Robert Gray (1833-1908) Lighthouse Keeper (1876-1907) July 3, 1875. Daughter of Mr. R Grey, aged about 14, narrowly escapes being trampled to death by a cow. Nov 22, 1876. Robert Gray takes up duties of lighthouse keeper. Dec 27, 1876. R Gray complains of Wild Land...
Jonathan Martin (Born Aug.26, 1831, England, Died Jan.16, 1907, aged 78) and his brother Aaron (1839-???) are referred to as the last preemptors, two of the nineteen settlers on Gabriola as of May 9, 1874, according to the Nanaimo Free Press article of that date. The...
The LeBoeufs were among the earliest pioneers on Gabriola Island. Although they may have been here as early as 1867, and stayed as late as 1900, the first record of their presence on Gabriola dates from 1874[1], and the last, from 1898. They pre-empted 160 acres at...
By E. Joyce White `It was announced in last evening’s Free Press that an Indian had discovered the body of a white man on the beach on Gabriola Island. Chief Stewart sent provincial constables McIndoo and Boyd to investigate. They discovered that the report was...
James and Catherine McLay left their native Scotland for the new world in 1872, and had settled on Gabriola Island by 1874, where they grew produce for the Nanaimo market, according to “scientific principles”. (These principles paid off in the form of...
David Samuel Reece Roberts was born on December 3, 1846, in rural England, to John and Jane (nee Prosser) Roberts. He immigrated to Canada from Wales in 1871. We have no record of how or why he came to Canada. David first appeared in the 1881 census for Gabriola,...
