Wonderful to see the renovated gravestone of #GingerGoodwin at Cumberland Cemetery on#VancouverIsland and proud to represent the Goodwin family in this process. #FamilyHistory #Mining @familytreeuk.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Wonderful to see the renovated gravestone of #GingerGoodwin at Cumberland Cemetery on#VancouverIsland and proud to represent the Goodwin family in this process. #FamilyHistory #Mining @familytreeuk.bsky.social
So good to see the completed work in person. #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory 🌹
Ginger Goodwin's headstone at the Cumberland Cemetery has received a facelift. Unauthorized alterations and vandalism have been corrected, as has the date of Goodwin's death. It will be another 6-8 months before the cleaning process is complete.
We expect the sandstone will look like new again. 1/2
We expect the sandstone will look like new again. 1/2
July 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So good to see the completed work in person. #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory 🌹
Good to be at the archives in #CumberlandBC again. Lots of #GingerGoodwin memorabilia here. Heartwarming conversations with local people whose ancestors knew him. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Mining
July 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Good to be at the archives in #CumberlandBC again. Lots of #GingerGoodwin memorabilia here. Heartwarming conversations with local people whose ancestors knew him. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Mining
Even managed to squeeze in a trip to the British Columbia #Archives next to the spectacular Museum in Victoria, Vancouver Island. Interesting to discover many digital interviews of people recalling stories about #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory
June 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Even managed to squeeze in a trip to the British Columbia #Archives next to the spectacular Museum in Victoria, Vancouver Island. Interesting to discover many digital interviews of people recalling stories about #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory
#OnThisDay on 1918, #GingerGoodwin was shot and killed. His memory lives on. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #MiningHistory #VancouverIsland
July 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#OnThisDay on 1918, #GingerGoodwin was shot and killed. His memory lives on. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #MiningHistory #VancouverIsland
My amazing great aunts Hetty (104) and Mabel (100) taken this year at Hetty’s birthday party. They are both nieces of #GingerGoodwin and sisters of my Nana Edith. #FamilyHistory
November 22, 2024 at 10:36 PM
My amazing great aunts Hetty (104) and Mabel (100) taken this year at Hetty’s birthday party. They are both nieces of #GingerGoodwin and sisters of my Nana Edith. #FamilyHistory
Delighted to return to @familyhistpod.bsky.social!
Andrew & I discuss the IHGS Licentiate, #GingerGoodwin & how I solved my brick wall on Sir Richard Etherington in #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy
I was one of the first guests back in Series 1 & the first to take part in the Brick Dust series.
Andrew & I discuss the IHGS Licentiate, #GingerGoodwin & how I solved my brick wall on Sir Richard Etherington in #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy
I was one of the first guests back in Series 1 & the first to take part in the Brick Dust series.
S01EP09 – BRICKDUST with Pam Smith
Join host Andrew and guest Pam Smith from Season One for this first Brickdust episode: Did Pam break through her brick wall and find the Etherington connection?
Join host Andrew and guest Pam Smith from Season One for this first Brickdust episode: Did Pam break through her brick wall and find the Etherington connection?
S01EP09 – BRICKDUST with Pam Smith
Join host Andrew and guest Pam Smith from Season One for this first Brickdust episode: Did Pam break through her brick wall and find the Etherington connection?
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September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Delighted to return to @familyhistpod.bsky.social!
Andrew & I discuss the IHGS Licentiate, #GingerGoodwin & how I solved my brick wall on Sir Richard Etherington in #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy
I was one of the first guests back in Series 1 & the first to take part in the Brick Dust series.
Andrew & I discuss the IHGS Licentiate, #GingerGoodwin & how I solved my brick wall on Sir Richard Etherington in #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy
I was one of the first guests back in Series 1 & the first to take part in the Brick Dust series.
#CanadaDay finds me travelling #VancouverIsland, thinking about my great-great uncle, Albert #GingerGoodwin. Such a change to leave the Yorkshire pits for the forests & fresh air of this beautiful place. This island became the backdrop to the rest of his short but powerful life. #FamilyHistory
July 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#CanadaDay finds me travelling #VancouverIsland, thinking about my great-great uncle, Albert #GingerGoodwin. Such a change to leave the Yorkshire pits for the forests & fresh air of this beautiful place. This island became the backdrop to the rest of his short but powerful life. #FamilyHistory
#OnThisDay 2018, I took part in the re-enactment of my Great Great Uncle Albert’s funeral cortège and gave a reading at his graveside on behalf of the Goodwin family. It’s a pleasure to return to Cumberland, Vancouver Island for another chapter of the #GingerGoodwin story. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#OnThisDay 2018, I took part in the re-enactment of my Great Great Uncle Albert’s funeral cortège and gave a reading at his graveside on behalf of the Goodwin family. It’s a pleasure to return to Cumberland, Vancouver Island for another chapter of the #GingerGoodwin story. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Still stops me in my tracks. Fellow family historians will get it - seeing my Great Great Uncle Albert ‘Ginger’ Goodwin immortalised on the wall of a supermarket in Cumberland. A bit faded now, but his spirit lives on!
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #CumberlandBC #LabourLegacy #Mining
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #CumberlandBC #LabourLegacy #Mining
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Still stops me in my tracks. Fellow family historians will get it - seeing my Great Great Uncle Albert ‘Ginger’ Goodwin immortalised on the wall of a supermarket in Cumberland. A bit faded now, but his spirit lives on!
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #CumberlandBC #LabourLegacy #Mining
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #CumberlandBC #LabourLegacy #Mining
Took a moment to pause after visiting Ginger Goodwin’s grave in Cumberland and being interviewed about him at the archives. As I head further north, the remoteness deepens and so does the peace. Just how I like it. #GingerGoodwin #VancouverIsland
July 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Took a moment to pause after visiting Ginger Goodwin’s grave in Cumberland and being interviewed about him at the archives. As I head further north, the remoteness deepens and so does the peace. Just how I like it. #GingerGoodwin #VancouverIsland
It has to be my GG Uncle #GingerGoodwin. Working class hero born in Yorkshire and murdered on Vancouver Island 1918. His death ignited Canada’s first general strike.
November 13, 2024 at 10:37 AM
It has to be my GG Uncle #GingerGoodwin. Working class hero born in Yorkshire and murdered on Vancouver Island 1918. His death ignited Canada’s first general strike.
Yes. #GingerGoodwin born in Yorkshire and shot on Vancouver Island. Here visiting his grave and the archives at Cumberland BC.
July 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yes. #GingerGoodwin born in Yorkshire and shot on Vancouver Island. Here visiting his grave and the archives at Cumberland BC.
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/p... A young miner & union activist whose medical exemption from military service was cancelled when he organized a strike at the Trail smelter. He was shot & killed by a former police officer. His death sparked a general strike 🇨🇦
Interview: Pam Smith, Ginger Goodwin's Family | Video
Learn about Pam Smith, a genealogist whose great grand-uncle was legendary labour activist Ginger Goodwin.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/p... A young miner & union activist whose medical exemption from military service was cancelled when he organized a strike at the Trail smelter. He was shot & killed by a former police officer. His death sparked a general strike 🇨🇦
Delighted to have researched the life of Frances Foxcroft (1888–1968), the English-born telephone operator whose courage during the 1918 #GingerGoodwin General Strike is now recognised by BC Labour Heritage Centre 🇨🇦 #LabourHistory #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
Frances Foxcroft: An Englishwoman in Vancouver's Labour Movement
Explore the intersection of personal upheaval, resilience and industrial conflict during the early years of Vancouver's labour movement.
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July 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Delighted to have researched the life of Frances Foxcroft (1888–1968), the English-born telephone operator whose courage during the 1918 #GingerGoodwin General Strike is now recognised by BC Labour Heritage Centre 🇨🇦 #LabourHistory #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/f...
Today in #LaborHistory 7/27/1918: #Miner & #union organizer
#GingerGoodwin was killed by private cop #police in #BritishColumbia sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. #Socialism #antiwar activist
youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs
#GingerGoodwin was killed by private cop #police in #BritishColumbia sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. #Socialism #antiwar activist
youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs
Enoch Kent - The Murder Of Ginger Goodwin
YouTube video by Pierce Brewster
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July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 7/27/1918: #Miner & #union organizer
#GingerGoodwin was killed by private cop #police in #BritishColumbia sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. #Socialism #antiwar activist
youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs
#GingerGoodwin was killed by private cop #police in #BritishColumbia sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. #Socialism #antiwar activist
youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs
Good to see you here. Love Victoria. Planned a road trip next year around Vancouver Island with another visit to my GG Uncle #GingerGoodwin ‘s grave in Cumberland. Hoping to drop by. #FamilyHistory
The Victoria Genealogical Society is excited to join The Great Bluesky migration!
December 4, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Good to see you here. Love Victoria. Planned a road trip next year around Vancouver Island with another visit to my GG Uncle #GingerGoodwin ‘s grave in Cumberland. Hoping to drop by. #FamilyHistory
Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, affectionately named for his bright red hair, was a migrant coal miner who advocated for workers rights and promoted the proliferation of trade unions in British Columbia, Canada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
Albert Goodwin - Wikipedia
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July 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, affectionately named for his bright red hair, was a migrant coal miner who advocated for workers rights and promoted the proliferation of trade unions in British Columbia, Canada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
To celebrate Miners’ Memorial Weekend, Cumberland, #VancouverIsland download your free PDF of the story of my great great uncle, Albert (Ginger) Goodwin #familyhistory The Story of #GingerGoodwin www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/t... 🇨🇦 Never forgotten
The Story of Ginger Goodwin | Article
Download the story of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, a miner, union leader and socialist killed while resisting conscription in 1918.
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June 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
To celebrate Miners’ Memorial Weekend, Cumberland, #VancouverIsland download your free PDF of the story of my great great uncle, Albert (Ginger) Goodwin #familyhistory The Story of #GingerGoodwin www.labourheritagecentre.ca/collection/t... 🇨🇦 Never forgotten
This excellent article by Rod Mickleburgh described what happened after the shooting of #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #VancouverBC
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The Ginger Goodwin General Strike - Working People Built BC
by Rod Mickleburgh Originally published in the Mickleblog August 2, 2018 At 12 o’clock sharp on Aug. 2, 1918 – one hundred years ago today –Vancouver transit operators stopped their streetcars in mid-...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This excellent article by Rod Mickleburgh described what happened after the shooting of #GingerGoodwin #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #VancouverBC
www.labourheritagecentre.ca/the-ginger-g...
@bclhc.bsky.social
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Canada's 'Red Scare' Immigration Tactics Reverberate Today via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
Canada’s ‘Red Scare’ Immigration Tactics Reverberate Today | The Tyee
Far-right newcomers were welcomed for decades while militant leftists were rejected, repressed and imprisoned.
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July 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Canada's 'Red Scare' Immigration Tactics Reverberate Today via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
His death sparked a 1-day general strike in Vancouver on Aug. 2, 1918, which was the 1st general strike ever held in Canada. The strike was a precursor of the Winnipeg general strike of 1919 & other labour conflicts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_... #history #Canada #unions #GingerGoodwin
Albert Goodwin - Wikipedia
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May 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
His death sparked a 1-day general strike in Vancouver on Aug. 2, 1918, which was the 1st general strike ever held in Canada. The strike was a precursor of the Winnipeg general strike of 1919 & other labour conflicts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_... #history #Canada #unions #GingerGoodwin
On May 10, 1887 "Ginger" Goodwin was born in Treeton, England. He moved to Canada to work as a coalminer and was killed in 1918. His killing led to Canada’s first general strike in Vancouver. biographi.ca/en/bio/goodw... #history #Canada #unions #GingerGoodwin
GOODWIN, ALBERT (Ginger) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
GOODWIN, ALBERT (Ginger), coalminer and union leader; b. 10 May 1887 in Treeton, England, fourth child of Walter Goodwin, a coalminer, and Mary Ann Brown; bachelor; shot to death 27 July 1918 near Cumberland, B.C.
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May 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
On May 10, 1887 "Ginger" Goodwin was born in Treeton, England. He moved to Canada to work as a coalminer and was killed in 1918. His killing led to Canada’s first general strike in Vancouver. biographi.ca/en/bio/goodw... #history #Canada #unions #GingerGoodwin
Song For Ginger Goodwin’ by
@davidrovics.bsky.social on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/davidrovics/... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
@davidrovics.bsky.social on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/davidrovics/... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
Song For Ginger Goodwin
Killed for being an effective labor organizer who was opposed to participating in a "bosses' war" -- World War I.
From my album, Ten Thousand Miles Away.
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July 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Song For Ginger Goodwin’ by
@davidrovics.bsky.social on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/davidrovics/... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
@davidrovics.bsky.social on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/davidrovics/... #history #Canada #labour #unions #GingerGoodwin
Today in #LaborHistory 5/10/1887: #GingerGoodwin was born. #Socialism, #union organizer, anti-war activist. 1918, he was murdered by #police, sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. Workers protesting #inflation, #censorship, low #wages. youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs #freespeech #solidarity #classwar
Enoch Kent - The Murder Of Ginger Goodwin
YouTube video by Pierce Brewster
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May 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 5/10/1887: #GingerGoodwin was born. #Socialism, #union organizer, anti-war activist. 1918, he was murdered by #police, sparking the 1st #GeneralStrike in #Canada. Workers protesting #inflation, #censorship, low #wages. youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs #freespeech #solidarity #classwar