 1912 - 1979 (66 years)
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| Name |
Jean Louise Wallbridge [4] |
| Born |
25 Oct 1912 [5] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Occupation |
Edmonton  [6] |
| Architect |
| Occupation |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [6] |
| Architect |
| FamilySearch ID |
LTFL-TLH |
| FamilySearch URL |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTFL-TLH |
| Died |
30 Sep 1979 |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [7] |
| Person ID |
I766 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
5 Aug 2017 |
| Father |
James Emberly Wallbridge, Esq., b. 25 May 1875, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Feb 1942 (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Mabel Louise Campbell, b. 28 Jan 1878, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Apr 1969 (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
20 Aug 1904 |
Toronto Junction, York, Ontario, Canada |
| Family ID |
F245 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From The Canadian Encyclopedia - "Wallbridge and Imrie" article by Erna Dominey:
"Wallbridge and Imrie, architects (Jean Louise Emberly Wallbridge b at Edmonton, Alta 25 Oct 1912; d at Edmonton 30 Sept 1979 and Mary Louise Imrie b at Toronto, Ont 29 Aug 1918; d at Edmonton 11 April 1988). Wallbridge and Imrie were among the first women in Canada to form their own architectural partnership. Jean Wallbridge studied architecture under Cecil Burgess at the University of Alberta, graduating with a BSc in Applied Science in 1939. On 6 February 1941, she registered with the Alberta Association of Architects - only the third woman to do so."
"Wallbridge and Imrie started their own architectural firm in 1950 during Edmonton's postwar construction boom. They were in business from 1950 to 1979, and worked in and around Edmonton, specializing in domestic architecture. They won the Canadian Housing Design Council award in 1957. Their designs are characterized by simple "modern" lines, ease of interior circulation and unpretentious yet elegant finishes. Most of the firm's houses have modest front elevations and are oriented toward the back yard rather than the street. Mary Imrie retired from the profession after her partner's death in 1979. She left a large bequest to the Province of Alberta on her own death in 1988, to be used for environmental conservation."
From Pamela Wallbridge:
"Jean Wallbridge and Mary Imrie shared a house and office on land just outside Edmonton, "Six Acres" on the North Saskatchewan River. They did quite a lot of travelling over the years to unusual places like New Guinea and the Galapogos Islands. I've seen a newspaper clipping about them leaving Edmonton to drive to Rio de Janeiro in a station wagon in the nineteen-fifties. They made it to Rio, my husband told me, with some of the Central American part of the trip being by ship." [7]
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| Sources |
- [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr.
- [S466] Judi WALLBRIDGE McRae, Judi (Wallbridge) McRae, (Free2beJudi@cs.com).
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S1125] Emily Campbell Price, Emily Campbell Price, (Manuscript. 71 pp. Extensive research. Includes maps and transcripts of letters describing family relationships. 10 original copies produced and circulated by the author in 1970. PDF copy available at jhowell.com.), p.21 "Jean Wallbridge".
- [S1125] Emily Campbell Price, Emily Campbell Price, (Manuscript. 71 pp. Extensive research. Includes maps and transcripts of letters describing family relationships. 10 original copies produced and circulated by the author in 1970. PDF copy available at jhowell.com.), p.21 "Oct. 25, 1912".
- [S1125] Emily Campbell Price, Emily Campbell Price, (Manuscript. 71 pp. Extensive research. Includes maps and transcripts of letters describing family relationships. 10 original copies produced and circulated by the author in 1970. PDF copy available at jhowell.com.), p.21 "architect, Edmonton & Ottawa".
- [S1356] Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada, (Historica Foundation of Canada, 60 Spadina Avenue, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H8 Tel: 416-506-1867 Fax: 416-506-0300 http://www.encyclopediecanadienne.ca/), http://www.encyclopediecanadienne.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010295.
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