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Bessell, Mildred Perry[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1874? - 1958

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  • Name Bessell, Mildred Perry 
    Birth 1874?  Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Business Address/Year 1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    534 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    612 Hornby St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    79 Hornby St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1000 Howe St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1899-1901  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    729 Pender St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 4 Jun 1904  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Groom: Frederick Stanley Garner 
    Death 26 Dec 1958  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 30 Dec 1958  Ocean View Cemetery, Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Association Edwards Brothers (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Bessell and Company (Relationship: Manager (owner?)) 
    Person ID I386  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2024 

  • Documents
    Bessell and Company news, Vancouver <i>Province</i>, 21 Jun 1899, p. 8.    		Bessell and Company news, Vancouver Province, 21 Jun 1899, p. 8.
    Announcement of opening of their photofinishing business.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: She worked at the Edwards Brothers studio as a photographer in 1899 and then managed her own studio, Bessell and Company. On 4 Jun 1904 she married Frederick S. Garner in Vancouver.

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899).

    2. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899).

    3. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900).

    4. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901).

    5. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bessell, Mildred Perry
      Birth registered in the Oct-Dec quarter 1874 in Clifton district, Gloustershire.

    6. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bessell, Mildred P.
      1881 England and Wales census. Birth town is Bristol and birth year is 1875.

    7. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1958-09-014145 (microfilm reel B13240); digital facsimile URL (accessed 17 Feb 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/4caf90b9-ced9-4dae-88a3-a9374e61dbaf

    8. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1904-09-050558 (microfilm reel B11373); digital facsimile URL (accessed 17 Feb 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/76903eed-da02-4cef-bf49-c09c96ef0448