Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Wetzell, Olaf[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]

Male 1871? -

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  • Name Wetzell, Olaf 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Wetzell, Olof.
    Birth 1871?  Kristianstad, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1902  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    165 West Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1903-1906  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    165 West Cordova Street
    Novelty Photo Studio Company
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1907-1908  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    165 West Cordova Street
    Wetzell and Hansen
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Novelty Photo Studio Company (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Wetzell and Hansen (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Hansen, Thorwald Birger (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Person ID I1881  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: In 1900 He voluntarily enlisted at age 29 in Regina, SK, in the Canadian militia and served in the South African War. He was in Calgary, AB, in Mar 1902 when he wrote to the Department of Militia in Ottawa. He moved to Vancouver and worked as a photographer for the Novelty Photo Studio Company (1903-1906). He was subsequently a partner in Wetzell and Hansen (1907-1908) and obtained a parcel of land in Alberta to homestead in 1908 on the basis of his military service. He did not follow through on the homestead process and no letters patent was issued by the federal government. Last listed as a photographer in 1908 business directory, in the 1909 directory he was a partner in a real estate, insurance and lending firm called Toren Wetzell DeVaz Company. By 1911 he was working as the secretary for the weekly Swedish language newspaper Svenska Vancouver Posten, which operated out of his old studio address at 165 West Cordova St.

  • Sources 
    1. [S851] LAC archival records.
      South African War, 1899-1902 - Service Files, Medals and Land Applications: Wetzell Olaf Canadian Mounted Rifles Regimental number: 325
      URL (accessed 4 Mar 2021): https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/south-african-war-1899-1902/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=13043&

    2. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      File Number: 1710101; Section: 18, Township: 30, Range: 4, Meridian: 4
      Alberta Homestead Records. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    3. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1908, 1913, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    4. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901).
      Vancouver: not listed

    5. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 784.
      Vancouver: Wetzell O photographer 165 Cordova

    6. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 840.
      Vancouver: Wetzell O photographer 165 Cordova W

    7. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 899.
      Vancouver: Wetzell O photographer 165 Cordova W

    8. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 474.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf Novelty Photo Studio Co 160 [i.e. 165] Cordova W same

    9. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 559.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf Novelty Photo Studio Co 160 [i.e. 165] Cordova W h same

    10. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 641.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf Novelty Photo Studio Co 165 Cordova W h same

    11. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 824.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf of Wetzell & Hansen H N. Vancouver

    12. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 1025.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf of Wetzell & Hansen h North Vancouver

    13. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1145.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf of Toren Wetzell DeVaz Co 237 3rd st (N Van)

    14. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Vancouver: not listed

    15. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Vancouver: not listed

    16. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 1204.
      Vancouver: Wetzell Olaf sec Svenska Van Posten lvs 660 Granville

    17. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      Vancouver: not listed

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

    19. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914).
      Vancouver: not listed