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Schenck, George W.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

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  • Name Schenck, George W. 
    Birth 1862?  Nordheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1904-1909  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    61 West Cordova St.
    Fricke and Schenck
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1909-1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    162 West Cordova St.
    Camera Workers
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1910-1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    162 West Cordova St.
    Fricke and Schenck
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1913-1914  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    542 Granville St.
    Fricke and Schenck
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1914  South Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Bride: Fanny Susanna Steinfeld 
    Business Address/Year 1915  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Operated from this address as the Granville Studio 
    Address:
    544 Granville St.
    Fricke and Schenck
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Association Fricke and Schenck (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Granville Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Camera Workers (Relationship: Co-proprietor) 
    Person ID I2011  Camera Workers | S, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to his 1919 border crossing recordd, he first arrived in the United States on the ship Oder in Feb 1880 at the port of Hoboken, NJ. He lived in California between 1880 and 1901. In Vancouver, he was a partner in Fricke and Schenck (1904-1915), Stanley Park Photographers (1908-1911), The Camera Workers (1909-1912) and Granville Studio (1916-1917).
      Residing in Cloverdale, BC, he and wife Fannie relocated to the United States in August 1919.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1916, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    2. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Blaine, Washington, 1905-1924; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3416; Roll Number: 007
      Source Information: U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960

    3. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903).
      Vancouver: not listed

    4. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 855.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck rms 61 Cordova W

    5. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 424.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck rms 61 Cordova W

    6. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905).
      Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 568.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck rms 61 Cordova W

    8. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 734.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck rms 61 Cordova W

    9. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 917.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schencke [sic] rms 61 Cordova W

    10. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1029.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck h 863 Homer

    11. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1103.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck h 863 Homer

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

    13. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 1077.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of Fricke & Schenck h Winchester St (S Van)

    14. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1176.
      Vancouver: Schenck George of the Camera Workers h 1135 14th Ave W

    15. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1266.
      Vancouver: Schenck Geo of Frick [sic] & Schenck h 1135 14th Av W

    16. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1211.
      Vancouver: Schenck Geo W of Fricke & Schenck h 1135 14th Av W

    17. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 951.
      Vancouver: Schenck Geo W of Fricke & Schenck h 1135 14th Av W

    18. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 886.
      Vancouver: Schenck Geo of Granville Studio r 1135 14th Av W

    19. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 754.
      Vancouver: Schenck Geo prop Granville Studio r 1135 14th Av W

    20. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    21. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    22. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1914-09-081327 (microfilm B11379); digital facsimile URL (accessed 7 May 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6dd8d898-1719-4351-8499-f7eefcb5d766