| Name | Biographical Note | Location |
| Rhode, Albert and Eva S. | Albert Rhode was born in Victoria on February 2, 1886. His wife Eva was born in Victoria on September 9, 1887, the daughter of Hannah and Charles Ball. Albert worked as a labourer. | 2303 |
| Rhode, Frank and Daisy (nee King) | Frank and Daisy Rhode were both born in Victoria. Frank worked as a federal employee. | 2301 |
| Rhode, Joseph and Angelino | Joseph Rhode worked as a baker and as a farmer in his later years. He died in 1907. His wife Angelino died in 1953. | 2302 |
| Rhodes, Henry | 686 | |
| Richards, Hon. Albert Norton | Hon. Albert Norton Richards was a member of Parliament for Brockville, Ontario. In 1872, he retired and moved to Victoria where he was appointed Lt. Governor of B.C. | 1641 |
| Richards, Louis | 674 | |
| Richardson, George Alfred | 2076 | |
| Richardson, George and Mary Ann | George Richardson came to Victoria in 1850 where he worked as a hotelkeeper. Mary Ann came to Victoria in 1854. | 2434 |
| Richardson, Josephine Lillian (nee Burkholder) | 2077 | |
| Richardson, William S. and Winnifred | William S. Richardson was a dispatcher and assistant manager at Stockers Transfer. | 1158 |
| Richmond, Frederick & Rowena | Frederick William Richmond was born in Victoria on July 17, 1889. He worked as a conductor for the E&N Railway. | 10 |
| Richmond, Kenneth & Rita | Kenneth Richmond was born on March 6, 1908 in Victoria. His wife, Rita was born on February 5, 1911. Kenneth worked at Capital Iron from 1933-1939 and then as a purchasing agent for the V.M.D. Rita worked as a secretary for the C.P.R. | 1560 |
| Richmond, William & Mary Ann | William Richmond came to Victoria in 1884 from Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Ann on November 22, 1886 at St. Luke's Church in Saanich. | 9 |
| Riddle, Agnes (nee Rothwell) | Agnes Riddle came to Victoria in 1909 at the age of ten. | 1428 |
| Riddle, Archibald | Archibald Riddle worked as a nurseryman for Riddle Bros. Greenhouses. | 1424 |
| Riddle, Daisy (Rothwell) | Daisy Riddle was a housewife. | 1423 |
| Riddle, George | George Riddle was the eldest of five sons who ran Riddle Bros. Greenhouses. | 1426 |
| Riddle, J.J. | J.J. Riddle was a nurseryman who worked for Riddle Bros. Greenhouses. | 1422 |
| Riddle, Percy | Percy Riddle was a nurseryman who worked for Riddle Bros. Greenhouses. | 1427 |
| Riddle, Walter | Walter Riddle was a nurseryman who worked for Riddle Bros. Greenhouses. He also served as a motorcycle dispatch rider in World War One. | 1425 |
| Ridge, J.C. | 2239 | |
| Ring, D.B. | 2059 | |
| Ringo's Restaurant | Ringo's Restaurant was once the most famous restaurant in Victoria. | 25 |
| Ritchie, John Gerald | John Gerald Ritchie was born on December 11, 1910. He worked as a civil servant before his death on July 4, 1995. | 1737 |
| Rithet, Robert Paterson | Came to Victoria in 1862. He joined the Cariboo gold rush returning to Victoria in 1865. He had various jobs but eventually became involved in the wholesale grocery business. By 1869 he was the local manager of Sproat & Co. and was later moved to San Francisco to manage to company there. In San Francisco he made new business contacts. He moved back to Victoria and founded Welsh Rithet & Co. The company was later re-named R. P. Rithet & Co. after the death of Andrew Welsh. Rithet served as Justice of the Peace (1873), Mayor of Victoria (1885), M.L.A. (Victoria) (1894-1898), President of the Victoria Board of Trade, President of the California-Hawaii Sugar refining Co. and Consul-General in Victoria for Hawaii. He died in Vancouver in 1919. | 36 |
| Rivers, Mary A. | Mary Rivers was born on January 14, 1885 near Mill Bay. She was a wife and mother. She died in 1970. | 1588 |
| Robb, Hector & Jean | Hector Robb worked as aplumber and served with the Military in the First World War. He married Jean in 1911. | 1522 |
| Robbins, Jack and Claudia (nee Jesse) | Jack Robbins was born on October 2, 1914. He was a property owner and manager of Robbins Parking. His wife Claudia Jesse was born on December 4, 1919. | 1133 |
| Roberts, Jean | Jean Roberts was a teacher at South Park School in the 1920's. | 2105 |
| Roberts, Jessie | Jean Roberts was a teacher at South Park School and Victoria High School. | 2161 |
| Roberts, Samuel and Agnes (nee Gough) | Samuel Roberts came to Victoria in 1862 from Wales. He initially farmed in the Victoria area before purchasing 300 acres in the Sidney area. He married Agnes Gough from Nanaimo. | 576 |
| Robertson, Alexander R. | 2007 | |
| Robertson, Duncan M. | Duncan M. Robertson was born in New Brunswick on March 4, 1856. He came to Victoria about 1878 where he worked as a wheelwright, prospector and farmer. He married Annie McKinnon Davidson in 1884 and was the father of ten children. He died November 13, 1931. | 1065 |
| Robertson, Gwen M. | Gwen W. Robertson was born in Victoria on July 10, 1914. | 1530 |
| Robillard, Arthur & Elia | Arthur & Elia Robillard came to Victoria with their sons Raoul and Andre in 1910. Arthur worked as a gardener and had his own landscaping business. Elia worked as a caterer. In 1923, the couple purchased the Belvedere-Sooke Harbour Hotel. | 1376 |
| Robinson, Edward and Elizabeth | Edward Frederick Robinson came to Victoria in the 1890's. He worked as a jeweller, beekeeper, and travelled and lectured for the Provincial Government. He died in 1915. | 1590 |
| Robinson, George | George Robinson first came to Victoria in November 1854 as part of a five year contract with the Hudson's Bay Company. Following the expiry of his contract, her returned to England. In 1863, he returned to Victoria and, between 1863 and 1871, he worked as a photographer, mining engineer and dentist. In 1871, he moved to Olympia, Washington where he worked for a couple of years before he returned to England. He died in 1895. | 2215 |
| Robinson, George Williams | George Williams Robinson was the owner of Robinson's Sporting Goods. | 1643 |
| Robinson, J.D. | 2005 | |
| Rochfort, William D'Oyley | 1884-1943. Architect with Rochfort & Sankey. Designed the Royal Theatre (1913) and the Mount Edwards Apartments. | 37 |
| Roger, Isabella | Isabella Roger worked as a midwife and nurse. | 1583 |
| Rogers, George | George Rogers worked as a dairyman. He initially worked at Beckley Farm before establishing Craigielea Farm near Obed Avenue and the Alderley Farm near Agnes Street in Saanich. | 2116 |
| Rogers, George and Genevieve | George Rogers was born in Victoria in 1904. He worked as a dairy farmer and died in 1979. His wife Genevieve (nee Sangster) was born in 1903. | 1087 |
| Rogers, Joseph | Joseph Rogers worked as a dairyman with his brother George at Craigielea Farm and Alderley Farm. He later established his own dairy farm in the Burnside and Tillicum area. | 2117 |
| Rolfe, Janetta (nee Jeeves) | Janetta (nee Jeeves) Rolfe was a seamstree and ran furrier stores in Victoria. She was married to Victor McNaughton Rolfe. | 1610 |
| Rolfe, Victor McNaughton | Victor McNaughton Rolfe came to Victoria in 1889 at the age of two. After operating several businesses, he became the electrical inspector for the City of Victoria and the Municipalities of Oak Bay and Esquimalt. | 1609 |
| Romano Theatre | 1196 | |
| Rondeault, Abbé Pierre | Abbé Pierre Rondeault was the champain of the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria from 1858-1859. | 1377 |
| Ross, Alexander | 2390 | |
| Ross, Charles | 630 | |
| Ross, Dixi Harrison | Dixi Harrison Ross was born in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylavania in 1842 and came to Victoria in 1873. He worked as a retail grocer before his death in 1899. | 2402 |
| Ross, Flora (nee Hobbs) | 2391 | |
| Ross, Francis Henry | 2393 | |
| Ross, Harrie Gerald | Harrie Gerald Ross was born in Victoria on May 20, 1874 and died on June 5, 1943. | 2404 |
| Ross, Harriet Elizabeth | Harriet Elizabeth Ross was born in Victoria on March 21, 1876 and died on February 26, 1969. | 2405 |
| Ross, Isabella | 2392 | |
| Ross, Isabella (nee Melville) | 668 | |
| Ross, Jennie Butchart | 2308 | |
| Ross, Lucy Ophelia Birchard | Lucy Ophelia Birchard Ross was born in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylavania in 1842 and came to Victoria in 1873. In 1868, she married Dixi Harrison Ross. She died in Victoria on December 22, 1912. | 2403 |
| Ross, Thomas Michael | Thomas Michael Ross was born in Sooke on November 9, 1886. He worked as the manager of the Boy's Department at David Spencer Ltd. and served in both World Wars. | 1497 |
| Rosson, Bessie (nee Hamlet) | 2379 | |
| Rosson, George Pollard | George Pollard Rosson worked for the Rock Bay Hotel and the City of Victoria. | 2378 |
| Rosson, George William | George Pollard Rosson was born in Victoria on May 27, 1880. After selling papers on the street and working as a bellboy, George served in the Canadian military during the First World War.. | 2377 |
| Rough, Dorothy Enid | Dorothy Enid Rough arrived in Victoria in 1912 with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edwin George Rough. | 1345 |
| Rough, Henry & Jenny (Stubbs) | Henry & Jenny Rough both worked for B.C. Electric at Jordan River. Henry was an engineer and Jenny was a stenographer. | 1346 |
| Rowebottom, George Wm. and Elizabeth | George William Rowebottom assisted in the operation of a butcher shop and also served 25 years with Lawrence Goodacre and 8 years with the Hudson's Bay Company. | 1119 |
| Rowland, Matthias | Matthias Rowland arrived in Victoria in 1850. He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company. | 637 |
| Rowland, Matthias | Matthias Rowland arrived in Victoria in 1850. He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company. | 2525 |
| Rueff, Jules | Jules Rueff arrived in Victoria in 1858. He worked as a merchant and was a member of the Executive of La Societe de Bienfaisance et Secours mutuels de Victoria. | 1378 |
| Russ, Rev. A.E. | Rev. A.E. Russ was a minister who performed missionary work among the Chinese community and helped to establish the Chinese Girls Rescue Home. | 2195 |
| Ryley, Helen | Helen Ryley was born in Scotland in 1892. She was an indentured servant for a time. She married Tim Ryley in 1915 and resided in Esquimalt for 71 years before her death in 1982. | 2255 |
| Ryley, Robert | Robert Ryley was born in England in 1886 and ca,e to Victoria in 1906. He worked for the dockyard from 1910-1051. He was also leading sgnalman for the H.M.S. Shearwater for a period of time. | 2254 |
