Find A Grave - British Columbia

Aberhart, William b. December 30, 1878 d. May 23, 1943
Alberta Premier. He served as the Premier of the province of Alberta, Canada from 1935 until his death in office on May 23, 1943. He was educated at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he received his B.A. degree in 1906 and later became a school teacher. In 1915 he became school principal at the Crescent Heights High School in Calgary, Alberta, where he stayed until 1935. In 1918 he also founded the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, and became an advocate for the principle of...[Read More]
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Anderson, Robert Alexander b. 1858 d. December 5, 1916
Vancouver Mayor. Anderson served as the Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1894. He also served as a Vancouver city alderman from 1892 to 1893. (Bio by: K)
Mountain View Cemetery and Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: MASONIC/*/*/133/0015
Barker, William b. 1819 d. July 11, 1894
Canadian Frontiersman. Discovered the major gold claim beginning the 1862 Cariboo Gold Rush on Williams Creek near Barkerville, B.C.
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Block F, Plot 13, E 16
Barnard, Francis Jones b. 1829 d. July 10, 1889
Founder of British Columbia-Barnard Express (BX) stagecoach company serving the Cariboo gold fields; father of Sir Frank S. Barnard MP for Yale, B.C. (1879-1886).
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Block H, Plot 69, W 28
Barnard, Sir. Frank Stillman b. May 16, 1856 d. April 11, 1936
Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1914-1919). MP for Cariboo (1888-1896).
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Block H, Plot 69, W 28
Beaven, Robert b. January 20, 1836 d. September 18, 1920
Premier of British Columbia (1882-1883). Mayor of Victoria (1892-1893, 1896).
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Beet, Harry Churchill b. April 1, 1875 d. January 10, 1946
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Served as a Captain in The Derbyshire Regiment. He won his medal for service during the Second Boer War on April 22, 1900.
Mountain View Cemetery and Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: ABRAY/*/03/005/0011
Bellew, Edward Donald b. October 28, 1882 d. February 1, 1961
World War I Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Served as a Captain, 7th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was awarded his medal for service at Belgium on April 24, 1915 at the battle of St. Julien near Ypres, where chemical gas warfare was used for the first time in combat. Captain Bellew and a sergeant manned a machine gun and held off the oncoming enemy forces long enough for reinforcements to arrive, thus saving the position and the day.
Hillside Cemetery, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Bennett, William Andrew Cecil b. September 6, 1900 d. February 23, 1979
Premier of British Columbia (1952-1972).
Kelowna Municipal Cemetery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Bethune, Alexander b. January 1, 1852 d. June 10, 1947
Vancouver Mayor. Bethune served as the Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1907 to 1908. He was also a Vancouver city alderman. (Bio by: K)
Mountain View Cemetery and Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blessing, Charles Morgan d. May 31, 1866
Noted murder victim during the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1858-63 in British Columbia, Canada. His gravesite is B.C.'s smallest provincial historic site.
Cause of death: Gunshot to the head
Blessing's Grave Provincial Historic Site, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
Bourke, Rowland Richard Louis b. November 28, 1885 d. August 29, 1958
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Served as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was awarded his medal for service at Ostend, Belgium, on May 9-10, 1918.
Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Brewster, Harlan Carey b. November 10, 1870 d. March 1, 1918
Premier of British Columbia (1916-1918), died in office .
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Section R
Burns, Tommy (Noah Brusso) b. June 17, 1881 d. May 10, 1955
Professional Boxer. He was the World Heavyweight Champion from 1906 to 1908. He was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 9th, 1996.
Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Burr, Raymond b. May 21, 1917 d. September 12, 1993
Raymond Burr was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.
His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. He won two Emmy Awards in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit series, Ironside, earned him six Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. He is also widely known for his role as...[Read More]
Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Buscombe, Frederick b. September 2, 1861 d. July 21, 1938
Vancouver Mayor. Buscombe served as the Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1905 to 1906. (Bio by: K)
Mountain View Cemetery and Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: MASONIC/*/*/143/0012
Cadman, Chuck b. February 21, 1948 d. July 9, 2005
Canadian Parliament Member, Victims Rights Advocate. Charles "Chuck" Cadman was a co-founder of Crime, Responsibility and Youth (CRY) in 1993 after the stabbing death of his son Jessie in 1992. He also counselled youth who were likely to become violent. He ran and was elected as a Member of Parliment for Surrey North (BC) in 1997 under the Reform Party of Canada. It was here he introduced a Private Member's bill that...[Read More] (Bio by: SusanR)
Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Eternal Gardens Section
Cameron, John A. b. September 1, 1820 d. November 7, 1888
Western Frontier Figure. Born John Angus Cameron in Ontario, Canada, he was a pioneer prospector noted for his participation in the Cariboo Gold Rush. In 1862, he struck a rich gold deposit, staked a claim in the area on Willams Creek. It became a successful township area known as Camerontown. The strike remained in prominence and wealth until Barkerville, along with areas also became rich finds in the mid 1860s.
Barkerville Historic Cemetery, Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada
Carr, Emily b. December 13, 1871 d. March 2, 1945
Artist, Author
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Block H, Plot 85, E 15
Conacher, Roy b. October 5, 1916 d. December 29, 1984
Professional Hockey Player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Conacher was the younger brother of famed hockey players, Lionel and Charlie Conacher. At 6'01", and 175lbs, he played the position of Left Wing for teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), SSHL, NSDHL, NOHA, OHASR, and the OHAJR. Conacher played for the West Toronto Nationals from 1933 to 1936, Toronto Dominions from 1936 to 1937, Kirkland Lake Hargreaves from 1937 to 1938, Saskatoon RCAF from 1942 to 1943, and the Dartmouth RCAF from...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Plot: Cremated here, location of ashes unknown

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