Henry Birks & Sons of Canada

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Gerald W. Birks and Wm. M. Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Montreal, have been elected Fellows of the Royal Canadian Institute of London.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1916

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Birks - Toronto - 1949

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CHICAGO

Mr. Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Montreal, Can., passed through this city last week while en route east from Winnipeg, Man. Although Mr. Birks represents the leading jewelry house of Montreal and has traveled extensively in this country and Europe, this was his first visit to Chicago.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th February 1903

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An image of the showrooms of Ryrie-Birks store at Toronto:



This image is from 1929.

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Henry Birks & Sons - Montreal - 1930

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Birks - Toronto - 1951

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Birks - Montreal - 1978

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Henry Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Ltd., jewelers, of Montreal, celebrated his 85th birthday Nov. 30. He is still alert and vigorous and able to attend to business. He received the hearty congratulations of a large circle of friends and in the evening was the guest at a banquet given in honor of the occasion by the shareholders of the company when he was presented with an illuminated address.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th December 1925

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Birks in Winnipeg, members of the Dollar Day Association of that city, which is closely affiliated with the Retail Merchants Association, participated in the recent July “Dollar Day,” cordially inviting the public to its store in a cleverly worded acrostic, whose first letters spelled “Winnipeg’s Dollar Day.”

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th August 1925

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Henry Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Montreal, was one of the visiting governors to the Montreal General Hospital last week.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st October 1903

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Birks - Montreal - 1978

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J. Earl Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Ltd., Montreal, has been appointed vice-president and managing director of Ryrie Bros., Ltd., Toronto, which since 1905 has been affiliated with Henry Birks & Sons. James Ryrie continues as president.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1923

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D. Olson, buyer for Henry Birks & Sons, Winnipeg, Man., has just returned from a two months’ trip to the European jewelry centers after making extensive purchases for the western trade. He stated that over 50 per cent. of his orders had been placed in Britain, which was gradually getting into a position to recover her foreign trade.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1923

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Henry Birks & Sons, Ltd., last week suffered serious damage through some person or persons having during the night scratched the plate-glass windows of the Philip Sq. store. The injury was done evidently without any intention to break the glass to commit robbery, but for the purpose of wilfully damaging valuable property. Other tradesmen in the same neighborhood suffered in a similar way.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd May 1911

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Henry Birks, of Henry Birks & Sons, Ltd., Montreal, has become a patron of the Montreal Association for the Blind, which has just collected $30,000 for the building of a school for the blind.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd May 1911

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Birks - Montreal - 1978

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Birks-Dingwall Limited - Winnipeg - 1937

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The annual dinner dance of the Ryrie Birks Co. was held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Birks received the guests. J. Earl Birks and Rudolph Brown made addresses of welcome.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd January 1930

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HELD ON TWO CHARGES

Man Who Is Alleged to Have Passed Bogus Checks on Canadian Jewelers Committed for Trial

Montreal, Can., Aug. 31 — Luger Quinn, a man well known to the police, was arraigned before Judge Lanctot on Monday, on charges of obtaining goods by false pretenses and forgery. According to the statements of the detectives who made the arrest Quinn presented to the jewelry firm of Henry Birks & Sons, an accepted check for $2,200, in payment for diamond rings and other jewelry. When the check was presented at the bank the accepted stamp on it was found to be a forgery.

The firm of Mappin & Webb, Ltd., were also victimized in the same way. A check bearing the name of Armand Decarie was given them by Quinn for some purchases of jewelry. The amount of the check was $1,450, Quinn receiving a balance in cash. On the presentation of the check at the bank it was returned with a note stating that the acceptance stamp had been forged.

Quinn was committed for trial on Sept. 6th, bail being refused.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th September 1921

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Birks-Dingwall Limited - Winnipeg - 1934

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