Barclay, William Green^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]}

1862 - 1938  (75 years)

• Name	Barclay, William Green
  	VARIANT NAME: Barclay, William Greene.
  Birth	30 Jun 1862	Ontario   [24, 25]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1891	Orford, Kent County, ON   [3]
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	ca. 1900-1901	Selkirk Mountains, BC   [26]
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1903-1906	Michel, BC
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1906-1908	Iowalta, AB   [28]
  	Phillips (1997) lists him in Iowalta, AB, from 1906-1911. [27]
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1910-1914	Nelson, BC
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1913-1916	Sparwood, BC
  Business Address/Year	1921	Rocky Mountain Park, AB   [29]
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1900?	Ralphton, MB
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	191?-1921	Exshaw, AB
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1922?-1938	Fruitvale, BC
  Death	6 Jan 1938	Fruitvale, BC   [24]
  Burial	Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery, Fruitvale, BC   [25]
  Person ID	I2209	Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

• Photos

  W.G. Barclay's stamp on the verso of a photo postcard, ca. 1910-1911. University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, UL_1638_0053

  
  

  Documents

  W.G. Barclay stamp on verso of print.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial (itinerant). BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: According to Trail researcher Courtney Palsson, Barclay moved to Fruitvale from Exshaw, AB, in 1921. According to Duncan Barclay, a son, "my father used to hike from Alberta all the way through this country with cameras and equipment taking pictures in logging camps all through Sparwood and places." Barclay's photographs were destroyed in 1939 when his house burned down during a massive forest fire. Marshall (1998) states that he lived in Manitoba. He was living and working as photographer in Orford, Kent County, ON, in 1891. Marshall (1998: 28) includes a self-portrait. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Verso of postcard may be stamped "W.G. Barclay Photographer, Nelson, B.C." Cabinet print surface may be titled and numbered. Rubber stamp on verso of cabinet card (private): "W.G. Barclay, Photographer, Iowalta. - Alta, Canada." Rubber stamp on verso of print mount: "W.G. Barclay, Photographer, Ralphton, Man." Print surface may be titled, with negative number (e.g. neg. 100) and signed "Barclay". FORMATS: Postcards; cabinet cards (private).

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Print no. HP064430 (Item D-03370) [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS. Postcard [S720] Census of Canada 1891. Province of ON, District no. 61, Sub-district no. 62, Orford, p. 53, line 3 [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1903, 1907, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Michel [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Nelson [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1913, 1916, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Sparwood [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903). Michel: not listed [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904). Michel: not listed [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905). Michel: not listed [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910). Michel, Nelson and New Michel: not listed [S1034] JEFNELSON13, (Nelson, BC: W.A. Jeffries and Company, 1913?), 47. Nelson: Barclay Wm G (Kate) photog h 724 Observatory [S1033] JEFNELSON14, (Nelson, BC: W.A. Jeffries and Company, 1914?), 48. Nelson: Barclay Wm G (Kate) photogr h 724 Observatory [S1019] JEFNELSON15, (Nelson, BC: W.A. Jeffries and Company, 1915?). Nelson: not listed [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921). Fruitvale: not listed [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922). Fruitvale: not listed [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 187. Fruitvale: Barclay --- ranching [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 117. Fruitvale: Barclay Mrs W I ranching [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 117. Fruitvale: Barclay Mrs W I ranching [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 324. Fruitvale: Barclay G W ranching [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 96. Fruitvale: Barclay W G ranching [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940). Fruitvale: not listed [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison. e-mail, C. Palsson, 18 Apr 1997 [S580] Denis Marshall, ed., Marshall (1998), (Salmon Arm: Okanagan Historical Society, Salmon Arm Branch, 1998). [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1938-09-538470 (microfilm B13161) [S832] Find a Grave (Web site). William Greene Barclay URL (accessed 13 Aug 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125323282/william-greene-barclay [S647] Census of Canada 1901. Province of BC, District no. 5 Yale-Cariboo, Sub-district no. D, Polling sub-division no. B [2] in Kootenay East [Golden Moberly], p. 8, line 28 [S397] Glen C. Phillips, Phillips (1997), (London, Ont.: Iron Gate Publishing, 1997; 2nd printing, 2002), 19. [S723] Census of the Northwest Provinces 1906. Province of AB, District no. 34 B, p. 13, line 28 [S917] Census of Canada 1921. Province of AB, District no. 4 Calgary West, Enumeration sub-district no. 13 in Rocky Mountain Park, p. 37, line 16