Person: Willicome

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

Cranbrook High School, 1945

Cranbrook High School, 1945: BACK ROW (L-R): Albert Johnson, Leroy Morgan, Bud Atwood, Mr. Bill Busch, Gastone Fantuz, Waldemar Meshwa, Alfeo Pellegrin, Don Miller, Keith Dixon 2nd ROW: Bill Thompson(hidden), Dorothy Brown, Beverley Ellis, Marie Murdock, Jean Bradley, Lenore Brunner, Bay Horwood, Louise Lepage, Donna Moore 3rd ROW: Ken Pearson, Robin Harrison, Phyllis Dundass, Mary McInnes, John Skillicorn, Carl Larsen, Henry Ogden, Bob Curl FRONT: Joyce Rex, Charlene McArthur, Eleanor Willicome, Shirley Kennedy, Jean Rowse, Shirley Nelson, Lenore Withenshaw, Doris Shellborn.

Internal ID:	2037.0006
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

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

Cranbrook Central School Grade Three 1966-67.

Cranbrook Central School Grade Three 1966-67. Back: Pam Parkin, Sharel Rae, Sandra Lancaster, Dave Thompson, Gail Buckingham, Jay Fashoway, Randy Raymont. Third: Terry Dick, Shelley Parkin, Debbie Gerun, Christine Stahl, Allison MacDonald, Frank Mungiello, Gordon Larson, Jill Oatman. Second: Frankie Wanner, Paul Foster, Dina Gri, Linda Panter, Barbara Starritt, Bob Adams, Patty Armstrong, Jimmy Turner. Front: Bobby Garrison, Mary Hees, Allan Hoffman, Aldo Ciano, Leeanne Willicome. Missing: Pat Stender, Donna Wiens, Karen MacIntyre, Lorna Brown.

Internal ID:	2287.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1967

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

Cranbrook Central School Grade Three 1967-68.

Central School Grade Three 1967-68. Back: Diane Trotter, Jane Friis, Allan Merrick, Brian Sherrett, Karl Nimmert, Shirley Mielson, Dan Molody, Linda Fuller, Billy Howard. Third: Charlene Hoyt, Janet Smith, Cliff Johnson, Ken Dudley, David Nightingale, Ron Hrisook, Kim Burston, Irvine Whitehead, Brian Sissons. Second: Silvana Guiriato, Rosanna Marchi, Tarri Stender, Kathleen Starritt, Kip Orth, Westy Benson, Sheldon Hoyt, Kim Chilton, Bernard Shultz. Front: Adele Ferguson, Susan Sparks, George Gagnon, Kim Cormack, Linda Pelttari, Patsy Wanner, Bruce Parkinson, Lyle Willicome. Missing: Sharon Pocha, Danny Chabot. (Source - Name That Teacher project).

Internal ID:	2287.0009
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1968

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

Central School- Mrs. Anne Duthie - Grade 3 Class Photo 1966-67

Back: Pam Parkin, Sharel Rae, Sandra Lancaster, Dave Thompson, Gail Buckingham, Jay Fashoway, Randy Raymont, Third: Terry Dick, Shelley Parkin, Debbie Gerun, Christine Stahl, Allison MacDonald, Frank Mungiello, Gordon Larson, Jill Oatman, Second: Frankie Wanner, Paul Foster, Dina Gri, Linda Panter, Barbara Starritt, Bob Adams, Patty Armstrong, Jimmy Turner, Front: Bobby Garrison, Mary Hees, Allan Hoffman, Aldo Ciano, Leeanne Willicome, Missing: Pat Stender, Donna Wiens, Karen MacIntyre, Lorna Brown. Mrs. Anne Duthie teacher.

Internal ID:	2350.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1967

Cranbrook Central School Grade Three 1969-70.

Cranbrook Central School Grade Three 1969-70. Back: Walter Langenbach, Takajiro Ishikawa, Lynn McKormick, Anita Mucha, Penny Lepage, Darla Hideg, Donald Johnson, Darla Grieshaber, Teresa Taylor, Valerie Russell, Sandra Voykin, Melvin Sherret, Josephina Rossi. Middle: Ellen Cutting, John Armstrong, Bock Catsirelis, Garry Roberts, Gary Bristle, Kelly Parkin, Stuart Johnson, Kurt Swanson, Tammy Chapman, Darren Beamish, Terri Wilson, Bruce Benson, Brenda Farrow. Front: Dana Hardy, Christine Willicome, Brian Atkins, Craig Hutchinson, Tammy Heisler, Timmy Ross, Sharon Adams, Joey Roberts, Billy Balsdon, Krista Langenbach, Connie Jolliffe, Debbie Meeks. (Source - Name That Teacher project).

Internal ID:	2287.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

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

Central School - Mrs. Anne Duthie -Grade 3 Class Photo 1967-68

Back: Diane Trotter, Jane Friis, Allan Merrick, Brian Sherrett, Karl Nimmert, Shirley Nielson, Dan Melody, Linda Fuller, Billy Howard, Third: Charlene Hoyt, Janet Smith, Cliff Johnson, Ken Dudley, David Nightingale, Ron Hrisook, Kim Burston, Irvine Whitehead, Brian Sissions, Second: Silvana Guiriato, Rosanna Marchi, Tarri Stender, Kathleen Starritt, Kip Orth, Westy Benson, Sheldon Hoyt, Kim Chilton, Bernard Shultz, Front: Adele Ferguson, Susan Sparks, George Gagnon, Kim Cormack, Linda Pelttari, Patsy Wanner, Bruce Parkinson, Lyle Willicome, Missing: Sharon Pocha, Danny Chabot. Teacher Mrs. Anne Duthie.

Internal ID:	2350.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1968

Cranbrook Central School Grade Four 1971-72.

Cranbrook Central School Grade Four 1971-72. Back: Ceri Owen, Pam Setter, Colleen Chittick, Janine Metzner, Sian Owen, Jackie Skailes, Carolyn Price, Laurinda Janzen, Walter Langenbach, Dawn Nickle, Lorie-Ann Meyer, Marilena Sacino. Middle: Jackie Hardy, Kevin Pickering, Gene Schmidt, Dennis Pocha, Karin Markstrom, Tammi Alaric, Deanna Meeks, Marina Soldrzynski, Anna-Marie Gri, Cheryl Moore. Front: David Willicome, Tony Ciano, Karen Madsen, Tommy Zimmer, Cindy Rushcall, Bobby Howard, Roni-Jean Yzerman, Gordon McKenzie, Karen Syvertsen, Laurel Chilton, Deanna Ferguson. Teacher is Mrs. Duthie. Missing Kathy Herlevsen, Jeff Kurucz, Grant Mah, Terry Harvey.

Internal ID:	2287.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1972

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

Central School - Mrs. Anne Duthie - Grade 3 Class Photo 1969-70

Back: Walter Langenbach, Takajiro Ishikawa, Lynn McKormick, Anita Mucha, Penny Lepage, Darla Hideg, Donald Johnson, Darla Grieshaber, Teresa Taylor, Valerie Russell, Sandra Voykin, Melvin Sherret, Josephina Rossi, Middle: Ellen Cutting, John Armstrong, Brock Catsirelis, Garry Roberts, Gary Bristle, Kelly Parkin, Stuart Johnson, Kurt Swanson, Tammy Chapman, Darren Beamish, Terri Wilson, Bruce Benson, Brenda Farrow, Front: Dana Hardy, Christine Willicome, Brian Atkins, Craig Hutchinson, Tammy Heisler, Timmy Ross, Sharon Adams, Joey Roberts, Billy Balsdon, Krista Langenbach, Connie Jolliffe, Debbie Meeks. Teacher Mrs. Anne Duthie.

Internal ID:	2350.0025
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

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

Central School -Mrs. Anne Duthie - Grade 4 Class Photo 1971-72

Back: Ceri Owen, Pam Setter, Colleen Chittick, Janine Metzner, Sian Owen, Jackie Skailes, Carolyn Price, Laurinda Janzen, Walter Langenbach, Dawn Nickle, Lorie-Ann Meyer, Marilena Sacino, Middle: Jackie Hardy, Kevin Pickering, Gene Schmidt, Dennis Pocha, Karin Markstrom, Tammi Alaric, Deanna Meeks, Marina Soldrzynski, Anna-Marie Gri, Cheryl Moore, Front: David Willicome, Tony Ciano, Karen Madsen, Tommy Zimmer, Cindy Rushcall, Bobby Howard, Roni-Jean Yzerman, Gordon McKenzie, Karen Syvertsen, Laurel Chilton, Deanna Ferguson, Missing: Kathy Herlevsen, Jeff Kurucz, Grant Mah, Terry Harvey. Teacher Mrs. Anne Duthie.

Internal ID:	2350.0033
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1972

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

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

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' 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

Radium Holiday

(L-R) Eleanor Willicome, Lou Willicome, Bessie Baines, Florie Wheaton, Kay Allan in Radium.

Internal ID:	0040.0053
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

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

Cranbrook High School Grade 9 Class Photo 1945

Cranbrook High School Grade 9 Class Photo:Back Row: Albert Johnson, Leroy Morgan, Bud Atwood, Mr Busch - Teacher, Gastone Fantuz, Waldemar Meshwa, Alfeo Pellegrin, Don Miller, Keith Dixon. 3rd Row: Bill Thompson, Dorothy Brown, Beverley Ellis, Marie Murdoch, Jean Bradley, Lenore Brunner, Bay Horwood, Louise LePage, Donna Moore. 2nd Row: Ken Pearson, Robin Harrison, Phyllis Dundass, Mary McInnes, John Skillicorn, Carl Larsen, Hnery Ogden, Bob Curle. Front Row: Joyce Rex, Charlene McArthir, Eleanor Willicome, Shirley Kennedy, Jean Rowse, Shirley Nelson, Lenore Withenshaw, Doris Shellborn.

Internal ID:	2255.0057
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

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

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, 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

Internal ID:	0492.0070
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1916

Fort Steele

Rocky Mountain Avenue, Fort Steele, with residents standing in front of the Willicome house. L-R Frank Moore (brother of Dinty Moore), Bob Lyle, Sid Willicome, Cyril Lyle. The Johnson Blacksmith shop is visible behind the boys. Barry Beaulac added: The four are standing at 90 degrees to the front of the Willicome house, with the warehouse immediately behind and the Johnson blacksmith shop behind that.

Internal ID:	0492.0074
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1922

Central School Class Photo 1937

Class photo of Cranbrook Central School, Div 10 1937. Back row; Avis Black, Helen Yadernuk, Elaine Carroll, Maria Burns, Ninette Burton, Marjie Kaye, Margaret Miller, Dorothy Lewis, Felix Legere. 3rd row; Henry Ryder, Douglas Nelson, Kenneth Oakley, Bobby Wheeler, Sammy Fyles, Marshall Oakley, Robert Quaife, Edward Swanson, Guy Fiorentino. 2nd row; May Starritt, Dorothy Butt, Mildred Hugging, Annie Oakley, Muriel Crowe, Elinor Willicome, Audrey Meeks, Lillian Tolfree, Mellie Meshura, Kenneth Price, Donald Kludash. Front row; Robin Harrison, David Divine, Raymond Anglin, Dickie Lobban, Rodney Allen, Joe Maso, Robert Price, David Meeks. Simmone Bourgeois' class. (Source - Name That Teacher project).