Alberta nelson biography of georgetown
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Georgetown, British Columbia, Canada
Georgetown / Georgetown Mill
Started by 3 men, ca
Original Investors- George Williscroft, Charles Thomas Frederick Morrison, and Thomas Elwyn
Original name- Williscroft & Co.
Mar 19, the partnership was disolved, and ownership was under George Williscroft&#;s name only.
Various owners operated the mill until it was closed.
The Mill site burnt down in It was closed before that by many years.
Located in Big Bay, between Prince Rupert and Port Simpson
It was the First Sawmill on the North Coast per online source.
Water Wheel Powered Mill originally, later Steam Powered
It consisted of a School, Methodist Church (listed in Directory), Post Office (see below), Saw Mill,
Plus Housing for Various nationalities of workers, First Nation, Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans, and Management housing.
George Williscroft&#;s sawmill was at Georgetown, alt: Georgetown Mill
6 miles south of Port Simpson (see map above)
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Pioneer Profiles : S
Saddington, Arthur Nathanial
Mr. Saddington was brev Master in Banff, in He was born in , in London, England and died in at Victoria, B.C. He was married in at Banff to Annie Ward, who was born in in England. They had three children: Arthur, Lillian and Florence.
Saddington, William Edward
Mr. Saddingion came to Banff, in He was born in in London, England and died at Banff in William married Emily Mary Burton, in in Ottawa, Ontario. She was born in in England and died at Banff in They had three children: George, Marion and Elsie.
Sage, Robert W.
Robert arrived in Lethbridge in He was born in and died in at Lethbridge. Robert was employed as a bookkeeper in Medicine Hat for three years at the grocery store of George McCuaig. He moved to Lethbridge and was employed as a bookkeeper by the North West Coal and Navigation Company. He owned a stationery business and served as Alderman for a few years. Robert and Lillias had fyra daug
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SACNAS Biography Project
Growing up in New Mexico, I was always interested in the stories about how the mountains and rivers surrounding me came to be. I remember being told the mountains outside Albuquerque were uplifted during a single huge earthquake and I questioned it immediately, wanting to know more. I also loved hiking in the mountains because I could get away from everything and be on my own.
Even though I was always good at science, I had a really tough time applying myself. My family was very poor; my mom struggled to keep enough food on the table for my brother and me. She chased jobs throughout northern New Mexico and we moved so much that I had changed schools seven times by the time I graduated high school.
To help my mom, I started washing dishes at a local Albuquerque restaurant when I was 12 years old. By the time I was 19, I was managing a fancy restaurant in town. I had guys twice my age working under me and I saw my future in their toil. I knew this wasn’t the