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Jock Waugh at the University of British Columbia 1927-1934
Jock Waugh's Powell River Years 1934-1943
The Waugh Family During World War II
The Waugh Family after World War II
The Waugh Family in California

John "the Joker" Waugh and Christina Orr met in Linlithgow, Scotland. Christina's father was a Shale Miner as was John Waugh. Their first child would have been conceived around December of 1891 while both families were still living in Linlithgow. John Waugh and Christina Orr were married on March 3, 1893, in Timberline, Montana. See the Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage. They had eight children: Elizabeth McCall Waugh (born September 29, 1892, in Belt), Elexies Millar Waugh (born December 28, 1894, in Belt), Agnes Waugh (born Sept 15, 1896, in Belt), Janet Lindsay Waugh (born March 20, 1898, in Belt), Violet Christina Waugh (born March 16, 1902, in Nanimo), John "Jock" Waugh (born August 8, 1906, in Nanaimo), William Waugh (born June 13, 1908, in Nanaimo), and Christina Orr Waugh (born March 4, 1910, in Nanaimo).

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
Elizabeth McCall	Sept 29, 1892	Belt, Montana	June 3, 1947	Nanaimo, BC
Elexies Millar	Dec 28, 1894	Timberline, Montana	Aug 20, 1956	Campbell River, BC
Agnes	Sept 15, 1896	Belt, Montana	Feb 27, 1965	Nanaimo, BC
Janet Lindsay	March 20, 1898	Belt, Montana	April 6, 1990	Campbell River, BC
Violet Christina	March 16, 1902	Nanaimo, BC	July 1, 1979	Nanaimo, BC
JOHN (JOCK)	Aug 8, 1906	Nanaimo, BC	June 13, 1980	Comox, BC
William	June 13, 1908	Nanaimo, BC	Jan 17, 1962	Powell River, BC
Christina Orr	March 4, 1910	Nanaimo, BC	Oct 16, 1991	Victoria, BC

S/S Gallia, Cunard Line

Built by J. & G. Thomson Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1878. 4,809 gross tons; 430 (bp) feet long; 44 feet wide. Compound engine, single screw.  Service speed 13 knots.  1,400 passengers (300 first class, 1,100 third class).One funnel, three masts, barque rigged for sail. Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1878 and named Gallia. Liverpool-New York service. Chartered by Compania Transatlantica Line, Spanish flag, in 1896 and renamed Don Alvaro Bazan. Reverted to Cunard later in same year. Stranded in 1899; later salvaged. Scrapped in France in 1900.

 

Ellis Island Passenger Record for John Waugh
Original Ship's Manifest for John Waugh's entry into the United States through Ellis Island Dec 20, 1892

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway c 1892

Map of Montana Railroads c 1892

John Waugh probably took the Great Northern Railway to Great Falls, Montana.

Map of Great Northern Railway in Montana showing Fort Benton, Great Falls and Belt c 1892

"The Depression of 1893 was one of the worst in American history with the unemployment rate exceeding ten percent for half a decade... The Depression of 1893 can be seen as a watershed event in American history. It was accompanied by violent strikes, the climax of the Populist and free silver political crusades, the creation of a new political balance, the continuing transformation of the country's economy, major changes in national policy, and far-reaching social and intellectual developments. Business contraction shaped the decade that ushered out the nineteenth century.

The depression, which was signaled by a financial panic in 1893, has been blamed on the deflation dating back to the Civil War, the gold standard and monetary policy, underconsumption (the economy was producing goods and services at a higher rate than society was consuming and the resulting inventory accumulation led firms to reduce employment and cut back production), a general economic unsoundness (a reference less to tangible economic difficulties and more to a feeling that the economy was not running properly), and government extravagance ."

From The Depression of 1893, David O. Whitten, Auburn University

John (the Joker) Waugh came from a large family of eight children. His sister Alexis (born July 13, 1874, at Daviesdyke, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland) had a baby girl on January 3, 1893, named Janet Lindsay Waugh (father unknown). Alexis married Edward (Ned) Pennykid (born June 14, 1863 in Bathgate, Scotland) on October 30, 1896, in the India Buildings in Edinburgh.

Map showing Great Falls and Belt, Montana, 1898

Janet Lindsay Waugh born on March 20, 1898, in Belt, Montana.

John and Christina moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, around 1899 (possibly with Betsy McCall and Samuel Orr). They probably would have taken the Great Northern Railway to Calgary, Alberta, and the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver. John and Christina bought the home at 471 Selby Street from Laurence Manson (the Manson residence of 471 Selby Street is now a registered Heritage Home with the City of Nanaimo). John worked in the coal mine in Nanaimo and later became a police officer for the town of Nanaimo. 

Nanaimo Harbour in the 1890s
Courtesy Vancouver Public Library

Nanaimo in the 1890s | Map of Nanaimo 1891

The Wellington Mine is closed. Most of the buildings at Wellington are moved down to Ladysmith by rail. An ambulance is bought by the Vancouver Coal Company, the first north of Portland. A lighthouse is established at Gallows Point on Protection Island. - from Nanaimo Timeline

John's brothers William (and his wife Catherine McLean), Andrew and Robert also came to Canada in the early 1900s and lived in Nanaimo.

The Vancouver Island census of 1901 indicates that John Waugh was married, 33 years of age, could not read or write, was Presbyterian and a coal miner. It also indicates that Christina was married, 32 years of age, could not read or write and was also Presbyterian. Both Samuel Orr and Betsy McCall were also living in Nanaimo at the time and that they had immigrated in 1899.

The Waugh Family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

1901 Census of Canada - Nanaimo, B.C.

Name: Samuel Orr Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 59 Birth Date: 15 Feb 1842 Birthplace: Scotland Relation to Head of House: Head Immigration Year: 1899 Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish) Nationality: Canadian Religion: Presbyterian Occupation: Coal Miner Province: British Columbia District: Vancouver District Number: 3 Sub-District: Nanaimo (South/Sud) Sub-District Number: G-2 Family Number: 6 Page: 1 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Orr 59 James McKenzie 38 Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556. Description: This database is an every name index to individuals enumerated in the 1901 Canada Census, the fourth census of Canada since confederation in 1867.

Elizabeth (Betsy McCall) Orr was living with her son James (22) and her granddaughter Agnes was in the household at the time of the census.

1911 Census of Canada - Nanaimo, B.C.
John Waugh & Family
John's occupation was Policeman

Name: John Waugh Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 41 Birth Date: Aug 1864 Birthplace: Scotland Relation to Head of House: Head Immigration Year: 1841 Tribal: Scotch (Scotish) Province: British Columbia District: Nanaimo District Number: 10 Sub-District: Nanaimo Sub-District Number: 24 Place of Habitation: Selby St Household Members: Name Age John Waugh 41 Christina Waugh 41 Elizabeth Waugh 17 Eleseeis Waugh 16 Agnes Waugh 15 James Waugh 12 Violet Waugh 9 John Waugh 5 William Waugh 2 Christina Waugh 1 Source Citation: Year: 1911;Census Place: Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia. Page 9, Family No: 116. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/index-e.html>. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460. Images are reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Description: This fifth census of Canada covers the nine provinces and two territories of Canada as of 1911: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, nationality, and origin. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1911 Census.

Note: The "James Waugh" above should be Janet Waugh.

1911 Census of Canada - Nanaimo, B.C.
William Waugh & Family
William's occupation is Storekeeper

Name: William Waugh Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 44 Birth Date: Oct 1866 Birthplace: Scotland Relation to Head of House: Head Immigration Year: 1910 Tribal: Scotch (Scotish) Province: British Columbia District: Nanaimo District Number: 10 Sub-District: Nanaimo Sub-District Number: 24 Place of Habitation: Selby St Household Members: Name Age William Waugh 44 Sarah Waugh 24 William Waugh 23 Jane Waugh 22 Ella Waugh 21 Daniel Waugh 18 Nobert Waugh 15 Thabe Waugh 14 George Waugh 11 Source Citation: Year: 1911;Census Place: Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia. Page 9, Family No: 115. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/index-e.html>. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460. Images are reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Description: This fifth census of Canada covers the nine provinces and two territories of Canada as of 1911: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, nationality, and origin. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1911 Census.

The "Jane" Waugh above would be James McLean Waugh (father of Daisy?), Ella is Elexies, Nobert is Robert
 

1911 Census of Canada - Nanaimo, B.C.
Robert Waugh (?)
Robert's occupation is Miner

Name: Nobert Waugh Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 31 Birth Date: Nov 1877 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Lodger Immigration Year: 1921 Tribal: Scotch (Scotish) Province: British Columbia District: Nanaimo District Number: 10 Sub-District: Nanaimo Sub-District Number: 24 Place of Habitation: Selby St Household Members: Name Age John Patterson 51 Elizabeth Patterson 46 John Patterson 23 Waller Patterson 17 Lean Patterson 13 Jeanie Willer 19 John Caytis 19 Rebert Caflowey 5 Edward Hall 14 Nobert Waugh 31 Wm Jas Curtis 26 Citer Lougherland 25 William White 27 Source Citation: Year: 1911;Census Place: Nanaimo, Nanaimo, British Columbia. Page 1, Family No: 6. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/index-e.html>. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460. Images are reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Description: This fifth census of Canada covers the nine provinces and two territories of Canada as of 1911: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, nationality, and origin. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1911 Census.

Robert married Matilda Milligan (born Jan 7, 1879, in  Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland) in Nanaimo on June 30, 1911, and later returned to Scotland where he died sometime after 1955. They had two children: John Waugh (birth date unknown) and May Waugh (born about 1913 in British Columbia).

William Waugh moved to Nanaimo (from Linlithgow, Scotland) soon after the death of his wife Catherine McLean in 1904. He lived on Selby Street and at 420, 7th St. Nanaimo. William and Catherine were the parents of James McLean Waugh and grandparents of James McLean "Daisy" Waugh. Daisy Waugh was a famous football player with the Naniaimo City Team, Vancouver St. Andrews and the Westminster Royals who was electrocuted in an accident in the Nanaimo coal mine (#1) on Dec 31, 1936, at the age of 24 leaving a widow (Ethel) and 3 month old baby boy. William Waugh died on Jan 18, 1947, in Nanaimo and Catherine died on Oct 17, 1963, in Nanaimo. James McLean Waugh died on March 10, 1966, in Nanaimo.

"Nanaimo had been very quiet, no special provincial police being there, although the city police force of two, had been reinforced by the addition of a few more. .."

The Vancouver Island Strike, B.C. Miners' Liberation League
From The Vancouver Island Strike by J. Kavanagh, 1912
 

Considerable damage is done to the surface workings of the Protection Island Mine when the S.S. Oscar, a small coastal steamer loaded with 1800 kegs of dynamite bound for the Britannia Mine, catches fire and explodes; this explosion breaks most of the windows in Downtown Nanaimo, but there are no fatalities. The City's first motorized fire truck is acquired, and the Fire Department's horses are retired. An underwater cable is laid between Newcastle Island and Point Grey to allow for long distance telephone service to the mainland. The final fall fair is held in September, and the Agricultural Hall is taken over by military authorities. - from Nanaimo Timeline

 

Harewood School opens. World War I breaks out. - from Nanaimo Timeline

 

Upper Left: Elizabeth (Lizzie) McCall Waugh, Upper Right: Elexies Millar Waugh
Lower Left: Agnes Waugh, Lower Right: "Bessie", Lizzie & Agnes at Brechin Beach, Nanaimo, B.C. c 1915

 

From Fighting for Dignity: The Ginger Goodwin Story - Chapter 3. The Big Strike 1912-1914

News from Nanaimo
From Hub City Nanaimo 1886-1920 by Jan Peterson

In December Arthur (Leighton) received news from Elizabeth Waugh from his law office in Nanaimo. She mentioned that the Beck and John Dick estates had been settled and that MLA William Sloan had been appointed minister of mines. She wrote about him and the Nanaimo scene:

He (Sloan) has made quite a record for himself since he received his appointment; the South Wellington Mines came out on strike again, and he settled it for them within one week. Some record, eh! Things in Nanaimo are pretty quiet this Xmas. It did not seem at all as it used to. Two days before Xmas about 70 Nanaimo boys who had enlisted left for overseas and I have a feeling that perhaps that accounted for the dullness...

William Waugh died of "senile decay" on November 2, 1916 in Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland, at the age of 81.

471 Selby Street, Nanaimo
Back row: Jock, Janet Lindsay & William Waugh
Front row: Violet, neighbour boy, Ramsey MacDonald (dog) & Chrissie Waugh

It is believed that the dog in the photograph was named Ramsey MacDonald (probably by the Joker) in honour of the socialist member of the British Parliament who would later become Prime Minister of Britain.

Nanaimo in 1918

Armistice is signed on November 11th, ending the First World War. The Wakesiah Mine is opened. A hoisting rope breaks in the Protection Island shaft of Number 1, causing the cage to drop 555 feet, killing 16 men. - from Nanaimo Timeline

John "Jock" Waugh became Principal of the Harewood School in Nanaimo in 1926 (when he was 19 years old). He attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1927-1934. In 1932, he was teaching at Ocean Falls, B.C.. After graduation from UBC he taught at Brooks High in Powell River before becoming the Supervisor of Schools for the Powell River District.

Jock Waugh at the University of British Columbia 1927-1934
Jock Waugh's Powell River Years 1934-1943
 

John "the Joker", Christina, Violet, Christina, William, John "Jock" and Janet Waugh
Waugh Family Home, 471 Selby Street, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada, c 1930

471 Selby Street Modern Photo

George Waugh died of "heart failure" on Nov 19, 1929, in Dalziel, Lanarkshire, at the age of 67.

Left to right: Agnes Waugh & Charlie Mottishaw (married Aug 8, 1923),
George Cassidy II, George Cassidy III, Violet Waugh & Chrissie Waugh

The UBC Soccer Team played the Nanaimo Team on March 6, 1934. This placed Jock Waugh on the team opposite Daisy Waugh.

Daisy Waugh Scores Again
From the Ubyssey, March 6, 1934

Jock Waugh at the University of British Columbia 1927-1934
Jock Waugh's Powell River Years 1934-1943

Postcard from Agnes & Charlie Mottishaw to John Waugh, Aug. 23, 1939,
on a trip to visit  Uncle Tommy Orr

Mrs. John Waugh Funeral Service is Held Today, Nanaimo District Free Press, October 15, 1940 (pdf)

Private funeral services were hold today for Mrs. Christina Waugh, aged 71, who passed away suddenly at her residence on Selby Street Sunday Morning. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Mrs. Waugh had been a resident of Nanaimo for the past 40 years. She came to British Columbia from Montana. Surviving her are her husband, two sons, John and William of Powell River; six daughters, Mrs. W. Newbury of Nanaimo; Miss Elexies, at home; Mrs. Charles Mottishaw, of Los Angeles; Mrs. George Cassidy, ofCedar District; Miss Violet Waugh, of Victoria; and Miss Christina Waugh, at home; one brother Thomas, of Billings, Montana. Three grandchildren also survive her.

Private funeral services were held from the residence at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Pall-bearers were Harry Martin, John McKenzie, Wyman Walkem, George Addison, Frank Cunliffe, Ernest Booth. Re. E. G. McDonald officiated. Internment was in the family plot in the Nanaimo cemetery. Westwood Hirst Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Jock Waugh enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on November 29, 1943, and was immediately transferred to Camp Borden, Ontario, for training as a Flying Officer (Navigator) aboard the Lancaster bombers. See The Waugh Family During World War II. His father (John "the Joker" Waugh) died a few days later on December 3, 1943.

John Waugh Dies At Noon, December 3, 1943 (pdf)

Following a protracted illness John Waugh, 76, resident of Nanaimo for 45 years, died at Nanaimo General Hospital at Noon today. Native of Linlithgowshire, Scotland, Mr. Waugh first came to Ontario from the Old Land, but, moved to Nanaimo after 4 years' residence in the eastern province (ed. note - the "Joker" was not known to have lived in Ontario). Since coming here he had been identified with the local coal mines, and had also been a city police officer.He was formerly active in sports, and was president of the Nanaimo Football Club in the heyday of that organization. He was a member of the Vancouver Caledonian Society and was registered as champion B. C. quoiter in 1928. He was an ardent amateur gardener.

His wife pre-deceased him, her death occuring on October 13, 1940. He is survived by two brothers William Waugh, of Five Acres, and Andrew Waugh, of Vancouver, also several brothers and sisters living in Scotland. Immediate family survivors include six daughters and two sons. The daughters, Mrs. Wm. Newbury, Nanaimo, Elexies M. Waugh of Nanaimo, Mrs. Charles Mottishaw of Los Angeles, Mrs. George E. Cassidy of Milton Street, Miss Violet Waugh of Victoria and Mrs. Leo Lidiatt of Nanaimo. The sons are John, now enroute to an eastern point where he is to take special RCAF training, and William of Powell River...

The Waugh Family During World War II

George McLean Waugh, Ada Elizabeth Waugh (nee Harrison)
and their son George Edmund Waugh c. 1944

Dorothy Catherine Waugh c. 1944

Trip to Edmonton
Left to right: Dorothy Walton (nee Waugh), Albert Walton,
Norman Waugh, Isabell Waugh (nee Green), Ada Elizabeth Waugh (nee Harrison), c. 1947

Read more about George McLean Waugh and Ada Elizabeth Harrison

The Waugh Family During World War II