Caldwell, Henry         

  • 1864-1903
  • In 1903, the news covered the gruesome death of 38-year-old surveyor Henry Caldwell, who blew himself up while fishing with dynamite in Esquimalt waters.
  • The unusual circumstances of Caldwell’s death led to a coroner’s inquest to determine whether the death was an accident or suicide. 
  • Henry Caldwell is buried at Ross Bay Cemetery.Loyalist Ancestors:  Captain Simon Baxter,  1730-1804, Bloomfield, Kings County, N,B, & Benjamin Milliken,  1728-1791, St Andrews, Charlotte, N.B  
  • Third Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5896
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117739046/henry-james-caldwell