Minerva Taber Marvin of Wolfville, nee WOODMAN

["Pam Gaudio" <Pam_Gaudio_uid1203@yahoogroups.com>]

List,



The following is taken from "Roster of the Fifty-Eighters in BC" by the Old
Cemeteries Society. This is a copyrighted book and I have not asked
permission to quote the article. Fifty-Eighters refers to the 1858 Gold
Rush on the Fraser River.

Letters and Numbers at the end of the first and last paragraph refer to
their burial location in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. The reference to
their house built at View and Douglas and Vancouver and Yates Street is now
considered downtown Victoria.

Enjoy,

Pam





ADAMS, Frank Woodman - "arrived Jul. 1858 aboard Pacific from San Francisco,
young with parents [John Robert Adams and Minerva T. Woodman Adams]. Now
[1908] partner with firm of E.B. Marvin & Co. Died Jul. 3, 1899 at the
Saanich residence of his son Frank, John Robert Adams, 72, n/o Saint John,
NB. John and his brother D., of Craigflower, was one of the successful
miners of Cariboo, and also followed the rushes to Cassiar and Omineca.
Later he mined in Alaska. M 073 E 27.



Died Jan. 1917 at Los Angeles, California, Minerva Taber Marvin, 80 widow of
E.B. Marvin, native of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, resident of Victoria for many
years. She left here 1911, with her husband and two daughters, intending to
make their home in California. Mr. Marvin died in Dec. 1911, but she
remained in California, making periodical visits to Victoria. Her son,
Frank, of Victoria, has left for California to attend funeral there. She
was of United Empire Loyalist [UEL] extraction, her father being Colonel
James Woodman [mother Eugenia], who fought in the war of 1812. Spent her
girlhood in Nova Scotia, but after marrying the late John Adams came to the
Pacific coast in mid-1850s and he was followed in 1858 by his wife, who made
the trip by way of Panama and San Francisco. She brought her son Frank,
aged 4, and daughter Laura, now Mrs. Julius A. Stratton, of Seattle [married
Aug. 15, 1900 at Victoria]. Upon arriving in Victoria they built the first
frame house here on the site of the present Vernon Block, corner View and
Douglas streets. The family later removed to Vancouver Street, near Yates,
the old house being still in use.



Mr. Adams died some years ago and later she married Edward Benjamin Marvin,
ship chandler. The family moved to 1234 Fort street, living there until
1911. She was for years the only woman member of BC Benevolent Assn.
Survived by children: Frank W.,' Laura Maria, at Seattle; Miss Grace Adams,
Los Angeles; Miss Florence Marvin, an adopted daughter, Los Angeles.



Died Sep 9, 1920 at Victoria, B.C. Frank W. Adams, 63, born June 20, 1857
Saint John, NB, who had been in the ship chandlery business for 45 years.
He and his family came here via the Panama Isthmus in 1858. He was employed
for several years with W. & J. Wilson, but entered the employ of E.B. Marvin
in 1875, later entering into partnership with Mr. Marvin and the late
Captain I.G. Cox, under the name of E.B. Marvin & Co., ships' chandlers.
With his partners, he actively engaged for many years in the sealing
industry. His expert testimony was of considerable value in placing the
claims of the Victoria Sealing Co. before the Royal Commission on the
occasion of the inquiry into the claims of the sealers in 1914. He married
Sarah Esther Gerow Nov. 15, 1876, who survives him. He also leaves four
children: Walter E.; Ernest G.; Vera Grace [Mrs. Robert Eadie] and Miss
Isla Adams. A daughter Kate predeceased him 30 years ago. G 054 W 10.











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