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Thomas and Catherine Nicholson family

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  • [18--] - 1979

Thomas Arthur (d. 1939) and Catherine Ellen (Bernard) Nicholson (d. 1947) were immigrants from England. By 1912 they were living in the Royal Oak area of Saanich with their daughter Nellie Muriel Nicholson (d. 1979), and they later moved to Sidney. Their son and daughter-in-law, Arthur Nevil and Molly Nicholson, lived in Saskatchewn where Nevil served as a Sergeant Major in the RNWMP. Molly died in 1916, and Nevil was killed in a Mounted Police training exercise in 1917. Their other son, Thomas Gordon Nicholson, served with the 231st Battalion C.E.F. during WW1, and eventually moved to Australia.

Baran family

  • Family

John Baran operated the Glanford Avenue Nurseries at Glanford and Carey Roads. Walter Baran (1916-1997) lived at 3945 Carey Road, which was subdivided in 1958. Walter Baran and his brother Alex operated the Tillicum Service Station from 1936 to 1976.

Mallett family

  • Family

Martin Mallett was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England and Sara Brooks was from Earlestown, England. They were married in St. Aidan's Church in Saanich in 1910. They lived at the corner of Gordon Head Road and Ruby Road. Martin Mallett worked for the District of Saanich with the road crews. Sara Mallettt worked as a seamstress at the University School on Richmond Road.

Bell, Aubrey Fitz Gerald

Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell (1881-1950) was an author who wrote about and translated Portuguese and Spanish literature, travel, and history. Originally from England, Aubrey Fitz Gerald Bell lived on Cedar Hill Road in Saanich in his later years.

Outerbridge, Joan

Joan (“JoAnn”) Richmond Outerbridge (nee Higinbothom) was born in Bermuda in 1920. She was a nature lover from an early age, and by age 17 was collecting and preserving specimens for the Bermuda Museum. In 1952, JoAnn graduated from The Horticultural School in Pennsylvania, then pursued various occupations including proprietor of a flower shop. In 1966, she returned to Bermuda where she met her husband. Mrs. Outerbridge continued to live in Bermuda after being widowed, but in 1987 she chose to move to Victoria, BC. When she purchased her house on Royal Oak Drive in Saanich, she began the process of creating a 9-acre nature sanctuary. She accomplished this goal by buying a nearby house, subdividing off most of the backyard for the nature sanctuary, renovating the house, and using the profits from the sale to do it again. Over the course of more than a decade, she repeated this process with seven houses including her own, leaving a lasting legacy first known as Shangri-La Bird and Nature Sanctuary. After a transfer of the lands to the Municipality of Saanich in 2005, her gardens became known as Outerbridge Park. Joan Outerbridge died February 2, 2015.

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