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"Oh,
I say, Johnny, do you remember the names of the fellows who
assisted him (on the Thames City), thought they could act a bit?
I think some of the names were Sinnett, Turnbull, Benney,
Franklin, Derham, Eaton, Alliott, Hazel (Matilda), Launders, Mead,
and Dick Wolfenden. Dick sometimes used to take a lady's
part.
"Oh,
yes, Hughie, fancy white-haired old Colonel Wolfenden, as we know
him now, acting the part of 'Lydia' in 'Done on Both Sides.'
But they say he was then a nice, slim, modest young fellow, and
that he was always a 'ladies' man. "
-- REMINISCENT
OF PIONEERS,
Daily Columbian,
Wednesday,
October 13th, 1909
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Provincial
government civil servants 1878
Row
1 (ground), Elwyn, Farwell, Provost, Pooley, McKenzie, Young,
Butler, Aikman
Row 2, Mason, Prior, Jessop, Williams, Swanson
Row
3, Richards, Gore, Wolfenden, Berkley, Austin, Murry.
Photograph
courtesy of
BC Archives
Call Number A-06531
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From Woodward:
Richard WOLFENDEN
1836-1911
- received Crown Grant, April
6, 1867 for Lot 39 group 2 New Westminster District, 150-acre
military grant.
- Gardener for The Moody
Family in Camp.
- In charge of the RE printing
press.
- 1863-1911, Superintendent,
Government printing Office New Westminster and later Victoria.
- 1864 - 1868 served in New
Westminster Volunteer Rifles
- 1874 - 1886 served in
British Columbia Brigade Garisson Artillery (later the 5th
Regiment).
- Retired as Lieutent-Colonel.
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| Wolfenden had
9 children by his first wife, Kate Cooley, who died 28 July 1878,
at the age of 39... |
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and 3 by
second wife, Felicite Caroline Bayley, whom he married
Sept 12, 1879 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She died May
31, 1943, in Victoria, BC. |
| Richard
Wolfenden died October 5, 1911, at age 75, in Victoria, British
Columba His youngest
daughter, Madge, retired as Assistant Provincial archivist, 1953. |
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| As a
Corporal, Wolfenden's Regimental Pay per Diem would have been 2s.
2 1/2d. plus Working Pay per Diem of 1s. to 4s. |
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