Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Family of Janet Marion “Jen” CRESWELL (552) & George Wickens SMITH
967. Edith Marion* SMITH (Janet Marion “Jen” CRESWELL11, Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 9 Oct 1912 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Edith Marion* died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 11 Sep 2012; she was 99. Occupation: Teacher.
-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- 1973: The person who inherited the balance of Catherine Creswell’s estate is my Aunt Marion (Marion Study, married and divorced from David Sturdy), sister to my dad and Fred and Catherine's niece. Michael Study is my cousin, one of Marion's four children, and her only son.
- 2006, living independently in a condominium near UBC, [Vancouver, BC]
- 2012, Mar: living in Vancouver at age 99
- Obit: STURDY, Marion
Passed away peacefully on September 11, 2012, just 28 days shy of 100. She was born in Regina and moved with her family to Vancouver in 1927. At age 15, Marion went to UBC where she completed her BA, and later started an MA in Education. She had many years teaching after the death of her husband, David Sturdy. Marion loved music, theatre and bridge which she taught at the University Women's Club. Marion is lovingly remembered by her children, Helen, Caroline, Michael and Kathryn, her grandchildren, Stephen, Janet, Taliesin, David, Jason and Sean, and 7 great-grandchildren. Memorial Service will be held at Shaughnessy Heights United Church on October 4 at 2 o'clock.
Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on September 25, 2012 - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obit...60108439#fbLoggedOut
-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- 1973: The person who inherited the balance of Catherine Creswell’s estate is my Aunt Marion (Marion Study, married and divorced from David Sturdy), sister to my dad and Fred and Catherine's niece. Michael Study is my cousin, one of Marion's four children, and her only son.
- 2006, living independently in a condominium near UBC, [Vancouver, BC]
- 2012, Mar: living in Vancouver at age 99
- Obit: STURDY, Marion
Passed away peacefully on September 11, 2012, just 28 days shy of 100. She was born in Regina and moved with her family to Vancouver in 1927. At age 15, Marion went to UBC where she completed her BA, and later started an MA in Education. She had many years teaching after the death of her husband, David Sturdy. Marion loved music, theatre and bridge which she taught at the University Women's Club. Marion is lovingly remembered by her children, Helen, Caroline, Michael and Kathryn, her grandchildren, Stephen, Janet, Taliesin, David, Jason and Sean, and 7 great-grandchildren. Memorial Service will be held at Shaughnessy Heights United Church on October 4 at 2 o'clock.
Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on September 25, 2012 - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obit...60108439#fbLoggedOut
Edith Marion* married David STURDY. Born ca 1910. David died bef 2012; he was 102. Occupation: Lawyer. They were divorced.
- David was the lawyer in the last Canadian case that was tried before the British Privy Council.
- In 1937 David Sturdy established the Chillawack law firm Baker Newby LLP
From Chilliwack Progress, March 26, 2013, p 12:
Baker Newby LLP and its predecessor firms have been practicing law in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia since 1937. Starting with a sole practitioner in Depression-era Chilliwack, the Firm has grown to become one of the largest law firms
in British Columbia outside Vancouver. (From Baker Newby website)
From The Law Society of Manitoba Communique August 2011:
In the last issue I mentioned Louise Ritchie’s retirement after 18 years as a claims examiner in our Insurance Department. I asked Louise about how she first came to work with the legal profession. Here is what she wrote back: “I was 19 when I started my first job in a law firm in Vancouver where I was bitten by the law and never recovered. …
The senior partner, David Sturdy, took the last Canadian case to the Privy Council and won. We all sat on the floor of his office and celebrated with the libation of our choice, after his telephone call from London”.
(Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a board of the British Privy Council which, until 1949, served as a court of final appeal for Canada. (Canadian Encyclopedia).
Wikipedia article about History of the Supreme Court of Canada, says “The last Canadian case heard by the Privy Council was in 1959, as the case had been grandfathered.”)
From Ottawa Citizen, Feb 7 , 1958 ()
New BC Party Wants to Head off Socialism
A new political party has been formed in BC. Its announced aim is to head off socialism by improving the caliber of the free enterprise parties. Its voice is David Sturdy, the Vancouver lawyer who sparked the Sommers case involving corruption charges against a former minister of the crown. The group is to be known as the Provincial Voters’ Association. Mr Sturdy said in a statement the movement “as presented constituted includes Liberals, Conservatives and Social Crediters and is primarily and educational and moral movement.” Its main aims are to press for the election of only men and women
of the highest character to the B.C. Legislature.
Mr Sturdy in 1955 told the Sloan forestry commission he had evidence that would indicate that then lands and forests minister, R.E. Sommers, took bribes for the issuance of forest management licenses. Two months later Mr Sommers resigned his cabinet post but has retained his seat in the legislature. Charges of bribery were laid against Mr Sommers but the case has been repeatedly postponed.
Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Robert Edward Sommers (January 3, 1911- 2000) was an Alberta-born elementaryschool principal and a politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1958, representing the riding of Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines from until his resignation February 27, 1956. He was tried and in 1958 was convicted of bribery and conspiracy making him the first cabinet minister in the British Commonwealth to serve a term of imprisonment for accepting
bribes in connection with his office.
See also Book The Sommers Scandal: The Felling of Trees and Tree Lords Betty O'Keefe, Ian MacDonald. Heritage House Publishing Co, 1999
- David was the lawyer in the last Canadian case that was tried before the British Privy Council.
- In 1937 David Sturdy established the Chillawack law firm Baker Newby LLP
From Chilliwack Progress, March 26, 2013, p 12:
Baker Newby LLP and its predecessor firms have been practicing law in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia since 1937. Starting with a sole practitioner in Depression-era Chilliwack, the Firm has grown to become one of the largest law firms
in British Columbia outside Vancouver. (From Baker Newby website)
From The Law Society of Manitoba Communique August 2011:
In the last issue I mentioned Louise Ritchie’s retirement after 18 years as a claims examiner in our Insurance Department. I asked Louise about how she first came to work with the legal profession. Here is what she wrote back: “I was 19 when I started my first job in a law firm in Vancouver where I was bitten by the law and never recovered. …
The senior partner, David Sturdy, took the last Canadian case to the Privy Council and won. We all sat on the floor of his office and celebrated with the libation of our choice, after his telephone call from London”.
(Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a board of the British Privy Council which, until 1949, served as a court of final appeal for Canada. (Canadian Encyclopedia).
Wikipedia article about History of the Supreme Court of Canada, says “The last Canadian case heard by the Privy Council was in 1959, as the case had been grandfathered.”)
From Ottawa Citizen, Feb 7 , 1958 ()
New BC Party Wants to Head off Socialism
A new political party has been formed in BC. Its announced aim is to head off socialism by improving the caliber of the free enterprise parties. Its voice is David Sturdy, the Vancouver lawyer who sparked the Sommers case involving corruption charges against a former minister of the crown. The group is to be known as the Provincial Voters’ Association. Mr Sturdy said in a statement the movement “as presented constituted includes Liberals, Conservatives and Social Crediters and is primarily and educational and moral movement.” Its main aims are to press for the election of only men and women
of the highest character to the B.C. Legislature.
Mr Sturdy in 1955 told the Sloan forestry commission he had evidence that would indicate that then lands and forests minister, R.E. Sommers, took bribes for the issuance of forest management licenses. Two months later Mr Sommers resigned his cabinet post but has retained his seat in the legislature. Charges of bribery were laid against Mr Sommers but the case has been repeatedly postponed.
Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Robert Edward Sommers (January 3, 1911- 2000) was an Alberta-born elementaryschool principal and a politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1958, representing the riding of Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines from until his resignation February 27, 1956. He was tried and in 1958 was convicted of bribery and conspiracy making him the first cabinet minister in the British Commonwealth to serve a term of imprisonment for accepting
bribes in connection with his office.
See also Book The Sommers Scandal: The Felling of Trees and Tree Lords Betty O'Keefe, Ian MacDonald. Heritage House Publishing Co, 1999
They had the following children:
i.
Helen STURDY (ca1930-)
ii.
Caroline STURDY (ca1932-)
iii.
Kathryn “Kathy” STURDY (ca1940-)
iv.
Michael STURDY (1946-)
968. Russell Maynard SMITH (Janet Marion “Jen” CRESWELL11, Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1) 
. Born on 14 Feb 1916 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Russell Maynard died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 12 Oct 1996; he was 80.
-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
From his daughter:
- Russell attended secondary school in Vancouver and then went to UBC.
- He was a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Force during WWII, flying in amphibious aircraft and stationed for much of the time in Ceylon, as it was then called.
- He was relatively old [when the war started] since he’d already graduated from university, which I think is why he was made a navigator. He enlisted on the first day of the war, but when he wasn’t called up for a long time, he discovered his enlistment request had been lost. So he was 26 when he was finally called up on Jan 2, 1941. The first part of his service was flying convoy duty off Canada’s East Coast, but in Dec 1943 he arrived in Ceylon where he was posted until the end of the war. [facebook comment, 2017]
- After the war he returned to his job with the Northern Electric Company, working in Vancouver and met [Barbara’s] mother, Catherine 'Margaret' Chalmers Hughes, who was a good friend of his brother Fred's wife.
- They were married in Penticton on September 2, 1946 and promptly moved to Lethbridge, where he'd been transferred.
-They had five children.
- “My father’s middle name was Maynard, because it’s a family name on his Dad’s side of the family (NOT PEI people, unlike his Mom’s family).”
- My dad always said he felt lucky to be one of the few with whom he trained as a navigator in the RCAF to come back alive. His 6 medals displayed included the Destinguished Blying Cross.
- When my Dad went to join the Air Force he discovered that his doctor had actually registered his name as Valentine Smith [because he was born on Valentines Day] - great confusion ensued.
. Born on 14 Feb 1916 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Russell Maynard died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 12 Oct 1996; he was 80.-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
From his daughter:
- Russell attended secondary school in Vancouver and then went to UBC.
- He was a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Force during WWII, flying in amphibious aircraft and stationed for much of the time in Ceylon, as it was then called.
- He was relatively old [when the war started] since he’d already graduated from university, which I think is why he was made a navigator. He enlisted on the first day of the war, but when he wasn’t called up for a long time, he discovered his enlistment request had been lost. So he was 26 when he was finally called up on Jan 2, 1941. The first part of his service was flying convoy duty off Canada’s East Coast, but in Dec 1943 he arrived in Ceylon where he was posted until the end of the war. [facebook comment, 2017]
- After the war he returned to his job with the Northern Electric Company, working in Vancouver and met [Barbara’s] mother, Catherine 'Margaret' Chalmers Hughes, who was a good friend of his brother Fred's wife.
- They were married in Penticton on September 2, 1946 and promptly moved to Lethbridge, where he'd been transferred.
-They had five children.
- “My father’s middle name was Maynard, because it’s a family name on his Dad’s side of the family (NOT PEI people, unlike his Mom’s family).”
- My dad always said he felt lucky to be one of the few with whom he trained as a navigator in the RCAF to come back alive. His 6 medals displayed included the Destinguished Blying Cross.
- When my Dad went to join the Air Force he discovered that his doctor had actually registered his name as Valentine Smith [because he was born on Valentines Day] - great confusion ensued.
On 2 Sep 1946 when Russell Maynard was 30, he married Catherine Margaret* Chalmers HUGHES , daughter of Robert Bruce Chalmers HUGHES (1885-1965) & Grace (~1882-), in Penticton, BC. Born on 11 Feb 1916 in Canada.
- 1916 Canada Census, living in 42 Strathcona, Alberta:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Robert Hughes M 31y N B
Wife Olivia Hughes F 30y Ontario
Son Robert Hughes M 2y Alberta
Daughter Catherine Hughes F 3m Alberta
- 1920 US Census, living in Oakland, Alameda, California
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert B Hughes M 34 Canada
Wife Grace Hughes F 38 Canada
Son R B Chalmers Hughes M 6 Canada
Daughter C Margeret Hughes F 3 Canada
Roomer Bess L Farley F 33 Texas
- From family sources: She grew up in California and BC.
RESEARCH NOTES
- a relative of hers, John McKendrick Hughes and his grandson John R Hughes, wrote and edited a book entitiled “The Unwanted, Great War Letters from the Field, published 2005 by University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-436-1 - it is about John Sr’s experience in WW1 as a Canadian Agricutlural Officer with the British 2nd Army, stationed in France and Belgium.
- Her MacKendrick ancestors arrived at Malpeque on the "Annabella" in 1770
- Neil Hughes (who died Oct 2013 according to an article in the Edmonton Journal) was her cousin, born four years after her. Her father, Robert Bruce Hughes, was the brother of Neil’s father, John McKendrick Hughes.
, daughter of Robert Bruce Chalmers HUGHES (1885-1965) & Grace (~1882-), in Penticton, BC. Born on 11 Feb 1916 in Canada.- 1916 Canada Census, living in 42 Strathcona, Alberta:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Robert Hughes M 31y N B
Wife Olivia Hughes F 30y Ontario
Son Robert Hughes M 2y Alberta
Daughter Catherine Hughes F 3m Alberta
- 1920 US Census, living in Oakland, Alameda, California
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert B Hughes M 34 Canada
Wife Grace Hughes F 38 Canada
Son R B Chalmers Hughes M 6 Canada
Daughter C Margeret Hughes F 3 Canada
Roomer Bess L Farley F 33 Texas
- From family sources: She grew up in California and BC.
RESEARCH NOTES
- a relative of hers, John McKendrick Hughes and his grandson John R Hughes, wrote and edited a book entitiled “The Unwanted, Great War Letters from the Field, published 2005 by University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-436-1 - it is about John Sr’s experience in WW1 as a Canadian Agricutlural Officer with the British 2nd Army, stationed in France and Belgium.
- Her MacKendrick ancestors arrived at Malpeque on the "Annabella" in 1770
- Neil Hughes (who died Oct 2013 according to an article in the Edmonton Journal) was her cousin, born four years after her. Her father, Robert Bruce Hughes, was the brother of Neil’s father, John McKendrick Hughes.
They had the following children:
i.
Barbara Jean SMITH (1947-)
ii.
Linda Anne SMITH (1949-2007)
iii.
Edward Russell “Ted” SMITH (1952-)
iv.
Diane Margaret SMITH (1953-)
v.
Helen Grace SMITH (1957-)
969. Frederick Douglas SMITH (Janet Marion “Jen” CRESWELL11, Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born in 1917. Frederick Douglas died in 2005; he was 88.
- married Pauline Scott and had four children
- 1976: at time of mother’s death, living at 5816 Adera Street, Vancouver, BC, V6M 3J1
- from family sources: [Russell] had another brother Fred Smith who married a Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith - she died 2012
- married Pauline Scott and had four children
- 1976: at time of mother’s death, living at 5816 Adera Street, Vancouver, BC, V6M 3J1
- from family sources: [Russell] had another brother Fred Smith who married a Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith - she died 2012
Frederick Douglas married Pauline Isobel Lorraine SCOTT. Born in 1918 in Ontario, Canada. Pauline Isobel Lorraine died in Richmond, BC, Canada, on 4 May 2012; she was 94.
- 1973: Pauline was the executrix of Catherine Creswell’s will, which wasreceived in Vancouver Registry 14 Feb 1973 - number 121767 - by executirx Pauline Smith (signed Pauline I L Smith). From family sources: “executrix Pauline Smith was indeed the wife of my Uncle Frederick Douglas Smith, my father's brother. ”
- from family sources:
George Smith had another brother Fred Smith who married a Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith - she died 2012;
- 2012, from http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?pid=157688717
Her obituary: Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on May 19, 2012 -
Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith
1918 - 2012 Much loved and sadly missed, Pauline passed away May 4, 2012, in Richmond, B.C. Born in Ontario, she was raised in Vancouver, graduated from Kitsilano High School, achieved a BA from UBC in 1940 , teaching certificate in 1941, and taught in Rutland and Vancouver. She was married for 64 years, until his passing in 2005, to her beloved Fred, a RCAF flyer and executive with White Pass & Yukon Route Co. Also predeceased by sister and brother-in-law Cynthia and Jack, brother-in-law David, brother/sister-in-law Russell and Margaret, niece Linda, and parents Robert and Muriel.
Pauline leaves behind her cherished family: 4 children, Susan(Kent), Robert(Ceridwyn), Leslie(Gordon), Jennifer(Norman), 9 grandchildren, Thomas (Lisa), Elisabeth (Andrew), Andrew, Graeme, Joshua, Natalie, Jacqueline, Paulina, and Moriah, 2 great-grandchildren, Marion and Elizabeth, sister-in-law Marion, nieces, nephews and so many others.
Wonderful memories and friendships remain from school days, the Whitehorse Drama Club, the White Pass, Adera Street, the Kerrisdale Legion, the University Women's Club, Bowen Island, the Okanagan, White Rock, and Richmond and a lifetime of serving others through practical caring and personal warmth as daughter, mother, grandmother, Brown Owl, neighbour, friend, aunt, teacher, volunteer, church fellowship member, and loving, generous employer.
Many thanks to Dr. Segal and so many caregivers - at Courtyard Gardens, and at home, especially Grace, Linda, Anita, Jenny, and Susan whose daily care made all the difference to Mom over many years.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Covenant House or the Arthritis Society gratefully appreciated.
Memorial service May 25 @1:00 at St. Anne's Anglican Church, 4071 Francis Rd., Richmond.
- 1973: Pauline was the executrix of Catherine Creswell’s will, which wasreceived in Vancouver Registry 14 Feb 1973 - number 121767 - by executirx Pauline Smith (signed Pauline I L Smith). From family sources: “executrix Pauline Smith was indeed the wife of my Uncle Frederick Douglas Smith, my father's brother. ”
- from family sources:
George Smith had another brother Fred Smith who married a Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith - she died 2012;
- 2012, from http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?pid=157688717
Her obituary: Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on May 19, 2012 -
Pauline Isobel Lorraine (Scott) Smith
1918 - 2012 Much loved and sadly missed, Pauline passed away May 4, 2012, in Richmond, B.C. Born in Ontario, she was raised in Vancouver, graduated from Kitsilano High School, achieved a BA from UBC in 1940 , teaching certificate in 1941, and taught in Rutland and Vancouver. She was married for 64 years, until his passing in 2005, to her beloved Fred, a RCAF flyer and executive with White Pass & Yukon Route Co. Also predeceased by sister and brother-in-law Cynthia and Jack, brother-in-law David, brother/sister-in-law Russell and Margaret, niece Linda, and parents Robert and Muriel.
Pauline leaves behind her cherished family: 4 children, Susan(Kent), Robert(Ceridwyn), Leslie(Gordon), Jennifer(Norman), 9 grandchildren, Thomas (Lisa), Elisabeth (Andrew), Andrew, Graeme, Joshua, Natalie, Jacqueline, Paulina, and Moriah, 2 great-grandchildren, Marion and Elizabeth, sister-in-law Marion, nieces, nephews and so many others.
Wonderful memories and friendships remain from school days, the Whitehorse Drama Club, the White Pass, Adera Street, the Kerrisdale Legion, the University Women's Club, Bowen Island, the Okanagan, White Rock, and Richmond and a lifetime of serving others through practical caring and personal warmth as daughter, mother, grandmother, Brown Owl, neighbour, friend, aunt, teacher, volunteer, church fellowship member, and loving, generous employer.
Many thanks to Dr. Segal and so many caregivers - at Courtyard Gardens, and at home, especially Grace, Linda, Anita, Jenny, and Susan whose daily care made all the difference to Mom over many years.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Covenant House or the Arthritis Society gratefully appreciated.
Memorial service May 25 @1:00 at St. Anne's Anglican Church, 4071 Francis Rd., Richmond.
They had the following children:
i.
Susan SMITH
ii.
Robert SMITH
iii.
Leslie SMITH
iv.
Jennifer SMITH