Oscar Mattson Family
Oscar and Ina Mattson*, both Finnish immigrants, were married in British Columbia around 1891. They had six children, all of whom were born in Nanaimo: … Read More
John Ritchie Family
John Ritchie, eldest of seven children, was born in the Elma Township, Perth County, Ontario. In 1878, at the age of 18, he came with … Read More
John Owen Family
John Owen was born in Wales. When he came to Canada, he met and married Mary Martin, who was born in Ontario in December of … Read More
John Jackson Family
The man we know as John Jackson of the Jackson Farm in Albion, first immigrated to the United States from Finland. At some point soon … Read More
Hendrick Hill Family
Builder Victor Rossi completed the 4000 square foot ‘Hill House’ in 1912 for Hendrick Hill, a Finn who had made a fortune in Yukon Gold. … Read More
Hector Ferguson Family
Hector Ferguson was a man of such local renown and respect that when he died in November of 1931, the Gazette Newspaper devoted more than … Read More
Frenchy Rieboldt
When Alfred Rieboldt arrived in Haney in 1960, he was already more than 60 years old. He had moved here from Port Coquitlam and Deep … Read More
Frank Zeron Family
George and Pearl Zeron emigrated to the Albion area from Manitoba. Frank was born on February 14th, 1902, and George had to wade across the … Read More
Pete Telosky’s Stadium — Our “Field of Dreams”
Pete Telosky was a baseball player of some renown in the Dewdney League and beyond. He had actually earned a living playing baseball in the … Read More
Dyck’s Dinosaur Park
Nick Dyck, an immigrant from Russia in the 1920’s, arrived in BC in 1946 and took a job with the Hammond Cedar Division of BC … Read More