We can also take a moment to think about those whose names and faces we don’t know, or remember, the young women who were integral to early settler life in Canada. and Clara Cameron are relatively well-documented and honoured. The contributions of Chipp, as well as W.F.

John Chipp passed away in August of 1893. Chipp’s daughter, Clara Cameron, was instrumental in the establishment of the Vernon Jubilee Hospital and his son-in-law, W.F. Here he became one of the city’s first doctors. When the ship arrived in B.C., Chipp set up a business in Barkerville before moving to Vernon in 1891. Alongside the 60 female passengers who traveled on the Tynemouth in 1862 was a man named John Chipp, who served as the vessel’s chief doctor. This interesting story also has a local connection. Sadly, many also faced lives of destitution and depravity in B.C.’s mining towns. Some married and started families, while others worked as governesses, midwives, and teachers.

The stories of approximated half the women who traveled overseas in the Tynemouth have been traced. “mostly cleanly, well-built, pretty-looking young women”Įven so, when the ship finally arrived in Victoria, the women were deemed “satisfactory”: the Colonist newspaper reported that they were “mostly cleanly, well-built, pretty-looking young women … Taken altogether, we are highly pleased with the appearance of the ‘invoice,’ and believe that they will give a good account of themselves in whatever station of life they may be called to fill.”

The brideship wife