Help reading witnesses and their addresses please

[bbart]

Besides 1912, Arthur Gowan was shown at that address in 1913. However, in 1914, the name was spelled Arthur GOWING.  (which is what Annmck saw  )

The only Arthur Gowing I can find died in 1914 which might be why I can't locate him from 1915 and onwards.  This Arthur was married to a gal with surname Paul, if that rings any bells.

[RedMystic]

The death record is a wonderful find bbart. Thank you to annmck for sussing out the handwriting there too. 

Unfortunately, that is one of the death records that the BC Archives doesn't include on-line as a scanned image, so I'll put it on my list to pull it off microfilm the next time travel to the Archive in Victoria.

[Primrose11]

I'm glad I was the first to see that... Usually someone gets there before me!   Yes it looks a nice place.
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[bbart]

RedMystic, I cannot verify anything at all on the following link, but it's a blurb on Arthur Gowing and wife Mary: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/u/Margaret-A-Paul--banner/GENE5-0006.html

There might be some names that tie in for you.  However, the author may have tied the wrong Gowing to the big part about the mining claims, so take that with a grain of salt!

[RedMystic]

This is brilliant bbart!!!! 

The name of the man who married in Vancouver in 1911 is in this document as a business partner!!! Gowing it is when it comes to the witness signature & now I know so much more about the business interest of the man I'm searching. Yay!

Now - on to Spencer.   

Why is this important? I'm looking for a potential father for a child that was adopted into extended family of the partner who married. It's a long shot going at it this way, but a lead is a lead. 

Thanks again. I couldn't have done it without you!!

[bbart]

I'm glad that was good news, because now I have to burst your bubble on S L Spencer. 

It is Sarah L Spencer, wife of physician John C Spencer.  I finally found John living at 1544 William in the 1912 directory.  Ancestry shows them living in Skidegate in the 1911 census, but the index is linked to the wrong image, so here is the index info:

Name:    John C Spencer
Gender:    Male
Marital Status:    Married
Age:    51
Birth Date:    Oct 1859
Birth Place:    Ontario
Relation to Head of House:    Head
Race or Tribe:    English
Province:    British Columbia
District:    Comox-Atlin
District Number:    8
Sub-district:    30
Sub-District Number:    30
Place of Habitation:    Skidegate
Neighbors:    View others on page
Household Members:    
Name    Age
John C Spencer    51
Sarah L Spencer    42
Dora D Spencer    15
Bertha M Spencer    8
Harold H Spencer    6
Ralph E Spencer    2

This *could* be their marriage: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-696Q-GTG?i=2782&cc=1307718 although his occupation at that time looks more like missionary?

Good luck in your endeavour! 

Edit:
http://www.longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I5422&tree=Spencer
What stands out to me is the line "she followed her husband to the Skeena River area
of B.C. where he was a missionary. Her description of the journey is available."

I'm wondering if this is online, and if there is some contact person that could point you to it, in case she talks about the people you are looking for.

[RedMystic]

Well - I don't know how to thank you more than I have. Your assistance has been stellar. Thank you very, very much.

[bbart]

Happy to help, although it didn't help your search for the father. 

One more bit on Arthur Gowing... just a fluff piece on mining, but maybe some names will pop for you.
http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist53516uvic#page/n9/mode/1up/search/gowing

(The link doesn't line up perfectly, just manually slide to the orange arrow, and his name will be highlighted in blue, lower right side of page).

[RedMystic]

Thanks again bbart.