The British/Daily Colonist.
The Colonist has been digitalized by the Times-Colonist and UVic Libraries from 1859 to 1910. While many of the sources used can be clicked on to view the source document, the full database of articles lies at - http://britishcolonist.ca/ -
For articles after 1910 there is an indexed collection of select article summaries that can be viewed at - http://web.uvic.ca/vv/newspaper/search.php -
Sources Used:
Colonist, 6 August, 1868
Colonist, 7 November, 1880
Colonist, 19 January, 1881
Colonist, 10 February, 1881
Colonist, 7 May, 1881
Colonist, 7 September, 1887
Colonist, 20 January, 1888
Colonist, 20 January, 1889.
Colonist, 8 March 1889, 1893
Colonist, 21 November, 1889
Colonist, 14 January, 1890
Colonist, 24 January, 1893
Colonist, 21 February, 1893
Colonist, 20 March, 1919.
Biographical Dictionary of Well Known British Columbians: With A Historical Sketch
This source provides small biographies of dozens upon dozens of Victorians in the late 19th century.
Author: J.B. Kerr
Published: 1890, Kerr & Begg, Vancouver BC.
With its expired copyright have come multiple places to find it online. This book can be found online at:
On Archive.org
On Early Canadiana Online
Sections used on this site:
Dunsmuir, Robert (View Entry)
Gray, Alexander (View Entry)
McMicking, Robert (View Entry)
Milne, George (View Entry)
Muirhead, James (View Entry)
Robson, John (View Entry)
A History; British Columbia
This source also provides a look at many Victorians, though its focus is more broad and historical biographies forma lesser part of its content then with the Biographical Dictionary of Well Known British Columbians.
Author: R.E. Gosnell
Published: 1906, The Lewis Publishing Company, Victoria BC.
This book can also be found on archive.org at:
Go to site
Sections used on this site:
Milne, George (View Entry)
Muirhead, James (View Entry)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
While not represented in book form, this site has indexed the thousands of biographies from the original book series of the same name. The main page for the site can be found here:
www.biographi.ca
The Kirk That Faith BuiltThe Kirk That Faith Built: St. Andrew's on Douglas Street, 1890-1990. Published by the Session of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Morriss Printing Company, Victoria, 1989.
Without a doubt, this is the most meticulously researched work on St. Andrew's Church in Victoria from creation to late 20th century. It is fairly hard to find, however, there exists a number of copies in the Greater Victoria Public Library.
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The Kirk That Faith BuiltThe Kirk That Faith Built: St. Andrew's on Douglas Street, 1890-1990. Published by the Session of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Morriss Printing Company, Victoria, 1989. : St. Andrew's on Douglas Street, 1890-1990. Published by the Session of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Morriss Printing Company, Victoria, 1989. : St. Andrew's on Douglas Street, 1890-1990 (Victoria: Morriss Printing Company Limited, 1989).
Captain Alexander MacLean
This source was used primarily only for the vignettes on William and Charles Spring who were actively involved in the maritime industries in Victoria for some time. Again, this book is in the Greater Victoria Public Library.
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Don MacGillivary, Captain Alex MacLean: Jack London's Seawolf, (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008).
The Invisible Empire
This source explores the history of telecommunications in Canada and takes a look at Robert McMickingRobert McMicking was a pioneer in the field of telecommunications and his work to build Victoria's telecommunication industry and infrastructure.
Jean Guy Rens, The Invisible Empires: A History of the Telecommunications Industry in Canada. (McGill Queens University Press, 2001)
Overland from Canada to British Columbia
This source is fairly well read and was published by John RobsonJohn Robson was a highly active, early member of St Andrew's and later Premier of BC in the British Columbian shortly after it was written. It is the account of Thomas McMicking, Robert McMickingRobert McMicking was a pioneer in the field of telecommunications's brother, of their overland journey to BC in a time when most went by boat. The edition consulted contains an afterword that looks at the historical legacy of the McMicking family. It should be present in the Greater Victoria Public Libary
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Thomas McMicking, Overland from Canada to British Columbia, Joanne Leduc editor (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1981).
St. Andrew's Archives
This site would not have been possible without the extensive holding of material in the archives at St. Andrew's and the dedicated work of Dr. Allan S. Arneil the archivist.
Digitized Sources Consulted:
1868 Board of Managers Report
Acts & Proceedings, 1900, pg 151
Acts & Proceedings, 1900, pg 152
Acts & Proceedings, 1900, pg 153
BC Archives
Here extensive church records be found on microfilm along with extensive records of early Victoria history.
BC Provincial Archives
Drury, Clifford. "The Beginnings of the Presbyterian Church on the Pacific Coast." The
Pacific Historical Review 9 (June 1940): 195-204.
Fallding, Harold. "Mainline Protestantism in Canada and the United States of America: An
Overview." The Canadian Journal of Sociology 3 (Spring 1978): 141-160
Hoge,Zech, McNamara, Donahue. "The Value of Volunteers as Resources for
Congregations." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37, no 3 (September
1998): 470-480.
Wang, Jiwu. "Organized Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1885-
1923.” Journal Of ecclesiastical History 54 no. 4 (October 2003): 691-713.
Measuring Worth
For transposing money from nominal to real terms the site Measuring Worth was used, it can be found here:
Measuring Worth
Roots Web
An article by Danda Humphreys is reproduced on this site. It can be found here:
Go to source
Craigdarroch Castle
Here you will find information on the Dunsmuirs and the impressive legacy left in the form of Craigdarroch Castle.
Craigdarroch Castle