MS-1064; MS-0696; MS-0527 Barnard family fonds British Columbia Archives
655 Belleville Street;Victoria, B.C. Victoria British Columbia Canada Telephone: Reference Room: (250) 387-1952 Fax: Reference Room: (250) 387-2072 Email: email: access@bcarchives.bc.ca http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca
2009-06-19 Generated by qubit 1.3.1 2013-05-23 03:34:UTC English Barnard family fonds CA BCA MS-1064; MS-0696; MS-0527 1874-1897 Barnard (family) 32 cm of textual records British Columbia Archives
655 Belleville Street;Victoria, B.C. Victoria British Columbia Canada Telephone: Reference Room: (250) 387-1952 Fax: Reference Room: (250) 387-2072 Email: email: access@bcarchives.bc.ca http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca

Francis Jones Barnard (1829-1889) arrived in B.C. in 1859 and established the Barnard Express transportation company. His son, Frank Stillman Barnard (1856-1936), worked in the family business and expanded his business interests to lumber, brewing and electrical utilities. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. from 1914 to 1918 and died in Victoria.

The fonds consists of the private letter book, correspondence, diary and scrapbooks of Francis Jones Barnard and Sir Frank Stillman Barnard, as well as a will, certificate of death and oath of executors to the estate of F.J. Barnard. [Also available on microfilm].

 Barnard (family)

Revised by BCANS Coordinator per BC Archives request, 29 January 2011.