John Stewart Smith GALL
Vancouver, BC, Canada Abt. 1916

b: 8 Jan 1875 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,
(39 Maryfield Pl., Dist. St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - Map),
son of John Duncan GALL, Shorthand Writer, & Margaret Jane COWIE;
m: Maud Donaldson SMITH 18 Feb 1902 Vancouver, BC, Canada;
d: 12 Jul 1960 Vancouver, BC, Canada

From "Who's who in western Canada"
(published 1911; City of Vancouver Archives):
Financial broker . . * Richards, Akroyd & Gall, 325 Homer St., Vancouver.
Watson's College & Edinburgh Univ.
Indentured to R. R. Simpson & Lawson, writers to the Signet, Edinburgh, 1893.
Came to British Columbia, 1898; notary public.
Clubs: Commercial; Royal Vancouver Yacht; Vancouver Athletic.
Recreation: yachting.
Address: 958 Denman St., Vancouver, BC.

Occupation:
1891 - 1895 - Abstract Apprentice, R. R. Simpson & Lawson, W. S. (Solicitors),
10 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland (Map);
1896 - 1897 - Confidential Clerk to Chief Partner of above,
"shorthand at 150 words per minute";
1898 - 1932 - * Innes & Richards
(1902 - Accountant; 1911 - Financial Broker,
Richards Akroyd & Gall, 325 Homer St., Vancouver)

About Innes & Richards:
* 1885 - F. C. Innes & Co. opened on Cordova St., Vancouver, BC
1886 - An office opened on Powell St.
1889 - Name changed to Innes & Richards
By 1898 - Name changed to Innes, Richards & Akroyd
(?) - Name changed to Richards, Akroyd & Gall.

Military:
6th Regiment Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles (D.C.O.R.)

Residence:
1875 - 39 Maryfield Pl., Dist. St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Map);
1881 - 7 Maxwell St., (Morningside) St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh (Map);
1891 - 25 Gillespie Cresc., Morningside, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh (Map);
1898 - 16 LeFevre Block, Hastings St., Vancouver, BC;
1898 - Hotel at Water & Cordova Streets, Vancouver, BC;
1902 - Beach Ave., Vancouver, BC;
1902 - 1914 - 958 Denman St., Vancouver, BC;
1914 - 1960 - Marguerite St., Vancouver, BC

Letter from a friend recalling the early days (excerpts):
Golden West Hotel, San Diego Calif., March 3/[19]52
Dear Maud [Maud Donaldson GALL, Maud Donaldson SMITH],
A letter received by me from my old friend
. . contained only a page
from the News Herald of Feby 21st. In this is a write up
of "First to Wed at English Bay" which I read with
great interest. Is it that long ago? Doesn't seem so.
. . Let me see if my memory is correct.
I was living with Jack [John Stewart Smith GALL] . .
at the corner of Water & Cordova Sts. I
can see Jack, . . busy in the living room on Saturday, Smoking cigarettes
& indulging in liquid refreshment loading
cartridge shells for shooting on the morrow. Wonder
the place wasn't burnt down, the ingredients
were all there for a good blaze. In the fall
of 1900 [?], or rather in the spring, Jack asked me
where I spent my Sunday's. I told him at the Beach
English Bay at the SMITH's. Jack says I would like
to go with you. I said OK.
To the rest of this letter >

What was the origin of the "Stewart Smith" in John Stewart Smith GALL?

To next photo of John Stewart Smith GALL & Family >

Links to:
City of Vancouver Archives (BC, Canada);
CousinConnect - View my genealogy queries;
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (GENUKI);
Edinburgh Univ. (The University of Edinburgh);
From Aberdeenshire to the ends of the Earth;
Military and Civil Defences, 1859-1948 (D.C.O.R.);
Notary Public (1911 Encyclopedia);
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club;
Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet;
Vancouver, BC, Canada (Heritage Plaques, Gastown);
Vancouver, See Vancouver Heritage;
Watson's College (Edinburgh, Scotland);
Writers to the Signet

Maps:
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 10 Albyn Place, Map;
Edinburgh, 39 Maryfield Pl., Dist. St. Andrews, Map;
Edinburgh, 7 Maxwell St., (Morningside) St. Cuthberts, Map;
Edinburgh, 25 Gillespie Cresc., Morningside, St. Cuthberts, Map;
Vancouver, BC, Canada (Map of Downtown & English Bay Area)

< Back to Family Photos page
< Back to GALL page
< Back to SURNAMES page
< Home

All Rights Reserved & Not to be Copied Without Permission ©.
No Unauthorized Commercial Use.