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Brewster, James Edward[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1914 - 1974  (60 years)


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  • Name Brewster, James Edward 
    Birth 9 Mar 1914  Ferndale, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1937-1938  Salmon Arm, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Ajax Photo Studio
    Salmon Arm, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1942  Salmon Arm, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Bride: Lenore Augusta Hodgins 
    • He gave his occupation as soldier and she was a photographer's assistant. He was living in Kingston, ON, at the time of their marriage.
    Death 15 Apr 1974  Comox, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial 18 Apr 1974  Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Courtenay, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Association Ajax Photo Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Person ID I2158  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He owned and operated the Ajax Photo Studio in Salmon Arm in the late 1930s. Following his marriage in 1942 he remained in the Canadian military and eventually lived in Comox, BC.

  • Sources 
    1. [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936).
      Salmon Arm: not listed

    2. [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937), 340.
      Salmon Arm: Brewster Jas prop Ajax Photo

    3. [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 510.
      Salmon Arm: Brewster Jas prop Ajax Photo Studio

    4. [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 295.
      Salmon Arm: Brewster Jas clk

    5. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1942-09-536870; digital facsimile URL (accessed 20 Jul 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b58e9cd7-476c-49c8-a84c-fde842f2e7d6

    6. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1974-09-006187 (microfilm B13332); digital facsimile URL (accessed 20 Jul 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b688091b-337b-4b6f-ab29-f7103c26b344