Jennie & Robert Jennie Butchart moved to Vancouver Island with her husband, Robert, in the first few years of the 20th Century. He had the recipe for Portland cement and was about to start a business that was one of … Continue reading
Thalassa Cruso (1909-1997) In one of those stories that families share about their past members, Thalassa’s great, great something or other, on her father’s side, went to school with Daniel Defoe. He added an ”e” to the surname and bestowed … Continue reading
Jane Webb wrote “The Mummy” in 1827. It was published anonymously, but she wrote the science fiction classic, before it was called science fiction. The futuristic, 21st Century steam plow she described in it really flipped the switches for a … Continue reading
Theodosia Burr Shepherd wanted to help her daughters, and other women, find an alternative to the drudgery of housework in floriculture. She developed the California flower seed industry in 1874. She wrote broadly about floriculture and women’s place in … Continue reading
