The family (9 members) is in the 1881 Vancouver Island census online, with the surname being spelled QUENNELL. http://web.mala.bc.ca/dunae/census/ Also lots of bmd info at the archives: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes such as Edward and Maria's marriage, Edith's birth in 1889, Julia's death in 1875 at age 21, etc. Enjoy! At 04:00 PM 8/31/01 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 02:08:55 -0700 >From: Corinne Freethy <cfreethy@home.com> >To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CAN-BC] Found some awesome and very interesting info on and >about my great great grandfather Edward. > > >My Gr Gr Gpa Edward Pannell-Quennel (Quennel is the last name he used to >change his identity after jumping ship), was born on December 16th 1848 in >Sussex England to Walter & Catherine Pannell, (Edward) then immigrated to >Nanaimo British Columbia on September 1864 being when he (Edward) was 18 >years old & in the Navy, Nanaimo's where he( Edward) met & had 3 children >with Julie this all took place in 1870's and possibly had their last child >in 1875 before he (Edward) married again in 1876 to Maria Biggs whom they >had 10 children, which quite possibly among them my gr grandma Edith was >born, so either julie or Maria may have been my gr gr grandmother ( I will >find out), Maria's Father is John Biggs, so quite possibly Maria is my >great great grandmother because my gr gr gr grandfather John Biggs was >mentioned.