1860-01-01
Henry Maynard Ball
(1825-1897)
Assistant gold commissioner and stipendiary magistrate for the Lytton district from 1859, also in Kootenays and Quesnel, BC Legislative Council member from 1867.
1860-01-16
George Hills
(1816-1895)
First bishop (1859-92) of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia which included the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.
1860-02-10
George Landvoigt
(?-1878)
Hope merchant, postmaster in 1868.
1860-03-10
John Carmichael Haynes
(1831-1888)
Irish immigrant, served as gold commissioner, justice of the peace, customs collector, and member of the Legislative Council.
1860-03-12
Philip Henry Nind
(1831-1896)
Gold commissioner and Justice of the Peace for the Cariboo District (1860-66).
1860-03-24
Robert Burnaby
(1828-1878)
Civil servant, secretary to Richard Moody of the Royal Engineers, commission merchant, legislator.
1860-03-26
halo muckamuck
Chinook jargon meaning “no food” or “nothing to eat”.
1860-04-03
Henry Reynolds Luard
(1828-1870)
Captain with the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, 1858 to 1863, returned to England in 1863.
1860-04-20
John Fall Allison
(1825-1897)
Miner, Justice of the Peace and Gold Commissioner for the Similkameen District.
1860-05-12
Edgar Dewdney
(1835-1916)
Civil engineer, oversaw construction of the “Dewdney Trail”, elected to the Legislative Council of BC (1870), MP for Yale, BC (1872, 1874, 1878), Indian Commissioner and Lieutenant-Governor of North-West Territories (1881-88), Lieutenant-Governor of BC (1892-97).
1860-05-14
Dewdney Trail
Trail linking Fort Hope with Galbraith’s Ferry (later Fort Steele) and Wild Horse Creek gold mining area in Kootenay region. Constructed 1861 to 1865.
1860-05-17
tenas
Chinook jargon meaning “small” or “little”.
1860-05-19
John Sheepshanks
(1834-1912)
Anglican missionary in BC, rector of New Westminster and chaplain to the Royal Engineers.
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Peter O’Reilly’s 1860 diary has been transcribed by volunteers and staff of the Vancouver Island Local History Society and is for informational purposes only. Researchers interested in this diary are advised to consult the original document housed at the Royal British Columbia Museum & Archives, found in MS-2894, the O’Reilly family fonds.