http://www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2vsd <<< BC Archives online - changing last letter to "m" (marriage) or "b" (births) Shows the death registration for Name: GEORGE IBEY Event Date: 1980 2 17 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 69 Gender: Male Event Place: VANCOUVER Reg. Number: 1980-09-003948 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13602 GSU Microfilm Number: 2051386 Search of birth registrations: Search Vital Events Birth Registration Index 1872 to 1900 "Sorry No Matches On That Search" IBEY as search criteria Marriage Registration Index 1872 - 1925 IBEY as search criteria: "Search Result - Sorry No Matches On That Search" Regards; Dennice 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 > I am looking for information on George Goldy Ibey, Wife Alice, George > died in 1979 in Vancouver. They had chidren Gordon, Georgina and Walter. > Thanks. > > Blair >

I am looking for information on George Goldy Ibey, Wife Alice, George died in 1979 in Vancouver. They had chidren Gordon, Georgina and Walter. Thanks. Blair

Hannah: I live 20 minutes from Duncan, B.C. and after a quick look at the phone directory this morning I see there are MANY Anderson's listed. However this evening I shall phone them for you to see if we have a Suzanne in the bunch. Are you sure the spelling is ANDERSON and not ANDERSEN as there are lot of those as well. Be in touch later. Cheers, Bridget in Canada Hannah Miller wrote: > Hello List > My name is Hannah MILLER ( nee SPINKS ) I live in England and I > am trying to find a cousin who`s last address in 1995 was Duncan B.C. I > have been to Norfolk and found a tree she left there in 1995. Her 4 x > Grandfather is my 6 x Grandfather. I have some more information for her. > When I looked at her Tree she confirmed what I had and a little more e.g. > were some of the family went to in the 1800`s her tree goes to 1736. But I > have the tree to 1634 so I hope to give her what I have with your help. I > have tried the Directory inquiries his morning before I started this letter. > No luck. Her name was Suzanne Anderson maybe some one out there has had > contact with her, or can supply her e-mail address I know this is a long > shot but you never know. I would like to thank you for taking time to read > this. > Regards and Best wishes to you all Hannah > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/

Hi, kids are sleeping in (yippee) so I figured I'd take a few moments and post who I am researching. On my grams side, I am looking for Strongs and Robertsons. Duncan was a professor of math at UBC. He married Florence Wood who came to Canada in 1910. He owned a farm on Westam Island, on Robertson Rd (my claim to fame) that was right next to Reifels bird sanctuary-and is now part of it. People talk about going to a cemetary and stumbling over headstones of missing relatives. I had a slightly similar event with the old farm. Out of the blue one day, we decided to drive out there. I brought my camera thinking gram would love a photo of the old barn. A week later, the barn was torn down. Thank goodness for lazy saturday afternoon drives! I don't know much about Sidney Strong. He was the "friend" of Florences. I do know he was born in Quebec and was a Mason. Sidney and Florence had my gram Amy. On my grandpas side, I am researching Janes/Johnson who lived in the Cariboo. My grandpa Zale Johnson had a guide company at Sharpes Lake for awhile. His parents Elma Janes and Oren Johnson were married in Raphel BC-their marriage seems to be the only vital event recorded there. I am presently trying to track down the site of Elmas parents (Nettie and Oren Janes) homestead. It was way off in the bush near Clinton-and was standing in the late 1970s. I apologize for the length of this-its hard to compress family! Cheers, Erin PS I am in Mission BC if anyone needs anything here. I also actively (obsessed?) research BOONES. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Could anyone look up the following death reg. re my GGrandmother ? Sarah Jane Johnson, Event date: June 11, 1925 Place: Port Coquitlam, B.C. Age: 76 Reg. 1925-09-354981 B.C. Archives: b13127 GSU: 1927304 I am particularly interested to know who her parents were. Thank you!!

I had been corresponding with the above person, Elsie Campbell. She lived in New Westminster in the early 1990's, but has moved or died. May be buried at the Fraser Cemetery. Any suggestions as to how to find where she is buried, and her death date, would be much appreciated. An obit. would be wonderful! Are there obit. indexes online for New Westminster? Did she leave behind any close relatives? Looking forward to hearing from you, Suzie in Shelton, Washington

Hi Suzie, Are you sure that Elsie Campbell is deceased ? She lived in New. West. - what address. Was it a house or an apartment building ? Have you written to the address and enquired about Elsie? FRASER CEMETERY: http://www.city.new-westminster.bc.ca/cityhall/operations/fraser/ The following gives an e mail address for the Cemetery . Contact: J. McDonald. jmcdonald@city.new-westminster.bc.ca The following may help. Dale and Archie - may be able to search the burials at Fraser Cemetery. Contact them via e mail. Dale and Archie A Sense of History Research Services Inc. Tel. 604-526-6113 Fax. 604-522-5466 Email. Senseofhistory@chalktv.com The NEW WESTMINSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: - is a good source of information. I don't know if they have the current 1990's obits indexed - but they may be able to advise. Otherwise - going through all of the newspapers from the early 1990's is a long and tedious job. http://www.nwpl.new-westminster.bc.ca/ Hope this will be of some help. Cheers, Setlla At 02:08 AM 10/15/01 -0400, SUZIESABIN@aol.com wrote: >I had been corresponding with the above person, Elsie Campbell. She lived in >New Westminster in the early 1990's, but has moved or died. May be buried at >the Fraser Cemetery. Any suggestions as to how to find where she is buried, >and her death date, would be much appreciated. An obit. would be wonderful! >Are there obit. indexes online for New Westminster? Did she leave behind any >close relatives? > >Looking forward to hearing from you, > >Suzie in Shelton, Washington > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html >

Hi everyone! I am looking for any information on the Drinkwater, Hughes, Pottinger, Eld and Howell surnames in British Columbia. I am looking for the parents of Albert Drinkwater born Feb 9/1888 in Ontario (he married a Hilda Hughes). I was told that one of the Drinkwater relatives was one of the first policemen in BC but I haven't found anything so far in the BC archives that are on line. I have both the Howell and the Hughes as originating in England. Samuel Hughes was born in Buerton, Cheshire, England and was married to Mary Ann Howell who was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. I have Samuel's parents as being William Hughes and Elizabeth Morrey. Mary Ann's parents I believe are Job Caddick Owen Howell and Ester Maria Hill. John William Pottinger moved with his parents James and Margaret to BC some time after 1891 from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. While here John Married Florence May Eld daughter of Fred Eld and Mary Leapier. Florence was born in 1896 in Leicestershire, England. If anyone has any other information to add or sites to search I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks Stefanie

Imogen, I was as you, new to the list and the help from the people here was fantasic, after 40 years of not knowing what happened to my grandfather I was able to tell my family so much, also the amount of info available from the Canadian Archives is very helpful, and the complimentary items that they are prepared to search and send via snail is brilliant - this past week I have recieved copies of my grandfathers immigration details including the fact that he had £2.00 in his pocket when he arrived! As my grandfather became a Canadian Citizen, and my Grandmother although she returned here, and although they were both born in England I am very proud to be associated with Canada, (BC in particular) I consider myself a little bit "Canadian" as my Grandparents were Citizens if not born there, my grandfather is burried there as are his 2 brothers and several uncles and aunts and descendants. I have even been inspired to become a list administrator myself! I just thought all the people on the BC list should know that their efforts are so very much appreciated and if I can do anything in return I surely will. (I am in what was Staffordshire England) thanks for listening Mellie IBSSG Diagonally parked in a parallel universe --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 09/10/01

Dear Claudia, Pam, Stella et al, Twenty four hours on this list and I couldn't have imagined how much you would have all been prepared to help me. My husband works in IT and has been using the internet for ages, long before he met me, and has made virtual friends the world over. I have spent the last 12 hours, using phrases such as "Can you believe that people can be so kind?" and "Isn't it great that people thousands of miles from you are prepared to go that extra mile such to help a fellow researcher?" He just smiles as if to say I told you so. I have helped people on other lists with a single lookup and never heard a word since and you have provided more help than I could ever have dreamed of. You have all restored my faith in human nature. I have printed Claudia's mails and will study them today in between the housework and ironing! I don't think I mentioned it before but Captain George was my third great granduncle. He disappeared off the records and no one had any info about him but plenty about his brothers. I couldn't find a death record so decided to consider a life on the sea, as they lived by the coast. Also other RUDLINs were Mariners at the time. I want to find more about his departure from the UK, so I can go back and prove he is mine as I have heard that people have made a huge mistake by not checking and proving and I don't want the same to happen to me. Anyway, I must must get off the PC and get with the housework, more later. Kindest Regards to my new Canadian friends, Imogen Edmunds

Hello Anne. I came across this RORISON - KILBY info while researching for a proposed history book on Sea Island, BC. RORISON, Robert Douglas. A native of Fitzroy, Ontario, he was born September 10, 1848, a son of Hugh U and Ann G (Grierson) Rorison. In 1899 Mr. Rorison removed to Vancouver and set up in the realty business, R D Rorison & Son. Eventually, they branched out and gained several extensive holdings, including the Bridgeport area of Lulu Island. They owned and reclaimed a number of Islands in the Fraser River and actively promoted the then $10 million "Royal Dock Limited". This was a proposal for a mammoth reclamation project to reclaim a large acreage of the North Arm of the Fraser River, including Sturgeon banks and the west ends of Sea Island and Iona Island to erect docks and developing mill and manufacturing sites and homes for employees. Mr. Rorison was married, at Renfrew, Ontario, January 6, 1875 to Miss Charlotte Walford, a dau. of Stephen Walford, a druggist of Renfrew. Mrs Rorison passed away June 1, 1909. They had one son, Walford Douglas Somerled Rorison. In 1911, R D Rorison married Jean Kilby, a sister of E C Kilby, of Vancouver. Source: The 1914 "Illustrated Biographical of British Columbia", Vol 4. Walford D S Rorison, his wife, Lucy Wyman Wright and their two children: Charlotte Amy Wright who was born May 19, 1909; and Robert Douglas, born April 28, 1911 are featured along with his photograph, on page 54 of Vol lll of E O S Scholfield's 1914 "Illustrated History of British Columbia Biographies". You might also check if there is any connection to the Thomas and E C KILBY family who had a large general store near Harrison Mills, BC on the Fraser River. It is now a Museum. See URL: http://www.heritage.gov.bc.ca/kilby/kilby.htm Doug Eastman Sea Island Heritage Society please visit our website: http://seaisland1.homestead.com/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Nazari" <parkjoy@alphalink.com.au> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 2:48 AM Subject: [CAN-BC] KILBY, RORISON, BAILEY and BURGESS > Hi To All, I am tracing descendants of KILBY and RORISON, KILBY and BAILEY, > KILBY and BURGESS and KILBY and COX. > > Several of the KILBY family moved to Vancouver BC, from England. They > married in Vancouver and died there. > > The following are the KILBY details taken from the 1881 Census of Leicester > England. > > 1881 census of Leicester: > Dwelling: No 86 St Saviours Rd > Census Place: Leicester St Margaret, Leicester, England > Source: FHL Film 1341754 PRO Ref RG11 > Piece 3162 Folio 70 Page 16 > Marr Age Sex Birthplace > Henry KILBY M 53 M Leicester, England > Ann KILBY M 53 F Gilmorton, Leicester, England > Catherine BURGESS M 25 F Leicester, England > Edwin C. KILBY 17 M Leicester, England > Jane KILBY 19 F Leicester, England > Alice KILBY 15 F Leicester, England > Florence KILBY 11 F Leicester, England > > Catherine, Edwin Charles, Jane, Alice and Florence moved to Canada (sometime > after 1881, don't know when) > > Hoping SKS can help out, Regards from Anne. > > ______________________________

At 12:00 AM 10/13/01 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:02:23 -0700 >From: "Chris Barttels" <cbarttels@gohighspeed.com> >To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CAN-BC] John (James) REIDE/REID > >Seeking any info on James or John REID/REIDE b. 1830(?) who m. Jeanny >______ sometime before 1858 probably in BC. They resided in Nanaimo, and >he may have been employed by the the Hudson's Bay Company. > >They had two children that I know of: > >John Reid b. 1858 m. 1895 in Sidney, Marie Saunders >Eliza Reid b. 1859 in Nanaimo, m. 1877 in Victoria, Paul Yung Franck b. >1849 See Buckow, Pomerania, Prussia > >Any info helpful. Chris, You don't mention if you have done any census work on this family. The 1881 Vancouver Island census is online at http://web.mala.bc.ca/dunae/census/ The engine supports wildcard * searches. I'll let you have the fun of finding the details, but a quick look shows Paul and Eliza FRANK and 2 children. There is also a John REID, age 49, and family. Hope this is helpful. Jennifer

Morning all, The North by Northwest Region of British Columbia Genweb's webpage has just been updated. Hopefully there's material there you can use. Happy searching Alan ******************** E-mail: mailto:asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca Homepage: http://www.futurenet.bc.ca/~asanderc Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~retreat Coordinator for North by Northwest BC Genweb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bcnorthw/ ********************

Hi, Just thought some people might be interested in the updated Social Security Death Index for the USA. It's posted at Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com and now includes all the records up to September 2001. In addition, they've added the middle initial to a lot of them. They also have a code to tell you if the information has been verified or proven. The other place you may want to check on is Rootsweb's World Connect search. They've recently added all of Ancestry.com's trees into the database. Pam -- Pam Fairweather Thomson in BC, Canada Researching Fairweather & Todrick mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

Hi there I was wondering if someone who has easy access to the BC Archives microfilms could look up this person for me: Name: NORMAN DAVID MARRINGTON Event Date: 1932 12 7 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: Unknown Gender: Male Event Place: VANCOUVER Reg. Number: 1932-09-472627 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13145 GSU Microfilm Number: 1952656 I don't need a copy of it, I would just like to know who his parents were. Thank you so much. Teresa

Hi To All, I am tracing descendants of KILBY and RORISON, KILBY and BAILEY, KILBY and BURGESS and KILBY and COX. Several of the KILBY family moved to Vancouver BC, from England. They married in Vancouver and died there. The following are the KILBY details taken from the 1881 Census of Leicester England. 1881 census of Leicester: Dwelling: No 86 St Saviours Rd Census Place: Leicester St Margaret, Leicester, England Source: FHL Film 1341754 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3162 Folio 70 Page 16 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Henry KILBY M 53 M Leicester, England Ann KILBY M 53 F Gilmorton, Leicester, England Catherine BURGESS M 25 F Leicester, England Edwin C. KILBY 17 M Leicester, England Jane KILBY 19 F Leicester, England Alice KILBY 15 F Leicester, England Florence KILBY 11 F Leicester, England Catherine, Edwin Charles, Jane, Alice and Florence moved to Canada (sometime after 1881, don't know when) Hoping SKS can help out, Regards from Anne.

Great luck, with Imogen's Captain Rudlin! Just as I hoped, my friend Jack recognized Captain George Rudlin's name immediately. Jack did a research project on the history of Discovery Island, and still has a binder on of notes and clippings on it's early development, Captain Rudlin being prominent for a time. A lot of research time saved for you! Isn't this a great example of what internet email groups can do? At our regular Saturday morning breakfast today, Jack's immediate response to my question about Captain Rudlin was, oh yes, I think he was in lumbering, at Discovery Island, and of course the Bay is named for him. (The Bay is on Discovery Island) Then he said Whoa! Don't quote me, it's some time since I did the research. So off we went to get the binder from his home, after breakfast. I haven't had time to read much, but I can tell you that the captain and Sophie were married in Canada! She was the sister of a hotel owner's wife, and was brought over here to Victoria on her own, when her sister was well established. She met the captain at her family's hotel, by serving him in the dining room. The captain sent money to the newspaper staff, to allow them to toast their marriage, a custom at the time. One of the titles of the newspaper feature articles is "In Vancouver a scoundrel, but in Victoria, Captain was a Hero." That title relates to an incident of rivalry between the two cities. Some of the feature articles have quotations, so you can hear his actual phrases -- or as close as the reporter came to remembering his actual words. Lots of details of his career, from youth onwards. There are lists of exact names of ships, where they stopped, what work they were doing, etc. One later article has conflicting dates, but analyzing the articles together will allow you to figure out what's likely correct, and then get confirmation from ship lists, contemporary newspapers, etc. In just a quick glance at one of the articles, I was struck by a couple of ship names I recognize. Charmer, a well known ship, and Princess Victoria. This last boat was his final one, according to one article. I've recently worked on a ship project for a client, and I recall that the first Princess Victoria was a specially built and well loved ship of the Canadian Pacific Railway's new BC Coastal Steamship Service. Captain Rudlin died soon after the beginnings of this company. You will surely find out more about this, and you might be well advised to ask at BC Archives about the Earl Marsh collection of BC Coastal Steamship history. It may not be in their online catalogue yet, but it is accessible, (they have a box list) and there is probably one binder entirely on that ship alone. I believe the CPR purchased the Charmer too. This collection would cover the very end of his career. By the way, it turns out my friend Jack's first childhood home in Victoria, in the 1940's, was on Rudlin Street! So of course we all had to take a drive around to see the streetscape this morning. Though there are lots of older homes there, Jack is sure that if the Rudlins did live right there, they would have been on that site before any of those houses were built. Imogen, you should email me privately, and we'll decide what to do about getting the pertinent information out to you, from Jack's binder. Even without this handy binder of information, you would have found lots by the usual methods, just a lot more slowly. The items I think you want to know most: Where He Was Married: Daily Colonist article dated 3 Nov 1957 page 4 refers to: marriage announcement December 1868, Daily Colonist "In this city, Captain Rudlin to Miss Sophia Hill, daughter of John Hill, Warwickshire" How he reached British Columbia: same Colonist article says: ..signed on the Red Gauntlet from Valparaiso to San Francisco, and from there in the Columbia to Esquimalt (which is the best harbour in the Victoria area) Lewis and Dryden's "Marine History of the Pacific Northwest" is the source of this information. BC Archives has this book, and the staff could look him up and copy the page for you. Anyone with sea captains in their family history in early British Columbia should check this book for their names! And cross check under the names of ships their ancestors commanded, for possible information on incidents in their lives. The internet is just amazing sometimes. Of course the mass of information available is because of this man being a prominent sea captain, in an area with a small population at the time, and in the era where ocean travel was the only way to go. Claudia Claudia Cole Independent Research Agent 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Tel: 1 250 598-7859 claudialc@home.com -----Original Message----- From: Imogen Edmunds [mailto:imo@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:57 AM To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-BC] My RUDLIN Ancestors in British Columbia Dear List I have just joined this list to try and find something about my ancestor Capt. George RUDLIN who I believed arrived in British Columbia in 1859. I have found him on the 1881 Census, 1901 Census, Voters Lists and that he and his wife Sophie are buried in the Ross Bay Cemetry. Just through surfing I have found reference to a RUDLIN Bay in the area, how would I find out whether this bay was named after my George? There is also a RUDLIN St in Victoria. I am working on the premise that they married before they moved to Canada, as both were born in England. Has any one any suggestions as to how to find out what boat he travelled to Canada on, I would expect that George was one of the Ships Crew if not the Captain. All suggestions gratefully received, I think I may have reached a dead end with internet resources. You are very lucky to have your archives on line. If anyone would like a look up in England, please let me know as I have a week at the end of the month when I am visiting the Family Records Centre in London and other regional record offices. I may be able to help. Kind Regards Imogen Edmunds One Name Study Number 3529 RUDLIN/RUDLAND/RUDLING and its variants ==== 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.

Dear List I have just joined this list to try and find something about my ancestor Capt. George RUDLIN who I believed arrived in British Columbia in 1859. I have found him on the 1881 Census, 1901 Census, Voters Lists and that he and his wife Sophie are buried in the Ross Bay Cemetry. Just through surfing I have found reference to a RUDLIN Bay in the area, how would I find out whether this bay was named after my George? There is also a RUDLIN St in Victoria. I am working on the premise that they married before they moved to Canada, as both were born in England. Has any one any suggestions as to how to find out what boat he travelled to Canada on, I would expect that George was one of the Ships Crew if not the Captain. All suggestions gratefully received, I think I may have reached a dead end with internet resources. You are very lucky to have your archives on line. If anyone would like a look up in England, please let me know as I have a week at the end of the month when I am visiting the Family Records Centre in London and other regional record offices. I may be able to help. Kind Regards Imogen Edmunds One Name Study Number 3529 RUDLIN/RUDLAND/RUDLING and its variants

Hello Imogen, PLACE NAME ORIGIN I can give Janet Mason a call on Monday, at the BC government's place names office, to ask about the origin of the name Rudlin Bay. She may have some information on computer, instantly accessible, or she may have to go back to the paper files, which would take a couple of weeks. They keep track of naming of places in B.C. Janet says the place names office is getting more and more queries from people doing their family history. She would appreciate it if people who find solid proof of place names origins in their own family research, would write and tell her about it. She needs real documentation, to justify adding data to the official files, and thinks it's a shame more people won't take the time to call her back when they do find information that could go in the permanent files. STREET NAME ORIGIN As for the origin of the street name, the Archives of the City of Victoria MAY be able to help you there. They are online at http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/depts/archives/ There is an email address on that page. Also, if you haven't searched their photo subject index yet, there is a listing for a photograph of Captain Rudlin there. Another way to check out Rudlin Street would be to trace the Rudlin family in the very earliest BC City Directories, (first one was 1868) and see if the family home was in that area; if so, you can be pretty sure the street was named after them. Also, I will ask my friend Jack when I see him this morning. He once worked in the place names office and seems to know a lot about street names origins too. Rudlin is not a street most people in Victoria would know. It's an odd little street, lost in time between two fairly major arteries for east-west travel, close to the downtown core. I enjoy meandering in my car through out-of-the-way little streets in Victoria, looking for such missed places. This street has many old houses, though I doubt there is anything dating back anywhere near the time your Rudlins arrived in B.C. An early hospital was located near here, gone for about a hundred years now. OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR HOME INFORMATION If you get the address or addresses they lived at in Victoria (I see the captain died in Vancouver) there is another quite interesting source of information in the City of Victoria's archives. If the house they lived in was in the city of Victoria, and has been demolished, you can see the old lot plan, with outlines of the house, and odd bits of information such as when it was plumbed or wired. Additionally, there may be photos of the street that show the house, or, if a house they lived in is still standing, you can probably find a volunteer to take a photo for you. INFORMATION ON CAPTAIN RUDLIN BC Archives has an INQUIRIES page, at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/services/inquiry/accescom.htm and there is an electronic form for you to leave a query in, at the bottom of that page. The staff will answer quick research questions without charge, if they can expect to find the answer within their half hour time limit. You must think of one very specific question, or they just refer you to the professional researchers. Their other restriction is they will not do ANY research in the Vital Statistics microfilms. I think Captain Rudlin might be listed in the police census of Victoria, if he arrived in 1859. When the city was incorporated in 1861, the police department did a house to house survey of residents in what is now the downtown area. Not the sort of thing citizens would appreciate today! But it's there, at BC Archhives, and there were so few residents it doesn't take long to search. So that might be a way of narrowing down the date of his arrival. Of course he might have been in the area, but living on a ship, along with his wife, in those days. Some captains' wives did go along on board. BIRTH RECORDS If you know there were births in British Columbia, but they were too early to be recorded by BC Vital Statistics Agency, (pre 1872) then you need to know the church affiliation, so you can have the records searched. If they were Church of England, any births in Victoria might be found now at the Diocesan Archives on Vancouver Street in Victoria. This archives charges for certificates, I think about fifteen Canadian dollars. They don't have an email address. Anglican Diocese of British Columbia Archives 912 Vancouver Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8V 3V7 Contact Person: Mrs. Mary Barlow Phone Number: (604) 386-7781 Fax Number: (604) 386-4013 Hours: Monday, 9:30 - 15:00; Wednesday, 9:30 - 12:00; and by appointment. MARITIME RECORDS You're fortunate to be researching a sea captain. They tend to leave a lot of information behind. Specifically maritime resources at BC Archives and other repositories might contain details of his life. If you have the names of his ships, from the Censuses, then it's worth looking into the history of these ships, and even perhaps the companies. The newspapers used to have columns devoted to ship movements and ship news, which were in port, or expected in port, and articles on ships encountering dangers and disasters were common. Once Captain Rudlin was living here, that is, based in BC, he would have to be licenced here, and there are records for this too, at BC Archives. There are Maritime Museums in both Victoria and Vancouver. An email to either of these might give you some quick information. BC Maritime Museum in Victoria http://mmbc.bc.ca/ Vancouver Maritime Museum http://www.vmm.bc.ca/index.htm VERTICAL FILES AT BC ARCHIVES - May be Best Source for Ship Name, Arrival Date. One thing worth asking about at BC Archives is their Vertical Files, a collection of newspaper clippings and notes, now microfilmed for easy access. It takes only a moment for staff to see if there is a Captain Rudlin in the Index, and if there is, only a few minutes to spin through the microfilm reel and photocopy what's there. You would only have to pay for the photocopied pages. You can hope to find a newspaper ran a feature article on him, as a "pioneer" or "old timer," or that it printed a long obituary. These can be GREAT for finding out the date of arrival in the country, though they sometimes round off the numbers too much ("40 years" for 43 actually) making it hard to pinpoint the time you should be searching for a ship. However, it is possible that the name of his ship would be included in an article, because he was a seafaring man. If nothing is found in the Vertical Files, it would be very worthwhile to search the Colonist for an obituary. I would say the Colonist, though the captain died in Vancouver, because they were buried in Victoria. Claudia Claudia Cole Independent Research Agent 304 - 1960 Lee Avenue Victoria BC V8R 4W8 Tel: 1 250 598-7859 claudialc@home.com -----Original Message----- From: Imogen Edmunds [mailto:imo@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:57 AM To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-BC] My RUDLIN Ancestors in British Columbia Dear List I have just joined this list to try and find something about my ancestor Capt. George RUDLIN who I believed arrived in British Columbia in 1859. I have found him on the 1881 Census, 1901 Census, Voters Lists and that he and his wife Sophie are buried in the Ross Bay Cemetry. Just through surfing I have found reference to a RUDLIN Bay in the area, how would I find out whether this bay was named after my George? There is also a RUDLIN St in Victoria. I am working on the premise that they married before they moved to Canada, as both were born in England. Has any one any suggestions as to how to find out what boat he travelled to Canada on, I would expect that George was one of the Ships Crew if not the Captain. All suggestions gratefully received, I think I may have reached a dead end with internet resources. You are very lucky to have your archives on line. If anyone would like a look up in England, please let me know as I have a week at the end of the month when I am visiting the Family Records Centre in London and other regional record offices. I may be able to help. Kind Regards Imogen Edmunds One Name Study Number 3529 RUDLIN/RUDLAND/RUDLING and its variants ==== 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.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:00:19 -0700, Chris Barttels wrote: Hi Chris Here is Eliza and Paul, the date matches but the spelling is very different. 1 Groom Name: PAUL YUNG FRANCK Bride Name: LYZA READE Event Date: 1877 3 8 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1877-09-001120 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11367 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983524 http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm Regards David >Seeking any info on James or John REID/REIDE b. 1830(?) who m. Jeanny ______ sometime before 1858 probably in BC. They resided in Nanaimo, and he may have been employed by the the Hudson's Bay Company. > >They had two children that I know of: > >John Reid b. 1858 m. 1895 in Sidney, Marie Saunders >Eliza Reid b. 1859 in Nanaimo, m. 1877 in Victoria, Paul Yung Franck b. 1849 See Buckow, Pomerania, Prussia > >Any info helpful. > > >Christopher Barttels >Dayton, WA > > >==== 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. > >