Charles Stanford Douglas was a journalist, realtor, and politician who was the mayor of Vancouver in 1909. He lived at 2033 Comox Street from 1907 to 1915 and at 885 Chilco Street from 1916 to 1917.
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 1, 1852. His father was John Amherst Douglas (1819-1862). His mother was Esther Sarah Knappen (1821-1878).
Charles went to the high school in Beaver Dam.
He attended Wayland University in Beaver Dam.
After graduating, he worked at a series of newspapers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 1875, he became the owner and publisher of the Superior Times at Superior, Wisconsin.
![“Early newspapers in Superior,” James Bardon, Superior Times, July 18, 1903, unknown page, [excerpt]; http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963788&dsRecordDetails=R:BA12513](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/early-newspapers-in-superior-james-bardon-superior-times-july-18-1903.jpg)
His newspaper career in Fort William was short, and in 1878 he moved to Emerson, Manitoba, where he established the Emerson International newspaper.
On 29 December 1881, Charles married Annie Marie Johnston of Toronto, Ontario. Her father was James Elden Johnston (1812-1901); her mother was Elizabeth Dever (1814-1893). She was a sister of Benjamin Burrows Johnston (about 1854-1908), who also lived in Emerson for a time. Benjamin lived at 2075 Nelson Street from 1906 to 1908.
Charles became active in local and provincial politics in Manitoba. He was a member of the Emerson town council in 1881, and became the mayor of Emerson in 1888. From 1883 to 1889 he represented Emerson as a member of the Manitoba legislature.
In June 1889, he moved to British Columbia, where he was active in the real estate and brokerage business, along with Benjamin Burrows Johnston.
In 1894, Charles ran to represent Richmond in the British Columbia legislature, but he was unsuccessful.
In 1901, Charles’s real estate offices were at 409 West Hastings Street. He was living at 1033 Georgia Street with Annie. They continued to live in a series of houses in the West End.
He became a member of the Vancouver Club, the Terminal City Club, the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. He also belonged to the A.F. & A.M. [Ancient Free & Accepted Masonry]. He was also a director of B.C. Refining Company Ltd. and president of Canadian Renard Road Transportation Company Ltd.
In the 1901 Canadian census, Charles and Annie also had a niece, Vesta Ellen Fisher, and a nephew, Charles Stanford Fisher, living with them. Vesta and Charles Fisher were the children of Charles Henry Fisher and Vesta Victoria Johnston (1859-1891).
In 1907, Charles and Annie moved to their new house at 2033 Comox Street.
Anna died in Vancouver on July 7, 1908. She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
Charles was elected as mayor of Vancouver in 1909.
On March 24, 1909, in Toronto, Ontario, Charles married Elizabeth Manley. She was born in Harriston, Ontario on January 18, 1859. Her parents were John Fisher and Flora McLelland. Elizabeth had been married to Major Frederick Fitzpayne Manley (1852-1907), a mathematics tutor and principal of the Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
The Vancouver newspapers followed the progress of Charles and Elizabeth across the country.
“Mayor Douglas and his bride spent a few days of last week in Winnipeg, and were guests at the Royal Alexander. They left on Saturday en route for home.” Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, April 8, 1909, page 9.
“Mayor Douglas Arrived Today; His Worship Brings Toronto Bride After Prolonged Wedding Trip – Endorses Statements of Other Civic Delegates on Harbor Improvements and Deadman’s Island,” Vancouver World, April 8, 1909, page 12.
In his role as mayor, Charles did not promote workers’ rights. He was against eight-hour days for civic workers. He also voted in favour of a motion to allow the city to contract out work instead of having city day labourers do the work.
While Charles was mayor, he attended several civic events.
One was the visit of Lord Strathcona (1820-1914) and Clarence Campbell Chipman (1856-1909) to Vancouver on May 31, 1909. They took a drive into Stanley Park and had their photograph taken in front of the Hollow Tree.
Another event was the visit of Earl Grey (1851-1917), Governor General of Canada, to open the Granville Street Bridge on September 6, 1909.
In 1909, while he was still mayor, Charles was also involved in private business. He hired architect George William Grant to prepare plans for the Fortin Hotel on West Cordova Street.
In 1910, Charles tried to get re-elected, but he lost to Louis Denison Taylor.
After his single term as mayor, Charles continued with his business life. In late 1910, he and George A. Barrett were promoters of the Imperial Car, Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation.
The company had great ambitions to follow the example of the Pullman Company in the United States: it would build railway cars, set up a shipbuilding and dry dock business, create a new town on Burrard Inlet, and employ large numbers of employees.
![Cover of Rosslyn pamphlet, Seattle, Washington: The Imperial Car, Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. 1910, http://biblio.co.uk/book/rosslyn/d/15743096 [Searched June 29, 2015.]](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/cover-of-rosslyn-pamphlet-1910.jpg)
The company also proposed to set up a branch in Spokane, Washington.
It is not clear what happened to the main company or its proposed branch.
In February 1911, Charles and Elizabeth went on a month-long holiday to Honolulu. In March 1911, they travelled to San Francisco, and returned to Vancouver later in the year.
In June 1911, the Automobile Club of Seattle sent an invitation to the Vancouver Automobile Club to celebrate Seattle’s Potlatch Week from July 17 to 22. On July 15, Charles and Elizabeth drove with a group of relatives to Seattle. They came back to Vancouver on July 23.
In 1913, Charles and Elizabeth went to Ontario. They spent two months in Toronto; then they stopped at Ridley College at St. Catharines to visit with Elizabeth’s son, John. Afterwards, they were going to spend two months in Muskoka.
In 1915, Charles tried again to get elected as mayor of Vancouver. His platform included the exemption of taxes on residential property valued up to $2000, and a graduated tax on business property based on the value of the improvements. In most cases, this would mean that a working family would not pay taxes on their residence. Charles also wanted to reduce city expenses, including the salaries of the mayor, city councillors and department heads, but not those of “underpaid civic employees, such as the police, firemen or city workmen.” Charles again lost the election to Louis Denison Taylor.
In September 1915, Charles and Elizabeth leased 2033 Comox Street to Philip and Caroline Brooks, and then moved into the Brooks residence on Chilco Street.
For a time, Charles was the president of the local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society. He retired in November 1915 “on account of ill-health.”
Elizabeth’s sons, Davison Barrett Manley and John Fitzpayne Manley, both enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
In the summer of 1916, Charles went for a swim in English Bay, between the English Bay Pier and Englesea Lodge. Other swimmers and boaters noticed that he was nearly drowning, and several people came to help. Two teenagers, Eloise Angell of 821 Bute Street, and Bobby Young of 744 Gilford Street, were the heroes who managed to rescue Charles, who weighed about 200 pounds, according to the news reports.
Charles died in Vancouver on April 15, 1917. He had been in the Vancouver General Hospital for several weeks, and Elizabeth had been visiting with him. In the morning, she received a telegram informing her that her son, John, had been killed in action on April 9. On the same morning, Elizabeth’s other son, Davison (sometimes called David) arrived home on a short leave, and heard the news about John. When Elizabeth and David telephoned the hospital to convey the news to Charles, they discovered that Charles had died at about 9 a.m.
Charles’s funeral was at Christ Church on Georgia Street.
Elizabeth continued to live in Vancouver. When she died in Vancouver on March 6, 1927, she was living in the Nottingham Apartments at 1234 Robson Street.
Charles and Annie Marie Johnston did not have any children.
Charles and Elizabeth Fisher did not have any children.
Elizabeth Fisher did have children from her previous marriage to Frederick Fitzpayne Manley.
Children of Frederick Fitzpayne Manley and Elizabeth Fisher
Davison Barrett Manley
Davison Barrett Manley was born in Toronto, Ontario, on June 27, 1893.
During the First World War, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
On September 22, 1920, in Vancouver, Nell married Davison Barrett Manley
In 1924, Nell was a patroness for the Vancouver Amazons’ Ball. This was a dance to raise funds to support the Amazons hockey team, who were going to Banff, Alberta, to compete for the alpine Championship Ladies’ Hockey Cup.
By 1935, Davison was the building manager of the Vancouver Stock Exchange Building.
In 1937, Nell was elected captain of the women members of Jericho Golf and Country Club.
In 1939, Davison was charged with stealing 330 shares of Bralorne Mines Ltd. At his first trial on April 2, 1940, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. A week later, a second jury found him guilty, but recommended mercy. He appealed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal, which ordered a new trial. On September 9, 1940, he was acquitted.
It appears that Davison’s and Nell’s marriage ended, and Davison married Hanna Margaret Carroll. She was born on February 4, 1903, in Colville, Washington State. Her parents were George Francis Carroll and Elizabeth Jones.
Davison died in Penticton, British Columbia on May 20, 1972. Hannah died in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on February 22, 1985.
Nell died in Vancouver on November 24, 1976.
John Fitzpayne Manley
John Fitzpayne Manley was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 10, 1896.
He attended Bishop Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, where he was a good cricket player. He later became a law student.
During the First World War, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
He was killed in action on April 9, 1917.
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The Underdeveloped Lands in Northern & Western Ontario: Information Regarding Resources, Products and Suitability for Settlement — Collected and Compiled from Reports of Serveyors, Crown Land Agents, and Others, with the Sanction of the … Commissioner of Crown Lands; A. Kirkwood, J. J. Murphy, Hunter, Rose & Company, 1878, page 173; https://books.google.ca/books?id=068NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22fort+william%22+%22day+book%22+thunder+bay&source=bl&ots=feZo0Cd3T2&sig=hyOll79uqqamR9rxbKRuOR2gR1A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T72dVOb9LYfnoASgg4LYAw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22fort%20william%22%20%22day%20book%22%20thunder%20bay&f=false
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Personal, Toronto Globe; Jan 6, 1882; page 8: “Mr. C.S. Douglas, of the Emerson International, took one of Toronto’s fair daughters for his bride. The couple are now on an extended bridal tour.”
Personal, Toronto Globe, Jan 3, 1882, page. 8: “At the American Hotel are: B.B. Johnson, C.S. Douglas, Emerson . . .”
“Canada Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWK3-37X : accessed 27 December 2014), C S Douglas, Vancouver City, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148093; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/pdf/30953_148093-00177.pdf
B.C. Voters List 1898 – Di to Dz, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/vote1898/votedi.htm: “Douglas, Charles Stanford, 781 Hornby St, Real estate agent, Van”
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“To the Electors of the City of Vancouver,” C.S. Douglas, Vancouver Province, Decemvber 4, 1908, page5; Vancouver Province, December 5, 1908, page 5. [Statement of political platform.]
“Major Douglas Will Wed in East: His Worship to Be Principal in Wedding Next Wednesday at Toronto After a Courtship of Tw Short Weeks,” Vancouver Province, March 19, 1909, page 1.
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSZJ-RM2 : accessed 26 December 2014), Chas Stanford Douglas and Elizabeth Manley, 24 Mar 1909; citing registration 001631, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,870.
Mark Leier, Where the Fraser River Flows: The Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia, Vancouver, New Star Books, 1990, page 64: “The newly elected city council, headed by the American real estate developer C.S. Douglas, increasingly took on an anti-labour slant. Mayor Douglas refused to order the eight-hour day for civic workers even though the measure had been approved in a recent plebiscite, and in May he was to abandon the neutrality of the mayor’s chair to ensure the passage of a motion that replaced city day labourers with contracting out.” [Also available as Mark Leier, “Solidarity on Occasion: The Vancouver Free Speech Fights of 1909 and 1912,” Labour/LeTravail, 23 (Spring 1989), 39-66; https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/LLT/article/viewFile/4712/5585, at page 41.]
GRANT, George William (1852-1925), Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950, http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1596: “Fortin Hotel, West Cordova Street, for C.S. Douglas & Co., 1909 (City of Vancouver b.p. 30 Jan. 1909; 24 April 1909).”
Fortin Building, 57 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2517.
Vancouver Daily World, November 5, 1910, page 48: “With a Double-Barrelled Gun” [promotional material for Imperial Car, Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation Ltd.], promoters: C.S. Douglas and Co. and George A. Barrett and Co.
“General Float,” Moyie Leader, December 2, 1910, page 1, http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca/view/collection/moyie/date/1910-12-02#1!imperial: “A big car and steel works may be built near Spokane. It will be a branch of the Imperial Car, Shipbuilding & Dry Dock corporation now located near Vancouver.”
Rosslyn pamphlet, 1911, https://archive.org/stream/cihm_76822#page/n3/mode/2up. Note addenda at https://archive.org/stream/cihm_76822#page/n6/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/cihm_76822#page/n7/mode/1up.
Society, Vancouver Province, January 23, 1911, page 5: “Mr. C.S. Douglas and Mr. Barrett, directors of the Imperial Car Company, have gone to Seattle on business.”
Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, March 11, 1911, page 5: “Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas and Mr. and [Mrs.] G.S. Edwards, who have been enjoying a delightful holiday in Honolulu, were among the judges who were chosen from visitors from every part of the world at the sixth annual floral parade which was held in honor of Washington’s Birthday. . . .”
Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, March 14, 1911, page 5: “Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas and the Misses Bunce have arrived in San Francisco, having reached that city by the Mongolia from Honolulu after a month’s stay in that delightful resort. They expect to spend some time in the south before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Macaulay, who were also passengers on the Mongolia, are in San Francisco and are expected to reach Vancouver in a few days.”
“Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRJ-6FD : accessed 30 June 2015), Charles S Douglas, 1911; citing NARA microfilm publication A3410 and A3422 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,878,287.
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MGP2 : accessed 30 June 2015), Charles Stanford Douglas, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm ; http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001940098.pdf; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=63721&highlight=18&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Charles+Stanford+Douglas.
“Vancouver Autoists Will Go to Seattle: Accept invitation of Seattle to Attend Potlatch Celebration Next Month,” Vancouver Province, June 29, 1911, page 11.
Society, Vancouver Province, July 15, 1911, page 5: “One of the automobile parties who left today for Seattle for the golden potlach included Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas, Mr. Jones and Messrs. Davison and Jack Manley.”
Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, July 24, 1911, page 5: “Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas and their party who were visitors to Seattle for the potlatch celebration, returned home yesterday.”
Social Notes, Toronto World, July 6, 1913, page 8, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZBNNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6454%2C3511010: “Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas, Vancouver, who have been spending the past two months in Toronto, were at St. Catharines last week, attending the closing exercises at Ridley College. On the evening of June 19 they gave a dinner at the Welland, to the Ridley College cricket team, in honor of the team having won the intercollegiate championship. Mr. John Fitzpayne Manley, Mrs. Douglas’s second son, who is a member of the team, distinguished himself in a match at Hamilton recently, by making a century. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas expect to go to Muskoka shortly, and will remain there during July and August.”
“Electors of Wards VI and VII Hear Douglas; Candidate Replies to Opponents’ Criticisms – Reviews the Issues,” Vancouver Province, January 12, 1915, page 7.
“Mayor for 1915: Mr. C.S. Douglas’ Platform,” Vancouver Province, January 12, 1915, page 7.
Social and Personal, Vancouver Province, November 24, 1915, page 8: “A party of friends and supporters of the local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler at the home, 508 Alexander street, yester-afternoon for the purposes of inspecting the home, getting acquainted with the work and meeting the new president, Mr. J.D. McNeill, who succeeds Mr. C.S. Douglas, who is retiring from the presidency on account of ill-health. . . .”
“Children Rescue Ex-Mayor Douglas: Eloise Angell and Bobby Young Snatch Former Mayor from Jaws of Death,” Vancouver Province, September 1, 1916, page5.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLK8-SXD : accessed 26 December 2014), Charles Stanford Douglas, 15 Apr 1917; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13102, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,927,130.
“Ex-Mayor Douglas Called by Death; Step-Son Killed in Action at the Front,” Vancouver Sun, April 16, 1917, Page 5.
“Mr. C.S. Douglas Died on Sunday; At Same Hour Mrs. Douglas Received Word of Death of Her Son at the Front; Another Son Arrived Home Yesterday to Learn of the Double Bereavement,” Vancouver Province, April 16, 1917, page 2.
Charles Stanford Douglas, death notice, Vancouver Province, April 16, 1917, page 15: “Douglas – On April 15, 1917, at a local institution, Charles Stanford douglas, in his sixty-fifth year, formerly of 885 Chilco street. Funeral service will be held from Christ Church, Georgia street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. A.H. Sovereign will officiate. No flowers by request. Cremation. The remains are resting at Center & Hanna’s chapel.”
Charles S. Douglas, funeral notice, Vancouver Province, April 16, 1917, page 15: “An emergent meeting of Mount Hermon Lodge No. 7, A.F. & A.M., will be held at the Masonic Temple, Seymour and Georgia streets, Tuesday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m., for the purpose of attending the funeral of our late brother, Chas. S. Douglas. Members of sister lodges are invited to attend. F.M. Cowperthwaite, sec.”
“Funeral of Former mayor Douglas Today; Ceremony at Christ Church Was Attended by Many Friends of Deceased,” Vancouver Province, April 17, 1917, page 12.
“Aldermen Express Sympathy to Widow of Late C.S. Douglas,” April 17, 1917, page 5.
“Funeral of Late Chas. Douglas Was Really tribute to Both Dead; Pioneers Attend Last Rites to ex-Mayor and Old-Timer in Large Numbers; Preacher Refers to Heroic Step-Son,” Vancouver Sun, April 18, 1917, page 8.
“Asked Stepfather to Tell News to Mother but Death Prevented; Prophetic Utterance and a Touching Request Made by Late Lieut J. Manley to the Late ex-Mayor C.S. Douglas,” Vancouver Sun, April 21, 1917, page 4.
Anna Marie Johnston (wife of Charles Stanford Douglas)
“Canada Census, 1901,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHVN-JFX : accessed 27 December 2014), Marie Douglas in household of Charles S Douglas, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 15, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKC-528 : accessed 30 June 2015), Anna Marie Douglas, 07 Jul 1908; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13096, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,927,124; Medical certificate of death: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12399-239241-49?cc=1538285
Marie Douglas, death notice, Vancouver Province, July 8, 1908, page 14: “Douglas – On July 7, 1908, Marie, beloved wife of C.S. Douglas. Funeral private at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 9, from late residence of deceased, 2033 Comox street.”
Marie Douglas, death notice, Vancouver World, July 7, 1908, page 2. Similar to Marie Douglas, death notice, Vancouver Province, July 8, 1908, page 14.
Annie Marie Douglas, obituary, Vancouver Province, July 8, 1908, page 4: “Douglas: General regret will be felt at the death yesterday of Mrs. Annie Marie, aged fifty-five, wife of Mr. C.S. Douglas, a well-known real estate operator. The deceased, who was born in Ontario, had resided in the city for many years, and was respected and beloved by all who knew her. The funeral, which will be private, will take place from the family residence, 2033 Comox street, tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. C.C. Owen of Christ Church will officiate.”
Annie Marie Douglas, obituary, Vancouver World, July 8, 1908, page 12. Similar to obituary in Vancouver Province, July 8, 1908, page 4, above.
Annie Marie Douglas, obituary, Vancouver News-Advertiser, July 8, 1908, page 10. Similar to obituary in Vancouver Province, July 8, 1908, page 4, above.
Selected Johnston relatives
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNB-32Q : accessed 29 June 2015), Charles Henry Fisher and Vestu Victoria Johnston, 30 Aug 1880; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm .
Charles H. Fisher and Vesta V. Johnston, marriage notice, Toronto Globe, August 31, 1880; page 4: “On Monday, the 30th Aug., at the residence of the bride’s father, No. 7 Maitland street, by the Rev. S.J. Hunter, Chas. H. Fisher, to Vesta V., daughter of James Johnston Esq., all of Toronto.”
“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK8Y-QPD : accessed 29 June 2015), Vesta Fisher, 07 May 1891; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, 20309, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,539.
“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK8Y-Z32 : accessed 29 June 2015), Festa Fisher, 07 May 1891; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, 20467, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,539.
“Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH6C-D57 : accessed 29 June 2015), Vesta Fisher, 09 May 1891; citing Toronto, Ontario, Canada, section and lot C 9 7, line 6918, volume Volume 01, 1876-1896, Toronto Trust Cemeteris, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,617,049.
Johnston and Dever Genealogy, Boorman Family Genealogy, http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/johnston–dever.html. “James Elden Johnston (1812-1901) and Elizabeth Dever (1814-1893), both born in Ireland, and have been found in the 1841 Ontario census living in Cartwright township, Durham County in what was then called Canada West. They were still there in the 1848 census of Cartwright township, and the 1851 census where all their names were listed for the first time, including 8 children.” James Irvine Johnston (1843-1900) and Deborah Saphronia Kerfoot (1855-1941) were related to this family. They lived for a time in Emerson, Manitoba, and later in Vancouver.
James Elden Johnston, http://boormanfamily.ca/trees/johnston/rr01/rr01_002.htm: “Born on 14 Oct 1812 in Ireland. James Elden died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 19 Apr 1901; he was 88.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKB-V65 : accessed 30 June 2015), James E Johnston, 19 Apr 1901; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13093, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,927,121; Medical certificate of death: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11707-112740-23?cc=1538285.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-31TZ : accessed 30 June 2015), James E. Johnston, 1901; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26303661, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26303661.
Benjamin Burrows Johnston (business partner of Charles Stanford Douglas, and resident of 2075 Nelson Street from 1906 to 1908)
Moberly, Manitoba, http://vantagepoints.ca/stories/moberly/: “Whether the town’s founder, Benjamin B. Johnston of Emerson, Manitoba, genuinely thought that the site he chose would be ideal for a lakeside resort town, or was simply trying to get rich by swindling distant buyers who wouldn’t have known worthless land even if they’d seen it, has never been clear. Due to a lack of factual evidence, the site could have been imagined to be a successful spot for hunting lodges, being so near to the lake frequented by all manner of waterfowl. Nonetheless, plans were laid out for the town of Moberly.”
Benjamin B. Johnston, 5 West Hastings Street, https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/b-b-johnston/
Benjamin Burrows Johnston, Johnston and Dever Genealogy, http://boormanfamily.weebly.com/johnston–dever.html
“Canada Census, 1881,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVD1-V7L : accessed 26 December 2014), B. Benjamin Johnston in household of J. James Johnston, Emerson (Town), Provencher, Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 19; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13282, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,918.
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMJ4-FN7 : accessed 26 December 2014), Benjamin Burrows Johnston and Emma Amanda Andrews, 19 Jan 1882; citing registration 003713, Thornbury, Grey, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,758.
Ontario Marriage Index, Grey Co., 1882, part 2, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/grey82p2.htm: “3713-82, Benjamin Burrows Johnston, 27, merchant, Toronto, Toronto, s/o James & Elizabeth Johnston, married Emma Amanda Andrews, 24, Canada, Thornbury, d/o Thomas & Susan Andrews, wtn: George Mills of Toronto & Maggie SING of Meaford, 19 Jan 1882, Thornbury.”
“Canada Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWK3-96X : accessed 26 December 2014), B B Johnston, Vancouver City, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148093.
“Canada Census, 1901,” Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-T25 : accessed 30 June 2015), Benjamin B Johnston, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa. [Note: the census appears to say that Benjamin B. Johnston was four years old. It appears that the image of the census is faded. His age was probably 42: http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=59849&highlight=5&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Benjamin+B.+Johnston.]
“Find A Grave Index,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV5-312T : accessed 26 December 2014), Benjamin B. Johnston, 1908; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26303663, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDZJ-NHC : accessed 26 December 2014), Benjamin Burrows Johnston in household of Douglas Earle Johnston and Della Evelyn Johnston, 30 Apr 1915; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11378, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,706.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL5C-H7Z : accessed 26 December 2014), Benjamin Burroughs Johnston in household of Douglas Earl Johnston, 28 Aug 1951; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13209, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,032,701.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDZF-TZ5 : accessed 26 December 2014), Benjamin B Johnston in household of Kenelen Everard Carnahan and Edna Lucille Johnston, 10 Oct 1910; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11374, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,702.
James E. Johnston, Death Notice, Victoria Times, April 22, 1901, page 8, James E. Johnston, died April 19, 1901, age 80, Vancouver, BC, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28093-9680-34?cc=2001136&wc=M61J-HWP:284757401: “Died: Johnston – At Vancouver, on the 19th inst., James E. Johnston, in his 80th year.”
Elizabeth Fisher (wife of Charles Stanford Douglas)
Toronto, Old and New: A Memorial Volume, Historical, Descriptive and Pictorial, Designed to Mark the Hundredth Anniversary of the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791, page 126, http://www.mocavo.com/Toronto-Old-and-New-a-Memorial-Volume-Historical-Descriptive-and-Pictorial-Designed-to-Mark-the-Hundredth-Anniversary-of-the-Passing-of-the-Constitutional-Act-of-1791/275738/138. [Includes photograph of Mr. F.F. Manley, M.A.]
“England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008″, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2NW7-X62 : accessed 15 December 2014), Frederick Fitzpayne Manley, 1853.
Death of Major Manley: A Prominent Ontario Educationist Passes Away: Had a Distinguished Career in the University– Took Great Interest in Military Affairs– Occupied Many Official Positions,” Toronto Globe, September 14, 1907, page 24.
“Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/276S-WX7 : accessed 15 December 2014), Frederick F Manley, 16 Sep 1907; citing Toronto, Ontario, Canada, section and lot C 14 12, line 22710, volume Volume 02, 1903-1908, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,617,217.
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSZJ-RM2 : accessed 15 December 2014), Chas Stanford Douglas and Elizabeth Manley, 24 Mar 1909; citing registration 001631, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,870.
“Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDRJ-6FV : accessed 30 June 2015), Elizabeth Douglas, 1911; citing NARA microfilm publication A3410 and A3422 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,878,287.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL2C-CF3 : accessed 15 December 2014), Elizabeth Manley Douglas, 06 Mar 1927; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13130, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,927,349.
Davison Barrett Manley (son of Frederick Fitzpayne Manley and Elizabeth Fisher)
“Ontario Births, 1869-1912,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMZ9-9ZG : accessed 30 June 2015), Davison Barrett Manley, 27 Jun 1893; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, registration number ; FHL microfilm 1,846,239.
Society, Vancouver Sun, June 29, 1916, page 3: “Miss Nell Senkler, who has been attending Bishop Strachan school in Toronto for the past year, has returned home.”
Toronto, Old and New: A Memorial Volume, Historical, Descriptive and Pictorial, Designed to Mark the Hundredth Anniversary of the Passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791, page 126, http://www.mocavo.com/Toronto-Old-and-New-a-Memorial-Volume-Historical-Descriptive-and-Pictorial-Designed-to-Mark-the-Hundredth-Anniversary-of-the-Passing-of-the-Constitutional-Act-of-1791/275738/138. [Includes photograph of Mr. F.F. Manley, M.A.]
“England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008″, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2NW7-X62 : accessed 15 December 2014), Frederick Fitzpayne Manley, 1853.
Death of Major Manley: A Prominent Ontario Educationist Passes Away: Had a Distinguished Career in the University– Took Great Interest in Military Affairs– Occupied Many Official Positions,” Toronto Globe, September 14, 1907, page 24.
“Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:276S-WX7 : accessed 30 June 2015), Frederick F Manley, 16 Sep 1907; citing Toronto, Ontario, Canada, section and lot C 14 12, line 22710, volume Volume 02, 1903-1908, Toronto Trust Cemeteris, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,617,217.
“Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2GG-M9Z : accessed 6 April 2012), Davison Barrett Manley (1893).
“Ontario Births, 1869-1912″, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMZ9-9ZG : accessed 15 December 2014), Davison Barrett Manley, 1893.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, Name: Manley, Davison Barrett; Rank: LT; Regimental Number: 36008; Date of Birth: 27/06/1893; Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5887 – 46; Item Number: 172495; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=172495.
British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDZB-FXQ : accessed 11 December 2014), Davison Barrett Manley and Margaret Ellen Senkler, 22 Sep 1920; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B12905, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,032,874.
“Will be Patroness for Vancouver Amazons’ Ball,” Vancouver Province, January 10, 1924, page 12 [includes photograph of Mrs. Davison Manley (Margaret Ellen Senkler)].
“New Captain and Vice-captain of Jericho Club,” Vancouver Province, February 24, 1937, page 10: “Mrs. D.B. Manley was elected captain for the new season at the annual meeting of women members of Jericho Golf and Country Club, at the clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon.” [includes photograph of Mrs. D.B. Manley.]
“Manley Committed,” Vancouver Sun, October 26, 1939, page 9, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eTJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NYkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6958%2C3305569 [link leads to story below]: “David B. Manley, stockbroker, charged with stealing 330 shared of Bralorne Mines Ltd. stock, property of D.C. Dawson, was formally committed to stand trial when he appeared before Magistrate H.S. Wood today. Value of the shares was said to be over $200.”
“Assize Court Jury Finds City Stock Broker Guilty but Recommends Mercy: Verdict Ends Second Trial,” Vancouver Province, April 9, 1940, page 5.
“Manley is Freed on Second Trial,” Vancouver News-Herald, September 10, 1940, page 40.
“Manley Freed in Third Trial,” Vancouver Province, September 10, 1940, page 6
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLYG-DP2 : accessed 15 December 2014), Davison Barrett Manley, 20 May 1972; citing Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13318, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,050,014.
Davison Barrett Manley, death notice, Vancouver Sun, May 25, 1972, page 49: “Manley – Davison Barrett, passed away May 20, 1972, Penticton General Hospital. Survived by his loving wife, Hannah M. Manley; 1 son, John D. Manley; 2 daughters, Mrs. Alan Willows, Winnipeg, Mrs. Robert Henry, Toronto; 2 stepdaughters, Mrs. J.F. Dawson, Mrs. F.M. Archibald, Mrs. Robert W. Blair, Mrs. L.E. Lewis; 20 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren Memorial service, Church Chapel, 33rd & Granville, Friday, May 26 at 1 p.m., Rev. Daryl McCrindle officiating.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLBY-DYZ : accessed 11 December 2014), Margaret Ellen Manley, 24 Nov 1976; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13356, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,050,569.
Margaret Ellen Manley, death notice, November 27, 1976, page 54: “Manley – Margaret Ellen (née Senkler) of Vancouver in her 79th year, passed away on November 24, 1976. Survived by her son John of Vancouver and her 2 daughters, Barbara Willows of Winnipeg, Phebenell Henry of Sharon, Ontario, and their families. Memorial service will be held Tuesday, November 30 at 2 PM in St. Paul’s Church, 1130 Jervis Street, Vancouver. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the B.C. Heart Foundation. Arrangements through Memorial Society of B.C. and First Memorial Services Ltd.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLLS-DLP : accessed 15 December 2014), Hannah Margaret Manley, 22 Feb 1985; citing North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B16571, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,358,011.
Phebenell (Phebe) Henry, death notice, Barry’s Bay, Ontario, http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=634451: “PHEBENELL (PHEBE) HENRY September 30, 1926 – August 20, 2012 Phebenell Senkler Manley was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the youngest daughter to Davison and Margaret Ellen Manley, with older siblings Jack and Barbara. Spirited, bright and athletic as a youth, she participated in various sports, notably as a high jumper on the Hudson Bay Track Team. She graduated with her Bachelor of Economics from the University of British Columbia in 1949. On September 8, 1949, Phebe married Robert (Bob) Henry, a Social Worker with a common interest in positive social change. Phebe and Bob lived in Vancouver during their early years of marriage, and then moved to Ontario with their three daughters. She had a deep passion for education and received her Teaching Certificate from Ontario College of Teachers in 1963. Phebe taught for the North York School Board 1963-1972 and for the York School Board 1972-1987. Following her retirement she travelled to China, France and throughout Canada. Phebe moved to Barry’s Bay, Ontario to be closer to her eldest daughter and grandchildren, and quickly became an active member of the community; volunteering with the Barry’s Bay Library, Adult and Child Literacy Programs, Opeongo Seniors Club, and the Barry’s Bay Farmer’s Market; playing tennis, swimming, painting, playing bridge, entertaining friends, being a book club member, a rabid CFL football fan (even listening to games on the radio during blackout periods), and spending time with her family. She was a long time believer in social justice. She sought out voices of diversity, supported local and global causes of equality, and treated people of all ages and experiences with kindness and respect. Phebe will be remembered for her energy, warmth and her wonderful wit and sense of humour. Predeceased by husband Robert Henry, brother Jack Manley and sister Barbara Willows. Phebe is survived by daughters Lesley MacDonald (Peter Ritchie) of Combermere, ON, Ann Stuart (John Stuart) of Edmonton, AB, and Ellen Henry (David Rittenhouse) of Victoria BC; grandchildren Anna, Caitlin, Bronwyn, EmmaRose, Gavin, Ian, Alexander, and Graham; great-grandson Leif. The family wish to thank Dr. Bruce Harris, Margaret Atkinson and Maureen Kay for their care for Phebe over many years. In recent years Phebe greatly benefited from the additiional dedicated care of the staff at the Water Tower Lodge, CCAC, St. Francis Memorial Hospital and the Valley Manor. Memorial gathering will be held at a later date. In memory of Phebe, donations to the Community Resource Centre (Killaloe), Inc. Food and Toy Drive and the Madawaska Valley Food Bank would be greatly appreciated by the family.”
John Fitzpayne Manley (son of Frederick Fitzpayne Manley and Elizabeth Fisher)
“Ontario Births, 1869-1912,” Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMZG-Q3T : accessed 30 June 2015), John Fitzpayne Manley, 10 Jul 1896; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, registration number ; FHL microfilm 1,846,559.
“Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2XR-7XP : accessed 30 June 2015), John Fitzpayne Manley, 10 Jul 1896; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, 10 Jul 1896, reference p 161 cn 046124; FHL microfilm 1,846,559.
Society, Vancouver Province, December 27, 1912, page 6: “Mr. Jack Manley, who is attending Bishop Ridley College in St. Catharines, Onto., has gone to Toronto for the Christmas holidays and is the guest there of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gooderham.”
Social Notes, Toronto World, July 6, 1913, page 8, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZBNNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6454%2C3511010: “Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Douglas, Vancouver, who have been spending the past two months in Toronto, were at St. Catharines last week, attending the closing exercises at Ridley College. On the evening of June 19 they gave a dinner at the Welland, to the Ridley College cricket team, in honor of the team having won the intercollegiate championship. Mr. John Fitzpayne Manley, Mrs. Douglas’s second son, who is a member of the team, distinguished himself in a match at Hamilton recently, by making a century. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas expect to go to Muskoka shortly, and will remain there during July and August.”
Canadian Expeditionary Force, Name: Manley, John Fitzpayne; Rank: LT; Date of Birth: 10/07/1896; Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5888 – 9; Item Number: 172511; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=172511.
Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket’s Fallen 1914-1918, page 347, https://books.google.ca/books?id=zsVdAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq=%22john+fitzpayne+manley%22&source=bl&ots=fYDa1hC7Wh&sig=7N55DdY_HFc2ziLX2kPsBsKnx4w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=y9KSVbe9NsyoogSwtYCgCA&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22john%20fitzpayne%20manley%22&f=false: “Lt. John Fitzpayne Manley (Canadian Infantry), born at Toronto, July 10, 1896; killed April 9. Ridley College XI: made 101 v. Hamilton in 1913. Vancouver CC [Cricket Club]. Good bat.”
“Find A Grave Index,” Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-TVF3 : accessed 30 June 2015), Lieut John Fitzpayne Manley, 1917; Burial, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, Souchez; citing record ID 56185609, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56185609.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Lieutenant John Fitzpayne Manley, April 9, 1917, http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/561760; “Son of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Douglas, of Vancouver Hotel Annex, Vancouver, British Columbia.”
Lieutenant John Fitzpayne Manley, Died: April 9, 1917, http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=35886.
Clarence Campbell Chipman (visitor to Vancouver with Lord Strathcona on May 31, 1909)
Paul Nigol, “CHIPMAN, CLARENCE CAMPBELL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 29, 2015, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/chipman_clarence_campbell_15E.html.
Lord Strathcona (Donald Alexander Smith), Visitor to Vancouver with Clarence Campbell Chipman on May 31, 1909)
Alexander Reford, “SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 29, 2015, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/smith_donald_alexander_14E.html.
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada (Visitor to Vancouver to open Granville Street Bridge on September 6, 1909)
Carman Miller, “GREY, ALBERT HENRY GEORGE, 4th Earl GREY,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 29, 2015, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/grey_albert_henry_george_14E.html.
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