Chapter 3.3.6

Olive Goodwin

By Irene Young

 

            Olive was the fifth daughter of John Goodwin and Elizabeth Bramhill. She was born 16 December 1885 at Palmerston, Ontario. She died 11 March 1946 at Pouce Coupe, B.C.  

 

              Olive married Bertram Lewis Underwood, 4 June 1912 at Weyburn, Sask., he was born 2 April 1883, in Bruce County Ontario, son of William and Mary Underwood. Bert died 18 December 1944 at Pouce Coupe, B.C.

 

            Olive met Bert Underwood while visiting at her brother Eli at Colgate, Saskatchewan. Bert had come west from Ontario and was living with his brother Charles at the time of the 1906 census.

 

            Bert did claim a homestead under the Land Grants, his land numbers were - SE Quarter, Section16, Township 6, Range 15, West of 2nd.   This land was near Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

   

            Olive Goodwin and Bert Underwood were still living at Weyburn in 1927, so it would be after that when they made the decision to move their family to British Columbia. The dry years that the prairies endured during the late 20's, was a factor in their decision to leave, as did many pioneers who felt they could make a better living for themselves and their family by moving to where the land was considered to be more productive, with brighter future for them.

They settled near the town of Pouce Coupe B.C.

 

 

They had four children:

 

i. Norman Bertram Underwood, born 9 April 1913, at Weyburn, Sask, died May 1987 at Dawson Creek, B.C. Norman never married.

 

ii. Winston Maurice Underwood, born 1 November 1914, at Weyburn, Sask, died 8 September 1999 at Hythe, Alta. Winston never married.

 

iii. Elizabeth Mary Underwood, born 14 September 1916, at Weyburn, Sask.  She married Frank Gibbons, 4 May 1943 at Dawson Creek.  He was born April 1917 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. Elizabeth Mary Underwood and Frank Gibbons divorced in 1948.

            They had one child-

               i. Maurene Laverne Gibbons, born 16 February 1944 at Grand Prairie Alberta, 

         She married Brian Williams 11 January 1969 at Surrey, B.C

               Maurene and Brian had two children:

                        - Trevor D.H. Williams, born 1973

                        - Colin Bertram Williams, born 1976

  

iv. William John Underwood, born 10 Oct 1919, at Weyburn (no other information)

 

 

 

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