Vancouver West End history
I updated the page on Thomas Frank Paterson, who lived at 1100 Haro Street from 1904 to 1928.
I added a modern image of the former location of the K. and D. Golfette Club, which was an indoor miniature golf club at 2242 West Fourth Avenue.
I also added a modern image of the former location of the Paterson house at 2346 Third Avenue in Vancouver. The property is currently part of the Safeway store at 2315 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6K 1P2.
I added a new page on Thomas Frank Paterson.
He was an agriculturalist, newspaperman and lumberman. He lived at 1100 Haro Street from 1904 to 1928.
I updated the page on Carl von Mackensen.
In the 1913 Vancouver directory, the resident at 778 Gilford Street was “C. V. Mackensen.” Although it is not certain, it appears that this person was Carl von Mackensen, sometimes known as Karl Mackensen von Astfeld. He was interned at the Vernon internment camp during the First World War.
I added illustrations and biographical information on Carl von Mackensen. I also added information on Benjamin De Furlong Boyce (1866-1945), who was the doctor at the Vernon internment camp.
I updated the page on William A. Banks, who lived at 786 Gilford Street in 1918.
It appears that he was William Arthur Banks, who was a fruit salesman and the operator of a fruit- and vegetable-drying business in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
I added illustrations and biographical information.
I updated the page on Isabella Robertson Marshallsay, who was the widow of Charles Marshallsay. She lived at 1174 Denman Street in 1903.
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I updated the page on Thomas Allan, who was a farmer, lumberman and realtor.
He lived at 1872 Barclay Street from 1910 to 1914.
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I updated the page on John Edward Armishaw, who was a confectioner or candy maker. He lived at 2060 Beach Avenue in 1905, and at 1972 Georgia Street in 1909 and 1910.
I added illustrations and information on members of his family.
I added a new page on John Morton. He was one of the “Three Greenhorns,” the Vancouver pioneers who were major landholders in Vancouver’s West End.
He lived at 1151 Denman Street from about 1900 to 1911 and at 1947 Pendrell Street in 1912.
I updated the page on Charles Jewell Brenton, who was an accountant and manager with the Standard Milk Company and the Eden Bank Creamery Company.
For some time, he also operated a confectionery. He later worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as a timekeeper and accountant.
He was at 1047 Denman Street from 1911 to 1912. He appeared at 1055 Denman Street from 1914 to 1916 and at 1069 Denman Street from 1914 to 1918.
I added information on his time in California and his death in 1948.
I added a new page on John Holton Shields. He was a farmer who lived at 1830 Comox Street in 1917.
