Williams, Ernest Allen^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]}

1873 - 1938  (65 years)

• Name	Williams, Ernest Allen
  Birth	10 Feb 1873	Wordsworth, Surrey, Eng., UK   [27]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1914-1917	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 549 Bastion Shaw Brothers Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1918	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 902 1/2 Government St. Shaw Brothers Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1919-1921	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 904 Government St. Shaw Brothers Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1922-1925	Victoria
  	Address: 609 Yates St. Shaw Brothers Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1926	Victoria
  	Address undetermined
  Business Address/Year	1927-1931	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 620 View St., no. 700 (Central Building, top floor) Gibson Studio Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1934-1935	Victoria, BC
  	Address undetermined
  Death	11 Feb 1938	Victoria, BC   [28, 29]
  Burial	15 Feb 1938	Colwood Burial Park, Colwood, BC   [29]
  Association	Gibson Studio (Relationship: Employee; Manager)
  Association	Shaw Brothers (Relationship: Employee; Manager; Photographer; Proprietor)
  Person ID	I1077	Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A family tree on Ancestry.ca indicates he arrived at Halifax, NS, on 13 Jul 1911 aboard the Carthaginian. According to his obituary, he immigrated from Tunbridge Wells, England, and began his Canadian photography career with the Shaw Brothers. The 1918 Saanich voters list shows his wife Kate also working at the Shaw Brothers. After he left the Shaw Brothers operation, he managed the Gibson Studio. Williams was a member of the Arion Club and the Rotary Club (1915-1924), as well as being a Freemason (Quadra Lodge No. 2). He was survived by his widow one daughter, Mrs. O.V. Dawkins, and two granddaughters, all in Victoria. Williams is buried in Colwood Burial Park.

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Saanich The 1918 Saanich voters list URL (accessed 2 Apr 2021): https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Parks~Recreation~and~Community~Services/Documents/voters1918.pdf [S796] HENVIC12, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1912). Victoria: not listed [S798] HENVIC13, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1913). Victoria: not listed [S801] TREVIC14, (Victoria: Tregillus-Thompson Ltd., 1914), 729. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros r Falmouth Rd (Saan) [S802] HENVIC15, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1915), 574. Victoria: Williams Ernest A mgr Shaw Bros h --- Falmouth Rd (Saan) [S803] HENVIC17, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1917), 572. Victoria: Williams Ernest I [sic] of Shaw Bros h Falmouth Rd nr Saanich Rd (Saan) [S804] HENVIC18, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1918), 420. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros h Falmouth Rd (Saan) [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918). Victoria: not listed [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1165. Victoria: Williams E A prop Shaw Bros 904 Govt [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920), 524. Victoria: Williams Ernest A prop Shaw Bros h 904 Falmouth (Saan) [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 1041. Victoria: Williams Ernest A prop Shaw Bros 904 Govt [S806] HENVIC21, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1921), 586. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros h 904 Falmouth (Saan) [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 1106. Victoria: Williams Ernest A prop Shaw Bros 904 Govt [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 1128. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros 609 Yates [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1818. Victoria: Williams Ernest A prop Shaw Bros h 904 Falmouth rd [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1348. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros h 904 Falmouth rd [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1432. Victoria: Williams Ernest A of Shaw Bros h 904 Falmouth [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 1559. Victoria: Williams Ernest A photog h 904 Falmouth rd [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1612. Victoria: Williams Ernest A mgr Gibson's Studio h 904 Falmouth [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1893. Victoria: "Williams Ernest A of Gibsons Studio h 3697 N Quadra (RMD 4)" [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1876. Victoria: Williams Ernest A h 3697 N Quadra (RMD 4) [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 2257. Victoria: Williams Ernest A photog h 3697 N Quadra RMD 4 [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1918. Victoria: Williams Ernest A (Kate) photog h 3697 N Quadra (Saan) [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 1706. Victoria: Williams Ernest A (Kate) h 3697 N Quadra [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 1620. Victoria: Williams Ernest A (Kate) h 3697 N Quadra [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 1675. Victoria: Williams Kate wid E A h 3697 N Quadra [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site). Ernest Allen Williams [family tree] URL (accessed 1 Apr 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/13979246/person/31881077/facts [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1938-09-540033 (microfilm B13162) [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 12 Feb 1938, 6. "Death Closes Long Illness: Ernest A. Williams, Former City Photographer, Died in Hospital Yesterday" Obit.