Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Charlton, Harry[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male 1872 - 1945  (72 years)


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  • Name Charlton, Harry 
    Birth 7 Nov 1872  Pateley Bridge, Yorshire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • An Ancestry.ca family tree gives his birth date as Oct 1872. [16]
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1914-1920  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    424 Main St.
    Western Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1920-1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2044 Granville St.
    Charlton and Rathbun
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1925-1926  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    16 East Hastings St., no. 711 (Holden Building)
    Charlton and Rathbun
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1927-1930  Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3860 East Hastings St.
    Charlton and Rathbun
    Burnaby, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 31 Aug 1931  Whatcom County, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Bride: Henrietta Rathbun 
    Business Address/Year 1931-1933  Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3928 East Hastings St.
    Charlton and Rathbun
    Burnaby, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1935-1945  Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    791 Gilmore Ave.
    Charlton and Rathbun
    Burnaby, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 27 Mar 1894?  Keighley, St. Andrew, Yorkshire, Eng. UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    Bride: Jane Broughton 
    • She passed away in Jul 1909. [19]
    Death 19 Oct 1945  Burnaby, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Association Rathbun, Henrietta (Relationship: Spouse) 
    Association Charlton and Rathbun (Relationship: Partner; Co-proprietor) 
    Association Western Studio [Vancouver] (Relationship: Co-proprietor) 
    Person ID I1666  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Married around 1894 to Jane Broughton, the couple had six children, at least four of whom followed their father to Canada. Their eldest son, Harold George Charlton, who lived with his father and worked as a clerk for the Royal Bank, enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Mar 1915. He served in France and was demobilized in Mar 1919.
      Listed as a photographer in the 1921 Canada census, Harry was living in Burnaby with two sons and two daughters.
      He was a co-proprietor of the Western Studio and partnered with Miss Henrietta Rathbun (later Mrs. Henrietta Charlton) as Charlton and Rathbun.

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

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Burnaby

    3. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of BC, District no. 20 New Westminster, Enumeration sub-district no. 39A in Burnaby Municipality, p. 6, line 24

    4. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      Vancouver: not listed

    5. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 722.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry photogr Western Studio r 2312 St Catherines

    6. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 556.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry of Western Studio r 450 10th Av E

    7. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 541.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry of Western Studio r 424 Main

    8. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 480.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry of Charlton & Rathbun h 2611 McKenzie

    9. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 745.
      Vancouver: Charlton C [sic] H prop Western Studio 424 Main

    10. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 717.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry of Charlton & Rathbun h 791 Gilmour av Bby

    11. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 751.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry of Charlton & Rathbun h 791 Gilmore av Bby

    12. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 892.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry (Henrietta) h 791 Gilmore Bby

    13. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 931.
      Vancouver: Charlton Harry (Henrietta) prop Charlton & Rathbun h 791 Gilmore Bby

    14. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 1632.
      Burnaby, New Westminster: Charlton Harry (Henrietta) h 791 Gilmore N Bby

    15. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946).
      Burnaby, New Westminster: not listed

    16. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      URL (accessed 13 May 2020): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/118555339/person/350174445548/facts

    17. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      Harry Charlton
      URL (accessed 11 May 2020): https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G7FC-MG4

    18. [S667] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch.org (Web site).
      "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," URL (accessed 10 May 2020): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WL-1JCM

    19. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      URL (accessed 13 May 2020): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/118555339/person/352027187836/facts