Inverness History

Name of Postmaster	Military Status	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
George Miller McDonald	-	1907-04-01	1910-02	Resignation
Robert George Johnston	-	1910-04-01	1917-04-09	Resignation
Arthur Tennyson Bailey	-	1917-05-08	1917-10-17	Resignation
Leonard T. Spragge	-	1918-02-01	1921-03-24	Resignation
Howard Whitton Chambers	OAS	1921-05-07	1934-04-11	Resignation
Reginald William Sinclair	OAS	1934-05-30	1943-05-10	Resignation
J. H. Todd and Sons, Limited	-	1943-06-08	1949-03	Resignation, closed

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Oct 1880- Mr. James E. White
Manager of the Inverness Cannery
was appointed Post Master at Skeena (Port Essington)
1884 he was still Manager. see also above

First Official Post Master

George Miller McDonald
b- Jan 23, 1850 in Brantford, ON
d- Feb 9, 1937 in Victoria, age 87
1910 he was shown as Manager of Inverness Cannery

married Mary "Eliza" Sipprell, Oct 3, 1881 in Brantford ON
b- Dec 16, 1858 in Norwich, ON
d- Nov 16, 1932 in Victoria BC, age 73

son- John S. McDonald
b- Aug 12, 1882 in ON
d-

daughter- Flora McDonald,
b- Dec 31, 1885 Alliston, Simcoe, ON,
age 21 when she married, living in Inverness
d- Nov 8, 1975, West Vancouver, BC, age 89, widowed
married Edward Noyes Horsey, Mar 1, 1909, Preb. Manse, Pr. Rupert
b- Utica NY, age 25 when he married, Engineer, living in Pr Rupert
son of George F. Horsey and Harriet Tuttle

son- Gordon Roy McDonald
b- Jan 5, 1896 in Vancouver BC
d-

1901 McDonald family in Richmond BC
George M. McDonald shown as an Accountant

Robert George Johnston
b- Dec 1872 in Ireland
age 35 when he married in 1908
d- Jan 30, 1938 in Victoria BC, age 66
Immigrated in 1880
Manager at Inverness Cannery
son of William Johnston
married a widow, Christina Gertrude Burns, nee Stapleton,
married May 16, 1908 at Bella Coola BC
b- Oct 1878, Quebec
she was age 30 when she married 2nd time, 1908
daughter of Benjamin "Ben" Stapleton
Robert and Christina's daughter- Reta B. Johnston
b- Aug 1900 in BC
she married John Durran, Oct 10, 1933 in Prince Rupert

Arthur Tennyson Bailey
b- June 18, 1879 in Yale BC
d- Mar 3, 1927 New Westminster, BC
Book Keeper at Inverness Cannery in 1911
son of Benjamin Bailey
b- June 5, 1827, Portland Cumberland, Maine
(Boston, Mass, USA in one source)
d- Mar 23, 1898 in Victoria BC
and Sarah Margaret Patterson,
b- Apr 30, 1838, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
d- Sept 23, 1924 in Victoria BC
He was age 31 when he married
married Lily Talbot, Feb 16, 1911, St. James Church, Victoria BC
b- Dec 26, 1885 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England
she was age 25 when she married
d- Apr 4, 1963 Duncan BC
daughter- Lola Bailey

Leonard T. Spragge
b- Jan 23, 1881 in Guelph ON
d- Nov 10, 1961 in Altamont Private Hospital, West Vancouver, age 80
retired High School Teacher when he retired
Merchant in Victoria when he married.
son of David K. Spragge and Agnes Elmsley
married Mildred Arten Middleton,
June 7, 1911 in Grooms residence, Victoria BC
b- Aug 17, 1885, in Winnipeg MB
daughter of James Middleton, and Margaret Grills
she was 25 when she married

Howard Whitton Chambers
b- June 11, 1887 in Shoal Lake, MB
d- Feb 6, 1964 in Vancouver BC
son of Graham Chambers, father at Nass Harbour
Enlisted in WWI, Aug 20, 1918 in Vancouver BC
Occupation- Cannery man, BC Packers Assn
reg # 2024741

Reginald William Sinclair
b- Nov 16, 1891 in New Westminster BC
d- Aug 1, 1981, at 1320 Montery Ave., Victoria BC, age 89
son of Joseph Walter Sinclair b- Higher Bevington, England
and Helen Louise Sinclair, nee Bailey, b- Yale (Victoria?) BC
Joseph was a Real Estate Agent
enlisted in WWI in Vancouver, Nov 16, 1917
reg #2204539, Occupation- clerk
next of kin his sister, miss Helen Josephine Sinclair in Victoria
married 1st - Margaret Norah Marrs
Aug 3, 1925 in St. Andrews Church, Prince Rupert
age 20 when she married, living in North Pacific
daughter of John J. Marrs, b- England
and Elizabeth Rule b- Scotland
Reginald shown as a store Keeper in Inverness when he married
married #2- Janet Auld Hay Clark July 31, 1935 in Prince Rupert
when he died shown as retired, Manager of J. H. Todd and Co.

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