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Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History (CBIRH): 0492

Albert and Jane Grez

Albert Joseph Grez, 2nd husband of Jane(nee-Lyle/Bell) Grez. Jane's first husband was William Richard Bell. Mr. Grez was a barber at Fort Steele for some time.

Internal ID: 0492.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Sidney and Nellie Willicome

Sidney Willicome & Nellie (Burton) Willicome, married September 29th, 1940. They were married at the home owned by WA "Bill" Burton on the corner of 14th Avenue and 2nd Street S. in Cranbrook. Sid was born at Fort Steele in August, 1914.

Internal ID: 0492.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 29th 1940

Old Willicome Home at Fort Steele, BC

Allen Ritchie, Eleanor B. 'Willicome' Ritchie, John Lewis Willicome, Karren P. 'Lee' Willicome, in front of the old home of Lewis and Fanny Willicome at Fort Steele, BC.

Internal ID: 0492.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1997

Lewis Arthur Willicome

Lewis Arthur Willicome walking the strets of Calgary, Alberta. Lewis was the son of Lewis Floyd WIllicome and Fanny Lyle, born October 17th, 1899 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. Lewis came to Fort Steele in 1912 and married Winnifred Irene Phillips in Cranbrook, B.C., on September 10th, 1924. Lewis passed away at Kimberley, B.C., on September 14th, 1974.

Internal ID: 0492.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1965

Eleanor B. 'Willicome' Richie

Eleanor B. 'Willicome' Richie as a baby in a sleigh, presumed to be in front of her parents' home on French Avenue in Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1929

Lewis Arthur Willicome

Lewis Arthur Willicome in Calgary, Alberta, on a vacation trip.

Internal ID: 0492.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1965

Family Reunion at Fort Steele, BC

The John Lewis & Karren P. 'Lee' Willicome family gather at the old Lewis and Winnifred Willicome home at Fort Steele, B.C. The family had gathered to clear the lilac bushes which had overgrown the front of the old family home.

Internal ID: 0492.0007
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1997

John Lewis (Jack) Willicome

An angry little boy who was told to get off the road, Lumsden Avenue N.,in Cranbrook, B.C. John (Jack) Lewis Willicome as a child.

Internal ID: 0492.0008
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1939

John Lewis Willicome

John (Jack) Lewis Willicome at the home of Lewis & Nellie Owens, 300 - 9th Avenue S. in Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0009
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1943

Fanny & Jack Willicome

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome with her grandson Jack Willicome, at 308 Van Horne St. N. Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1941

John Lewis & Eleanor B. Willicome

John Lewis Willicome & his sister Eleanor Beryl 'Willicome' Ritchie in front yard at 308 Van Horne St. N. in Cran brook. This is the home of Lewis and Fanny (Lyle) Willicome, the children's grandparents.

Internal ID: 0492.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1941

Lewis and John Lewis Willicome

Lewis Arthur Willicome & son John Lewis Willicome at 59 Lumsden Ave N. or 29- 14 Ave N. Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0012
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1938

The Willicome Family at Home

Eleanor, Lewis A., Fanny and Lewis Willicome, with John (Jack) Willicome in front, at 308 Van Horne Street N., Cranbrook B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0013
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1942

David Phillips Willicome

David Phillips Willicome, son of Lewis Arthur Willicome and Winnifred Irene 'Phillips' Willicome in the backyard of 29 Lumsden Avenue N. in Cran brook.

Internal ID: 0492.0014
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1936

Eleanor, Winnifred & David Willicome

Eleanor and David Willicome with their mother Winnifred, believed to be at Radium Hot Springs, about 1935.

Internal ID: 0492.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1935

Sydney Willicome at Fort Steele

Sydney Willicome, son of Lewis and Fanny Willicome, riding his tricycle on the boardwalk at Fort Steele. The large building to the right is the Opera House and Masonic Lodge.

Internal ID: 0492.0016
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

Fanny Lyle

Fanny Lyle, picture taken in Barnstaple Devonshire, England around 1885. It is believed that this was taken just prior to her marriage to Lewis Floyd Willicome (or Willicombe).

Internal ID: 0492.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1885

Lewis and Fanny 'Lyle' Willicome

Lewis Willicome and Fanny 'Lyle' Willicome at their Fort Steele home. This house is gone now, removed to make room for a highway adjustment. [Alternatively, this could be the Willicome house at 308 - Van Horne Street N. in Cranbrook, B.C.]

Internal ID: 0492.0018
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Fanny and Lewis Willicome

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome and Lewis Willicome at the family home on Rocky Mountain Avenue in Fort Steele.

Internal ID: 0492.0019
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1928

Lewis, Lewis Arthur, Fanny & Winnifred Irene Willicome

This photo is taken in front of the Willicome home on Rocky Mountain Avenue in Fort Steele. In 2010 the house was still standing inside Fort Steele Heritage Town, but in a severely compromised condition. Lewis Floyd Willicome was born February 6, 1862 at Chepstow, Monmouth, England and died August 22, 1942 at Cranbrook, B.C. He married Fanny Lyle on December 25, 1887 at Cardiff, Wales. Fanny (Lyle) Willicome was born March 21, 1867 at Barnstaple, Devon, England. She passed away October 12, 1950 in Cranbrook, B.C. Lewis and Fanny came to Canada from Cardiff, Wales, in June 1912. They crossed from Liverpool to Montreal on the ship Tunisian, a member of the Allen Line. They immigrated with two children, Emily Annie WIllicome (age 22) and son Lewis Arthur Willicome (age 12). Lewis Arthur Willicome was born October 17, 1899 at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales and died September 14, 1974 at Kimberley, B.C. Winnifred Irene Phillips was born August 22, 1903 at Cayo Farm, Longtown, Hereford, England and died on January 28, 1937 at Cranbrook, B.C. She married Lewis Arthur Willicome on September 16, 1924 in Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0020
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Lewis Arthur Willicome at Fort Steele

Lewis Arthur Willicome in front of his parents' home on Rocky Mountain Avenue at Fort Steele. He is standing beside a Model T Ford touring car.

Internal ID: 0492.0021
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

John Phillips

John Phillips haying at farm property on the south end of Cranbrook at the top of 3rd or 4th Avenue, the present site of the Scandinavian Brotherhood Hall.

Internal ID: 0492.0022
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

John Phillips at Farm

John Phillips at his farm on the South hill at the end of 4th Avenue in Cranbrook. He kept sheep.

Internal ID: 0492.0023
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Elizabeth 'Bessy' Phillips

Elizabeth 'Bessy' Phillips feeding chickens at John Phillips farm on the south end of Cranbrook. She was said to have won prizes with her poultery at fairs in the district.

Internal ID: 0492.0024
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

John Phillips

John Phillips, believed to be on his farm at Cranbrook, BC, located on the south end of the city on the present site of the Scandinavian Lodge. John came to Canada and the Cranbrook area directly from Cayo Farms, near LongTown, Herefordshire, England. His family followed later.

Internal ID: 0492.0025
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Elizabeth 'Bessy" Phillips

Mrs. Elizabeth "Bessy" (nee Williams) Phillips, born August 29, 1870. She was formerly married to a Mr. Davies and had two children by that marriage, Edgar Mainwaring Davies and Nellie Rose Davies. Married to John Phillips she had four more children, Winnifred Irene Phillips, Thomas Phillips, John Phillips and Leslie Phillips.

Internal ID: 0492.0026
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

John Phillips

John Phillips at his farm on the south end of Cranbrook BC, at the top end of 4th Avenue S. and currently the site of the Scandinavian Hall. John was born Jul5, 1872 at Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales and passed away September 7, 1950 at Vernon, B.C. He came to Cranbrook in 1910, purchased a home on what is now 14th Avenue, with his family following later. He worked at King's sawmill piling lumber for $2.50 per day.

Internal ID: 0492.0027
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Elizabeth Phillips

Elizabeth Phillips at the family farm on the top end of 4th Avenue in Cranbrook. Born Elizabeth Williams on August 29, 1870 in Longtown, Hereford, England. She lived at Cayo Farm, Hereforshire, before leaving for Canada. She married a Mr. Davies and had two children with him, then John Phillips with whom she had four more. Elizabeth Phillips passed away June 30, 1940 in Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0028
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Winnifred Irene 'Phillips' Willicome

Winnifred Irene 'Phillips' Willicome, daughter of John and Elizabeth Phillips. She was born August 22, 1903 at Cayo Farms, Longtown, Herefordshire, England and married Lewis Arthur Willicome in Cranbrook, B.C. Winnifred died on January 28, 1937 at Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0029
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

Winnifred Irene 'Phillips' Willicome

Winnifred Irene 'Phillips' Willicome, born August 22, 1903 in Hereford, England and passed away January 28, 1937 in Cranborook, B.C. Winnifred was schooled in Cranbrook and became a very capable artist in water colour and pencil. She married Lewis Arthur Willicome.

Internal ID: 0492.0030
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

Winnifred Irene (Phillips) Willicome

Winnifred Irene (Phillips) Willicome at 23 - 14th Avenue N. in Cranbrook, B.C. Winnifred is standing in front of Shorty Knight's home, later to be the home of Mrs. Sarah Schad and then the Eugene Smith home.

Internal ID: 0492.0031
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Thomas Phillips

Thomas Phillips, son of John Phillips & Elizabeth 'Willams' formerly 'Davies' Phillips. Born April 12, 1905 in Longtown, Herefordshire, England, Thomas died in Cranbrook, B.C. on October 9, 1966.

Internal ID: 0492.0032
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

John (Jack) Phillips with Son Thomas

John (Jack) Phillips on the reins of a team of draft horses. His son Tom Phillips is standing to side with dog. This is thought to be at the Pop Warden Ranch up Gold Creek, which Tom and Jack bought from "Pop" Warden. This is where the Phillips Dam is now located, providing water for the City of Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0033
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

John and Leslie Phillips

John (Jack) Phillips on the left sitting and Leslie Phillips on the right standing. John was born March 24, 1907 at Cayo Farm, Llanveynoe, Hereford, England. Leslie was born April 13, 1909, probably at the same place.

Internal ID: 0492.0034
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Lewis Owen & Nellie 'Davies' Owen

Lewis Owen and wife Rose Nellie 'Davies' Owen. Lewis was born in 1885 at Langwith, Nottingham, England. He came to Canada in 1905 and started with the CPR at Calgary, Alberta. He came to Cranbrook as a fireman in 1916 and retired in 1950 as a CPR engineer. Lewis Owen died May 4, 1956 in Cranbrook, with a brother Walter Owen surviving him in England. Nellie Rose Davies was born June 21, 1893, at Llanvihangel, Crucorney, Wales and married Lewis Owen in Cranbrook on March 15, 1926. Nellie was the half sister of Winnifred Irene (Phillips) Willicome, and worked at the Cranbrook Post Office until she married Owen. Nellie Owen died in Cranbrook on May 31, 1956.

Internal ID: 0492.0035
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1950

Nellie 'Davies' Owen and Child

Nellie 'Davies' Owen at 300 - 9th Avenue S. in Cranbrook with a child who could be Mildred 'Davies' Hern or Dorothy 'Davies' Bohan.

Internal ID: 0492.0036
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Sheep Creek Ranch

The Cadieux Ranch at Sheep Creek, with from left Albert Bell, Sam Cadieux, Emily Annie 'Tine' Willicome, Lewis Arthur Willicome, Emily 'Lyle' Cadieux, with dog. Sheep Creek is located north of Premier Lake.

Internal ID: 0492.0037
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1912

Cadieux Family

Emily (Lyle) Cadieux and Sam Cadieux, with their adopted son Leonard (biological parents Harmas). Sam Cadieux was born in Quebec (1853-1862), married Emily on February 1, 1909 and died in Cranbrook, B.C. on December 26, 1933. It is understood that Sam Cadieux was raised in the state of Vermont, USA, then moved over to Kalispell, Montana as a young man. He freighted goods from Kalispell to the North Star Mine at Kimberley for a period of time, and was a hunter for the Crows Nest Railway when it was under construction. According to the Cranbrook Herald of April 19, 1900, Sam Cadieux leased the Higbee Ranch on Sheep Creek and it was to become the stopping place for the Windermere stage.

Internal ID: 0492.0038
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1933

Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez

Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez (nee Lyle), formerly Bell, at Sheep Creek (Lussier Creek) Christmas 1911. Albert and Jane had made the journey from Fort Steele to Sheep Creek (Lussier Creek), north of Premier Lake for Christmas. Albert Grez had a farm up Maus Creek, south and east of Fort Steele, B.C. The house in the background was a stopping place for the stage running from the Windermere area to Fort Steele and Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0039
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 25th 1911

Sam and Emily Cadieux with Albert Bell

Sam Cadieux with Emily Cadieux nee Lyle. Albert Bell at the back is son of Jane (Gin) Grez, formerly Bell, nee Lyle. Taken on Christmas Day 1911 at the Sheep Creek stage stop run by the Cadieuxs.

Internal ID: 0492.0040
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 25th 1911

Post card Back, Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez, formerly Bell, nee Lyle at Sheep...

Post card Back, Albert Joseph Grez & Jane Grez, formerly Bell, nee Lyle at Sheep Creek (Lussier Creek) Christmas 1911

Internal ID: 0492.0041
Medium:Photograph

Post Card Back, #1 Sam Cadieux with Emily Cadieux nee Lyle, Albert Bell at back...

Post Card Back, #1 Sam Cadieux with Emily Cadieux nee Lyle, Albert Bell at back is son of Jane (Gin) Grez, formerly Bell, nee Lyle, taken 1911 Sheep Creek

Internal ID: 0492.0042
Medium:Photograph

Baker 50th Anniversary

Reginald Francis (Ray) Baker, Emily Annie (nee Willicome) Baker, and Ray's brother and Emily's husband, Edward Spencer Baker at 50th wedding anniversary of Ted & Tina Baker, 1969 in Kimberley, B.C. Reginald had left Fort Steele many years earlier and had had no contact for more than 30 years with his brother Edward, until this anniversary celebration.

Internal ID: 0492.0043
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1969

Emily Annie Willicome, with vital info

Emily Annie Willicome, with vital info

Internal ID: 0492.0044
Medium:Photograph

Emily Annie 'Willicome' Baker

Emily Annie Willicome with group of people in front of Olivers Boot & Shoe Warehouse, Cardiff, Wales, September 24, 1907. It is believed she worked there for a while. It is known that her father, Lewis Willicome, was a shoe and harness repairman. Emily Annie Willicome was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, January 5, 1890. She married Edward Spencer Baker in Cranbrook on October 11, 1919. Emily passed away in Kimberley on June 25, 1989.

Internal ID: 0492.0045
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 24th 1907

Post card Back, Sept 24, 1907 Emily Annie Baker with group of people in fron...

Post card Back, Sept 24, 1907 Emily Annie Baker with group of people in front of Olivers Boot & Shoe Warehouse

Internal ID: 0492.0046
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Emily Cadieux

Emily 'Lyle' Cadieux at Cranbrook, home at 308 Van Horne St. N, Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0047
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1945

Emily Cadieux

Emily 'Lyle' Cadieux at 308 Van Horne St. N Cranbrook. She was buried in Cranbrook, also her husband Sam Cadieux was buried in Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0492.0048
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Lyle Family Tree

Family tree of WM. Bray Lyle & Mary Ann North, including Frederick George Lyle.

Internal ID: 0492.0049
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Declaration of Passenger to Canada

Declaration of Passenger to Canada for Frederick George Lyle.

Internal ID: 0492.0050
Medium:Photograph
Date: July 20th 1922

Cardiff, Wales, Census

1901 census of Cardiff, showing Frederick Lyle.

Internal ID: 0492.0051
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1901

Census of England and Wales

1911 Census of England and Wales, showing the marriage of Frederick George Lyle.

Internal ID: 0492.0052
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1911

SS Antonia Passenger List

Passenger list of the ship Antonia, July 1922, with Frederick Lyle on board.

Internal ID: 0492.0053
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Cyril Frederick Lyle

Cyril Frederick Lyle, death registration.

Internal ID: 0492.0054
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 21st 1986

SS Tunisian Passenger List

Passenger list of the ship Tunisian, April 30th 1908 from Liverpool to Montreal, Emliy Lyle and James Bell.

Internal ID: 0492.0055
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 30th 1908

Passenger transcript details for Emily Lyle

Passenger transcript details for Emily Lyle

Internal ID: 0492.0056
Medium:Photograph

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome at Barnstaple. Devon Eng. Born Fanny Lyle at Barnstaple, Devon, England on March 21, 1867, she married Lewis Floyd Willicome at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales on December 25, 1887. Fanny came to Fort Steele, B.C., on June 29, 1912 with her husband and two children, Emily Annie (age 22) and Lewis Arthur Willicome (age 12). Fanny Willicome passed away October 12, 1950 in Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID: 0492.0057
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1883

Emily (Lyle) Cadieux

Emily (Lyle) Cadieux, born at Barstaple, Devon, England around 1865. Emily was a dressmaker in the old country and came to Canada with her sister Jane Bell, nee Lyle, in 1908 and settled at Fort Steele, B.C. Emily is also a sister to Fanny (Lyle) WIllicome. She married Samuel Cadieux at Cranbrook, B.C., on February 1,1909. After living on the ranch at Sheep Creek and other places, Emily passed away at Cranbrook on June 10, 1945.

Internal ID: 0492.0058
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1895

Jane (Lyle) (Bell) Grez

Jane Lyle was born in 1862 at Exeter, Devon, England. She married William Richard Bell Cardiff, Wales, in 1896 and had one son with him, Albert Bell (in the photo also). Jane married Albert Joseph Grez at Cranbrook, B.C., on February 1, 1908, and lived in and around Fort Steele with Mr. Grez. Jane Lyle Bell Grez died at DeKalb, Georgia (a part of the City of Atlanta) on April 17, 1963. Jane was a sister of Fanny Willicome and Emily Cadieux.

Internal ID: 0492.0059
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

#2 back side of photo 0492.0058

#2 back side of photo 0492.0058

Internal ID: 0492.0060
Medium:Photograph

#3 back side of photo 0492.0059

#3 back side of photo 0492.0059

Internal ID: 0492.0061
Medium:Photograph

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome

Fanny (Lyle) Willicome at her home at 308 Van Horne St. N. in Cranbrook, B.C. Fanny was the wife of Lewis Floyd and mother of Lewis Arthur Willicome.

Internal ID: 0492.0062
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1945

Emily Cadieux and Jane Grez

Emily (Lyle) Cadieux on left and Jane (nickname Gin) Bell/Grez on right. Jane was married to Bell first then to Albert Grez. This picture taken early 40's in Calgary by a street photographer.

Internal ID: 0492.0063
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Reverse of 0492.0063

Back side of photo 0492.0063

Internal ID: 0492.0064
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Frederick George Lyle

Frederick George Lyle, born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales in 1885, the son of William Bray Lyle Jr.son of William Lyle, and Elizabeth. He married Louisa Sweet about 1910 and was the father of Cyril and Robert Lyle. In 1922 the family came to Canada aboard the Cunard Line SS Antonia, leaving from Southhampton and landing at Quebec City, then across to Fort Steele, B.C. Fred lyle was a nephew of Fanny (Lyle) Willicome, and came to Fort Steele to work with his uncle Albert J. Grez and aunt Jane (Lyle) Grez at the JA Ranch. Later he worked in Kimberley with the C.M. & S. Co. Fred may have remarried on September 29, 1938, to Bernice Anderson.

Internal ID: 0492.0065
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Cranbrook Parade

A Cranbrook parade, just passing the Royal Bank of Canada building, street not known at this time.

Internal ID: 0492.0066
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Cranbrook Parade

A Cranbrook parade, in front of the Royal Bank of Canada. Do not know what street or what the large building with angled roof is.

Internal ID: 0492.0067
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Cranbrook Parade

A Cranbrook parade at the east end of Baker Street in front of the old Government building. There are a number of young women sitting on the sides of the wagon float in centre foreground.

Internal ID: 0492.0068
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1905

Cranbrook Parade

A Cranbrook parade, with a new Model T Ford. Driving on the right side is Ross Pascuzzo. Sitting in front left side is Lewis Arthur Willicome, back right side is Bertal Benson, back left side unknown. They are on Baker Street in front of the old Imperial Bank of Commerce building and the Leask building with a Pool Hall on the ground floor.

Internal ID: 0492.0069
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1916

Cranbrook Parade

A Cranbrook parade, with a new Model T Ford. Driving on the right side is Ross Pascuzzo. Sitting in front left side is Lewis Arthur Willicome, back right side is Bertal Benson, back left side unknown. They are on Baker Street in front of the old Imperial Bank of Commerce building and the Leask building with a Pool Hall on the ground floor.

Internal ID: 0492.0070
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1916

Cranbrook High School Girls Bugle Band

Cranbrook High School Girls Bugle Band, lined up on Cranbrook Street under the eastern highway arch. Central School is visible to the left of the photo. These young women represented Cranbrook's brest and brightest in competitions all over North America.

Internal ID: 0492.0071
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1950

Hanson Garage Tow Truck

Hanson Garage Company tow truck, parked on 10th Ave just south of the Hanson Garage, which is visible in the background. At the time of the photo it was the largest tow truck in East Kootenay.

Internal ID: 0492.0072
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1948