Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dawn-Ann KIRKPATRICK

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2406 - 33 Street SW, Calgary, AB

Notes:

According to dad (Brian W. Kirkpatrick), Grandpa George worked at Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He put gilt on the "fancy train." Worked there for 35 years in the Coach Shop. He also trained at the School of Fine Arts in Banff.

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On November 30, 2013 Dayel (Dale Jean Kirkpatrick) mentioned on Facebook that my Grandpa George Kirkpatrick and her dad, Samuel Thomas Kirkpatrick, saved each others' lives twice each. She says that George saved Sam from drowning twice and Sam saved Geo with cardio-pulimnary resuscitation CPR twice.

Residence:
Grandpa lived here for all the years I, Dawn-Ann Kirkpatrick, knew him.

George married Inez Jean WOOD on 24 Aug 1933 in Calgary, AB, Canada. Inez (daughter of David Vincent WOOD and Maud Mabel CRAM) was born on 22 Dec 1914 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 4 Jul 1995 in Ladner, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 11 Jul 1995 in Mountain View Cemetery, Calgary, AB, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1916, 2418 - 33 Street, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 1916 Canada Census shows Inez's family living in Calgary

Notes:

According to Jeanette (Wood) Hunter, Inez was the only one of her siblings born in Canada.

November 15, 2012 - talk with Brian Kirkpatrick
Inez went to dance school in Calgary. Miss Jean Gauld, late 1920s or mid-1930s. Inez could stretch her leg straight up and touch the top of the doorway with her toes. I do know grandma had beautiful long legs.

According to Archives Canada, "Jean Helen Gauld, 1902?-1984, moved to Calgary, Alberta with her father around 1914. She won many awards for her Highland dancing, and by the age of 14 established herself as a professional dance instructor. She expanded her range to include ballet, ethnic, and modern styles. Later in her career she taught at Mount Royal College and the Montessori School of Calgary." There are photos of her in the Glenbow Archives, Calgary.

According to her son George, Inez was a Congregationalist in Calgary, later became United Church. (Not clear to me from my notes if the Congregationalist Church became the United Church or if Grandma did, hereself.) Also according to George, Mavis Deeves was Grandma's best friend growing up.

Notes:

James and Emma met at a dance at Bowe ranch. The attraction was strong and immediate, according to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick. Jim got on as a blacksmith and stayed with the Bowes for several years. When he first learned about this opportunity, he "rushed to find Emma. She was in the kitchen alone, when he told her the news she threw up her Hands and shouted Huray, then she threw a Pair of Powerful Arms around him and Put a Seal on their Future Lives, a Seal that was never Broken."

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Ad in the Ashcroft Journal (?), dated February 3, 1900 says:
"RESTAURANT! Next door to Cargile Hotel. Open day and night. Meals 25c. J. D. Kirkpatrick."

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Died:
Obituary says:

James Douglas Kirkpatrick, 66 years of age, 2437 Thirty-first Street West, died in a local hospital, Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Deceased was born at Spence's Bridge, B.C., and came to Alberta in 1917, residing in Redcliff. He moved to Calgary in 1923, where he has since resided. He was well-known in the Caribou district, B.C., and was one of the pioneers of the Caribou Trail.
He is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. A. Salter, Mrs. A. Robertson, Mrs. J. H. Shortt, Mrs. J. Ison, and Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, all of Calgary, and Mrs. L. Menard, Fisher Branch, Man., and Mrs. John Colvin of Spence's Bridge, B.C.; four sons, Frank and John, Vancouver, and George and Sam, in Calgary. Three brothers in B.C. also survive. His wife predeceased him in 1925.
Funeral services will be held from the Armstrong funeral home, Saturday afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock, Reverend H. M. Horricks officiating. Interment will be made in Burnsland cemetery.

James married Emma BOWE on 29 Jul 1895 in Kamloops. Emma (daughter of Herman Otto BOWE and Caroline (Quilinick) PASHO* (BELLEAU?)) was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Alkali Lake, BC, Canada; died on 1 Apr 1925 in Calgary, AB, Canada; was buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, AB, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"In the meantime Emma was growing up on the Alkali Lake Ranch. She was born in 1872 and was the youngest child of Herman Otto Bowe and his native wife Quilinick - Caroline. She was a promising child and her parents expected great things of her. She completed all of her schooling in New Westminster and then went to Chicago with her father to see the World's Fair and to complete her music studies. She was a gifted musician and artist. She was also a keen horsewoman and could shoot a rifle with great accuracy. She had only been home a year or so when a group of musical Kirkpatricks came to surprise the Bowes with a visit. . . . They danced until day light and breakfast was announced by the voluntary cooks.
"The second night Emma Bowe went to the Indian Village which was less than a mile from the ranch house. She invited the young folks to come down and take in the dance. They were all good dancers, as they had been dancing for years in their own hall, so they came eagerly and had an enjoyable time. There was no discrimination, they mixed and danced and had more fun than the previous night."
~ Kirkpatrick Gold, June 15, 1992 edition

Sam Kirkpatrick says she was "remarkable ranch girl of a bygone period... she was more than a remarkable woman, she was a rare specimen of humanity. She was a planner, a manager."

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Conversation with Kae Larson at the 2013 Kirkpatrick Family Reunion:

When Emma eloped she was very sureptitious about it. She began secretly putting things into saddlebags in preparation. She rode for 2 days and 3 nights to Kamloops. By the time HOB caught up by stage, she was "wedded and bedded."

Her piano was hauled in by 9 pack horses. There were detailed instructions in German and English on how to move it and reassemble it.

Birth:
According to her marriage certificate.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses were Lawrence Quinsy (sp?) and Ida J. Kirkpatrick.

Married by E. Flewelling

Source: Wedding registration.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2418 - 33 Street SW, Calgary, AB, Canada
• Residence: 1902, Calgary, AB, Canada; Moved to

Notes:

Residence:
According to George Kirkpatrick, his grandson, this is where "Grandpa Wood" lived. ~ Dawn (Kirkpatrick) Turner, June 2013

Residence:
Dinner conversation with dad (Bud), Aug 30, 2012.

Grandpa Wood worked on the dam at Ghost Lake (on the Bow River near Calgary). He was a carpenter. Came to Calgary in 1902.

David married Maud Mabel CRAM. Maud (daughter of Ira David CRAM and Angeline WARD) was born on 8 Feb 1878 in Johnston (Manton?), Providence, RI, U.S.A.; died on 28 Jul 1966 in Calgary; was buried in Union Cemetery, Calgary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1911, Moved to Calgary

Notes:

Residence:
Per her grandson George W. Kirkpatrick.

Died:
Obituary

WOOD - July 28, Mrs. Maude Mable Wood, ages 88 years of 2408 - 33 St. S.W. Mrs. Wood was born in Manton, Rhode Island and came to Calgary in 1913, residing here ever since. Survived by two daughters, Mrs. James (Alfreda) Worrall of Didsbury and Mrs. George (Inez) Kirkpatrick of Calgary, and one sone, Malcolm of Didsbury, 11 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Services conducted by the Rev. Doug Walker Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at "The Hillside Chapel" (17th Ave. South West at Scarboro) CY FOSTER - GOODER Funeral Service. Phone 244-2106. Interment Union Cemetery.

Notes:

According to Samuel D. Kirkpatrick, in one of his letters, "In size, Grandfather Thomas was about five feet, eight inches, of light build."

According to jpkirkpatrick.com:
(Some of this is quoted from Uncle Sam's letters)

Thomas Gillham Kirkpatrick was born 3 November 1823 in Bond County, Illinois, and he died 7 May 1907 in Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada. As a young man he married on 24 March 1847 in Grant County, Wisconsin, to Esther Jane Stiles, daughter of Reuben and Eliza Stiles, who was born ca. 1832 in Michigan and died in 1851.

In 1849 came news of the discovery of gold in California. Thomas was one who was fired by gold fever. He told his story to his son Samuel, who wrote it down as nearly as possible as it was told to him.

"...Eventually I was married, and during our second year of married life, [came] the startling news of the great Gold rush to California and of course I was set on going. My wife objected, but I promised to come back in two years with a fortune, or send money for her to join me in California. She finally gave in, but nearly broke her heart when we parted, and so I left this beautiful young woman and a handsome baby boy behind, never to see them again. O dear God, why did I do it?

"Well we eventually got rolling, about a hundred strong, with 60 wagons, mostly 4 horse teams, some had oxen. There was 12 women and about the same number of children. There was nothing but hardships from the start to finish. There was sickness and death, there were rivers to cross, some could be forded, others where the stock had to swim, and we had to build rafts to take our wagons and supplies across. There were prairies where there was no wood to cook with, there were desert like plains where there was no water, there were mountains to climb, mountain passes where the snow laid nearly all summer, and there were no roads. Indians were numerous. Though they did not attack our train, they did worry us. On many occasions they watched from nearby hills as our train went by. Many trains had gone ahead of us, so their track was easy enough to follow, but there were several routes. The Northern trail led to Oregon. Well all went well till we reached the fork where one route led south, then there was a split in opinions. The southern trail was said to be better traveling, but much longer so a vote was taken, and a small party including one of the assistant wagon bosses voted to go south. The others said we better keep plugging on over the shortest route as we were far behind our schedule now. So our party was split. But the party I was with, all reached California. We did meet many people who became discouraged and turned back. All the way from Missouri to the mountains we met them every day or so. I sent letters by some of them to my wife.

"Well, when we finally reached California, we were too late for the gold, as all the good ground was taken, and hundreds of claims were staked that were no good. Those that got good ground were taking out millions of dollars worth of gold. Hundreds of men were working for wages, while thousands were in the hills hunting for gold. New towns were springing up in a dozen places, and the big demand was for lumber. That was my chance, there was lots of good timber and plenty of water for power, so I got busy on a saw mill, and by early fall I was operating at full capacity, and really coining money. The climate was ideal. I was elated, the world seemed bright, my future was assured, and I was happy, so began to make plans to get my wife and son to California. I kept on trying to get a letter through to her, but there was no organized mail service. Many letters started on their way East. Some went by boat to Panama where freight was being toted across the Isthmus from the Atlantic, where hundreds of boats were bringing freight from all parts of the states, and during all this time I never got one word from home. I decided, I would have to make the trip East so I made all arrangements for a man to run my business, and the Bank that had opened up, to handle the finances, and made enquiries as to the best and quickest way to make the trip.

"Then suddenly a letter arrived, a letter that was to change my whole life, from a respected business man, to an outcast, a ruined man. I opened the letter. It was not from my wife, but from the old Mason [his father-in-law]. It started off, 'Dear Tom, your wife is dead.' That was all I could read. I got up and walked. My eyes were flooded with tears. It was night time. I walked towards the mountains, I never knew where I went or how far. It was nearly morning when I got home. I had tried all night to think, to hope there was some mistake, yet I knew it must be true.

"It brought my bright happy world crashing down on me. I was ruined, my plans, my hopes, were all blasted forever. What was I to do? Where could I go? I had to leave California, with all my happy dreams behind. I had to go somewhere, anywhere, to try and forget the past, so I sold out everything I had for the best offer for cash...

"Yes, I had to go, so I headed north for Oregon, on foot. I had my rifle and a small pack sack. I took my time. I spent months in the mountains. I found an empty trappers cabin and made it my headquarters till spring, then I wandered on. In early summer I arrived at what is now Portland, Oregon. It was a thriving community. Business men, men of all trades and professions, farmers, laborers, they were all settling here, and the crying need was lumber. Small boats plying up and down the coast brought what lumber that was to be had but they must [have] more. When they found I was a Millman they called a meeting, and made me offers. They would furnish all the help I needed, the farmers would haul the logs, and they would take their pay in lumber later on. Well it seemed to me that it was my duty to go ahead with this mill, not for myself, but those honest hard working people that needed the lumber. I knew the timber was good and very plentiful, so I agreed, and we went to work. Some forty odd men turned out the next day, many first class carpenters, and that mill was erected in short order. I also got a planer from San Francisco, and so the huge water wheel began to roll. We turned out the finest dressed fir lumber any man ever saw. It was taken right from the planer and hauled away, and in due course all my bills were paid off. Then the money started rolling in, but it didn't last long.

"A tall and distinguished looking man called on me and we had a long talk. He was a lumber baron from the East. He made a fortune in lumber and was now looking for a new field of operation. He asked if I would be interested in selling my business. I told him I hadn't given it much thought, but every man will sell at a price. 'Perhaps you could make me an offer and see how our opinions compare in regards to value.' he said 'I have been here several days and looked the situation over and am prepared to make you an offer that I think is fair to both of us.' Then he made his offer, which seemed to me to be outrageously high, so I said, 'Give me the rest of the day to think it over.' So I went back to work and tried to think. Money was no object, as I had more California Gold in pack than I wished to lug around. In regards to the future, there was no future for me. I knew 99 men out of a hundred would have refused the offer, as it was a chance of a lifetime. Thousands of acres of the finest fir in the world lined the Oregon coast, yet my feet were beginning to itch. I had that old urge to move on, so I went over after supper and accepted his offer, providing it was not in gold, so he paid me in paper currency on the First National Bank. Then I walked out a free man, with my eyes turned to the mountains in the east. I did not wait for morning. With my rifle and pack sack, I headed east in the moonlight. It was tough going but I made it through in time where I could look down on the beautiful country that is the Yakima-Winatchi fruit belt. The country was new but there was a few farms producing wonderful crops. One man had all his land in hay and grain, as he had a contract with the US Army, who were all mounted, and had over a thousand horses at their post in Oregon, and was looking for a man to haul the hay and barley from Yakima, Wash. to the Dalles, Oregon. He made me a good offer, so looked around and found that mules could be bought and there were many heavy wagons that came in overland from the East. So with 6 mules and 2 wagons, I was in business again. This was a very interesting life. I soon had more than I could handle, and had to hire a man. Well I followed this life for a couple of years, then I thought perhaps it was about time to file on a piece of ground, so I went into the foot hills for several days, and found a dandy spot, with a stream of water for irrigation. I picked a spot for a house, a barn, a chicken house and other buildings. I would get cattle, horses and chickens, a garden and fields of hay and grain. So I went back to Yakima and when I got there, I found several hundred people congregated around the shopping centre of the one street. They all seemed excited. I thought it meant disaster of some kind. I thought an Indian War or perhaps international trouble, but when I reached the centre of the crowd where a man in buckskin garb was doing the talking, I became excited too. He was a Canadian trapper who was well acquainted with the country from the Oregon to the interior of British Columbia. He was telling of the fabulously rich gold strike in the Caribou country of BC, on tributaries of the Fraser River, some four to five hundred miles from the coast. Well it didn't take me long to sell out to the man that worked for me. I bought a dozen horses and equipment and loaded them with supplies and I was ready to go. A great many men from the Yakima Valley made the same move, and within a week we were moving. We hired the trapper as guide. The Army Commander at the Dalles sent a detachment to escort us through to the Canadian border, as this was Nez Perce Indian country and they were known to be very hostile to the whites...And so I left the United States of America, along with my citizenship to that nation, never to return."

By the early 1860's, Thomas was in business once again at Cook's Ferry (now Spence's Bridge) on the Thompson River in British Columbia. Here he and his second wife had a son in 1863. She was an Indian from the Spatsum Indian Reserve. Family tradition states that she was not well and before her son was a year old, she returned to her people on the Spatsum Reserve, leaving her son with Thomas. Her name is not known.

About 1866, Thomas took a third wife, a "fine young woman from further up the valley, the Snapah Reserve...They were united according to tribal custom, by appearing before old Chief Chin Chin, who was dressed in his official garb. His frilled buckskin jacket was decorated with bear claws, porcupine quills and eagle feathers. His cap was of skunk skin decorated with the tails of flying squirrels, the skull of a redheaded woodpecker and a rattlesnake skin band." By this wife, whose name we also do not know, Thomas had another son. But shortly after the birth of this son, she died.

Thomas married a fourth time to Emma Barr, whose Indian name was Quimetco. She had both Indian and Scottish ancestry. She was the daughter of Jimmy Barr, who was the factor at Fort Kamloops. Thomas and Emma had eight children. Emma died in 1892 in Ashcroft, British Columbia.

Thomas ran a ferry across the Thompson River for many years and when there was talk of a bridge, he seized the opportunity. He sold his holdings in the ferry, bought a farm in Venables Valley and built a sawmill to cut the lumber for the bridge. The bridge was built by Thomas Spence and the name of the town was changed from Cook's Ferry to Spence's Bridge. Thomas ran the mill for many years, with people coming from all up and down the Caribou Road to buy from it.

In 1886, Thomas built a small general store in Ashcroft, British Columbia. In 1888 he sold the store and bought land in Highland Valley. There he started an orchard and grew small fruits. After Emma died in 1892, Thomas sold his holdings in Highland Valley and Venables Valley.

Thomas was a vigorous man even in later years, as a note found in the Ashcroft (B.C.) Journal, November 4, 1899, testifies: "Mr. T. G. Kirkpatrick, age 71, on being requested to assist to load cattle at 11 o'clock at night flatly refused. As an excuse for his refusal he said he had been in the saddle for two days." After an adventurous and active life, Thomas spent his last years in Ashcroft, British Columbia, where he died on 7 May 1907. He had attained 83 years, 6 months and 4 days of life.

He was married to Esther Jane Stiles (daughter of Reuben Stiles and Eliza ???) on 24 Mar 1847 in Grant Co., Wisconsin.(176) Esther Jane Stiles was born about 1832 in Michigan. She died in 1851 in Wisconsin.

Died:
From the Ashcroft Journal, 1907:
On Sunday last an old pioneer of the Ashcroft District passed away in the person of Thomas G. Kirkpatrick at the ripe old age of 85 years. He was buried on Tuesday last. . . . One by one the province is losing its trailblazers and no matter what their failings may have been they were men and the great work they have done is becoming more deeply appreciated as the vast resources of the province are being unfolded to our view from day to day.
A grave on the hillside overlooking the river and scenes of youthful days in the guerdon of the old pioneer and all will unite in the wish that his rest may be deep and undisturbed.

Thomas married TGK 3rd wife (Jane?) UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1911, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Notes:

According to Kirkpatrick Gold newsletter:

Jean Barman has sent the beginning of the article about Herman Otto Bowe. It is from the book A History of British Columbia by R. E. Gosnel, Victoria, Author of General History, compiled by The Leewis Publishing Co., The Hill Binding Co., 1906.

HERMAN OTTO BOWE

Herman Otto Bowe, who came to British Columbia in 1858, attracted by the Fraser River gold excitement, and is now living at New Westminster, was born Dec 3, 1834, in Germany, his parents being John and Elsebe (Kruse) Bowe, both natives of the fatherland and representatives of old families there. John Bowe was a distiller by trade and followed that pursuit for many years.

Henry O. Bowe acquired his education in the schools of his native country, and when fourteen years of age put aside his text books to enter upon his business career. After a year spent as an apprentice in a grocery store he went on a sailing vessel and for four years sailed the seas. He then made his way to California in the spring of 1854 and followed mining for four years in Tuolumne County...
(The remainder of the article is in the fifth issue of Kirkpatrick Gold, pg 13, LK.)

In another issue (Feb 23/92):
HOB signed on with a sailing ship as a water boy. One family memory mentioned Helgoland, which is a small island north of Germany and to the south of Denmark. Perhaps this was the port from which he sailed. Nana says he sailed around the world three and a half times and then jumped ship in California.

Alfred Bowe says he travelled to the Yukon and then back, to BC. Nana says he ended up in New Westminster when news came of gold up the Fraser River.

HOB and his partner, Phil Grinder, pre-empted land at Alkali Lake and registered the first ranch in BC. The partners worked together to mine the creeks and they bought cattle and horses.

The smallpox epidemic hit the Cariboo in 1861/62 and after that HOB married and Caroline was the name he gave to his bride. She was an Indian Princess and the daughter of Chief Pasha. Her Indian name was was Quilinick. (The name Quilinick, Nana's spelling, is probably a phonetic spelling of the name. It is spelled differently in various sources e.g. in the 1881 BC census it is spelled Colenuk, in the 1891 census it is Calenick and Rhonda Alphonse spells it Kulinkia.)
(Probaby written by Lonna Kirkpatrick.)

Same issue, page 4, says that in 1904, after the death of Caroline, HOB married Mrs. Sarah Allkins (the widow of Mr. Charles Allkins). They lived on Queens Avenue in New Westminster.

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Phone call from Julia Blair on 30 Mar 2013: She mentioned that H.O.B.'s father died in Germany so his mother put him on a ship, as she couldn't support him. That's how he wound up sailing the world.

Residence:
According to the 1911 census. Street address looks like 707 Queens Avenue?

Died:
Last will and testament printed in Mar/94 Kirkpatrick Gold.

Obituary appeared in the Vancouver Sun, 24 July 1912:

PIONEER IN PROVINCE STRIKES LAST TRAIL
Royal City Sustains Loss by the Death of Mr. Herman Otto Bowe, Well Known Cattleman.

NEW WESTMINSTER, July 23 - Death yesterday claimed Mr. Herman Otto Bowe, one of the pioneer cattlemen of British Columbia, and a well known resident of this city. The late Mr. Bowe was 78 years of age and was born in Hamburg, Germany. He came to British Columbia from California and started a store during the gold fever at Big Bar, Lillooett, which he conducted successfully for several years.

In 1861, in partnership with Judge Elwin, he took up ranching at Alkali Lake, B.C., and is said to have been the first to enter the cattle business in British Columbia, or at least on the lower mainland, following up the business for fifteen years when he became a resident of this city. He was also known as a breeder of fast horses which was one of his favorite hobbies, and his Lillooet ranch became noted as one of the best breeding places in British Columbia.

In early years his task as a pioneer cattleman was an extremely difficult one. Judge Elwin, his former partner, supplying an equal share of the capital with which Mr. Bowe brought his first stock of cattle to the ranch. The first winter was a particularly arduous one, and half of the herd perished from insufficient feed. By persistent effort and honorable dealing he soon overcame his misfortune and prospered, disposing of his interests in the cattle industry three years ago.

He was highly respected by all who knew him as a man of unquestioned integrity and a factor in the upbuilding of the community and the province. Mr. Bowe is survived by his wife and three children, John Bowe, Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Hope and Mrs. Eagle of Vancouver. The funeral will take place from the undertaing parlors of Messrs. Murchie and Son, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

Herman married Caroline (Quilinick) PASHO* (BELLEAU?). Caroline (daughter of Chief (Paska*) PASHO*) was born on 5 Jun 1841; died on 14 Feb 1904; was buried in Alkali Lake Ranch, BC, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The smallpox epidemic hit the Cariboo in 1861/62 and after that HOB married and Caroline was the name he gave to his bride. She was an Indian Princess and the daughter of Chief Pasha. Her Indian name was was Quilinick. (The name Quilinick, Nana's spelling, is probably a phonetic spelling of the name. It is spelled differently in various sources e.g. in the 1881 BC census it is spelled Colenuk, in the 1891 census it is Calenick and Rhonda Alphonse spells it Kulinkia.)
Source: Kirkpatrick Gold, Feb 23/92

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Source: Kirkpatrick newsletter dated January 2004
(The April 2004 newsletter gives the author as being "Tanya.")

From: "Redwaterwoman"
To: "Bowe's online History"

Story of Quilinick

This was told to me by my mother Marcella, it was told to her by an Elder from Esketemc {Alkali Lake Indian Band}.

In the summer when the fish were running up the Fraser River near Little Dog Creek, Quilinck was a young baby, playing near the river. Her mother and a few grandmothers were busy fishing and tending to the fish. When they realized Quilinick had fell into the river. All panicked and tried their best to get her back, but she was swept down the river by the fast moving current.

The ladies had thought that they would never see her again, they decided to stand in a circle and call on the grandmothers and grandfathers for help. A white swan was said
to circle the ladies and fly down the river, the ladies followed the swan that flew overhead. The swan swooped down out of the ladies sight and was never seen again.
The ladies kept on going till they came over a small hill, to where the swan had swooped down, and there was Quilinck sitting on the bank, all wet but safe and sound, with four white feathers spread out around her.

[Dawn's note: Interestingly, the white swan shows up in Kirkpatrick history, too, though it is a symbol of an impending death with them.]

Birth:
Uncertain about birthdate and last name, but one person's family tree on Ancestry.com shows her last name as Belleau and BD as 5 June 1841. Don't know their source.

Notes:

Ira was a beltmaker, according to spoonergen.com

Ira married Angeline WARD on 4 Feb 1855 in Johnston, Providence, RI, U.S.A.. Angeline (daughter of Jonas WARD and Elsie Elizabeth STARR) was born on 26 Feb 1840 in Oxford, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.; died on 19 Dec 1899 in Johnston, Providence, RI, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Remarried a Mr. Wood after Ira passed away.