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Christopher Maier, 1939-, was born in a German community in the Ukraine and from 1945 to 1950 lived in West Germany. His family moved to Chile in 1950. He came to Calgary, Alberta in 1958 and in 1965 opened a furniture, upholstery and drapery business with his father called Calgary Furniture and Upholstery Ltd. From 1973 until 1982 he owned and operated Christopher Maier Interiors Ltd. in Calgary, then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he managed C.D.S. Trading Ltd. and later Interdesigns Furnishings Ltd. He also operated the Flaming Sombrero Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
During his years in Calgary he was particularly well-known for his redevelopment of the Devenish Apartments into the Devenish Design Centre. Oscar Grant Devenish, 1867-1951, was born in Indiana, USA and spent time in Washington state before coming to Calgary in 1902. He was involved in real estate and the petroleum industry, and built the Devenish Apartments in 1911. He lived in Texas from about 1914 to 1920 but remained in Calgary for the rest of his life. He married Lena Menkel, ?-1948, about 1894 and they had two daughters, Gwendolyn (Konigmacher), 1895-1982, and Olive (Riddle).