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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3Mrs. Gossell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66487
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell, likely the wife of Otto Gossell and aunt to Louis and Claude Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell, likely the wife of Otto Gossell and aunt to Louis and Claude Hill.
- Names
- Gossell, Eliza Rollason
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Mrs. Gossell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66512
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Mrs. Gossell, LCH's aunt." LCH referred to Louis Claude Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1126
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Mrs. Gossell, LCH's aunt." LCH referred to Louis Claude Hill.
- Names
- Gossell, Eliza Rollason
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Rollason Family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71634
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Ann Rollason and three of her daughters. From left to right: Sarah James (Mrs. Thomas Spurrier), Mary Ann Rollason, Jane Sophia (Mrs. Richard Hill) and Eliza (Mrs.Otto Gossell). Jane Hill was the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill. An extensive genealogical …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1182
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Ann Rollason and three of her daughters. From left to right: Sarah James (Mrs. Thomas Spurrier), Mary Ann Rollason, Jane Sophia (Mrs. Richard Hill) and Eliza (Mrs.Otto Gossell). Jane Hill was the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill. An extensive genealogical record of the Rollason family (including the descendant Hill family) accompanies this photograph.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph