Mr. J. Stewart Alsbury
Deceased
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Order of Canada
Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: July 4, 1978
Invested on: October 18, 1978
Retired worker in the lumber industry of British Columbia. For his thirty-five years of service as Commissioner, and latterly as Chairman, of the North Fraser Harbour Commission. He has enjoyed the respect of his colleagues, the industrial and shipping community and successive federal ministers of Transport.
Documents contain the facts about the people from our past as they educate us and preserve the information for future generations.
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Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
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The Eisenhower Years - A Time of Optimism and Growth
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Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
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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.