Here are the results of library trip #2!
Marriage of Mary Leslie Lamb and Thomas Howard Macfarlane
Mary - occupation waitress, spinster, 21 yrs, denomination United Church of Canada, residence Vancouver, born St Andrews Scotland, father James Alexander Lamb born Glasgow Scotland, mother Mary Leslie Downie born St Andrews Scotland. Bride could read and write.
Thomas - occupation trainman, bachelor, 28yrs, Roman Catholic, residence Camp 3 Bloedel, born Vancouver, father John Howard Macfarlane born Kilkenny Ireland, mother's surname Rothe born Alsace France. Groom could read and write.
1901 census April 11-12 1901
British Columbia
District - Yale and Cariboo
Greenwood City
John H Macfarlane, male, head, married, 12 Aug 1861, age 39, born Ireland,
year of immigration 1869, Irish origin ,Canadian national, Church of Eng,
Miner, employed, can read write and speaks English (does not speak French)
Mother tongue English
Lena M Macfarlane, female, wife, married, 12 Nov 1876, age 24, born
Germany,year of immigration 1897, German origin, Canadian nationality,
R.Cath, can read, write and speaks English. Mother tongue German
(Alsace has had a history of belonging to either France or Germany over the course of history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace)
I think that this may also refer to
Thomas Howard Macfarlane's father:
Canadian Genealogy Index
1901
John Howard Macfarlane
Greenwood, British Columbia
Occupation Civil engineer
Source - Henderson's British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory and Mining
Companies for 1900-1901.
Nell