A.R. Waldie was an early resident of Trail who established an insurance agency in the city. He was also a notary public.
A.T. Holmes was a midshipman on the HMS Victory, Cameleon, Himalaya and Duke of Wellington.
A.P. Nielson preempted land at Cape Scott on northern Vancouver Island.
A. Thomas served in the Royal Canadian Navy. He was an engineer on the HMCS Niobe and other HMC ships during World War I.
Abner N. Garland was a postcard collector.
A. Stewart McMorran collected archival material relating to the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, CEF. The battalion was formed in 1914 under the command of Lt. Col. Henry S. Tobin. The battalion left in May 1915 and served on the European continent for the rest of World War I. It returned to Vancouver in May 1919.
A.V. Reusch was a radio broadcast collector.
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A.R. McGregor was a resident of Victoria, B.C.
1908-1978
A.S. Ward came to the Queen Charlotte Islands with his family as a child. In 1925, he was a truck driver for E.H. Simpson (crab cannery) at Naden Harbour. In 1928, he began work for the Department of Public Works out of Port Clements. He later became public works foreman, a position he held for 20 years.
A.W. (Bill) Stewart was a long-time resident of Esquimalt, B.C.
Abel Edwards served at Fort Churchill, a Hudson's Bay Company fort, from 1813-1814. [Also available on microfilm.]