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Brother
Samuel Davies Schultz
(21 October 1865 - 25 August 1917)
Here is a brief biographical sketch of Brother Samuel Davies Schultz taken from various sources:
SCHULTZ, Samuel Davies—Of Schultz & Arnold, Barristers, Crown Bldg., Vancouver. Born Victoria, Oct. 21, 1865, son of Herman and Elizabeth Schultz. Educated: Victoria high school, Toronto University; Osgoode Hall. Reporter on staff of Mail and Empire and World, Toronto; Colonist, Victoria, Province and the World, Vancouver, as writer of music, drama and sports. Practiced law, Nelson, Victoria and Vancouver. Published three musical composition. Director, North Vancouver Japanese Amusement Gardens, Ltd. Alderman, City of North Vancouver, 1909-1910. Member of first British Columbia amateur military band. Married Maude Dunwell, 1904; has one son. Societies: Horticultural, of North Vancouver; Native Sons of British Columbia (charter member). Recreations: baseball, rowing, swimming skating, music. Address, Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B. C.
Source: Who’s Who In Canada And Why, 1912
SCHULTZ, His Hon. Samuel Davies—Judge of County Court, Court House, Vancouver. Bom Victoria, Oct. 21, 1865, son of Herman and Elizabeth Schultz. Educated: Public Schools, Victoria, B.C.; Toronto University; Osgoode Hall Law School. Writer of Music, Drama and Sports, Toronto Mail and World. Victoria Colonist and Vancouver Province and World; practised law, Nelson, Victoria and Vancouver. Composed military march, “Charge at Dawn," dedicated to the heroes who fell at Paardeberg. Member first Amateur British Columbia Military Band. Pitcher on Toronto University Baseball team, and member of said team when it toured Eastern States and defeated Cornell University in first inter-collegiate game between Canada and the United States. Pitched first shut-out game in British Columbia for the Victoria Amity nine, champions of British Columbia. Alderman, City of North Vancouver, 1909-1910; President, North Vancouver Conservative Association, 1912; President, Samuel Lodge No. 668, I.O.B.B., 1911. Societies: Native sons of British Columbia (charter member). Clubs: University; Vancouver; Commercial. Married Maude Dunwell Squarebriggs, 1904; has two sons. Residence: Glenholly, Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C.
Source: Who’s Who In Canada And Why, 1914
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The grave of Brother Samuel Davies Schultz in Victoria Jewish cemetery.
The GPS location of the grave is:
Brother Samuel Davies Schultz, circa 1912
Brother Samuel Davies Schultz appears to have been a man of many talents and interests. His career includes musician and composer, horticulturalist, journalist, municipal politician, lawyer and appointment to the bench as the first Jewish Judge in British Columbia.
Brother Davies composed a march to honour the dead at the Battle of Pardeberg during the Boer War. This march, originally scored for piano, was transcribed for marching band by the Canadian Forces Naden Band and performed by the Naden Band at the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Temple Beth Emanu-el in Victoria, B.C. on 2 June 2013.
