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Savard, Alphonse Amedee Odilon[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35]

Male 1864 - 1934  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Savard, Alphonse Amedee Odilon 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Savard, A.E.; Savord, A.
    Birth Oct 1864?  Quebec City, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    • The FindAGrave.com site gives a birth date of 25 Oct 1864; this is incorrect as he was baptized on 23 Oct 1864. The 1901 Canada census gives his birth date as Apr 1865.
    Christening 23 Oct 1864  Quebec City, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [37] 
    Gender Male 
    Home Address/Year 1896  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    49 Powell St.
    City Hotel
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1896-1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    225 Carrall St.
    Imperial Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Bride: Anne Marie Nadeau 
    Business Address/Year 1900-1902  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    4 East Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1903-1915 
    Address also for the Imperial Photo Studio. 
    Address:
    8 East Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1916  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Death 1 May 1934  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [36, 39] 
    Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    Association Imperial Photo Studio (Relationship: Owner) 
    Association Goodmurphy, Herbert Fuller (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Hood, William (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I49  Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2024 

  • Photos
    Imperial Photo Studio mount identification. A. Savard is identified as the proprietor.    		Imperial Photo Studio mount identification. A. Savard is identified as the proprietor.
    City of Vancouver Archives Item: CVA 174-19 - Portrait of small girl in checked dress, with Chihuahua beside her. The address dates the photo to between ca. 1896-1899.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to a newspaper report published in Jun 1896, Savard trained under Mr. A.R. Ray of Quebec City and established the Imperial Photo Studio in Vancouver about Feb 1896. He was primarily or exclusively a portrait photographer. The 4 East Cordova St. studio in the Graveley-Spinks Block was previously occupied by H.D. McKay and J.M. White. Purposefully designed and built by Vancouver architect R. Mackay Fripp for White, one corner of the upper-floor studio by McKay and Savard's day was located above the Oyster Bay Restaurant. During Savard's tenancy he had "A. Savard, Photographer" painted on one wall. Savard was married on 24 Oct 1900 in Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver. After leaving photography Savard went to work at Britannia Mines.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Bottom front of mount may be marked "Imperial Studio A. Savard Proprietor cor. Carrall & Cordova Sts. Vancouver, B.C." or "Imperial Studio 225 Carrall St. Vancouver, B.C." (the latter ID may include the words "Extra Finish" on the paintbrush palette in between the studio name and the address) or "Imperial Studio A. Savard Proprietor 225 Carrall St. Vancouver, B.C." printed on bottom front of mount.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.

    2. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.

    3. [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison.
      with Alma Savard (daughter) and Louis P. Savard (son).

    4. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), Jun 1896.
      Souvenir Edition

    5. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 25 Oct 1900, 8.

    6. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895).
      Vancouver and Victoria: not listed

    7. [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896), 176.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 225 Carrall rms City hotel

    8. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 678.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 225 Carrall

    9. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 617.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 225 Carrall

    10. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 672.
      Vancouver: Savard A prop Imperial Studio 225 Carrall st.

    11. [S733] GRE99, (Vancouver, BC: Rowland E. Green, [1900]), 252.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photographer 225 Carrall

    12. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 746.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 225 Carrall

    13. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 914.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 4 Cordoza [sic] E

    14. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 772.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 4 Cordoza [sic] E h 501 Hastings

    15. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 754.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 4 Cordoza [sic] E h 501 Hastings

    16. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 801.
      Vancouver: Savard A E. photographer 8 Cordova E h 501 Hastings E

    17. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 854.
      Vancouver: Savard A E. photographer 8 Cordova E h 501 Hastings E

    18. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 423.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 8 Cordova E lvs A 1101 Bidwell

    19. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 544.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 8 Cordova E lvs A 1101 Bidwell

    20. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 568.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 8 Cordova E lvs A 1101 Bidwell

    21. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 733.
      Vancouver: Savard A photographer 8 Cordova E lvs A 1101 Bidwell

    22. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 916.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photographer 8 Cordova E lvs 1101 Bidwell

    23. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 1028.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photo 8 Cordova E lvs 1101 Bidwell

    24. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1102.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photo 8 Cordova E lvs 1101 Bidwell

    25. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1247.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photo 8 Cordova E

    26. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 1075.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photo 8 Cordova E lvs 1101 Bidwell

    27. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1174.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse prop Imperial Photo Studio 8 Cordova E h same

    28. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 1264.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photo 8 Cordova E h 1940 Victoria Drive

    29. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 1210.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photogr 8 Cordova E h 1940 Victoria Dr

    30. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 950.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photogr 8 Cordova E h 1940 Victoria Dr

    31. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 886.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse photogr h 1940 Victoria Dr

    32. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 754.
      Vancouver: Savard Alfonse h 1101 Bidwell

    33. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 807.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse h 1101 Bidwell

    34. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    35. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 821.
      Vancouver: Savard Alphonse mining h 1101 Bidwell

    36. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Alphonse Savard
      URL (accessed 20 Apr 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26251671/alphonse-savard

    37. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968: Baptisms, St-Roch Parish, 1864

    38. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1900-09-047653 (microfilm reel B11372); digital facsimile URL (accessed 15 Jan 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1f58ec4b-f76f-41e4-a8c5-83a94af83738

    39. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1934-09-490769 (microfilm B13150)