Draney,Robert

  • 1851-1927
  • Born in London, Ontario and initially came to Victoria when he was 23 years in 1874.
  • In 1891 he was the manager of the Old Aberdeen Salmon Cannery on the Skeena River near Prince Rupert, B.C. 
  • He then formed the Namu Canning Company in 1893 (including canneries at Namu, Kimsquit and River’s Inlet) and built a sawmill in 1909 to produce lumber and make boxes for shipping the salmon.
  • The plants were sold in 1914 to B.C. Northern Fisheries. By the 1921 census, Draney and his wife are living at their farm in Murrayville (Langley), B.C. 
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4245
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26262218/robert-draney