Dorreen

Dorreen, BC, Canada

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

Strawberries at Dorreen, 1915
Credit: Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-011222

Dorreen named after:

Mr. Ernest James Dorreen

Resident Civil Engineer on the GTP Railway
b- Oct 13, 1876 in Hampden, New Zealand
d- Dec 3, 1934, New Zealand
son of James Nilson Burcham Dorreen (1848-1922) and Agnes Brown McCormack (1854-1922)
He enlisted in WWI in New Zealand
married Margurette Dorothy Dorreen, nee Moore, 1910 in New Zealand
- b- Mar 1882 in New Zealand
- d- 1966 in New Zealand
they had a son James Westland Moore Dorreen
- b- Jan 11, 1916 in New Zealand
- d- Jan 6, 1992 in Surrey England
1911 Ernest and his wife both in Dorreen's Camp on the Skeena River
He was married, living in Quesnel in 1915.
1917 Ernest was on WWI reserve list, 2nd Division, living at 56 Antigua st, Christchurch, NZ.
He worked for the Hokitika Survey Department for 8 years.
They had a going away party at the Hokitika Aquatic and Cycling Club, the Mayor of Hokitika, Mr Michel attended.
He belonged to the Hokitika Operatic Society.
He left New Zealand in 1903, to South Africa first.
He accepted a job with the Railway Department there.
I have seen his surname as Doreen as well.
1911 census says he immigrated in 1903, so he didn't stay long in SA
He lived in Vernon BC, returned there Apr 21, 1920 from New Zealand via Sweet Grass Montana, on the CPR

Clarence Edward Cadden

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

T. Bolton

Prospecting

Charles Edgar Carpenter

- 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

Henry Follie

- Mixed Farming (see Foley below)

Graham Brothers

- Farming

G. Harmon

- Chicken Farming

Paul Gerhard Ludwig

- 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

Roderick McDonald

- Farming

Arthur Michael

- Farming

Charles Taylor

Farming

Thomas Howard Walsh

- Government Telegraph Operator

Henry Foley

b- ca 1883 in Belgium
Immigrated in 1906
Farmer

Clarence Edward Cadden

-see above

Peter Syrnyk

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

Tony Buck

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

John Caudak? (Grudak?)

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

Peter "Pete" McNicol

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

Charles Edgar Carpenter

-see above

Roy Albert Paine

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

George Washington Graham

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

Post Office History

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:

Name of Postmaster	Date of Birth	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
Branscombe Redman Ord	1898-04-30	Acting
William Edgar Horwill	1888-06-17	1925-01-01	1958-07-22	Death
Mrs Florence Horwill, nee Dennis	1890-04-08	1958-07-22	Acting
“ ” “	1890-04-08	1958-10-16	1961-02-27	Resignation
Branscombe Redman Ord	1898-04-30	1961-07-25	1967-01-02	Resignation

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Postmaster Bio and Genealogy

First Postmaster- Branscombe "Redman" Ord

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

William Edgar Horwill

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

Mrs. Florence Horwill, nee Dennis

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, Frances, Audrey, and Rosa Diggles

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.