Dorreen

• 125 mi from Rupert on GTP, now CNR
  
• 6 miles East of Pacific, 3 miles East of Lorne Creek
• Latitude- 54º 50' 35“ N,
  
• Longitude-128º 20' 41” W
• Elevation 423 ft.
• Located at mouth of Lorne Creek

Dorreen named after:

• b- ca 1891, age 30, in 1921, in BC
  
• d- Nov 9, 1942, in Port Alberni BC, age 47
  
• Both parents born in Ireland
  
• Dominion Telegraph Operator in 1921
  
• married Helen Marie Mercer, Apr 14, 1929 in Prince Rupert

• Prospecting

• - Farming, Prospecting
  
• b- Grindale ON, age 49 when he married
  
• d- Nov 21, 1935 in Prince Rupert, age 67
  
• son of Edgar Higginson Carpenter, and Mary Jane Gilliland
  
• married twice:
  
  • 1- Nanie Blestowe, nee Coffman, Jan 11, 1917, Vancouver BC
    
  • 2- Annie Graham, Aug 10, 1921, Methodist Parsonage, Prince Rupert BC

• - Mixed Farming (see Foley below)
  

• - Farming

• - Chicken Farming

• - Farming (Cook in 1910)
  
• b- ca 1872, Saxony in Germany, age 43 in 1915
  
• d- Dec 23, 1926, in Prince Rupert, age 54
  
• son of Henry Rudolph Ludwig and Christina Schultz
  
• Owned 120 acres Lot 5072, Range 5, Coast District, North side of the Railroad, 2 miles east of Dorreen.
  
• He married 3 times:
  
  • 1- Lizette Wright, May 2, 1910 in Vancouver BC
    
  • 2- Caroline VanHeurck, Nov 25, 1915 in Lorne Creek BC
    
  • 3. Jennet Dellaronde, Apr 4, 1926 in Prince Rupert
    

• - Farming

• - Farming

• Farming

• - Government Telegraph Operator

• b- ca 1883 in Belgium
  
• Immigrated in 1906
  
• Farmer

-see above

• b- July 11, 1885, in Poland (Galicia?)
  
• d- Cedarhill Hospital, Langley BC, age 85
  
• Immigrated in 1902
  
• CNR Section Foreman
  
• son of Michael Syrnyk and Maria Doskocz, both b- in Poland
  
• wife- Anna “Nellie” Syrnyk, nee Kuczma
  
  • b- ca 1896, in Galicia Austria
    
  • d- before her husband
    
• Immigrated in 1913
  
• son- Walter Syrnyk
  
  • b- ca 1915 in MB
    
• daughter- Minnie Syrnyk
  
  • b- ca 1918 in MB
    
• Olha Syrnyk
  
  • b- ca 1920 in BC

• b- ca 1883 in Russia
  
• Immigrated in 1907
  
• CNR Section Hand

• b- ca 1893, in Austria
  
• Immigrated in 1907
  
• CNR Section Hand

• b- ca 1886 near Toronto, ON
  
• d- Sept 12/13, 1949 at home in Dorreen BC, abt 87
  
• buried in Kitsumgallum Cemetery, Terrace BC
  
• Carpenter and Prospector

• -see above

• b- Oct 12, 1897 (1898?) in Viole, Idaho, USA
  
• d- Oct 8, 1978 in Monterey CA
  
• Father- Ulyses Grant Paine
  
• both parents born in USA
  
• CNR Section Hand
  
• enlisted in WWI, in Kamloops BC Jan 21, 1918
  
• reg # 2138509
  
• living in Trapp Lake BC when he enlisted
  
• 1940 he was married, Private in US Army
  
• enlisted in WWII in Monterey in 1946

• b- Aug 10, 1900, in Langenburg, SK
  
• d- Jan 1, 1933 Prince Rupert BC, age 32
  
• CNR Section Hand
  
• son of Herliest Graham, and Mary Annie McFadyen
  
• both parents born in ON
  
• married Anna Elizabeth Beran, July 5, 1927 in Prince Rupert BC

Name of Office: Dorreen
Federal Electoral District: Skeena (BC)
Office Opened- Jan 1, 1925 in General Store
Office Closed Mar 31, 1967, due to no Post Master

Postmaster Information:

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• b- Apr 30, 1898 in Toronto ON
  
• Attestation paper says born Apr 30, 1897 in Toronto ON
  
• Marriage record to Linda Rydings, shows he was born in Miami Fl, USA
  
• Travel form shows he was born in St. Augustine, USA
  
• 1901 census says he was born in US, immigrated in 1900
  
• 1911 shown born in USA again as a student.
  
• d- Nov 15, 1988 in Enderby BC
  
• son of Lewis Roscoe Ord, Faircross, Barrie, ON
  
• and Brance A. “Bianca” Ord, nee ?
  
  • b- Sept 21, 1872 in ON, she was with Redman in 1901 census boarding with a Jopling family
    
• he enlisted in WWI Nov 1915
  
• Reg # 407118, Rank- Sapper, 2nd Can. Div. Signal Co.
  
• 1917 Involved in a military court martial for 20(2) Offence.
  
• married Linda Marion S. Rydings, May 28, 1922, York ON
  
• they had 5 children

• b- June 17, 1888 in Exeter, England
  
• d- July 22, 1958, Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver BC
  
• buried in Terrace Cemetery
  
• son of Francis John Horwill and Emily Horwell
  
• Also see my Salvus page
• married Florence Dennis (below) July 9, 1921 St James Church, Vancouver BC

• wife of William Edgar Horwill (above)
  
• b- Apr 8, 1890 in Torquay, England
  
• d- Mar 9, 1970, Nanaimo Regional Hospital, Nanaimo BC
  
• buried in Royal Oak, burial Park, Saanich BC
  
• daughter of James Dennis

Fred worked on the Railroad in this area, and the Diggles family lived in the area, from 1926-1934. Some of these years were spent in Exstew and Terrace
Rosa Doreen Diggles was born in 1927. Photo and info from Photo above, sent to me Jan 31, 2016, by Peter Daykin, Norfolk, UK.
Photos taken by his mother, Norah Daykin, nee Diggles. Norah passed away in 2015, age 96. More pictures and information of this family on the Exstew page

Picture 1, 2 and 3, (left /right)
Photo above courtesy Peter Daykin, Norfolk, UK
If you can identify any of these children / adults, please let me know.

NOTE- NOT my web sites**

Denis Horwill story
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/dhorwill/horwill.htm

Trail to Doreen
http://www.trailpeak.com/trail-Ghost-town-of-Dorreen-near-Terrace-BC-4865

History of Doreen
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/dorreen%20howard/howard.htm

another
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/dorreen/fun.htm

then I found Mr. Dorreen History here
http://www.rdks.bc.ca/sites/default/files/docs/naming_history_of_dorreen.pdf

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