Bellamy, Hugh Gerald Seymour
Birth Name | Bellamy, Hugh Gerald Seymour |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 78 years, 22 days |
Narrative
The following information has been copied from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bellamy-332:
Biography
Hugh was born in spring 1867, the third son and fourth child of George Bellamy and Eliza Jane Thiele. Hugh's father, an assistant surgeon in the Royal Navy, had been transferred from HMS Cumberland to HMS Sutlej in spring 1866, taking the family to Esquimalt. As a consequence Hugh was the first of the family's children to be born in colonial British Columbia.
While at Esquimalt, sisters Gertrude and Alice were added to the family. Brother Francis arrived as his parents separated, with father George returning to England and passing away in 1875. The 1881 Canada census also included half-brother Edward in the family.[1]
The 1891 census found Hugh living, along with sister Helen, in the household of sister Edith and brother-in-law Andrew Thom.[2]
At age 31 in spring 1898, Hugh married 25-year-old Mary McMillan.[3] Son Gerald and daughter Edith were added to the family, as reflected in the 1901 Canada census.[4] Daughter Thelma arrived while the family remained on Vancouver Island at Wellington, before relocating to mainland Vancouver by 1911.[5]
Hugh Gerald Seymour Bellamy passed away in spring 1945 (see notes):[6]
One of B.C.'s earliest residents, Hugh G. S. Bellamy, 78, of 3290 Irving Street, Burnaby, died at his home on Sunday. One of the first white children to be born at Esquimalt, Mr. Bellamy was the son of a naval surgeon who came to Victoria on the H.M.S. Zealous in 1867. [Hugh] arrived in Vancouver in 1886, three days before the fire. Mr. Bellamy was a building contractor. He laid the first sidewalk in Vancouver, along Water Street. Besides his wife, Mr. Bellamy is survived by a son, Cpl. H. G. S. Bellamy, R.C.O.C.; two daughters, Mrs. W. Fontaine at home and Mrs. Henderson of Vancouver; a sister, Alice, Victoria; a brother, Frank, also of Victoria, and eight grandchildren.[7]
Research Notes
Hugh's father was indeed attached to HMS Zealous, but only after it arrived in Esquimalt in summer 1867 (also after Hugh was born). The family had already been in Esquimalt for a full year, with George having been attached to and arrived on the previous flagship, HMS Sutlej.
It appears likely that Hugh and sister Helen, after having been living with the Thoms in Victoria, followed them to Leadville, Colorado a few years later.
Hugh's obituary made no reference to his surviving half-siblings.
Sources
1. Canada Census 1881, British Columbia, District No. 190, S. District D Victoria City, page 7, lines 9-17, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=18317371&lang=eng
2. Census of Canada, 1891, British Columbia, District No. 4 VIctoria City, S. District Johnson Street Ward DIvision No. 4, page 45, lines 17-20, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=23980552&lang=eng
3. Province of British Columbia, Marriage Record, reg. no. 1898-09-095310, https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cf39f5e0-9e7b-49c7-9801-a4ab737fc01a
4. Fourth Census of Canada, 1901, British Columbia, District No. 3 Vancouver [Island], S. District No. F, Polling sub-division No. 1, North Nanaimo, Wellington and Mountain District, page 7, lines 28-31, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=33488272&lang=eng
5. Fifth Census of Canada, 1911, British Columbia, District No. 12, Enumeration District No. 2, Point Grey Municipality, page 12, lines 20-26, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=6709393&lang=eng
6. "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP7-6GM : 13 April 2017), Hugh Gerald Seymour Bellamy, 1945.
7. "B.C. Pioneer Dies in Burnaby", Vancouver Province, May 21, 1945, page 2
-Sixth Census of Canada, 1921, British Columbia [Burrard], District No. 13, Enumeration Sub-District No. 15, Vancouver, page 18, lines 15-19, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=66441186&lang=eng
-Seventh Census of Canada, 1931, British Columbia, Electoral District 233 New Westminster, Enumeration Sub-district No. 24, Burnaby (Rural), page 4, lines 14-15, https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011765959&app=census1931&op=img
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Death | 20 May 1945 | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | ||
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Birth | 28 April 1867 | Esquimalt District Municipality, British Columbia | ||
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Relation to the centre person (Thiele, Eliza Jane) : son
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Bellamy, George (Doctor) | 30 April 1838 | 15 April 1875 | |
Mother | Thiele, Eliza Jane | 13 November 1846 | 26 February 1916 | |
Brother | Bellamy, George William | 30 October 1863 | 26 November 1922 | |
Sister | Bellamy, Edith Winifred | 8 October 1864 | 6 January 1944 | |
Brother | Bellamy, Arthur | 1865 | 16 January 1915 | |
Bellamy, Hugh Gerald Seymour | 28 April 1867 | 20 May 1945 | ||
Sister | Bellamy, Gertrude Helen | 2 May 1868 | 20 April 1915 | |
Sister | Bellamy, Alice Mary | 8 July 1869 | 6 September 1852 | |
Brother | Bellamy, Frank C. | 13 July 1872 | 1 November 1960 | |
Brother | Bellamy, Edward William | 9 August 1873 | 10 February 1946 | |
Sister | Bellamy, Katherine Demaris | 29 January 1878 | 3 September 1960 | |
Brother | Bellamy, Herman | 26 August 1880 | 22 May 1950 | |
Sister | Bellamy, Ethel | 9 July 1883 | 18 June 1970 | |
Sister | Bellamy, Irene M. | 14 October 1885 |