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M Robert Edward (R.E.) Gosnell

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Information from Jeff Gosnell, Gosnell and Butterfield Family Genealogy Pages, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project and Chris Gosnell, home.earthlink.net.

1871 personal census, Melancthon Twp, Grey Co., ON, D1-52:
Gosnell John, M, Married, 46, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Presb, Farmer;
Margret, F, Married, 54, born Scotland, origin; Scotch, C Presb;
Joseph, M, 22, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Presb, Blacksmith;
James, M, 11, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Presb, Farmer;
John, M, 16, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Presb;
Edward, M, 11, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Presb, going to school.

1881 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Gosnell James, M, Married, 56, born Quebec, origin: Irish, Presbyterian, Farmer;
Margret, F, Married, 62, born Scotland, origin: Scottish, Presbyterian;
James, M, 28, born Quebec, origin: Irish, Presbyterian;
John, M, 26, born Quebec, origin: Irish, Presbyterian, Painter;
Edward, M, 22, born Quebec, origin: Irish, Presbyterian, School Teacher.

1901 personal census, Victoria, BC, D6-4:
Gosnell Edward, M, Widowed, 14 Aug 1860, 40, born Que, origin: Irish, Can, Presb, Statistian;
Vera, F, daughter, Single, 31 July 1888, 13, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Cath R.

Index to Marriage Record, Vancouver, BC, from BC Archives Vital Events Index on-line:
R. Edward Gosnell died 5 August 1931 age 71.

Chris writes:
Upon falling ill in Ottawa, "Ed" went to live with his daughter and her husband in Vancouver, where he died.
R. Edward Gosnell was educated in Ontario and worked first as a school teacher before becoming a journalist. In 1888 he moved to British Columbia and in 1893 was appointed as the first permanent Legislative Librarian of British Columbia. In this position he published the Year Book of British Columbia and Manual of Provincial Information as his part of the campaign to establish British Columbia as a place of note on the map of the still expanding British Empire. The 1901 edition of this work is available on-line. Later he became the editor of the Victoria Colonist and then the provincial archivist. He was secretary to Dunsmuir and succeeding premiers. In his later years, he worked as a freelance journalist. He was also an historian, an ardent imperialist, and a founding member of Vancouver's premier amateur learned society, the Art, Historical and Scientific Association (AHSA). Like many others, he firmly believed that British Columbia's destiny lay as a greater Britain on the Pacific, where British arts and institutions will expand under fresh impetus, "where the British flag will forever fly".

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Joseph (Gosneld) Gosnell ca 1789-1830   Esther (Hattie) Morgan ca 1792-1877    
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John F. Samuel Gosnell 1824-1902   Margaret Fachnie 1816-1907
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Robert Edward (R.E.) Gosnell 1860-1931