Oxley, Catherine (McLeod) “Kitty”
David Oxley
Catherine or Catriona “Kate” McLeod__Roderick McLeod __ __Cameron, Donald, Gordon
Catherine (or Katherine) known as Kitty McLeod was born in Glasgow, Scotland on February 11, 1909 to Roderick and Catherine or Catriona “Kate” McLeod. She became a teacher and lived at Blakeburn, B.C. One of her students was David Oxley. Only two years her junior, the two fell in love. After he finished school, they married in Blakeburn. Catherine continued teaching until the mines closed in 1940. They had three children: Cameron, Donald and Gordon. Donald drowned at Stirling Creek, Similkameen River in 1952, age 11. In 1953, the family moved to Cerro de Pasco, Peru, where David worked for an American mining company until 1974 when they returned to Canada. As of 2000, they were retired and living in Chelsea Gardens in Surrey.
POV Pg. 510, 511; email from Bishop Robert Redmile (family member) in 2009 to Diane Sterne