Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Woodside, Henry Joseph

Woodside, Henry Joseph[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1858 - 1929  (71 years)

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  • Name Woodside, Henry Joseph 
    Birth 6 Nov 1858  Arkwright, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1898-1900+  Stikine River/Teslin Trail, BC; Yukon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1893  West Kootenay region, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 8 Nov 1929  Ottawa, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Burial 11 Nov 1929  Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I28  Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

  • Photos
    H.J. Woodside, steamers at Dawson City, YT, Jun 1900.    		H.J. Woodside, steamers at Dawson City, YT, Jun 1900.
    Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, PA-016169.
    H.J. Woodside, census commissioner, Yukon Territory, Oct 1901.    		H.J. Woodside, census commissioner, Yukon Territory, Oct 1901.
    This is a portrait of the photographer. The photograph bears his initials. Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, PA-016341.

    Documents
    H.J. Woodside news, Revelstoke <i>Kootenay Star</i>, 17 Jun 1893, p. 1.    		H.J. Woodside news, Revelstoke Kootenay Star, 17 Jun 1893, p. 1.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur (visit).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Representing the Commercial and Western World, a Winnipeg newspaper, he visited the Kootenay region in 1893 from his base in Portage la Prairie, MB. A newspaper report described him as an amateur photographer.
      A few years later he was a militia major and correspondent for several U.S. and Canadian newspapers. He travelled with the Yukon Field Force along the Teslin Trail through BC to Dawson City, YT. At age 56, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 Sep 1914 and served for two years in England and France before being wounded and discharged.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be numbered, captioned and signed "HJW".

  • Sources 
    1. [S152] COLLECTION: OOA.

    2. [S669] (Revelstoke) Kootenay Star, 17 Jun 1893, 1.

    3. [S730] Personnel Records of the First World War (Web site), (Library and Archives Canada).
      Woodside, Henry Joseph
      URL (accessed 2 Jun 2023): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=321950

    4. [S380] Lilly Koltun, ed., Koltun (1984), (Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1984).

    5. [S722] Census of Canada 1911, 3.
      Province of Ontario, District no. 61 Carleton, Sub-district no. 11, Enumeration District no. 1 in Ottawa South, line 27

    6. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Maj Henry Joseph Woodside
      URL (accessed 2 Jun 2023): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185652320/henry-joseph-woodside

    7. [S916] Ottawa Journal, 11 Nov 1929, 16.