Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Bannister, Christopher[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, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34]

Male 1881 - 1956  (74 years)


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  • Name Bannister, Christopher 
    Birth 16 Nov 1881  Sidcup, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1909-1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    763 East Hastings Street
    Bannister and Cooke
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1911-1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    763 East Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1914-1917  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Business Address/Year 1918-1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1154 Robson St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1925  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    434 Richards St.
    Christopher Bannister Ltd.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1927  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [36
    Bride: Mary Elizabeth Kirby 
    • She was a widow at the time of their marriage. According to his death registration record her birth surname was either Hallgreen or Hall Green.
    Business Address/Year 1926-1945  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1154 Robson St.
    Christopher Bannister Ltd.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 10 Feb 1956  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    Burial 13 Feb 1956  Maple Ridge Cemetery, Maple Ridge, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    Association Christopher Bannister Ltd. (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Bannister and Cooke (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Morwood-Clark, Lawrence Archibald Sidney (Relationship: Photographer; Photo finisher) 
    Person ID I1900  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2021 

  • Documents
    Christopher Bannister's ad, <i>Wrigley's British Columbia directory ... 1918</i>, p. 640.
    Christopher Bannister's ad, Wrigley's British Columbia directory ... 1918, p. 640.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was the son of Charles Christopher Bannister, a member of the Helpman Expedition during the Klondike Gold Rush ("The Helpman Expedition to the Klondike: The Story of the Helpman O?Brien Klondike Expedition"; URL [accessed 2 Aug 2020]: http://traverslancashire.net/Travers_of_Lancashire/Helpman_Klondike_Expedition.html). Last listed in the 1945 business directory, his death registration record states he last worked in 1944. He is buried in the Maple Ridge Cemetery.
      He was a partner in Bannister and Cooke, and incorporated as Christopher Bannister Ltd.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Postcard recto may be titled and marked "Bannister Photo".
    • FORMATS: Postcards.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.
      Print

    2. [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS.
      Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs; postcards

    3. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1920, 1924, 1928 (not listed), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    4. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908).
      Vancouver: not listed

    5. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 477.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris of Bannister & Cooke lvs 763 Hastings E

    6. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 526.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris of Bannister & Cooke lvs 763 Hastings E

    7. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1109.
      Vancouver: Bannister (C) & Cooke (F) photogrs 763 Hastings E

    8. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 460.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr 763 Hastings E lvs same

    9. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 546.
      Vancouver: Bannister Christopher photogr 763 Hastings E h same

    10. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 590.
      Vancouver: Bannisty [sic] Christopher r 786 [sic] Hastings E

    11. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 630.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr h 727 8th Av E

    12. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 481.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr h 727 8th Av E

    13. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 476.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr h 727 8th Av E

    14. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 359.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr h 727 8th Av E

    15. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 371.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr h 1154 Robson

    16. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 541.
      Vancouver: Bannister C. Photographer. 1154 Robson Street. (See advertisement.)
      The ad is on p. 640.

    17. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 379.
      Vancouver: Bannister Christopher photogr 1154 Robson h same

    18. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 651.
      Vancouver: Bannister C photographer 1154 Robson

    19. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 1150.
      Classified: Photographers: Bannister Chris 1154 Robson
      Vancouver: not listed

    20. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 693.
      Vancouver: Bannister C photographer 1154 Robson

    21. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923), 442.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris photogr 1154 Robson r same

    22. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 913.
      Vancouver: Bannister Christopher photog 1154 Robson h same

    23. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 603.
      Vancouver: Bannister Christopher photog 1154 Robson

    24. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 631.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris mgr C Bannister Ltd r 1154 Robson

    25. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 673.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris mgr C Bannister r 1154 Robson

    26. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 705.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris mgr C Bannister Ltd h 1725 W 14

    27. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 861.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris prop C Bannister Ltd h 1725 W 14

    28. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 707.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris mgr C Bannister Ltd h 1725 W 14

    29. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 695.
      Vancouver: Bannister Chris mgr C Bannister Ltd h 1725 W 14

    30. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 851.
      Vancouver

    31. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 484.
      Vancouver

    32. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 484.
      Vancouver

    33. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946).
      Vancouver: not listed

    34. [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947).
      Vancouver: not listed

    35. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1956-09-003041 (microfilm B13227); digital facsimile URL (accessed 16 Mar 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/d9e1841b-bb52-4ff4-9c70-cc55a790d57e

    36. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1927-09-324699 (microfilm B13754); digital facsimile URL (accessed 16 Mar 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2efd317f-2ca2-44a3-a42e-b58b45edb07f