I am looking for the family of William S. Contantine, born c. 1805 or 1806 at Manchester, Lancashire, England. I believe he was married to Elizabeth Sharples at Manchester Cathedral 6 Jan 1832, and they had at least 4 children, Emanuel, James William, Mary Anna, and Emily, all christened at Manchester Cathedral on 20 Sep 1840. I know at some point William and son Emanuel arrived on the West Coast of North America. William, a carpenter, remarried to my ggreat grandmother, Harriet, widow of John Foster, both originally from Manchester, sometime between 1853 and 1871, becoming step-father to Abraham, Isaac, Martha J., Mary, Jacob and John Foster. The marriage record does not exist in the CofE archives. He is listed in the Victoria census, tax records and directories from 1870 forward. They lived the rest of their lives at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are buried together at the Ross Bay Cemetery. His death certificate from Feb 1890 at the age of 84 has very few details, with nothing indicating any family connections.

Manuel Constantine's name is handwritten on the back of one business card belonging to the postcard collection of Martha Foster Lee Speck of San Francisco, which spans 1893 to 1944. The card is for La Tosca Concert Hall at Astoria, Oregon. I believe it dates before 1921, and most likely to 1904, when I know Martha Lee visited her Foster cousins there. Emanuel may have married Jane Allred at Mancester in 1867. There is a homestead record for Manuel Constantine at Humboldt Co., California on 12 August 1901. There are also listings at Seattle and Tacoma for a later Emanuel Constantine. If any of these are familiar, I would be grateful for any light you can shed on our family connections.