Bertram Brydon Pinkerton
1872 - 1917

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• Birth	1872	Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Dec 1917	Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
  Buried	Masonic Cemetery, Yukon, Canada
  Person ID	I331	Brydon family tree
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	John B. Pinkerton,   b. 22 Aug 1844, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jul 1920, Colchester North, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Mother	Margaret Brydon,   b. 17 Apr 1845, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 1885, Newton, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Married	4 Apr 1870	Nobleton, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Maud,   b. Abt 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	09 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F358	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia Gertrude Playter,   b. Abt 1873, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jul 1906, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
  Married	Sep 1901	Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
  Children	1. Lloyd Pinkerton,   b. Abt 1894,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 May 2010
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1872 - Ontario, Canada Married - Sep 1901 - Dawson City, Yukon, Canada Died - 20 Dec 1917 - Dawson City, Yukon, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Census

  1901 Yukon Territory Bertram Brydon Pinkerton

  
  

  Places

  Dawson City, Yukon

  
  

• Notes

  The 1881 ontario census lists Bertram Pinkerton, age 7, son of John Pinkerton in King township, York county. In 1896 he joins the Yukon Order of Pioneers, a fraternal organization with motto "Do unto others as you would be done by." The 1901 census.... He and his wife Gertrude are living on Dawson Ave. He's 27, she's 28. He's been 3 years in the Yukon; Gertrude 3 weeks. He's making $200/mo. in the mail service. The gold rush was at its peak in 1898. In 1903 Polk's Registry lists him as being a checker for the W. P. and Y. route. The British Yukon Navigation Company personnel records show him in May 1916 applying for work in the river division. He had been an employee of the company since 1901 as a clerk. Before that he had spent 1899 and 1900 as a miner in Atlin BC. Before that he was a school teacher for five years ( this could have been in Ontario). He describes himself as 5' 11.5", 160 lbs, sandy complexion, no beard, brown hair and blue eyes. It looks like he was accepted to the steamboat service: On June 7th he signs a waiver that, among other things, he agrees to have a monthly fee deducted from his wage for a doctor to attend him in case of sickness or injury. There is a note written with a different pen saying 'died Dec 17' (WP&YR Records, Series II-8 - Personnel Records, 1903-48) This record is kept in the Yukon Archives as COR 749 ------------------- At some point he started calling himself B.B. ------------------ In the Yukon the territorial court served as the probate court Bertram Brydon Pinkerton has an estate record : location GOV1455, File 211, Date 1918 ------------------- There were also at the time of the gold rush a Pinkerton Wilkie T, White Horse working at Cummings & Richardson. This may be his brother Thomas. looks like they got married in 1901 Peterkin, Bertram Brydon GOV 1686 Dawson Yukon Canada Notes: Marriage license # 254 (cancelled) and # 255 issued 23 September 1901, see also Playter, Gertrude Elizabeth Playter, Gertrude Elizabeth GOV 1686 Dawson Yukon Canada Notes: Marriage license # 254 (cancelled) and # 255 issued 23 September 1901, see also Peterkin, Bertram Brydon He had a few placermining claims: PINKERTON, B 98058, 98066 20 1907-1911 PINKERTON, B 91398 18 1906-1907 PINKERTON, B 402 04 1899-1908 1903 He's a checker at the W.P. & Y. Route 1917 Cause of death: pneumonia.