John Archibald Haviland was a lawyer who lived at 1851 Comox Street from 1918 to 1928.
He was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, on January 29, 1878. His father was John Haviland (1833-1897); his mother was Jane Archibald (born about 1849 in New Brunswick).
He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University about 1905. He arrived in Vancouver about 1912, and set up a law office in the Dominion Trust Building. He was living at 1165 Haro Street.
By 1913, he was living at 1650 Haro Street. He was in a law partnership with Edwin Byron Ross (1879-1976), a lawyer who was also from New Brunswick; they had an office in the Rogers Building.
In 1914, he was a law partner with Henry Curtis Shaw (1863-1931) and Vernon Hastings Shaw (1879-1946), who had offices in the Metropolitan Building. He was living at Number 17 in the Victoria Court apartments at 859 Thurlow Street.
On August 26, 1914, in Northumberland Country, New Brunswick, he married Alice Mary Burchill. She was born on October 24, 1882, in South Nelson, New Brunswick. Her father was John Percival Burchill (1855-1923), a lumberman, businessman, and politician; her mother was Eliza Bacon Wilkinson (1853-1921).
By 1918, John was in practice in his own law firm. He lived at 1851 Comox Street from 1918 until 1928, after which he moved to 5375 Angus Drive in Vancouver. He continued to practice law until about 1934.
He died in Vancouver on December 13, 1936; he was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
Alice died on October 17, 1970. She was buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Bushville, New Brunswick.
It appears that John and Alice did not have surviving children.
John’s sister, Ida Isabel Haviland, was a school teacher in Vancouver. She was born on October 12, 1865, in New Brunswick. She never married, and she died in New Westminster on January 24, 1942.
Sources
John Haviland (father of John Archibald Haviland)
“New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XGHM-X3X : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Haviland, 1897.
John Archibald Haviland
John Archibald Haviland, b. 29 January 1878, http://skmacnutt.ca/keith/genealogy/tmg/p1104.htm#i49015
“New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XT3M-MLB : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Archibald Haviland, 1878.
New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, John Archibald Haviland, January 29, 1878, father: John Haviland; mother: Jane Archibald; http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141A1b.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=314a5cc8-95d9-40b7-a6d2-a65ac7b4d02a.
“Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F28Q-QM6 : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Archibald Haviland, 29 Jan 1878.
“Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F28J-B5S : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Archibald Haviland, 28 Jan 1878.
“Canada Census, 1881,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV6F-QVK : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Haviland in household of John Haviland, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
“Canada Census, 1891,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWKF-GW6 : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John A Haviland, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
Calendar of Dalhousie College and University (1904), page 149, https://archive.org/stream/calendardalhous06univgoog#page/n172/mode/1up
New Brunswick Marriages, John Archibald Haviland and Alice Mary Burchill, Northumberland County, August 26, 1914, Number 2136, http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=857909a6-42b6-4a99-b57f-c244e2485441
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLLP-GNB : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Archibald Haviland, 1936.
Mountain View Burials: John Archibald Haviland, date of death: Dec-13-1936; burial plot: HORNE2/*/10/029/0003
British Columbia Death Registrations, Registration Number: 1936-09-521435, John Archibald Haviland.
“John A. Haviland Funeral Tuesday,” Vancouver Province, December 14, 1936, page 6: “Funeral services for John Archibald Haviland, retired barrister, who died Sunday at his residence, 5375 Angus drive, will be held in St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Thirty-seventh and Larch, at 2 p.m. Tuesday. A native of New Brunswick, Mr. Haviland spent twenty-six of his fifty-eight years in Vancouver, and until his retirement two years ago was prominent in his profession. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Haviland, at home, and by two sisters, Miss Ida I. Haviland, Vancouver, and Mrs. M.R. Loggie of Montreal West, Quebec. Rev. J.H. Craig will officiate. Interment will take place in Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are in the hands of Center & Hanna.”
“John A. Haviland,” Vancouver Sun, December 14, 1936, page 14: “John Archibald Haviland, 58, retired barrister, died Sunday at his residence, 5375 Angus Drive. Mr. Haviland was born in new Brunswick, and came to Vancouver 26 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Haviland, Vancouver, and by two sisters, Miss Ida I. Haviland, Vancouver, and Mrs. M.R. Loggie, Montreal. Funeral services, which are being arranged by Center & Hanna, will be conducted in St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Thirty-seventh Avenue and Larch Street, Tuesday, at 2 p.m., by Rev. J.R. Craig. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery.”
John Percival Burchill (father of Alice Mary Haviland, née Burchill)
John Percival Burchill, Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Percival_Burchill
John Percival Burchill, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=8051; http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/burchill_john_percival_15E.html.
Alice Mary Burchill
New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, Alice Mary Burchill, October 24, 1882, Father: John Percival Burchill; mother: Eliza Wilkinson; http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141A1b.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=813eb355-a5e9-4ec5-af32-189b235fd3c3
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Bushville Row 8: Alice Mary Haviland, wife of the late J. Archibald Haviland, daughter of the Honorable John P. and Eliza Bacon Burchill, died Oct. 17, 1970 aged 88 years, http://users.syd.eastlink.ca/~rox/trevorsrow8.html.
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 750 Water Street, Miramichi, New Brunswick, http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7272
Ida Isabel Haviland (sister of John Archibald Haviland)
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLRP-F96 : accessed 19 Nov 2013), John Haviland in entry for Ida Isabel Haviland, 1942.
British Columbia Death Registrations, Registration Number: 1942-09-601698, Ida Isabel Haviland.
Ida Isabel Haviland, death notice, Vancouver Sun, January 26, 1942, page 14: “Haviland – In hospital, Jan. 24, 1942, Ida Isabel Haviland, of 1545 W. 13th Ave. Miss Haviland leaves one sister, Mrs. M.R. Loggie, Montreal, Que. Funeral services Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 2 o’clock, in Holy Trinity Church, Rev. F.P. Clark officiating. Committal Lawn Section, Mountain View Cemetery. Center & Hanna, directors, No flowers, by request.”
Mountain View Burials: Ida Isabel Haviland, date of death: Jan-24-1942; burial plot: HORNE2/*/10/029/0013
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