From the pages of the Montreal Daily Star 1900: RICHARDSON: On the 19th May (1900) at the family residence, Victoria West, BC., Ralph B. Richardson aged 75 years, a native of Durham Co., England. RAYMOND: In Victoria, BC, on the 23rd May 1900, Martha Elizabeth, only child of John and Sarah Elizabeth Raymond aged 4 yrs, 2 months. BARNETT: In Victoria, BC, on the 17th May 1900, Arthur Wallace Barnett, a native of Tavistock England, aged 66 yrs.. TYSON: On May 17, 1900, at Victoria West, BC at 42 Henry street, Isabelle MANN, widow of the late James Tyson, late of Selkirk, Scotland, age 67 years. FAGAN: At St. Joseph's HOspital, Victoria, BC, on the 14th inst, May 1900, Mrs. G. Fagan, the beloved wife of Gerald Fagan of Wellington, B.C., aged 45 years. COCHRANE;At Kamloops, BC, on the 1st May 1900, John Cochrane, aged 35 years. ORR:At Victoria West, BC, On the 6th of May 1900, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. J.T.Orr. STANDISH: At Victoria, BC, on the 8th of May 1900,William Gardiner Standish, a native of Mass., USA, aged 78 years. DONAHUE: At Vancouver, BC., on April 30, 1900 Mrs. Ellen Donahue. MOLINA:At New Westminster,BC,on April 30,1900, Joseph Molina, aged 44. RICHARDS: At Vancouver, BC, April 26, 1900, Ellen CHAFFEY, relict of the late Hon. A.N. Richards in her seventy-first year. WURTELE: At Vancouver, BC,on the 1st May 1900, Ernest Frederick Wurtele, youngest son of the late Richard Henry Wurtele, in his lifetime of Quebec. FOXLEY: At the family residence, 535 Homer street, Vancouver, BC, on April 20,1900 Charlotte widow of the late Richard Foxley in the 64th year of her age. HENDERSON: At New Westminster,BC, April 10th, 1900, Helen Crawford, the beloved daughter of Alexander and Susan CRAWFORD Henderson, aged 9 mos, and 20 days. JOHNSON: ON the 18th April 1900 at Victoria West, BC, Eric youngest son of S. JOhnson, aged 8 years and 6 months. JOHNSON: At Revelstoke, BC, on the 15th inst., of April 1900, Mrs. Johnson, wife of John Johnson, C.P.R.repairer. Bev ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BC-OBITS.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 20/12/2004

Hi, I know it's cold and we are all very busy getting things done for Christmas to even think of doing much or any work on genealogy, BUT - if SKS in the city of Winnepeg is going to the library sometime after Christmas, I would be most appreciative if a look up could be done for me. I am in need of the info on an obituary for Emily Corbin. Two were listed at the Ancestry.com site as: Emily Corbin died May 10, 1875 Emily Corbin died June 09, 1875 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Joan Perkins - Syracuse, NYS, USA

Hi, Would anyone do a obit . look up for John James Cope, Grant Ave, Port Coquitlam who died there on 2nd November 1959? A Happy Christmas to you all and A Peacefull New Year. Thanks everyone who have helped me. Sandra --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

Hi, Would anyone do a obit . look up for John James Cope, Grant Ave, Port Coquitlam who died there on 2nd November 1959? A Happy Christmas to you all and A Peacefull New Year. Thanks everyone who have helped me. Sandra --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

Listers: I wonder if SKS would be able to look up a death registration for me: Name: MURDOCK R MCDONALD Gender: Male Age: 77 Death Date: 30 September 1943 Place of Death: NEW WESTMINSTER Registration #: 1943-09-632503 BCA #: B13181 GSU #: 1953641 Thanks in advance; David Thompson London, Ontario

To all:- This special message may be forwarded to friends and other lists, but I am only sending it to lists I administer and the two, NOVA-SCOTIA and LUNEN-LINKS, where the first item about census release was made in March 1999. Of course it is being sent to the CCC list and committee!! One of the best Christmas presents at this point in the life of Bill S-18 would be a HUGE stack of petitions -- we use Non-Resident and Senate in the Senate, House of Commons in the House of Commons. The Non-Resident is for all those other than Canadians. Download from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm There are addresses where to send beneath the petitions. Families are gathering at this time of year, students may get these signed at school (print a copy of this memo and send petition copies -- the teacher might love you). I have yet to see a petition from a Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions or other clubs. Surprise me!! Street addresses are not needed -- NAME, CITY, STATE or PROVINCE, ZIP/POSTAL CODE. I know Senator Lorna Milne's policy advisor is on the CCC list -- but this is one time he will not report to his "boss". Thanks, Jeff! Senator Milne is a genealogist -- her work for us has interrupted finishing several books plus important research -- she knows all about "brick walls" -- the 1911 census might knock down one of them. I do not mind if you only send in Page 1 -- but hopefully both 1 and 2. Let's surprise Senator Milne -- my delivery system is to put them in at the mail slot in her door -- let's cover the rug that is on the inside of her hallway!!! Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm

A HUGE thank you to Thelma Hartman for sending me the obit for Gladys Knutson. Ellen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004

To follow up on my earlier request. Alan & Claudia have advised that Gladys Knutson’s obit was in the Dec 24th 2003 issue of the Time Colonist. Thank you to you both. Hopefully someone will be kind enough to look this up for me and send me a copy. Ellen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004

Would SKS obtain a copy of an obit for me. Obit for Gladys (Yeats) Knutson who died December 2003 in Sanich, B.C.. Am sorry do not have a day in December. Ellen in Ontario -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004

Have just today learned of Family Member who lived in Victoria. Am hoping someone can tell me anything about: Lawrence Yeats & his wife Evelyn. They owned an apartment building called Laralyn Apts. And also owned a coffee shop near the Parliament Bldgs. Also understand Lawrence drove a tour bus in Victoria and was also involved in real estate. Lawrence would be my 3rd cousin (possibly 2nd) and until today did not know he existed. Lawrence passed away in Sanich, B.C. in 1994. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Ellen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004

Hello, the newspaper has an archive for the obits and it included this one Obituaries (12/24/03) KNUTSON Gladys May, Born October 12th, 1912 in Tate, Saskatchewan, passed away peacefully at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Extended Care Unit on December 21, 2003. Predeceased by her husband Lloyd, her brothers Harold, Lawrence and Gordon Yeats, and her sister Grace Yeats. Lovingly remembered by her sisters-in-law Marjorie Yeats of Sidney, BC and Elsie Yeats of Winnipeg, Manitoba, her nephew Larry Yeats of Winnipeg and niece Donna Waller of Georgetown, Ontario. No service by request. Victoria Times Colonist, Area Code 250 Merry Christmas Thelma Hartman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Murray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] obit in Sanich > To follow up on my earlier request. Alan & Claudia have advised that > Gladys > Knutson's obit was in the Dec 24th 2003 issue of the Time Colonist. Thank > you to you both. Hopefully someone will be kind enough to look this up > for > me and send me a copy. > Ellen > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004 > > > ==== 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. >

Hi all! I'm back from my very short trip to New Zealand, having had a wonderful time & doing all that I had most hoped for- seeing my Dad's 83 year old sister & visiting their old homestead, about which I had heard so many stories, were my priorities. I also met a lot of my first cousins & their families, saw a lot of the North Island as I bused from one cousin to another. I found graves of great-grandparents & saw that of my 3G grandmother, the first to be buried in the Eskdale Cemetery near Napier, was shown beautiful portraits of my grandmother's parents & of course recorded these with my digital camera. In both Napier & Wellington, I was able to meet up with distant cousins who were also into genealogy & they were all very kind in taking me to see the graves & showing me things it would have taken days to find on my own. I had several things I couldn't fit in, like meeting up with internet acquaintances, including Ron Curtis from this list and spending more than overnight in Gisborne where I was born- not to even mention South Island! Glad I decorated my tree before I left- now easing back to reality! Pam Pam Fairweather Thomson Sechelt, BC, Canada [email protected]

Hi Diane, Perhaps it was bought out by another funeral home. I know the Center and Hanna funeral home in New Westminster was purchased circa 1912 by Samuel Bowell of S. Bowell & Sons (aka Bowell Funeral Home) and many of the records are on the New Westminster Public Library web site at http://www.nwheritage.org/ under genealogy. The earlier records are not online but can be accessed at the library. I hope this info helps. Annette Fulford British Columbia, Canada Email: [email protected] Alternative Email: [email protected]

Greetings All. As expected, Parliament has recessed for the winter break. The Senate adjourned on Wednesday, 15 December without having resumed debate on Bill S-18. The Bill remains adjourned in the name of Senator Kinsella. The Senate resumes sitting at 2:00 PM Tuesday, 1 February 2005 and the House of Commons resumes sitting at 11:00 AM Monday, 31 January 2005. When wishing Seasons Greetings to your favourite MP or Senator don't forget to remind them that speedy passage of Bill S-18 is very important to genealogists and historians. Visiting my son in Calgary, the temperatures are dropping as we get closer to Christmas day. Minus 12 degrees overnight with expectations of minus 17 degrees for tomorrow. A little cooler than I am used to at home, 25 miles east of Vancouver. My Christmas wish for all of you is that at least one, if not all of your genealogical 'brick walls', come tumbling down. Drive safely and return home without mishap. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC

Hmmmmm it was a Private Company??? So one never knows where the records could go. If you are lucky some kind sole may have passed the records on to someone in the family or to a friend of the family who owned the business... I am also involved in searching down old cars in the Province here, one particularly fairly rare make. There was only one distributor for the manufacture, here, from 1956 to 1972 Most of the company records now reside with a close friend of the owner who is now passed away. This is fortunate. Have a hunt for the owners family someone just might have the records stashed away somewhere. cheers Marv At 05:00 AM 19/12/04, you wrote: >CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 299 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Center and Hanna Records [Diane Brown <[email protected]>] > >Administrivia: >To New Subscribers: >One of the first places you may wish to look is the online >indexes to British Columbia Vital Records, at >http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > >These records are freely available and there are several possibilities >for accessing them at a low cost. If you find relatives in the index, just >ask on the list and we'll help you get copies of the registrations for them. > >To unsubscribe from CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D, send a message > mailto:[email protected] >that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact Pam, the CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D list maintainer, send mail to >[email protected] > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:31:08 -0800 >From: Diane Brown <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Center and Hanna Records >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >I was wondering if anyone here knows if records from the Funeral Home >Center and Hanna exist anywhere. This funeral home is no longer in >business but were located on Georgia Street in Vancouver. I have the >death certificate and obituary. I did contact B.C. Archives and they do >not have the files, the BC Funeral Assoc. did not know what I was talking >about, they think I wanted the death certificate, Vital Statistics has no >records either so I'm at a big roadblock right now. >I was just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions. >Thanks in advance. >Diane

Hi there I am looking for any information on a DON LANGFORD who lived in Kelowna 20 years ago and who has died and who knew a MEREDITH THOMPSON. I have checked the BMD site for Don Langford. I am related to both gentlemen. thanks Judy in BC

I was wondering if anyone here knows if records from the Funeral Home Center and Hanna exist anywhere. This funeral home is no longer in business but were located on Georgia Street in Vancouver. I have the death certificate and obituary. I did contact B.C. Archives and they do not have the files, the BC Funeral Assoc. did not know what I was talking about, they think I wanted the death certificate, Vital Statistics has no records either so I'm at a big roadblock right now. I was just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions. Thanks in advance. Diane

1. Letter from The Honourable Bill Graham, P.C., M.P. M.P. for Toronto Centre Dec. 14, 2004 Dear Mrs. Davidson: Please find the enclosed reply I have received from the Honourable David Emerson, Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada, with regards to accessing historical census records. I trust that you will find the response of interest. If you have any further questions or concerns, or if you are interested in additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, [Signature} Bill Graham, P.C., M.P. Toronto Centre Encl. ======== QUESTION:- There have been many requests sent to the Hon. David Emerson, requesting he step in and stop Senators who are succeeding very well in stopping progress of Bill S-18. Is this a planned procedure, although it is a government bill? Many would like the reply. ========== 2. Letter from The Hon. David Emerson Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada Dec. 6, 2004 The Honourable Bill Graham, P.C., M.P. Room 418-N, Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Colleague:- Thank you for your letter of October 29, 2004, regarding correspondence you received from Ms. Muriel Davidson on the subject of access to historical census records. I am pleased to inform you that an Act to amend the Statistics Act was introduced in the Senate on November 2, 2004. (Bill S-18). A copy of the News Release announcing the tabling of the bill in the Senate is enclosedfor your information. The bill is supported by Senator Lorna Milne, a long-time advocate for access to historical census records. Bill S-18 will eliminate any legal ambiguity concerning the confidentiality status of historical census records. It will amend the Statistics Act to allow access to the 1911 to 2001 records 92 years after each census, without any conditions. The bill will also allow Canadians to decide, starting with the 2006 Census, if they will allow their personal census information to be released publicly after 92 years. I hope that the information I have provided will be of assistance to you in your reply to Ms. Davidson. Sincerely [signature] David L. Emerson [email protected] [email protected] Enclosure ========= NO restrictions? Decision with 2006 Census for parents of small children to decide THE CHILDREN will never be able to access family records!! That is a RESTRICTION!! === The enclosure from The Hon. David Emerson has already been posted http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census Check the News Release from Statistics Canada at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/S18scnews.htm The above may be forwarded -- Hopefully Bill S-18 MAY be allowed to proceed in 2005. Muriel M. Davidson

HON. ANNE MCLELLAN, P.C., M.P. Edmonton Centre Dec. 14, 2004 Dear Mrs. Davidson: Thank you for your correspondence dated November 14, 2004 regarding the status of Bill S-18, An Act to Amend the Statistics Act. I support the facilitation of genealogical research by those who wish to exploretheir roots and family histories, and contribute to the understanding of our national heritage. I am also sensitive to the privacy issues that arise with respect to personal records. As you will no doubt appreciate, it is essential that the integrity of the census process be protected. I can tell you that I will give Bill S-18 my careful attention when it reaches the House of Commons, and I will discuss the matter with my caucus colleagues. I am confident that a thorough debate in both the Senate and the House of Commons will result in legislation that best meets the needs of Canadians. I trust that I have been able to address your concerns, and again, I thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, [signature] A. Anne McLellan