Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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Walls, William Elphinstone[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 1898 - 1973  (75 years)


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  • Name Walls, William Elphinstone 
    Birth 7 May 1898  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Christening 14 Aug 1898  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1919  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    604 Yates St.
    Trio Photograph and Supply Company
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1927  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Business Address/Year 1929-1941  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Death 7 Aug 1973  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Cremation 10 Aug 1973  Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Association Trio Photograph and Supply Company (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Walls, Orlebar Charles (Relationship: Brother) 
    Person ID I1776  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was first listed as a photographer for Trio Photograph and Supply Company in 1919. His brother O.C. Walls was listed as the operator of the Trio Photo Company in the 1920 business directory. W.E. Walls was next listed as a photographer beginning in 1927 and until at least 1940. He appears to have retired from the profession in the early to mid-1940s.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1920, 1928, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Victoria

    2. [S804] HENVIC18, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1918).
      Victoria: not listed

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

    4. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1162.
      Victoria: Walls W E photographer with Trio Photograph and Supply Co 604 Yates

    5. [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920).
      Victoria: not listed

    6. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920).
      Victoria: not listed

    7. [S806] HENVIC21, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1921).
      Victoria: not listed

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

    9. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Victoria: not listed

    10. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1812.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    11. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1344.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    12. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1427.
      Victoria: Walls Wm r 657 Superior

    13. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926).
      Victoria: not listed

    14. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1607.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E photog r 657 Superior

    15. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 1773.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    16. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1845.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E photog r 657 Superior

    17. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1889.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E photog r 657 Superior

    18. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1887.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    19. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1870.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    20. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 2250.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    21. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1913.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    22. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 1869.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    23. [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 1877.
      Victoria: Walls Wm photog r 657 Superior

    24. [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942), 1883.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    25. [S777] SUN43, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1943), 2039.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    26. [S778] SUN44, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1944), 2026.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    27. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 2030.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    28. [S991] SUNVIC49, (Vancouver, BC: Sun Directories, 1949), 482.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    29. [S992] BCVIC50, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1950), 681.
      Victoria: Walls Wm E r 657 Superior

    30. [S725] BVIPA birth registration.
      Registration no. 1898-09-009443 (microfilm B13814)

    31. [S726] BVIPA baptism index.
      Baptised at St. Johns Church (Church of England)
      Microfilm B16241

    32. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      William Elphinbone [sic] Walls
      Registration no. 1973-09-011088 (microfilm B13326); digital facsimile URL (accessed 20 July 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2c91b0b5-4b67-44df-87e5-68770c411d9b