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Muirhead, Charles Hope[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1873 - 1957  (83 years)


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  • Name Muirhead, Charles Hope 
    Birth 28 Aug 1873  near Helenburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The Ancestry.ca U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 shows a birthdate of 28 Aug 1873. His gravestone also shows a birthdate of 1873. His death registration record on Ancestry.ca also shows a birthdate of 28 Aug 1873.
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1896-1906  Sidney, BC; Bennett, BC Atlin, BC; Whitehorse, YT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1957  Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Death 26 Apr 1957  Portland, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Association Muirhead, Lewis Potter Jr. (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Muirhead Brothers (Relationship: Partner) 
    Person ID I130  Camera Workers | M, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2023 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He arrived in the USA in 1893 with his brother L.P. Muirhead. A partner in the Muirhead Brothers, he won an amateur photo contest in Jan 1900. His address was given as Atlin, BC. After the partnership in Atlin dissolved, C.H. settled in Wenatchee, WA. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and registered for the World War One military draft as did brother L.P.

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896).

    2. [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison.
      Letter, Yukon Archives to Mattison, 26 Mar 1982.
      1936 C.H.M. correspondence via Michael Cirelli, Seattle, WA, 11 Dec 1995.
      US Census data via Michael Cirelli, Seattle, WA, 11 Dec 1995.

    3. [S940] Leslie's Weekly, 8 Jan 1900, 16.

    4. [S941] (Washington) Wenatchee Daily World, 28 Apr 1957, 2.
      Obit.

    5. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971

    6. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Charles Hope Muirhead
      URL (accessed 28 Apr 2023): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60894080/charles-hope-muirhead