"Burnaby Historical Society" found 133 records

Scope and Content: File consists of publications collected by Dr Blythe Eagles, all of which are textbook materials used during his time in University.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1928

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-016

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of publications collected by Dr Blythe Eagles, all of which are textbook materials used during his time in University.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Columbian newspaper

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 9, 1899

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 newspaper + 1 supplement

Scope and Content: File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 an…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 9, 1899

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 newspaper + 1 supplement

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS115-004

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 and describes the progress and rebuilding that had been accomplished over the year.

Media Type: Textual Record

Constance Cooter subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-1981

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of greeting cards collected by Constance Cooter and the Cooter family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-1981

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Constance Cooter subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1999-21

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of greeting cards collected by Constance Cooter and the Cooter family.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Cooter, Constance

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries

Copied blueprints

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copied blueprints for the house on Broadman Aveuue (renamed Linden Avenue) built in 1912 for W.L. Edmonds and his wife Beryl Briggs Edmonds by architects and builders Disney and Tucker.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: W.L. Edmonds subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS019-001

Accession Number: BHS1985-07

Scope and Content: File consists of copied blueprints for the house on Broadman Aveuue (renamed Linden Avenue) built in 1912 for W.L. Edmonds and his wife Beryl Briggs Edmonds by architects and builders Disney and Tucker.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Correspondence

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 25, 1918

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item is a letter dated June 25, 1918 from "Sgt. D.S. Bell, Proprietor" to "George Kidd, Esq. / B.C. Electric Co. Ltd. / City." asking for "a pass holding good on the Burnaby and city lines, for Dr. Tweedale who will handle the work in the District."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 25, 1918

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS038-001

Accession Number: BHS1988-12

Scope and Content: Item is a letter dated June 25, 1918 from "Sgt. D.S. Bell, Proprietor" to "George Kidd, Esq. / B.C. Electric Co. Ltd. / City." asking for "a pass holding good on the Burnaby and city lines, for Dr. Tweedale who will handle the work in the District."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Debenture certificate

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate (framed)

Scope and Content: Item is a debenture (a certificate of agreement of loans which carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return and the principal amount whenever the debenture matures) given by the District of Burnaby. It was presented to George A. Grant in July of 1958 as a memento for his…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 certificate (framed)

Material Details: Debenture no. 5

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS048-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Item is a debenture (a certificate of agreement of loans which carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return and the principal amount whenever the debenture matures) given by the District of Burnaby. It was presented to George A. Grant in July of 1958 as a memento for his service as a Burnaby debt retirement fund trustee.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Newspaper clipping attached to back of frame dated May 4, 1857 describes the history of the debentures in Burnaby and how their debt was to be honoured

Dr Blythe Eagles' pamphlets

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of pamphlets collected by Dr. Blythe Eagles. Pamphlets include a University of Toronto Track Club programme with pencil notations, an Automobile Road Map of Vancouver, and a Gray Line Motor Tours brochure for Washington and Arlington, Virginia.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-010

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of pamphlets collected by Dr. Blythe Eagles. Pamphlets include a University of Toronto Track Club programme with pencil notations, an Automobile Road Map of Vancouver, and a Gray Line Motor Tours brochure for Washington and Arlington, Virginia.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Drs Blythe and Violet Eagles dance cards

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of dance cards (with tiny pencils attached to strings) belonging to Drs Blythe and Violet Eagles. Also included in the file are Christmas tags and stickers as well as a number of loose stamps.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-009

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of dance cards (with tiny pencils attached to strings) belonging to Drs Blythe and Violet Eagles. Also included in the file are Christmas tags and stickers as well as a number of loose stamps.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Eagles family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1995

Collection/Fonds: Eagles family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 40 files of textual records and 1489 photographs (6 col. prints, 10 x 15 cm; 1,444 col. slides, 35 mm).

Scope and Content: Collection consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the collection are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glac…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1995

Collection/Fonds: Eagles family fonds

Physical Description: 40 files of textual records and 1489 photographs (6 col. prints, 10 x 15 cm; 1,444 col. slides, 35 mm).

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2008-10

Scope and Content: Collection consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the collection are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glaciers to Early Settlements" and the Eagles' visit to Robert Burnaby's grave.

History: Blythe Eagles's paternal grandparents, Charles and Maude Eagles, immigrated to New Westminster in 1887. Their son Jack married Amelia Jane Johnston, and Blythe Eagles was born in New Westminster in 1902. In 1918, Blythe enrolled at the University of British Columbia and took a Physiology class with eight other top students. His future wife, Violet Dunbar, was the lone woman in the class. Blythe graduated in 1922, winning the Governor General's Gold Medal as top student. He received his MA in 1924 and his PhD in 1926 from the University of Toronto. He then completed his post-doctoral study at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England. In 1933, Dr. Eagles became head of the Department of Dairying (1936-1955), Chairman of the Division of Animal Science (1955-1967), and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (in 1949 until his retirement in 1967). In 1968, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science Award from UBC. Blythe was also one of the first appointments to the Burnaby Town Planning Commission. Violet Evelyn Dunbar was born September 29, 1899, in Ontario, the eldest child of John and Mary (Tompson) Dunbar. Violet obtained her BA in 1921 and MA in 1922 from the University of British Columbia. In 1922, she attended the Provincial Normal School and, within six months, had a teaching certificate and taught at Lord Hudson School in 1923. In September 1923, she was awarded a two-year scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she joined Blythe in the Bio-Chemistry Department. She received a second MA and a PhD in 1929. Her graduate studies entailed research in pure proteins and enzymes related to the commercial production of cheese. Through this work, she was recognized as one of the leading enzyme chemists in the country, being a senior lab instructor of biochemistry. Violet was one of the founders of the Burnaby Council of Women and active member of the International Council of Women. Blythe and Violet Eagles purchased property at Deer Lake in 1929 and began construction of their home shortly before their marriage on June 25, 1930. The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a unique expression of the talents and tastes of both the Eagles and Frank Ebenezer Buck (1875-1970), who was head of the Horticultural Department and the Campus Landscape Architect at U.B.C. and established the plan for the Eagles garden while Blythe selected many of the plantings. The Eagles themselves designed the house as a romantic cottage inspired by the British Arts and Crafts style. Violet was an enthusiastic amateur gardener, maintaining and continually developing the garden. The Eagles were active volunteers in the local community as well as at UBC. When Simon Fraser University opened in Burnaby, they became well-known for entertaining dignitaries and special guests of the university in their lavish garden. After Violet's death in 1993, the estate was sold to the City of Burnaby. The funds were used to establish a Chair in Agriculture at the University of British Columbia in their memory.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Other Title Information: Title was changed from Eagles family collection to Eagles family fonds to better reflect the nature of the materials.

Notes: Title based on contents of collection; BHS245, BHS331, BHS404, MSS032, BHS314, BHS482, MSS055

Ed Brown family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916]-[1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Brown family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916]-[1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Brown family subseries

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1992-38

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Brown family.

History: Ed Brown and Jennie Birtch Brown had five daughters: Dickie Brown (later Catli), Flossie Brown, Laura Brown (later Francescini), Reta Brown, and Elsie Brown (later Nykyfork). Ed owned and operated E.S. Brown's Transfer trucking company, located at 3131 Royal Oak Avenue.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Brown, Ed

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC298

Edmonds school papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (date of original) -1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to Edmonds school, including correspondence, photocopied photographs (some with identification keys), lists of former teachers, photocopied newspaper articles and pages from books, as well as reports handwritten (on worksheets) by students on the history of Edmond…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (date of original) -1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Edmonds School subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS036-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1988-07

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to Edmonds school, including correspondence, photocopied photographs (some with identification keys), lists of former teachers, photocopied newspaper articles and pages from books, as well as reports handwritten (on worksheets) by students on the history of Edmonds.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Edmonds School subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916] (date of origial)-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916] (date of origial)-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Edmonds School subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1988-07

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.

History: Edmonds School traces its history back to the opening of the first school in Burnaby in 1894. The "Burnaby school" was a typical one-room school house constructed on a small site on the opposite side of Canada Way (then named Douglas Road) and 18th Avenue. In 1896, when West Burnaby School, was built the school was renamed the "East Burnaby School." By 1908, the original small school house and its little playground became too small to contain the growing number of school-aged children living in the area. That year the Municipality of Burnaby and the Burnaby School Board funded a new four room school to house 75 students on the present site facing Edmonds Street. This building was known for many years as the old "gray school" because of its drab paint colour. In 1913, a four-room addition completed this school which was then renamed the "Edmonds Street School." In 1922, the school was was expanded with a new four-room "bungalow" building on the Douglas Road side of the property. By 1925, four more rooms were added to house the student population of this rapidly growing district, which peaked at 580 by 1930. After World War II, the old school was designated as a junior high school and in 1949, the present building was opened on an expanded site. By 1953 and 1955 the school received more additions to accommodate a student enrolment that had expanded to thirteen hundred students. The original gray building was demolished in 1956 and the bungalow building, which had served for many years as the elementary school, was destroyed by fire in 1989. The school was later rebuilt as Edmonds Community School.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Sound Recording

Creator: Edmonds Community School

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC207, MSS036

Elsie B. Wilson subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904-1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records documenting the piano career of Elsie B. Wilson. Records include concert programmes and newspaper clippings.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904-1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Elsie B. Wilson subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records documenting the piano career of Elsie B. Wilson. Records include concert programmes and newspaper clippings.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Wilson, Elsie B.

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC034, MSS002

Ettinger family papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1919

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby including an agreement for sale of land, a deed of land and a Vital Statistics Act form Schedule D - Particulars of Birth.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1919

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ettinger family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS147-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2002-03

Scope and Content: File consists of legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby including an agreement for sale of land, a deed of land and a Vital Statistics Act form Schedule D - Particulars of Birth.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Ettinger family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ettinger family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2002-03

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and legal documents related to the Ettinger family of Burnaby.

History: James Gilmore Ettinger was born in Noel Road, Nova Scotia in 1863. He worked his way across Canada with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and landed in New Westminster in 1888. He was one of the first men who helped log the area for the settlement that is now Burnaby. With two other men, James started a brick manufacturing plant in the area of Deer Lake. In 1889, a second brick plant was started on Brickyard Road in Surrey on the bank of the Fraser River. Martha Harriet Hembrough was born in Leeds, England in 1874 and later moved to Haney. James Gilmore and Martha married in 1890 and had seven children: Evelina "Eve" (b. August 8, 1891, d. January 1, 1976); Ella May (b. ca. 1894, d. February 1983); Leonard; George William "Bill" (b. February 18, 1899, d. November 26, 1970); Stanley (b. December 27, 1901, d. March 10, 1966); Ethel (b. ca. 1904, d. December 22, 1982); and James. On May 19, 1911, the Ettingers bought parcel Lot 8, Block C sub-division 19 and 20 of DL 95 no. 556 for $350.00. Their eldest daughter, Evelina was signed over the Deed of Land for this property on April 21, 1914. In 1919, the Ettinger family was living at 1177 19th Avenue, Edmonds, Burnaby. James worked as a Road Foreman in Edmonds, and later as ward foreman for the Municipality. Ella May married Charles Morton Marshall on July 7, 1926. Evelina married Don Digby (d. October 21, 1965) on April 30, 1930. Ethel married George H. McKennell (d. June 18, 1985) on March 16, 1931. Bill worked as a Pacific Stage Lines (PSL) bus operator who “pulled” the first bus service between Vancouver and New Westminster and between Vancouver and Chilliwack in 1924. He received a number of National Safety Council non-accident awards during his career. He married Jane Wilson on July 11, 1931. James Gilmore died on June 9, 1948 at the age of 85. Martha died on February 9, 1955 at the age of 80.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Ettinger, James Gilmore

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC 428, MSS147

Forster family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]-[1930] (dates of originals), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 8 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Forster family and home in the Clinton Street and Nelson Avenue area, as well as the Forster home and store in the McKay area.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910]-[1930] (dates of originals), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Forster family subseries

Physical Description: 8 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Forster family and home in the Clinton Street and Nelson Avenue area, as well as the Forster home and store in the McKay area.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Forster, Tom

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC168

Gavin family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1930

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 11 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries conists of photographs of the Gavin family, their house on Buckingham Avenue, and the Burnaby Girl Guides and Ladies' organizations.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1930

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Gavin family subseries

Physical Description: 11 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1988-09

Scope and Content: Subseries conists of photographs of the Gavin family, their house on Buckingham Avenue, and the Burnaby Girl Guides and Ladies' organizations.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Gavin, F.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC209

George Grant subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893-[196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by Burnaby magistrate and Freeman, George A. Grant and family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893-[196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by Burnaby magistrate and Freeman, George A. Grant and family.

History: George Alford Grant was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 22, 1877. In 1907, George married Alice Taylor of Stonehaven, Scotland. Three of their children were born in Edinburgh: William (b. 1908), George Jr. (b. 1910), and Herriot (b. 1912). By 1912, George Grant had secured a job in Burnaby at a law office and brought his family to join him. He eventually established his own law firm, Grant and MacDougal. While in Burnaby, Alice and George Grant had two more children, Alastair and Millie. During World War I, George served in the 11th Irish Fusiliers of Vancouver and reached the rank of Captain. Upon returning to Burnaby, George had a long and distinguished career, serving for over 43 years in both official and unofficial offices in Burnaby – a record of service for which he received both local recognition and the Order of the British Empire. Between 1921 and 1931, George sat on the Burnaby School Board and also served as the Municipal Solicitor in the 1930s. Alice Grant became a life member of the Provincial Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (as well as the Col. Hart McHarg Chapter) in 1935 and George was a Burnaby Police Magistrate for 13 years, until 1954. During this time, he was recognized for his patience and fairness and the BC Borstal Association benefited from his active interest for many years. George also served as chairman of the West Burnaby Liberal Association from 1925 to 1938, heading the New Westminster Federal Riding Association in 1938. In January 1955, he was presented with the Gold Key award by the Municipality of Burnaby. Alice Grant died in May of 1954 and George died ten years later on April 30, 1964.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Grant, George Alford

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; PC243, MSS048

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