William Grant Gaunce

Victoria UELAC Founding Member: William Grant Gaunce, 1850-1935

  • Born in Studholm, N.B.
  • Arrived in Greenwood, B.C. in 1898, involved in real estate and mining brokerage and served as secretary for the Board of Trade for many years.
  • Retired to Victoria. Staying with daughter Helen and her husband in 1911.  
  • Buried at Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria.
  • Loyalist Ancestor: Obadiah Ackerly, 1757- 1843, Settled in Saint John, N.B. Wife Elizabeth Atherton descended from UE Benjamin Atherston, 1736-1816.
Greenwood, B.C. circa 1898
Gaunce Head stone @ Ross Bay