Salt Spring Island Archives
The Byron family (after whom Byron Road is named) is a long-standing agricultural family on Salt Spring Island, with roots dating back to 1934, when Jesse and Elizabeth Byron and their 5 sons (Ken, Terrence (Terry), Colin, Franklin (Mike) and Howard) moved from their Depression-plagued farm in Saskatchewan – arriving on November 22, their 17th wedding anniversary.
The hardworking family operated their mixed farm on Epron Road (known as Woodruffee) from then on and were avid participants in community life. Jesse and Lizzie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, acknowledging all the hard work and ultimate prosperity, in November 1967. Jesse died in 1969 and Lizzie in1974.
Ken and Terry served in World War II, and Ken remained in the military with the 2nd Black Watch, Royal Highlanders of Canada, as his career. On his retirement in 1976, Ken returned to the Island, buying property on Tripp Road and engaging in mixed farming. Ken died in 2014.
Terry worked in Victoria at Naden Dockyard after the war. He went on to work for BC Ferries for 30 years, returning to Salt Spring with his wife Marjorie in 1956 and settling on Hedger Road, where they raised cattle and sheep. Terry died in 2020.
Colin, who worked in logging and farming, bought Beaver Point Farm in 1955 and died in a logging accident in 1960 at the age of 32.
Mike left Salt Spring Island at the age of 17, became a teacher and returned to the Island in 1961 with his wife Bev, also a teacher. Their farm, that eventually included cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, free range chickens, ducks and geese, was at the south end of the Island, overlooking Stowell Lake. Mike, who settled into farming on his retirement from teaching in 1987, was awarded the Islands Trust Community Service Award in 2009 for his significant community contributions. This included his involvement with the annual Fall Fair – and being instrumental in reinstating it in 1976. Bev, who served two terms on the Islands Trust and was active in the Women’s Institute (including as one of the “Pie Ladies” at the Spring Fall Fair), was named Rural Woman of the Year in 2015. Mike died in 2013, and Bev in 2022.
Howard worked in logging, farming (on Jones and Beddis Roads) and real estate, as well as running the bowling alley for a time. Howell Lane is so named by combining Howard and his wife Ellen’s first names. Howard died in 1991 at the age of 65.
Many members of the Byron family continue to live on Salt Spring Island as of 2026.
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