Hewitt Bostock was a rancher, fruit farmer, politician, and Speaker of the Senate. He lived at 1835 Barclay Street in late 1917 and in 1918.
Hewitt Bostock – Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory – 1918 – page 393Family Background
Hewitt Bostock was born on May 31, 1864, in Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England. His father was Samuel Bostock (about 1809-1869), who was a successful investor. Hewitt’s mother was Marian Iliff (born 1830); after Samuel Bostock’s death in 1869, Marian married Rev. John Cave-Brown (1818-1898). Marian died on June 6, 1926.
Hewitt went to school in Brighton and Guildford. Later he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a degree in mathematics. He was called to the bar in 1888, although he never practised law. He received a M.A. degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1890.
To Canada
He first came to Canada in 1886. In 1888, he visited the Thompson valley in British Columbia, where he bought a ranch called “Duck’s,” which was named after Jacob Duck. Later the area became known as Monte Creek.
On June 12, 1890, in Kingston district, Surrey, England, he married Lizzie Jean McCombie Cowie. She was born on April 4, 1868, in Marylebone, Middlesex, England. Her father was Hugh Cowie, Q.C., of Ithandale, Wimbledon, and who was Chancellor of Durham University. Lizzie’s mother was Septima Warlters. Hewitt and Lizzie came briefly to Canada in 1890 and 1891. In 1893, they moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where Hewitt hired architect William Ridgway Wilson (1862-1957) to build a Queen Anne style house at 1322 Rockland Avenue. (The house was called Schuhuum or Shuhuum: Victoria Heritage Foundation; Heritage Register; Rockland; 1322 Rockland Avenue; http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Rockland/Rockland1322.html.)
In April 1894, Hewitt and other associates founded the Province newspaper in Victoria. At first, the paper ran once a week. By 1898, the paper had moved to Vancouver and had started to publish daily. Walter Cameron Nichol became the sole owner of the paper until 1923, when he sold it to the Southam family. Hewitt invested widely in other businesses, including lumbering and mining companies and another newspaper, and he established a large presence at the Monte Creek ranch.
Politics and Later Life
In 1896, Hewitt ran successfully for the federal parliament in the Yale-Cariboo constituency.
He did not run for Parliament in 1900. In 1904, he was appointed to the Senate, succeeding Senator James Reid (1839-1904).
In 1914, Hewitt became the leader of the Liberals in the Senate. In 1921, he was briefly the minister of public works in William Lyon Mackenzie King’s first administration. On February 7, 1922, he became the speaker of the Senate. In 1925, he was a Canadian delegate at the sixth assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hewitt died at Monte Creek on April 28, 1930. He was buried in the St. Peter’s Church Cemetery on the Monte Creek property.
Lizzie died in Saanich, British Columbia, on January 5, 1942. She was buried in the St. Peter’s Church Cemetery on the Monte Creek property.
The ranch stayed in the hands of the Bostock family for many years.
The Sidhu family bought the ranch in 2007. In 2014, the family was establishing the Monte Creek Ranch Estate Winery: http://www.winesofcanada.com/Ok_thomsonRiver_wineries.html.
Hewitt and Lizzie had eight children. One daughter died in infancy; four daughters and three sons lived to be adults.
Marion Noel Bostock
Marion Noel Bostock was born on December 25, 1891, in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England. She received an M.D. from the London School of Medicine in England. She was a medical missionary in India.
She married Victor Sherman, who was a banker in India. He was born in London, England, on July 18, 1882. His father was George Sherman; his mother was Jane Connue (or Connew). Victor and Marion lived in India until they retired in 1936. They moved to a house called “Miramar” on Ten Mile Point in Saanich, British Columbia.
Victor died in Victoria, British Columbia, on December 17, 1960.
Marion died in Victoria on August 18, 1975.
Alexander Hewitt Bostock
Alexander Hewitt Bostock was born on January 16, 1893, in Epsom, Surrey, England. He attended Ashbury College in Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa.
He attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. In October 1914, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a lieutenant.
He was killed in action during the First World War, on July 26, 1916, at Mount Sorrell, Ypres, Belgium. He was buried in the New Military Cemetery of Poperingle, near Ypres.
Hewitt built St. Peter’s Memorial Church at Monte Creek in memory of Alexander.
Ethel Jean Bostock
Ethel Jean Bostock was born on July 18, 1894, in Esquimalt, British Columbia. She never married. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture, and she later worked as a rancher.
She died in Monte Creek on September 9, 1960. She was buried in the St. Peter’s Church Cemetery on the Monte Creek property.
Annie Elizabeth Macnamara Bostock
Annie Elizabeth Macnamara Bostock was born on October 28, 1896 (or September 14, 1896), in Kent, England.
She never married. She worked as a rancher. She died in Kamloops, British Columbia, on September 27, 1970.
Hugh Samuel Bostock
Hugh Samuel Bostock was born on January 6, 1901, in Vancouver.
He had an extensive education, including Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario; followed by Hillside School; Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey, and the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He later from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924 and a Master of Science degree in 1925. He later obtained a Ph. D. in geology from the University of Wisconsin.
He was a geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada from 1929 until he retired about 1966.
On April 21, 1930, in Los Angeles, California, he married Violet Craigie Hamilton. She was born about 1904 in Rossland, British Columbia. Her father was Charles Robert Hamilton (1867-1938) [who was in a law firm in Rossland with Thomas Mayne Daly, the father of Harold Mayne Daly of 875 Chilco Street from 1911 to 1915]; her mother was Edith Belle Wilson (1878-1970).
Hugh died at age 93 in Ottawa on February 1, 1994.
William Norman Bostock
William Norman Bostock was born on November 12, 1903, in Monte Creek, British Columbia.
He studied at at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey.
He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He also qualified as a Dominion Land Surveyor in British Columbia.
He graduated from the Royal Military College in 1924.
On March 31, 1929, in Kamloops, British Columbia, he married Margaret Nichols. She was born on December 22, 1902, in Bodie, California. Her father was Horace George Nichols; her mother was Amelia Mercy Moore.
In 1930 he became a lieutenant in Canada’s permanent military force.
When the Second World War began, he became a deputy assistant adjutant-general.
In March 1942 he became a lieutenant-colonel. Later in 1942 he became a colonel with the Canadian military headquarters in London, England.
In May 1943 he returned to Canada, where he became brigadier, general staff in Pacific Command headquarters.
In 1944 he went overseas to become assistant deputy adjutant general.
In June 1945 he became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
In 1945 he became military attaché to the Government of China, with headquarters at Chungking (later spelled “Chongqing”).
He retired in 1947.
He was a stockraiser at Ned’s Creek Ranch, at Pritchard, British Columbia. He was an active member of the BC Cattlemen’s Association.
William died in Fernhurst, Sussex, on November 8, 1970.
![The Ottawa Journal, November 10, 1970, page 37, column 3. [should say “Ned’s Creek Ranch”].](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/william-norman-bostock-death-notice-the-ottawa-journal-november-10-1970-page-37-column-3.jpg)
Margaret died on August 1, 1990.
Jessie Septima Cowie Bostock
Jessie Septima Cowie Bostock was born in the fall of 1905 in Monte Creek, British Columbia, Canada. She died of bronchitis on December 29, 1906, in Monte Creek, British Columbia.
Ada Ruth Bostock
Ada Ruth Bostock (often called “Ruth”) was born on January 29, 1910, in Ottawa, Ontario.
On September 21, 1938, in Monte Creek, British Columbia, she married Albert Murray Fallis (often called “Murray”). He was born on January 6, 1907, in Harriston, Ontario. His father was William R. Fallis; his mother was Martha Melissa Miller.
Murray obtained a B.A. in biology from the University of Toronto in 1932, and a Ph.D. in biology, also from the University of Toronto, in 1937. He became an expert on parasitology. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Ruth died in Ottawa, Ontario, on November 16, 2001.
Murray died on July 8, 2003.
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Free BMD Marriages, December quarter 1860, Newington district, Surrey, Volume 1d, page 212; Samuel Bostock and Marian Iliff; http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=31341926&d=bmd_1399917892; http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=31382137&d=bmd_1399917892.
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“England and Wales Census, 1871,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRNW-VLT : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock in household of Marionne Bostock, Walton On The Hill, Surrey, England; citing “1871 England, Scotland and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 10, folio , p. 6; Reigate registration district, Reigate subdistrict, ED 25, household 29, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 0827750.
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“England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920”, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2D8M-L6R : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, 1890.
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKMZ-5PZ : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Marian Cave Browne, England; citing “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 12, county, registration district, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“Canada Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWKQ-2VL : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, Grand Prairie, Yale, British Columbia, Canada; citing Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148094.
“Canada Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWKQ-PW9 : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, Kamloops, Yale, British Columbia, Canada; citing Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148094.
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QFFK-Z2M : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, England; citing “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 12, county, registration district, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JX72-FJF : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, arrived at New York City, New York, New York, 09 Dec 1896, on the Majestic (1890); citing National Archives, Washington D.C.
“Canada Census, 1901,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHVN-T4J : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 23, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
“England and Wales Census, 1911,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWGN-WQZ : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hewitt Bostock, The Charterhouse, E C, London, England; citing “1911 England and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 14, county, registration district, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“Made Last Speech From Wheel Chair: News of Sir George Ross’ Death Brings Sorrow to Ottawa: Senator Bostock Likely to Succeed as Liberal Leader in the Senate,” Vancouver Province, March 7, 1914, page 1.
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Hon. Hewitt Bostock Speaker of Senate Dies at Coast Home: …The Globe (1844-1936); Apr 30, 1930; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2011), page 12.
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Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial# 39775770, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39775770; Hewitt Bostock; Birth: May 31, 1864, England; Death: Apr. 28, 1930; Monte Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Burial: St. Peter’s Church Cemetery, Monte Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Plot: He is buried on his property in the family cemetery near the small wooden church he had built in 1926 in memory of his son Alec.
St. Peters Church Cemetery, Monte Creek, British Columbia, http://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/thompson_nicola/monte_creek/index_monte_creek_anglican_church_cemetery.html.
Interments for St. Peter’s Church Cemetery, http://www.vdfhs.com/cemeteries/thompson_nicola/monte_creek/monte_creek_anglican_church_cemetery_burial_list.pdf.
Hewitt Bostock house (“Schuhuum”) at 1322 Rockland, Victoria, British Columbia
1322 Rockland, Schuhuum 1894, http://www.rockland.bc.ca/walking.html. “W. Ridgway Wilson continued the Tudor Revival style with this Queen Anne house that he designed for Hewitt Bostock, who started The Province newspaper. Schuhuum was an Indian word for “windy spot”. James D. Prentice, MPP, lived here in 1908. Maclure provided drawings for renovations about 1900 and in 1915, Maclure designed a coach porch for client William Agnew. In 1950, Kathleen Agnew donated the property to the Anglican Church to be used for the elderly (the former Caroline Macklem home).
1322 Rockland Avenue, Schuhuum, http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Rockland/Rockland1322.html: “Other Occupants: James Douglas Prentice (1861-1911) bought the house in 1901, and commissioned Samuel Maclure to undertake numerous renovations. Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, James was educated in Edinburgh and came to Canada c.1888. He was a bank clerk and then a rancher in Lillooet, BC. He was elected MLA for Lillooet in 1898 and 1900. He came to Victoria when he became Provincial Secretary in the Dunsmuir administration in 1900, then became Minister of Finance in 1901. He married Mabel Clare Galpin in Victoria in 1897, and they lived at Schuhuum until 1911.
William Agnew (1848-1922) bought this property in 1912. William was a wholesale silk importer born in Co. Down, Ireland. He came to Canada in 1856 and lived in Ontario, where he met and married Emma Johnson Waterous (1849-1917). The Agnews retired from Montreal to Victoria in 1912. Their only son Major Augustus Waterous Agnew was killed in France during WWI.
Daughter Kathleen Martha Clara Agnew (1880-1967) remained in the house. Born in Montreal and educated in Germany and France, she was fluent in both languages. Kathleen was a noted philanthropist, and was named Victoria’s Good Citizen in 1957. She was a patron of the arts, and supported the YWCA, YMCA, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts. In her will she left her entire library to the University of Victoria, and many paintings to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss St, Rockland).
Kathleen donated this house to the Anglican Church as the Caroline Macklem home for aged women in 1950. It was forced to close its doors due to Provincial funding cuts in 1999. Controversy ensued when the so-called Baron George von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff, also known as George C. Davis, signed a 99-year lease with the Anglican Church Women’s Society for $1 a year in 2000. An out-of-court settlement was reached, the Baron left Canada and the house was sold in 2004.
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Lizzie Jean McCombie Cowie (wife of Hewitt Bostock)
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Marion Noel Bostock (daughter of Hewitt Bostock)
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Ethel Jean Bostock (daughter of Hewitt Bostock)
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“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLYV-3RG : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Annie Bostock, 27 Sep 1970; citing Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13306, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2034214.
Hugh Samuel Bostock (son of Hewitt Bostock)
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Hugh Samuel Bostock, Canadian Who’s Who, 1964-1966, page 104.
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British Columbia Birth Registration, Date: 1901/01/06; Event Place: VANCOUVER; Registration Number: 1901-09-121975; Event Type: Birth; Hugh Samuel Bostock.
“Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922”, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HGL-QHW : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hugh S Bostock, 1917.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NB-WG3 : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Hugh Samuel Bostock and Violet Craigie Hamilton, 21 Apr 1930; citing p. 40, Los Angeles, California, United States; FHL microfilm 2074791.
Ottawa Social Notes, Montreal Gazette, April 22, 1930, page 8, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rnAtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808%2C3540179: “The marriage took place today at Pasadena, California, of Miss Violet Craigie, daughter of Mr. C.R. Hamilton, K.C., and Mrs. Hamilton, of Nelson, B.C., and Mr. Hugh Samuel Bostock, elder son of the Hon. Hewitt Bostock and Mrs. Bostock, of Monte Creek, B.C., and Ottawa. The honeymoon will be spent in British Columbia, and in September Mr. and Mrs. Bostock will come to Ottawa to reside.”
Charles Hamilton (bishop), Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_%28bishop%29 [father of Charles Robert Hamiton].
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD8L-18M : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles Robert Hamilton and Edith Bell Wilson, 14 Mar 1900; citing Rossland, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11386, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,979.
“United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XPQH-8P6 : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles R Hamilton, 20 Oct 1932; from “Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954,” Ancestry; citing Ship , arrival port Metaline Falls, Washington, , line , NARA microfilm publication Imusawa1917a, roll 082627, NARA record group 85, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
“United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XGT2-NM6 : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles R Hamilton, 16 Oct 1933; from “Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954,” Ancestry; citing Ship , arrival port Metaline Falls, Washington, , line , NARA microfilm publication Imusawa1917a, roll 082627, NARA record group 85, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLGT-M45 : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles Robert Hamilton, 08 Apr 1938; citing Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13162, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,953,195.
Ottawa Journal, Friday, April 8, 1938, page 4, http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48513484/: “Mrs. R. Quain Is Bereaved Here: Father, Charles R. Hamilton, K.C. .Word has been received In Ottawa of the death on Thursday at Victoria, B. C, of Charles R. Hamilton. K.C., of Nelson, B. C. Mr. Hamilton was the father of Mrs. Bostock, of Ottawa, and brother of Colonel George T. Hamilton, also of Ottawa. Mr. Hamilton was born at Quebec City 72 years ago. He was the son of the late Most Rev. Charles Hamilton, former Anglican Archbishop of Ottawa. He received his education at Bishop’s College, Osgoode Hall and Keble College, Oxford. For many years he was a leading member of the Bar of British Columbia, appearing on numerous occasions before the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Hamilton had visited Ottawa many times and his death will occasion deep regret among the many friends he had here. He leaves to mourn his loss, in addition to his widow, the former Edith B. Wilson of New Westminster, Edith Frances Biggar of Vancouver, B C, Mrs. H.S. Bostock and Mrs. Redmond Quain of Ottawa; one son, C. H. Hamilton, of Nelson. B. C; one sister, Miss Mary Hamilton of Montreal, and one brother, Col. George T. Hamilton, of Ottawa.”
British Columbia Archives, GR-2214, Probate/estate files, British Columbia, Supreme Court (Nelson); B09691; Hamilton, Charles Robert; 66/1938; http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5A609E2/view/TextualRecords/find%2Bhamilton,%20charles%20robert%2B%2B%2B%2B/1#1
British Columbia Order in Council, Number 1585/1938, December 6, 1938; http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/arch_oic/arc_oic/1585_1938; appointment of David Laughton, of Nelson, British Columbia, as commissioner to enquire into and to report on the value of two parcels of real property belonging to the estate of the late Charles Robert Hamilton.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLBS-74R : accessed 6 February 2015), Edith Bell Hamilton, 17 Feb 1970; citing Nelson, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13301, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,034,112.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD89-P4D : accessed 6 February 2015), Louis Hodgins Biggar and Edith Frances Mary Hamilton, 26 Apr 1923; citing Nelson B C, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13746, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,316.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD83-YPT : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles Hamwood Hamilton and Dorothy Frances Airey, 02 Jun 1928; citing Willow Point, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13756, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,552.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLGC-R19 : accessed 6 February 2015), Charles Hamwood Hamilton, 12 Aug 1986; citing Nelson, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B16581, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,358,021.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDD9-BDZ : accessed 6 February 2015), Redmond Thomas Quain and Isabel Joan Hamilton, 11 Dec 1926; citing Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13754, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,507.
William Norman Bostock (son of Hewitt Bostock)
William Norman Archibald Bostock, http://www.bostock.net/tree/bostgen/names/bost/william1903bost24.html.
British Columbia Birth Registrations, Registration Number: 1903-09-179545, William A. N. Bostock; event place: Monte Creek; event dated November 12, 1903.
“England and Wales Census, 1911,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWGN-WQ6 : accessed 29 Jul 2014), William Norman Bostock, The Charterhouse, E C, London, England; citing “1911 England and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 14, county, registration district, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD8W-W11 : accessed 29 Jul 2014), William Norman Bostock and Margaret Nichols, 31 Mar 1929; citing Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13758, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2074554. [Note: the FamilySearch index says that William Norman Bostock was divorced. The actual registration document says “B” (for bachelor), but the handwriting on the document is not clear.]
“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957”, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2H9S-RWC : accessed 29 Jul 2014), William Norman Bostock, 1943.
“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957”, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2H9S-RWM : accessed 29 Jul 2014), William N Bostock, 1943.
“California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953”, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXHH-F9F : accessed 29 Jul 2014), William N Bostock, 1947.
“Brig. W.N. Bostock Retires From Army,” Vancouver Sun, July 16, 1947, page 31: “Ottawa, July 16. – Brigadier William N. Bostock, CBE, Canadian military attaché to Chine since December, 1945, is retiring to civil life, Army headquarters announced today. He has been a permanent force officer since 1930. A graduate of the Royal Military College in 1924, he was a British Columbia rancher for a number or years.”
William Norman Bostock, military records, McGill University, http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/mcgillremembers/results.asp?id=2529.
British Columbia Order in Council 1982/1960, August 26, 1960, rescinds appointment of William Norman Bostock as Co-ordinator of the Kamloops Civil Defence Zone, http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/arch_oic/arc_oic/1982_1960.
Margaret Nichols (wife of William Norman Bostock)
“England and Wales Census, 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW8S-2B5 : 1 August 2017), Margaret Nichols in household of Horace George Nichols, Ashtead, Ashtead, Surrey, England; from “1911 England and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8W-W1T : 11 March 2018), William Norman Bostock and Margaret Nichols, 31 Mar 1929; citing Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13758, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,554.
Jessie Septima Bostock (daughter of Hewitt Bostock)
Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial# 102797427, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102797427, Septima Jessie C “Jessie” Bostock.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL2M-8YD : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Septima Jessie Cowie Bostock, 29 Dec 1906; citing Monte Creek, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13111, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1927139. Death registration: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12316-131608-34?cc=1538285; Medical certificate of death showing acute bronchitis as cause of death: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12316-127959-63?cc=1538285.
Winifred Ada Ruth Bostock (daughter of Hewitt Bostock)
“Ontario Births, 1869-1912”, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMH8-N4W : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Winifred Ada Ruth Bostock, 1910.
“England and Wales Census, 1911,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWGN-WQX : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Ada Ruth Bostock, The Charterhouse, E C, London, England; citing “1911 England and Wales census,” index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 14, county, registration district, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957”, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24JZ-DVH : accessed 29 Jul 2014), Ada Ruth Bostock, 1934.
Ada Ruth Fallis (née Bostock), Vancouver Province, November 11, 2001, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-BC-OBITS/2001-11/1006306855: FALLIS _ Ada Ruth (nee Bostock). B.A. Hon. (UBC), Dip. OT. (U of T), Dip. Mothercraft Nursing, (London, UK). Peacefully at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on Friday, November 16th in her 92nd year. The youngest daughter and eighth child of the late Honorable Hewitt S. and Lizzie J. Bostock (nee Cowie) of Monte Creek, BC. Dearly beloved wife of A. Murray Fallis, with whom she shared her life for over 63 years. Devoted, loving mother of her sons Alex (Wanda) of Ottawa, Hugh of Monte Creek, Bruce (Wendy) of Winnipeg. Cherished grandmother of Graham (Tina) and Dawn of Ottawa, Glenn of Vancouver, Leandra of Winnipeg, Stephen and Julie of Monte Creek. Lovingly remembered by her many nieces and nephews. Ruth’s generosity, compassion, joie de vive, and sense of humor were infectious and will be missed by her loyal, worldwide circle of friends and relatives. In addition to her extensive volunteer activities, the success and accomplishments of her husband, sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren were Ruth’s pride and joy. The memorial service to celebrate Ruth’s life will be held in Caledon East United Church, Saturday, December 1, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, should you desire, donations may be made in her memory to your favorite charity, or the Scholarship Fund, Caledon East United Church, Church Street, Caledon East, ON, L0N1E0.
A. Ruth (Bostock) Fallis scholarship, http://www.ot.utoronto.ca/news/awards/student_awards.asp: This award was established by Bruce Fallis and Alexander Fallis in memory of their mother Ada Ruth (Bostock) Fallis. Mrs. Fallis was a graduate of the Diploma of Occupational Therapy program class of 1937. To be awarded to one MScOT graduate student on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
A. Murray Fallis Graduate Scholarships in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/about-us/support_us/gradscholarships/schol_fallis.htm
(Albert) Murray Fallis, http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=150
Bruce William Fallis, September 24, 1946-July 20, 2009, http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-153062/name-Bruce_Fallis/: “A kind, brave, intelligent man, Bruce Fallis, aged 62, passed away July 20 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital (Salmon Arm, BC). With a lifelong fascination and an extensive knowledge of the natural environment, he worked for many years as a fisheries biologist. Bruce was an excellent poet, an avid outdoorsman, and an award-winning beekeeper. In the last few years of his life, he developed Parkinson’s Disease and valiantly struggled with this adversity. Thoughtful, generous, and loving as a husband and father, he will be greatly missed by his wife of 34 years, Wendy (nee Dickson); his children, Glenn (Amber) and Leandra; brothers Alex (Wanda), and Hugh (Marilyn); Uncle Allan (Hazel); and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his father, Dr. A. Murray Fallis and mother, Ada Ruth Fallis (nee Bostock). We will remember him fondly for his humility and enduring positive attitude, his patient teachings, gentle strength and gracious nature, and his playful, clever sense of humour. Donations in memory of Bruce can be made to the Parkinson’s Society of Canada (www.parkinson.ca). As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 01, 2009.
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