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Stanley, Gilbert[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male 1855 - 1915  (59 years)


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  • Name Stanley, Gilbert 
    • VARIANT NAME: Stanley, Gilbert M.
    Birth 16 Feb 1855  Quebec, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15
    • His obituary correctly states he was born in 1855. FindAGrave.com gives a birth year of 1856. The 1901 census records his full birth date as 16 Feb 1853. The birth date of 16 Feb 1855 is from his baptismal record.
    Christening 23 Aug 1855  Quebec, PQ Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • He was baptized in Holy Trinity Church, an Anglican cathedral. His father was William Stanley, a "stationer," and his mother was Ann (nee Hall) Stanley.
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1889-1891  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2 Powell St.
    Chamberlain Block, corner of Carrall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1891  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    8 Powell St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1893  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Address:
    Nelson, BC
    Canada 
    Death 24 Jan 1915  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Burial 26 Jan 1915  Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Association Stanley Brothers (Vancouver : I and Nelson) (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Stanley, Edward Hall (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Stanley, George (Relationship: Brother) 
    Person ID I62  Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 13 May 2023 

  • Documents
    Stanley Brothers ad, Vancouver <i>News-Advertiser</i>, 17 Oct 1889, p. 8.
    Stanley Brothers ad, Vancouver News-Advertiser, 17 Oct 1889, p. 8.
    Stanley Brothers ad, Vancouver <i>Daily World</i>, 22 Nov 1890, p. 7.
    Stanley Brothers ad, Vancouver Daily World, 22 Nov 1890, p. 7.
    Gilbert Stanley obituary, Nelson <i>Daily News</i>, 25 Jan 1915, p. 8.
    Gilbert Stanley obituary, Nelson Daily News, 25 Jan 1915, p. 8.
    Stanley Brothers news, Nelson <i>Miner</i>, 29 Oct 1892, p. 9.
    Stanley Brothers news, Nelson Miner, 29 Oct 1892, p. 9.
    Gilbert Stanley and Neelands Brothers news, Nelson <i>Miner</i>, 20 Jul 1895, p. 1.
    Gilbert Stanley and Neelands Brothers news, Nelson Miner, 20 Jul 1895, p. 1.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: One of the brothers in the Stanley Brothers studio, he moved to Nelson and became a newsdealer and tobacconist.

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Henderson, James, comp., HEN89, (Victoria, B.C.: Leonard George Henderson, 1889).
      Vancouver: not listed

    2. [S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889).
      Vancouver: not listed

    3. [S25] Henderson, L.G., comp., HENVAN90, (Vancouver, B.C.: L.G. Henderson, 1890), 197.
      Stanley Gilbert, of Stanley Bros., res 609 Powell

    4. [S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890), 373.
      Vancouver: Stanley Edward Hall, of Stanley Bros., res 609 Powell

    5. [S27] Draper, Thomas, comp., WILVAN90, (Vancouver, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1890), 212.
      Vancouver: Stanley G, Stanley Bros, 609 Powell

    6. [S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891), 468.
      Vancouver: Stanley Gilbert, h 8 Powell

    7. [S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890), 254.
      Vancouver: Stanley, Gilbert, photographer, 2 Powell

    8. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892), 783.
      Vancouver: Stanley, G, photographer, Stanley Bros, 8 Powell, cor Carrall

    9. [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893).
      Addenda, Nelson, and Vancouver: not listed

    10. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894), 135.
      Nelson: Stanley, GM, newsdealer

    11. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895), 131.
      Nelson: Stanley, GM, newsdealer

    12. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 396.
      Nelson: Stanley, Gilbert, tobacconist, news depot, 23 W. Baker

    13. [S647] Census of Canada 1901.
      Province of BC, District no. 5 Yale and Cariboo, Sub-district no. F, Polling sub-division no. 10 in Nelson City, p. 1, line 18.

    14. [S744] (Nelson) Daily News, 25 Jan 1915, 8.
      "Had Lived Here Over Twenty Years"
      Obit.

    15. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Gilbert Stanley
      URL (accessed 11 May 2023): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104529282/gilbert-stanley

    16. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

    17. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 7 Aug 1893, 498, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. (Reliability: 3).
      Stanley, Gilbert Nelson Photographer
      Revelstoke Polling Division, West Kootenay Electoral District, in BC Sessional Papers; UBC Library Open Collections digital facsimile URL (accessed 19 Jan 2017): https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0063390

    18. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1915-09-180889 (microfilm B13108)