Phoebe Elizabeth Reynolds, nee Burns (1874 – 1956)
	
Phoebe Burns was born in England and graduated as a registered nurse in 1909 from the Royal Surrey County Hospital. She served as a nurse in France and England during the First World War and received the Order of the British Empire Medal. She gave many speeches on faith and religion and wrote articles about the war and nursing. She immigrated to Canada in 1926 and worked as the matron of the Mayo hospital from 1926 to 1930. She met her future husband George Reynolds, a prospector and miner, and they mined on Ledge Creek until 1949. They bought and lived in a rough cabin on their claim where Phoebe served high tea using a silver tea service. There were no doctors in Mayo after Treadwell Yukon closed down and from 1942 to 1947 Phoebe supplied emergency medical assistance before becoming the district nurse and running the Red Cross out of her home. She wrote an autobiographical manuscript called “Pills for the Sourdough.” The Reynolds retired to Oliver, British Columbia.((“Phoebe Elizabeth (Burns) Reynolds 1874 – 1956).”  Trailblazers and Change-Makers: Pioneer Women of the Yukon, 2022 website: https://yukontrailblazers.ca/trailblazers/phoebe-elizabeth-burns-reynolds.))