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					Colonial Settlers : William and Mary Jane Chadsey
			The Land Colonial Settlers Community of Villages Pre-emptions Agriculture Timelines Image Gallery		William Chadsey (1843-1906) was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario. In 1866 he married Mary Jane Town (1845-1936). The couple moved to Chilliwack in 1867 to join three brothers and a sister who had arrived earlier. They raised a family of twelve children. William along with brother James initiated a new method of hermetically sealing two, five and ten pound cans of butter that were shipped to the Cariboo gold fields. In 1868, William and his brother, James, reportedly shipped 2500 pounds of butter to the Cariboo gold fields. In 1869, 600 pounds were shipped. In the 1870s, the two brothers built the area's first gristmill that was, in 1880, relocated to Centreville (downtown Chilliwack). The Chadseys lived on a farm in the Sumas (Greendale) area. Mrs. Chadsey was an active member of the Methodist Church and the United Church.
								P452- Formal portrait of Mrs. Mary Jane Chadsey
								P453- Formal portrait of William Chadsey, c. 1866

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