BIR: CEN0003. Probable birth: GRO (London), first quarter 1847, Redruth Registration District (9/254). Listed as James Rowe.
CHR: REG0008. Listed as James Rowe, son of Philip and Hester Ann.
MAR: REG0022. James, age 44 and a bachelor, was a miner residing at College Row, Camborne. Married by licence. Witnesses: Charles Edwin Abraham and Eliza Triggs.
DTH: MI0006. GRO (London), first quarter 1925, Redruth Registration District (5c/260). Listed as James Rowe. Aged 78.
BUR: MI0006 and P0193. Name, death date, and age 78 inscribed on James Rowe family gravestone.
BIR: GRO (London), first quarter 1851, Redruth Registration District (9/273). Listed as Grace Rablin (sic) Abraham.
MAR: REG0022. Grace Glasson, aged 39, was a hotelkeeper at Market Square and the widow of a man named Glasson. Her father was deceased, but had also been a hotelkeeper.
DTH: MI0006.
BUR: MI0006 and P0193. Grace Rabling (sic) Rowe, "wife of James Rowe," deathplace, death date, and age 67 inscribed on her gravestone, as well as "Peace perfect peace."
BIR: GRO (London), fourth quarter 1891, Redruth Registration District (5c/221). Listed as Philip Rowe.
CHR: REG0011.
DTH: CER0016. Philip, aged 25, died in a motorcycle accident. He was an electrician at Jawadoln Colliery.
BUR: CER0016. Buried by G.W. Douglas, Chaplain. MI0006 and P0193. Name, "died in India," death date, and age 25 inscribed on his parents' gravestone, as well as "To be with Christ which is far better." See also discussion in COR0738 regarding the location of Dhuwal Government Cemetery (Jeannette Merritt confirmed spelling).
BIR: GRO (London), fourth quarter 1892, Redruth Registration District (5c/213). Listed as Grace Huthnance Rowe.
CHR: REG0011.
DTH: MI0006.
BUR: MI0006 and P0193. Name, death date, and age 83 inscribed on her parents' gravestone.
BIR: CEN0002.
CHR: REG0009.
MAR: REG0022. Richard Rowe, aged 22 and a bachelor, was a carpenter, residing at Leyton, Essex. Married by Banns. Witnesses: Thomas Hendra and Annie Hendra. GRO (London), fourth quarter 1880, Redruth Registration District (5c/325). Listed as Richard Rowe and Amaranth Hendra.
RES: The 1901 and 1911 free online census returns for Middlesex give Richard Rowe's birthplace as Camborne, Cornwall; he is aged 43 in 1901 and 53 in 1911; in both he is listed as a carpenter. (He could not be readily located in the 1891 census for Middlesex.)
BIR: Multiple searches of FreeBMD index failed to reveal a birth registration for Amaranth Hendra or variant names. Either her birth was not registered, or she was registered under a different name? The 1901 and 1911 free online census returns for Middlesex give Amaranth Rowe's birthplace as Crowan, Cornwall; she is aged 43 in 1901 and 54 in 1911.
MAR: REG0022. Amaranth Hendra, aged 24 and a spinster, lived at Roskear, Camborne. Her father was a gardener. GRO (London), fourth quarter 1880, Redruth Registration District (5c/325). Listed as Richard Rowe and Amaranth Hendra.
DTH: GRO (London), third quarter 1911, Uxbridge Registration District (3a/38). Listed as Amaranth Rowe. Aged 54.
BIR: REG0010. Possible birth: GRO (London), fourth quarter 1881, Redruth Registration District (5c/244). Listed as Mary Rowe. DID NOT SEARCH FOR MARY ROWE IN THE 1901 AND 1911 FREE ONLINE CENSUS RETURNS FOR MIDDLESEX: NAME TOO COMMON.
CHR: REG0010.
BIR: GRO (London), third quarter 1886, West Ham Registration District (4a/281). Listed as Amaranth Rowe. The 1901 and 1911 free online census returns for Middlesex give Amaranth Rowe's birthplace as Walthamstow, Essex; she is aged 14 in 1901 (COR0746 correction) and 24 in 1911. In 1901, she is listed as a domestic housemaid, and in 1911 as a blouse machinist.
CHR: REG0010.
DTH: GRO (London), third quarter 1968, Portsmouth Registration District (6b/468). Listed as Amaranth Rowe. Aged 81.
BIR: CHT0124 gives date of birh as 29 September 1862. Listed as Clara Ette (sic) Rowe. Corrected to Etta based upon 1932 Iowa death registration which gives date of birth as 28 September 1862, specifies place as Apple River, and parents' names as James Rowe and Susan Sincock.
NOT: CHT0124. Clara Rowe is listed with her family in the 1870 and 1880 census returns.
MAR: CHT0124. Married Frank Freeman Varing.
NOT: CHT0124. Clara Varing is listed with her family in the 1900 and 1930 census returns; in 1900 they were living at Delaware, South Dakota; in 1930, at Spirit Lake Town, Centre Grove Township, Dickinson, Iowa.
DTH: CHT0124 gives date of death as 18 March 1932. Iowa death registration gives date of death as 13 March 1932, place of death, and age 69.
BUR: Iowa death registration provides date and place of burial.
BIR: CHT0124.
NOT: CHT0124. Frank Varing is listed with his family in the 1900 and 1930 census returns; in 1900 they were living at Delaware, South Dakota; in 1930, at Spirit Lake Town, Centre Grove Township, Dickinson, Iowa. In 1900, Frank was listed as a farmer and in 1930 as a labourer. The 1930 census lists his father as having been born in North Dakota and his mother in French Canada.
DTH: CHT0124.
BIR: CHT0124.
NOT: CHT0124. Fabian F. Varing is listed with his family in the 1900 census return.
BIR: CHT0124.
NOT: CHT0124. Daphne G. Varing is listed with her family in the 1900 census return.
BIR: CHT0124.
NOT: CHT0124. John H. Varing is listed with his family in the 1900 census return.
BIR: CER0014 and CER0015 indicate that Emily was ages 46 and 47 in January 1892 and June 1894 respectively. CER0064 and CER0065 provide location. See photograph P0310. Two possible, nearly identical birth registrations: GRO (London), second quarter 1846, Redruth Registration District (9/248 or 9/255). Listed as Emily Bennetts. Two different births - or could the second be a correction of the first?
CHR: REG0015.
MAR: CER0064. Listed as William Michell, bachelor, miner, age 22, father a miner, and as Emily Bennett, spinster, housekeeper, age 17, father a miner. Both presently and usually residents of Clunes. Both William and Emily signed their names. Witnesses: Matthew Bennett and Mary Ann Bennett. William and Emily declared that they were members of the Primitive Methodist Church. They were married by Isaac Hardcastle Palfreyman, officiating minister "in the house of Mr. Joseph Bennett, Clunes, according to the rites of the Primitive Methodist Church, after due notice given, and proper declaration made (With the consent of Emily Bennett's father)." In COR0085, Robert Packett wrote: "The Victoria birth registry records show the spelling 'Michell' up to the birth of John Thomas and from there show the spelling 'Mitchell'."
DTH: CER0065 and COR0746. Listed as Emily Mitchell. Aged 80. Occupation: Home duties. Cause of Death: Chronic Nephritis, Toxaemia Myocardial failure. Duration of Last Illness: Years. Legally Qualified Medical Practitioner by whom Certified: Dr. McRae Russell. When He Last Saw Deceased: 15 June 1926. Parents: Joseph Bennett, miner, and Mary Bennett, formerly Rowe. Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant: Fredrick Andrew Willox, present at death, 305 Amess Street, North Carlton. Death registered by D.R. Shiel, Registar, on 16 June 1926, in the District of North Carlton. How Long in the Australian States, stating which: 70 years in Victoria. Deceased was married at Clunes, at age 17, to William Stephen Mitchell, deceased. Names and Ages of Issue in Order of Birth: William, 62; Joseph Bennett, 58; John Thomas, 55; Emily, 52; James Arthur, deceased; Albert, 48; Florence May, 45; and Emma, 42.
BUR: CER0065 and COR0746. Undertaker by whom Burial was Registered and Certified: G.E. Bowden, Acting for Walter A. Warne. Names of Witnesses of Burial: H. Wilson and H.T. Wiltshire.
BIR: CER0064 provides location. CER0065 gives name as "William Stephen Mitchell." Probable birth registration: GRO (London), third quarter 1839, Redruth Registration District (9/210). Listed as William Michell. This is the most likely of three registrations at Redruth in 1839.
CHR: COR0085. COR0088, enclosure 5, states that William's parents were William Michell of Treruffe, Redruth, town crier, and Grace Atkins.
DTH: COR0085.
BUR: COR0085.
BIR: CHT0020.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: CHT0020.
DTH: CHT0020.
BIR: CHT0020.
DTH: CHT0020.
BIR: CHT0020.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: CHT0020.
MAR: COR0088, enclosure 5. Frederick and Emily had three sons and two daughters.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: COR0088, enclosure 5.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: CHT0020.
MAR: COR0088, enclosure 5. James and Kitty had two sons.
DTH: CHT0020.
BIR: COR0088, enclosure 5.
BIR: CHT0020.
MAR: COR0088, enclosure 5, does not indicate that Frederick and Mary had any issue.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: COR0088, enclosure 5.
BIR: CHT0020.
MAR: COR0088, enclosure 5. Charles and Emma had two sons and two daughters.
DTH: Based upon CER0065.
BIR: COR0088, enclosure 5.
BIR: CEN0003. Probable birth registration: GRO (London), first quarter 1848, Redruth Registration District (9/248). Listed as Joseph Bennetts.
CHR: REG0015.
MAR: Information supplied by Velma Bennett, see COR0039, sheet J. COR0083 indicates that Joseph and Sarah eloped and returned home married.
DTH: CER0014 and CER0015 indicate that Joseph was deceased at the time of his parents' deaths. COR0083 indicates that Joseph died of typhoid. CHT0131 provides date.
BUR: COR0083. Buried in the same grave as his widow and daughter Florence.
BIR: COR0083 gives year and county of birth. GRO (London), third quarter 1854, Wirral Registration District (8a/394). Listed as Sarah Jane Deans.
DTH: COR0083 gives date as 16 May 1933. CHT0131 corrects date to 21 May 1933.
BUR: COR0083. Buried in the same grave as her husband and daughter Florence.
BIR: COR0746 corrects place of birth.
DTH: COR0083. Aged 6. Died from burns. CHT0131 provides date.
BUR: COR0083. Buried in the same grave as her parents.
BIR: CEN0003. CER0014 and CER0015 indicate that James was ages 42 and 44 in January 1892 and June 1894 respectively. Calculated based upon CER0096, which confirms that James was born in Cornwall, England, the son of Joseph Bennett, miner, and Mary (Rowe) Bennett. CER0096 indicates that James is "supposed to have to lived in Victoria 40 years." Probable birth registration: GRO (London), third quarter 1849, Redruth Registration District (9/214). Listed as James Bennetts.
CHR: REG0008.
MAR: CER0096. Married at age 34.
DTH: CER0096. Listed as James Bennett, bootmaker, aged 52 years and 6 months. Cause of death: acute heart disease and gastritis of one week's duration. Medical attendant A. Wheeler, M.B.C.M., last saw James Bennett on the day that he died. Informant: Louisa Bennett, widow, 54 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
BUR: CER0096. Burial certified by F. Usher, acting for undertaker W.G. Apps. Minister: G.A.G. Clowes. Witness to burial: James A. Archibald.
BIR: CER0096. In COR0250, enclosure 2, Jeannette Merritt wrote: "I have interpreted this [surname] as 'Bournes' from the death certificate of James Bennett (RIN 166), but either could be right." WJMzE interpreted surname as being Bowmes from a photocopy of the same death certificate, but now believes that it should be Bownes.
BIR: CER0096.
BIR: CER0096 (1901/12/06) reads "James dead."
DTH: CER0096 (1901/12/06) reads "James dead."
BIR: CER0014 and CER0015 indicate that Eda was ages 30 and 35 in January 1892 and June 1894 respectively. Her age on CER0015 is most likely correct as she was born between siblings Mary and Philip, in other words, about 1859, which is corroborated by her age at death.
DTH: Aged 79.
BUR: COR0083.
BIR: Birth year based upon age at death provided in COR0083. Jeannette Merritt's chart "L" (information presumably supplied by George Hurst) indicated that William Ellery was born 1843 (rather than 1853). Probable birth registration: GRO (London), fourth quarter 1853, Redruth Registration District (5c/236). Listed as William Ellery.
DTH: COR0083. Aged 54. Velma Bennett confirmed (in COR0708 attachment) that the Victorian Death Records show that William Ellery died 1907 at Clunes, Victoria, aged 54 (certificate no. 1173 which also confirms his parents' names).
DTH: COR0039, p. 2.
DTH: COR0088, enclosure 4.
DTH: COR0088, enclosure 4.
BIR: CER0014 and CER0015 indicate that Philip Rowe was ages 28 and 31 in January 1892 and June 1894 respectively.
MAR: OBIT0086 spells wife's first name "Harriett."
DTH: OBIT0086. Aged 75.
BUR: COR0086, enclosure 1. Information supplied by the late George Hurst, Australia.
BIR: COR0088, enclosure 6.
DTH: COR0088, enclosure 6, and COR0708 (attachment).
BIR: CEN0002.
CHR: REG0008.
MAR: GRO (London), second quarter 1880, Plymouth Registration District (5b/403). Listed as William Moses and Eliza Jane Rogers.
RES: At the time of the 1881 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 27, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza J. Moses,aged 27, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two-month old son Albert H. Moses, born Plymouth, were living at ? Place Dairy, Plymouth Sutton. William Moses was a dairyman farmer (24 acres); also residing in the household were two unmarried servants Lucy Wyatt, aged 16, dairy maid, and Robert Stevens, aged 20, farm servant.
At the time of the 1891 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 37, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza Jane Moses,aged 37, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two sons Albert Henry Moses, aged 10, born Plymouth, and William Moses, aged 6, born Plymouth, both scholars, were living at 104 Exeter Street, Plymouth Charles. William Moses was a dairyman (employer); also residing in the household were Grace Rogers, mother-in-law, widowed, aged 68, living on her own means, and three unmarried general domestic servants Kate Goodman, aged 28, Charles Colman, aged 22, and Richard Deacon, aged 16.
BIR: 1881/1891 census returns.
MAR: GRO (London), second quarter 1880, Plymouth Registration District (5b/403). Listed as William Moses and Eliza Jane Rogers.
RES: At the time of the 1881 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 27, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza J. Moses,aged 27, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two-month old son Albert H. Moses, born Plymouth, were living at ? Place Dairy, Plymouth Sutton. William Moses was a dairyman farmer (24 acres); also residing in the household were two unmarried servants Lucy Wyatt, aged 16, dairy maid, and Robert Stevens, aged 20, farm servant.
At the time of the 1891 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 37, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza Jane Moses,aged 37, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two sons Albert Henry Moses, aged 10, born Plymouth, and William Moses, aged 6, born Plymouth, both scholars, were living at 104 Exeter Street, Plymouth Charles. William Moses was a dairyman (employer); also residing in the household were Grace Rogers, mother-in-law, widowed, aged 68, living on her own means, and three unmarried general domestic servants Kate Goodman, aged 28, Charles Colman, aged 22, and Richard Deacon, aged 16.
BIR: 1881/1891 census.
RES: At the time of the 1881 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 27, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza J. Moses,aged 27, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two-month old son Albert H. Moses, born Plymouth, were living at ? Place Dairy, Plymouth Sutton. William Moses was a dairyman farmer (24 acres); also residing in the household were two unmarried servants Lucy Wyatt, aged 16, dairy maid, and Robert Stevens, aged 20, farm servant.
At the time of the 1891 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 37, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza Jane Moses,aged 37, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two sons Albert Henry Moses, aged 10, born Plymouth, and William Moses, aged 6, born Plymouth, both scholars, were living at 104 Exeter Street, Plymouth Charles. William Moses was a dairyman (employer); also residing in the household were Grace Rogers, mother-in-law, widowed, aged 68, living on her own means, and three unmarried general domestic servants Kate Goodman, aged 28, Charles Colman, aged 22, and Richard Deacon, aged 16.
BIR: 1891 census.
RES: At the time of the 1891 census (COR0746), William Moses, aged 37, born Meavy, Devon, his wife Eliza Jane Moses,aged 37, born Camborne, Cornwall, and their two sons Albert Henry Moses, aged 10, born Plymouth, and William Moses, aged 6, born Plymouth, both scholars, were living at 104 Exeter Street, Plymouth Charles. William Moses was a dairyman (employer); also residing in the household were Grace Rogers, mother-in-law, widowed, aged 68, living on her own means, and three unmarried general domestic servants Kate Goodman, aged 28, Charles Colman, aged 22, and Richard Deacon, aged 16.
BIR: CER0002. Listed as Philip Rowe, son of Richard and Eliza (Cock) Rowe, father a mine-share dealer of Beacon Terrace, Camborne. Informant: Richard Rowe, father.
CHR: REG0013. This could be the Wesleyan Chapel in Wesley Street or the Camborne Centenary Wesleyan Chapel in Centenary Street.
MAR: CER0005: Philip Rowe, bachelor, aged 26, born Cornwall, England, and Mary Jane Piper, spinster, aged 19, born Staffordshire, England, were married on 13 December 1890 in British Columbia (original record does not contain the exact place of the event). NEW0014 indicates that they were married at the Methodist Parsonage in Nanaimo. BC Marriage Registration 1890-09-093859. Listed as Philip Rowe, aged 26, bachelor, a carpenter, of Victoria, BC, born in Cornwall, England, the son of Richard & Eliza Rowe, and Mary Jane Piper, aged 19, spinster, of Nanaimo, BC, born in Cornwall, England, the daughter of Thomas & name not given Piper. Both the bridegroom and bride were Methodist. The witnesses were William Nichols (possibly Nicholas?) and Sarah Piper, both of Nanaimo. The couple was married by licence by Reverend W.W. Baer. MSS0007 and MSS0008 (1890-1913) do not contain burials for any Rowe children other than Myrtle.
RES: In his "The Way It Was" column, Nanaimo Free Press, 19 May 1983, John Cass wrote that 75 years ago Philip Rowe on Kennedy Street was among the Nanaimo residents whose families were moving into the many new homes that had been built in recent months. As a carpenter, Philip Rowe had built his new home at 433 Kennedy Street.
DTH: OBIT0004. Will not found: BCA, GR-1417, Probate Indexes, Volume 4 (1938-1948). On 16 April 1989, his daughter, Eunice (Rowe) Fiddick, told me that no will was probated (if one even existed).
BUR: OBIT0004 and MSS0008, number 10013. Aged 79. Range 20, plot 198. ANNOTATE STONE:
BIR: BIB0001. CER0009. Listed as Mary Jane Piper, daughter of Thomas Pope and Ann (Baker) Piper, father a coalminer. Informant: Ann Piper, the mother, of Bromley, made her mark.
CHR: Eunice (Rowe) Fiddick suggested that her mother was probably christened Anglican.
RES: CEN0032 (1881) lists Mary J. Piper, aged 8, a scholar, born at Kingswinford, Stafford, England, residing in Partridge House, Kingswinford, together with her parents and widowed grandmother Phoebe Baker, aged 72.
MAR: CER0005: Philip Rowe, bachelor, aged 26, born Cornwall, England, and Mary Jane Piper, spinster, aged 19, born Staffordshire, England, were married on 13 December 1890 in British Columbia (original record does not contain the exact place of the event). NEW0014 indicates that they were married at the Methodist Parsonage in Nanaimo. BC Marriage Registration 1890-09-093859. Listed as Philip Rowe, aged 26, bachelor, a carpenter, of Victoria, BC, born in Cornwall, England, the son of Richard & Eliza Rowe, and Mary Jane Piper, aged 19, spinster, of Nanaimo, BC, born in Cornwall, England, the daughter of Thomas & name not given Piper. Both the bridegroom and bride were Methodist. The witnesses were William Nichols (possibly Nicholas?) and Sarah Piper, both of Nanaimo. The couple was married by licence by Reverend W.W. Baer. MSS0007 and MSS0008 (1890-1913) do not contain burials for any Rowe children other than Myrtle.
DTH: OBIT0005. On 16 April 1989, her daughter, Eunice (Rowe) Fiddick, told WJMzE that no will was probated (if one even existed). ***NOTE: Phyllis (Fiddick) Meyer thought that a will was probated. The property passed to Eunice (Rowe) Fiddick and the granddaughters each received $100.
BUR: OBIT0005 and MSS0008, number 12103. Aged 77. Range 20, plot 200. ANNOTATE STONE:
BIR: MSS0008 incorrectly states that Myrtle was born at Nanaimo. Myrtle's 1913 death registration, signed by her father, gives place of birth as Slocan, BC.
CHR: Very possibly Methodist, given that parents were married Methodist and that Myrtle was a member of the Methodist Sunday school.
DTH: OBIT0045 and MSS0008. BC Death Registration 1912-09-053133 (BC Archives microfilm reel B13086). Listed as Myrtle Rowe, aged 15 years, a school girl, the daughter of Philip Rowe and Mary Jane Piper, both born in England. Born in Slocan, BC, Myrtle had resided in Nanaimo District for the past 12 years. Cause of death, certified by Dr. W.F. Drysdale, MD, Nanaimo, who had attended Myrtle between 9 and 12 May: appendicitis (operation) and resulting peritonitis. Informant: Philip Rowe, 443 Kennedy Street, Nanaimo.
BUR: OBIT0046, OBIT0047, and MSS0008, number 1236. Aged 15. Range 20, plot 198. SEPARATE STONE FOR MYRTLE, ANNOTATE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER.
BIR: REG0013 and CEN0004. Anne Welton thought Ellen was born about May 1867. Anne Welton thinks Ellen was born at Adjewhella.
CHR: REG0013. This could be the Wesleyan Chapel in Wesley Street or the Camborne Centenary Wesleyan Chapel in Centenary Street.
MAR: REG0022. Ellen was a spinster, residing at Penponds.
BUR: OBIT0002.
BIR: Anne Welton. Pat Holden suggested that Solomon may have been born at Redruth and his mother's maiden name may have been Atkins. She believes that the Atkins family in Victoria were somehow related. GRO (London), first quarter 1862, Helston Registration District (5c/251. Mother's maiden name: Pollard.
MAR: REG0022. Solomon was a bachelor, residing at Camborne. He was a carpenter; his father was a miller. Married after Banns. Witnesses: John Bennetts (made his sign) and Eliza Triggs.
DTH: OBIT0048. OBIT0049 states that Solomon was aged 87; OBIT0050 states that he was in his 88th year.
BUR: OBIT0050.
328. Henry Percival (Percy) Rutter
BIR: Anne Welton.
MAR: First Marriage: Anne Welton said that Pat Holden and Geraldine Holden (latter unlikely at age 20 months) were flower girls at Percy and Edith's wedding. The Vital Events Marriage Index on the BC Archives website provides date.
Second Marriage: Anne Welton said that Percy and Lena may have been married about 1955. Anne Welton returned to Victoria in 1950.DTH: OBIT0001 and the Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website. Aged 83. Anne Welton gave 13 February as his death date.
BUR: OBIT0053 indicates that Percy was cremated. Anne Welton thinks that his ashes may have been buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.
BIR: Anne Welton presumably provided the original 1884 year of birth. However, a photo in Pat Holden's possession indicates that Edith was aged 6 on 2 March 1893 and that her siblings Audrey and Bertie were aged 5 and 3 respectively. This would seem to indicate that Edith was more likely born about 1886, which would make her about the same age as Percy. Online death certificate confirms date and provides place of birth, indicating that Edith Jane Atkins had resided in Victoria for 59 years, suggesting that she and her family must have come to Victoria about 1888.
MAR: The Vital Events Marriage Index on the BC Archives website provided Edith's middle name.
DTH: Anne Welton provided original date of death (8 December 1946), which the Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website corrects to 1947, aged 61, which corroborates the 1886 birthyear. OBIT not found: Provincial Library index (1900-1970). Online death certificate reveals that Edith Atkins, a housewife, died from a fracture of the skull, from a fall from a third-story window, that was determined in the coroner's inquest to be suicide. The informant was her husband, Henry Percival Rutter, 1521 Elford Street, Victoria.
BUR: Anne Welton said that Edith's burial service was Anglican. Online death certificate provides date and place of burial.
BIR: Anne Welton provided original date of birth (3 January 1888) which WJMzE corrected to 1887 based upon age 89 at death, assuming that she had passed her 89th birthday. Online death certificate confirms date and provides place and her parents' names.
DTH: Anne Welton and OBIT0077. The Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website confirms date and provides age 89. Online death certificate indicates that Cora Lena Rutter had a been a teacher at George Jay Elementary School. The informant was her nephew (possibly D.F. ??), 3960 Sherwood Road, Victoria.
BUR: Anne Welton said that Lena's funeral service was conducted by a funeral home and that Lena may have been cremated (confirmed in online death certificate; cremation by Royal Oak Crematorium). OBIT0077 indicates that the funeral service was conducted in McCall Brothers Family Chapel, with Reverend C.T. Glauser officiating.
BIR: REG0013. On 11 December 1988, Anne Welton confirmed that her mother was born on 14 March 1869, rather than 14 May as indicated by REG0013. CEN0004.
CHR: REG0013. Although REG0013 covers the whole of the Camborne Wesleyan Circuit, an annotation regarding this christening would indicate that it was performed at Penponds.
MAR: REG0023. Annie was age 23 and residing at Penponds.
NOT: The Bennetts family group photograph taken in front of Taquah House (no. 4), circa 1899 and annotated by Anne (Bennetts) Welton, identifies "Mother" as the woman seated on the far left.
DTH: MI0008.
BUR: OBIT0003. Her funeral service was held in Vancouver, B.C. MI0008 and P0181. Name, deathplace, death date, and age 81 inscribed on Bennetts' gravestone, as well as: 'The Eternal God is Thy Refuge, and Underneath are the Everlasting Arms.' Anne Welton told me that she had her mother's ashes shipped to Penponds for burial.
BIR: ANN0004 indicates that Henry was 46 when he died which corresponds with the 1862 birth year which Anne Welton gave me. Henry was born at "Grandma Bennetts' House." According to Anne Welton, "Aunt Loveday's house was next door."
CHR: Anne Welton thinks that her father may have been christened in the Parish Church at Penponds, since the Bennetts lived there and were Anglican.
MAR: REG0003. Henry was age 28 (sic; should be age 30). He was a miner residing at Penponds. His father, Henry Bennetts, also a miner, was deceased. Witnesses: Richard Rowe and Nannie Bennetts.
NOT: The Bennetts family group photograph taken in front of Taquah House (no. 4), circa 1899 and annotated by Anne (Bennetts) Welton, identifies "Father" as the man standing in front of the door, on the left.
RES: CER0003 (1905/06/09) indicates that Henry was present at the death of his father-in-law at Penponds.
DTH: Anne Welton told WJMzE that her father died very suddenly at Penponds one Saturday morning. He suffered from a chest complaint of some sort, which may have been caused by dust ingested while working in the gold mines in South Africa. ANN0004 confirms that Henry, aged 46, died on a Saturday.
BUR: MI0008 and P0181. Name, deathplace, death date, and age 46 inscribed on gravestone, as well as "Until the day break and the shadows flee away."
BIR: NOT0001. COR0810: GRO (London) second quarter 1900, Redruth Registration District (5c/198). Listed as Annie Bennetts. Jeannette Merritt's mother knew her as Annie when they were both children, but when she visited England in the 1950s she liked to be called Anne. Jeannette has a postcard which was sent to her grandmother by Annie Jane (Rowe) Bennetts - with a picture of Penponds Church on the front. It is franked 17 September 1909 and addressed to Mrs. J. Bond, Basset Road, Camborne. It is postmarked Camborne and has a half penny stamp on it. The message is "Penponds Friday. We sha'nt come up tomorrow as Annie wants to go to Pooles. We will come Saturday week if it will suit you. Yours & c. A.B." At that time her daughter Annie would have been nine years old.
CHR: Conversation with Anne Welton, 11 December 1988.
MAR: Conversation with Anne Welton, 22 July 1989, provided year. ANN0023 provided date and place. British Columbia marriage registration 1929-09-349640 (BC Archives microfilm B13757). Listed as Stanley Robert Welton, aged 45 [CORRECT], widower, a merchant, residing at 912 St. Patrick Street, Oak Bay, and Annie Bennetts, aged 28, spinster, a clerk, residing at 2356 Lee Avenue, Victoria. Both bridegroom and bride were Anglican; they were married after Banns. Witnesses: Charles ? ? Griffiths, Victoria, and Nora Louise Reeves, Burnaby. The clergyman appears to have been Cecil S. Quainton, Victoria, Church of England.
DTH: Passed away at 2:00 a.m. according to Pat Holden.
BUR: Funeral service held at St. Matthias Anglican Church, 600 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, B.C., on 12 January 1993. Service conducted by Archdeacon W.E. Greenhalgh.
BIR: Anne Welton provided 14 July 1884 as his date of birth [corrected to 11 July based upon death registration and to 1883 based upon GRO (London) birth registration]. 1929 marriage registration indicated that he was born in London, England. GRO (London), third quarter 1883, St. George Hanover Square Registration District (1a/427). Listed as Stanley Robert Welton.
MAR: First marriage: Not located in FreeBMD index.
Second marriage: British Columbia marriage registration 1929-09-349640 (BC Archives microfilm B13757). Listed as Stanley Robert Welton, aged 45 [CORRECT], widower, a merchant, residing at 912 St. Patrick Street, Oak Bay, and Annie Bennetts, aged 28, spinster, a clerk, residing at 2356 Lee Avenue, Victoria. Both bridegroom and bride were Anglican; they were married after Banns. Witnesses: Charles ? ? Griffiths, Victoria, and Nora Louise Reeves, Burnaby. The clergyman appears to have been Cecil S. Quainton, Victoria, Church of England.
Third marriage: Based upon death registration, he married Marjorie Eveyleen NYK; presumably they married after 1937 as the marriage is not located in the BC marriage registration index to end of 1936 (as of December 2013).DTH: Anne Welton indicated that Stan Welton died on 27 October 1944. British Columbia death registration 1944-09-652312 (BC Archives microfilm B13185). Listed as Stanley Robert Welton, aged 59 years, 3 months and 17 days [sic; should be age 61]. Date of death corrected based upon death registration. Listed as Stanley Robert Welton, aged 59, married, of English (Canadian) citizenship and Scotch racial origin, a hotel clerk at the Hotel Georgia. Mr. Welton had worked as a hotel clerk for four years and apparently worked on the date of his death. Informant: Marjorie E. Welton,wife, 1400 Robson Street, Vancouver. Cause of death: [appears to read: coronary thrombosis], 1 day; hypertension, 5 years. Mr. Welton had resided in Vancouver for 3 years, and in British Columbia for 15 years; it was not known how long he had been in Canada.