Arthur Featherstone Priestley

• b- Sept 22, 1887 , Newport, Isle of Wight, England
• d- Oct 6, 1987 , Sandringham Hospital, Victoria BC, age 100

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• first Postmaster of Aiyansh
• enlisted in WWI, Dec 27, 1917, Prince Rupert BC
• living in Upper Naas BC
• Reg # 2137821, Private
• May 16, 1919 he was heading from Halifax to Victoria
• son of Joshua Priestley, Solicitor, b- Isle of Wight, England
• mother- Louisa Featherstone, b- Burslem, England
• married Melita Mary McCullagh, July 14, 1910 in Holy Trinity Church, Aiyansh
  • b- age 25, 11 mo in 1910, in BC
  • d- bef Oct 1987
  • daughter of James B. McCullagh, Missionary, who performed the wedding ceremony, see Rev. James Benjamin McCullagh