Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Burns, Thomas[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1845 - 1937  (92 years)

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  • Name Burns, Thomas
    Birth Feb 1845  Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gender Male
    Business Address/Year 1880s-1910  Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Address:
    5 West Maitland St.
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    UK 
    • The information on his address in Edinburgh is from the verso of a carte-de-visite reproduced on his Ancestry.ca family tree page.
    Business Address/Year 1911-1925  Moose Jaw, SK Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • The 1911 date is from the 1911 Canada census.
    Business Address/Year 1931-1934  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3023 Tillicum Rd.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Death 8 Feb 1937  Saanich, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Association Burns, George (Relationship: Son)
    Person ID I2180  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2021

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the 1911 Canada census he immigrated in 1910 and was working as a photographer in Moosejaw, SK, in 1911. After retiring, he operated as a photographer in Saanich in the early 1930s. His son George operated as a photographer at the same address in the 1940s.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Saanich

    2. [S762] WRI29, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1929).
      Victoria: not listed

    3. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 1755.
      Victoria: Burns Thos retired h 3023 Tillicum

    4. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1749.
      Victoria: Burns Thos photog 3023 Tillicum

    5. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1734.
      Victoria: Burns Thos photog 3023 Tillicum

    6. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 2099.
      Victoria: Burns Thos photog 3023 Tillicum

    7. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935).
      Victoria: not listed

    8. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Thomas Burns [family tree]
      URL (accessed 1 Aug 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/153715002/person/262111701312/facts

    9. [S397] Glen C. Phillips, Phillips (1997), (London, Ont.: Iron Gate Publishing, 1997; 2nd printing, 2002), 121.
      Moose Jaw ... Burns, Thomas 1912-1925