| Last Name: | Walbran |
| First Name: | John |
| Second Name: | Thomas |
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| Title: | Capt. |
| Sex: | Male |
| Birth Date: | ?Mar 23, 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Ripon, England |
| Death Date: | Mar 31, 1913 |
| Death Place: | Victoria, BC |
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| Branch: | Bellevue |
| Notes: | Master mariner. Published a book on the history and origin of British Columbia coast names.
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John T. Walbran was educated at Ripon Grammar School, until at the age of 14 he became a cadet
on the school frigate Conway, where he was trained for service in the British mercantile marine.
He graduated in 1864. After a three years’ apprenticeship under sail, he received his second mate’s
certificate in 1867 and his master’s papers on 2 June 1881. In 1888 he became chief officer on the
steamship Islander being outfitted in Scotland. Aboard it, he arrived in Victoria on 9 December.
Remaining in the service of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, he assumed command of the
Danube in 1890. The next year he joined the federal government’s Marine service and brought out
from Scotland its steamship Quadra, which he commanded until 1903, performing a number of services,
chiefly concerning lighthouses, buoys, and fisheries on the west coast, but also including hydrographic
research, the transport of police to deal with native troubles, and passage for Governor General Lord
Minto [Elliot] on a cruise to Alaska. Walbran retired from the sea in 1904 and settled in Victoria, devoting
himself to his hobby, tracing the origins of British Columbia’s maritime toponymy. This labour of love,
for which he had been gathering data since 1896, culminated in 1909 in the publication of his massive
British Columbia coast names, 1592–1906, the work upon which his fame rests. |
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| Individual record created: | Dec 28, 2008 at 11:42:58 PM |
| Individual record last updated: | Jun 24, 2022 at 5:08:18 PM |
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