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McDonald, Ormond Alexander[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]

Male 1891 - 1939  (48 years)


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  • Name McDonald, Ormond Alexander 
    Birth 7 May 1891  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 13 May 1915  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Bride: Frances Foster 
    Business Address/Year 1918-1920  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1210 Douglas St.
    The Photorium
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1920  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    626 Yates St.
    The Photorium
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1921-1922  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    708 Yates St.
    The Photorium
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1927-1930  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    456 West Broadway
    Vancouver Drug Company Ltd.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1933  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    456 West Broadway
    Western Wholesale Drug (1928) Ltd.
    Vancouver, BC 
    Business Address/Year 1935  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Business Address/Year 1936  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1162 Granville St.
    Mac's Photo Service
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1937-1939  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1162 1/2 Granville St.
    Mac's Photo Service
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 15 Jul 1939  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Burial 18 Jul 1939  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [30, 33] 
    Association The Photorium (Relationship: Proprietor; Co-proprietor) 
    Association McDonald, Aubrey Stratton (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Mac's Photo Service (Relationship: Co-proprietor; Proprietor) 
    Association McDonald, Frances (Relationship: Spouse) 
    Person ID I1764  Camera Workers | M, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2024 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: At the time of his marriage he gave his occupation as "drug clerk." He operated the Photorium in Victoria in the late 1910s and early 1920s and subsequently moved to Vancouver where he also operated as a photographer, first for the Vancouver Drug Company Ltd. and then for the Western Wholesale Drug (1928) Ltd. His firm Mac's Photo Service was first listed in the 1936 business directory and his wife carried on operating the business following his death in 1939.

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

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    3. [S803] HENVIC17, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1917).
      Victoria: not listed

    4. [S804] HENVIC18, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1918), 310.
      Victoria: McDonald O A of The Photorium h 410 Parry

    5. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 490.
      Victoria: McDonald O A of The Photorium 1210 Douglas street

    6. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1130.
      Victoria: McDonald O A of The Photorium 1210 Douglas

    7. [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920), 379.
      Victoria: McDonald Ormond A of The Photorium r 410 Perry

    8. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 1020.
      Victoria: McDonald O A prop The Photorium 626 Yates & 1210 Douglas

    9. [S806] HENVIC21, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1921), 418.
      Victoria: McDonald Ormond A photogr 708 Yates h 410 Parry

    10. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921).
      Victoria: not listed

    11. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 1102.
      Victoria: McDonald Ormond A of The Photorium 708 Yates

    12. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1112.
      Victoria: Photorium The O A McDonald prop 708 Yates
      Victoria: not listed under McDonald

    13. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924).
      Vancouver: not listed; Victoria: not listed under McDonald or associated with The Photorium

    14. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 980.
      Vancouver: McDonald Osmond [sic] A clk Van Drug r 780 Dunsmuir [Angelus Hotel]

    15. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 1050.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A clk Van Drug h 33 621 E 7
      The Vancouver Drug Company Ltd. was owned by the same individual who owned Western Wholesale Drug (1928) Ltd.; both operated at 456 West Broadway at different times, with the former also having many branch outlets.

    16. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1095.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A photog Van Drug h 1, 1019 Bute

    17. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928).
      Vancouver: not listed

    18. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1087.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A photog Van Drug h 2, 1148 Thurlow

    19. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1095.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A photog Van Drug h 2, 1148 Thurlow

    20. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1058.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond h 1529 Nelson

    21. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932).
      Vancouver: not listed

    22. [S766] WRIVAN33, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1933), 550.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A photog Western Whol Drug h 1529 Nelson

    23. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934).
      Vancouver: not listed

    24. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1200.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A (Frances) photog h 1995 E Georgia

    25. [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 909.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond O [sic] (Frances) of Mac's Photo Serv h 1162 Granville

    26. [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 868.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A (Frances) prop Mac's Photo Serv h 1995 E Georgia

    27. [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 1004.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A (Frances) prop Mac's Photo Serv h 1430 E 7

    28. [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 814.
      Vancouver: McDonald Ormond A (Frances) prop Mac's Photo Serv h 1430 E 7

    29. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940).
      Vancouver: not listed

    30. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Ormond Alexander McDonald
      URL (accessed 4 Jul 2020): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121311459

    31. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1915-09-029521 (microfilm B11371); digital facsimile URL (accessed 4 July 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/26ee3674-2760-4a4d-b484-29a58c9ca3b8

    32. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1939-09-559948 (microfilm B13165)

    33. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 16 Jul 1939, 3.
      "Former Resident of City Passes"
      Obituary