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Introduction

Historical Background of Victoria

City Description

General Progress on Wharf Street

List of Wharf Street Businesses

Profiles of Business Owners

Building Profiles and Architecture

Conclusions

Sources

Footnotes

Edgar Marvin

Edgar Marvin was born in 1824 and came to Victoria in 1862. The 1881 census reveals that Marvin’s country of origin was the United States and that he was married.²³ In 1862, Marvin bought a hardware store on Fort Street, which he relocated to Wharf Street in 1866. In 1884, Edward Gibbon Tilton became a partner in the company and the name of the business was changed to Marvin and Tilton. In 1897, the business was sold to A.B. Fraser, and the name changed once again to Walter Fraser and Company Limited.²⁴ Marvin died in 1891.

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