{"id":58,"date":"2021-02-08T18:32:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T02:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/?p=58"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T03:39:14","slug":"print-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Biography of E. Taylor Ash"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/07\/Waves-at-Oak-Bay-MP3-2.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"><\/audio>\r\n<figcaption><em><sup>Waves crashing at Turkey Head. Salish Sea. Ashley King, 2021.<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The many adventures of Ezekiel Taylor Ash are reminiscent of those from the book <em>Around the World in 80 Days<\/em> by Jules Verne. Unlike the book, Taylor\u2019s tales are no work of fiction. Born in a small Newfoundland bay town in 1871 and raised in Trout River, Gros Morne National Park, Taylor left home on a sealing schooner in 1892 to seek greater opportunities. He spent 20 years working aboard an assortment of ships and later immigrated to Victoria, British Columbia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sealer<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor sailed the coasts of North and South America on the sealing schooner <em>Willie McGowan<\/em>, where he earned a salary of $25 to $50 per month, plus 35 cents to $5.00 per skin (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/dailycolonist55y191uvic\/page\/n3\/mode\/1up?view=theater&amp;q=taylor+ash\">The Daily Colonist 5<\/a>). The ship rounded Cape Horn, arriving in Victoria on 2 May 1892 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/dailycolonist1140uvic_11\/page\/n3\/mode\/1up?view=theater&amp;q=taylor+ash\">The Daily Colonist 5<\/a>). Shortly thereafter, the<em> Willie McGowan<\/em> was sailing 15 miles off of Medny Island in the Bering Sea (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=ezUzAQAAMAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;pg=GBS.PA3861\">House of Commons 731<\/a>), when it was seized by Imperial Russia on 18 July 1892 (<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=Wt4_AAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Brice 124<\/a>). Accused by the Russians of sealing in their waters, Taylor received a sentence of six weeks of labour in a Siberian salt mine before he and the crew secured release through the intervention of the British government (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/dailycolonist1140uvic_11\/page\/n3\/mode\/1up?view=theater&amp;q=taylor+ash\">The Daily Colonist 5<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-676x901.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Masts-edited-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Ship masts in Victoria Harbour. Ashley King, 2021.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Disaster Strikes<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Located in the upper harbour, just south of Point Ellice Bridge was the Victoria sealing fleet (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriaharbourhistory.com\/stories-from-around-the-harbour\/harvesting\/sealing\/\">The Victoria Harbour History Project<\/a>). On 26 May 1896, an overloaded streetcar carrying 142 revelers celebrating Queen Victoria\u2019s birthday caused the Point Ellice Bridge to collapse, resulting in the deaths of 55 people (Grant 47). Taylor was nearby and assisted in the rescue and recovery effort.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Rock-Bay-and-Point-Ellice-Bridge-edited-676x507.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><sub>Victoria&#8217;s Upper Harbour with Point Ellice Bridge, site of the 1896 disaster, at left. Ashley King, 2021<\/sub><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>SOS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor found work during the Klondike gold rush of 1886-1889, where he was quartermaster of the steamer the SS Princess May of the Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service on the route from Victoria, BC to Skagway, Alaska (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccd.vpl.ca\/index.php\/browse\/title\/1909\/Directory_of_Vancouver_Island\"><em>Directory of Vancouver Island and Adjacent Islands<\/em> 343<\/a>). After the end of the gold rush, he continued on this route for several years. On 5 August 1910, the ship ran aground on Sentinel Island, jutting up high on the rocks. Later salvaged, Taylor continued on as quartermaster on the Princess May for several more years (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccd.vpl.ca\/index.php\/browse\/title\/1913\/Henderson%27s_Greater_Victoria_City_Directory\">Henderson Publishing Company 384<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" class=\"wp-image-210\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-1024x622.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard-676x411.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-and-crew-postcard.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Postcard featuring the crew of the Princess May. Taylor is possibly standing, second from right. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" class=\"wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks-676x422.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Princess-May-on-rocks.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Postcard of the Princess May on the rocks at Sentinel Island, sent from Gordon Ash to Taylor. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-1354x2048.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-676x1022.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/BC-Coast-Service-Office-edited-scaled.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><sup>The CPR Steamship Terminal in Victoria&#8217;s Inner Harbour, where the Princess May steamship docked while in port. Ashley King, 2021<\/sup><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Settling Down<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor briefly returned to Newfoundland, and on 25 July 1912, he married Dulcibella Jane Allen of Woody Point. On the night of their wedding, they departed Newfoundland for BC, where they would reside for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" class=\"wp-image-211\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front-676x432.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Woody-Point-postcard-front.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Postcard of Woody Point, Newfoundland. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Later Work Life<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In 1914, Taylor became the first lighthouse keeper at Cape St. James in Haida Gwaii (<a href=\"http:\/\/nauticapedia.ca\/Gallery\/Light_Cape_StJames.php\">Provan and MacFarlane<\/a>). He stayed only a few months, as his son Gordon was born in Victoria on 11 April of that year. Upon his return to Victoria, Taylor worked for the Foundation Shipyard Co. Ltd in 1918-1919, at the Yarrows Limited shipbuilders for 25 years, and with the naval dockyard in Esquimalt for the last two years of his life (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/dailycolonist1140uvic_11\/page\/n3\/mode\/1up?view=theater&amp;q=taylor+ash\">The Daily Colonist 5<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/07\/Ambient-sounds-Fishermans-Wharf-edited-1.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"><\/audio>\r\n<figcaption><em><sub><sup>Ambient sounds from Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf, Victoria. Ashley King 2021<\/sup><\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Family<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor built a family home in 1914 at 3073 Orillia Street in Victoria. After the birth of their son, Taylor and Dulcie welcomed daughters Muriel on 27 August 1916 and Geraldine (Gerry) on 11 May 1926. Muriel and her family occupied the family home until her death in 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" class=\"wp-image-213\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918-676x475.jpg 676w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Gordon-Taylor-Muriel-and-Dulcie-circa-1918.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Taylor and Dulcie with son Gordon and daughter Muriel, circa 1918. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"572\" class=\"wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Friend-Muriel-Dulcie-Gordon-Taylor-Gerry-and-two-small-friends-on-porch-of-3073-Orillia-circa-1930.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Friend-Muriel-Dulcie-Gordon-Taylor-Gerry-and-two-small-friends-on-porch-of-3073-Orillia-circa-1930.jpg 860w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Friend-Muriel-Dulcie-Gordon-Taylor-Gerry-and-two-small-friends-on-porch-of-3073-Orillia-circa-1930-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Friend-Muriel-Dulcie-Gordon-Taylor-Gerry-and-two-small-friends-on-porch-of-3073-Orillia-circa-1930-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Friend-Muriel-Dulcie-Gordon-Taylor-Gerry-and-two-small-friends-on-porch-of-3073-Orillia-circa-1930-676x450.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>The Ash family with friends on the porch at 3073 Orillia Street. L-R Friend, Muriel, Dulcie, Gordon, Taylor, Gerry, friend, friend. Circa 1930. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Death and Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor\u2019s wife Dulcie passed away on 18 January 1939 at the age of 51 years, days after suffering a major stroke. Taylor followed on 10 November 1940, age 69, after suffering a heart attack whilst sitting at the kitchen table in the house he built, his daughter Gerry by his side. Buried side by side in the Royal Oak Burial Park in Victoria, Taylor and Dulcie are lovingly remembered by their descendants.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Taylor\u2019s legacy includes his three children, six grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and to date eight great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"327\" class=\"wp-image-216\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Dulcie-obituary-21-January-1939.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Dulcie-obituary-21-January-1939.jpg 233w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Dulcie-obituary-21-January-1939-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Dulcie&#8217;s obituary.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-215\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-226x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-226x1024.jpg 226w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-66x300.jpg 66w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-339x1536.jpg 339w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-452x2048.jpg 452w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/08\/Veteran-of-the-Sea-Passes-scaled.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Newspaper article following Taylor&#8217;s death in 1940. From the family collection.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ashking.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2443\/2021\/05\/Taylor-and-Dulcie-grave-edit-676x676.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><sup>Their gravestone features an epitaph from Dulcie&#8217;s mother&#8217;s grave in Newfoundland. Ashley King, 2021.<\/sup><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The many adventures of Ezekiel Taylor Ash are reminiscent of those from the book Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne. Unlike the book, Taylor\u2019s tales are no work of fiction. 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