Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Table of Contents Kitimat- Post Office Location - Nechako Centre, Kitimat, B.C. Postmasters Bio and Genealogy Kitimaat Village- Mission Kitimat- Post Office Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada Kitimat Post Office History Office Name: Kitimat Electoral District: Comox - Atlin (British Columbia) Established 1908-05-01 Closed- 1918-10-15 Name of Postmaster Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy George L. Anderson (Bio below) 1908-05-01 1918-10-15 Closed Opened May 8, 1952 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Edward Gordon Cronk Formerly Postmaster at Bamfield, B.C. 1952-05-08 Fredrick “Fred” Gordon Emmerson (Postmaster in 1963) Feb 1, 1955 This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made, in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada Location - Nechako Centre, Kitimat, B.C. Postmaster- F. G. Emmerson office opened Dec 1, 1954 Postal Station was permanently closed on 1967-04-08. Postmasters Bio and Genealogy Edward Gordon Cronk- 1926 he was City Clerk in Port Alberni Lived in Port Alberni in 1941, and attested at Nanaimo, served in WWII Fredrick “Fred” Gordon Emmerson served with the Air Force Overseas. spouse- Dorothy Muriel Willson, b- 1924, d- June 16, 2006 in Sidney BC daughter of Arthur and Bessie Willson George Levi Anderson b- June 15, 1866 in Rossmore, Prince Edward Co., ON d- May 10, 1942 in Chilliwack BC, age 75 farmer in 1901 census 1911 he is shown as a Rancher 1921 census in Kitimat son of Levi and Deborah Anderson George was married 3 times 1- Cora Elizabeth Bradford, married Oct 5, 1891 in New Westminster BC b- Quebec, age 23 when she married George d- bef June 20, 1898 daughter of William and Mary Ann Bradford son George E. Anderson b- Sept 12, 1896 daughter- Edith M. Anderson b- Mar 5, 1901, in BC (1 mo old in 1901 census) George was age 25, a Missionary at Kitamaat Mission at the time. Cora and George were one of the first white settlers in this area, coming ca 1891. He owned the “Pioneer Ranch” 1905 he was President of the newly formed Kitamaat Agricultural Society 2- Rhoda Anderson, married June 20, 1898 in Victoria b- age 13 1/2 in Kitamaat d- bef July 10, 1900 daughter of Charles Amos and Mary George shown as a widower, and now a teacher as his occupation 3. Martha Elizabeth Jane Anderson, nee Walker, married July 10, 1900 in Victoria BC b- Sept 7, 1860 in ON (age 56 in 1921 census) d- age 34, same as George, when they were married daughter of John and Elizabeth Walker son- Robert Walker Anderson b- 1906, age 14 in 1921 in BC daughter- Elizabeth Anderson b- Apr 1904 in BC I would assume Anderson Creek is named after this man. Kitimaat Village- Mission There was a Post Office at the Kitimaat Mission opened Mar 1, 1900, by Rev. George Henry Raley b- Feb 14, 1864 Barnsley Yorkshire, England (1862 in death cert which is wrong) birth registed Jan-Mar 1864 in Barnsley Reg Dist. d- Sept 14, 1958 at 5561 Olympic St. Vancouver BC, age 96 per death cert, but really he was 94 buried Sept 17, 1958, in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby BC Arrived in Kitamaat in 1893, as a Methodist Missionary at Kitimaat Mission Posted to Coqualeetza Residential School, in Sardis, which was run by the Methodists. 1921 shown as Prinicpal of this School Retired in 1934 He published a booklet titled “Our Totem Poles”, for Stanley Park in Vancouver in 1937 Son of George Jackson Raley, and Anne Emsley married Florence Maud Helena Giles May 15, 1890 Brockville, Leeds, ON b- Aug 25, 1868 Farmersville, ON d- 1939 daughter of John Godkin Giles and Caroline Feskey They had a Daughter- Edith M. Raley son George G. Raley After many postmasters it closed Apr 25, 1943 Kitimat- Aluminum Smelter Kitimat- Labour-Management Committee Kitimat- Post Office Kitimat- The Kitimat Ingot © Last modified: 2018/02/20 17:15by dlgent Log In