Obituaries pre 1954 - Completed

[Neilhilt]

Due to an economic depression in Australia in the 1890s, my great Uncle migrated to Vancouver in 1904 and puchased the timber business of A P May.  He changed the name to J Fyfe Smith & Co, and its way of sourcing product.  He was the president of the Vancouver Cricket Club and led Rugby tours around the Pacific rim.  He and his wife and daughter travelled on business and their art collection from Pacific peoples is held by the Universty of BC.  Several photos have been found on vaious websites.

James Fyfe Smith died in Vancouver on 17th July 1953 per the BC Archives.
His brother-in-law James Barnet, an architect, came to Vancouver with his two daughters for similar reasons.  He died on 12th August 1932.

Are ther any sources of obituaries for Vancouver?   In Australia newspaper copyright does not apply pre 1955 and the National Library is digitising old newspapers.  A great resouce for genealogists with relatives in Australia.   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15297176 

Cheers Neil - Thanks DonM

[DonM]

http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers#A
Vancouver Sun
Page 35 July 18th

DonM

[JDC]

Hi Niel,

Have a look at the Vancouver Public Library.

JDC