Selwood, Archibald Gordon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]}

1881 - 1973  (92 years)

• Name	Selwood, Archibald Gordon
  Birth	16 Jan 1881	Chester, Cheshire, Eng., UK   [1, 25]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1897-1898	Vancouver, BC
  	Address undetermined
  Business Address/Year	1903	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 739 Pender St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1904-1907	Vancouver, BC
  	Address undetermined; he may have worked from his residence
  Home Address/Year	1897-1907	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 546 Georgia St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Marriage	7 Jan 1920	Vancouver, BC   [26]
  	Bride: Helen McDonald
  	By the time of his marriage he was working for the federal government.
  Death	15 Nov 1973	Vancouver, BC   [25]
  Cremation	19 Nov 1973	Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC   [25]
  Association	Scott, Charles M. (Relationship: Undetermined)
  Person ID	I51	Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	8 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to one obituary, he arrived in Vancouver in 1891. His listing in one directory said "photographer" at Freeman's [R.H. Trueman ?]. There were, however, no corresponding listings for a Freeman in 1897. He left photography between 1898-1901 and returned to it after the turn of the century when he may have worked for or with C.M. Scott; they shared the same business address in 1903. Selwood was a prominent rose grower and first president of the Vancouver Rose Society at its founding in 1947. He also edited the society's publication Rosebud (1949-1973). A member of Vancouver's Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles (D.C.O.R.), 6th Regiment, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 11 Sep 1915 and gave his occupation as postal clerk. He served overseas in England and France with the 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, and was discharged on 26 Jul 1919. He continued to work for the post office upon his return to Vancouver.

  
  

• Sources

  [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site). Archibald Gordon Selwood [family tree] URL (accessed 27 Apr 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/29967629/person/390012906280/facts [S730] Personnel Records of the First World War (Web site), (Library and Archives Canada). Selwood, Archibald; regimental no. 129186 URL (accessed 27 Apr 2021): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=221442 [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1903, 1908, 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Vancouver [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896). Vancouver: not listed [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 679. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photog at Freeman's 556 Georgia [S37] WIL97, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1897), 304. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer 546 Georgia St. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 618. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photog at Freeman's 546 Georgia [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899). Vancouver: not listed [S733] GRE99, (Vancouver, BC: Rowland E. Green, [1900]), 255. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald clerk Griffin & Co. 546 Georgia [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 748. Vancouver: Selwood Arch clerk J.Y. Giffin [i.e. Griffin] & Co. 546 Georgia [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 916. Vancouver: Selwood Arch clerk J.Y. Giffin [i.e. Griffin] & Co. h 546 Georgia [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 774. Vancouver: Selwood Arch clerk J.Y. Giffin [i.e. Griffin] & Co. h 546 Georgia [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902). Vancouver: not listed [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 804. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer 739 Pender h 546 Georgia [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 857. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer h 546 Georgia [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 426. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer h 546 Georgia [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905). Vancouver: not listed [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 572. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer h 546 Georgia [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 739. Vancouver: Selwood Archibald photographer h 546 Georgia [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 923. Vancouver: Selwood Arch clerk P O lvs 1801 9th Ave W [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1035. Vancouver: Selwood Arch clerk P O lvs 1801 9th ave W [S651] (Vancouver) Sun (Newspaper), 16 Nov 1973, 83. Obit. [S651] (Vancouver) Sun (Newspaper), 17 Nov 1973, 55. Obit. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 22 Nov 1973, 19. Obit. [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1973-09-015878; digital facsimile URL (accessed 16 Jan 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b698005c-ae59-475f-8980-5fa380918dff [S670] BVIPA marriage registration. Registration no. 1920-09-211026 (microfilm B12904); digital facsimile URL (accessed 27 Apr 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/90676491-51ce-4c6f-a67b-b35fe0887364