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Banks, Leslie Osborne[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1903 - 1977  (74 years)


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  • Name Banks, Leslie Osborne 
    Birth 18 May 1903  Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1941  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    173 Commercial
    Meyers' Studios
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Cremation 6 Jun 1977  Victory Memorial Park Crematorium, Surrey, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 29 Jun 1977  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • His residence at his time of death was in Richmond.
    Association Meyers' Studios (Relationship: Manager) 
    Person ID I2099  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2024 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the 1911 Canada census he had immigrated in 1906 with his father, mother and sister. They lived in Winnipeg, MB, where his father worked as a janitor. In the 1921 Canada census, at age 18, he was living with his parents in Winnipeg and working as an "office boy". In the 1931 Canada census, at age 27, he was living with his father, step-mother and step-brother, however, Leslie was listed as the step-son. He worked in an orchestra as a musician.
      He was listed as the manager of the Nanaimo branch of Meyers Studios in the 1941 BC business directory. His death registration record indicates he had been a photographer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S722] Census of Canada 1911.
      Province of MB, Sub-district no. 9, Enumeration district no. 10 in Winnipeg, p. 13, line 4.

    2. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of MB, District no. 29, Winnipeg North, Enumeration sub-district no. 32 in Ward 3 Winnipeg, p. 33, line 13

    3. [S1208] Census of Canada 1931.
      Province of MB, Electoral district Winnipeg South Centre, Enumeration sub-district no. 41 in municipality of Winnipeg City, p. 2, line 18

    4. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    5. [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 191.
      Nanaimo: Banks Leslie mgr Meyers Studios r 121 Bastion

    6. [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942), 193.
      Nanaimo: Banks Leslie r 121 Bastion

    7. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1977-09-010096 (microfilm B13578); digital facsimile URL (accessed 11 Jun 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/0fcd20fb-eed6-448c-a7f7-f32c3be84aef