Annie Holmes Kenmure was the widow of Reverend Alexander Kenmure. She lived at 1813 Morton Avenue from 1912 to 1919.
She was born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, on May 28, 1857. Her father was Colin Frame. Her mother was Isabella Ross.
She married Alexander Kenmure, who was a clergyman and missionary. He was born on April 19, 1856, in Milton, Glasgow, Scotland. His father was Alexander Kenmure. His mother was Isabella Frame.
By 1895, Alexander was working in Korea as an agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society. In 1899, he proposed to establish “Bible Sunday” in Korea. In 1900, he became the first honorary librarian of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
About 1905, Alexander became ill, and he and his family went to England.
In December 1907, they were in British Columbia. Alexander was a minister in Slocan City in the Kootenays.
By about 1909, they had arrived in Vancouver, where Alexander became the minister of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church at 830 East 14th Avenue. Alexander and Annie were living at 817 East 14th Avenue.
In December 1910, Alexander was planning to deliver the opening sermon for the Presbyterian church in Merritt, British Columbia.
However, he became ill, and was not able to travel to Merritt.
Alexander died in Vancouver on December 25, 1910. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
Annie stayed at 817 West 14th Avenue for about a year. From 1913 to 1919, she was the proprietor of the Morton Rooms (sometimes called Morton Lodge), and she was living next door at 1813 Morton Avenue.
![Morton Lodge - Detail from [View of English Bay Beach and bathhouses from the pier], Vancouver City Archives - AM1504 - CVA 1504-2 [about 1920]; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/view-of-english-bay-beach-and-bathhouses-from-pier;rad](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/morton-lodge-detail-from-view-of-english-bay-beach-and-bathhouses-from-the-pier-vancouver-city-archives-am1504-cva-1504-2-about-1920.jpg)
| 1920 | 1043 Melville Street |
| 1924 to 1926 | 3507 Booth Avenue, Burnaby |
| 1927 to 1936 | 225 Mowat Street, New Westminster |
Annie died in Essondale, British Columbia, on January 27, 1937. She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
Alexander and Annie had the following children.
Alexander Gordon Kenmure
Alexander Gordon Kenmure was born in Chefoo, China (some sources say South Korea), on September 10, 1896.
He died in South Korea on January 1, 1897. He was buried in Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea.
Katherine Frame Gordon Kenmure
Katherine Frame Gordon Kenmure was born on September 20, 1899, in Seoul, South Korea.
She worked as a stenographer for the following businesses:
| 1918 | Carter and Bird (accountants) |
| 1919 and 1920 | North American Life Assurance Company |
| 1921 and 1922 | Canadian Patriotic Fund [Louise Evelyn Fletcher, of 996 Denman Street, also worked there] |
| 1923 | Bank of Commerce |
On April 19, 1923, in Vancouver, Katherine married Lawrence Edward Wray, who was a salesman. He was born on January 30, 1901, in London, England. His father war Edward Wray. His mother was Elizabeth Francis Fletcher.
Lawrence and Katherine later lived in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Lawrence worked for a time as a shoemaker.
Katherine died in Matsqui, British Columbia, on August 25, 1981. She was buried in Ocean View Burial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Lawrence died in Langley, British Columbia, on July 7, 1990. He was buried in Ocean View Burial Park in Burnaby.
Lawrence and Katherine had the following children: Florence Shirley Wray (1924-1945); Elizabeth Wray; Gordon Wray; Douglas Wray; and Lawrence Alexander Wray.
Sources
Alexander Kenmure
“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950,” database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQJV-M5S : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Kenmure, 19 Apr 1856; citing MILTON,GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
“Scotland Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBP7-X37 : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Kenmore, Central, Lanarkshire, Scotland; from “1871 England, Scotland & Wales census,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 26, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 104,018. (possible connection)
History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, volume 5, by Wililam Canton; London, John Murray, 1910, pages 163, 173, 217, 190, 222; http://booksnow1.scholarsportal.info/ebooks/oca1/14/britishbiblesoc05cantuoft/britishbiblesoc05cantuoft_bw.pdf.
Christianity in Korea, by Robert E. Buswell and Timothy S. Lee, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2006, page 91; https://books.google.ca/books?id=F3R4-YWl5PoC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=%22alexander+kenmure%22+reverend+OR+church+china+OR+korea+OR+canada+OR+bc+OR+%22british+columbia%22&source=bl&ots=vnx47VuQ-b&sig=6h1UTagixCNip_YcppP74fzmh6A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMI6fyLmfbqyAIVTsRjCh1QXAiW#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20kenmure%22%20reverend%20OR%20church%20china%20OR%20korea%20OR%20canada%20OR%20bc%20OR%20%22british%20columbia%22&f=false: “Alexander Kenmure, “The Ten Best Christian Books in Chinese,” Chinese Recorder [July 1893]; 340). Kenmure was transferred to Seoul in 1895.”
Good News for the World: 200 Years of Making the Bible Heard : the Story of Bible Society, by Roger Steer, Oxford, England; Monarch Books, 2004, page 262: https://books.google.ca/books?id=bhzUaU2C2tYC&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262&dq=%22alexander+kenmure%22+reverend+OR+church+china+OR+korea+OR+canada+OR+bc+OR+%22british+columbia%22&source=bl&ots=Bgwrg5oSUQ&sig=zOnGKPNjIqoSzxp4aN9wGEEfNqU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAmoVChMI6fyLmfbqyAIVTsRjCh1QXAiW#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20kenmure%22%20reverend%20OR%20church%20china%20OR%20korea%20OR%20canada%20OR%20bc%20OR%20%22british%20columbia%22&f=false: “In 1893 the [Bible] Society establishes a sub-depot in Seoul and a Chines colporteur is put in charge. Two years later, Alexander Kenmure is made responsible for an agency for Korea which is established in Manchuria (north-eastern China). Kenmure arrives in Inchon, west of Seoul, in 1895 and in May 1899 Korea observes its first Bible Sunday, which becomes from then on a festival in the Christian year.”
December 14 Is Bible Sunday… Let’s Send Bibles to the Global Village, Kukmin Daily, December 9, 2014; http://www.kukmindaily.co.kr/article/view.asp?page=&gCode=7111&arcid=0008931988&code=71111101: “Bible Sunday was established in 18th century England following the free Bible distribution movement, and has been observed in Korea since 1899, when it was first proposed by Alexander Kenmure, the person in charge of the Choseon branch of the Anglican Church of England. ‘As Korean believers have been saved through the Bibles you received from the West, now let us share that grace with our neighbors in the global village,’ Kenmure said, advocating the observance of Bible Sunday.”
A History of the First Fifty Years of the Library of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1900 to 1950, by Harold M. Otness, 1988, http://www.raskb.com/node/15. [Also reproduced at this address: http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/RASKBLibrary.htm.] “The Society held its first meeting in 1900, in Seoul, and named Alexander Kenmure, a British missionary attached to the Bible House in Seoul, as its first ‘honorary librarian.’ . . . The first library location was in the British and Foreign Bible Society in Seoul where the Society held some of its early meetings. The first books were some loaned volumes from Kenmure along with a collection from the estate of Dr. Eli Barr Landis, an English medical missionary at Chemulpo (now Inchŏn, the nearby port for Seoul) who had died of typhoid fever in 1898.”
The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, Volume 23, 1892, page 239; https://books.google.ca/books?id=EkJBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=%22alexander+kenmure%22+reverend+OR+church+china+OR+korea+OR+canada+OR+bc+OR+%22british+columbia%22&source=bl&ots=-LyKeLP1j0&sig=3o9YFljZotZTUbWDvHQskoD6UQc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCkQ6AEwA2oVChMI6fyLmfbqyAIVTsRjCh1QXAiW#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20kenmure%22%20reverend%20OR%20church%20china%20OR%20korea%20OR%20canada%20OR%20bc%20OR%20%22british%20columbia%22&f=false:“A Catalogue of the Chinese Publications of the Religious Tract Society of London (with descriptive notes). Compiled by Alexander Kenmure, Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Shanghai, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1892. Convenient and useful for reference. The compiler, in his introductory note says:–‘This catalogue describes, with some exceptions, the current publications of the North China, Central China, East China, Hongkong and Canton Religious tract Societies, all of which are connected with the London Society. Many books and tracts published with the Tract Society’s funds in other parts of China, should have been included, but the necessary information could not be obtained.’”
Documents of the Korean Bible Society. Vol. II. Correspondence of Alexander Kenmure, 1900-1905. Seoul: Korean Bible Society, 2007. 669 pages.; http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/dr-oak-/publications-.
Henry Otis Dwight. The centennial history of the American Bible Society (Volume 2) online; at page 485; http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/henry-otis-dwight/the-centennial-history-of-the-american-bible-society-volume-2-517/page-17-the-centennial-history-of-the-american-bible-society-volume-2-517.shtml:“The joint Agency did not go into effect until the first of January, 1904. The Rev. Alexander Kenmure, who had been the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the National Bible Society of Scotland, was chosen as the joint agent of the three Societies. In his report he says, ‘The joint Agency is a striking fact, and yet, why should it be in any way remarkable? There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, why not one Bible Society circulating the Word?’
This year the Korean version of the New Testament was at last finished and ready to go to press. The extension of the influence of this version is seen in the fact that Korean labourers began to emigrate to Hawaii, Western Mexico, California, and even Yucatan.
The following year Mr. Kenmure returned to England in ill health and Mr. Hugh Miller, who had been assistant agent, was appointed to the care of the joint Agency.”
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8G-JG4 : accessed 30 October 2015), Malcolm Mckenzie and Wanetta Tipping, 31 Dec 1907; citing Slocan, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11388, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,984,109. [Alexander Kenmure performed the marriage ceremony.]
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLP-MWL : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexandra Kenmure, 1910.
Alexander Kenmure, death notice, Vancouver Daily World, December 27, 1910, page 19: “Died. Kenmure. At 817 Fourteenth avenue, east, Vancouver, B.C., on the 25th December, the Rev. Alexander Kenmure, minister St. Paul’s Presbyterian church, Mt. Pleasant, formerly agent British and Foreign Bible Society, China and Korea. Funeral from church at t p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th inst.”
Alexander Kenmure, obituary, Vancouver Province, December 27, 1910, page 10: “Rev. Alexander Kenmure, minister of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, passed to his rest on Christmas Day in his fifty-fifth year. He was a native of Scotland, and came to Vancouver to take charge of St. Paul’s Church a little more than a year and a half ago, having previously for over two years served the Presbyterian denomination in the Kootenay Presbytery. He came to British Columbia four years ago from China, where he was engaged in missionary work, having been agent of the British & foreign Bible Society in China and Korea. His death followed an illness of about three weeks, during which he was suffering from apoplexy. He leaves a wife and one little girl. The funeral will be held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Fraser will officiate.”
“Death Claimed St. Paul’s Pastor; Rev. Alexander Kenmore [sic] Passed Away on Christmas Day,” Vancouver World, December 27, 1910, page 1:
“Christmas Day was overshadowed with the sense of a great loss for the congregation of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Grandview, for on the morning of that day their pastor, Rev. Alexander Kenmure passed to his rest. The deceased who had been ill for about three weeks was 54 years of age, and a member of the Orange Lodge. He had lived her for the past two years, and prior to coming to this city had held the post of Secretary to the British and foreign Bible Society, Corea [sic]. He resided at 817 Fourteenth avenue E. The deceased was survived by a wife and daughter.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday, at 2 p.m., when a private service will be held at the above residence by Rev. Dr. Fraser, who will also hold service at 2:30 in St. Paul’s Church. The services at the grave will be taken by the Orange Order.”
Anne (“Annie”) Holmes Frame (wife of Alexander Kenmure)
“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQWK-H83 : accessed 30 October 2015), Ann Holmes Frame, 28 May 1857; citing ANDERSTON,GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL5-J26 : accessed 30 October 2015), Anne Holmes Kenmure, 1937.
Ann Holmes Kenmure, death notice, Vancouver Province, January 28, 1937, page 13; Vancouver Province, January 28, 1937, page 13: “Kenmure—Passed away in hospital, January 27, 1937, Ann Holmes, widow of the late Rev. Alexander Kenmure of 2850 Marlboro avenue, Burnaby, aged 79 years. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. L.E. Wray of Burnaby, to mourn her passing. Funeral services in Center & Hanna’s chapel, Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. Peter Henderson officiating. Committal in family plot, Mountain View Cemetery.”
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QQBY : accessed 30 October 2015), Ann Holmes Kenmure, 1937; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26292122, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26292122.
Alexander Gordon Kenmure (son of Alexander Kenmure)
“World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1NJ-6JC : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Gordon Kenmure, 10 Sep 1896; citing Chefoo, British Consulate, Chefoo, China, reference p 37, no 185; FHL microfilm 1,818,454.
“World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1NJ-J57 : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Gordon Kenmure, 10 Sep 1896; citing Chefoo, China, reference fo 681/14, p37, n185; FHL microfilm 1,484,034.
“World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1N5-7PX : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Gordon Kenmure, 10 Sep 1896; citing Chefoo, British Consulate, Chefoo, China, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,818,454.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2K-R6F4 : accessed 30 October 2015), Alexander Gordon Kenmure, 1897; Burial, Seoul, , Seoul Special City, South Korea, Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery; citing record ID 75793939, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75793939. Refers to this site, mostly in Korean, which includes includes photographs of gravestone: http://www.yanghwajin.net/yhj_db/db_out.php?index=44.
Katherine Frame Gordon Kenmure (daughter of Alexander Kenmure)
“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FZ4-Y76 : accessed 30 October 2015), Lawrence Edward Wray, 1901; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. Giles, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Z8-8SY : accessed 30 October 2015), Lawrence E Wray in household of Edward Wray, Lee, London, Middlesex, England; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Lee subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2F-FQG : accessed 30 October 2015), Lawrence Ed Wray, Aug 1907; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-491, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD89-WN5 : accessed 30 October 2015), Lawrence Edward Wray and Katherine Frame Gordon Kenmure, 19 Apr 1923; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13746, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,316.
Kathie Kenmure and Lawrence Wray, wedding notice, Vancouver Province, April 24, 1923, page 9: “Wray—Kenmure: A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mrs. William Ferguson, 83 Seventeenth avenue west recently when Miss Kathie Kenmure, daughter of the late Rev. Alex. Kenmure and Mrs. Kenmure, West Burnaby, became the bride of Mr. Lawrence Wray. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A.C. Cameron of West Burnaby. The bride was becomingly attired in a dress of fawn silk and carried a bouquet of Ophelia roses and pink carnations. She was given in marriage by her mother and was attended by Mrs. William Ferguson. The bridegroom was supported by Mr. William Ferguson. The rooms were artistically decorated with spring flowers and a buffet luncheon was served after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Wray left for the Island, where they will spend their honeymoon motoring.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGMQ-KGS : accessed 30 October 2015), Katherine Frame Gordon Wray, 1981.
Katherine Frame Gordon Wray, death notice, Vancouver Province, August 28, 1981, page D4: “Wray—At Abbotsford on August 25, 1981, Katherine Frame Gordon Wray, age 81 years, late of 33881 Elm St., Abbotsford. She is survived by husband, Lawrence, Abbotsford; 1 daughter, Mrs. D. (Betty) Lobb, Courtenay; 3 sons, Gordon of Spruce Grove, Alta., Douglas of Surrey, Alex of Bradner; 16 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren. Mrs. Wray was predeceased by 1 daughter, Shirley, in 1945. Funeral service Friday, August 28th at 11 a.m., Trinity Memorial United Church, Abbotsford, Rev. Bob Gorrie officiating. Interment Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby. Henderson’s Funeral Home of Abbotsford, directors.”
British Columbia Death Registrations, Registration Number: 1990-09-014328; Lawrence Edward Wray, age: 89; date of death: July 27, 1990; place of death: Langley: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=55ebabd4-dec3-4949-8c8c-7b7a9df495cc; medical certificate of death: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=0921ba2d-d92f-4faa-a3ce-f71b1e72e85f.
Child of Lawrence Edward Wray and Katherine Frame Gordon Kenmure: Florence Shirley Wray
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPW-WWL : accessed 30 October 2015), Florence Shirley Wray, 1945.
Colin Frame Kenmure (brother of Alexander Kenmure)
“Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QSL-VY2 : accessed 30 October 2015), Colin Frame Kenmure, Jul 1909; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-4761, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
“Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KY27-RVP : accessed 30 October 2015), Colin Frame Kenmure, ; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,078. [February 1924].
Canadian Expeditionary Force, Name: Kenmure, Colin Frame; Regimental Number: 826605; Date of Birth: 15/01/1874; Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5078 – 42; Item Number: 495845; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=495845.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-F3N : accessed 30 October 2015), Colin Frame Kenmure, 1932.
Colin Frame Kenmure, death notice, Vancouver Sun, August 26, 1932, page 17; Vancouver Sun, August 26, 1932, page 18: “Kenmure—Passed away Aug. 24, 1932, Colin Frame Kenmure of 1427 Hornby St., in his 76th year. Mr. Kenmure served overseas in the Canadian Railway Troops, and leaves his wife, one son, Colin; two daughter, Margaret and Alexandria, in England; niece, Mrs. K. Wray, New Westminster. Funeral service will be held in Center & Hanna’s chapel, Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27, at 1:15 o’clock, Major the Rev. C.C. Owen officiating. Committal Returned Soldiers’ plot.”
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-QQB1 : accessed 30 October 2015), Colin F. Kenmure, 1932; Burial, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 26292123, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26292123.
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