To all: The subject line seems very long -- but can be very concise. As I will be away over the New Year's weekend, I extend sincere New Year's 2005 greetings at this time. It is a time of looking back, but we must also look forward as I do, to passage of Bill S-18. We have worked hard -- but there seems to be more to do before we gain access to our Canadian 1911 census records. Census petitions keep arriving -- I received one the other day and was surprised I knew every person who had signed it -- from Liverpool, Nova Scotia. LDS Family Centres and Genealogy Societies keep adding to the flow -- which I will be tabulating about January 15 or later, as the Senate of Canada resumes February 1, 2005. How about tying a string on your finger and make PETITIONS part of your New Year's weekend -- parties and family gatherings are great places to gather signatures -- remember, street addresses are not needed -- only Name, City, Country, Postal/Zip Code. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm Addresses are posted where to send the completed petitions. Believe me, this is our ONLY way WE are able to speak in Ottawa. How about scanning the following sites and see if any need LETTERS House of Commons: [Postage is FREE in Canada] http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index6.htm Address:- Name/House of Commons/Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Senate of Canada: [Postage is FREE in Canada] http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Senscore1.htm Address:- NAME, Senate of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Do not waste your letter-writing time for those who have gained GOLD coloured symbols -- I feel they are committed. Also there may be a French translation of this memo for some areas. Above all, make contact with certain MPs and Senators and hope for answers. [I would prefer a copy of your letter and any answer - Gordon does the posting of symbols]. As there can often be too many emails for the regular mail lists, I suggest many might desire to become more involved, and subscribe to [email protected] [If Digest format is desired, change L to D - one word "subscribe" Also, anyone desiring to be a Canada Census committee member, please send a note to me at [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/committee.html Happy New Year 2005 to all -- Let's help Senator Lorna Milne!! [Should there be any queries, please ask or [email protected]] Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, ON L6W 2R8 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm

New to this list and wishing you all a Happy New Year. I was wondering if SKS would be visiting the archives at sometime in the future and could look up the following: Obit - Mary Ann Banks (Mrs J C), died 1929 age 65. Ref: TIM1929.10.15, 11,113-18,15 I would like names of any family mentioned and addresses. Marriage notice - Mary Crowe and Bernard Hiron married 1936 in Victoria Ref: TIM 1936.06.02, 07-05, 10 [OS] If Mary is not the daughter of Eric and/or May Crowe then it is not mine. TYhanks in anticipation Peter Kingsclere, Hampshire, UK www.langdon-goff.org.uk

Hello Peter, My heart is doing flippy flops and then a dive of disappointment. But I can tell you that the Mary Crowe who married Bernard Hiron is/was the daughter of Ada May Crowe, nee Drew and Arthur Crowe. Mary was my father's sister. For a moment there I thought I'd found a connection. My Ada May was born in Southampton but unless you've a mistake on the father's name, there would seem to be no connection. Eleanor, B. C. Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Goff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Victoria Times Archives - Marriages and Obits > New to this list and wishing you all a Happy New Year. > > I was wondering if SKS would be visiting the archives at sometime in the > future and could look up the following: > > Obit - Mary Ann Banks (Mrs J C), died 1929 age 65. Ref: TIM1929.10.15, > 11,113-18,15 > I would like names of any family mentioned and addresses. > > Marriage notice - Mary Crowe and Bernard Hiron married 1936 in Victoria > Ref: TIM 1936.06.02, 07-05, 10 [OS] > If Mary is not the daughter of Eric and/or May Crowe then it is not > mine. > > TYhanks in anticipation > > Peter > Kingsclere, Hampshire, UK > www.langdon-goff.org.uk > > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-301BDDB/bsearch > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. > >

I was wondering if any pioneer out there had a Annie Theresa FORREST for their grade one teacher at Kingsway West School in Burnaby, B.C. She was my Dads teacher in 1906 and was my grade one teacher in 1933. She was a great teacher, never married and died in 1971. Ken in Enderby just thinking about times past.

Hello, I am looking for GESER (and other spellings like GEESER, GESSER, GEISER, GIESER and so) in Montana. I have a native German immigrant named Benedict Geser coming 1849 into the U.S., married 1852 in Milwaukee a Barbetha Prior/Prier and had the children Carl/Charles and Carolin with her, was proprietor of the Kossuth House there till 1864, then proprietor of the NorthWestern House in Chicago till 1867. No further informations about him (and his family) thereafter. I assume they moved westward ..... and found....from the 1881 Canadian census. Chas. E GEIZERHousehold Male --------------------------------- Other Information: Birth Year<1853> BirthplaceUSA Age28 OccupationPhysician Marital Status Ethnic OriginAmerican Head of HouseholdChas. E GEIZER ReligionPresbyterian --------------------------------- Source Information: Census PlaceYates Street Ward, Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia Family History Library Film1375921 NA Film NumberC-13285 District190 Sub-districtA Page Number27 Household Number176 Who can help to find out more? Thanks in advance. Greetings from Germany, Rudolf

From here I find the following in the 1901 census (in Victoria without a male head of household) http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html You can go to this site and post a note beside the entry that indicates your interest and allows others to contact you. Geizer Martha 37 ON VICTORIA (North/Nord) Snowdon m-1 12 13 13 114 Geizer Martha F Head W Dec 11 1863 37 14 114 Geizer Raymond M Son S Dec 7 1885 15 15 114 Geizer Etta F Daughter S Jul 8 1887 13 16 114 Geizer Dora F Daughter S Feb 28 1890 11 17 114 Geizer Freddy M Son S Oct 3 1892 8 Good Luck Thelma

Source: http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=51&cat=43&id=350288&more= online Hardcopy: Page 46 Nanaimo News Bulletin, Friday, December 25, 2004 - includes picture of Agnes Bayley City's first marriage 150 years ago By Helen Hunter One hundred and fifty years ago on Christmas Eve Agnes, the daughter of Nanaimo's first engineer Andrew Hunter, was married to Charles Alfred Bayley, Nanaimo's first school teacher and librarian. The wedding took place on board Gov. Douglas's ship in the harbour and Douglas, who greatly admired Andrew Hunter, performed the wedding service. Agnes was 15 and Charles Bayley was 26. Charles and Agnes met as passengers on the ship Tory on their way to Vancouver Island in 1851 - Agnes with her father, her mother Mary and her brothers. They first settled in Fort Rupert in 1851 with Hunter employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. His role was to build and be in charge of a steam engine on the Vancouver Island coal fields. The family arrived in Nanaimo in April, 1853. Hunter was immediately put in charge of pumping the water out of the first coal pit. The buildings to house the steam engine were built at the same time as the Bastion. Charles Bayley stayed in Victoria to teach for a year after his arrival, but was hired by the community of what is now known as Nanaimo to teach the children. Agnes and Charles moved to Victoria and then on to San Francisco where Charles died. Agnes and Charles had nine children. Agnes lived in The Dalles, Oregon with her daughter and passed away June 11, 1931 at the age of 92. Several grandchildren have visited Nanaimo and the families keep in touch with the Hunter relatives here. The memoirs of Charles Alfred Bayley are in the Bancroft Library in Berkley, California. There is a plaque on the waterfront commemorating this very special ceremony that is a part of Nanaimo's fascinating history. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004

Can anyone please tell me how I'd find the actual date and place of my cousin who died in October 1998? David

There are also Volunteers at the Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness site: http://www.raogk.org/bcolumbia.htm Any who offer Lookups of Public Record - can view, transcribe or copy the information found.Some also offer lookups of Public Record - While others offer Cemetery Photo's. Death Registration available at the BC Archives: http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-2F6B46C/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths Vital Event Death Registration Name: Eliza Scott Event Date: 1934 7 7 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 78 Gender: female Event Place: Victoria Reg. Number: 1934-09-494990 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13151 GSU Microfilm Number: 1952857 The above information can be researched by each person via: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Find your local (usually volunteer run - often in a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) home) "Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources." - they will order in the microfilm and/or microfiche required (best to keep your research notes in the same GSU # basis for this avenue) If you can...... BC Archives located in the BC Museum (Victoria - on Bellevue - turn left on entering the Museum - to physically research your genealogy) http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-2F6B46C/services/servops/contacts.htm Genealogical Researcher Dennice Goudie researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html Most Recent Family Tree database online (10,000+ individuals) http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/1 http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/2/ << Fotheringhame - V7 - 669 Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nhaines" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:34 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Obit Look-ups, Victoria : Hi Folks - : I wonder if someone could do an obit look-up for me, anytime in the New : Year? : I have the Death Reg. for Eliza (Watson) SCOTT, wife of Thomas. : Eliza died 7 July 1934, 78 yrs. of age. : Hopefully, the obit will outline their family, I believe they had : several sons. : Just as I was about to send this, I notice that I have her husband : Thomas SCOTT as dying one month later, 9 August 1934! : Thank you and Happy Holidays : Norma, Ont. : : : : ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== : Every two months or so, please repost your interests, : telling us what you know and where you've looked : and what you still need to find out. : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004 : : -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004

Hi, thanks to Linda, Don & Allen for their quick responses. But now I am puzzled over the two spellings quoted for Huron-Iriquois word for a village - in Linda's & Don's emails it is 'kanata', but in Allen's it is 'kanta'?? Kind regards, Malcolm Carr (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Hi Folks - I wonder if someone could do an obit look-up for me, anytime in the New Year? I have the Death Reg. for Eliza (Watson) SCOTT, wife of Thomas. Eliza died 7 July 1934, 78 yrs. of age. Hopefully, the obit will outline their family, I believe they had several sons. Just as I was about to send this, I notice that I have her husband Thomas SCOTT as dying one month later, 9 August 1934! Thank you and Happy Holidays Norma, Ont.

Hi to everyone on the list, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in 2005. I wonder does anyone know how your nation got it name, and what the origin of the name 'Canada' is? I see from an old poster I have ("Territorial Evolution of Canada" from 1667-1949, comprising 23 little maps) that the name 'Canada' does not seem to appear till around 1791. It appears as Upper & Lower Canada, whereas in 1784 it was called Quebec. The area further west, called Rupert's Land did not appear to change much between 1784-1791. I do not need an immediate answer to this inquiry - after the festive season's celebrations are over will be fine. Kind regards, Malcolm Carr.

The spelling of Canada, its variants could, as john suggested be the result of First Nations (India was the place the Europeans were looking for ;) Peoples or as is generally noted by those who have attempted to decipher transcriptions placed on the idiosyncracies as well as errors made by the scribes. Genealogical Researcher Dennice Goudie researching: Brûlè, Poirier, McFadden, Stephens, Michelsen, French, Brooks, Brown, Goudie, Vautrin pioneer families of British Columbia and their 'country wives' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~goudied/index.html Most Recent Family Tree database online (10,000+ individuals) http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/1 http://www.gencircles.com/users/goudie_d/2/ << Fotheringhame - V7 - 669 Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. ----- Original Message ----- From: "john burns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] Origin of the name Canada : Malcolm don't be puzzled over the spelling. The Indians didn't have a : written language so the immigrants spelled it the way it sounded to : them-hence quite a bit of variation in spellings of native words. : John : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "carrma" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 4:03 PM : Subject: [CAN-BC] Origin of the name Canada : : : > Hi, thanks to Linda, Don & Allen for their quick responses. But now I am : puzzled over the two spellings quoted for Huron-Iriquois word for a : village - in Linda's & Don's emails it is 'kanata', but in Allen's it is : 'kanta'?? : > : > Kind regards, : > : > Malcolm Carr (Christchurch, New Zealand) : > : > : > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== : > Check the list's archives out at : > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html : > : > : : : : ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== : Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at : http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004 : : -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004

Malcolm don't be puzzled over the spelling. The Indians didn't have a written language so the immigrants spelled it the way it sounded to them-hence quite a bit of variation in spellings of native words. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "carrma" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 4:03 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Origin of the name Canada > Hi, thanks to Linda, Don & Allen for their quick responses. But now I am puzzled over the two spellings quoted for Huron-Iriquois word for a village - in Linda's & Don's emails it is 'kanata', but in Allen's it is 'kanta'?? > > Kind regards, > > Malcolm Carr (Christchurch, New Zealand) > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

TAYLOR _ Denny, born September 12, 1948 passed away suddenly in Langley, December 20, 2004. Denny will be sadly missed and forever remembered with love by his mother Kay; life partner Linda; daughters Leanne (Darin) Ring and Laurie (Spencer) Lee; treasured grandsons Troy and Travis; his brothers Phil (Carol) and Brian (Sharon); and many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends who loved him. He was predeceased by his father Joe. A service to celebrate Denny's life will be held Thursday, December 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Henderson's Funeral Home, 20786 Fraser Highway, Langley. HENDERSON'S FUNERAL HOME 604-530-6488 Source: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAN-BC-OBITS -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004

Origin of the Name "Canada" Source: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/history&people/history_canada.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How did Canada get its name? It came borne on the wind. The word "Canada" was first heard off Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on August 13, 1535, during Jacques Cartier's second voyage of exploration. Jesuit Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix, the great early historian of New France, says it derived from the word "Kanata," a Huron-Iroquois term for village or community. MAIN MENU: HISTORY & PEOPLE: ORIGIN OF THE NAME "CANADA" Two Indian youths Cartier had brought to France from his first voyage the previous year recognized farniliar landmarks and poinred west across the waters, calling across the deck that this was the way to the chemin de kanata (route to the village). They were pointing in the direction of the St. Lawrence River, the route to the settlement of Stadacona. Wooden sailing ships are noisy places. Timbers creak on the water, sails flap and rigging whines in the seabreezes. Even on an average day in August, land breezes at 13 km/h on the north shore of the Gulf are enough to extend light flags. Over open water, winds are stronger. The boys' words reached Cartier's ears as chemin de Canada -- road to Canada. On August 17, Cartier noted his entrance to the great river: "The aforesaid Indians have assured us that this is the way to and the beginning of ... the route to Canada." He later named the area controlled by Stadacona's chief, Donnacona, "the Province of Canada" and he called the St. Lawrence the "river of Canada." Stadacona was the site on which Quebec city would be built. The name Canada first appeared on a map of the world about 1547, on land north of the great gulf and river. It became the popular name for the colony of New France among inhabitants, and in France, as well. Voltaire in his novel Candide and in his letters called the land Canada. He also called it "a few acres of snow." But the British in the 13 colonies to the south usually referred to Canada after its capital, Quebec. Following the British conquest, the English name for the colony became the "Province of Quebec." Many of the French inhabitants resisted the name Quebec. They preferred to be identified with the original name, Canada. Eventually, the British succumbed and adopted the name Canada officially in the Canada Act of 1791, which divided the crown colony into Upper and Lower Canada. In the Act of Union in 1841, the two were reunited as the "British Province of Canada." But, of course, given their celebrated Gaulish contrariness, the proud Canadiens at that point began! to emhrace the name Quebec for their beloved homeland. When the British Colonies of North America discussed uniting, they needed a name for their new nation. There was Canada, the name of two of the colonies, of course. But the Fathers of Confederation figured Queen Victoria would like Albertsland, to honour her late husband. Among other names they considered: Albionara; Borealia; Britannia; Cabotia; Efisga, an acronym for England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Aboriginal lands (they overlooked Wales); Mesoplagia; Norland; Superior; Transatlantia, and Victorialand, after the Queen herself. Fortunately, they discarded that whole list. At Confederation in 1867, the united colonies became the Dominion of Canada, 332 years after Cartier heard the name on the wind. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004

Canada... A name drives from the Huron-Iroquois 'kanta', meaning a village or settlement. First referred to by Jacques Cartier, 13 Aug 1535. Also, used as a synonym for 'New France'. The name 'Canada' appeared on maps in ca. 1547 and 1550. The name was also used by Champlain in 1603. This your Christmas present. Merry Christmas. Allen Jess 2004-12-25 Source: "The Canadian Encyclopedia", Volume 1, A-For, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, AB. 1985. page 261-2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "carrma" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 4:22 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] Canada > Hi to everyone on the list, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year in 2005. > > I wonder does anyone know how your nation got it name, and what the origin of the name 'Canada' is? I see from an old poster I have ("Territorial Evolution of Canada" from 1667-1949, comprising 23 little maps) that the name 'Canada' does not seem to appear till around 1791. It appears as Upper & Lower Canada, whereas in 1784 it was called Quebec. The area further west, called Rupert's Land did not appear to change much between 1784-1791. > > I do not need an immediate answer to this inquiry - after the festive season's celebrations are over will be fine. > > Kind regards, Malcolm Carr. > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Check the list's archives out at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html > >

Thanks to everyone who sent me the obit for Denny Taylor. We where neighbors in Langley many years ago and have stayed friends. Coralynn

Good Morning Coralynn, I have the Vancouver Sun, Wednesday - December 22, 2004 - There is no obituary listed for Dennis [Denny] TAYLOR. in the index or in the listing. Checked today's Paper - Thursday - December 23, 2004 - with 0 results. Searching Online finds the following: Obit. Published in the Province: http://www.legacy.com/can-vancouver/LegacyHome.asp http://www.legacy.com/can-vancouver/LegacyHome.asp?CalendarDate=&LastName=Taylor&Page=FullText <http://www.legacy.com/can-vancouver/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=2951193>Taylor, Denny <http://www.legacy.com/can-vancouver//Script/CounterRedirect.asp?Name=GBLink_Top&Jump=/can-vancouver/LegacySubPage2.asp&Page=GuestBook&PersonID=2951193> [] TAYLOR _ Denny, born September 12, 1948 passed away suddenly in Langley, December 20, 2004. Denny will be sadly missed and forever remembered with love by his mother Kay; life partner Linda; daughters Leanne (Darin) Ring and Laurie (Spencer) Lee; treasured grandsons Troy and Travis; his brothers Phil (Carol) and Brian (Sharon); and many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends who loved him. He was predeceased by his father Joe. A service to celebrate Denny's life will be held Thursday, December 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Henderson's Funeral Home, 20786 Fraser Highway, Langley. HENDERSON'S FUNERAL HOME 604-530-6488 Published in The Province on 12/22/2004. Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season, Cheers, Stella At 09:38 AM 12/23/2004, Coralynn Teichrib wrote: >Would anyone be able to scan and email me the obituary of Dennis (Denny ) >Taylor that was in the Vancouver Sun yesterday, Wednesday the 22. > >Coralynn > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Every two months or so, please repost your interests, >telling us what you know and where you've looked >and what you still need to find out.

Would anyone be able to scan and email me the obituary of Dennis (Denny ) Taylor that was in the Vancouver Sun yesterday, Wednesday the 22. Coralynn