John, Edwin  and Matilda

John, Edwin  and Matilda

  • BIRTH on 7 Oct 1829 at Wales
  • DEATH on 4 Jan 1910 (aged 80) at Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
  • BURIAL at Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Saanich, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada 
  • Came to Pennsylvania wityh wife and oldest son in 1861
  • Went to west coast for California Gold run,
  • went to the Cariboo between 1864-1869
  • After the Cariboo, purchased farm land in Saanichton that he farmed until his death.
  • Son Robert Franklin John, became the M.P. for Saanich 1882 1892