Mountain View Cemetery

Interesting Citizens

NAME LOCATION PARTICULARS
ARCHIBALD, James JONES 2 * 31 005 0002 2nd Vancouver Police Officer killed in the line of duty
BANFIELD, J. J. HORNE 1 4 03 009 0015 real estate promoter and builder active in Vancouver and
Grand Forks
BELL-IRVING, Henry O. JONES 1 * 0 045 0002 Canneryman and engineer
BERGE ELMER, Olaf. ABRAY * 03 018 0014 RCN stoker first class of the HMCS Esquimalt
BLACKMORE, Edward Evans MASONIC * * 034 0013 Vancouver architect designed Vancouver's first Pantages Theatre
BODWELL, C. Old -2 -2 -1-13 Victoria Lawyer, railway land negotiations
BOWSER, Francis MASONIC * * 048 0011 Grand Master of the Masons and brother of William Bowser
Bransom, Henry JONES/*/38/034/0002 Private 115, Canadian Railway Service Guard. Died on Friday 11th May 1917. Son of the late James and Mary Bransom, of Plantation Rd., Leighton Buzzard.
Caple, Norman JONES/*/27/021/0002 photographer in Vancouver worked with R.H. Trueman
CAREY, Lt. Col Alfred JONES 2 * 45 029 0010 Winner of two DSOs and the Order of St Michael and St George
DEVINE, John H. T. OLD 1 03 022 0007 photographer and real estate man
DITMARS, Wm. Carey MASONIC * * 048 0013 Business man who brought the first automobile to Vancouver
Edgett, Charles ABRAY * 02 024 0014 Warden of British Columbia Penitentiary from 1929 - 1931
ELLIOTT, John & Nettie IOOF/*/32/031/0004 House builder and trailblazer
ELLIOTT, Theodore Fay IOOF/*/32/031/0004 Worked for Art Monument Company
EVANS, Caradocc Old -2 -1 -1 -9 First burial in Mountain View Cemetery
FORTES, Joseph 1919 -B -40 -9 Lifeguard, AKA "Old Black Joe", died Feb.2/22
FOX, George Shilliam JONES/*/37/007/0009 Stained Glass Craftsman
FREEMAN, Absalon OLD/5/01/019/0004 Captain noted for his mapping skills and involvement with Union Steamships and the fishing industry
GOLD, Louis OLD/1/05/011/0013 First Jewish resident in Vancouver
GOLD, Edward OLD/1/05/011/0011 Son of Lous Gold
GRAVELL, Karl Mander ABRAY * 04 007 0002 Posthumously awarded the George Cross
GREER, Samuel OLD -2 -03 -002 -0007 Fought with the CPR over his claim to Kitsilano Beach
GRIFFIS, Silas Seth 'Si' MASONIC * * 166 0001 Hall of Fame hockey player
HALL, Joseph Henry Jones 2 -37 -38 -16 Hall of Fame hockey player
HAMBER, Eric MASONIC * * 145 0005 Lieutenant Governor 1936-41
Hake Family   A Vancouver family
HENDRY, John MASONIC * * 145 0001 President of the BC Mills, Timber and Trading Company
HOOPER, Thomas G. Horne 1-4-03-019-0003 Leading architect of his day
HERCHMAR, Laurence Wm. MASONIC * * 168 0015 5th Commissioner of the NWMP, implemented a major reorganization in 1886
JEROME, Harry Winston Jones 2 -35 -12 -3 Track star and co-record holder of 100 metre & 100 yd dashes, 1960-62.
JOHNSTON, Robert G. ABRAY * 05 012 0004 Leading Aircraftman, R/122066. Royal Canadian Air Force. 8th July, 1942. Age 19. Son of George and Edith Johnston.
LADNER, Thomas Ellis MASONIC * * 173 0016 founder of Ladner
LAPLANT, John Henry HORNE1/3/03/018/0005 drowned at Hasting mill
LEE, Herbert Oliver Jones/*/39/004/0009 builder of the Lee Building on Broadway
LEVIS, Richard JONES 2 * 31 028 0006 4th Police Officer killed in Vancouver
LUCAS, Alexander MASONIC/*/*/118/0003 former mayor of Calgary and BC MLA
MACLENNAN, Malcolm Bruce Masonic * * 187 0006 Chief Constable killed on duty
MATHESON, Jean HORNE 2 * 15 031 0006 Second matron of Shaughnessy Hospital, 1919 to 1937
McBeath Robert Masonic 193 -6

Victoria cross winner and police officer, died on duty

Pictures of a new monument in his hometown

McDONOUGH, Sister Antoinette Old -1 -4 -23 -16A Franciscan Sisters of Atonement
MCLAGAN, Sarah Anne OLD * * * * first woman newspaper publisher in Canada
McPhail, Alexander A. ABRAY/*/02/024/0003 Private, Infantry Battn. Winnipeg. Fought in the Reil Rebellion
McQUEEN, William Masonic 189 -16 City Clerk, 1910
MARSHALL, Robertha Josephine Horne 2 -8 -25 -2 Survivor of 1912 "Titanic"; died March 4, 1993
MATTHEWS, James Skitt Masonic 142 -4 Founder of Archives
MITCHELL, Alexander Horne 1/1/03/013/0002 Pioneer of Richmond BC
MOFFAT, John OLD/2/02/003/0001 Hong Kong Banking Corporation employee, died in Vancouver
MOLE, Henry OLD/1/02/023/0002 Retired farmer and early West End resident
NEWCOMB, Holmes A. HORNE 1 1 03 008 0014 master of the S.S. CUTCH, Union Steamships' first successful passenger ship. This 180-foot schooner-rigged steamer was purchased in 1890 from the Maharajah of Cutch, India
NICHOLSON, Malcolm JONES/*/30/016/0005 Pipe Major of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band, member of the Order of Canada
PATTERSON, Dugald Campbell HORNE1/2/01/024/0014 Burnaby pioneer, civil engineer, builder and author
PATTERSON, Frances Mabel HORNE1/2/01/024/0015 Wife, mother and insurance woman
PATTERSON Charles Bruce IOOF/32/045/0003 Owner of Vulcan Metal Works
PATTERSON Elva Eleanore (Elliott) IOOF/32/045/0003 pioneer in the film industry
PEARCE, Mabel OLD/1/02/022/0006 A mystery and search for clues to events in her life in Vancouver
POWELL, Charles. A. OLD/3/01/012/0006 Member of the Helpman Expedition to the Klondike
REILLY, Joseph Allen HORNE 2 * 02 005 0003 Police Constable died in vehicle accident
John Hugh Roberts JONES/*/25/016/0004 "The Last Recorder of the Druids"
ROEDDE, Gustav Adolph OLD/3/02/018/0006 Vancouver's 1st bookbinder & printer
Rogers, Frank HORNE 1 2 02 018 0011 murdered labour organizer
ROGERS, Jonathon HORNE 1 * * RE1 0004 builder of the Rogers Building on Granville St.
ROWLING, William H.   Pioneer of South Vancouver and Royal Engineer
SARGENT, Ernest OLD 2 01 006 0015 Police Constable killed while on patrol
SELWYN, Alfred HORNE1/1/01/005/0007 director of the Australian Geological Survey
SENTELL Frederick OLD 1 02 007 0006 Head of a family of builders in Vancouver.
SERVICE, Sarah Emily Horne 2 -2 -15 -14 -93 Mother of poet Robert Service
SHATFORD, Lytton W. MASONIC * * 156 0002 President, BC Yukon Chamber of Mines (1913) and provincial MLA 1903-1917
SMITH, Janet 1919 -C -40 -15 Unsolved murder, July 30, 1924
TINGLEY, Stephen MASONIC * * 071 0002 Legendary stage coach driver
Trueman R.H. OLD/2/02/024/0011 Photographer and partners with Norman Caple
WATSON, Joseph, H HORNE 1/3/04/008/0002 boilermaker, labour organizer, and civil servant | His grave marker
WEBBER, Vaughan ABRAY/*/03/032/0015 WW1 P.O.W.
WELD, Dr. Octavius Horne 1 co-founder of Vancouver General Hospital
WILLIAMS, C. Talmage OLD/2/03/007/0005 mill and cooperage manager
YIP, Sang OLD/3/04/025/0012 Chinese businessman