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.
