Captain: John Horne, One of the 1st Captain's on the new Queens of Sidney & sister ship Queen of Tswassen, Vancouver BC Canada, 1960.
BC Ferries' first route, commissioned in 1960, was between Swartz Bay, north of Sidney on Vancouver Island, and Tsawwassen, an area in Delta, using just two vessels. These ships were the now-retired MV Tsawwassen and the MV Sidney.
John Horne of Victoria, Capital County, BC Canada was born on January 11, 1927 in England United Kingdom, and died at age 85 years old on July 25, 2012.
Albert Thomas Alsbury of Cypress St. Kerrisdale, in Vancouver County, BC Canada was born on April 21, 1904 in Dysart, Fife County, Scotland United Kingdom to John Alsbury and Annie Simpson Alsbury. He had siblings John Stewart Alsbury and David Simpson Alsbury. He married Mildred Caroline Alsbury in Vancouver, Metro Vancouver County, British Columbia Canada, and had children Thomas Bruce Alsbury and Mary Diane Wiesner. Albert Alsbury died at age 86 years old on July 21, 1990 at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver BC Canada in Vancouver, BC Canada.
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I compiled a small collection of Alsbury surname records including obituaries of family members and close friends. In the future maybe some of these records will be viewed & appreciated as intended. Hundreds of hours doing family ancestry research has been very interesting & rewarding. The first recorded instance of the surname Alsbury was in 1188
The Alsbury family name has been found in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Scotland
Notable people with the surname Alsbury
A. Thomas Alsbury: Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1959 to 1962
Juana Navarro Alsbury: Nurse for Jim Bowie at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836
Michael Alsbury: American commercial astronaut. J. Stewart Alsbury, President of the International Woodworkers Association, President of the Fraser Vancouver Port Authority, City Councilman and semi-professional soccer player.