Archive record · Brewery
Red Cross Brewery
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 1901
- Archive ID
- TB-TL1V8X77
- Last checked
- 2026-10-12
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
A Vancouver brewery associated with John Williams and with brewer Henry Traeger. Merged with Doering & Marstrand in April 1900 to form Vancouver Breweries Ltd.; the Red Cross brewing site ceased operation following consolidation. Founding date UNKNOWN.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Merged into Vancouver Breweries LimitedApril 1900
Sources disagreeSources disagree — both are recorded below.
What the sources say
Same merger as OWE-VAN-0006 and the same 1900/1902 contradiction. Vancouver Breweries Ltd. is a NEW entity formed by the merger of two predecessors — it is not a rename of either. The Red Cross brewing site ceased operation following consolidation.
- Owned by John WilliamsDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Williams is recorded in connection with Red Cross Brewery and as a participant in the 1900 merger. Whether he owned, operated or both is not established, and no dates are asserted.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
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