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Vipond, Arthur

Vipond, Arthur[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1832 - 1889  (57 years)

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  • Name Vipond, Arthur 
    Birth 1832  Etherby, Durham, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 14 Jul 1859  San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bride: Frances Bryant "Fanny" Smith 
    • New York Daily Herald, 13 Aug 1859, p. 2, "Marriages and Deaths in California." He was described as being "of England" and she as "of Victoria, B.C." She passed away in Victoria on 3 Sep 1912 (Colonist, 5 Sep 1912, p. 7). Her obituary noted she was the twin daughter of a Royal Navy architect, James Bryant Smith, and had come out to Victoria to join her brother. A Vipond Family Tree on Ancestry.ca incorrectly gives her name as Frances Bryant.
    Home Address/Year 1870  San Jose, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    602 Market St.
    San Jose, CA
    USA 
    • San Jose City Directory and Business Guide of Santa Clara Co. Compiled by W. J. Colahan and Julian Pomeroy. San Francisco: Excelsior Press, Bacon & Company, 1870, p. 133: Vipond, Arthur, machinist, San Jose Foundry, dwl 602 Market.
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1858-1860?  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 12 Nov 1889  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 15 Nov 1889  Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Association Royal Engineers (Relationship: Non-member) 
    Person ID I34  Camera Workers | V, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 20 May 2023 

  • Photos
    Arthur Vipond photographed by S.A. Spencer.    		Arthur Vipond photographed by S.A. Spencer.
    Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP097939 (item H-01219).

    Documents
    Arthur Vipond's ad, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 30 Apr 1874, p. 2.    		Arthur Vipond's ad, Victoria Colonist, 30 Apr 1874, p. 2.
    Although trained as a photographer, he ended up working as a machinist and gunsmith.
    Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 13 Nov 1889, p. 4.    		Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria Colonist, 13 Nov 1889, p. 4.
    Arthur Vipond obituary and funeral notice, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4.    		Arthur Vipond obituary and funeral notice, Victoria Colonist, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4.
    Arthur Vipond funeral notice, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4.    		Arthur Vipond funeral notice, Victoria Colonist, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4.
    Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria <i>Daily Times</i>, 12 Nov 1889, p. 4.    		Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria Daily Times, 12 Nov 1889, p. 4.
    Arthur Vipond funeral, Victoria <i>Daily Times</i>, 15 Nov 1889, p. 4.    		Arthur Vipond funeral, Victoria Daily Times, 15 Nov 1889, p. 4.
    One of the pallbearers was the former Victoria photographer S.A. Spencer.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Amateur.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Believed to have arrived in Victoria in 1858 with the Royal Engineers as a civilian and armed with a photographer's certificate he had earned in England at the same institution that trained the Royal Engineers in photography, he appears not to have practiced professionally. Surviving views of Fort Victoria, including a multi-part panorama, are among the earliest in existence. He was listed in the 1874 and 1877 directories as a machinist and gunsmith.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.

    2. [S15] MAL74, (Victoria, B.C.: E. Mallandine, 1874) (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S16] HIB77, (Victoria, B.C.: T.N. Hibben and Co., 1877) (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 13 Nov 1889, 4 (Reliability: 3).
      Obit.

    5. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 21 Dec 2016, 4, col. 1 and col. 3 (Reliability: 3).
      Funeral notices.

    6. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), 13 Nov 1889, 4 (Reliability: 3).
      Obit.

    7. [S592] David Mattison, Mattison (1989), (History of Photography 13, no. 3 (July-September 1989):223-233), 21 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 14 Nov 1889, 4.
      Obit. and funeral notice.

    9. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Arthur Vipond
      URL (accessed 19 Nov 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121318399/arthur-vipond