| Reid, Bill - Came in ????. Married Bessi Hockley, children Bill Reid Jr. and Alice. Lot 2566 in 1907 Horsefly R. (11 miles from Horsefly). |
| Ross, Peter - Freighter |
| Roy, Collin - Cousin to Gretta McDougall. Came to Horsefly with Stan Barrett 193?. Corner House 19??-19??. Responsible for heating Community Hall. |
| Robertson, Alex - Brothers Neil and Robert (Bobby), Sister Annie. Brothers arrived in 1912 from Scotland. Homesteaded Lot Neil preempt Lot 8270 in 1909. (Neil was a
carpenter - Jimmy - Freighter - Neil - Carpenter from Scotland. |
| Roberts, Lou & Family - AJP. |
| Ross, Pete - Helped Joe and Ben on Corber House. Whipsawed shingles. Married Edith (?) Holland. From USA. |
| Roses, Clyde - AJP. - Fred* - LDR 25 in 1891, 4 miles NW of 141 Mile. LDR 141 in 1891, wagon road west of Jones Lake. - James - AJP. - Katie - married Hope Patenaude. -
J. Fred* - LDR 399 1893, south Rose Lake. |
| Rushton, Stanley E. - LDR 169 in 1953, Horsefly Mine. |
| Rutherford, D.C. - LDR Lot 161 in 1866 (Frank Guy Estate), 'Rutherford's Monument' - Just across bridge. Named after Highways foreman. |
| Ray (?), Florence - Married Harry Walters (D. 1946?). Married Niquedet. Taught correspondence courses during Second World War in Dogherty House. |
| Ross, Colin - Horsefly Cemetery. |
| Stirsky, Joe - From Vancouver. Jeweler |
| Sampson, Jack - Road Builder |
| Stober, Edwin & Alice - Owned Thygassen and Webber places. |
| Simpson, Jimmy (James) - Cook for road camps - AJP. |
| Smith, Jim (James) - AJP. Englishman drowned in Beaver Pond, Beaver Valley. Harper's Lease Cemetery. |
| Sellars, Jim - Partner of Peter Dunlevey. Kept stopping House in Beaver Valley Native Family |
| Skene, William - LDR 1502 in 1921 (Horsefly) Horsefly Cemetery. |
| Seymour, Mrs. - AJP |
| Sutherland, Jim - First Manager of Harvey Bailey Store. Circa 1902. |
| Sharkey, Pat |
| Simmons, Mike - AJP 1915 |
| Smith, Chipman - LDR 1920 in 1908 - Mountain House (158 Mile House). |
| Sutton, ? - AJP |
| Stone, ? - AJP |
| Thomas, James - AJP |
| Thygassen, Minnie (mother), Julius & Orval, Cora, Ed. Mother married R. McEachern. Julius' wife (Janice) ran Post Office. Came from Bellingham. Homesteaded on Moffat Creek Lot. |
| Thygassen, Janice (nee ??) - Married Julius. Postmistress 19?? - 19??. Horsefly Cemetary 1914-1969. |
| Thompson, William H.G. - 1898 - Mined during the 1890's. Dug tunnel into hill off of Horsefly Bay Road, west of Hobson's. Came from Canboro, ONT. Worked on small claim past Hobson's. with Dan McCallum - discovery. Buried in Harper's Lease
Cemetery. |
| Taylor, C.M. - AJP 1914 |
| Tomah - AJP |
| Tomalson, Roy - AJP |
| Tingley, F.C. - LDR 167 in 1896 (158 Mile House) - Steve - Stage Coach driver. Owner of BX. - LDR 91 in 1888 (158 Mile House). Lot 129 in 1890 and lot 130 in 1890 (1 mile South of 158 Mile House). Lot 166 in 1896 (2 mile North 158 Mile House). Lot 543 in 1907 (158 Mile
House) - Alex - ?. |
| Taese, Fred - Trapper in Likely, Quesnel Lake area 1906-1928 - Used a "dug-out canoe". Headquarters on Rapid River (Taese Creek). Also prospected for fine gold there. Powerful man. Found dead near his mine. Made charcoal for mines. |
| Vagler, Vena - A.B. Camp? |
| Vaness, John - LDR 721 - 1914; N. Robert Lake. |
| Vitchison, J. - LDR 1923 - 1920; Moffat Creek, 2 mile Horsefly. |
| Walters, Harry & Alva, children; Hazel, Ivan, Lloyd, Glen, Blanche, Valentine, Gerald, Marvin. - Harry - arrived in 1890-1891. Worked for W.W. Hardie in Clinton and Bennie McNeil at Canim Lake store as book-keeper. Ditch-walker for Hobson mine when he first came to Horsefly, mail route over 108 Mile and sometimes gold. Lived with brothers Tom and Ernest at China Cabin where they cultivated hay for Hobson Mine and kept mine horses. Harry Married Alva in September 1895 in Clinton. Had their first child Hazel in 1896. pre-empt. lot 168 in 1891, 341 in 1890, lots 2561 & 2562 in 1910. horsefly Hotel 1898-19??. First Post Office in 1897. Saloon. Mail Run. Survey for Grand Truck R. First Forest Ranger. First School Board.
Justice of the Peace. Harry died March 1918. - Hazel - Born 1896 in China Cabin. pre-empt. 8335 in 1929. Married Bill Loveridge in 1916. Four children (1 died) remarried to Jack Carson. remarried to Bud Gibbons. School Trustee. -
Ivan - Born 1898 at Walters' Hotel. Married Marie Pebernat. - Lloyd (See 16-3) - Born 1899 at Walters' Hotel. Married Francis Dogherty. He died circa 1937 from Tularemia from skinning coyote. -
Glen - Born 1902 in Washington. Began ranching in 19??. Married Lily Widdowson. Trapped and Hunted up Quesnel Lake. - Blanche - Born 1904 at Walters' Hotel. Married Ray Chambers. remarried Cliff Jones. -
Valentine - Born 1907 at 150 Mile. Married Mike Grogan. - Gerald - Born 1909 in Quesnel. Married Ernestina Wilson. - Marvin - Born 1914 in Kamloops. Married June Roberts. |
| Wilson, Florence - Taught school 1944-1947 Married Bob Pegues. |
| Widdowson, Lily - married Glen Walters. Taught 1924-1927. |
| Winters, Mrs. - Taught School. |
| Williamson, A.H. - Horsefly Cemetery 1904-1975. - Albert B. - Horsefly Cemetery 1876-1973. |
| Wiley, Ralph - LDR Lot 1504. Miocene 1908. |
| Whelen, Victor - Horsefly Cemetery. |
| Westicombe(?) Westicoffe, Robert - Book-keeper at store before Jim Sutherland. Also did books for mines. |
| Ward, R.T. Store-keeper at 150 Mile House. Bought Harper's Lease. Later bought Bullion property from Guggenheim's 1912-1918. |
| Webster, Alister & Elizabeth (?), children; Murray, John, Alfred, Gordon. Lived up 108 Mile. Alister ran Community Hall as Pool Hall first. |
| UPDATED WITH NEW
INFORMATION Winqvist, Hjalmar
Wilhelm; born 14.06.1878 in Pargas in Finland and that he
established his Log Cabin Camp in Horsefly. He died
accidentally by a shot from a pistol on his farewell party
that was arranged in a lodge in Horsefly the 25:th of May
1946. *Formerly listed as Windquist (Lindquist), William - Horsefly Cemetery.
Thank-you to Tom Nurmi (William΄s sister Amandas΄s son΄s
son)* |
| Wittaker, Bessie |
| Westwoelt, G. - Hotel. (1901-1902, BC Directory). |
| Withington, Loren - lived on former Clyde Rosse Place. |
| Wawn, John arrived in 1904 from Lillooet stayed till 1945 told sailor stories and sea chantries on first school board in 1910 school trustee for 25 years Justice of the Peace sorrel mare called "Nanny Lee" and two-wheel
cart homesteaded at 4 mile near Abott Lake (Fish Lake) lot 2586 (1907), near Lemon Lake on old Peter Ross site, moved near Niquidet's Garage (?), back to Abbot Lake. Always dismantled home and moved it. Made a living
by putting up hay, working as a cobbler. |
| Webbers, Tom, Kate, Will and Bob from England only daughter died in 1919 she is buried in Mountainview Cemetery. |
| Wee, Ah Chinese domestic worked for Walters, Patenaude and Gardner. |
| Williams, John Joe's father miner worked for Ed West pre-empted Dogherty field lot 504 in 1899. |
| Williams, Joe & Agnes (nee Gruhs) Joe arrived in Horsefly in 1910 and married Agnes in 1914. children Dick, Joe and Margaret lot 1923 in 1924 (Moffat Creek) and lot 8344 in 1914. |
| Williams, Ernest & Verna came in 1919 children Hubert, Raymond, Aubrey, and Vinnie. |
| Walters, Tom & Edith Tom was Harry's brother children Ethel and Ernest. |
| West, Ed & Dottie, son LeRoy in 1909 investigated Hobson Mine operated mine 1910-1916 Dottie went with her husband to mines some mining at forks of Horsefly involved in Jawbone Mine - West, Camp & Co. |
| Youngren, A. A.J.P. |
| Youngker, Alva Vrala born in 1870 in Nebraska came to Horsefly in 1894 with mother & step-father and Rebecca & W?. Hall lived at Harper's Lease in a cabin then moved to Dam over at Moffat Creek married Harry Walters in 1895. |
