photographer: W A Nye Minneapolis, MN
example from LOST GALLERY
Willis Atkins Nye
(1851-1938)
1851 Dec 19
Dane Co, WI, state records, Willis Atkins Nye is born to Austin Nye
and Betsy Hanna Atkins
1876
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis A Nye as operator of Land and
Watson; bds 252 Woodward (Frederick J Land and Joseph E Watson proper
of Grand Central Gallery, 39 and 41 Monroe)
1877
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis A Nye as manager of Waterman and
Waterson (photography studio), 41 and 43 Monroe Ave; res 98 Farrar
1878
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis A Nye as manager of Grand Central
Gallery; bds 118 Cass
1879
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed
1880 (earliest)
Leadville, CO, city directory, W A Nye as photographer at 141 W 2nd
1880
Denver, CO, city directory, Willis A Nye (Bates and Nye); res 533
Arapaho
1880 Jun 14
Denver, CO, US census, Willis A Nye as photographer; res Arapaho
Street
1881
Denver, CO, city directory, W A Nye NOT listed; D B Nye IS listed as
operator for W L Bates, rm 40 Tabor Blk ; (Denis Bryant Nye is the
brother of Willis A Nye)
W L Bates, photographer, rms 40, 41, 42 Tabor Blk;
1881
Leadville, CO, city directory, W A Nye NOT listed;
1882 (1881 and 1883 not available)
Chicago, IL, city directory, Willis A Nye as photographer; res 1057
Monroe (No studio shown in his name in the business section, meaning
he was probably working for another studio.
1882 Apr 25
Chicago, IL, state records, daughter Edith C is born
1883
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis Nye NOT listed
1884
Detroit, MI, city directory, Willis Nye as manager (firm not shown)
1885 (1886 not available)
Chicago, IL, city directory, Willis A Nye as photographer 2228 Indiana
av; res 2232 Indiana
1886 Jul 24
Chicago, IL, state records, Son Howard B Nye is born
1887
Chicago, IL, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed
1888 (1887 not available)
Dubuque, IA, city directory, W A Nye as photographer at s w cor Main
and Eighth; res 235 Twelfth
1889
Dubuque, IA, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed
1890
Dubuque, IA, city directory, W A Nye as photographer at ne cor Eighth
and Main; res 413 Walnut
1890 May 08
Duluth, MN, Son Sheldon M Nye is born in Dubuque, where his father's
studio was. The family moved to Duluth, Minnesota a couple of weeks
after Sheldon was born, as Willis opened his new studio there on 9 Jun
1890.
1890 Jun 09 (From jhjones114 family tree on Ancestry)
Duluth, MN, Willis and his family moved from Dubuque, Iowa to Duluth,
and he opened his new photography studio at 7-9 East Superior St. on
Monday, 9 Jun 1890.
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1891
Duluth, MN, city directory, Willis A Nye as photographer at 206 Long;
res 209 Maryland
1892
Duluth, MN, city directory, “Wm” A Nye as photographer, res 209 S 17th
av E; Mrs Myra A Nye (Nye and Johnson photographers) ; Nye’s Studio
Co, Nye and Johnson Proprs 7 E Superior, Myra A Nye and Frederick
Johnson proprietors
1893
Duluth, MN, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed; Nye’s Studio,
Myra Nye and Frederick Johnson proprietors, 7 E Superior; Mrs Myra A
Nye res 1608 Dingwall
1894
Duluth, MN, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed, entry says Mrs
Myra A Nye has moved to Brooklyn NY
Very little has been found to place Willis A Nye between the years
of 1892 and 1902; no listings were found in Duluth, MN, Brooklyn,
NY, Washington, DC. Since Mrs Nye is shown as running the gallery in
1894, it must be assumed that Willis Nye was otherwise located.
1895 (1896 not available)
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Willis or Myra Nye NOT listed
1896
Denver, CO, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed
1897 – 1901
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Willis or Myra Nye NOT listed
1902 (1903 not available)
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Willis Nye as salesman; res 1045
Bergen
1904 and 1906 (1905 not available)
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Willis A Nye NOT listed
1907
Washington, DC, city directory, W A Nye NOT listed
1908
Washington, DC, city directory, “Wm” A Nye as salesman; res
Stanhope
Some sources say he was working for Eastman Co.
1909
Washington, DC, city directory, Willis A Nye as salesman; res 65 Adams
nw
1910
Washington, DC, city directory, Willis A Nye as salesman; res 82 V
nw
1910 Apr 21
Washington DC, US census, W A Nye as salesman in photography store
1920 Jan 06
Jersey City, NJ, US census, Willis A Nye as travelling salesman for
photography firm
1930 Apr 18
Jersey City, NJ, US census, Willis A Nye (as Louis) as travelling
salesman for photography firm
1938 Jan 21
Washington, DC, W A Nye dies at age 86
Duluth, MN, City Directory listing - 1892
Duluth, MN, City Directory listing - 1893
07 Jun 1890
Duluth (MN) Evening Herald - 07 Jun 1890
09 Aug 1890
Minneapolis (MN) Times - 09 Aug 1890
Minneapolis (MN) Times -22 Aug 1891
16 Sep 1896
Brooklyn (NY) Citizen -02 Jul 1900
23 Jan 1938
photographer W A Nye
Dubuque, IA
Example from auction site
D. B. Nye811 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis
(D B Nye is the brother of W A Nye.
D B Nye is reviewed on THIS PAGE)
811 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis
(example from auction site (D B Nye is the brother of W A Nye.
D B Nye is reviewed on THIS PAGE)
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