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Victoria (nee Richard) Clanton (1865) – influential in the Black Community

black and white professional photo of woman standing regally in a garden, wearing tiered Victoria hat adorned with lace and flowers, long flared light-colored dress, with hip-length suit jacket with ruffled lapel.

Image A-09485 Courtesy Royal BC Museum and Archives.

The Richard family was part of a nucleus of families who moved to California from Florida and then later to Vancouver Island.   Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Victoria married Robert Thompson Clanton on Boxing Day, 1866, at St. John’s Anglican Church, Victoria.  Richard owned a clothing store and then worked as a bookkeeper.