Merritt caught my eye.
My great grandmother was Mary Snaddon 1856. She had a brother Daniel Cameron Snaddon. Mary's daughter, my grandmother, Christina Hunter (Snaddon)...one of those illegitimate births married Alexander Hoggan and settled in Merritt, BC. I have a birthdate for Daniel of July 19, 1859. He was a twin to Robert Hunter Snaddon.
Any connection?
Rosemary