Biographical Data
Springer, Benjamin Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Captain (MM)
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Birth	00/00/1842	Death	01/04/1898
Place	(nk)	Place	Vancouver
Area	(nk)	Area	BC
Country	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He married Mary Frances Miller and was the father of Mabel Ellen Springer and Eva Springer. He was the Manager of Moody's Sawmill in New Westminster BC. In 1879 he was the Secretary of the New Westminster Pilotage Authority. In 1883 he was appointed as a Marine Pilot in the Vancouver Pilotage District. In 1887 he was the Deputy Consul for Sweden and Norway at Moodyville BC.

 

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References
Mallandaine, Edward (1887); Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press; McKee, William C. (1978); Wilson, Hill (2005);
Last update
2013-03-04 00:00:00

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