Meeres, George Albert^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]}

1878 - 1972  (94 years)

• Name	Meeres, George Albert
  	VARIANT NAMES: Meares, George; Meeris, George.
  Born	19 Jan 1878	Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Eng., UK   [25, 26]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1940-1948?	Vernon, BC
  	Address: Barnard Avenue Meeres Photographic and Art Studio Vernon, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1951-?	Vernon, BC
  	Address: 3001 31st Street Meeres Photographic and Art Studio Vernon, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1948-1950?
  	Continued past 1950
  	Address: 2914 Barnard Avenue Vernon, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1910-1925	Manitoba
  Business Address/Year	1925-1936	Nelson, BC
  	Address: 715 Baker Street Nelson, BC Canada
  Died	1 Feb 1972	Vernon, BC   [26]
  Buried	4 Feb 1972	Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Vernon, BC   [26]
  Association	Meeres Photographic and Art Studio (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Person ID	I1824	Camera Workers | M, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2021

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A biographical sketch in the description of a collection of his photos at the UBC Okanagan Library states: George Albert Meeres (1878-1972), photographer and artist, was born in Grimsby, England in 1878. He emigrated to Canada in 1906. In 1910, he and partner Arthur John Lawrence purchased a photo studio from James Fenton in Russell, Manitoba. The partnership of Lawrence & Meeres continued until 1917 when it was dissolved. Meeres carried on under the name of George A. Meeres, Photographer, until 1925 when he sold the business and moved to Nelson, B.C. He purchased the Campbell Art Gallery, changing its name to George A. Meeres, Photographer. After a short time in Grindrod, he moved to Vernon, B.C., opening Meeres' Photographic and Art Studio in 1940. He specialized in portraits, wedding photos, and hand colouring. His studio operated in Vernon until 1968 and George Meeres died in Vernon in 1972 at the age of 94. The Manitoba Photographers site entry for him states "He moved to Mara in 1936 and Vernon in 1939." According to his death registration record he was a retired photographer, single and had lived in Vernon for 34 years or since at least 1938. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be titled, dated and signed "Geo. A. Meeres Nelson B.C." or "Photo by Geo. A. Meeres Nelson, BC" or "Photograph by Geo. A. Meeres Nelson, BC" or "Photo by Geo. A. Meeres Chapman Art Gallery Nelson BC". Examples of these different identifying marks may be found on the Touchstones Nelson Flickr page and on the BC Archives site.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Prints [S1110] COLLECTION: BENDMA. George Meeres Photographic and Art Studio fonds [S1109] COLLECTION: BNELTO. Prints; some digital facsimiles through Flickr; URL (accessed 21 Jan 2021): https://www.flickr.com/photos/touchstonesnelson/sets/72157626582776045/ [S1108] COLLECTION: BKLUBC. Prints (George Meeres collection) [S142] COLLECTION: BVMA. George A. Meeres collection and George A. Meeres fonds [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1933. Nelson [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924). Nelson: not listed [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925). Nelson: not listed [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 243. Nelson: Meeres Geo A photog 715 Baker [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 467. Nelson: Meeres Geo A 715 Baker r 411 Cedar [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 635. Nelson: Meeres Geo A photog 715 Baker r 909 Vernon [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 307. Nelson: Meeres Geo A artist 715 Baker r 909 Vernon Mara: not listed [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937). Mara: not listed, but a George Meeris operated the general store Nelson: not lisetd [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 210. Mara: Meeres Geo genl store [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 166. Mara: Meeres Geo genl store Vernon: not listed [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 399. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic Arts [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 388. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic Arts [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942), 393. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic & Arts Studio [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 400. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic Studio [S780] SUN48, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1948), 310. Vernon: Meeres Photographic & Art Studio. G. A. Meeres, Manager. Portraiture, Kodak Finishing, Enlarging, Color Work, Picture Framing. P.O. Box 373. Phone 531. [S996] SUNVERNON4849, (Vancouver, BC: Sun Directories, 1948), 90. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic & Art Studio r 2914 Barnard [S1087] Vernon City Directory 1951, (Vancouver: B.C. Directories, 1951), 101. Vernon: Meeres Geo A mgr Meeres Photographic & Art Studio r PO Box 373 [S288] Francis (1996), Daniel Francis, (Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House, 1996), 123. Photo credited to George Meares [sic] [S483] Manitoba Photographers, 1858 to Present (Web site), Manitoba Historical Society, (Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Historical Society). George Albert Meeres (1878-1972) URL (accessed 22 Jan 2021): http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/photographers/meeres_ga.shtml [S832] Find a Grave (Web site). George Albert Meeres URL (accessed 21 Jan 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215036151/george-albert-meeres [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1972-09-002380 (microfilm B13315); digital facsimile URL (accessed 21 Jan 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e719530a-9a2f-4671-832d-7a2a9e316370