Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Chindlund, Elmer Arthur[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1885 - 1961  (76 years)

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  • Name Chindlund, Elmer Arthur
    • VARIANT NAMES: Chindland, Elmer A.; Chindlund, Elmer E.; Chinlund, Elmer.
    Birth 23 Feb 1885  Alta, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Gender Male
    Business Address/Year 1907  Portland, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Kiser Photograph Company
    Portland, OR
    USA 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1907  Portland, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Bride: Ilda Cox 
    Business Address/Year 1914  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    423 Hamilton St., no. 15
    Inns of Court building
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1914  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    637 Seymour St.
    Seymour Rooms
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 14 Aug 1961  Sacramento, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Burial Fair Oaks Cemetery, Sacramento County, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Person ID I2147  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2021

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He may have first arrived in BC on 22 May 1912 from Spokane, WA, where he had worked as a photographer. In the mid-1900s he worked for Portland's Kiser Photograph Company. He moved back to Washington state where he registered for the US World War One draft. Later living in California he was also an inventor with patents.

  • Sources 
    1. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Indexed as E A Chindland
      Source Citation
      Library and Archives Canada; 1908-1935 Border Entries; Roll: T-5482
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. Canada, Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935

    2. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      Vancouver: not listed

    3. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      Vancouver: not listed

    4. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 724.
      Vancouver: Chindlund Elmer A photogr 15, 423 Hamilton r Seymour Rooms

    5. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).
      Vancouver: not listed

    6. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

    7. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    8. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Indexed as Elmer E Chindlund; name on gravestone "Elmer Chinlund".
      URL (accessed 10 Jul 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29934597/elmer-e-chindlund/photo


    9. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999

    10. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997

    11. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Indexed as Elmer E Chindlund; name on gravestone "Elmer Chinlund".
      URL (accessed 10 Jul 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29934597/elmer-e-chindlund/photo