Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Boorne, William Hanson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1859 - 1945  (85 years)


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  • Name Boorne, William Hanson 
    Birth 3 Dec 1859  Bristol, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1889  Illogan, Cornwall, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Bride: Mary Wooldridge Hichens 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) May-Jun 1890  Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visit 
    Business Address/Year 1886-1893  Calgary, AB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1894-1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    149 Eleventh Ave. W.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1894-1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    149 Eleventh Ave. W.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 1945  Newcastle upon Tyne, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Place of death from Anwsers.com, viewed 3 Jul 2008.
    Association Mathers, Charles Wesley (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Brownlee, J. H. (Relationship: Undefined) 
    Association Boorne and May (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association May, Ernest Gundry (Relationship: Cousin) 
    Person ID I415  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2024 

  • Documents
    Thomas Mills and Boorne and May news, <i>Calgary Weekly Herald</i>, 11 Mar 1891, p. 1.
    Thomas Mills and Boorne and May news, Calgary Weekly Herald, 11 Mar 1891, p. 1.
    During his first visit to western Canada, Mills solicited photographs from places he was unable to visit such as Calgary, AB. In this case, Boorne and May offered to sell their photographs.
    W.H. Boorne and J.H. Brownlee news, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 1 Jun 1890, p. 1.
    W.H. Boorne and J.H. Brownlee news, Victoria Colonist, 1 Jun 1890, p. 1.
    Boorne and Brownlee were in Victoria to take photographs for a special issue of the Dominion Illustrated magazine featuring Victoria.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A major photographer of Alberta, Boorne opened his studio in Calgary in 1886 with the help of his cousin Ernest Gundry May. The studio was known as Boorne and May and branches were established at Banff and Edmonton. The Calgary headquarters failed in 1893 and Edmonton branch manager C.W. Mathers purchased his part of the business. Boorne moved to Vancouver and was listed as a photographer for one year. The following year his occupation was given as secretary to the B.C. Exploration and Concession Company. Boorne visited Victoria and Vancouver in May and Jun 1890 to cover the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. He and J.H. Brownlee were both in Victoria in Jun 1890 to take photographs for a special issue of the Dominion Illustrated magazine featuring Victoria.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: "B/M" monogram on print, "W.H.B." on print, "Boorne & May, Calgary, N.W.T." on print or "Boorne & May, Calgary, N.W.T." may be embossed on print surface. Prints usually numbered and captioned. Some prints are credited to C.W. Mathers and Ernest Brown (1877-1951).

  • Sources 
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    5. [S674] (Victoria) Times, 21 May 1890, 8.

    6. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 22 May 1890, 1.

    7. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895).

    8. [S8] Dempsey, Hugh, Dempsey (1978), (Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1978).

    9. [S380] Lilly Koltun, ed., Koltun (1984), (Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1984).

    10. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010"; URL (accessed 25 Feb 2017): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJHB-FW4F