Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1913, Part 2, page 1153 [edited image].
I updated the page on Frederick Walter Nicholson.
He was the managing director of a construction company called Norton Griffiths Company Ltd.
He lived at 2080 Haro Street in 1912; 1900 Comox Street from 1913 to 1914; and 1859 Robson Street in 1915.
I added information on his family and his later life in England.
W.C. Ditmars, detail from studio portrait of Vancouver businessmen who were former residents of St. Catherines, Ont., early 1900s, Vancouver City Archives, LP 71; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/studio-portrait-of-vancouver-businessmen-who-were-former-residents-of-st-catherines-ont.
I updated the page on William Carey Ditmars. He was a partner and secretary-treasurer of the general contracting firm of Armstrong, Morrison & Company, Ltd.
He lived at 1835 Barclay Street from 1901 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1910.
I added illustrations and biographical material.
Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1915, page 1029.
I updated the page on Henry Guy Vickers, who was a building contractor. He lived at 1180 Denman Street in 1915.
I added illustrations and information on several members of his family.
Charles Victor Cummings, Who’s Who in Canada, 1928-1929, page 235.
I updated the page on Charles Victor Cummings, who was a building contractor and corporation director. He lived at 1919 Robson Street in 1917.
I added illustrations and information on his second marriage and on his children.
Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 339.
I updated the page on Allan Bryson. He was a carpenter and builder who lived at 1214 Denman Street from 1904 to 1907.
I added illustrations and I updated the information on his descendants.
Justin Lee Skene, about 1915, United States passport application, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-3B6K : 4 September 2015).
I updated the page on Justin Lee Skene, who was a building contractor and architect. He lived at 1019 Gilford Street in 1915 and 1916.
I added information on Justin’s sister, Mae, who was married to Justin’s business partner, John Sheridan Christie.
I also added information on a court case related to the construction of the second Hotel Vancouver.
C. P. R. Hotel, Vancouver, B.C., about 1917; Vancouver City Archives, CVA 677-21; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/c-p-r-hotel-vancouver-b-c-2.
Thanks to a descendant of Justin’s sister for this information.
Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1901, page 742.
I added a new page on Andrew Mitchell, who was a carpenter and building contractor.
About 1904, he built the house at 1102 Gilford Street.
It appears that he built the house at 1925 Pendrell Street.
