The BCGS quarterly e-newsletter, The Offspring, is back. Look for the latest issue on the BCGS Publication Archives page.
The BCGS Offspring Vol 4 No 1 Spring 2013
Thank you to Rob Whitlock for his assistance with the new Offspring.
We hope that members and others will send in their research tips, short stories or news for future issues. Please contact the BCGS Editor: editor@bcgs.ca or by mail, c/o the Society’s address below.
The latest book reviews published in The British Columbia Genealogist, December 2011, Volume 40 #4 were very favourable. The books reviewed were:
Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada to 1863 by Terrence M. Punch (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2010).
“A useful index that will lead you to these new sources.”
A Canadian Heraldic Primer by Kevin Greaves, illustrated by Bruce Patterson and Gordon Macpherson (Heraldry Society of Canada, 2000).
“A serious and complicated topic is written about in an entertaining manner…”
Both these books will be available at the BCGS Walter Draycott Library very soon.
The British Columbia Genealogist often features a column with the BCGS Editor’s picks from recent books on British Columbia and Canadian history and genealogy.
In the December 2011 issue, the British Columbia books mentioned were:
The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver by Chuck Davis (Harbour Publishing, 2011).
Lillian Alling: the journey home by Susan Smith-Josephy (Caitlin Press, 2011).
The Third Crop: A personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley 1880s to early 1940s by Rita Moir (SonNis Press, 2011).
Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru: An Illustrated History by Ali Kazimi (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011).
and
Extensions, a novel by Myrna Day set on Vancouver Island, BC (NeWest Press, 2011)
Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Forgotten Remedies and Recipes by Jane Eastoe (Anova Books-Pavilion imprint, 2010).
For the full reviews and more about the BC books, see the December 2011 issue of The British Columbia Genealogist. To submit a book for review, please contact the BCGS Book Review Co-ordinator.
The index below includes names mentioned in the BC Pioneer submissions published in the British Columbia Genealogist from 2005 to 2011. These can be seen either at the BCGS Walter Draycott Library in Surrey, BC, or by contacting the BCGS BC Research Committee.
The BC Pioneer Register submissions up to 2004 are indexed in the BCGS publication, Pioneer Register. This is available at the BCGS Walter Draycott Library or a copy can be purchased through the BCGS Publication Committee.
For more information about the BC Pioneer Register project, please see the main BC Pioneer page.
DATE IN BC BC PLACE SURNAME, GIVEN NAME(S) SURNAME VARIANTS SPOUSE REFERENCE #
Sept 2005 1890s Vancouver, Sumas Mountain, Straiton Straiton, Thomas Bell May, Mary Ellen / Durbeck, Hilda 2628
Sept 2005 1895 Vancouver, Sumas Mountain, Straiton May, Mary Ellen "Nell" Straiton, Thomas Bell 2628
Sept 2005 1890s Vancouver Wadds. George 2628
Sept 2005 By 1892 McNyter, C.Z. D. 2628
Sept 2005 Straiton Straiton, Douglas 2628
Sept 2005 Straiton Straiton, Arthur 2628
Sept 2005 1891 Vancouver MacDonald, William Seaman Logan, Katherine Steel "Kate" 2490
Sept 2005 By 1893 Vancouver Logan, Katherine Steel "Kate" MacDonald, William Seaman 2490
Sept 2005 1891 Vancouver MacDonald, Angus Thompson, Margaret Isabell "Belle" 2490
Sept 2005 1891 Vancouver Thompson, Margaret Isabell "Belle" MacDonald, Angus 2490
Dec 2005 1862 Victoria Holmes, Helen Vandeleur 1442
Dec 2005 1850s Victoria, Fort Langley, Fort Kamloops Simpson, George Stuart 1442
Dec 2005 1853 Victoria Leigh, William 1442
Dec 2005 1815 Fort St. James, Fort Langley, Victoria Yale, James Murray 1442
Dec 2005 1871 New Westminster Ovens, Thomas Rowe, Ruth Suannah 1470
Dec 2005 c. 1858 Salt Spring Island Robinson, Henry W. Nolan, Margaret / Anderson, Narcissa Jane 1635
Dec 2005 c. 1858 Salt Spring Island Nolan, Margaret Robinson, Henry W. 1635
Dec 2005 Salt Spring Island Anderson, Narcissa Jane Robinson, Henry W. 1635
Dec 2005 Antisell, Evans Permer Dagan, Gladys Evelyn "Nadine" 1635
Dec 2005 1896 Victoria, Mount Lehman, Vancouver Dagan, Gladys Evelyn "Nadine" Dayan Antisell, Evans Permer / Thomson, Wilford Ernest 1635
Dec 2005 By 1881 Victoria, Salt Spring Island, Dayan, David Horace Robert Dagan Robinson, Margaret 1635
Dec 2005 Salt Spring Island Robinson, Margaret Dayan, David Horace Robert 1635
Dec 2005 By 1867 Salt Spring Island Norton, John Louisa / Robinson, Annie 1635
Dec 2005 By 1867 Salt Spring Island Louisa Norton, John 1635
Dec 2005 Salt Spring Island Robinson, Annie Norton, John 1635
Dec 2005 By 1871 Salt Spring Island Bittancourt, Estaino Joseph Robinson, Mary 1635
Dec 2005 1858 Salt Spring Island Robinson, Mary Bittancourt, Estaino Joseph 1635
Dec 2005 Mount Lehman, Victoria Thomson, Albert Otis Hogg, Marguerite Daisy 1635
Dec 2005 Hogg, Marguerite Daisy Thomson, Albert Otis 1635
Dec 2005 Mount Lehman Thomson, Arthur R. 1635
Dec 2005 Mission, Mount Lehman,Kamloops Thomson, Mildred Elizabeth Haywood-Farmer, Stewart Frank 1635
Dec 2005 Mount Lehman Thomson, Thomas Edgar Hogg, Rose 1635
Mar 2006 1878 Victoria Kettle, William Henry Perrin, Eliza Martha "Liza" 3596
Mar 2006 Victoria Perrin, Eliza Martha "Liza" Kettle, William Henry 3596
Mar 2006 Vancouver Mahon, Edward Rebbeca Caroline Julia "Lilette" 3606
Mar 2006 Vancouver Rebbeca Caroline Julia "Lilette" Mahon, Edward 3606
Mar 2006 Vancouver, Chilliwack Dempster, William Arnold Rounsefell, Mary Chipman 3606
Mar 2006 Vancouver, Chilliwack, Clayburn Rounsefell, Mary Chipman Dempster, William Arnold 3606
Mar 2006 1893 Vancouver, Victoria Rebbeck, James Knight D'Abbadie, Emily Caroline Elizabeth 3606
Mar 2006 Vancouver, Victoria D'Abbadie, Emily Caroline Elizabeth Rebbeck, James Knight 3606
Jun 2006 1886 New Westminster, Coquitlam, Harrison Mills Kilby, Thomas Finlay, Eliza Anne 3460
Jun 2006 1888 New Westminster, Coquitlam, Harrison Mills Finlay, Eliza Anne Tompkins / Kilby, Thomas 3460
Jun 2006 1890s New Westminster, South Cariboo, Harrison Mills Kilby, Acton Barton, Jessie Isabella 3460
Jun 2006 1896 Clinton, Vancouver, Merritt, Burnaby Barton, Jessie Isabella Kilby, Acton 3460
Jun 2006 1890 Clinton, Vancouver Cunningham, Margaret Beaton Barton, Tom 3460
Jun 2006 1872 Polly's Lake, Vancouver Barton, Tom Cunningham, Margaret Beaton 3460
Jun 2006 1880 Cariboo Cunningham, John 3460
Dec 2006 1871 Cariboo, Vancouver, Ladysmith, Comox Valley Pritchard, James Archibald "Archie" Cameron, Margaret 'Maggie" 3371
Dec 2006 1880s Comox Valley Cameron, Margaret 'Maggie' Pritchard, James Archibald "Archie" 3371
Jun 2008 South Vancouver Pederson, Jens Peter Lauritsdatter, Lauritsen, Margrethe
Jun 2008 South Vancouver Lauritsdatter, Lauritsen, Margrethe Pederson, Jens Peter
Jun 2008 1894-1897 Midway Johnston, Edward Wallace, Catherine 4913
Jun 2008 1894-1897 Midway Wallace, Catherine Johnston, Edward 4913
Mar 2010 1888 Vancouver Robertson, Harvie Taylor, Hattie 4474
Mar 2010 1888 Vancouver Taylor, Hattie Robertson, Harvie 4474
Sept 2010 1853 Fort Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Saanichton Simpson, Henry Button, Adelaide 5181
Sept 2010 1853 Fort Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Saanichton Button, Adelaide Simpson, Henry 5181
John D. Reid at his Anglo-Celtic Connections blog has published a note about Vancouver Voters, 1886, a book researched and published by the BC Genealogical Society as a Vancouver, British Columbia centennial project. As he mentions, this is a very big book, covering the families of the 528 people listed on Vancouver’s first voters’ list. He’s included a list on his blog of all the surnames mentioned in the book.
VANCOUVER VOTERS, 1886 (an excerpt from The British Columbia Genealogist, Volume 25 No. 1, March 1996)
This book of family histories is the result of a project begun to commemorate the Centennial of the city of Vancouver. Aside from producing a genealogical volume to honour the centennial, the British Columbia Genealogical Society has seen this event as instigator for a project of on-going growth and lasting Value to the archives, and to many family histories of early British Columbians. The value of recording the memories and details of pioneer families at this time, when early members are still with us, is immeasurable. The resulting archive will be a blessing to generations of future family historians.
The focus of this project is on the Families of the first voters in Vancouver. the basis used has been the 1886 Voters List of Vancouver. Although this was the first list generated, in reality it was created in October 1886, after the first civic election. No record exists of who voted in the first election and much controversy surrounded the whole affair.
An attempt has been made to gather as much material as possible on each of the 528 persons listed, and to trace their descendants. The “modus operandi” of the researchers on this project has generally been to use the City of Vancouver Archives vast resources in conjunction with old newspapers and cemetery records, all with the object of fleshing out the bones of the pioneer and finding the modern family. Subsequently, existing descendants were invited to participate by filling out a questionnaire. All correspondents have been encouraged to provide as much detail as they wish and have been given the opportunity to edit their resulting family history for accuracy, omissions and confidentiality.