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Godfrey, Alexander
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Alexander Godfrey was born in Mount Forest, Ontario. He went to Manitoba around 1876, where he stayed until 1887. At that time he came to Vancouver and went into the hardware business with his brother Thomas. Godfrey was elected alderman for Ward 2 for 1891-1892. In 1894 he moved to New Westminster where he had his own business, and in 1899 he went to Atlin as an agent for Dunn Hardware. In 1900 he moved to Dawson where he died suddenly of pneumonia.