Mary Gordon (nee Hartshorne) Beeston

Victoria UELAC Early Member: Mary Gordon (nee Hartshorne) Beeston, 1862 -1951

  • Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • In the 1911 census, they lived in Nelson, four children, husband was an accountant, husband died in 1914.  Moved to Victoria.
  • Her son Lieut.-Col. Cyril Gainsborough Beeston was an active soldier and seaman during WW I. After WW I , had a law practice in Vancouver and was given responsibility for the defense of the Vancouver area during WW II.
  • Buried at Royal Oak Cemetery.     UE Loyalist Ancestors: Dr. James Boggs, 1740-1830, buried at the Old Burial Ground, Halifax, N.S.