Re: William Hallam..... Hallam Peak
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Re: William Hallam..... Hallam Peak
Diana Jensen 6/01/04
Dear Diana:
This is a rush posting so please excuse the typos.I went through my records and I found one very old e-amil (March, 1999) from Eve Gardner, a resident of Edmonton, Alberta.From your message I assume she is your second cousin.In her e-mail she told me that Hallam Peak and Hallam Glacier were named after her uncle Bill (William) (there is a clue).So she was William Hallam's niece.She tells me that William Hallam's name can be found on the side of Moses Levar's tomestone (there's another clue).Moses Levar was his father-in-law, and she suspects that his wife Olive (another clue) decieded to leave a monumental inscription there, since his body was never recovered.
Her e-mail goes on to read "Bill was a Provincial Surveyor and was doing topographical surveying on the then proposed Big Bend Highway at the end of September 1930 (another clue - time clue).He was on his last trip across the Columbia River before packing up for the season when his canoe capsized.He, his assistant, and their guide were drowned in Kinbasket Lake.It was three months before Eve Gardner was born (wow another clue).
She tells me that Hallam Peak is just north of Hallam Glacier which is the headwaters of the Adams River.She tells me that it isn't possible to see the mountain except from the air or packing in.She has looked from the Blue River side and from the Mica Dam side, but the intervening mountains block the view.But she is "rather proud of it when I see it on the maps."-Me too.
At the time I asked her about the Hallams in the Revelstoke area which lead me to another clue.She said that she heard about them but she didn't know of any connection.She did know about an apparent connection to a John Hallam, a Toronto furrier, (a big clue) but "it is said that Grandpa (her grandfather must have been a Hallam too) never tried to communicate with him because Grandpa felt his own lower station in life and didn't wish to seem to be imposing himself upon this wealthier cousin (a cousin type clue - most of us Hallams are the poor lower station relatives).Such are the characteristics of turn-of-the-century Canadians social morals.
I then went to see if I could find the reference to the Armstrong Cemetary and the list of names I once had.I didn't find my list but I found the web page called "British Columbia Cemetary Finding Aid - Database Search" which has the list.All you have to do is type in the name Hallam and up pops a complete list.
Now there is no Olive Hallam listed as being burried at Armstrong, but there are three William Hallams, one of which was the husband of (h/o) Annie Elizabeth Levar.In fact the Levar and Hallam families seemed to have married a lot.So it might be worth while typing in the Levar name too.There are three Olive Levars in the list (another clue).
With respect to the John Hallam clue, there was a very important John Hallam in Toronto about this same time.He was an alderman.1833to 1900.You can see his picture and read all about him in http://www.uoguelph.cahttp://www.uoguelph.ca If you can't find it try looking up the University of Guelph Picture Library and he is listed in the right hand column along with a little background on him.He may have been the father or relative to the John Hallam (furrier).I have also received an e-mail from this John Hallam's desendant and she tells me that there is a triangular plot of land in Toronto dedicated in perpetuity to John Hallam's desendants for burrial.So if you are related, you could save a few bucks on a burrial plot.
I hope that all of this additional information (poop) is of help.
Yours
Robert Hallam
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Re: William Hallam..... Hallam Peak
Diana Jensen 6/01/04