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Biographical data
Appendix I In:
McIntosh, Robert Dale
A documentary history of music in Victoria, British Columbia
Vol. I: 1850-1899
Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 1981, 304 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Allen, John (d. 1890)   music director
  Alston, Edward Graham (b. 1832 d. 1872)   civil servant
  Anderson, Alexander Caulfield (b. 1814 d. 1884)   fur trader, civil servant
  Angus, Elspeth (a. 1922)  
  Angus, Mary (b. 1894 d. 1980)  
  Attwood, Mary Anne Penelope (b. 1835 a. 1862)   organ
  Austin, John Joel (d. 1906 a. 1863)   singer, conductor
  Bagnall, John (b. 1828 d. 1885)   music director, piano maker
  Bantly, Benedict J. (b. 1878 a. 1883-1922)   violin, organ
  Bate, Lucy A. (a. 1901)  
  Bate, Mark (b. 1837 a. 1857)   cornet, conductor
  Bate, Mary Beatrice (a. 1895)  
  Bate, Sarah (a. 1881)  
  Bayley, John (d. 1871 a. 1858-1860)   conductor, bandmaster
  Begbie, Matthew Baillie (b. 1819 d. 1894)   judge, singer
  Berkeley, William Christopher (d. 1883)   piano, organ
  Blum, Louisa (a. 1879)   piano
  Bowden, Eliza Amelia (a. 1876)   musician
  Bowden, Emily Louisa (b. 1864 d. 1948)   musician
  Bowden, Georgina Augusta (b. 1863 a. 1898)   musician
  Brown, John Graham (b. 1860 d. 1937 a. 1882-1888)   choir master
  Buck, W. Edgar (a. 1893)   teacher of singing, choir conductor
  Burnett, Jennings [George Jennings] (b. 1867 d. 1941)   organ, choir master
  Bushby, Arthur Thomas (b. 1835 d. 1875)   amateur musician, composer
  Bushell, Frederick S. (d. 1876)   double bass, cello
  Chambers, Coote Alexander (b. 1871)   viola
  Chambers, Coote Mulloy (b. 1830 d. 1888)   accountant, cornet
  Crease, Henry Pering Pellew (b. 1823 d. 1905)   lawyer
  Dallas, Alexander Grant (b. 1816 d. 1882 a. 1857)   businessman, civil servant
  Davie, John Chapman (b. 1845 d. 1911 a. 1862)   medical doctor, flute
  Duck, William (b. 1866 d. 1955)   politician
  Durny, Edward John (b. 1832)   organ, teacher
  Fawcett, Edgar (b. 1847 d. 1923 a. 1849)  
  Fenwick, Franklin B. (a. 1890)   choir master
  Finn, John Morris (b. 1858 d. 1927 a. 1892)   bandmaster, trombone
  Franklin, Selim (b. 1814 d. 1885)   auctioneer, politician
  Garrett, Alexander Charles (b. 1832 d. 1924)   priest
  Gibbon, William Reid (b. 1872 d. 1963)   mandolin
  Gilson, Samuel (b. 1817 d. 1892 a. 1864)   rector, archdeacon
  Greig, William (b. 1857 d. 1899 a. 1892)   choir master
  Haynes, William (b. 1835 d. 1920)   bandmaster
  Heathfield, May Toland (b. 1864 d. 1905)   singer
  Helmcken, Catherine (b. 1855 d. 1922)  
  Helmcken, Dolly [Edith Louisa] (a. 1889)  
  Helmcken, Harry [Henry Dallas] (b. 1859 d. 1912)  
  Helmcken, James Douglas (b. 1865 d. 1941)   contralto, piano
  Hibben, James Parker (b. 1864)   musician
  Hibben, Thomas Napier (b. 1827 d. 1890 a. 1858)   music seller
  Hicks, Dorothy  
  Hicks, Gertrude  
  Hicks, Gideon (b. 1876 d. 1966)   contralto
  Hicks, Gideon (b. 1868 d. 1958)   bass-baritone, teacher
  Hicks, Nelson   tenor
  Higgins, David Williams (b. 1844 d. 1896)  
  Hills, George (b. 1815 d. 1895 a. 1866-1892)   bishop
  Homfray, Robert (b. 1824 d. 1902)   civil engineer, cornet
  Janion, Richard William (b. 1852 d. 1920)  
  Jay, George (b. 1861 d. 1940)   magistrate, musician
  Jessop, John (b. 1829 d. 1901 a. 1853)   teacher
  Johnston, Agnes (b. 1842 d. 1924 a. 1868)   piano, organ
  Johnston, Esther Mary (b. 1870)  
  Johnston, Philip Thomas (b. 1837 d. 1912 a. 1863)  
  Johnston, Robert Henry (b. 1871)  
  Kent, Charles Herbert (b. 1862 d. 1958)   flute
  Leigh, James (b. 1826 d. 1898)  
  Leigh, William (b. 1816 d. 1884 a. 1859)  
  Lintott, John (d. 1889)   violin
  Loewen, Dolly [Dorothy] (a. 1899)   singer
  Loewen, Emma (b. 1873)  
  Loewen, Eva (b. 1874)  
  Loewen, Joseph (b. 1832 d. 1903)  
  Loewen, Laura (b. 1877 d. 1921)   singer
  Loewen, Martha Amelia Sophia (b. 1865)  
  Lombard, Charles Amand (b. 1846 d. 1938 a. 1858)   conductor, singer
  Longfield, Arthur J. (b. 1848 d. 1924 a. 1897)   cello
  Lugrin, Louise E. (d. 1954)   violin
  Lugrin, Nellie Marie Townley (b. 1877 d. 1964)   contralto, composer
  Macdonald (a. 1870-1873)   organ, piano
  Macdonald, Florence (a. 1877)   singer
  Macdonald, Georgina Sophia (a. 1869)   organ, teacher
  Macdonald, Sydney (female) (a. 1871)   piano
  Macdonald, William John (d. 1914)   singer
  Marvin, Edgar Ashley (a. 1880-1900)   actor, singer
  McMicking, Ethel May (b. 1873)  
  McMicking, Maud Leighton (b. 1870)  
  McMicking, Robert Burns (b. 1849 d. 1944)  
  Mouat, Helen Graham (b. 1861 d. 1932)   soprano, organ
  Mouat, W.A. (b. 1826 d. 1896)   piano
  Nash, Richard (a. 1886-1900)   singer, piano
  North, Ada Olive (d. 1944)  
  North, George (a. 1881)   real estate executive
  North, Jack   violin
  North, Joseph   clarinet
  North, Walter Valentine (b. 1875 d. 1942 a. 1884)   cornet
  Palmer, John Digby Lee (b. 1825 d. 1887 a. 1862)   composer, bandmaster
  Pauline, Amy (a. 1890)  
  Pauline, Bessie (a. 1889)  
  Pauline, Ernest Alfred (b. 1864 d. 1912)   singer
  Pauline, Florence (b. 1871 d. 1950)  
  Pauline, Frederick (b. 1834 d. 1918)  
  Pauline, George (d. 1921)  
  Pauline, Marion (a. 1898)  
  Pauline, Nellie  
  Pauline, Sally (b. 1875 d. 1959)  
  Pauline, Violet (b. 1874 d. 1956)  
  Pears, Edmund Radcliffe (b. 1860 d. 1941 a. 1886)   violin
  Pearse, Benjamin William (b. 1832 d. 1902)   civil engineer
  Pemberton, Joseph Despard (b. 1821 d. 1893)  
  Pemberton, Sophia Theresa (a. 1893-1898)   singer
  Pemberton, Susan Frances (d. 1870)  
  Pferdner, Emile (b. 1813 d. 1923 a. 1882)   bandmaster
  Pidwell, Emily Louise (b. 1850)  
  Pidwell, Frances Amelia (b. 1844 d. 1896)  
  Pidwell, Jessie Elizabeth  
  Pidwell, John Trevasso (b. 1810 d. 1867)  
  Pidwell, Maria Elizabeth (b. 1842)  
  Powell, Ernest Arthur (b. 1874)   violin, critic
  Prior, Edward Gawlor (d. 1897)  
  Prior, Edward Gawlor (b. 1853 d. 1920)   premier of British Columbia in 1902-03
  Redfern, Charles Edward (b. 1839)   city councillor, city mayor
  Rhodes, Charles Wallace (b. 1861 d. 1912)  
  Rhodes, Henry (d. 1878)  
  Rhodes, Patty [Patsy] (a. 1889)   cornet
  Rhodes, Sophia Edith (d. 1902)  
  Rhodes, Sophia Harriet (d. 1899)   soprano
  Rochon, Emanuel M. (a. 1890)   cello
  Rochon, Francis (a. 1890)   violin
  Rochon, Hilare (a. 1890)   violin
  Rogers, B.T. (b. 1869 d. 1965)   music patron, violin
  Rowlands, Clement (a. 1891)   baritone
  Rowlands, Clement (a. 1891)   mezzo-soprano
  Russell, Ernest Howard (b. 1867 d. 1926)   mathematician, conductor
  Sandrie, George (a. 1859-1870)   conductor, composer
  Schaffer, Charles (a. 1872-1877)   bandmaster, composer
  Sehl, Dolly [Dorothy] (b. 1878 d. 1956)   singer
  Sehl, Frank (d. 1890)  
  Sehl, Frank Joseph (b. 1873 d. 1963)   harp
  Sehl, Frank Joseph (b. 1871 d. 1958)   civil servant, bass
  Sorge, Enrico (a. 1885)   conductor
  Waitt, Marshall Wilder (b. 1832 d. 1892)   music seller
  Waitt, Nettie [Annette] (a. 1893)  
  Walker, David (b. 1837 d. 1917)   surgeon, explorer
  Wickens, Edward George (b. 1858 d. 1915 a. 1893)   teacher
  Willes, James Swainson (a. 1864)   piano
  Williams, Robert (b. 1821 d. 1894)  
  Wilson, Ada (b. 1855 d. 1942)   organ, piano
  Wilson, Sydney (b. 1865 a. 1884)  
  Wilson, Thomas Sidney (b. 1825 a. 1862)   violin, conductor
  Young, Henry Beynon (b. 1866 d. 1964)  
  Young, Katherine Rebecca (b. 1865)   piano
  Young, Louis (b. 1843 d. 1943)   violin
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