Wadds, David^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]}

1871 - 1938  (67 years)

• Name	Wadds, David
  Birth	16 May 1871	Kilroot, Antrim, Ireland   [25]
  	Full birth date is from a private biographical account of his aunt Mrs. Agnes (nee Wadds) Mount.
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1892	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 518 Cordova St. Vancouver Photographic Company Vancouver, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1889-1892	Toronto, ON
  Home Address/Year	1894-1895	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: Hamilton St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1892-Apr 1896	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 518 Cordova St. Wadds Brothers Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Apr 1896-Nov 1897	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 45 Cordova St. (Sullivan Block) Wadds Brothers Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1896-Nov 1897	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 538 Homer St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Marriage	26 Mar 1898	Rossland, BC   [25]
  	Bride: Eva Saville Medlock
  Business Address/Year	Nov 1897-1900	Nelson, BC
  	Address: Victoria St., corner of Stanley (Sullivan Block) Wadds Brothers Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1901-1903	Nelson, BC
  	Address: West Baker St., near Steele Wadds Brothers Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1904-1905	Nelson, BC
  	Address: West Baker St., near Ward Wadds Brothers Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1902, 1905	Grand Forks, BC
  	Itinerant
  	Address: Bridge St. Grand Forks, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1902, 1905	Phoenix, BC
  	Itinerant
  	Address: Martin Block Phoenix, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1903-1911	Fairview, BC
  Business Address/Year	1912-1914	Vancouver, BC
  	Operated in 1912 as the Silver Studio
  	Address: 25 Hastings E. St., no. 404 Dodson Block Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Jul 1914	Delta, BC
  	In Ladner
  	Address: McNeely Hall northeast corner, Delta and Chisholm streets Delta, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1918	Crawford Bay, BC
  Business Address/Year	1919-1921	Trail, BC
  Business Address/Year	1922-1928	Crawford Bay, BC
  Business Address/Year	1929	Rossland, BC
  Business Address/Year	1930-1934	Crawford Bay, BC
  Death	31 Dec 1938	Trail, BC   [26]
  Association	Wadds Brothers (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Wadds, George Thomas (Relationship: Brother)
  Association	Vancouver Photographic Company (Relationship: Owner)
  Association	Wadds Brothers (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Medlock, Eva Saville (Relationship: Spouse)
  Association	Harper, Harold Hilton (Relationship: Photographer)
  Association	Silver Studio (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Person ID	I366	Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Wadds Brothers ID, ca. 1905. Courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives, Out P716.2.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		David Wadds ad, British Columbia Federationist, 13 Jul 1912, p. 4.
  		David Wadds ad, British Columbia Federationist, 24 Aug 1912, p. 4.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Phoenix Pioneer, 24 May 1902, p. 4. David Wadds operated the brothers' Nelson studio and also worked as an itinerant photographer, initially in Apr 1902 from J.H. Blome's former Grand Forks studio.
  		Wadds Brothers news, Grand Forks Evening Sun), 14 Apr 1905, p. 2. In the same news item a week earlier he gave a different set of dates which indicates his plans had changed.
  		Wadds Brothers news item, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 5 May 1905, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 14 Apr 1902, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers and David Wadds news item, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 14 Apr 1902, p. 2.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 27 Feb 1901, p. 4.
  		Wadds Brothers news, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 7 Apr 1905, p. 1. In the same news item a week later the dates are different, which indicates his plans had changed.
  		Wadds Brothers (David Wadds) news, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 9 May 1905, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers' ad, Vancouver Daily World, 20 Dec 1892, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers' ad, Vancouver Daily World, 2 Dec 1892, p. 1.
  		Vancouver Photographic Company's ad, Vancouver Daily World, 14 Jul 1892, p. 8.
  		David Wadds news, Phoenix Pioneer, 3 May 1902, p. 4.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Nelson Daily News, 18 Oct 1906, p. 4. While they continued to use Wadds Brothers for business purposes until 1912, the official date of their partnership dissolution was 1 Aug 1906.
  		David Wadds news, Delta Times, 23 Jul 1914, p. 3. He opened a temporary studio in the community of Ladner on 23 Jul 1914.
  		David Wadds and Silver Studio news, Vancouver Province, 6 Feb 1912, p. 24. When David Wadds returned to Vancouver from Nelson to open a new photo studio, he purchased the former premises of the photographers Davidson and Stark.
  		David Wadds and Silver Studio news, Vancouver Province, 17 Feb 1912, p. 50.
  		David Wadds and Vancouver Photographic Company news, Vancouver Daily World, 17 Jun 1892, p. 1. This news item states Wadds had leased the Vancouver Photographic Company.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial; Itinerant. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: In the 1881 Canada census, David Wadds at age 9 is living with his parents, along with younger brother G.T. Wadds, in Barrie, ON. He and his brother G.T. Wadds moved to Toronto in 1882 and studied photography there under H.E. Simpson, "the leading photographer of Toronto". The Toronto city directories listed David between 1889-1893 as a clerk (1889 Simpson Brothers, photographers), photo-printer (1890 H.E. Simpson, photographers), partner with J. C. Wright (1892), and an engraver (1893). David moved to Vancouver about May 1892 and initially leased the Vancouver Photographic Company from J.D. Hall in Jun 1892. Joined by his brother G.T. Wadds, the two operated under the name Wadds Brothers. David left for Nelson on 22 Nov 1897 to open a branch studio. He was married in Rossland on 26 Mar 1898 to E.S. Medlock, a retoucher for the Vancouver studio. David operated studios after the turn of the 20th century at Crawford Bay and Fairview, B.C., as well as operating in the warmer months as an itinerant photographers in mining communities such as a Phoenix and Grand Forks. In those communities between 1902 and 1905 he was still operating under the Wadds Brothers name. In Grand Forks, beginning in Apr 1902, he worked out of J.H. Blome's former studio address. He returned to Vancouver by 1912 and operated a photo studio in competition with his brother, then returned to Crawford Bay where he worked as a photographer, as well as in Rossland and Trail. In addition to his photographic business while residing in the Kootenay region, he also invested in mineral claims, On 18 Sep 1900 it was reported that he had acquired from M.R. Driscoll the "entire interest" in Craigellachie on Morning Mountain (Nelson Daily Miner, 18 Sep 1900, p. 4). His obituary reported his age as 67. REFERENCES: WIL93; WIL94; WIL95; HEN97; WIL97; HEN99; WIL99; HEN00; World, 1892 07 14/8, 1896 03 10/8, 06 (souvenir ed.):49-52; News-Advertiser, 1897 11 23/8, 1898 03 31/10; Unknown & undated news clipping "David Wadds Dead in Trail Hospital"; Letter, Toronto City Archives to Mattison, 1979 05 08.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. [S721] Census of Canada 1881. Province of ON, District no. 139, Sub-district of Barrie, Division no. 1, p. 19, line 18 [S720] Census of Canada 1891. Province Ontario, District no. 119, District Toronto City, Sub-district St. Patrick's Ward, p. 89, line 9. His age is given as 19 and his occupation is photographer. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1903, 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Fairview [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1916 (farmer), 1920, 1933 (farmer), Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Crawford Bay [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 410. Nelson: Wadds David of Wadds Bros. res Nelson ave., Fairview addition [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910). Vancouver: not listed [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 366. Crawford Bay: Wadds David farmer & photographer Crawford Bay: Wadds D fruit franch Nelson and Vancouver: not listed [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911). Vancouver: not listed [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1283. Vancouver: Wadds David photographer 25 Hastings E Phone 2970 [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1381. Wadds, David, Photographer, Suite 404, 25 Hastings E., Phone Seymour 2970. Street directory indicates he occupied suites 404 to 406. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1310. Vancouver: Wadds David photogr 404, 25 Hastings E res same [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915). Vancouver: not listed [S1019] JEFNELSON15, (Nelson, BC: W.A. Jeffries and Company, 1915?). Crawford Bay and Trail: not listed [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916). Vancouver: not listed [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 148. Crawford Bay: Wadds D photographer [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 611. Trail: Wadds D photographer [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 687. Trail: Wadds David photographer [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922). Trail: not listed [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 565. Rossland: Wadds David photog [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930). Rossland: not listed [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 296. Crawford Bay: Wadds David photographer [S670] BVIPA marriage registration. Registration no. 1898-09-165147 (microfilm reel B11386); digital facsimile URL (accessed 9 Jan 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ae1a1b58-cecb-462b-9984-0dda1edd1d53 [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1938-09-552226 (not microfilmed)