall and surrender of Port Arthur the night before. After the message
lad been read and one officer had told me in English that Port Arthur had sur-
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rendered, I said to him: 'You people seem very quiet on your great victory.'
'Yes,' he replied, 'we are, for we knew it must soon surrender, and it is no sur-
prise'.' I was amazed at the modesty of those officers, some of whom had fired
the first shots at Port Arthur. And there was no demonstration at Sasebo on
account of the surrender of that great Russian fortress.
"From Sasebo I went to Hong Kong, where my ship lay for four months
fitting out to carry Chinese coolies from Chinguantao, in the Gulf of Liau Tung,
North China, to Durban, South Africa, for the Transvaal Chamber of Mines.
Leaving Hong Kong. I went to Kutsenutso, a coaling port in Japan, for three
thousand tons of bunker, but was ordered to Shanghai with a cargo, and then,
instead of sending me for coolies, I was supposed to load a cargo of nine thou-
sand tons, chiefly raw cotton, for Kobe and Yokohama, but I refused to take a
cargo of raw cotton as, when the war broke out, Russia proclaimed raw cotton
contraband of war, and England and the United States proclaimed it conditional
contraband of war, and 1 protested against it, seeing that the Baltic fleet that
was then coming up the China Sea might serve my ship, if it caught her, as it did
the Knight Commander — send her to the bottom. So the charterers, who wanted
to get rid of me, seeing that my ship was on time charter for one year and I
was my own agent, had to give in, and I went back to Kutsenutso for another
three thousand tons of bunker, and whilst there the big naval battle was fought
and the Baltic fleet annihilated, and we were in sound of their artillery. There
were about forty ships at Kutsenutso, and the Tokio government would not
allow any ship to clear for ten days after that battle, fearing that some of the
Russian ships that survived the battle might come across us and commandeer our
coal if they were in need of it, which. 110 doubt, they were.
"As soon as 1 got clearance I sailed for Chinguantao, and at that port and
Chefoo we look in each voyage about two thousand six hundred coolies and
landed them at Durban. We carried two European doctors and four Chinese
doctors, our engineers, quartermasters and officers, making about twenty-six
white people, the rest of the crew, about eighty sailors and firemen and compra-
dor's gang, about forty Chinese. So there were only twenty-six white men out
of nearly two thousand eight hundred people on board. We had a chief of
police and one policeman appointed for every hundred coolies. These coolies
were paid in advance thirty Mexican dollars, and got from the company two
suits of dungaree clothes. Of that thirty dollars they left in China with their
families on an average about five dollars, and the other twenty-five dollars they
had in a belt around their waist. A great deal of it they spent gambling. We
had a code of rules printed by the authorities and no corporal punishment was
allowed in those rules, but these rules were not always strictly adhered to, for
nothing would settle a big pow-wow fight among them but a bamboo. We held
court from 9 :oo to 10 :oo A. M. every morning, and all the men that were in
jail during the night for fighting or stealing, which was invariably the case when
gambling, were tried and punished according to their misdeeds. From ro:oo to
11:00 A. M. we had inspection of the men and their quarters, and every place
had to be kept scrupulously clean. The inspection was made by the head doctor,
chief mate, boatswain and myself. To forward this rule of cleanliness every
officer on board, including the European doctors and the master, got a bonus
from the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, and no small bonus, either, if the men
were landed in good condition at Durban.
"Coming back from Durban I generally had on board about five hundred sick
and maimed, morphine fiends and undesirables. Of these I used to bury on the
voyage about fifty or sixty, and then took charge of their effects to be sent to
their families, but I never knew but one half-dollar found in the pocket of a
dead man, as his nurse, another Chinaman, would look to that, probably when he
was drawing his last breath. A disease called beri-beri was prevalent with the
Cantonese coolies. The doctors say the cause is eating fish and rice. This dis-
ease seldom attacks the northern coolie, who lives on beef and grain foods. On
my last voyage with coolies, from Chinguantao, whilst laying at that port an open
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roadstead, a white sailor fell overboard, and the chief officer, with four sailors,
lowered the gig and picked him up. There was a high sea and a fresh wind and
a tide to pull against, and they were unable to pull back to the ship, and drifted
for three hours about three miles to the shore and were all drowned. I knew
what would happen if they were driven ashore in the break and signaled the
shore to send the tender, quite a small steamship, which was laying in at the
breakwater with steam up, as it was midday. 1 sent up distress rockets and
tried every means, to get him off to pick up the men in distress, but there being
a Chinese master on board the tender, he would not put out a hand to save
anyone, and the whole six were drowned. I could not get under way with the
ship to go to their assistance, as the water was too shallow and there was no
steam on the main boiler, as 1 had been cleaning it. So I had to watch these six
poor fellows — my chief officer and five European sailors — go to their death and
could not help them. These six made ten seamen lost since I was first master,
as up to that time I had only lost four. We got the mate's body and one sailor,
and I buried them in a churchyard in a small town called Shan Ilai Ouan, close
under the Great Wall of China, where it juts out into the Gulf of Liau Tung, and
I placed a stone over their graves showing that they lost their lives in trying to
save the life of another.
"On that voyage we carried about two thousand six hundred coolies, about
one thousand six hundred from the Province of Chi-li and about one thou-
sand from Chefoo, in the Province of Shantung, and the Chi-li men could
not understand the language of the Shantung men. We had had a little trouble
with them, but did not anticipate any real trouble, when, one day about 4:00
P. M., I heard a terrific yelling, and, looking out from my chart house, saw about
five hundred Chinese driving about two hundred towards the lower bridge. They
were in battle array, facing each other, and using clubs and sticks and bolts of
iron or anything they could get hold of. I walked down and stood between the
front lines of the combatants and brandished a pair of revolvers. They then
separated and ran down into their quarters. I followed down, as 1 heard terrific
yelling below, and found there was a regular battle being fought. All the
officers, engineers, quartermasters and doctors were among the fighters, and
they had already got about forty in jail, and before the fight stopped they had
another forty in behind the big iron door, and when it was over, which took
about twenty minutes, we had to get about one hundred wounded into the
hospital. One man was killed and one had to have his leg amputated next day.
That evening about 7:30 the chief officer came to me and reported that the chief
of police had said to him that the coolies threatened that unless we let the
crowd out that we had in jail they would take the ship. We then mustered
the white men, held a consultation and decided not to let them out. We had a
considerable quantity of small arms got ready, but the best weapon was the
hose, lying along from the engine room to the bridge, connected where they
could not get at it, to give them a boiling hot water shower bath. We, however,
did not have to use it, but instead, when eight bells was struck, we all made a
rush into the sheltered deck where a thousand had their berths and drove them
out of the berths and secured the clubs that they intended to fight with later
in the night. A few shots fired up through the hatchways put fear into them,
after which all was quiet the rest of the night. Next day we had court from
9:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. AL, and the ringleaders were punished by staying in irons
for a time. Others got bambooed and we had a peaceful and quiet ship the
rest of the voyage.
"On our return voyage I brought the usual number of undesirables and
landed them in Chinguantao, after the ship had been three days frozen in the
ice off the port, with the thermometer ten degrees below zero, although four
days before it was ninety degrees above at Formosa Island. This quick change
was a very trying experience. After getting out of the ice at Chinguantao I
came to Hong Kong, via Chefoo, and that wound up our coolie business. On
arriving at Hong Kong we were turned over to Dodwell & Company, as soon as
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the ship was redelivered by the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, to owners, to be
fitted out to carry Russian troops from Vladivostok to Odessa, in the Black Sea,
as the Russian-Japanese war was now over. As soon as she was fitted out for
the Russian soldiers and about twenty-five officers, I sailed under orders to call
at Askold Island for a pilot to take the ship about thirty miles into Vladivostok
harbor, but when I arrived there was no pilot, and a Russian corporal came off
and told me not to steer in the channel, but keep to the north, as, if I did steer
in the channel, I might get blown up by the mines laid across the channel near
the lighthouse. The sea was covered with ice, some of it pretty heavy, but I
got into the harbor all right. 1 did not let go an anchor, for I had to break my
way through heavy ice and was frozen in solid as soon as we stopped, for the
thermometer was twelve degrees below zero. My ship remained frozen in for a
week, but the fourth day 1 bundled up and walked ashore and found the warn-
ing I got about the mines in the channel was not idle, for a big German steamer
with two thousand four hundred troops had left the harbor for sea ten days
previously and had struck a mine and blown the bottom -out of No. 2 hold. She
put back and her bulkheads saved her until she was beached, and they were now
cutting the ice out of Xo. 2 hold to put in a coffer dam and cutting out the
soldiers that were blown up and drowned and were now frozen in the ice. Some
hundred and fifty, they told me, were frozen in the hold in ice.
"At Vladivostok the extreme cold lasted for a fortnight, and then the ice-
breaker, the largest vessel of its kind in the world, broke the ice and we man-
aged to get to the wharf or dock. At Vladivostok I found the town partly burnt,
and was informed that about, a month previously twenty thousand Russian sol-
diers at I larbin had mutinied and had captured the trains and came to Vladivo-
stok. There they pillaged and set fire to the town and captured the forts, which
they held for a fortnight, but the Cossacks came in and overpowered them and
over one hundred of the ringleaders were shot. I saw where they were buried
and it was like a newly-ploughed field. Xow I had heard all about this mutiny
before I left Hong Kong, and everybody advised me to leave my wife and
daughter in Hong Kong, but 1 did not take their advice and they were with me.
The ship had to be passed by about thirty generals in order to say that she
was tit to carry two thousand eight hundred Russian soldiers, and every one of
the old army generals was a palmist, that is to say, their palms had to be covered
with a fifty-ruble note before they would give me a certificate that the ship was
sanitary and fit to carry Russian troops. My ship was built for a trooper and
no ship could be better equipped. Yet 1 had to give the same as other ships that
were not fit to carry troops. After about three weeks laying at Vladivostok we
received on board two thousand eight hundred troops, about one thousand of
these being Port Arthur prisoners taken at the surrender of that port. Their
quarters were on the lower deck, and the rest of the two thousand eight hundred
were the remains of volunteer companies, with about five hundred of the regular
army and five hundred stand of arms and twenty-five lieutenant-generals, with
a colonel in command. We called, on our way, for fresh provisions at Sabang,
Suez, Port Said and Constantinople, and had a very pleasant and interesting
voyage, as I found the colonel a good man and all the Russian officers were very
polite and nice, probably more so on account of the ladies being on board. After
landing our troops at Odessa we loaded grain at Novrasisk and proceeded to
Rotterdam, and thence to the Bristol Channel.
"I will now pass over several voyages to Buenos Aires, Europe, India, United
States and China, thence on time charter a year for Messrs. Toyo Kisha Kaisha,
a big shipping firm in Japan, for cargo and passengers from Hong Kong via the
Japanese ports to Peru and Chile. Now at the time we finished up with the
Japanese firm times were very bad for shipping, and we were laid up in Hong
Kong four months. We had a terrific typhoon whilst my ship was laid up, and
she was saved from damage by hooking the telegraph cables running across from
Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, which brought her up, and her anchors held her
through the typhoon. Nearly every ship got more or less damage. Hundreds
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of the Chinese floating population were drowned and great destruction was
wrought on shore, as the typhoon passed directly over the city of Hong Kong.
Shortly after this typhoon I became ill and had to go to the Peak Hospital for
treatment, one thousand eight hundred feet above sea level. I had been stopping
at the Hong Kong Hotel and made the acquaintance of some of the officers of
the Middlesex regiment quartered at Hong Kong, and learned a little about the
fortifications of Hong Kong Island, which, like Singapore, is strongly fortified.
Whilst in the hospital one night about midnight I stole quietly out on the veranda,
although I was not supposed to leave my bed, and, looking down from my lofty
elevation upon the lights of the shipping, I saw three or four British men-o'-war
flashing their searchlights on the shipping in the harbor, which inspired me with
the thought of the strength of the British navy and the impregnable fortresses
scattered all over in different parts of the world.
"Shortly afterwards I got well enough to leave the hospital and left Hong
Kong for ports in the Mediterranean and London, via ports in the Philippine
Islands. I passed through the Straits of Messina two days before the great
eruption and heard of the destruction of Messina upon arrival at Marseilles.
Our last port of discharge being London, we were sent to Cardiff to dry-dock,
but Messrs. Workman & Clark, of Belfast, gave a lower estimate for clocking
and ordinary repairs for wear and tear, and I took the ship to Belfast, where I
handed over the command to Captain Kierstead. He had formerly relieved me
in the SS. Mary Park. I had sent in my resignation a year previous, to be
relieved on return to the United Kingdom, and after settling my business in
London, Cardiff and Glasgow stepped on board the SS. Empress of Ireland at
Liverpool, and thirteen days after I walked up Granville street in Vancouver.
I had wound up my seafaring career.
"And now I saw and realized the great change that had taken place in a few
years, during which time, in my absence, my property had nearly all been sold
for taxes in the hard times and was now worth a great deal of money. But if
I had thought of what might have been in a financial way, those thoughts also
went over the ground that I had traveled since I walked down Granville street
to go on board the Americana and back to the sea, and I felt a consolation that
I was spared through all the dangers of the seas and navigation of the world's
oceans, even to sailing among the Japanese and Russian drifting mines, which we
saw every voyage in the Gulf of Pechilli from Port Arthur to Shantung Prom-
ontory, where ships that sailed along our track only a few hours afterward
were blown up and sunk. But if I realized those dangers at the time, I also
felt the security of that good old flag, the British ensign that I sailed under,
which I have clipped to every nation's flag that sails the sea and which is much
respected by them all. One thing more I feel thankful for, that now, at the
age of three score and ten, I am blessed with good health, which is of much more
value than gold, and also feel happy that I am back once again —where, no doubt,
I'll remain — among the old-timers I know."
LUTHER F. HOLTZ.
Luther F. Holtz, who for the past three years has been conducting a real-
estate and brokerage business in North Vancouver, was born in Randolph county,
Illinois, on the I7th of April, 1867, and is a son of John H. and Margaret
(Hausmand) Holtz, both of whom are now deceased.
The childhood of Luther F. Holtz was passed in Illinois, but the family
later removed to Kansas, in the public schools of which state he continued his
education until he was a youth of nineteen years. Leaving home he then went
west, first settling in Washington and for a time he was engaged in the hotel
business at Farmington and Spokane, that state. Later he removed to Moscow,
Idaho, and after several years' residence at that point came to British Columbia.
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When he first came here he located in the Slocan district, where for some time
he engaged in mining with varying success. In 1894 he came to Vancouver and
established a real-estate office, which he conducted for four years. At the expira-
tion of that period he once more turned his attention to mining, following that
vocation until three years ago, when he came to North Vancouver and went into
the real-estate and brokerage business, and is meeting with a fair measure of
success in the development of his interests.
Mr. Holtz was married at Spokane, Washington, on the 24th of August,
1898, to Miss Williamson, a daughter of F. Andrew and Eliza (Aitken) William-
son, and to them has been born one daughter, Louise, who is a student in the
public schools. Although he is not at all remiss in matters of citizenship, Mr.
Holtz has never been actively identified with political affairs, either during the
period of his residence in the States or since coming to British Columbia. He is
a man of progressive ideas and enterprising methods, and intelligently concen-
trates his entire effort upon anything he undertakes.
WILLIAM WHITEFORD MOORE.
The rapid growth of Victoria must be largely attributed to its alert real-
estate men, among whom is William Whiteford Moore, of the firm of Moore
& Johnston, real estate and insurance, No. 632 Yates street, this city. He was
born September 16, 1879, at Nicola Valley, British Columbia, and is there-
fore a native son of this province. Mr. Moore is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his
paternal grandfather having been a native of County Cork, Ireland, whence he
emigrated with his wife to Canada and located in Ontario and later removed to
Nicola Valley, British Columbia, where he died at the great age of ninety-four
years. His wife was also a native of Ireland. The maternal grandfather was
Scotch and emigrated to Canada, also locating in Ontario. During all of his
life lie followed farming. His wife was of the same nativity as her husband.
The parents of Mr. Moore were Samuel and Mary (Whiteford) Moore, the
father a native of Ontario, as was the mother. The father was reared on the
parental farm in that province and later homesteaded land in Manitoba, locating
where the city of Winnipeg now stands. He left his homestead in 1862, com-
ing on foot to British Columbia, among its earliest pioneers. Here he engaged
in mining in the Cariboo district for several years with indifferent success. Dur-
ing his later years he engaged in packing supplies in this district from Yale
to the mining camps and later engaged in sheep raising on San Juan island. He
finally located in the Nicola Valley, engaging in ranching and stock-raising with
marked success until the time of his death, which occurred in 1900. Our sub-
ject is the youngest of three children, there being one daughter in the family
and one son, John Nicola.
William W. Moore was educated in the public schools of Kamloops, hav-
ing, however, previously studied under a private tutor in Nicola Valley. From
1896 to 1898 he attended Kingston University at Kingston, Ontario, returning
in the latter year to Nicola Valley and engaging in ranching with his father.
In 1901 he came to Victoria, taking up fruit and poultry raising and being
so engaged until 1908. He then abandoned this occupation and moved to Port
Alberni, where he established himself in the real-estate and insurance business
in partnership with a Mr. Cooper, the firm being known as Moore & Cooper.
Property values being low at the time, he secured considerable interests along
that line at remarkably advantageous prices, which he still retains, his invest-
ments having proven very successful. In 1909 Mr. Moore disposed of his
real-estate business in Port Alberni and came to Victoria in order to profit
by the greater opportunities of the larger city. In December, 1912, he formed
a partnership with T. C. Johnston, under the name of Moore & Johnston, real
estate and insurance, with offices in the Mahon building. Their business pros-
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pered from the beginning, as both are able and energetic young men, and within
a few months their quarters proved too small. In order to secure larger and
more desirable space and be able to transact their business on the ground floor,
they moved to No. 632 Yates street, where they found a desirable location. Ever
since their business has increased by leaps and bounds and the firm enjoys a
satisfied patronage, as they have made it their principle never to misrepresent
or to put through a deal under false pretenses. Air. Moore by long experience
is eminently fitted for his vocation and within a remarkably short time has
become an able judge of local real-estate values and conditions. The firm does
a general business in real estate and their insurance department is also fast
growing. They not only specialize in residential local property, however, but
do a profitable business in Port Alberni lands.
On September 16, 1903, Mr. Moore was married, in Mount Tolmie Presby-
terian church, to Miss Ethel M. Irvine, a daughter of John and Alice (^'hit-
taker) Irvine, the father a native of Vancouver island and of Scotch ancestry.
He is now engaged in agricultural pursuits in the Cedar Hill district. Mrs. Irvine
is a native of New York, of English ancestry. Air. and Airs. Aloore are the
parents of two children, Kathleen and Eileen. The family maintain a city resi-
dence at No. 1521 Camosun street, Victoria, but spend the summer season at
their beach residence on Cordova bay.
Mr. Moore is a liberal and has always taken an active interest not only in
his party but in public affairs of whatever character. He served efficiently as
school trustee of Saanich municipality, resigning at the time of his departure
for Port Alberni. In 1909 and 1910 he served as a member of the school board
of that city, thereby again giving evidence of his interest in the cause of educa-
tion. In Port Alberni he was also instrumental in organizing the Liberal Asso-
ciation and served for a time as its secretary. He was also a member of the
executive committee of the Liberal Association of Saanich district. Mr. Aloore
is a member of the Presbyterian church and fraternally belongs to Dominion
Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F. of Victoria, lie is a member of the Automobile
Association, the Camosun Club and the Progress Club, giving by his latter con-
nection evidence of the interest which he takes in all movements undertaken
in furtherance of the growth of the city, being in complete accord with the prin-
ciples for which the Progress Club stands and the ideals which it tries to real-
ize. The advent of Air. Aloore in Victoria must be considered fortunate from
every point of view, for it has not only launched him in a successful career as
a real-estate man, but through his activities he has become a factor in extending
the growth and importance of the city.
GEORGE W. OLTS.
The life of George W. Olts has been so varied in its activities, so far-reach-
ing in its purposes and so useful in its results that it is difficult to determine which
of his many interests has been the most directly beneficial. He was connected
with railroading at the time when history was being made in the northwest and
he learned the conditions of life in the Washington lumber camps by direct
personal experience. He was for many years in business in Maine and afterward
won a comfortable fortune in real estate in Seattle and Vancouver and he has
now retired from business life. There has, however, been no cessation of his
useful activities for he is accounted among the greatest individual forces in the
great work of the Apostolic Faith Alission and since his conversion in 1909 has
given unstintingly of his time, service and means to the furtherance of this cause.
Mr. Olts was born in Carlin count)', New Brunswick, on the St. John river,
November 6, 1867, and is a son of James H. and Magdalene (Thompkins) Olts,
natives of New Brunswick. The father was a lumberman, following that occu-
pation in connection with farming during practically all of his active career.
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In 1908 he moved to Vancouver, where he has since resided, making his home
with the subject of this review. He survives his wife, who died in New Bruns-
wick in January, 1893.
George W. Olts acquired his education in the public schools of Carlin county,
New Brunswick, and in the normal school at Fredericton. When still a boy
he learned stationary engineering and at the age of eighteen came to Victoria,
British Columbia, where he engaged in work of this character on the Esquimalt
& Nanaimo Railroad. He was employed in the bridge-building department of
construction until the line was finished and was present at the ceremonies during
which Sir John A. Macdonald drove the golden spike at the terminus. Mr.
Olts then moved to Seattle, Washington, where he engaged in bridge work on
the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern until that line was finished to Tuolumne Falls,
after which he went to the lumber woods near Bothell, on the Squamish river,
continuing to work at logging there for five years thereafter and operating the
first ''donkey" engine ever used in the state. When he left Washington he went
east to Maine and there began working at bridge construction in connection with
the Washington County Railroad from Calais to Bangor. He did not, however,
remain long at this occupation, working his way upward to the position of loco-
motive engineer and finally to that of inspector and superintendent of the rolling
stock. During the one year he held this latter position he had many interesting
experiences and still likes to tell of the time when the private car of the famous
Lillian Langtry was burned while being carried by one of the trains of that road.
After four years' connection with the Washington County Railroad Mr. Olts
resigned his position and began selling life insurance in the interests of the Metro-
politan Company, for whom he acted as superintendent for two years, his district
comprising Rustic county, Maine, and Carleton county, New Brunswick. In
August, 1905, he severed his connection with this concern and returned to the
northwest, settling in Seattle, Washington, where he engaged in the real-estate
business for himself, becoming very successful during the four years of his resi-
dence there. At the end of that time, in May, 1909, he moved to Vancouver and
established himself in the same line of business here. He met with gratifying
prosperity, building up a large, flourishing and lucrative business and accumu-
lating a substantial fortune which in 1912 enabled him to retire from business
life. He has now but one commercial connection — that with the North Vancouver
Dock & Storage Company — which he promoted in 1912 and of which he has
since been president. He was also for two years president of the A. L. Olts
Contracting Company but he has now given up this office.
Mr. Olts has not been idle since his retirement although he has materially
changed the direction of his activities, his chief interests centering now upon the
work of the Apostolic Faith Mission, to which he was converted in 1909. His
faith is of the active kind, finding its best exemplification in personal service,
in the generous giving of his time, labor and money to the promotion of the prin-
ciples in which he believes. Since his retirement Mr. Olts has given five nights
a week and every Sunday to the work of the Mission, counting his soul, mind,
body and accumulated wealth small offerings in so worthy a cause. The mis-
sion is located at No. 60 Cordova street, Vancouver, and the great work which
it is accomplishing can be known and appreciated only by those who pass with
bowed heads through its doorway, receiving its teachings naturally and humbly.
Nothing is neglected which will promote the spread of its doctrines, services
being conducted in the Scandinavian language every Monday night for the bene-
fit of the foreigners of that nation in the city.
On the 6th of November, 1887, Mr. Olts was united in marriage to Miss
Bessie La Point, of Syracuse, New York, a daughter of William La Point, who
was an officer on the despatch boat Cowslip under Admiral Farragut at the
capture of Mobile bay during the Civil war. The first Mrs. Olts died September
i, 1893, leaving three children: Frederick William and Harry, of Vancouver;
and Bessie, who was born and has always lived in Carleton county, New Bruns-
wick. In 1895 Mr. Olts was again married, his second union being with Miss
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Bertha McDonald, of Carleton county, New Brunswick, a section of which she
and her parents were natives, her father being engaged in the lumber business
there for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Olts have four children, Gertrude, Mildred,
Phillip and Wilfred Hovey, all at home.
Mr. Olts is a stanch liberal and interested in the growth and welfare of the
city, although not an active politician. His life has been one of continuous labor
marked by strict adherence to high standards of integrity and uprightness and
by a close observance of all the rules which govern honorable manhood. He has
never been known to deviate from the course which his conscience has sanctioned
as right and just and he has dealt honorably and honestly with all men, winning
thus their unqualified respect and esteem. He is widely and favorably known in
Vancouver and the most envious do not grudge him his success so worthily has
it been won and so well has it been used.
EDWARD SUTER HASELL, L. S. A., M. R. C. S., A. K. C.
A distinguished physician, Dr. Edward Suter Hasell has since 1897 held the
position of resident medical superintendent of the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hos-
pitalof Victoria, British Columbia. A thorough medical education and exten-
sive hospital work admirably fit him for his important post. Moreover, Dr.
Hasell interests himself along historical, educational and philanthropic lines and
his work, viewed from every point, has been of distinct benefit to the city.
Edward Suter Hasell was born in Calcutta, December 9, 1859, a son of the Rev.
Samuel Hasell. His mother was Katherine Suter, a daughter of Edward Suter,
R. N., secretary to Admiral Freemantle, in command in the Mediterranean. Her
grandfather on her mother's side was Major General Andrew Burn, R. M., com-
mandant at Chatham, England.
Edward S. Hasell is an old Harrovian and received his professional educa-
tion at King's College, London. In 1883 he was made L. S. A. (London) ; in
1884, M. R. C. S. (England) ; and in 1885, A. K. C. From 1883 to 1884 Dr.
Hasell served as house accoucheur at King's College Hospital, London, and as
clinical ophthalmic assistant. From 1885 to 1888 he was house surgeon to
Brighton Hove and Preston Dispensary. Upon his arrival in Canada he became
surgeon to the Union Collieries Company of Cumberland, Vancouver island, hold-
ing this position from 1888 until 1890, in which latter year he engaged in general
practice in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1897 Dr. Hasell received the appoint-
ment of resident medical superintendent of the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospi-
tal of Victoria, a position which he still holds. For sixteen years he has now
continuously discharged the onerous duties of his office, has wrought much good,
and has taken as great a personal as official interest, in the growth and expansion
of the hospital, serving its best interests with all fidelity and loyalty.
At Yarrow, Seattle, on June 25, 1896, Dr. Hasell was married to Mrs. J. W.
Green, eldest daughter of Beville Ramsay, Esq., of Croughton Park, Northamp-
tonshire, England. Mrs. Hasell has many interests both educational and philan-
thropic. She takes an active part in hospital and other benevolent work, ably
supporting her husband. She has served on the executive of the Woman's Aux-
iliary, the Daughters of Pity, aid societies to the hospital, the King's Daughters
and the Alexandra Club and is a provincial officer of the Imperial Order of the
Daughters of Empire in British Columbia. She is fully alive to the needs and
demands of growing community life and has wrought much good along those
lines.
Dr. Hasell is a conservative but has never taken active part in politics. His
military record comprises three years of service as surgeon major to the British
Columbia Garrison Artillery, now the Fifth Regiment, from 1893 to 1896. From
1891 to 1895 he efficiently served as coroner of Victoria city and district. In
1892 he was superintendent of the smallpox detention camp and in the same
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year appointed a royal commissioner in lunacy. The church associations of Dr.
Hasell are with the Anglican faith and fraternally he is a member of the Masonic
order and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is one of the original
founders of the Natural History Society of British Columbia and has ever taken
a deep interest in that subject. He also assisted in founding the Island Arts
and Crafts Club, from which has recently sprung the School of Handicraft and
Design, which is now established in Victoria.
JAMES ALEXANDER KERR.
Religious, political and business interests of South Vancouver find a progress-
ive, able and worthy representative in James Alexander Kerr, who, during the
five years he has resided in the city, has come into prominence as a man whose
civic spirit has dominated and directed the growth of the community along many
lines, whose business ability has carried him forward into important commercial
and financial relations and whose loyal worth has gained him widespread regard
as an upright and worthy gentleman. He is at present serving his second term
as reeve of the municipality and his business connections are with J. A. Kerr &
Company, real-estate and financial brokers.
Air. Kerr was born in Dundee. Restigouche county, New Brunswick, June 7,
1872, and is a son of George and Catherine (Walker) Kerr, the former a son
of Daniel Kerr, who emigrated from the Isle of Ayr, Scotland, to Canada about
the year 1820. He settled at Maple Green, Restigouche county. New Brunswick,
and was a pioneer in that locality, where he spent the remainder of his life on
the farm which he purchased at that time. His son, George Kerr, was born on
the homestead and was there reared to manhood. He afterward turned his
attention to farming near Dundee and so continued until 1900, and then resided
at Sumas, Washington, until his death in 1910. He married Miss Catherine
Walker, a daughter of John Walker, who emigrated from Dundee, Scotland, to
Canada and settled in Restigouche county, New Brunswick. The homestead
which he took up in the wilderness he called Dundee, after his native city, and
eventually a thriving village grew up around him, which has ever since borne
that name.
James Alexander Kerr acquired his education in the public schools of his
native locality and resided upon the homestead until 1898. In that year he came
to British Columbia and located in Vancouver, where he secured a position in the
sawmills, learning stationary steam engineering. He afterward worked at that
trade in Vancouver until 1904 and then moved to New Westminster, where he
spent one year at his former occupation. He then entered the real-estate
and financial brokerage business, forming the Royal City Realty Company, of
which he became head, continuing thus for three years. At the end of that time
he disposed of his interests, although the company is still in existence and con-
trols an important patronage. In 1908 Mr. Kerr came to South Vancouver,
where he resumed his connection with the real-estate and financial brokerage
business, founding the firm of J. A. Kerr & Company, with which he has been
connected to the present time. The company controls a representative trade and
has gradually extended the field of its business connections, being associated with
the Hudson's Bay Mortgage Company, Ltd., and many other equally important
financial and business concerns.
Although Mr. Kerr has done excellent work in business, his interests have
not by any means been concentrated along this line, but have extended to various
fields touching closely the welfare of the province in general and of South Van-
couver in particular. He has done excellent work as a member of the Progress
Club of Vancouver and of the South Vancouver Board of Trade, and he is at
all times active and prominent in promoting municipal advancement. He was
president of the Main Street Improvement Association, the activity of which
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resulted in the changing of the name of Westminster avenue to Main street and
widening that thoroughfare in South Vancouver from sixty to eighty feet. Mis
work along this line and as a member of the Ward 4 Rate Payers' Association
and his general activity in affairs of a similar character brought him prominently
before the people of South Vancouver, and in 1911 he was induced to make the
race for the office of reeve of the municipality. He was elected in January, 1912,
and made such an excellent official record that in 1913 he was reelected to the
office, in which he is still serving, his administration being characterized by the
successful accomplishment of a great deal of important and constructive munici-
pal work. Mr. Kerr is a firm believer in and an active worker for public owner-
ship of public utilities, and believes firmly that in time this will be adopted as a
general policy. He has adopted this as his future policy and as reeve is working to
this end.
On the I3th of April, 1900, Mr. Kerr was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
A. Fleming, a daughter of William and Mary ( AfcKenzie) Fleming, of Maple
Green, Restigouche county, New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr have four
children, Helena Mary, Horace George, Florence Sarah and Ira William.
Mr. Kerr's interests have extended also to the field of religious activity and
for many years past he has been an important force in promoting the spread of
the doctrines of Presbyterianism in this section of the province. While a resi-
dent of Vancouver he belonged to the First Presbyterian church there, and was
for two years superintendent of the Sunday school. After he moved to New
Westminster he joined St. Andrews Presbyterian church and there also was
Sunday school superintendent. He now attends Mount Pleasant Presbyterian
church and is a member of the session. His upright and honorable life is in
strict conformity with the doctrines in which he believes, and has gained him
warm regard and esteem in South Vancouver. The people of the community
recognize the force and value of his public-spirited citizenship and count him
among the greatest individual forces in promoting civic growth along many
lines.
JOHN PHILIP DAVY MALKIN.
Throughout his entire business career John Philip Davy Malkin has been
identified with the wholesale grocery and tea and coffee importing house in
which he is now a stockholder and manager. This is not only one of the most
important commercial enterprises of Vancouver, but is the largest establishment
of its kind, in British Columbia, and in capably directing its interests Mr. Malkin
displays notable business ability, keen insight and unfaltering energy. England
numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred at Burslem, Staf-
fordshire, March 19, 1878, his parents being James and Ann Elizabeth (Edge)
Malkin, the former a prominent manufacturer of earthenware and encaustic
tiles of Staffordshire.
After mastering the branches of learning taught in the grammar schools,
John P. D. Malkin continued his education in the high school of Newcastle-under-
Lyme, England, and when his text-books were put aside he came to Canada in
1895, joining his brother, W. H. Malkin, in Vancouver. Here he entered the
employ of the wholesale grocery and tea and coffee importing firm of Osmund
Skrine & Company, conducted by W. H. Malkin and Osmund Skrine. The busi-
ness was reorganized in 1897 under the name of W. H. Malkin & Company, and
in IQOO was incorporated as The W. H. Malkin Company, Ltd., of which
Mr. Malkin became stockholder and manager and so remains to the present
time. The firm is probably the largest engaged in the wholesale grocery and
tea and coffee importing and roasting business in British Columbia, and more
mention is made of the enterprise in connection with the sketch of W. H.
Malkin elsewhere in this work. The youthful ardor and hopefulness of J. P. D.
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Malkin has been one of the factors in the success of the business, for he attacks
everything with a contagious enthusiasm and accomplishes what he undertakes.
He is recognized as one of the enterprising young business men of the city and
his name is an honored one in commercial circles.
In 1907 Mr. Malkin was married to Miss Georgina Maud Grundy. He is a
member of the Terminal City Club and is well known socially as well as com-
mercially. He has never dissipated his energies among various business fields,
but has concentrated his efforts upon a single line, and to this may be attributed
in large measure the enviable position which he has attained.
HON. ALEXANDER ROCKE ROBERTSON.
In 1864 Hon. Alexander Rocke Robertson came to Victoria, a comparatively
unknown barrister, unable to gain admission to the bar of the colony of Van-
couver island owing to the exclusiveness of the law courts. In 1881 he died in
this city, one of the judges on the supreme bench. His life had been far-reach-
ing in its purposes and important in its accomplishments, and his death took from
British Columbia one of its early residents and one of its most representative
and able men.
Mr. Robertson was born in Chatham, Ontario, December i, 1841, his father
being a well known physician in that city. After completing a public-school
education Mr. Robertson studied law in Chatham and Toronto and passed most
successfully as a barrister, joining the law firm of MacDonnell & Robertson in
Windsor. In the spring of 1864 he came to British Columbia, but being unable
to gain admission to the practice of his profession in the then colony of Van-
couver Island, he became editor of the Daily Chronicle and as such fought a
well contested but uphill battle against the exclusiveness of the law courts which
prevented his admission to the bar. Failing, however, in gaining his point, he
proceeded to the separate colony of British Columbia, where he had no difficulty
in gaining the right to practice. He spent a most successful season or two in
Barkerville and by the time he returned to the lower country the disabilities
under which he had labored were removed and he was admitted to practice in
Victoria as well as on the mainland. He located in this city and became so
prominent in his profession that after the confederation he was one of the first
appointed as queen's counsel in the newly formed province of British Columbia,
receiving his commission under Sir John A. Macdonald's administration. Soon
afterward, when Mr. McCreight formed his cabinet in 1871, Mr. Robertson took
office as the first provincial secretary under responsible government, this office
carrying with it a seat in the legislature for the electoral district of Esquimalt.
In this capacity he accomplished a great deal of important work, framing the
school act and putting into motion the machinery of the British Columbia school
system. Declining reelection in the summer of 1875, he henceforth devoted all
of his energies and his great legal ability to the practice of his profession and
rapidly reached the position of leading counsel in the province. He was in 1880
raised to the bench by the dominion government under the new Judicature act.
He was an eloquent and powerful pleader and possessed also unusual legal
acumen, and to the judges and his brother practitioners always exhibited a
courtesy and an independence of character which won from them the highest
admiration. As a practitioner he was justly regarded as conscientious, pains-
taking and able, and his patronage grew to extensive proportions, connecting
him with notable and important litigation.
Mr. Robertson married Miss Margaret Bruce and they have become the
parents of seven sons, a sketch of one of whom, H. B. Robertson, appears else-
where in this work. Mr. Robertson was for many years superintendent of St.
John's Sunday school in Victoria and was always conspicuous for liberality of
thought and feeling toward all denominations of Christians, although he was
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himself a devoted member of the Church of England. He was a man of exemp-
lary character, high in his ideals and sincere in his purpose, and in the course of
a career extending over practically the entire period of growth and development
in British Columbia he left the impress of his ability and personality upon profes-
sional and political history.
JOHN JOSEPH BANFIELD.
Mastering the lessons of life day by day until his post-graduate work in the
school of experience has placed him with the men of learning and ability, J. J.
Banfield has for many years figured prominently in financial and real-estate
circles of Vancouver. His breadth of view has enabled him not only to see possi-
bilities for his own advancement, but also for the city's development, and his
lofty patriotism has prompted him to utilize the latter as quickly and as effectively
as the former. Moreover, his interests have largely centered upon activities which
seek to ameliorate the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate, and he is no
less widely known for his splendid business ability and high standing than for his
broad humanitarianism.
Mr. Banfield was born in Quebec, July 20, 1856, a son of William and Rebecca
(Bickell) Banfield, both of whom were natives of England. The father engaged
in the ship-chandlery business in Quebec, where he lived for many years, but
both he and his wife are now deceased.
After attending public school John J. Banfield pursued a course in a com-
mercial college in Quebec and later entered the employ of a brother who was
proprietor of a dry-goods store there, continuing in that establishment for several
years. He then took up the work of an accountant and went to St. Catharines,
Ontario, where he was employed in that capacity for eleven years. In 1891 he
arrived in Vancouver and, believing that this great and growing western country
offered excellent opportunity for activity in real estate, he opened an office and
began handling property. In this field he has since continued and is today one
of the most prominent representatives of real-estate interests in Vancouver.
Since 1895 the business has been conducted under his own name. He deals in
central business property, negotiates loans and writes insurance, and the various
departments of his business are bringing to him substantial returns. He is a
director of the British Columbia Life Insurance Company, and by the careful
control and management of his business interests has won a clientage that makes
him one of the most prominent and prosperous of the real-estate and insurance
men of the city.
Business, however, is but one phase of existence to him and is never allowed
to monopolize his entire time and attention. He has cooperated in many move-
ments looking to the welfare of the individual and of the community at large. In
many directions he has sought to ameliorate the hard conditions of life for the
unfortunate and he is now one of the directors and the chairman of the Van-
couver General Hospital, and has served on its board for the past eight years.
He was one of the first members and the treasurer of the Tourist Association,
serving in that office until 1912, and put forth earnest effort to accomplish its
purpose of exploiting the resources and advantages of the city and surrounding
country to the end that British Columbia's upbuilding might be furthered. The
cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion and for many
years he was chairman of the Vancouver school board. He organized the chil-
dren of the city into a club to erect the queen's memorial in Stanley Park, devot-
ing much of his time to that task. For four years he was chairman of the com-
mittee that provided the first swimming club, races and sports for the children
of the city, in which work he was associated with Colonel Worsnop and Mr. J. A.
Miller in giving on an average of two hundred dollars in prizes for several years
in order to stimulate interest in the work undertaken.
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Mr. Banfield is a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade and is now
.serving on its council. In 1896 he served as.chairman of the finance committee.
Vancouver has numbered him among her aldermen, but whether in office or out
of it he has labored earnestly, persistently and effectively to further the city's
interests, which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. He is president of
the City Beautiful Association and also of the Home Reunion Association. He
holds membership in the Terminal City and Burnaby Golf Clubs, the latter
indicating something of the nature of his recreation.
In St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1883, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Banfield and Miss Harriett Oilie, and they have one son and two daughters. The
parents hold membership in St. Andrews Presbyterian church, in which Mr.
Banfield is an elder, while in the various lines of church work he is deeply inter-
ested. He has never allowed personal affairs or ambitions to dwarf his public
spirit or impede his activities for the benefit of others.
SIMON FRASER TOLMIE, V. S.
Dr. Simon Fraser Tolmie is a practicing veterinary surgeon .in Victoria and
that he is capable in his profession and has attained high distinction in it is evi-
denced by the fact that he is now serving British Columbia as chief inspector of the
health of animals branch for the Dominion department of agriculture, and as
British Columbian representative of the Dominion live stock commissioner. Dr.
Tolmie is a native of Victoria, born on the 25th of January, 1867, a son of Wil-
liam Fraser and Jane (Work) Tolmie. The father came from his native Scotland
to America in 1832 as surgeon in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company
at Fort Vancouver, Washington. A more extended mention of his career is
found on another page in this work.
Dr. Simon Fraser Tolmie acquired his preliminary education in the public
and high schools of Victoria and also attended collegiate institute in this city.
He then turned his attention to the raising of pure-bred live stock and to gen-
eral farming upon his father's property at Cloverdale, becoming interested in a
line of work with which he has been to some extent connected since that time.
A lover of animals, he determined upon the study of veterinary surgery and
accordingly went to Toronto, where he entered the Ontario Veterinary College,
from which he received the degree of V. S. in 1891. In the same year he began
to practice his profession in Victoria, opening offices on Johnson street. In 1898
he was made provincial veterinary inspector and in 1904 chief inspector of the
health of animals branch, for British Columbia, of the Dominion department of
agriculture. He resigned the former position in 1906 in order to accept that of
British Columbian representative of the Dominion live stock commissioner, in
addition to that of chief inspector for the Dominion. The duties of his two offices
are discharged capably and conscientiously and in a manner which reflects
credit not only upon his professional, business and administrative ability but upon
his public spirit as well. Aside from his profession Dr. Tolmie is engaged exten-
sively in raising pure-bred live stock. Braefoot Farm, of which he is owner, com-
prises one hundred and eighty-seven acres and is well equipped and highly im-
proved, reflecting everywhere the careful supervision which he bestows upon it
and there he engages extensively in breeding Holstein cattle, Yorkshire swine
and raising Leghorn chickens.
On the 6th of February, 1894, in Victoria, Dr. Tolmie was united in marriage
to Miss Annie Harrap, a daughter of Edward and Caroline (Liddell) Harrap,
natives of England. After they emigrated to Canada, the parents settled in
Ontario where the father engaged in the general merchandise business until 1890.
He then moved to British Columbia, and turned his attention to farming near
Victoria, following this occupation until his death in 1903. His wife survives him
and makes her home in the city. Dr. and Mrs. Tolmie became the parents of four
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children: Jean, who was born December 16, 1894; John Wende, whose birth
occurred April 17, 1898; Carolyn Alay, born September 29, 1900; and William
Fraser, born November 21, 1905.
Dr. Tolmie is a member of the committee on agriculture of the Victoria Board
of Trade; is president of the British Columbia Veterinary Association; was for
five years British Columbia secretary of the American Veterinary Association; was
elected president of the British Columbia Agricultural Association in 1911 and
1912, and was elected again, in 1913, by acclamation. He also owns Riverdale
Farm at Enderly, British Columbia, which he has stocked with pure-bred Shrop-
shire sheep. He belongs to the Pacific Club of Victoria and the Vancouver Island
Development Association and is connected with the Woodmen of the \Yor1d,
Knights of the Maccabees and the Native Sons of British Columbia. In social
circles he is known as an affable and courteous gentleman of powerful physique
and commanding presence, while in professional and business fields his unusual
ability has gained him high standing and gratifying recognition. His services are
very much in demand as an expert judge of live stock at the various exhibitions
and fairs.
GEORGE MURDOCH.
Almost fifty years of a gold miner's life, principally spent in British Colum-
bia, have brought George Murdoch into contact with the men and conditions
which have made the history of the province and, not considering his individual
success, he has been a force in the development of one of the greatest industries
in this section of the Dominion. At the age of seventy-eight years he is still
active in his chosen work, and there is no man more familiar with mining meth-
ods or conditions than he.
Mr. Murdoch was born at Elderslie, in the parish of Abbey Paisley, Scot-
land, on the ist of November, 1835, a son °f Janies and Margaret Murdoch, and
he came with his parents to lower Canada, to the county of Beauharnois, west
of the city of Montreal, when he was twelve years of age. His education as a
child and boy was acquired in the parish schools in Scotland and later at
Chatham, Ontario, under a man named Jamieson, and it was while still a
student that he formed a friendship with Alexander Mackenzie which endured
until the latter's death in 1882, at Los Angeles, California. Together they went
to the United States, making their way to Chicago, whence they proceeded to
Alton, Illinois, and thence by steamer to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there
to New Orleans, with the object in view of taking passage from the last named
city via Colon and Panama to California. For the two passages they paid five
hundred dollars in gold, which gives an idea of the exorbitant prices which were
extorted from those who sought California's shores in the days of its greatest
gold excitement. However, they changed their minds in order to avoid the
danger of being shanghaied — not an unfounded worry in their case, as several
hundred roughs were passengers on the same steamer, going out from New
Orleans, who were recruited for Walker, the filibuster, and bound for Hon-
duras. Mr. Murdoch then went to work at New Orleans on a cotton boat and
so continued for two years, when, having contracted fever, he went north, to
Cincinnati, Ohio, to recover his health.
As a boy he had been a member of a well drilled military company, and at
the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Murdoch volunteered his services to the
Federal government for a three months' period, enlisting on the I3th of April,
1861, as a member of Company F, Captain Edward C. Mason, Second Ohio
Regiment, from Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Murdoch had an eventful and honor-
able military career, participating in the first battle of Bull Run, although at
that time his first period of enlistment had expired. He had done duty largely
in Washington and across the Potomac in Virginia. After Bull Run the frag-
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ments of the First and Second Ohio Regiments were returned to Columbus,
Ohio, to be mustered out. While yet at Washington Mr. Murdoch had been
recommended by General Sherman, then a lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth
United States Infantry, commanding at Arlington Heights, the fortifications just
across the river from Washington, to be sent to Ohio to recruit a company for
service for three years. After being mustered out at Columbus Mr. Murdoch
went to Springfield and Clark county, Ohio, in August, 1861. Captain James A.
Mitchell, an able and brilliant lawyer at that place, had been deputed by Governor
Dennison of Ohio to organize a six gun field battery, the third in the state. While
Captain Mitchell was thus engaged Mr. Murdoch arrived and was successful in
getting recruits, securing about one hundred men for an infantry company. Cap-
tain Mitchell then proposed an amalgamation of recruits to complete his company
of artillery, which was done with the sanction of the adjutant general of Ohio
and the military authorities at Washington. Mr. Murdoch was then elected first
lieutenant. In September of that year, when St. Louis was in danger, General
John C. Fremont being in command of the department at that time, the battery
to which Lieutenant Murdoch belonged was ordered to St. Louis. The army
drove the enemy north beyond Sedalia and afterward spent the winter at Jeffer-
son City, Missouri. Although this was the third field battery of the state of
Ohio, it was not until they had been in service for nearly a year that they were
mustered in as state troops and thus became the Sixteenth Ohio Battery. In Feb-
ruary, 1862, the six-gun battery in which he was a first lieutenant commanding a
section, upon returning to St. Louis from northern Missouri, was attached to the
army corps of General Steele. They left Pilot Knob, Missouri, going through
the interior of the southern part of that state and through Arkansas, skirmish-
ing continually with the vigilant enemy and, cut adrift from all rear communi-
cations, reached the Mississippi at Helena, Arkansas, on the 22d of July, 1862.
This is what Mr. Murdoch still considers the hardest work in his long, event-
ful and adventure-filled life. After the siege of Vicksburg the army was sent
to Jackson, Mississippi, again driving out the enemy from the capital, and upon
returning to Yicksburg, Lieutenant Murdoch resigned his commission and was
honorably discharged. During his whole military career he gave evidence of
personal bravery, dutiful obedience and those other qualities so necessary for
an officer in getting the best out of his men and making himself a valuable part
of the service.
After his discharge Mr. Murdoch immediately left for Montreal, province
of Quebec, but after a few months crossed the border to New York city, whence
on Christmas day of 1863 he sailed for Havana and Colon, and after crossing
the Isthmus by railroad to Panama, proceeded from that city by steamer to
San Francisco and thence, on the steamer Oregon, to Victoria. Here he joined
his old friend Mr. Mackenzie, who during the war times had written him of
the possibilities of British Columbia. They together went to Barkerville, in the
Cariboo district, where Mr. Murdoch bought valuable mining claims, beginning
thus a career which has had an important part in the development of that
industry. For a time he acted as foreman of the Watson claim and afterward,
meeting Archie McNaughton, another pioneer miner of British Columbia, he pur-
chased with him a part of this claim. They sunk a shaft and worked the mine
successfully, realizing from it many thousands of dollars. For a number of
years thereafter Mr. Murdoch continued to prospect in the Cariboo, locating
many valuable claims and becoming acquainted with every phase of practical
mining.
The year 1874 brought a great rush to Cassiar, where valuable placer deposits
had been discovered, and, true to the instincts of the prospector, Mr. Murdoch
journeyed to the new fields, going into the diggings via Fort Wrangel and on the
ice up the Stikine river, and there spent several years, although he returned
several times during that period to Victoria for a short time. In the winter of
1878 Mr. Murdoch made a departure from his usual occupation, becoming while
sojourning on the Nass river, interested in the first cannery ever operated on
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that stream. However, his attention was turned from mining only a short
time, for the next fall found him in Victoria, whence he subsequently went to
Graham island, one of the Queen Charlotte group, to prospect. He sailed from
Port Simpson on the Quickstep, a vessel of the Hudson's Bay Company, for Fort
Massatt with the view of starting a trading-post but the ship went on the rocks
off Cape Chacon, Prince of Wales island, during the Christmas night of 1882. Mr.
Murdoch lost nearly all his property by this wreck. However, none of the pass-
engers or crew lost their lives, all finding a place of safety on Prince of Wales
island. After twenty-three days on that place and without any prospects of rescue,
Mr. Murdoch and the captain of the Quickstep made their way to the mainland in
a small boat which they had patched together with nails from cracker boxes and
pitch from fir trees in the woods for caulking. They arrived in Fort Simpson
safely and there reported the wreck and sent help to the passengers. Mr. Murdoch
returned later to the Queen Charlotte islands, prospecting for several months, and
while there took up an eight-hundred-acre claim of coal lands, which eventually
was sold by the company which he had organized. In 1881 he went to Juneau,
Alaska, where he staked extensions on the Paris mine, now known as the great
Treadwell mine, which he held for a year, abandoning his claim because he
could not under the law hold a mining grant in his own name as an alien. Mr.
Murdoch and his Alaskan partner, Mr. O'Hara, were the first to sell placer gold
at Juneau, this being taken from under a glacier three miles from that place.
Returning to Dease creek, on the Arctic divide, he there spent several seasons.
In 1883 Mr. Murdoch went to Similkameen and thence to the Boundary section
of Kootenay, where he staked a number of claims, some of which he afterward
sold at a profit. Traveling from the Similkameen up Okanagan lake, he even-
tually took up three hundred and twenty acres of land at the head of Shushwap
lake for a homestead. This laml is situated at the mouth of Eagle river and
near Eagle pass and is now within the railway belt of British Columbia, near
Sicamous Junction. There he remained for twelve years, clearing his holding
and putting it under cultivation. At the end of that period, however, he
returned again to the Cariboo and took up mining after an absence of twenty-
two years from the district, and he is there prospecting today.
As regards the land which Mr. Murdoch holds, there has been considerable
trouble for the squatters and settlers within the railway belt on account of changes
of the route to be taken. In 1882-83 a charter was obtained from the provincial
government by a Portland (Ore.) firm — Ainsworth, Blasedale & Wright — to
construct a wagon road from the head of Shushwap lake to the Columbia river
at Revelstoke for the purpose of connecting at Kamloo'ps by steamboats on the
river and on the lake with a narrow gauge railroad across the forty-three mile
portage — and with the Canadian Pacific Railway when built, which was at that
time laid out to come down the North Thompson river. In order to promote
the accomplishment of this enterprise the provincial government gave sixty thou-
sand acres of land available anywhere in the Yale or Kootenay districts, from
which the road was to be Constructed. The change in the railway route, how-
ever, from North Thompson to Eagle pass and Rogers pass, as the railway now
runs, changed that part of the railway belt reserved for railway purposes. This
change eventually created a great deal of trouble for the squatters and settlers
within the last mentioned belt, and Mr. Murdoch's own property within this
contested belt was for a time in dispute, although he has now undisputed title
to part of it. Of late the raising and shipping of wheat by this railroad to go
down the Columbia river to Portland, Oregon, has been largely agitated and the
realization of this project may greatly increase the value of Mr. Murdoch's
holdings.
However, Mr. Murdoch still gives most of his time to his mining operations
and at the age of seventy-eight is probably one of the best known old prospectors
of British Columbia. His is an interesting figure on the pages of the mining
history of the province to which he came in pioneer times, spending the best
and most fruitful years of his life in promoting its representative industry.
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He has witnessed practically the entire development of British Columbia, has
seen its cities founded and grow and its institutions flourish and stands in the
front ranks of those splendid pioneers who braved the hardships of the early
mining camps and frontier districts and blazed the way for those who followed
after, leaving in their wake, civilization firmly built upon equitable government,
just laws and the highest principles as regards the conduct of man to man.
WILLIAM DUCK.
William Duck as a member of the firm of Duck & Johnston is engaged in the
real-estate business in Victoria and controls an extensive and important patronage.
He is a native son of the city, born April 3, 1866, his parents being Simeon and
Sarah Duck. The former came to Victoria in 1859 and his wife took up her resi-
dence in the city one year later. Simeon Duck was for many years engaged in the
carriage-building business here and served as a member of the provincial parlia-
ment for a number of terms, being afterward minister of finance for one term.
William Duck acquired his early education in the public schools of his native
city and afterward attended Santa Clara College in Santa Clara, California. Upon
his return to Victoria he studied law and was articled to S. Perry Mills, a promi-
nent barrister of this city. He was called to the bar of British Columbia in 1804
and practiced in Victoria for a number of years, although he has since turned his
attention to the business field. In 1904 he formed a partnership with J. H. Johns-
ton under the firm name of Duck & Johnston and he has since that time been
identified with real-estate interests here. This firm is today one of the most
prominent and reliable of its kind in the city and it controls a large and growing
trade, both partners being far-sighted, able and resourceful business men. Mr.
Duck devotes practically all of his time to the business, which owes a great deal
of its rapid growth to his industry and enterprise.
In Victoria, on the 2(1 of October, 1889, Mr. Duck was united in marriage to-
Miss .Ada North, a daughter of George and Jane North. Air. and Mrs. Duck haye
two children: Charles \\". and lima. Mr. Duck is a member of the Pacific Club-
and is connected fraternally with the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World. I lis political allegiance is given to the conservative party but he has never
sought nor desired public office. He cooperates in all movements for the advance-
ment of Victoria and is recognized as one of the foremost business men of the
city, his extensive and well managed interests placing him in a prominent position
in business circles.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM IRVING.
The name of Captain William Irving, pioneer master and vessel owner, is
intimately associated with the early history of British Columbia as builder of
the first steamer constructed in the province and as commander and owner of
many of the craft of pioneer days.
He was born in Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, in 1816 and died at New
Westminster, British Columbia, August 28, 1872. At an early age he began his
sea-going career, sailing to all ports of the world, while still a young man. In
the early '405 he was mate of the brig "Tuscany," plying between English ports
and New York. Richard Hoyt and Richard Williams, both of whom became
later well known as commanders of Pacific coast vessels, were captain and steward,
respectively, of the same ship. Captain Irving came first to Oregon, in 1849,
as master and part owner of the bark "Success," with which ship he entered
the coasting trade. On one of his trips from San Francisco to the Columbia in
1849 he carried the original plat of the town of San Francisco to Oregon City,
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where he had it filed with the United States district court for the territory of
Oregon. This plat gave definiteness and validity to real-estate titles in the Cali-
fornia metropolis and Oregon City was the only place west of the Rockies where
such a record could be made at that early day. This map contained only about
fourteen hundred lots and is a striking index to the marvelous strides in develop-
ment of the Pacific coast.
Two years after his arrival at Portland, Captain Irving purchased a large
tract of land in what is now East Portland and the city's subsequent growth in
that direction added enormously to its value. His first steamboat venture was
with the little "Eagle," which he brought on the deck of the "Success" and
placed on the Oregon City and Portland route. Later he was associated with
others, purchasing the "Express"' and various other well known boats in the
river and coasting trade. In 1858 he sold his Oregon steamboat interests and
came to British Columbia, joining his old partner, Alexander S. Murray. They
.at once began the construction of the "Governor Douglas," the first steamer
built in British Columbia, following her a short time later with the "Colonel
Moody," with which Captain Irving made the first successful trip to Yale in
1861. The following year he disposed of his interest in these two steamers and
built the "Reliance," the finest of her time, and owing to the great popularity
and energy of her owner, the venture was immediately successful. In 1865 the
"Onward" was launched. She represented the utmost in steamship luxury in
these waters, and was for many years one of the best known boats of the prov-
ince, and incidentally was the first command of his son, Captain John Irving.
Almost from the time of his arrival on the Fraser river Captain Irving was
engaged in fighting the keenest of competition, but with indomitable will and
unflinching determination he emerged from each engagement victorious and at
the time of his death stood at the top of his profession, admired even by his
business rivals for his rugged honesty and loved by a host of friends, who felt
at his death an irreparable loss. In speaking of his many virtues, a pioneer
friend said of him, "His purse was always at the disposal of any in need, and
his generosity was unrestricted by class, faith, or nationality. He knew no
distinction in his bounty and he never allowed a former injury to interfere with
a present occasion for timely aid. He was a gentleman in the true sense of the
•Word."
JOHN MACLURE.
John Maclure, who passed away at Clayburn in November, 1907, was termed
the "grand old man of Matsqui." He well merited the title for he was one of the
honored pioneer settlers of the northwest whose coming largely revolutionized
conditions of life in the section in which he lived. He was always a leader, not a
follower, and he led in paths of progress and improvement, easily recognizing and
utilizing opportunties for the benefit of the district in which he made his home. A
native of Wigtonshire, Scotland, he was born in 1831 and as he grew in years and
strength there also developed in him the patriotic spirit and love of country
characteristic of the people of North Britain. In his studies he manifested a
tendency toward mathematics and pursued his course along that line, becoming an
expert surveyor. His ability increased through practical experience and at length
he was selected by the ordnance surveyor to assist in the trigonometrical survey of
much of Great Britain and Ireland, in which connection he aided in perfecting the
survey of Belfast and its environs.
Mr. Maclure was among those who volunteered when the British government
wanted young men to come to British Columbia and take part in the development
of this section of the country. Although a surveyor he was attached to the Royal
engineers, commonly known as sappers and miners. In those days the journey
10 the Pacific northwest was made by way of Panama or around Cape Horn.
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Mr. Maclure chose the Panama route and after a long and interesting voyage in
which occurred many incidents worthy of note he reached the Fraser river. At
that time it was decided to make Derby the capital of the mainland but that plan
was later abandoned and the town is now known as Fort Langley. The expedi-
tion proceeded down the river to the present location of New Westminster and
began to lay out the town site, Mr. Maclure being busily engaged in the task by
reason of his skill and ability as a surveyor. The British Columbian in writing
of his career at about this period said :
"In due course the Atlantic Cable Company was struggling to bridge the ocean
between Europe and North America. The cable had been laid and broken. Then
the Collins Overland Telegraph Company, that had been watching the struggle,
immediately set to work to run a telegraph line up the Fraser valley, through
Cariboo, on through northern British Columbia, Yukon, across the Straits and
Siberia to Europe. In this great enterprise and contest between the Overland and
the Atlantic competitors Mr. Maclure was given an important and responsible posi-
tion as surveyor in charge of location of the line from Quesnelle to Telegraph
Creek. lie remained with the company until the line was constructed. When
news was flashed up to the party that the cable was again put in position and suc-
cessfully working Mr. Maclure and his party dropped everything and at once
returned southward. On coming out to the front the telegraph company put
the surveyor in charge of the office at Matsqui. It was in this connection that
Mr. Maclure declared on his future home. By the telegraph trail, on a high hill,
overlooking the lovely Matsqui prairie, the Fraser river and the foothills of the
mountains, he exclaimed 'this is the Promised Land and here will I remain.' At
the foot of the hill he built his home where he lived a full generation and died one
of the most beloved and respected of all old-time pioneers. No wonder his family
selected for his resting place the hill crest which he loved from the first ; and here
in a costly and beautiful vault his loved ones placed his remains. This pioneer
who aided in the survey of Belfast in Ireland, of New Westminster by the Fraser,
and of Deadman's Island on Burrard Inlet, was surveying, though a man long past
the age of three score and ten, at the time of contracting a serious cold, which in
less than two weeks took him away. A grand man, a loving husband, a most
tender father and filled with the spirit and nature that make manhood noble,
Mr. Maclure passed from the ranks of splendid nation builders to the ranks
already promoted to a higher calling."
In 1854 Mr. Maclure was married near Belfast, Ireland, to Miss Martha
Mclntyre, who nobly assisted her husband in overcoming the difficulties of pioneer
life and at the age of eighty can recall many interesting incidents of the early days.
They became the parents of five children: Mrs. J. C. McLagan; Mrs. W. McColl;
Samuel Maclure, a prominent architect of Vancouver and Victoria ; and J. C. and
F. S. Maclure, who discovered the first fire clay in British Columbia and afterward
founded the Clayburn Company within sight of the homestead, later organizing
the Kilgard Fire Clay Company Ltd. of Sumas, of which they are the present
directors.
Perhaps no better estimate of the life and character of Mr. Maclure can be
given than in the address of his old-time friend, the Rev. Alexander Dunn, at
his funeral services: "It is thirty-two years in December next since I paid my
first visit, on a fair winter afternoon, to the home of the Maclure's, of Matsqui.
I well remember the hearty welcome I received from the different members of
the family that day and their evident concern regarding my comfort and enter-
tainment. Indeed, so frank and cordial was the welcome that I at once felt at
home, or at least as much so as it was possible for a man of my temperament to
feel. To the traveller exposed all day to drenching rains, contending with the
obstructions and difficulties of pioneer travel on horseback, the delight in beholding
a friendly light in the distance and in reaching a comfortable, well-appointed home,
was very real. And when to this were added congenial company, entertaining
conversation, mingled with mirth and harmless repartee, the delight was greatly
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intensified, and this delight I always experienced in this happy home. Whatever
troubles he had (and what public or professional man is without them, what
father of a family, however promising or successful the members of his family
may be, is free from all forms of anxiety?) were kept in the background or sup-
pressed in his intercourse with others, and when in his own home. Nowadays we
often hear the terms optimist and pessimist made use of. If I were to classify
the late John Maclure I would place him in the optimist class. He had the happy
faculty, more frequently commended than practiced, of looking at the bright side
of the picture, of seeing the good rather than the evil, or at all events of seeing
things as they really were, and not as the pessimist is in the way of representing
them. Knowing that many false prophets have come into the world who occupy
precious time in speculating upon uncertainties, time which would be much more
profitably employed in dealing with the facts and verities of life, he did not lend
himself to prophesying good or evil. He took the world as it came with its
pleasures and its woes, and tried to make his own life and the lives of others
brighter and better by cherishing a hopeful, contented outlook. If there was a
humorous side to any subject he was sure to see it and emphasize it. The late
John Maclure was a man of striking individuality, adapting himself with rare
ease to the changed conditions and customs of new country life yet, true to the
best instincts of the race and country to which he belonged, he retained his marked
individuality to the end. His stalwart manly bearing, his intelligence, the width
and accuracy of his information, his genial, peace-loving disposition, combined to
assign to him a conspicuous place among men."
SAMUEL MACLURE.
Samuel Maclure was the first white child whose birth was recorded at New
Westminster, his natal day being April n, 1860. His father, John Maclure, a
record of whom appears elsewhere in this volume, was a pioneer of British
Columbia, and died November I, 1907. His mother, who bore the maiden name
of Martha Mclntyre, is a native of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, and
is still living. They were the parents of five children : Sarah Anne, the wife of
the late J. G. McLagan, at one time owner of the Vancouver World ; Susan
E., the wife of the late William McColl, a stepson of George Turner, C. E.;
Samuel, of this review; J. C., who is now in the fire clay business at Kilgard,
British Columbia; and Fred Soues, who is connected with his brother in the
manufacture of fire clay building materials at Kilgard.
While the children were being reared on the home farm on the mainland,
the father was given charge of a new telegraph station, which was installed
in the home. He was a provincial land surveyor and civil engineer, who was
employed to construct the government telegraph line. Taking a fancy to the
locality during the process of that work, he decided to remain and secured the
tract of land on which the family home was established. After the telegraph
station was installed in his home, each of his children acquired a knowledge of
the Morse code and all became capable telegraph operators, several members of
the family later following the business.
Samuel Maclure, who was born at what was known as Camp Sapperton,
was educated in the public schools of New Westminster and the high school at
Victoria. Like the others, he learned telegraphy and became a relief operator
and postmaster at Clinton, British Columbia, and at Yale, British Columbia,
receiving government appointments to those positions. He afterward went to
Granville (now Vancouver), British Columbia, as telegraph operator, and thence
:o New Westminster, where he remained as assistant government agent for two
years, leaving the government service to enter the provincial service. It was
iiis intention to go to Germany to take up the study of landscape painting, but
reverses which he suffered through unprofitable investments that he had made
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at Port Moody, caused him to remain on the American continent. He spent
some time in Philadelphia and New York and devoted a year to study in Spring
Garden Art School in the former city.
Mr. Maclure afterward returned to New Westminster and later became an
operator on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad on Vancouver island. In the
meantime he continued his studies in architecture during the year there passed.
Returning to New Westminster, he opened an office and began the practice of his
profession. He received immediate encouragement in a liberal clientage and
during that period in his life designed many of the best residences in New
Westminster. In 1892 he came to Victoria, where he opened an office and met
with immediate success in the practice of his profession. During the ensuing
period he has designed many of the beautiful residences for which Victoria
is justly famous. An example of his skill and ability is seen in the home of
James Dunsmuir, former lieutenant governor of British Columbia, which is
said to be the finest home in Canada. His work has received recognition all
over the Pacific coast and includes the erection of notable residences in the
states of Washington and California, and Florida and throughout the northwest
provinces. In 1903 lie organized the firm of Maclure & Fox, of Vancouver,
and to them has been awarded the commissions for designing and erecting some
of the most notable homes of that city, including the residences of E. P. Davis
and B. T. Rogers. The principal homes in Victoria erected during the last,
twenty years have been built from the designs of Mr. Maclure. He is a member
of the Victoria Chapter of the British Columbia Society of Architects and was
its first president.
In 1889 Mr. Maclure was married to Miss Margaret Catharine Simpson, a
native of Greenock, Scotland, and their children are Catharine O., Caroline B.
and Marion S. Mr. Maclure is a member of the Vancouver Island Arts and
Crafts Society and he belongs also to the Union Club of Victoria, while in
religious faith he is an Anglican. He was one of the assessors who recently
awarded the prize in the competition for a design for the new University of
British Columbia. His appointment to that position was one of the high com-
pliments that have come to him in recognition of his ability and standing in
his profession.
JOHN B. ELLIOT.
Throughout southern British Columbia the name of John B. Elliot is a
familiar one, because of his extensive building operations, because of his
geniality, his good fellowship and his loyalty in friendship. He makes his home
in Ladner, but is a native of the province of Quebec, having been born in
Orange, in January, 1857, a son of Brown and Jessie (Oliver) Elliot. His ances-
tors in the paternal and maternal lines came from Roxburghshire, Scotland, the
grandparents on both sides bringing their respective families to the new world
when the father and mother of John B. Elliot were children. Both the Elliot
and Oliver families established their homes in the province of Quebec and it
was there that the boyhood days of John B. Elliot were spent, his education being
acquired in the common schools of Howick. He remained upon the home farm
with his father until nineteen years of age, assisting in the work of the fields
and in all work incident to farm life. He afterward went to Montreal, where
he began learning the carpenter's trade under a Mr. Mclntyre, but soon after-
ward his employer failed in business. Mr. Elliot then went to South Monighan
township, Ontario, where he spent three years following the same line of work
and thus laying the foundation for his successful operations along building lines
in later years. On the expiration of the three years spent in Ontario he came
to New Westminster, British Columbia. There he at once resumed work as a
builder in connection with Mr. Turnbull, in whose employ he had spent some
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time when in eastern Canada. Business conditions, however, were not good in
New Westminster through that summer and Mr. Elliot engaged for work E. A.
Wadhams, who was building a house in the Delta country on the land now
owned by Lieutenant-Governor Patterson. Mr. W. Howay, the father of His
Honor, Judge Howay, was in charge of the building and it was under him
that Mr. Elliot worked. He afterward made his headquarters in New West-
minster while building in various places until 1886, when he returned to his old
home in eastern Canada to visit his aged father.
The lure of the far west, however, was upon Mr. Elliot and after a few
months he returned to British Columbia. He complied with the request of
Thomas McNeely of Ladner to come to this place and build a hotel, erecting
the Delta Hotel, still a popular hostelry of Ladner. Since that time he has con-
tinued his residence in Ladner and as carpenter and builder has been connected
with the most extensive and important building operations of this section, build-
ing many of the fine residences in the town and upon the farms in this part of
the province. He has recently completed the ten thousand dollar farm resi-
dence of Lieutenant-Governor Patterson. The list of other fine homes in the
Delta and East Delta districts that he has built includes the Kittson, McNeely
and McKee residences. He built the business blocks of McNeely & Lanning
and of Fossett & Wilson at Ladner. He has also been the builder of many of
the fish canneries along the Eraser river and also some in the far north. Among
those in the vicinity of Ladner are the Alexander Ewen Cannery, the Brodie Can-
nery, the Pacific Coast Cannery, the Heaver Cannery, the Scottish Canadian
Cannery and others. In 1895 he erected on the Skeena river the Good Hope
Cannery for the Henry Bell-Irving Company and The Aberdeen Cannery for
the Findlay, Durham & Brodie Company. His work is always well and con-
scientiously done and stands as a monument to the skill of the builder. He
still continues in active business, is accorded a liberal patronage and has won
the substantial and well merited rewards of his labor.
In politics Mr. Elliot is a liberal, but he has never sought nor desired office.
He holds membership with the Woodmen of the World and he is a man of
many friends, being most widely known and highly respected in southern Brit-
ish Columbia. His manner is genial. In action he is always courteous and kind
and his many attractive qualities have made him popular with all who know him.
WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR.
It is the peculiar function of a lawyer to participate in the various lines of
activity in his city. He sees diverse sides of life and in his hands rest the peace,
happiness and sometimes even the life of his clients. Upon the honesty of
the lawyer depends our national justice; upon his soundness of judgment depends
the efficacy of our legal institutions ; in his hands rest the faith of men in the
laws under which they live. A man who exemplifies in his conduct this lofty
perception of an ancient and noble calling is William John Taylor, of Victoria,
British Columbia, who for many years has followed his profession in this city,
devoting his energies to a general practice. A native of the province of Ontario,
he was born in Belleville, February 10, 1863, and is a son of John and Maria
Taylor, natives of England.
In the acquirement of his education William J. Taylor attended the public
schools of Belleville and the Albert College of that city, being admitted to the
bar in Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Shortly thereafter he left his native section, being
attracted by the larger opportunities of the great northwest, and, coming to
Victoria, British Columbia, established himself in practice here. As the years
have passed his reputation has increased, as he has become connected with much
important litigation handled in the provincial courts. Soon after coming here
he demonstrated his ability to find the right solution to the most intricate law
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problems and each year his practice has grown in volume. He is entirely free
from ostentation and display but carries his cases to success by the simple weight
of his character, his sound understanding of the principles of the law, his con-
vincing argumentative power and a sincerity of purpose which impresses court
and jury. He is thorough in the preparation of his cases and on account of
his methods has received the highest commendation. In the many cases with
which he has been connected he has exhibited the possession of every faculty of
which a lawyer may be proud — skill in the presentation of his evidence, marked
ability in cross examination, persuasiveness before a jury, strong grasp of every
feature of the case, ability to secure favorable ruling from the judge, unusual
familiarity with human nature and the springs of human conduct, and, last but
not least, untiring industry. For twenty years he ably served as counsel for
the city of Victoria and at present acts in that relationship to the British Columbia
Marine Railways, handling much important business for that corporation.
As prosperity has come to him Mr. Taylor has made judicious investments
in Victoria real estate, showing thereby the supreme confidence he has in the
future of his adopted city and a commendable spirit of local patriotism. During
his career he has been connected with various local concerns as a director, giving
them the benefit of his wide experience as a lawyer. Although he is not active
in politics and has never cared to mingle in the fray for public preferment, he
brings to all public questions a ready understanding and can ever be found when
time or money is required to promote a worthy enterprise. His club relations
are with the Union Club of Victoria and the Vancouver Club of Vancouver,
being prominent and well known in both organizations. His record as a barrister
is an honor to his profession and he ever adheres to the solid virtues and en-
lightened principles underlying the law, being loyal to its purpose, which forbids to
distort and defile its machinery.
PERCY KING.
Business, political and fraternal interests of North Vancouver find a progress-
ive and active representative in Percy King, who controls a large patronage as a
real-estate and insurance agent, is in the fifth year of his able service as secretary
of the Richmond Central Conservative Association, and whose fraternal affilia-
tions connect him with some of the most important organizations of this kind in
Canada. He was born in London, England, May 19, 1878, and is a son of Thomas
and Sophia (Olpin) King, the former a native of Surrey, England, and the latter
of Gloucester. The father was for many years a well known leather merchant
in Bermondsey, London, and died there in 1900. His wife survives him and still
makes her home in the English capital.
Percy King is the youngest in a family of twelve children, all of whom sur-
vive. He acquired his education in the Roan school, Greenwich, London, and
after laying aside his books took up architectural work, continuing thus for a
short time. He afterward became connected with a wholesale grocery house in
London, remaining in their central office for some time and then spending seven
years traveling in their interests. At the end of that time he emigrated to
Canada, arriving in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2, 1904. For two months there-
after he worked upon a farm and then entered the employ of the contracting
firm of Mackenzie & Mann, doing construction work on the Canadian Northern
Railroad. Mr. King continued in that capacity until November, 1904, when he
secured a position with the Canadian Pacific in their Winnipeg office as a col-
lector. In August of the following year he moved to Vancouver, securing a
city position, which he held until January, 1906, when he took up land on easy
payments in Lynn valley, moving at this time to North Vancouver, where he has
since resided. After his arrival here he took contracts for clearing land and
engaged also in the real-estate business, continuing alone until July, 1908, when
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he formed a partnership with Henry T. C. Eves under the name of Henry Eves
& Company. In August, 1910, this was dissolved and Mr. King established him-
self in the real-estate and insurance business independently, opening an office at
18 Lonsdale avenue. He controls a large and important business, handling all
kinds of North Vancouver business and residential property, and he acts also as
representative for some of the most important insurance companies here and in
England, having the exclusive agency for the north shore for the Commercial
Union Assurance Company, Ltd., of London. He also writes all kinds of insur-
ance and has built up a profitable business along this line. On the 23d of May,
1910, he was appointed notary public for the province of British Columbia and
he still holds this office. He has become very prominent in politics and has done
a great deal in the interest of the conservative party in this city, where he was
for three years secretary of the North Vancouver Conservative Association. He
was one of the organizers of the Richmond Central Conservative Association,
and is now in the fifth year of his service as secretary, having held that office
since the formation of the association. He is conscientious in the discharge of
his official duties and progressive and public-spirited in all matters of citizenship,
interested in the growth and welfare of his community and cooperating heartily
in all projects to promote it.
In the Central Methodist church, Vancouver, on the 23d of July, 1906, Mr.
King was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Maude Bollen, of London, Eng-
land, and they have, three children, Dora Maude, Percy Leslie and Harold
Vincent Bollen. Mr. King is well known in local fraternal circles, as his con-
nections of this kind are extensive and important. He is now serving his third
year as secretary of the North Vancouver Lodge of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, and is a charter member and past president of the local lodge of the
Sons of England. He is past master of the Loyal Orange Lodge, and was sec-
retary of the Royal Scarlet Chapter for the Vancouver City Lodge of this
order. He belongs to the North Vancouver First Baptist church and is a mem-
ber of the Vancouver Press Club. He is well and favorably known in the city
where he makes his home, his interests having extended to many fields, but
lying always along lines of improvement and advancement.
ARTHUR PHILIP LUXTON, K. C.
Arthur Philip Luxton, practicing at the Victoria bar, a member of the firm of
Pooley, Luxton & Pooley, with offices in Chancery Chambers, was born in Brush-
ford, in the county of Devon, England, November 15, 1863, his parents being
Robert George and Susan (Morgan) Luxton. The family has been represented
continuously in Devon since 1576. There the father died in November, 1902,
while the mother survived until May, 1910.
Arthur Philip Luxton pursued his education in various schools of England
and was articled to a law firm in Exeter, spending five years in study there and
in London. He was admitted as a solicitor in March, 1887, and a year later, or
in March, 1888, left England for Canada's westernmost province, settling in
Victoria in June of that year. Here he entered the law firm of Davie & Pooley
as a solicitor and was called to the bar of the province the following year. In
1894 he became a partner in the law firm of Davie, Pooley & Luxton and con-
tinued in that relation until the organization of the present firm of Pooley,
Luxton & Pooley. He is engaged in general practice and has attained a position
of prominence among the successful barristers of British Columbia. In Febru-
ary, 1905, he was appointed king's counsel. Mr. Luxton, aside from his law
practice, which, however, occupies the major portion of his time, is interested
financially and as an officer and director in several of the commercial, financial
and industrial enterprises of British Columbia.
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On the 2ist of September, 1899, Mr. Luxton was united in marriage to Miss
Mary C. O'D. Martin, a daughter of Edward Henry Martin, K. C., of Hamilton,
Ontario, and they have become the parents of four daughters: E. M. Sylvia, A.
Wilna, Elizabeth May Eileen and Phillipa.
Mr. Luxton gives his political support to the conservative party, but has
never been an office seeker. In January, 1910, he was appointed with Charles
Wilson, K. C., as commissioner from Vancouver to revise the existing statutes
of the province. He is fond of outdoor sports, greatly enjoying golf, cricket
and hunting, and he belongs to the Union Club of Victoria. Along professional
lines he is known as one of the benchers of the British Columbia Law Society,
and he is a member of the most prominent and well known law firms of the
province. His life is an extremely busy one and he ranks high in his profession,
his eminent ability being manifest in the success which has attended him in the
conduct of important cases.
HON. BENJAMIN WILLIAM PEARSE.
Hon. Benjamin William I'earse, one of the early pioneers of British Colum-
bia, especially well known in Victoria and on Vancouver island, was inti-
mately identified with the development and growth of his section of the province
throughout his long residence here, covering a period of over half a century.
He was one of the hardy early comers whose strong faith and confidence in the
ultimate destiny of what was then Canada's far western frontier made the
highly developed province of today a possibility, while the story of the lives,
activities and adventures of these pioneers constitute one of the most thrilling
•chapters in the history of British Columbia.
Mr. I'earse was born in Devonshire, England, January 19, 1832, and after
acquiring his preliminary education in the old country prepared himself for
the profession of civil engineering. He came to British Columbia in 1851 when
a young man of about twenty years and soon was made surveyor for the crown
colony, having won the appointment in competition with over forty other appli-
cants. In this capacity he laid out the city of Victoria and had to do with the
•erection of a number of the government buildings of the' early times. His wide
knowledge of affairs caused him to be appointed a member of the executive
•council of the colony of British Columbia which voted the colony into the con-
federation of the provinces of the dominion of Canada, and it was at this time
that the title of Honorable was given him. He served as assistant surveyor
general under the late Hon. Joseph D. Pemberton, surveyor general of the
province. He laid out most of the public roads of Vancouver island and did
valuable exploration work in the more northerly sections of the island. He was
largely responsible for the settlement of the Cowichan country and succeeded in
gaining the confidence of the formerly savage Indians of that district. For
many years after his retirement he was frequently visited by the leaders of the
tribe who sought his counsel and advice on various questions arising out of what
they deemed encroachment on their rights by the white settlers.
In 1872 he was appointed provincial engineer of the federal works depart-
ment and the erection of the customs house, postoffice, Northwest Penitentiary,
the lighthouse at the entrance to Barclay Sound and various other projects came
under his direct supervision. After the union of the colonies and the conse-
quent formation of the province he extended his activities to the mainland, tak-
ing charge of the Cariboo road, an important artery of communication with the
interior, and in this connection kept up his record as an efficient public official.
His interest in civic affairs was keen and any project the object of which
was the furtherance of the city's development was always sure of his hearty
support and cooperation.' He served for several years as a member of the Vic-
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toria city council and for two years was on the sewerage commission which had
in charge the installation of the present efficient sewerage system.
Mr. Pearse was twice married, his first wife passing away in 1872. In June
1876, he married Sarah Jane Palmer of Norfolk, England, a daughter of Henry
Palmer, a prominent solicitor of that place. He was a member of the Reformed
Episcopal church from its inception and was a close friend and loyal supporter
of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Cridge when he organized the Victoria branch of the
church.
His faith in the city's future led him to invest largely in real estate and he
profited by its subsequent advance in values. In 1860 he built the beautiful resi-
dence, Fernwood, and subsequently the surrounding estate was subdivided and
became one of the city's finest residential districts. Mr. Pearse's death occurred
June 17, 1902, and the announcement of his passing caused expressions of the
sincerest regret from the thousands who had known and respected him for his
many admirable characteristics of heart and mind and his valuable and unselfish
devotion to the upbuilding of the province. His death marked the parting of
another link in the rapidly shortening chain of the trail blazers of British Colum-
bia— a chain that bound the primitive past to the progressive present with its
splendid development of modern civilization.
Happily Mr. Pearse lived to see and enjoy the fruition of many of the early
plans for the later development of the province and to feel the satisfaction of
having been an important factor in the transformation of Victoria from a fron-
tier trading post to the beautiful city of the present.
JESSE P. FLINT.
Jesse P. Flint, living retired in Vancouver after many years of close identifi-
cation with the upbuilding, growth and development of Port Coqnitlam and the
surrounding districts of British Columbia, was born in Essex, Ontario, on the
23d of April, 1863. As a very young child he was left an orphan and was adopted
into first one family and then another, acquiring in his childhood a very limited
education in the public schools of his native community. At the age of twenty-
one he began earning his own livelihood, working for a few years in the United
States and in eastern Canada. During this time he saved a considerable sum
of money and with it came west to British Columbia, locating on the present site
of Port Coquitlam in 1887. He found here a wilderness which stretched for
miles in every direction, broken here and there by the scattered habitations of
the few white people who had come to the vicinity. Mr. Flint worked for a
time on the ranches and also homesteaded from the government land lying one
mile from the junction of what is now known as the Flint road. During the
winter months he contracted to clear land and also spent a great deal of his
time improving his own place, operating upon it for a time his own logging
camp. He proved title to his land and, seeing the steady and rapid rise in prop-
erty values, was one of the first to subdivide his farm into twenty acre tracts.
He disposed of all of his holdings, selling at nine dollars per acre land now
worth about one thousand dollars. Mr. Flint continued to reside in Port Coquifr-
lam for some years thereafter, witnessing practically the entire development of
the city and bearing an active and honorable part in the work of progress. About
the year 1902, having accumulated through his own ability and well directed
efforts a substantial fortune, he retired from active life and came to Vancouver,
where he has since resided. He has invested extensively in city real estate and,
being an expert judge of land values, these investments have proven extremely
profitable.
He is fond of athletics and spends a great many of his leisure hours in out-
door sports. His political allegiance is given to the conservative party, and while
a resident of Port Coquitlam he served as a member of the city council, discharg-
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ing his duties in a capable, energetic and far-sighted way, his influence being
always on the side of reform and progress. The period of leisure and rest from
the active cares of life which he now enjoys is well deserved, for it was won by
unremitting industry and well directed work in former years.
JOHN C. McARTHUR.
John C. McArthur, active in municipal affairs in South Vancouver since 1908,
has throughout the entire period held the office of license commissioner and has
also filled other responsible positions. He was born January 25, 1852, at George-
town, in the county of Peel, Ontario. His parents, Peter and Margaret (McCan-
nel) McArthur, were both born on the island of Islay, Scotland, and when quite
young accompanied their respective parents to Canada, the family settling in
County Peel. It was John McArthur, a great-uncle of John C. McArthur, who
made Australia famous for its wool and mutton. By special permission of King
George III he imported a number of fine-wool Spanish sheep to Australia and
there began raising sheep, his first range being now a suburb of Sydney.
John C. McArthur pursued his education in the common schools of Stayner,
in the county of Simcoe, Ontario. In early life he was apprenticed to the build-
ing trade, and in 18/2, when twenty years of age, in company with a younger
brother, he began business as a contractor and builder at Collingwood, Ontario.
In 1882 he removed to Emerson, Manitoba, where he entered into partnership
with Robert Hamilton and his brother, organizing the Emerson Construction &
Building Company. Although this venture was attended with success the west-
ern fever had taken hold of Mr. McArthur and he finally made his way to Moo-
somin, in the northwest territory. He was elected a member of its first council
in 1889 and filled that position until he left that place for British Columbia in
1891. He carried on a contracting business in Westminster for nine years, or
until 1900, and was afterward appointed on the staff of the British Columbia
Electric Railway Company, in which connection he remained for ten years. In
1908 he removed to South Vancouver and has since taken an active part in
municipal affairs. In fact, he has filled various offices in the different places in
which he has lived. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the northwest
territory in 1883 and for British Columbia in 1899. For three years he was
police magistrate for South Vancouver, severing his connection with that office
in April, 1913, having been appointed police magistrate for the municipality of
Point Grey in August, 1912. He was also elected a member of the South Van-
couver school board in the same year, and since 1908 he has continuously filled
the position of license commissioner.
Mr. McArthur has been a lifelong conservative. He organized and was the
first president of the Richmond Central Association, and took an active part in
bringing about party politics for British Columbia.
On the 8th of January, 1878, at Collingwood, Ontario, Mr. McArthur was
united in marriage to Miss Ann McCorkindale, a daughter of Alan McCorkindale,
of the island of Islay, Scotland. The children of this marriage are: George
S, M., Welwyn A., Harry R. H., Clifford P. R., Jennie E., Bella C. and Mar-
garet M. The eldest son, George, when but eighteen years of age, was with
Baden Powell in South Africa, but was invalided home after a year's service.
The youngest son, Clifford, served for two years on Her Majesty's Ship Rain-
bow. The daughter Jennie is the wife of Walter H. Long, a sergeant of the
mounted police force of Vancouver. Bella is the wife of Albert Champion, on
the detective force of Vancouver, and George wedded Mary Ross, of Ross-shire,
Scotland.
Mr. McArthur was reared in the Presbyterian church. He belongs to sev-
eral fraternal organizations, having joined Collingwood Lodge, No. 54, I. O.
O. F., in 1874, while at the present time he is still in active membership. He is
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also a Knight of Pythias in good standing and is a member of Cedar Cottage,
L. O. L. In 1900 he was the grand councilor of the Royal Templars of Temper-
ance in British Columbia, a position which indicates his standing upon the
temperance question. His has been a well spent life, actuated by high and honor-
able principles and worthy motives, and his influence has been a potent force
for good in the various localities in which he has lived.
JOHN RITCHIE MUIR.
John Ritchie Muir, prominent in theatrical circles of British Columbia, is the
president, managing director and principal stockholder of the Dominion Theatre
Company, Limited, of Vancouver, and is identified in the same capacities with
the Victoria Dominion Theatre Company, Limited. His birth occurred in Truro,
Nova Scotia, on the I4th of March, 1879, his parents being David and Minnie
Muir. The father, a leading physician in Truro, Nova Scotia, was at one time a
candidate for a seat in the Dominion parliament. John William Ritchie, the
maternal grandfather of our subject, served as chief justice of Nova Scotia in
the '703, holding that important office for a number of years.
John R. Muir supplemented his early education by a two-year course in Dal-
housie College of Halifax, Nova Scotia. After leaving that institution he made
his way to Alberta and for a number of years was engaged in ranching near
Calgary. In 1906 he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and embarked in the
theatrical business, of which he has since become an influential representative,
being now president, managing director and the principal stockholder in the
Dominion Theatre Company, Limited, of Vancouver, and also president, manag-
ing director and the principal stockholder of the Victoria Dominion Theatre Com-
pany, Limited, of Victoria. The latter company has a theatre costing eighty-two
thousand dollars, which is the finest in Canada. As the head of two important
theatrical concerns Mr. Muir has displayed executive ability of a high order, and
in providing for the entertainment and pleasure of the public exercises a degree
of discernment that has continually augmented his success.
At St. John, New Brunswick, on the 28th of September, 1902, Mr. Muir was
united in marriage to Miss Blanche Nelson, a daughter of G. P. and Florence
(Tupper) Nelson. Her father, now deceased, acted as collector of customs at
Truro, Nova Scotia, for a period of twenty-eight years. Mrs. Blanche Muir is a
niece of Sir Charles Tupper, formerly prime minister of Canada. Our subject
and his wife have three children : Eileen, John and George.
In his political views Mr. Muir is a liberal conservative, while his religious
faith is that of the Anglican church. He belongs to the Rotary Club and to
Western Gate Lodge, F. & A. M., of Vancouver, being also a Scottish Rite
Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Muir are popular in social circles of Vancouver, having a
large circle of friends and acquaintances.
WILLIAM ROBERT FRAMPTON.
A young man who has attained a creditable degree of success in business by
virtue of an energy, a resourcefulness and a quickness and keenness of discrim-
ination which are salient elements in his character, is William Robert Frampton,
known in real-estate circles of Vancouver as the founder and managing director
of the Western Farming & Colonization Company, Ltd., and as the proprietor
of several other important land development enterprises. He was born in Trinity,
Newfoundland, on the 26th of November, 1879, and is a son of William and
Christina Frampton, the former a retired shipbuilder, who was for many years
well known in that line of work in Newfoundland.
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William Robert Frampton acquired his early education in the public schools
of Montreal, Quebec, and afterwards entered the Denver School of Mines, in
Denver, Colorado, from which he was graduated in mining engineering in 1907.
From that year until 1910 he was employed at professional work in connection
with the Guggenheim interests, his duties consisting chiefly in land and railroad
locating in Alaska and elsewhere. In this way he became thoroughly familiar
with business conditions throughout the northwest and an expert judge of land
values and, having proved his force, efficiency and capacity in the employ of
others, started in business for himself. With sound business judgment he made
his headquarters in Vancouver, where he recognized a favorable field and in three
years he has become one of the prominent men in the mining and land business
in the city. In 1911 he founded the Western Farming & Colonization Company,
Ltd., and was appointed managing director of the concern, a position which he
still holds. It has called forth his excellent organizing and administrative ability
and has made frequent demands upon his tact, efficiency and quickness of deci-
sion— demands which have been met fully, as the rapid growth and development of
the concern abundantly testify. Mr. Frampton is known also as the proprietor
of several other land development enterprises, and is recognized as an expert
judge of land values and a business man of such power and foresight that he is
always able to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
On the ist of June, 1911, in Vancouver, Mr. Frampton was united in mar-
riage to Miss Sarah Farmer, a daughter of John and Sarah Farmer, both of
English extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Frampton have a son, Eugene. Mr. Framp-
ton is a member of the Anglican church. He belongs to the United Service Club
and is a veteran of the Boer war, having served in South Africa as a member
of the Second Canadian Mounted Rifles. He is at all times progressive and
public-spirited in matters of citizenship and is always ready to cooperate in
movements to promote community advancement, although he has never been an
active politician. He is preeminently a business man, possessed of the discrim-
ination, the sound judgment, the quickness of perception necessary for success
in this field, and although he has been in Vancouver only three years, has already
taken a prominent place among its representative and able men.
CAPTAIN JOHN IRVING.
British Columbia, the birthplace of the marine industry in the northwest,
has been the scene of Captain John Irving's entire active career, and his activi-
ties have been a dominant element in the development of the province's trans-
portation facilities.
He was born in Portland, Oregon, November 24, 1854, a son of the late
Captain William and Eliza Jane Irving. He came to New Westminster, Brit-
ish Columbia, in 1858, and received his elementary education there and in Vic-
toria. At sixteen he began with his father in the steamboat business and showed
such aptitude for the work that he was at twenty years in command of the
steamer "Onward." He continued in association with his father until the lat-
ter's death in 1872 when he assumed the entire responsibility of the business
founded in 1858 by the building of the "Governor Douglas." Under his man-
agement numerous steamers were added to the fleet, the "Lillooet," "Hope,"
"Glenmora," "Onward" and "Royal City" being familiar names to old timers.
Competition at this time was of the hottest kind but Captain Irving was
equal to the emergency and came out of each conflict with his organization more
perfect than when he entered the fight. In 1874 the famous old "William C.
Hunt" was added to the line and plied between Victoria and the Queen City
in competition with the Hudson's Bay Company steamer "Princess Louise." In
1881 the "Elizabeth Irving," the finest steamer on the Fraser, built at a cost of
over fifty thousand dollars, while making her second trip caught fire at Hope
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landing and was totally destroyed. In 1883 Captain Irving perfected the organ-
ization, with five hundred thousand dollars capital, of the Canadian Pacific
Navigation Company, of which he became the active head. The company, which
was a consolidation of the Irving pioneer line and the Hudson's Bay line, took
over the steamers "R. P. Rithet," "Princess Louise," "William Irving," "West-
ern Slope," "Enterprise," "Reliance," "Otter," "Maude," "Gertrude," "Yo-
semite," and later the "Premier," "Islander," "Sardonyx," "Danube" and "Amur"
were added to the fleet and the company under the able management of Captain
Irving and his associates became a dominant factor in Pacific coast water trans-
portation. In 1901 the business and ships of the Canadian Pacific Navigation
Company were purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and became
the nucleus of the present British Columbia Coast Service fleet of steamers
operated by that company. In 1890 Captain Irving and his associates organized
the Columbia & Kootenai Steam Navigation Company, buying and building a
fine line of boats which were placed on the Columbia river, Kootenai river, Arrow
lakes and Kootenai lakes, filling a gap in the transportation facilities of that
region and adding enormously to its development possibilities. This line was
also later absorbed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, becoming a
part of its water service.
Captain Irving probably did more than any other in solving the problems of
transportation to the Yukon and both he and his ships became as well and popu-
larly known in the north as in the waters of British Columbia, the John Irving
Navigation Company, which he founded, operating the steamers "Gleaner,"
"Reaper" and "Scotia." It proved a highly profitable venture and was sold in
1900 to the White Pass Railway Company. In 1905 he escorted the excursion
of the American Institute of 'Mining Engineers to the Yukon territory and the
members of the party were amazed at his intimate knowledge of the country.
Said one, "He seemed to know every inch of the country. He was most invalu-
able and indefatigable and we are might sorry to lose him."
Shortly after their return Captain Irving received the following:
"Captain John Irving,
"Victoria, British Columbia.
"Dear Sir : I am instructed to convey to you the thanks of the Council and
visiting members and guests of the American Institute of Mining Engineers for
your most congenial and helpful companionship during the recent excursion to
the Yukon territory. Every member of the party became your personal friend
and joins individually in this official acknowledgment.
"By order of the Council,
(Signed) "R. W. RAYMOND,
"Secretary."
The Song of the Mining Engineers, written by Dr. Raymond on the occasion
of their visit to the Yukon, contained this verse :
"And there was Admiral Kafer, a sailor of the sea,
And shiver my tarry toplights but a heart of Oak had he!
And there was another heart of oak for his to lean upon,
The heart I mean that could be seen in the face of Captain John."
June, 1889, on Queen Victoria's anniversary, Captain Irving layed the cor-
nerstone of the First Presbyterian church at Bennett, Yukon, and delivered the
principal address of the day in which he paid an eloquent tribute to the pioneers
of Christianity in the far north. He said in part:
"It is a most gratifying thought that hand in hand into the frozen regions
of the north are entering commerce, civilization, and religion, wedded in insep-
arable bonds which no power on earth can break asunder.
"Years hence, as man passes through these natural gateways to the north,
possibly we may all have passed away, may this edifice still stand as a monument
to the pioneers of Christianity in this wilderness of mountain, lake, and stream."
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Outside his activities in the transportation field Captain Irving has con-
tributed much to the development of the northwest, his interests in mining,
fisheries, and lands, having represented large investments of capital. Politically
he has been consistently conservative and prominent in the councils of his party,
being for eight years a member of the provincial parliament of British Colum-
bia. He is a member of the Union Club of Victoria, the Arctic Club of Seattle,
Vancouver Club, Vancouver, and the Prince Rupert Club, Prince Rupert, Brit-
ish Columbia.
Captain Irving married Jane, daughter of the late Chief Factor Alexander
Munro, of the Hudson's Bay Company, and they became the parents of one
son and two daughters.
Genial, generous, prosperous — Captain Irving is living in practical retire-
ment from an active business career in which he performed a big man's work,
in a big man's way. There are few men more widely acquainted or popular from
the Columbia to the Yukon than "Captain John," as he is familiarly known
wherever his ships have gone.
HON. DAVID HENRY WILSON, M. D.
\
Hon. David Henry Wilson, physician, surgeon and legislator, has been an
active factor and pioneer in the development of western Canada since 1879.
Born in Carleton county, Ontario, October 2, 1855, he graduated from Trinity
and Toronto universities in 1878. In the same year he qualified as a member
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
After practicing his profession for a short time in eastern Canada he removed
to Manitoba, a province of confederation recently carved out of the "Great Lone
Land." Entering that province before Winnipeg was in railway communication
with the outer world, he located at Nelson, at which time, 1879, he was the only
legally qualified practitioner south of Winnipeg and between Red river and the
Rocky mountains.
In 1882 he was elected to the legislature, representing the North Riding of
Dufferin county, which constituency he continued to represent while in public life.
In 1884 he entered the government of Manitoba as provincial secretary and
in 1886 was appointed minister of public works, which office he filled till the
defeat of the Norquay administration. Retiring from public life at this time,
Dr. Wilson resumed the practise of his profession in Vancouver, his present
home, in the spring of 1889. A liberal private practice has always been accorded
him and he was honored by the profession as the first president of the Van-
couver Medical Association. He continued in the active practice of medicine
for fifteen years in Vancouver and then retired, enjoying now a well earned rest.
Various business interests and investments, however, have at different times
claimed his attention and profited by his energy and sound judgment. He is
the president of the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company, vice president of the
British Columbia Permanent Loan & Savings Company and president of the
Royal Plate Glass Insurance Company.
He took a large part in organizing and laying the foundation of these com-
panies, which today are the oldest and of the very soundest financial institutions
of their character in western Canada.
In politics Dr. Wilson is a conservative, though not in public life since 1887,
and he was the first president of the Vancouver and Provincial Conservative
Associations of British Columbia. He sat for North Dufferin, Manitoba, 'in the
local parliament from 1881 until 1888 and while a member of the legislature,
amongst other measures, introduced and secured the passage of the bill incorpo-
rating the Manitoba Medical College. His service as provincial secretary cov-
ered the years from 1884 until 1886, and as minister of public works in Manitoba
from 1886 until 1888.
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In January, 1887, Dr. Wilson was married to Miss Annie Armstrong, the
only daughter of Robert Armstrong of Kinburn, Ontario. They have three
daughters. Theirs is one of the beautiful homes of Vancouver, the surroundings
being most artistic and indicative of culture and refinement. Dr. Wilson is a
member of the Vancouver Club. Few men have more intimate and accurate
knowledge of the history of the west, for since pioneer times he has been identi-
fied with the provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia. Vancouver was a
comparatively small city when he took up his abode here, entering actively into
the life of the community, his ability and public spirit making him soon an
important factor in its affairs. No one has ever questioned his devotion to the
general welfare or doubted the sincerity of his convictions. Some may differ
from him in policy or hold to opposite opinions, but none question his honorable
purpose in promoting what he believes to be right.
JOHN M. WHITEHEAD.
A residence of twenty-five years in Vancouver has brought John M. White-
head to a position of prominence and distinction in business affairs as assistant
secretary of the British Columbia Packers Association. It has brought him the
added distinction of Belgian consul for British Columbia, which he has held for
the past twelve years, and he has a decoration, conferred by the king of Bel-
gium, entitling him to the honor of Chevalier, in recognition of able service in
the interests of that country. In his life record he has demonstrated the power
of determination, perseverance, integrity and intelligently directed effort as fac-
tors in the achievement of a notable and desirable success, and he has, moreover,
made the development of his individual interests advance general prosperity.
He was born in Sheffield, England, December 27, 1860, and is a son of William
and Caroline (Martin) Whitehead, natives of that city. The father was at the
time of his death and for many years previous managing director of Vicker's
Sons & Maxim, iron and steel manufacturers and ship and gun armament
builders.
John M. Whitehead acquired his education in Brahmman College, Yorkshire,
England, from which he was graduated in 1877, and in a college at Neuwied,
Germany, where he spent one year. Returning to England at the end of that
time, he associated himself with Vicker's Sons & Maxim for a short time, after
which he went to Glasgow, Scotland, where he served an apprenticeship in Dubs
Locomotive Works, remaining there for a full term of five years. At the end
of that time he came to the United States and settled in Momence, Illinois, turning
his attention to farming and stock-raising. At the end of three years, however,
he moved to British Columbia, arriving in Vancouver August 19, 1888. Soon
afterward he entered the real-estate business and continued active in this field
until 1890, when he engaged as local manager for Robert Ward & Company, a
capacity in which he acted for two years thereafter. He became connected with
the British Columbia Packers Association in 1892, holding the position of chief
clerk, which he filled creditably and ably until 1905, when his efficient services
were recognized in his appointment to the office of assistant secretary. Through
the years of his connection with this concern his work has been a helpful factor
in the growth of the business and his standards have affected the direction of its
development, influencing in an important way the reputation which the company
has earned for reliability and for safe and conservative business methods.
At Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. Whitehead was united in marriage to Miss Eliza-
beth Robertson, a native of Perthshire, and they have become the parents of five
children: William D., who is engaged in the shipping business in Vancouver;
Ethel, the wife of George Nesbit, manager of the Bank of Montreal at New Den-
ver, British Columbia ; James M., who is connected with the Canadian branch of
Fairbanks, Morse & Company ; and Helen and Elizabeth, who live at home.
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Mr. Whitehead is a conservative in politics, seldom failing to support any
project looking toward public improvement. He belongs to the Terminal City Club
and is interested and active in the work of that organization. During the twenty-
five years of his residence in this city Mr. Whitehead has gained widespread respect
and esteem and is today numbered among progressive business men and desirable
citizens.
ERNEST Y. YOUNG.
Ernest Y. Young is identified with industrial interests of North Yancouver as
secretary, treasurer and director of the North Shore Iron Works, Limited, with
which he became officially connected in July, 191 1. His birth occurred in Florence,
Italy, on the nth of February, 1879, his parents being Dr. David and Jane
(Brown) 'Young, both natives of Scotland. The father spent five years in India
and on the expiration of that period went to Florence, Italy, where he practiced
medicine for nine years. He was then appointed physician to the British embassy
at Rome and held that commission for fourteen years. At the end of that time he
retired and removed to the Isle of Wight, where his demise occurred in October,
1900. His widow makes her home in England.
Ernest Y. Young was educated at Kings College School, London, and received
technical training at Finsbury Technical College of that city, pursuing the engi-
neering course. He subsequently served an apprenticeship with the Westinghouse
Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and represented that corporation in Chicago
for about a year and in London for two years. In association with a Mr. Dyer he
afterward organized the firm of Dyer & Young, of Stansted, Essex, an electrical
engineering concern which still exists. In July, 1911, he came to Yancouver,
British Columbia, and immediately was made secretary and treasurer of the North
Shore Iron Works. Limited, having served in the dual capacity to the present time.
In 1913 he also became a director of the company. As an important factor in
the control and management of this industrial enterprise his efforts have been
productive of good results and have contributed in large measure to its continued
growth and success.
On the 28th of April, 1910, at Wargrave-on-Thames, England, Mr. Young was
united in marriage to Miss Emily F. W. Bainbridge, a daughter of the late Colonel
C. E. Bainbridge, of Middleton House, Teesdale, England. They now have one
son, Maurice Durward.
Mr. Young is a conservative in politics and belongs to the North Yancouver
Conservative Association. He is also a member of the North Vancouver Board of
Trade but is not particularly active in public affairs. He is a director and a mem-
ber of the committee of the North Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club and finds both
recreation and pleasure through his connection therewith. He likewise belongs
to the North Vancouver Club. In his business connections he is known as a man
of unfaltering enterprise and determined purpose, accomplishing what he under-
takes and utilizing in the attainment of the result only such methods as will bear
close scrutiny.
JOHN FRANKLIN RICHARDSON.
Of John Franklin Richardson it may well be said: "He has done things
worthy to be written," for he has been connected with events of an historic
nature and has successfully accomplished work of an important character. He
holds a prominent position in connection with the largest corporation in Canada,
being now superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph service in
British Columbia, with headquarters in Vancouver. A native of Quebec, he was
JOHN F. RICHARDSON
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born at Granby, August 23, 1860, a son of Joseph Franklin and Alary Jane
(Parker) Richardson, both of whom were natives of Quebec and are now residents
of Lanigan, Saskatchewan.
John F. Richardson was a pupil in the Shefford Academy at Waterloo, Quebec,
and matriculated from AlcGill University. He learned telegraphy at the Waterloo
station in the employ of the Central Vermont Railroad Company in 1876, and
when Professor Graham Bell exhibited his new invention, the telephone, at the
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, Air. Richardson obtained from him the
details of the instrument and manufactured and operated the first telephone in
the Dominion of Canada. This was achieved in Waterloo, Quebec, in the winter
of 1876-77.
After three years' experience as a telegraph operator in Waterloo, Mr.
Richardson entered the service of the Montreal Telephone Company, which was
later merged into the Great Western Telegraph Company, and with the latter
corporation he continued until 1883, when he entered the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way telegraph service at Ottawa, lie was in charge of the construction of the
Canadian Pacific telegraph lines in the maritime provinces from 1888 until 1892
and in the latter year was appointed general inspector for the entire Canadian
Pacific Railway telegraph system. The same year he made his first visit to
British Columbia and from that time on made periodical tours of inspection
throughout this province as well as over all other branches of the road. In 1897
he erected a Canadian Pacific Railway wire in the Kootenay, between Arrow-
head and Lakusp and repaired a single core cable between Point Grey and
Vancouver island. In August of the same year he was loaned by the company
to the Dominion government to explore the different routes through British
Columbia and north to Dawson City, and made report upon the most feasible
route and the cost of construction. In 1899 he was permitted by the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company to build this line for the government from the head of
Lake Bennett to Dawson, thereby opening the first telegraphic communication
with the Klondike. The Dawson office was opened September 28, 1899. This
line is still in use and is connected with Vancouver by way of the old govern-
ment trail from the main line of the Canadian Pacific north from Ashcroft.
Mr. Richardson was superintendent at Montreal for eight years and in
January, 1912, was transferred to British Columbia as superintendent of the
department of Canadian Pacific Railway telegraph service in this province. Since
i boy in college he has made a study of electricity in all its branches, and through-
)ut his entire life this has been his work and his recreation. He has invented
ind patented several electrical devices, one of which is a pole and connectors
ised as an emergency train equipment for connection with telephone train
despatching circuits. It is used in case of a break-down or an accident. Ofttimes
if a brakeman had to be sent to the nearest station or telephone booth or pole
box, valuable time would be lost, but with an emergency telephone in each con-
ductor's outfit and a practical extension pole and connector a despatcher can be
< uickly informed of anything that has happened, of the location and the assistance
required. This invention of Mr. Richardson's is recognized as of most practical
A alue and more than two thousand are now in use on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
vay in addition to those on other railways in Canada and the United States.
I very Canadian Pacific Railway train is equipped with a telephone and one of
the instruments which may be connected instantaneously at any point along the
line forms a part of each conductor's outfit. In this alone Mr. Richardson has
made a valuable contribution to practical inventions' and his service in other
connections has been of equal worth. He is a member of the Old Time
1 elegraphers and Historical Association and also of the Association of Railway
Telegraph Superintendents.
On the loth of November, 1883, in Montreal, Mr. Richardson was married
tc Aliss Josephine Elizabeth Elliot, a native of one of the eastern townships of
Quebec. There are two children of this marriage : Mary Ayleen, now the wife
oi W. J. Desser, of Montreal ; and Creighton Elliot, who was graduated from
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McGill University in 1911 with the Bachelor of Science degree and is now a
civil engineer in the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway service, with resi-
dence at Montreal. In religious faith Mr. Richardson is an Anglican and his
fraternal connections are with the Prince Consort Lodge, No. 52, A. F. & A. M.,
and Carnarvon Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., V. R. He is very fond of big game
hunting and fishing, which constitute his chief source of recreation. His life
has been one of intense activity and usefulness and his labors have constituted
a valuable contribution to the world's work.
ROBERT ADDISON MATHER.
Mastering the lessons of life to be gained in the school of experience, Robert
Addison Mather in his business career has advanced step by step since he started
out, a youth of seventeen, as an employe of a lumber company at Ottawa, Ontario.
Today he is at the head of large financial interests in Vancouver as president of
Mather & Noble, Limited. He was born in Montrose, Scotland, November 19,
1851, and is a son of John and Jean Mather, representatives of an old Scotch
family. The parents removed to Ottawa, Ontario, and in the grammar schools
of that city Robert A. Mather pursued his education. After leaving school he
entered the employ of Gilmour & Company, lumber merchants of Ottawa, with
whom he remained from 1868 until 1884. This period of sixteen years spent with
one firm indicates clearly his faithfulness, industry and capability. He acquainted
himself with every phase of the lumber business, gradually working his way
upward, and when he left that company in 1884 he became manager of the
Keewatin Lumber Company, with which he remained in that connection until
1907. He came to Vancouver in 1907 and organized the Mather & Noble, Limited,
for the purpose of conducting a financial business. He was elected president of
the company and has since remained its chief executive officer, directing his efforts
to shaping its policy and controlling its affairs.
In 1878, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Mr. Mather was united in marriage to Miss
Maud Cameron, a daughter of Alexander Cameron. Their children are: John D.,
associated with his father in business ; R. Fenton, an electrical engineer ; Allen C.,
a lumberman at Calgary, Alberta; I. Fred, an attorney at Vancouver; A. Eva; and
Marjorie. The two eldest sons are married. Mr. and Mrs. Mather belong to the
Presbyterian church and he also has membership in the Masonic fraternity, in the
Vancouver Club, and in the Manitoba Club at Winnipeg. His political allegiance is
given to the liberal party, and while residing in Keewatin his fellow townsmen,
appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to public office. He served for
three terms as reeve and was also councillor for three terms.
He is not ambitious, however, to hold office, yet is ever recognized as a public-
spirited citizen. He prefers to give undivided attention to his business affairs,
and since coming to Vancouver has developed an enterprise of large proportions,
building up his business along progressive and honorable lines, so that his name
everywhere commands respect in financial circles.
THOMAS H. TAYLOR.
Thomas H. Taylor, a surveyor of Vancouver, member of the well known and
successful firm of Garden & Taylor, was born in London, Ontario, June 28, 1868,
a son of John and Sarah (Minard) Taylor. The father was a native of the north
of England and the mother was descended from United Empire Loyalist ancestry.
She is still living, but Mr. Taylor has passed away.
In the public schools of his native city Thomas H. Taylor pursued his educa-
tion, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and afterward attend-
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ing a private university of London, Ontario. Subsequently he was apprenticed to
the firm of Peters, Jones & McBride, surveyors and architects of London, with
whom he was thus connected for three years. He next went to Seattle, Washing-
ton,— a young man of nineteen years — and took up surveying work on the Tacoma
& Puget Sound Railroad, spending a year in that way. He next went to San
Francisco, where he engaged in surveying, being active in laying out the first
electric car line extended to Sutro Heights. A year was thus passed. In the year
1889 he entered the service of the Great Northern Railroad Company and spent
more than two years in location and construction work from Montana westward
to the coast.
Mr. Taylor arrived in British Columbia in 1892 and a year was passed in loca-
tion and construction work on the Nelson & Fort Shepherd Railroad and another
year on the Nakusp & Slocan Railroad. He then returned to London, Ontario,
principally for a visit, but remained for a year. He next spent a short time at
Rossland, British Columbia, and in 1896 arrived at Fort Steele, where he con-
tinued for nearly three years. While there he worked for T. T. McVittie, B. C.
L. S., and also passed the examination which licensed him to do surveying for the
province of British Columbia, thus becoming a B. C. L. S. He engaged in general
surveying practice, also being engineer, for the Pharmigan Mines Company at
Windermere in the east Kootenay for more than three years and also spent a year
at Atlin. About 1903 he came to Vancouver and entered into partnership with
J. F. 'Garden, under the firm name of Garden & Taylor. The former looks after
their private practice while Mr. Taylor supervises the government work.
During recent years he has been engaged on government work in the Chilcoten,
Peace river and Cariboo districts of British Columbia and during the last two
seasons Mr. Taylor has been engaged in running out the meridian and base lines
in the Ground Hog coal district. He has attained a high degree of efficiency in
his chosen calling, being recognized as one of the most able land surveyors of
British Columbia. His business today is extensive and of an important character
and all acknowledge that he merits the success which has come to him.
In 1902 Mr. Taylor was united in marriage at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to
Miss Charlotte M. Robson of London, Ontario. He is well known fraternally,
especially in the Masonic order, holding membership with St. John's Lodge, No.
209, A. F. & A. M., at London, Ontario, while at Vancouver he has membership
in the Knight Templar Commandery and in Victoria in the Mystic Shrine. He
also belongs to the Vancouver and Terminal City Clubs and in politics he is a
conservative, but not an active party worker, his time being fully occupied by his
professional duties, which are of growing volume and importance.
WILLIAM JOHN CUNNINGHAM.
Since 1908 William John Cunningham has been engaged in the general broker-
age business in Vancouver, giving particular attention to mining securities and
properties. He is an able and shrewd business man and his distinct ability has led
him to become connected with several mining companies of importance. William
J. Cunningham was born at Thornton, near Barrie, province of Ontario, July 12,
1875, a son of William and Mary (Scott) Cunningham. The father was engaged
along agricultural lines and also in contracting and in the woolen mill busine'ss
in Ontario until he removed to .Los Angeles, California, where for three years he
engaged as a contractor. He then returned to Ontario and after making his home
there for a number of years came to New Westminster in 1888, where, during
the latter years of his life he engaged in building. He was also for a time in the
employ of the provincial government as a carpenter in charge of the work around
the provincial asylum. He died in New Westminster in February, 1910, at the
age of sixty-eight, but Mrs. Cunningham survives and now resides in Vancouver.
Her family, the Scotts, came from Scotland, where they were large contractors
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and built many of the large stone warehouses on the river Clyde. Members of the
family lived in New York city for many years and some of them were connected
with building a section of the Rideau canal from Kingston to Ottawa, Ontario.
William J. Cunningham was educated in the grammar and high schools of
Toronto and New Westminster. Graduating from the New Westminster high
school, he was the one to receive the gold medal for the province. He began his
independent career as a clerk in the hardware business in Ontario and subse-
quently removed to Pomona, California, whence he returned to Ontario. In the
winter of 1900 Mr. Cunningham arrived in British Columbia. For a time he
taught school at New Westminster and then for two years was principal of the
Sapperton, British Columbia, schools. For three years he was principal of the
\Yest liurnaby school and for one year professor of mathematics in Columbia
College, New Westminster. In iyo8 he gave up school work, taking up the general
brokerage business and giving his special attention to mining properties. He has
since proved himself a capable business man, well informed as to the values which
he handles, shrewd, able and reliable. The several companies which he is inter-
ested in are engaged in exploiting and promoting mining properties in British
Columbia, and their successful operation is largely due to the personal efforts of
Mr. Cunningham.
Mr. Cunningham has been twice married. On December 28, 1898, he married
Miss May Latham, of New Westminster, who died March 4, 1903, leaving one
daughter, Maud E. On July 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California, Mr. Cunning-
ham married Miss Mary Truscott, of Hamilton, Ontario. During 1907-8 he was
secretary and treasurer of the Central Park Agricultural Association. Politically
he is a liberal and has taken an active part in several campaigns. He is prominent
in Masonic circles, being postmaster of Union Lodge, No. 9, of New Westminster.
Mr. Cunningham enjoys the highest reputation in his line of business and his
clientage is large and important. Such success as has come to him is well merited,
as it is but the natural result of close application, good judgment and most scrupu-
lous integrity.
ALLAN PURVIS.
At the age of eleven Allan Purvis was a messenger boy in a clothing store in
Vancouver and at thirty-five he is manager of the interurban lines of the Brit-
ish Columbia Electric Company, with headquarters at New Westminster. The
years which cover the intervening period record a continued struggle upward
to prosperity, a rise through successive stages of progress and advancement to
a final success in which energy, steadfastness of purpose and commanding ability
are the salient elements. He stands today among the prominent and able mefi
of this city and is honored not only for the position to which he has attained
but more especially for the methods by which it has been accomplished and the
high standards and ideals which have been important factors in it. He was born
on the island of Java on the 29th of Tune, 1878. and is a son of Thomas and
Laura (Cook) Purvis, natives of England, who were reared and married in that
country. Shortly after they went to the island of Java and there the father
engaged in coffee growing, acquiring an extensive plantation which he cultivated
for many years, dying upon his holdings in 1888. In the following year the
mother came to British Columbia, locating in Vancouver, where her death oc-
curred in 1906.
When but a child of seven years Allan Purvis was taken to England by his
mother and in that country they remained for four years, Mr. Purvis acquiring
a limited education in the Merchant Tailor public school. In 1889, when he was
eleven years of age, he accompanied his mother to British Columbia and thus
early began his independent career, becoming a messenger boy in a clothing store
in Vancouver. Shortly afterward he secured a position as office boy with an
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insurance firm and one year later entered the service of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad as an office boy and from that humble position he rose steadily, ad-
vancement coming in recognition of signal ability, and he was promoted through
the various departments of the corporation until at the time of his resignation
in 1909 he was filling the important position of division superintendent. He
tendered his resignation to the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company in order to
accept the office of local manager of the British Columbia Electric Company and,
acting in their interests, in 1910 built the Chilliwack line. This proved to be
such an advantageous business transaction and was so ably promoted along
progressive and modern lines that in the same year Mr. Purvis was advanced
to the position of manager of all the interurban lines controlled by the company
and in this capacity he is now acting. It is a position which calls for executive
ability, an initiative spirit, tireless energy and sound judgment and upon his
possession of these qualities Mr. Purvis has built his success. Every detail
connected with the important affairs under his charge is given proper and timely
attention, the power of coordinating forces and systematizing business detail
being important elements in Mr. Purvis' highly developed intellectual powers.
Under his management the affairs of the company have prospered exceedingly
and the remarkable results which he has accomplished place him in an indis-
putable position among the men of marked ability and substantial worth in this
community.
In 1903 Mr. Purvis was united in marriage to Miss Jean Baker, of San
Francisco, and both are well known in social circles of New Westminster. Mr.
Purvis holding membership in the Burnaby Lake Country Club. Both are mem-
bers of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Purvis holds membership in the West-
minster Club and in the Terminal Club of Vancouver. He takes a great inter-
est in the advancement of New Westminster, believing firmly in her future
opportunities, and he has done a great deal of important public work as a mem-
ber of the executive committee of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society
of New Westminster, of the Board of Trade and the Progressive Association,
of which he was recently elected president. He has risen from a humble position
in the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few and his rapid rise
reflects credit upon his ability, his energy and his business foresight, qualities
which have been important factors in it.
WILLIAM HAROLD MALKIN.
A visitor to Vancouver is always soon impressed by the spirit of commercial
enterprise which pervades the city. Its business enterprises are a monument to
the energy, capability and laudable ambition of the wide-awake men who constitute
a most important element in Vancouver's citizenship. Of this class William
Harold Malkin is a representative, and his efforts have found tangible expression
in the upbuilding of the large wholesale grocery and tea and coffee importing house
of The W. H. Malkin Company, Ltd. In other connections, too, his name is almost
equally well known and his signature is ever an honored one on commercial paper.
He was born at Burslem, Staffordshire, England, July 30, 1868, his parents being
James and Ann Elizabeth (Edge) Malkin, the former a prominent manufacturer
of earthenware and encaustic tile in that city. As a pupil in the endowed high
school at Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, William H. Malkin continued his
studies to the age of sixteen years and then left England in 1884 for Canada,
attracted by the opportunities of the growing western country. He settled at
Grenfell, Saskatchewan, where for four years he was associated with his brother,
J. F. Malkin, a large wheat grower of that province. Turning his attention to
mercantile interests in 1888, he entered the employ of Sherlock & Freeman, pro-
prietors of a general store at Grenfell, with whom he remained until 1891, gaining
during that period valuable practical experience which enabled him to assume
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larger and heavier responsibilities when he became manager of the store of
Osmund Skrine & Company at Grenfell, continuing in that connection for four
~aStill he heard the call of the west and the year 1895 witnessed his arrival in
Vancouver, where in association with Osmund Skrine he organized the firm of
Osmund Skrine & Company, wholesale produce merchants. In April, 1897, he
bought Mr. Skrine's interest in the business and the firm became W. H. Malkin
& Company, which continued until 1900, when the business was incorporated as
The W. H. 'Malkin Company, Ltd., of which he became the president, the other
officers being his brothers, [. P. D. Malkin. who is manager, and J. F. Malkin,
secretary. In 1905 W. T. Meddle became a member and director of the firm, the
executive officers, however, remaining as above. At its inception the business
was of a modest character, at first occupying the premises at No. 115 Water
street, with a floor space of five thousand feet. In 1897 they removed to larger
quarters, having doubled the floor space, at Xo. 161 Water street, and in January,
1903, their rapidly growing business necessitated another move to No. 353 Water
street, their new quarters being four times as large as the other location. In 1908
they purchased the building at No. 57 Water street and later the adjoining prop-
erty, now occupying a seven story building with a floor space of one hundred and
sixteen thousand feet, or more than twenty tunes that ivith which they started. The
iloors are arranged in various departments and contain an immense stock of every-
thing pertaining to their line of business. They are now agents for various well
known companies and firms in various sections of the country, including Cadbury
llrothers, P.ourneville, Olivers & Sons, Ltd., of Cambridge, England, and Peek,
Fream & Company, Ltd., of London. They are also distributors for a large number
of the best known manufacturers of England, and all goods handled by them are
imported direct from the country of their growth' or manufacture. The top floor
of their building is devoted to the tea and coffee departments and they have the
most modern coffee roasting and tea blending plants in British Columbia. The
former, a Burns' coffee roaster, is of the latest type and enables the coffee to be
treated without being touched by hand. The tea packing and blending plant is
also modern in every particular and the excellence of the products which they
handle insures a large sale on the market. They employ an extensive force of
traveling salesmen and their territory extends from the Pacific coast to points
three hundred miles east of Calgary, north as far as Edmonton and south to the
I'nited States. They also cover the Yukon territory and conduct one of the most
extensive businesses in their line in Canada. The enterprise has grown steadily
from the beginning, due in large measure to the enterprising methods, initiative
spirit and far-sighted business ability of Mr. Malkin. He may well be termed one
of the founders of Vancouver, for he has been promoter of a number of its lead-
ing business enterprises, and the growth and development of the city depend upon
its commercial and industrial activity. His connection with any undertaking
insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to carry forward
to successful completion whatever he is associated with. He has won for him-
self an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is
known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved
and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen. Mr. Malkin has always been active
in the business life of the city and province and in its financial circles. Aside from
his important commercial interests he is a director of the British Columbia Per-
manent Loan Company, Ltd., and a director of the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance
Company, Ltd.
On the 9th of April, 1901, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Malkin and Miss
Marion Dougal, of Windsor, Ontario, a daughter of Frank D. Dougal, a promi-
nent merchant of that city. Their children are Harold Richardson, Lila Marion,
Marjory Millett and John Locke. The parents are members of and very active
workers in the Methodist church, contributing generously to its support and taking
a helpful interest in every movement tending to promote its growth and extend
its influence.
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In fact, Mr. Malkin is neglectful of none of the duties and obligations of life
and does everything in his power to promote the welfare of city and province, his
cooperation being ever counted upon in support of plans for the growth and devel-
opment of the northwest. He was president of the Vancouver Board of Trade for
the years 1902 and 1903 and was a member of the royal commission on provincial
assessment and taxation in 1910 and 1911. He has always been deeply interested
in educational matters, and is chairman of the board of governors of Ryerson
College which is to be built at Point Grey and which will be the headquarters of
the Methodist denomination in the province. He is appreciative of the social
amenities of life, to which end he holds membership in the Terminal City and
Jericho Country Clubs of Vancouver. All who know him entertain for him warm
regard by reason of what he has accomplished and by reason of the upright, hon-
orable life he has led. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to
give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments but
rather to leave a perpetual record, establishing his character by the concensus of
opinion on the part of his fellowmen. Throughout Vancouver Air. Malkin is
spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life has been so varied in its
activity, so honorable in its purpose, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects
that it has become an integral part of the history of the city and has also left an
impress upon the annals of the province.
ALISON CUMMIXG, M. D.
Dr. Alison Gumming is engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery
at Vancouver. He has never specialized in any particular branch of the profes-
sion but has kept well informed on the important phases of medical practice and
his ability has enabled him to cope with intricate professional problems. A
native of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Dr. Gumming was born on the 25th of Septem-
ber, 1878, a son of the Rev. Dr. Thomas and Matilda (McNair) Gumming, both
of Scottish descent. The father was born in Xova Scotia, was educated for the
Presbyterian ministry and engaged for many years in spreading the gospel in
Halifax, Stellarton, Montreal and Truro, but finally retired from pulpit work.
His influence was of no restricted order nor was he denied the full harvest nor
the aftermath.
A student in the public schools of Truro, Dr. Gumming afterward entered
Dalhousie College at Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which he was graduated with the
B. A. degree in 1899. He spent the succeeding two years in travel in South
America and the West Indies and then resuming the pursuit of his education
matriculated at the McGill University of Montreal as a student in the medical
department, winning his professional degree upon graduation with the class of
1905. For two years thereafter he was in the Royal Victoria Hospital at Montreal,
gaining during that period knowledge and varied practical experience which only
hospital training can bring. When ready to enter upon the private practice of his
profession he sought the opportunities offered in the far west and in 1907 came
to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver where he has since remained. His
ability has been acknowledged by a liberal and growing practice. He has been
most careful in the diagnosis of his cases and his judgment is seldom if ever at
error in determining the outcome of disease. He studies broadly, thinks deeply
and his experience and research are continuously promoting his skill. He holds
membership in the Vancouver Medical Association and his colleagues entertain
for him high respect because of his strict conformity to a high standard of pro-
fessional ethics.
On the loth of June, 1909, Dr. Gumming was united in marriage at Montreal
to Miss Edith Murray Rawlings, a native of that city and a daughter of Edward
Rawlings, president of the Guarantee Company of North America. The only
child of this marriage is Phyllis Rawlings. Dr. Gumming belongs to the Presby-
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terian church and to Western Gate Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He is also a valued
representative of the Vancouver and University Clubs. He can not only work
well but also plays well, is a devotee of golf and a member of the Shaughnessy
Heights Golf Club and of the Vancouver Golf and Country Club. He is a typical
young man of the present day, energetic and determined, never neglectful of
opportunities for professional advancement yet always recognizing the fact that
life should mean more for the individual than material gain. His high principles
find exemplification in his daily living and in his relations to his fellowmen.
JAMES S. REAR.
Tames S. Rear, who enjoys a reputation as one of Vancouver's most successful
business men, is president of the North American Securities, Limited, and also
the chief executive officer of the Richland Orchard Company. His birth occurred
in Toronto, Ontario, in 1876, his father being Dr. William Rear, who practiced
medicine in Toronto throughout his active professional career. His demise
occurred in Vancouver in 1912.
James S. Rear was first employed by the Ontario government for five years
and then resigned his position to become identified with the North American
Life Insurance Company as general manager for British Columbia, Washington
state and Yukon. In 1904 he resigned the position to accept that of general
manager of the Mutual Life of New York for British Columbia, meeting with
phenomenal success in all of his work. In 1909 he severed his connection with
the Mutual Life to give his personal attention to his large holdings and invest-
ments in British Columbia, having since given special care to the development
of farm and fruit lands. He now serves as president of the North American
Securities, Limited, which was organized in July, 1911, and reorganized the
following year, and is a director of the Canadian Title & Mortgage Guarantee
Corporation, Limited, of Vancouver. As president he likewise controls the
affairs of the Richland Orchard Company, which has large holdings of fine fruit
lands under irrigation in the Okanagan valley. He has won a highly gratifying
measure of prosperity in his undertakings and has long been numbered among
the prominent business men and leading citizens of Vancouver.
Mr. Rear was married in London, Ontario, and has four children, namely:
Beryl, Vivian, Carlton and Jack. In politics he is a conservative but not an active
party worker. He belongs to the Vancouver, Terminal City, Jericho Country and
Vancouver Automobile Clubs and is also a devoted member of Christ church
(English).
HAROLD BRUCE ROBERTSON.
Harold Bruce Robertson is engaged in the general practice of law in Victoria
as a member of the firm of Robertson & Heisterman, barristers. He was born
February 26, 1875, in Victoria, and is a son of Hon. Alexander Rocke Robertson.
The paternal grandfather of the subject of this review was a native of Scotland
and studied medicine in Edinburgh University. He afterward emigrated to Can-
ada, settling in Chatham, Ontario, where he engaged in practice until his death,
which occurred in 1864. Mr. Robertson's maternal grandfather was a native of
Chatham and a prominent merchant and shipowner there.
Harold Bruce Robertson acquired his education at Trinity University and
Osgoode Hall in Toronto, receiving the degree of B. A. from the former institu-
tion in 1894 and from the latter his degree in law in 1897. He was admitted to the
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bar of British Columbia as a barrister and solicitor January 19, 1898, and in the
same year he formed a partnership with his brother Herbert E. A. Robertson, with
whom he continued for one year. He afterward practiced alone with offices in
Bastion square until August, 1905, when he formed a partnership with G. H. Bar-
nard, K. C., M. P. This association terminated January i, 1911, when Mr. Barnard
retired from active practice. Mr. Robertson immediately afterward became a
partner with H. G. S. Heisterman under the name of Robertson & Heisterman.
This association still continues and the firm is known as one of the strongest and
most reliable in the city, the partners controlling a large and representative general
practice. They act also as solicitors for the Dominion Bank and the Imperial Bank,
both of Victoria, and other large corporations.
On the 3d of June, 1903, in Peterboro, Ontario, Mr. Robertson was united in
marriage to Miss Helen M. Rogers, a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel II. C. and
Maria (Burritt) Rogers, of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this work.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson reside at 510 St. Charles street, in a delightful home set
in the midst of attractive grounds. Mr. Robertson is very fond of outdoor life
and belongs to the Golf Club of Victoria and the Automobile Association. He is
connected fraternally with St. Andrews Lodge, No. 49, A. F. & A. M., belongs
to the University Club of Vancouver and the Union Club of Victoria and is a
devout adherent of the Church of England. He is also a member of the Victoria
Board of Trade.
SAMUEL THOMPSON.
Unremitting diligence and well organized methods directed toward the achieve-
ment of a definite purpose, have been the dominant factors in the success of
Samuel Thompson, who holds the title to a hundred and twenty acres of fertile
land in the East Delta district where he engages in diversified agricultural pursuits.
He is a son of Ireland, his birth having occurred in County Fermanagh, in June,
1867, his parents being Joseph and Mary (Parker) Thompson.
Samuel Thompson was reared in the rural sections of his native country, where
he was given the advantages of a common-school education, terminating his
student days at the age of fifteen years. The son of a farmer, his energies were
early directed along agricultural lines, and after leaving school he assisted his
father with the operation of the home place until he had attained his majority.
He was a thoughtful, ambitious youth, and had previously resolved to come to
America to pursue his career, feeling assured he would here meet with greater
success than it was possible for him to achieve in his native land. Therefore soon
after he was twenty-one he took passage for America, with Winnipeg "as his
destination. After eighteen months' residence in the latter city, he came to East
Delta and leased some land. That was prior to the building of the dykes and for
six or seven months of the year the land was under water. Mr. Thompson well
remembers seeing logs float over sections where are now highly improved farms,
some of these timbers being as much as three feet in diameter. The tract he had
leased had not been broken and he began plowing a small portion of it, the work
progressing very slowly owing to the condition of the soil, while three or four
horses were required on each plow. Ultimately he had the entire farm under
cultivation, his fields being largely planted to hay and grain. He there engaged in
diversified farming until the following autumn, when he purchased eighty acres
of land, which formed the nucleus of his present homestead. This was likewise
wild land and had to be treated practically the same as the tract he had been
cultivating. As rapidly as possible he prepared the soil for planting, and as his
time and circumstances permitted, promoted the development of other improve-
ments. He directed his operations with marked foresight, using intelligence in
the pursuit of methods he felt would insure the quickest and best results. Natur-
ally his work progressed in a systematic manner, each year showing an advance
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in his business and an improvement in his farm, to the value of which he was
addino- by the erection of substantial buildings and the introduction of various
devices to simplify operations and reduce the labor involved. In 1909, he extended
the boundaries of his farm by the purchase of another forty acres, his holding now
aggregating a hundred and twenty acres, all of which is in a high state of pro-
Mr. 'Thompson was married in 1902 to Miss Elizabeth Henderson of Chilli-
wack, and to them have been born five children: Stanley, Ernest, Norman and
twins, who have not yet been named.
The agricultural interests of East Delta municipality find a worthy representa-
tive in Mr. Thompson, who is diligent and enterprising in whatever he undertakes.
He works early and late, directing his operations along practical yet progressive
lines, and is meeting with the success he merits by reason of his earnest and zealous
efforts.
ALBERT E. BECK, K. C.
The ability that wins prominence and success for the barrister has found
expression in 'the life work of Albert E. Beck, of Vancouver, widely recognized
as an able member of the bar and one whose comprehensive skill and analytical
power enables him to readily solve and master the intricate problems of juris-
prudence. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario, October 16, 1860, a son of John and
Mary (Cooper) Beck. After attending private schools in his native city he
matriculated in Osgoode Hall in 1881. In 1886 he arrived in British Columbia
and four years later was called to the bar of this province. His advancement since
that time has been continuous and court records bear testimony of his power and
knowledge. In the year of his admission to practice he was appointed registrar
of the county court and in 1891 was appointed registrar of the supreme court, so
continuing until 1907, when he resigned. In that year he became claim agent for
the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and so continues today with
offices and residence in Vancouver. In 1900 he was appointed king's counsel. His
ability and prominence are attested by colleagues and contemporaries.
Mr. Beck was married to Miss Esther Marshall, of Portage la Prairie, and
they have one son and one daughter. Air. Beck served as a volunteer in the Nile
expedition under Sir Garnet Wolseley. He is a member of the Terminal City
Club and of the Episcopal church. His interests are those of the high-minded
gentleman of liberal culture and the simple weight of his character and ability has
carried him into important relations.
THOMAS HAYTON MAWSON, HON. A. R. I. B. A.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AUTHOR, CITY PLANNING EXPERT AND UNIVERSITY
LECTURER.
While still retaining his residence in England, Thomas Hayton Mawson is
represented in the professional interests of Vancouver by the firm of T. H. Maw-
son & Sons, landscape architects and city planning experts. He was born May
5, 1861, at Scorten, near Lancaster, England, and represents a family that has
been connected with the arts for over one hundred and sixty years. He was
educated by a private tutor and received his early art training under Charles Gil-
bert, uncle of the world-famous sculptor, afterwards entering upon the study of
the profession with which the firm has so long been associated. He has steadily
worked his way upward until he has attained the highest eminence in his chosen
calling. This is indicated by the fact that he is honorary associate of the Royal
Institute of British Architects, a member of the Art Workers' Guild and lecturer
on landscape architecture in the Liverpool University. He has also lectured at
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many of the universities on the continent and in the U. S. A., and recently he
has given a course of lectures on city planning at the University of Toronto. He
is also the author of two standard works on landscape architecture, "Civic Art"
and the "Art and Craft of Garden Making," the latter of which is now in the
second print of the fourth edition. Mr. Mawson has alwa}'s been a close student
of everything connected with his chosen profession and his skill and ability have
well won for him many distinguished clients, including Queen Alexandra, queen
mother, and the king of Greece. Amongst the nobility of England he is probably
better known than any professor of the art during the last century. Mr. Mawson
has also worked for many clients with a world wide reputation, including the late
Cecil Rhodes, Andrew Carnegie, Douglas Freshfield and many other distinguished
people. In British Columbia the subject of our biography is best known by his
designs for the treatment of Coal Harbor and the improvement of Stanley park.
In religious belief Mr. Mawson is a free churchman, and is closely identified
with the newer movements in the Congregational church which aims at a broader
theology and a more beautiful musical and liturgical service. Fraternally he is
connected with the Masons and politically with the English liberal party, lie is
a member of the National Liberal Club of Whitehall and Royal Societies Club of
St. James, London, England, lie was married in Xorfolk. England, to Miss Anna
Prentice, a daughter of the late Dr. Prentice, representative of a family that for
six. generations has been connected with the medical profession in the County of
Norfolk, England. Two of his sons, Edward Prentice, late student Ecole Beaux
Arts, Paris, and John William, Diploma Civic Design, Liverpool University, are
associated with their father in business.
As founder of a business, which aims at the creation of beautiful, healthy and
efficient cities, and which now has an important branch in British Columbia,
Thomas Hayton Mawson well deserves representation in the history of the
northwest.
GEORGE THOMAS CARVER.
George Thomas Carver has had practically a lifelong experience in hospital
management and has become an expert in this line, his prominence increasing with
the passing years until today he is regarded as one of the best trained and most
efficient hospital managers in British Columbia. He makes his home in Victoria
where he is in charge of the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital and he is well
known in the city both as a reliable, far-sighted and capable man of business and a
representative and progressive citizen. He was born in Yorkshire. England,
December 12, 1877, a son of Samuel and Emma (Cox) Carver, natives of Bed-
fordshire. There the parents were reared and married and from that place
removed subsequently to Yorkshire where the father died in 1898. His wife
survives him and still makes her home in Yorkshire.
George Thomas Carver was reared at home and acquired his education in
private schools and under private tutors. He afterwards studied accounting in
the London Chamber of Commerce, passing the examination at the early age of
twenty. Soon afterwards he secured a position in the general infirmary at Leeds
in Yorkshire, an institution which is one of the largest and most important of its
kind in Great Britain. Here Mr. Carver received his excellent early training in
the occupation which he made his life work, occupying various positions for eight
years and learning the details of the work in every department. He proved ener-
getic, capable and reliable and was advanced rapidly, spending the last four years
of his connection with the hospital as chief clerk and assistant to the secretary.
After twelve years service in the general infirmary Mr. Carver resigned his posi-
tion and came to Canada, going first to Winnipeg, Manitoba, whence, after three
or four weeks he moved to Edmonton, Alberta. From Edmonton he went to Cal-
gary and after some months spent in that city came to the coast, settling in Van-
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couver. There he was for nine months in the employ of the municipality and he
afterwards spent about six months in New Westminster. Returning to Vancouver
at the end of that time he again entered the employ of the municipal government,
remaining however only a short time. He then moved to Vernon in the Kootenay
country and there he became manager and secretary of the Royal Jubilee Hospital.
In this position he did creditable and efficient work for eight months, resigning
in order to accept the management of the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital of
Victoria. He is still serving in this capacity and the results he has accomplished
are the best proof of his capabilities. His long and thorough experience in his
chosen line of work and his excellent general business ability have been important
factors in his success and have brought him a gratifying reputation as one of the
best trained and most capable hospital managers in this part of the dominion.
In 1899 Mr. Carver married Miss Elizabeth Scholefield of Leeds, England,
and they have four children : Florence, Clifford, Harry and Norman. The par-
ents are members of the Church of England and Mr. Carver is connected frater-
nally with the Royal Arcanum. He is held in high esteem in business and
professional circles of Victoria, being known as a man whose ability is supple-
mented by experience and whose actions conform always to the highest standards
of straightforward and honorable dealing.
JOHN HAROLD SENKLER, B. A., K. C.
John Harold Senkler, senior partner in the firm of Senkler, Spinks & Van
Home, barristers of Vancouver, has attained high rank in his profession and is
almost equally well known in political and athletic circles. In fact the interests of
his life are varied and evenly balanced, making his a well rounded character. He
was born in Brockville, Ontario, July 24, 1866, a son of Edmund John and Mar-
garet McLeod (Gumming) Senkler. His education was acquired in St. Catharines
Collegiate Institute, in Upper Canada College, in Toronto University, from which
he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1889, and in Osgoode Hall. Thorough pre-
liminary studies qualified him for the practice of law. He was called to the bar
of Ontario in 1892 and the following year came to British Columbia, being soon
afterward called to the bar of this province. He has continuously remained in
practice here for twenty years and success has attended his efforts, owing to his
thorough and careful preparation of his cases, his strong and forceful presenta-
tion of his cause and the logic of his arguments. In 1905 he was appointed a
king's counsel and since, 1909 he has been at the head of the firm of Senkler, Spinks
& Van Home, one of the strongest practicing at the bar of Vancouver, their
ability being attested by the large and distinctively representative clientage ac-
corded them. In 1904 Mr. Senkler was appointed a royal commissioner to revise
and consolidate the rules concerning the practice and proceedings of the county
courts and the supreme courts of British Columbia.
Moreover, his prominence in other connections makes him one of the foremost
citizens of his province. He was chairman of the board of conciliation of the
British Columbia Copper Company's employes, to which position he was appointed
in 1910. He has declined appointment to the position of gold commissioner and
also as commissioner to the Yukon.
In politics Mr. Senkler is well known as a liberal and has always taken an
active interest in the vital political questions of the day. He has been for some
years president of the Vancouver Liberal Association." He unsuccessfully con-
tested Vancouver for the local legislature at the general election of 1909, heading
the liberal candidates at the election, and for the house of commons at the general
election of 1911. While his party is in the minority, he is one of its recognized
leaders and his opinions carry weight in its councils.
In June, 1895, in Vancouver, Mr. Senkler was united in marriage to Miss Mar-
garet Hargrave Richards, the youngest daughter of the late Hon. A. N. Richards,
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Q. C, and ex-lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The children of this
marriage are two sons and four daughters. The parents are members of the
Anglican church and are interested in much that pertains to the moral progress of
the community. It has been said by a renowned philosopher that the next most
important thing to working well is playing well, that the individual should enter
with all possible zest and interest into his recreations, and this Mr. Senkler does,
having a very extensive acquaintance in athletic circles. In 1908 he was appointed
a member of the Canadian Olympic committee and for years was captain of the
Vancouver Cricket Club and Vancouver Rowing Club. He has won fame by his
skill in athletics and after a long series of honors previously gained he won the all
around championship in athletic games at Toronto University in 1886-7. He
belongs to the Vancouver Club of Vancouver and the Union Club of Victoria and
his social qualities render him popular in those organizations. He not only takes
part in their social features but also in the movements therein instituted for the
welfare and benefit of the two cities.
JOSEPH MOORE STEVES.
High on the annals of the pioneers in British Columbia stands the name of
Steves, which for nearly forty years has been prominently identified with the
agricultural interests of Lulu island and vicinity. A worthy representative of this
family and one who is known as a foremost stockman and agriculturist of this
section is Joseph Moore Steves, who owns a highly improved and valuable farm
near Steveston. He was born in New Brunswick, on the nth of June, 1864, and
is a son of Manoh and Martha (Taylor) Steves, also natives of New Brunswick,
where the name of Steves has had a prominent place in the history of the province
for one hundred and fifty years. 'In 1878 the father brought his family to British
Columbia and here acquired an extensive tract of wild land, in the cultivation and
improvement of which he engaged until his death, which occurred in 1897, when
he was sixty-nine years of age. He was a man of unusual character, being fear-
less, self-reliant and resourceful, and in every respect able to meet the require-
ments of pioneer life. His enterprise and public spirit marked him for leadership
and he became one of the influential citizens of the community. The mother
of our subject is still living, having celebrated her eighty-third birthday on the
9th of March, 1913. In the family were six children, three of whom are still
living :" Joseph Moore, of this review ; Mary Alice ; and Ida B., the widow of W.
H. Steves. The daughters are both residents of Lulu island. William Herbert,
who was the founder of the town of Steveston, died in May, 1899, at the age of
thirty-nine years; Josephine died in 1884, at the age of twenty-six years; and
Walter T. died in 1911, at the age of thirty-six.
Joseph Moore Steves acquired his education in the public schools and accom-
panied his parents on their removal to British Columbia. At the time of their
arrival there were but few settlers in this section and Lulu island was then
covered with water all during the winter months, giving no promise of its present
rich development. Mr. Steves assisted his father in the cultivation and improve-
ment of the farm and for many years was associated with him in agricultural
pursuits. Later he began farming on his own account and in 1887 turned his
attention to the breeding and raising of registered Holstein cattle and Suffolk-
Punch horses. His success in this connection has been most gratifying and he
has received the majority of the first prizes awarded at the various stock exhibi-
tions in British Columbia for the past ten years. He is the owner of a Holstein
cow which holds the Canadian record on a seven days' test for butter. His farm
has acquired much more than a local reputation and he ships his stock not only
to all parts of British Columbia but to the neighboring provinces and sections of
the United States as well. He has met with marked success in his farming and
stock-raising and his carefully tilled fields yield abundant harvests, the quality
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and quantity of which are a tribute to his agricultural skill. In business he is both
practical and progressive and anything he undertakes is pursued in a systematic
and well defined manner, which invariably brings success.
Mr. Steves was united in marriage to Miss Bessie McEllhaney, a daughter of
Captain McEllhaney, of Nova Scotia, and to them have been born the following
children: Harold, Jessie, Winnifred and Allen, who are all attending school; and
Jean, now four years old. Mr. Steves has passed the greater part of his life in
the locality where he now resides and is one of those whose experiences connect
the past with its hardships and privations and the present with its progress and
prosperity. When the family located here their nearest neighbor was three miles
away and it was seven years before the first road was built across the island. Mr.
Steves has watched with interest the gradual development of the country and has
always borne his part in its transformation. His has been a life of diligence and
well directed effort and today lie is regarded as one of the leading citizens of
his community.
HIS HONOUR W. W. B. McINNES.
His Honour VV. W. B. Mclnnes, a son of that eminent political leader and
the late lieutenant governor of the province of British Columbia, Thomas Robert
Mclnnes, was born in Dresden, Kent county, Ontario, on the 8th of April, 1871,
and upon the removal of the family to New Westminster acquired his education
in the high school of the city, complementing the' same by a course in Toronto Uni-
versity, from which he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1889. The
intermittent years lie devoted to the study of law and in 1893 he was called to
the bar of British Columbia, establishing himself in practice in Nanaimo in
partnership with his brother, who was admitted to practice in the same year. The
partnership was productive of excellent results and the firm won favorable
criticism for their careful and systematic methods. Judge Mclnnes showed very
remarkable powers of concentration and application and in the discussion of legal
matters demonstrated his comprehensive knowledge of the law as manifest in
the application of legal principles and in his oratorical ability.
In 1896 he was elected as an independent liberal to the house of commons,
defeating the sitting member, Andrew I laslam. He has the distinction of having
been the youngest member of the house at that time but notwithstanding his
age was active on the floor and in the committee rooms of the house, arid was
connected with important legislation of constructive value. On the opening of
parliament he was assigned the distinguished honor of making the reply to the
address from the throne under the liberal regime of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Although
he had attracted attention before this to his brilliant accomplishments, it was par-
ticularly the opportunity which was given him in his career as legislator that made
him known as an orator throughout the Dominion. In 1900 he resigned his seat
and during the provincial campaign ran on an independent platform and was
elected to the local legislature in that year. In 1903 in a by-election he was
chosen provincial secretary in the government of the Hon. Colonel E. G. Prior
and at the general election in 1903 was reelected a member of the provincial
house. In 1905 he resigned and was appointed commissioner of the Yukon,
which office he held till 1907 when he resigned to contest the city of Vancouver
in the liberal interests in the provincial general elections of that year. He was
defeated and resumed the practice of law in the city of Vancouver. He was
the unsuccessful standard bearer of the liberals in the city of Vancouver in the
general dominion elections in 1908. He was elevated to the county court bench
on which he serves as senior judge. His decisions are strictly fair and im-
partial, based upon the law and equity of the case, and he is regarded as one
of the most capable judges that ever presided over the county court. He is a
worthy son of a worthy sire and, judged by the eminent attainment of his il-
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lustrious father it may safely be predicted for him that there are high honors
awaiting his bidding and that if such come to him he will perform all of his
obligations in that same spirit of dauntless conviction of right and with the
same energy and ability as did his father before him.
DAVID DICKSON ENGLAND.
In 1913 David Dickson England was appointed superintendent of govern-
ment grounds for the province of Ijritish Columbia and he has already proved
himself eminently well qualified for this difficult position, being ranked with
the most able landscape gardeners in this part of Canada. He has devoted his
entire active life to his profession, attaining in it a place of prominence and
distinction and accomplishing a great deal of notable work along his chosen
line. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, November 20, 1864, and is a son
of John Temple and Martha England, the former of whom was for many years
bailiff in charge of Lord Londonderry's estate in County Down, Ireland. The
family later moved to Scotland, where the subject of this review was born.
David D. England acquired his education in the public schools of England
and after laying aside his books was apprenticed to the Liverpool Horticultural
Company of Liverpool, studying landscape gardening for five years. At the
end of that time he moved to Southport, England, where he began working at
his profession, remaining there for ten years and acquiring a widespread and
enviable reputation for proficiency in his chosen work. In 1893 he emigrated
to Canada and settled in Winnipeg, where he was in the same year appointed
park superintendent, assisting in inaugurating the first park system in the city.
For thirteen years thereafter he did able and well directed work in his official
capacity, resigning his position in the spring of 1907 in order to come to liritish
Columbia. He settled in Victoria and was appointed park superintendent in
this city, establishing the present park system and carrying forward the work
which he began in an intelligent and practical way, doing a great deal toward
making the city parks among the most beautiful in the province. Mr. England
resigned his position in Victoria in 1910 and moved to Vancouver, where he
engaged in landscape gardening and in the florist business with H. Cox under
the firm name of England & Cox. Six months later they dissolved partnership
and Mr. England carried on the business alone until the fall of 1911, when he
was called upon by the provincial government to lay out the grounds for the
Vancouver courthouse and to install new landscape gardening in the grounds
of the normal school. In 1912 he returned to Victoria, where the work of
installing the present landscape gardening in the grounds of the government
house and the lieutenant governor's residence was placed in his hands and suc-
cessfully accomplished. During all of this time Mr. England's reputation as an
artist in his chosen line was growing and his remarkable work finally received
official recognition when in 1913 he was appointed superintendent of govern-
ment grounds for the province. Lie is now serving in this position and his
knowledge of his profession and his ability in it insure his rapid and continued
success.
At Southport, on November 15, 1884, Mr. England was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah Jordan, a daughter of Thomas Jordan, deceased, who was for
many years a shoemaker in Shropshire. Mr. and Mrs. England have become
the parents of six children. Lillian married David Love, a farmer in Edmonton,
Alberta, and they have four children. Harold, who is engaged in the plumbing
business, is married and has a son. Ada became the wife of Stanley Patch, man-
ager of a grocery in Victoria, and they have a eon. Hilda married W. C. Brown,
a piano finisher, and they are the parents of a son. Eva is the wife of A. Pruden,
shipping clerk for a rubber concern in Vancouver. Lucy, who completes the
family, is the wife of Earle Jefferson Davis, a real-estate dealer in Victoria.
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Mr. England was a member of the Thirteenth Rifles, now the King's Own
Rifles, in Liverpool for five years and he is past chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias and belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Loyal Order of
Orange. He is a non-conformist and a conservative in his political beliefs,
taking an intelligent interest in public affairs without being active as an office
seeker. He belongs to the Camosun Club of Victoria and is active in its work,
cooperating heartily in all movements for the promotion of the business devel-
opment of the city. In Victoria he is well known and popular in professional,
official and social circles and is highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities
of mind and character.
CAPTAIN JOHN F. GOSSE.
Captain John F. Gosse, known as one of the pioneers in British Columbia
and as one of the most able skippers on the west coast of Canada, has been con-
nected with navigation in some capacity or other since the beginning of his
active career and has reached a position of importance as captain of the govern-
ment dredge at New Westminster. He is a native of Newfoundland, born in
May, 1864, and is a son of Bartholomew and Fanny Gosse, both of whom were
also born on that island.
Captain Gosse acquired his education in the public schools of his native com-
munity and after completing the prescribed course laid aside his books and went
to sea as a sailor and fisherman, continuing in this occupation off the Newfound-
land coast until he was twenty-six years of age. His last rough voyage brought
him to British Columbia in 1889 and he is thus numbered among the pioneers
in the province where he has since made his home. This was before the days
of Pullman cars and, like all of the early settlers, Captain Gosse crossed the
prairies and mountains as best he could. After reaching Vancouver he engaged
in steamboating and has since been connected with this occupation, having
behind him an interesting and honorable career. He has been master mariner
of various boats for different companies and served for ten years in the Union
Steamship Company and in the ferry service for four years. When he came to
the Canadian Pacific coast there were but a few boats on the inlet and he had the
distinction of acting as mate on the first boat registered at Vancouver and owned
by Professor Odium, Rev. Betts, R. E. Gosse and T. J. Janes. He has risen to
an important place in the ranks of his associates and is now captain of the gov-
ernment dredge, "The Fruhling," at New Westminster, a connection in which
he is proving his ability, efficiency and conscientiousness by the capable dis-
charge of his important duties.
Captain Gosse has been twice married. After the death of his first wife,
who was in her maidenhood Miss Mary E. North, he married Mrs. Elizabeth
Miles, who was born in Buckinghamshire, England, a daughter of Dr. W. H.
and Elizabeth (White) Somerset. In England, Miss Elizabeth Somerset was
married to William Miles and to this union were born four children, as follows:
William Henry, who was connected with the Canadian Pacific Railroad for
about twenty years, being baggageman at the end of that period, and who died
in February, 1913; Catherine Mabel, now Mrs. Ralph Burnet, of Vancouver;
Lillian Florence, the wife of William Taylor, of that city; and Leonard Clegg,
also of Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. Miles came with their children to British
Columbia in 1888, making their way directly to New Westminster, but about
a year later they removed to Vancouver and some six or eight years later
Mr. Miles returned to his native land, where he passed away. Mrs. Miles
remained in British Columbia, where she educated her children. She was mar-
ried in 1906 to Captain Gosse of this review and to their union have been born
four children, Walter George, Minnie May, Gladys Isabelle and Gordon John.
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Mrs. Gosse is a woman of many parts, highly accomplished and very popular in
social circles, having made many friends in the city. She is a member of the
Eastern Star and a prominent officer in the New Westminster lodge of that order.
Captain Gosse and family occupy a handsome residence on St. Patrick street, New
Westminster, which the captain purchased in 1908.
Among fraternal associations Captain Gosse is a member of the Masonic
order, the Eastern Star, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Orange
Lodge. He also is enrolled in the Shipmasters' Association, of which he was
one of the founders. In his religious belief he is an Episcopalian. His recrea-
tions consist of hunting and fishing and he takes great delight in a good game of
lacrosse. Of a genial nature, Captain Gosse personifies good-fellowship in the
best sense of the word and he is greatly appreciated and admired by his many
friends. A public-spirited and progressive citizen, he is interested in the growth
of the community and ready at any time to lend a hand in promoting the gen-
eral good. He has always aimed to meet every obligation of life with confi-
dence, courage and unflinching responsibility and he performs his duties to the
best of his ability. His reputation places him among the representative men of
this region.
ALBERT EDWARD HAMER.
Albert Edward Hamer, who lives retired in Burnaby municipality, making
his home in McKay, is one of the respected and honored citizens of this section.
He was born in Lancashire, England, on July 26, 1864, and is a son of Smith and
Hannah Hamer, the father formerly a cotton manufacturer and a member of the
Manchester exchange for many years. He left England for the American con-
tinent in 1882 and became one of the early pioneers of British Columbia, where
he was among the first to take up one of the small government holdings which were
then thrown open by the government in the Central Park district. Although
he is getting along in years, being now seventy-nine, he still makes his home on
the same place.
Albert E. Hamer received his education in 1 .ancashire schools and subsequent-
ly followed a commercial career, becoming eventually manager for John Grey,
Limited, Princess street, Manchester, the firm being engaged in the manufacture
of cotton goods. He first emigrated to Canada in 1887 but after a two years' stay
at Brantford, Ontario, returned to England in 1889. In 1900 he and his wife
and two children again started for the western hemisphere, then making for the
Northwest Territories — for a part which is now the province of Alberta. Mr
Hamer engaged for some time in clerking, agency work and painting and also took
up a homestead, continuing in ranching for about four years. After making
his home at this place for about seven years he made up his mind to proceed to
British Columbia, where his father was already established. He has since been
a valuable citizen of Burnaby municipality, in the progress and advancement of
which he is always deeply interested, doing everything in his power to promote
its welfare. As he expresses it, he would not only be pleased to see it become the
foremost municipality but, better still, part and parcel of Greater Vancouver.
Mr. Hamer was twice married, his first union taking place at Brantford,
Ontario, in 1887. Of this union two sons were born, Harold Stanley and Fred-
erick Selous. At Nelson, Lancashire, England, in 1900, just two days previous
to their departure for 'Alberta, Mr, Hamer married Miss Anne Shackleton, a
daughter of James Shackleton, of Lancashire, England, and a sister of ex-Mayor
Shackleton, of Olds, Alberta. Politically Mr. Hamer is a follower of Sir Wil-
frid Laurier, religiously an adherent of the Church of England and fraternally
an ex-chief ranger of the Canadian Order of Foresters. Although not active
politically in public office, he is deeply interested in all worthy public measures and
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gives his support, means and time to every movement which he believes will
promote his municipality. He enjoys in great measure the confidence and re-
spect of his fellow citizens and after an active and successful career can now
live in comfortable retirement.
HENRY EARLE.
After a long and varied career, rich in labors but also rich in results, Henry
Earle now lives retired in South Vancouver in the enjoyment of a comfortable
competence. He is one of the highly respected citizens of the town, where he has
made his home for about twenty years on the corner of Earle and Westminster
roads.
Born in England, in the county of Surrey, on December 22, 1842. Henry Earle
is a son of Robert and Ann Earle, both deceased. During his active life the father
followed the trade of carpenter. Henry Earle received his education in private
schools and after discontinuing his lessons learned the same trade which his father
had followed all his life. He afterward worked for thirteen years as carpenter in
England, which be left in 1870 for Canada, making his home in Toronto, where
he continued in the same occupation for a number of years. During that period,
however, he crossed the border into the United States and for about four
years found employment along the same line in Chicago and St. Louis. Previous
to that he also did some work on a fort in North Dakota on the site where the
capital of liismark now stands. This was about forty years ago. Mr. Earle
remained in eastern Canada after returning from the States until he came, in the
spring of 1889, to British Columbia and located in Vancouver. He bought his
present place in South Vancouver about twenty years ago, when it consisted of
nothing but brush and wilderness and the only way to reach the place was by
means of narrow trails. It comprises four acres and he has since given much of
his time to its beautification, having obtained gratifying results, as he is deeply
interested in gardening, from which occupation he derives much pleasure.
In August, 1878, in Toronto, Mr. Earle was united in marriage to Miss Mar-
garet Coyne and they became the parents of four children, three sons and a
daughter. Politically Mr. Earle is an independent liberal and his religion is that
of the Church of England. He is a member of the Amalgamated Society of
Carpenters of England and also of the local organization of the Sons of England.
Mr. Earle, during his many years of residence on this side of the ocean, has taken
several trips to visit his old home in England. He is highly respected and esteemed
by all who know him and may be considered one of the founders of South Van-
couver, of which he is one of the early pioneers.
ROBERT K. TURNER.
A man who has founded a gratifying degree of success upon energy, deter-
mination and untiring industry and who has made that success a factor in the
general business development of Vancouver, is Robert K. Turner, assistant man-
ager of the Terminal Steamship Navigation Company and one of the best in-
formed and most capable men engaged in this line of work in the city. He was
born in Belleville, Ontario, on the 3d of June, 1872, and is a son of John and
Catherine Turner, the former the first appraiser of that port.
Robert K. Turner acquired his education in the public schools of his native
city, but his advantages along that line were very limited and he is largely self-
educated, having made up for his early deficiencies by wide reading and study
since arriving at mature years. At a very early age he was obliged to lay aside
his books and work at something which would bring him an- income. In eastern
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Canada he turned his attention to farming and when he abandoned that occu-
pation secured a clerical position in a general store. This he held until he came
to British Columbia in 1890, settling first in Nanaimo where he was identified
for a time with the firm of David Spencer & Perkins. From Nanaimo he came
to Vancouver and his first position in this city was with an electrical concern.
Afterwards he was associated with Charles Woodworth when the latter opened
his first drygoods store on Westminster avenue and when he severed this con-
nection went to Kamloops, this province, where he worked at various occupations
for two years. At the end of that time he made an entire change in his active
pursuits, becoming identified with the line of work which has engaged his at-
tention since that time and in which he has gained such a prominent and im-
portant place. He began in a comparatively humble capacity, securing a position
as purser on the steamship Capilano, running between Vancouver and Skagway.
Mr. Turner was connected with this vessel during the rush of gold seekers to
the Klondike and it was during his term of service that she carried her largest
cargo. His duties were in consequence very onerous but be had the advantage of
learning his business in principle and detail — an opportunity of which he did not
fail to make use. When he left the Capilano he joined Captain Catcs on the
little steamer Defiance which formed the nucleus of the fleet now owned by the
Terminal Steamship Navigation Company of Vancouver. When the traffic grew
heavier and the number of vessels was increased, Air. Turner became purser
and mate on the Britannia. His services to the company proved valuable and
important, for he not only thoroughly understood the science of navigation but was
himself a practical seaman and familiar with every phase of the work under bis
charge. In 1897 in recognition of his faithful and competent services, he was
made assistant manager of the Terminal Steamship Navigation Company and so
remains to the present time. The company's three boats, the Bowena, the Bramba
and the Britannia doing business on Howe Sound were the pioneers on these
waters and still carry the greater part of the freight across them. The com-
pany controls an important and growing business and owes a great deal of its
prosperity and importance to Mr. Turner's discriminating work and helpful
cooperation.
Mr. Turner is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and guides his
honorable and straightforward life by the doctrines in which he believes.
Business men in Vancouver respect his integrity, his high standards and his
upright dealings, and many friends have been drawn to him by his genuine per-
sonal worth and his many sterling qualities of mind and character.
WILLIAM BRIDGE.
William Bridge, one of the estimable citizens of Steveston where he has long
been identified with agricultural interests, was born in Blackburn, Lancaster,
England, on the 3d of May, 1866. He is a son of William and Mary (Howarth)
Bridge, both of whom are now deceased.
The first twenty years in the life of William Bridge were passed in England.
He was reared at home and acquired his education in Christ Church school at
Blackburn. Upon laying aside his text-books he obtained employment in the
cotton mills, being identified with that industry until he was twenty years of age.
In common with many of his fellow countrymen he longed to leave his native
country and try life in one of the colonial possessions, where larger opportunities
and greater advantages were afforded the industrious young man than in the
mother country. Acting upon this desire he gave up his work in the cotton mill
and took passage for America, first locating in eastern Canada. In 1886 he
journeyed westward to British Columbia, and for ten years thereafter followed
the dairy business at Cedar Cottage. He subsequently came to Lulu island and
took up wild land and has ever since devoted himself with tireless energy to its
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cultivation and improvement. Intelligent methods systematically pursued have
brought the usual results and today Mr. Bridge is ranked among the foremost
ranchmen in his community.
In connection with the development of his agricultural interests, Mr. Bridge
has found time to participate in public affairs. While residing at Cedar Cottage
he was the first councillor in South Vancouver, having served in this capacity for
five years. At the present time he is the incumbent of the office of reeve in the
municipality of Richmond. His services in this connection have proven to be so
satisfactory to the community at large that he has been elected by acclamation on
four occasions, his incumbency having covered a period of five years. Many im-
provements have been instituted during his term of office, including the building
of a new set of dykes and drains and the installing of a fresh water system. The
introduction of these public utilities has not only added to the general appearance
and convenience of the district but has greatly increased property values, the
assessment having been increased from one million to five.
For his wife and helpmate Mr. Bridge chose Miss Martha McConnell, a
daughter of ex-Councillor .McConnell of Chilliwack, and to them have been born
two children: Lillian May, who is ten years of age; and Norbert Edward, who
has passed the eighth anniversary of his birth.
The family are members of the Church of England and take an active interest
in the work of its various organizations. Fraternally Mr. Bridge is a member of
the Masonic order. He is a man of broad views and progressive ideas, and takes
an active interest in all movements affecting the public welfare, while he champions
every cause he feels will benefit the community or elevate its standards of citizen-
ship, lie is held in high regard by his fellow townsmen and neighbors, having
manifested those qualities both as a public official and in private life which
invariably command respect.
CHRISTOPHER BROWN.
Christopher Brown was one of the first settlers of the East Delta country
and no history of the district would be complete or satisfactory were there
failure to make prominent reference to him. He was the owner of the Colebrook
farm, located in Surrey municipality, and was one of the highly successful
agriculturists and dairymen of his district. For many years he carried on gen-
eral farming and dairying and thus laid the foundation for his growing fortunes.
During the latter period of his life, however, his energies were largely devoted
to his real-estate investments and transactions in New Westminster and Van-
couver, in both of which cities he negotiated important property transfers. In
addition to his city real estate, at the time of his death he held title to thirteen
hundred and forty-five acres of land in East Delta and vicinity.
Mr. Brown was a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, born on the loth of
June, 1853, his parents being Thomas and Jane (Stinson) Brown, who spent
their entire lives on the Emerald isle. Under the parental roof Christopher
Brown spent the days of his boyhood and youth, acquiring his education in the
schools of his native county. He terminated his . school days at the age of
eighteen years and turned his attention to farming, assisting in the cultivation of
the home place until 1874. In the latter year he sailed for America, his destina-
tion being San Francisco, California. For four years he engaged in handling
stocks and in 1878 came to British Columbia, where he filed upon one hundred
and sixty acres of wild land and turned his attention to dairying and general
farming. The country was but sparsely settled. For nine years after their
arrival Winnipeg remained the western railroad terminus. Mrs. Brown was
the first white woman to settle in this vicinity and with her husband shared in all
of the hardships and privations of pioneer life.
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Some years after his arrival Mr. Brown added to his possessions by the pur-
chase of another three hundred and twenty acres, but after holding it for a time
he sold two hundred acres of that tract. In the meantime the country was
becoming rapidly settled and real estate consequently rose in value. The sale
of his land netted him such profitable returns that he resolved to engage in the
real-estate business in connection with farming. For a time he bought and sold
farm lands only, but in 1903 he invested in four hundred and thirty-five acres
of land on the coast, bordering Meridian road in Surrey municipality. He
engaged in the cultivation of his farm whereon he made his home, but the greater
part of his time and attention was devoted to his real-estate business. The
enterprise and diligence which have been manifest in the development of the
west were among his strongly marked characteristics. He formulated his plans
readily, was determined in their execution and carried them forward to suc-
cessful completion. He was actively engaged in business until a short time prior
to his death, which occurred on the ipth of December, 1908. In directing his
interests he displayed marked foresight and capability and accordingly won the
merited returns of his labor and his sound judgment. His experiences were
those which came to the majority of the pioneer settlers of his section of the
province. When he acquired his land it was covered with water during a large
portion of the year, but dykes were built and drains laid and thus in time the
soil was ready for cultivation. He did his work gradually and thoroughly, break-
ing up a small portion of the land at a time until he had the entire tract planted.
During the early period of his residence in the East Delta country dairying
claimed the major portion of his attention and was always his specialty.
On the 25th of January, 1878, in Oakland, California, Mr. Brown was united
in marriage to Miss Sarah Thompson, also a native of County Fermanagh, Ire-
land. They had attended the same school and were boy and girl sweet-
hearts. The attachment of youth developed into the more mature love of man-
hood and womanhood and they were married ere coining to British Columbia.
Together they shared in the hardships and privations of pioneer life and together
worked and labored in the home building and in the development of their farm.
Their first home was on the East Delta farm and their second was another East
Delta farm on the highland in the eastern part. Still later they removed to
another residence. Thus buying and building, they gradually increased their
holdings and at length erected the present commodious and modern dwelling
now occupied by Mrs. Brown. Their prosperity was attributable entirely to their
own efforts. Mr. Brown possessed notable discrimination and insight into
business affairs and conditions, made judicious investments, carefully developed
his holdings and gradually became one of the prosperous and successful land-
owners of the Delta country. In all he was encouraged and assisted by his wife.
Moreover, they reared a large family, each of whom, like the parents, has won
a place among the highly esteemed and intelligent citizens of this part of British
Columbia. Their children were eight in number. Norman, the eldest, who
married Josephine Mary Hale, of Nova Scotia, is now living in Montreal. He
was the first white child born in the East Delta country, just as his mother was
the first white woman to enter the country and live here. Norman Brown early
displayed natural aptitude in his studies and fondness for his books. In the
public schools he made remarkable progress and his work at McGill University
was of a brilliant character. He was president of the graduating class in medi-
cine in 1913 and he is now practicing in Montreal in connection with the Royal
Victorian Hospital. Thomas J. Brown, the second son, married Margaret Gray,
of Langley, and is now occupying a part of the old homestead. He lives in
Surrey and is a member of the Surrey council. Christopher, who wedded Mar-
garet Lewis, of Vancouver, is now a resident of East Delta and is a member of
the Delta council. Joseph T., who wedded Ellen Elizabeth Weaver, also makes
his home in East Delta. John James, Jennie Mary, Henry Wadsworth and Cecil
Clare are all living at home. In 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Brown made a trip to Ire-
land to visit their old homes and renew the acquaintances of youth. They spent
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many pleasant hours among friends of early days and amid the scenes of their
childhood. They then again crossed the Atlantic to Canada, stopping for a visit
in the east with a brother of Mr. Brown and also visiting their son Norman, at
that time a student in McGill University. It seemed as though Mr. Brown had
a premonition of the near approach of death. His determination to go to his
old home and visit his living relatives was made very suddenly. Soon after he
again reached this province he went one day to New Westminster and, his buggy
striking a washout in the road, he was thrown upon the ground and striking on
his head was instantly killed. This was on the igth of December, 1908. His
death was, indeed, a great blow to his family and to his many friends. He was
devoted to the welfare of the members of his own household, finding his greatest
happiness in promoting their comfort. He held membership in the Church of
England and while in his native land was an Orangeman. His was a clean record
and over his life history there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
Mr. Brown's interests were always closely identified with those of the com-
munity and he contributed liberally to the support of many progressive move-
ments that tended to further the interests and promote the welfare of his part
of the province.
HON. THOMAS ROBERT McINNES.
To the late Hon. Thomas Robert Mclnnes came high honors in his life's
course as mayor, legislator and statesman for he arose from the position of
reeve of Dresden, Ontario, to the highest place within the province of British
Columbia as its lieutenant governor. Along another line he also attained a
reputation which greatly redounds to his credit, being classed among the eminent
physicians and surgeons of the Canadian northwest. Although his services in
the latter capacity have been over-shadowed by his eminent public attainment
they nevertheless cannot be forgotten. His career is closely interwoven with
the history of the making of British Columbia to which province he came in
1874 to follow his profession, but his paramount ability along public lines was
soon recognized and he was called forth from the quiet of his private practice
to important political offices in which he acquitted himself, in the discharge of
the duties imposed upon him by the public, in a highly creditable manner.
Thomas Robert Mclnnes was born at Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia, on the 5th
of November, 1840, and is a scion of a Highland Scottish family of prominence.
His father, John Mclnnes, was born in the city of Inverness in the northern
kingdom and there was married to Mary, a daughter of Captain Edward Hamil-
ton, of Paisley, Scotland. Stories of adventure and resulting success found
response with the ambitious young man and more and more the idea of emi-
gration to the new world became fixed in his mind until he finally decided to
seek the new world and there make his home, to enjoy its business advantages
and grow with the new country and profit by its development. He therefore left
his Scottish Highlands and crossed the ocean, arriving at Lake Ainslie, Nova
Scotia, in 1825. He had sailed the seas before that time as captain but after
settling in the Dominion he turned his attention to farming, procuring property
there, and did so to good account.
Thomas R. Mclnnes was reared on the parental homestead and received his
early education in the normal school at Truro, Nova Scotia. In the true appre-
ciation of a thorough education his parents provided him with all of the advantages
within their means and he subsequently matriculated at Harvard University,
at Cambridge, Massachusetts, taking the medical course and also acquiring broad
general knowledge upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learn-
ing. Later he graduated from the Rush Medical College, at Chicago, Illinois,
with the degree of M. D. Towards the end of the Civil war he offered his
services to the Confederacy as surgeon and acted in that capacity until the close
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of hostilities, gaining valuable experience in this connection. After the close
of the war he again crossed the border to Canada and established his home in
Dresden, Kent county, Ontario, where in 1866 he was married to Mrs. Martha
E. Webster, the widow of George Webster, of Dresden. Dr. Mclnnes soon
built up an extensive and profitable practice and his ability along public lines
was also recognized in his election to the office of reeve of the town. He dis-
charged his duties in that connection with such fidelity that he received further
recognition in his nomination for the Ontario legislature in 1874, declining the
honor, however, as he had decided upon removal to New Westminster, British
Columbia, and the spring of 1874 marks his advent in that city where he entered
upon his professional practice, attaining marked success in that direction. Again
it was not long until public office came to him, his qualities of leadership being
quickly recognized, and he was chosen to the office of mayor of the city, which
he held through 1877 and 1878, giving an able and businesslike administration
to the growing community. During that time he also continued in active practice,
his ability being recognized by appointment as surgeon of the Royal Columbia
Hospital and superintendent of the British Columbia Insane Asylum. Other
political honors were conferred upon him in his election to the house of commons
of the Dominion in 1879, winning the election as an independent candidate,
defeating the conservative candidate for the office. At the subsequent general
election he was again chosen to represent his district.
In 1881 he received direct recognition from the federal government in his
appointment as senator by the Marquis of Lome, who subsequently became better
known as the Duke of Fife, the husband of the princess royal and son-in-law of
Edward VII. Dr. Mclnnes took a very active part in shaping the policy of the
provincial government at that time and always labored to obtain the greatest
good for the greatest number, championing many measures of value and benefit,
his services being widely acknowledged in that direction. He was one of those
who were instrumental in the establishment of the Canada mint and in fact was
the first advocate of that enterprise, studying continuously problems of national
and international importance. He was also the first to break the lance for the
existence of a board of reciprocity to promote trade relations between the Domin-
ion and the United States which, however, did not lead to any material results
on account of the position taken by the United States government at that time.
It is interesting to note that a similar measure was only recently undertaken on
the part of the United States which in turn was repudiated by the Dominion
government. Mr. Mclnnes at that time became an imperial federalist and in 1898
was recipient of the high honor of appointment to the office of lieutenant-governor
of the province of British Columbia at a time when the country was in a state
of transition which resulted in the establishment of federal party lines. In July,
1898, he dismissed the Turner ministry, a move which caused widespread dissatis-
faction but was sustained by the legislature. In 1900 the Semlin government
which had dismissed the Hon. Joseph Martin from its cabinet was dissolved by the
government and on being defeated in the legislature the Hon. Joseph Martin was
called upon to form a cabinet which was not put in operation, however, on account
of the bitter parliamentary opposition of both parties to Mr. Martin. The stand
taken by the governor resulted in official antagonism at the federal capital against
him and he and Mr. Martin were defeated at the general election and the governor
was requested to offer his resignation. This he refused to do on constitutional
grounds but was overruled by a decision of the liberal government of Sir Wilfrid
Laurier and in June, 1900, Governor Mclnnes ended his connection with the
office. Although there was strife and dissension among the various political
parties, not the bitterest enemy carried his political antagonism against Governor
Mclnnes to a matter of personalities as everyone was absolutely convinced of Mr.
Mclnnes' true and honest convictions in this matter and that he had taken this
stand upon the question after due and careful -deliberation and that in his view he
was sustained by many of the eminent men of the province. Retiring from the
political arena Governor Mclnnes came to Vancouver to make his home. In 1901
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he undertook an extensive journey to Australia and New Zealand where he made
use of every opportunity to study governmental questions and observe the political
machinery of those countries. In 1903, however, he again entered the field of
politics, being made an independent candidate for the house of commons in a by-
election held in Vancouver, but on account of peculiar conditions existing was
defeated. The lion. Thomas Robert Mclnnes passed away on the igth of March,
1904, in the sixty-fourth year of his life.
In his life, rich with labors and achievement, there had been little room for
fads or fancies or play or recreation, yet Mr. Mclnnes was an enthusiastic rifle-
man and served as president of the Senate Rifle Club of Ottawa for some time and
also of the Vancouver Rifle Association. He believed that the true proficiency of
the soldier and routine of war lay more in the ability to properly handle a rifle and
in true marksmanship than in everlasting drill or parade, and firmly advocated that
all boys over fourteen years of age should be instructed in school in the use of
the rifle. Having been reared in the Presbyterian faith, the Hon. Thomas Robert
McTnnes remained true to the belief of his fathers. He was ever actuated by the
highest principles and manly purpose. His professional learning and his busi-
ness ability brought him material results and he became one of the important
property owners of the city, while he was also connected with a number of mining
enterprises. Governor and Mrs. Mclnnes had two sons: T. R. E. Mclnnes, a
prominent lawyer; and His Honour, \Y. W. B. Mclnnes, senior judge of the
county court of Vancouver. The life work of Governor Mclnnes has been of such
high order that its far-reaching effects can hardly be estimated at the present
and it has had an important bearing upon the formation of the political, profes-
sional and business life of the province such as that of few others have had. As
time will give the proper perspective the enduring value of his work will be
recognized and his fame will grow brighter as the years pass on and generations to
follow will appreciate the worth of the labors of one whose life record reflects
credit and honor upon the land that honored him.
WILLIAM HENRY LADNER.
One of the oldest residents and best known pioneers of British Columbia was
William Henry Ladner, one of the family in whose honor the historic town of
Ladner's Landing was named.
For nearly three score years the name of Ladner has held its place in the
annals of the Province and among men of this name no man is better or more
favorably known than the subject of this record. His life has been intertwined
with the record of this great west and to omit from any history of British Colum-
bia the name of William Henry Ladner would be to leave it incomplete.
Mr. Ladner was born in Cornwall, England, November 28, 1826. His father
was Edward Ladner and his mother, Sarah Ellis Ladner, both natives of Corn-
wall. The father was a farmer and came to America in 1847, going immediately
to Wisconsin where he followed agriculture until his death in 1851.
Mr. Ladner went from England to Wisconsin in 1848, just one year later
than his father, and remained there until the fall of 1850, when he returned to
England. In the spring of 1851 he again sailed for the United States and spent
one more year in Wisconsin. In the spring of 1852 he set out across the plains
for California. He started from Omaha, Nebraska, and the time consumed in
the journey to Sacramento was five months and six days. He lived in California
until 1858 when gold was discovered in British Columbia along the Eraser river
in the Cariboo country. He arrived at Victoria on the steamer Brother Jona-
than, May 15, 1858, when that city was a mere trading post and the mainland
a complete wilderness. There were six men in his party and at Victoria they
built skiffs in which to navigate the Eraser river. The party secured trans-
portation as far as Point Roberts for which they paid the sum of fifty dollars and
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from there they proceeded in their skiffs to Fort Langley, where they arrived
the 3Oth of May. By taking that route they avoided the custom duties at the
mouth of the Fraser river, there being a duty of ten per cent on all imported
goods and a charge of five dollars for each mining license. They left Langley
June i, 1858, and on the following Saturday night reached Hope. On Sunday
morning Mr. Ladner witnessed two surprises — a surprise of the Indians and
the arrival of the American boat "Surprise" — that being the first boat to make
the passage up Fraser river.
Mr. Ladner took up some mining claims and did trading. A little later he
was appointed customs agent and government officer, having the honor of being
the first constable appointed on the mainland of the province. He remained
in Hope until the spring of 1859, when he started a pack train to the interior,
continuing in that business until 1865. Freight rates were then very high. He
always received at least fifty cents per pound for all goods carried between Yale
and Williams creek, exclusive of the road toll. After conducting the packing
business in the Big Bend country for a year he suffered a large financial loss
and in 1868 returned to the province, settling at what is now known as Ladner's
Landing, where he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres and later bought
four hundred and eighty acres, all of which he devoted to farming and stock-rais-
ing. This has ever since been his principal business and through this he has become
wealthy. He was equally prominent in commercial and public affairs. I fc was one
of the earliest pioneers of that section and is a member of the Pioneer Society of
British Columbia.
Mr. Ladner is a conservative, has been active in party ranks and represented
New Westminster in the provincial parliament from 1886 to 1890. He has
been reeve of Delta almost continuously since 1880, justice of the peace since
1872 and has been police magistrate for the municipality of Delta for the past
twenty years or more.
Early in 1865 he married Miss Mary A. Booth, who was a native of Towa.
She died in 1879. Their four children are: Ida Harriet: Sarah Louise, wife of
Fred Howay ; Paul Edward ; and Delta Mary, wife of W. J. Watson of Lady-
smith. In 1880 Mr. Ladner married his present wife, then Mrs. McLellan, of
Clinton, British Columbia.
WILLIAM RODERICK ROSS, M. A., K. C, M. L. A.
William Roderick Ross, who was sworn in as minister of lands for British
Columbia on the loth of October, 1910, has since made an enviable and highly
commendable record in that important position. He was born at Fort Chipewyan,
Athabasca, on the 29th of March, 1869. and is a son of Donald Ross, a native of
Norway House, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. His paternal grandfather, Donald
Ross, was a native of Scotland and came to Canada, eventually becoming chief
factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, being identified with the northern depart-
ment under Sir George Simpson. Donald Ross, Jr.. the father of our subject,
obtained his early education at McCallum's Academy and later attended St. John's
College of Winnipeg. At the age of seventeen years he entered the service of the
Hudson's Bay Company and at length was given charge at Fort Dunvegan in the
Peace river country. His demise occurred at Fort Vermilion, in 1878, when he
had attained the age of forty years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann
McKenzie and who passed away in 1871, was a daughter of Samuel McKenzie,
of Prince Albert. The latter was likewise an officer of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, being variously employed by that corporation in different capacities until
his death in 1878, at which time he held the position of chief trader and was in
charge at Fort Dunvegan.
William R. Ross was educated in St. John's College of Winnipeg, which insti-
tution conferred upon him the degree of B. A. in 1887 and that of M. A. in 1890,
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in which year he was called to the Manitoba bar. He studied in the offices of
different law firms and practiced his profession as junior partner of the firm of
Munson & Allen of Winnipeg until 1895, while during the following year he was
a member of the firm of Nugent & Ross. In the fall of 1896 he came to British
Columbia, locating at Rossland, but the following winter returned to Winnipeg to
conduct an important case. In 1897 he came out to Fort Steele, East Kootenay,
and in that year was called to the bar of British Columbia. He then formed the
firm of Ross & Herchmer and practiced law as the senior member thereof until it
was dissolved in 1901. In December of that year he removed to Fernie, British
Columbia, where he joined J. S. T. Alexander under the firm style of Ross &
Alexander, which association was maintained until 1909, when Mr. Alexander
became government agent. Mr. Ross then organized the firm of Ross, MacDonald
& Lane at Fernie. In 1903 he was elected to the British Columbia legislature for
Fernie and was accorded the same honor in 1907, 1909, 1910 and 1912, his repeated
reelection giving incontrovertible proof of his ability as a legislator and his un-
swerving faithfulness to his constituents. In 1906 he was made king's counsellor.
On the loth of October, 1910, he was sworn in as minister of lands for British
Columbia and still holds that office at the present time, discharging the important
duties devolving upon him in a manner that has won uniform approval and com-
mendation. In the year 1901 he was made stipendiary magistrate in his district.
In 1902 Mr. Ross was united in marriage to Miss Leila Young, a native of
Ontario, by whom he has two sons and three daughters, as follows: William
Cameron, Herbert McKenzie, Eva Helen, Beatrice and Geraldine. The residence
of the family is in Victoria.
Mr. Ross is a valued and popular member of the Fernie Club of Fernie, British
Columbia, and the Union and Pacific Clubs of Victoria. In Masonry he has at-
tained the Scottish Rite degree, belongs to Fernie Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is
a past master of Fort Steele Lodge. He is likewise identified with the Knights
of Pythias at Fernie and the Knights of Khorassan at Spokane. In politics he is
a conservative, while in religious faith he is an Anglican. Mr. Ross acts as vice
president of the Clan Ross in America and is widely recognized as a prominent
and leading citizen of this province.
CHARLES DE VERGNE NUNN.
Charles De Vergne Nunn, who since 1910 has been engaged in the restaurant
business in New Westminster, where his success places him among the leading and
representative business men of the city, is a native son of British Columbia, born
in Victoria, August i, 1874. His parents were natives of England and his father,
Captain Nunn, was connected with the British army and stationed in India for
several years. They came to British Columbia in i8"52, locating in Victoria, then
the only city in the province. The father became an officer on one of the coast-
wise vessels plying between this city and San Francisco. He died in San Francisco
and is survived by his wife, who has for many years lived in Portland, Oregon.
Charles De Vergne Nunn acquired his education in the public schools of
South Saanich, then known as Sydney, Vancouver island, and was reared upon
a farm there, whereon he remained until he was twenty-one years of age. He
then went to Victoria and served as apprenticeship at the tinsmith's trade under
the firm of McLennan, McFeeley & Company. He followed this occupation, how-
ever, only about two years, afterward obtaining his first experience along the
line of his present business by working as first steward on the steamer Lytton
under Thomas Vincent. Mr. Nunn spent one season on the Columbia river and
then returned to Victoria, where he was for a time head waiter in the old Globe
restaurant. After resigning this position he went to California, where he spent
two years farming in the Sacramento valley, after which he returned to British
Columbia and became connected with the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad. He
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was for several years in the restaurant business in Victoria and Vancouver, but
removed to New Westminster in 1910. He purchased the Kenny Cafe and con-
ducted it with great success until 1912, when the building was torn down. On the
loth of September of that year he opened the Dunsmuir Cafe, which he still owns,
and which, under his able management, has become one of the leading enterprises
of its kind in the city. Mr. Nunn understands the restaurant business in prin-
ciple and detail and gives personal supervision to each department of his concern.
The food is of high quality and the service prompt and courteous, and as a result
he has built up a large and representative patronage.
Mr. Xunn is a member of Victoria Lodge, No. 17, K. P., and New West-
minster Lodge, L. O. M., and he also belongs to the Native Sons of British Colum-
bia. In politics he votes independently, supporting men and measures rather
than parties. He is recognized in New Westminster as a discriminating, progres-
sive and resourceful business man and his ability is known and respected in com-
mercial circles.
WILLIAM GEORGE.
There is much that is interesting in the career of William George, who has
been intimately connected with the earlier history of the province and especially
that of Vancouver. Mr. George is now an esteemed resident of McKay, where he
lives retired in the enjoyment of a comfortable competence. A native of Scotland,
he was born in Edinburgh on February i, 1850, a son of William and Elizabeth
George, both deceased.
He was educated in the public schools of his native city and, like most of
the boys of his time, was set to work at an early age. He learned the shoemaking
trade and worked at that occupation until he left home for Canada in 1881. He
first located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he obtained employment as a well
driver with the Canadian Pacific Railroad, continuing so for one year. As that
road was constructing its line westward, Mr. George continued to make his way
in that direction. He worked in various occupations, as men in those days were
not given much of a selection of what to do. Before the transcontinental trains
ran over the line Mr. George was located at Moberly House, on the main line
of the Canadian Pacific, this place being named after Walter Moberly, the well
known pioneer engineer. There Mr. George remained for about two years as
section foreman. In December, 1887, having left the employ of the Canadian
Pacific, he located in Vancouver, where he was employed by the city in the con-
struction of streets and in similar work, acting as foreman. When he began work
there were but few thoroughfares here worthy of the name of street. He was
in this position for seventeen years and it was during that time that Vancouver
was converted from a wilderness of pine and brush into a modern city. Colonel
Tracey at that time was engineer in charge of the work. Mr. George has since
retired and now lives in comfortable ease in McKay after a life rich in labor but
also compensating in financial returns.
In December. 1873, ATr. George was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mc-
Phedran, a daughter of Donald and Sarah McPhedran. There are six children
in the family : Elizabeth, who is teaching school in Vancouver ; Mrs. Mary Hasty,
of Calgary, Alberta ; Williamina, who is connected with the National Drug Com-
pany ; Walter Moberly, born in the old Moberly House and named after Walter
Moberly ; Grace Masterton ; and Hazel.
In politics Mr. George is a liberal and has always taken an active part in
municipal and school matters. He was president of the trades and labor council
and along educational lines was the first to advocate manual training in Vancouver
schools. He has always had advanced ideas along educational lines and has served
on the Burnaby school board with distinct success and to the benefit of the com-
munity. His religion is that of the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is a
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charter member of Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F. Mr. George is
fond of gardening and, having bought one of the government small holdings in
Burnaby about twelve years ago, settled there and has a beautiful home on West-
minster road, where he engages in his diversion, having made his property one
of the most attractive in the neighborhood.
JAMES McGEER.
James McGeer, an honored pioneer citizen uniformly esteemed, was born
March 19, 1855, at Bruel House, Crookstown, County Kildare, Ireland, a son of
James Arthur and Emily (Wilson) McGeer, the former of the Roman Catholic
and the latter of the Protestant faith. The Wilsons were woolen mill manu-
facturers, while Mr. McGeer gave his attention to farming. The son pursued
his education in the public schools of Dublin and then left home and became a
reporter on the Manchester Guardian under T. P. O'Connor. It was about
the year 1882 that he arrived in Canada, and making his way to what was then
the far west, joined the police force of Winnipeg, then numbering twenty-
five men. Remaining there some five years and then continuing his westward
journey to Vancouver, arriving in February, 1887, he engaged in the dairying
business in this city soon after arriving, distributing milk to most of the hotels
and restaurants, lie was one of the pioneer residents here and was an in-
terested witness of the later growth and development of the city, at all times
proving himself a helpful and stalwart champion of the work of public prog-
ress. In May, 1893, Mr. McGeer and family removed to Langley, British
Columbia, and engaged in the cattle and dairy business, but this venture did
not prove successful. That was a year of exceedingly deep snow and bitter
cold. The Fraser river froze over to so great a thickness that the ranchers used
sleighs and drove on the ice as far down as the north arm of the river, a thing
that has not happened since. The severe winter caused many of his cattle to
die and general hardships attended the family. After these heavy losses he
returned to Vancouver the following March and there resumed the dairy busi-
ness. Broken in fortune, he again began the upward climb to success. These
were times of discouragement but, aided and encouraged, as always, by his faith-
ful wife, he laid well the foundation of the financial independence he afterward
attained. Soon after his return to Vancouver he was made milk and dairy
inspector. He introduced the first DeLaval Separator into British Columbia and
brought the first Babcock milk tester to the country. He was also the first milk
and dairy inspector in Vancouver. Eventually he turned his attention to the
insurance and general brokerage business in which he continued successfully until
1910, when he retired from active business life, still holding, however, extensive
real-estate interests in and near Vancouver.
In Manchester, England, at the Murray Street church, by Rev. Birch- Jones,
on February 2, 1881, Mr. McGeer was united in marriage to Miss Emily Cook,
a daughter of John Cook of Cork, Ireland, who was a son of Richard Cook, a
famous Irish engineer. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McGeer were born the following
sons and daughters: Gerald G., a law student at Vancouver; James A., who
is practicing law in Vancouver; Manfred, a druggist, now in Phoenix, British
Columbia; Eric, at Powell River, British Columbia; Ninyas, at home; Lucy, the
wife of C. M. Campbell, of Phoenix, manager for the Granby Mining Company;
Gertrude Emily, a teacher; Dudley, Kathleen, Geraldine and Aileen, still in school.
In politics Mr. McGeer was a stanch liberal and took an active part in all
elections. He was well known as one of the earnest supporters of the Hon.
Mr. Joseph Martin. He was likewise much interested in municipal affairs and
was especially loyal to the welfare of his adopted city. Throughout his life he
held the belief that this should be a "white man's country," that the white race
should develop it and reap its benefits. In accord with this belief he paid the
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highest wages and did not employ Orientals. His early connection with news-
paper work called forth his literary taste and talent and brought him into close
connection with members of the newspaper fraternity. He wrote many poems,
including one on the coronation which is addressed to the King and is entitled
"An Irishman's Prayer." It reads as follows :
"We kneel and thank Thee, God, because
Our King and Emperor sees
That only by Thine own just laws
Can man-made empires live;
'Tis ours to kneel and supplicate,
'Tis Thine, Oh God, to give.
"For Thou hast put into our hands
A power for weal or woe ;
O'er seas, o'er peoples, and o'er lands
Thy viceroy is our lord the King.
'Tis his to do Thy will on earth,
While we Thy praises sing,
"Oh, grant him wisdom, foresight, fear,
For fear of Thee is power.
And make him steadfast to adhere
To simple truth and simple love,
That he may do Thy will on earth,
Thou guide him from above."
There is an interesting little story connected with this poem which is told
by one of the local papers as follows: "Prior to paying a visit to the land of his
nativity, he had composed a poem on the coronation. It so happened that on
the same steamer, the Virginian, was Professor Gibb, to whose notice this ode
had been brought and who had several copies of it printed. To his great surprise,
Mr. McGeer discovered that it was his own composition he had purchased a
copy of, and on the fact becoming known that the author was on board the vessel,
his signature helped to swell the fund for the Sailors' orphanage.".
No better indication of the position which James McGeer occupied in public
regard can be given than by quoting at length from the local papers at the time
of his death, which occurred from pneumonia on the 8th of September, 1913,
after an illness of but four days.
One paper wrote: "No greater compliment can be paid to him than to
state that he was quite a character, one of the men who are becoming smaller
in numbers, the rough diamonds of the west, whose intrinsic worth cannot be
valued, and of whose integrity there can be no question. By his death Vancouver
is the poorer today."
Another said: "The death of Mr. James McGeer, which occurred yesterday
after a brief illness, will be deeply felt by the old-timers of this city. Mr.
McGeer came to Vancouver when it was in its infancy and from that day to
this no man has made more friends or has been more universally respected and
liked than he was. He passed through all the ups and downs of the city, but in
prosperity and the reverse he was invariably the same large-hearted, cheerful
personality. He accumulated a large fortune by hard work and strict attention
to business and in the commercial life of the city he played no small figure, but
his nature was essentially noncommercial. He was always the kindly, genial
gentleman, who was continually trying to help those who were in trouble, and
there will be hundreds of people here who will cherish his memory long after
more pretentious names are forgotten."
Still another paper wrote: "The funeral took place from the family resi-
dence, No. 251 Eleventh Avenue east, at 2 o'clock. Liberals and conservatives,
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Protestants and Catholics, attended to pay homage to one whom they revered in
life. In his death that homage showed no signs of wavering as the appearance
of the large circle of mourners unmistakably indicated. There was no question
of sect or party. All recognized that they had lost a warm-hearted Irishman
and a splendid Canadian who made friends wherever he went. The smiling
face was missed. Tears filled the eyes of stout-hearted men who remembered
'Jim' McGeer not only for his manliness and his courage, but for his ever-
open hospitality. Leading pioneers of the city were in large attendance and they
recited stories of their old friend whose memory will ever be cherished by those
who worked with him in building and seeing Vancouver rise from its ashes."
CHARLES EDMOND LAWSON.
Among the many able business men and progressive citizens whom Scotland
has furnished to British Columbia is numbered Charles Edmond Lawson, of North
Vancouver, prominently connected with business interests of the city as a suc-
cessful real-estate deafer. Pie was born in Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, in
1871, a son of Thomas and Margaret (Edmond) Lawson, both natives of that
locality, the former for many years connected with the Fifeshire constabulary.
Both have passed away.
Charles E. Lawson acquired his education in the grammar and high schools
of Dunfermline, in Fifeshire, and after laying aside his books entered the em-
ploy of J. & R. Allan, house furnishers of Edinburgh, with whom he continued
for ten years thereafter. At the end of that time he emigrated to Canada, set-
tling in Victoria, this province, where he spent seven years, during the greater
portion of which time he was in the employ of Weiler Brothers, extensive
furniture dealers in that city. In 1907 he came to Vancouver as buyer for the
curtain and drapery department of the Hudson's Bay Company and after retain-
ing this connection" one year he moved to North Vancouver, turning his attention
to the real-estate business. He continued alone until 1910 and then formed
a partnership with George S. Shepard, establishing the firm of C. E. Lawson &
Company. They deal only in property in the vicinity of Vancouver and control
valuable holdings, for both are expert judges of land values and capable and
far-sighted business men. They act also either as principal or agent in handling
loans and this branch of the business is rapidly expanding. Mr. Lawson dis-
plays great keenness and discernment in the management of his interests and
has made his name respected in business circles as a synonym for reliability,
integrity and straightforward dealing.
On the 24th of May, 1901, Mr. Lawson was united in marriage to Miss
Jessie Kate Drew, a native of Gloucester, England, and they have become the
parents of a daughter, Dorothy Rose. Mrs. Lawson is well known in social
and musical circles of Vancouver, belonging to the Women's Canadian Club
and the Musical Club. She is an accomplished vocalist, possessing a voice of
unusual sweetness and power, and her aid is always relied upon for the suc-
cess of musical entertainments in the city. She is also an active member of St.
John's Episcopal church of North Vancouver.
Mr. Lawson takes an active interest in military affairs and while in Scot-
land served for four years in the Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Brigade and in
Victoria was for seven years connected with the Fifth Regiment of Canadian
Artillery. He is absolutely independent in politics, allowing his vote to be
influenced only by questions of public utility and benefit, and his support is
always given to movements which advance the growth and development of the
city. He is connected fraternally with North Vancouver Lodge, No. 40, K. P.,
of which he is a charter member, and he was one of the organizers of the
North Vancouver Club. A great many of his leisure hours are spent upon
the golf links and he has attained great skill in this game, frequently taking
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part in important tournaments on the coast, principally in British Columbia
but occasionally across the boundary line. He belongs to the Vancouver Golf and
Country Club and is always a welcome addition to any social gathering. He is
a splendid type of the modern business man, able in the pursuit of his individual
interests, eager to advance community development and at all times upright and
public-spirited. His enterprise and laudable ambition have carried him into
important business relations and the course he has pursued has commended him
to the good-will and confidence of those who know him.
HON. ALEXANDER ROCKE ROBERTSON.
In an enumeration of those men who won honor and public recognition for
themselves, in a conspicuous way in the legal and judicial history of the prov-
ince of British Columbia, and at the same time honored the province to which
they belonged, mention should be made to the Hon. Alexander Rocke Robertson.
Taking precedence as an eminent lawyer and statesman, he was a man of high
attainments, occupying an unique position during the early epoch in the history
of British Columbia, in which connection he bore himself with such dignity and
honor as to gain the respect of all. Distinctively a man of affairs, he became
connected with many phases of pioneer life as it existed here under early con-
ditions wielding wide and powerful influence in his clay. His strong mentality,
invincible courage and determined individuality so entered into his makeup as
to render him a natural leader of men and fitted him for the high position
which he occupied in the province and as a member of the provincial supreme
court. From pioneer days to his death he made his home here, bringing his
intellectuality to bear upon many questions having to do with the general wel-
fare. The public career of few other eminent men of British Columbia has
extended over so long a period as his and the activities of no one have been
more constructive in the development of this section than his efforts. It may
be said that his career consisted of results and in every phase of life in -which he
was called upon to make himself felt, the impress of his activities is indelibly
imprinted and this province, by honoring him with official preferment, honored
itself.
Alexander Rocke Robertson was born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1841 and there
his early education was acquired in the public schools and at an academy near
London, Ontario. Studious of mind, he early decided upon a legal career and
acquired a liberal education in the law. When a young man of twenty-three
years, in the year 1864, he came to British Columbia which was then practically
terra incognita, and began to practice his profession. Success attended him from
the outset as he had remarkable powers of concentration and application and .a
retentive mind and also possessed the power of oratory which carried conviction.
The zeal and eagerness with which he took up his cases made him succeed and
his clients spreading his reputation, his practice assumed large proportions. He
won favorable criticism for his careful and systematic methods and in the dis-
cussion of legal matters stood high before the court where his comprehensive
knowledge of law was manifest in his application of legal principles. Clearly
and forcefully and entirely free from ostentation he presented his cases and
carried them to success by the simple weight of his character and his sincerity
and as time passed his ability carried him into more and more important re-
lations so that it may be said he attained to fame both as advocate and counselor.
The eminence which he attained as one of the most successful practitioners was
recognized in his elevation to the supreme court bench of the province and in
that connection his work has had an important bearing upon the business, politi-
cal and general conditions of life. As a judge he displayed a masterful grasp
of every problem presented for solution and brought to his office the under-
standing of one who knows the world.
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Yet not alone in connection with the bar and bench did he win distinction
for he had wonderful achievements to his credit in other lines of endeavor. He
largely contributed to the moral progress of Victoria and always^ took a deep
interest in religious matters, being a member of the Church of England. He
was, however, not strictly sectarian and, recognizing the value of church work,
took an active interest in the institutions of various denominations, helping them
along material and moral lines through his prestige and means. Particularly
was he interested in Sunday school work and for many years served as the
superintendent of St. John's Sunday school. During his early years he was
a member of the first provincial legislature and provincial secretary of the first
government after confederation and in the house of parliament was active on
the floor of the house, being connected with much important constructive legis-
lation. He is the father of the school system of British Columbia, having in-
troduced and carried through the legislation respecting education and our
magnificent system of schools today is the outcome of his work. He also served
for some time as mayor of Victoria and gave the same a businesslike adminis-
tration that inaugurated measures which proved of much benefit to the com-
munity.
The Hon. A. R. Robertson married Margaret Bruce Eberts, the eldest daugh-
ter of W. D. Eberts, deceased, of Chatham, Ontario, and a sister of the Hon. D.
M. Eberts. Of their seven children five are now living: Herbert E. A., barrister
at law practicing in Vancouver; Harold B.. barrister at law practicing in Vic-
toria; Herman M., a well known physician and surgeon of Victoria; Tate M.,
who is engaged in business in Vancouver; and Alexander Rocke, medical con-
sultant of Vancouver. Mrs. Robertson died on the 8th of January, 1912.
Alexander Rocke Robertson closed bis distinguished career of service and
attainment on the 1st of December, 1881, when he was called to his final rest.
It may truly be said of him that he labored not for himself or for individual
attainment but that he gave himself up to the advancement of general conditions
and the betterment of humanity at large. In whatever field he became active
he employed his efforts in a telling way and became an acknowledged leader.
The history of British Columbia should contain prominent mention of his name
as one singularly devoted to the highest interests of the people. While he was
yet living that esteem was given him which is only due one who is greatly
beloved and venerated and his untimely death was regarded by thousands as a
loss irreparable and a source of general and sincere sorrow. As time has passed
it has placed him in a more proper relation to his district and his age and today
the memory of his life record stands forth resplendently upon the pages of
the life storv of British Columbia's existence.
JAMES WOLSELY THOMSON, M. D.
Dr. James Wolsely Thomson, actively engaged in the general practice of
medicine and surgery in Vancouver, has, although a young man, attained a posi-
tion in the profession which many an older practitioner might well envy. He
was born October 24, 1883, in Mattewa, Ontario, a son of James and Maria
Thomson, the former a lumber merchant of Mattewa for a number of years. In
the public schools of his native city the son began his education and afterward
attended the collegiate institute of Renfrew, Ontario, and subsequently entered
McGill University of Montreal, from which he was graduated with the degree
of M. D., C. M. in 1907. The same year he removed westward to Vancouver,
thinking to find better professional opportunities in the growing western cities.
For a year he was house surgeon at the General Hospital, and in 1908-9 was
assistant to Dr. R. E. McKechnie. From 1909 to 1912 he was an anaesthetist to
the Vancouver General Hospital and also engaged in general practice in Van-
couver. He is at present practicing in Vancouver and his ability is attested by
the liberal patronage accorded him. He is very careful in the diagnosis of his
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cases, is seldom, if ever, at fault in foretelling the outcome of disease, and in his
practice keeps in touch with the advanced methods of the times.
Dr. Thomson's military record covers services as a lieutenant in the Sixth
Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles of Vancouver from 1909 until 1911. He is a
member of the Wesley Methodist church and in Masonry has attained the thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite and also crossed the desert with the Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Commercial Club and is
interested in its various plans for the improvement and upbuilding of the city.
His life activities and interests are varied and he is a typical young man of the
period — alert, energetic and enterprising.
JAMES McCALLAN.
The farming interests of Ladner and vicinity find a worthy representative
in James McCallan, who is one of the pioneer farmers of this district, lie was
born in Grey county, Ontario, on the Qth of December, 1867, and is a son of James
and Mary McCallan, the former a veterinarian. Both he and his wife passed
away in the year 1912. The public schools afforded James McCallan of this
review his educational opportunities and after his text-books were put aside he
made his way direct to British Columbia, arriving in 1886, when in his nineteenth
year. He located first in New Westminster, where for six months he was em-
ployed at driving a team. Later he was engaged by R. P. Rithet & Company of
Victoria to manage their large farm at Ladner and continued in that position
for seventeen years, a fact which indicates his capability and trustworthiness.
On the expiration of that period he purchased a portion of the ranch and began
farming on his own account. He is now leasing a portion of the Ladner estate,
which he farms in conjunction with his own land. He first visited Ladner about
twenty-five years ago, at which time there were few people in the district. He
is regarded as one of the pioneer farmers of the locality and as such has con-
tributed in substantial measure to its later development and upbuilding.
On the 7th of January, 1896, Mr. McCallan was united in marriage to Miss
Emmeline Bradnier, a daughter of Robert and Margaret Bradnier, of Grey
county, Ontario. Both are still living. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. McCallan
are seven children, two sons and five daughters. The religious faith of the fam-
ily is that of the Presbyterian church and the political belief of Mr. McCallan
is that of the conservative party. He belongs to Delta Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F.,
and is interested in many public concerns. He belongs to the Board of Trade, is
a school trustee and has been a councilman for four years. All this indicates
the nature and breadth of his interests and his loyalty and progressiveness in
citizenship.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON.
During a residence covering a period of twenty-five years Duncan Robert-,
son has experienced all of the vicissitudes attending the reclaiming of the land
on Westham island, where he now owns a valuable farm of a hundred and
twenty acres. He is a native of Chelsea, Quebec, born on the igth of June,
1861, and a son of Duncan and Ann (McGregor) Robertson. The parents
spent their last years in Ladner, the mother's death there occurring in 1904,
and that of the father in 1908.
Duncan Robertson was reared at home and educated in the public schools of
Ottawa, Ontario, remaining with his parents until he came west in 1887. He
crossed the continent on one of the first trains over the Canadian Pacific after
the extension of its lines, coming direct to Ladner. Upon his arrival here he
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located on a farm of two hundred and twenty acres on Westham island, which
his brother had taken up a few years previously. The land was still in a wild
state and during the winter months was almost entirely covered with water. The
building of dykes, clearing the land and preparing the soil for cultivation in-
volved long months of unceasing and oftentimes apparently unsuccessful effort.
There were innumerable obstacles and difficulties to be overcome, but Mr. Rob-
ertson possesses the fiber of the true pioneer, and persisted in his undertaking
with the determination of purpose which eventually achieves success. The cul-
tivation of the entire tract engaged his attention during the first eighteen years
of his residence, his fields being planted to such products as were best adapted
to the soil and climate. As time passed he added to the value of the property
by the erection of a comfortable house, substantial barns, fences and other build-
ings, and he also made various other improvements about the premises, and
beautified the grounds. In 1905 he sold a hundred acres of his land but is still
engaged in the cultivation of the remainder, which constitutes one of the most
valuable farms on the island.
On the 2cl of June, 1913, Mr. Robertson was united in marriage to Miss
Florence Annie Woods, daughter of Fred and Alice (Tuffs) Woods of Suf-
folk, Fngland. Miss Woods left England in 1910 and came to British Columbia,
where she made her home with her sister, .Mrs. John Anderson, who then lived
on Lulu island but is now on an adjoining farm on Westham island.
Mr. Robertson leads a life of systematically directed activity as is evidenced
by the well kept appearance of his fields and the condition of his buildings and
stock. He has always taken an interest in the progress and development of the
country, toward which he has contributed by the encouragement he has ac-
corded various public enterprises and worthy projects.
ROBERT PATERSON RITHET.
There is probably no name commanding more respect on the Pacific coast,
from San Francisco to the far north, than that of Rithet, known to the com-
mercial world in connection with the firms of R. P. Rithet & Company, Ltd.,
of Victoria, Welch & Company of San Francisco and the California & Hawaii
Sugar Refining Company of that city. Robert Paterson Rithet is the president
of these important concerns and their foremost position in the world of com-
merce is entirely to be attributed to his business genius, his energy and his sturdy,
rugged honesty. The firm of R. P. Rithet & Company, Ltd., of Victoria, im-
porters and commission merchants, is known throughout the better part of
Canada and its reputation is of the highest. Although Mr. Rithet now spends
only one month during the year in this city, the firm which he has founded
and built, worthily represents him in these parts. Most of his time he now spends
in San Francisco, where he is fully occupied with the affairs of the firms of
Welch & Company and the California & Hawaii Sugar Refining Company.
Robert Paterson Rithet was born in the parish of Applegarth, Dumfriesshire,
Scotland, on the 22d of April, 1844, and is a son of John and Jane Rithet, well
known farming people of that district. The Rithet family has been known for
generations in connection with this occupation and is of old Scotch extraction.
Robert P. Rithet was educated at Annan College, Annan, Scotland, where he
pursued a classical course. He then entered a shipping and commission firm
in Liverpool, with whom he remained for three years, there receiving funda-
mental knowledge along the line of business in which he was to become so suc-
cessful in the North American west. At the end of that time he ventured forth
to make his mark in the world and, perceiving with ready eye the great oppor-
tunities offered in the Canadian west, made his way to Victoria, in which city
he arrived in 1862 and of which he must be counted as one of its foremost
pioneers. He subsequently mined in the Cariboo for two years and assisted in
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road building and other work important in the early development of the country.
In 1865 he returned to Victoria and, taking up his former line of business,
entered the employ of Anderson & Company, shipping and commission mer-
chants, with whom he remained for several years, making good use of his
Liverpool experience. Being careful of his earnings and having made a credit-
able impression upon the business world of the young city, he found the con-
fidence to establish himself independently in 1870 in the same line of business,
founding the firm of Welch, Rithet & Company, shipping and commission mer-
chants, the senior partner in the enterprise being Andrew Welch of San Fran-
cisco, who was conducting a similar establishment in the latter city under the
name of Welch & Company. Success attended the venture from the outset,
and as the years passed and Victoria and Hritish Columbia grew and expanded,
the house of Welch, Rithet & Company held their own and, even more than
that, led the vanguard in commercial life. That the success of the enterprise
has been largely due to the tenacious Scotch characteristics of Mr. Rithet
cannot be doubted. In 1888,. when the partnership was terminated by the death
of Mr. Welch, the house already enjoyed a reputation second to none in the
province and was known to every merchant, every miner, every commercial
or financial institution of the province.
In 1888 Mr. Rithet bought out the heirs of Mr. Welch and in that year also
took over the San Francisco business of the latter, of which he became sole
proprietor and to which he now devotes most of his time. However, he is still
president and the heaviest stockholder of R. P. Rithet & Company, Ltd., of
Victoria, the foremost house of its kind in the Canadian west, and still spends
a month of each year in this city to give personal attention to those matters
which come under his executive decision. It may incidentally be mentioned
that many of the younger merchants of Victoria have served their apprentice-
ship and learned their commercial methods in the house of R. P. Rithet & Com-
pany and have there laid the foundation for a later success. At the death of
Mr. Welch, the Victoria business was incorporated under (lie style of R. P.
Rithet & Company, Ltd., of which Mr. Rithet was elected president and in which
capacity he has continued. Another one of his important California interests
is the California & Hawaii Sugar Refining Company of San Francisco, of which
he is president and which handles an enormous amount of business annually.
Mr. Rithet is a merchant and business man of the modern type, shrewd, able,
an excellent judge of human nature and dominated by an inexhaustible energy.
He displays a thorough understanding of commercial conditions which has en-
abled him to reach the top rung of the ladder in business endeavor.
On October 27, 1875, in A'Tictoria, British Columbia, Mr. Rithet married
Miss Elizabeth Munro, a daughter of Alexander and Jane Munro, the former
of whom is known in history as one of the pioneer chief factors of the Hud-
son's Bay Company in Victoria. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rithet two
are living: John Alexander, who is associated with his father's enormous
business interests and is married and has established a household of his own ;
and Gertrude Alice, now the wife of Lawrence Genge, who is also associated
with Mr. Rithet in his business.
Mr. Rithet is a Presbyterian, having been reared in the faith of his fathers
and having devotedly continued therein. In politics he ' is a conservative and
it is but natural that he should have been called to public office on account of
his extraordinary abilities. He filled the office of mayor of Victoria in 1875
and from 1894 to 1898 was senior member of the legislature for Victoria. He
has always been a close student of political questions and his practical business
experience has seldom failed to show him the right course to pursue. However,
it is more correct to style him a public-spirited citizen than to call him a pro-
fessional politician, for he has never entered the political arena with an idea of
gaining fame and glory for himself. His fraternal relations are with Quadra
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Victoria, and he is a member of the Pacific Union
Club of San Francisco and the Union Club of Victoria. His acquaintance on
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the coast from the California metropolis to the beautiful Island city of the
north is unlimited, and he is readily recognized as one of the foremost and
most forceful business men of his time. Hard-headed as is typical of his
race, he is not hard-hearted and is generally and generously beloved and es-
teemed by all who know him in a social way.
FRANCIS XAVIER Me PHILLIPS, B. A., M. D.
Capable, earnest and conscientious, Dr. Francis Xavier McPhillips has for
the past twenty years given his services to the general public of Vancouver as
physician and surgeon, having attained a place among the foremost men in the
profession in his community. A thorough education and an innate ability for
surgical work have gained 'for him the enviable place he now occupies and,
combined with a kindly nature and a true spirit of helpfulness, have won the
confidence of the public.
Dr. McPhillips was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, June 28, 1866, and is a
son of George and Mary (Lavin) McPhillips, both of whom were born in Ire-
land. The mother was brought to Canada during her childhood, the family
settling in York county. George McPhillips was a surveyor by profession, hav-
ing already been so occupied in his native isle, and while yet a young man came
to the new world, settling in Toronto, Ontario. A few years later he removed
to Richmond I [ill, that province, and during this time made the first survey of
the district now known as York county under J. S. Dennis, secretary-general of
the Dominion. The father continued as land surveyor and was sent by the
Dominion government to Manitoba with the first surveying party that entered
the province after the Riel rebellion. The remainder of his life was spent in
that province, where he made his home mostly at Winnipeg and St. Charles.
He passed away at the age of sixty-eight years, while his wife was eighty-six
when her death occurred in St. Charles, Manitoba. The family of Mr. and Mrs.
George McPhillips included, besides the Doctor : Albert Edward, of Victoria, who
is president of the executive council of British Columbia and is now Judge of the
Court of Appeals ; Lewis G., who is a prominent barrister and king's council at
Vancouver ; and two other sons, both surveyors in Winnipeg, one of whom,
George, made the first survey of that city, all maps thereof bearing his name.
Dr. McPhillips was reared at home amid the refining influences of cultured
surroundings and, after his fundamental education, entered Manitoba College,
at Winnipeg, and in 1886 graduated from Manitoba University with the degree of
B. A., receiving his M. D. degree from the same college in 1889. He then was
appointed railroad surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad on the Manitoba
division and held that position until 1893, residing at Miami. In July of that
year he came to Vancouver and has since been engaged in practice here. No
long novitiate awaited him for he soon demonstrated his ability, specializing in sur-
gery, and he now serves as surgeon to St. Paul's Hospital. He seems to have an
intuitive gift for diagnosing his cases, based upon extraordinary experience and
wide knowledge, and after coming to a conclusion he seldom makes an error in
applying the correct remedy. Many patients have profited by his services and
his successful operations have been numerous. At the convocation of the
American College of Surgeons held in Chicago on November 13, 1913, Dr.
McPhillips was elected one of the Governors.
On June 2, 1897, at Vancouver, Dr. McPhillips married Miss Agatha Dolan,
a daughter of John and Agatha Dolan, the former for many years a merchant
in Bay City, Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. McPhillips have four children, Dorothy,
Nora, Jack and Frances.
The Doctor gives his allegiance to the Roman Catholic church and in that
connection is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. Politically he is a con-
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servative and along social lines holds membership in the Vancouver Club. For
four years he was a member of the Ninetieth Regiment of Volunteers at Win-
nipeg, Manitoba. Interested in the welfare of his city along various lines, he has
given particular attention to its state of health and by his work has greatly
assisted in combating illness and disease. The humane quality in his nature makes
him beloved by all who seek his services and the general public and those con-
nected with him in the profession accord him a foremost place among the medical
men of the province.
CHARLES GARRET SEXSMITH.
Among the citizens of Lulu island who are familiar with the early history
and development of British Columbia is Charles G. Sexsmith, who for thirty-seven
years was actively connected with the agricultural interests of the island. He
was born at Selby, Ontario, on the 26th of March, 1858, and is a son of John
Wesley and Amanda Sexsmith. The mother passed away in Selby many years
ago, but the father is still living and now resides on Lufu island.' lie came to
British Columbia about 1876 or 1877 and acquired an extensive tract of land on
Lulu island which he diligently cultivated for many years. The Sexsmith family
is' further represented in the northwest by Mrs. Wintermute of Xew West-
minster, a sister of Charles Garret Sexsmith and two half brothers. James who is
residing with his father and George, whose home is at High River, Alberta.
Another sister, Mrs. Milligan, is now deceased.
The early memories of Charles G. Sexsmith are associated with the province of
Ontario in which he passed his boyhood and youth, obtaining his education in
the public schools of Napanee and Selby, continuing his studies to the age of
sixteen. In the spring of 1877 ne came to British Columbia to join his father
who had removed here some six months previous. He made the journey by way
of San Francisco, Victoria and New Westminster at a period when it required
twelve days to cross the States. In connection with his father he purchased a
farm of one hundred and seventy acres and assisted in dyking, clearing and pre-
paring the land for cultivation, this task requiring eighteen months. Later he and
his father jointly purchased nine hundred and eighty acres of land on Lulu island
which he afterward assisted in developing. For a time he was in partnership
with a Mr. Milligan and about the time they severed their connections Mr. Sex-
smith invested in two hundred acres on Westham island. There he built a dyke,
cleared the land, prepared the fields for cultivation and installed many improve-
ments. He afterward secured an additional tract of one hundred and twenty
acres of partially improved land at Surrey, British Columbia. He was one of the
first settlers on Lulu island.
He and his father instituted the first improvements for grain mowing and
modern methods of farming. Their activity was a stimulus to all agriculturists
of that vicinity. They built the first cheese factory in British Columbia at a
time when cheese sold for forty cents a pound, Charles Garret Sexsmith securing
thirteen hundred pounds of milk daily for the factory. He was also the builder
of the first two frame barns built on Lulu island and possibly in the province.
In those days few improvements had been made, all roads were in poor condition
or had not yet been laid out and it was necessary to bring all supplies from West-
minster, a distance of fourteen miles, in row boats. Throughout the entire period
of his residence on Lulu island Mr. Sexsmith has been keenly alive to the
possibilities in this part of the province and has aided largely in their development
and utilization. He now makes his home in Richmond, where seven years ago
he erected a fine residence. The place is surrounded by many fruit trees and is
one of the be"st developed places of the locality. He continued to develop his
second farm until 1909, when he retired from active business life and has since
enjoyed a well earned rest.
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On the 26th of July, 1893, Mr. Sexsmith was married to Miss Martha Ara-
bella Burrows, a daughter of Frederick and Lucinda (Barrett) Burrows, the
latter a representative of one of the old united Loyalist families. Mrs. Burrows
now resides in Toronto. Air. Burrows was inspector of public schools for many
years, or until his retirement a few years ago. Captain Barrett of Kingston,
maternal grandfather of Mrs. Sexsmith, was an officer in the English army
during the War of 1812 and Frederick Burrows, the paternal grandfather, was'
secretary to William Lyon McKenzie. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sexsmith has been
born a son, Franklin Burrows, a youth of eighteen, who is now a student in
AlcGill University. Air. and Mrs. Sexsmith are members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church and he belongs also to the Vancouver Commercial Club and the
Progressive Club.
Possibly no one in this vicinity is more familiar with the development of
Lulu island and its progress through the passing years than Air. Sexsmith. His
early experiences were not unlike those of the other pioneers but he has largely
forgotten his many hardships and privations of that period, as they have been
overshadowed by the abundant prosperity which has attended his later efforts.
PETER GRAY.
Peter Gray, who has been a resident of British Columbia for more than two
decades, took up his abode at \Vest Burnaby as one of the original small holders
on the 25th of May, 1898, and has here made his home continuously since. For
many years he has been in the service of the Vancouver Engineering Works and
during the past six years has held the position of construction foreman for the
outside work but is now practically retired. His birth occurred at Eckford, Rox-
burgh county, Scotland, on the 3d of Alarch, 1862, his parents being Andrew Ker
and Alargaret Gray, Ix>th now deceased. The father was a farm steward or
foreman.
Peter Gray acquired a public-school education and subsequently entered the
service of the North British Railroad as telegraph operator, being thus employed
from 1878 until 1890. In the latter year he emigrated to Canada and located in
Winnipeg, arriving in that city on the 3ist of March, 1890. After two years'
residence in Winnipeg he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1892 and
entered the employ of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, with which corporation he
remained for six years as a boiler maker. On the expiration of that period he
became an employe of Armstrong & Morrison, which concern sold out to the
Vancouver Engineering Works, and in the service of the latter Mr. Gray has
remained continuously since. For the past six years he has acted as construction
foreman for the outside work but is now practically retired. On the 2$th of Alay,
1898, he came to West Burnaby, the site of which was still but a wilderness. He
acquired one of the government small holdings and is one of the original small
holders. These holdings were given by the government for the Central Park
reserve and consisted of about ten acres. The cost was thirty dollars an acre and
the holder was given fifty years to make the payments. Some knowledge of the
growth and development of this district may be gained when it is known that
Mr. Gray originally paid a tax of two dollars and thirty-five cents for seven and
one-fourth acres, while for the present year the tax is fifty dollars per acre. He
was one of the prime factors in the organization of the Central Park Association
and was elected provisional director thereof.
On the 24th of November, 1887, Air. Gray was united in marriage to Miss
Janet Johnstone Young, a daughter of David and Agnes Young, both of whom
are deceased. The father was engaged in business as a grocer. Mr. and Mrs.
Gray have five children, two sons and three daughters. The second daughter,
Margaret Allen, was educated in the Burnaby schools and now follows the pro-
fession of teaching here.
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Mr. Gray is independent in his political views and for a period of seven years-
has served as constable of Burnaby, while for two terms he held the office of school
trustee. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. He is fond of
shooting and finds recreation with his gun.
RICE REES.
The energies of Rice Rees are engaged in the cultivation of his farm, which
is located in the vicinity of Steveston. He was born at Nevin, North Wales, on
the nth of January, 1866, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Evans) Rees.
The father is deceased but the mother is still living and continues to make her
home in North Wales.
The first thirteen years in the life of Rice Rees were passed under the parental
roof, his education being obtained in Nevin. In October, 1879, he left home and
went to sea, but having decided at the expiration of two years that he preferred
the life of a landsman he came to America, locating on Lulu island. For a time
thereafter he worked for Mr. Woodward, one of the first settlers, but later entered
the employ of a Mr. Kidd, for whom he worked for several years. He then
engaged in salmon fishing in the days when fish were plentiful and it was an
interesting as well as lucrative business. Later he became identified with a Mr.
McDonald and subsequently built the first road on the south arm of the Eraser
river. After the completion of this undertaking he returned to North Wales, at
which time he took the first team across the United States on the Northern Pacific
Railroad, at that period still in course of construction. He remained in Wales
for two years and upon his return located in the United States, becoming a resi-
dent of the state of Kansas. He did not like it there as well as in British Colum-
bia, however, and subsequently joined Mr. McDonald at Lulu island. The period'
of their business connection was brief, Mr. Rees later becoming associated with a
Mr. Lee, with whom he remained for a short time and then purchased his present:
farm. He has ever since devoted his entire attention to the further development
of this place, on which he has made many improvements, including the erection of
a residence and barns. Mr. Rees takes great pride in keeping up his property, and
by the exercise of intelligence and system in its cultivation is making it one of
the desirable holdings of this section.
Mr. Rees married Miss Marie Dahl, and to them have been born five children r
Ada, who is sixteen years of age ; Jane, who has passed the fourteenth anniversary
of her birth ; Eliza, who is ten years old ; Robert, who has attained the age of
eight ; and Rice Victor, who is five.
The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Rees
belongs to the local council of the Orange Lodge. He is a conservative in his
political views, but often casts an independent ballot in local elections. He has
been a councillor for eight years and a school trustee for one, having been elected
by acclamation. Mr. Rees is a man of practical ideas and good judgment and in
the performance of his official duties exercises the same general efficiency and
capability which characterize him in the conduct of his business affairs.
JAMES GILMORE.
James Gilmore owns a valuable farming property located in the vicinity of
Steveston on the Dyke road, which he has been diligently cultivating for more
than eight years. He was born in County Down. Ireland, on the 6th of Decem-
ber, 1864, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Boyd) Gilmore. The father is
deceased but the mother is still living and continues to make her home in Ireland-
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The first twenty years in the life of James Gilmore were passed on the farm
where he was born. He received a common school education and early began
to assist his father with the work of the fields and care of the crops. Recogniz-
ing the futility of the hope of ever achieving his ambition in the old country, in
1884, he took passage for America, with British Columbia as his destination. As
he did not possess the capital necessary to purchase property, upon his arrival
here he sought work as a farm hand, continuing to follow this occupation for
eight years. Being diligent and thrifty and temperate in his habits, during that
period he managed to save the greater portion of his earnings, which he subse-
quently invested in land. He assiduously applied himself to the cultivation of
this place for twelve years, meeting with a fair measure of success. At the ex-
piration of that time he disposed of it and invested the proceeds in his present
holding, which has a frontage of eight hundred feet on the Fraser river. The
land is rich and fertile and annually yields abundant harvests, the quality of
which is fully equal to the quantity. During the period of his ownership Mr.
Gilmore has made extensive improvements in the place, including the installing
about the premises of many modern conveniences, which have enhanced the ap-
pearance as well as the value of the property. He is very proud of his farm,
as it is one of the most attractive in the community, and holds it at twelve
hundred dollars per acre.
Mr. Gilmore was married in 1893 to Miss Nellie Dalziel and to them have
been born the following children : Samuel Hugh, who is seventeen years of age ;
Leslie, who is sixteen; Andrew, who is in his fifteenth year; Sarah May, who
has passed the twelfth anniversary of her birth; Willie, now deceased; Chris-
tina, who is ten years old ; and Edwin, who will soon pass his fifth birthday. The
children are at home and all but the eldest and youngest are in school.
The family manifest their religious faith through their connection with the
Presbyterian church, in which the parents hold membership. Fraternally Mr.
Gilmore is a Mason. He takes an active interest in local political affairs and is
now serving as school trustee in the Delta district. He has led a life of intense
activity and business enterprise since coming to America, and in the develop-
ment of his interests has met with the success that invariably crowns intelligently
concentrated effort and capably directed energy.
THOMAS ROBERTSON.
Thomas Robertson is one of the successful agriculturists of the East Delta
district where he owns a hundred and sixty acres of land, which he is devoting
to general farming. He was born in Huron county, Ontario, on the 5th of
April, 1856, and is a son of Thomas and Isabella (Shievas) Robertson. The
father is deceased, but the mother is still living and makes her home in the
state of Indiana.
The early life of Thomas Robertson was in no way remarkable. He was
reared in the parental home and pursued his education in the public schools of
his native county until he was twenty years of age. Immediately thereafter he
started for British Columbia to pursue his career, believing that the west af-
forded better opportunities for enterprising young men than could be found in
the older provinces. As there was no railroad west of Winnipeg at that time,
he was compelled to go to Chicago, thence to Omaha and San Francisco, where
he took the boat for Victoria and New Westminster. Very soon after his ar-
rival he went to Langley and took up a hundred and sixty acres of land at Alder
Grove. He next went to the Cariboo district, where he prospected and mined
for gold for two years, but not meeting with very much success he returned to
the Delta and bought eighty acres of land, which formed the nucleus of his
present farm. As it was overflow land it had to be dyked and drained before
it could be successfully cultivated. After having constructed dykes along a
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portion of his holding he began plowing, using three horses for this purpose.
Operations necessarily proceeded slowly as the soil was soft and marshy, the
horses often sinking to their knees in the mire, and some time elapsed before
his entire tract was planted. His early experiences with the dykes and drains
were very similar to those of the other pioneers, his efforts often times seeming
entirely fruitless. Each year marked an advance in the development of his
farm, however, and ultimately he had the entire tract under cultivation and
was reaping abundant harvests, which well repaid him for his hard labor and
persistent efforts. In 1897, he increased his holdings by the purchase of another
eighty acres. It was also wild land and had to be put through the same process
as his first piece. His painstaking efforts and intelligently and systematically
directed activities have enabled him to bring his acreage under high cultivation
and he is now regarded as one of the most successful agriculturists of his
community. Although he is engaging in diversified farming, Mr. Robertson's
principal crops are hay, oats and potatoes. He takes great pride in his farm,
which is well kept up, and has increased its value by the erection of substantial
buildings and the introduction of various modern conveniences consistent with
the spirit of progress he manifests in his work.
In January, 1890, Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Maria Thompson of
Enniskillen, Ireland, and to them have been born four children. In order of
birth they are as follows: Thomas J., Isabella. Mary and Laura, all of whom
are at home.
In matters of citizenship Mr. Robertson is public-spirited, taking an active
interest in all matters pertaining to the material, intellectual or moral progress
of the community, and can be depended upon to support any worthy project.
He is an ex-member of the council of Delta municipality, and is now serving
on the board of school trustees. A man of honor and integrity in both his busi-
ness and political relations, Mr. Robertson is held in high regard by his fellow
townsmen, many of whom he has known since pioneer days.
WILLIAM FERRIMAX SALS BURY.
There is little dissension of opinion concerning the fact that railroads have
contributed more largely to the settlement, development and utilization of resources
in different sections of the country than practically any other line of enterprise or
activity. William Ferriman Salsbury, who has been treasurer for the Pacific
division of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vancouver for twenty-seven years,
is one of those men who in connection with the development of the system has
largely contributed toward the phenomenal growth and trade expansion of this
city and therefore must be considered as one of the upbuilders of the Canadian
northwest in the truest meaning of the word. He came here with the first over-
land train that reached the terminal at Port Moody on the 4th of July, 1886, and
in May of the following year definitely settled in Vancouver and ever since has
been closely identified with a number of the important phases of life in this city
and by his labors has contributed in no small degree in turning the wheels of
progress. Mr. Salsbury was born on the i6th of February, 1847. in the beautiful
county of Surrey, England, and spent his boyhood clays amid the romantic scenes
of that section. His father was William John Salsbury, who married, in England,
Miss Sarah Ferriman and there followed the mercantile business for many years.
He was a man of standing in his community, where his word and opinion were
influential and often sought after. Both he and his wife were members of the
established church, to which they were sincerely devoted. The father passed
away in his fifty-eighth year, being long survived by his wife, who reached the
advanced age of eighty years.
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William F. Salsbury was reared under the parental roof and brought up amid
the refining influences of a well-to-do home, receiving his education in the public
schools of his native country. In 1861 he became connected with railroad work
and has ever since remained in the same line of business. His first position was
in the ticket office at Brighton station in England and he remained in that position
for nearly ten years. Being ambitious to succeed more rapidly and seeking faster
promotion, he turned his attention toward England's colonial possessions and
selected the Dominion as the land in which he might well be expected to find the
opportunities for advancement he was seeking and emigrated to Canada in 1870.
Here he entered the service of the Grand Trunk Railway Company and became
assistant in the office of Joseph Mickson (afterwards Sir Joseph), who was then
acting in the capacity of treasurer of the road. In this relation Mr. Salsbury
remained until February, 1881, receiving high commendation for his painstaking
and careful methods, his thoroughness and his reliability. He resigned his posi-
tion to join the staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company at the time when
their line was commenced. His first employment with this corporation was in
the capacity of accountant and, being promoted to the office of assistant treasurer
at Montreal, he continued in the financial department of the road. He came to
Vancouver to accept the position of treasurer of the Pacific division and he has
filled this important position to the complete satisfaction of the officers of the
road for the past twenty-seven years. With his qualities for thorough work he
combines a truly Canadian, aggressive spirit which makes him a man of excellent
business ability and executive force, and as his years in connection with railroad
interests have widened his experience and enlarged his capabilities, he is highly
efficient in the position which he holds, making his services to the company of
great value.
Immediately after arriving in Vancouver, Mr. Salsbury became identified with
important public matters and has become an influential factor in the development
and upbuilding of Vancouver and its contributary territory. Any measure which
makes for commercial expansion or the betterment of the people finds in him an
ardent supporter and he has rendered willing service in important public capaci-
ties in the cause of the promotion of the interests of the city. His services as an
active member of the Board of Trade of this city have not been forgotten and
his administration as president in the years 1902 and 1903 has been of widely
felt and beneficial effect. He was a member of the council of the board, a mem-
ber of the board itself, of the board of arbitration and also of the committee on
railway and navigation. His labors in this connection have been taken at their
true worth and have been widely recognized.
In 1870 Mr. Salsbury was married to Miss Sarah Jane Wales, a member of an
old English family, and they are the parents of five children, all residents of
British Columbia : Arthur Ernest, William F., Lillian, Frederick T. and Mary.
Being left a widower in 1901 Mr. Salsbury was married in 1907 to Miss Isabel
Turner, a daughter of Dr. Henry Turner of Victoria formerly of Millbrook,
Ontario. Dr. Turner is Irish by birth and was one of the most highly esteemed
members of his profession while in active service. He is now living in honorable
retirement. The family are members of the Church of England, as the parents
of Mr. Salsbury were before him, and he is an exemplary representative of the
Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained to high rank, being past master of
Elgin Lodge, Montreal. The family home is a palatial residence in Shaughnessy
Heights. One of the foremost railroad men of British Columbia's metropolis, he
is a worthy representative of its business interests and in him embodies the enter-
prising spirit of the age — that spirit which practically within a quarter of a
century has raised the city of Vancouver to the dignity of one of the world's
centers of trade.
Mr. Salsbury was a member of the city council in the years 1893 and 1894,
serving during this time as chairman of the finance committee and in this con-
nection did much highly commendable work. It was during his term in office
that the accounting department was organized, taking up the voluminous work
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which had heretofore fallen on the city treasurer, and also was begun the practice
of printing annual reports on the financial condition of municipal affairs.
When the idea of a general hospital for Vancouver was conceived Mr. Sals-
bury was one of its earliest and most enthusiastic advocates. He is truly one of
the founders of this great institution and in this connection to Mr. Salsbury more
than any other one man do the citizens of Vancouver owe a debt of gratitude.
He is numbered among the charter members of the Vancouver General Hospital
Corporation, which was incorporated in 1901, and upon the demise of Mr. Burns,
its first treasurer, he took up the duties of that office. He subsequently became
chairman of the board and in his indefatigable manner directed the business of
that body until he resigned in 1913. This, the Vancouver General Hospital, is
undoubtedly the finest hospital in western Canada. From a most modest beginning
it has grown to the present imposing structure with a capacity of over four
hundred beds. A staff of from eight to ten resident officers is maintained apart
from the usual visiting staff of approximately twenty physicians and surgeons
who are assisted by a corps of one hundred and twenty-five expert nurses.
As is usually the case in erecting and maintaining a general hospital one of
the greatest problems faced by the board has been the question of finances and
it has meant much to this institution to have such a man as Mr. Salsbury to assist
in the solving of these all-important problems that constantly arise. A man whose
business life incurs so great responsibility is not always inclined to give liberally
of his valuable time to purely philanthropic acts but Mr. Salsbury has always been
prompt in his attendance at the meetings of the board, regardless of unpleasant
weather or personal interests, and it is by virtue of his loyalty and constant serv-
ice to this wonderful institution which he has helped to build so well, and entirely
without remuneration, that we say that by his graciousness Mr. Salsbury has
helped to build a monument by which he will be remembered through many gen-
erations.
That he still cherishes a keen desire to aid humanity is demonstrated by his
recent acceptance of election to the office of treasurer, and chairman of the board
of management, of the King Edward Sanatorium for consumptives at Tranquille,
British Columbia.
WILLIAM CROW.
Real estate and investment constitute the field of activity of William Crow,
who since 1910 has operated in Victoria, coming here from Calgary, Alberta,
where for sixteen years he was successfully engaged in a similar way. Sound
judgment and wise experience enabled him to handle the largest deals with con-
spicuous success and prosperity has been the result of his labors. He was born
in Essex, England, October 10, 1858, and is a son of John and Ann Crow. An
interesting incident is recorded of one of his ancestors, Michael Boreham, — an
incident which had a decided influence upon the family fortunes for a number
of years. This Michael Boreham sold his wife for disobedience in the Alsford
market, where she was bought by a man named Root. Mr. Boreham was so
displeased with his wife that he sunk his fortune for a hundred years in chancery
so it could only be claimed by the third generation. This term of one hundred
years terminated about 1886, at which time Mr. Crow, the great-grandson of
Michael Boreham, and his cousin, Thomas Lewis, who are the only men entitled
to the money, were in England and put forth every endeavor to recover the
property from chancery, but, owing to G. Root, a descendant of Michael Bore-
horn's discarded wife, having tampered with the claim and afterward absconded,
they were unable without his arrest to establish their claim, but the property still
remains in chancery, amounting to two and one-half million sterling. Mr. Crow
has reason to believe that in the not far distant future he may recover his rightful
portion of the estate.
William Crow was educated in the public schools of his native country and
after laying aside his text-books became a member of the civil service in England,
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being for twelve and a half years an officer of the Metropolitan police, which he
left with a certificate of exemplary character, the highest possible honor to attain.
In 1893 he went to Calgary, Alberta, and, engaging in the real-estate and brokerage
business there, remained in that city for sixteen years, during which time he
gained financial independence. Perceiving greater efforts in the then growing city
of Victoria he came to this city in 1910 and here he has since followed the real-
estate and investment business with conspicuous results. He is considered one of
the well informed men in his line and important transactions have been intrusted
to his care.
On September 22, 1881, Mr. Crow was united in marriage in Essex, England,
to Emily, a daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sida, the former a member of an
old English family who throughout his active life filled the position of farm bailiff.
Mr. and Mrs. Crow became the parents of the following children: May Emily,
who is the wife of Alfred Kerry ; and William, Daisy, Frederick, Archibald,
Constance, Percy, Maude and Leonard I'.oreham.
Although the business affairs of Air. Crow are extensive and demand most of
his attention, he has devoted much time to public progress and for two years
served as president of the Agricultural Society of Lacombe, Alberta. He has
served for a similar period as a member of the town council of that place. He is
an ardent conservative and during the last twenty years has been active in spread-
ing the influence of that party, delivering addresses and speeches in its interests.
For three years while in the old country he was a member of the Second Essex
Rifle Volunteers. His fraternal relations extend to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Woodmen and the Order of Orange-
men, while as a member of the Commercial Club of Victoria he can be found
always in the ranks of those who advocate growth and expansion.
JOHN D. McGUIRE.
John D. McGuire is the founder of the city of Salmon Arm and in early
times hunted and trapped and afterward ran cattle upon the town site. He has
lived here since 1890 and his residence has covered the full period of the city's
growth and progress. A native of Montreal, he was born in 1876 and is a son
of Alexander and Agnes McGuire, who later moved from Montreal to Winnipeg.
John D. McGuire acquired his education in the public schools of the latter
city and remained at home until 1890, in which year he came to what is now
Salmon Arm to take charge of a ranch which had been taken up by his brother,
who came lo this section in 1889. After the death of his brother Mr. McGuire of
this review took up the third homestead on Canoe creek. Pioneer conditions
prevailed everywhere and the entire locality was nothing but a timber tract, in
which game abounded. In the winters Mr. .McGuire worked in the lumber
camps and also traded with the Indians, establishing the foundations of his
present prosperity at a time when all evidences of frontier life were to be seen
and all the hardships and trials of pioneer existence were to be met with. Upon
this land he planted the first apple orchard in Salmon Arm to be commercially
exploited, and later went into the dairy business, supplying milk for several
years to the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He continued for a long time to farm
and raised cattle upon the site where the city of Salmon Arm now stands. Until
1906 he operated his homestead but in that year subdivided part of the property.
He built the first store in the new town and put it in charge of another of his
brothers, who has since conducted it successfully. Around it other business
enterprises sprang up, new settlers arrived and established their homes and today
Salmon Arm is a thriving and prosperous community, the location and resources
of which promise unusual future possibilities. The city was incorporated in
1912.
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Mr. McGuire married, in September, 1909, Miss Helen M. Carson, of Pavilion,
whose father was a pioneer in that district. Mr. McGuire has never been remiss
in the duties of citizenship and is past councillor of the municipality, having
held that office in 1907, 1908 and 1909. He has always been watchful of the
interests pertaining to the progress of the district, and has given his cooperation
to many movements for the public good. Unflagging industry and determina-
tion have constituted the basis of his success, enabling him to so conduct his
business interests as to win a prosperity which constitute an element in public
advancement.
FREDERICK COATE WADE, K. C.
Frederick Coate Wade, lawyer, lecturer, editor and president of the Van-
couver Sun Company, has been closely associated with the development and
upbuilding of British Columbia as a student of the great political, economic and
sociological conditions of the times. He has kept abreast with the best thinking
men of the age, and the soundness of his judgment has drawn to him a large
following. While the practice of law has been his real life work, his recognition
of the duties and obligations as well as the opportunities of citizenship has
prompted his efforts in behalf of public progress, and with a statesman's grasp
of affairs he has discussed themes of vital interest to the individual and the
community, both through the press and upon the platform. One of the leading
journals of the Dominion speaks of him as "a man in the front rank of notable
Canadians."
Mr. Wade was born in Bowmanville, Ontario, February 26, iSfc), a son
of the late William Wade, manager of the Ontario l.ank of Ottawa. In the
acquirement of his education he attended successively the schools of Ottawa,
Owen Sound and Toronto University, from which he was graduated in 1882,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His preparation for the bar was thorough
and in 1886 he was made a barrister in Manitoba. From the outset of his
professional career his advancement has been continuous. Xo dreary novitiate
awaited him. His knowledge and his powers soon won recognition and he enjoyed
a continually increasing clientage during his active connection with the Winnipeg
bar, continuing until 1897. In the meantime, in 1892, he was made king's
counsellor under the administration of the Earl of Minto. In 1897 he went
to Dawson City, but later in the same year came to Vancouver and entered upon
active practice in this city, where he has since ranked as a distinguished barrister.
The Toronto Globe some years ago spoke of him as ''a young and vigorous
man and a sound lawyer," and this reputation he has sustained throughout the
years of his practice as a Vancouver barrister.
His activity along other lines has gained him equal prominence and recogni-
tion. While in college he wrote editorially for the Daily Globe and was also
editor of a college publication called the Varsity. At Winnipeg he became chief
editorial writer for the Manitoba Free Press, and he is equally well and favorably
known upon the lecture platform. He has likewise contributed many able articles
to reviews and newspapers and is the author of brochures on the National Schools
of Manitoba, The Manitoba School Question, and the Riel Rebellion, together
with a short and carefully prepared History of Liberalism in the Dominion.
Mr. Wade was the first president of the Young Liberal Association and there
are indeed few who have not sought public office who have had such a direct and
important bearing upon shaping political thought and. action. He has been a
member of the Vancouver school board, a member of the provincial board of
education and a member of the Manitoba University Senate. He was appointed
a royal commissioner to investigate certain charges made in connection with the
Manitoba penitentiary in 1897 and the same year was made registrar of the
Yukon land registration district. He was also crown prosecutor for the Yukon
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and clerk of the Superior court for the Northwest Territories for the Yukon
judicial district. While residing there he became a land agent and legal adviser to
the Yukon council as well as legal adviser to the commissioner in council and crown
prosecutions in addition to his other duties. In 1892 he resigned from this
position to give his undivided attention to the practice of law.
Mr. Wade's activity in public affairs in • Vancouver has been of an equally
marked and valuable character. In this city he was appointed a member of the
Stanley Park Commission, and in 1903 he was appointed one of the British
counsel on the Alaska Boundary Tribunal. A man of broad humanitarian princi-
ples, interested in benevolent and charitable projects, he is now the vice president
of the Children's Aid Society. He is also a vice president of the Association
of Canadian Clubs and was elected the first president of the Vancouver Canadian
Club. He took initial steps in a movement in 1903 for the erection of a memorial
to General Tames Wolfe at the tomb of the hero in St. Alfeges church in
Greenwich, England. His law practice in Vancouver was conducted as the head
of the legal firm of Wade, Whealer & McQuarrie. He is also president of the
Sun Publishing Company.
In September, 1886, Kir. Wade was united in marriage to Miss Edith Read,
a daughter of the late D. B. Read, K. C. Their home contains some fine paintings,
collected abroad. Mr. Wade is a man of superior artistic tastes and keen discern-
ment in art collecting. He holds membership in the Anglican church and is a
member of the Vancouver Club, the Western Club and the National Liberal Club
of London, England. A man of pleasing personality, genial and cultured, vitally
and helpfully interested in the questions of the day, he stands ever ready to
fearlessly espouse the principles in which he believes and ready to battle for the
interests of the people. "A brilliant lawyer and a distinguished citizen" is a com-
ment of the Canadian Colliers concerning Frederick Coate Wade.
WILLIAM SMILLIE.
A well cultivated and highly improved farm of eighty acres located in the
East Delta pays tribute to the agricultural skill and well organized business
activities of William Smillie. He is one of the excellent citizens Scotland has
furnished British Columbia, his birth having occurred at Eden, South End,
Argyleshire, on the 4th of October, 1854. His parents were James and Christina
(McKinnon) Smillie, who passed their entire lives in Scotland, where the father
was engaged in farming.
William Smillie passed his early life in the home of his parents, pursuing his
education in the parish schools of South End, which he attended at irregular in-
tervals until he was a youth of sixteen. His textbooks were then laid aside
and his energies directed along agricultural lines, under the supervision of his
father, whom he assisted with the cultivation of the home farm until 1893. In
the latter year he resolved to become a resident of British Columbia, and accom-
panied by his young wife took passage for Victoria. A year later he came to
Ladner, where he farmed as a renter and also engaged in dairying. His efforts
in both directions proved to be very lucrative and at the expiration of four years,
in 1898, he was able to buy his present farm, comprising eighty acres. It was
in a wild state and entirely unimproved, but the capable energies of Mr. Smillie
soon wrought a marvelous change, and before the expiration of three years
the entire tract was under cultivation. From time to time he has further in-
creased the value of his property by the addition of various improvements, includ-
ing the erection of more substantial buildings than those he first put up, each
year marking an advance in his business as gauged by the appearance of his
farm and the condition of his fields. In connection with his diversified farming
he does some dairying and also raises such stock as is needed about the place, his
efforts in all lines meeting with well merited success.
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On the 6th of July, 1893, Mr. Smillie was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Holmes Wilkinson, of Campbellstown, Argyleshire, Scotland, her parents being
Duncan and Mary (McMillan) Wilkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Smillie are consistent members of the Presbyterian church,
and take an active and helpful interest in the work of its various organizations.
Mr. Smillie has held the office of first elder for many years, while since 1896
he has been superintendent of the Sunday school. They are both people of
most estimable character and during the period of their residence in British
Columbia have made many stanch friends among their neighbors and fellow
citizens, who accord them the respect their worthy qualities highly merit.
HERBERT G. BALLSON.
For some time previous to his death which occurred September 15, 1913,
Herbert G. Ballson lived retired in Vancouver, enjoying in well earned rest the
fruits of former toil. He was born in Dorsetshire, England, on the loth of Sep-
tember, 1848, and was a son of John and Elizabeth Ballson, the former a wheel-
wright. Both are now deceased. At the usual age the son became a public-school
pupil, and after his course was completed he learned the wheelwright's trade, which
he followed until he reached the age of nineteen years, lie then left home and
went to the western part of the United States, spending his time principally in
California, before going to British Columbia in 1869. His early arrival here
classed him among the pioneers of the province and he was one whose memory
formed a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.
For two years after his arrival in the northwest he worked as a carpenter in
Victoria and then at the time of the gold excitement went to the Cassiar country,
where he engaged in prospecting for one year. On the expiration of that period
he returned to Victoria and soon afterward went to Xew Westminster, where
he remained for two years. Previous to that time, however, he worked at Xew
Westminster. At that period the city of Xew Westminster had not been founded.
There was then a little village which might be termed the nucleus of the present
metropolis and the district was simply called Burrard's Inlet. The settlers in
this district were widely scattered and there were great tracts of land covering
hundreds of acres, on which no settlement had been made. Many of the forests
stood in their primeval strength and in many a district the sod had not been
broken by the plow that man might use his agricultural skill in providing food
products.
After leaving New Westminster, Mr. Ballson purchased eleven acres of land
in South Vancouver and continued to make his home there until about four years
ago, when he purchased his place of residence on Westminster road. While in
South Vancouver, he purchased several pieces of property, which he sold at a
good advance. In his real-estate dealings he always manifested sound judgment,
his transactions bringing him substantial returns. He was a resident of Van-
couver at the time of the fire, his home being then on Hastings street, and he
lost all in the conflagration. He lived to see the city rise, Phoenix-like, from the
ashes and grow and develop into one of the most beautiful and thriving cities on
the whole Pacific coast.
In 1896 Mr. Ballson was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Fowler, of Van-
couver, who died in 1907, They became the parents of three children, a son and
two daughters, and the family home is at No. 855 Westminster road. In politics
Mr. Ballson was a conservative and reading and observation kept him well in-
formed on political questions and issues. He was for eight years a member of
the Vancouver council and served as the first constable of that place after the
incorporation of the town. His religious faith was that of the Church of England
and he was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging
to Western Star Lodge, Xo. 10. His connection therewith antedated that of
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most of its members and he was ever most loyal and faithful to its teachings.
Forty-four years came and went between his arrival in British Columbia as a
young man of twenty-one years and his death, which occurred on the I5th of
September, 1913. Great were the changes which took place in that time and
no one more heartily, rejoiced in what was accomplished than Mr. Ballson, as the
work of development and improvement was carried forward. He lived to see
a wilderness converted into a great empire and was most enthusiastic in his
support of the northwest and in his demise Vancouver lost one of her valued
and progressive citizens.
LEWIS IJEXRY BROWX.
Lewis TTenry Brown, controlling an important real-estate, loan and invest-
ment business in Vancouver and known as one of the most progressive, enter-
prising and alert of the younger generation of business men in the city, was
born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on the ist of September, 1880. a son of Henry
Braithwaite Brown, K. C., and his wife. Charlotte, the former a well known
barrister and a veteran of the Fenian raid, now deceased.
Lewis Henry Brown acquired bis early education in the public schools of
his native community and afterward attended Upper Canada College in Toronto.
Immediately after laying aside bis books be came to British Columbia and
established himself in the investment, loan and real-estate business in Van-
couver, so continuing to the present time. He has proved keen, far-sighted
and discriminating in the conduct of his business interests and is already in
control of an important and growing patronage.
In Vancouver, on the _'5th of June, 1912. Mr. Brown was united in mar-
riage to Miss Margaret .McHugh, a (laughter of Sam and Mary 'McIIugh of
California, and both are well known in social circles of the city. Mr. Brown
is a member of the Anglican church and his political views are those held by
the conservative party. He is well known in business circles of Vancouver,
where he has already gained a creditable place, and although still a young man
•he possesses in his ability, his enterprising spirit and his well directed ambition,
the guaranty of continued progress and ultimate distinction.
WILLIAM HENRY BUCKOLL.
William Henry Buckoll, who has been a resident of British Columbia for the
past quarter of a century and is now living retired in West Burnaby, was one of
the original small holders of Burnaby and has been intimately connected with its
development and growth. His birth occurred in Scarborough, England, on the
1 2th of November, 1846, his parents being Walter and Ann Buckoll, both now
deceased. The father was engaged in business as a chemist and druggist.
William Henry Buckoll attended the public and private schools of his native
land in the acquirement of an education and after putting aside his text-books
was apprenticed to the drug business. At the end of two years, however, he
abandoned that work and embarked in the florist business, being thus actively
engaged in England until 1875, when he emigrated to Canada, here likewise
becoming connected with the florist trade. In 1876 he bought an interest in a
general store in one of the suburbs of Toronto and continued in this business
until 1882, when he made his way to Winnipeg. Subsequently he had two years'
employment on a survey with E. B. Herman, the government inspector. He next
acquired property in Moose Jaw and once more embarked in the florist business
with greenhouse, etc. On account of the frosts, however, the venture proved
unfortunate and he lost all that he had. He was a resident of Moose Jaw at the
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time of the Riel rebellion. Subsequently he spent one season in Calgary and in
1888 came to Vancouver, British Columbia. Here he entered the service of
Edward Spillman and for over twenty years continued in his employ. About
seventeen years ago he took up his abode at Burnaby, with the development of
which he has been intimately connected, being one of its original small holders
and locating here when it was still a wilderness of brush and pine. He is now
living retired, spending the evening of life in well earned rest.
As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Mr. Buckoll chose Miss
Julia Sankey, by whom he had three children, two sons and one daughter. The
daughter is deceased. In politics he is a conservative, while his religious faith is
that of the Church of England, lie is fond of gardening and is a man of domestic
tastes, finding his greatest pleasure at his own fireside and in the companionship
of his wife and children.
GEORGE H. MORDEX.
George H. Morden is editor of The North Shore Press and is president and
manager of North Shore Press, Ltd. Through the field of journalism and as a
private citizen he stands stalwart in support of what he believes to be for the
best interests of the municipalities of the north shore of Burrard Inlet and his
cooperation can always be counted upon to further any movement which seeks
the welfare and upbuilding of his own locality and of the province at large. He
was born at Picton, Ontario, on the 8th of August, 1867, and is a son of Cornelius
D. and Matilda (Sprung) Morden, both of whom were natives of the Bay of
Quinte district, Ontario. The father was always active in the ranks of the con-
servative party there and took a helpful interest in public life. 1 le was an
organizer for the conservatives there for several years and continued a prominent
and influential resident of that district until death called him. His wife also
passed away in the same locality.
After attending the public and high schools at Picton, Ontario, George H.
Morden secured a teacher's certificate, but a little later took up the study of
theology and for a number of years thereafter devoted his life to the work of the
ministry. He came to British Columbia in 1889 and at New Westminster entered
into active relations with the Methodist church as a representative of its clergy.
He immediately took up the regular work and at the same time continued his
studies. Although he was at once given a charge, he was not ordained until 1893.
He accepted calls from and served as pastor of the churches at Old Wellington,
on Vancouver island; Salmon Arm, Victoria; Nelson, Rossland and Queen
Avenue Methodist church at New Westminster. On account of ill health he
resigned from the ministry in 1905 and came to Vancouver, where for nearly three
years he was manager of the stocks department of the Dominion Trust Company,
Ltd. In March, 1908, he bought an interest in and took over the management
and editorship of The North Shore Press and has continued in that business con-
nection to the present time. The paper was then published but once a week, had
a circulation of four hundred copies and carried twenty-four columns. Today
they print an average of one hundred and fourteen columns and twice each week
publish the paper, which reaches two thousand subscribers. The advertising pat-
ronage has also increased in proportion and the character of the paper has also
made equal advancement, The North Shore Press being an excellent expression
of modern journalism of the higher type. Mr. Morden never caters to the sensa-
tional, his being no "yellow" sheet, but at all times its position is an established
one in support of measures and movements for the local and general good.
Mr. Morden is a member of the North Vancouver Board of Trade and is at
present vice president. He was for two years president of the North Vancouver
Conservative Association and is now the first vice president of the Richmond
Central Conservative Association. Ever since entering newspaper work he has
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been active in politics and in the public life of the city, and is an ex-member of
the North Vancouver board of school trustees.
In 1894 Mr. Morden was married, in Victoria, British Columbia, to Mrs. Leti-
tia Miller, nee Hodgins, of Listowel, Ontario. They have two children, Herbert
Holmes and Mary Evelyn. Mr. Morden has led a most active life and what he
has undertaken has been accomplished to the best of his ability. He favors every
movement that has to do with the material, intellectual, political, social and moral
progress of his district, and has been a close and earnest student of the great
economic and sociological problems of the day, at all times keeping abreast of the
best thinking men of the age.
ROBERT McKEE.
Robert McKee, actively engaged in general farming at Delta, here preempted
one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he has converted into rich and pro-
ductive fields, employing the most modern methods in all of his farm work. He
was born in County Do\vn, Ireland, in 1851. a son of John and Margaret McKee.
His education was acquired in St. Mark's Academy in Belfast and after leaving
school he spent some time in assisting his father on the farm in Ireland. The
family emigrated to I'.ritish Columbia in 1874 and for a year remained at Sapper-
ton. 'When the government threw open the land at Delta for preemption in 1875
the McKee family came to this district and Robert McKee preempted one hundred
and sixty acres of wild land, which he immediately began to develop and culti-
vate. Upon this place he has since made his home and the neat and thrifty appear-
ance of the farm indicates that his life has been one of activity. He now has a
well improved property and annually gathers good harvests as a reward for the
care and labor which he bestows upon the fields.
In 1889 Mr. McKee was united in marriage to Miss Mary Heard, a daughter
of Isaac Heard, of England. Mr. and Mrs. McKee are Presbyterians in religious
faith and in political belief Mr. McKee is a liberal. He prefers home life to public
activities however, although he served as councillor for seven years and was.
school trustee for six years. lie enjoys hunting, which is his favorite source of
recreation, but he allows nothing to interfere with the careful conduct of his
business affairs nor the discharge of his duties of citizenship,
PAUL SWENSON.
Ladner offers no better representative of the enterprising and progressive
Swedish citizen than Paul Swenson of Westham island, who has been identified
with the salmon industry here for thirty years. His birth occurred in Malmo,
Sweden, on the 3Oth of November, 1864, his parents being Sven and Kama
(Olsen) Paulson. They are now both deceased, the father having passed away
at the age of ninety-three in 1898, and the mother in 1874.
Paul Swenson passed his boyhood and youth in very much the same manner
as the other lads with whom he was reared. Until the age of sixteen his time was
largely devoted to the acquirement of an education, following which he assumed
the management of the home farm for two years. It had long been his desire to
come to America to pursue his career, as many of his fellow countrymen had'
located here and were doing much better than he could hope to do in his native
land. Therefore in 1883, he took passage for the new world, arriving here four
years before the railroad had been extended from Winnipeg to the coast and at a
time when it required eleven days to cross the United States. Upon his arrival
at Ladner he applied for a position at the salmon cannery, and was assigned the
duty of night watchman. He was only nineteen years of age, and unfamiliar with;
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the country and the customs of the people, but he possessed the ambition, enter-
prise and determination of purpose which lead the way to success and soon won
promotion. He applied himselt intelligently to the discharge of any task assigned
him, performing his duties with an efficiency and promptness which won the
recognition of his employers, who soon learned that he was entirely trustworthy
and responsible. Close and intelligent observation, a tendency to constantly seek
a better and more rapid method of performing the various processes connected
with the operation of the plant and the possession of marked mechanical skill all
united in winning him the position of foreman. He continued with the company
in this capacity until 1890, when the British American Packing Company purchased
all of the salmon plants in this section, at which time he was appointed to his
present position ot manager. About 1893 there was an influx of people, who
caused considerable trouble by stealing fish, buying up the fishermen and cutting
nets. This state of affairs existed for several years and proved so injurious to
the manufacturers that it was finally necessary to seek protection from the gov-
ernment. Naturally the depredation soon ceased after the intervention of the
authorities. Mr. Swenson is one of the pioneers in the salmon industry, there
having been but six plants on the Fraser river when he located here. Two-thirds
of the fishing was done by the Indians, there being over two hundred in his camp
alone, and the canning was done with machines operated by hand. Subsequently
there came into use the oval can, which was very difficult to cap. Mr. Swenson
here displayed his ingeniousness by the invention in 1901 of a capping machine,
which was a great improvement over the old method and was soon adopted in
the majority of the factories. The industry steadily advanced in its development,
almost every year marking an improvement in the method of operations, while
the output was constantly increased. Mr. Swenson is widely known in local
business and industrial circles, where he is spoken of in high terms, being known
as a man of good principles and unquestionable integrity.
In 1891, Mr. Swenson was married to Miss Matilda Jensen of Malmo, Sweden,
and to them have been born four children, all of whom are at home. In order of
birth they are as follows : Clara Maria, Paul Sidney, Jens Arthur and Mabel
Winnifred. As success has attended the efforts of Mr. Swenson, he has never
had any occasion to regret coming to America to pursue his career. His achieve-
ments have not been easily won, but are the well merited reward of thrift and
diligence, which qualities invariably pave the way to prosperity in any line of
endeavor.
ARTHUR LOBLEY.
Since 1892 a resident of British Columbia and one of the first settlers of
Burnaby, Arthur Lobley is one of the most respected citizens of this town, where
he is now living retired after a varied and interesting career which has brought
him a comfortable competence. Born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, on
October 7, 1859, he is a son of John Dean and Mary Lobley, both of whom are
deceased. The father was a well known merchant of Bradford.
Arthur Lobley was educated in King's school of Gloucester and attended
grammar school in Bradford. After laying aside his text-books he became con-
nected with the actual manufacture of the worsted industry known the world
over as the Bradford Trade. He learned the business in all of its branches
and for sixteen years remained in that connection. At that time, however, the
great opportunities of the Canadian west, of which he had heard much, strongly
appealed to him, and at the age of thirty-two he left the business and came to
British Columbia, where he arrived in 1892. He here became connected with
the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company's wharf in the stevedoring department
and continued so until 1910 with good financial success. He then returned to
the mother country for a visit and, after remaining for one year, in 1911 came
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to his present place in Burnaby. This had become his property as one of the
original small government lots, he having obtained a holding of eight acres
when this tract was opened for public allotment. Mr. Lobley located on this
Burnaby property about eighteen years ago, when the section was nothing but
brush and wilderness. The first little house which he built, which in fact is
nothing but a small shed, is still standing but soon to be removed, likewise the
second house, and now he is engaged in building his third, a beautiful modern
home. \Yhen the advance in property values came, Mr. Lobley subdivided and
sold some of his land to good advantage. lie still, however, retains one and a
half acres.
In July, 1900, .Mr. Lobley was united in marriage to Miss Dora Cooke, a
daughter of James Frederick and Kate Cooke, of England. The father is now
living at Kimberly, South Africa.
In his political views Air. Lobley is an advanced liberal and although he has
never cared to participate actively in public affairs, he is much in accord with all
worthy enterprises undertaken in the interest of the people. Religiously he is a
member of the Church of England. I le is the president of the Vancouver York-
shire Society and a member of the St. George Society. He also is a member of the
council of the liurnaby Board of Trade and in that connection finds occasion to
air his views in regard to measures to be undertaken for the advancement of the
community. His hobby is gardening and he derives much recreation from that
source. 11 is public-spirited interest in the town is well known and, as he is
regarded as one of the first settlers of Burnaby, he is highly respected and esteemed
by all who know him for what he has accomplished and those qualities of his
mind and character which have made possible his accomplishments.
ROBERT HAMILTON.
Dr. Robert Hamilton has the distinction of having practiced for the longest
continuous period as veterinary surgeon in British Columbia. He located in
Victoria in 1890 and has ever since devoted his labors to his profession with
increasing success. Dr. Hamilton was born November 10, 1866, on a farm near
Lanark, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, a son of William and Margaret (Smart)
Hamilton. The father was a farmer and dairyman and politically active, giving
his support to the conservative party. He lived in Lanark up to the time of his
death, which occurred at the age of eighty-four, in 1882. The mother had pre-
ceded him to the better land, passing away in 1878, at the age of sixty-five years.
Dr. Hamilton is one of seven children, five sons and two daughters, six of
whom are yet living. He is, however, the only one who resides in Canada. He
received his early education in the grammar school of Lanark, Scotland, and
after leaving this school entered the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in
Glasgow, from which he graduated on May 24, 1888, with the degrees of M. R.
C. V. S. and F. V. M. A. He left Scotland in the fall of 1888 and came to Canada,
locating in Balgonie, Saskatchewan, following his profession there until July,
1890, when he returned to Scotland. On the ist of October of that year he was
married in Lanark to Miss Janet Clark, a daughter of Archibald and Agnes
(Prosser) Clark, the former a wine and spirit merchant of Lanark, Scotland.
In the same year the Doctor and his young wife left Scotland, arriving in Vic-
toria in October of the same year. There he established himself in the practice
of his profession, his offices being located at 629 and 631 Broughton street, and
he has ever remained at the same place. As the years have passed he has estab-
lished a large practice, his ability finding ready recognition.
Dr. Hamilton is financially interested in a number of important institutions,
including the British Columbia Trust Company, Limited, the Canadian Financiers.
Limited, and the National Life Insurance Company, with offices in Toronto. He
also holds title to valuable business and residential property in Victoria and in
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other parts of the province. He has an interesting military record which consists
of three years' enlistment in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry of Scotland. In politics
he is a conservative and among local clubs he belongs to the Pacific Club of Vic-
toria. He is a member of the British Columbia Veterinary Association and his
standing among his professional brethren is evident from the fact that he served
as president in the years 1908 and 1909. His faith is that of the Presbyterian
church and he holds membership in St. Andrew's church of Victoria.
Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton have two sons : Prosser, nineteen years of age ; and
Robert, who is seventeen. They live with their parents at the Hamilton resi-
dence at No. 1420 Fort street, Victoria. Dr. Hamilton since locating in Victoria
has followed his profession here longer than any other veterinary surgeon in
British Columbia and during this period of nearly twenty-three years has given
his entire time to his practice. He feels that he is well entitled to a rest and is
now planning for hjs first vacation since locating in Victoria. He intends to visit
his old home in Scotland, the family accompanying him, and there they hope
to spend at least six months before returning to this city. Dr. Hamilton has
become a loyal son of his adopted city, in the progress of which he is deeply
interested, every ready to give of his means in promoting worthy public enter-
prises. He stands high in the profession and is popular with the public, having
gained many friends in this city who respect and esteem him for his high qualities
of mind and character.
EDWARD JOHN McFEELY.
Edward John McFeely is one of the few remaining citizens of Vancouver
whose connection with the city's business interests dates back to the time before
the great fire of 1886 which swept away the greater portion of the community,
which was then small and comparatively unimportant. Since that time through-
out the period of the city's greatest growth and advancement he has been closely
identified with its development and through his able management of his own
important affairs a great individual factor in the upbuilding of its business insti-
tutions. Today, as a member of McLennan, McFeely & Company, Ltd., he
is connected with one of the largest wholesale hardware concerns in the city
and has reached a place of power and influence in business circles.
Mr. McFeely was born in Lindsay, Ontario, November 3, 1863, and his
education was acquired in the public schools of his native community. In 1882,
when he was nineteen years of age, Winnipeg, Manitoba, had just started on
its era of phenomenal development and he went to the new city, where he
remained until the time of the real-estate reaction there, when, crossing the
border into the United States, he located in Minneapolis. In 1885 he came to
British Columbia and settled in Victoria, joining his friend, R. P. McLennan,
whom he had known in Winnipeg and who had written him concerning the
business conditions and advantages to be found in Victoria. Soon after his ar-
rival the firm of McLennan & McFeely was formed and the association has
continued to the present time. In 1886 a branch of the wholesale hardware
business which it controlled in Victoria was established at Vancouver, a piece
of land was purchased in the business section of the city and a great warehouse
was begun. During the great fire which swept Vancouver on June 13 of that
year, destroying most of the business section, this building remained untouched
and, hastily rushing it forward to completion, Mr. McFeely assumed charge of
the concern, which rapidly became one of the largest enterprises of its kind in
the city. Under his able management the business expanded so rapidly that it
was deemed advisable to concentrate here and the main office in Victoria was
discontinued, the partners with the keen business foresight which has always
distinguished them recognizing at once the splendid future in store for Van-
couver. Their expectations have been more than realized and their enterprise
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has kept pace with the rapid growth of the city, their patronage increasing
steadily and being of gratifying proportions at the present time. Eventually
the concern was incorporated under the name of McLennan, McFeely & Com-
pany, Ltd., with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, fully paid,
and this has proved a wise and excellent business transaction, for immediately
afterward the concern took on a new lease of growth, expanding rapidly in all
its departments until it is today the largest wholesale hardware enterprise west
of Winnipeg and the second largest in the entire Dominion. Much of the credit
for its phenomenal development is due to the organizing power and executive
ability of Mr. McFeely, who has supervised its destinies from the very beginning
and whose keen grasp of business detail and facility in grappling with intricate
business problems have been felt as constructive forces in its growth since
early times.
In 1889 Mr. McFeely was united in marriage to Miss Grace Cameron, of
Victoria, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cameron, the former of whom
has passed away, the latter making her home in San Francisco at the age of
eighty-four. Mr. and Mrs. McFeely have become the parents of six children:
Edward Cameron, who is associated with his father in business; Thomas, who
is attending school; Bernadette, the wife of R. J. Cromie, of Vancouver; Dor-
othy ; Florence ; and Grace.
Mr. McFeely is a member of the Terminal City Club, the Vancouver Club
and the Country Club and is affiliated also with the Board of Trade, leading in
all projects and measures for the city's commercial, industrial or financial ad-
vancement. Since the early days of Vancouver's history he has labored earnestly
in the promotion of one of her representative business institutions and in
achieving an individual prosperity, which places him in the front ranks of sub-
stantial and able citizens, has at the same time aided greatly in general municipal
progress. Those who know him socially find him a genial, kindly and courteous
gentleman, whose genuine personal worth and fine qualities of mind and char-
acter have drawn to him a representative circle of friends.
JOHX CLOWES.
As one of the pioneers of McKay and this section of British Columbia, John
Clowes is well known, and his keen insight and business judgment are manifest
in the investments which he made in property in an early day — property that
has become very valuable as the district has become thickly settled. He was
born in the province of Quebec, on the i6th of January. 1849, and is a son of
Robert and Ann Clowes, the former a farmer, both of whom have passed away.
At the usual age John Clowes became a pupil in the public schools. He
heard and heeded the call of the west in 1875, coining as a young man of
twenty-six years to British Columbia. He made his way to Port Moody, where
he worked in a sawmill and later went to Howe Sound, where he was eVnployed
in the lumber woods. In the spring of 1876 he made his way to the Cassiar
country, where he engaged in prospecting, but later went to California, where
he spent one year. At a later period he removed to Manitoba, where he spent
nine years. In 1886 he again came to British Columbia, where he secured em-
ployment in connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway
in the capacity of carpenter. He was thus employed on the road from the
mountains to Vancouver as the construction work progressed, arriving in this
city in April, 1887. He located in the Burnaby district in the fall of 1902, set-
tling at his present place of residence. At that time no roads had been laid out
There were only trails through the wilderness and it was with some difficulty
that one penetrated through the brush. In fact there were many hardships and
incidents to be borne in connection with pioneer life but the years have brought
notable changes and success has come to Mr. Clowes through the capable man-
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agement of his business affairs and the rise in property values. He has just
completed a beautiful home and he finds delight and recreation in gardening
and he also devotes much attention to cattle-raising. He is much interested in
the development and advancement of the Burnaby district, doing everything in
his power to promote its growth and exploit its advantages.
In 1883 Mr. Clowes was married to Miss Dolena McDonald, a daughter of
John and Christina McDonald, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Clowes
is of the Presbyterian faith. His interests center in his home, for he is a
man of domestic taste. He cares nothing for club or society life in the usually
accepted sense of the term, but those who know him regard him as a valuable
and public-spirited citizen and as a reliable man, worthy of the esteem in which
he is freely held.
JOHN CREW WILLIAMS.
A well improved farm of a hundred and sixty acres located on Lulu island
in the vicinity of Steveston is -a tribute to the agricultural skill of John Crew
Williams. His birth occurred in Devonshire, England, on the 27th of September,
1869, his parents being John Crew and Mary Jane (Garland) Williams. The
father is now deceased, but the mother is living and continues to make her home
in Devon.
The early life of John Crew Williams was passed in the rural sections of
Devonshire, where he obtained his education. At the age of seventeen years he
resolved to come to America, so leaving home he took passage for the new
world, with British Columbia as his destination. As there were no railroads
in this section of Canada at that period he came by way of San Francisco, landing
at Victoria. There he engaged in prospecting in the mines for about five years
and then came to Lulu island. Upon his arrival here he engaged in the meat
business, which vocation he followed in connection with farming until 1905. In
that year he purchased the land on which he is now residing and has ever since
devoted his entire time and attention to its further improvement and cultivation.
His efforts in this direction have been very satisfactorily rewarded and today he
values his place at a thousand dollars per acre.
At Vancouver on the 2Oth of November, 1902, Mr. Williams was united in
marriage to Miss Elizabeth Violet Hackman, and to them have been born two
daughters: Mary Ethel, who is now ten years of age; and Frederica Violet, who
has passed the sixth anniversary of her birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Church of England and take
an active interest in the work of its various organizations. He has met with
more than an average degree of success since coming to Lulu island and is
numbered among the substantial residents of his community.
JOHN R. COSGROVE.
As engineer to the corporation of the district of North Vancouver, John R,
Cosgrove occupies an important official position in which he has had much oppor-
tunity to contribute to the improvement and development of his district. He was
born February 23, 1885, in County Armagh, Ireland, and is a son of John and
Emma D. Cosgrove, the father being district inspector of the Royal Irish Con-
stabulary and resident magistrate for the city of Cork.
John R. Cosgrove received his education in the Belfast Royal Academy and
the Royal Technical College of Glasgow, Scotland. After serving an apprentice-
ship in civil engineering, as well as some years on contract work, he was placed
in charge of a large municipal contract in Dundee, Scotland, as resident engineer.
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From 1900 until 1909 he was engaged in contracting and civil engineering work
in Ireland and Scotland, but in the latter year his attention was attracted to the
opportunities offered by the Canadian west, when he crossed the Atlantic and,
coming to New Westminster, held the responsible position of resident engineer
on the provincial government dyking and drainage works at Mount Coquitlam
under Albert J. Hill, M. A., consulting engineer. He was chosen to fill the
appointment of district engineer of North Vancouver in 1910, his varied experience
finding recognition in his selection for the important office.
During his term as engineer and under his direction many large improvements
have been made and many more are projected. Amongst those carried out are
the complete reorganization of the department of engineering, introduction of
systems, standardizing of work, design and installation of waterworks systems
for North Lonsdale and Lynn Valley, with further development of these for
storage purposes; field work and data for Seymour water area, survey work and
data for water records, etc., construction of several highways under the local
improvement plan, including Lonsdale avenue. Kings road, Queens road, Windsor
road, Lynn Valley road, Peters road and Dovercourt road. Other large works
in progress are the Marine Drive improvement, Capilano Road improvement,
Keith Road, East improvement, besides numerous intersecting streets. A large
portion of the work is done by day labor in competition with contract prices.
Mr. Cosgrove has also directed the location of future trunk highways and scenic
routes throughout the district, notably the Marine Drive, Indian River Drive,
Mountain Drive and Keith Road deviation. The laying out of the district's nat-
ural parks has also been carried out by him.
In religious faith Mr. Cosgrove was a member of the Episcopal Church of
Ireland, and along professional lines is an associate member of the Canadian
Society of Civil Engineers and member of the Royal Technical College Civil
Engineering Society of Scotland. He holds a commission as lieutenant in the
Sixth Field Company Canadian Engineers, taking a keen interest in the effic-
iency of the corps. Yet a young man of less than thirty years, he has achieved
an advanced position in his profession, the importance of the work entrusted to
him standing as evidence of his ability. He is greatly interested in all that con-
cerns his community and is always ready to promote or help any enterprise of a
worthv nature.
HERBERT WILKINSON RIGGS, M. D., C. M.. F. R. C. S.
Dr. Herbert Wilkinson Riggs, one of the foremost surgeons in Vancouver
and since 1899 in active and successful practice'in this city, was born in Wick-
low, Ontario, June 17, 1872, and is a son of Robert and Ellen (Greenwood)
Riggs, the former a son of Thomas Riggs, a native of Yorkshire, England, who
came to Canada about the year 1840 and located at Brighton, Ontario, where
for a time he operated a foundry, later engaging in farming in the vicinity of
the city until his death. His son, Robert Riggs, was born in Brighton and was
reared upon his father's farm. After reaching manhood he also turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits, purchasing land near Wicklow, Ontario, upon
which he remained until 1882, when he went to Manitoba, engaging in farming
in the vicinity of Manitou until 1905. In the latter year he came to Vancouver
and here lived in retirement until 1910, when he removed to Pasadena, Cali-
fornia, where he and his wife now reside. The latter was in her maidenhood
Miss Ellen Greenwood and was born in Carlinghow Hall, Batley, Yorkshire,
England. She came with her parents to America about the' year 1852 and with
them settled first in New York state and later in Canada, where the father was
connected with the woolen mill industry for a number of years.
Dr. Herbert W. Riggs acquired his preliminary education in the Winni-
peg Collegiate Institute, from which he was graduated in 1890. He afterward
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engaged in teaching in Deloraine, Manitoba, until 1894, when he entered the
Manitoba University at Winnipeg, taking both the scholastic and medical
courses, after taking scholarships, and won the lieutenant governor's bronze
medals awarded for general proficiency in medicine and surgery. From the
latter department he was graduated in September, 1898, with the degree of
M. D. and in order to supplement his theoretical knowledge by practical exper-
ience entered the Winnipeg General Hospital, where he remained as interne
until 1899. In that year he came to Vancouver, British Columbia, and opened
an office in this city. For a number of years he engaged in general practice
here but eventually determined to specialize in surgery and in order to get the
advantage of thorough and adequate training in that field went to Edinburgh,
Scotland, where he entered the I'niversity of Edinburgh and after completing
the prescribed work was admitted as a fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons.
Since that time he has confined his attention to the surgical branch of the medi-
cal profession and has attained a widespread reputation in this line, being today
one of the foremost surgeons in Vancouver. His ability has commanded an
extensive and remunerative practice and success has steadily attended his well
directed labors, he having performed many difficult operations with gratifying
results. He keeps in touch with the profession through his membership in
the British Columbia and the Vancouver Medical Associations, of which latter
he' served as president, and his ability is widely recognized among his brethren
of the medical fraternity. He is also a fellow of the College of Surgeons of
America which society has been recently organized and contains the names of
the most eminent surgeons of the western continent. In addition to being a
skilful surgeon Dr. Riggs is also a far-sighted and capable business man and
has made some very judicious investments, being connected with the Dominion
Trust Company, the Federal Trust Company and other large corporations, in
which he is a director.
On December 25, 1902, Dr. Riggs was united in marriage to Miss Anna
E. W. Carss, a daughter of J. Spencer Carss, of Harristown, Ontario, and they
have two children, Alexa Eleanor and Margaret Isabelle. Dr. Riggs is a mem-
ber of the Methodist church and is independent in his political views. He is
active in the Masonic fraternity, being a member and past master of Acacia
Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., and he belongs to the Terminal City and Uni-
versity Clubs. He is one of the most able representatives of his profession in
Vancouver, possessed of a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the under-
lying principles of medicine and a special proficiency in surgery which has been
the basis of his present prominence along this line. He holds to a high stand-
ard of professional ethics and his many excellent qualities have gained for him
the esteem and regard of all who come in contact with him.
HENRY HUSTON.
The energies of Henry Huston are devoted to the cultivation of his farm of
a hundred and sixty acres located in the vicinity of Steveston. Here he has for
some years been actively engaged in general agricultural pursuits, his efforts in
in this direction meeting with more than an average degree of success. He was
born in the Province of Quebec, in the month of February, 1863, and is a
son of Charles and Elizabeth (Dawson) Huston.
The boyhood and youth of Henry Huston were passed on his father's farm,
his education being acquired in the country schools of his native province. Later
he devoted his entire attention to the work of the fields and care of the crops,
remaining at home until he had attained his majority. At the age of twenty-
one years he left the parental roof and started out to make his own way in the
world, first locating in Ontario. There for three years he engaged in farming
and then went to south Manitoba, where he continued his agricultural pursuits for
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a brief period. He subsequently engaged in the portable sawmill business, with
which he continued to be identified until he came to British Columbia about 1890.
When he first came here he was employed by Thomas Ladner of Lulu island,
for whom he worked until he bought his present farm. Mr Huston has worked
zealously to improve his place during the period of his ownership and now has the
satisfaction of knowing his to be one of the desirable properties of the community.
The buildings are all substantially constructed and in good repair, while about
the premises he has installed many modern conveniences consistent with the spirit
of progress he at all times manifests in his undertakings. In connection with
general farming he has extensively engaged in the raising of chickens, of which
he has made an assured success.
On Christmas day, 1880, Mr. Huston was united in marriage to Miss Jane
Leary, of Manitoba, and to them have been born four sons, all of whom are
unmarried and are engaged in farming on Lulu island. In order of birth they
are as follows : George Henry, who is thirty years of age ; John Charles, who
has passed the twenty-eight anniversary of his birth; Francis Aubrey, who
is twenty-six years old ; and William Walter, who has attained the age of twenty-
four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Huston are members of the Church of England and have reared
their family in the same faith. They are highly estimable people and have made
many stanch friends during the period of their residence in British Columbia.
STERLING MAYNARD MAY SMITH.
Sterling Maynard Maysmith, a progressive and enterprising young man of
Victoria, closely connected with business interests of the city as a member of the
firm of Maysmith & Lowe, engineers and dealers in machinery, is a native son
of the city, born September 26, 1885. His parents, William Henry and Zela
Maysmith, were pioneers in this province and the father was in the early days
prominently identified with mining interests in the Skeena district.
Sterling Maynard Maysmith acquired his education in the public schools of
Victoria and after laying aside his books entered the employ of the Victoria Chem-
ical Company, Ltd., with whom he remained for nine years as an analyst. He
resigned at the end of that time and entered into partnership with Robert Lowe
under the firm name Maysmith & Lowe. They practice as engineers and are also
dealers in machinery, and they have built up an extensive and profitable business.
They keep in touch with present day business conditions and follow the most
practical and progressive methods in the development of their concern and their
•well directed efforts have resulted in gratifying success.
Mr. Maysmith is a conservative in his political views and interested in the
.growth and progress of the city, although he is not active as an office seeker. He
is numbered among the prominent and successful business men of Victoria and
among the native sons whose life record is a credit to the community.
GEORGE WILLIAM LONDON.
George William London is successfully engaged in diversified farming on
Westham island, where he has passed the greater part of his life, having located
there with his parents during the pioneer period. He was born in Brant county,
Ontario, on the 24th of January, 1870, and is a son of Richard and Maria (Slough)
London, of whose marriage there was likewise born three daughters, one of whom
was the first white child born on Westham island. In 1879 the family removed
to British Columbia, the father subsequently preempting a hundred and thirty-
four acres of wild land, which is now the property of his son. He made a few
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crude improvements on the place, dyked the land and placed it under cultivation,
continuing to engage in agricultural pursuits here until about 1893.
George William London was only a child of nine years when he accompanied
his parents on their removal to British Columbia. He pursued his education
in the public schools of Brant county until the family located here, following
which he continued his studies at New Westminster. At the age of twenty-one
years he returned to the farm, over which he practically assumed the manage-
ment. He did a large amount of the original plowing and effected many im-
provements during the succeeding two years, but his father leased the place in
1893, and for two years thereafter the son was a resident of Hamilton, Ontario,
but at the expiration of that time he returned to Ladner and purchased the home
farm. Upon taking possession of the property he began operations in accord-
ance with his own ideas, first rebuilding the original dykes and making them
more substantial. This work he pursued at odd times, when his services were
not required in the fields, which during the intervening years he has brought to
a high state of productivity. The erection of substantial modern buildings and
fences and the introduction of various conveniences about the premises have
greatly increased the value of the place, to the attractive appearance of which he
has added by beautifying the grounds. Mr. London is now the owner of one of
the most valuable farms on the island and is annually realizing from its operation
an income which well repays him for his early effort.
Mr. London married Miss Jeanie Dalziel, of Westham island and a daugh-
ter of James and Mary Dalziel. By this marriage have been born four children,
as follows: James Albert, who is a youth of fourteen years; Richard Arthur,
who is eleven years of age; George Ernest, who has passed the fourth anniver-
sary of his birth ; and Hazel Irene, who has entered her third year.
That Mr. London is leading a life of systematically directed business activ-
ity is evidenced by the appearance of his farm, everything about the place
from the highly cultivated fields to the condition of his stock manifesting the
exercise of practical judgment and well organized methods in its operation. He
has worked hard in his efforts to advance his business, applying himself with unre-
mitting diligence early and late, and his endeavors are now being crowned
with the success he highly merits.
GEORGE DENNIS
George Dennis, who is specializing in the raising of hay and oats on a hun-
dred and twenty acres of land located in the East Delta district, was born in Huron
county, Ontario, on the 2Oth of October, 1866, his parents being John and Cath-
arine (Lacy) Dennis. The father passed away in Huron county, but the mother
is still living and now makes her home at Boundary Bay, British Columbia.
The first twelve years in the life of George Dennis were passed in his native
province, his education being pursued in the public schools until he was a lad of
twelve years. His text-books were then laid aside and he started for Mani-
toba, making a part of the journey from Emerson to the Pembina mountains with
a mule team. Traveling through that section was fraught with many difficulties
during the pioneer period, and more than fifteen days were consumed in cover-
ing a distance of sixty miles. For a time he remained in the Pembina mountains,
where he took up the blacksmith's trade. There were many Indians there, in
fact they formed the larger portion of the population, and with the ready facility
of youth he quickly mastered their dialect. In return he taught them English
and now relates many interesting reminiscences of his experiences at that time.
At the time of the Riel rebellion he joined the Winnipeg Rifles, under the com-
mand of Captain Scott, remaining in the service until peace was restored. In
1892, Mr. Dennis resumed his westward journey, becoming a resident of British
Columbia. During the first two years he was located here he followed the
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blacksmith's trade, establishing and operating a shop of his own, but at the ex-
piration of that time he rented a ranch of D. McKees and turned his attention
to agricultural pursuits. He continued to operate this place for four years, his
efforts being so substantially rewarded that in 1898 he was in a position to become
a property owner and subsequently bought eighty acres of land from Lyman
Everett. He was compelled to clear a portion of his tract and during the inter-
vening years has brought it all under high cultivation, and made various other im-
provements, all of which have added to both the value and appearance of the place.
In 1912, he extended the boundaries of his farm by the purchase of an adjoining
tract of forty acres, and here is engaging in diversified agricultural pursuits,
making a specialty of hay and oats, and also raising some stock.
In November, 1887, Mr. Dennis was married to Miss Martha McCallum,
a native of Bruce county, Ontario, and they have become the parents of eight
children : Alice, Leonard, George, .Frederick, Gertrude, Minnie, Neal and Dot.
Fraternally Mr. Dennis is affiliated with the Canadian Order of Foresters,
and was the first chief ranger of the Ladner lodge. He is also a past district
master of Loyal Orange Lodge Xo. 1612. All municipal matters engage the
attention of Mr Dennis, who is interested in everything pertaining to the prog-
ress or welfare of the community. At the present time he is serving in the
Delta municipal council, of which he has been a member previously, and is meet-
ing the duties of his office in a manner generally satisfactory to his constituency
and the district he represents.
WILLIAM HOLDEN.
William Holden, a Vancouver capitalist, has both directly and indirectly con-
tributed to the upbuilding, progress and improvement of this city. With remark-
able prescience and foresight he recognized something of what the future had
in store for both the city and province and placed his investments accordingly.
His business ability, too, has been manifest in all his transactions. He has seen
and utilized opportunities that others have passed heedlessly by, holding much
property in this section of the province. Especially worthy of mention is the
magnificent Holden building, a modern office structure on Hastings street, East,
which he owns and is a monument to his capability and enterprise. He was
born in Sterling, Ontario, February 7, 1872, a son of Sylvester and Magdalina
(Trousdale) Holden. He was reared upon his father's farm and attended the
country schools until sixteen years of age. He then entered the employ of
W. E. Thompson, of Prescott, Ontario, who was engaged in the exporting busi-
ness, and later went upon the road as a traveling representative for that house.
He spent two years in that way and in 1892 removed to Virden, Manitoba, where
he continued for a year. He was afterward a resident of Regina, Saskatchewan,
where he spent two years, and during his residence at both places he was travel-
ing representative for old established houses. In 1895 he returned to his old
home at Sterling, Ontario, where he engaged in general merchandising until
1898. He then came to British Columbia, settling in Vancouver, where for
seven years he was manager for western Canada of the Federal Life Insurance
Company. During that period he studied conditions here, recognized the possi-
bilities, and realizing much of what the future had in store for Vancouver and
British Columbia he began investing in real estate and in 1905 established him-
self in an independent business as a real-estate and general financial broker.
He continued to be actively identified with that line of business until 1912, when
he retired to look after his personal affairs, having during these years met with
substantial success through his wise and judicious investments. In matters of
business judgment he is seldom, if ever at fault, and he had so made his pur-
chases that his property interests have returned to him a most gratifying annual
income. He has conducted some very large and important realty deals and has
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been especially active in handling Vancouver city property. From the first he
believed in the future of Vancouver, feeling that destiny had in store something
others he has attracted money to the city and brought in much outside capital
whereby material interests have been greatly enhanced. He was especially active
most desirable for the city, and through his operations and as representative of
in handling realty on Granville street, dealing heavily in property there. The
development of this thoroughfare as a business street testifies to his good judg-
ment, his keen insight and sagacity. It is frequently said of him that "he made
Granville street." Among the more important real-estate transactions which he
has conducted in recent times was the purchase for the Great Northern Railway
of lands on False creek for terminal purposes. This was perhaps one of the
best and most masterly deals ever carried through in this district. In the face
of the greatest difficulties and dexterous manipulation of real-estate values by
competing roads, and notwithstanding the difficulties surrounding riparian rights,
Mr. Holden nevertheless successfully managed the deal in the interests of his
clients and brought about a profitable consummation of their plans. Personally
he has many large financial interests and owns much real estate, but is now re-
tired from the brokerage business. The splendid Holden building is a monu-
ment to his enterprise, business ability and public spirit. It is one of the excel-
lent structures of the city, thoroughly modern and complete in all its appoint-
ments and equipments, and is bringing the owner excellent financial returns.
Mr. Holden has been a very active factor in all matters for the growth and
development of British Columbia and Vancouver. There has scarcely been a
move made in this direction in which he has not been in the foremost rank of
the workers, seeking ever the welfare of the community through the upbuilding
of the city and through the advancement of all those interests which are a matter
of civic virtue and civic pride.
On the 2d of August, 1911, Mr. Holden was united in marriage to Miss
Lillian Eltham Buscombe of Vancouver, a daughter of H. A. Buscombe, for-
merly of this city, but now of Los Angeles, California. Mr. Holden is a mem-
ber of the Board of Trade and is a prominent figure in the social life of the city,
holding membership in the Commercial, Canadian and Press Clubs. He has
always been a conservative in politics and an earnest, zealous worker for the
party. He has frequently been requested to accept public office, but believing
that he could best serve the interests of the city and his party in other ways
he has refused. He has perhaps done much more for Vancouver in the manipu-
lation of his business affairs, whereby the welfare and advancement of the city
have been promoted. That which he has undertaken he has accomplished; his
plans are well formulated and carefully executed, and in his vocabulary there
is no such word as fail. He believes that opportunity lies before every man, that
he might benefit thereby if he but has the will to dare and to do. Along the path
of notable business activity, his efforts guided by sound judgment, William
Holden has achieved his present gratifying and enviable position, being recog-
nized as one of the ablest business men of Canada.
JACK LOUTET.
Jack Loutet is conducting a real-estate business, under the firm style of
Jack Loutet & Company, in North Vancouver, largely handling North Lons-
dale property. He was born at Coupar Angus, Scotland, October 13, 1885, and
is a son of John and Catherine Y. (Lindsay) Loutet, both of whom were natives
of Scotland". The father is a retired schoolmaster and both he and his wife still
make their home in the land of hills and heather.
Jack Loutet was a student in the Dundee high school and afterward served
an apprenticeship in connection with the jute and flax business, devoting three
years to that line of activity in Dundee. He then came to the new world, mak-
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ing his way in 1905 to Kamloops, where he continued for six months. He then
came to Vancouver and for two years was an accountant with the British
Columbia Electric Railway Company. In the spring of 1908 he removed to
North Vancouver, where he organized the firm of Jack Loutet & Company, of
which he is the active head. They deal principally in North Lonsdale realty,
which lies in the choice residential addition of North Vancouver. When he
undertook the task of handling that subdivision it was all bush, but he at once
began its improvement and the practical methods he has employed constitute a
feature in the desirable upbuilding of the city. He organized a Rate-payers
Association which has resulted in the installation of all modern and sanitary
improvements. The property embraces the best unpaved road in North Van-
couver and probably on the lower mainland. For those who so desire, a certain
portion of the property is sold with building restrictions, and Mr. Loutet in
carrying out his plans is developing one of the attractive suburbs of this city,
adding to it all that makes for beauty as well as utility in city building. He is
likewise a director of the Burrard Inlet Tunnel & Bridge Company.
On the 22d of May, 1908, in Winnipeg, Mr. Loutet was united in marriage
to Miss Blanche C. Rerrie, of St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. The two children of
this marriage are Lindsay and Constance.
In politics Mr. Loutet is a conservative and is president of the North Lons-
dale Conservative Association, also serving on the executive of the Richmond
Central Conservative Association, which is represented by the Hon. Carter-
Cotton. He is now serving his third year as a member of the Municipal Coun-
cil of North Vancouver. He belongs to the North Vancouver Club and he finds
his recreation in tennis, football and motoring. Intense activity and a recog-
nition of opportunity have been salient features in winning for him the position
which he now occupies in the realty circles of North Vancouver.
WILLIAM HENRY PRICE.
No progressive public movement which has for its object the advancement
of the permanent interests of Victoria lacks the hearty cooperation and active
support of William Henry Price, who for over twenty years has been one of
the dominating elements in municipal progress. His interests have extended
to many fields, touching closely industrial, commercial and financial develop-
ment as well as political progress, and the influence of his well directed activities
has been a potent element in the building up of a greater and more permanent
city. He is today one of the leading real-estate dealers in Victoria, having en-
gaged in this line of work following eighteen years of prominent connection
with the fruit-canning industry. He is well known in politics, serving as hon-
orary secretary of the Victoria Conservative Association.
Mr. Price was born in Chester, England, December 7, 1864, and is a son
of Henry and Jane (Dunn) Price, the former a native of Brymbo, Wales, and
a representative of a prominent family there, being descended on his father's
side from the Llewellyns, of the Royal family of Wales. Mr. Price's mother
was a native of England, her family being one' of the original family of Powells
in Cheshire. Henry Price went to Chester, England, with his parents when
he was still a boy and after reaching manhood engaged for many years as a
manufacturer of confectionery. He followed this occupation during the entire
period of his active life and is now living in Chester in retirement.
William H. Price acquired his education in the Chester grammar school and
in his boyhood learned the confectioner's trade. At the age of seventeen he was
taken into partnership by his father and the firm was afterward known as the
Henry Price Confectionery Company. Mr. Price, of this review, severed his
connection with it in 1884 and accepted the management of the business of A.
W. Cottle, a confectioner of Liverpool, with whom he was associated for four
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years. At the end of that time he became identified with the Stanley Preserving
Company, in the same city, holding the position of manager in that concern for
iwo years and becoming widely known in his chosen line of work. His ability
is evident from the fact that he was called to Victoria, British Columbia, by
Mr. Turner, president of the O'Kell & Morris Preserving Company of this city,
to take the management of their business and having accepted this position, he
retained it for eight years thereafter, during which the quality of the firm's
products became nationally known and at the exhibitions held at Seattle and
Tacoma, Washington, and at London, England, their goods took twenty-two
gold and silver medals. In 1901 Mr. Price purchased this business, which he
operated until 1912, when he sold the property, which was on the water front,
to a shipping firm at a substantial profit. He then turned his attention to the
real-estate business, in which he has been active for the past two years, and he
has met with his usual success in this field, controlling today a large and repre-
sentative patronage.
In 1885, Mr. Price married Miss Emma Slingsby, of Doncaster, Yorkshire,
England, who died in 1893, leaving four children: Joseph A., a civil engineer;
G. Henry, connected with the government service ; Anna, the wife of Robert
Mee, in the customs service at Victoria ; and Emma, who lives at home. In
1894 Mr. Price was again married, his second union being with Miss Marian A.
Bann, of Cheshire, England, the marriage ceremony being performed in Bury,
Lancashire, England. To this union were born four children, Victoria, Stan-
ley, Chester and Flora, of whom the first named is deceased.
Mr. Price is a conservative in his political beliefs and is one of the promi-
nent men in public life in Victoria, having been for fifteen years a member of
the executive council and for the past seven years honorary secretary of the
Conservative Association. He has never sought political office for his own
aggrandizement, refusing position in the legislature and all of the city offices.
The influence which he possesses he uses wisely and sanely, seeking always
the permanent welfare of the city and the advancement of the people's inter-
ests. Aside from the purely political field he has done other important work
for Victoria, for he has been for the past twenty years one of the leading mem-
bers of the board of directors of the Royal Agricultural & Industrial Society of
the city and holds membership in the Progress Club and the Board of Trade.
He belongs also to the Royal Agricultural & Industrial Society of New West-
minster and for fourteen years was a member of the board of directors of
that organization. He is identified with Columbia Lodge, No. i, A. F. & A. M..
of Victoria, and belongs to both the Victoria and Camosun chapters. He has
been one of the most active members of the Sons of St. George, being past
grand president of the Pacific Coast jurisdiction. He is a member of the Camosun
Club and the Victoria Club and belongs to St. John's Anglican church. Since he
came to Victoria his work has been one of the greatest single forces in civic
development and his name swells the list of men who have ever built up the
community by being active always in the promotion of municipal institutions and
in the support of projects for municipal advancement.
JAMES MASON.
James Mason is the owner of a fine ranch of one hundred and fifty acres at
Ladner and has led a life of thrift and industry, bringing him a creditable and
gratifying measure of success. He was born in Derbyshire, England, on the 3ist
of August, 1854, a son of William and Henrietta Mason. The father was a
farmer, who cultivated seven hundred and fifty acres of land in England. Both
he and his wife are deceased.
It was in the grammar schools near his home that James Mason pursued his
early education and also studied at Oxford. He left school at the age of seventeen
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years and assisted his father upon the farm, having thorough training in all depart-
ments of farm work. Thinking that he might have better opportunities for busi-
ness advancement in the new world, he came to Canada when twenty-eight years
of age, making his way to Ontario, where he remained for a year. He then
traveled to the western coast of the continent and spent eight years as a farmer in
California. In 1890 he came to Ladner, British Columbia, where he began farming
on shares. He afterward purchased his present fine ranch of one hundred and
fifty acres and continued to farm in Ladner until 1912, when he leased his place
and made a trip back to his old home in England. The visit was a most enjoyable
one, spent in renewing the acquaintances of his youth and in forming new friend-
ships as well as in visiting the scenes with which he had once been familiar.
Mr. Mason was married in California, in 1886, to Miss Emily Rose Mary
Greensmith, who died in Ladner while her husband was in England in 1912. They
were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Mason
holds membership in the Church of England and in the Canadian Order of
Foresters. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to establish
his home in the new world, for here lie found the opportunities which he sought,
and in their improvement has made for himself a place among the substantial
business men of his adopted province.
CAPTAIN ALBERT \Y. DAWE.
Sealing, fishing and shipping interests fill the life record of Captain Albert
W. Dawc, who now is in charge of the government dredge Mastodon and as
such is connected with important work on the harbor of Vancouver. Born in
Newfoundland, December 13. 1863, Mr. Dawe is a son of Captain Samuel and
Fannie (Dawe) Dawe. both natives of Newfoundland. For thirty years or more
the father was captain of a sealing vessel and one of the largest and most suc-
'-cssful sealers in his native country. Both parents there died. Samuel Dawe
was a man of high rank in Masonic circles and influential at Bay Roberts, New-
foundland, where for many years he made his headquarters. He died when our
subject was but nine years of age.
Albert W. Dawe was reared at home and acquired such educational advan-
tages as were afforded him in the public schools of Bay Roberts. As early as his
tenth year, however, he began to sail under a cousin, (who. quite an elderly man,
was practically a father to the lad), and at the age of nineteen was master of his
own vessel, fishing and sealing off the banks of Newfoundland. On June 8,
1888, he was married to Miss Ellen Parsons, a native of that country and a
daughter of Captain James Parsons, a well known fisherman. In 1891 Captain
Dawe severed his connection with his native country and, coming to British
Columbia, located in New Westminster, where he engaged in salmon fishing.
For some five years he was connected with that line of occupation during the
open season and in the other months engaged in steamboating on the river.
From 1896 to 1898 he was mate with the Union Steamship Company and in
1899 became master of the steamer Capilano for the New England Fish Com-
pany, in the halibut fishing trade. He was so identified until 1908, when he
left that business and bought a tugboat of his own which he operated for two
years with gratifying financial results. On March 12, 1911, he was made cap-
tain of the government dredge Mastodon, of which he has since had charge.
Captain and Mrs. Dawe are the parents of five children: Samuel, a master
mariner; William, who is now attending McGill College in preparation for the
ministry; Malcolm, in the Vancouver office of the New West Manufacturing
Company; Myrtle; and Arthur. Captain Dawe and his family are active mem-
bers of the Church of England, giving to that organization their moral and
material support. A man as much aware of the obligations of citizenship as its
privileges, Captain Dawe can always be found in the ranks of those who stand
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toy to promote the public welfare. His name is a synonym for honesty in New
Westminster and he is highly esteemed and respected by all who know him.
Genial and kindly, he enjoys the friendship of many and is popular in business
•as well as social circles.
ROBERT JOHN MACDONALD.
Robert John Macdonald, a well known architect, has practiced his profes-
sion in Vancouver for the past six years and has won an enviable reputation
and gratifying success. He was born at Rootneld, Ross-shire, Scotland, on the
4th of July, 1875, his parents being William and Isabella Macdonald. The late
General Sir Hector A. Macdonald was his uncle.
He received his general education in the public schools of Mulbuie, Scotland,
and afterward spent several years in the Art School at Inverness. He was
apprenticed for five years to Ross & Macbeth, of Inverness, one of the leading
firms of architects in Scotland. On the completion of his apprenticeship he
entered the office of Hippolyte J. Blanc, A. R. S. A., F. R. I. B. A., of Edinburgh,
and later took a finishing course in London.
Mr. Macdonald came to Canada about eight years ago and practiced for
two years in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. In the latter place he had charge
•of the provincial government's work. In 1907 he came to Vancouver, British
Columbia, and established himself in business. He has achieved an enviable and
gratifying practice in his profession, which has continually grown as he has
demonstrated his skill and ability.
In politics Mr. Macdonald is a conservative, and in religion a Presbyterian.
He is a member of the Vancouver Commercial Club, the Canadian Club, the St.
Andrews and Caledonian Society, the British Columbia Society of Architects and
the Vancouver Chapter of the British Columbia Society of Architects. He is
a man of progressive ideas and has a wide fund of general information, and the
worth of his personal qualities is attested by the warm friendship felt for him by
all who know him.
WALLACE SAMUEL TERRY.
Wallace Samuel Terry, as proprietor of Terry's Drug Store, is conducting a
well appointed establishment, and the straightforward policy he pursues well
entitles him to the patronage which is accorded him. He was born on Pine
Island, Minnesota, May 9, 1871, and is a son of Garra Kimball and Sarah (Utley)
Terry, both of whom were natives of the state of New York. In early life the
father learned the flour milling business, which he conducted in the middle west-
ern states, but in 1849 'ie became one of the argonauts who sought the "golden
fleece" of California. His death occurred in 1908, when he was eighty-four
years of age, having long survived his wife, who died in 1878 at the age of thirty-
nine years. The former's father was a native of New York and a miller and
farmer by occupation. The maternal grandparents were both natives of the
Empire state and the grandfather became a merchant of Clarence, New York.
Wallace Samuel Terry pursued his education in the public and high schools
of Minnesota, which he attended to the age of fifteen years. At that time he
went to California and later made his way to Seattle, where he served an appren-
ticeship to the drug business, in which he was engaged for several years. He
then returned to California and attended the School of Pharmacy in San Fran-
cisco for a year. Practical experience and theoretical training well qualify him
for the conduct of the business in which he is now engaged. Coming to Victoria,
he entered the drug store of John Cochrane and in 1891 he formed a partnership
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with C. H. Bowes, and engaged in the drug business under the style of C. fL
Bowes & Company, their store being on Johnston street. This partnership was
terminated in about two years, Mr. Terry selling his interest to Mr. Bowes,
who is still engaged in the drug business in Victoria under the style of C. H.
Bowes, druggist. Mr. Terry next entered the drug store of D. E. Campbell,
with whom he continued for a decade, at the end of which time, or in 1901,
he engaged in the drug business in partnership with A. E. Marett under the firm
style of Terry & Marett, their store being situated at the southeast corner of
Douglas and Fort streets. This partnership was dissolved in 1906, but in the
meantime the firm had acquired and operated three additional stores located in
Alberni and at Vancouver, British Columbia. On severing his connection with
Mr. Marett, Mr. Terry continued in business alone under his own name, becom-
ing proprietor of the V ictoria store located at Fort and Douglas streets. There
he remained until January, 1912, when he secured his present location at No.
705 Fort street. He has one of the largest and best equipped drug stores in
Victoria, tastefully and attractively arranged, and in addition he carries several
side lines, including a large stock of kodaks, cameras and photo supplies There
is also a confectionery department, a soda fountain and a serving parlor which
is the most popular in Victoria. Xeatness, excellence and politeness on the part
of salespeople are factors in the success of the business. Mr. Terry is extremely
affable and an exceptionally pleasant and agreeable man, the notable popularity
of his store being due to a great extent to his pleasing and gracious personality.
On the nth of July, 1894, Mr. Terry was united in marriage, at Vancouver,
British Columbia, to Miss Ida J. Tufts, a daughter of William and Mary (Sin-
clair) Tufts, who were natives of Ontario. Her father is now engaged in the
wholesale grocery business in Vancouver. The children of this marriage are as
follows : Ilace, who is attending high school at Victoria ; Utley and Kingsley, both
of whom are high school pupils ; Mohra, a student in the grade schools ; and
Goldwin Meredith. The family residence, attractive, homelike and comfortable,
is at No. 1718 Leighton Road.
Mr. Terry's favorite recreations are tennis, hunting and motoring and he
belongs to the Victoria Automobile Association, the Victoria Tennis Club, the
Victoria Folo Club, and the Victoria Hunt Club. He is also well known as an
exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in
Quadra Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M., of Vancouver, of which he is senior warden.
He has also taken many other degrees in Masonry and has become a member of
the Mystic Shrine. He takes no active part in politics aside from voting with
the liberal party. Step by step he has worked his way upward. He started out
in life in a comparatively humble capacity, but he recognized the fact that the
road of opportunity is open to all, and he continued therein until there is today
no establishment in Victoria better patronized than his nor a druggist more-
popular than W. S. Terry.
JOHN JOSEPH WILBERS.
Varied experiences have come to John Joseph Wilbers, who now occupies
public office as councilor of ward i in South Vancouver, to which position he
was called in 1913. He was born in Troy, New York, March 31, 1861, a son
of Leonard and Bernadina (Berents) Wilbers, who were of German and Dutch
extraction, respectively, belonging to families of the middle class. The son
became a pupil in Christian Brothers Academy at Troy, New York, and was
graduated therefrom in the class of June, 1878. In early manhood he engaged
in the undertaking business for two years, after which he studied for the priest-
hood but on reading of the Custer massacre in the west and seeing the illus-
trations of the same, his mind was turned to military pursuits. Not being able
to gain admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point, he
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enlisted as a private in the regular army, being enrolled at Chicago in Novem-
ber, 1881. He was assigned to the Twelfth United States Infantry at Fort
Grant, Arizona, and served through the Apache war of 1882-3, during which he
assisted in hanging three Indian scouts who were the leaders in betraying a
battalion of the Sixth Cavalry into ambush and then slaughtering them. The
names of the three "braves" were Dandy Jim, Skitishaw and Dead Shot. All
the Indians that could be reached within the military district were compelled to
witness the execution as a lesson to them. The regiment to which Mr. Wilbers
belonged was ordered to the forts bordering on Lake Ontario in the fall of 1883.
At the time of the funeral of General U. S. Grant, Company E of the Twelfth
United States Infantry, to which Air. Wilbers belonged, was selected to act as
body guard. During his military service he was promoted successively to the
rank of corporal, sergeant, first sergeant and acting sergeant major, being advanced
to the last named position in 1885. He was honorably discharged in November,
1886, at Fort Niagara, New York.
Mr. Wilbers has been identified with the northwest since 1888. He became
steward of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel at Vancouver in January, 1890,
and continued to successfully conduct that hostelry until April, 1909. He is
now in public office, having in 1913 been made councilor of ward i, South
Vancouver. In politics he is a liberal, while fraternally he is connected with the
Independent Order of Foresters, being recording secretary of Court Central
Park, No. 3187, until its amalgamation with Court Burrard.
In Vancouver, in October, 1890, Mr. Wilbers was married to Miss Ellen
Kellett, a daughter of Leonard and Ann Kellett, from near Preston, Lan-
cashire, England. The children of this marriage are Dorris Ann and Agnes
Frances. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church. Mr.
Wilbers by reason of his military experiences and business activity has had an
eventful life.
WILLIAM GEORGE ALCOCK.
One of the estimable citizens of Collingwood. East, Central Park, is William
George Alcock, who now lives in retirement in that town in the enjoyment of
a comfortable and well earned competence. He was born in Mitchell, Ontario,
January 4, 1848, and is a son of Thomas Moody and Mary Jane Alcock, both
deceased.'
William George Alcock received his preliminary education in the public
schools and attended Toronto College for his business training. His father and
the family moved to Manitoba in the fall previous to Riel's first rebellion and
in that province our subject farmed for about eighteen years with constant suc-
cess. He then, in 1886, came to British Columbia, locating in Vancouver and
must therefore be considered one of the pioneers of this city. When he carne
here primitive conditions yet prevailed and there was little to indicate that within
a quarter of a century here would rise one of the metropolitan cities of the
world. After his arrival he was connected for a few years with the Canadian
Pacific but afterward engaged in business on his own account, taking on any
kind of work which came to hand, as during those early and stringent days a
man had to turn to practically anything that was offered in order to gain a liveli-
hood. Mr. Alcock then went to the Okanagan country and -there was employed
for a time as foreman by the Okanagan Development Company, which was
engaged in opening up the town of Vernon. Mr. Alcock had charge of clearing
off the timber and brush and building the streets in that city. He was then sent
by Mr. Dewdney, land agent at Vernon, to open a trail from Monashee to Arrow
Lake, which work he successfully completed. Returning to Vancouver, Mr.
Alcock then settled in Central Park, taking one of the small government holdings
at Collingwood, East. During the period in which he has made his home here
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he was for fourteen years employed by the British Columbia Electric Company
but in 1910 retired and now spends most of his time at his beautiful home, where
he indulges in gardening, giving much thought to scientific investigations and
interesting himself in horticultural experiments.
In 1870 Mr. Alcock was married to Miss Jane Ann Burgess, a native of the
township of North Norwich, Oxford county, Ontario. Three sons and seven
daughters were born to this union, eight of whom have grown to manhood and
womanhood and are a credit to their parents.
The religion of the family is that of the Presbyterian church and politically
.Mr. Alcock is a conservative. Of a retiring disposition, he has never cared to
enter the political arena but readily indorses every worthy public enterprise by
giving it support. He is most of all a home man. finding the greatest pleasure
at his own fireside and in the beautiful grounds which surround the family home.
ROBERT K. SCALES.
Robert K. Scales, serving as mayor of the city of Salmon Arm since its incor-
poration, is a man to whom success has come as a result of earnest labor, close
application and intelligently directed energy. He was born at Knowlton, Quebec,
July 19, 1867, and acquired his education in eastern Canada, where he remained
until 1890. In that year he went to Manitoba and there entered the general mer-
chandise business, conducting a large store until 1907, when he came to Salmon
Arm and engaged in the same line of occupation. His patronage has now reached
extensive proportions, for his stock is kept always complete and modern and his
commercial methods are at all times honorable and straightforward. Success has
attended his well directed labors until he has become one of the substantial
and representative citizens of Salmon Arm.
Mr. Scales began his political career in 1909, when he was elected reeve of
the municipality, an office which he held until the city was incorporated, when he
was elected mayor. He is recognized as a forceful, enterprising and progressive
executive, whose activity and alertness have been important elements in his success.
During his term of office he has done much work of vital importance in the ad-
vancement and development of the community and has accomplished many needed
civic improvements, including the laying of many miles of sidewalks and roads
and the erection of the city water plant, now in course of construction. His long
term of service indicates something of the regard in which he is held and of the
popularity of his views, and so far he has carried out his plans to the satisfaction
of all concerned.
In 1894 Mr. Scales was united in marriage to Miss Annie Wilcox, of Creed-
more, Ontario, and both are well known in social circles of the city. Mr. Scales
is ranked among the leading citizens of Salmon Arm and his prosperity is justly
merited, for his business methods have been honorable and upright. Throughout
his career he has always faithfully performed his duties and met the obligations
devolving upon him and he has consequently gained a position of prominence and
importance.
WILLIAM CARYILL STEVES.
One of the progressive and successful farmers and stockmen of Steveston
is William Carvill Steves, who owns and operates a highly improved farm of
one hundred and seventy acres extending from Road No. i to the Gulf. He is
descended from one of the oldest families of New Brunswick. His paternal
ancestors emigrated from Germany about 1760 and became residents of Penn-
sylvania. After the expulsion of the Acadians many of the abandoned farms
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were secured by a colonization company with headquarters in Pennsylvania,
which company sent several families to New Brunswick, the date of their ar-
rival being May, 1763. Among these settlers was Hendrick Steves, who thus
became the founder of a family in New Brunswick that has been prominent
there for a hundred and fifty years. Joshua and Frances (Jonah) Steves,
parents of our subject, spent their entire lives in New Brunswick, where the
father engaged in farming. He passed away in 1885, at the age of ninety-three
years, having long survived his wife, who died at the age of thirty, when her
son, William C., was a lad of ten years, his birth having occurred on the 4th
of June, 1859.
The early education of William C. Steves was acquired in the schools of
Albert county and Fredericton, New Brunswick, and also in McMaster Uni-
versity at Toronto, in which he became a student after returning from British
Columbia. He first came to this province in the spring of 1882, by way of
San Francisco and Victoria. After spending the summer here he returned in
the winter to San Francisco and to New Brunswick the following summer,
while in the fall of 1884 he again came to ISritish Columbia. In 1886 he went
to Toronto to study at McMaster Hall, now McMaster University. Three years
later he again journeyed to British Columbia, where he remained until 1892,
when he once more returned to his native province, there following the profes-
sion of teaching and other pursuits for about six years. In 1898 he again took
up his residence in British Columbia, settling in Vancouver about the time of
the great rush to the gold fields of the Klondike. He there engaged in the
business of contracting and building until 1901, when he purchased his present
farm, which at that time was a tract of undyked land likely to be inundated by
high tides and of which only twenty acres had been put under the plow. How-
ever, recognizing the richness and fertility of the soil and its possibilities, he
immediately began constructing dykes, after which he cleared and drained his
land preparatory to cultivation. He prospered in his undertakings and later
erected the beautiful modern residence now occupied by himself and family.
He also built substantial barns and sheds and added various other improve-
ments. About the same time he imported ten registered Holstein cows and ac-
quired a half interest in a bull of the same breed, the sire of which was valued
at ten thousand dollars. Later he sold seven of the cows, one of which is valued
at a thousand dollars, to the colony farm of the British Columbia Asylum at
New Westminster. In connection with the cultivation of his fields he there-
after engaged in the raising of stock and in the sale of milk, being the first
producer to sell inspected milk in Vancouver. This was long before the gov-
ernment had taken up the inspection of milch cows and Mr. Steves personally
met the expense of the milk tests. He has prospered in the various lines of
his business, directing his undertakings systematically and progressively, and
in following out a definite purpose he has won substantial returns.
Mr. Steves was married on his farm November 28, 1908, to Miss Maude
Shampier and to them have been born twin daughters, Madelyn and Jocelyn,
who were four years of age on the I4th of August, 1913. Mrs. Steves is a
daughter of Captain Wylie and Almira (Gilliland) Shampier, the former a
native of St. John and the latter of Nova Scotia. Captain Shampier went to
sea at an early age and followed that calling until his death in 1876, he and his
crew and ship being lost on the Atlantic. Mrs. Shampier is now living in Nova
Scotia at an advanced age. Their daughter, Maude, after being graduated from
the high school and securing a certificate, began teaching school. Subsequently
she was graduated from the Nova Scotia Provincial Normal School, meeting
the expenses of the course by teaching. She entered Acadia University and
was graduated with the class of 1906. She next went to Alberta and thence came
to British Columbia, teaching in the Steveston school until her marriage. She is
greatly interested in educational matters and she is a charter member of the
University Women's Club of Vancouver and a member of the Convocation of
the University of British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Steves take an active inter-
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est in the work of the Baptist church, in which they hold membership. In mat-
ters of citizenship Air. Steves is public-spirited and at one time served as trustee
of the Richmond municipality. Pie prefers to concentrate his efforts upon his
business affairs, however, rather than hold office and has developed his farm
into one of the attractive and valuable properties of the island through the ex-
penditure of much time, money and effort. He believes that farming in this
locality has an excellent future. Being the basis of all industry, he turned to
it not only as a life work but as a vocation combining healthful labor with
profitable study. He started as a pioneer in a new country and his intelligently
directed labors are producing gratifying results. He cheerfully endured the hard-
ships and inconveniences of frontier life, knowing well that some day he would
be the owner of one of the most desirable farms in his section of the province.
HERBERT GASCOIGXE GARRETT.
Herbert Gascoigne Garrett, of Victoria, registrar of joint-stock companies
for the province, was born in Staffordshire, England, May 5, 1880, and is a
son of Dr. Charles Frederick and Mary A. Garrett.
He was educated at St. Paul's school in London. England, where he held a
foundation scholarship, and then winning an open scholarship at University Col-
lege. Oxford, matriculated in 1898. He took honors in the classical and his-
tory courses and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1902. After serving under
articles for three years he was admitted as a solicitor in England in 1906. Two
years later he came to Canada and was for the same period in Calgary, Alberta,
and the Crow's Nest Pass district of British Columbia. In 1910 he moved to
Victoria. He is qualified as a barrister and solicitor in British Columbia and
was appointed to his present position on August i, 1912, an office which he has
since filled with great ability and conscientiousness.
In April, 1913, he married Miss Elsie Grace Dodwell, a native of England,
who came to Victoria in 1911. Both belong to the Anglican church. Mr.
Garrett is a member of the Union Club, the Victoria Golf Club and the Vic-
toria Lawn Tennis Club. At tennis he has won various championships in
Alberta and British Columbia. Although still a young man, he is widely and
popularly known, figuring prominently in public affairs as well as in the pro-
fession he has chosen as his life work.
WILLIAM HENRY DOUGLAS LADNER.
Called to the bar of Vancouver in 1906, William Henry Douglas Ladner has
since been engaged in active practice in Vancouver and is now a member of one
of the strongest and most able law firms in the city. He was born at St. Johns,
Newfoundland, April 24, 1879, a son of the Rev. Charles and Maria Shepard
(Bemister) Ladner, the former a pioneer Methodist missionary of Newfound-
land, of Alanitoba and of British Columbia. The Rev. Mr. Ladner was born in
Penzance, Cornwall, England, and in childhood went to Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. He was educated for the ministry in Nova Scotia and after
being ordained was sent to Newfoundland where he remained until 1882. In that
year he entered upon the active work of preaching the gospel in Manitoba where
he continued until 1884, when ill health compelled him to relinquish his work
in the ministry. After two years of rest he resumed his labors in Victoria,
British Columbia, in 1886, and served in the mission fields at Kamloops, Revel-
stoke and Chilliwack, remaining an active factor in the work of the church until
1905, when he retired. He married Miss Maria Shepard Bemister, a daughter
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of the Hon. John Bemister, of St. Johns, Newfoundland, and both are now
residents of Kamloops.
William H. D. Ladner was educated in the British Columbia public schools
and in the Columbian Methodist College at New Westminster, British Columbia,
and then took up the study of law in the office of the Hon. F. J. Fulton, K. C.,
of Kamloops. Coming to Vancouver he was articled to the law firm of Davis,
Marshall & Macneill, with whom he remained until called to the bar in 1906. He
has since been engaged in active practice in Vancouver and during the interven-
ing period of seven years had made steady and substantial advancement. He
began practice as a member of the firm of Sullivan & Ladner, which continued
until November, 1907. He then practiced alone for a year, after which he became
senior partner of the firm of Ladner & Wilson, a connection that was maintained
until November, 1910, when he became a member of the firm of Bowser, Reid
& Walbridge and so continues.
Mr. Ladner was married at Kamloops to Miss Frances Pearl Davies, a
daughter of A. M. Davies, of that place, who for many years was engineer for
the Canadian Pacific Railroad but is now retired. The children of this marriage
are Alexandra Maude, Barbara Frances and William Henry Douglas, Jr. Mr.
Ladner served with the Rocky Mountain Rangers at Kamloops, "A" company
of the Third Battalion of Royal Canadian Infantry, 1900-01, and the 5th
Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles at Vancouver. His political support is given
to the liberal party and he is a member of the Press Club. Although yet a com-
paratively young man he has attained professional prominence as a counsel that
many an older practitioner might well envy and his laudable ambition and ability
will carry him into still more important relations.
HENRY TRIM.
For a period of nearly fifty-five years Henry Trim has been identified with
the interests of British Columbia, 'having engaged in various pursuits until
1881, when he located on Westham island, where he has since devoted his energies
to diversified farming and has also been raising registered Clyde horses. His
birth occurred on the Isle of Wight on May 31, 1832, his parents being Henry
and Maria (Bolton) Trim. About 1848 his father emigrated to America with
his family, locating in the vicinity of Milvorton, Ontario, where he engaged in
farming.
Henry Trim was reared in the home of his parents and educated in the
national schools of the Isle of Wight, which he attended until he was a youth
of sixteen years. He then accompanied his parents on their removal to Amer-
ica and for two years thereafter assisted his father with the cultivation of the
farm. The life of a sailor had always had strong attractions for him, and he
subsequently went to work on a steamer on Lake Michigan, following the lakes
for about eight years. At the expiration of that time he resolved to try his
luck at prospecting in the gold-fields, and acting upon this decision in 1858 he
took passage at New York on a vessel bound for Panama, whence he continued
his journey to Victoria, by way of San Francisco, arriving in the latter city
twenty years before the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. When
he reached Victoria he procured a row boat and made his way to Boston bar,
a distance of about two hundred and twenty-five miles. He there began pan-
ning for gold, working all of the bars from that point to the Cariboo, located
about three hundred and eighty miles from Boston bar. He reached Cariboo in
1862 and for six years thereafter he gave his entire attention to mining am
prospecting, succeeding in accumulating a capital of about fifteen thousand
dollars In 1868 he gave up that business and engaged in whaling on Paisley
island Howe sound, for four years. During that period he discovered iron
and copper mines on Texada island and subsequently resumed mining. Eighteen,
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months later he disposed of his claims to good advantage to the Puget Sound
Iron Company and removed to Queen Charlotte island. There he established
and conducted an Indian trading post for about a year, at the end of which
time he sold out to W. Woodcock. The same year, in 1875, he went to Moody-
ville and engaged in the steamboat business. Two years later he became captain
of a steamboat chartered by the dominion government for the accommodation
of the Indian commissioners, Messrs. Spout, McKinley and Anderson, who
were then engaged in forming treaties with the chiefs of the various native
tribes. He held this position for about four years, but during that period, in
1880, he purchased a hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid five
dollars per acre. After building a shack on his land, which formed the nucleus
of his present valuable farm, he returned to his boat, remaining on it for
another year.
In 1881 Mr. Trim gave up sea faring life and turned his attention to agri-
cultural pursuits. His land at that period was under water for about six
months of the year, and naturally the first thing essential to its successful
cultivation was the building of dykes. While thus engaged, he also began pre-
paring his farm for planting, his efforts in this direction being retarded by
the condition of the soil. After two years' residence here he increased his
acreage by the purchase of an adjoining quarter section, for which he paid
ten dollars an acre. Three years later he extended the boundaries of his
farm by the addition of a forty-acre tract, paying for it twenty-seven dollars
per acre. His present holding thus aggregates three hundred and sixty acres,
all of which is under high cultivation and annually produces abundant harvests.
His principal crops are hay, oats and potatoes, all of which are well adapted
to his soil and yield heavily. He has been especially successful with his cereals,
and from a ninety acre field of oats in 1912 threshed nine thousand bushels. Mr.
Trim is a man of progressive ideas and enterprising methods, as is evidenced by
the general appearance and condition of his farm. In 1890, he still further
enhanced the value of his place by the erection of a twelve room residence,
provided with all modern conveniences. His barns, outbuildings and fences are
substantially constructed and kept in good repair, while his equipment com-
prises every machine or implement required in the operation of his farm. In
1889, he began specializing in the breeding and raising of thoroughbred horses,
importing for this purpose four registered Clyde horses, and today he has
some of the finest specimens of this breed to be found in the entire province.
In 1895, Mr. Trim was married to his present wife, who was a widow,
Mrs. Cederburg. In matters of citizenship he is public-spirited and enterpris-
ing, taking an active interest in matters pertaining to the progress or develop-
ment of the community and is an ex-councilman of the Delta municipality.
Mr. Trim has always been numbered among the representative citizens of his'
community by reason of the capable manner in which he has directed his own
interests as well as by his public service in forwarding every worthy project.
HON. JOHN WORK.
Hon. John Work was one of the very early British Columbia pioneers and
was one of that coterie of long-headed, keen witted men who were intimately
connected with the early days of Victoria and the subsequent development into the
great Pacific coast headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company — the business
alma mater of such notable characters as Simpson, McLaughlin, Douglas, Finlay-
son, Talmie, Anderson, Grahame, McNeil, Helmcken and many others, the records
of whose lives and adventures are an essential feature of the history of the
province.
John Work was a native of County Derry in the north of Ireland, born in 1791.
Coming to Canada in early manhood, his career here covered a period of nearly
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half a century, during which time he contributed his full share to the early
development of what was then Canada's far western frontier. He entered the
employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1814 and served on the east of the
Rocky mountains until 1822, when he came to the west side, and in the course
of a few years established at Colville a very productive farm — the first attempt
at agriculture in British or American possessions west of the Rocky mountains
and an achievement of no small importance in those early days when the fur
traders had to be mainly dependent upon themselves for the cultivation of grain
and the production of other supplies necessary for their subsistence and the
support of outlying posts. He was subsequently for several years in charge of
trapping parties, hunting among the hostile Blackfeet Indians in the great plains
east of Colville or in quest of beaver amidst the reeds and tule swamps on the
Bay of San Francisco and on the lower Sacramento.
From 1835 until 1849 ^Ir- Work was in charge of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany's business at Fort Simpson, on the northwest coast of British Columbia. In
the latter year he was stationed at Victoria as one of the managers of the
company's affairs west of the Rocky mountains and soon after was appointed a
member of the legislative council of Vancouver island, a position he retained till
the day of his death, which occurred December 22, 1861, when he was in the
seventieth year of his age. Until the formation of this colony Mr. Work had
always expressed a fond intention of spending the evening of his days in his
native land, but the prospect of a civilized home on Vancouver island under
British institutions induced him to settle here. He acquired considerable property
and became one of the earliest and most enterprising farmers in Victoria district.
His many virtues are so well known that it is needless to dwell upon them
at length. In all relations of life his career was most exemplary, and we have it
from one of his earliest and most intimate friends, to whom we are greatly
indebted for the data for this biography, that throughout his life Mr. Work
invariably won the respect and esteem of all with whom he became connected in
every station of life. His familiar form will henceforth be missed by the many
friends and well wishers with whom in health he was wont to exchange greetings
in the streets of Victoria. By children he was especially beloved. Nothing pleased
him more than to gather his numerous children and grandchildren about him and,
thus surrounded by those in whose society he found his chief delight, he passed
away. His end was serene and hopeful, a fitting close to a life of benevolence,
integrity and usefulness.
The following is a letter to the editor of The Colonist by Hon. J. S. Helmcken :
"The Late John Work.
Sir:
Mr. John Work, the brother of the respected centenarian, Senator Work,
joined the Hudson's Bay Company, A. D. 1814, and entered on the Hudson's Bay
Company's books as John Work. John's Irish friends were indignant that the
time-honored name of \Vark should have been Anglicized to Work. John, however,
took little heed of this national difference. He had been entered on the company's
book as Work and this was unalterable. Mr. John Work died in 1861, honored
and greatly respected for his kindly nature, particularly by children. His history
would prove very interesting. Your notice of today's (February 20) issue that the
change of name happened in the office of Lands and Works is decidedly erroneous.
Mr. Work, about 1850 or so, bought his land there just like any other purchaser
at the time under his adopted name, John Work. Peace be with him."
RONALD CAMPBELL.
Ronald Campbell, living retired in Agassiz, is numbered among the notable
pioneers in British Columbia and for a long time was a dominating force in the
local development of the province. He was born in Glengarry county, Ontario,
and is a son of Malcolm and Margaret (McNaughton) Campbell. In the
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acquirement of an education he attended the public schools of his native sec-
tion and laid aside his books at the age of ten, after which he remained at
home until 1872. In that year he went to Nevada and thence to California,
•doing pioneer work in both states and remaining in the latter until 1883. He
then came to British Columbia and aided the Canadian Pacific Railroad in
building a right of way through the province. When this important work was
completed he followed logging all over British Columbia until 1896, in which
year he purchased one hundred acres of land at Chilliwack and cleared it of
timber, developing a fine and model farm. When he came to Agassiz he
purchased one hundred and sixty acres, only a portion of which had been
cleared. He erected a home and all of the necessary barns and outbuildings and
carried on general fanning successfully for many years. His labors were at
length rewarded by success and he gradually accumulated a comfortable fortune,
enabling him to live retired, to enjoy the comforts and luxuries of life and
to rest in the consciousness of worthy work well done.
JOHN LAWSOX.
Born at Cheltenham, a small town in eastern Ontario, John Lawson's life
curiously resembles that of many of our great workers in the upbuilding of the
west. His parents came of good Scottish stock, his father being a native of
Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and his mother one of the MacNabs of Islay.
The early part of his life was spent on the farm, which he left in 1887 to
come to British Columbia. There he worked at railroading for twenty-one years.
In 1888 he married Christina .MacDonald Smith, daughter of Elizabeth Mac-
intosh MacDonald, of Iverness, Scotland, and William Smith, of Aberdeen,
Scotland. By this marriage he had three children, Elizabeth Catherine, Gertrude
Isobel and Duncan MacDonald. For all three he secured the best educational
advantages possible in a new country. Their public-school course was obtained
in Revelstoke, British Columbia, their high-school course in Vancouver and in
Toronto, under L. E. Embree, at one time a teacher of Mr. Lawson. The
university work they took up in the British Columbia classes of McGill University.
All three have fully inherited their parent's pioneer spirit and take a keen interest
in all that appertains to the development work of their country.
In 1903 Mr. Lawson became interested in different properties in Vancouver,
chief of these being a large portion of the part now known as West Vancouver.
In the work of upbuilding this part of Vancouver, lohn Lawson has earned for
himself a place among the greatest of our western Canada pioneers. In spite of
the discouragements and difficulties which ever beset the way of a pioneer, he
held faith in West Vancouver and her possibilities. In the spring of 1906 he
made West Vancouver his home. That same spring, owning to his efforts, the
Keith road, which had for many years been left unused and unrepaired, was put
into condition fit for traffic between North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
That summer Mr. Lawson brought before the educational board of British
Columbia the advisability of establishing a school at Capilano for the children
Of settlers living along the West Keith Road. A school was opened that fall at
the Capilano with only the exact requisite of attendance. Church services were
also commenced that year in West Vancouver. These were conducted under the
management of the Presbyterian church in Mr. Lawson's house. The following
year Mf. Lawson secured the help of one or two others in the establishing of a
ferry service between West Vancouver and Vancouver. This ferry, run of course
at much loss to Mr. Lawson and his coadjutors, marked a great step in the
development of the west part of the north shore of Vancouver
Both as a councillor of the municipal council and latterly as reeve of the
lunicipalitv, Mr Lawson has proved himself an indefatigable worker in the
upbuilding and developing of West Vancouver. The Keith road now forms
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but one of a network of roads. The Capilano school has become one of three
grades and the west part of 'the district has now two schools, one of these
a two-graded school. Both of these, by advice of educational leaders, Mr.
Lawson hopes to see amalgamated into one large graded school carried on
under the system of the best city public schools. The church life of the com-
munity has correspondingly flourished. Three denominations are now well repre-
sented. The ferry service is now one with a large working capital. To augment
this form of transportation Mr. Lawson has managed to secure from the P. G. E.
the promise of an hourly car service into North Vancouver, this to be inaugurated
in January, 1914. Comprehensively speaking, the last seven years have seen in
West Vancouver the evolution of a prosperous municipality from a forest. And
in all this change John Lawson's ability has been the working power and his
pioneer spirit the motive force to all others who have helped to carry on the
work. Nor does Mr. Lawson rest content with past labors, pleasant though they
be. Already he is taking an active part in the development of the west coast of
Vancouver island ; there his West Vancouver work will form for him a ground-
work of experience whereon to build yet greater things.
LAWRENCE KICKHAM.
Interesting and varied has been the career of Lawrence Kickham, who for
thirty years followed the sea during which time he visited every country of import-
ance in the world, but is now living retired in North Vancouver. His birth
occurred on Prince Edward Island on September 12, 1837, his parents being
Thomas and Jane (Welch) Kickham, who have long been deceased.
The early childhood of Lawrence Kickham was passed on Prince Edward
Island, where he began his education, completing it in the schools of Liverpool,
England. When a lad of thirteen years he laid aside his text-books and went
to sea as a cabin boy. During the succeeding thirty years he visited every
important port and many of the minor ones in the world, working himself up
from the position of cabin boy to the rank of captain. In the '8os he came to
North Vancouver, where for fourteen years he held the position of master
mariner, but ten years ago he withdrew from active work and has ever since
lived retired.
At Liverpool, England, in 1876, Mr. Kickham was united in marriage to
Miss Ruth Jones and they became the parents of four children. A son, Captain
T. J. Kickham, is well known in Vancouver where he has lived for many years ;
and a daughter, Madam Rosina Burke, is distinguished in Vancouver as a
teacher of vocal music and piano.
The religious faith of the family is manifested through their affiliation with
the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Kickham is a man of genial personality and
during his career has had many unusual experiences, which he relates in an
entertaining way. He is regarded as one of the interesting characters of the
city, where he is widely known and has hosts of friends.
CAPTAIN JAMES J. LOGAN.
Captain James J. Logan, president of the Vancouver Ice & Cold Storage
Company, with offices at No. 14 Gore avenue, Vancouver, has the largest plant
on the coast, and this is indicative of the volume of business which has rewarded
his persistent and well directed efforts. Captain Logan was born in Maitland,
Nova Scotia, March 24, 1858, a son of Robert and Nancy Logan. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Halifax and at an early age went to sea, remaining
on a sailing vessel until 1873. Gradually he worked his way upward in connec-
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tion with maritime interests and from 1883 until 1893 was master of his steamer,
during which time, in England, his steamer twice received a bonus from insur-
ance companies because of trips made covering two years without an accident.
In 1893 Captain Logan came to British Columbia and organized the Van-
couver Ice & Cold Storage Company in 1895. Under his management the busi-
ness has been built up until the plant is now the largest of its kind in Canada.
The patronage of the company is extensive and the reliable business methods of
the firm insure them a continuance of the patronage now accorded them. Cap-
tain Logan is also president of the Vancouver Creamery and is a resourceful
business man, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
Captain Logan was united in marriage to Miss Sarah F. Atkins, of West-
chester, Nova Scotia. He is popular in social circles and is widely and favor-
ably known in other connections outside of business. In 1899 he filled the office
of license commissioner. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, active
in its work and liberal in its support. He endowed the chair of new testament
exegesis in Westminster Hall, to be called the J. J. Logan chair. Captain Logan
is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity and also belongs to the Terminal
City Club, while his political allegiance is given to the conservative party. Fish-
ing affords him both recreation and pleasure. His home is a handsome residence
at No. 1898 Robson street, Vancouver, and is one of the visible evidences of his
life of well directed thrift and industry.
JOSEPH NICHOLSON.
Joseph Nicholson is numbered among those who have prospered through the
rise of values of Victoria, but back of all this has been the energy and insight that
have enabled him to realize and utilize an opportunity. A native son of British
Columbia, his activities have been a distinct asset in the development of the com-
munity in which he has lived. He was born in the Saanich district of Vancouver
island, May 6, 1868, a son of Joseph and Avis (Newman) Nicholson, the former
a native of Ireland and the latter of Illinois. They were married in Ontario and
subsequently came by way of New York and Panama to British Columbia, arriving
at Esquimalt after a journey of nearly twelve months in 1862. The father was
actively engaged as a road builder and bridge contractor for many years previous
to his retirement to his farm in Saanich, where he died January 24, 1909, at the
advanced age of eighty-six years. The mother's death occurred August 14, 1898.
Joseph Nicholson of this review was educated in the public schools of his
district, in the Victoria high school and under private tutelage. After leaving
school he engaged in general merchandising on the mainland for five years. Under
the Dunsmuir government he was made superintendent of roads, streets and
bridges for Vancouver island, serving in that capacity for the succeeding five
years. He resigned to assume the management of his father's farm, which had
been developed into one of the large dairying enterprises of the island. He was
chiefly instrumental in the organization of the Victoria Creamery Association,
serving as its president for six years. He continued in the conduct of the farm
until 1912, when, it having reached such an enormous value that it was no longer
practicable to use it for agricultural purposes, he subdivided it and sold the larger
portion for residential property.
In 1908 he was chosen a member of the Saanich council and is serving his
fourth term as reeve of the Saanich municipality. He was largely responsible
for the project of paving the streets and roads of the district. He secured the
one hundred thousand dollar grant from the provincial government, perfected
the financial arrangement for the three hundred thousand dollar bond issue of the
municipality and also deserves credit for securing for the district nearly twenty-
five miles of thoroughly modern hard surface roads, probably the largest road
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building program ever carried out on the American continent by a rural com-
munity.
In this connection he made an extended tour of observation through the
states and provinces of the east, studying the most advanced ideas and methods in
modern highway construction, and the plans wrought out and executed under his
direct supervision have resulted in not only adding immens'1" to the attractiveness
but to the values of property in the Saanich municipality.
Mr. Nicholson's political affiliations have always been with the conservative
party and he has for many years taken a most active part in the work and aims
of the party. He is a member of the Native Sons of British Columbia and is a
member of the Cedar Hill Episcopal church. He served for som? years as people's
warden and has contributed liberally to the various charitable activities of the
church. Genial, capable, prosperous, Mr. Nicholson is rightly numbered among
the progressive citizens who have contributed their full share to the upbuilding
and development of the province and made it what it is— the fairest section of
the entire Dominion.
SAMUEL N. SCOTT.
Samuel N. Scott is one of the oldest employes of the Canadian Pacific Railway
in Vancouver, long connected with the operative department as an engineer. He
was born in Brockville, Ontario, in 1850, his parents being Samuel and Eliza-
beth Scott, who were natives of Ireland. On coming to the new world they
settled in Canada and for a long period were residents of Brockville but both
are now deceased.
Samuel N. Scott was educated in the public schools of his native town and
at the age of eighteen years began work on the Grand Trunk Railroad, in which
capacity he proved industrious and persevering. He was advanced until he
was given charge of an engine. He remained with that company until 1870, when
he went to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1885 removed from
Brockville to Montreal, where he was made engineer, being placed in charge of
the engine that pulled the first train from Montreal to Donald, the Pacific
division of the Canadian Pacific. This was the first construction train on this
portion of the road after the steel had been laid. At Donald the engine was
converted from a coal to a wood burner. This train carried Sir John and Lady
Macdonald and Mr. Abbott and family, Lady Macdonald and Miss Freer rid-
ing on the front of the engine from Kamloops to Port Moody, which was then
the terminus of the road, the entire party riding with Mr. Scott between the
two points. The Canadian Pacific Railway officials were on the train and Sam
Woods was the conductor in charge. Mr. Scott continued as engineer on trips
between Port Moody and Yale and when the grade was finished and the steel
laid connecting Port Moody with Vancouver Mr. Scott's was the first construc-
tion train to run over the line, making him the first man to run a train into Van-
couver. He tells of the wonder with which the Indians beheld this first train as
it passed quickly along. A single glance, however, was sufficient for them, after
which they took to their heels, making rapidly for the hills. Mr. Scott is still
in charge of an engine, making a short run out of Vancouver. Since he has
entered the service of the Canadian Pacific until the present time he has been
actively employed except on one occasion when he left the road to go into busi-
ness for himself, but he could not remain away from the engine and soon
returned. He has always enjoyed the life and is justly accounted one of the
most valuable and trustworthy employes of the road. He has seen the great
development that has been made and even now can hardly realize that this large,
prosperous, thriving young city with its handsome buildings, broad thorough-
fares and all of its modern equipment was at one time the little village in the
forest into which he guided his engine.
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Mr. Scott was married to Miss Kate Dougherty, of the province of Quebec.
He votes with the conservative party and his religious belief is that of the Church
of England. The family residence is at Xo. 731 Seymour street but he also
owns a home up the coast where the family spend the summer months.
ROBERT PURVES McLENNAN.
Robert Furves McLennan, one of the most prominent of the older business
men of British Columbia and a man who for nearly thirty years has been one
of the leaders in the upbuilding of the province, particularly active in Victoria
and Vancouver, is a native of Nova Scotia, having been born at Pictou, on the
7th of December, 1861. He was educated at the famous academy there, from
which so many prominent Canadians have gone forth. He passed through the
different grades until he reached the age of fifteen years, at which time he turned
from the schoolroom to the business world and began acquainting himself with
the hardware trade. He applied himself closely to the acquirement of a knowl-
edge of every phase of the business in principle and detail and at the end of
three years spent in that line of activity in Pictou he removed to River John, a
ship-building town of Nova Scotia, where he conducted a similar enterprise for
his brother for a number of years. As a boy he had thought much concerning
the far west, of which he had heard most interesting tales. The shores of the
far-away Pacific were an irresistible lure and in his imagination he heard the
knock of opportunity in the then but little known British Columbia. As the
years passed by the call of the west increased rather than diminished and in
1882 when Winnipeg was in the midst of its boom he left his native province
and made his way to that city where he continued until 1884. He spent two years
there and then returned to Nova Scotia for a brief visit after which he started
for British Columbia over the Northern Pacific Railroad, arriving in Victoria
on the 4th of September. 1884. The new west greatly impressed him. With
remarkable prescience he saw something of what the future had in store for
this growing country which he believed to be the land of opportunity. The rail-
road had extended to the mountains and settlers were arriving, so with the courage
born of conviction he invested all that he had in a line of business with which
he was familiar — the manufacture of ornamental iron for building, roofing,
cornice work, etc. The spring brought great activity in building operations and
his business developed rapidly, soon outgrowing his ability to cope with it alone.
He then called to his assistance a former friend, E. T. McFeely, at that time a
resident of Minneapolis, whom he had known in Winnipeg. Mr. McFeely at
once made his way to Victoria and a partnership was formed between them.
The business continued to grow very rapidly, forcing them to enlarge their
output capacity. About that time Vancouver entered upon its era of substantial
development and with characteristic sagacity the firm decided to establish a
branch in the latter city. In May, 1885, therefore, Mr. McLennan purchased
a lot on Powell street and contracted for the erection of a building. It was
partly constructed when the one great fire swept over the city, practically
destroying it. The new warehouse, however, escaped the flames and the building
was speedily completed and stocked with goods. Their patronage grew with
astonishing rapidity in both places, taxing the capacity of the plants to the
utmost. In 1886 the firm erected a handsome and commodious warehouse which
was the second building on Cordova street. In 1889 the retail hardware depart-
ment of their business on Yates street, Victoria, was opened and conducted in
connection with their manufacturing interests. In 1896 the firm concentrated
in Vancouver, and incorporated under the name of McLennan, McFeely & Co.,
Ltd. In 1898 Mr. McLennan went to Dawson by way of St. Michael, intending
to remain six weeks. He took with him a consignment of hardware and remained
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for five years in that city, erecting a store building and conducting an immense
business for the firm of a branch house. In 1903 he was elected mayor of Daw-
son and served one term. In 1904, having disposed of the business in that city,
he returned to Vancouver. The business of McLennan, McFeely & Co., Ltd'.,
is today one of the most important productive industries and commercial enter-
prises of this city, its volume of trade constantly increasing. The plant is an
extensive one and the business now covers a wide territory, reaching out in its
ramifying interests to various parts of the province. The business is today the
largest of the kind west of Winnipeg and the second in size in Canada. It has
been capitalized for five million dollars, of which two million three hundred
thousand is fully paid up. The buildings which they occupy are already too
small and they will have to increase their quarters in order to meet the growing
demands of the trade. Mr. McLennan has also figured in financial circles. Ik-
early became connected with the Bank of Vancouver, was elected its president
and has since filled that position.
In the fall of 1887 Mr. McLennan returned to his native province and on
the 23d of November of that year, at River John, was united in marriage to Miss
Bessie Archibald McKenzie, a daughter of John McKenzie, Esq., who was one
of the prosperous merchants of that place. They have become parents of nine
children, six sons and three daughters, namely : Olive Archibald, the wife of
G. P. Grant, of Toronto; Robert Purves; Glenn; John Harrington; Stanley
Archibald; Harrington; Logan Seaf orth ; lieth Dawson ; and Alan Bruce.
Mr. McLennan belongs to the Vancouver and Terminal City Clubs, is an
•ex-president of the Board of Trade and at one time was a member of the school
board. At the present writing he is a member of the Hoard of Governors of
the University of British Columbia and Hoard of Governors of McGill univer-
sity for British Columbia. He is deeply and helpfully interested in the cause of
education and in all projects looking to the welfare and upbuilding not only
of city and province but of the country at large. In politics he is a liberal and
was a candidate for the provincial parliament. 11 is religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church and while his extensive business makes great demand upon
his energies he yet finds time to cooperate in movements relative to the material,
intellectual and moral progress of the city in which he makes his home. 1 le
stands today among the most successful merchants and manufacturers of the
province, having started out in life in a comparatively humble capacity, working
his way upward through energy, capability and honesty. . His methods have
never been questioned and he has ever commanded the highest respect of col-
leagues and contemporaries. He has shown, too, notable capacity for the capable
management of mammoth interests and, seemingly losing sight of no detail of
his business, he has at the same time so directed his important features as to gain
the eminent position which he now occupies in commercial circles.
CHARLES WILLIAM FIXLAISON.
Charles William Finlaison, occupying a clerkship in the postoffice at Vic-
toria, was born at Burnaby Lake, British Columbia, on the 2Oth of October,
1866, and is the second son of Charles Studdert and Jane (Holmes) Finlaison,
the former a native of Wales and the latter of Holmesville, Ontario, at which
place her parents settled on coming to Canada from Ireland. Her father, Wil-
liam Holmes, left Ireland on the i6th of May, 1833. with his parents, Joseph and
Jane (McCullough) Holmes, two married brothers with their wives, two sis-
ters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers, making thirteen in all of
the party. They received land concessions in Huron county, Ontario, where they
settled, and William Holmes subsequently laid out and founded the town of
Holmesville, where he conducted a store and postoffice. Charles S. Finlaison
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was born May 31, 1817, and was a son of William Finlaison, who held rank in
the naval service, which he entered in 1804. Subsequently he was transferred
to the coast guard. While still a lad William Finlaison had left Scotland, being
sent to an older brother in London, England, and soon afterward placed by this
brother in the navy, which he joined in 1804. Charles S. Finlaison was reared
in Wales and in England and acquired a good education in boarding schools and
under private tutors. He was twenty years of age when he first came to Canada,
and after spending seven years in Ontario he returned to London, England,
where he later entered the government service as a clerk in the actuary's office.
He filled that position for twelve years and in 1859 again came to Canada, and
in 1860 entered the custom service at New Westminster. In 1872 he was trans-
ferred to Victoria, continuing in the service until his retirement in 1890. His-
death occurred in Victoria, February, 1906. His widow, Mrs. Finlaison, came
from Holmesvillc via New York and Panama to New Westminster with her
stepmother and five sisters in 1860, her father having preceded them two years.
Mrs. Finlaison, then Jane Holmes, arrived here on her sixteenth birthday and
in December, 1863, was married.
Charles W. Finlaison was reared under the parental roof, acquiring his edu-
cation in the private and public schools of Victoria, and on the 1st of December,
1882, when sixteen years of age, he entered the Victoria postoffice as a clerk.
He has since been connected with the office, there being only one man older than
he in point of service. Mr. Finlaison is a member of the Native Sons. He is
well known in this section of the northwest and his record is that of a worthy
public official. He represents one of the old pioneer families of this section of
the country and has himself witnessed much of its development and growth
as the years have gone by.
JOHN CAMPBELL McLAGAN.
The sterling characteristics of the Scotch race found expression in John
Campbell McLagan and were developed in this "land of opportunity" where effort,
merit and ability are allowed full scope. He was for many years a central figure
of journalism in the state, as founder, publisher and editor of the Vancouver
World. The newspaper is both a mirror and molder of public opinion and in
both lines Mr. McLagan made the World a standard both for the circulation of its
news and for the expression of opinion that has to do with the shaping of public
thought and action. A son of William and Helen (Campbell) McLagan, he was
born at Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland, July 22, 1838, and in early life came to
Canada. He began life in the Dominion as a printer in the Sentinel office at
Woodstock, Ontario, and from 1862 until 1870 was associated with James Innes,
at one time member of parliament, in the publication of the Guelph .Mercury. On
severing his connection with the Mercury he entered the sewing machine business,
of which industry Guelph was for some time the center. He organized the Guelph
Sewing Machine Company and in that connection developed a large and gratifying
business. At a later day he became part owner of the Wellington Oil Works and
in the different localities in which he lived bore active and helpful part in pro-
moting material development through his connection with important business
concerns. He was in Winnipeg during the boom of 1880-1 and at that time was
part owner of the Sun. He also operated the job printing department of the Free
Press. In 1882 he again started westward, going to Victoria by way of San
Francisco. After reaching his destination he assisted in establishing the Times
ij °r...a. number of years was managing editor being later joined by the
Hon. William Templeman to whom he sold his interest in the paper. Prior to
his connection with the Times, however, he formed a partnership with Gideon
Robertson and under the name of Robertson & McLagan established and con-
ducted a real-estate and brokerage business. Removing from Victoria to Van-
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•couver he was thereafter identified with journalistic interests of the latter city and
the first issue of the World was published under his direction on the 291(1 of Sep-
tember, 1888. A newspaper account of this paper has said: "The World has ever
been the champion of the best interests of Vancouver and when its policy has
been followed the city has been benefited." In his first editorial Mr. McLagan
wrote: "The World proposes first to conserve the very best interests of Van-
couver, the Terminal City. It will cater more especially to citizens of Vancouver,
which is its home. Believing, as it does, that illimitable possibilities are before
Vancouver it will endeavor as best it can to make of these actualities living forces
in building up the material moral and social life of the city." To this policy he
.always strictly adhered and he remained at the head of the paper until his death in
1901. Almost his last words were about the journal to the upbuilding of which
he had devoted himself so unreservedly. He had developed the paper in harmony
with the rapid growth and development of Vancouver and in fact had made his
journal an important element in the city's upbuilding and progress. As success
attended him he erected a building in which to house his paper and equipped it
with the latest improved machinery, presses and accessories of the printing
business. A contemporary biographer has written of Mr. McLagan : "It was while
with the Times that he became convinced of the future greatness of Vancouver
and determined to establish a newspaper that would stand for a greater Van-
couver and would progress as the city itself progressed. He carried out what he
intended and the watchword of progress was ever lived up to while he managed
The World. He gave World readers always the best that circumstances would
justify in paper, mechanical work and news. A small man physically he still
seemed to be built of steel springs. His energy up to the time of his fatal illness
was remarkable and his brain was ever alert. He was equally facile with tongue
or pen and truth to tell he dearly loved a fight. To rouse his ire all that was
necessary was to make some remark in the least way derogatory of Vancouver.
He had faith in Vancouver and he justified his faith by works. No man could
do more and if from the spirit land his eye can see things earthly he will know
that the strenuous work that he did for Vancouver and the faith that he imbued
in others have borne good fruit. It is on the foundation so well and truly laid
by Mr. McLagan that the later management has built up the greatest daily paper
west of Winnipeg, greatest in circulation and advertising patronage and, there is
some reason to believe, greatest in real influence for the betterment of the com-
munity in which it is published and of the province at large. The World was the
people's paper in its founder's day and the people's paper it has endeavored to
remain ever since. It was a family paper, a paper which could be taken into the
home, and such a paper it continues to be. In these, as in other respects, the high
ideals of its founder have been faithfully observed."
In 1884 Mr. McLagan was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Anne Maclure,
a daughter of John and .Martha (Mclntyre) Maclure, who came with their family
to British Columbia in 1855. She was educated at New Westminster. At her
husband's death she became president of the World Company and managed the
paper for four years, when the Journal was taken over by the present World
Printing & Publishing Company, June i, 1905. In this connection one of the
daily papers wrote : "In 1901 Mr. McLagan passed away, leaving a splendid
record of public achievement, and it was his death that necessitated Mrs.
McLagan's complete emergence into public life as the first woman editor in
Canada of a daily paper. For four strenuous years, until she gave up the owner-
ship, Mrs. McLagan followed the dictates of a high ideal as to the educative and
regulative force a paper should strive to exert for the good of the community and
maintained the standard her husband had set, despite the opposition of reporters,
who were imbued with the modern craving for sensationalism at all hazard. To
prevent unauthorized copy finding its way in surreptitiously Mrs. McLagan
exercised a rigorous censorship as proofreader and in this matter ran counter to
an international law of the Typographical Union, stipulating the employment of a
union worker. Although stiff opposition faced her Mrs. McLagan held her ground
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and finally had the satisfaction of seeing the regulation so amended as to exempt
owners of newspapers. One of the first on Vancouver's bederoll of devotees to the
cause of social service, Mrs. McLagan's decision to spend the winter here instead of
at Hazelbrae, her charming country home — one of the oldest homesteads in the
district — sees her once more in active association with the numerous organizations
she has helped, at some time or another, to inaugurate and foster. Her record of
philanthropic achievement dates from 1888 with the founding of the Young Men's
Christian Association in conjunction with Mrs. T. E. Atkins, Mr. Jonathan
Rogers and other pioneer leaders whose efforts soon led to the erection of the
building on the site of the present Flack block. This was opened with much
brilliance by the lieutenant-governor and Mrs. Edgar Dewdney and served for a
period of many years as headquarters of the association. Later followed the
founding of the Young Women's Christian Association with a small nucleus of
members. While holding the presidency of the Eocal Council of Women, Mrs.
McLagan founded the branch at Xew Westminster, now one of the strongest in
the province, thus sharing with Lady Aberdeen the distinction of forming a
branch while exercising the functions of president. For two years Mrs. McLagan
held the provincial vice-presidency, succeeding .Miss Perrin in office, and at the
close of her term giving place to Mrs. Day and later Mrs. James Macaulay.
Just about this time was founded the local branch of the Victorian Order of
Nurses with Dr. McLaren holding the chief office and Mrs. McLagan the secre-
taryship. Some time previous Mrs. McLagan had given a public reception for the
first contingent of the order, who, with a detachment of the Northwest mounted
police, were proceeding to their stations in the Yukon for active service. The
Hospital Auxiliary and the Art. Historical and Scientific Association were also
bodies that found stanch support in Mrs. McLagan, whose name appears on the
charter roll of both associations. The Daughters of Empire have ever found
her a warm advocate of their imperial mission and the initial chapter, the Coro-
nation, had her as secretary for two or three successive years. With later move-
ments such as the Women's Press Club of Canada, the Athenaeum and the
Georgian Club, Mrs. McLagan has also been prominently identified and the
memorable tour through the Canadian northwest of the Women's Press Club,
Mrs. McLagan enjoyed in common with the large contingent of women journal-
ists from the United States."
Mr. McLagan was a member of the St. Andrews church and passed away in
that faith when sixty-two years of age. So high and honorable were his purposes
and so far-reaching and beneficial his efforts that his life may be said to have
been a most tangible factor in the work of public progress and improvement in
Vancouver and the province. As a journalist he stood for all that meant better-
ment and upbuilding, for the rights of the majority against those of the few, for
liberty, justice and truth, and when death called him British Columbia felt that
she had lost one of her most valued citizens.
JAMES CRITCHLEY.
James Critchley, general merchant and postmaster at Sidney, was born in
St Helens, England, January i, 1863, a son of Thomas and Hannah Critchley.
Ihe father, who was a jeweler, is now living retired in Liverpool, and the
mother has passed away. James Critchley was educated in the Wesleyan public
school and after completing his course secured the position of office boy for
A. G. Kuntz, chemical manufacturer. Subsequently he worked for T P Cook
& Company, men s outfitters, at St. Helens. He was also employed by that firm
ao Iadm.f *£• and subsequently went to Wakefield, where he remained from
1878 until 1881.
After leaving his native land, Mr. Critchley crossed the Atlantic, became a
resident of Wilmington, Delaware, afterward of Chicago, Illinois, and subse-
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quently of Garden Bay, Michigan. He thence went to East Saginaw,- Michigan,
and successively to St. Paul, Minnesota; Sibley, Iowa; and Long Pine, Ne-
braska. From 1882 until 1888 he was in Victoria working for different grocery
firms, and in 1896 he came to Sidney, where he was employed as manager in
the store at Al Dickinson, who was also postmaster for twelve years. Mr.
Critchley later purchased the business, which he conducts to the present time
and he was reappointed to the position of postmaster in 1913. No outside aid
or influences have been factors in his success, which has come to him as the
reward of persistent, earnest effort. He studies the needs of the trade and in
his business endeavors to please his patrons, while his honorable methods are
above question.
Mr. Critchley has taken an active interest in the conservative party and its
purposes and has attended various party conventions for the past fourteen years.
He has twice been sent as supreme delegate to the meetings of the Sons of
England, first to Montreal in 1904, and in 1912 to Niagara Falls. Since 1887
he has taken an active part in fraternal work, especially in the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, representing his local organization in five different con-
ventions. He is now district deputy for the sons of England for the Victoria
district. Mr. Critchley is also a .Mason, belonging to Camosun Lodge, and in
his life he exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft.
Mr. Critchley was married in Iowa, in 1886, to Miss Rachel H. Peter, a
daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Peter, the latter a daughter of George
Anderson, a member of parliament from Glasgow. There are two sons, one
acting as assistant manager of his father's business. The parents are members
of the Church of England and are interested in the moral as well as the
material development of the city. When Mr. Critchley established his present
home Sidney was a very small place. It now has all the modern equipments and
accessories of the progressive town of the Pacific coast country, and Mr. Critch-
ley has marked faith in its future development and is doing much to further its
growth.
WALTER H. CALDER.
Walter H. Calder a successful photographer of Vancouver, has built up an
extensive and gratifying patronage in this connection since purchasing the True-
man studio in 1911. His birth occurred at Fairhaven, Deer Island, New Bruns-
wick, on the ist of March, 1871, his parents being Captain Alonzo and Naomi
(Mitchell) Calder. The paternal grandfather, Walter Calder, came to Canada
from Paisley, Scotland, and settled on Deer Island, where he engaged in the
shipping business and spent the remainder of his life. Captain Alonzo Calder,
the father of our subject, was born on Deer Island and eventually became a sea
captain, sailing for many years between St. John and the New West Indies
and along the Atlantic coast. Since leaving the sea he has followed farming on
Deer Island. His wife, who also survives, is a native of Campobello Island,
New Brunswick.
Walter H. Calder acquired his education in the public schools of Deer Island,
New Brunswick, and when a youth of twelve left home, making his way to the
state of Maine, where he worked in factories for several years. As a young
man of twenty-one years he went to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and there
began learning photography. When less than a year had passed he removed to
St. John rmd there continued photography, spending a decade in that city. In
1903 he went west to Winnipeg, Manitoba, but at the end of four months jour-
neyed on to Nelson, British Columbia, where he worked for two years. In 1905
he came to Vancouver and entered the employ of Wadds Brothers, photog-
raphers while six years later, on the ist of June, 1911, he bought out the
Trueman studio at No. 709 Georgia street. In the purchase of this studio
Mr Calder came into possession of many fine negatives of beautiful and historic
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spots throughout all Canada as well as of a large number of Vancouver's repre-
sentative families. He is an able exponent of his art and has already gained an
enviable patronage and reputation.
On the 6th of November, 1907, in the Wesley Methodist church of Van-
couver, Mr. Calder was united in marriage to Mrs. Catherine Mount, of St.
John, New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Calder are devoted and valued members
of the Kitsilano Methodist church and he acts as secretary of the Bible class.
In fact he has always taken a very active part in Sunday school work, both in
the east and west, and while a resident of St. John served as secretary of what
is now the largest Sunday school in that city. Since coming to Vancouver he
has held membership in the Young Men's Christian Association and has taken,
a helpful part in its work, serving on various committees. He has gained many
friends during his residence in Vancouver and his unfailing courtesy and genu-
ine personal worth, as well as his professional ability, have made him popular.
CHARLES HILL-TOUT.
HY ALFRED BUCKLEY, M. A.
The importance of the pioneer student, the pathfinder in knowledge, is not
always so obvious to the student's contemporaries as to succeeding generations, and
especially to those members of the succeeding generations who carry on the per-
ennially interesting task of telling the story of the past. In the history of every
country there comes a time when any faithful record of the past simply cannot
be written without reference to the work of certain early writers.
To those of us who are familiar with the anthropological researches of
Charles Hill-Tout one thing is sure and that is, that any future student of the
early history of British Columbia, the history, that is, of the country before the
appearance of the white man, cannot tell that story intelligently without refer-
ence to the work of Charles Hill-Tout in this special field of study.
It is now nearly a quarter of a century since Charles Hill-Tout came to Brit-
ish Columbia with little to call his own except the scholarly endowment that
Oxford had given him. While others were building up their fortunes he was
grubbing among the midden heaps and cemeteries of a dying race, sharing the
life of the Indian tribes, methodizing their language from grunts and mono-
syllables, making literature of their unwritten traditions, lending his mind out,
as Browning's Fra Lippo has it, that the coming race of students in British Col-
umbia should have light and guidance concerning the first dwellers in this won-
derful western land.
To the average logger on the shores of Burrard Inlet, False creek, Stanley
park or the banks of the Lower Fraser river digging in the kitchen midden of
an Indian tribe, the domestic utensils of a vanished people would have little more
significance than the tin can of an abandoned logging camp, but to Charles Hill-
Tout, anthropologist, they were treasures of inestimable value and became the
data for his "Native Races of British North America," and for a pile of mono-
graphs and reports that have made his name better known in London and New
York than on the Pacific slope.
Mr. Hill-Tout was born at Plymouth, England, where he lived for the first
six or seven years of his life. Later he was sent to a private school at Oxford and
the Oxford spirit, more dominatingly religious than it is today, but always stimu-
lating and refining, found in him the best of material for its impress ; sensitive,
eager to learn, affectionate and responsive to the advances of his seniors and
finely tuned, then and now, to the attractions of poetic mysticism. A short resi-
dence in the clergy house at Roath, Cardiff, brought him under the influence of
Father Puller, who was a friend of Pusey's and a member of the Puseyite move-
ment. When Father Puller entered the Cowley Monastery, at Oxford, Mr.
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Hill-Tout decided to follow him and for sometime lived the simple life of the
fathers, intending eventually to join the order. It was at this time that he met
Max Muller, who first created in his mind an interest in anthropology. In later
years when that interest had blossomed into actual field research on the shores
of the Pacific the great Oxford philologist extended the most cordial encourage-
ment to his former student.
It was at this time too, that like Emanuel Kant, of old, Mr. Hill-Tout was
awakened from his dogmatic slumbers and the old story of shifting theological
moorings was repeated in another young soul. He spent two years at the Scholae
Cancellarii (Schools of the Chancellor) at Lincoln, studying theology with a
view to missionary work in South Africa ; or a living in 'his own country, the
gift of a relative, was at his service. But once more the bondage of subscription
to rigid dogmas became intolerable and once more a brave young spirit rebelled.
Mr. Hill-Tout abandoned the idea of a clerical life and turned his thoughts
to Canada. Dr. Daniel Wilson was then President of Toronto University and,
on his advice, Mr. Hill-Tout took up educational work in that city as proprietor
•of a private school. There his impulse to anthropology was greatly strengthened
by Dr. Wilson, but for a time teaching and fanning absorbed his attention. He
bought a farm and soon resigned his scholastic work, but after about eighteen
months of farming, sold out profitably and, in 1889. moved west to British Col-
umbia.
In Vancouver, Mr. Hill-Tout took charge of St. James School and, after a
period during which he was associated with Dr. \\hetham at Whetham College.
founded Buckland College as a high school for boys, and for a number of years
was one of the most ardent workers in Vancouver for the high education. The
opening of the Eburne road awakened once more his interest in anthropology,
for this road cut through an ancient midden pile and revealed most valuable
evidence of the past life of the Indian tribes of Hritish Columbia. Mr. Hill-Tout
conducted a series of investigations into these relics and wrote a report entitled
"Later Prehistoric Man in British Columbia," which was presented to the Royal
Society of Canada and incorporated in their "Proceedings."
This was the first published account of the archaeological riches of British
Columbia and led to the extensive investigations carried out later by the Jessup
Exploration Fund of New York. The Royal Society also published a paper by
him on "The Cosmogany of the Squamish," a paper on "The Oceanic Affinities
of the Salish Tribes of British Columbia," and two monographs on "Totemism,"
the most important of which put Mr. Hill-Tout at once into the foremost rank
of the students of "Totemism." This also brought him as the leading expo-
nent of the American view of totemism, into friendly correspondence with such
authorities on the subject as Dr. Frazer and the late Andrew Lang.
Following Dr. George Dawson in the office of organizing secretary of the
Ethnological Survey Committee appointed by the British Association for the
Advance of Science, he undertook a series of investigations into the life history
of the Salish tribes of British Columbia which necessitated his spending lengthy
periods among the natives and which resulted in the publication of some dozen
reports, printed verbatim by the B. A. A. S. at first and later by the Royal
Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. These reports are now
regarded as indispensable to anthropological students and their contents have been
widely quoted by anthropolical writers, notably by Dr. Frazer in his monumental
work on "Totemism and Exogamy." The new edition of the Encyclopedia
Britannica contains scores of references to his publications. Mr. Hill-Tout was
•chosen to write the North American volume of "The Native Races of the British
Empire" series, published by Constable of London. This volume, which was
everywhere highly commended, is now regarded as the most authoritative work
upon the subject of which it treats.
As far back as 1900 Mr. Hill-Tout was made corresponding fellow to the
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected
a fellow of the American Ethnological Society in 1908, a vice president of the
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Canadian Department of the Archaeological Institute of America in 1911 and
also a member of the executive of the institute in 1912. He is also a member
of about a dozen other learned societies in America and Europe. Recently he
was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
About the beginning of the present century Mr. Hill-Tout took up land
at Abbotsford, in the Eraser valley, and there fashioned a home and farm out
of a dense forest. At the present time he is a practical agriculturist as well as
writer and lecturer on the subject to which he has devoted the best part of his
life.
FRANK LESLIE MURDOFF.
The latent powers of coordination and organization and the ability and energy
of Frank Leslie Murdoff have found an ideal field of operation in British
Columbia, where his intense activities have greatly contributed to the general1
development and advancement. As vice president of Williams & Murdoff, Lim-
ited, he occupies a foremost position in real-estate circles of Vancouver, being
largely interested in country realty and exerting his efforts in order to open-
up large agricultural tracts, inducing new settlers to come to the prov-
ince and also contributing in a forceful way to the growth of his home
city. The firm of Williams & Murdoff. Limited, controls properties far in excess
of one million dollars and their operations must be considered more in the
light of investments than as speculations. They also extensively engage in the-
general brokerage business and other financial transactions. Although the firm
has been in existence only for about five years, it has become one of the most
important and influential in the province and its phenomenal growth must be-
in a large extent ascribed to the personal efforts, the pronounced ability and the
sound and logical judgment of its vice president, Frank L. Murdoff. Moreover,
other interests which make for the upbuilding of the province have profited
through the labors of Mr. Murdoff, who is personally interested in various parts
of the province in real estate and also gives his attention as official of one
kind or other, or as director, to mining, financial, electric, investment, coaling
and oil companies. His healthy optimism, his firm faith in the future of British
Columbia and Vancouver and the progressive spirit which moves all his actions
is evident in another connection, for it is he who was elected by the far-seeing
men of his city to the office of president of the Vancouver Improvement Asso-
ciation, and that those who have the interests of the city at heart have made no-
mistake in their choice, — thereof sufficient evidence exists.
Born in Picton, Ontario, August 16, 1872, Frank L. Murdoff is a son of
Henry L. and Margaret (McGillivray) Murdoff, the father a native of Bayview
Farm, Glenora, Prince Edward county, Ontario. He was engaged in the con-
tracting business at Picton, Ontario, and later at Winnipeg, Manitoba, but at
the close of a successful career, in 1910, came to British Columbia, where he
now lives at Prince Rupert, practically retired.
Frank L. Murdoff received his education in the graded and high schools at
Picton and after laying aside his text-books became a clerk in a mercantile busi-
ness at that city, later removing to Winnipeg, where he occupied a similar posi-
tion. Perceiving chances for a more rapid rise in the outside field and seeing
therein an opportunity for gaining valuable experience, he then became a
traveling salesman in the shoe and footwear line, making his headquarters
at Winnipeg, and at the same time started a jobbing business on his own
account, making many trips even into the smallest settlements of the middle
and western provinces. Early his sound judgment and ready understanding of
business conditions asserted themselves and he became very successful in dis-
posing of job lots of merchandise and bankrupt stocks and in engineering
similiar enterprises, accumulating a comfortable capital sufficient in size to help
him to an independent career. In 1900 Mr. Murdoff became manager of the
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•shoe department of the Hudson's Bay Company store at Winnipeg and so
•continued until 1904, when he removed to Alberta, where for several months
he conducted a general store. Returning to Winnipeg for a short stay, he
then made a trip to British Columbia in order to acquaint himself with 'pre-
vailing conditions and to gather personal experience as to the advisability of
investment. He was favorably impressed with the new country and only re-
turned to Winnipeg in order to celebrate his marriage, shortly after which event
he returned to British Columbia in the fall of 1905 and has since made his head-
quarters at Vancouver. From the very first he has been a firm believer in the
great future of British Columbia as one of the richest agricultural sections of
the world and upon taking up his residence in Vancouver he immediately began
to invest his accumulations in real estate. For several months he operated alone
but then became associated with David G. Williams, forming the firm of Wil-
liams & Murdoff, which under the able direction of the two young and aggressive
partners was soon launched upon the road to prosperity. In 1908 the concern was
incorporated as Williams & Murdoff, Limited, Mr. Murdoff becoming vice presi-
dent of the corporation. He has so continued to date. From the very first their
investments in city, suburban and country lands have been very large and espe-
cially have they devoted their attention to farm properties. The business is
founded upon a most solid basis and their operations must be considered more in
the light of investments than speculations. Although Mr. Murdoff's individual
success is worthy of note, his activities in regard to the future of the province
have been of such importance that they largely overshadow any one man's private
prosperity. He is a business man of the modern type, shrewd, able, progressive
and straightforward, careful of his own interests, considerate of those of others
and influenced at all times by the thought of the broader effect which his work
has upon the general growth. Capable of mature judgment of his own capaci-
ties and of the people and circumstances that make up his life's contacts and
experiences, he is preeminently a man of business sense, easily avoiding the mis-
takes and disasters that come to those who, although possessing remarkable
faculties in some respects, are liable to erratic movements that result in unwar-
ranted risk and failure. Believing firmly in the future of British Columbia as
an agricultural country and the future of Vancouver as that of a great metro-
politan city of the west, he possesses sufficient courage to venture where favoring
opportunities present themselves and his judgment and energy have carried him
forward to a notable success. The firm of Williams & Murdoff now controls
properties in excess of a million dollars and this statement alone suffices to desig-
nate their importance in the real-estate field. They also carry on a general real-
estate and financial brokerage business and as such are members of the
Vancouver Stock Exchange.
As his means have increased the interests of Mr. .Murdoff have multiplied in
a remarkable way and he has made judicious investments along various lines,
giving of his force and ability to a number of corporations which have prospered
under the impetus of his spirit, which never rests content and is always reaching
out for greater achievement. He is secretary of the Point Grey Estates Com-
pany, Limited; vice president of the Amalgamated Gold Mines of Sheep Creek.
^Limited ; secretary of the Grand Trunk Pacific Investment Company, Limited ;
and a director in the Canadian Northern Land & Trust Company, Limited, the
Campbell River Power Company, Limited, the Winnipeg Land Investment Com-
pany, Limited, the Interior Land Company of British Columbia. Limited. _ the
Gran'dview Heights. Limited, the Vancouver Coaling & Oil Syndicate, Limited,
and the British-California Oil Company, Limited. Moreover, he has other inter-
ests too numerous to set forth here and personally owns much real estate — city,
suburban and country.
In November 1905, at Winnipeg, Mr. Murdoff was united in marriage to
Miss Jean S. Jones, whose father, formerly an agriculturist and: contractor of
Moose Taw, Ontario, now resides at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoff
have three children : Harold, Jean and Marjorie. They occupy a foremost posi-
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tion in the exclusive society circles of the city and their hospitable home is often
the scene of notable entertainments.
Although the business interests of Mr. Murdoff are so extensive in range
that they would occupy any ordinary man's whole time, he takes interest in vari-
ous other matters which in a certain way act as a diversion and counterweight to
his intense business activities. He is a life member of the Archaeological Society
and a member of the Terminal City Club of Vancouver. His religious faith
is that of the Methodist church. His conceptions of politics are so high that he
finds it impossible to ally himself definitely with one or the other of the two
great parties, preferring to give his support to men and measures according to
his own judgment and on merit only. He has, however, taken active part in
many municipal affairs of a non-political character, giving his warm indorse-
ment and support to any worthy enterprise intended to benefit the general pub-
,lic and in that relation has been singled out for the distinct honor of president
of the Vancouver Improvement Association, in which connection he exerts his best
efforts for the promotion of measures which will prove of lasting benefit to Van-
couver. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
in his younger days was very active in that lodge. It is said that "in all this world
the thing supremely worth having is the opportunity, coupled with the capacity, to
do well and worthily a piece of work the doing of which shall be of significance
to mankind." The opportunity and the capacity have been given to Mr. Murdoff
and he has used both wisely and well.
ARTHUR H. XICHOL.
Arthur H. Nichol, townsite agent at Vancouver for the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, was born in India in 1864. He is a son of P. D. Nichol, deceased, who
was for many years connected with the English civil service in India and who
never came to Canada.
Arthur H. Nichol acquired his education in the public schools of England and
at the age of twenty went to Mexico, where he engaged in cattle ranching and
mining near the American border. About 1895 ne moved to British Columbia,
settling first in Victoria, whence he moved in 1898 to Teslin lake. He afterwards
went to Atlin, where he was connected with mining and transportation interests
for several years. In 1903 he came to Vancouver and entered the employ of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, serving as assistant to the paymaster for two years.
At the end of that time he was appointed town site agent at Vancouver and he
has since held this position, being found always prompt, reliable and efficient in
the discharge of duties.
Mr. Nichol married, in Victoria, in 1902 Miss Fraser, and both are well known
in social circles of this city. Mr. Nichol is a stanch conservative and he holds
membership in the Western and Royal Vancouver Yacht Clubs, being vice com-
modore in the latter organization. He is also a member of the Canadian Club and
the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club. In all of the relations of life he has main-
tained a high standard of honor and integrity and has won the respect, good-will
and confidence of all who are brought in contact with him.
WILLIAM C. THOMPSON.
William C. Thompson, a leading citizen of West Vancouver and one who has
been an important factor in its phenomenal development, is living retired in a
handsome residence overlooking English Bay. His birth occurred in Cambridge,
England, in 1855, his parents being Charles and Eliza (Aggus) Thompson, also
of English descent, who spent their entire lives in that country. The father was
a detective who spent much time in Yorkshire and Sheffield.
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William C. Thompson acquired his education in the public schools of York-
shire, England, and when thirteen years of age was apprenticed to the trade of
wheelwright, being bound for seven and a half years or until he had attained his
majority. After the period of his apprenticeship was completed he worked at
the trade as a journeyman for a few years. Subsequently he removed to Harro-
gate, Yorkshire, and there engaged in contracting and building. In the year
1878 he emigrated to Canada, locating in Inglewood, Ontario, and after working
as a carpenter for about a year again established himself in the contracting
business. Meeting with success in that undertaking, he branched out into the
operation of a planing mill, lumberyard, machine shop and hardware business.
He continued in those lines until March, 1909, when he disposed of his interests
in Ontario and came to Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Thompson immedi-
ately invested in acreage in West Vancouver, then known as West Capilano, and
proceeded to build his magnificent home on a beautiful site overlooking English
Bay and Vancouver's outer harbor, with exit on the picturesque Keith road.
This was the first large home to be erected in West Vancouver, and to Mr.
Thompson's faith in the future of that district is due much praise. His land
has since become very valuable, comprising some of the most desirable home
sites on the north shore.
It was in the first year of his residence there (1909) that 'Mr. Thompson,
Mr. Lawson, Robert Macpherson and John Sinclair organized and secured a
charter for the West Vancouver Transportation Company, with Mr. Thompson
as secretary and treasurer. They purchased a gasoline propelled boat which they
named the West Vancouver and which is still in the service, but now as a freight
carrier. This boat made the maiden trip of the West Vancouver ferry service on
the 4th of November, 1909, since which date continuous service has been main-
tained. Later the company purchased a handsome large boat, the Sea Foam,,
and opened a service to English Bay, but the undertaking proved so great a
financial loss that it was abandoned after a few months' trial, the boat being
placed in the Vancouver city service. With the exception of a couple of weeks.
at the very start, Captain Findlay has been in command, now being commodore
of the fleet, which at present consists of four boats. Harry L. Thompson is
chief engineer for the fleet. The fact that in the entire record of the service
there has never been an accident is ample evidence of the capability of those in
charge. Upon the organization of the new municipality of West Vancouver,
in 1912, it was decided that municipal ownership of the ferry system was the
desire of the people and the transaction was negotiated at once. Although the
present service is said to be operated on a paying basis, the organization and oper-
ation of the first service was conducted with a heavy loss to its promoters and
it is to these men that much credit is due for the West Vancouver of today, the
rapid growth it has experienced in the brief period of its existence and that it
will continue to enjoy in the future. Mr. Thompson has sold many residential
lots from his original holdings but has also acquired in the meantime much
desirable property, and no man has greater confidence in the future of West
Vancouver than he.
On the 24th of May, 1882, in Cheltenham, Ontario, Mr. Thompson was
united in marriage to Miss Grace Lawson, a native of that place. She is a
representative of an old Scotch family who were among the early settlers of
Ontario. By her marriage she has become the mother of five children, as
follows : Charles, a contractor, who recently came to West Vancouver from
Ontario; Harry L., the chief engineer for the West Vancouver Ferry Company;
James, a hardware merchant, who resides at home; and William Lawson and
Robert Alexander, both of whom are attending high school in Vancouver.
Mr. Thompson is a liberal in his political views but broad-minded and inde-
pendent, being entirely opposed to narrow partisanship. He has been repeatedly
requested to accept nomination to public office but he has always declined. Ever
since the formation of the new municipality he has been a member of the school
board. In Ontario he joined and is still a member of the Ancient Order oi
1202 BRITISH COLUMBIA
United Workmen, the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Canadian Home
Circles, in all of which he has held high offices in the past. His religious faith
is indicated by his membership in the North Vancouver Methodist church, in
which he is a trustee and also acts as a member of the board. He has likewise
been active in building up the Presbyterian Mission in West Vancouver and has
recently been appointed treasurer of the new Methodist church which is being
organized in West Vancouver. He has always been particularly active in Sunday
school work, and in the summer of 1913 Mr. and Mrs. Thompson attended a
Sunday school convention of the world at Zurich, Switzerland. At that time
they were making an extended tour of Europe which consumed six months and
during which they visited many of the principal centers of interest. In social
life Mr. Thompson is universally respected and esteemed by all classes of citizens.
In the large circle of his acquaintances he forms his opinions of men regardless
of worldly wealth and position. He has labored, and not in vain, for the develop-
ment of his district, and enjoys in a marked degree that reward of the progressive,
upright citizen, the respect and confidence of his fellowmen.
INDEX
• Abbott, H. B 56
Abernethy, J. W 572
Abray, J. T 610
Achurch, Samuel 164
Adams, J. R 901
Agnew, F. V 429
Aish, J. T 886
Alcock, W. G 1171
Alexander, R. H. H 670
Alexander, Solomon 353
Allen, E. F 679
Allen, Fred 299
Allen, H. G 871
Allen, P. A 964
Anderson, G. B 780
Anderson, J. G 86
Atkinson, A. B 1022
Atkinson, J. T 784
Atkinson, R. W 546
Baer, W. W 611
Bailey, J. W 819
Bailey, Robert 862
Baker, A. R 63
Baldwin, G. F 47
Ballson, H. G 1151
Banfield, J. J 1051
Barham, A. J 813
Barker, C. H 717
Barnard, F. S.. . 785
Barr. M. J 25
Barton, I. D. 8 534
Barwis, W. B 78
Bate, Mark 688
Baumgartner, S. C 615
Baxter, T. S 154
Baylis, William 280
Baynes, E. G 317
Beazley, E. H .- 274
Beck, A. E 1098
Beckett, E. W 496
Beecher, C. M 934
Benson, H. D 354
Berry, Alice H 928
Bettz, Harry 223
Bickerdike, Harry 693
Bird. A. J 365
Blatk, A. E 920
Black. James 855
Blackstock. Robert 478
Blaokwell. E. G.. . 997
Blair. W. A 768
Boggs. B. T. F. W 400
Bole, J. P. H 582
Bole, W. N 606
Bolton, A. E 243
Bone. W. H 791
Bonson, L. F 10
Bonson. R. F 602
Booth, P. D 914
Boultbee, H. X 542
Bowcll. Samuel 227
Bowser. W. J 750
Bray. IX W., Jr 413
Brayshaw, T. M 819
Bridge, William 1111
Brighousp. Sam 342
Brookes, James 676
Brown, A. T 217
Brown. Christopher 1112
Brown, E. A 341
Brown, J. 0 790
Brown, L. H 1152
Brown. P. B 492
Brown. P. R 551
Brown, Robert 883
Brown. W. A 1008
Brown. W. C 231
Bryant, F. M 576
Brymner. J. G 572
Buckley, F. L 137
Buckoll, W. H 1152
Biilman. John 815
Burns. William 992
Burr. Hugh 392
Burr. P. R 223
Burton. S. C 883
Buscombe. Frederick 927
Bushby. G. G 198
Butterfleld, H. J 291
Byrne, J. D 141
Calder, W. H 1193
Cambie, H. J 973
Campbell, C. S 816
Campbell. Ronald 1179
Canavan, H. W. E 214
Canfield, F. 0 1004
Carder, E. D 85
Carruthers, R. S. P 725
Carter-Cotton. Fran'cis 833
Carver. G. T 1099
Chambers, H. C 892
Champion. B. H 756
Chance. Robert 795
Chaney. P. R 1022
Chapman. R. K 399
Chisholm, Donald 64
Christensen, H. B 529
Christie, J. A 602
1203
1.204
INDEX
Churchill, S. G 277 Elliot, J. B 1064
Clarke, W. N 325 Elliott, John 568
Clay, W. L 803 Elson, VV. H. Q 266
Clemens, John 525 England, D. D 1105
Clowes, John 1158 English, B. F 807
Connor, Thomas 202 Enright, C. W 921
Conway, T. D 719 Knthoven, E. J 322
•Copp, VV. H 1025 Esselmont, James 860
Corbould, G. B 507 Evans, J. N 765
Cosgrove, J. It 1159 Evans, \V. H 907
Costollo. Michael 786
Coughlan. John 167 Fales, W. E 850
Coutts, A. H 1021 Fanning, A. R 89
Craig, James 307 Fellowes. F. L 967
- Cran, James 802 Fields. F. J 249
Creagh. A. R 861 Finlaison. C. W 1187
,- Creery, A. MeC 205 - F'inlayson, Roderick 190
Critchley, James 1192 Flint,' J. P 1073
Croiiipton. R. W 262 Frampton, W. R 1075
Crow. William 1147 Fraser, H. C 444
Crowell. T. E 849 Freer. Lemuel 946
Cruise, A. W 357 Fretz, L. A 676
dimming. Alison 1093 Fulton. R. A 908
Cummiskev. T. J 884
Cunningham, W. J 1087 <jaler. R. C 886
Currie. A. W 168 Gallagher. W. H 1010
Ganson, H. G 867
Darling, Henry 73 Gardiner, W. F 376
Darling, (). E.' 265 Garland, M. X 292
Darling. W. L 878 Garrett. H. G 1174
Davie, A. E. B 326 Gaskell, M. J 711
Davie, Alexander 172 Gntley. John 410
Davis, Frederick 593 Gauvreau, K. B 150
Dawe, A. .1 436 Gay. W. H 672
Dawe. A. W 1 168 Geddes, J. I' 873
Dawe. Samu.'l 422 George. William 1 123
Day, R. S 461 Gilford. H. W 321
Day, William 772 Gilford, Thomas 395
Deacon, W. S 213 Gillett. W. G 206
Deans. Albert 176 Gilley, G. E 149
De Beck. C. H 18 Gilley. W. A 737
De Beck. G. W 402 Gillis. C. H 593
Delavanlt, K. E 115 Gillis. J. D 944
Dempster. H. 0 515 Gilmore, James 1141
Dennis, George 1163 Gitchell. Edith J 926
Dewar. A. L 391 Goodman. A. E 346
Dick, Archibald 792 Gordon. John 388
Dick, R. W 1015 Gosse. J. F 1106
Dickens, B. F 821 Graham, G. E 598
Ditchburn. W. E 1013 Grahame. H. M 916
Dixon, A. B 555 Grauer, Jacob 910
Dobeson, Thomas 701 Graveley W. E 636
Dockrill. W. R 146 Gray, A/W 559
Dodd, William 564 Gray. Peter 1140
Douglas, C. S 658 Greame, E. A 641
Draper, W. N 743 Greaves. J. B 880
Drew, G. E 567 Green. R. F. 124
Duck. William 1058 Griffiths. William 853
Duncan, W. A 435 Gurney Foundry Co., Ltd 533
Durican, W. C 760
Dunsmuir, James 52 Hacking W J 549
Dutcher. H. K 183 Hadwen, G. H 789
Haldon, J. P 512
Earle, E. A 159 Hall. P. B 98
Earle, Henry 1110 Hamer, A. E 1109
Eckert, Henry 687 Hamilton, Robert 1156
Edgson, Milton 778 Hamilton, Z. M 743
Edwards, Herbert 560 Hansford, W. F 239
Edwards, S. E 309 Harris, A. W 443
Eliot, V. A. G 296 Harris! R. W 179
Ellacott, C. H ; . . 991 Hart EC 133
INDEX
1205
Hart-McHarg, William 104 King, C. E 13
Harwood, Joseph 834 King, C. H 932
Hasell, E. S 1045 King, P. L 452
Hatt-Cook, H. W 1019 King. Percy 1068
Hawkshaw, J. E 9 Kirkfand, H. J 683
Hay, S. G 188 Kittson, R. E 952
Haynes, E. M 956 Knight, William 892
Hayward, W. H 797 Knott, H. J 489
Heaps, E. H 82 Knott, H. T 620
Henderson, A. E 283 Knowles, R. E 552
Henderson, J. S 657 Kyle, John 39
Hendry, John 720
Henley, Joseph 210 Ladner, W. H. D 1174
Hepburn, A. E 184 Ladner, W. H 1118
Herring, Arthur 232 Langley, W. H 759
Herring, Frances E 232 Latham, H. P 279
Hewitt. M. E 939 Lawson, C. E 1128
Hickman. J. K 358 Lawson, J. H., Jr 51
Hilbert. John 706 Lawson, John 1180
Hill-Tout, Charles 1194 Ledingham, G. W 380
Hinton, J. A 93 Lehman, Isaac 538
Holden, William 1164 ^ Messurier, Thomas 157
Holmes, A. J 610 ,emon. J. J 762
Holmes. David 773 jcnnie. H. 1C 257
Holtz. L. F 1039 .eonard, H. M 989
Honeyman. John 579 ..ewthwnito, W. A 372
Hoseason. C. D. S 120 Joyd- Jones, David 860
Howard, P. S 240 Loa't, C. J.. 254
Hoy, Henry 103 Lobley. Arthur 1155
Hudson. Isaac 134 Logan. J. J 1181
Humble, B. M 804 London, G. W 1162
Humphrys, Noel 189 Lougheed. N. S 549
Huston. Henry 1161 Loutet, Jack 11 65
Lowe. I. E 725
Iliff. A. E 885 Lutley. W. J 473
Insley. A. M 371 Luxton, A. P 1069
Irving. John 1076
Irving. William 1058 McAdam. J. ft 257
McAllister, C. W 672
Jackson. C. F 459 McArthur, J. C 1074
Jakeman, H. W 661 McBride, Sir Richard
James, P. L 585 McCallun, James 11
Janes T J 986 McCallum. Alexander b
Jardine. John '. 44 McCleery, Fitzgerald
Jardine, J. B 107 McColl. A. E 421
Javnes, W. P.. 747 McColl. A. J 455
Jaynes, W. R 405 McConnell, A. L »«
Jemmett, W. S 809 McCormack. J. D «
Jenkins, F. T 827 McCraney, H. P 699
Johnson, C. G 516 McCrossan, G. E "j
Johnson. W. L 586 McCuaig, George
Johnston. J. G 116 McCurdie, J. C 495
Johnston, T. C 590 McDiarmid, S. S 6
Johnston, W. H 996 McDonald, Duncan 469
Jones, C. H 224 McDonald, W S 1016
Jones, E. C 460 McEwen, E. H 601
Jones, R. R 366 McEwen, P H 670
Jones, Stephen 654 McEwen, S. C 636
Jones, T. J 247 McFeely, E. J ""
Jukes, Andrew 985 McGeer. James *«*
McGill. Quintir. 5
Keast R. G 991 McGillivray, Donald 9
Keelev, M. F 956 McGuire, G. A J»»
Kendall, John 996 McGuire, J. D "«
Kennedy, T. L 130 McGuire, S. M 582
Kennedy, Thomas 399 Mclnnes, T. R.. . . 1116
Kermode Francis 486 Mclnnes. W. W B 1104
Kerr. J. A 1046 Mclntosh, J. W 963
Kickham. Lawrence 1181 Mclntyre, J. A W»
Kidd, George 279 McKay, D. E 414
Kidd, Thomas 30 McKay. J. G 2
Vol. IV— 47
1206
INDEX
McKay, \V. M 116 Miller, F. J 694
McKeclmie, A. J. L 375 Miller, J. W. ¥ 499
McKcchnie, R. E 974 Mills, J. A 239
McKechnie, W. C 868 Mills, J. B 945
McKee, D. A 202 Milne, G. B 350
McKee, John 418 Milne, G. L 310
McKee, Robert 1154 Monk, T. B 949
McLagan, J. C 1188 Monteith, R. G 944
McLaren, J. G 189 Moody, T. G 933
McLay, Robert, Jr 779 Moore, S. A 180
McLean, W. M 21 Moore. W. W 1040
McLellan, Daniel 736 Morden, G. H 1153
McLennan, D. G 843 Moresby, William 695
McLennan, R. P 1186 Morcy. Henry 503
McLeod, J. C 938 Morgan. Thomas : 741
McLeod, Malcolm 244 Morton, \V. H 902
McMane, C. C 897 Mowat, A. R 485
McManus, W. J 422 Muir, J. R 1075
McMillan, J. A 897 Munn. Angus 571
McMurphy, J. P 379 Munro, Russell 943
McNaughton, Archibald 330 Munson, S. ¥ 396
McNeely. Thomas 48 Murdoch, George 1055
McNeil. J. F 840 Munloff. F. L 1198
McXeill. J. I) 729 Musgrave, John 413
McPhaden. Donald 74
Mcl>l,mips,F.X... ....1130 Xe, Henry
M'cQuarrie A. L 460 N • - «»•
McRae, John 069 vi , , , ,, °
NlcSpadden, George SLt Donaid" ! "IS?
McTiernan, Michael 717 XT- i i
„„, iNicnolson, Joseph . 1182
MacDonald, Alexander 274 „. p ' li
I 1 -r. T -i -I e(\ -N 1X01], 1'j. li. . . fiQ*>
Macdonald, R. J 1169 ., 03»
^r ? 1 TA ^T nen rl OVC!", LOUIS . QQ7
Macfarlane, D. M SaO . , • Md'
-.r . A TT -r* -on Aunn, (_. 1J. . , 119?
MacGowan, A. H. B n20 tj-*a
MacKay, John 138
Mackie, John 525 >'Connell, J. D 80s
Mackie. Thomas 525 Odium, Edward 335
MacLachlan. A. J 55 Odium. V. W 962
MacLcan. C. E 405 Ogilvie, W. P 278
MacLean, E. W 708 Oliver. John 958
Maclure. John 1061 Oils. G. W 1043
Ma'clure. Samuel 1063 O'Neill. J. D 261
Macneill, C. B 153 Ottley, M. R 898
MacSween, P. D 500 Ovens, Thomas 646
Madill, J. C 732
Mahon, C. E 108 Page. David . 847
Malkin, J. P. D 1049 Palmer. A. J. . ' 4fio
Malkin, W. H 1091 Parmiter. A. J.
Hanson, Laurence 705 Patrick. F. A ' 395
Marpole. C. M 594 Patterson. D. C ' «10
Marrington. J. C 890 pavne. C. H. C. 635
Marriott. W. R 175 pearce, S. J.
Mars. James 112 Pparse, B. W. ' ' 1070
Marsh, J. A 632 Pearson. F. R. ' 755
Marshall A G 665 Pe(len. Alexaiulor ' | .' .' .' .' 1 1 ] ' 539
Martin, G. E 530 Peebles. Peter
Mason, C. D 730 Peers. F j ' *"
Mason, James 1167 Pemberton, A F ' '
Massey, H L 8"«-Pemborton. J. D.'! .'.'.'.
Mather' J- D 28* Pemberton J D Jr ' 995
Mather. R. A 1086 pentreath E S W im
Mathews, G. F 865 Peters F w' ?nn
Mawson T H 1098 £££' £ ^- - ... 500
Maynard, Richard 903 philli,)S T V TOR
Maysmith, S. M 1162 p™ "j^ N" ' ' ; ™
194 Pi«, Thomas'.
950 Planta, A. E... 304
::::: E^ S^^T ::::::::::::::::::-i
Mi,burnET.H.H... .732 ^ £f^ • ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Mlller' E- P ; 701 Pottenger, A. B.. . . 219
INDEX
1207
Pound, A. M 713
Powers, J. E. T 712
Price, W. H 1166
Purvis, Allan 1088
Quigley, E. A 624
Quilty, T. W 581
Ralph, W. A 702
Rand, E. E 844
Rankin, J. S 507
r, J. S 1094
Shaw, John ................... 628
Silcock, W. M ............... 6
Sills, P. G ........................ . ... 253
Simmons, II. S ........................ 777
Simpson, H. J ......................... 493
Sinclair, T. F ........................ 834
Slack-, A. P ........................... 896
Slater, T. H .......................... 1019
Smillie, William ..................... 1150
S"lith' Joh" ......................... 313
Snlit1'' Kllll>1' ........................ °49
Smitl1- T' " ........................... 58°
Smit, ,,, ,
smith w.s.:: ' 482
**••'• «11" •
GO
JOa
530
..1082
w H.
s k ,. ,
o}._,i:nn u vr
'
~-M
Re??-Ric<-
Hold, James
Reid. K. K
Richards, J. R. A
;<*ardBon,j.F.. .
Rickraan, R J ........................ 48 stal.k |a|m,s ........................
Riggs, H. W .......................... 11 ()0 st k w | s..
Ritrhif. W. H. A ....................... 909 gterlinK Edward' ' '. 83*
Rithet. R. P .......................... 1134 St(.v,,n7' n H ' 9SZ
Roberts, H. 1 .......................... 1009 ' . . , "' ' /'• ^ ' ' »"
T-.«- TT . -,-. 11O(i l~Lt\l.>, 'I. ,\l .......................... I I U.)
Robertson, Hon. A. R .................. H29 .stevc-s \V ('
Robertson, Duncan ................. llM Stewart, John '.'.'.'.'.' .'.'.' :.':.".'.':.' ^i! I!! 73?
Robertson, H B ...................... 1094 stm|t |<;<lwanl ....................... .ft4
Robertson, R J.. .- .802 Suth.-rliind. G. A ...................... 308
Robertson, Thomas ................... 114 Sw(,llsolK ,,aul ....................... 1154
Robinson, H. B ........................ 1fi3 w,,i.,,u « p 0-7
_- , -ni_ r> -i c» *' • ' ^* ^" ........................... J I i
Robs on, Eoenezer ..................... 718
v°Cl^ w:n-X- • ...... ]S?" Taschereau, G. L ...................... 726
Rockett. William .................... 913 Tay)ol._ T „ .......................... 1086
Rogers, B T .......................... Ta'vlor, W. J .......................... 1067
Rogers, C II ........................ . . 388 ^ william ..................... 220
Rogers. IX M. ........................ 287 T(,lf(,,,| ,;,,.„ ................... 236
Roome. EH ......................... I6o T(.,r0r,l. Robert ...................... 250
Roper, W. J ........................... <3S T(.r w s .......................... nfi9
Rone, George ........................ 17 Thomas Turberville ..... ............. 60
Ronson. R. D ......................... 822 Tllolllpsoll< ,,.lnu,s .................... 433
Ross> A- D ..................... ' ...... „ Thompson, Samuel ................... 1097
Ross. Donald ........................ Thompson. S. H ....................... 466
Ross- E- B ............................ , Thompson. \V. C ...................... 1200
Ross, W. R. ........................ 1121 T||0m'son. ., w ........................ 1130
Rothwell K J ......................... 78 T]lornton j w ....................... 228
Russell, William ..................... 5 Thursby. W. A ....................... 321
Tidy, Harry ......................... 680
St. Ann's Academy .................... 796 Tiffin. J. «.' ........................... 14
St. Margaret's School .................. 807 Tilton. James ....................... 563
Salsbury, W. F ........................ 1145 Timms. Herbert ...................... 440
Sanders, Edwin ...................... 556 Tinglcy, F. C .......................... 714
Sanders, J. F .......................... 612 Tinglcy. Stephen ..................... 40
Sangster. H. W ....................... 417 Tinn, R. T ............................ 744
Savage, William ..................... 361 Tolmie. S. F .......................... 1052
Scales. R. K ........................... 1172 Tolmie. W. F ......................... 650
S'carlett-Synge, Ella ................. 542 Trim, Henry ......................... 1175
Seharschm'idt, P. F .................... 940 Tucker, B. F .......................... 448
Schooley, C. A ........................ 837 Tucker. J. E .......................... 443
Schultz. S. B ......................... 456 Tunstall. S. J ......................... 384
Scott, Joseph ........................ 448 Turner, George ...................... 270
Scott, S. N ........................... H85 Turner, R. K .......................... 1110
Scratchley, W. J ...................... 451 Tweedale, Cyril ...................... 430
Scrim W. G .......................... 10° Tyrwhitt-Drake, M. W ................. 288
Semlin, c! A.'. ......................... 879
Senkler. J. H ......................... 1100 Ullock. J. G ........................... 43
Sexsmith, C. G ........................ 1139 Underbill, F. T ........................ 997
Sexsmith, J. W ....................... 439
Seymour, J. R ......... ................ 856 Vandall, F. E ......................... 662
Shatf ord, L. W ........................ 537 Vaughan, H. S ........................ 33
1208
INDEX
Vers'choyle, W. D 318
Vollans, Herbert 889
Wade, F. C 1149
Walker, R. E 627
Walmsley, William 303
Ward, W. A 269
Warren, S. W 81
Warrington, H. G 262
Watson, J. F 172
Weaver, John 904
Webber, D. C 623
Weddell, E 822
Weiler, Otto 766
Welchel, H. E 406
Welcher, D. E 369
Weiler, E. S 631
Wells, A. C 957
Wells, M. R 511
Welsh, C. A 616
Wescott, A. H 984
West, S. H 974
Western, E. 0 470
Westover, Peter 508
Whidden, R. H 771
White, A. B 957
White. J. J 1007
White. T. H 798
Whitehead, J. M 1081
Whitehead, W. D 1020
Whiteside, A. M 731
Whiteside, W. J 481
Wiekens, C. A 780
Wilbers, J. J ' 1170
Wilkinson, M. B 158
Williams, A. B 477
Williams, D. G 1003
Williams, F. J 160
Williams, J. C 1159
Williams, W. T 258
Williamson, G. E 978
Williamson, William 491
Wilmot, R. 1J 568
Wilson, Charles 666
Wilson, D. H 1080
Wilson, G. T 619
Wilson, James 474
Wrilson, J. J 890
Wilson, J. W 273
Winter, G. E 431
Wolfenden, Richard 218
Woodward, Charles 145
Woodworth, C. M 409
Work, John 1176
Worsnop, C. B.. . 370
Wright, Francis 984
Yellowlees. J. A 69
Youdall, H. A 159
Young, A. E 731
Young, E. V.. . ..1082
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