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.