Born in Summerville, California (also known as Somerville) which was a gold mining community and is now a "ghost town") - parents and other siblings immigrated from Australia (parents were in New South Wales for a short time from England to the USA living in California, and Oregon before settling in what is now Nanaimo and Ladysmith.
Richard came to Northfield in 1883. He and his parents were considered to be one of the first settlers in Ladysmith area. He married Ellen Little May 23, 1899 in Naniamo, BC. (she was the daughter of John H Little & Sarah Trohear Hawthorne who were both born in England but met & married in Streator, Illinois. The Little's were also one of the first pioneering families in the area). Richard & Ellen lived with Ellen's parents in Wellington after they first married.
Richard was a miner at Wellington, Northfield, & he was mining at the Extension mine when the horrific Oct 1909 explosion happened & the strike that happened in 1912-1914.
Richard moved his family to (Oyster Bay) Ladysmith in 1903 when he was working at the Extension Mine, and then to the Diamond in approx 1910 - the family lived in a tent while he (was building his house - which was all timber that he cut from trees on his land(which was not more than a shack) - his third child Myrtle was born when they were still living in the tent. Richard lived at the Diamond until 1956 and then went to live in New Westminster, BC with his oldest daughter Sara (1817 River Drive, New Westminster. The house was right above the Scott Paper Mill - the house has been torn down - the "Skytrain" now runs through there).
The Diamond - was also referred to as Iveys Green making reference to the area that Richard & Ellen lived. Some of the ajoining land was turned into a Provincal Park, and was named Ivy Green. In the BC book of names and places - it is referenced that the park was named after Richard & Ellen Ivey; HOWEVER, the BC Government would not change the spelling of Ivy to the correct spelling of their last name. His three livng granddaughters were willed his land. They paid taxes on it for years,and eventually sold the land to the BC Government - who eventually turned this land over to the First Nations people.
Richard & Ellen were the first rural mail carriers north to Yellow Point & Cedar. They delivered the mail by horse and buggy. Although RIchard is listed as delivering the mail it was actually Ellen that did.
Richard was well known for his large vegetable & flower garden in the area.
Richard lived a healthy life and was not sick - he had a heart attack and died suddenly.
Richard & Ellen
Family Plot: buried with wife Ellen (Little) Ivey, and children Grace (Ivey) Fee, and Myrtle (Ivey) Duncan. Son Richard's name is on the headstone, however, he is buried in the plot beside. The Ladysmith public works removed all "home made" markers, and replaced it with the stone that is currently there. Daughter, Myrtle's ashes were not added to the plot until after the the marker was replaced. The cement marker with the name Ivey is actually from what was originally on his parents plot (Simon & Delia).
Ashes buried in the plot beside Richard & Ellen Ivey (plot is currently unmarked) son: Richard (Dick) Ivey; daughter: Sara Adele (Ivey) Yearley, and grandson Glen Stuart Yearley.
Decendant last names include but are not limited to:
Yearley, Fee, Duncan, Reid, Griffiths, Ricard, Csanyi, Wu,
Milton, Carter, Wight, Nguyen, Penner, Tukham, Hamilton, Vernon, Burton, Norcott, Cue
Death Certificate shows his birthday as Jan 15 other records show date of birth Jan 20 and some Jan 22. His birthday was the same as his granddaughter-Helen (Yearley) Reid Cousins. Death Certificate info was provided by his daughter Sara (Ivey) Yearley.
Richard came to Northfield in 1883. He and his parents were considered to be one of the first settlers in Ladysmith area. He married Ellen Little May 23, 1899 in Naniamo, BC. (she was the daughter of John H Little & Sarah Trohear Hawthorne who were both born in England but met & married in Streator, Illinois. The Little's were also one of the first pioneering families in the area). Richard & Ellen lived with Ellen's parents in Wellington after they first married.
Richard was a miner at Wellington, Northfield, & he was mining at the Extension mine when the horrific Oct 1909 explosion happened & the strike that happened in 1912-1914.
Richard moved his family to (Oyster Bay) Ladysmith in 1903 when he was working at the Extension Mine, and then to the Diamond in approx 1910 - the family lived in a tent while he (was building his house - which was all timber that he cut from trees on his land(which was not more than a shack) - his third child Myrtle was born when they were still living in the tent. Richard lived at the Diamond until 1956 and then went to live in New Westminster, BC with his oldest daughter Sara (1817 River Drive, New Westminster. The house was right above the Scott Paper Mill - the house has been torn down - the "Skytrain" now runs through there).
The Diamond - was also referred to as Iveys Green making reference to the area that Richard & Ellen lived. Some of the ajoining land was turned into a Provincal Park, and was named Ivy Green. In the BC book of names and places - it is referenced that the park was named after Richard & Ellen Ivey; HOWEVER, the BC Government would not change the spelling of Ivy to the correct spelling of their last name. His three livng granddaughters were willed his land. They paid taxes on it for years,and eventually sold the land to the BC Government - who eventually turned this land over to the First Nations people.
Richard & Ellen were the first rural mail carriers north to Yellow Point & Cedar. They delivered the mail by horse and buggy. Although RIchard is listed as delivering the mail it was actually Ellen that did.
Richard was well known for his large vegetable & flower garden in the area.
Richard lived a healthy life and was not sick - he had a heart attack and died suddenly.
Richard & Ellen
Family Plot: buried with wife Ellen (Little) Ivey, and children Grace (Ivey) Fee, and Myrtle (Ivey) Duncan. Son Richard's name is on the headstone, however, he is buried in the plot beside. The Ladysmith public works removed all "home made" markers, and replaced it with the stone that is currently there. Daughter, Myrtle's ashes were not added to the plot until after the the marker was replaced. The cement marker with the name Ivey is actually from what was originally on his parents plot (Simon & Delia).
Ashes buried in the plot beside Richard & Ellen Ivey (plot is currently unmarked) son: Richard (Dick) Ivey; daughter: Sara Adele (Ivey) Yearley, and grandson Glen Stuart Yearley.
Decendant last names include but are not limited to:
Yearley, Fee, Duncan, Reid, Griffiths, Ricard, Csanyi, Wu,
Milton, Carter, Wight, Nguyen, Penner, Tukham, Hamilton, Vernon, Burton, Norcott, Cue
Death Certificate shows his birthday as Jan 15 other records show date of birth Jan 20 and some Jan 22. His birthday was the same as his granddaughter-Helen (Yearley) Reid Cousins. Death Certificate info was provided by his daughter Sara (Ivey) Yearley.
Born in Summerville, California (also known as Somerville) which was a gold mining community and is now a "ghost town") - parents and other siblings immigrated from Australia (parents were in New South Wales for a short time from England to the USA living in California, and Oregon before settling in what is now Nanaimo and Ladysmith.
Richard came to Northfield in 1883. He and his parents were considered to be one of the first settlers in Ladysmith area. He married Ellen Little May 23, 1899 in Naniamo, BC. (she was the daughter of John H Little & Sarah Trohear Hawthorne who were both born in England but met & married in Streator, Illinois. The Little's were also one of the first pioneering families in the area). Richard & Ellen lived with Ellen's parents in Wellington after they first married.
Richard was a miner at Wellington, Northfield, & he was mining at the Extension mine when the horrific Oct 1909 explosion happened & the strike that happened in 1912-1914.
Richard moved his family to (Oyster Bay) Ladysmith in 1903 when he was working at the Extension Mine, and then to the Diamond in approx 1910 - the family lived in a tent while he (was building his house - which was all timber that he cut from trees on his land(which was not more than a shack) - his third child Myrtle was born when they were still living in the tent. Richard lived at the Diamond until 1956 and then went to live in New Westminster, BC with his oldest daughter Sara (1817 River Drive, New Westminster. The house was right above the Scott Paper Mill - the house has been torn down - the "Skytrain" now runs through there).
The Diamond - was also referred to as Iveys Green making reference to the area that Richard & Ellen lived. Some of the ajoining land was turned into a Provincal Park, and was named Ivy Green. In the BC book of names and places - it is referenced that the park was named after Richard & Ellen Ivey; HOWEVER, the BC Government would not change the spelling of Ivy to the correct spelling of their last name. His three livng granddaughters were willed his land. They paid taxes on it for years,and eventually sold the land to the BC Government - who eventually turned this land over to the First Nations people.
Richard & Ellen were the first rural mail carriers north to Yellow Point & Cedar. They delivered the mail by horse and buggy. Although RIchard is listed as delivering the mail it was actually Ellen that did.
Richard was well known for his large vegetable & flower garden in the area.
Richard lived a healthy life and was not sick - he had a heart attack and died suddenly.
Richard & Ellen
Family Plot: buried with wife Ellen (Little) Ivey, and children Grace (Ivey) Fee, and Myrtle (Ivey) Duncan. Son Richard's name is on the headstone, however, he is buried in the plot beside. The Ladysmith public works removed all "home made" markers, and replaced it with the stone that is currently there. Daughter, Myrtle's ashes were not added to the plot until after the the marker was replaced. The cement marker with the name Ivey is actually from what was originally on his parents plot (Simon & Delia).
Ashes buried in the plot beside Richard & Ellen Ivey (plot is currently unmarked) son: Richard (Dick) Ivey; daughter: Sara Adele (Ivey) Yearley, and grandson Glen Stuart Yearley.
Decendant last names include but are not limited to:
Yearley, Fee, Duncan, Reid, Griffiths, Ricard, Csanyi, Wu,
Milton, Carter, Wight, Nguyen, Penner, Tukham, Hamilton, Vernon, Burton, Norcott, Cue
Death Certificate shows his birthday as Jan 15 other records show date of birth Jan 20 and some Jan 22. His birthday was the same as his granddaughter-Helen (Yearley) Reid Cousins. Death Certificate info was provided by his daughter Sara (Ivey) Yearley.
Richard came to Northfield in 1883. He and his parents were considered to be one of the first settlers in Ladysmith area. He married Ellen Little May 23, 1899 in Naniamo, BC. (she was the daughter of John H Little & Sarah Trohear Hawthorne who were both born in England but met & married in Streator, Illinois. The Little's were also one of the first pioneering families in the area). Richard & Ellen lived with Ellen's parents in Wellington after they first married.
Richard was a miner at Wellington, Northfield, & he was mining at the Extension mine when the horrific Oct 1909 explosion happened & the strike that happened in 1912-1914.
Richard moved his family to (Oyster Bay) Ladysmith in 1903 when he was working at the Extension Mine, and then to the Diamond in approx 1910 - the family lived in a tent while he (was building his house - which was all timber that he cut from trees on his land(which was not more than a shack) - his third child Myrtle was born when they were still living in the tent. Richard lived at the Diamond until 1956 and then went to live in New Westminster, BC with his oldest daughter Sara (1817 River Drive, New Westminster. The house was right above the Scott Paper Mill - the house has been torn down - the "Skytrain" now runs through there).
The Diamond - was also referred to as Iveys Green making reference to the area that Richard & Ellen lived. Some of the ajoining land was turned into a Provincal Park, and was named Ivy Green. In the BC book of names and places - it is referenced that the park was named after Richard & Ellen Ivey; HOWEVER, the BC Government would not change the spelling of Ivy to the correct spelling of their last name. His three livng granddaughters were willed his land. They paid taxes on it for years,and eventually sold the land to the BC Government - who eventually turned this land over to the First Nations people.
Richard & Ellen were the first rural mail carriers north to Yellow Point & Cedar. They delivered the mail by horse and buggy. Although RIchard is listed as delivering the mail it was actually Ellen that did.
Richard was well known for his large vegetable & flower garden in the area.
Richard lived a healthy life and was not sick - he had a heart attack and died suddenly.
Richard & Ellen
Family Plot: buried with wife Ellen (Little) Ivey, and children Grace (Ivey) Fee, and Myrtle (Ivey) Duncan. Son Richard's name is on the headstone, however, he is buried in the plot beside. The Ladysmith public works removed all "home made" markers, and replaced it with the stone that is currently there. Daughter, Myrtle's ashes were not added to the plot until after the the marker was replaced. The cement marker with the name Ivey is actually from what was originally on his parents plot (Simon & Delia).
Ashes buried in the plot beside Richard & Ellen Ivey (plot is currently unmarked) son: Richard (Dick) Ivey; daughter: Sara Adele (Ivey) Yearley, and grandson Glen Stuart Yearley.
Decendant last names include but are not limited to:
Yearley, Fee, Duncan, Reid, Griffiths, Ricard, Csanyi, Wu,
Milton, Carter, Wight, Nguyen, Penner, Tukham, Hamilton, Vernon, Burton, Norcott, Cue
Death Certificate shows his birthday as Jan 15 other records show date of birth Jan 20 and some Jan 22. His birthday was the same as his granddaughter-Helen (Yearley) Reid Cousins. Death Certificate info was provided by his daughter Sara (Ivey) Yearley.
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