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Ruth Craven is the daughter of Harry and Kitty Craven, who came to Esquimalt from Portsmouth, England, in 1912. Harry Craven was a plumber at Dockyard. She passed away on August 17, 2021. Ruth provided an oral history in 1990 which can be viewed/obtained from the Esquimalt Municipal Archives.

In 1927 Emily's parents, John & Anastasia Cooper, came to Esquimalt from Halifax. John Cooper was in the Navy. Emily had nine siblings - Gordon, Jackie (Norby), Joan (Cross) (Fiddler), June (Helgeson), Gladys (Cudby), Pearl (Harper), Edward, Allen, Gary.

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