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

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Candlish, John Wyllie[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 Candlish, John Wyllie 
    • VARIANT NAME: Candlesh, J.
    Birth 1871  Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 22] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1922-1923  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2009 Yew St.
    Yew Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1926  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    603 West Hastings St.
    Crown Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1928-1930  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    5881 Fraser St.
    Fraser Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1931-1934  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    6082 Fraser St.
    Candlish and Mole
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1935-1938  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    6082 Fraser St.
    Fraser Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1939  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    6082 Fraser St.
    Candlish and Mole
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Association Candlish and Mole (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Fraser Studio (Relationship: Co-proprietor) 
    Association Yew Studio (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Crown Studio (Vancouver : II) (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Person ID I2057  Camera Workers | C, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2024 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The 1921 Canada census notes he immigrated in 1919 and was a partner with two or even four of the Candlish sisters who operated separate dry goods stores, two sisters at each store. He lived with them that year and the 1923 business directory shows him still residing at their home.
      He was first associated with G.W. Taylor's Yew Studio in the early 1920s and then went on to operate Crown Studio in the mid-1920s. Oddly, the 1925 business listed him as a master mariner, perhaps a fallback occupation. Beginning in 1928 he co-managed the Fraser Studio with C.G. Mole, with whom he also partnered as Candlish and Mole. He is most likely the John Candlish who passed away in Vancouver at age 68 on 11 Feb 1940.

  • Sources 
    1. [S917] Census of Canada 1921.
      Province of BC, District no. 13 Burrard, Enumeration sub-district no. 5 in Vancouver, p. 9, line 27

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1924, 1928, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    3. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921).
      Vancouver: not listed; the John Candlish (b. 1870), a builders' estimator, who is listed is a different person; he died 13 May 1940, in Essondale, BC. According to his Canadian Expeditionary Force personnel file, he suffered from a progressive form of mental illness.

    4. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921).
      Vancouver: not listed

    5. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 551.
      Vancouver: Candlish John photogr 2009 Yew

    6. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923).
      Vancouver: not listed

    8. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1036.
      Vancouver: Candlish John photog 2009 Yew r 2851 6th av W

    9. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924).
      Vancouver: not listed

    10. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 747.
      Vancouver: Candlish John mstr mrnr r 2851 W 6

    11. [S759] WRI26, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1926), 791.
      Vancouver: Candlish John prop Crown Studio r 214 603 W Hastings

    12. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 934.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Fraser Studio r 5881 Fraser

    14. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 725.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Candlish & Mole h 3267 W 21

    15. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 876.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Candlish & Mole r 6082 Fraser

    16. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 919.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Fraser Photo Studio r 6082 Fraser

    17. [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 613.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Fraser Photo Studio r 6082 Fraser

    18. [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 555.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Fraser Photo Studio r 6082 Fraser

    19. [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 734.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Fraser Photo Studio r 6082 Fraser

    20. [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 547.
      Vancouver: Candlish John of Candlish & Mole r 6082 Fraser

    21. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940).
      Vancouver: not listed

    22. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Scotland, Modern and Civil Births 1855-2019.