Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Reeves, Cecil Heppenstall[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1883 - 1969  (85 years)


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  • Name Reeves, Cecil Heppenstall 
    Born 14 Jul 1883  Ardington, Berkshire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1913  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Bride: Emma Jane Davies 
    Business Address/Year 1921  Dauphin, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Business Address/Year 1928-1950  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Continued past 1950 
    Address:
    624 Columbia St.
    Columbia Studio
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Died 17 Apr 1969  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Buried 21 Apr 1969  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Association Columbia Studio (New Westminster) (Relationship: Proprietor; Manager) 
    Person ID I1674  Camera Workers | R, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 16 May 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He learned photography in England from which he immigrated in 1913 to Winnipeg, MB, via Quebec City, QC. He gave his occupation in England and intended occupation in Canada as a photographer.
      In 1921 he was living and working in Dauphin, MB, as a photographer.
      He was first listed in the 1928 BC business directory as the manager of John Vanderpant's Columbia Studio in New Westminster. He acquired the business and continued to operate it past 1950 at the same location.
      According to his death registration record he last worked as a photographer in 1960 and had spent 60 years in the trade. [11]

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1928.
      New Westminster

    2. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927).
      New Westminster: not listed

    3. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 1380.
      New Westminster: Reeves Cecil H mgr Columbia Studio h 511 Holland N Westr

    4. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1245.
      New Westminster: Reeves Cecil H prop Columbia Studio h 511 Holland N Westr

    5. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1263.
      New Westminster: Reeves Cecil H prop Columbia Studio h 511 Holland N Westr

    6. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1344.
      New Westminster: Reeves Cecil H (Emma J) mgr Columbia Studio h 209 4th Av N Westr

    7. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 1595.
      New Westminster

    8. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 1746.
      New Westminster

    9. [S1025] BCVAN51, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1951), 1064.
      New Westminster

    10. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1969-09-006682 (microfilm B13296); digital facsimile URL (accessed 15 May 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/a9b2d3cb-8e33-43c6-a4d4-f088fb522601

    11. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Cecil Heppenstal Reeves
      URL (accessed 15 May 2020): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/5094847/person/6844051707/facts?_phsrc=ScH353&_phstart=successSource

    12. [S824] Vital Statistics Agency (Manitoba), (Province of Manitoba).
      Marriage registration record no. 1913-059420

    13. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of MB, District no. 27 Dauphin, Enumeration sub-district no. 34 in Dauphin town, p. 39, line 7