Broomfield, Jean Evelyn (Miller) (Dunsmore)
(1) Albert Dunsmore
(2) Alexander Derward Broomfield, Jr. (Derward)
__ __May, Louise, Beth, Bill, Bob __Janelle, Marilyn
Jean Evelyn Miller was born on August 14, 1914 in Rossland, BC to William Stewart Miller II and Evelyn (nee Hyatt). She came to Princeton in 1919 and attended school at Copper Mountain. She undertook nurse training at St. Paul’s School of Nursing in Vancouver, BC. She married Albert Nelson Dunsmore in 1936. They had a son, John born in North Vancouver in 1945 and a daughter, Marilyn. They moved to Copper Mountain in 1946. In 1954, Albert became ill with cancer and Jean took over the job of Copper Mountain Community Nurse. Albert passed away in 1956. Following the mine closure in 1957 she met and married Alexander Derward Broomfield, Jr. (Derward) in June of 1957 and moved to Princeton. Their daughter, Janelle, was born in Princeton in 1958. During this time, Jean worked on-call at the Princeton General Hospital. She died on March 31, 1984 in Princeton, BC having retired earlier to MacKenzie (Liard) Lake. She was survived by three sisters (May Savage of Calgary, AB, Louise Mullin and Beth Norman of Princeton, BC and two brothers (Bill Miller of Princeton, BC, and Bob Miller of Tungsten, NWT).
Death registration (BC Archives); POV p. 322-3, 272-4 & 475.