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- 140 REMINISCENCES OF OLD VICTORIA
babes, George Washington, born Feb. 22, 1860, died same day; John Thomas, born July 26, died same day; Mary Margaret, born Sept. 29, 1862, and died same day. (Who could blame this bereaved wife and mother if she didn't long remain a widow?)
Sosthenes Driard, a native of France, born 1819, died Feb. 15, 1873. (This marble stone was in several pieces, and difficult to read, but I persevered, as he was so well-known a man in early days, as mine host of the Colonial Hotel and afterwards of the Driard House.)
Marie Manciet; died Oct. ?, 1868, age 21 years.
Mary Hall; died May 31, 1860, age 40 years. (This headboard is one of the best preserved in the cemetery; the black letters stand out as clear and bright as if just executed, but the white paint has nearly disappeared.)
W. L. Williams; died Dec. 17, 1862, age 20 years.
Jane Forbes; died July 22, 1859, age 26 years.
John Clarke; died Dec. 27, 1860, age 31 years.
James Farrelly; died Jan. ?, 1866, age 28 years.
Maria Ragazzoni; died , 1864.
Marie Newburger, died , 1861, age 12 years.
Dr. N. M. Clerjon; died Feb. 25, 1861; age 53 years.
To the memory of my darling little Eva, who died July 14, 1863, age 7 years and 5 months; also her infant brother, age 3 days. J. S. Drummond (on a large flat stone.)
Charles H. Blenkinsop, H. B. Co.; died March 22, 1864.
Sacred to the memory of John Wood, from his wife -1864. Note?This is one of the best preserved head-stones and enclosures in the cemetery, the latter being of iron, and 43 years old. My friend, Mr. Higgins, in his book " The Mystic Spring," gives the story of this
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clever actor, and his wife also, so I will not enlarge on it.
John Sparks, age 28 years; killed by the explosion of steamer Cariboo, Aug. 2, 1861.
Smith Baird Jamieson, killed by the explosion of steamer Yale?April, 1861; Archibald Jamieson, and James Baird Jamieson, killed by the explosion of steamer Cariboo in Victoria harbor, Aug. 2, 1861, three brothers, sons of Robert Jamieson, Brodick, Isle of Arran, Scotland.?I refer my readers to Mr. Higgins' book for the story of these brothers also. I remember the morning of the explosion of the Cariboo. It woke up the whole town. I think her hones lie in the mud alongside Turpel's ways in Songhees reserve.
William Alexander Mouat, chief trader H. B. Co.; died April 11, 1871, aged 50 years; also Clarissa Elizabeth, daughter of the above, age 8 years. (Father of Mrs. Richard Jones.)
Eleanor M. Johnston; died Feb. 27, 1872.
Elizabeth A. Kennedy; born at Fort Simpson, Nov. 1835, died at Fort Victoria, February, 1850; also Dr. John Kennedy, chief trader, H. B. Co., died 1859, age 52 years ; also Fanny Kennedy, age 25 years ; James B. Ogilvy, died Dec. '23, 1860, aged 5 years; John D. B. Ogilvy, Victoria Lodge, No. 783, F. & A. M., age 30 years; died May 12, 1865. (Father, mother, daughter and nephew, and Dr. Kennedy had two sons, one master of the Colonial school in 1859, and one clerk in H. B. Co.'s store.
William Wright; died July ?, 1870, age 53 years. John Hender Wood, master of ship Ellen; died May 12, 1868, age 41 years.
George H. Booth; died Sept. 1, 1867, age 1 year 8
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