Mary "May" Samantha
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1876 Sep 03 |
Born in Port Hope, Ontario |
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Moved about with her parents and family from; Port
Hope to Guelph to Denver to Regina to Guelph to Victoria |
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1890 |
Arrived in Victoria with her parents and siblings. |
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1899 Mar 13 |
Married Henry Woodward, a rancher from Port Alberni.
They were married at the Soule home in Victoria. They lived in Port Alberni.
The best man was another Victoria architect, A. Maxwell Muir. |
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Victoria Daily Colonist,
Tuesday March 14, 1899 |
WOODWARD - SOULE - Mr. Henry Woodward,
rancher, of Alberni and Miss Mary Soule, eldest daughter of Cornelius J. Soule, architect,
were joined in marriage last night. Rev. Dr. Wilson, of the Reformed Episcopal Church,
performed the ceremony. The bride was given away by her father and was attended by her
sister, Miss Annie Soule, as bridesmaid. The groom was supported by Mr. A. Maxwell Muir.
After the ceremony the company adjourned to the dining room, where a splendid dinner was
provided, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. The happy couple leave this morning for
Alberni, their new home. |
It would be very interesting to know
how Henry met and courted the 21 year old May, how he convinced her to leave the
comparative comfort of city life for a home in the wilderness and also how he won over her
parents. Also, I speculate that A.
Maxwell Muir, acted as groomsman, as a favour to May's father, a
fellow architect and likely friend. I would suspect that Henry had few friends, if
any, of his own in Victoria. |
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Henry Woodward, the second son of John (1821-1886) and Mary (Crompton) (1836-1924)
Woodward, was born in Lower Beach, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Engand, Dec 3, 1868. He
left home when he was 18 and crossing the ocean and the continent ended up on Vancouver
Island. In the Fall of 1887 he trekked North from Victoria and then across country
from Nanaimo and arrived in the Alberni Valley. Seeing the potential of the area he
elected to stay and endure a lonely existence carving a farm out of the wilderness and
living off of what he could shoot and find until things were up and running. In 1899 at the age of 30 odd years, Henry retraced his steps
to Victoria, on horseback, to find a bride to take back with him ... or so the story
goes.
Henry "Harry", had 6 sisters; Maude
(1857-1945), Adelaide (1861-1944), Emily (1862-1924), Mary (1863-1924), Rosamund
(1866-1903) and Norah (1870-????) and three brothers; John Cother (1867-1937), Ralph (1871
-????) and Frances (1872-????)
Henry's sister Adelaide (1861-1944) married
Victoria florist, A. J. Woodward. They lived in a large home in the High Quadra area
on top of a hill with wonderful gardens all around. |
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1900 Feb 24 |
Son Cyril David. was born |
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1902 Jun 15 |
Daughter Ethel Mary was born |
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1904 |
Son George Norman was born |
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1907 |
Son Walter Rubidge was born |
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1911 Jan 15 |
Son Gordon Francis C. died in Alberni (age 0) |
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1925 Jun 27 |
Son Walter Rubidge died (age 17, in Vancouver) |
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1956 May 27 |
Died in Port Alberni |
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1968 Jan 25 |
Husband, Henry, died at age 99 |
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