Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Brand, Frederick[1, 2]

Male 1871 - 1954  (82 years)


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  • Name Brand, Frederick 
    Birth 28 Mar 1870 or 12 Oct 1871  Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Possibly born Oct 1871.
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1898-1908  Port Alberni, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Jan 1954  Port Alberni, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 22 Jan 1954  Greenwood Cemetery, Port Alberni, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I427  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Brand had lived in Port Alberni since 1892 and may have bought his camera in Alaska about 1898. According to his death registration record, he last worked as a sawmill operator in 1938 and had spent 32 years in that occupation.

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] COLLECTION: BPAM.

    2. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.
      Copy photographs

    3. [S633] BVIPA VR Photographer File.
      Gives birth date as 28 Mar 1870.

    4. [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison.
      Gives birth date as Oct 1871.
      D. Bayne to Mattison, 1 Mar 1983

    5. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Date of birth: 12 Oct 1871
      Registration no. 1954-09-001455 (microflm reel B13218); digital facsimile URL (accessed 26 Feb 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2961bbe7-e38e-404c-aad0-e8023ff13a2e