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West, Charles[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27]

Male 1884 - 1978  (93 years)


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  • Name West, Charles 
    Birth 29 Feb 1884  Godalming, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1921  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address not determined 
    Business Address/Year 1922-1923  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 7
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1922-1923  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 8
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 6-7
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    737 Davie St.
    Wescott and West
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1925-1933  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 9
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1934  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 9
    Dorothy West Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1935-1947  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    407 West Hastings St., no. 9
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1948-1950  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address not determined; continued past 1950. 
    Death 13 Jan 1978  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Cremation 16 Jan 1978  Vancouver Crematorium, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    Association Dorothy West Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Wescott and West (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association West, Dorothy (Relationship: Undetermined) 
    Person ID I1435  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: In the 1911 Canada census he was living in Vancouver and working as a labourer; he had immigrated from England in 1900. He does not appear to have been enumerated in the 1921 Canada census.

      He had a long career in photography, working the trade from at least 1921 to past 1950. In 1934 he was the proprietor of the Dorothy West Studio. [29]

  • Sources 
    1. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

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

    3. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 1122.
      Vancouver: West Chas photogr h 863 E 7th

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

    5. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 1189.
      Vancouver

    6. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 1028.
      Vancouver

    7. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923), 1297.
      Vancouver

    8. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1558.
      Vancouver

    9. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1129.
      Vancouver

    10. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 1210.
      Vancouver

    11. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 1313.
      Vancouver

    12. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1372.
      Vancouver

    13. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 1524.
      Vancouver

    14. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929), 1395.
      Vancouver

    15. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1421.
      Vancouver

    16. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1397.
      Vancouver

    17. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1374.
      Vancouver

    18. [S766] WRIVAN33, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1933), 854.
      Vancouver

    19. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 1658.
      Vancouver: West Chas Dorothy West Studio & Photog 9, 407 W Hastings r 1787 Haro

    20. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1484.
      Vancouver

    21. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 1096.
      Vancouver: West Chas photog 9, 407 Hastings r 1630 Harwood

    22. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 1142.
      Vancouver: West Chas photog 9, 407 W Hast r 1630 Harwood

    23. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946), 1261.
      Vancouver

    24. [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947), 1084.
      Vancouver

    25. [S780] SUN48, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1948).
      Vancouver

    26. [S808] BCVAN50, (Vancouver : B.C. Directories, 1950), 595.
      Vancouver

    27. [S1025] BCVAN51, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1951), 596.
      Vancouver

    28. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1978-09-001479 (microfilm B13583); digital facsimile URL (accessed 31 Aug 2019): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1c8d81b1-83d7-40ae-a64f-cb6f7b7b7c97

    29. [S722] Census of Canada 1911.
      Province of BC, District no. 12, Sub-district no. 56, Enumeration district no. 10 in South Vancouver, p. 13, line 12