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Richard Goodall
This week we will examine
the first of four different pio-
neer farming families who
abided on the land in what is
now commonly referred to as
“Michell’s Valley” just south
of the East Saanich Indian
Reserve. It is one of the few
large stretches of farm land
which is used: in the most
part for the growing of staple
crops, of which many a vist-
tor of the rural and city areas
come to purchase fresh grown

produce.

Yo doubt. when. dri-
; ving up to the sales
A % stand, and noticing
Puckle Road, one of the few
roadways which cross the
valley, they wonder who it
was named after.
Although it has been.re-
ported in the past that little
is known of the Puckle fam-
ily, this is incorrect, as fam-

ily documents and stories »

reveal an interesting tale of

Puckle, and: last revised in

1910, the family is taken’
| back the early 1400's, and is
i shown to have produced a
-. |L number ‘of church minis-

_| ters, public office holders,

PIONEER PORTRAITS |

and others of whom mili-
tary, literary and judicial
honors were bestowed, one
of which was James Puckle,
who is best know for his
writings. He was the author
of the sought-after volume
entitled The Club: or, A Grey
Cap for a Green Head, Con-
taining Maxims, Advice &
Cautions, Being a Dialogue
between a Father & Son, first
published in 1711.

. James also gained notary
for his invention of “The De-

fence” or better known as

the “Puckle Gun,” in 1718.
It was as tripod-mounted, re-
volver-type. weapon which

-was considered before its

time and a fore-runner to
the Gatling Gun, and had
“the rather: bizarre. provi-
sion for firing square bullets

‘at Turks — round projec-
~ tiles were to be reserved for

Christian targets.”
Although. many further
details of the families his-
tory could be discussed, we
will now. examine those
members involved with the

responsible for the migra-_
tion of his son Henry to the m
‘area in early 1892... = ,
Richard K. Puckle was
born: on Dec. 31, 1830, ‘at.
= Brighton, Engen and vas

Henry Puckle and family

educated at Tunbridge and
Haileybury. Entering. the
Madras Civil Service in
1851, he became, “succes-
sively, Deputy-Director . of
Revenue Settlement: (1859),
Collector and Magistrate at
Tinnevalli (1866), Director
of Revenue Settlement

-- (1874), and a member of the

Board of Revenue (1879).”
He retired in 1881 after
spending 22 years engaged
in the preparation of data for
the “re-assessment of lands,
and the revision of Govern-
ment establishments in the

- villages of Madras.”

For his accomplishments,
he was rewarded and _be-
stowed a C.LE. [Companion
of (the Order of) the Indian
Empire.] in 1878.

Richard Puckle was mar-
ried twice, the first at Oota-
camund, India,. to Ellen

Louisa, the daughter of Rev.
W. T. Blenkinsop, Govern-

ment Chaplain, Cuddalore,
on Feb. 17, 1857. The cou-
ple had one child, Richard
William. Kaye, (born: on

their son, Ellen also died in ©
India, on Oct. 10, 1860.

~He married: his second
‘wife, Caroline Victoria, the.
daughter of C: a E: Combe,

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land, and had five children:

Alice, (born in India on July
27, 1866); Charles Kaye,
(born in India on-April 27,
1868); Henry, (born at Nor-
wood, June 23, 1870); Ellen
Clementia, (born at Gognor,
Aug. 13, 1874); and Mary,
(born at Tunbridge: Wells,
March 29, 1879).

After his retirement,
Richard Puckle lived a life of
leisure and travel, and did
his best to give his children
the support and encourage-
ment that was required in

- the social ranks of the time.

This . is. evidently. shown
through the raising of his
son Henry, of whom Puckle
Road, in Saanich is named.

Henry. Puckle’s:. early

- Childhood was spent. in

Madras, India, unfortu-

nately no details have sur-
vived. When of the appro-.-
priate school age, he proba-
“bly joined* his brother

Charles, at the Hurstleigh

school, Tunbridge Wells, |

Kent.

a prosperous household. Saanich Peninsula. First, it Nov. 17, 1857, and dying on Later he Apparently was
- From a pedigree pro-. may be noted that Richard. Aug. 12, 1860). . sent for further studies in
duced “by. Richard ‘Kaye Kaye Puckle is essentially - Shortly after the death of - Switzerland where.’ he

learned French, becoming

~ bilingual: As Henry, had

asthma; it is was also found

that the higher altitude’ was "

beneficial to his health.

- a few miles from Whitby, on
‘Lake Ontario, Canada. Ar-
‘yiving there in March 1891,

Davidson, as a hired hand

left. Ontario ‘in December,

on. Vernon, near: Lake
Okanagan, 50 miles south

“Jand for a short time, then o :
‘made the move to Ashburn, Be

‘he was employed by Mr. J.

for the remaining of: the
year. According to: notes _
+ made by his father, Henry |

and traveled to British Co- ;
} lumbia “and after moving
4) about for. some time: fixed

west of Sycamous on the
Canadian Pacific Railway, as

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Henry had a high opinion
of his father's advice, and he
requested of him to: make
the trip to British Columbia

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of purchasing some land in
the area referred to as “the
Mission," about. 35 miles
South from Vernon, . Leav-
ing Tunbridge Wells, on Fri-
day, Feb, 12, 1892, Richard

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