Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Abbott, Kathleen Margaret[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Female 1909 - 1967  (57 years)

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  • Name Abbott, Kathleen Margaret
    • VARIANT NAMES: Leith, Kathleen M.; Leith, Mrs. George.
    Birth 16 May 1909  British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Female
    Business Address/Year 1931-1932  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    739 Yates St.
    Robert Fort
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1931-1932  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1422 Fernwood Rd.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1934  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1055 Yates St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1935  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    602 Fort St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    • Her residence in 1935 was the same as her work address.
    Business Address/Year 1934-1936  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    602 Fort St.
    Robert Fort
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1936  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1055 Yates St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1936  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Groom: George Leith 
    Death 23 Apr 1967  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Cremation 27 Apr 1967  Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Association Fort, Robert Hamilton (Relationship: Photographer; Assistant)
    Person ID I559  Camera Workers | A, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2024

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial (assistant).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: She worked for Robert Hamilton Fort. After her marriage in 1936 she moved with her husband to McKenzie Island, ON, where her husband worked in the office of the McKenzie Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. She and her husband eventually moved to Victoria and she passed away there.

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

    2. [S764] WRI31, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1931), 1729.
      Victoria: Abbott Kathleen M photog R Fort r 1422 Fernwood

    3. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1715.
      Victoria: "Abbott Kathleen M photog R Fort r 1422 Fernwood"

    4. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 2077.
      Victoria: "Abbott Kathleen M asst R Fort r 1055 Yates"

    5. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 1775.
      Victoria: Abbott Kathleen M asst D [i.e. R] Fort r 602 Fort

    6. [S770] SUN36, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1936), 1563.
      Victoria: Abbott Kathleen M asst R H Fort r 1055 Yates

    7. [S771] SUN37, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1937).
      Victoria: not listed

    8. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Family tree: Abbott, Kathleen M.
      URL (accessed 24 Jan 2024): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/103887629/person/272227654738/facts

    9. [S1208] Census of Canada 1931.
      Province of BC, Electoral District 239 Victoria, Enumeration sub-district no. 15 in municipality of City of Victoria, p. 13, line 45

    10. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1967-09-006817 (microfilm B13283); digital facsimile URL (accessed 24 Jan 2024): https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cd9b140d-ec1c-4228-995a-44adba090c49

    11. [S674] (Victoria) Times, 9 Oct 1936, 8.
      "Weddings: Leith--Abbott"