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Wigley, Selwyn James[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]

Male 1865 - 1936  (71 years)


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  • Name Wigley, Selwyn James 
    • VARIANT NAME: Wigley, James; Windley, S.J.
    Born 29 Jun 1865  Pauntley, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • While his California death registration record states he was born in Pauntley, he gave his birth town on his Canadian Expeditionary Force attestation paper as Newent.
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 1895  Greenwich, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Bride: Alice Maria Harding 
    Home Address/Year 30 Jun 1911  AB Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Home Address/Year Oct 1918  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1835 Cornwall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1919  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1066 West Pender St.
    Home and Commercial Photographers
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1919  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1066 West Pender St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1920  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1115 West Pender St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1920-1921  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1117 West Pender St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1921  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1117 West Pender St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year Apr 1930  Lomita, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Home Address/Year 1936  Avalon, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    117 1/2 Bird Park Rd.
    Avalon, CA
    USA 
    Died 19 Sep 1936  Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • His place of death was on Catalina Island where he and his wife lived.
    Buried Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Association Home and Commercial Photographers (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Person ID I1417  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2019 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He immigrated in 1907 via Liverpool, Eng., to Winnipeg, MB, via Quebec City, QC, on the Lake Champlain. His wife's name was Alice Maria (1871-1953) and his two daughters were Marjorie Grace (1896-1972) and Elsie Winifred (1897-1991). His occupation was given as schoolmaster.

      In the 1911 Canada census, he was listed as James Wigley and with his wife and two daughters was farming in Alberta. He and his family were all naturalized Canadians. They do not appear to have been enumerated in the 1921 Canada census.

      He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in North Vancouver in Oct 1918 and noted that he had had six years of prior military experience in England. His personnel file also indicates he had originally enlisted as a sapper (engineer) on 7 Mar 1916. All his military service was in Canada. He was discharged on 11 Mar 1919 with a rank of corporal. During part or all of his military service his wife was living in Los Angeles, CA.

      His older daughter Marjorie G. Wigley was listed in the 1918 Henderson's Vancouver directory as a clerk for Camera and Arts. A Mrs. Wigley along with Marjorie and Elsie resided at 742 Nelson St. A Madge Wigley, living at the same address that year, was a school teacher and possibly a relative. He worked for or owned Home and Commercial Photographers in 1919 and the following year operated out of a different address as a commercial photographer and exchange service for cameras.

      When he and his wife immigrated via Seattle, WA, to Los Angeles, CA, in 1922 he gave his occupation as photographer. In the 1930 US census he and his wife are living in Lomita, CA, and his occupation is "gamekeeper." On his 1936 death registration record his occupation, which he had pursued for five years, was given as artist (pictures).

  • Sources 
    1. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
      "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922"; digital facsimile URL (accessed 24 Aug 2019): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q3F-4TD

    2. [S722] Census of Canada 1911.
      Province of Alberta, District no. 6, Enumeration district no. 4 in Tps 45, Rge 4, W 4th Mer., p. 30, line 32

    3. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1920, 1924.
      Vancouver

    4. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
      "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957"; digital facsimile URL (accessed 24 Aug 20190: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KY2S-51C

    5. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    6. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    8. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    9. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    10. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916).
      North Vancouver and Vancouver: not listed

    11. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917).
      Vancouver: not listed

    12. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918).
      Vancouver: not listed, but his wife and daughters Marjorie G. and Elsie Wigley are.

    14. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1041.
      Vancouver: Wigley Selwyn J prop Home & Commercial Photography 1066 Pender W

    15. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 918.
      Vancouver: Wigley Selwyn J photogr 1066 Pender W h same

    16. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 950.
      Vancouver: Wigley S J comm photogr & camera exch 1117 Pender W

    17. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 1027.
      Vancouver: Wigley Selwyn J photogr 1117 Pender W r 1115 same

    18. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 1006.
      Vancouver: Wigley S J coml photogr 1117 Pender W

    19. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 1132.
      Vancouver: Wigley Selwyn J photogr 1117 W Pender h same

    20. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
      "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"; digital facsimile URL (accessed 24 Aug 2019): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-D3Q4

    21. [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
      "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"; URL (accessed 20 Aug 2019): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D1W-7MP

    22. [S912] United States Census, 1930.
      FamilySearch.org digital facsimile URL (accessed 24 Aug 2019): "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJR-NGX

    23. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Selwyn James Wigley
      URL (accessed 24 Aug 2019): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94937753/selwyn-james-wigley