Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Heckman, Joseph William[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1854 - 1937  (82 years)


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  • Name Heckman, Joseph William 
    Birth 18 Oct 1854  [6] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1884-1885  BC; Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Mar 1937  Montreal, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Plot: GA/311
    Person ID I192  Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2020 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A civil engineer employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, he photographed along the railway line and took a portrait of the BC senators and "commoners" on a stopover in Victoria in Jun 1885. Beginning in Apr 1898 he was employed as an official company photographer.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Some prints mounted, captioned and marked "J W H Asst Engnr Photo". Some print surfaces captioned and marked "J.W.H. 1884."

  • Sources 
    1. [S159] COLLECTION: QMCP.

    2. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 3 Jun 1885, 3.

    3. [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison.
      Letter, QMCP to Mattison, 19 Oct 1982

    4. [S598] David Mattison, Mattison (1997b), (Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition, 1997).

    5. [S1068] Ralph Beaumont, Beaumont (2015), (Mississauga, Ontario: distributed by the Credit Valley Railway Company, 2015), HE2810.C2 B428 2015.

    6. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      URL (accessed 8 Feb 2017): https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154401273