Wilson MacKenzie Family
Harold MacKenzie was born in Manitoba, and spent his early years in there, where he trained as a plumber. Harold came with wife Ethel to … Read More
Lyle Wicks Family
Lyle Wicks was born in Calgary, Alberta, in November of 1912 to Claxton and Mary Wicks (nee McConachie). Claxton had come from Essex, England, and … Read More
James Juniur Dougan
James Juniur Dougan was born in 1864 in New South Wales, Australia, the child of Irish immigrants. With his family he emigrated for Victoria, moved … Read More
Greenwell Family
Robert (Bob) John Greenwell was born April 18, 1906 in Vancouver. His father George came to Canada originally from England, leaving at a young age … Read More
Dugald Brown Family
Dugald Brown, born 1877 on the island of Ѐisdeal (Easdale) in the county of Argyll, Scotland, was the youngest of ten children. He had been … Read More
Tokutaro Tsuyuki Family
Tokutaro (Pop) Tsuyuki arrived in Canada in 1907. He was acquainted with Jiro Inouye, often referred to as the Japanese Mayor for Maple Ridge, who … Read More
Sam Robertson Family
Sam was born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in 1823. Before he left there, he became a tradesman skilled in boat building, carpentry, and … Read More
Peter Baker Family
Peter Baker, born Pierre Ferdinand Boulanger in 1826, left his home in Alsace, Quebec, for California in 1849. His journey took him to Panama, where … Read More
Lillian Mattson Lampi’s Memories
Our family, Oscar Mattson’s, moved to the community in March, 1903, from Nanaimo. I am the oldest from a family of six children. We bought a … Read More
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