Joseph William Bye (1862-1936)

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1906, page 260.

 

I updated the page on Joseph William Bye, a building contractor who lived at 1940 Beach Avenue from 1906 to 1910.

I added information on his business activities and his children.

John William Stewart (1860-1938)

Major General John W. Stewart, C.B., 1920s; Vancouver City Archives, Port P420.1 [cropped]; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/major-general-john-w-stewart-c-b.

Henderson’s City of Vancouver and North Vancouver Directory, 1909, page 1073.

I updated the page on John William Stewart. He was a railway contractor, logging company executive, and a major-general during the First World War. He lived at 1967 Barclay Street in 1909 and 1910.

I updated his year of birth to 1860, and I added information on various sources for his actual date of birth.

John W. Watt

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1915, page 1040 [edited image].

I added a new page on John W. Watt, who was a superintendent with the general contracting firm of Skene and Christie. He lived at 958 Denman Street from 1915 to 1917.

Donald Brims Charleson (1842-1928)

Donald Brims Charleson: Detail from Vancouver City Archives: AM54-S4-: Port P369

I updated the page on Donald Brims Charleson, who was a contractor. He lived at 2003 Haro Street from 1907 to 1928.

I added information on his son, Percy, who was killed at a railway crossing near Winter, Saskatchewan.

Vancouver Sun, September 29, 1922, page 3, column 3.

William Stocks (1861-1941)

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1906, page 597.

I added a new page on William Stocks, who was a sales agent and building contractor. He lived at 1950 Nelson Street from 1906 to 1918.

Robert Marshall (1851-after 1920)

Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1903, page 758.

I added a new page on Robert Marshall, who was a fruit dealer, painter, contractor and farmer. He lived near Stanley Park Bridge from 1898 to 1906. The Vancouver directories listed his address as 650 Chilco Street from 1903 to 1906.

Charles Henry Wilson (1854-1947)

Alderman C.H. Wilson, detail from “Annual official visit of Council, officials and guests at Capilano Waterworks Dam”; about 1903, Vancouver City Archives, Ci Dept P33; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/annual-official-visit-of-council-officials-and-guests-at-capilano-waterworks-dam.

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 833.

I added a new page on Charles Henry Wilson, who was a building contractor and realtor. He lived at 1931 Nelson Street from 1906 to 1917.