Croft, Lawrence Floyd^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1875 - 1957  (81 years)

• Name	Croft, Lawrence Floyd
  	VARIANT NAME: Croft, Floyd L.
  Born	9 Oct 1875	Wisconsin, USA   [5, 7, 8]
  	The 1911 Canada census gives his birth date as Oct 1875. The 1940 United States census gives an age of 74 and an estimated birth year of 1866. His death registration record gives his birth date as 9 Oct 1875, but a birthplace of Kansas. [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Marriage	5 Jan 1909	Everett, WA   [7, 9, 10]
  	Bride: Ida May Fisher
  Business Address/Year	1911-1912	Chilliwack, BC
  Business Address/Year	1912	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 330 Homer St., no. 7-8 Richard Broadbridge Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1913	Chilliwack, BC
  Business Address/Year	1918	Seattle, WA   [7]
  	Address: Asahel Curtis Seattle, WA Canada
  Home Address/Year	1918-1940	Medina, WA   [6, 7]
  Died	9 Mar 1957	Medina, WA   [8]
  Buried	Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Seattle, WA   [11]
  Association	Mee Studio (Relationship: Manager)
  Association	Broadbridge, Richard (Relationship: Photographer)
  Association	Curtis, Asahel (Relationship: Photographer)
  Person ID	I1504	Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2020

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		News item, Chilliwack Progress, 6 Nov 1912, p. 5 Describes W.S. Forsythe taking over L.F. Croft's Mee Studio and Croft moving to Vancouver to work for Richard Broadbridge.
  		Chilliwack exhibition photo exhibit news item, Chilliwack Progress, 27 Sep 1911, p. 7 Describes the work of G.F. Chapman and L.F. Croft, the latter of Mee Studio
  		L.F. Croft ad, Chilliwack Free Press, 12 Oct 1911, p. 4. He advertises for the creation of a portrait collection of Fraser Valley pioneers.
  		News item about L.F. Croft's scheme to create a photo gallery of Fraser Valley pioneers, Chilliwack Free Press, 7 Sep 1911, p. 1.
  		Christmas ad by L.F. Croft (Mee Studio), Chilliwack Free Press, 30 Nov 1911, p. 12.
  		L.F. Croft (Mee Studio) ad, Chilliwack Free Press, 13 Jun 1912, p. 8.
  		L.F. Croft (Mee Studio) ad, Chilliwack Free Press, 23 Aug 1912, p. 1.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the 1911 Canada census, he immigrated in 1910 and was residing with the photographer Elbert Mee and his wife Emma. He managed the Mee Studio until it was taken over by W.S. Forsythe late in 1912 at which point Croft moved to Vancouver where he worked for Richard Broadbridge as a photographer. Croft appeared again in Chilliwack in the 1913 business directory. According to a 1941 news item, he visited Chilliwack from Seattle and had moved from the former, heading south, in 1912. He registered for the United States World War One draft in 1918. He was employed as a photographer by Asahel Curtis. [7, 12]

  
  

• Sources

  [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911). Chilliwack: not listed [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1555. Chilliwack: Croft Lawrence F photogr Vancouver: not listed [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1752. Chilliwack: Croft F photogr [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914). Vancouver: not listed [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "Recensement du Canada de 1911," URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MS28 [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "United States Census, 1940," URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K99R-W8T [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDG-WLJ9 [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9S-BP8 [S1075] Chilliwack Free Press, 8, 12 Oct 1911. "Mrs. L.F. Croft has returned from a visit to her former home in Seattle...." [S667] FamilySearch.org (Web site), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A second marriage for her, she was born Ida May Hadwin "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPM2-BLKR [S832] Find a Grave (Web site). URL (accessed 4 Feb 2020): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143896082 [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 4, 9 Jul 1941. "Among the Seattle visitors over the Independence Day holiday was Floyd Croft...."