Coulthard, Esther (Merritt)
Birth Year:
1870
Death Year:
1954
Spouse(s):
John Oswald Coulthard
Esther Merritt was born on September 11, 1870 in Ontario. She married John Oswald Coulthard, who was a free miner in the Princeton area. The family was living in Roany Camp (on the Tulameen River, nine miles from its junction with the Similkameen River) in August of 1905. The family left the area in 1914 but returned at some point before 1932. She died on February 11, 1954 in Steveston, BC.
Esther Coulthard was a member of Vermilion Rebekah Lodge #24 on May 30, 1910 and she was a member of the Similkameen Historical Association in 1933.
References:
Death registration (BC Archives); Similkameen Star, August 19, 1905, page 1