Good Morning Joan, I searched the Govt of B.C. Vital Stats site - and found the following.that may be the family you are researching. Do you have any of the information below? At 06:31 PM 10/21/01 -0700, Joan Fisher wrote: >I am looking for information on the family of this couple. Harry Greaves >was born in Plympton St Mary, Devon in 1872 (his father's namesake) . I >don't know when he left England. On 22 June 1895 at Soweu?dale Farm, >Somonos, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, he married Dolly Mutter,(15 Mar >1876 , Tyee Siding, B.C.to ?), daughter of James Mitchell Mutter and >Isabella Allan Morrison. MARRIAGE REGISTRATION: 1 Groom Name: HENRY BLUMHARDT GREAVES Bride Name: ISABELLA HARPER A MUTTER Event Date: 1895 6 22 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: COWICHAN Reg. Number: 1895-09-030745 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11371 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983528 DEATH REGISTRATION: 1 Name: ISABELLA HARPER A GREAVES Event Date: 1968 10 26 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 91 Gender: Female Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1968-09-013770 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13292 GSU Microfilm Number: 2034053 ------------------------------------------------------ DEATH REGISTRATIONS: 1 Name: ISABELLA ALLAN MUTTER Event Date: 1933 11 3 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 84 Gender: Female Event Place: SOMENOS Reg. Number: 1933-09-483658 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13148 GSU Microfilm Number: 1952855 1 Name: JAMES MITCHELL MUTTER Event Date: 1920 5 31 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 75 Gender: Male Event Place: SOMENOS Reg. Number: 1920-09-257445 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13116 GSU Microfilm Number: 1927144 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- BIRTH REGISTRATIONS: 4 Name: HARRY PEARSON GREAVES Event Date: 1896 4 2 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: Male Event Place: QUALICUM DISTRICT Reg. Number: 1896-09-008273 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13812 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134882 MARRIAGE REGISTRATIONS: I am assuming that this is your Harry: 8 Groom Name: HAROLD GREAVES Bride Name: ANNE TOMLIN Event Date: 1916 2 29 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1916-09-033250 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11371 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983528 DEATH REGISTRATION: 1 Name: HAROLD GREAVES Event Date: 1972 3 9 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 88 Gender: Male Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1972-09-004061 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13316 GSU Microfilm Number: 2034299 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 3 Name: JAMES MITCHELL GREAVES Event Date: 1897 8 13 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: Male Event Place: CHEMAINUS DISTRICT Reg. Number: 1897-09-009989 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13812 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134882 17 Groom Name: JAMES MITCHELL GREAVES Bride Name: ELIZABETH MAUD E HOPKINS Event Date: 1925 8 5 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: DUNCAN Reg. Number: 1925-09-283067 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13749 GSU Microfilm Number: 2074319 1 Name: JAMES MITCHELL GREAVES Event Date: 1980 8 3 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 82 Gender: Male Event Place: SAANICH Reg. Number: 1980-09-011879 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13605 GSU Microfilm Number: 2051481 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 1 Name: AGNES MOLLY VERA GREAVES Event Date: 1898 9 15 (Yr/Mo/Day) Gender: Female Event Place: SOMENOS DISTRICT Reg. Number: 1898-09-009992 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13814 GSU Microfilm Number: 2134884 13 Groom Name: HUGH ROSE PARKER Bride Name: AGNES MOLLIE VERA GREAVES Event Date: 1923 4 28 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: SOMENOS Reg. Number: 1923-09-255224 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13745 GSU Microfilm Number: 2074227 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 2 Name: CECIL BLUMHARDT GREAVES Event Date: 1958 7 18 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 56 Gender: Male Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1958-09-008128 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13238 GSU Microfilm Number: 2033179 http://www.islandnet.com/cgi-bin/ms2/rsd/search GREAVES, Cecil Blumhardt - buried:St Mary's Anglican, Duncan -North Cowichan, Somenos Road Vancouver Island reference: MC-319 GREAVES, Harold - buried: Royal Oak Burial Park (Section M)-Victoria, Falaise Drive;Vancouver Island reference: VGS-ROBP-MRK > They had the following children: Harry Pearson Greaves (2 April > 1896, Vancouver Island-WWI); James Mitchell (Jim) Greaves (13 Aug > 1897-?); Agnes MOLLY Greaves (15 Sept 1898 to after 1981in Victoria); > Cecil Blowhardt Greaves (17 April 1901-?); Isobel Claire Madelaine > Greaves (?-23 Dec 1975); Richard (Dick) Pearson Greaves (15 Nov 1904-?) > Harry Greaves belonged to the North West Mounted Police and may have > been a riding instructor at their Regina facility at one time. He died > somewhere in B.C. od diabetes on 10 June 1935. I believe he and his > wife were separated after the birth of their children. Dolly Mutter > lived in Somonos, north of Duncan. I don't know where or when she died. > Any help much appreciated. >Joan > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records >are 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. >