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Biography Files, by Surname
Biography files contain information compiled on outstanding Richmond families, pioneers, and individuals. Files are compiled on an adhoc basis and do not include the full range of notable individuals and families in Richmond.
 
Come to the City of Richmond Archives to view these files which may include newspaper clippings, biographical and genealogical notes and 1979 Centennial pioneer medallion applications.

Following is an alphabetical listing of the Biography Files at the City of Richmond Archives. Online access to the files is not available.

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A
  • Abercrombie, Jack
  • Abernethy, John William
  • Aberdeen, James F.
  • Ablitt, G. & E.
  • Aderneck, Edward
  • Aiken, Lionel G.
  • Airey, Francis Joseph
  • Akune, Naonozo
  • Allison, Lyle
  • Anderson, Andy
  • Anderson, Joan
  • Anderson, William Henry
  • Armstrong, Harry
  • Atchison, Andy
  • Atchison, Florence
B
  • Babuin, Frank
  • Bakalaryk, Alexander
  • Baker, Jean
  • Baldwin, Esther
  • Barker, William Henry
  • Bassett, William Arthur
  • Bauer, Joe
  • Baumeister, Albin
  • Baumeister, Emily
  • Beckman, Amos
  • Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle
  • Bell-Irving, Richard
  • Bennett, James
  • Biletski/Demorest family
  • Blackmum, Joseph
  • Blair, Archibald
  • Blair, Gil
  • Blair, James
  • Blair, Mrs. L.
  • Blair, Mabel
  • Blair, Robert
  • Blair, Stanley
  • Boston, George
  • Bothwell, J.B.
  • Bothwell, Rebecca
  • Bouchard, John E.
  • Boutet, Armand
  • Boutet, Mrs. Armand
  • Bovey, Alex
  • Bowcock, Robert
  • Boyd, Hugh
  • Boyd, John
  • Boyd, Mary (nee McColl)
  • Boyd, Mrs. Robert
  • Boyd, Robert
  • Branscombe, David and "Her Babyship"
  • Breen, Edith Jean
  • Brewill, Mrs. Fred
  • Bridge, William
  • Brighouse, Michael Wilkinson
  • Brighouse, Patricia Gertrude
  • Brighouse, Sam
  • Brock, William John
  • Brooke, Thomas Charles
  • Brooks, Jack
  • Brown, David
  • Bublick, Renata
  • Buchanan, John Murdoch
  • Buckle, Clemina Pearl
  • Bullock, Alice Mercy
  • Bunn, Art
  • Burdett, Diane
  • Burnett, Harriet E.
  • Burnett, Lieutenant-Colonel John N.
  • Burnett, Lily Emily Eliza
  • Burton, William Clarence
  • Buswell, William
  • Butler, Ernie
  • Butler, Ethel
  • Byng, Lord Julian Hedworth George
C
  • Cambie, H.J.
  • Cantor, Benjamin B.
  • Capella, Ted
  • Carr, Rev. Douglas
  • Carter, Ralph B.
  • Champoux family
  • Chan, Irene
  • Chappell, Wright
  • Chatterton, Richard
  • Cherry, Lillian Gay
  • Cheverton, Greta
  • Chow, Raymond
  • Christiansen, Isabelle
  • Ciminelli, Joseph
  • Clemens, Isabelle Edna
  • Clement, Diane
  • Clement, Doug
  • Cliff, Linda
  • Cline, David
  • Cline, Vera
  • Comstock, David (Gordon)
  • Cook, Flossie (nee Tolley)
  • Cook, Jack (John)
  • Cooper, Everett Ellwyn
  • Costello, Michael
  • Craig, Douglas
  • Cunningham, H.C.
  • Currie, General Sir Arthur William
D
  • Dayton, James
  • Deagle, William
  • Deans, Rev. William ("Scottie")
  • Deas, John Sullivan
  • Debeck, Howard L.
  • Debeck, Ned
  • Deckelbaum, Joan
  • Demarest, H.
  • Demarest, Mrs. H.
  • Dennett, Marjorie
  • Dennison, Cassie Erena
  • Dennison, George Henry
  • Diamond, Charlotte
  • Dick, David
  • Dick, Edna
  • Dickinson, Bill
  • Dinsmore, John
  • Dixon, A.B.
  • Dixon, Robert S.
  • Dixon, Ron
  • Doherty, R.R.
  • Dolphin, Gordon
  • Donald, John
  • Doyle, Henry
  • Dreany family
  • Drennan, Rod
  • Dudley, F.H.
  • Dyer, Fred
E
  • Easterbrook, Mrs. William Thomas
  • Easterbrook, William Thomas
  • Eastman, Norm
  • Eburne family
  • Edgington, E.E.
  • Egerton, William Nixon
  • Elston, Dorothy
  • Elston, Ken
  • Engbaum, Walter
  • Engbaum, Helen
  • English, Marshall
  • Epp, Peter
  • Errington family
  • Estabrooks, Helena Ruth
  • Ettinger, Alfred James
  • Evans, Edward Francis
  • Ewen, Alexander
  • Eyton, Alex
F
  • Fanning, Harry
  • Fanning, Ida
  • Faulkner, P.S. 
  • Featherstone, H.J.
  • Featherstone, Mrs. H.J.
  • Fedoruk, William
  • Fentiman,George
  • Fentiman, Ronald W.
  • Ferguson, John
  • Ferris, W.D.
  • Finlayson, Graham Alexander
  • Finlayson, Lester Marshall
  • Finsson, Gustave A.
  • Fitchett, J.N.
  • Fleury, Violet
  • Forbes, Agnes Mary
  • Forbes, Doug
  • Forsyth, John Reginald
  • Foster, Mrs. F.
  • Foster, John
  • Foster, Russell
  • Francis, Mrs. James
  • Francis, Robert
  • Fraser, Angus
  • Fraser, Ken
  • Friedman, Ed
  • Fyfe, Allen
G
  • Gage, Donald
  • Gagno, Rosina
  • Gagnon, Lionel Edmond
  • Gamba, Louis
  • Garripie, George
  • Gartland, Brother Guy
  • Gates, John
  • Gay, Fred Nathan
  • Gay, William
  • Gay, Victoria
  • Gibbons, James
  • Gilbert, Sarah Elizabeth
  • Gilbert, Sarah J.
  • Gillespie, Charles
  • Gilley, Captain H.L.
  • Gillingham, Clare
  • Gilmore, Andrew Carson
  • Gilmore, Annie Isabella
  • Gilmore, Boyd
  • Gilmore family
  • Gilmore, Gertrude Elsie
  • Gilmore, Les
  • Gilmore, William J.
  • Ginter, Jules
  • Goldney, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
  • Good, Gertrude
  • Goode, Tom
  • Gordon, Alex
  • Gordon family
  • Gordon, Isabella
  • Gosse, Robert C.
  • Graham, Jessie V.
  • Grandy, Arthur
  • Grauer family
  • Graves, Dr. Charles
  • Greczmiel, Maria
  • Green, John
  • Greenland, Arne William
  • Groberman, Joel
H
  • Hall, Bert
  • Hall, Frederick John
  • Hall, Isabella
  • Hall, Dr. Marian
  • Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Rueben
  • Hall, Dr. Sherwood
  • Hall, William
  • Halsey-Brandt, Greg
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • Harris, Agnes Isabella
  • Harris, Goldwin Hershall
  • Harris family
  • Harrison, Jack
  • Harwood, Donald George
  • Harwood, Fred
  • Harwood, Lilla Mabel (nee Simpson)
  • Hass, Anne
  • Hass, Fred
  • Hayashi, Rintaro
  • Hayne, James Arthur Hayne
  • Hedges, Dennis
  • Herbert, Ernest
  • Herbert, Henrietta
  • Hing, Harry
  • Hobbis, Robert
  • Hoggard, Cline Arthur
  • Holt, George
  • Holt, James
  • Homma, Tomekichi
  • Horton, John
  • Howard, Irene
  • Howe, Frank
  • Howe, Helen
  • Howe, May
  • Howse, Lucy May
  • Howse, Herbert
  • Hunter, Elsie (nee Esplen)
  • Huxley, Mrs. Lillian
J
  • Jackobson, Henry
  • Jackobson, Mrs. Henry
  • Jacobson, Jack
  • Jamieson, Reverend Robert
  • Johnson, Koko
  • Jones, Ben
  • Jones, Charles
  • Judd, George
K
  • Kacer, John
  • Kartner, Walter
  • Kelly, Archie
  • Kelm, Albert
  • Kerr, William
  • Ketcheson, Royal Phillip
  • Keur, Geert Harm
  • Kidd, Thomas
  • Kilgour, Alexander
  • Kitcher, Bertram
  • Koning, Jack
  • Koyanagi, Toshi
  • Kulawec, Nick
  • Kumagai, Kiichi
  • Kuno, Gihei
L
  • Laing, Richard
  • Lam, Jane Kang Eng
  • Lam, Jessie
  • Lane, William
  • Lang, Arthur James
  • Lapka, William
  • Lasko, Bill
  • Lasko, John
  • Laubenstein, Glen
  • Leaf, Lily Alice
  • Leavy, Jack
  • Leavy, Leo
  • Lechew, Thomas
  • LeCours, Ernie
  • Lee, Mrs. Norma
  • Lee, Walter
  • Lemiski, R.J.
  • Lemon, George
  • Lemon, Reginald
  • Lenglet, Mary
  • LeNoble, Jim
  • Leslie, Bea
  • Leslie, Stan
  • Leslie, Thomas Ellis
  • Leslie, Thomas Samuel
  • Lesley, Arthur Bennet
  • Light, Bob
  • Lind, Eleanor
  • Loenen, Nick
  • Logan, Theodora Marion
  • London family
  • Lord, Arthur Edward
  • Lord, Mary
  • Lorenz, Ted
  • Lougheed, Mrs. Warren
  • Lovick, James E.H.
  • Lutes, D.T.
M
  • Macarthur, Hugh
  • MacFarlane, Laura Viola
  • Mackie, George Watt
  • Mackie, Margaret Elizabeth
  • MacLeod, Alyce
  • MacNeill, Allan Roy
  • Macnicol, Robert
  • MacWilliam, Ruth Askew
  • Maddocks, Robert
  • Maddocks, Winnifred
  • Magar, Ralph
  • Magee, George
  • Main, Alexander
  • Mair, Margaret
  • Mang, Charles
  • Mann, Ron
  • Marchant, Harold
  • Marshall, John Henry
  • Marshall, Norman
  • Martin, Charles
  • Massey, George
  • Masyk, Mable Winnifred
  • Maxwell, Richard
  • May, Alice
  • May, George
  • May, H. Randall
  • May, Mrs. H. Randall
  • Maydanyks, Alexandra
  • Maydanyks, John
  • McBurney, Elizabeth
  • McCartney, Alice
  • McCartney, William
  • McCleery family
  • McClelland, Cecil Eric
  • McClelland, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
  • McConnell, Gordon Gerald
  • McConnell, James Noel
  • McCormick, James
  • McCulloch, Charles
  • McCutcheon, Elvie
  • McDonald, Bob
  • McDonald, Duncan
  • McDonald, Hugh H.
  • McDonald, Mrs. Bob
  • McGinnes, Mary Florence
  • McGrath, Catherine
  • McGrath, Joseph
  • McIvor, Dan
  • McKaig, Donald Alexander
  • McKay, Albert
  • McKay, Donald E.
  • McKay, Gordon E.
  • McKay, Pearl
  • McKenzie, Frida Albertina
  • McKenzie, Mrs. W.M.
  • McKenzie, W.M.
  • McKessock, Ross
  • McKim, Bessie Gertrude
  • McKim, Ernest George
  • McKim, H.W. and family
  • McKinney, James Alton
  • McKinney, William
  • McLennan, Burns
  • McLeod, Neal
  • McMath, Robert A.
  • McMillan, Nettie Elizabeth
  • McMullen, William S.
  • McNair, Hugh
  • McNair, Matthew (Max)
  • McNaughton, Mrs. Norman
  • McNaughton, Norman
  • McNeely, Kathleen
  • McNeely, William and Thomas 
  • McRoberts, Hugh
  • McRoberts, Jennie
  • Mellis, Earle
  • Mellis, Mrs. Earle
  • Millcarch family
  • Miller, James
  • Miller, Joseph William Foster
  • Miller, Rev. John Wesley
  • Miller, Samuel
  • Millerd, Francis
  • Milligan, Frank
  • Mills, Jessie T.
  • Mills, Sarah
  • Minler, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
  • Minler, Ruth Pauline
  • Minns, Harry
  • Mitchell, Alexander
  • Mitchell family
  • Moffatt, Arthur John
  • Moffatt, Bernard
  • Molberg, Knud
  • Molberg, Una
  • Moore, W.G.
  • Moreside, James Benjamin
  • Moreside, Mrs. Ben 
  • Morphett, Bill
  • Morris, Glyn
  • Morrison, William A.
  • Moskaluk, Charlotte Anne
  • Murakami, Asamatsu
  • Murakami, Tsuneko
  • Murdoch, Rev. Jock
  • Myhill, Louis Ethelbert
  • Myron, Ian
N
  • Nelson, Frederick George
  • Nelson, Hugh J.
  • Nicholls, Terry
  • Nielsen, Jim
  • Nishi, Frank
  • Noble, Madeline
  • Norgan, George W.
  • Norton, Charles J.
  • Novakowski, Ernie
O
  • O'Dell, Vera
  • O'Neil, Kenneth
  • Olafsen, Gordon
  • Oldfield, Charles N.
  • Olson, Albert
  • Owens, Mrs. Kay
P
  • Palmer, Robert Cecil
  • Parker, Arthur 
  • Paterson family
  • Paxton, Charles and Mary
  • Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Alf
  • Peterson, Bernard Charles
  • Percival-Smith, Corisande
  • Pfister, Paul
  • Phillips, George
  • Pitre, Dora
  • Pitre, Wilf
  • Point, J.
  • Pope, Leonard Victor
  • Porter, Annie
  • Priester, H.J.
  • Priester, Mrs. H.J.
  • Prochnau, Anna
  • Prochnau, Rudolf
  • Prokopiuk, Lidia
  • Proteau, Ken
R
  • Ransford, Bob
  • Reed, Tony
  • Rees, Rice
  • Reid, David
  • Reid, Laura Edith
  • Rekis, Michael
  • Rekis, Mrs. Michael
  • Robinson, Edgar Flemming
  • Robinson, Lily
  • Ross, Thomas John
  • Rowan, Duncan and John
  • Rowling, William Henry
  • Runnals, Joyce E.
  • Rutledge, Margaret
S
  • Sakamoto family
  • Sakiyama, Fuku
  • Saunders, Mrs. John
  • Saunders, Neil
  • Schmidt, Florian
  • Scotchbrook, Robert Charles
  • Scratchley, William James
  • Sexsmith, John Wesley
  • Sharp, Mrs. Richard
  • Sharp, Richard
  • Sheh, Violet Mae
  • Shepherd, Julia Alberta
  • Shields, Edgar Joseph
  • Shimizu, Hide (nee Hyodo)
  • Short, Benjamin J. 
  • Short, Jack
  • Siddall, Gertrude Isabell
  • Siddon, Tom
  • Sigurgeirson, Johannes
  • Sills, George William
  • Simpson, Walter R.
  • Skinner, George W.
  • Skuse family
  • Smillie, George Williams
  • Smith, Annie
  • Smith, Caroline Matilda
  • Smith, Rev. Edward
  • Smith, James Gowan 
  • Smith, Sevilla Irene
  • Smith, William Clegg
  • Spires, Mr. R.W.
  • Stapleton, Herbert
  • Stapleton, Peggy
  • Steeves, Walter
  • Stevenson, Evelyn Emily
  • Stevenson, Florence
  • Steves family
  • Steves, Ida
  • Stewart, William Francis
  • Stolberg, John
  • Suzuki, T. Buck
  • Sweet, Lulu
  • Sweet, Orison Davis
T
  • Tait, Mrs. Alex
  • Tait, Robert John
  • Talmie, Richard C.
  • Tapp, Frank R.
  • Templeton, William
  • Thomas, Stuart V.
  • Thompson family
  • Thompson, James
  • Tibbits, Ethel
  • Tilton, William
  • Todd, Jacob Hunter
  • Trites, Ada
  • Trites, Edith
  • Trites, Frank K.
  • Trites, Gordon
  • Trites, Nancy Margerete
  • Trites, Wycliffe Steves
  • Trutch, John
  • Tryggvason, Bjarni
  • Tucker, Grace
  • Tucker, Lewis Ord Riddell
  • Tufnail, Margaret Annie
  • Tufnail, Walter
  • Turnill, Edgar Samuel
U
  • Udy, Ezra Ward
  • Udy, Rachel Matilda
  • Upshall, M.
V
  • Vachon, Fernanco
  • Vander Zalm, William
  • Vennard, Irene
  • Vermilyea family
  • Vidulich, Marco
W
  • Wagner, Jack
  • Wagner, Phyllis
  • Wagner, Richard Alexander
  • Walker, Robert Edward
  • Wallace, William
  • Wheeler, Arthur
  • White, John
  • Whiteside, Evlyn
  • Whiteside, James
  • Willett, John (Jack) Henry
  • Williams, J.B. (Barney)
  • Williams, Edward
  • Williams, Fred
  • Williams, Guy
  • Williams, John
  • Williamson, Alice
  • Williamson, Floyd
  • Wilson, John
  • Windram, Velma Irene
  • Withers, Dorothy
  • Withers, Percy
  • Wolfram, Edward
  • Wood, Christopher and Robert
  • Woodward, Daniel
  • Wowk, Myron
  • Wray family
  • Wrigglesworth, Norman
  • Wright family
Y
  • Yee, Constable Les
  • Youngberg, Theodore Melvin

 

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