Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Laursen, Viggo

Laursen, Viggo

Male 1877 - 1959  (82 years)

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  • Name Laursen, Viggo 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Lansen, Viggo; Larsen, Vigo.
    Birth 12 Feb 1877  Copenhagen, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • The birth year of 1876 in his death registration record is incorrect.
    Christening 21 May 1877  Copenhagen, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Bride: Murphy, Jeannette Agnes 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1946  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Bride: Rosa Clarke 
    • He was widowed at the time of his second marriage.
    Death 14 Dec 1959  Coquitlam, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cremation 17 Dec 1959  Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I730  Camera Workers | L, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 22 May 2023 

  • Photos
    Viggo Laursen as depicted by a newspaper cartoonist, 1910 or 1911.
    Viggo Laursen as depicted by a newspaper cartoonist, 1910 or 1911.
    From British Columbians As We See 'Em, ca. 1910-1911. Digital facsimile at the Internet Archive; URL (accessed 1 Jan 2017): https://ia801408.us.archive.org/21/items/britishcolumbian00newsrich/britishcolumbian00newsrich.pdf

    Documents
    Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver <i>Province</i>, 3 Oct 1900, p. 4.
    Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 3 Oct 1900, p. 4.
    At the 1900 New Westminster exhibition the Wadds Brothers nearly made a clean sweep of professional photography prize category. F.L. Hacking beat them in the landscape views category. Two named amateur photographers won prizes, Viggo Laursen (not Lansen) of Vancouver took first place and J. Calvert of Nanaimo won second place in that category.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Born in Denmark, he and most of his family arrived in Vancouver in 1893. In the 1901 census his occupation is law student. Viggo later became solicitor to the BC Electric Company. The building at the corner of Dunsmuir and Seymour, known as the Railway Club, was initially known as the Laursen Building. In addition to being an amateur photographer, he was also a member of the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club in 1898 and the Vancouver Rowing Club in 1899. [5, 6, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1924

    2. [S652] BVIPA death registration index (Reliability: 2).
      Registration no. 1959-09-014515 (microfilm B13244); digital facsimile URL (accessed 1 Jan 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c55e0c9f-64de-48db-96be-3ca5dd61fc32

    3. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration (Reliability: 3).
      Registration no. 1912-09-070018 (microfilm reel B11376); digital facsimile URL (accessed 1 Jan 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/8d223722-b19e-44df-9270-0a4d783d8e6a

    4. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration number 1946-09-009578; digital facsimile URL (accessed 22 May 2023): https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/43b70630-dd5f-4d49-a32c-6a7e275e42af

    5. [S875] North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen (1891-1920), (North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen), 45 and 46 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S876] Changing Vancouver (Web site).
      The Railway Club - Dunsmuir and Seymour; URL (accessed 1 Jan 2017): https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/the-railway-club-dunsmuir-and-seymour/

    7. [S647] Census of Canada 1901 (Reliability: 2).
      Burrard District No. 1, sub-district D, sub-division 28, Vancouver City, line 50, household 220.