Spencer, David

SPENCER, David, retailer (b 9 Aug 1837, St Athan, Wales; d 2 Mar 1920, Victoria). After apprenticing with a dry goods company in his native Wales, he immigrated to VICTORIA in 1863. He began in business as a bookseller, then entered the dry goods business. In 1873 he bought a Government St store and developed it into the department store David Spencer Ltd. He expanded to NANAIMO in 1890 and to Hastings St in VANCOUVER in 1906, as well as to smaller centres. The stores were known particularly...

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