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NO Reproduction in Whole or in Part, on ANY, and ALL of my Pages,  Including Text and Pictures,  May be made, without the express Written Permission  of Web Editor, Doug Gent © 2016 Want to add a link to my pages? see my Copyright Information Page for the only Authorized Picture Link allowed. Please do not use any of the other watermarked pictures as a link picture A standard URL link to each of my pages is allowed: This page for instance is http://www.gent-family.com/BC/princerupertarchivephoto8.html just copy the URL from your Browsers Link Bar above, and paste that URL into facebook, google plus, etc Note- You do NOT have to ask me, to link to my pages. I encourage links to spread the history of these areas. I do NOT want the off-site use of the watermarked pictures is all.  Prince Rupert BC  Historical Photos  Page 8 Postcards below courtesy Grant Walker, CA ** New** I have added "hotspots" on the Building Signs, that I can read.  (note- some signs are illegible and no hot spot on them) Also some of the buildings I have identified with a hotspot around them. Note- Not all buildings are identified. Move your Mouse over the picture, slowly, and you should be able to read what the sign says, or the name of the building if there is a hotspot there.. If you add my site to "Compatibly View settings" under the "Tools" button, in IE you will see the words appear as you mouse over the pictures. It may or may not work in some browsers. If you don't see any words appear on the mouse over,  try clicking once on the sign or building, wherever a hand symbol appears, and you will go to an index, below the picture, for the whole story. Those using Touch Screens, sorry,  you need to click to see the write up below the picture Another reason I hate touch screens! Picture 1 Business Section of Prince Rupert Looking west, 1910 Note-This is a Copyright Protected Picture, with my visible Watermark Please Do Not Use it as a Link Picture, Please Do not Download this Picture It is not only illegal to do so, but morally wrong! Stealing anything is possible, but is it right? Photo taken before the Savoy Hotel was built, on left front. Before the Helgerson block was built, before the Prince Rupert Hotel was built. 5th St located where the board walk is in foreground,  then 3rd ave boardwalk is visible Info below for hotspots on the picture above "Geo. D. Tite" sign "Furnisher" George D. Tite Hotel, Club, and House Furnisher Located on 3rd ave, between 5th St and 6th St. "Furniture-Hardware" Sign "Kaien Hardware Co" Sign Joseph G. Scott and his son Joseph W. Scott, Props. 3rd ave. Return to Picture 1 above Alder Block (see below for a later view) Alberta Meat Market (see below) "Nachbar Bros." Sign "Sheet Metal Works" Sign Business In the Lane between Fraser st and 3rd Ave Alexander Nachbar Return to Picture 1 above Royal Hotel SW Corner 3rd ave and 6th st Exchange Block corner of 3rd ave and 6th st. Return to Picture 1 above Picture 2 Prince Rupert Downtown view, between 5th st and 7th st, from Fraser st to the water. McRae Photo 34 Note-This is a Copyright Protected Picture, with my visible Watermark Please Do Not Use it as a Link Picture, Please Do not Download this Picture It is not only illegal to do so, but morally wrong! Stealing anything is possible, but is it right? Savoy Hotel located on Fraser St. Prince Rupert Hotel Located on 6th st, 2nd ave corner "Alberta Meat Market" located at 312 5th st. Peter Gamula prop. in 1921 he lived at 623 Fulton St. Return to Picture 2 above "C. B. Wark" "Jeweler" "High Grade Watches and Jewelry" (spelled as it is on the sign) Office at 611 3rd ave, bet 5th and 6th st. 1910 Directory says C. B. Wark 1913 Directory says W. Wark & Son William Wark, and William H. Wark Barber Shop on 5th st. "Insurance" "Real Estate" Rear of a business facing 3rd ave. Return to Picture 2 above "1910" "O. M. Helgerson Block" SW corner of 6th st and 3rd ave. Ole M. Helgerson, of O. M. Helgerson & Co. -Real Estate Henry G. Helgerson his brother, worked there as well. Return to Picture 2 above "1909" "Alder Block" Located at 634-636 3rd ave. William J. Alder Real Estate, Investments, City Property, and Interior "Geo. D. Tite" "Furnisher" George D. Tite Hotel, Club, and House Furnisher Located on 3rd ave, between 5th St and 6th St. Return to Picture 2 above "Hotel  Central" aka: Central Hotel "Queen's Hotel " 112 6th st, next to the Prince Rupert Hotel later became the St. James Hotel Return to Picture 2 above Prince Rupert Hotel SW Corner 6th st and 3rd Ave. Stork Block 708-712 2nd Ave. Empress Theatre, on 3rd ave and 6th st corner Return to Picture 2 above Picture 3 SS Prince Rupert near Ocean Falls Note-This is a Copyright Protected Picture, with my visible Watermark Please Do Not Use it as a Link Picture, Please Do not Download this Picture It is not only illegal to do so, but morally wrong! Stealing anything is possible, but is it right? Bios and Genealogy William Wark b- May 1852 in Norfolk Co., ON d- Dec 22, 1922 in Simcoe, Norfolk, ON, age 70 son of Henry Wark, and Mary Jane Mccloy wife- Sarah Elizabeth Wark, nee Patient b- July 1854 in ON son- William Henry Wark b- Dec 18, 1875 in Middleton, Norfolk, ON d- bef 1957 married Mary Catherine Carter June 20, 1906 in Sarnia, Lambton, ON b- Oct 19, 1881 in USA she died Aug 27, 1957 in Essondale BC, age 75 a widow daughter- Mary Magdalen "Minnie" Wark b- Oct 29, 1877 in Middleton, Norfolk, ON son- Charles Bessnor Wark b- July 26, 1879 in Middleton township, Norfolk, ON this would be where the C.B. Wark name on the sign came from. married Nellie Proctor Oct 23, 1903 in Dereham, Oxford, ON George Duncan Tite b- 1872, Orillia, ON d- July 30, 1942 in Prince Rupert BC, age 70 buried in Fairview Cemetery, Prince Rupert shown as an Upholsterer when he was married son of George H. Tite and Catharine S. ? married Nellie Peris "Ellen" Anderson June 21, 1899 in Victoria BC b- Kincardine ON, age 24 in 1899 daughter of David and Eileen Anderson daughter- Lorna Jean Tite she married Frederick Samuel Glendenning, July 5, 1930 in Prince Rupert daughter- Eleanor Pearis Tite b- Oct 20, 1914 in Prince Rupert BC d- Nov 19, 1865 in Prince Rupert she married Conrad Paul Simundson William James Alder b- July 15, 1866, Grove Wantage, Berkshire, England d- May 12, 1959, Victoria BC, age 92 buried in Royal Oak, Burial Park, Victoria BC immigrated 1887, per 1921 census, 1900 shown as a Banker in Hamilton, Tennessee, USA 1921 living in Oak Bay BC, shown as a Broker City Commissioner in Prince Rupert until 1940, for 7 years. son of John Alder and Mary Aldridge, both born in England wife- Grace May Alder, nee Swayer b- Aug 1870, Connecticut, USA Immigrated in 1910 daughter- Fedora H. "Dorah" Alder b- July 1892, in Tennessee, USA, age 7 in 1900 son- William John Alder b- Apr 1897, in Tennessee, USA, age 3 in 1900 Baptized at Oak Bay BC son- George Donald Alder b- July 1901, USA baptized at Oak Bay BC son- Harold E. Alder b- Feb 8, 1911 in Prince Rupert, BC d- Oct 31, 1988 in Victoria BC Became a Lawyer and a Judge. Ole Morten Helgerson Ole Morton Helgerson on headstone b- Nov 22, 1881 in Iowa, USA d- June 11, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA Immigrated in 1906, naturalized in 1910 Broker living on 6th st in 1911, shown born in 1881 1900 he was in Inwood Town, Lyon, Iowa, USA, shown born 1882 WWI draft registration shows he was born Nov 26, 1881 Real estate man, self employed, in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma 1930 living in Phoenix AZ, single (Ext Link I found for this fellow's story below) brother- Henry Gulack Helgerson b- Nov 9, 1889 in Inwood, Lyon, Iowa, USA immigrated in 1909 Broker living on 6th st. in 1911 At age 28 he is a Clerk in Martinez CA for Shell Oil Co. married, boy age 3 1/2, and daughter age 2 (This is the H. G. Helgerson in EXT link below) brother- Ansten T. Helgerson b- Feb 1880 in Iowa sister- Julia H. Helgerson b- Sept 1885 in Iowa children of Tolle Helgerson, b- Iowa, farmer in 1900 in Iowa  and Gunel Helgerson, b- Wisconsin Alexander E. Nachbar b- Mar 1879, in USA came to Canada in 1909 age 44 in 1924, German ancestry wife- Marie Nachbar b- Aug 1889 in ON- age 33 in 1924 Came to Canada in 1909 living on 3rd ave. in Rupert with his wife in 1911 son- Robert Nachbar b- ?- age 6 in 1924 son- Mathias Nachbar b- ?- age 13 in 1924 1924 family heading to Crookston MN from Ft. Fraser BC Alex shown as a sheet metal worker Joseph G. Scott b- Nov 9, 1856, in Co. Tyrone, Ireland d- Oct 27, 1928 in Prince Rupert BC, age 71 Buried in Weston ON Immigrated in 1863, 65 years before he died came to BC in 1908 married Catherine Barrett b- Toronto, ON son of Joseph G. and Catherine- Joseph Wolseley Scott b- Dec 5, 1882 in ON d- Mar 17, 1930 in Prince Rupert BC, age 47 married to Ina "Iris?" Margaret Glover, June 7, 1910 in Prince Rupert b- Oct 1883 in London, England daughter of Clarence Sidney Glover, died before 1910 Joseph and Iris son- Name ? b- Mar 1910 in BC son- Douglas Barrett Scott b- Dec 7, 1912 in Prince Rupert BC d- May 17, 1965 in Vancouver BC son of Joseph G. and Catherine- Hugh Barrett Scott b-  ca 1896 Toronto ON (age 33 in 1929) d- married Vida Joyce Gorby, Dec 28, 1929 in Vancouver BC b- Winnipeg MB, age 26 in 1929 Go to Historical Photos Page 9 Hotel History Post Office History Grand Trunk Pacific Page 1- 2 Miller Bay Hospital Historical Photos Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10 SS Prince Rupert GTP Steamship Prince Rupert Dry Dock BC Govt. Court House Fire Department Prince Rupert City Halls Rupert Riots Funeral Directors Lindsay's Cartage & Storage Albert & McCaffery Ltd Vickersville Knoxville First Around the World Flight Seal Cove Watson Island Ridley Area Cemeteries Dodge- Hospital Island Digby Island   Return to Rupert Home Page   Ext Links Note- NOT my Web pages Memory BC, Ole Helgerson story http://www.memorybc.ca/h-g-helgerson-ltd More Helgerson family tree info https://archive.org/stream/skavlemdegaard00skav/skavlemdegaard00skav_djvu.txt Want to add a link to my pages? see my Copyright Information Page for the only Authorized Picture Link allowed. Please do not use any of the other watermarked pictures as a link picture A standard URL link to each of my pages is allowed: This page for instance is http://www.gent-family.com/BC/princerupertarchivephoto8.html just copy the URL from your Browsers Link Bar above, and paste that URL into face book, google plus, etc Note- You do not have to ask me, to link to my pages. I encourage links to spread the history of these areas. I do not want the off site use of the watermarked pictures is all. Disclaimer I am an Amateur Historian, and Genealogist. I use every source I can find, old newspapers, census, archives, etc. I do a quick search for the names on these pages. Therefore I do NOT profess to have 100% accurate information. Use my info as a clue to do your own research. I am not related to these folks, nor do I have hidden info. I encourage everyone to visit their local Museum, or buy a local history book for more info. I attempt to connect people with their ancestor in these places. 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