Desrosiers, John B.
Birth Year:
1863
Death Year:
1937
J.B. Desrosiers was a builder and contractor who came from Greenwood, BC, in 1911. He was an ex-alderman of Greenwood. He made several trips to Princeton in 1912 and by July 10, 1912 he was living in Princeton permanently, attending a school district meeting in the school house in Princeton.
There was, in Princeton, a “Desrosier Apartments” in the 1930s.
He died June 21, 1937 in Princeton, BC. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Penticton.
References:
Similkameen Star, March 13, 1912, page 2; July 10, 1912, page 3; July 22, 1937, page 2; Death registration (BC Archives)