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Colonial Settlers : David Thomas & Annie Nelmes
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Born in Woodstock, Ontario, David Nelmes (1850-1923) tasted adventure as a soldier for the Queen's Own Rifles starting at the age of 16. In 1870, after his 1869 discharge, he left for the west, traveling to Chilliwack via New York, the Isthmus of Panama, San Francisco and Victoria. He came to Chilliwack to join his sister, Mary Ann, who had married Isaac Kipp in 1865. He owned a farm about 4 kilometers from Chilliwack in Cheam.

In 1875, he married Annie Danbrook (ca. 1852-1927), of Ontario. Annie Danbrook had traveled west from Ontario with Lucy Ada Hopkins who came to marry Horatio Webb. The couple had eight sons and one daughter.

 Formal portrait of Mr. David Thomas Nelmes. P333
 
 
Formal portrait of Mr. David Thomas Nelmes.  P333
 
 

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