BULL RIVER is a ghost town in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, located on the east side of the Kootenay River at the mouth of the Bull River. The town was created in the 1860s when coarse placer gold was discovered in the Bull River. The town of Bull River and the river called Bull River were both named after a prospector named Bull who had mined placer along the river called Bull River. The gold disappeared after the turn of the century. Lumber and tie operations in the area kept the town alive after the gold boom ended. The town of Bull River had a hotel called Bull River hotel and a general store. Eventually Bull River was abandoned. Several buildings could be seen on the Bull River site in 1973.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - BULL RIVER - a post office, town and station on Kootenay Central branch of C. P. R. and on the Bull River, Fernie Provincial Electoral District. C. P. R. telegraph. Good auto roads to adjoining towns. Anglican, Presbyterian and R. C. churches. Local resources, farming, mining, lumbering, cattle raising having fine open range pasture, good hunting and fishing. The population in 1918 was 400.

The BULL RIVER Post Office was opened - 15 September 1912; closed - 31 May 1945.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BULL RIVER Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / BULL RIVER / PM / OC 19 / 32 / B.C. / - duplex cancel - (Cloutier BDC-35) - this duplex hammer was proofed - 23 December 1913 - the ERD - 2 February 1914 - LRD - 7 March 1935 - (RF C).

- sent by registered mail - / R / BULL RIVER, B.C. / ORIGINAL No. / (2412) / - boxed registered marking in bluish grey ink.

- via - / MED. HAT. & NEL • R.P.O. / 11 / OC 19 / 32 / No. 11 / - rpo backstamp

- arrival - / CRANBROOK / OC 19 / 32 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp

- sent by - J. Rossi / Bull River, B.C.

James Rossi

Birth - 6 Apr 1883 in Reggio, Calabria, Italy

Death - 9 Dec 1960 (aged 77) in Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

His wife - Frances (nee di Ambrogi) Rossi

Birth - 27 May 1897 in Italy

Death - 12 Sep 1962 (aged 65) in Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

James Rossi immigrated to Canada around 1902 and to British Columbia c. 1920 - he was a section foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway at Bull River, B.C. from 1930 to 1940 - they moved to Nelson, B.C. around 1945.

Addressed to: The Canadian Bank of Commerce / Cranbrook, B.C.

Awaiting "the" interview

Okanagan Mission, also known colloquially as "the Mission" is a neighbourhood of the City of Kelowna in the Okanagan region of Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located on the south side of the city at the foot of Okanagan Mountain. It derives its name from the Okanagan Mission founded by Father Pandosy, historically known as the Okanagan Mission, which was located here and was the first non-native settlement in the Okanagan Valley. The Mission once was a separate jurisdiction before being amalgamated with the City of Kelowna in the mid- to late-20th century. This has caused a fairly vibrant secondary commercial center to emerge which is entirely separate from Downtown, with low to moderate density residential areas in between. The northern border of Mission is K.L.O. Rd. It is often differentiated as the "Lower Mission" and "Upper Mission." The Lower Mission contains most of the aforementioned commercial areas such as shopping malls, grocery stores, coffee shops, and boutiques. Lower Mission also has extensive recreational facilities, Mission Recreation Park has 6 softball diamonds as well as soccer fields, community gardens, playgrounds and trails, while neighboring H20 is Kelowna's largest indoor recreation facility with a 50m pool, water slides, diving boards and surfing wave. Gyro Beach and Rotary Beach, two of Kelowna’s most popular beaches, are also located in the Lower Mission.

The Upper Mission begins to extend into the foothills and higher terrain, and many parts of this area boast magnificent views of the city, mountains and Okanagan Lake. As a result, this part of town is widely regarded as luxurious and is indeed one of the most expensive neighborhoods of Kelowna. It is not unusual to see homes worth one million dollars or more, the most expensive of which can reach 5 million or even slightly above.

Okanagan Mission was established on the site in 1860 by Father Pierce Richard, Father Charles Pondosy and Brother Surel. OKANAGON MISSION Post Office was opened at Mission Creek - 1 October 1872; Eli Lequime, postmaster. Spelling changed to OKANAGAN MISSION Post Office - 27 November 1905; relocated - 1 August 1906, James H. Baillie, postmaster.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the OKANAGON MISSION / OKANAGAN MISSION Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...

- sent from - / DEWSBURY / 8:30 PM / SP 3 / 04 / - double ring cancel

Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town, Dewsbury went through a period of decline. Dewsbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District of which it is the largest town. According to the 2011 census, Dewsbury had a population of 62,945.

- arrived at - / OKANAGON︲MISSION / SP 20 / 04 / B.C / - split ring arrival backstamp (black oily ink) - this split ring hammer is not listed in the Proof Book - (RF D) - spelling changed to OKANAGAN MISSION in 1905.

Addressed to: Miss M. Thompson / c/o Mr. J. H. Thompson / Okanagan Mission / B.C. / Canada - (she was staying with her brother - Mr. James Henry Thompson during this time period)

Edith Margaret (nee Thompson) Bond

(b. 26 April 1886 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England - d. 31 August 1969 (aged 83) in Essondale, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada)

She had immigrated to Canada in 1904.

Her brother - James Henry Thompson

(b. 24 April 1883 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England - d. 22 June 1944 in Okanagan Mission, British Columbia, Canada) - His occupation - Store Manager / Chauffer - later he became a rancher. He immigrated to Canada in 1903. In 1921 he was boarding at Harry Russell Dodd's house in Okanagan Mission. LINK to his Personnel Records from the First World War (#2140090) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo... He married Edith Dorothy (nee Winter) Marshall (1893–1981) on - 1 October 1934 in Okanagon Mission, B.C.

Her father - "Canon" George Thompson

(b. 1855 in Sheffield, England – Deceased) - occupation Canon / Clergyman in a Church

Her mother - Emily Gertrude (nee Marchinton) Thompson

(b. 1859 in Sheffield, England - d. March 1896 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England)

Her husband - Cecil Henry Bond

(b. 31 May 1877 in Sutton, Norfolk County, England - d. 28 December 1955 (aged 78) in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - his occupation 1909 was a rancher.

Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 18 September 1935 - LINK to a newspaper article - Ginger Coote's Seaplane Locates Lost Hunter Cecil H. Bond - www.newspapers.com/clip/103460992/ginger-cootes-seaplane-...

They were married - 27 Oct 1909 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada - they had two children - Ainslie Kenneth Bond (1911–1998) and Pilot Officer John Basil Bond (1921 - 1943) LINK to Newspaper Clipping and other photos – www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-vir...

The McCrimmon Hall (1902) in the community of McCrimmon, Ontario, Canada.

Originally known as the Sons of Scotland Hall, it was built around 1902. This is significant considering that the population of McCrimmon was 50 in 1905. It currently serves as an unofficial community hall.

The Sons of Scotland in Canada is an association that was established in Toronto in 1876 to provide insurance to its members, also including in its activities elements of sociability and the celebration of Scottish culture. Its original concept was to assist immigrants from Scotland, as well as their offspring, in establishing their new lives in Canada.

It eventually grew into a benevolent association, volunteering in local communities and raising funds to promote Scottish arts among youth.

The community (to dispersed to be termed a village) is named after the prominent McCrimmon family, which originally settled in the region during the early 1800s. Prior to March 1, 1877, it was called Kingsburg.

- article from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 17 - Number 3 - Whole number 67 - September 2008 - COURTESY AIR MAIL SERVICE — BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following the demise of the Semi Official Air Mail service in the mid 1930s many of the pioneer airlines continued to accept mail as a service to their customers and in some cases stamped the company name on the envelopes as a form of advertising. There is much confusion as to the exact status of this mail, as under the postal regulations "mail couriers" were required to receive letters offered them when the distance to the nearest post office exceeded one mile. Since most of the small airlines held mail contracts, this made them in terms of the act "mail couriers," and as a result they were required to accept mail. Such mail was considered to be "way mail," and Vancouver A.M.F. was issued, in 1949, with a suitable hand stamp, although the dater was rarely used. The practice of stamping the name of the company on courtesy mail appears to have started in the mid 1930s and continued until the start of the war in 1939. Following the war the practice was reintroduced, reaching its payday in the mid 1950s and by the early 1960s had been discontinued. A study of the limited number of existing covers produces some confusion as to how the mail was treated. In some cases the mail was picked up at a non post office point and cancelled at Vancouver or Vancouver A.M.F. while in other cases the mail was cancelled by the post office at the point of origin with no further postal marking at Vancouver. It should also be noted that some covers are philatelic and were never actually flown but were courtesy stamped at Vancouver and mailed at the Vancouver A.M.F. post office. LINK to the complete article (pages 574 to 576) - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2008-09-v017n03-w06...

The following companies are known to have carried courtesy mail in British Columbia;

Air Speed —Associated Air Taxi Limited. (1950]

Ginger Coote Airways Limited [1938-1940]

B.C. Airlines Limited [1952-1955]

Pacific Western Airlines Limited [1954]

Canadian Airways Limited [1938-1940]

Queen Charlotte Airlines Limited [1947-1952]

Canadian Pacific Airlines (C.P.A.L.) [1950's]

COURTESY

"GINGER" COOTE AIRWAYS LTD.

515 HOWE STREET

TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 9418

NIGHT CALL : BAYVIEW 6611 Y - 5 line boxed handstamp in red ink

The Coote airplane company carried this letter as courtesy airmail from Zeballos to Vancouver—a free service. Ginger Coote’s company performed this type of courtesy service from 1938 to 1940.

Put in the mail system at Vancouver, B.C. - / VANCOUVER / JUN 9 / 6 PM / 1938 / B.C. / - machine cancel

LINK to a photo of a poster for Ginger Coote Airways Ltd, which hangs in the Bralorne-Pioneer Museum - www.thenetletter.net/?view=article&id=2623:reader-sub...

Russell Leslie “Ginger” Coote

Birth - 17 Jun 1898 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Death - 10 Jan 1970 (aged 71) in Essondale, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

He married:

1) 20 Sep 1921 - Helen Georgina Eliza Chadsey at Vancouver, BC. (Divorced)

2) 28 June 1937 Verna Lambeth Foster (nee Cruickshank) at Richmond, BC. (Divorced)

3) Molly MacLachlan , n/k date. Molly survived Ginger

WW1 fighter pilot then bush pilot for Wells Air Transport, a pioneering aviation company of the early 1930s that serviced the GOLD MINING camps in the BRIDGE River area. In 1933 he became part owner of Bridge River & Cariboo Airways, based at SETON LAKE. By 1935 he was president. In 1938 the company became Ginger Coote Airways, ferrying prospectors to the MINING camp at ZEBALLOS. Margaret Fane Rutledge, one of the famous FLYING SEVEN, joined the company as radio operator and co-pilot. In 1941 Coote sold his airline and it was absorbed into Canadian Pacific Air Lines the following year. During WWII he was an instructor with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. LINK - www.findagrave.com/memorial/117694082/russell-leslie-coote

BC Aviation Hall of Fame - Russell L. "Ginger" Coote earned his wings in the Royal Flying Corp. and upon returning to Chilliwack in 1920, he sold the farm to buy his first airplane and began a career pioneering commercial aviation in British Columbia. Over the next 20 years he pioneered air routes throughout the province, employing such fellow Hall of Famers as Margaret Fane Rutledge, Rus Baker and Sheldon Luck, and partnered with Grant McConachie. During the 1930s he initiated regular air service to the gold fields in Gold Bridge and later to Zeballos. Ginger Coote flew numerous mercy flights and at one point a newspaper stated that' Ginger had saved more lives than had been lost in all B.C. aviation accidents up to that date.' At the outbreak of World War II, he sold his airline business and volunteered his services to the Air Training Plan. In 50 years as a pilot flying in some of the most difficult terrain in the world he never bent an airplane and never lost a passenger. Written by Jack Schofield - LINK - www.bcaviation.com/coote.htm

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sent by - E. W. Shaw / Zaballos, B.C.

Edward Wharton Shaw

(b. 14 March 1892 in England - d. 1 December 1975 at age 83 in Sechelt, B.C.) - his occupation was a Mechanical Engineer - he invented "Heat Insulating Panels".

- World War One - 1916 - 1918 with Royal Flying Corps

- immigrated to Canada c. 1920

c. 1928 he was living in Imperial Beach, California, USA

c. 1938 to 1940 he was living in Zeballos, B.C. working as a engineer

c. 1941 to the 1960's he was living in Gibsons / Sechelt, B.C.

His first wife - Elizabeth Theresa Williams (nee Andrews) Shaw

(b. 1890 in Weymouth, England - d. 4 September 1977 in British Columbia)

They had two children:

Phyllis Elizabeth Isabel (nee Shaw) Easton (divorced)

(b. 29 June 1912 in Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 25 March 1963 in Vancouver, B.C.)

Vivienne Theresa (nee Shaw) Clarke

(b. 1914 in England - d. 16 October 2002 in Vancouver, B.C.)

His second wife - Ann Verena (nee Hulbert) Shaw

(b. 14 August 1914 in Edmonton, Alberta - d. 24 December 1985 at age 71 in Sechelt, B.C.)

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Addressed to: Wellburn Timbers Limited, / Deerholme, Duncan, B.C.

G. E. Wellburn was President and Manager of Wellburn Timbers Limited.

Gerald "Gerry" Eley Wellburn

(b. 9 January 1900 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England – 25 May 1992 at age 92 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)

His family immigrated to Victoria BC in 1911. Young Gerry was fascinated to learn that the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island had issued their own stamps before joining Canada in 1871. He immediately began collecting BC stamps and historical documents. LINK to the complete article - www.allnationsstampandcoin.com/gerald-wellburn/

NOTICE is hereby given that Wellburn Cameron Timbers, Limited, whose registered office is situate at Deerholm, B.C., and which carries on its business at Deerholm, B.C., intends to apply to the Registrar of Companies for approval of a change of its name to the name “ Wellburn Timbers, Limited,” at the expiration of four weeks from the date of this notice. Dated this 3rd day of December, 1936. - NOTICE is hereby given that Wellburn Cameron Timbers, Limited, changed its name on the 24th day of December, 1936, to the name “ Wellburn Timbers, Limited.”

YARROW is a small community located 90 kilometres east of Vancouver within the City of Chilliwack in British Columbia, Canada. It is in the Fraser Valley at the foot of Vedder Mountain. The village was first settled by Mennonites in the late 1920s, following the draining of Sumas Lake and the reclamation of the former lake bed for agriculture. The property that was to later become the village of Yarrow was first owned by Volkert Vedder, who pre-empted, or alienated, it from Crown land, beginning in 1862. During the 1860s, Vedder and his sons Adam and Albert amassed a total of 960 acres. In 1910, the British Columbia Electric Railway constructed a line from Vancouver to nearby Chilliwack that skirted the edge of Sumas Lake. One of the stations along this line was named Yarrow. The townsite was built on land reclaimed, in part, from Sumas Lake. By 1928, much of the land was owned by Chauncey Eckert. That same year, a group of ethnic Dutch-German Mennonites, who had fled persecution in the Soviet Union, began buying lots of this land from Eckert. They created a Mennonite community that flourished from the late 1920s until the early 1960s. Today, Yarrow functions mainly as a semi-rural suburb of Chilliwack.

LINK to Yarrow Pioneers and Settlers - www.yarrowbc.ca/

MAJUBA HILL Post Office, British Columbia was established - 1 July 1900 - Became the YARROW Post Office - 1 January 1914.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the MAJUBA HILL Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; ant the YARROW Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / YARROW / JUN 22 / 16 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 13 January 1914 - (RF B).

- arrived at - / CANFORD / JUN ?? / 16 / B.C. / - partial split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1907 - (RF C).

Message on postcard reads: (sent to his brother Edward Veale) Yarrow, B.C. / June 19, 1916 / Its cloudy & cold again - now rivers going down. Will be up in a day or two, for the horses. If I miss the Kettle Valley train at the Bridge, will walk to Mannings (John Manning's 21 Mile Ranch in Dot, B.C.) & stay till it comes. Yours J. V. (Reginald John "Jack" Veale)

John Manning was born in 1 January 1867, in Denonshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Manning. He had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with Ann Knight. He immigrated to Canada in 1888 and lived in Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada in 1901 and Yale, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada in 1911. He lived on his ranch with his family in Dot, B.C. in 1921. He died on 5 October 1966, in North Kamloops, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 99.

- This was most likely his brother - Reginald John "Jack" Veale (b. Mar. 20, 1893 in Clifton, Bristol, England - d. Apr. 3, 1986 at age 93 in Vernon, British Columbia) - son of John Roger de Coverley Veale and Alice Augusta Cogan. He married Evangeline Battye Bowyer-Smyth on Dec 1, 1928 in Kelowna, British Columbia. In 1911 Jack was living in Merritt, B.C. probably at the Homestead. He received a letter from his Grandfather, Edward, in 1913 at addressed to Yale, but redelivered to Dot, near Merritt, B.C. - During the winter of 1916/17 Jack worked near Cayley, and Medicine Hat, Alberta and about this time he entered the army spending some time in Calgary. He was in uniform for a short period of time, his Regimental number was 3206722, he was a member of One Co. 1st Dept of Battalion in that City. It is believed that he was actually in the Calgary Light Horse. Although Jack was scheduled to proceed overseas he was rejected from further military duty because young men of his worth were needed on the farms in Alberta. Jack was living near Medicine Hat, Alta in July 1918, but during the summer of 1919 he left Medicine Hat and travelled through Calgary (March 1919) and spent some time in Grande Prairie, Alberta, however, by April 1920 he had moved back to the Kamloops area. LINK to the complete article - www.genealogy.com/ftm/v/e/a/Doug-J-Veale-BC/WEBSITE-0001/...

Addressed to his brother: Mr. E. W. Veale / Camford P.O. / via Spence's Bridge / B.C.

(The Nicola Valley News - 16 July 1915) - E. W. Veale, Dominion Fire Warden for this section, was a business visitor in the city on Monday, and reports conditions respecting, precautionary measures against forest fires as quite satisfactory.

Edward William Lionel Veale (son of John Roger deCoverley Veale and Alice Augusta Cogan) was born May 28, 1890 (Wednesday) in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan (`New Clifton Farm' / Assinaboine), and died - 31 December 1986 at age 96 in Kelowna, B.C.. He married (1) Janet Reed McCrone. He married (2) Esther Horrocks on Mar 1, 1913 in Merritt, B.C. - daughter of Robert Harrocks and Ann.

Will was devastated by the death of his little baby girl, Ruth, the death was as a result of a tick causing blood poisoning and Spinal Meningitis on 28 April 1925. Wills' Mother was with him at the VE Ranch just outside Merritt for a week or so just before and after their tragic loss. Esther doesn't seem to bear the same sadness as Will, perhaps it's inside. Will was in dire straits during this period of his life and a small contribution of $30 sent to him by his brother Jack helped greatly. Work was difficult to find and having sold all their pigs they were relying on the railway ties he cut to keep them going. Will needs to find work for his teams soon. In Dec 1928 Will feels that things are looking up in Merritt, perhaps more work. Lost a stack of hay to fire which will run him short for the winter to come.

Will and his family spent about 9 1/2 years in Vogt Valley

Children of Edward William Lionel Veale and Esther Horrocks are:

Edward Arthur Veale, b. Dec 11, 1913 - d. Mar 14, 2001 in Camrose, Alberta.

Violet May Veale.

Ethel Nora Veale.

Esther Ruth Veale, b. Jun 12, 1923 in Merritt, B.C. - d. Apr 22. 1925 at VE Ranch, Merritt, B.C.

Baby Girl Veale, b. Aug 18, 1925 - d. Aug 18, 1925

Leslie George Veale, b. Aug 23, 1930 - d. Jun 12, 1997 in Kamloops, B.C.. - LINK to the complete article - www.genealogy.com/ftm/v/e/a/Doug-J-Veale-BC/WEBSITE-0001/...

TLELL is a small, unincorporated place on the east coast of Graham Island, which is part of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, Canada. Besides Mexican Tom, who set up camp at Tlell in 1904, Eric Richardson was one of – if not the first – to make this camp a permanent settlement, by establishing the Richardson Ranch, which is still active and on the spot. Some 607 people reside in the greater periphery, additionally encompassing other small communities like Tow Hill, Lawn Hill and Miller Creek.

The small community of TLELL is named after the Tlell River, but the meaning of the name, a Haida word, is uncertain. QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell records two meanings for it: “place of big surf” and “land of berries.” The area was first settled by William Thomas Hodges, or “Mexican Tom,” in 1904. He built up a homestead, now known as the Richardson Ranch, on the banks of the river, and an early hotel was established nearby - (Written by Andrew Scott).

William Thomas “Mexican Tom” Hodges

Birth - 17 Mar 1857 in Saint Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, USA

Death - 23 Nov 1912 (aged 55) in Prince Rupert, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

One of the most colorful pioneers of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 'Mexican Tom' got his nickname from his swarthy Welsh complexion and long black hair but also maybe from dealing with Mexican bandits close to the Texas border. Immigrating to Canada in 1887 with stops in Hazelton and Port Simpson this rambunctious cowboy ranched the area that became the Richardson Ranch in Tlell, Haida Gwaii. He married Flora Emily Burns in Skidegate on March 6, 1907 with wedding party aboard the SS Amur. Flora E Hodges died November 28, 1915 at age 57 years and was buried in Tlell. LINK - www.findagrave.com/memorial/64405375/william-thomas-hodges

The TLELL Post Office was established - 1 April 1912 - LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the TLELL Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / TLELL / JUL 23 / 32 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 6 March 1912 - (RF B).

Addressed to: Mr. Robt. Q. Lincoln / 45 Cedar Ave / Long Beach / California / USA / Hotel Julian /

Lincoln Park Hotel, formerly Julian Hotel was built by Mike S. Julian in 1897. It was located at 45 Cedar Ave. - It had two stories and 20 rooms in the early days, and it was considered mighty fancy.

Robert Quincy Lincoln

(b. 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland - d. 13 June 1936 at age 73 in Long Beach, California) - his occupation in 1910 and 1920 was listed as "Book Keeper for the Railroad Office"

His wife: Isabelle E. Lincoln (b. 1874 in Massachusetts, USA - d.)

His daughter: Grace Lincoln (b. 1894 in Los Angeles, California - d.)

June 15, 1936 newspaper report - "Relative of Abraham Lincoln Succumbs In West Long Beach, California" - June 14 - Robert Quincy Lincoln, 73, who claimed relationship to Abraham Lincoln, died at his home today. A native of Baltimore, Maryland. Lincoln became a widely-known figure in California before the turn of the century. He acted as an interpreter in Chinese for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Later he co-operated with immigration authorities in the same capacity.

New Patent Taken Out - Los Angeles Herald - 27 August 1909 - Isabelle E. Lincoln and Robert Quincy Lincoln, for cooking utensil: LINK to the untensil - books.google.ca/books?id=RxrHq7OJ4xUC&pg=PA583&lp...

- ex Stead Auctions - May 1992 ($75.00)...

CAMPBELL CREEK, East of Kamloops. Originally the San Poel (Sans Poil?) River. It was named after Louis (or Lewis) Campbell, an American cattle drover (droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances) who began building a fine ranch there in the 1860s, one that ultimately extended for about 6 miles along the south bank of the South Thompson River.

Campbell Creek, 35 miles long, runs into the south Thompson River, 13 miles east of Kamloops. There is a ranching settlement on the Creek, 11 miles southeast of Kamloops. Post office now called Barnhart Vale.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - CAMPBELL CREEK, a rural post office in Yale County, B.C., 3 miles south of the North Thompson River, 8 miles from Ducks Station, and 10 miles from Kamloops, both on the C.P.R., 250 and 263 miles respectively west of Vancouver.

The Post Office was established at CAMPBELL CREEK - 1 June 1905 - it became BARNHART VALE - 1 June 1909 - in 1978 the name became one word - BARNHARTVALE.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the CAMPBELL CREEK Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; and BARNHART VALE - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

/ CAMPBELL CREEK / NO 19 / 06 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1905 when the Post Office first opened.

(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - BARNHART VALE - a post office and settlement on Campbell Creek, 10 miles south of Kamloops, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District, reached by stage from Kamloops. Farming, dairying and fruit-growing.

Barnhartvale, originally Barnhart Vale, is located at the southeast end of Kamloops, south of Dallas in British Columbia, Canada. The area includes riding stables, farms, honey bee farms, and ranches. There is a local store called Happy Valley Foods, and a local elementary school, Robert L. Clemitson. The main road which runs through Barnhartvale is Barnhartvale Road. Todd Road and Pratt Road are the main accesses through the subdivided western portion of Barnhartvale. In 1973, Barnhartvale and other outlying communities were amalgamated with the City of Kamloops. Barnhartvale was originally referred to as Campbell Creek or Campbell's Creek until 1909. It is now named after Peter Barnhart, who was the conductor on the first CPR train through Kamloops. He moved to Campbell Creek and opened a post office and in 1909 the name was changed to Barnhart Vale Post. In 1978 the spelling was formally changed to one word, Barnhartvale. 1865 marks the beginning of the written history of the area later named Barnhartvale. That was the year that James Todd and Lewis (Lew) Campbell, the first two pioneers, arrived. The next settlers in the region were John and William McLeod in 1879. A major road in the area is named after the Robert and Henry Pratt families who occupied the bulk of the valley after 1890.

(From Place Names of the Kamloops District; Kamloops Museum, 1978) - Campbell Creek Post Office was established 1 June 1905, named after a settler. Name changed to Barnhartvale Post Office 1 June 1909, Peter Ashton Barnhart, first postmaster. Barnhartvale Post Office closed 30 August 1951. Peter Barnhart was conductor on the first CPR train in 1886, but retired during the 1890's to run a hotel in Kamloops. In 1905 he settled a short distance up Campbell Creek and opened a Post Office to which he attached his own name - to the disgust of early settlers!

Barnhart Vale (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, form of name changed to Barnhart Vale (Settlement) in the 1953 Gazetteer; further changed to Barnhart Vale (Community) 24 August 1978 - Form of name changed to 1-word: Barnhartvale (Community) , to conform to local usage, and coordinates adjusted 15 June 1983.

Peter Barnhart was the conductor on the first Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) transcontinental train in 1886. Barnhartvale, British Columbia, Canada is named after him.

Barnhart Vale Post Office - In 1905 Barnhart purchased property in what was then known as Campbell Creek and in 1906 opened a post office there. Initially naming his post office "Campbell Creek (South) Post Office", he changed the name to "Barnhart Vale Post Office" in 1909 because of confusions with "Campbell Creek Post Office" established by Lew Campbell at the Campbell Creek Ranch in 1905.

In 1978, the spelling was officially changed to "Barnhartvale".

Name - Peter Ashton Barnhart (Postmaster)

Event Type - Marriage

Event Date - 6 Jun 1888

Event Place - British Columbia, Canada

Age - 28

Marital Status - Bachelor

Birth Year (Estimated) - 1860

Birthplace - Hawkston, Ontario

Father's Name - Simon Barnhart

Mother's Name - Mary Barnhart

Spouse's Name - Margaret McMillen

Spouse's Age - 23

Spouse's Marital Status - Spinster

Spouse's Birthplace - Scotland

Spouse's Father's Name - John McMillen

Spouse's Mother's Name - Sarah McMillen

Peter Ashton Barnhart was born in 1858 in Hawkston, Ontario, Canada. He died - 27 Feb 1941 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Name - Mary Barnhart (the sender of this postcard / she would be around the age of 14 when she sent it)

Mary Wakem (nee Barnhart) Fleet

(b. 9 August 1892 in Vancouver, British Columbia, British Columbia – b. 13 April 1963 at age 70 in Calgary, Alberta)

LINK - www.findagrave.com/memorial/155762141/mary-wakem-fleet

Her husband - Albert Arthur Fleet

Birth - 10 Feb 1884 in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England

Death - 9 Nov 1964 (aged 80) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Immigrated to Canada in 1906 - his occupation in 1921 was a draftsman for a railway company. LINK to his 1921 census - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&am...

LINK - www.findagrave.com/memorial/155762135/albert-arthur-fleet

They were married - 20 June 1917 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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Message on postcard reads: These two are not very pretty but I will send prettier ones next time. Mary Barnhart - (the postmaster's daughter)

Addressed to: Miss H. Toyé / 7 Crafford Street / Dover / England

After teaching French on Monday, and having some lunch at home, I decided to go to Port Stanley to get some local shots for some new cards. Shortly after arriving, I ran into an old friend, director of many plays I've been in. (He's rewriting a play of his that I've done on three or four occasions, each time with a major rewrite.) We met on the lift bridge, and then I continued my way toward main street. While shooting down below the control tower, I heard a voice call out, asking if I wanted to come up to the top of the tower to see the view, and get some shots. The old me woulda said, "No thanks." I'm very shy, and introverted. But the present me said, "Sure", and he let me in and I followed him up the stairs to the control tower. I'd been up before, but it was years ago, under similar circumstances. I founds out lots of things about the bridge I never knew, and even got an invitation to crawl underneath sometime, and check it out. Ummmnnhh... had to pass on that one. Too claustrophobic. I also found out that he and his wife have only been in the country for two years, though he had dual citizenship. His father, and four siblings lived in Canada, but, he had been reared by his mom in North Yorkshire. After 20+ years in the Royal Navy, and his mom passing away in Greece, he decided to immigrate to Canada with his wife. We had a long chat, and I took a bunch of shots through the windows. This was one of them. The sky was crazy on Monday, changing constantly. I'll be posting some other shots. The weather was warm, but, very windy, with very low humidity. The large yellow building is actually apartments, not an Inn, as I have previously reported. Dave did tell me that the fishing boats had not gone out on Monday, for whatever reason.

A remarkable roller cancel from Brilliant, BC is shown here - a neat cover with the Canada’s most famous modern fancy cancel!! - (D.M. Lacelle) L310 - showing a traditional Doukhobor (Religious sect) house and traditional hat and beard as would be found at their site in Brilliant, BC. L311 is another example. These were used in the late 1920’s to early 1933. Most uses are philatelic.

Brilliant Roller Cancel - The Brilliant roller cancel was carved by the Doukhobor postmaster of Brilliant, B.C., Alex Katasonoff on a rubber roller of slightly over 2 inches in diameter and shows his Post Office Number 9079 (P.O.No. 9079), the silhouette of Doukhobor leader Peter Verigan in native hat, a representative Doukhobor house and the office name of "Brilliant, B.C. Canada". This cancel has been noted between 1928 - 1931.

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Brilliant is now a minor settlement in British Columbia at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, situated across the Columbia River from Castlegar.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - BRILLIANT - a Doukhobor settlement and post office on the opposite side of the Columbia River from Waterloo Station, on Rossland branch of the C. P. R., 4 miles south of Castlegar and 23 miles west of Nelson.

A Brilliant place - written by - Greg Nesteroff - Jul. 7, 2013 for the Nelson Star - Brilliant, at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia rivers, was named in 1908 after Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin bought 2,700 acres of land there. According to A.M. Evalenko in his 1913 Message of the Doukhobors, “The first [tract of land] we give the name of the Valley of Consolation, village of Brilliant, from a brilliant diamond of first water, on account of the great river Columbia flowing through the land …”. Although near the Columbia, Brilliant is actually on the Kootenay, and Cominco Magazine in April 1963 suggested it was the “bright racing waters” of the latter river that suggested the name to local land owner Hiram B. Landis. Harold Webber in People and Places (1973) wrote that Peter Verigin thought of naming the area Kavkaz, after the place in Russia where most Doukhobors had lived. Landis, however, “felt this would be wrong and advised against it. Verigin agreed and suggested Brilliant, from the brilliant, sparkling waters of the Kootenay River.”

The Brilliant post office opened on November 1, 1908. The earliest newspaper reference came in the Trail News 20 days later: “The Doukhobor Society at Waterloo have their sawmill now in operation and houses are being erected … There is a post office there, the name being Brilliant.” The Brilliant post office closed on September 8, 1970. Once the capital of Doukhobor industry, home to the Kootenay Columbia Preserving Works, Brilliant is today primarily a residential community, but also boasts the Brilliant dam, Brilliant Cultural Centre, Verigin Memorial Park, and Brilliant suspension bridge. - Read Greg Nesteroff's complete article at this LINK - www.nelsonstar.com/community/a-brilliant-place/

/ BRILLIANT / JUL 22 / 29 / B.C. / - cds cancel

This cover was addressed to: Mr. R.W. Everard / 1357 Haro Street / Vancouver / B.C. - the records show that Miss Christabel Phillips lived at 1357 Haro Street during this time period...she was a clerk for the Bank of Montreal - Interesting fact - Francis George Morant's son middle name was Everard!

Sent by: F.G. Morant / P.O. Box 66 / Kamloops, B.C. (Francis George Morant)

Flora Morant's second son, Francis George Morant, was serving in the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. He enlisted in Barnstaple, Devon, England, on the 4th January 1900 around the age of 30, describing himself as having previous service in the Cape Mounted Rifles and the British South African Police. He declared he had a tattoo of a snake on his right arm, a lady and dagger on his left arm and the Royal Coat of Arms on his chest. He was discharged on 23 September 1901 and presumably returned to England. He immigrated to Canada around 1906 and made a new life there. His son, Nicholas, became a very successful and much published photographer with the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The name Nicholas Everard Morant is synonymous with 20th century photography of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The son of English immigrants, Francis George Morant and Mary Catherine Edith Wylde (Mollie), Morant grew up on a fruit farm in Kamloops. His father also worked as a game warden. Morant was schooled for a year in England and attended what is now St. Michael's University School, Victoria, from 1920 to 1928. Morant's first employer was the Canadian Pacific Railway in Winnipeg where in started in 1929. He began moonlighting as a press photographer and subsequently was hired by the Winnipeg Free Press. After four years with the newspaper he returned to the CPR fold where he remained until his retirement in 1980. Morant had complete freedom, a condition he negogiated at the time of hiring, to set his own working conditions and standards. The rest, they say, is history and some of the most evocative images of Canada. In his day, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s, Morant's distinctive style and use of colour was unequalled in Canadian railway and mountain photography. During World War Two he was on loan by the CPR to the Federal government and mainly photographed for the National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division. Some of his photographs from this period were turned into stamps. Morant photographed the Alaska Highway construction in BC in 1942, as well as west coast aerial and naval defense units. Another photograph of Mt. Burgess and Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains was used on the back of the $10 bill. Morant secretly married Ivy (Willie) Young, his long-time girlfriend (they met in 1929), in 1936. They never had children as he was constantly on the road and she was his lifelong assistant. Along with being his photographic partner, she also managed the technical aspects of slide shows they presented across North America for 15 years. Willie died in 1986. The Morants' permanent home was in Banff, AB. Morant married Elizabeth Thomson in January 1990. He was awarded the Order of Canada on October 24, 1990.

Mr. Nicholas Everard Morant - Deceased - Banff, Alberta, Canada - Order of Canada - Member of the Order of Canada - Awarded on: April 20, 1990 - Invested on: October 24, 1990 - Canada's top railway photographer, he is well known for his photographs in the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia documenting the evolution of the Canadian rail industry. His works are displayed on Canadian currency and postage stamps and a favorite subject, a stretch of track east of Lake Louise, is commonly called Morant's Curve in his honour. - Link to his Wikipedia page showing the $10 and $50 banknotes which were based on photographs taken by Nicholas Everard Morant - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Morant

Link to a video - Nick Morant, tells the story of how he survived a 1930's attack by a mother grizzly bear - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OcG-nUch1g

Link to the 50 cents War Munitions stamp - Nicholas Morant photo was used on this 50 cent Canadian stamp - www.whyte.org/nicholas-morant-later-career

Observation: Francis George Morant must have been a stamp collector - I have found a few covers on line which were created by him - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1b...

The 158th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in that city. After sailing to England in November 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 1st Reserve Battalion on January 6, 1917. The 158th (Duke of Connaughts Own) Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. C. Milne. LINK to information on the 158th Battalion - qulogic.github.io/cef-nominal-rolls/Nominal_Rolls/Departu...

- from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 5 - Number 3 - Whole number 19 - September 1996 - VERNON CAMP - B.C. - Military postal history has always interested postal historians and as a result a number of excellent works have been produced by authors such as Major Bill Bailey and the late Rich Toop. Unlike most postal records the information on military post offices is far from complete. Mike Painter recently questioned the wording of the Vernon Military Camp cancellation and its period of use. The actual wording is FIELD POST OFFICE / CANADA MILITIA / VERNON CAMP-B.C. and is shown in Topping and Robinson as being used from July 3, 1915 to November 4, 1919, which are the dates listed in Bill Bailey's "Canadian Military Postmarks" (1978). Melvin shows the dates as July 1, 1915 to November 7, 1916 with the camp closing for the winter. The limited information found in the "Post Office transaction" of the time indicate that the Melvin dates may be correct. LINK to the complete article (Note - this is the same cover that was used for this article) - bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-1996-09-v005n03-w019.pdf

During the First World War Vernon became the centre of much of the military activity in British Columbia with both a militia training camp and a Internment Camp being located there. One dater was supplied to the Militia Camp and two censor marks to the Internment Camp. LINK to photos of the Vernon Militia Camp - dearjackhistory.blogspot.com/2016/03/40-47th-battalion-ce...

The VERNON CAMP, B.C. Field Post Office was established - 1 July 1915 and closed - 1 December 1915 - it reopened - 1 July 1916 and closed - 7 November 1916.

- sent from - / FIELD POST OFFICE / CANADA MILITIA / PM / OC 30 / 16 / VERNON CAMP - B.C. / - cds cancel - this cds hammer was proofed - 12 June 1915 - (RF D) - (Bailey & Toop - M3-62 / RF B) - diameter is 28 mm.

Unknown who sent the letter...

Addressed to: Miss Sadie Fleming / 55 6th Ave West / Mount Pleasant / Vancouver / B.C.

Sadie (nee McGlashan) (nee Fleming / step father) Gray

(b. 26 November 1894 in Loch Lomond, Scotland - d. 5 April 1975 at age 81 in Nanaimo, B.C.) - the Fleming family immigrated to Canada in 1910.

Her father - Peter McGlashan

Her mother - Margaret Barr

Her husband - Joseph John Gray

(b. 24 October 1891 in Redhill, Surrey, England - d. 23 October 1966 at age 74 in Coombs, B.C.) - they were married - 31 October 1919 in Vancouver, B.C. - his occupation was a meat packer and then he drove a truck for the Fraser Valley Milk Co.

In my daydreams and my dreams, England has always been there, waiting.

It was a dream of mine to visit England one day since perhaps the age of seven when I immigrated to Canada. I was seven years old then, and everything I seemed to love was, in some way, connected to the beautiful island across the sea from where I was.

Then the summer of 1977, happened when my dream came true: one I shared with a couple of friends from high school.

On the day of our flight, my boyfriend gave me a promise ring.

I suppose it was a little token of affection to remind me there was a Canadian fellow back home also waiting.

It was a trip I'll never forget and a country that was all and so much more than I had ever imagined. I will always remember that summer and,

If not for the ring Stan gave me, I would still be there.

These days I dream a lot about England, mostly during the day, because I have discovered Instagram accounts from the UK, and it's almost like being there.

"There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor

Tomorrow for old England she sails

Far away from your land of endless sunshine

To my land full of rainy skies and gales

And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow

Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell"

And should I return home safe again to England

I shall watch the English mist roll through the dell"

The Last Farewell ~ Roger Whittaker

youtu.be/sGWs1HK8iDU

THE HORSEFLY HYDRAULIC MINING COMPANY, LD. - corner card

Horsefly (first opening) / Harper's Camp / Horsefly (second opening) - The listing is confusing because some of the mining companies listed under "Horsefly" were located at "Harper's Camp". Both "towns" are included in the list because at the time there were two post offices. The Horsefly Post Office was at the Hobson Mine, 5 miles downriver. The Harper's Camp Post Office was at the Walters' Horsefly Hotel, in the center of what is now Horsefly. The post office at the Horsefly Mine (1 / first opening) closed in 1908. The townspeople voted about 1930, to change the name of Harper's Camp to Horsefly (2 / second opening), by which name it has been known ever since. LINK to this article - www.harperscamp.ca/textual/families.html

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - HARPER'S CAMP, a post office in Cariboo District, B.C. 170 miles from Ashcroft on the main line of the C.P.R., in Yale District, 203 miles east of Vancouver.

The HORSEFLY Post Office (first opening) was established - 1 September 1895 and closed - 21 May 1908.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the HORSEFLY Post Office (first opening) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / HORSEFLY / OC 24 / 26 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1895 - (RF E now is classified as RF D).

- arrived at - / VANCOUVER / PM / OC 28 / 96 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp.

Addressed to: J. M. Browning Esq / President Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Company / Vancouver, B.C.

April 1, 1893 - Vancouver Daily World from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - The Freddie Lee Mining Co., of Kaslo and the Horse Fly Hydraulic Mining Co., of which the projectors are Messrs. H. Abbott, J. M. BROWNING and W. F. Salsbury, of Vancouver, have been duly incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies' Act.

THE HORSEFLY HYDRAULIC MINING COMPANY, LIMITED

Incorporated 1893 - Directors:

J. M. Browning - President

Principal Place of Business - Vancouver, B.C.

Location of Works - Horsefly, Cariboo District, B.C. - The property is situated on the Horsefly River, about 53 miles north of the 108 Mile House on the Cariboo Wagon Road, about six miles south of the Quesnelle Lake, Cariboo District, B.C. It comprises 11 mining leases aggregating 1475 acres of land, covering the auriferous gravel deposits of an ancient river, a portion of which is similar in character to the famous ancient river deposits in California known as the Blue Lode.

John Milne Browning (1826–1906) was the commissioner of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s land department. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 22, 1826. His parents were Mathew Browning and Beatrix Strong Milne. According to the 1901 Canada census, he immigrated to Canada in 1852. In 1855, in Valleyfield, Quebec, he married Magdelene Howden Norval. She was born on September 3, 1833 in Beauharnois, Quebec. Her parents were Robert Howden Norval (1799–1856) and Mary Helen de Blaquiere (1810–1885). During his time in Quebec, John worked as an accountant and farmer. He became the secretary-treasurer of the Beauharnois Agricultural Society. In August 1882, John travelled to visit the Cochrane Ranche Company’s lands on the Bow River, west of Calgary. Senator Matthew Cochrane of Montreal and several other capitalists had acquired the first large lease of grazing land in that area in 1881. At first, prospects looked good for the ranching business. For the next decade, while John managed the sale and development of the Canadian Pacific Railways lands in Vancouver, the Vancouver newspapers described the business and social life of the Brownings. Along with John’s business life with the C.P.R., he was also the first president of the British Columbia Fruit Growers Association. He was a commissioner on the Board of Parks Commissioners in 1888-1889, an alderman and finance chairman on the Vancouver City Council in 1890, and a member of the Vancouver Public School Board in 1890-1891. He was a shareholder, director, and the first president of the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company Limited. He also owned private land-holdings, including the Browning Block, which was at the south-east corner of Granville Street and Dunsmuir Street. After over a decade in Vancouver, in July 1899 the Brownings prepared to move to Montreal. In 1905, John and Maglelene celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. John died in Montreal on December 20, 1906. His wife died in 1914 also in Montreal - LINK to the complete article - westendvancouver.wordpress.com/business-names/glencoe-lodge/

ROYAL MILLS, B.C. - located sixteen miles north-east of Terrace. between Pacific and 3 1/2 miles from the hamlet of Usk on the Canadian National Railway. It was named after the saw mill there.

ROYAL MILLS changed name to HANALL in November 1922 - it was a flag stop on the CNR between Smithers and Prince Rupert where Olof "Tie" Hanson founded a sawmill community in 1921. The Post Office was known as HANALL until 1926 except for 1921 & 1922, when it was called ROYAL MILLS. The first part of the name "HANALL" comes from HANson's surname, and the last part of the name comes from his partner (and Postmaster) Robert "Bob" Emmett ALLen.

Link to Doug Gents History Pages - HANALL Point (Royal Mills) - www.gent.name/bc:towns:hanall_point:start

The ROYAL MILLS Post Office was established - 1 January 1921 - it became HANALL - 1 November 1922 and closed - 15 November 1926.

/ ROYAL MILLS / MR 21 / 22 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - 6 December 1920 - (RF E / now is RF E1).

Robert Emmett “Bob” Allen was the Postmaster at ROYAL MILLS / HANALL from - 1 January 1921 to 15 November 1926.

Robert Emmett Allen (b. 14 July 1877 in Camp McDermott, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA - d. 31 May 1965 at age 87 in Nelson, B.C.) He immigrated to Canada in 1892.

Olaf "Tie" Hanson (Hansson) (b. 3 June 1882 in Tännäs, Sweden - d. 4 June 1952 at age 70 in Vancouver, B.C. He immigrated to Canada (Prince Rupert) on 28 August 1922.

He was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Tännäs, Sweden and became a businessman and lumberman.

New Westminster Sub Post Office No. 7, B.C. to San Francisco, California - 21 May 1937

3 cents letter rate + 10 cents registration fee = 13 cents

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New Westminster Sub Post Office No. 7

The Sub Office opened - 1 February 1928 to 1992

Location - 422 6th Street, New Westminster - this was the "McPhail Tailor Shop" owned by the Postmaster Duncan McPhail.

In 1957 it was located at 422 6th Street, New Westminster

In 1961 it was located at 405 6th Street, New Westminster

In 1966 it was located at 616 6th Street, New Westminster

Link to Post Offices and Postmasters of New Westminster Sub No. 7 - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

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- sent from - / NEW WESTMINSTER • B.C. / MY 21 / 37 / SUB. No. 7 / - cds hammer (B-1) - this cds hammer was proofed - 15 December 1927.

/ NEW WESTMINSTER, / Sub No. 7 / MAY 21 1937 / B.C. / - MOTO cancel in black ink - this MOTO handstamp was proofed - 25 June 1934.

/ R / New Westminster, B.C. Sub. No 7 / ORIGINAL No. / (2066) / - registered marking in black ink - it was proofed - December 1927.

- via - / NEW WESTMINSTER / MY 21 / 37 / B.C. / - cds backstamp transit.

via - / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. / MAY 23 / 1937 / REG. SEC. / - double ring cds transit backstamp in purple ink.

arrival - / SAN FRANCISCO, (STA. P) CALIF. / MAY / 24 / 1937 / REGISTERED / - double ring cds arrival backstamp in purple ink.

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Sent by: Allan George Andrews / Allan's Library / 410 Sixth Street, / New Westminster, B.C. / Canada

Allan George Andrews

b. 1890 in Suffolk, England

d. 21 December 1980 in Nanaimo, B.C.

He immigrated to Canada in 1920.

Addressed to: Mr. John D. Long / RCD (#10) USCS / 779 - 41st Ave, / San Francisco, / California, U.S.A.

The Registered Cachet Directors (RCD or R.C.D.) were organized by Deane C. Bartley (1882-1917) in 1935. Many members of this organization were also members of the Art Cover Exchange, which was also founded in 1935.

He was a Director (#10) of the - U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog: Registered Cachet Directors (RCD) Members Link - www.folklib.net/fdc/rcd-members.shtml

John Dawson Long (b. 7 August 1875 in San Julian Rancho, Lompoc, United States – d. 8 May 1955 in San Francisco, California).

Art Knapp Plantland & Garden Centre, Surrey, B.C., Canada

Manufacturer: Chrysler

Production: 1945–1980

Model years: 1946–1980

Assembly: Warren, Michigan, United States

Body and chassis:

Class: Full-size pickup truck

Layout: Front engine, four-wheel drive Powertrain Engine:

230 cu in (3.8 L) Flathead I6

251 cu in (4.1 L) Flathead I6

318 cu in (5.2 L) LA v8

Dimensions: Wheelbase: 126 in (3,200 mm)

History of Art Knapp

Arthur William Knapp (May 4, 1914 - February 22, 1991), better known as Art Knapp, was a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur. Art Knapp is best known as the founder of the Art Knapp's chain of garden stores. Knapp was born in Cobble Hill, British Columbia and was the son of William Knapp and Zoe Saunders Knapp. As Knapp's mother died in childbirth, he was raised by his paternal aunt and uncle, Phyllis Knapp Jennings and William Jennings of Victoria, British Columbia. According to documents held at the Saanich Archives, the Knapp's and Jennings families, which included Frank Jennings and Elizabeth Walkden Jennings, all immigrated to Canada together from England on the ship RMS Empress of Britain (1906) in 1911. The same documents reveal that the family had an extensive background in horticulture and operated green houses in Victoria.

The store on King George Blvd. is now owned and operated by the VanderZalm family. As times changed the store has grown from a predominantly Nursery based operation to a Specialty 'General Store' with a great Garden Department - only one of many.

Mud Bay Village once comprised the area which surrounds the Art Knapp store and Garden Centre. The area which occupies the tract of land between the Serpentine and Nicomekyl Rivers housed a working farm (with barns and out-buildings) as well as a small church and a one-room school house, which was restored and resides in it's original location directly across from the store on King George.

The area was farmed by multiple generations of three families over the course of 100 years. Between 1885 and the mid 1980s the McBrides, Cosens and McDonald familes worked the land with everything from dairy and beef cattle to various cash crops including potatoes.

The McBride Family (1885-1945) developed and worked the land for 60 years and erected a school and church as well as building up a profitable farming business.

The Cosen's Family (1945-1958) purchased the farm from Bert McBride in 1945 and farmed until they sold out to Ken McDonald in 1958.

The McDonald Family (1959-1972) operated the farm for another 14 years. They kept the dairy farming going but also invested in cash crops, producing in excess of 400 tons of potatoes annually. They sold the farm and the cows in 1972. The land was purchased by the Greenbelt Fund which was the beginning of the Serpentine Fen (Serpentine Wildlife Area), home to many species of local and migratory birds and waterfowl. The McDonald's rented the land land until until the mid 1980s.

The small area of private land is occupied by Art Knapp, and the Vander Zalm family business ventures as well as adjacent parcels for other local businesses. The bulk of the land is part of the Conservation Area.

References:

www.artknappsurrey.com/history-of-art-knapp

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(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - WILLIAMS SIDING - a post office and settlement on the C. P. Railway, 4 1/2 miles west of Nelson, on the Nelson-Rossland branch, Ymir Riding, and Trail Provincial Electoral District. Nelson is nearest telegraph office. Local resources: Cooper mining, fruit growing, ranching and lumbering.

LINKS to articles about Williams Siding - www.trailtimes.ca/opinion/place-names-taghum/ and www.nelsonstar.com/news/rare-taghum-area-postmark-nets-116/

The Williams Siding Post Office opened on Feb. 1, 1906, named after founding postmaster James Nicholas Williams (1861-1931). Bell and Lambert each subsequently took turns at postmaster, as did Joshua Marsden, who has a road named after him. The post office remained Williams Siding until 1924, when it was renamed Taghum - 1 May 1924. The Taghum Post Office closed in 1970.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the Williams Siding Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / WILLIAMS SIDING / MR 14 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1906 - (RF E / now RF E2).

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - FRASER MILLS - a post office, town and municipality on Fraser River, 3 1/2 miles from New Westminster, in Provincial Electoral District of Dewdney, reached by C. P. R. and B. C. Electric Railways. The population in 1918 was 900. Local resources: Lumber manufacturing, veneer, sash and doors and shingles and towing. Was MILLSIDE; became NEW WESTMINSTER Sub Office FRASER MILLS.

arrived at - / FRASER MILLS / MR 16 / 11 / (inverted date indicia) / B.C. / - cds backstamp

Message on postcard is written in French - Cher Papa - A vous nos ..... Angela "Girardi" Dherin sent her father "Joseph Girardi" an Easter postcard - she also mentions her husband August Dherin in the message. They were living in Williams Siding, B.C. at this time...August was working in the saw mills. They immigrated to Canada in June 1905 and then relocated to the USA c. 1912 settling in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington.

Angela (Angelius) "Geraldi" Dherin

Birth - December 1888 in France

Death - 21 Dec 1915 (aged 24–25) in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA - LINK to her death certificate - images.findagrave.com/photos/2014/75/99960339_1395089197.jpg

Her husband - August Dherin

Birth - December 1876 in Italy

Death -

Addressed to to her father: Mr. Joseph Girardi / Fraser Mills / B.C. / (near New Westminster)

Joseph Girardi

(b. 9 March 1850 in Italy - d. 18 January 1917 at age 66 in Sumas, Whatcom County, Washington / USA)

He immigrated to Canada in 1905 settling in the Fraser Mills, B.C. area - his occupation was working in the saw mills and farming. Around 1912 the Girardi family immigrated to the USA settling in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.

His wife: Theresa "Rodio" Girardi (b. 31 October 1858 in Italy - d. 14 April 1936 at age 77 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA)

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - HALL - a post office, lumbering and mining settlement on the Salmon River, and on the G. N. Railway, 10 miles south of Nelson, in Trail Provincial Electoral District. Has telegraph office. The population in 1918 was 80. Local resources: Lumbering and mining.

This article was written by "Greg Nesteroff" Jan. 18, 2015 for the Nelson Star newspaper - The siding is named for brothers Osner (1836-1917) and Winslow (1831-?) HALL of Colville, who led the party that discovered silver and copper deposits on Toad Mountain in 1886. They subsequently staked the Silver King claim, which gave birth to Nelson. A townsite, known as Halls, was surveyed by O.B.N. Wilkie out of the original Nelson and Fort Sheppard land grant and deposited with the land registry on January 9, 1899. The streets were named Ivy, Vine, Fern, and Myrtle. Today only Ivy Street survives. Hall Siding remains a small residential community. The name is preserved in Hall Siding Road. LINK to the complete article - www.nelsonstar.com/community/hall-siding-honours-brothers...

The HALL Post Office was established (first opening) - 1 May 1898 and closed - 8 January 1904. It reopened (second opening) - 1 October 1914 and closed - 31 March 1925.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the HALL Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

Sam Huddleston, was secretary of the "Mankin Lumber & Pole Company" of HALL, B.C. - he was also the Postmaster at HALL, B.C. from - 1 October 1914 to - 1 April 1919.

(1917) - Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huddleston of HALL, B.C. are coming into Nelson for the winter. They will reside al the corner of Stanley and Gore streets. The Huddleston family is listed on the 1921 Canadian census (they were living in Nelson, B.C.) - LINK - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&am...

Samuel Leslie Huddleston

(b. 14 February 1873 in Fayette, West Virginia, United States – d. 26 February 1924 at age 51 in Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia, USA) - in 1910 the Huddleston family were living in Creston, Lincoln, Washington, United States - they immigrated to Canada in 1914 to HALL, B.C. to work for the "Mankin Lumber & Pole Company" and also became the Postmaster at HALL, B.C. - after a short stay in Nelson, B.C. the Huddleston family returned to West Virginia, USA c. 1922.

His second wife was: Agnes Josephine (nee Noyes) Huddleston - they were married - 28 May 1907 in Atkinson, Maine, United States.

Birth - 27 April 1879 in the USA

Death - 20 March 1972 (aged 92) in Cabell County, West Virginia, USA

Two of their children was born in Canada:

Samuel Leslie "Sam" Huddleston

(b. 29 May 1914 in Nelson, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada – d. 5 January 2007 at age 92 in Denver, Colorado, United States)

Major Harlowe Hughes “Hud” Huddleston

Birth - 10 October 1920 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Death - 17 January 1985 (aged 64) in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USA - Major in the US Air Force / World War II and Korea

LINK to the Huddleston family tree - www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/samuel-leslie-huddlest...

- sent from - / HALL / AP 3 / 15 / B.C. / - split ring cancel from the second opening - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 9 October 1914 - (RF E / now is classified as RF E3).

Addressed to: George Bugslin / P.O. Box 475 / Revelstoke / B.C. / - Redirected to - DONALD, B.C.

- arrived at - / DONALD / AP 7 / 15 / B.C. / - split ring cancel from the second opening - this split ring hammer (A1-1) (diameter 19.0 mm) was proofed - 2 February 1914 - (RF E) (?).

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DONALD, British Columbia is located on Highway 1, 28 kilometers west of Golden. In its heyday, Donald was a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway. But, in 1897, when the CPR abandoned Donald in favor of Revelstoke, Donald disappeared into obscurity and is now a small saw milling community.

DONALD, British Columbia - a town on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 461 miles east of Vancouver. At the first crossing of Columbia River in the Kootenay District, has Episcopal, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches and Masonic Lodge. Post Office, Express and Telegraph Offices. Mail Daily. The Division workshops of the C.P.R. are located here. (from 1890 Henderson's B.C. Gazetteer and Directory)

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - DONALD, a settlement in Yale County, B.C., on the Columbia River and a station on the C.P. R., 458 miles east of Vancouver. It contains telegraph and express offices. The population in 1908 was 22.

DONALD was originally known locally as First Crossing because this is where the CPR first crossed the Columbia River. Named after Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914), director of the CPR during and after construction of the railroad.

In its glory years, Donald was home to several memorable characters.

- Reverend Henry Irwin who was the local Anglican priest during rail construction. Affectionately called "Father Pat", he was also well known throughout the Rossland mining camps.

- Pioneer newspaperman John Houston, who would later become the first mayor of Nelson started his first newspaper in Donald in 1888.

Other, less law-abiding but still colorful people called Donald home.

- Card sharks: "One Armed Roxy" and John Houts, also known as "Keno Jack".

- Madam Florence Mackenzie, also known as "Mother" Mackenzie, who saved "Keno Jack"'s life by administering first aid when the man had been lung shot by CPR conductor, Jack Selkirk, when Selkik had caught him "springing a cold deck" during a game of poker.

The DONALD Post Office (first opening) was established - 1 April 1886 and closed - 1 February 1903. It reopened (second opening) - 1 June 1914 and closed - 17 January 1917. It reopened as Donald Station - 15 June 1930 and closed - 15 April 1981. The name changed to Donald Station (Post Office) after the Post Office Department refused the single name "Donald".

Newalla is an unincorporated community in rural eastern Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States. Newalla is an adaption of the Osage name for the Canadian River. The post office was opened June 22, 1904.

Taghum, originally Williams Siding, is an unincorporated community and railway point on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. "Taghum" means "six" in the Chinook Jargon and is a reference to the rough distance in mile from the wharf at the city of Nelson, British Columbia. Taghum was founded by prospector M. Monaghan from Minnesota in 1888, who pre-empted 160 acres (0.65 km2) of land. The Canadian Pacific Railway built a siding at this location. A lumbermill originally located at Lebahdo in the nearby Slocan Valley, owned by John Bell and A.G. Lambert, was moved here by 1909. LINK - Rare Taghum-area postmark nets $116 -

www.nelsonstar.com/news/rare-taghum-area-postmark-nets-116/

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - WILLIAMS SIDING - a post office and settlement on the C. P. Railway, 4 1/2 miles west of Nelson, on the Nelson-Rossland branch, Ymir Riding, and Trail Provincial Electoral District. Nelson is nearest telegraph office. Local resources: Cooper mining, fruit growing, ranching and lumbering.

LINKS to articles about Williams Siding - www.trailtimes.ca/opinion/place-names-taghum/ and www.nelsonstar.com/news/rare-taghum-area-postmark-nets-116/

The Williams Siding Post Office opened on Feb. 1, 1906, named after founding postmaster James Nicholas Williams (1861-1931). Bell and Lambert each subsequently took turns at postmaster, as did Joshua Marsden, who has a road named after him. The post office remained Williams Siding until 1924, when it was renamed Taghum - 1 May 1924. The Taghum Post Office closed in 1970.

Balfour was pre–empted in 1889 as a townsite by Charles Wesley Busk. One source claims that it was named by Busk after Lord Balfour, the British statesmen and future prime minister, whose family had mining interests in the area. (However, muddying the question of just who was the eponym is the fact that there was a D.B. Balfour living there between 1892 and 95.) Busk named three streets after himself: Charles, Wesley, and Busk. Other streets took the names of his family members. An addition to Balfour in 1910 was known as Riverside, although this name did not last. When the ferry terminal moved to Balfour from Fraser’s Landing, the latter name also vanished from common use (although the name survived as Fraser Narrows), and the area became more or less part of Balfour.

Fry Creek - Named by 1897 for prospector and trapper Richard (Dick) Fry, who arrived at Kootenay Lake 30 years earlier during a short-lived gold rush to 49 Creek. Sometimes misspelled Frye Creek.

This article was written by - Greg Nesteroff on Jun. 9, 2013 for the Nelson Star newspaper - Blewett was once Belford - There’s a street sign in Blewett that reads Bedford Road. It almost certainly should say Belford Road. There’s a street sign in Blewett, the residential area adjacent to Nelson, that reads Bedford Road. It almost certainly should say Belford Road, the name by which Blewett was formerly known. The Belford post office opened on October 1, 1911 but its etymology is a mystery. No one by that name lived there, though it may have been christened by someone from Belford, Northumberland, England. The prime suspect is Collingwood Gray (1867-1955), a Bonnington Falls fruit rancher who immigrated to Canada from Belford in 1909. In Granite Road Memories, Mabel Atkinson (nee Sharpe) recalled the community was already known as Belford when her family arrived from England in May 1910, but the earliest reference yet discovered in the Nelson Daily News is dated January 4, 1913. During the latter year, the Belford school opened on land donated by postmaster A.J. Laviolette. The post office closed on December 31, 1918 following Laviolette’s death, but reopened in an adjacent lot on May 1, 1923. It was then called Blewett, honouring storekeeper and postmaster William John Blewett (1870-1953). In the Daily News of May 1, 1953, historian R.G. Joy described Blewett as a Cornish blacksmith who sharpened steel in the early days of the Silver King mine and also worked at mines in Rossland and elsewhere. “He told me that he prospected in Montana and Idaho. He founded Blewett and later supervised the delivery of His Majesty’s mail from the store … His store burned down later [so] he went home to Cornwall for a time for he was heir to a shoe store; he sold this and was in good financial standing for some time after … Old-time miners gave him the title BABPM; maybe it stood for Blewett, a Blacksmith and Post Master.” Blewett died in Rossland at 83. Belford was perpetuated only through the school, which burned down on January 3, 1960 — thanks in part to its name. According to the Daily News, due to a misheard phone call, “Fire department and school officials rushed to Balfour instead of Belford. Chairman R.A. Phillips remarked that the two names could easily have been confused. By the time the fire department realized its mistake, and reached Belford, the school was a smouldering ruin.” LINK to the complete article - www.nelsonstar.com/community/blewett-was-once-belford/

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - BELFORD - a post office, mining and farming settlement 6 miles west of Nelson, Trail Provincial Electoral District; nearest railway, C. P. R, at Taghum, 2 miles; nearest telegraph, C. P. R. and G. N. R. at Nelson. Presbyterian and Methodist Churches. Mining, good timber, and country adapted to mixed farming and fruit-growing, having abundant water available. The population in 1918 was 60.

The Belford Post Office was established - 1 October 1911 and closed - 31 December 1918.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BELFORD Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / NEWALLA / SEP / 7 / PM / 1913 / OKLA. / 4-bar cancel

not found in Spokane, Wash - forwarded from - / SPOKANE, WASH / NOV 11 / 2 - PM / 1913 / - machine cancel

via - / NELSON, B.C. / NOV 18 / 1130 AM / 1913 / - machine

redirected to Taghum, B.C. (Williams Siding, B.C.) - / WILLIAMS SIDING / NO 19 / 13 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1906 - (RF E / now RF E2).

redirected to Balfour, B.C. (49 Creek area) - mistakenly sent to - / BELFORD / NO 21 / 13 / B.C / - split ring - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 2 September 1911 - (RF E / now is RF E1).

Message on postcard reads: 9 / 7 / 13 - Dear Bro - Where have you drifted to - Why don't you ans my letter. W. B. K. - Newalla, Oklahoma

Addressed to: R. H. Kemp / Spokane, Washington / c/o Elks Club - redirected to - Taghum (Williams Siding), British Columbia - redirected to - Balfour (49 Creek), British Columbia (sent to Belford, B.C.)

Randall Hitchcock Kemp

Birth - 1852 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA

Death - 13 Nov 1914 (aged 62) in Oak Bay, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

NOTE: His middle-name is also seen as Harold.

His occupation were a Mineralogist / Geologist / Journalist

Famous Author - Randall Hitchcock Kemp - US field mineralogist from 1890 or earlier on expeditions in Pacific Rim states of America, and author of A Half-Breed Dance and Other Far Western Stories: Mining Camp, Indian and Hudson's Bay Tales Based on the Experiences of the Author (coll 1909), which contains two tales of interest: "Underneath Spokane" features a virtual Hollow Earth of underground caverns; and in the Lost World described in "The Enchanted Valley" are found sports of Evolution and the Fountain of Youth. LINK to his book - archive.org/details/halfbreeddancean00kemprich/mode/2up

The funeral of the late Randall Hitchcock Kemp, whose death occurred yesterday morning at the residence, 2230 Bowker Avenue, will take place on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The deceased, who was a pioneer resident of the Nelson and Slocan Districts, was a native of Wellsburg, West Viginia, and 62 years of age at the time of his death. A mining engineer by profession, he was well known in the Province. It was only recently that he took up his residence in the City, where he is survived by a grown-up family.

His mother: Amanda (nee Lodge) Kemp (1830 – Deceased)

His father: Jessie Kemp (1830 – Deceased)

His first wife: Harriett Amanda Matthews

(b. 19 March 1862 in Mankota, Minnesota, United States – d. 30 March 1935 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States) - they were married - 10 Mar 1878 in Beaverhead County, Montana

His second wife: Leonora Richards (b. in Havana, Cuba - Deceased) she was living in Spokane, Washington at the time of the marriage. They were married in Kaslo, B.C. on 7 August 1896.

Lynn Creek and Lynn Valley area are named after sapper John Linn, a Royal British Engineer who was granted land at the mouth of the creek in 1871. The Linn family name was often misspelled "Lynn". By the turn of the century Linn Creek had become Lynn Creek.

(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - LYNN CREEK - a post office and suburban residential district on Lynn Creek, which is 10 miles long, and runs into north side of Burrard Inlet, 1 mile east of North Vancouver. The post office is 4 miles northeast of North Vancouver wharf.

Link to - From loggers to joggers: The History of Lynn Valley

Footprints of the Past - lynnvalleylife.com/life/history/

Mrs. Sugden ran the post office from her home at 1535 Kilmer Rd. since 1906, making daily, usually difficult trips into North Vancouver to fetch the community’s mail. Travelling by horse and buggy through muddy, rutted roads, she always carried a loaded pistol to discourage cougars and thieves alike!

The Post Office at Lynn Creek was established - 1 July 1906 it became - Vancouver Sub Office Lynn Creek - 1 April 1949.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the Lynn Creek Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / LYNN CREEK / JUN 29 / 14 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the proof book - but was most likely proofed c. 1906 when the Post Office opened - (RF C).

arrived at - / AMHERST / AM / JUL 6 / 14 / N.S. / - partial cds arrival backstamp.

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Message on postcard reads: June 21, 1914 - Dear Gladys! It is so long since I have heard from you. That I have began to wonder, if I will ever hear from you again. I wrote you a letter over a month ago - it will be two months on the first. Perhaps you haven't received it. I suppose you are to busy any way to be writing all the time. Well I hope you are all well as it leaves us (Daisy & her mother) the same and hoping to hear from you soon. Daisy M. Barr / P.O. Box / In care - R.W. Logan / North Vancouver, B.C.

Daisy May Barr (b. 18 May 1897 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - d. 3 Dec 1987 at age 90 in North Vancouver, B.C.) - she married SYDNEY JOSEPH MCLEAN (b. 11 Dec 1887 in Dartmouth, England - d. 15 July 1963 at age 75 in North Vancouver, B.C) in Venon, B.C. on 5 June 1918. They had 4 daughters.

LINK to her husband "Sydney Joseph McLean" Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...;

Daisy's mother - Regina Katherine / Kate "Webber" Barr (b. 22 December 1861 in Clam Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia - d. 3 December 1932 in Lynn Creek, British Columbia). Her first husband was William Thornton - they had one daughter HESTER WINIFRED THORNTON (occupation nurse) - Hester married ROBERT LOGAN on - 18 December 1913 in North Vancouver. Daisy and her mother were staying in Hester and Robert Logan's house in North Vancouver when Daisy wrote this postcard.

Daisy's father / Regina's second husband - James Barr (b. 4 Sept 1864 in Antrim, Northern Ireland - d. ) occupation was a carpenter - he immigrated to Canada in 1884. He married Regina Thornton - 8 September 1894 in Halifax, N.S.

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Addressed to: Miss Gladys Coates / 150 Willow Street / Amherst / Nova Scotia

Gladys Isabelle Coates

(b. 10 December 1895 – d. 1953)

Her husband - Herald Strachan Major

(b. 25 November 1894 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - d.)

Occupation - Insurance Inspector / Banker

They were married - 12 Jul 1921 at Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

LINK - to LT Herald Strachan Major's Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...

Lumberton is a ghost town in the East Kootenay part of British Columbia. The town is situated south of Cranbrook. Lumberton was once known as Watts or Wattsburg after A.E. Watts. Watts was in charge of the town after the turn of the century. Watts was the owner and founder of a lumber mill. Later, he sold his mill to B.C. Spruce Mills Ltd., who rebuilt the mill and updated it. Around that time Lumberton was born with a population of 225. Lumberton contained a post office and general store. Three dozen company houses were on the townsite. When the area became barren of timber, the town of Lumberton became deserted. In 1973 the cement walls of the mill could be seen as well as abandoned homes.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - WATTSBURG - a post office and station on the C. P. Railway, Crow's Nest line, 8 miles southwest of Cranbrook, one mile north of Swansea Station, in Cranbrook Provincial Electoral District on Palmers Bar Lake. Has planing mill, few houses, but no stores.

The Wattsburg Post Office was established - 1 November 1903 - it became Lumberton - 1 April 1922 and closed - 30 April 1941.

sent from - / CRANBROOK / DE 13 / 10 / B.C. / - duplex cancel - this duplex hammer was not listed in the Proof Book. - (DBC-73) (23 mm).

Message on postcard reads: Unable to get through Business today. Home tomorrow. L.H. (Louis Hilton)

Addressed to. Mrs. L. Hilton / Wattsburg, B.C.

Arrived at - / WATTSBURG / DE 13 / 10 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer was not listed in the Proof Book - (A1 - RF E now is a RF D).

Louis / Lewis Hilton was a blacksmith living in Wattsburg, B.C.

(Pte) Louis Hilton:

Birth - 4 Apr 1874 in Wigan, Manchester, England

Death - 27 Jan 1951 (aged 76) in Kimberley, British Columbia

Burial - Cranbrook Old General Cemetery, Cranbrook, B.C.

Link to his - Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...

His wife - Rebecca "Dean" Hilton:

Birth - 23 Oct 1874 in Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Manchester, England

Death - 3 Jan 1941 (aged 66) in Cranbrook, British Columbia

Burial - Cranbrook Old General Cemetery

The Hilton family immigrated to Canada in 1905/06. On the 1911 Canadian census Louis Hilton was living in Wattsburg, B.C. with his wife Rebecca and their three children (James, Florence & Leonard). He was working in the S & D factory as a woodworker with his son James. On his 1916 - records from the First World War - his occupation is listed as "mill hand" and his signature matches perfectly with the signature on this postcard.

COLWOOD is situated on the mail route travelled between Sooke and Victoria and is close to the junction of the roads leading to Goldstream, Metchosin and Sooke.

LINK to - Discover Colwood , B.C. - www.colwood.ca/discover-colwood/historical-timeline

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - COLWOOD, a post settlement in the District of Esquimalt, B.C., 1/4 mile from Langford Station, on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, 8 miles from Victoria. It contains 1 Presbyterian church, 1 store, 2 hotels, 1 saw null, 3 lime kilns. The population in 1908 was 200.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - COLWOOD - a post office and station on E. & N. Railway, 8 miles from Victoria, in Esquimalt Provincial Electoral District, reached by rail and auto stage from the city. Anglican Church. The population in 1918 was 300. Local resources: Fruit growing, and very suitable for sheep-raising.

In 1851, Capt. Edward E. Langford arrived from England to manage Esquimalt farm for the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. The Langford family dubbed the farm "Colwood" to recall their family's 200-acre holding in Sussex, England.

The Colwood Post Office opened - 1 April 1881; amalgamated as Sub Station No. 16 under Victoria PO - 2 June 1958.

sent from - / VICTORIA, B.C. / OCT 8 / 1 - PM / 1910 / M- machine cancel

arrival - / COLWOOD / OC 8 / 10 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 2 June 1881 - (RF C). There was a second hammer - unknown when proofed.

Message on postcard reads: Dear Mother - Will not be up this week. will ???? if fine. Bernie is getting along nicely. R. is not home yet. Hope you are all OK. bye bye - V. C.

Violet (Frewing) Carter (b. 14 March or 21 May 1882 in England - d. 12 February 1974 at age 91 in Victoria, B.C.)

LINK to a photo - Violet Mary Ann Carter, nee Frewing - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/violet-mary-ann-car...

Addressed to: Mrs. W. Frewing / Forest Farm / Colwood P.O. / Colwood, B.C.

Mary Ann Frewing (born Mell) (b. 1848 in Chelsea, London, England – d. 1933)

Her husband: William John Frewing (b. 30 January 1848 in England – d. 23 October 1933 in Victoria, British Columbia)

They were married - 15 August 1867 at the All Saints Church, Upper Norwood, England - they had nine children.

The Frewing family later resided at Croydon, Surrey, England, before immigrating to Canada. Frewing Lane has been established in honour of William John Frewing who came with his wife Mary Ann and their children to Victoria in 1902. William John worked on many of the large building projects in the city like the Legislative Assembly. He was a Master Craftsman.

LINK to a photo - Mary Ann (Mell) and William John Frewing, Sr. - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/mary-ann-mell-and-w...

- ex Stein / June 1988

H.F. (Harvey Ward Peace Fairhurst - 22 July 1895 – 17 February 1929)

ENGINEER GOLD MINES LTD., INC.

ENGINEER MINE

ATLIN, B.C. - corner card

The Engineer Mine is located on the eastern shore of Taku Arm, part of Tagish Lake, in northern British Columbia near BC’s borders with the Yukon Territory and Alaska. It is in the Atlin Mining District of British Columbia about 32 km west of Atlin.

The Engineer Mine, Atlin, British Columbia - The Engineer Mine has been an intriguing source of gold for over a century. Born as an offshoot of the Klondike gold rush, the Engineer Mine was originally developed as a remote underground gold mining operation, and then, eventually, complete with a fully serviced town. The history of the Engineer Mine property dates back to 1899 when a couple of Swedish prospectors located a yellow metal on the shores of Tagish Lake. C.A. Anderson, an engineer from the Yukon & White Pass Railway followed up on the Swedes’ information and discovered visible gold in quartz/calcite veins on the shore of Tagish Lake, below Engineer Mountain. He returned with associates, in July, 1899, and staked the Engineer group of claims (Mauthner et al, 1996). After a small amount of development work, the Engineer Mining Company allowed the claims to lapse in 1906. The early history of the Engineer Mine is closely associated with Captain James Alexander who, by all accounts, was an interesting character. James Alexander immigrated to Canada, from England, in 1899, drawn by the romantic wilderness life of British Columbia. The property was finally taken over in 1923 by a New York group and production from Engineer Gold Mines Ltd. began in 1924. Advances at this time were the most significant that the property had seen yet. They included the development of a town site, installation of a power plant on the Wann River with transmission lines to the mine, construction of a concentrator and mill on the lakeshore near the 5 Level portal, and development of the underground tunnels down to 8 Level. Over 140 people were employed at the site. Visible gold detection was the primary method used to identify and follow ore shoots in veins. Reserves were exhausted by 1927, but development continued with drifting and limited mining until 1933. Reginald Brook, an associate of Captain Alexander, stayed on as caretaker of the property and selectively hand-mined the Shaft Vein. LINK to the complete article - www.davidkjoyceminerals.com/pagefiles/articles_engineermi...

The Engineer Post Office was established - 1 September 1925 it closed - 13 May 1926; and re-opened - 21 June 1926 (the same date at this Engineer split ring); and closed - 31 October 1929.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the ENGINEER Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / ENGINEER / SP 27 / 28 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1`) was proofed - 26 June 1925 - (RF E now is classified as RF E1).

Addressed to: E. E. Fairhurst, / Columbia Hotel, / Ward, / Colorado / USA (Emma and her husband Albert operated the Columbia Hotel in Ward. Colorado)

Emma Elizabeth (nee Hauburg) Fairhurst

(b. 2 February 1865 in Port Byron, Illinois, USA – d. 30 March 1950 at age 85 in Ward, Boulder, Colorado, United States)

Her husband - Albert Lyle Fairhurst

(b. 10 February 1869 in Black Hawk, Gilpin, Colorado, United States – d. 3 February 1920 at age 50 in Ward, Boulder, Colorado, United States) - they were married - 17 November 1892 in Ward, Boulder, Colorado, United States.

Emma Hauberg Fairhurst was born February 2, 1865, in Port Byron, Illinois, to Marx D. and Margaret Frels Hauberg. She came to Caribou, Colorado, in 1890 where she found employment and stayed until the mining slump of 1892. She then moved to Ward and married Albert L. (Bert) Fairhurst, son of William (Guy) Fairhurst, a prominent Ward miner and investor. Albert also invested heavily in mining. Emma Fairhurst witnessed the fire that destroyed most of Ward in 1900, shared in the temporary prosperity that the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad brought to the community, and participated in the development of summer camps and resorts in the region. Her Hotel Columbia was very popular and its fireplace, built from specimens of ore which she had collected, was greatly admired. In addition to being in the hotel and tourism business, Mrs. Fairhurst was involved in land and mining investment, including the accumulation and sale of land around Duck Lake, near Ward. Among the lodes owned or discovered by the Fairhurst family were: Extension (1881), Golden Sceptre (1900), Graphic (1875), Cold Springs (1909), Golden Eagle (1891), and Jaybird (1906) in the Magnolia District and the Blackhawk Boy in Ward. Albert Fairhurst also had stock in the Idaho Mines Co., the Big Five Mining Co., and the Mineral Park Mining and Reduction Co. Many of these various business interests were handled by Emma Fairhurst after her husband Albert’s death in 1920. LINK to the complete article - archives.colorado.edu/repositories/2/resources/460

This letter was sent by her brother-in-law (H.F.) - Harvey Ward Peace Fairhurst - (b. 22 July 1895 in Boulder, Colorado, United States – d. 17 February 1929 at age 33 in Boulder, Colorado, United States) - his signature matches the example on his 1917 WWI Draft registration card. Harvey married - Frances Mary Davis (1902 - 1936) - 28 June 1921 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada.

Ward is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. In 1930 the population was 34. The town is a former mining settlement founded in 1860 in the wake of the discovery of gold at nearby Gold Hill. Once one of the richest towns in the state during the Colorado Gold Rush, it is located on a mountainside at the top of Left Hand Canyon, near the Peak to Peak Highway northwest of Boulder at an elevation of 9,450 feet above sea level.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - THE BEACH - a summer resort on Boundary Bay, 1/4 mile from Crescent Beach, on the G. N. Railway, Delta Provincial Electoral District. Post office is open during the summer, while the Crescent post office is more generally used.

"The Beach" Post Office was established (first opening) - 1 August 1914 and closed - 9 November 1917 - (second opening) - re-opened 1 July 1918 and closed - 18 June 1923 - this was a summer office post office.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at "THE BEACH" Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

(first opening) - Mrs. E. Williams was the Postmistress at "The Beach" Post Office from - 1 August 1914 to 9 November 1917.

Elizabeth (Bessie) "Holland" Williams

(b. 1863 - d. 28 June 1942 at age 78)

(second opening) - Wesley David George was the Postmaster of the "The Beach" Post Office from - 1 July 1918 to 14 March 1923.

Clipped from - The Vancouver Sun newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 6 Jul 1918 - Mr. Wesley George has been sworn in by the government to be the Crescent Beach postmaster. (27 July 1921) - George Wesley is proprietor of the popular "Red Roof Store" at Crescent. (6 January 1922) - Mr. and Mrs. Wesley George have given up their home at Crescent and have moved to Fifteenth Avenue, Vancouver.

Wesley David George

(b. 11 February 1878 in Clinton, Iowa, USA – d. 19 August 1940 at age 62 in Colquitz, BC, Canada) His burial - Colwood Cemetery, near Victoria, B.C. - he immigrated to Canada in 1912 and became a Canadian citizen in 1915 - on the 1921 Canadian census his occupation was listed as a "Storekeeper" for retail & groceries - the "The Beach" Post Office was most likely located in this "unknown" store. LINK to his 1921 Canadian Census - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&am...

His wife - Carrie Mable Adams

(b. 2 November 1883 in Tamaroa, Illinois, United States – d. 1966 in Boonton, N.J., USA)

They were married - 16 Dec 1906 in Yakima, Washington, United States - they had two children - Pearl Edna George (25 June 1907 – 14 November 1998) and Fred Wesley George (7 June 1910 – 18 August 1981).

sent from - / THE BEACH / AU 16 / 22 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2 / second opening) was proofed - 15 Jun 1918 - (RF E / RF E3) - split ring hammer (A1-1 / first opening) was proofed - 25 July 1914. Around 1919 this Post Office was referred to as the CRESCENT BEACH Post Office.

Message on postcard reads: Hello Doris, And how's everything in P.G. (Point Grey)? We are having a nice time, the weather is grand today. I suppose this time next week I will be working for my living again. We are coming back Sunday. Hoping you are all well. With Love - Auntie & Dorrie

Addressed to: Miss Doris Hoad / 3651 22nd Ave West / Point Grey / B.C.

Ethel Doris (nee Hoad) Lacey

Birth - 11 Feb 1905 in England

Death - 7 Jan 1984 (aged 78) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Her Father: Henry John Hoad

Birth - 13 Feb 1883 in England

Death - 12 Nov 1956 (aged 73) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - his occupation was - carpenter, builder and contractor

Her Mother: Ethel "White" Hoad

Birth - 7 Jul 1880 in London, England

Death - 28 Oct 1946 (aged 66) in Gibson's Landing, British Columbia, Canada

Her Spouse: Edward Lacey

Growing up I did not see my father a lot. When I was born my dad was serving in the Iraqi army in the Iran-Iraq war which lasted until 1988, so for the first 6 years of my life I saw my dad a couple of days every 45 days. I did not understand who he was, what his role was, or what he meant to me and to our family. (I thought he was a handy man who comes every few weeks to fix things around the house!) I remember when I was few years old asking my sister who is older than me, “Who is this man?” And she said, “He is our dad, silly boy!” That did not help me much because I knew we called him “dad”, but what is a ‘dad’?

My first “clear” memory of my dad was in early 1991 after the Gulf War. I was sitting on the upper steps of the staircase whistling some classical music and building something, when I saw this unshaven man in khaki army clothes walking into the house. His steps were heavy but he was walking fairly quickly, and his gaze looking aimlessly on the floor in front of him, his eyelids heavy of tiredness, and his whole head tilted down. He had the hoodie of his army jacket covering his head. I did not recognize him. My grandmother who was in the kitchen saw this “strange” man walking into the house so she ran to the hallway to see who he is and that is when she recognized him and she screamed out of joy and collapsed at the kitchen door because she did not know if her only child would come home alive or not. When my grandmother recognized him I remember thinking, “Oh, so that’s how my dad looks like!” That was the earliest “clear” image I have of my dad and I was 8 years old then. In 1998 my family left Iraq to immigrate to Canada and I did not see my dad for another ten years.

In the summer of 1999 I accepted Jesus Christ as my saviour and lord. Soon after I started growing in my Christian faith, but for the first ten years I only saw God as God. I had read in the Bible that He is our heavenly Father and He loves us as such but that did not mean anything to me, because I did not know what it is like to have a father--earthly or heavenly--nevertheless try to understand a father’s love! It is really like trying to explain to a blind man from birth what colours are—he cannot understand what colours are because the whole concept of vision does not exist in his mind. The best example you can give the blind man is the sense of smell and how there are different smells, but the truth is that the sense of vision is very different than the sense of smell. It is one thing to try to understand what a father’s love is like by trying to compare it to other kinds of love, and it is a completely different thing to actually know what a father’s love is.

I did however try to see God as my heavenly Father but it did not work because I simply had no reference of what a father is. To me He was God: He had authority over me, and I am to obey Him, and He is to reward my obedience. I remember praying many years ago for God to show me what He means by saying He is my heavenly Father. I even told Him in my prayer that I did not have a personal understanding of the father figure or a father’s love, so I did not know how I can see Him as my heavenly Father. I told Him in my prayer about all my struggles to see Him as my heavenly Father. So for the longest time, to understand God’s fatherly love I compared it to my mother’s love because that was the closest thing to a father’s love I was familiar with. Then something happened.

About 12 years after getting saved I was walking to my evening job and it was a very peaceful evening—lovely weather and empty streets. I asked God “why”—a question I had asked Him countless times in the prior couple of years. What happened is that I had a best friend who I loved with all my heart and might and was hoping to marry her but things did not work between us. Just like that: my best friend of 5 years whom I greatly loved became a total stranger. I felt great loss and sadness for a very long time and I wanted answers so the first thing I did in the morning was ask Him “why?” And the last thing I did before sleeping was ask Him “why?” And every minute I breathed between waking up and sleeping I asked Him “why?” I did not even go into details because He knew my pain and struggle to understand—I just needed to ask “why”; I did not need to elaborate on that simple one-word question. Do not get me wrong: I knew her and I were incompatible as a husband and wife because we were polar opposites in our thinking and approach to life, even in our approach to Christianity. But I wondered, “Why did He not make us compatible? Why did He not change us to make us a good fit? Why did He not fix us? Why were loss and separation the answer rather than change and healing? Why?”

That evening walk was no different: I walked and asked Him, “Why Lord, why?” when suddenly I heard Him (not audibly) answer me, “Because I love you.” When I heard that everything started to flash in my mind: all the sadness, all the misery, all the despair, all the regret, all the lack of love and respect and appreciation, I would have gone through if God had allowed me to marry her! All those sorrowful years of analysing what had happened and why made sense! There was no change or fix that could have made the two of us compatible. The pain of loss and separation was just the side effect of God’s protecting me because He is my heavenly Father and He loves me. I cannot imagine the pain I would have gone through if God did not act as my heavenly Father and stepped in to protect me from marrying the wrong woman! (I am sure I was the wrong man for her too! It was not a matter of one being better than the other—we just were not meant for each other!)

So I started to look back at all the work God had done in my life and realized that the way God has responded to my circumstances was mainly motivated by His love and not by my obedience. Even though I tried to obey Him but His goodness to me surpassed any obedience or good work I had done. I just could not explain why He has been so good to me except that He is good, He is love—He is my heavenly Father. His goodness to me had nothing to do with my actions. Let me give you an analogy:

Suppose that you have a child and you asked your child to make his bed in the morning, then in the evening you went for a walk with him and he was distracted and ran into a busy street and he sure was going to be hit by a car. You react by running after him and grabbing him before he jumps into a car’s path. Your action has nothing to do with him making his bed or not, but has everything to do with his relationship to you (he is your child) and who you are (a loving father).

So many good things He did for me I did not even know they existed, or that I needed them, or how to go about getting them. So many painful and destructive things He protected me from I actually asked for, prayed for, begged for, and cried for—yet, in His love He protected me from attaining them. When I thought about His goodness toward me and what motivated it—His loving and good nature—I started to understand what He means by saying He is my heavenly Father because I felt loved. I did not merely understand that I was loved, but I experienced being loved by a perfect heavenly Father. I actually learned what a father is from God Himself. He did not need me to have an image or a reference idea of an earthly father to show me that He is my heavenly Father. Let me explain this using another story:

When I came to Canada I did not speak English so when I read books I would translate words I did not know by using an English-Arabic dictionary and writing those words and their meanings on paper. Then one day my ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, Mrs. Weinstein, saw me using the dictionary to translate some words from a book I was reading and told me, “Fadi, don’t use a dictionary. It interrupts the flow of reading the book.” So I asked her, “How will I know the meaning of the words I don’t understand?” And she said, “From the context of the sentence, the paragraph, and the story. When a child is born he does not know any language, but he learns the meaning of the words from the context they are spoken in. First time you probably won’t figure out what the word means, but as you come across it more through reading you will understand what it means.” I thought that was a great idea so I put my dictionary away and never relied on it after that. I did learn English and I did not need another language like Arabic as a reference point to learn English. I learned English from English!

God did the same thing to show me what it means for me to have Him as my heavenly Father. He did not need me to know what an earthly father is to show me what a heavenly Father is—He showed me as is shown to a child what a father is. I learned love from Love. I learned what it is like to have a father from the Father. There is a saying that says “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” To me, ‘father’ was just a word until God came along and gave it a meaning. I have often heard people say “there is no love like a mother’s love” but I have learned that “there is no love like the Father’s love.” I no longer just understand God’s love as a concept, but I know it because I have experienced it. It is no longer a love I have heard about, but a love I know and feel, a love that I need and yearn for, a love that is essential to my well-being, a love that is essential to understand my relationship to Him through Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, a love that is essential for me to live courageously, confidently, joyfully and worry free, a love that motivates me to love Him and love others, a love that I trust in because I know it will not fail me, a love that guides me by revealing the Father to me, a love I can think about and talk about for the rest of my life and I would not have revealed the tip of the iceberg. God is no longer only God to me but also my heavenly Father.

May be while growing up you did not know your earthly father, for whatever reasons, but do not be sad because you have a heavenly Father—a Father who loves you and desires to reveal Himself to you not only as a powerful God and a supreme Lord but also as a loving, providing, and protecting Father. And often times God protects us by disciplining us. But His discipline is to protect us because He loves us. Once you experience His protective, loving discipline and understand His good intentions behind His works, you will trust God like never before.

Once I heard Dr. Charles Stanley talking about how when he was in his mid 40s he finally felt God loved him as a father, as he had never known his earthly father because his father had died while he was only 9 months old. I remember thinking, “I have to wait that long to feel God’s fatherly love?!” But God worked differently in my life and within a different time frame. Do not look at my experience or other people’s experiences and think this is how and when God will work in your life. You are unique and His will for your life is unique—He will reveal His fatherly love to you as He knows is best.

How Deep The Fathers Love For Us

How deep the Father's love for us,

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

His wounds have paid my ransom

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My dad is a wonderful man but due to circumstances beyond his control he was not given the chance to bond with his children on a deep, emotional, and personal level.

(Toronto, ON; winter 2013.)

#nofilter #Toronto reverse image through the viewfinder of my grandmother's #Kodak #Duaflex II #camera which she purchased in the mid-1950s in Hong Kong before she immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.

Olaf Herman Petterson (b. 13 December 1854 in Sweden - d. 13 March 1931 in Langley, B.C.) was the Postmaster at Coghlan, B.C. from - 16 May 1911 until his death - 13 March 1931 - the Post Office was located in his General Store in Coghlan. His wife took over as Postmistress from - 17 April 1931 to - 8 May 1939.

Coghlan was named after Nathaniel and Henry Coghlan who supplied approximately 20,000 ties for this railway route - Link to a photo of the Coghlan brothers - www.fortlangley.ca/langley/coghlan.html

The name Coghlan originated with two bothers, Nathaniel and Henry, who settled in Langley in 1884 and took up quarter section homesteads south of the Telegraph Trail on what is now 256th Avenue. They ran a small but busy sawmill operation cutting dimension lumber as well as ties for the interurban line during its construction period.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - COGHLAN - a post office and station on the B. C. Electric Railway. Fraser Valley line, 37 miles east of Vancouver, 25.5 miles from New Westminster and 12 miles from Cloverdale, in Delta Provincial Electoral District. Local resources: Lumbering and farming.

The Coghlan Post Office was established - 16 May 1911 and closed - 31 March 1956 owing to the provision of rural mail delivery service via Aldergrove RR No. 3.

- sent from - / VANCOUVER / SEP 11 / 11 PM / 1922 / B.C. / - machine cancel.

- arrived at - / COGHLAN / SP 12 / 22 / B.C. / - split ring arrival - this split ring hammer was proofed - 19 April 1911 - (RF C).

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Message on postcard reads - 3913 8th Ave W. / Dear E (Ethel) - Just a line to wish you many Happy Returns of the day (her birthday was September 11). Hope you are all well and getting along alright - we are with Harely - will have got the workmen doing small threshing done ???????????

Postcard was addressed to: Mrs. Thomas Broatch / Coghlan, B.C.

Thomas Broatch (b. 7 June 1891 in Angus, Scotland - d. 25 May 1949 in Ocean Park, B.C.) immigrated to Canada in 1913.

His wife - Ethel Deane Broatch (Perry)

Birthdate: September 11, 1888

Death: January 03, 1976 (at age of 87)

Place of Burial: 16671 Old McLellan Road, Surrey, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia

Ocean Park, B.C. - 130 St. – "Broatch" (from approx. 18th to the railroad.) – named after Thomas Broatch, road foreman, who cleared many of the roads. Members of this family still reside in the area.

Kerrisdale is a neighbourhood located in Vancouver's west side. It features a mix of newer houses and older bungalows as well as various low and mid-rise rental and condo apartment buildings in its northern section. Kerrisdale gained its name in 1905 when British Columbia Electric Railway manager R.H. Sterling asked Mrs. William McKinnon to name the interurban stop at Wilson Road (today West 41st Avenue). She chose to call it "Kerry's Dale", after the name of her family home, Kerrydale, in Gairloch, Scotland. Kerrydale means "little seat of the fairies". It was quickly corrupted to Kerrisdale. The area was part of the Municipality of Point Grey, which amalgamated January 1, 1929 with the City of Vancouver and the Municipality of South Vancouver. Many of the streets and avenues surrounding this focal intersection developed around this time, with local landmarks such as Point Grey Secondary School, Ryerson Church, Shannon Mews and the Allen Brown Estate constructed in these formative years.

In 1904, Sydney Bell, who rode the rails to Lulu Island on what was called the Sockeye Special each day, recognized the corner of what is now 41st and West Boulevard as a great business location. As a result, he founded Bell’s General Store and Post Office in 1904. From 1904-1912, the business district of Kerrisdale was composed of one general store and post office, one meat market, real estate office and hardware store.

Sydney Bell was the Postmaster at Kerrisdale, B.C. from - 1 December 1909 to - 30 December 1912.

The Kerrisdale Post Office was established - 1 December 1908 - it became Vancouver Sub Office 31 - 1 June 1922.

to - / KERRISDALE / JUL 31 / 16 / B.C. / - duplex cancel - (this duplex hammer was proofed - 23 January 1914 (Cloutier DBC-183 / ERD - 14 March 1914 / LRD - 30 August 1921) - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads: July 29 - 1916 - I am having a delightful time here and we have had no very hot weather so far. I have fully intended writing before, but my time has been pretty well taken. Hope you and Mr. B (Beckett) are well. Kind regards to you both. Sincerely Frances Latham.

Jeannette "Jennie" Frances Latham (nee Donaldson), was born - March 21, 1878 in Boston, Mass. - immigrated in 1896 -

Jeannette married Edward Herbert Latham - November 27, 1902 at age 24 in Kaslo, BC.

Jeannette passed away - September 8, 1964 at age 86 in North Surrey, BC.

Edward Hubert Latham - (b. 11 Apr 1873 in Northrop, Wales - d. 11 Dec 1950 (aged 77) in Kaslo, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - Occupation - Hotel Proprietor (Maze Hotel in Kazlo, B.C. (Reuter & Latham).

He was the son of John Latham and Mary Reynolds.

Addressed to: Mrs. Beckett / Guelph Apartments (778 McMillan Ave) / Winnipeg, Manitoba / Canada (Winnipeg South)

Mabel Binns (nee Hey) Beckett

(b. 7 May 1875 in Ailsa Craig, Middlesex County, Ontario - d. 1944)

Her husband - Ernest Edward Beckett

(b. 28 November 1878 in Dublin, Ireland - d. )

They were married - 27 September 1907 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He immigrated to Canada - 1 May 1905 at Montreal, Quebec on the S.S. Victorian. His occupation was a lumberman - he was the manager of a Lumber Company in 1916.

Tzouhalem is located 2 1/2 miles east of Duncan. It was named after one of the fiercest of the war chiefs of the Cowichans. Link to a photo of the Tzouhalem Hotel (1880-1953) near Duncan, B.C. - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/uploads/r/null/f/9/...

"Tzuhalem (not Tzouhalem)" (settlement) adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911. Spelling changed back to Tzouhalem (community) 27 April 2000 being the long-established, preferred local spelling,

Walter Stephen Morley was the Postmaster at Tzouhalem from - 1 May 1903 until his death - 25 July 1921 - the Post Office was located in his General Store.

Walter Stephen Morley (Walterus de Morle)

b. 2 October 1845 in Leeds, England

d. 25 July 1921 at Tzouhalem, B.C.

Occupation - Bricklayer and Builder

Walter and his wife Elizabeth immigrated to Canada c. 1887

They were married - 16 April 1882 in Newington, England

His wife - Elizabeth "Band" Morley

b. 12 April 1859 in Durham, England

On the 1911 census - they had Walter's two brothers living with them -

Austin Morley (b. 1855 – Deceased ) Link - www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKG1-9CX

Myles Morley (b. 18 December 1861 – d. 16 August 1937 in Sechelt, B.C.) Link - www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ15-7CV

The Tzouhalem Post Office was opened - 1 May 1903; closed 31 August 1921.

/ TZOUHALEM / AU 7 / 16 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer is not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1903 when the Post Office opened - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads - Tzouhalem / August 6. 1916 - My Dear Aunt and Cousin - Just a few lines to let you know I'm O.K. Will not be down until the end of the week - hope this finds you all O.K. Had a letter from home answering Aunts letter with thanks to all - Yours - Dennis

Postcard was addressed to - Mrs. A. Morley / 662 Pine Street / Victoria, B.C.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - BIRCH ISLAND - a post office and station on the C. N. R., in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District. Farming and mining.

CNPR station so-named because of an island in the river, covered with birch trees.

The Birch Island Post Office opened - 1 May 1917 and closed - 19 September 1986.

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the BIRCH ISLAND Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / BIRCH ISLAND / FE 16 / 24 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 2 April 1917 - (RF C).

via - / ECKVILLE / PM / FE 18 / 24 / ALTA. / - cds transit backstamp

sent by - John L. Robinson / McMurphy / B.C.

Addressed to: Mr. Nils Aarrestad / Gilby, Alberta

Nils Semson Aarrestad

Gender: Male

Birth: December 5, 1888 in Norway

Death: 1978 (89)

He immigrated to Canada in 1910. In 1911 his occupation was listed as a farmer.

The Gilby, Alberta Post Office was established - 15 July 1909 and closed - 14 January 1930.

/ GILBY / FE 18 / 24 / ALTA. / - split ring arrival backstamp

Gilby, Alberta is west of Medicine Lodge Hills and northeast of Blueberry Hills. Gilby has an elevation of 950 meters. In late autumn of 1902, with temperatures in the minus 25 degree F range, three Estonian settlers, Henry Kingsep, Henry Kinna and August Posti, left Sylvan Lake to establish a new Estonian settlement in the Medicine River Valley. The first few days were spent building basic shelters to get them through the fast-approaching winter. Other Estonians arrived during the next few years and a sizeable Estonian community of several dozen families set down roots.

Link to a postcard view of Gilby, Alberta - lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wLXgyNZJaBE/VGZqTRKMeNI/AAAAAA...

Mike Sestrap, an Estonian settler who had been a tailor in the old country, opened a store and post office in Gilby in 1910. Like so many other such enterprises in rural Alberta, it also served as a social centre for the scattered farming community, By 1911 there was sufficient grain growing for John Kinna to build the area's first water driven flour rmill. However. grain growing did not become a major economic enterprise until World War One generated record grain prices.

Gilby (Kalmu) Cemetery - Gilby (Kalmu) Cemetery was established by Estonian pioneers in 1914 on land donated by Jaak Kinna. In June 1914, members of the Estonian community met to form the Kalmu Cemetery Company.

Ex. Jacobi collection...

WHITEWATER (1 May 1897 - 15 January 1908) is located 14 northwest of Kaslo on the the Kaslo River, the original Whitewater mineral claims group was staked in 1891 and would turn out to become one of the largest shippers in the Slocan. Production of the rich lead-silver ore started early, increased every year and slowly a townsite developed out of mining camp. On 1 may 1897 the Post Office opened and the following year an English company purchased the Whitewater Mine. Mining activity then and now is dependent upon metal prices and from 1900 onwards, the mining activity level dropped. on 15 January 1908 the Post Office was shut down and mining activities went into a slump until the mid twenties. In the summer of 1910 a massive forest fire destroyed the concentrator and other mine buildings and sealed the town's fate for the present. Only a split ring cancel is known from Whitewater, British Columbia.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - WHITEWATER, a post and mining settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station on the Kaslo & Slocan Railway, 18 miles from Kaslo, and 12 miles from Sandon, the latter also on the C.P.R. (Nakusp and Slocan section). Besides the Whiteside Mines, there are in the vicinity the Whitewater Deep Mines, the Jackson Mine, the Wellington and other ore mines. It has general store, 1 hotel and 1 ore concentration mill and telegraph offices. The population in 1908 varied from 100 to 300, as the mines are or are not working.

The WHITEWATER Post Office was established - 1 May 1897 and closed - 15 January 1908.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the KASLO Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

- sent from - / WHITEWATER / DE 13 / 04 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1897 when the Post Office first opened - (RF E / now is classified as RF D).

- arrived at - / KASLO / DE 13 / 04 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp

sent by: Harry Newcomb(e)

(b. 1 January 1865 in England - d.) - on the 1901 Canadian Census his occupation was listed - silver miner

- In 1898 Harry Newcombe was the foreman of the Slogan Bay Mine in Payne Mountain which was under bond to Whitewater Mines Ltd. They immigrated to Canada in 1896.

His wife - Helen Newcombe

(b. 12 January 1867 in England - d.) - they had a son - Henry Newcombe - born in British Columbia in 1899.

Addressed to: A.J. Garland Esq. / Kaslo / B.C.

Alexander Thomas Garland

(b. 1871 in Caledonia, Ontario – d. 19 April 1938 at age 67 in Kaslo, British Columbia, Canada) - his occupation was - dry goods merchant.

His wife: Marguerite (nee Harris) Garland

(b. January 1885 in Kilbride, Ontario – d. 14 October 1963 at age 80 in Nelson, B.C. / her permanent residence was in Kaslo, B.C.) - they were married - 10 August 1901 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada - they had two children.

Before boarding SS Ascania to immigrate to Canada we looked around in the city of Le Havre, in 1957 May.

Quatsino is a small hamlet of 91 people located on Quatsino Sound in Northern Vancouver Island, Canada only accessible by boat or float plane. Its nearest neighbour is Coal Harbour, to the east, about 20 minutes away by boat, and Port Alice, to the south, about 40 minutes away by boat. The largest town in the region, Port Hardy, is located about an hour northeast by boat and vehicle.

The village is known to have one of British Columbia's only still-used public one-room schoolhouses, a two-story wooden building built in 1935. The oldest building on the North Island is also located in Quatsino, a woodland chapel called St. Olaf's Anglican Church, a popular site for weddings. It was built in 1897. Quatsino was originally settled by Norwegian farmers from North Dakota who arrived via steamship in 1894 to homestead and farm thirty 80-acre lots offered free through Crown Grants- publicized at the Chicago World Exposition of 1893. Soon freight service to Victoria was established, along with a post office and customs office and a government wharf. The area grew as resources were developed and the area boasted numerous mines, canneries, general stores, rental cabins, a hotel, a saloon, telegraph office and an Imperial Oil fuel station. The village was a thriving community up until the 1940s. The post office is still in operation and two cemeteries mark the history of the community.

Link to - The Hamlet of Quatsino, British Columbia - www.quatsino.org/history

(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - QUATSINO - a post office and settlement on north side of Quatsino Sound, 16 miles in from Pacific Ocean, and 300 miles northwest of Victoria, in Alberni Provincial Electoral District. Is served by C. P. R. West Coast steamers from Victoria. Has telegraph office. The population in 1918 was 1,000. Local resources: Timber, mining and fishing.

The Quatsino Post Office was established - 1 March 1896.

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the QUATSINO Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / QUATSINO / FE 21 / 46 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) is not listed in the proof book - (RF B).

Sent by: Jack C. Medcalf / M/V Armoco / Quatsino, B.C. / Canada

Jack Crosby Medcalf

(b. 9 August 1921 in North Vancouver, B.C. - d. )

His occupation was a Pilot / Diesel Engineer - In 1947 he was working in Ketchikan, Alaska - in the 1960's he was living in Richmond, B.C.

His father - Joseph Thomas Medcalf

(b. 16 October 1868 in London, England – d. 13 July 1957 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - his occupation was an accountant.

His mother - Agnes Maud Hopkinson

(b. 1872 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom – Deceased) - they were married - 30 April 1896 in Devon, England, United Kingdom - they immigrated to Canada in 1904.

During 1946 when this cover was mailed Jack Crosby Medcalf was living onboard the "M/V Armoco" (Motor / Vessel)

Ship details: Armoco / Sea Lord III - In 1907-1910 she was owned by William H. Armstrong, North Vancouver BC. In 1911-1915 she was owned by Armstrong, Morrison & Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1916-1920 she was owned by William Walter White, Vancouver BC. In 1921-1928 she was owned by Champion and White Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1929-1941 she was owned by Rupert Protheroe, Vancouver BC. In 1942-1945 she was owned by Armour Touring & Salvage, Prince Rupert BC. In 1945-1954 she was owned by Quatsino Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1954-1956 she was owned by Dolmage Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1956-1960 she was owned by Vancouver Log Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1960-1964 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co., Vancouver BC. In 1964-1966 she was owned by Cliff Olsen (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1966-1967 she was owned by Totem Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1967-1970 she was owned by Tiger Tug Ltd., Gibsons BC. On January 15, 1969 she was destroyed by fire in Howe Sound while towing logs in Collingwood Channel. She went ashore on Bowen Island BC. She was salvaged by Fred Rogers and John Peters. Link to the complete article - showing a Photo of the ARMOCO - with all the details - www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=S...

Addressed to: Sprayberry Academy of Radio / F.L. Sprayberry, President / Room - 10125 / Pueblo, Colorado / USA

Frank Linton Sprayberry

(b. 29 August 1904 in Forest Park, Clayton County, Georgia - d. August 1960 at age 56 in Florida or Washington, DC)

His wife - Dorothy Mildred Sprinkle

(b. 1910 in Virginia, USA - d.) - they were married - 17 May 1927 in Washington, DC - they had 2 daughters - their first daughter Doris Sprayberry was a typist for the Sprayberry Academy of Radio.

The Sprayberry Academy of Radio was a correspondence school from the height of the golden era. It existed for about 15 years operating from at least half a dozen different locations then vanished overnight. The first address I've found was from 1943: 610-K University Place NW, Washington (9) D.C. That first booklet he's selling is called "HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN RADIO."

In 1944 Frank Linton Sprayberry began appearing in ads in magazines like Radio Craft, Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Science, Radio Electronics, Radio News, and others. The ads were often full page, with color. The mailing address for the Sprayberry Academy of Radio in these early ads was always in Pueblo Colorado but it did change a bit. Somtimes it was Room 5568, Room 2055, or Room 1088, one time it's listed as dept 55-L but always in the Sprayberry Building or just "1118 Sprayberry Building." I suspect the varied room numbers are bogus and only meant to identify specific advertisements as generating the business revenue. The ads began mentioning television as early as 1948. But the Pueblo location always lacks a street address. LINK to the complete article - www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=...

FRASER AVENUE - This office opened in December 1910 and remained in operation until 1985. It has moved address several times over its long life although several of these address changes appear to be the result of street block renumbering. In 1910 it was located at 4105 Fraser Avenue but by 1915 this had become 4128 Fraser and then 4114 Fraser. The first cancel used here was a split ring type shown in fig 137. Like its counterpart from Janes Road, it shows no association with Vancouver. It had a relatively short life; from 1910 to 1914. Some collectors have suggested there is a duplex cancel from Fraser Avenue from this same period. I have seen two copies of this ‘duplex’ – one is shown in fig 138. They both have a very large gap between the cds and killer and crucially the gap is very different between the two examples. The cds portion of the ‘duplex’ is identical to the split ring cancel in fig 137 and I am inclined to believe that there is no actual duplex cancel; rather this split ring cancel was often used in association with a separate killer. In December 1913, a full circle cancel was proofed showing Fraser Avenue to be a sub-office of Vancouver. This type is shown in fig 139. This coincided with a change in the post office name in early 1914 when it became Vancouver S.O. Fraser Avenue. LINK to the complete article showing all the examples mentioned in this article - www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-2009-01-v031n01-w311.pdf

The FRASER AVENUE Post Office was established - 1 December 1910 - it became Vancouver Sub Office Fraser Avenue - 5 February 1914 and closed in 1985.

LINK to a list of the all the Postmasters who served at the Fraser Avenue Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / FRASER AVENUE / JAN 30 / (1912) / (B.C.) / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 23 November 1910 - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads: Sunday January 28th, 1912 - Dearest Mother - Dorothy (Elsie's young daughter) is down with M (measles). Don't you think I'm a lucky kid, had a letter from Millie & L. on Wednesday - hope you get this for Valentine's Day. Love & Kisses - Elsie

Gertrude Elsie (nee Bailey) Nelson (b. October 1886 in Woodley, Berkshire, England - d. )

Her Spouse - Regimental Sergeant Major David Nelson (b. 18 October 1871 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland - d. 1955 in Reading, Berkshire, England) - see his military information at the bottom of this page.

The Nelson family along with her brother Harry Bailey immigrated to Canada in 1911 - they were living at 1417 - 11th Ave in Vancouver, B.C. and then moved to 4951 Windsor, Vancouver, B.C. - her husband was an immigration inspector before he enlisted for World War I on 23 September 1914 at Vancouver, B.C. LINK to the 1911 Canadian Census showing the Nelson Family - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=&i...

Addressed to her mother: Mrs. Bailey / Claremont (Coleford Road) / Frimley Green / Surrey / England

Her mother - Fanny (nee Hicketts) Bailey

Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey, England. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust.

Frimley Green is a village and ward of 580 acres (2.3 km2) in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately 29 mi (47 km) southwest of central London. It is 1 mi (1.6 km) south of the town of Frimley.

From the 1911 England and Wales Census

Joshua Bailey / Head / Male / 60 / b. 1851 in Earley, Berkshire - his occupation was a Blacksmith

Fanny Bailey / Wife / Female / 61 / Sonning, Berkshire

Maud Alice Bailey / Daughter / Female / 27 / Woodley, Berkshire

Elsie Gertrude (nee Bailey) Nelson / Daughter / Female / 25 / Woodley, Berkshire

Harry Bailey / Son / Male / 23 / Woodley, Berkshire

Isabel Nelson / Grandchild / Female / 4 / Dover, Kent

Dorothy Nelson / Grandchild / Female / 2 / Scotland Resident, Edinburgh

They had two other children: from the 1891 England Census

Laura Bailey / Daughter / Female / 14 / Berkshire, England

Sidney Bailey / Son / Male / 10 / Berkshire, England

Bradner is a community within the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located in a rural northwest region of that city which also includes Mount Lehman. Bradner occupies a height of land above the Fraser River, immediately across which is the community of Silverdale, a part of the District of Mission, and Ruskin, on the border between Mission and Maple Ridge. On the floodplain below to the west is the Langley rural neighbourhood of Glen Valley, while on the floodplain to the east, which is called Matsqui Prairie, the nearest Abbotsford neighbourhood is Matsqui Village. Bradner was formerly part of the District of Matsqui, which in 1995 was amalgamated into the City of Abbotsford.

Bradner was named after Thomas Bradner, a settler in the area who homesteaded there in 1895. A Bradner Post Office was designated in 1912 and Bradner was a station on the British Columbia Electric Railway interurban line from New Westminster to Chilliwack after the expansion in 1910. Bradner is near-totally agricultural in nature, and is noted for its annual show of blooms, as the crops in the area are largely floral, particularly daffodils, a legacy of the many farmers of Dutch extraction who helped found that area's agricultural industry.

The Bradner Post Office opened - 1 January 1912, G.F. Pratt was the Postmaster.

LINK to a list of the Postmaster who served at the Bradner Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / BRADNER / MR 11 / 13 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 5 December 1911 - (RF B).

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Message on postcard reads - 3-11-13 (March 11, 1913) - Bradner, B.C. - Dear Mother, Just a card to let you know we are all OK except Arthur (her son) has a cold but is working every day. Agnes (relative ?) is sick again - is giving up her job - will be here to stay with us until she is better. We are having fine weather. I was anxiously looking for a letter. rec'd card OK - very pretty and hope all are well. Write soon - Lovingly Bertha

Bertha Evelyn "Schell" Rockwell

(b. 30 September 1877 in Warren County, Pennsylvania - d. 4 Aug 1957 in Pittsfield, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA.)

Her first husband - George Herbert Rockwell

(b. 11 September 1872 in Pennsylvania - d. 21 November 1957 in Cloverdale, British Columbia)

They had one son: Arthur Gerald Rockwell

(b December 1895 in Torpedo, Pennsylvania, USA - d. 1958)

They immigrated to Canada in 1910 settling in British Columbia - they first settled in the Salt Spring Islands and then in Bradner, B.C. - Bertha went back to Pennsylvania c. 1915.

Her second husband - Marvin Fouston Gamble (1895 - 1982)

Her third husband - Henry Krug (b, 1875 in Germany - d. 1948)

Addressed to her mother: Mrs. Eva Schell / Torpedo, Pennsylvania, USA

Her mother - Eva Jemima "Birchard" Schell (1855 - 1939)

From: "Warren Times Mirror," Warren, PA, May 1, 1939 - Eva Schell Schultz was born near Cambridge Springs, February 25, 1855, the daughter of Z. A. and Polly Pierce Burchard. She was united in marriage to A. W. Schell May 25, 1876 and had lived in this vicinity for a period of more than sixty years. She was the mother of nine children, four dying in childhood. One son, Forest, with whom she made her home, preceded her in death less than two years ago. The children who survive are Floyd Schell, of Pleasantville, Alton Schell, of Jamestown, N.Y.; Birdessa Haller, of Akeley; and Bertha Gamble, of Garland; also seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren; four sisters, Flora Jeannette Mickle, of Garland; Ella Hewitt, of Erie, Mattie Thayer, of Corry; and Adda Mandeville, of California. Mr. Schell died in 1912 and in 1916 she was united in marriage to A. B. Schultz, and thus leaves two step-daughters, Myra Van Guilder, of Grand Valley, and Emma Allen, of Dansville, N. Y. Mr. Schultz died in 1926. She had been and invalid for four years and was lovingly cared for by her daughter-in-law, Clara Schell, and her daughter, Bertha Gamble. She was an adorable mother and her children came often to bask in the sunshine of her smile and listen to her gentle admonition. Before the family circle was broken, their home was a beautiful example of sincere Christianity and loving devotion, a home where friends and neighbors were always welcome and where the golden rule was a reality.

Her father: Almond W Schell

Birth - 25 Apr 1853 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death - 23 Jan 1912 (aged 58) in Pittsfield, Warren County, Pennsylvania, USA

Torpedo is a village located on Pennsylvania Route 27 in Pittsfield Township, Warren County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The village got its unusual name from an incident involving torpedoes used in oil wells to increase the flow of oil, which contained unstable nitroglycerin. Torpedo was first settled sometime around 1845 after the construction of a mill, which closed 10 or 12 years later. A lumber mill was opened in 1875–1876.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - EVELYN - a station on the G. T. . P. Railway, 9 miles west of Smithers, in Omineca Provincial Electoral District. The population in 1918 was 20. Local resources: Farming and coal mining. Address mail Evelyn, via Smithers post office.

The Evelyn Post Office was opened - 16 November 1923, named in association with the railway station, in turn named in 1912 after the daughter of W. P. Hinton, vice president and general manager of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company when the railway went through. The Post Office was closed - 30 September 1953. The story circulating locally in 1965 was that the station had been named after Evelyn Smithers, after whose father the settlement of Smithers was said to have been named. (Provincial Archives' advised that this is not the correct origin of the name.)

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the Evelyn Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

Addressed to: Mr. George Storey / Evelyn / B.C. / Canada

Thomas George Earby Storey was the Postmaster at Evelyn, B.C. from - 22 December 1925 to 2 June 1951.

Thomas George Earby Storey

b. Aug 1887 or 1 February 1888 in England

d. 24 May 1969 in Evelyn, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

- he was the son of George Storey and Agnes Eliza Earby - he immigrated to Canada in 1906. His wife was Olive Constance Gregory (b. 1886 - d. 1978). LINK to his listing on Find a Grave - www.findagrave.com/memorial/141654873

arrived at - / EVELYN / OC 4 / 51 / B.C. / - split ring arrival - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 15 September 1923.

Message on postcard reads - Dear Geo, Thought you might like to see a picture of the ship - we are getting close to England. We touch at (Le) Havre (France) first. We go on the boat train to Waterloo tomorrow evening. Hope you are fine. We are - I still miss Evelyn - Give Pat, Rocky & Jackie lots of pats for me.

The postcard above was posted aboard the Scythia while at sea and canceled in Southampton, England - / SOUTHAMPTON / 13 SEP / 1951 / PAQUEBOT / PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA / - machine cancel

DONALD, British Columbia is located on Highway 1, 28 kilometers west of Golden. In its heyday, Donald was a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway. But, in 1897, when the CPR abandoned Donald in favor of Revelstoke, Donald disappeared into obscurity and is now a small sawmilling community.

DONALD, British Columbia - a town on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 461 miles east of Vancouver. At the first crossing of Columbia River in the Kootenay District, has Episcopal, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches and Masonic Lodge. Post Office, Express and Telegraph Offices. Mail Daily. The Division workshops of the C.P.R. are located here. (from 1890 Henderson's B.C. Gazetteer and Directory)

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - DONALD, a settlement in Yale County, B.C., on the Columbia River and a station on the C.P. R., 458 miles east of Vancouver. It contains telegraph and express offices. The population in 1908 was 22.

DONALD was originally known locally as First Crossing because this is where the CPR first crossed the Columbia River. Named after Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914), director of the CPR during and after construction of the railroad.

In its glory years, Donald was home to several memorable characters.

- Reverend Henry Irwin who was the local Anglican priest during rail construction. Affectionately called "Father Pat", he was also well known throughout the Rossland mining camps.

- Pioneer newspaperman John Houston, who would later become the first mayor of Nelson started his first newspaper in Donald in 1888.

Other, less law-abiding but still colorful people called Donald home.

- Card sharks: "One Armed Roxy" and John Houts, also known as "Keno Jack".

- Madam Florence Mackenzie, also known as "Mother" Mackenzie, who saved "Keno Jack"'s life by administering first aid when the man had been lung shot by CPR conductor, Jack Selkirk, when Selkik had caught him "springing a cold deck" during a game of poker.

The DONALD Post Office (first opening) was established - 1 April 1886 and closed - 1 February 1903. It reopened (second opening) - 1 June 1914 and closed - 17 January 1917. It reopened as Donald Station - 15 June 1930 and closed - 15 April 1981. The name changed to Donald Station (Post Office) after the Post Office Department refused the single name "Donald".

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the DONALD Station Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 20 March 1886 - A new Post Office will be opened on the 1st of April next at Donald, B. C, station on the C. P. R. 116 miles west of Canmore. Mr. George H. Preswell / Presswell is the Postmaster appointed. The Post Office was located in his General Store.

Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 25 February 1889 - Herbert White, who for the past year acted as postmaster (assistant Postmaster) and managed G. H. Presswell's general store (Donald, B.C.), left on Thursday for Vancouver. George H. Presswell / Preswell was the Postmaster at Donald, B.C. from - 1 April 1886 to - 3 April 1890.

sent from - / DONALD / MY 15 / 89 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) / diameter 21.5 mm / (1) first opening) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1886 - (RF D).

arrived at - / TORONTO / AM / MY 20 / 89 / ONT. / - split ring backstamp

carrier mark - / 2 / MY 20 / 89 / - Toronto carrier mark

LINK to article reference carrier marks - (page 43) - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2023,%20No.%202...

Addressed to: Miss Aylesworth / c/o Dr. Aylesworth M.D. / 1486 Queen St. W. / Toronto, Ontario

(this cover was addressed to) - Isabella (Isabel) Maude Aylesworth - she was born in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada on - 22 Sep 1870 to Dr. Robert Bowen Dettor Aylesworth and Alice Mary Maud Thomson. Isabel Maude Aylesworth married Henry Job Crawford (school teacher) and had one child. They were married - 31 July 1907 in Toronto, Ontario.

(Her father) - Biography: Dr. Robert Bowen Aylesworth was born on the 12th of October, 1842 in Earnestown Twp., Ontario. He was the son of Benjamin Aylesworth and the former Anna Maria Detlor. He was from a large family, that consisted of 6 children from his father’s first marriage to Maria Simmons and 5 children from his father’s second marriage to Anna Maria Detlor. Dr. Aylesworth was the 10th of the 11 children. His siblings were; Hannah Elizabeth Aylesworth, George Simmons Aylesworth, Lang Matilda Aylesworth, Bowen W. Aylesworth, Charlotte Hannah Aylesworth, Ebenezer H. Aylesworth, Sarah Maria Aylesworth, Wilbur Neal Aylesworth, Peter Perry Aylesworth and Martha Anne Aylesworth. Dr. Aylesworth attended Newburg High School, before continuing on to medical school. Dr. Aylesworth graduated M.D. from Victoria College in 1867. According to the 1882 Ontario Medical Record, Dr. Aylesworth, joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons on the 24th of August, 1868. Dr. Aylesworth was married to Alice Mary Maud Thomson. She was born on the 18th of August 1850 in the United States, the eldest of 3 daughters born to William Thomson and the former Isabella Otis. The Thomson family immigrated to Canada in 1857 and settled in Landsdowne Twp,, Leeds County. Her father was a merchant and her sisters were named Elizabeth and Harriett. According to the 1871 census Dr. Aylesworth was practicing medicine and living in Leeds Co. with his wife and daughter, Isabella who was 9 months old. LINK to the complete biography - ckphysiciantribute.ca/doctors/robert-bowen-aylesworth/

Pacific Mall is an Asian shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Opened in the mid-1990s amid a period of significant Chinese immigration to Canada, Pacific Mall is the largest indoor Asian shopping mall in North America.

Coming 2021: B&W Night Photography.

Coming 2022: 80s&90s Television.

Premier was a large gold mining camp in British Columbia, Canada some 18 miles from Stewart. It ran from the years 1918 to 1953 and was a large employer in the area. Huge bunkhouses, generators, concentrators, machine and cook houses sat on the hillside. A road provided access to the area, snowfall pending. Horses and cat tractors were used.

Strangely Premier was closer to Hyder, Alaska, some 14 miles away, but the mine was in Canadian territory. The international aspects of the operation provided some interesting details on men's entertainment. Liquor was legal in Canada, while bawdy houses were not. Hyder did a lively business in providing entertainment.

The mine was reopened as an open pit in 1987 by Westmin Resources. The Granduc copper mine is nearby, further north on a gravel based road; and there are other properties—BC Silver, Newmont, and Skyhawk. The Granduc Mine is about 4 miles up the Granduc Road and above the treeline, partly under a glacier.

(from - Wrigley's 1922 British Columbia directory) - PREMIER - a Post Office and mining camp, located about 17 miles from Stewart, in a northerly direction, near the Alaska Boundary. The resources are chiefly gold and silver. The population is about 250, mostly miners and those associate with the Premier Mines.

The Premier Post Office was established - 1 January 1921 - it closed - 18 August 1948 - re-opened - 6 December 1949 and closed - 31 May 1954.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who worked at the Premier Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / PREMIER / SP 29 / 52 / B.C. / - cds cancel (RF C).

- sent by - Mike Antomichuk (Antonichuk) / Premier, B.C.

Mike Antomichuk (Antonichuk) (b. 1918 in Willow Creek, Saskatchewan - d.) - his family immigrated to Canada from Austria in 1899.

Addressed to: Ukrainian Bookstore / 656 - 660 Main Street / Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ukrainian bookstore in Winnipeg, Ukrainska Knyharnia, 656-660 Main Street (premises occupied from the early 1920s by Frank Dojacek, founder of Ukrainian Booksellers & Publishers, & the Winnipeg Musical Supply Company). The Ukrainian Book Store sold Ukrainian books, newspapers, and stationery.

The store's name was modified in 1920 to Ukrainian Booksellers & Publishers Ltd. (Ukrainska Knyharnia i Nakladnia) to reflect the changing identity of the Ukrainian community in Canada.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - SIDLEY, a post settlement In Yale District, B.C., 28 miles from Midway, a station on the C.P.R., near the Washington State boundary, 133 miles south-west of Nelson. Surveys for an extension of the C.P.R. and the Great Northern Railway lines have been undertaken In the direction of Sidley, and its gold mining and farming lands. It has stage connection, meanwhile, twice a week with Midway. It has custom house, 1 hotel and 1 saw mill. The population in 1908 was 300.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - SIDLEY - a flag station on the Great Northern Railway, 8 miles from Bridesville, in Greenwood Provincial Electoral District. Business centre is Greenwood.

Inscription - Richard G. Sidley Territorial Police and Customs Collector settled here in 1889. He started an international town, general store, saloon, livery barn, and black smith’s shop. He served as postmaster and kept an eye out for horse thieves. Dominion Day was celebrated here by everyone, some said “The boundary line did not make much difference in those days”. But times changed and bootlegging tightened it up about 1916. Porter Brothers Lumber Mill also straddled the US Canadian boundary. Last to close was the post office Sept 30, 1912. Sidley was well liked and settled many early day disputes. He died here in 1924. LINK to a photo of the marker - www.hmdb.org/Photos5/535/Photo535499o.jpg

(Boundary Creek Times newspaper - 6 September 1907) - The marriage of Richard Graves Sidley to Anne "Nannie" Wray Fausset - From 1877 to 1907 is the span of half a life or more, and from Belfast, Ireland to Greenwood, B.C. is the stretch of half a world-wide Empire. But neither time nor distance may sometimes quench the fires of love, and a tender romance at the earlier time, and place, had its happy sequel at the latter on Thursday last when Mr. R. G. Sidley one of the district's foremost citizens was united in marriage with Miss N. W. Fausset of Belfast. Thirty years ago the newly-wedded pair were lovers in the Emerald Isle. Separated by an adverse fate, the ardent Irish lover sought fortune in the west and came to British Columbia, where he has amassed considerable wealth in that new thriving section named after him. The three decades of years have not sufficed to kill the early affection and on Tuesday last Miss Fausset arrived at the Imperial Hotel after a quick trip of 11 days from Liverpool. Here she was met by Mr. Sidley who has remained single through all the years, and Thursday afternoon they were married at St Jude's church by Rev. J. Leech-Porter. A number of the Groom's immediate friends were present and Mr. J.T. Beattie, of the Bank of Commerce gave the bride into Mr. Sidley's keeping. Mr. and Mrs. Sidley will make their home on his ranch at Sidley whose surroundings challenge the entire west for natural beauty.

"The Ledge" newspaper - 13 March 1924 - Richard Graves Sidley, pioneer of the Okanagan Valley and first white settler of the Molson country, died at his farm home four miles northwest of Molson, Monday, March 3rd, 1924. The funeral services were held at the farm home Wednesday and burial was made in the Bridesville cemetery. He is survived by his widow. Richard G. Sidley was born in Ireland and was about 70 years of age. When a young man he crossed the ocean to Ontario, Canada and then in 1885, came to the Okanogan valley and was for a short time employed here by Okanogan Smith, before locating on his land across the boundary near Molson nearly forty years ago. At that time his nearest neighbor to the east was a trapper who lived near the present town of Midway and his nearest trading points were Vernon and Spokane. Soon afterwards a large number of settlers came upon the discovery of gold at Camp McKinney and Mr. Sidley was of much help to the settlers of the new country. He served for a number of years as a government official and when the railroad was under construction in 1906 opened a general merchandise store at his place for his community, which he ran until it was destroyed by fire some five or six years later. During his long residence in the Molson country he made many friends. His death marks the passing of another one of the pioneers who blazed the trails for civilization on this continent.

LINK to a fantastic article - Anarchist Mountain, a mistaken B.C. namesake - written by Greg Nesteroff (3 May 2019) for the "Trail Times" - www.trailtimes.ca/community/anarchist-mountain-a-mistaken... Conventional wisdom about how the mountain between Rock Creek and Osoyoos was named is wrong.

The SIDLEY Post Office was established - 1 September 1895 and closed - 30 September 1913 due to a fire - the provision of mail delivery service via Rural Mail Delivery (RMD).

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SIDLEY Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / SIDLEY / SP 27 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed c. 1896 - (RF D).

- split ring hammer (A1-2) was proofed - 6 August 1908

- split ring hammer (A1-3) was proofed - 19 November 1909.

Message on postcard reads: Sidley, B.C. Canada - September 26th 1907 - This is a place I went over but we had to go at much lower speed than the 60 miles a hour. It may be interesting but it is dreary. Hope you will write to me soon. Love to Kathleen (his sister b. 1893) & Dorothy (his sister b. 1896). (Aunty) N. W. S. (Nannie Wray Sidley)

Anne "Nannie" Wray (nee Fausset) Sidley

(b. 1856 in County Clare, Ireland - d. 20 November 1938 at age 82 in Rock Creek, British Columbia)

Her husband: Richard Graves Sidley

(b. 23 January 1856 in Ireland - d. 3 March 1924 at age 68 in Sidley, B.C.) - they were married in September 1907 in Greenwood, B.C. In 1901 his occupation was a farmer and Postmaster at Sidley, B.C.

Her sister Mary Fausset stayed with them until her death in 1921. (b. 17 March 1854 in County Clare, Ireland - d. 25 April 1921 at age 67 in Sidley, B.C.) she was single - her sister Nannie wrote on her gravestone "In Memory of My Beloved Sister - With Christ Which Is Far Better".

Her mother: Anne Jane (nee Wray) Fausset (b. 1820 in Ireland - d. 27 March 1904 in Belfast, Ireland) - her father Reverend Simon James Fausset had died - 22 October 1869. They were married - 3 June 1847 in Ireland. After the death of her mother both sisters (Anne & Mary) immigrated to Canada. LINK to family tree - www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fausset-41 (there are many mistakes in this tree)

Addressed to her nephew: Stuart Fausset Esgr. / 16 Chicheter Avenue / Belfast / Ireland

Lieutenant Stuart Simon Fausset

Born: Oct-Dec 1889 in Belfast, Ireland

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Date of death: KIA during WWI - 31 July 1917 (aged 26)

Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Son of Charles Simon Fausset and Isabella Fausset, of 16 Chichester Avenue, Belfast, Ireland. An Architect. Joined 1914, from Queen's University O.T.C., Belfast.

Lieutenant Stuart Simon Fausset, King's Liverpool Regiment, who was killed in action on July 31st, 1917, was the only son of Captain Charles Fausset and Mrs. Fausset, 16 Chichester Avenue, Belfast, and was in his 28th year. He was educated at the Royal Academy, Belfast. He was an architect by profession, and was on the Engineer's Staff, Harbour Office, Belfast. He was for many years a member of Queen's University O.T.C., and when war broke out was given a commission in the King's Liverpool Regiment. LINK to a photo of Lieutenant Stuart Simon Fausset - ourheroes.southdublin.ie/Serviceman/Show/17129

Okanagan Mission, also known colloquially as "the Mission" is a neighbourhood of the City of Kelowna in the Okanagan region of Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located on the south side of the city at the foot of Okanagan Mountain. It derives its name from the Okanagan Mission founded by Father Pandosy, historically known as the Okanagan Mission, which was located here and was the first non-native settlement in the Okanagan Valley. The Mission once was a separate jurisdiction before being amalgamated with the City of Kelowna in the mid- to late-20th century. This has caused a fairly vibrant secondary commercial center to emerge which is entirely separate from Downtown, with low to moderate density residential areas in between. The northern border of Mission is K.L.O. Rd. It is often differentiated as the "Lower Mission" and "Upper Mission." The Lower Mission contains most of the aforementioned commercial areas such as shopping malls, grocery stores, coffee shops, and boutiques. Lower Mission also has extensive recreational facilities, Mission Recreation Park has 6 softball diamonds as well as soccer fields, community gardens, playgrounds and trails, while neighboring H20 is Kelowna's largest indoor recreation facility with a 50m pool, water slides, diving boards and surfing wave. Gyro Beach and Rotary Beach, two of Kelowna’s most popular beaches, are also located in the Lower Mission.

The Upper Mission begins to extend into the foothills and higher terrain, and many parts of this area boast magnificent views of the city, mountains and Okanagan Lake. As a result, this part of town is widely regarded as luxurious and is indeed one of the most expensive neighborhoods of Kelowna. It is not unusual to see homes worth one million dollars or more, the most expensive of which can reach 5 million or even slightly above.

Okanagan Mission was established on the site in 1860 by Father Pierce Richard, Father Charles Pondosy and Brother Surel. OKANAGON MISSION Post Office was opened at Mission Creek - 1 October 1872; Eli Lequime, postmaster. Spelling changed to OKANAGAN MISSION Post Office - 27 November 1905; relocated - 1 August 1906, James H. Baillie, postmaster.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the OKANAGON MISSION / OKANAGAN MISSION Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...

- sent from - / PONTEFRACT / 2 PM / OC 25 / 04 / - double ring cancel

Pontefract is a historic market town in the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield District and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the English Civil War Royalist sympathies.

- arrived at - / OKANAGON︲MISSION / NO 8 / 04 / B.C / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer is not listed in the Proof Book - (RF D) - spelling changed to OKANAGAN MISSION in 1905.

Addressed to: Miss Margaret Thompson / Okanagan Mission / B.C. / Canada - (she was staying with her brother - Mr. James Henry Thompson during this time period)

Edith Margaret Thompson

(b. 26 April 1886 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England - d. 31 August 1969 (aged 83) in Essondale, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada)

She immigrated to Canada in 1904.

Her brother - James Henry Thompson

(b. 24 April 1883 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England - d. 22 June 1944 in Okanagan Mission, British Columbia, Canada) - His occupation - Store Manager / Chauffer - later he became a rancher. He immigrated to Canada in 1903. In 1921 he was boarding at Harry Russell Dodd's house in Okanagan Mission. LINK to his Personnel Records from the First World War (#2140090) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo... He married Edith Dorothy (nee Winter) Marshall (1893–1981) on - 1 October 1934 in Okanagon Mission, B.C.

Her father - "Canon" George Thompson

(b. 1855 in Sheffield, England – Deceased) - occupation Canon / Clergyman in a Church

Her mother - Emily Gertrude (nee Marchinton) Thompson

(b. 1859 in Sheffield, England - d. March 1896 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England)

Her husband - Cecil Henry Bond

(b. 31 May 1877 in Sutton, Norfolk County, England - d. 28 December 1955 (aged 78) in Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - his occupation 1909 was a rancher.

They were married - 27 Oct 1909 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada - they had two children - Ainslie Kenneth Bond (1911–1998) and Pilot Officer John Basil Bond (1921 - 1943) LINK to Newspaper Clipping and other photos – www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-vir...

(in 1917) - VANCOUVER SUB No. 12 Post Office was located in the FROST DRUG STORE located at 1403 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C. with Ralph Emerson Frost as Postmaster. He served as Postmaster from - 24 February 1914 to - 22 October 1919. Ralph Emerson Frost (1880-1951) LINK to his complete life story - westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographie... In 1916, Ralph was operating a drug store at 1403 Commercial Drive, which was at the southwest corner of Commercial Drive and Kitchener Street. (Park Drive became Commercial Drive in 1911. The City of Vancouver changed the former Bismark Street to Kitchener Street in 1915, largely because of anti-German feelings during the First World War.)

(by 1920) - FROST DRUG STORE became known as ROYAL DRUG STORE with Edwin Snow Lee (1881 - 1935) as Postmaster. It was still located at 1403 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C.

- around 1927 the address changed to 1408 Commercial Drive - the name was GRANDVIEW ROYAL DRUG STORE.

Edwin Snow Lee served as Postmaster of Vancouver Sub No. 12 from - 19 January 1920 to - 25 November 1925 - his second term as Postmaster at Sub 12 was from - 9 March 1928 to - 30 October 1929 - he was the Postmaster when this registered letter was posted. The Sub Office was located in the ROYAL DRUG STORE at 1410 Commercial Drive in Vancouver.

Sydney Frank Smith was the Postmaster of Vancouver Sub No. 12 from - 21 August 1931 to - 5 June 1936. The Sub Post Office was located in the GRANDVIEW MUSIC Co. Store at 1733 Commercial Drive in Vancouver, B.C.

Sydney Frank Smith

(b. 21 March 1898 in Hampstead, England - d. 29 November 1944 in Vancouver, B.C.) - he married Violet Harriett Ansell (first marriage - Arnold) on - 23 May 1936 in Vancouver, B.C. - He served in WWI - LINK to his Personnel Records from the First World War (Regimental Number 234597) - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo... -

Louis Tobin was the Postmaster from - 24 August 1936 to - 4 December 1961 - the Sub Post Office was located in the RELIABLE DRUG STORE which was located at 1850 Commercial Drive in Vancouver.

Louis Toban

(b. 1902 in Lithuania - d. 15 Sep 1977 (age 75) in

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - he was a Vancouver philanthropist and one of the organizers of the B.C. chapter of the Easter Seal campaign. Mr. Toban, who immigrated to Canada from Lithuania with his four brothers and two sisters in 1911. In 1926 he opened the first of 13 Toban's Reliable Drug stores, selling out to Cunningham's Drugs Ltd. (now Shopper's Drug Mart) 43 years later. LINK to a photo of Louis Toban - www.newspapers.com/clip/83769997/louis-toban/ LINK to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/83770728/luis-toban-obituary/

VANCOUVER SUB No. 12 Post Office was established - 1 August 1906 - it closed on the establishment of the Vancouver Postal Station F - 4 December 1961. Vancouver Sub No. 12 reopened in 1977 and closed in 1984.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the VANCOUVER SUB No. 12 Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; and Postal Station "F" - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / VANCOUVER, (SUB OFFICE NO. 12) / A M / OCT 9 / 1929 / B.C. / - MOOD cancel in black ink.

- by registered mail - / R / VANCOUVER, B.C., / SUB No. 12 / ORIGINAL No. / (956) / - registered boxed handstamp in black ink - (9 October 1929 is the ERD for this handstamp)

- via - / VANCOUVER / OC 9 / 29 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp

- via - / • MONTREAL, CANADA • / 12 PM / OC 14 / 29 / B. & F. DIV • / - cds transit backstamp

- arrived at - / WINDSOR / 6 - AM / 26 OC / 29 / - arrival (Windsor, England) backstamp

Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England, close to London.

- sent by: Mrs Pearson / 1142 Semlin Drive / Vancouver, B.C.

Celia Annie (nee Laley) Pearson

(b. 15 February 1888 in Windsor, Berkshire, England - d. 21 July 1981 at age 93 in Delta, B.C. / Surrey, B.C.)

Her husband - William Joseph Pearson

(b. 28 March 1884 in Northamptonshire, England – d. 10 January 1958 at age 73 in Burnaby, British Columbia) - in 1929 he was a sausage maker for Burns & Company. LINK to his obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/83726470/obituary-for-william-jos...

Addressed to her mother: Mrs. Laley / 50 Clewer Hill Road / Windsor, Berkshire / England

Her mother: Elizabeth (nee Reeves) Laley

(b. 1864 in Berkshire, England – d. 1940 at age 76 in Windsor, Berkshire, England)

Her father: William James Laley

(b. 1860 in Hurst, Berkshire, England – d. 1932 at age 72 in Windsor, Berkshire, England)

MAJUBA HILL POST OFFICE, British Columbia

Established - 1 July 1900

Became YARROW Post Office - 1 January 1914

Majuba Hill Post Office 1900 - William and Mary Jane (Town) Chadsey came to Sumas (now Greendale) in 1866, pre-empting 160 acres of land near the south end of Chilliwack Mountain. Following the flood of 1894 they moved to Majuba Hill with their 12 children. In 1900, William Chadsey opened a post office in his home on Majuba Hill Road, near Robinson Road. He was followed by James Hounsome in 1912 who relocated the post office to his home on the north side of the British Columbia Electric Railway tracks that are located adjacent to this park. The post office moved again in 1927 when Eva Siddall became the postmistress. The Siddall home, store and post office was located on this site. LINK to the complete article - www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1754&dowhat=locat...

- from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 1 - Number 3 - September 1992 (By Ceci C. Coutts) - In 1877 Great Britain annexed the Transvaal. In a subsequent struggle for Independence, a troop of Boer soldiers under the comand of Petrus J. Jobert (1831-1900) routed 500 British soldiers at Maiuba Hill on 27 February 1881. Sir George Colley, British Comnander, was killed in the exchange. Skirmishes such as this led eventually to the South African War (1899-1905). The battle site was chosen as the name for a British Colmbia post office which opened on the north side of Vedder Mountain just south of where the Village of Yarrow was later built. The Chilliwack Progress (newspaper) of 4 July 1900 carried the following "A new semi-weekly mail service has been established between Sumas and Vedder Mountain. The new post office is called Majuba Hill and Mr. William Chasdey is postmaster."

The Post Office opened - 1 July 1900 in the Chadsey home situated at the intersection of Majuba Hill and Robinson Roads. William Chadsey (1843- 1906) was a brother of Chester and James Chadsey, who were pioneer farmers on Sumas Prairie. Mail in 1900 was received / dispatched through Sumas Post Office. When Sumas Lake flooded (which was a regular occurrence,) it was necessary to transport mail by boat. Later, (1902) a contract was let to William Chadsey to haul mail twice per week between Majuba Hill and Sardis, eight and one-half miles distant at $120 per annum. By this time, a bridge had been built at Vedder Crossing. On 1 December 1906, William Chadsey's eighth-born, Lockhart Eugene Chadsey (1879-1942) took over the postmaster job and mail hauling contract, the latter apparently being shared with J.B. Redman. Lock, a farmer, was married to Ola Adeline Mercy in January 1903. The couple had six children. He served as postmaster until 1 November 1909. Third postmaster was James Hounsome, who just nicely got set up in his home across the road from the Chadsey place, when the post office closed down because the bridge at Vedder Crossing was destroyed by high water. Postal service resumed 1 April 1910.

LINK to the complete article - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-1992-09-v001n03.pdf

In his history of the Chilliwack area post offices, Cecil Coutts states that Ella (Eva Elmina) Siddal succeeded James Hounsome on the recommendation of Elihu Manuel, a Liberal politician. Bill and Ella's house and store were ideally located for a post office. In 1928, Yale Road was the main highway, and Siddall's store prospered with the influx of immigrants. Eventually, the post office was moved to the "north side of the Siddall home" facing the railway tracks and Yarrow Station.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the MAJUBA HILL Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...; ant the YARROW Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

Chester Brown writes, "By 1929, Yarrow consisted of a station on the B.C. Electric rail line, a post office, and country store. Yarrow was a community of perhaps a dozen homes with a medical doctor. The Knox farmstead existed in the immediate vicinity, while several families were established on Majuba Hill within a mile west of Yarrow." LINK to the complete article - Majuba Hill / Yarrow - Pioneers and Settlers - www.yarrowbc.ca/pioneers/majubahill.html

sent from - / OLYMPIA / MAR 9 / 230 PM / WASH. / 1912 / - duplex cancel

Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. Olympia was incorporated as a town on January 28, 1859, and as a City in 1882. The population was 46,479 as of the 2010 census, making it the 24th largest city in the state. Olympia is located 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington.

via - / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / MAR 11 / 9 - AM / 1912 / - machine transit backstamp

- arrival - / MAJUBA HILL / MR 11 / 12 / B.C. / - split ring arrival - this split ring hammer (A-1) was not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1900 when the Post Office opened - (RF E - now a RF D due to a large post card find).

Message on postcard reads: Will write in a few days - Pa is not here - cant you find out where he is - all well - Laura May "Enyard" Camfield (Mary "Enyard" Fleming was her sister)

Laura May "Enyard" Camfield

Birth - 4 March 1873

Death - 4 November 1956 (aged 83)

Burial - Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA

Her husband was - Clarence H Camfield (July 1861 – 26 June 1948) - they were married - 7 Feb 1893 in Castle Rock, Cowlitz, Washington, United States. They had 2 children.

Addressed to: Mrs. Mary Fleming / Majuba Hill / B.C.

Mary "Enyard" Fleming

Birth - 31 May 1874

Death - 22 Nov 1972 (aged 98)

Burial - Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington, USA

Her husband was - Perry Commodore Fleming (July 1873 – 28 March 1946) - they were married - 25 December 1893 in Castle Rock, Cowlitz, Washington. They immigrated to Canada (Majuba Hill, B.C. in 1903 and returned to the USA in the 1920's. They had 5 children.

Their father (mentioned at PA in this postcard) was:

Abner Jackson Enyard

Birth - 22 Sep 1843 in Missouri, USA

Death - 6 Jan 1930 (aged 86) in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, USA

Burial - Masonic Memorial Park Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA

According to his obituary published in the Morning Olympian on Tuesday, January 7, 1930, Abner died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. C. H. Camfield. He arrived in Hillsborough, Oregon with his parents in 1844, and in 1868 he came to Washington. He was employed by the Northern Pacific. In 1871 he married Amanda J. Black at Stockport, now known as Ostrander. He was survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Camfield of Olympia, and Mrs. P. C. Fleming, of Bellingham; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - BALCOMO, a Post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C. Four miles from Summerland, on Lake Oakanegan, and a port of call of the C.P.R. steamers. It has 4 churches (Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist) There is also a school. Fruit growing Is the principal Industry.

Summerland once had multiple post offices - Balcomo Post Office operated from 1907 to 1913 - LINK - POSTAL SERVICE The Balcomo Post Office in Summerland was the second in the community. It operated from 1907 to 1913. The building is still in place at the western edge of Prairie Valley. (Photo courtesy of the Summerland Museum) - www.vernonmorningstar.com/community/summerland-once-had-m...

The Balcomo Post Office is located at 11809 Doherty Ave. The fruit ranch owned by R.H. Agur prompted the construction of a separate post office in Prairie Valley, which operated from - 1 July 1907 until - 16 April 1913. This shingle-design architecture was popular in the early 1900s. The first postmaster here was James Doherty until 1911, followed by David Lister who took over until it was closed. The street where the house stands is named after Doherty.

LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the BALCOMO Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

arrived at - / BALCOMO / AP 15 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring arrival backstamp - this split ring hammer (A-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely prooved c. 1907 - (RF D).

Message on postcard reads (written on a train): Thursday, April 13, 1911 - I propose halting at Vernon, then coming on to look you up; but I know not what day. I.F.E.F.

Addressed to: Mr. F. A. Miller / Balcomo / Summerland / British Columbia

Frederick Marshall Atwell Miller

(b. 17 August 1870 in Sabāthu, Himāchal Pradesh, India – d. 18 February 1960 at age 89 in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada) - the Miller family immigrated to Canada in 1910 settling in the Upper Trout Creek, B.C. (Summerland) area. His occupation was listed as a Orchardist.

Father: George Robert Miller (born Guernsey)

Mother: Nellie Booth (born ENG)

Spouse: Mabel Lee Brooks

(b. 20 July 1868 in Whitechurch, Dorset, England – d. 27 March 1958 in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada)

Their marriage was in 1898 in Devon, England - they had 5 children:

Thomas George Frederick Miller (1900–Deceased)

Robert Victor Miller (1901–1911)

John Walthall Miller (1901–1972)

Hugh Atwell Miller (1903–1957) ​​

Richard Hubert Miller (1905–1963)

(8 August 1919 newspaper report) - New Meteorological Station - The weather department of tho Provincial Government has made arrangements for the establishment of a third, station in Summerland and district, Mr. Frederick A. Miller of Bathfield has been supplied with a rain guage, and will henceforth be able to report precipitation there to "The Summerland Review" periodically. Later on he expects to be supplied with a thermometer when he will be able to report maximum and minimum temperatures.

Summerland District, as well as the surrounding areas of Faulder, Meadow Valley, Bathfield, Agur Lake, Bald Range, and Darke Lake (formerly known as Fish Lake).

LINK to an article on the the MILLER Family (1823 - 1982) - static1.squarespace.com/static/5995f4e96b8f5b9ef7c7355f/t...

SHIP MAIL ALONG THE B.C. COAST UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - During the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th, most of the mail up and down the B.C.coast was carried by local steamers under contract to the Post Office Department. The vast majority of these were ships of the Canadian Pacific Coast Steamships and its predecessors the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co.), the Canadian National Steamship Co. and predecessor Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship Co. and the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia. This article was written by W.G. Robinson for the JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN - (pages 147 - 151) Link - www.canadianpsgb.org.uk/mpl/mpl-1993-10-v023n05-w245.pdf

This company was organized by British and local management in 1890, and the S.S. Cutch was obtained to start the service. One cover is known with a straight-line marking. S.S. Comox, Capilano and Coquitlam were built at Vancouver in 1891 using steel hull sections fabricated in Glasgow. Further vessels followed, and the company was awarded mail contracts, starting in 1906, covering canneries, mines and logging camps off the main run to Alaska. These steamships were the means of transportation from the South of British Columbia to the North.

Mail picked up by the Steamer St. Denis - in some cases mail pouches were provided on the ship's gangplank for the convenience of local residents...

/ BOSCOWITZ S. S. CO. /

STR. ST. DENIS

Victoria & Vancouver (01-OLDF RF D / S-101a) - this marking has been reported used in 1909-1910. (Note: this was the last trip the Steamer St. Denis made for the Boscowitz Steamship Company)

S.S. St. Denis was a small steamer chartered in 1909 to replace the first S.S. Venture, destroyed by fire. The latest known example of mail from this vessel is dated - 2 November, 1910. As she foundered with all hands on 21 November, 1910, it is doubtful if a later example will be found.

/ VANCOUVER, B.C. / NOV 2 / 10 - AM / 1910 / - machine cancel - the postcard entered mail system on arrival at Vancouver, B.C. to be sent to Victoria, B.C.

(from the) - The Prince Rupert Optimist Newspaper - Sep 20, 1910 - The steamer St. Denis, of the Boscowitz Steamship Company, is to leave Vancouver on or about November 5, when her charter to the local company expires, to go to Central America, where she is to be used in the coasting trade. The new charterers will engage a captain and crew and will take the vessel over at Victoria on the expiration of her local charter. The steamship has been used by the Boscowitz Company since the loss of the old Venture and now that the new steamer of the company is in service, operating with the Vadso, the St. Denis is not required. If another steamer is needed the company will arrange for one in time for next season's trade. The St. Denis is owned by a British company and was formerly used in a service between San Diego and Mexican ports.

Message on postcard reads: Dear Violet - When are you coming back to Bella Coola? Have you seen Addie (this was her sister - Mary Adeline Gibson b. 1894 - d. 1966) yet? Garner (this was her brother - Garnet Gibson (b. 1892 - d. 1979) went up into the Interior today & wont be back until April or May. xo M.G. (Mildred Gibson)

Mildred Gibson - (b. 3 July 1895 at River Inlet, British Columbia - d. 13 August 1969 at Victoria, British Columbia)

Her Husband - Edgar Harper Crawford (1879–1961)​​ - Marriage: 9 February 1921 Victoria, British Columbia

Her father was - Rev. William Hewison Gibson (b. 8 July 1861 – d. 26 March 1943) - he was the father of professional photographer, Wilfred Gibson (1886-1968), William moved to Rivers Inlet 1889-1890 and worked as a missionary. He retired in 1936. He was also a photographer.

Her brother was - Wilfred Gibson who was born in Newcastle On Tyne, England on January 7, 1886, the son of William and Catherine Gibson. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1889, landing in Montreal and then travelling by train to Vancouver and finally to Victoria. A year later the family moved to Rivers Inlet where Wilfred's father served as a missionary to the First Nations people in the area. They returned to Victoria in 1899 and in time Wilfred developed an interest in photography and worked with various local photographers. In 1908 he married Hannah Whitehead and they produced seven children. Wilfred opened a studio in Victoria and in 1919 was approached to take photos of school classes, an endeavour for which he became well known throughout the Victoria area. In 1937 he married Muriel and moved to Colwood. Though semi-retired in 1947 he continued with school photos until 1965. He died January 6, 1968.

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Postcard was addressed to: Miss Violet Goodwin / 1228 Yates Street / Victoria, B.C.

Violet Maude Marianne "Goodwin" Williams (b. 21 July 1890 in British Columbia - d. 1969 in Victoria, B.C.) - her husband was Cyril Stoate Williams.

Her father was William Star Goodwin (b. 7 February 1867 in London, England - d. 8 September 1913 In Oak Bay, B.C.) - he was Postmaster for Victoria - Esquimalt from - 1 February 1892 to - 16 April 1903.

From the - Bella Coola Courier Newspaper - 18 August 1917 - Miss Violet Goodwin (the receiver of this postcard) of Victoria, B.C. is the possessor of a sweet soprano voice, and her rendering of "The song that reached my heart" and "Absent" were received with loud and prolonged applause. Much interest was shown in the medal contest between the Misses Mildred Gibson and others - the judges finally awarded the silver medal to Miss Mildred Gibson. (the sender of this postcard)

Comox is a town of about 15,000 people on the southern coast of the Comox Peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil and abundant sea life attracted First Nations thousands of years ago. When the area was opened for settlement in the mid-19th century, it quickly attracted farmers, a lumber industry and a fishing industry. For over fifty years, the village remained isolated from the outside world other than by ship until roads and a railway were built into the area during the First World War. The installation of an air force base near the village during the Second World War brought new prosperity to the area.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - COMOX - a village and post office on Comox Harbour, Gulf of Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Nanaimo, and 3 miles east of Courtenay, the nearest railway point on the E. & N. Railway. Comox Provincial Electoral District. Also reached by C. P. R. steamers from Vancouver. Anglican, Presbyterian and R. C. Churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Logging, lumbering, cattle-raising, dairying and fishing.

Comox Post Office was opened - 1 July 1872 and closed - 10 May 1971 becoming Courtenay Postal Station Comox.

sent from - / COMOX / OC 10 / 45 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-3) was proofed - 16 September 1911 - (RF C).

sent by: P.L. Oven / R.R. 1. Comox, B.C.

Percy Llewellyn Owen

Little River Road / Rural Route No. 1 / Comox, British Columbia

Born - 18 August 1882 in Windsor, Berkshire, England

Died - 24 December 1959 at age 77

Immigrated to Canada in May 1905

Wife - Julia Ada Gaunt

Their son – Warrant Officer Class II John David Owen is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta (KIA - March 25, 1944) - www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-vir... LINK to - The History of 625 Squadron Losses - 24/25.03.1944 No. 625 Squadron Lancaster III ND641 CF-T W/O. Owen - www.jalbrecht.ca/index.php?a=625_squadron/owen_john_david

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Addressed to - Gordon & Belyea Limited / 101 Powell Street / Vancouver, B.C. /

Gordon & Belyea Limited Vancouver B.C. was a wholesale hardware and ship chandlery business. Link to a photo of this building - searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/8/1/813353/040...

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - ESQUIMALT - a suburb of Victoria, embracing- three Post Offices, namely Esquimalt, Beaumont, and THOBURN, in Esquimalt Provincial Electoral District, reached by B. C. Electric Railway from Victoria, 4 miles, or Russell on h,. & N. Railway 2 miles. Population, 5,000. Anglican, Methodist and R. C, Churches. Local resources: Shipbuilding and repairs, fine harbour, with graving dock.

In the Beaumont area at Esquimalt and Admirals roads stood the Midway Grocery operated during the First World War by James P. King. To the east in the Thoburn area at Esquimalt Road and Head Street, the Thoburn Grocery store, proprietor P. D. Johnston, (he was the Postmaster at Thoburn from 1909 to 1920 and the Post Office was located in his grocery Store) was located in the building that still stands on the south east corner and which was until recently the V. & J. Super Low Food Market. It is interesting to note that both areas were postal districts for the township. If you lived along Craigflower Road there were several stores in the Burleith area near Arm Street and at the corner with Tillicum was King’s Grocery which later became the PDY. Fresh eggs and milk were provided by small farms and dairies located with the township. LINK to the complete article - www.vicnews.com/community/esquimalt-history-round-the-cor...

Thoburn Grocery, Esquimalt, Proprietor & Postmaster, Philip David Johnston - after his death his wife Marion Johnston became Postmistress from 23 July 1920 to 12 September 1920.

Philip David Johnston

Birth - 1872

Death - 27 Jan 1920 at age 47.

The THOBURN Post office was established - 15 August 1907 it became the VICTORIA THOBURN SUB Post Office - 1 January 1917 it closed - 31 August 1981.

LINK - to a list of the Postmasters who served at the VICTORIA THOBURN Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

sent from - / VICTORIA, THOBURN, / A M / 19 JUN / 1937 / B. C. / - MOOD cancel (purple ink) - (RF C).

MOOD cancels are usually seen in various colours, not often in black. MOOD's were used concurrently during the period 1928 - 1945, with the majority seen in the 1930's. Almost all MOOD's have a comma after the town name, and this helps to differentiate them from other postmark styles.

by registered mail - / R / VICTORIA, B. C. / THOBURN / ORIGINAL No. (68) - boxed registered marking (purple ink)

- arrived at - / • VICTORIA • / 17 / JUN 19 / 37 / CANADA. / - cds arrival backstamp

sent by - From D. W. Mills, / 657 Lampson St. / Esquimalt, B.C. /

David William Mills

b. 6 November 1893 in Arbroath, Scotland

d. 16 April 1940 at age 46 in Victoria, B.C.

He immigrated to Canada - May 1913 arriving in Quebec City before heading to Punnichy, Saskatchewan.

His occupation in 1916 was a farmer (living in Pruden, Saskatchewan)

His father: Alexander Mills - lived in Calliston by Arbroath, Scotland

LINK to David William Mills Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...

He served in France during WWI with the 43rd Battalion.

Addressed to: Mr R. Nairne / 642 Battery St. / Victoria, B.C.

Reginald Nairne

b. 21 April 1889 in Saanich, B.C.

d. 1977 in Victoria, B.C.

His occupation was a "Dealer in postage stamps for Collectors"

LINK to his - Pioneer medallion application form - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/reginald-nairne-vic...

642 Battery Street

Built 1893

Heritage-Designated 1977

For: Charles & Caroline Nairne

LINK to a photo of the house - archives.victoria.ca/642-battery-street-charles-robert-na...

A. Maxwell Muir was commissioned by the Nairnes to design a house for their expanding family; they moved in just before the birth of their second son. They were both born in Scotland, Charles Robert Nairne in Glencreggan in 1851 and Caroline Cruikshank in Perth in 1863. Charles came to BC in 1887, Caroline, the next year. Charles was farming in the Prospect Lake area of Saanich when they married in 1888. From 1891-1914 he worked in the provincial treasury branch, then transferred to the auditor-general’s department. He retired in 1917 and died in 1927. Caroline lived here until her death in 1951. Like the Pottingers at 634 Battery St, they were long-standing members of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church downtown. Eldest son Reginald, who was born in Saanich in 1889, lived here as a bachelor until his death in 1977. He was a philatelist with an office at 602 Broughton in the Hamley Building, and was a founding member and president of the Vancouver Island Philatelic Society - LINK to the complete article - www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/JamesB/Battery642....

Pritchard is a small community located in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,000, and its main industries are farming and tourism. Pritchard is located on the Trans-Canada Highway (HWY 1) between Kamloops, British Columbia and Chase, British Columbia, near the Hwy 97 - Hwy 1 Intersection. Pritchard was named after Walter Percy Pritchard who purchased 160 acres from John G. Fawcett on September 1, 1907, along the South Thompson River east of the present bridge. He later built the Hotel Pritchard on the property and established the community's first post office there. Needing a name, he decided to lend it his own last name.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - PRITCHARD - a post office and station on the C. P. R. and South Thompson River, 25 miles east of Kamloops, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. telegraph office. Anglican and Presbyterian churches. Local resources: Mixed farming, particularly potatoes, beans, corn, fruit, grain and hay; also stock-raising.

The Pritchard Post Office was established - 1 March 1911.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PRITCHARD Post Office - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/...;

- sent from - / PRITCHARD / NO 15 / 24 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1) was proofed - 26 January 1911 - (RF B).

Message on postcard - Pritchard, B.C. / Nov 14 / 1924 - D / E (Dear Edith) - Hope you enjoyed your holiday and got home safe. I had the time of my life. Got home Oct 7. Saw W. Muis (?) I guess he wrote you dad. Write some time. J. Ferguson

Jeanie (nee Bell) Ferguson

(b. 22 August 1883 in Kingarth, Argyll and Bute, Scotland - d. 20 July 1965 at age 81 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada)

Jeanie visited her mother, Jeanie Bell, in Mill House, Kingarch, Bute, Scotland in September, 1924 - she traveled on the ocean liner Cameronia. (this trip is mentioned in the message on this postcard).

Her first husband: Donald Ferguson

(b. 3 January 1882 in Kingarth, Bute, Scotland – d. 10 February 1918 at age 36 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada) - he died from meningitis complicating advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. He was diagnosed with this in Vimy, France during WWI. LINK to his Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...

They were married in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland on - 7 October 1903 and immigrated to Canada in 1908. They had 4 children.

Second husband - Grant Burger

(b. 1866 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States – d. 1 June 1942 at age 76 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - they were married - 29 March 1927 in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.

Third husband - Robert John Kennedy

(b. 3 November 1875 in Broughshane, Antrim, Ireland – d. 17 January 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

Addressed to: Miss Edith MacLaren / 369 East 7th Street, No. / Portland / Oregon / U.S.A.

Edith Mary MacLaren

(b. 23 October 1898 in Blairgowrie, Scotland - d. 4 Sep 1984 at age 85 in Portland, Oregon) - she immigrated to the USA in 1909 - was never married. Her occupation was a book keeper for a railway company.

Edith traveled to Scotland in 1924 on the ocean liner Metagama - this trip was mentioned in the message on this postcard.

Her Father: John MacLaren

(b. 1868 in Scotland - d. 17 May 1951 (aged 82–83 in Portland, Oregon) - father of Edith and Eliza MacLaren, Mrs. G. R. Aitken of Vancouver, B.C., brother of Mrs. William Young, Mrs. William Baxter of Scotland.

Her mother: Eliza J MacLaren

(b. 1874 in Scotland - d. 10 Sep 1956 (aged 81–82) in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA)

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - CANOUGH CREEK - a Post Office and ranching settlement 24 miles north of Kamloops, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District. Nearest railway, C. N. R. at Vinsulla, distant 2 1/2 miles, nearest telegraph C. P. R. and G. N. W. at Kamloops, 24 miles. Long distance phone at Conner's Ranch, Canough Creek. Local resources: Mixed farming and dairying. The population in 1918 was 50.

(article written in 1939 - Kamloops and Nicola Districts) The bridge from Kamloops, reaching the east side in the Indian reserve, connects with roads reaching up the North Thompson Valley and easterly through the Indian reserve, reaching north about 7 miles and like distance eastward. The valley lands, bottom, bench, and slope, are occupied and many good farms and orchards are cultivated under irrigation in Lower South Thompson and Heffley, Edwards, and Sullivan Creek Valleys. The valley-rim reaches to rocky hills, to east of which is a rolling and hilly upland area containing various depressions with variable areas of workable land. Excellent fruit and crops are grown in the valleys and stock ranged on grassy uplands. Some farms occupy lands well above the North Thompson River—along Edwards Creek at 2,300 feet above the main valley- bottom—but crops other than hay are not successful over 1,800 to 2,000 feet above the valley floor. Large part of the area is open and grass covered, and where timber patches occur they are open and afford areas of pasture. Heffley and Sullivan Creeks, like most other tributary streams, are in deep narrow valleys with benches and rolling lower slopes and steep upper slopes, the cultivated lands being mostly on the benches and rolling lower slopes. Heffley Creek Post Office is at the mouth of Heffley Creek and Canough Creek Post Office serves a ranching settlement a few miles up Sullivan Creek. A road reaches up Heffley and Edwards Creeks and up Sullivan Creek. The Heffley Creek-Edwards Creek Road crosses a divide and descends 2,300 feet to the upper part of Louis Creek Valley, down which a road continues to Louis Creek Post Office at the mouth, 36 miles north from Kamloops. Link to complete article - www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs_holmes/arc_mar_2...

Knouff Lake - A Summer Post Office in Kamloops District, 9 miles from Vinsulla on the C.N.R. During the Winter months mail is served through the Canough Creek Post Office.

The Canough Creek Post Office was established - 1 July 1914 and closed - 15 November 1927 owing to the provision of rural mail delivery service via Heffley Creek RR No. 2.

sent from - / CANOUGH CREEK / AP 14 / 24 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - 16 May 1914 - (RF E / now is classified as RF E2).

Water Card was addressed to: Division Engineer / Dominion Water Power Branch / Box 429 / Kamloops, B.C.

Water card observation card signed on the back by the observer B. E. Calder. He did water height observations on Sullivan Creek, B.C..

Water Card - Observer / signed by Bertram Edward Calder (he replaced George Henry Phillips, who had died in August 1921, as the observer of River Heights on Sullivan Creek)

Bertram Edward Calder

b. 26 February 1886 in London, England – d. 11 October 1960 at age 74 in Kamloops, British Columbia - He served in the United Kingdom, World War I Service from 1915 to 1918 - after the war the Calder family (his wife Gertrude and 3 children Cyril, Stanley & Nora) immigrated to Canada arriving in Quebec City, Quebec - July 1920 on the ship "Minnedosa". His occupation in England was a telegraphist - his intended occupation in the Kamloops, B.C. area was a farmer.

His wife - Gertrude Annie Thompson Calder

Birth - 7 Aug 1886 in England

Death - 7 May 1972 (aged 85) in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

ROBERTS CREEK is a community in the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Area "D" of the Sunshine Coast Regional District. Roberts Creek sits roughly halfway between the Town of Gibsons and the District of Sechelt, the two main population centres on the southern Sunshine Coast.

Roberts Creek's present name came from the first European settler to this area, Thomas William "Will" Roberts. In 1889, he staked out a quarter section of flat land just east of the creek. To earn his crown grant to the claim, he built two cedar shake cabins, a chicken house and stables and cleared three acres for cultivation and fruit trees. Will's mother and father, Thomas & Charlotte Roberts, arrived from England the following year and Will's brother, John Francis "Frank" Roberts, joined the family two years later. Frank built a large log house a quarter mile east of the creek for his parents. In 1897, Thomas & Charlotte Roberts retired to Vancouver and Frank moved into the log house he had built for them. Frank's married son, Francis Thomas "Tom" Roberts, and his family occupied the cabin built by Will. In 1903, Frank and another son Harry established a shingle bolt camp along the creek. Frank later sold the camp and the surrounding 40 acres east of the creek and took on the job of Roberts Creek's first postmaster. On mail days, he rowed an Indian dugout canoe into the bay to pick up mail from the Union Steamship Company's Comox. LINK to the complete article - www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/roberts-creek.html

- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - ROBERT'S CREEK, a post office in Comox Atlin District Vancouver Island, B.C., 26 miles from Vancouver.

(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - ROBERTS CREEK - a post office and settlement on the north shore of the Straits of Georgia, 25 miles from Vancouver, in North Vancouver Provincial Electoral District, reached by Union S.S. Co.'s steamers from Vancouver. Has telegraph office. The population in 1918 was about 200. Local resources: Fishing, logging, farming, boat-building and summer resort.

The ROBERTS CREEK Post Office was established - 1 August 1904.

LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the ROBERTS CREEK Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...

sent from - / ROBERTS CREEK / FE 12 / 36 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1904 when the Post Office opened - (RF B).

Letter was sent by: William Alfred Roberts / Roberts Creek / B.C.

William Alfred Roberts

b. 27 December 1885 in Reddich, England

d. 12 Mar 1966 at age 80 in Burnaby, British Columbia

His father was John Francis Roberts / mother - Elizabeth Newbury

He immigrated to Canada in 1900

Marriage - 26 Jun 1909 in Vancouver, B.C.

His wife - Margaret Eleanor Ball

b. 28 September 1889 in Great Packington, England

d. 29 March 1968 at age 78 in Burnaby, B.C.

She immigrated to Canada in 1908

They had 5 children:

Ella Margaret "Roberts" Black (b. 1910 in Mission, B.C.) she was married to William Kinstery Black on 31 Jul 1928 in Vancouver, B.C.

Sidney Thomas

Constance Eilleen "Roberts" Potter (divorced) (b. 23 Oct 1913 in Jordan River, British Columbia - d. 15 Jan 1984 at age 70 in Victoria, B.C.)

Arthur William

Ida Kathleen

LINK to the 1921 Canadian census showing the Roberts Family - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&am...

Addressed to: Vivian Gas Engine Works, 1090 West Sixth Ave / Vancouver, B.C.

On January 24, 1949, Will Vivian celebrated his fortieth year as an engine maker. LINK to the complete article - Will Vivian and the Vivian Works - written by Ehud Yaniv (Pages 6 to 9) - www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/bchf/bchn_1987_winter.pdf