I've put together a bit more about the Avis clan in British Columbia, haivng pulled JOhn Avis' obit out of the Nelson BC paper. He and his wife Margaret had eight children- six boys- Robert, Harold, James, George, John and Frank, and two daughters. whose names I do not have. I would be interested in hearing from anyone on the list who is descended from any of these folks, as they would be my third and fourth cousins. The daughters married Bert Whyte and J. Broadwell and moved to Victoria BC.