Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Williams, Hester Agnes[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Female 1901? - 2001


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  • Name Williams, Hester Agnes 
    Birth 1901?  Quesnel, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Gender Female 
    Business Address/Year 1923-1925  Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    707 1/2 Fort St.
    Knight's Portrait Studio
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1926-1927  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    625 Fort Street, no. 213 (Pemberton Building)
    McCrea Portrait Studio
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1928  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Groom: Reginald Hodson 
    • She gave her occupation as spinster; her husband was a mining engineer.
    Death 24 Mar 2001  Gabriola Island, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Association McCrea Portrait Studio (Relationship: Finisher; Assistant photographer) 
    Association Knight's Portrait Studio (Relationship: Finisher; assistant) 
    Person ID I1924  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: She for a few years as an assistant and finisher for H.U. Knight's studio, then worked for about two years at the McCrea Portrait Studio in the 1927 business directory. Following her marriage in 1928, she appears to have moved away from Victoria.

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

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

    3. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1818.
      Victoria: Williams Hester of Knight Studio r RR 4 Mt Tolmie

    4. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1349.
      Victoria: Williams Hester asst Knight's Studio r Kisber

    5. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1432.
      Victoria: Williams Hester fnshr Knight Studio r n s Kisber

    6. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 1559.
      Victoria: Williams Hester A fnshr McCrea Studio r ns Kisber

    7. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1612.
      Victoria: Williams Hester A asst McCrea Portrait Studio r ns Kisber

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

    9. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1928-09-331387 (microfilm B13755); digital facsimile URL (accessed 2 Apr 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5a0c7c48-c2d2-4644-b44b-12ff97d44c7e

    10. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Hester Williams [family tree]
      URL (accessed 2 Apr 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/70195105/person/410075694615/facts