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Thomas Brunsdon was born in Victoria, B.C., and resided in Esquimalt. He was an instrument shop foreman at Dockyard. His father operated the End House in old Esquimalt village.

Tom provided an oral history in 1991 and the transcript is available to view at the Esquimalt Municipal Archives.

The Brown family lived in Hedley, B.C., and were involved in mining at the Nickle Plate Mine. The house at 1182 Old Esquimalt Road (now 706 Warder Place) was built in 1913 for Percival R. Brown. Herbert P.R. Brown is a grandson of Percival.

Alice is the daughter of Mrs. W. H. Booth who lived at 923 Esquimalt Rd. from ca. 1920-1935, renting the house that belonged to the Wolfenden family. Mrs. Booth married a Canadian soldier in England during WWI. Mrs. Booth started the "Mothers Welcome" group.

The British Columbia Underwriters' Association was founded in Victoria in 1880, most likely under the name British Columbia Fire Underwriters Association. In 1928 the organisation changed its name to the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association, and again in 1940 to the British Columbia Underwriters Association.

The association promoted general safety and protection over insurable entities such as building construction, automobiles, and personal property. In its early years, the association's focus was on fire protection and insurance, later expanding to include other types of property protection.

(Elsie) Josephine Briggs was born in England in 1907 and came to Esquimalt in 1912. Her father, Joe Knight, was a deep sea diver and they lived in Dockyard. She married in Earl in 1927 and had three daughters. Josephine moved to Medicine Hat in 1994. The Knight and Ockenden families had came to Esquimalt together from England and lived nearby in Dockyard.

Tom Bown is a member of the Takata Gardens Society and collects images of the gardens as they were prior to World War II. Canadian Forest Service; British Columbia Museum 2 years; past 6 years Entomology Technician, Safer Ltd. Lived in Esquimalt 1968-1977, Esquimalt High School Grades 11 & 12. Served on Executive of Takata Japanese Garden Society. Married Linda Bown (nee Corbett), who was born in Victoria in 1954 and was educated in Esquimalt. She has been a teacher and worked in forestry and computers. She was a founding member of the Esquimalt Arts and Crafts Scholarship Foundation.