Gunnar Wilhelm Tornroos (1883-1940)

Posted on May 6, 2018 by rkmoen

G.W. Tornroos, Vancouver Sun, April 29, 1940, page 13, column 1.

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1917, page 807.

I added a new page on Gunnar Wilhelm Tornroos, who was an engineer and equipment dealer. He lived at 1833 Comox Street in 1913 and 1914, and at 2047 Pendrell Street in 1917 and 1918.

Francis Easton Leach (1875-1951)

Lieutenant Colonel Leach, 231st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1917; Vancouver City Archives; Mil P87.5; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/lieutenant-colonel-leach-231st-battalion-canadian-expeditionary-force.

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1917, page 597 [edited image].

I added a new page on Francis Easton Leach, who was a civil engineer and soldier. He lived at 786 Gilford Street in 1917.

Posted on April 2, 2018 by rkmoen

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1916, page 891 [edited image].

I added a new page on George Edward Sellers, who was a motor engineer and realtor. He lived at 2046 Pendrell Street in 1916 and 1917.

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 739.

I added a new page on Alexander Seymour, who lived at 1967 Georgia Street in 1907.

Although it is not certain, he may have been Alexander Henderson Seymour, who was a carpenter, builder and civil engineer.

Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1901, page 700.

I added a new page on Charles Edward Hope, who was a civil engineer. He lived at 1935 Nelson Street from 1901 to 1902. (After 1902, the address of the house was 1931 Nelson Street.)

Bruno Thomas, 1915, United States passport application, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-B4W6).

Henderson’s BC Gazetteer and Directory, 1900-1901, page 930.

I added a new page on Bruno Thomas. He was a mining engineer who lived at 1968 Georgia Street in 1900.

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1919, page 703.

I added a new page on Mainland Engineering Company Limited, which was a firm of engineers and machinists. Most of the time their business was at 422 Railway Street. They were at 1939 Georgia Street in 1919.