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White, John M.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63]

Male 1868 - 1960  (92 years)


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  • Name White, John M. 
    Nickname Jack 
    Birth 12 Jan 1868  Armagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year Jun 1889-1890?  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Cordova St.
    tent
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1890-1891  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    31 Carrall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1892-1893  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2 Cordova St. E.
    Graveley-Spinks Block (at Oppenheimer and Carrall)
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1894  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    24 Sixth Ave.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Cordova St. E.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year Nov 1891-Jun 1897  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2 Cordova St. E.
    Graveley-Spinks Block (at Oppenheimer and Carrall)
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1897  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    6 Cordova St. E.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    100 Carrall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1898-1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    16 Cordova St. W.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1898-1902  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 East Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1903-1904  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 West Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1905  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    759 Seymour St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1906-1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 West Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 West Cordova St., no. 11-12
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1914-1917  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 West Cordova St., no. 12 (Lonsdale Block)
    White's Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1918  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    14 West Cordova St., no. 11 (Lonsdale Block)
    White's Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1924-1925  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address not determined 
    Death Apr 1960  Terrace, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cremation Apr 1960  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [64] 
    Association White's Studio (Relationship: Owner; Proprietor) 
    Association Larkin, Wellington? (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Palmer, Emily (Relationship: Assistant) 
    Association Hill, Henry Fyfe (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Marcotte, Joseph Charles (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association White, Mattie (Relationship: Spouse) 
    Person ID I420  Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2022 

  • Photos
    J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alec Gogan, City of Vancouver Archives.    		J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alec Gogan, City of Vancouver Archives.
    J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alfred Mowbray Sherwood, City of Vancouver Archives.    		J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alfred Mowbray Sherwood, City of Vancouver Archives.
    J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of John M. McLuckie, City of Vancouver Archives.    		J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of John M. McLuckie, City of Vancouver Archives.
    J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Thomas F. McGuigan, City of Vancouver Archives.    		J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Thomas F. McGuigan, City of Vancouver Archives.
    J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of unidentified woman, City of Vancouver Archives.    		J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of unidentified woman, City of Vancouver Archives.

    Documents
    J.M. White's ad, <i>World</i> (Vancouver), 1889 06 01    		J.M. White's ad, World (Vancouver), 1889 06 01
    When White first arrived in Vancouver he operated out of a tent on Cordova Street and sold tintype portraits.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to a summary of his career in 1896, "Mr. White came here from Toronto seven years ago, having been for years with J. Fraser Bryce of that city." White established his tent studio for tintype portraits in Jun 1889, then moved to a building on Carrall St. He relocated to the new Graveley-Spinks Block in Nov 1891 for which Vancouver architect R. MacKay Fripp had designed the upper floor specifically for White's studio. The premises were latter occupied by photographers H.D. MacKay and Alphonse Savard.

      White was primarily a portrait photographer, but did venture outdoors. The 1896 newspaper report also noted that he had recently hired a "young lady artist from the United States, who has been connected with leading studios in that country."

      He was married on 14 Aug 1893 to Mattie Faulkner (d. 30 Jul 1939) in Vancouver. She informed Major J.S. Matthews, City Archivist, in Jun 1939 that her husband had been in the New Westminster Asylum for the Insane for 22 years and that she had operated the studio herself for 15 years.

      The couple had two girls that survived into adulthood, one of whom, Wilma White, was alive in Chicago, IL, at the time of her father's death at an old age home in Terrace. He was first admitted to the Provincial Hospital for the Insane (Essondale) on 26 Sep 1911 with a diagnosis of paranoid behavior. Except for two escapes, one of which had him in California, he spent nearly 50 years being cared for by the provincial mental health and old age systems.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Front of print mount may be captioned "White Vancouver, B.C." or "J. White Vancouver, B.C."

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.

    2. [S666] BVIPA archival records.
      Accession 91-4268, box 31, British Columbia, Mental Health Services patient case files, file no. 3058; accession 91-4268, box 41, file no. 3835; accession 93-5683, box 1469, file no. 4111. John (Jack) White spent nearly 50 years under the care of the mental health and old age systems in BC.

    3. [S629] BVAA.
      Add. Mss. 54, file 106

    4. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1898, 1900, 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    5. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), 01 Jun 1889, 1.

    6. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), 14 Aug 1893, 1.

    7. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), Jun 1896 (Souvenir Edition).

    8. [S691] (Vancouver) Telegram, (Vancouver, B.C.: Telegram Printing and Publishing Co., 1890-94), 23 Sep 1890, 2 (ad).

    9. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 21 Nov 1891, 1.

    10. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 14 Jan 1892, 8.

    11. [S21] Henderson, James, comp., HEN89, (Victoria, B.C.: Leonard George Henderson, 1889).
      Vancouver: not listed

    12. [S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890), 384.
      Vancouver: White John photographer Cordova res Oriental

    14. [S25] Henderson, L.G., comp., HENVAN90, (Vancouver, B.C.: L.G. Henderson, 1890), 208.
      Vancouver: White John photographer Cordova res Oriental

    15. [S27] Draper, Thomas, comp., WILVAN90, (Vancouver, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1890), 224.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 100 Carrall

    16. [S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891), 480.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 227 Carroll h same

    17. [S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890), 265.
      Vancouver: "White, Jno, photographer" [no address]

    18. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).

    19. [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893).

    20. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894).

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

    22. [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896).

    23. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 696.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 6 Cordova E

    24. [S37] WIL97, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1897).

    25. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 638.
      Vancouver: White Jno photographer 14 Cordova E
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova E
      Double entry error

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

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

    28. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 946.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova E

    29. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 804.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova E h 531 Smythe

    30. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 785.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova E h 531 Smythe

    31. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 840.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova W h 531 Smithe

    32. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 899.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova W h 531 Smithe

    33. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 474.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 759 Seymour

    34. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 560.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 759 Seymour

    35. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 642.
      Vancouver: White John photographer 14 Cordova W rm 5, 658 Granville

    36. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 825.
      Vancouver: White John Photographer 14 Cordova W Lvs Room 5, 658 Granville

    37. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 1027.
      Vancouver: White John M. Photographer 14 Cordova W Res Suite 5, 658 Granville

    38. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1147.
      Vancouver: White John M photogr 14 Cordova W rms 5, 568 Granville

    39. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1225.
      Vancouver: White John M photogr rm 11-12 14 Cordova W rms 5, 568 Granville

    40. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1281.
      Vancouver: White John M photogr 14 Cordova W

    41. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911).
      Vancouver: not listed

    42. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      Vancouver: not listed

    43. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      Vancouver: not listed

    44. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1334.
      Vancouver: White John of White's Studio r 12, 14 Cordova W

    45. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 1049.
      Vancouver: White John photogr 12, 14 Cordova W

    46. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 972.
      Vancouver: White John prop White's Studio (12, 14 Cordova W)

    47. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 839.
      Vancouver: White John photogr 12, 14 Cordova W h same

    48. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    49. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 719.
      Vancouver: White Jo prop White Studio 11-14 Cordova west

    50. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919).
      Vancouver: not listed

    51. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919).
      Vancouver: not listed

    52. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    53. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    54. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921).
      Vancouver: not listed

    55. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921).
      Vancouver: not listed

    56. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922).
      Vancouver: not listed

    57. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Vancouver: not listed

    58. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923).
      Vancouver: not listed

    59. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923).
      Vancouver: not listed

    60. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1133.
      Vancouver: White John photog r 716 16 Hastings E

    61. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1214.
      Vancouver: White John photog h 718, 16 E Hastings

    62. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926).
      Vancouver: not listed

    63. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927).
      Vancouver: not listed

    64. [S666] BVIPA archival records.
      Removed to Vancouver and cremated; location of cemetery unknown.
      Accession 91-4268, box 31, British Columbia, Mental Health Services patient case files, file no. 3058; accession 91-4268, box 41, file no. 3835; accession 93-5683, box 1469, file no. 4111. John (Jack) White spent nearly 50 years under the care of the mental health and old age systems in BC.