Wilfred Sampson

Wilfred Sampson was a respected Elder and Knowledge Keeper from Shell Beach. He was a member of the Stz’uminus First Nation. He was born to Eli Sampson and Elizabeth “Ma” Sampson (née Tommy) on October 10, 1910. His grandparents were Tommy Dick (mother’s father) of Nanaimo and Sampson Peall and Susan Sidney (father’s parents). He had several siblings, including brothers Stephen Sampson (1912-2008), Scotty Sampson, Elmer Sampson, Eli Sampson and Manny Sampson and sisters Agnes Sampson, Maggie Fraser, Nora Sampson, Sara Thomas, and Edna Stogan.