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The Fruitvale Women's Institute was formed in the West Kootenay District in 1921.
The Fruitvale Women's Institute was formed in the West Kootenay District in 1921.
Henry Fry was born in Devonshire, England in 1852 and came to Victoria in 1864 with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fry (Senior). The family went to Saanich and farmed for a few years, then returned to Victoria where Henry Fry went to work for McCutcheon and McCullum. At about age 20 he was articled to H.P. Bell. Upon becoming a civil engineer he went to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the early 1880s and stayed with them until 1885 when he came to Duncan. He lived there for a good many years while still keeping up his surveying. On 3 December 1896 he married Eleanor Brooke Edgson and moved to Chemainus. About 1907-1908 he was working for the government in the Chilcotin country. Fry died at Chemainus on 12 March 1912.
Fulmer, Edith Marjorie, 1893-1983
Edith M. Fulmer (formerly Leonard) was a nurse and inventor who was born in Salmon Arm and trained to be a nurse at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Revelstoke. She worked at Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver and invented the Peristaltic Therapeutic Apparatus.
Donald Gain was the editor of the religion page of the Victoria Times and Daily Colonist newspapers. He also reported on military and marine matters in Victoria.
William Alfred Galliher was a barrister, judge and Member of Parliament (MP). He had interests in mining development, mineral claims and real estate.
British Columbia. Ministry of Economic Development (1976-1979)
The Ministry of Economic Development was established in 1976 as the successor to the the Dept. of Economic Development (OIC 3199/1976). The functions of the ministry as set out in the Department of Economic Development Act (SBC 1974, c. 26) are broad based. This act states that this ministry is responsible for all matters relating to economic development that are not assigned to other government departments. These functions include the development of new export markets, servicing existing businesses, economic analysis and the collection and tabulation of statistical data in support of that analysis. The previous department was originally organized into several branches to carry out its work. These include the Business and Industrial Development Branch, Policy Planning and Research Branch, and Women's Economic Rights Branch. In 1978, the Program Implementation & Coordination Branch was also created.
In 1979, the ministry changed its name to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development when all functions relating to tourism and small businesses were transferred from the dissolved Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development (OIC 2957/1979).
James Gardiner made an exploration trip in 1875 from Telegraph Creek to Hazelton and from Hazelton via the Nass to Fort Simpson.
Garrard, Francis C., 1863-1942
Francis C. Garrard was a lighthouse keeper on Lennard Island and a telegraph agent for Tofino.
British Columbia. Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development
In 1979, the Ministry of Economic Development changed its name to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development when all functions relating to tourism and small businesses were transferred from the dissolved Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development (OIC 2957/1979). The following year, the functions relating to the tourism were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Tourism (OIC 49/1980). As a result, of this change, the name of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development’s name was changed to the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development.
Gerry, Harriet Emma, 1892-1981
Harriet Gerry was a nurse for the Department of Indian Affairs in the Cariboo region during the 1940s.
Gibson, George Selkirk, d. 1942
George Gibson was a wood carver who lived at Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
George Gilbert was an employee of the federal Department of Transport from 1919 to 1952, and was responsible for servicing the wireless and radar equipment at lighthouses and on D.O.T. vessels.
Jacob Hunter Todd (1829-1899) was born in Brampton, Ontario. He came to British Columbia in 1862 and opened a grocery business in Barkerville. He later purchased a number of fish canneries. He married Rosanna Wigley in 1873, and their family included two daughters, Mary Anne (d. 1950) and Rose (1885-1980). These sisters married, respectively, John Hebden Gillespie (1879-1929), a soldier and businessman, and Alexander Gillespie (1881-1948), a noted local rugby player and businessman. The Gillespie brothers formed their own real estate and insurance business, Gillespie, Hart and Todd, with their brother-in-law, Ernest Dain Todd, in 1911.
Willem Bakhuys Roozeboom (Bill Roozeboom) was born in 1921 in the Netherlands. His father emigrated to Canada in 1923 as a homesteader in Alberta, and was followed in 1925 by his wife and three children, including Bill. 1942, as a Dutch citizen, Bill joined the Netherlands’ military and served in the Air Force. He met Marguerite Goulding following WWII and they were married in 1947. In 1955, Bill was hired as a camera man for Parry Films, and through that role began to develop skills in editing, cinematography, and directing. He started his own business, Bill Roozeboom Productions Ltd., in 1958.
Incorporated February 25, 1965; dissolved August 17, 1981.