Simmonds, William De Lasaux^{[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]}

1879 - 1962  (82 years)

• Name	Simmonds, William De Lasaux
  Birth	31 Jan 1879	London, Eng., UK   [31, 32]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1919-1921	Victoria, BC
  	Skene Lowe's former studio address.
  	Address: 654 Yates St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1922	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 641 Yates St., no. 3-4 Surrey Block Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1923-1935	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 639 Yates St., no. 3 Surrey Block Victoria, BC Canada
  Marriage	?	?   [31, 32]
  	Bride: Emily Augusta Baker
  Death	16 Jan 1962	Victoria, BC   [31, 32]
  Burial	20 Jan 1962	Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich, BC   [32]
  Association	Victoria Professional Photographers Association (Relationship: Member)
  Person ID	I2045	Camera Workers | S, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2024

  
  

• Documents

  W.D. Simmonds ad, Victoria Daily Times, 14 May 1919, p. 12. Simmonds advertised that he occupied the photographer Skene Lowe's former place of business at the corner of Yates and Douglas streets. Simmonds also indicated he was a World War One veteran.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: First noted in Fernie as a registered voter in 1908, he moved to Victoria the following year and worked there as a photographer into the 1930s. In Jan 1916 he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in France during World War One; he was discharged in Apr 1919. He was a member in 1921 of the Victoria Professional Photographers Association. He was last listed in the 1935 business directory as a photographer. His death registration record noted he had last worked as a photographer for the BC Provincial Police.

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS. West Fernie [view of sawmill] Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs: Postcard [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1908, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Fernie [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1909, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Victoria [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1920, 1924 (William), 1928 (Wm. Delacaux), Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Saanich [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1924 (William De'Lasaux), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Victoria [S792] PROVI09, (Victoria: Provincial Publishing, 1909). Victoria: not listed [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910). Victoria: not listed [S793] HENVIC10, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 363. Victoria: Simmonds William D h 561 Toronto [S796] HENVIC12, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 586. Victoria: Simmonds Wm photogr h 948 View [S798] HENVIC13, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1913), 794. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photogr h 948 View [S801] TREVIC14, (Victoria: Tregillus-Thompson Ltd., 1914), 845. Victoria: Simmonds Wm photogr A H Maynard h 948 View [S745] HENVIC14, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1914), 659. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photogr 948 View h same [S802] HENVIC15, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1915), 526. Victoria: Simmons Wm H photogr A H Maynard h 581 Niagara [S803] HENVIC17, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1917). Victoria: not listed [S804] HENVIC18, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1918). Victoria: not listed [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918). Victoria: not listed [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1153. Victoria: Simmonds W D photogr 654 Yates [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920), 474. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photogr 654 Yates h 141 Robertson [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 1034. Victoria: Simmonds W D photogr 654 Yates [S806] HENVIC21, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1921), 526. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photogr 654 Yates r Marigold P O (Saan) [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 1098. Victoria: Simmonds W D photogr 654 Yates [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 1119. Victoria: Simmonds W D 3-4 Surrey blk [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1794. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photog 3 Surrey blk h 149 Maddock av [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 1755. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photog 3-4, 639 Yates h 140 Maddock [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1850. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photog 3, 639 Yates h 1067 Oliver [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 2229. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D photog 3, 639 Yates h 1067 Oliver [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1896. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D (Emily) photog 3, 639 Yates h 1067 Oliver [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 1684. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D (Emily) h 1067 Oliver [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 1598. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D (Emily) h 1067 Oliver [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 2010. Victoria: Simmonds Wm D (Emily) retired h 761 Cloverdale [S730] Personnel Records of the First World War (Web site), (Library and Archives Canada). Name: Simmonds, William De'Lasaux Regimental no. 313968 URL (accessed 22 May 2021): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=229526 [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1962-09-001379 (microfilm B13255); digital facsimile URL (accessed 22 May 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/76538b60-672a-4342-9c3b-a5f34b6525c6