Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Postill, Leonard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male 1896 - 1947  (50 years)


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  • Name Postill, Leonard 
    Nickname Doc 
    Birth 20 May 1896  Kelowna, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1927  Rossland, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bride: Beryl Adelaide Morgan 
    Business Address/Year 1927-1936  Trail, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Progress Studio
    Trail, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1937-1942  Trail, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1341 Cedar Ave.
    Progress Studio
    Trail, BC
    Canada 
    Death 11 Jan 1947  Rossland, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Burial 15 Jan 1947  Trail, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Association Progress Studio [Trail] (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Person ID I1731  Camera Workers | P, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He operated the Progress Studio in Trail from the mid-1920s to the early 1940s. He was last listed as its proprietor in the 1942 business directory. In the 1943 directory he was employed as a machinist with the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Trail while residing in Rossland.

  • Sources 
    1. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926).
      Trail: not listed

    2. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 379.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio

    3. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 554.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio

    4. [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 453.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio & mgr Hall's Music Store

    5. [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 393.
      Trail: Progress Studio (L Postill) photogs 1341 Cedar

    6. [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 564.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Hall's Music Hse and Progress Studio r Rossland BC

    7. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 380.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio r Rossland BC

    8. [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 369.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio r Rossland BC

    9. [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942), 374.
      Trail: Postill Leonard prop Progress Studio r Rossland BC

    10. [S777] SUN43, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1943), 321.
      Rossland: Postill Leonard mach CM&S
      Trail: not listed

    11. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1927-09-328786 (microfilm B13754); digital facsimile URL (accessed 7 June 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6293f72d-b8c1-42f6-b43e-17899519d0d3

    12. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1947-09-001421 (microfilm B13192); digital facsimile URL (accessed 7 June 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/a924857a-f9df-4810-b2fe-a35952292746