Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Brandt, Ernest Metro[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1913 - 1950  (36 years)

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  • Name Brandt, Ernest Metro 
    Birth 27 Oct 1913  Winnipeg, MB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1941  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Home Address/Year 1941  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    1103 View St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1941  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    966 Seymour St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1941  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Bride: June Audrey Warren 
    • Marriage dissolved at Vancouver, BC, 20 Dec 1945 according to marriage registration record.
    Business Address/Year 1946  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    550 Granville St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1946  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    966 Seymour St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1946-1947  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    193 E. Hastings St. (Dominion Building)
    114
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 4 May 1950  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial 6 May 1950  Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Association Metro Fotos (Relationship: Owner) 
    Person ID I987  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He owned the Metro Fotos studio which he subsequently sold to A. "Foncie" Pulice and his wife Anne in 1947. According to his death registration record he had worked as a self-employed photographer between 1932 and 1947. Brandt had had tuberculosis for three years prior to his death at age 36 in 1950.

  • Sources 
    1. [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 517.
      Vancouver: "Brandt Ernest photog r 966 Seymour"

    2. [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942).
      Vancouver: not listed

    3. [S777] SUN43, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1943).
      Vancouver: not listed

    4. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945).
      Vancouver: not listed
      Victoria: not listed

    5. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946), 577.
      Vancouver: "Brandt Ernest M prop Metro Fotos r 966 Seymour"

    6. [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947), 557.
      Vancouver: "Brandt Ernest M prop Metro Fotos r 2683? Quebec"

    7. [S990] Foncie's Corner (Web site), (Knowledge Network).

    8. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1950-09-004654 (microfilm B13204); digital facsimile URL (accessed 17 Apr 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3d5c1273-5437-46ae-a7c3-7a0a720527c6

    9. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1941-09-515095; digital facsimile URL (accessed 17 Apr 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/333c6fca-465b-4403-ace2-d146ddf44e57