Jack in the box

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Deighton was first married to a Squamish woman, whose name is currently unknown. Before her death around 1870, her niece, Quahail-ya, came to care for her. After her death, Deighton married Quahail-ya who was also known by the name Madeline Deighton.^[8][9] According to the 1921 Canadian Census she was born in 1855 or 1856 but other sources suggest other dates. In 1940, she told Vancouver archivist Major J.S. Matthews that she was "about 12" when she married Deighton in 1870. Matthews reported that "it was difficult to converse."^[10] In 1946, after a portrait of her by Vancouver artist Mildred Valley Thornton was featured in the Vancouver Sun, she was described in an article as being "well over 90 years old."^[11] Newspaper stories on her death in 1948 noted she was "reputed to be over 100 years of age"^[12] and that she "claimed to be between 102 and 110 years of age."^[13]

Wouldn't that mean she was like 15 at the youngest 1870-1855 is 15. but she died in 1948 was she claimed she was 102 or older so she would have been like 24+ when she got married. I mean whatever no skin off my back just none of these dates lineup lol.

@CanuckinEdm the dates for the two wives seem to get mixed up.  Mostly similar names and oral histories recorded by later heard local journals.  There were no records of either birth years.  Born in 1855 means she would have been 93 in 1948 though if all the dates you posted are correct

@CoquitlamDave oh I'm sure all the dates are messed up I just didn't know anything about this guy so I looked it up and was confused.

Honestly they should have cut the statue in half left the bottom half and put a plaque that explained the significance of the statue and why it was like that. This has more impact then replacing it a different statue or a flower pot.