John Thomas Milsted

     John Thomas Milsted was born on Sunday, 16 November 1879 at St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. He appeared on the census of April 1881 in the household of James Marshall Milsted at 7 Market Passage, St. Leonards, Hastings, England. He is recorded as: John T Milstead, son, age 1, born St. Leonards, Sussex. He was found on a passenger list with James Marshall Milsted on 18 October 1883 on board board the ship, S.S. Polynesian, Port of Liverpool, England. He was entered as: John Milsted, child, male age 3, going to Québec. He appeared on the census of 25 April 1891 in the household of James Marshall Milsted at Muskoka Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada. He was enumerated as: Milstead, John, male, age 10, single, son, born England, both parents born England, Church of England, able to read and write. He appeared on the census of 10 April 1901 in the household of James Marshall Milsted at Chilliwack, District of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He was enumerated as: Milstead, T John, male, white, son, single, born 24 Nov 1880 in England, age 20, immigrated in 1880, of English origin, Canadian, Church of England, farmers son, able to read, write and speak English. He was found on a passenger list with James Marshall Milsted on 8 November 1907 on board the S.S. Virginian, port of Liverpool, England. He was entered as: Milstead, John, male aged 27, returning Canadian, married, single, farm labourer, born England, destination was British Columbia. He was recorded as: Milsted, John, male, son, single, born Nov 1878 in England, age 30, of English origin, Canadian, English Church, able to read, write and speak English. He and Grace Walls, daughter of John Walls and Alice Spence, were married by Archdeacon (?) Pentreath on Thursday, 16 May 1912 at the residence of James M. Milsted, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. F.H. Holt and Hannah Mary Milsted witnessed the marriage. He appeared as household head on the census of 7 June 1921 at McKenzie Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. He was enumerated as: Milstead, John Thomas, owns a 3 room wood house, head, male, married, age 41, born England, both parents born England, immigrated in 1883, Canadian, English, able to speak English, unable to speak French, Protestant, able to read and write, farmer. Grace Milsted, John James Milsted, James Marshall Milsted and Harold George Milsted also appeared in the household. John died on Thursday, 29 March 1923 at his home, Sumas Municipality, British Columbia, Canada, at age 43 years, 4 months and 13 days, of Double Pneumonia. E.S. Clark M.D. attended at the death. Grace Milsted was listed as the informant. He was buried on Tuesday, 3 April 1923 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.