Allen, James Dennis^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1880 - 1966  (85 years)

• Name	Allen, James Dennis
  	VARIANT NAMES: Allen, Denny; J.D.A.
  Born	26 Dec 1880	Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, Eng., UK   [10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Home Address/Year	1911	Prince Rupert, BC
  	Address: Eighth Ave. Prince Rupert, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1908?	Hazelton, BC
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1909-1914	Prince Rupert, BC
  Marriage	1918  [12]
  Died	21 May 1966	Saanich, BC   [11]
  Cremated	25 May 1966	Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich, BC   [11]
  Association	J.D. Allen Photographic Company (Relationship: Owner)
  Association	Mineard and Allen (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I579	Camera Workers | A, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2017

  
  

• Documents

  J.D. Allen cartouche Library and Archives Canada, Alfred W. Smithers collection, accession 1980-135, PA-123738 (copy negative number)

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He had a brief partnership in Prince Rupert as Mineard and Allen (1910) and also worked there under the business name J.D. Allen Photographic Company. The 1911 census of Canada indicated he was a lodger, had emigrated from England in 1904, worshiped as an Anglican and was employed as a merchant selling stationery. On 10 Nov 1914 he enlisted in Victoria in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and gave his occupation as photographer. He was a member of the 16th Canadian Scottish during World War One. Following his return to Prince Rupert after the war he appears to have abandoned photography and worked at a variety of occupations before retiring in 1949 to Victoria. His son Peter Dennis Allen donated over 500 of his father's negatives to the Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be titled, dated and identified with "Allen Photo." FORMATS: postcards. REFERENCES: Duns B.C. (1912).

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. [S731] COLLECTION: BPRA. "J. Dennis Allen was born in England in 1880 and came to Canada in 1904. He settled in Prince Rupert in 1907 and owned a photography (J.D. Allen Photographic Company) and stationery business. He was one of the first business enterprises to capture scenes of early Prince Rupert in his line of picture postcards. Allen enlisted in 1914 and served overseas in World War I. He was married in 1918 and after the war, he was proprietor of the Denny Allen Company until he moved south in 1949. Denny Allen died in Victoria in 1966." J.D. Allen Photographic Company fonds (http://memorybc.ca/index.php/informationobject/show/rad/23547) [S152] COLLECTION: OOA. [S730] Personnel Records of the First World War (Web site), (Library and Archives Canada). Regimental no. 77097 RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 100 - 37 [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1909. Prince Rupert (moulder) [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1920. Prince Rupert (merchant) [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1924. Prince Rupert (merchant) [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1933. Prince Rupert (merchant) [S694] Vancouver Postcard Club Newsletter, (Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Postcard Club), 1, vol. 26, no. 2, Apr 2008. "Biographies of B.C. Photographers: James Dennis Allen, 1880-1966" compiled by M. Waddington [S722] Census of Canada 1911. Dec 1880 British Columbia, Comox-Atlin, Atlin, Prince Rupert, p. 22 [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1966-09-007178 (microfilm reel B13277); digital facsimile URL (accessed 8 Mar 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/dc1400ed-880e-4bd1-b69f-5ac09c663daf [S89] MemoryBC, (Archives Association of BC). "... He was married in 1918 ...."