THE ROSTER OF THE "FIFTY-EIGHTERS" IN THE PROVINCE.
The following is a list of those who remain of the twenty thousand people who arrived in Victoria from San Francisco in 1858, the first year of the gold excitement:
| Anderson, James R. | November. | Str. Cortez, from San Francisco. | Ar. with sister; retired Deputy Minister of Agriculture |
| Adams, Frank. | July | Str. Pacific, from San Francisco. | Ar. young, with father and mother; now with firm of E. B. Marvin & Co. |
| Allatt, Frederick. | August 12. | Str. John L. Stephens, from S. Francisco. | Ar. young, with father and mother; now carpenter and contractor |
| Alexander, Charles. | March. | Str. Oregon, from San Francisco. | Ar. with wife and son |
| Borde, August. | April. | Str. America, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father and mother; now Municipal Water Rates Collector |
| Booth, Samuel. | September. | Str. Cortez, from San Francisco. | Ar. with brother |
| Borthwick, Ralph. | July 7. | Str. Orizaba, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; hotel-keeper |
| Burnes, Thomas J. | May 11. | Str. Commodore, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; hotel-keeper, now Customs Officer; was prominent fireman in early days |
| Chambers, Walter. | Ar. with father and mother | ||
| Cogan, Mrs. George. | August. | Ship Oracle, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father and mother |
| Collins, Henry. | August. | Ship Oracle, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father and mother |
| Gribble, Henry. | June. | Str. Republic from San Francisco. | Ar. single; gold miner, then engaged in retail business |
| Harrison, Mrs. Eli, Sr. | July. | Str. Brother Jonathan, from S. Francisco. | Ar. with husband, son and daughter |
| Harrison, Eli. | July. | Str. Brother Jonathan, from S. Francisco. | Ar. with father, mother and sister; now Judge |
| Hastings, Mrs. Oregon C. | August. | Ship Oracle, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father, mother and sister. Maiden name Layzell |
| Helgeson, Hans. | July 4. | Str. Brother Jonathan, from S. Francisco. | Ar. single |
| Higgins, David W. | July 19. | Str. Sierra Nevada, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; newspaper proprietor, retired |
| Humphreys, William. | Dec. 28. | Overland, from California. | Ar. single; gold miner, now in Customs |
| Lombard, Charles. | August. | Str. Oregon, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father and mother; now in the optical business |
| Marvin, Mrs. Edward. | July. | Str. Pacific, from San Francisco. | Ar. with husband and son |
| McPhadden, Mrs. | July. | Str. Brother Jonathan, from S. Francisco. | Ar. with father, mother and brother. Maiden name Harrison |
| Moore, John. | July. | Str. Cortez, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father, mother and brother. Purser C.P.R. Co. |
| Moore, William. | July. | Str. Cortez, from San Francisco. | Ar. with father, mother and brother. Miner in Alaska |
| Moore, James. | May. | Via Bellingham Bay, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; gold miner |
| Phillips, Mrs. Alexander. | July. | Str. Pacific, from San Francisco. | Ar. with husband and son. Resident of Seattle, Wash. |
| Phelps, Mrs. Edward. | August. | Ship Oracle, from San Francisco. | Ar. with husband; now widow in this city |
| Scott, Mrs. William. | June. | Barque George Anna, from San Francisco. | Ar. with husband; now widow in this city |
| Seward, Thomas W. | May. | Barque D. M. Hall, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; gold miner |
| Sere, John B. | June 11. | Str. Republic from San Francisco. | Ar. with wife and son; was prominent hotel-keeper—Hotel de France |
| Stelly, George. | May. | Str. Oregon, from San Francisco. | Ar. single; contractor |
| Wolfenden, Mrs. H. | August. | Ship Oracle from San Francisco. | Ar. with father and mother |
This list and statement has been compiled with the greatest care by the undersigned, who has lived in this city continuously since February 13th, 1859, when he arrived with his mother and three brothers on the steamer Northerner, from San Francisco, Cal., his father, Thomas Lea Fawcett, having arrived the previous year, July, 1858.
Sept. 1st, 1908.
EDGAR FAWCETT.
The undersigned, who has lived in this city since July, 1858, certifies to the correctness of this statement.
D. W. HIGGINS.
Note—Since the original list was compiled in 1908, thirteen have since died, leaving thirty-one remaining, as per above list, on March 1st, 1912.