Embury, John James^{[1, 2]}

1889 - 1985  (96 years)

• Name	Embury, John James
  Birth	19 Jan 1889	Stratford, ON   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Marriage	10 Jul 1912	Stratford, ON
  	Bride: Margaret May Mann
  Death	4 Nov 1985	Mission, BC   [3]
  Cremation	6 Nov 1985	Hatzic Crematorium, Mission, BC   [3]
  Person ID	I1145	Camera Workers | E, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2017

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to his Legacy Family Tree Services page: He worked his way across Canada taking pictures of farms etc., and finally settled in Kamloops B.C. in 1919. He worked for Taylors Book Store on Victoria Street south. Started his own photography business in 1920 out of his home at 638 Victoria Street, and then moved the business to the 200 block Victoria Street. John sold the business in 1947. He sold Watkins Products for a number of years out of his home at 992 Nicola St. Kamloops. After his wife Margaret's death, John moved to Vancouver in 1956 where he and his brother Leonard shared a home. John enjoyed playing crib and going to the horse races. In July 1980, after Leonard's death, he moved into Pleasant View Home in Mission B.C.

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1920, 1924, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Kamloops; not list in 1928 [S1006] James C. Anderson, Anderson (2016), (J.C. Anderson, 2001-2016), 4 Dec 2017. John James Embury URL (accessed 4 Dec 2017): http://www.legacyfamilytree.ca/Thompson/20.htm [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1985-09-018590 (microfilm B16576); digital facsimile URL (accessed 4 Dec 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1e9fd079-0631-4a9a-ad99-f1c2b2903171