Basic Biographical Details | Name: | John James Honeyman | | Designation: | | | Born: | 9 April 1864 | | Died: | 18 February 1934 | | Bio Notes: | John James Honeyman was born in Glasgow on 9 April 1864, the son of Patrick Smith Honeyman and Helen Orr and the nephew of the architect John Honeyman. He studied architecture in Heidelberg but returned to Glasgow to work asan articled apprentice with H & D Barclay in 1883 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He emigrated to Canada in 1889, crossing the country to Ployart's Swamp in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island where he ranched with another Scot, John Baird. He commenced practice at Nanaimo in 1891, initially in partnership with F T Gregg and married a Scottish emigrant Mabel Dempster on 12 January of the following year. They had four daughters and one son.
In 1897 Honeyman moved practice to Rossland where he met George Dillon Curtis (born in Ireland in 1868) with whom he formed a partnership in Vancouver in 1902. This proposered, the Canadian Pacific Railway being their most important client, but the severe depression in 1931 induced both partners to retire.
Honeyman died on 18 February 1934. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1864 | 1889 | With the exception of period studying in Heidelberg | | Heidelberg, Germany | Private | After 1878 | 1883 | Place of study | | Ployarts Swamp, Vancouver Island, Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada | Private/business | 1889 | 1891 | | | Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada | Private/business | 1891 | 1897 | | | Rossland, British Columbia, Canada | Private/business | 1897 | 1902 | | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Private/business | 1902 | 1934 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployers| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | H & D Barclay | 1883 | 1889 | Assistant | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Luxton, Donald (ed.) | 2003 | Building the West: the early architects of British Columbia | | Vancouver: Talon Books | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this : | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Journal of the Royal Architectural Inst of Canada | March 1934 | vII, no 3 | | p52 |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information per Holly Kinnear |
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