Sydney Ashdown (1866 - 1957)

Born 21 May 1866 in Regents Park, London, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Ella Julyan (Scott) Ashdown — married 1889 in Hendon, England

Died 20 Jan 1957 at age 90 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Sydney was the son of Edwin Ashdown & Elizabeth Sarah Arnsby. His father was a music publisher and in 1884, Sydney moved to Toronto to work on a branch of his father's music publishing company.

He later returned to London from 1896 to 1906, before returning to Canada, this time to Vancouver, BC where he worked with Montelius Piano House.

He was the inventor of " Ashdown Self-releasing choker hooks".

Body donated to science (UBC).

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPQP-3BR : 11 February 2018, Sydney Ashdown, 21 May 1866); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 580,916, 580,917.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJ7-CXV : 29 September 2019), Sydney Ashdown in entry for Edwin Ashdown, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27Z-8K7B : 13 December 2017), Sydney Ashdown in household of Edwin Ashdown, Hendon, Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 16, Piece/Folio 1367/47, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,584.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NM-XZ6 : 20 May 2019), Sydney Ashdown, St Laurence in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ramsgate subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MPC8 : 16 March 2018), Sydney Ashdown, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

• Death Certificate

See Also:

• West End Vancouver Bios

• Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 362, page XV