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Tribe, John

John Tribe was born in Saskatchewan in 1913. He worked for the District of Saanich for 28 years, serving as Clerk, Municipal Clerk and Comptroller.

Townsend, Muriel (nee Chave)

Muriel Townsend (nee Chave) was born in Saanich in 1916 to Reginald and Bernice Chave. She attended Victoria High School, graduating in 1933. She married William Townsend in 194- and had 3 children: Miriam Bowles (nee Townsend), Julie, and Devon.

Touet family

The Touet family were early settlers in Cordova Bay. Philip Wesley Touet and his wife Mary came to Saanich from the Channel Islands. Their home in Cordova Bay was called Greenwood and started as a small log home to which structures were later added. Two of the Touet daughters married two sons of the Jeune family, also from the Channel Islands.

Todd, Thomas

Thomas Todd was the son of James and Flora Todd of Gordon Head.

Todd, Mileva

Mileva Todd was the wife of Thomas Todd.

Todd, Anna Matilda Henderson

Anna Matilda Henderson was the daughter of Ellen and Anton Henderson. She married Albert Henry Todd, the son of James and Flora Todd, in 1914. Anna Matilda and Albert Henry Todd had two children, Virginia and June Ellen.

Todd family

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James Todd (1818-1904) was the first settler in the Gordon Head area, owning Victoria District Section 17 and Section 52. He established Spring Farm at the base of Mount Douglas. He married Flora Macaulay in 1857 and together they raised 17 children on the property. James Todd was the son of HBC trader John Tod, an early settler in Oak Bay. The Todd family property was divided between three of James and Flora Todd’s sons, James Jr., Albert Henry, and Thomas. Thomas married Mileva Compton Shaw in 1911. Albert Henry Todd married Anna Matilda Henderson of Carey Road in 1914 and they had two children, Virginia and June Ellen. Virginia married Norman Arthur Griffin in 1941. June married John Norrington, son of the founder of Norrington’s Bakery in Port Angeles, Washington in 1938.

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