Pierce, William Henry

PIERCE, William Henry, missionary (b 1856, Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island; d 1948, Prince Rupert). The son of a Scottish FUR TRADER and a TSIMSHIAN woman, he was raised at FORT SIMPSON and went to work as a cabin boy on an HBC steamer when he was just 12 years old. After falling under the influence of the missionary Thomas CROSBY, he converted to METHODISM and became a missionary himself. He served on the NASS R and at BELLA BELLA and in 1895 opened a mission at KISPIOX on the SKEENA R, where he...

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