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Obit Lookup - Minnie Drinnan

Obit Lookup - Minnie Drinnan

Mary Chapman (View posts)
Posted: 8 Jan 2006 8:00PM GMT
Classification: Lookup
Edited: 9 Jan 2006 7:47AM GMT
Please could some very kind person give me the obit for Mrs Minnie (Walter) Drinnan who died 14 October 1928 aged 50 in Vancouver, BC (Point Grey). It appears in the Victoria Daily Times 15 October 1928 on page 7.
A thousand thanks in advance!

Re: Obit Lookup - Minnie Drinnan

Posted: 22 Dec 2014 4:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
I really can't help on your Minnie Drinnan, but it's a weird coincidence that my mother was called Minnie, and my father Walter. Neither was ever in Canada, but my Father had an uncle named Robert Giffen Drinnan who was quite prominent in mining circles in Alberta and British Columbia. Drinnan is not a common name, so there may be a link. Did your Walter Drinnan come from Ayrshire, Scotland, by any chance?

Ian Drinnan

Re: Obit Lookup - Minnie DRINNAN Robert Griffen DRINNAN

Posted: 22 Dec 2014 6:55AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: DRINNAN
Hi Ian, Searching the Provincial Archive of BC Vital Events Index online
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-294E3DD/gbsearch/Birth...
Search Royal BC Museum & Archive - online - They have digitalized many of the Registrations - and can be viewed online
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Adva...
finds
Groom Robert Giffin Drinnan
Bride Stella Isabel Stickney
Place Nelson Event: Marriage
Date:1901 10 12 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Reg. Number:1901-09-144718
Microfilm #:B11384 (GSU # 1983977)

Births considered Public Record to 1903 only.
Robert Giffen Drinnan Event:Birth
Place New Westminster
Date:1903 1 30 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Reg. Number:1903-09-669486
Microfilm #:B13913 (GSU # 2116340)

There is also Marriage - Walter DRINNAN - 1930 Victoria BC
There are 11 DRINNAN deaths 1928 -1990

From Alberta GenWeb - Local History book index - online
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/
DRINNAN, James; Bentley, Early History; Lacombe
DRINNAN, Angus A.; Mecca Glen Memories; Ponoka
DRINNAN, Dr.; Ponoka Panorama; Ponoka
DRINNAN FAMILY; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, David; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, George; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, James M; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, Margaret (Wilson); From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, William; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, William; From the Bigknife to the Battle; Stettler
DRINNAN, Mr; 79; Oh, The Coal Branch; Yellowhead
DRINNAN, R G; 83,119; Oh, The Coal Branch; Yellowhead
There may be Volunteers at the following - Request a Lookup
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/alberta-resource-loo...
Also - some books may have been digitalized - may be viewed at
Our Roots / Nos Racines - online

Searching - Find a Grave - online -
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
finds 40 DRINNAN -burials / headstone photo's
Including those for Minnie DRINNAN - burial Ocean View Cemetery Burnaby BC
Walter DRINNAN - burial Mountain View Cemetery - Vancouver

Re: Obit Lookup - Minnie Drinnan

Posted: 22 Dec 2014 9:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
incidental
Walter married again in 1930 to Mary Loudon McCall
marriage cert
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Disp...

his death cert
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Disp...

Mary Died in 1958
informant was son in law Bertram A B Aiken




Minnie McCall Drinnan

Birth: Dec. 1, 1877
Rothesay
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Death: Oct. 14, 1928
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada

Minnie McCall Drinnan was born in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland to parents John McCall and Marion Hindmarch.
Minnie and Walter were married in Scotland before they immigrated to Canada.
Mary's obit in the Victoria Times dated October 15,1928 said that she died suddenly.


Family links:
Spouse:
Walter Drinnan (1877 - 1949)


Burial:
Ocean View Burial Park
Burnaby
Greater Vancouver Regional District
British Columbia, Canada



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