Albert & McCaffery Ltd.

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Albert & McCaffery Ltd.

1918 Directors
M. Albert
M. P. McCaffery

Secretary- R. Davies

Business located at 2nd Ave. West in 1918
Westholme Theatre Block
P.O. Box 94

Prince Rupert Land leases
Nov 29, 1917- Albert & McCaffery Ltd.- Wharf- Coast District, Lot 2, Block F
Jan 19, 1918- Albert & McCaffery Ltd. Coast District, Lot 3, Block F
May 17, 1918- Albert & McCaffery Ltd. Coast District, Lot 4, Block F

Albert & McCaffery, Ltd, Prince Rupert Ad, ca mid 1920's

M. P. McCaffery, of the firm Albert & McCaffery,
and McDougall, and McNeill, the Contractors,
that built the Prince Rupert Court House,
which was officially opened Jan 24, 1928,
at a cost of over half a million dollars.

Albert & McCaffery operated a building supply store in Terrace
in late 1960's and 1970's on Highway 16
across from the Ambulance Station, where the old railroad
building is now located, housing Shames Mountain Co-op.

The company closed in 1982

Mitchell Albert
b- abt 1874, age 43 in Russia
d- no idea where he went or died

1916- Manager Westholme Lumber Co. 201 1st Ave E.

Mar 1914- M. Albert, of Prince Rupert,
was planning on building a 3 story hotel in Prince Rupert
100 x 100 ft at 5th Ave and Fulton St.
A Prince Rupert architect was used.
1916 this hotel was underway.

July 1914- M. Albert and George A. Sweet
applied for a license to build a hotel
in a central location, it was to have at least 100 rooms

1917 he left Hong Kong, arriving in Vancouver Mar 5, 1917
travelling on the Empress of Asia, heading to Prince Rupert,
shown as a Contractor, having been in Canada in 1908.

1911 census shows him age 38, immigrating in 1909
naturalized in 1910
shown Manager of Westholme Lumber Co.
who had the contract to supply timbers and wood for the sidewalks
in Prince Rupert.

Shown as a wealthy Vancouver Broker,
Coal and Lumber Agent at Prince Rupert,
and joint Contractor on the Rupert Court House,
was charged with running over a woman in Vancouver,
but was exonerated by a jury, Jan 1922.

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Michael Patrick McCaffery
Michael Patrick McCaffery in wife and son's death certs
Michael Peter McCaffrey in other sources, which was name of his son.
Michael P. McCaffery on headstone
b- Oct 4, 1872 in Leeds, Quebec
d- Oct 27, 1941 in Vancouver BC, age 69
buried in Fairview Cemetery in Prince Rupert BC
Irish ancestry

came to Prince Rupert in 1908
1916- Mayor of Prince Rupert

1916- President- McCaffery, Gibbons & Doyle Brokers- 605, 3rd Ave.
Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Agents

July 1925 the McCaffery Family,
were holidaying at Hill Farm in Terrace

son of Peter McCaffery and Mary Ford

married Ellen Elizabeth Wilshire
b-Nov 15, 1876, Bangor, Maine, USA
d- Dec 19, 1967 in Prince Rupert BC, age 91
buried in Fairview Cemetery, Prince Rupert BC

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Prince Rupert Links below

Hotel History	Post Office History
Grand Trunk Pacific Page 1- 2	Miller Bay Hospital
Archive Photos Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5- 6- 7- 8	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

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