329. Ada Gladys (Gladys) Rutter
BIR: Anne Welton and Pat Holden.
MAR: The Vital Events Marriage Index on the BC Archives website provides date and confirms place. The online marriage certificate confirms 3 April 1913 date of marriage in St. Saviour's Church, by licence, by Robert Connell (?). Frederick Corson Holden, aged 21, bookkeeper, was residing at the Corona, Douglas Street, Victoria; Ada Gladys Rutter, aged 22, was residing at 734 Lampson Street, Esquimalt District.. The religion of both the bride and room was given as Church of England. WJMzE believes that one of Eunice (Rowe) Fiddick's photos is dated 1912. MUST Double-check this. YES!
DTH: The Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website confirms date and indicates Oak Bay as place. OBIT not found: BCA newspaper index; Provincial Library index (1900-1970).
BUR: Anne Welton said that Gladys was cremated.
Frederick Corson (Fred) Holden
BIR: Anne Welton. Pat Holden's cousin Shirley (from Australia) would not have any information about F.C. Holden's birth or christening. Pat may have that information somewhere (1990/07/29).
DTH: Anne Welton said that Fred was in the Home Guard during World War II and suffered a heart attack during a drill. The Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website provides date and age 51, and confirms place. OBIT not found: BCA newspaper index. Pat Holden indicated that Fred Holden's death was reported on the front page of the Victoria Times (not found in the Provincial Library index (1900-70), but that was before actual date found).
522. Gladys Patricia (Pat) Holden
BIR: Information from Patricia Holden, October 1990.
NOT: Holden, Patricia. Variety the true spice of life, Times (Victoria), 8 August 1963, p. 15.
DTH: Norma Simmonds had recorded Pat's death date from the Victoria Times-Colonist. Aged 87. Confirmed online that an obituary notice for Gladys Patricia Holden who died at Victoria, aged 87, was published 12 June 2001 (not able to view copy).
523. Frederick John (Jack) Holden
BIR: Birth year corrected from 1916 to 1915 to match birthdate in death registration.
MAR: Anne Welton said that Frederick and Nina were married about 1973/1974.
OCC: Frederick John Holden was an accountant.
RES: In 1982, the Holdens were residing at suite 2006, 1200 Alberni Street, Vancouver.
DTH: Online registration of death. Listed as Frederick John Holden, aged 66.
BUR: Online registration of death. Anne Welton said that Frederick was cremated and his ashes spread on the sea at Victoria.
330. Richard Charles (Charlie) Bennetts
BIR: NOT0001.
CHR: Anne Welton.
NOT: The Bennetts family group photograph taken in front of Taquah House (no. 4), circa 1899 and annotated by Anne (Bennetts) Welton, identifies Charlie as the older boy seated in the centre of the photo, on the right.
MAR: OBIT0052. COR0245 provides date, which is confirmed by the Vital Events Marriage Index on the BC Archives website.
DTH: OBIT not found: BCA newspaper index; Provincial Library index (1900-1970). In COR0245, Joyce Allen indicated that she thought her father may have died on 28 April, rather than 27 April (the date presumably provided by Anne Welton), which is confirmed by the Vital Events Death Index on the BC Archives website which indicates that he was aged 67. In telephone conversation, Norma Simmonds explained that Charlie had died at home in his bed. He had a heart condition and had been out digging potatoes with a lady friend. When he didn't open his blinds the next day, the neighbour and brother Harry went into the house and found that he had passed away (2006-08-31).
BUR: COR0245.
Nellie Bayles (Nell) Rawlinson
BIR: OBIT0052 and COR0245 confirm spelling of maiden name. COR0245 corrects date of birth from 17 June to 18 June. The Vital Events Marriage Index on the BC Archives website spells her first name Nelly.
DTH: OBIT0055. Aged 59.
BUR: OBIT0055.
331. James Henry (Harry) Bennetts
BIR: NOT0001.
CHR: Anne Welton.
NOT: The Bennetts family group photograph taken in front of Taquah House (no. 4), circa 1899 and annotated by Anne (Bennetts) Welton, identifies Harry as the younger boy seated in the centre of the photo, on the left.
MAR: In telephone conversation, Norma Simmonds provided date (2006-08-23).
DTH: In telephone conversation, Norma Simmonds provided date and place (2006-08-23).
BUR: In telephone conversation, Norma Simmonds provided date and place (2006-08-31).
BIR: In telephone conversation, Norma Simmonds provided place (2006-08-23).
DTH: OBIT0054. Aged 79.
BUR: OBIT0054.
BIR: Birth certificate in possession of Jeannette Merritt.
OCC: COR0811. During World War I, Olive Bond worked on munitions at Holman Brothers Ltd., a large engineering works, which is probably where she met her future husband.
MAR: COR0811. The marriage certificate shows that she was living at 1 Redbrooke Terrace, Camborne; her father John Bond is listed as an architect. The witnesses were W. Edward White, the bride's uncle, and Chas. H. Hill, the bridegroom's uncle. Neither of Olive's parents attended the wedding. Her mother did not approve of the marriage and would not let her husband return to Camborne from Balcombe, Sussex, where he was working at the time, for the wedding!
MAR: COR0811. Marriage certificate shows that James Henry Floyd was an engineering fitter and turner living at Ashley House, Enys Road, Camborne; his father Henry Floyd is listed as a retired tin miner.
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347. Catherine Lavinia Matthews
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563. Catherine Thelma Shakespeare
BIR: CHT0134.
NOT: CHT0134 indicates that Catherine Thelma Shakespeare was single in 1943.
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DTH: CHT0134: Most likely died in Tasmania - there from at least 1934.
Frances Estella Christabel Hulbert
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