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Colonial Settlers : Horatio and Lucinda Webb | |||||||||
The Land | Chilliwack's first historian, Horatio Webb (1852-1936) arrived in Chilliwack in 1870. His brother-in-law, George Ashwell, was already in Canada when Webb made the decision to leave England. Webb first worked as a farmhand for Jonathan Reece. He eventually purchased land in Sardis. In 1873, he promoted the first plowing match in the Fraser Valley and won first prize. He was one of the first promoters of the Chilliwack Fair and was a life member of the Victoria, Chilliwack and Canadian Pacific Exhibition Association Fair Boards. He married Lucinda Hopkins (1850-1920) in 1875 in Jonathan Reece's home. The couple had seven children. It was the first double wedding of the Valley, David T. Nelmes and Annie Danbrook being the other couple. In 1872, Webb purchased property in Sardis from A.C. Wells. He assisted in bringing the material for the first Anglican Church, by canoe, from Port Douglas in 1873. He worked as Deputy Sheriff, assessor and collector for the municipality. |
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P443- Formal portrait of Horatio Webb | |||||||
P56- Formal portrait of Lucinda Webb | |||||||||
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