Harry Tozer (1881-1951)

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1919, page 881.

 

I updated the page on Harry Tozer. He was an automobile painter with Black Brothers, a Vancouver automobile supply firm. He lived in apartment A, 1180 Denman Street in 1919.

I added illustrations and information on his marriage and his later life in California.

Ida Mary Bishop (1870-1939)

I updated the page on Ida Mary Bishop. She lived at 1974 Georgia Street in 1915 and 1916 and at 1961 1/2 Georgia Street in 1917 and 1918.

I added illustrations and information on members of her family.

Frank Tidswell (also known as Samuel Tidswell) (1875-1960)

Henderson’s Vancouver Directory, 1920, page 930.

 

I added a new page on Frank Tidswell (also known as Samuel Tidswell).

According to the Vancouver directories, Samuel (“Sam”) Tidswell was a painter who lived at 1875 Georgia Street from 1920 to 1921. However, almost all other references call this person “Frank” Tidswell.

 

Ancestry.com. Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980. Name: Frank Tidswell; Residence Date: 1949; Residence Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Electoral District: Vancouver South; Occupation: Retired; Reference Number: M-4867.

Annie Beattie Sinton (1877-1948)

Annie Beatty [sic] (Sinton) Philpot & John Sinton; ancestry.ca.

I added a new page on Annie Beattie Sinton, who taught oil painting at 1859 Pendrell Street in 1926.

 

Vancouver Province, August 19, 1926, page 13, column 3.

Robert Fletcher Leslie (1864-1942)

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1913, Part 1, page 1009 [edited image]

I added a new page on Robert Fletcher Leslie. He was an engineer with the consulting engineering firm of Davis and Leslie.

He lived at 1101 Gilford Street in 1913.

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.

Harry Tozer (1881-1951)

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1919, page 881.

I added a new page on Harry Tozer. He was an automobile painter with Black Brothers, a Vancouver automobile supply firm. He lived in apartment A, 1180 Denman Street in 1919.

Helmuth Emanuel Edwin Bernhard Dirckink-Holmfeld (1835-1912)

Helmuth Emanuel Edwin Bernhard Dirckink-Holmfeld; https://www.myheritageimages.com/J/storage/site144187201/files/51/41/97/514197_79336138545vx58hb6fchj.jpg

Henderson’s City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, page 510.

I added a new page on Baron Helmuth Emanuel Edwin Bernhard Dirckink-Holmfeld, who was a landscape and figure painter. He lived at 1842 Beach Avenue in 1906 and 1907.

Helmuth Dirckinck-Holmfeld (Danish, 1835-1912); English Bay, Vancouver, B.C., 1904; http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/auctions/Helmuth-Dirckinck-Holmfeld-152302/English-Bay,-Vancouver,-BC-1904.

Henry Thomas Mostyn Watkins (1869-1941)

Commander Henry Thomas Mostyn Watkins, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wayfamily/wp01/wp01_015.html.

Henderson’s Greater Vancouver City Directory, 1919, page 905 [edited image]

I added a new page on Henry Thomas Mostyn Watkins. He was a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve who worked for the divisional naval transport office in Vancouver. He lived at 1856 Barclay Street in 1919.

John Charles Butler (1860-1935)

I added a new page on John Charles Butler. He was a painter, decorator, and building contractor. He lived at 1040 Denman Street from 1915 to 1919.