YMIR BIRTHS 1897-1903

Up to and including 1903, 45 births were registered in Ymir. Dr. G. Edward Duncan delivered 31
of them, and Dr. Keller four. The first was Donald Ymir Mathers, born there on 19 Jun 1897 and
died there on 20 Jun 1898. The following information is gleaned from vital events registrations.
Name
Donald Ymir Mathers
Heber Myron Moreland
Paul Houson Hull
John Arthur Philbert
Rodney Leopold Keller*
Shead (Rossland)
Hugh John Angus Ross
Richard Royle Clare
Steele
Charles Oswald Robson
Edith Doreen Desbrisay
Byron Clarence McIsaac
Herbert Wilson Jordan
John Ford Burne
Joseph Patrick Philbert
William Lionel Forrester
Jack Kenneth Desbrisay
Joseph Moriarty
Jacob Arthur Patterson
Charles Howard Johnson
Annie Calder McLeod
Amy Elizabeth Burne
Veronica Viola Lena Philbert
Nellie Viola Philbert
Axel Arne Saare
Eliza Jane Peters
George Henry Edwards
Gustaf Duncan Danielson
Arthur Chester ONeill
Eva Olive Diffin
Birdie Marguerite Blair
Albert Paul Desbrisay
Irene Bertha Young
Everett Manning Gille
Edith McLeod Grobe

Born
19 Jun 1897
25 Dec 1897
8 May 1898
7 Sept 1898
27 Nov 1898

Doctor/nurse attending
Dr. Pzant [?]
Unknown, Ymir resident
None listed
None listed
Dr. Symonds (Nelson) and Mrs. Walter

11 Jan 1899
6 Feb 1899

Dr. Herman L.A. Keller

Dr. Herman L.A. Keller and Nurse

2 Jun 1899
3 Sept 1899
7 Jan 1900
7 Apr 1900
13 Apr 1900
12 May 1900
6 Jul 1900
21 May 1901
21 May 1901
13 Oct 1901
5 Nov 1901
8 Nov 1901
13 Dec 1901
13 Dec 1901
13 Dec 1901
8 Jan 1902
27 Jan 1902
24 Feb 1902
1 Mar 1902
17 Apr 1902
6 Mar 1902
15 Mar 1902
25 May 1902
19 Jun 1902
27 Jul 1902
12 Aug 1902

Grace Clare
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. Herman L.A. Keller
Dr. Herman L.A. Keller
None listed
Dr. Symonds
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Mrs. Simson (nurse)
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
None listed
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan

Percy Franklin Jordan

Ethel Winifred Duncan
James Eugene Thomas
Blake Thomson Ross
Jessie Elizabeth McMaster
George Emil Pellent
Mary Eva Philbert
Mary Emiline Burgess
Mary Evelyn Burne
Marie Marguerite Boyer
James Leo Murray

18 Sept 1902
28 Sept 1902
5 Nov 1902
25 Nov 1902
22 Dec 1902
24 Jan 1903
21 Mar 1903
1 May 1903
23 Mar 1903
24 Jun 1903
4 Oct 1903

Dr. G. Edward Duncan

Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan
Dr. G. Edward Duncan

* Rodney Leopold Keller was the son of Dr. Herman L.A. Keller and Ada Elizabeth Chew. He
died on 22 Sept 1899.
The Kellers had a second son born on 2 Oct 1900 whom they gave the same name.