Theodore Benning Monk

Victoria UELAC Founding Member: Theodore Benning Monk, 1884-1959

  • Born in Winnipeg, Man.
  • In 1911 census, in Victoria, with wife & three children.
  • Ancestors served in important positions in Nova Scotia’s colonial government.
  • Served as a gunner in WW I. Commander of the Gordon Head Army Camp in WW II.
  • He later went into law and real estate development.
  • Original Secretary-Treasurer of Victoria Branch and later served as President.
  • Loyalist Ancestor: John Gould, 1732- ?, Settled in Windsor, Hants, N.S.
Gordon Head Military Camp @ U Vic
Proposed West Coast Development @ Clo-oose