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Born at Consecon, Ontario on 12 November 1879, son of J. A. Smith and E. S. Jaques, he came west in 1908. He lived at Winnipeg and Regina (Saskatchewan) before coming to Brandon in 1911 where he worked as a photographer for 50 years. He was a member the Brandon Kiwanis Club and Western Canada Photographers Association (President and Life Member).
On 11 September 1901, he married Mary Ethel Wert (1881-1955) at Hastings, Ontario and they had two daughters: Thelma Irene Smith (1903-1976, wife of Frederick Clayton Courtice) and Marjorie Jean Smith (1915-1989, wife of Harry Ernest William Day). He died at Brandon on 9 January 1968 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery. There are samples of his photographic work in the S. J. McKee Archives and Daly House Museum.
Year(s)
Address
1911-1961
Brandon
Postcard of the May 1926 graduating class from the Brandon Normal School by C. J. Smith
Source: Andrew Cunningham [Flickr]
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Ontario marriage registration [Clark Jaques Smith, Mary Ethel Wert], Ancestry.
Birth registration [Marjory Jean Smith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Thelma Irene Smith, Frederick Clayton Courtice], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Marjorie Jean Smith, Harry Ernest William Day], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mary Ethel Smith], Brandon Sun, 16 September 1955, page 3.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 11 January 1968, page 11.
Obituary [Jean Day], Brandon Sun, 19 October 1989, page 28.
We thank Christy Henry and Eileen Trott for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 September 2024
Manitoba Photographers: 1858 to Present
A list of professional photographers who have worked in Manitoba, from 1858 to the present, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society.
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