Helen Mabel Carre

Helen Mabel Carre was the sister of my grandfather, Stephen Norwood Carre.

Helen was born in Cedar Cottage in 1907. The 1911 Census shows Helen M., 4, living in Vancouver [South Vancouver Municipality] with her family: Edward, 39, Annie, 42,  Stephen, 5 months, Samuel Evans, 16, Arnold, 11, Llewellyn, 9, and Sadye, 6.

Helen married Arthur Belfield Garrett in Vancouver on April 13, 1929.

Here's a shot of Helen with her two daughter, Beverly and Maggie, on a trip to Vancouver Island in 1949.

Joseph Fletcher Campbell

Joseph Fletcher Campbell was born on January 16, 1873 in Newtown, New Brunswick. He was the son of Joseph Campbell and Mary Baxter.

Records show that the elder Joseph entered Canada in 1846 as a child with the rest of his family (he was 9 at the time): James Campbell, 55, Rachel, 44, John, 11 and an infant daughter. Fifteen years later, in 1861, when he was 24, Joseph received a land grant of his own for 98 acres in Studholm, NB. He married Mary Baxter and started to raise a family there.

The 1891 census shows a J F Campbell, 18, living in Studholm with the rest of his family: Joseph, 51, Mary, 51, Arthur J, 26, Belen, 22, Nettie A, 15, Ida M, 13 and Fainimore M, 10. The 1901 census shows Joseph F, 28 and his family: Joseph, 61 Farmer, Mary, 61, Nettie, 25, Ida, 23 and Fessie M, 21.

In the early 1900s, Joseph left New Brunswick and came to Cranbrook, British Columbia where he married Ethel Maud Eakins on October 21, 1908.

 The 1911 census shows Joseph, 38, living in Cranbrook District with his spouse Maud, 26, and children Kenneth, 1 and Frank 4/12. The rest of his family is shown still living in New Brunswick: Joseph, 72, Mary, 71, Hettie, 34 and Ida M, 32. Eventually, Joseph moved to Barkerville, BC. He died at the age of 63 in January 1936.

Jules Alexandre Frederic Carre

Jules Alexandre Frederic Carre was the father of Edward (my great grandfather), Georges, Juliette and Gabrielle. Jules was born in 1834 in a small village in the Picardy region of France called Erlon. The Carre family can trace its ancestry in this village to at least 1772.

Somehow, Jules left Erlon and married Ellen Larkins in Canterbury, Kent in 1865. Their first child, Juliette, was born in London in 1869, near where Ellen’s brother, Edward, was living at the time.

Jules was a commission agent in the wine trade and so travelled with his growing family throughout Europe. He may have fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. He eventually settled back in London where he lived and raised his family. Family lore suggests he would go to the West End where he would meet some of his French associates at the Societe Francaise.

This photo was likely taken in London in the early 1900s.
As mentioned below, Jules died at the French Convalescent Home in Brighton, England in 1916.

Annie Carre (Evans ne: Jones)

My great grandfather, Edward Carre, seen in the Remembrance Day photo, came to Canada in the early 1900s and married Annie Evans (ne: Jones) in 1906.

They lived in the settlement of Cedar Cottage, then its own village which did not officially become part of Vancouver, BC until 1929. The heart of Cedar Cottage was built around the inter-urban tram station, located at 18th and Commercial.

This photo of Annie was taken, probably in the 1910s with my grandfather, Stephen, and his sister Helen, likely in their backyard. Stephen’s birth certificate indicates Cedar Cottage as his place of birth.

Annie was born in Wales in 1869 and married Joseph Evans, her first husband at the Tabernacle Chapel in Llandovery in 1895. Their marriage certificate indicates Annie was a dressmaker and Joseph a lead miner.

They had two children in Wales, Samuel and Elizabeth, and around 1898 left for Canada, settling in Rossland, BC.

The 1901 census shows Annie Evans, 31 living in Kamloops with her family: Joseph, 28, Samuel, 5, Arnold E., 11/12.

Annie and Joseph had three other children together- Arnold Egdar, born in 1900 in Rossland, Llewellyn in 1902 and Sadie in 1905 both in Kamloops.

Sadly, Joseph died in Kamloops in 1905 of consumption.

In the 1911 census, Annie, 42 is shown living with her family in South Vancouver Municipality:  Edward Carre, 39, Helen M. Carre, 4, Stephen Carre, 5/12, Samuel Evans, 16, Arnold Evans, 11, Llewellyn Evan, 9 and Sadyie, 6.

The 1921 census shows the family living in the Municipality South Vancouver at 3317 Fleming St: Edward A Carre, 49, Annie Carre, 51, Sadie, 16, Helen Carre, 13, Stephen Carre, 10.

Gabrielle Elvira Elise Churchill (ne: Carre)

Gabrielle, sister to Juliette, Edward and Georges, was born in St. Quentin, France in 1876 and raised in central London.

This picture was taken in the early 1900s at a theatre in the Notting Hill area of London. Gabrielle was an actress.

The 1881 census shows Gabrielle, 4, living at 7 Arthur St. in St Giles in The Fields in London with her family- Jules, 45, Ellen, 44, Edward, 9 and Georges, 8. The 1891 census shows Gabrielle, 14, living at Pancras, Tottenham Court.

In September 1894, Gabrielle married Richard Arthur Churchill in Westminster, London.

The 1901 census shows Gabrielle, 23, living in St Marylebone with husband Richard, 28. Richard was employed with the London Postal Service and living at 16 High Street in Marlyebone. The 1901 census lists their children- Randolph, 5, Olga, 4, Violet, 3, and Richard, 1. Her parents, Jules and Ellen, and her brother Georges and his wife Alice (ne Webb) are also listed as living nearby in St. Marylebone at 35 Blandford Square.

In 1910, Ellen Carre (ne Larkins), mother of Gabrielle, died at the age of 73 in Kensington, London. Jules went to French Convalescent Home in Brighton.

Sadly, in 1916, during WWI, Randolph Aubrey Maxmillian, was killed at the age of 21 on the H.M.S. Russell. The Duncan class battleship was hit by a mine at the entrance of the Maltese Harbour of Valletta and sank.

Olga Muriel Gladys Evangeline (b. September 1896) married Phillipe A. Spies in March 1918 in Hammersmith, Greater London.

Violet Gabrielle (b. 1898) married Harry Lloyd. Sydney Hamilton Spencer (b. 1901, d. 1984?)

Richard Stanley Winston (b. 1900) and Sybil May Dorothy were living in Hastings, East Sussex.

We do know that Gabrielle’s son, Richard Stanley W Churchill, also known as Uncle Stan, died in 1995 at the age of 95. He was living with his sister Sybil in Hastings in East Sussex and remained in contact with the Canadian side of the family passing down a lot of the family history.

If there are surviving family members on Gabrielle’s side, they would be likely the Churchills or Spies of London.

Georges Hector Carre

Georges Hector, brother to Gabrielle, Juliette and Edward (see Remembrance Day photo), was born in Metz in Alsace-Lorraine in 1873 and was raised in central London with the rest of his family.

Georges married Alice (ne: Webb from Notting Hill, London) in Brentford, Middlesex in 1897. Georges was 24 years old. Alice was 20.

The 1901 census shows Georges, 28, Brewery Hand, living in London with his family: Jules, 56, Ellen, 54, wife, Alice, 24, brother, Edward, 29, civil engineer.

Georges and Alice had three children together: Madeleine Louise (b. 1902), Gabrielle Victoria (b. 1905) and Georges Edouard (b. 1907).

The 1911 census shows the family living in Paddington: Georges, 38, Alice, 34, Madeleine, 8, George, 4, Gabrielle, 3.

In 191?, Georges and wife Alice left London to come to Vancouver with their young family.

George’s wife, Alice, 87, died in New Westminster, BC in February 1963.

Georges Hector, 69, died in Port Moody in December 1942.

As for George Edouard, it’s unclear whether he married;

Records show that George, Oil operator, was on the voters list in 1958 living in Burnaby/Coquitlam and in 1962, he is shown as being retired.

Georges Eduoard died in BC in July 1978.

Juliette Isabelle Victoria Wilkes (ne: Carre)

As luck would have it, I came across this picture of Juliette, Edward and Georges' sister, on the web shortly after posting their picture from WWI. While As luck would have it, I came across this picture of Juliette, Edward and Georges' sister, on the web shortly after posting their picture from WWI. While Edward and Georges both emigrated to Canada in the 1900s, Juliette (and her sister Gabrielle) remained in England.

I'm not sure when the photo was taken but probably in the late 1890s. Juliette was born in Deptford in southeast London in June 1869. For much of her early childhood, Juliette lived in France where her father worked as a commission agent in the wine trade.

In 1881, Juliette returned to London with her family where they lived in St Giles in the Fields and St. Pancras. Juliette worked as a Telegraphist, and in 1893 married Harry Wilkes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.

Harry was a military man and in 1888 had enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry. Juliette and Harry had three children- Doris Eveline, Harry Edward and Phillip Arthur. Doris Eveline was born in February 1894 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (headquarters for the Durham Light Infantry), Harry Edward in July 1895 in Exeter, Devon and Phillip Arthur in May 1900, likely in Bermuda where Harry was serving overseas.

In 1902, Juliette and Harry moved to Dublin, Ireland where Harry continued his miltary service until 1912 when he was discharged. In 1915, Juliette and Harry were living in Bishopstoke, Southampton. Juliette and Harry's daughter, Doris, married Reginald John Hopkins in Winchester, Southampton in 1915. Reginald and Doris raised their six children in London where Reginald was from. Sadly, Juliette and Harry's second child, Harry Edward, died in WWI at the age of 21 at Heilly, Somme, Picardie, France in September 1916. No leads at this point about their third child, Phillip Arthur.

If there are surviving family members through Juliette, they are likely through the Hopkins family of London.

Juliette died in 1961 at the Langthorne Hospital in Leytonstone, an area of East London. She was 92.

That's it for now. In the meantime, London Calling...