Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Bovill, Wheatley[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1864? -

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  • Name Bovill, Wheatley 
    Birth 1864?  Westminster, Middlesex, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1886  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Columbia St.
    opposite Colonial Hotel
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1888  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Columbia St.
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    • See illustration from San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 6
    Business Address/Year 1889  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Columbia St.
    Hamley Block
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1889  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Douglas St.
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Association Bovill Brothers (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Thompson and Bovill (Relationship: Partner?) 
    Association Bovill, William (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Bovill, Arthur John (Relationship: Brother) 
    Person ID I421  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 4 May 2025 

  • Photos
    A.J. and W. Bovill studio portrait, 1880s.    		A.J. and W. Bovill studio portrait, 1880s.
    Taken in New Westminster.
    A.J. and W. Bovill studio portrait verso, 1880s.    		A.J. and W. Bovill studio portrait verso, 1880s.
    Taken in New Wesminster.

    Documents
    Bovill Brothers ad, <i>San Francisco Journal of Commerce</i>, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 7.    		Bovill Brothers ad, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 7.
    Bovill Brothers news item, <i>San Francisco Journal of Commerce</i>, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 6.    		Bovill Brothers news item, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 6.
    Bovill Brothers, the Queen's Hotel and Catholic church, New Westminster, ca. 1887-1888.    		Bovill Brothers, the Queen's Hotel and Catholic church, New Westminster, ca. 1887-1888.
    An engraving from their photograph; published in the San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 7.
    Bovill Brothers' ad, New Westminster <i>British Columbian</i>, 28 Aug 1886, p. 1.    		Bovill Brothers' ad, New Westminster British Columbian, 28 Aug 1886, p. 1.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: One of the partners in Thompson and Bovill, his brother William was also a photographer. The two had a brief association in 1886 and again in 1887-early 1888 as the Bovill Brothers. Wheatley also worked as an architect (Bovill and Ross) and a real estate agent (1890 directory, p. 267). The 1891 Canada census listed him as a newspaper reporter with a son, [William] Lloyd (age 2), and a daughter, Dorothea [Anne] (age 1). He was married in Aug 1888 and may have returned to England in 1896. The 1901 England, Wales and Scotland census stated he was living with his brother A.J. Bovill and two other family members. While his brother managed a farm, Wheatley was "living on own means" with these family members in the town of Prestwood, Buckinghamshire.

  • Sources 
    1. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 07 Aug 1888, 6.

    2. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 26 Apr 1896, 6.

    3. [S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889).

    4. [S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890).

    5. [S720] Census of Canada 1891.
      Province of BC, District no. 2, Sub-district 16 [New Westminster City], p. 4, line 11

    6. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      1901 England, Wales and Scotland census