Raymond Edward Jones was the fifth of eight children born to David Llewellyn Jones and Rosa Elizabeth Sage on January 10, 1906 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
About 1927, Viola (Ray's sister) was working at the jam factory and introduced him to Amy Nott. It was love at first sight. They were married July 21, 1928 in Saanich, British Columbia (a suburb of Victoria). Amy was 17 and Ray was 22/23. Family lore has it that my grandfather (Harry Amos Nott) gave permission to marry after Ray announced that if they weren't allowed to get married, he'd make darn sure that they HAD to get married.
Ray ran a milk business called Victoria Cartage. He delivered milk all over Victoria and my sister, who he called Ginger, went with him on a lot of trips. When the brakes failed on his truck, he would stick his foot out the door and drag it, until the truck stopped. Eventually, he worked for Palm Dairies.
He was a trader of goods and services. If he wanted a table and chairs, he would trade the person for something he had, such as a refrigerator. I guess this came from the earlier life and having no money.
He was a life long member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Victoria & Nanaimo and had been in all of the chairs, including Exalted Ruler.
During the depression and WW2 he delivered milk to CFB Esquimalt. He got to be good friends with the boys and "things" were exchanged. In the days of rations, etc. it was always good to know someone, who knew someone. There were card parties at Ray and Amy's house. Some alcohol, chocolate, sugar, flour and hard to get items would turn up. As I said earlier, he was a trader.......
He participated in raising funds for charities, selling tickets and helping people out. He won a house in Kamloops and there was an article written in the newspaper in which my brother asked "Are we going to sell the house, dad?"
In 1948, the family moved to Nanaimo and Ray became the manager of Canfor Building Products on Pine St. It was across the railroad tracks from Nanaimo's Chinatown. My sister, was a teacher by then and my brother was in high school.
My mom and I would accompany my dad when he went on business trips. We would go to all the towns on the eastern side of Vancouver Island and even up to Tofino and Ucluelet, where we found Japanese glass balls from fisherman's nets on the beach.
There was a business meeting set up for February 26, 1963 at the Canfor main office in New Westminster, so my dad was going on the supper time ferry on February 25th. He wasn't feeling very well, but he kissed us good bye and left.
At about 9:30 that night, the RCMP knocked on our front door to tell us that my dad had passed away on the ferry.
He was officially declared dead at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. The funeral was organized by the Elks Lodge in Victoria. There were a lot of people there. He is buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, in Victoria.
About 1927, Viola (Ray's sister) was working at the jam factory and introduced him to Amy Nott. It was love at first sight. They were married July 21, 1928 in Saanich, British Columbia (a suburb of Victoria). Amy was 17 and Ray was 22/23. Family lore has it that my grandfather (Harry Amos Nott) gave permission to marry after Ray announced that if they weren't allowed to get married, he'd make darn sure that they HAD to get married.
Ray ran a milk business called Victoria Cartage. He delivered milk all over Victoria and my sister, who he called Ginger, went with him on a lot of trips. When the brakes failed on his truck, he would stick his foot out the door and drag it, until the truck stopped. Eventually, he worked for Palm Dairies.
He was a trader of goods and services. If he wanted a table and chairs, he would trade the person for something he had, such as a refrigerator. I guess this came from the earlier life and having no money.
He was a life long member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Victoria & Nanaimo and had been in all of the chairs, including Exalted Ruler.
During the depression and WW2 he delivered milk to CFB Esquimalt. He got to be good friends with the boys and "things" were exchanged. In the days of rations, etc. it was always good to know someone, who knew someone. There were card parties at Ray and Amy's house. Some alcohol, chocolate, sugar, flour and hard to get items would turn up. As I said earlier, he was a trader.......
He participated in raising funds for charities, selling tickets and helping people out. He won a house in Kamloops and there was an article written in the newspaper in which my brother asked "Are we going to sell the house, dad?"
In 1948, the family moved to Nanaimo and Ray became the manager of Canfor Building Products on Pine St. It was across the railroad tracks from Nanaimo's Chinatown. My sister, was a teacher by then and my brother was in high school.
My mom and I would accompany my dad when he went on business trips. We would go to all the towns on the eastern side of Vancouver Island and even up to Tofino and Ucluelet, where we found Japanese glass balls from fisherman's nets on the beach.
There was a business meeting set up for February 26, 1963 at the Canfor main office in New Westminster, so my dad was going on the supper time ferry on February 25th. He wasn't feeling very well, but he kissed us good bye and left.
At about 9:30 that night, the RCMP knocked on our front door to tell us that my dad had passed away on the ferry.
He was officially declared dead at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. The funeral was organized by the Elks Lodge in Victoria. There were a lot of people there. He is buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, in Victoria.
Raymond Edward Jones was the fifth of eight children born to David Llewellyn Jones and Rosa Elizabeth Sage on January 10, 1906 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
About 1927, Viola (Ray's sister) was working at the jam factory and introduced him to Amy Nott. It was love at first sight. They were married July 21, 1928 in Saanich, British Columbia (a suburb of Victoria). Amy was 17 and Ray was 22/23. Family lore has it that my grandfather (Harry Amos Nott) gave permission to marry after Ray announced that if they weren't allowed to get married, he'd make darn sure that they HAD to get married.
Ray ran a milk business called Victoria Cartage. He delivered milk all over Victoria and my sister, who he called Ginger, went with him on a lot of trips. When the brakes failed on his truck, he would stick his foot out the door and drag it, until the truck stopped. Eventually, he worked for Palm Dairies.
He was a trader of goods and services. If he wanted a table and chairs, he would trade the person for something he had, such as a refrigerator. I guess this came from the earlier life and having no money.
He was a life long member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Victoria & Nanaimo and had been in all of the chairs, including Exalted Ruler.
During the depression and WW2 he delivered milk to CFB Esquimalt. He got to be good friends with the boys and "things" were exchanged. In the days of rations, etc. it was always good to know someone, who knew someone. There were card parties at Ray and Amy's house. Some alcohol, chocolate, sugar, flour and hard to get items would turn up. As I said earlier, he was a trader.......
He participated in raising funds for charities, selling tickets and helping people out. He won a house in Kamloops and there was an article written in the newspaper in which my brother asked "Are we going to sell the house, dad?"
In 1948, the family moved to Nanaimo and Ray became the manager of Canfor Building Products on Pine St. It was across the railroad tracks from Nanaimo's Chinatown. My sister, was a teacher by then and my brother was in high school.
My mom and I would accompany my dad when he went on business trips. We would go to all the towns on the eastern side of Vancouver Island and even up to Tofino and Ucluelet, where we found Japanese glass balls from fisherman's nets on the beach.
There was a business meeting set up for February 26, 1963 at the Canfor main office in New Westminster, so my dad was going on the supper time ferry on February 25th. He wasn't feeling very well, but he kissed us good bye and left.
At about 9:30 that night, the RCMP knocked on our front door to tell us that my dad had passed away on the ferry.
He was officially declared dead at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. The funeral was organized by the Elks Lodge in Victoria. There were a lot of people there. He is buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, in Victoria.
About 1927, Viola (Ray's sister) was working at the jam factory and introduced him to Amy Nott. It was love at first sight. They were married July 21, 1928 in Saanich, British Columbia (a suburb of Victoria). Amy was 17 and Ray was 22/23. Family lore has it that my grandfather (Harry Amos Nott) gave permission to marry after Ray announced that if they weren't allowed to get married, he'd make darn sure that they HAD to get married.
Ray ran a milk business called Victoria Cartage. He delivered milk all over Victoria and my sister, who he called Ginger, went with him on a lot of trips. When the brakes failed on his truck, he would stick his foot out the door and drag it, until the truck stopped. Eventually, he worked for Palm Dairies.
He was a trader of goods and services. If he wanted a table and chairs, he would trade the person for something he had, such as a refrigerator. I guess this came from the earlier life and having no money.
He was a life long member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Victoria & Nanaimo and had been in all of the chairs, including Exalted Ruler.
During the depression and WW2 he delivered milk to CFB Esquimalt. He got to be good friends with the boys and "things" were exchanged. In the days of rations, etc. it was always good to know someone, who knew someone. There were card parties at Ray and Amy's house. Some alcohol, chocolate, sugar, flour and hard to get items would turn up. As I said earlier, he was a trader.......
He participated in raising funds for charities, selling tickets and helping people out. He won a house in Kamloops and there was an article written in the newspaper in which my brother asked "Are we going to sell the house, dad?"
In 1948, the family moved to Nanaimo and Ray became the manager of Canfor Building Products on Pine St. It was across the railroad tracks from Nanaimo's Chinatown. My sister, was a teacher by then and my brother was in high school.
My mom and I would accompany my dad when he went on business trips. We would go to all the towns on the eastern side of Vancouver Island and even up to Tofino and Ucluelet, where we found Japanese glass balls from fisherman's nets on the beach.
There was a business meeting set up for February 26, 1963 at the Canfor main office in New Westminster, so my dad was going on the supper time ferry on February 25th. He wasn't feeling very well, but he kissed us good bye and left.
At about 9:30 that night, the RCMP knocked on our front door to tell us that my dad had passed away on the ferry.
He was officially declared dead at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. The funeral was organized by the Elks Lodge in Victoria. There were a lot of people there. He is buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, in Victoria.
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