Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Cooksley, William Thomas

Cooksley, William Thomas[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male 1856 - 1913  (56 years)

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  • Name Cooksley, William Thomas 
    Birth 12 Aug 1856  Bristol, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1908  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    187 Eighth Street
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1909-1913  New Westminster, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    422 Eighth Street
    New Westminster, BC
    Canada 
    Death 27 May 1913  Harrison Hot Springs, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Person ID I1843  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2021 

  • Photos
    W.T. Cooksley ID, 1908-1913.
    W.T. Cooksley ID, 1908-1913.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked as a photographer in New Westminster in the late 1900s and until May 1913 when he passed away at Harrison Hot Springs.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Verso of postcard may be imprinted "W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster, B.C." or "W. T. Cooksley, Photo., New Westminster, B.C."
    • FORMATS: Postcards.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1903, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      accountant

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      New Westminster (accountant)

    3. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 405.
      New Westminster: Cooksley Wm. Thos. journalist h. 8th, cor. St. Andrews

    4. [S948] NW1908, (New Westminster, BC: Columbian Company, c1908), 75.
      New Westminster: Cooksley W.t. photographer 187 Eighth street

    5. [S949] NW1909, (New Westminster, BC: Columbian Company, c1909), 84.
      New Westminster: Cooksley Wm. T. photographer 422 Eighth

    6. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 923.
      New Westminster: Cooksley W T photographer 422 8th

    7. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 1360.
      New Westminster: Cooksley Wm T photogr h 422 8th

    8. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1475.
      New Westminster: Cooksley Wm T photogr h 422 8th

    9. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1661.
      New Westminster: Cooksley Wm T photogr h 422 8th

    10. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1648.
      New Westminster: Cooksley W T h 422 8th

    11. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).
      No listings for New Westminster

    12. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916).
      No listings for New Westminster, but under Vancouver, p. 557: Cooksley Mrs W T h 1204 14th Av E

    13. [S472] Margaret Waddington, comp., Waddington (2006), (Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Postcard Club, 2006).

    14. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1913-09-088507 (microfilm B13090)

    15. [S947] Open Collections (UBC Library and Archives) (Web site).
      New Westminster News, 28 May 1913, p. 8, Obituary.