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BIRTH: 1852 (Ste. Martine, QB) | ||
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Louis Morand came to
the Okanagan in 1882 and made friends with the French-Candian settlers
in White Valley very fast. On July 27th, 1885, Morand and his partner
Quinn Faulkner, took up land
(lot 183) some of which today is the Catt Ranch. On February 22nd, 1887,
the land was abandoned although Faulkner still lived there. The same day
it was filed for again but only by Faulkner. At this time Morand was contracting
with Fred Barnes in Vernon.
Morand was married to Salome Quesnel on April 4th,1888, at Louis
Christien's house. Later that year, Louis bought 40 acres of land
from Faulkner. Together the two men laid out a town site. The first
time it was called Lumby was August 25th, 1892. In 1892 Faulkner received
a permit to build a 40x40 foot two story building. The contractors were
Morand and Barnes. The name was to be the "Ramshorn". The Morands moved
in some time in early December. The total cost was $7,500. In 1902 Morand
sold the Ramshorn to T. A. Norris. Almost immediately he built a new
building beside it called the "Morand", It was more of a boardhouse
than a hotel.
The Morands had 6 children, Blanche, Rose, Clara, Richard, Wilfred
and Irene. When the telephone company brought a phone line to Lumby
in 1912, the switchboard was placed in the Morand Hotel. Irene and Clara
ran the Switchboard.
Louis passed away after a lingering illness in 1916 and is buried
in the Lumby Cemetery. Salome went on to marry A. Sideleau. They moved
to Victoria where Mr. Sideleau passed away. Salome then moved back to
Lumby where she passed away in 1939.
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