Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Cheyne, Alexander[1, 2]

Male 1881 - 1957  (76 years)


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  • Name Cheyne, Alexander 
    Birth 1 Apr 1881  Manse of Savoch Croft, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1910  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    410 1/2 Baker
    Nelson Studio
    Nelson, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1921  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Bride: Elizabeth Ann McNab Blease 
    Death 31 Oct 1957  Calgary, AB Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Queens Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Calgary, AB Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Association Nelson Studio (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Person ID I2249  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked as a photographer at the McGregor brothers' Nelson Studio. By 1913 he was working as the vice-president of City and Farm Lands Ltd. in Nelson. When he married in 1921 at age 40 he gave his occupation as rancher.

  • Sources 
    1. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 884.
      Nelson: Cheyne Alexander photo Nelson Studio lvs 410 1/2 Baker

    2. [S1034] JEFNELSON13, (Nelson, BC: W.A. Jeffries and Company, 1913?), 55.
      Nelson: Cheyne Alex vice-pres City & Farm Lands Ltd r 624 Victoria

    3. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1921-09-238198 (microfilm B12907); digital facsimile URL (accessed 29 Aug 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7ff86b3e-fa2f-44cf-9f96-e54c1810dc82

    4. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Alexander Cheyne [family tree]
      URL (accessed 29 Aug 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/60056246/person/42082582053/facts