Revision as of 22:48, 8 November 2023

• Richmond Meeting Room, BC (TW-EB) +1889-present
  • formerly @ Vancouver & Kitsilano

Correspondents

• H.L. Johnson +1889+
• William Coe +1901-1908+ (1845-1927)
• Gottlieb Reinhold Groth +1903-1941 (1873-1941)
• William Abner Elms +1903-1927+ (1872-1957)
• H. Perrin +1905-1933+ (2350 Cornwall St. +1911+)
• E.J. Vernon +1905+
• John Scott Pirie +1905+ (1876-1951)
• A. Fleck +1923-1927+
• James David Keating +1933+ (1884-1959)
• Mrs. H. Perrin +1941-1944+
• Mrs. Aitken +1941-1944+
  • nicknamed "Aunt Cherry" for cherry trees in her yard that Harman boys liked to pick.
• Lily Louisa Harvey Dee +1941-1944+ (1870-1951)
• Miss Dorothy Edith Dee +1941-1944+ (1900-1986)
• Mrs. Harman +1944+

stationed back in MB

• Mrs. Henry Eugene Ducommun aka Doris Bowler Ducommun +1951+ (1894-1961)
• Frederick W. Coleman +1962-1973+
• Eric James David Keating +1962-1966+ (1912-2002)
• John T. Graham +1962-1973+ (b. 1877?)
• James Francis Pleasance +1973+ (1917-2003)
• Hector Gordon Anstey +1985+ (1913-2004)
• Stan Victor Anstey +1985+ (1917-2002)
• Walter Rutherford Coleman +1985-2005+ (1929-2016)

Families

Anstey family

Harry Victor Anstey emigrated from England in 1909, registered as CoE in 1921, self-employed as a farmer +1916-1921+. His wife Edith Pleasance Anstey emigrated in 1911, registered as PB in 1921, although the entire family was Anglican in 1916. In 1931, Edythe was PB, her husband and three children were still Anglican, and still in Pembina, Manitoba.

• Harry Victor Anstey (b. 1890 East Ham, Essex, Eng. - d. 1960).
• 1st wife: Edith Ann Pleasance Anstey (b. 1883 Harrow, Mdlsx, Eng.), daughter of James Walter Pleasance (b. 1856 Byton, Suffolk, Eng. - d. 1932 Epping, Essex, Eng.) &
  • Hector Gordon Anstey +1985+ (b. 1913 Pembina, MB - d. 2004)
  • Harry Francis Anstey ? (b. 1915 Eng. - d. 1996 Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen, BC). Wife: Winnifred Florence Eunice Keating Anstey (b. 1913 Regina, SK - d. 1996 Penticton, BC), daughter of James David Keating (b. 1884 Eng.; emig. 1910; d. 1959 Vancouver, BC) & Florence Lilian Mayes Keating (b. 1877 Charlwood, Surrey, Eng.; emig. 1910; d. 1963 Vancouver, BC). By 1916, Winnifred's parents were PB in Regina, SK. See Keating family.
    • In 1939, Harry resided at 146 Snakes Lane, Wanstead-Woodbridge (now part of Redbridge), London, England where he was employed as a "handyman gardener", with roommates of William John Royston Marshall (b. 1909 Hermon Hill, Essex, Eng. - d. 1978 Christchurch, NZ) and his wife Phyllis Catherine Lilian Chaffey Marshall (b. 1909 Hastings, Sussex, Eng. - d. 1977 Christchurch, NZ), he was employed as a retail shopkeeper of ladies wear and knitting wool. Phyllis' father, step-mother, Edward George Hayman Chaffey (1883-1957 Hastings, Sussex, Eng.) & step-mother, Violet Muriel Caroline Pomphrey Chaffey (1892-1985 Hastings, Eng.) also resided there at the time.
  • Stan Victor Anstey +1985+ (1917-2002)
• 2nd wife (1939): Florence Fargey Anstey (b. 1893 La Riviere, Pilot Mound, MB - d. 1965 Winnipeg, MB), daughter of John Hayes Fargey (b. 1853 Belleville, Hastings, ON - d. 1930 Pembina, MB) & Emma Swales Fargey (b. 1860 Madoc, Hastings, ON; m. 1883 Madoc, ON; d. 1929 Pembina, MB). John Fargey was a lifelong Presby., his wife Emma was raised CoE, then Presby. Flora was employed as a schoolteacher in Pembina +1916-1921+.

==Coe family==h; PB as early as 1891 (@ Hamilton, ON). +1901-1908+ @ Vancouver. +1921+ PB @ Burnaby, Vancouver, BC.

• William Coe +1901-1921+ (b. 1845 Ely, Cambridge, Eng.; emig. 1887; d. 1927 Burnaby, Vancouver, BC), son of Daniel Coe (b. 1809 Cambridge, Eng. - d. 1876 Prickwillow, Cambridge, Eng.) & Sarah Cross Coe (b. 1817 Cambridge, Eng.; m. 1835 Ely Trinity, Prickwillow, Cambridge, Eng.; d. 1894 Stretham, Cambridge, Eng.).
• Emma Simpson Cuttriss Coe +1901-1921+ (b. 1850 Ely, Cambridge, Eng. - d. 1941 Burnaby, BC), daughter of William Cuttriss (1821-1894 Ely, Cambridge, Eng.) & Mary Ann Simpson Stoakley Cuttriss (b. 1821 Bridgestock, Northamptonshire, Eng. - d. 1862 Cambridge, Eng.).
  • Sarah Coe Groth +1901-1941+ (b. 1870 Ely, Eng. - d. 1968 San Diego, CA). Husband: Gottleib Reinhold Groth (b. 1873 Wellington, ON - d. 1941 Winnipeg, MB). See Groth family.
  • Bavia William "Bill" Coe +1901+ (b. 1880 Ely, Eng. - d. 1969 Burnaby, BC). Hardware store clerk in 1901. Government letter carrier in 1931, registered as UC.
    • 1st wife (1902 @ Vancouver, BC): May Angles Coe.
    • 2nd wife (1915 @ Vancouver, BC by Rev. A. Macaulay): Beatrice Kathleen Roots Coe (b. 1894 Halling, Kent, Eng.; 1915 Winnipeg, MB; d. 1934 Vancouver, BC), daughter of John Roots (b. 1867 Halling, Kent, Eng.; emig. 1913; 1921 CoE; d. 1956 Vancouver, BC) & Florence Janet Wood Roots (b. 1870 Halling, Kent, Eng.; 1921 CoE; d. 1945 Vancouver, BC). John & Florence Roots resided in Vancouver since at least 1916. John was a veteran of three wars, including the Egyptian campaign of the British Army, for which he earned the "prized" Egyptian Star; He also served with the British forces in the Boer War, and with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. After the War, he joined the post office, retiring in 1930. George Turpin officiated his memorial. His son Henry "Andy" Roots was a well-known soccer player in Vancouver in the 1920's.
    • 3rd wife: Alice Elizabeth Coe (b. 1895 - d. 1968 Vancouver, BC).
  • Theophilus Thomas Coe +1901+ (b. 1882 Ely, Eng. - d. 1957 Vancouver, BC). Wife (1903 @ German Congregational, Seattle, King, WA): Marion Josephine Loftus Coe (b. 1885 Co. Mayo, Ireland - d. 1966 White Rock, Vancouver, BC). In 1921, Theophilus & Marion were registered as RC.
  • Cleophas "Cleo" Coe +1901+ (b. 1885 Ely, Eng. - d. 1987 San Diego, CA). +1911-1921+ was registered Baptist. Wife (1966 @ San Diego, CA): Muriel Adelaide Clayton Coe (b. 1898 Buffalo, Erie, NY), daughter of Gilbert John Clayton (b. 1872 Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng. - d. 1933 San Diego, CA) & Adelaide Alice Cuttriss Clayton (b. 1868 Cambridge, Eng.; m. 1898 Wentworth, ON; ). In 1900, Gilbert Clayton was employed in Buffalo as a wallpaper hanger, previously as a mechanic, and in 1924 as a painter. Adelaide Clayton was infant baptized as a Primitive Methodist, and employed in 1891 in Hamilton, ON as a dressmaker, registered CoE.
  • Minnie Coe Hughes +1901+ (b. 1889 ON). CoE in 1921. Husband: Griffith Trevor Hughes (b. 1884 Wales; emig. 1906; d. 1950 Burnaby, Vancouver, BC). In 1921, Griffith owned a general store in Burnaby.

Coleman family

The Charles Coleman family was PB as early as 1916, emigrating in 1913 from England to Regina, SK. In 1911, Charles was residing with his family in Leytonstone, Essex, England, working as a commercial clerk for a wood merchant. In 1916, in Regina he was employed as a bookkeeper. In 1921, he was a clerk in a department store there, and the family was registered Presby., and in 1931 with the CoE, and residing in Vancouver. Unknown whether Charles or Mary ever returned to the PB.

• Charles Edmund Sherard Coleman (b. 1858 Bayswater, London, Eng. or Notting Hill or Kensington - d. 1952 Vancouver, BC), son of John Sherard Coleman (b. 1829 Bitteswell, Leicester, Eng. - d. 1905 Hendon, Mid., Eng.) & Clara Wood Coleman (b. 1837 Marylebone, Mid., Eng. - d. 1901 Hendon, Mid., Eng.).
• Mary Ridley Stennett Coleman (b. 1861 Vauxhall, London, Eng. or Westminster, London - d. 1946 Vancouver, BC), daughter of John Holbrooke Stennett (b. 1818 Baches Row, Shoreditch., Mid., Eng. - d. 1893 London, Eng.) & Amelia Sarah Warner Stennett (b. 1819 Shoreditch, Eng. - d. 1910 Islington, London, Eng.).
  • Herbert S. Coleman (b. 1894 Islington, London, Eng.). Still living in 1952 in England.
  • Ellen Clara Coleman (b. 1896 Clerkenwell, London, Eng. - d. 1965 White Rock, Vancouver, BC).
  • Alice Caroline Coleman (b. 1898 Walthamstow, London, Eng. - d. 1990 White Rock, Vancouver, BC).
  • Frederick Warner Coleman +1962-1973+ (b. 1900 Walthamstow, London, Eng. - d. 1992 Surrey, Vancouver, BC). Wife: Helen Gertrude Clark Coleman +1962-1973+ (b. 1905 Parry Sound, ON - d. 2007 Surrey, Vancouver, BC), daughter of Walter Rutherford Clark (b. 1866 Wolverhampton, Stafford., Eng.; emig. 1869; d. 1922 Tregarva, Regina, SK) & Ellen Turnbull Clark (b. 1868 Chatton, Northumberland, Eng. - d. 1965 Vancouver, BC). The Clark family was PB as early as 1911, residing in Ryerson Twp., Parry Sound, ON, Presby. in 1901.
    • Kenneth Warner Coleman (b. 1926). Wife (1952 @ St. Andrew's UC, Vancouver, BC): Pauline Sophie Nowakowski Coleman (b. 1927 Zawadka, Poland).
    • Glen Coleman (b. 1928)
    • Walter Rutherford Coleman +1962-2005+ (b. 1929 Vancouver, BC - d. 2016 Surrey, BC). Pearl Edith Pleasance Coleman (b. 1929 Lisgar, MB - d. 2009 Surrey, BC), daughter of Francis "Frank" James Pleasance (b. 1884 Harrow, Mid., Eng. - d. 1941 MB) & Ellen Melissa "Nellie" Wilson Sleamasanie-Pleasance (b. 1890 La Riviere, MB). See Pleasance family. The Pleasance family was PB as early as 1911.
    • Elizabeth Helen Coleman Hollingshead (b. 1930 Vancouver, BC - d. 2017 Surrey, Vancouver, BC). Husband: Westly Merton Hollingshead (b. 1930 Bounty, Battleford, SK - d. 2015 Surrey, Vancouver, BC), son of Arthur Merton Hollingshead (b. 1905 Toronto, ON - d. 1996 North Battleford, SK) & Jean Knapp Hollingshead (b. 1909 Asquith, SK - d. 1988 Pouce Coupe, BC).

Dee family

• Lily Louisa Harvey Dee +1944+ (1870-1951)
• Miss Dorothy Edith Dee +1944+ (1900-1986)

DuCommun family

• Mrs. Henry Eugene Ducommun aka Doris Bowler Ducommun +1951+ (1894-1961)

Elms family

• William Abner Elms +1903-1927+ (1872-1957)

Fleck family

• A. Fleck +1923-1927+

Graham family

• John T. Graham +1962-1973+ (b. 1877?)

Groth family

William & Mary Stovel were in fellowship with the Guelph Meeting Room, ON in 1851.

• George William Groth (b. 1837 Danzig, Prussia - d. 1925 Sierra Madre, CA), son of Shuham Jacob Groth & Martha Groth.
• Mary Stovel Groth (b. 1840 Bloomsbury, London, Eng. - d. 1928 Los Angeles, CA), daughter of William Stovel (b. 1806 - d. 1870 Guelph, ON) & Mary Carr Stovel (b. 1805 Eng. - d. 1866 Guelph, ON).
  • Gottlieb Reinhold Groth +1903-1941 (1873-1941); Wife: Sarah Coe Groth +1901-1941+ (b. 1870 Ely, Eng. - d. 1968 San Diego, CA). Husband: Gottleib Reinhold Groth (b. 1873 Wellington, ON - d. 1941 Winnipeg, MB), daughter of William Coe +1901-1921+ (b. 1845 Ely, Cambridge, Eng.; emig. 1887; d. 1927 Burnaby, Vancouver, BC) & Emma Simpson Cuttriss Coe +1901-1921+ (b. 1850 Ely, Cambridge, Eng. - d. 1941 Burnaby, BC). See Coe family. Eldest daughter of William & Emma Coe, early correspondents.

Harman family

Albert was stationed in Vancouver in the early days of WWII, and his family relocated there in 1941, only for him to be almost immediately transferred back to Winnipeg, Manitoba, but his wife and children stayed there until 1944 when they returned as well. There was no assembly when the Harman family arrived in Vancouver, due to the McDowell division that had claimed most of the families with them until 1968 when they returned to the TW's. In the early 1940's, the Harman family home hosted a few ladies that attended to remember the Lord with them.

• Albert Cyril Harman 1941 (b. 1898 Camberwell, London, Eng. - d. 1982 Winnipeg, MB), son of George Washington Harman (b. 1868 Harman Hills, Pendleton, WV - d. 1929 Schwenksville, Montgomery, PA) & Hannah Thorne Harman (b. 1858 Loxbeare, Devon, Eng. - d. 1948). Hannah was infant baptized into the CoE in Loxbeare. Cyril & Hannah were affiliated with the UC in 1931 in Lisgar, MB.
• Ina Melissa Scharf Harman 1941-1944" (b. 1907 Lisgar, MB - d. 1996 Altona, MB), daughter of James Franklin "Frank" Scharf (b. 1876 Templeton Ouest, Gatineau, QC - d. 1962 Pembina Valley, MB) & Ethel "Melissa" Anderson Scharf (b. m. 1905 Pembina, MB). In 1881, the Scharf family was affiliated with the Wesleyan Methodists, by 1891 in Lorne, Selkirk, MB when Frank was 14, they were PB. Melissa's parents were PB as early as 1881, prior to that they were CoE, their names were John Anderson (b. 1846 Ireland - d. 1923 Frankville, Leeds, ON) & Mahala Elizabeth Chapman Anderson (b. 1851 Portland, Leeds, ON - d. 1926 South Elmsley Twp., Leeds, ON).

Johnson family

• H.L. Johnson +1889+

Keating family

The Keating family was PB by 1916 (in Regina, SK).

• John James Edward Keating (b. 1854 Plumstead, Kent, Eng. - d. 1924 Canterbury, Kent, Eng.), son of John Keating (b. 1830 Pancras, Mid., London, Eng. - d. 1908 Mid., Eng.).
• Lydia Alice Archer Keating (b. 1860 Tottenham, Mid., London, Eng. - d. 1934 Vancouver, BC), daughter of William Thomas Archer (b. 1814 Hartington, Hertford, Tottenham, London, Mid., Eng. - d. 1868 Mid., Eng.) & Lydia Else Archer (b. 1818 Enfield, North London, Mid., Eng. - d. 1892 Edmonton, Mid., Eng.).
  • John William Keating (b. 1882 Hoxton, Eng. - d. 1963 Brighton, Sussex, Eng.), employed 1901-1902 as a porter at the Peckham railway station for the London, Brighton & South Coast company. 1912-1915 an apprentice to his father as a painter. In 1915, he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces for WWI. In 1939, he was employed as an air raid warden and cook. 1st wife: Naomi E. Hobday/Harvey Keating (b. 1891), employed in 1939 as a blind housekeeper in Bexhill. 2nd wife (1952 @ Brighton, Eng.): Lucy Pennifold Keating
  • James David Keating +1921-1933+ (b. 1884 Hoxton, London, Eng.; emig. 1910; d. 1959 Vancouver, BC). In 1921, James was employed as an accountant for a railway office. Wife: Florence Lilian Mayes Keating +1921-1933+ (b. 1877 Charlwood, Surrey, Eng.; emig. 1910; d. 1963 Vancouver, BC).
    • Eric James David Keating +1921-1966+ (1912-2002)
    • Winnifred Florence Eunice Keating Anstey +1921+ (b. 1913 Regina, SK - d. 1996 Penticton, BC). Husband: Harry Francis Anstey ? (b. 1915 Eng. - d. 1996 Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen, BC). See Anstey family.
  • Benjamin Arthur Keating (b. 1887 Islington, London, Eng.)
  • Lydia Martha Keating (b. 1889 Islington, London, Eng. - d. 1952 Isle of Wight, Eng.) Never married.
  • Sarah Minnie Keating Edmonds (b. 1891 Hackney, London, Eng. - d. 1943 Birmingham, Warwickshire, Eng.) Husband (1922 @ Brentford, Mid., Eng.): George Edmonds.
  • Thomas Archer Keating (b. 1892 Hackney, London, Eng. - d. 1971 Christchurch, NZ). In 1918, Thomas was stationed at Salt Pans, Sandwich, Kent, Eng. as a Pioneer in the Royal Engineers. Wife (1918 @ Brentford, Eng.): Annie Bentley Keating.
  • Ruth Mary Keating Puzey (b. 1894 Hackney, London, Eng.). Husband (1940 @ Westminster, Mid., Eng.): Frederick H. Puzey.
  • Lucy Harriet Mercy Keating Zamora-Smith (b. 1898 Hackney, London, Eng. - d. 1986 Lewisham, London, Eng.). 1st husband (1921 @ Brentford, Eng.): John F. Smith.
  • Grace Elizabeth C. Keating (b. 1899 Hackney, London, Eng.). In 1923, she emigrated to Vancouver to reside with her brother James, registered as CoE, and her career was as a dressmaker.
  • Dorothy Hannah J. Keating Manson (b. 1903 East Tottenham, London, Mid., Eng. - d. 1950 Vancouver, BC). Husband (1932 @ Kelowna, BC): Alexander Buchan Manson (b. 1902 Edinburgh, Scot. - d. 1985 Vancouver, BC), son of John Duncan Manson (b. 1865 Niel Moolandy, Stirlingshire, Scot. - d. 1943 Ardebach, Nairnshire, Scot.) & Janet "Jessie" Reid Johnston Fletcher Manson (b. 1863 Glasgow, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1904 Kelvin, East Kilbride, Lanark, Scot.).
    • Robin John Buchan Manson (b. 1935 Kelowna, BC - d. 2021 Comox, BC).

Perrin family

• H. Perrin +1905-1933+ (2350 Cornwall St. +1911+)
• Mrs. H. Perrin +1944+

Pirie family

• John Scott Pirie +1905+ (1876-1951)

Pleasance family

The Pleasance family was PB as early as 1911.

• James Francis "Frank" Pleasance (b. 1884 Harrow, Mid., Eng. - d. 1941 MB)
• Ellen Melissa "Nellie" Wilson Sleamasanie-Pleasance (b. 1890 La Riviere, MB)
  • Walter Herbert Pleasance (b. 1909 Lisgar or La Riviere, MB - d. 1998 Maple Ridge, Vancouver, BC). Wife: Beatrice Mary Irene Bailey Pleasance (b. 1910 Eng. - d. 2004 Fernie, East Kootenay, BC).
  • James Francis Pleasance +1973+ (1917-2003)

Vernon family

• E.J. Vernon +1905+