Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Curlette, Edward Blake "Curly"
Parallel form(s) of name
Curlette, E.B.
Curlette, Curly
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1872-1952
History
Edward Blake "Curly" Curlette, 1872-1952, was born in Big Island, Ontario and came to Calgary, Alberta in 1899. He entered the photography business with his uncle, K.W. Snider, and in 1902 took over the studio. Due to poor health E.B. was unable to work from 1911 to 1914, but then worked until 1946 when his building was destroyed by fire. He was active with the Masons and Shriners. He and his wife, Annie May Thompson, 1872-1940, had one son, Edward "Ted" Thompson, 1903-1988. Ted and his wife, Pauline Edythe Glassford, 1903-1991, had four children, Barbara (McDougall), Marianne (Hodgson), Edward Albert George, 1939-2014, and Carolyn Lee (Scott).