Dodd, William

He married Clara McCall on June 29, 1878 in New Westminster, BC.William Dodd was the father of Leonard Alleyne Dodd and William Ernest Dodd.

Birth: 4 Apr 1837, Matfen, Northumberland, England {or Matfen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; articles conflict}
Death: 6 May 1921, Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC
Predeceased by:

• parents, John and Margaret (Dobson) Dodd
• wife, Clara Louise McCall (from well-known family, United Empire Loyalist descendants), m. 1879; had 3 children

Education: public schools
Residences and timeline:

• Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, until age 25
• traveled to BC via Panama Canal – San Francisco – up the Coast – Victoria, BC
• Lillooet, BC; 1862
• went from Yale to the Cariboo district, worked in mining and prospecting, 9 yrs
• joined British Columbia Express Company, in charge of operations in Yale, BC; 12 yrs
• appointed as Government agent, assessor and collector, Yale, BC; 1886-1911 (resigned)
• acted as Justice of the Peace / Stipendiary Magistrate; from 1905

Memberships & affiliations:

• member, Union Lodge No. 9, New Westminster, BC
• member, Masonic Order “chapter and commandery”

Survived by:

• daughter, Miss Margaret Dodd; Victoria, BC

Interment: 7 May 1921, New Westminster, BC