Phoebe was born in 1878 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, to Samuel and Martha Anna (Black) Keith. She immigrated to Canada in 1889. Port of landing is unknown but she made her way to Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1904, she married Guy Carleton Anderson. In 1906, she gave birth to a son, Lyle Carleton.
"Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-PD6T : 17 October 2019), Phoebe Rebecca Keith, 29 Dec 1878; Birth; Belfast, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Southern Ireland; FHL microfilm . "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBQ6-Q3D : 10 March 2018), BIRTHS entry for Phoebe Rebecca Keith; citing Belfast, Jan - Mar 1879, vol. 1, p. 244, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,056. "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVJ-3J8 : 18 March 2018), Phoebe R Keith in household of Martha A Keith, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/help/history.html "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD81-3P4 : 21 January 2016), Guy Carleton Anderson and Phoebe Keith, 23 Nov 1904; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11373, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1983530.. "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGKV-3QS : 8 December 2014), Phoebe Rebecca Keith, 29 Dec 1878; citing Antrim, Ireland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 256,020. "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q2DS-3SMX : 28 February 2017), Guy C Anderson and Phoebe Keith, Marriage , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 26 Nov 1904; FHL microfilm 2,218,686.
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