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ARTHUR CANBY
BRYDONJACK
Arthur Canby Brydonjack, prominent attorney of Long Beach, is a member of the law firm of Cheroske & Brydonjack, with offices at 416 Pacific Southwest building. He was born at Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, September 10, 1864, a son of Dr. William and Caroline (Disbrow) Brydonjack. The former, a native of Scotland, became a resident of new Brunswick in early manhood and figured prominently for many decades in connection with the educational progress of the province, being for forty years president of the university at Fredericton. He retired a few months prior to his death, which occurred in 186, when he was sixty-seven years of age. His wife, who was descended from United Empire Loyalist ancestry, died at St. John in 1910.
After attending the public schools of Fredericton, Arthur Canby Brydonjack matriculated in the University of New Brunswick, from which he was graduated B.A. in 1883, while in 1884 he received the honorary degree of M.A. While in the university he received a scholarship for leading his classes in mathematics and was awarded the French prize for leadership. He then studied law at Fredericton and also spent a year in the Boston Law School. In 1888 he was called to the bar of New Brunswick and immediately afterward removed to British Columbia. The following year, or in July, 1889, he was admitted to practice there and was an active representative of the bar at New Westminster until 1895, when he went to Vancouver, where he followed his profession for a period covering more than three decades, or until 1927. Aside from his private practice, in the years 1899 and 1900 he had charge of the prosecution of all criminal cases in Vancouver for the crown except the assizes trials. He also figured actively in financial circles and in 1903 organized the Dominion Trust Company, which was incorporated in 1904 and of which he became solicitor. His brother, Dr. W. D. Brydonjack, was elected vice president of the company and his nephew, C. B. Brydonjack was made manager of the Vancouver office, the head office of this company. Branches, however, were established I British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, London, England, and Antwerp, Belgium. Mr. Brydonjack secured the charter for and is a life member of the Vancouver Exhibition Association, which was organized in 1908 for the advancement of agricultural and horticultural interests in the county of Vancouver. It has been a potent force in accomplishing the object for which it was formed, stimulating ambition among the farmers and fruit growers of the northwest. In the year 1927 Mr. Brydonjack came to Southern California, locating first in Los Angeles.(sic) where he engaged in law practice for four years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Long Beach, where he has followed his profession as a member of the firm of Cheroske & Brydonjack to the present time.
On the 3rd of September, 1899, in Vancouver, British Columbia Mr. Brydonjack was married to Miss Vera H. Vaughan, a daughter of William Vaughan, retired New Brunswick ship-builder. The two children of this marriage are Muriel and Vaughan, twins.
While residing in Canada, Mr. Brydonjack was a liberal in politics and served on many committees of his party, seeking ever to promote its success and development, but he was never a candidate for office. As a college student he was most successful in athletics, winning many prizes at running and jumping. His favorite forms of recreation now are motoring, swimming and yachting. In Long Beach he is a prominent and popular member of various clubs. Proficient in both the Spanish and French languages he is a member of “Los Tipico” a Spanish Club and the Club Franco-American, an organization of French speaking people. He is a member of the Chess Club, the Cooperative Exchange, the Canadian Club, the Tourist Club and the Bellamy Club. An earlier biographer wrote: “His life work in its various phases may be summed up in the term ‘successful accomplishment.’ He never stopped short of the achievement of his purpose, whether in the path of his profession, in his business affairs or in the projects for the public good, if the result could be attained by persistent and honorable effort.”
Transcribed
3-17-12 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: California
of the South Vol. II, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages
195-197, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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