Dornberg, William Benjamin
Birth Year:
1876
Death Year:
1932
Other Family Members:
Brother: Leo W. Dornberg
William Benjamin Dornberg was born on September 27, 1876 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He came to BC in 1896. He died on August 18, 1932 at his home on Haro Street, Vancouver.
He operated claims at Summit Camp (Rossland?). The government started to build a wagon road into the camp (May, 1913).
Brother: Leo H. Dornberg
At the time of his death, in 1932, he was developing a silver-lead mine at Treasure Mountain, west of Tulameen.
Member of Masonic Order.
References:
See file: Mines – General; Death registration (BC Archives); Similkameen Star, May 9, 1913, page 1 (excerpt from the RosslandMiner); Princeton Star, August 25, 1932, page 1 (obituary)