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Debris mound

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88874

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm on 30 x 34.5 cm backing

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. and W. Townley's debris mound of trees and stumps after clearing land at an unidentified location in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Anne Sievenpiper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm on 30 x 34.5 cm backing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 413-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2001-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. and W. Townley's debris mound of trees and stumps after clearing land at an unidentified location in Burnaby.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Names: Townley, T.; Townley, W.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Addington, H.E.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in handwritten script in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: " 1911-12/ "[scrap]"

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Harry Stanley Bate fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65612

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1926

Collection/Fonds: Harry Stanley Bate fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 7.5 cm of textual records.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual records mostly pertaining to the Burnaby Police Commission. Included in the fonds are publications, meeting minutes and reports.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1926

Collection/Fonds: Harry Stanley Bate fonds

Physical Description: 7.5 cm of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Record No.: MSS143

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual records mostly pertaining to the Burnaby Police Commission. Included in the fonds are publications, meeting minutes and reports.

History: Harry Stanley “Stanley” Bate was born April 16, 1895, in London, England, the son of Florence Ellen Barnes and Harry Symonds Bate. Florence and Harry Bate immigrated to Canada in July of 1913. Bertha “Bunny” Sawyer was born February 10, 1889, in London, England, the daughter of Ellen and Willard Sawyer. She sang in a choir at the Crystal Palace, where she met Stanley Bates. Bunny and Stanley were married on August 5, 1917, and were only together for two days before Stanley was sent overseas. Bunny followed her in-laws to Canada alone. Stanley joined them a full two years later. The young couple bought their first house at 2137 Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby. Their first child, Kathleen Frances Bate was born at home on March 15, 1920. On July 22, 1921, twins Kenneth Willard Stanley Bate and Gordon Bate were born but unfortunately only Kenneth survived. Stanley Bate worked as a salesman and was a member of the Burnaby Police Commission for over half a decade, beginning January 28, 1924. By December of 1925, he and his family of four had moved to 2331 Grey Avenue in Burnaby. Their daughter Kathleen Frances Bate married Joseph Norton Would on December 19, 1942, and gave them four grandchildren: Robert Norton (Staff Sergeant R.N. Would), Carol Frances, Barbara Elaine, and Gordon Lawrence Would. Bunny and Stanley’s son Kenneth married Madge Mathews. Kenneth worked as an undertaker at Woodlawn-Bowell in New Westminster and he and his wife kept in close contact with his extended family. Harry Stanley Bate died April 6, 1945. Later, Bunny married her second husband, George Loomes. Bertha Sawyer Bate Loomes died December 27, 1976.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Bate, Harry Stanley "Stanley"

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS143