Louis Glazan

  • Photo by Ben Levinson circa 1984, courtesy of JMABC

(additional images below)

Birth: March 18, 1894 in Spokane, Washington
The marker gives his birth year as 1893, but his British Columbia Vital Records Death Registration # 68-09-008027 gives his birth date as 18 March 1894. The 1911 Canadian Census also reported his birth date as March 1894.

Death: June 13, 1968 in Victoria, B.C.

Plot: Row B – Plot 10

Inscription:
In Loving Memory
Louis Glazan
1898 – 1968
Sadly Missed

Biography:
The 1911 Canadian census listed Louis as an American living with his parents and siblings at his parent’s home at 2514 Rock Bay Avenue. His occupation was listed as Plumber.

The January 26, 1917 edition of Victoria Daily Colonist reported that Pte. Louis Glazen went to war on August 1914 with the PPCLI, dispatch. He was injured which made him unfit for service. Louis was the first Jew from Victoria to return from the war.

Louis married Alma Beatrice Irvine Glazan March 18, 1918 in Seattle, Washington.

Parents:
Sarah
Samuel Glazen (1857-1923)

Siblings:
Jennie (born 1881) married Sam Gumbert
Dora (born 1886) married for the 2nd time in 1919 to Louis Perfetti
Esther (1890-1955) married in 1912 to Jacob Wyzansky

Spouse:
Alma Beatrice Irvine Glazen

Additional Images:

  • The Victoria Daily Times May 28, 1915
  • Times Colonist February 8, 1940
  • Times Colonist March 2, 1932
  • Times Colonist February 6, 1957
  • Times Colonist June 16, 1960
  • The Victoria Daily Times May 21, 1951
  • Times Colonist October 31, 1938
  • Times Colonist November 27, 1948
  • The Victoria Daily Times September 23, 1040
  • The Victoria Daily Times December 4, 1935
  • Times Colonist July 6, 1940
  • Times Colonist September 12, 1942
  • Times Colonist June 29, 1943
  • Times Colonist June 14, 1968
  • Times Colonist June 14, 1968
  • Times Colonist August 27, 1968
  • Times Colonist August 17, 1968