| 1855 |
Born 5 February, St. John, N.B. [Rothesay?] [1860?] |
| 1879 |
Married Ruth J. Newcombe. |
| 1880-3 |
Sketched in Europe and mid-East. |
| 1883 |
Briefly returned to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| 1883-90 |
Auckland, New Zealand and Tasmania. |
| 1891 |
First came to Vancouver. |
| 1893 |
Exhibit at Chicago World’s Fair and Royal Canadian Academy 1893 – 1903. |
| 1893 |
Affiliated with Cascade Lodge No. 12 A.F. & A.M. on 16 October. |
| 1894 |
First secretary of the Art, Historical and Scientific Association (AHSA). |
| 1894 |
Left Vancouver to travel. |
| 1898 |
Settled in Vancouver: 1871 West Broadway. |
| 1900 |
25 April: Founding member of the Vancouver Arts and Crafts Association (VACA). |
| 1904 |
Exhibited in Winnipeg |
| 1905 |
Appointed curator of the Vancouver Museum. |
| 1906 |
Exhibited in Winnipeg, and Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. |
| 1908 |
13 November: organizing meeting of British Columbia Society of Fine Arts (BCSFA). |
| 1911 |
Listed in Who’s Who in Western Canada. |
| 1912 |
Resigned as curator of the Vancouver Museum. |
| 1919 |
Last exhibit with the BCSFA. Ruth dies 17 November, 1919. |
| 1921 |
Resigned from BCSFA, resided at 1259 Georgia before moving to Banff, Alberta. |
| 1924 |
Died 24 March, Calgary., Alberta, Canada. |
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Compiled from records in the Fine Arts and Music Division of the Vancouver Public Library as detailed at <freemasonry.bcy.ca/history/deforest_h/index.html>. |
