Name | Uren, John Batrel | |
Birth | 7 May 1841 | Lelant, Cornwall, Eng., UK [45] |
Gender | Male | |
Business Address/Year | 1890-1894? | Nanaimo, BC |
Address: Victoria Cres. Nanaimo, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | Jun 1889- | Nanaimo, BC |
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Home Address/Year | 1874 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Superior St. Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | Apr-Oct 1874 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. (W. side near View St.) Uren and Hoyt Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | Jul-Aug 1875 | Barkerville, BC |
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | 1877 | Nanaimo, BC |
Business Address/Year | 6 Jun 1878-Feb 1879 | Victoria, BC |
Address: Government St. W. side near View St. Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | Feb 1879-1881 | New Westminster, BC |
Address: near Columbia St. New Westminster, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | Aug 1882-1883 | New Westminster, BC |
Address: Front St. New Westminster, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 24 May-13 Jun 1886 | Vancouver, BC |
Address: Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | 1884?-1889 | New Westminster, BC |
Address: Columbia St. New Westminster, BC Canada | ||
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | 1898? | Ashcroft, BC |
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | 1898-1908? | Chilliwack, BC |
Dates are not always continuous across this time span. | ||
Where Active (Non-Specific Address) | 1894-1898 | Wellington, BC |
Death | 26 Feb 1919 | Renton, WA [45] |
Burial | Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, WA [45] | |
Association | Shakespeare, Noah (Relationship: Undefined) | |
Association | Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Owner) | |
Association | Uren and Hoyt (Relationship: Partner) | |
Association | Uren and Mountain (Relationship: Partner) | |
Association | Uren and Burge (Relationship: Partner) | |
Association | Mainland Photograph Company (Relationship: Proprietor) | |
Person ID | I461 | Camera Workers | U, vol. 1, 1858-1900 |
Last Modified | 4 Aug 2023 |
Photos | Mr. and Mrs. James Uren, ca. 1870s? This studio portrait may have been taken in New Westminster or Victoria. The photographer is unknown. James Uren never worked as a photographer. He may have been J.B. Uren's brother. The BC Archives description describes the couple as Mr. and Mrs. John Uren, photographers of New Westminster. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-66320. |
Documents | J.B. Uren's ID from the front of a photograph. | |
John Uren's ID from the verso of a portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-07092. | ||
J.B. Uren and H. Burge news item, Chilliwack Progress, 1 Jun 1898, p. 1. They appear to have first visited Chilliwack in May or early Jun 1898. | ||
J.B. Uren news item, Chilliwack Progress, 21 Aug 1901, p. 1. Report of a forest fire which destroyed Uren's hotel at Urenville near Mount Baker, WA. | ||
Uren and Hoyt's ad, Victoria Colonist, 9 Jun 1874, p. 2. | ||
J.B. Uren news, Cariboo Sentinel, 7 Aug 1875, p. 3. | ||
W.P. Coughlan news, Nanaimo Free Press, 25 Jun 1889, p. 2. Coughlan was reacting to the presence of J.B. Uren who had opened a studio on 24 Jun 1889 under the name Mainland Photograph Company. As intimated by Coughlan, he faced the same issue in 1888 when the Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company visited Nanaimo. | ||
J.B. Uren news, Nanaimo Free Press, 25 Jun 1889, p. 2. | ||
J.B. Uren news, Nanaimo Free Press, 25 Jun 1889, p. 2. | ||
J.B. Uren and M.F. Kelly news, Cumberland Weekly News, 19 Apr 1898, p. 4. A court case involving the theft of camera equipment loaned by J.B. Uren to Alexander Pierie so he could compete against M.F. Kelly. |
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