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Sir Richard Evans FBA

Saturday, January 11, 2014

The Gilchrist Brothers

George, Donald (who never married) and Alexander Gilchrist were among Ruskin's early pioneers and land owners. Following a descendant report of the brothers and their children. To the best of my knowledge there are no direct descendants of the brothers alive today.
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Hugh Gilchrist
& Jessie McKay
|           George Gilchrist
|             b. 18 May 1862, Caithness, Scotland
|             d. 5 Sep 1940, Mission
|           & Benjamina Laing
|             b. 2 May 1868, Scotland
|             d. 10 Apr 1950, Mission
|           |           Hugh Alexander Gilchrist
|           |             b. 13 Oct 1900, Vancouver
|           |             d. 20 Apr 1901, Vancouver
|           |           Elizabeth Mildred Gilchrist
|           |             b. 21 Nov 1902, Vancouver
|           |             d. 22 May 1963, Vancouver
|           |           & Charles Alexander Stuart Black
|           |             b. 15 Sep 1896, Brussel, Ontario
|           |             d. 20 Sep 1991, Mission
|           |             m. 26 May 1927, Vancouver
|           Donald Gilchrist
|             b. ca 1864, Scotland
|             d. 25 Feb 1939, Ruskin
|           Alexander Gilchrist
|             b. 2 Jan 1867, Scotland
|             d. 20 Aug 1951, Vancouver
|           & Ann Nightingale
|             b. ca 1861
|             d. 31 Aug 1939, New Westminster
|             m. 24 Jan 1894, Victoria
|           |           Donald Hugh Gilchrist
|           |             b. 27 Dec 1895, Whonnock
|           |             d. 28 Sep 1928, Port Coquitlam
|           |           Dorothy Elizabeth Gilchrist
|           |             b. 7 Jun 1899, Whonnock
|           |             d. 5 Mar 1989, Vancouver
|           |           & William Albert Foley
|           |             b. 10 Mar 1883, Ontario
|           |             d. 24 Aug 1976, Vancouver

|           |             m. 27 Dec 1934, Port Haney

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