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Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Table of Contents North Bulkley 1921 Residents etc Post Office History Post Master Bios and Genealogy North Bulkley North Bulkley, British Columbia, Canada North Bulkley BC Unincorporated area Coast Land District Located on the Dominion Telegraph Line Near the head of the Bulkley River 8 miles East of Houston BC Approx. halfway between Houston and Topley BC 34 miles East of Telkwa 1 1/2 miles from Knockholt 95 miles SE of Hazelton Located on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, now the CNR 1921 Residents etc Population 36 Anglican Church located here in 1921 Ewart Ayliffe- Telegraph Operator Last Operator at Aldermere, moved to North Bulkley Ewart Gladstone Ayliffe b- Jan 7, 1888, Bath England, age 30 when he married d- Mar 18, 1959 St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria BC, age 71 buried in St. Anne's Churchyard, Parksville BC son of Henry Ayliffe and Annie Williams He was retired, living in Parksville BC. married Annie Sisko, Mar 8, 1918, in Christ Church, Vancouver BC b- Wellington BC, age 23 when married d- She was a nurse. daughter of Andrew Sisko, and Barbara Lorin Chak They had a daughter Dorothy Thomas Telfer Aitken- Cattle-breeder, (PM in 1921) George Finlay- Farming Fred Heading- Farming, Prospector b- ca 1879 in USA d- Immigrated in 1911 Herbert Brand Jarman- Farming b- Mar 1, 1891 in Bancroft Dungannon Twp., Hastings Co., ON, (age 46 when married) d- Nov 25, 1970, Pouce Coupe Hospital, Pouce Coupe, BC, age 79 buried in Quesnel BC son of William Hardy Jarman and Florence Naomi Smith married Elva Louetta Pearl Ransome, nee Staples, married Mar 30, 1937 in Herbert's home in Perow BC b- Fleetwood ON, age 43 when married d- daughter of George Smith Staples and Mary Ada Willett August Johnson- Farming Carl Knutson- Farming b- ca 1886 in Sweden d- Immigrated in 1910 Oscar Lund- Farming b- ca 1861 in Sweden d- immigrated in 1908 Archibald “Archie” McInnes- Cattle Farming (First PostMaster) Neil McInnes- Cattle Farming (see below) Robert Mitchell Moore- Farming b- ca 1879 in Ireland d- immigrated in 1906 August Norberg- Farming b- ca 1883 in Sweden d- immigrated in 1906 married to Augusta Norberg b- ca 1891 in Sweden immigrated in 1918 Algot Rainsfelt- Farming b- ca 1886 in Sweden d- immigrated in 1908 Helmer Rainsfelt- Dairy Farming b- ca 1883 in Sweden d- immigrated in 1907 Werner Rainsfelt- Farming b- ca 1888 in Sweden d- immigrated in 1908 Thomas O. Westgarde- Farming b- ca 1887 in Norway d- immigrated in 1905 married Mathilda Louise Westgarde, nee ? b- ca 1894 in USA d- immigrated in 1902 daughter- Ethel Elvira Westgarde b- ca 1914 in AB Theore Michel Westgarde b- ca 1915 in AB daughter- Marion Amanda Westgarde b- ca 1919 in AB Alex Zadroski- Farming Post Office History Name of Office: North Bulkley Federal Electoral District: Skeena (BC) Office Opened- Mar 1, 1912 Office Closed- Feb 10, 1955 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Date of Birth Date of Appointment DAte of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Archibald “Archie” McInnes 1912-03-01 1914-02-28 Resignation Thomas Telfer Aitken 1914-05-01 1922-12-27 Resignation Archibald “Archie” McInnes 1923-02-15 1941-04-05 Mrs. Jessie Chalmers McInnes 1941-09-15 1942-04-27 Resignation Mrs. Orpha Pearl Barnett 1946-08-16 Acting Mrs. Nora Henriette Sorensen 1901-02-02 1948-03-15 Acting “ ” “ 1948-08-12 1954-11-24 Mrs. Maxine Leona Craker 1954-12-09 Acting This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada Post Master Bios and Genealogy Archibald “Archie” McInnes b- June 2, 1861, Priceville, ON (Mar 1866 in ON per 1911 census) (age 33 when married) d- Apr 20, 1951, Lakelse Rd, Terrace BC, age 89 buried in Kitsumgallum Cemetery, Terrace BC Stockman in Bulkley Valley when married son of Allan McInnes (alt- Alan) and Mary McCormick married Jessie Chalmers McInnes, nee Aitken, Oct 25, 1905, in Victoria BC she lived in Victoria when married b- May 29, 1886 in Braehead, Lancashire, Scotland (age 20 when married) d- Aug 11, 1972 in Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace BC, age 86 daughter of Alexander Aitken and Janet Chalmers Immigrated in 1901 3 daughters by 1921 daughter- May Janet Vera McInnes, b- ca 1908, in BC, age 13 in 1921, She married Ivan R. Frank daughter- Ivy Richard Margareta McInnes b- ca 1910, in BC, age 11 daughter- Neva Arleen McInnes b- ca 1913 in BC, age 8 in 1921 brother of Archie, Neil McInnes b- Sept 14, 1864 in ON d- Sept 2, 1948 in Red Cross Outpost Hospital, in Terrace BC, age 93 buried in Houston BC married Margaret McCracken (see link below for more info) Thomas Telfer Aitken b- May 1876 in Scotland d- July 14, 1935 in Smithers BC, age 59 Immigrated in 1897 married Eleanora Kate Booth, Jan 29, 1913 in Hazelton b- in Scotland, age 46 in 1921 d- Immigrated in 1912 3 children by 1921: daughter- Elizabeth Janet Aitken b- ca 1915 in BC daughter- Elenora Nancy Aitken b- ca 1916 in BC son- Richard Clement Aitken b- ca 1918 in BC Ext Links Note- NOT my sites BV Museum in Smithers http://bvmuseum.com/ McInnes Brothers http://www.bcnorth.ca/magazine/pages/Debi/mcinnis/mcinnes1.htm 1911 GTP pamphlet https://archive.org/stream/plateauvalleylan00gran_0#page/2/mode/2up Houston BC road history http://www.houston.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=17 1923 map http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bulkley-old.jpg © Last modified: 2017/11/01 20:38by dlgent Log In