Archives: Timeline Entries

  • September 2, 2025
    James Auchterlonie (1867-1912), son of Helen and Lawrence, takes over management of the the family farm at Hope Bay.
  • September 2, 2025
    Andrew Angus Davidson and his family arrive on North Pender and buy 300 acres at Clam Bay.
  • Menzies Family 1901 copy

    September 2, 2025
    Albert (1857-1950) and Henrietta Menzies (1859-1925) and their family arrive on North Pender to work for Washington Grimmer.
  • September 2, 2025
    Washington Grimmer, James Auchterlonie, and Andrew Davidson apply for a teacher for the island's eight school-aged children.
  • Elijah Pollard

    September 2, 2025
    Arthur Stanford and Elijah Pollard (1875-1963) pre-empt land on South Pender.
  • September 2, 2025
    Albert Menzies organizes the first Presbyterian student minister, his younger brother George Menzies, to serve Gulf Island parishioners by boat.
  • September 2, 2025
    The first school and a three-member school board are elected, with 11 pupils. Fanny Lawson is hired as the first…
  • MacDonald Family ca

    September 2, 2025
    John M. MacDonald (1843-1917; brother to Henrietta Menzies), his wife Jessie (1854-1953), and their five children arrive on North Pender.
  • September 2, 2025
    BC bans people of Japanese descent from voting in provincial elections.
  • Margaret & Alexander Brackett familyckett while still in New Westminster.

    September 2, 2025
    Alexander (1860-1929) and Margaret Brackett (née Thatcher; 1864-1945) come to Pender and purchase land on Browning Harbour, next to the…