Kitwanga BC

Ralph Gordon Craddock- Farmer
b- June 2, 1885, in London, England
d- Oct 1, 1962 in Steadman Private Hospital, Vancouver BC, age 77
son of Henry Gordon Craddock and Lillian "Lily" Spencer
Retired Club Steward when he died
married Nettie Murphy June 11, 1925 in Vancouver BC

Francis F. "Frank" Doig- Farmer
b- ca 1870 in ON
d- Mar 11, 1927 in Woodcock BC, age 57
son of William Doig and Amelia Smart

Emory Dutton- Farmer
b- Mar 8, 1902, Seattle WA
d- July 25, 1965, Wrinch Memorial Hospital, Hazelton BC, age 63
Railroader for 12 years
son of Llewellyn Dutton and Charlotte Thomas
married Myrtle Bard, Apr 15, 1922 in Prince Rupert

Leon Kenneth Dutton- Farmer
b- Nov 20, 1899, St Paul MN, USA
d- Dec 3, 1977, Skeenaview Lodge, Terrace BC, age 78
buried in Kitwanga Cemetery

Archibald Stephen Tordiffe- Carpenter
b- Dec 30, 1881, in England
d- Mar 25, 1964 in Cottage Private Hospital, Matsqui BC, age 82
lived in Smithers
Forestry Civil Servant
son of Cyril Tordiffe, and Beatrice LNU
married Alice Tomlinson, June 15, 1905 in Victoria
daughter of Robert & Alice Tomlinson, see my Cedarvale page

L. Achelli- Farmer
J. Bingham- Farmer
A. Burns- Farmer
Wallace Campbell- Farmer
F. Cellini- Farmer
J. W. Durran- farmer
L. E. Ellsworth- Farmer
J. W. Lakinits- Farmer
P. Lauzon- Farmer
George Lawson- Farmer
T. E. Moore- Teamster
A. Olsen- Miner
B. L. Olsen- Farmer
L. Pallitti-
J. E. Sequin- Farmer
M. J. Sequin- farmer
J. S. Toogood- Farmer
J. Turley- Farmer
Harry Willex

1926

S. Bodnar- CNR Section Foreman
Francis Benson- Section Man
S. Bryant- Section Man
A. Campbell- Pumpman
James Fowler- Section Man
b- in BC, age 23 in 1921

A. Grant- Section Man
J. Johnson- Section Man
A. Reodnack- Section Man
J. Tucker- Section Man
J. Weget- Section Man

William C. Washburn- Government Telegraph Operator (still there in 1930)
still shows up in 1958 voters list in Kitwanga, as a Clerk

Ambrose Derrick- General Store
Charles Derrick- Pool Room and Conf.
Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post
T. W. Harris & Co. - General Store
Kitwanga Lumber Co. Ltd.- Sawmill

James Ryan- General Store
b- in BC, age 42 in 1921
wife- Maggie Ryan, age 40,
son Phillip Ryan, age 20

Oct 17/19- Crib and Pier of the Ellsworth bridge
at Kitwanga washed away with flooding.

Dec 21, 1943
P/O R.F.W. Sedgewick's Hurricane plunged into the Skeena River
after his Hurricane struck a cable of the Kitwanga ferry

Name of Office: Kitwanga

Federal Electoral District: Skeena (BC)

Office opened Jan 1, 1910

Former Name- Gitwangak, changed Aug 1, 1917

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Military Status	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
Reverend Alfred Edwin Price		1910-01-01	1911-03-15	Resignation
Horace DuVernet		1911-06-01	1914	Change of site
Joseph Augustus Sampare		1914-06-23	1917-01-27	Resignation
Robert Alfred Sampare		1917-03-01	1931-08-27	Death
Joseph Augustus Sampare		1932-01-30	1946-06-10	Resignation
Mrs. Katie Rowe		1946-07-15	Acting	-
"		1946-10-17	1946-12-28	Resignation
Evan Lewis Davies		1947-02-01	Acting	-
"		1947-04-23	1955-04-01	Resignation
Norman Graham Simpson	OAS	1955-09-09	Acting	-
"		1955-11-10	1960-04-07	Resignation
George Edward Brown	OAS	1960-06-30	Acting	-
"		1960-08-12	1960-12-02	Resignation
Eldon Lynn Nelson		1960-12-03	Acting	-
"		1961-09-08	1966-07-19	Resignation
Mrs. Marjorie Lynn Nelson		1966-11-17	Acting	-
Mrs. Marjorie Elaine Ward		1966-12-29	-	-

Additional Information:

Dwelling - 1946-07-15

Store

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First Post Master
Rev. Alfred Edwin Price
b- 1863, in England, age 55, widow, in 1919
d- 1931
He built the St. Paul Church in Kitwanga in 1893,
also a school here.
Missionary with the Church Missionary Society from 1889 to 1912 in Kitwanga
He moved on to Massett and Metlakatla
His diary is in the BC Archives
son of Frederick Thomas Price and Amelia Clare
married 1st, Elizabeth Anstee, May 10, 1888 in Victoria BC
they had a son Reginald Price
married 2nd, Elizabeth Jane Soal, Mar 20, 1919 St. Andrew's Church, Prince Rupert
b- in England, age 46 in 1919
d-
daughter of William Soal and Mary Anne Harknett
see link below

Horace DuVernet
Appointed Justice of the Peace in 1917

Horace DuVernet,
b- Sept 29, 1886, Kingston, Frontenac co., ON
d- ? Greenville, SC?
1891 age 5, living in St. James Ward, Toronto, ON

son of Stella Yates
b- Jan 11, 1849 in Kingston, Canada,
d- Dec 11, 1928 in Prince Rupert, BC, age 78
buried in Fairview Cemetery, Prince Rupert, BC
daughter of Horatio Yates
see my Arthur Gould Yates Page
http://gent-family.com/SK_Coal_Mines/arthurgouldyatesbio.html
she married the Most Rev. Professor Frederick "Fred" Herbert Du Vernet, Sept 7, 1885
b- Jan. 20, 1860 at Hemmingford, Que,
d- Oct 21, 1924 in the evening, at his home, in Prince Rupert, BC, age 64
buried in Fairview Cemetery, Prince Rupert, BC

Married Beatrice Irene Bradt, Apr 29, 1911 in Vancouver BC
b- 1883, in ON
d- ?
Her father- William C. Bradt

2nd he married- Lilian Monica Pretoria King
b- Mar 27, 1901
d- May 18, 1983
Horace had 3 children by one or both, of the women above
a Mrs. Horace Duvernet left Kitwanga, BC
in July 1925, for Greenville, Greenville Co. SC,
where her husband, Horace went some time before
article says it was 13 years, before 1925, the family went to Shandilla
on the Skeena river, also called the DuVernet farm.
one a son H. Duvernet, possibly Henry?
there is a Duvernet Dr near Greenville, SC

daughter- Alice Frances (Francis?) Du Vernet,
b- Mar 16, 1899, in Toronto, York Co., ON
d- July 24, 1952 in Prince Rupert, BC, age 62
married James Byres Gibson- Jan 24, 1929, in Prince Rupert BC
b- Jan 31, 1881 in Portadown, Armagh, Ireland.
d- July 24, 1952 in Prince Rupert, BC, age 70
Father- James Gibson, mother- Isabel Mould
note- they both died same day.

Joseph Augustus Sampare
b- ?
d- ?
married Catherine Langwukl, Feb 16, 1898 in Kitwanga
had a daughter Evelyn, baptized in Kitwanga
storekeeper in Kitwanga

Robert Alfred Sampare
b- ca 1875
d- Aug 27, 1931 in Kitwanga, age 56
son of Alfred Sampare, b- Quebec, and Boneita Harris, b- Gitwangak
married Mary Lizzie Sampson, Oct 14, 1894 in Kitwanga
married Harriet Brown, Dec 13, 1910 in Kitwanga
married Flora D. Magar, May 31, 1929 in Prince Rupert

Mrs. Katie Rowe
b-
d-

Evan Lewis Davies
b- Feb 11, 1885 Lampeter, Wales
d- Sept 28, 1963, Prince Rupert General Hospital, age 78
occupation Telegrapher,
when he married he lived at Telegraph Point, Souris River
when he died he was a widow
married Grace Beatrice Taylor, Dec 6, 1914 in Metlakatla BC
b- Putney, Surrey, age 34 when she married
daughter of George B. Taylor

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Gitwangak Battle Hill
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/bc/gitwangak/index.aspx

Soal and Price Family
http://www.sole.org.uk/backwood.htm

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