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Wilson, C.K.[1]

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  • Name Wilson, C.K. 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1882  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2319  Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

  • Photos
    Wreck of the <i>Barnard Castle</i> near Rack Rocks, 1886.    		Wreck of the Barnard Castle near Rack Rocks, 1886.
    Photograph credited to Mrs. R. Maynard, but likely taken by Richard Maynard. This was the collier on which the fraudster C.K. Wilson who posed as a photographer made good his escape from Nanaimo in 1882. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-00007.

    Documents
    C.K. Wilson ad, <i>Nanaimo Free Press</i>, 19 Apr 1882, p. 2.    		C.K. Wilson ad, Nanaimo Free Press, 19 Apr 1882, p. 2.
    Some creditors placed this ad to warn other merchants that this "photographer" was not all he claimed to be.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Itinerant.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to an 1882 Nanaimo Free Press ad, this "photographer" absconded on the Barnard Castle, leaving some creditors in the lurch. The steamer was a collier which operated between Nanaimo and San Francisco and was wrecked near Race Rocks in 1886.

  • Sources 
    1. [S706] Nanaimo Free Press, 19 Apr 1882, 2.
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