Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Richardson, Thomas Elmer[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

Male 1887 - 1949  (61 years)


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  • Name Richardson, Thomas Elmer 
    Birth 16 Apr 1887  Peterborough, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1905  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [23
    Bride: Eva May Cooper 
    Business Address/Year 1905-1909  MacGregor, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    Business Address/Year 1911-1916  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1920  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    569 Seymour St.
    Cranham Photo Company
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1921  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Death 4 Jan 1949  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Burial 7 Jan 1949  Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Association Cranham Photo Company (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I1685  Camera Workers | R, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 19 May 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Retail sales.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Based on information in an Ancestry.ca family tree, between 1905 and at least 1916 he lived in Manitoba, mostly Winnipeg, where he worked as a photographer.
      He was employed by the Cranham Photo Company in the 1920 business directory, likely in a sales capacity. The 1921 Canada census has an occupation of "photographic agent," meaning a photography sales person. While the 1928 Vancouver provincial voters list indicates some kind of association with photography, the business directories from 1922 to 1930 show him as a sales person, chiefly with the Beatty Brothers, a firm which sold agricultural equipment and washing machines.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1920, 1928, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    2. [S722] Census of Canada 1911.
      Richardson Thomas E
      Province of MB, Enumeration district no. 44 in Winnipeg, p. 9, line 48

    3. [S980] Census of Prairie Provinces 1916.
      Province of MB, District no. 13 Winnipeg C[ity], Enumeration district no. 21 in City of Winnipeg, p. 18, line 27

    4. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of BC, District no. 23, Enumeration sub-district no. 27 in Municipality of South Vancouver, p. 17, line 4

    5. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919).
      Vancouver: not listed

    6. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919).
      Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 889.
      Vancouver: Richardson T emp Cranham Photo Co

    8. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    9. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 980.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos photogr h 4509 Prince Albert

    10. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921).
      Vancouver: not listed

    11. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 1040.
      Vancouver: Richards[on] Thos E slsmn Beatty Bros h 5310 Chester

    12. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923), 1120.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E slsmn Beatty Bros h 1637 Kitchener

    14. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1437.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E sales Time Saver Shop h 1637 Kitchener

    15. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1037.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E sales h 1637 Kitchener

    16. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1104.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E sales Beatty Bros h 1637 Kitchener

    17. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 1190.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E sales Beatty Bros h 1637 Kitchener

    18. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1242.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E sales Beatty Bros h 1617 Kitchener

    19. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 1386.
      Vancouver: Richardson T Elmer sales Beatty Bros h 1617 Kitchener

    20. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1251.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E slsmn Beatty Bros h 1617 Kitchener

    21. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1270.
      Vancouver: Richardson Thos E slsmn Beatty Bros h 1617 Kitchener

    22. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1949-09-001038 (microfilm B13199); digital facsimile URL (accessed 18 May 2020): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/fa58583a-4d99-4848-a8a3-dbe8ef0d0a2a

    23. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Thomas Elmer Richardson family tree
      URL (accessed 18 May 2020): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/9983989/person/6049340459/facts

    24. [S397] Glen C. Phillips, Phillips (1997), (London, Ont.: Iron Gate Publishing, 1997; 2nd printing, 2002), 87.
      MacGregor
      Richardson, Elmer 1905-1908
      Richardson, T.E. (Elmer?) 1906-1909