Moon, Joseph Carter (1876-1949)

J C Moon illustration – British Columbians as we see ’em – page 191; http://archive.org/stream/britishcolumbian00newsrich#page/n191/mode/1up

Joseph Carter Moon was a consulting engineer and the superintendent of the gas department of the British Columbia Electric Railway. He appeared at 1961 Comox Street in the 1909 Vancouver street directory.

Joseph Carter Moon was born in England in March 1876, probably in Peterborough, Northamptonshire. His father was probably William James Moon (1836-1894); his mother was probably Eliza Sophia Carter (c. 1834-1898).

Joseph arrived in Vancouver about 1909. From 1909 to 1911, he was the superintendent of the gas department in the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER). For a time he lived near the Epworth Post Office (also called Cedar Cottage), and near the BCER’s Lakeview Station near Victoria Drive and Stainsbury Avenue in east Vancouver. In 1912 and 1913, he was an engineer with Cecil W. Stancliffe & Company in Vancouver; he continued to work as an engineer until about 1947.

He never married. He died in Vancouver on February 6, 1949. His surviving relatives were a sister, Mrs. Kemp, and a niece, Violet Kemp, of Scotland.

Sources

“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3KH-FB9 : accessed 09 Sep 2013), William James Moon, 31 May 1838.

FreeBMD Births: William James Moon, York district, June quarter 1838, Volume 23, page 633, http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=813723&d=bmd_1378192000

FreeBMD Marriages: William James Moon, and Eliza Sophia Carter, Scarboro district, March quarter 1863, Volume 9d, page 463, http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=34939988&d=bmd_1378192000; http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=34905769&d=bmd_1378192000

“England and Wales Census, 1871,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFF9-KCR : accessed 09 Sep 2013), William James Moon, 1871.

FreeBMD Births: Joseph Carter Moon, Peterborough district, June quarter 1876, Volume 3b, page 233, http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=57430275&d=bmd_1378192000

“England and Wales Census, 1881,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3NM-35W : accessed 09 Sep 2013), I G Moon in entry for W I Moon, 1881.

FreeBMD Deaths: William James Moon, age 55, Scarboro district, March quarter 1894, Volume 9d, page 254, http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=90983499&d=bmd_1378192000.

FreeBMD Deaths: Eliza Sophia Moon, age 64, Scarboro district, March quarter 1894, Volume 9d, page 248, http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/districts.pl?r=100290588&d=bmd_1378192000.

“England and Wales Census, 1901,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X9NS-PW4 : accessed 09 Sep 2013), Joseph C Moon, 31 Mar 1901.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL5D-1HP : accessed 09 Sep 2013), Joseph Carter Moon, 1949.

British Columbia Death Registrations, Registration Number: 1949-09-002080, Joseph Carter Moon, http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=2ef123c1-3f7a-4330-b18b-b42c8401ed62

Joseph Carter Moon, death notice, Vancouver Sun, February 8, 1949, page 17; Vancouver Province, February 8, 1949, page 15: “Moon – February 6, 1949, Joseph Carter Moon of 835 Broughton St. in his 73rd year. Survived by 1 sister, Mrs. Kemp, and niece, Miss Violet Kemp, of Scotland. Funeral service in the chapel of Mount Pleasant Undertaking Co., Kingsway at 11th Ave., Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m., Rev. G.P. Gover officiating. Cremation. No flowers by request.”