Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Morwood-Clark, Lawrence Archibald Sidney[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male 1898 - 1980  (81 years)

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  • Name Morwood-Clark, Lawrence Archibald Sidney
    • VARIANT NAMES: Clark, Archibald S.D.L.; Clark, Laurie; Clark, Lawrence R.; Morwood-Clark, L. Arthur; Morwood-Clark, Lawrence; Morwood-Clarke, Lawrence Archibald Sidney.
    Nickname Larry
    Birth Dec? 1898  Kings Heath, West Midlands, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • An undated obituary from an unknown newspaper states he was born in Seattle on 5 Sep 1901 ("Morwood-Clark"; URL [date accessed 1 Jun 2021]: http://family.tfsb.org/tree/wp31/wp31_478.html). The family tree tied to the clipping gives a different birth date and place which correlate more closely with his entry in the 11921 Canada census.
    Gender Male
    Business Address/Year 1916  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    He may have worked at the warehouse address on Homer St. 
    Address:
    665 Granville Street
    United Photographic Stores
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1918  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1920  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Bride: Zofia Eugenia Woszczynska 
    • He gave his name and signed as Lawrence Morwood-Clark, age as 22, occupation as photographer and birthplace as Birmingham, Eng. His father's name was Archibald Malcolm Morwood-Clark, born in Glasgow, Scotland.
    Business Address/Year 1919-1922  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1154 Robson St.
    Christopher Bannister
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1923-1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Death 7 Jan 1980  Riverside, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Some sources give his place of death as Hemet, CA.
    Burial 10 Jan 1980  Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association United Photographic Stores Ltd. (Relationship: Developer; Shipper)
    Association Bannister, Christopher (Relationship: Photographer; Photo finisher)
    Person ID I2074  Camera Workers | M, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2021

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Undetermined.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was first listed as a developer and shipper with the United Photographic Stores, then eventually worked as an employee and photographer of Christopher Bannister. At age 22, he and his wife, age 20, were living with her parents according to the 1921 census, which also notes he was born in England, immigrated in 1911 and worked as a photographer and "sometimes finishing."
      According to an undated obituary from an unknown newspaper, he was a self-employed real estate broker at the time of his death in California.

  • Sources 
    1. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of BC, District no. 13 Burrard, Enumeration sub-district no. 35 in Vancouver City, p. 16, line 37

    2. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).
      Vancouver: not listed under Clark or Morwood-Clark

    3. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 545 and 546.
      p. 545: Clark Archd S D L developer United Photographic Stores r 4450 Walden
      p. 546: Clark Laurie shipper United Photographic Stores r 4450 Welwyn

    4. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917).
      Vancouver: not listed under Clark or Morwood-Clark

    5. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 723.
      Vancouver: Morwood-Clark Lawrence photogr r 156 28th Av E
      His father worked as a millwright

    6. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 454.
      Vancouver: Clark L photogr C Bannister r 25 29th E

    7. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 486.
      Vancouver: Clark Lawrence R. emp Chris Bannister r 247 10th E

    8. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 898.
      Vancouver: Morwood-Clarke Lawrence emp C Bannister h 525 E 12th

    9. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 670.
      Vancouver: Clark Laurie photogr C Bannister r 1970 E 39th

    10. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923), 1019.
      Vancouver: Morwood-Clark Lawrence photogr h 1970 E 39th

    11. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 983.
      Vancouver: Morwood-Clark L Arthur photog h 1971 39th av E

    12. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925).
      Vancouver: not listed but Morwood Clark Zofia r 525 E 12 (p. 1040)

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

    14. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      California, Death Record Index, 1940-1997
      Social Security Death Index (indexed as "Morwood-Clar Lawrence")

    15. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1920-09-222476 (microfilm B12905); digital facsimile URL (accessed 3 Jun 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ba38bba3-d552-4333-b230-ae87157e05a4