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![Three unidentified women, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-017.jpg?width=280)
Three unidentified women
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82355
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified women.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified women.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron / Photographer / Sarnia, = Ont."
Images
![Three unidentified women, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-017.jpg)
![Tower of London, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-759.jpg?width=280)
Tower of London
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39440
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Tower of London. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-759
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Tower of London. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Names
- Tower of London
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Tower of London, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-759.jpg)
![Two unidentified girls, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-018.jpg?width=280)
Two unidentified girls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82356
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "? and Blanche W.?"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Walker / Artist and Photographer / B & W"
Images
![Two unidentified girls, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-018.jpg)
![Unidentified girl, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-015.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified girl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82353
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude?"
Images
![Unidentified girl, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-015.jpg)
![Unidentified man, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1012.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified man
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66302
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified man, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1012.jpg)
![Unidentified man, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1032.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified man
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66328
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified man, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1032.jpg)
![Unidentified man, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-019.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified man
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82357
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 4.5 cm + 1 accompanying page
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 4.5 cm + 1 accompanying page
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
Images
![Unidentified man, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-019.jpg)
![Unidentified mountain range and river, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-824.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified mountain range and river
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39505
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a person sitting on a hillside, looking off into the distance at an unidentified mountain range and river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-824
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a person sitting on a hillside, looking off into the distance at an unidentified mountain range and river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified mountain range and river, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-824.jpg)
![Unidentified street, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-823.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39504
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-823
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified street, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-823.jpg)
![Unidentified village along a river in Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-803.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified village along a river in Germany
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39484
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-803
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified village along a river in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Palaces
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified village along a river in Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-803.jpg)
![Unidentified woman, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-016.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified woman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82354
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified woman.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified woman.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
Images
![Unidentified woman, [1860-1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-016.jpg)
![Unidentified women, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1029.jpg?width=280)
Unidentified women
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66325
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified women, seated on the grass posing for the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified women, seated on the grass posing for the camera.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Unidentified women, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1029.jpg)
![Waterfall, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-789.jpg?width=280)
Waterfall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a waterfall falling into a large pool of water. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-789
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a waterfall falling into a large pool of water. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Waterfalls
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Waterfall, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-789.jpg)
![Water fountain, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-785.jpg?width=280)
Water fountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39466
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elaborate and ornate water fountain. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-785
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an elaborate and ornate water fountain. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Fountains
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Water fountain, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-785.jpg)
![Westminster Abbey, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-766.jpg?width=280)
Westminster Abbey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39447
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Westminster Abbey. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-766
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Westminster Abbey. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Westminster Abbey, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-766.jpg)
![Westminster Bridge, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-768.jpg?width=280)
Westminster Bridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39449
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Westminster Bridge in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-768
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Westminster Bridge in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Westminster Bridge, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-768.jpg)
William John Beamish genealogical records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100656
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers'…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66674
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers' Course of Study of the Methodist Church of Canada; sermon notes written by W.J. Beamish, as well as "his life as he wrote it”; a financial statement of Newington Circuit; his ordination picture; and obituaries for W.J. Beamish.
- History
- William John Beamish was born in Prescott, Ontario, on December 30, 1860. He was brought up and confirmed in the Anglican Church. While in his teens, he was attending a Methodist Church, became converted, and entered the same church as a candidate for the ministry. His probationary years were spent in the Northern Ontario lumber camps, ministering to the men on Lake Tallon Mission and Nipissing Junction. Mr. Beamish attended McGill College and after ordination at Smiths Falls, Ontario, on June 2, 1896, was appointed to Locksley circuit near Pembroke, then followed pastorates at Hammon, Mille Roches, Moulinette, Morewood, and Berwick. In 1905, while at Morewood, he married Miss Agnes Crabbe, a nurse from Ottawa, formerly Pembroke. Together, they served Wakefield, Quebec, Newington, and Easton's Corners, Ontario. Coming to British Columbia in 1911, they settled first at Kaslo, then Salmon Arm, Vancouver (Dundas), and Maple Ridge. In 1918, Mr. Beamish superannuated and bought a home in Burnaby where he resided until his death on July 26, 1942. During his period of superannuation, Mr. Beamish served for about seven years as minister of East Burnaby Methodist Church and until his death, was a valued member of this congregation, now known as East Burnaby United. He was ever a true friend of the minister and his presence in the congregation was an inspiration. While in good health, he gave his time freely to sick visitation and, in a word, "he went about doing good." Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Walkinshaw, with Rev. H.E. Horton representing Westminster Presbyterian assisting. Four retired ministers and two laymen acted as pall bearers. His reamins lie in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He was survived by his wife; one son, Randolph; two daughters, Ethel (Mrs. Paul B. Derrick) and Ilma (Mrs. William Dunn). He was a good husband, a loving father, a dutiful son, and a faithful minister of the Gospel. -- This text was composed and written by Rev. R.W. Walkinshaw and later published in The Observer, the United Church magazine. It has been lightly edited here for grammar and punctuation.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
William Randolph Beamish fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of materials related to both Ran's personal life and his professional life as Reeve of Burnaby. Included in the materials are records related to his biological family as well as his adopted family, including records related to his reunion with his birth mother. Notable among his prof…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- 66671
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-08
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of materials related to both Ran's personal life and his professional life as Reeve of Burnaby. Included in the materials are records related to his biological family as well as his adopted family, including records related to his reunion with his birth mother. Notable among his professional records are photographs and newspaper clippings documenting his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II during an official visit prior to her coronation.
- History
- William Randolph "Ran" Beamish was born in Warren, Ontario, on November 11, 1908. He was the child of Gertrude Applegate (nee Pearce) and Randolph Applegate, but when he was put in an orphanage at birth, he was adopted by William Beamish and Agnes Crabbe and raised as their only son. Agnes Crabbe was the daughter of James Crabbe and Emily Widger; Emily Widger was the daughter of Henry Widger and Agnes Oldridge. When Agnes Oldridge passed away, Henry Widger remarried Jessie (maiden name unknown) and had Gertrude, who later went on to give birth to Ran, meaning he was eventually adopted and raised by his first cousins. Ran married Marjorie Davies and had two children, Joanne Beamish and Donna Beamish. Ran served as the Reeve of Burnaby from 1950 to 1953. He died on January 2, 1965, in New Westminster at the age of 56.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
William Randolph Beamish scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100654
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records that were compiled into a binder as a scrapbook by Ilma Beamish Dunn, the adopted sister of William Randolph Beamish. Scope and content notes at the file- and item-level have been drawn from the thorough recordkeeping Dunn employed in creating the scrapbook.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Description Level
- Series
- Record No.
- 66672
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records that were compiled into a binder as a scrapbook by Ilma Beamish Dunn, the adopted sister of William Randolph Beamish. Scope and content notes at the file- and item-level have been drawn from the thorough recordkeeping Dunn employed in creating the scrapbook.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph