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Weekly meeting of Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1688
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Men in suits are seated at assigned tables, looking towards a man speaking at the podium. The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm, mounted in folder 38 x 25.5 cm, folded to 25.5 x 19 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is mounted inside a brown cardboard folder with a tissue paper lining and the word "PHOTO GRAPH" gold-leafed on the front cover
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Kushiro, Japan, sister city to Burnaby. Men in suits are seated at assigned tables, looking towards a man speaking at the podium. The rotary club's flag and the Japanese flag hang from the windows behind the men.
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Symbols - Flags
- Names
- Rotary Club of Kushiro
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.114
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1962 or 1963]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on tissue paper lining (inside folder that houses photograph) reads: "A Snap: Weekly Meeting/ Rotary Club of Kushiro Japan/ Sister City to Burnaby"
Images
Welcome to Simpsons-Sears from South Burnaby Board of Trade
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17333
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster board
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a hand painted sign on poster board reading "A cordial and hearty welcome / to / Simpsons-Sears Limited / their / Executive and Staff / South Burnaby Board of Trade." Sign was created in honour of the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby in May 1954.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster board
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a hand painted sign on poster board reading "A cordial and hearty welcome / to / Simpsons-Sears Limited / their / Executive and Staff / South Burnaby Board of Trade." Sign was created in honour of the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby in May 1954.
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.78
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 1954
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
West corner of the Mervin Mawhinney house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5212
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10.1 x 15.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the west corner of the Mervin Mawhinney house. The back porch and sun room are visible. Snow is covering the ground around the house. A large deciduous tree stands in centre foreground with some branches on the ground. The address of the house was 7661 Burris Street and was changed to…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Reverend Edward S. Gale fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10.1 x 15.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the west corner of the Mervin Mawhinney house. The back porch and sun room are visible. Snow is covering the ground around the house. A large deciduous tree stands in centre foreground with some branches on the ground. The address of the house was 7661 Burris Street and was changed to 7667 Burris Street in 1984.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Access
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7667 Burris Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.9.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1962
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 07-05-2018
- Photographer
- Weller, Michael
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- "Dec. '62 / West Corner" written in pen on verso.
Images
Westerman family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.
- History
- Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.
- Responsibility
- Westerman, Walter "Wally"
- Accession Code
- BV020.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
The western interior of Canada : a record of geographical discovery, 1612-1917
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1260
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Warkentin, John, 1928-
- Publication Date
- c1964
- Call Number
- 917.123 WAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 917.123 WAR
- Author
- Warkentin, John, 1928-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Publication Date
- c1964
- Physical Description
- ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--Description and travel
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-299) and index.
What's cooking : 101 short-cuts with Tea-Bisk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5520
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scott, Anna Lee
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Call Number
- 641.59 SCO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.8
- Call Number
- 641.59 SCO
- Author
- Scott, Anna Lee
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto]
- Publisher
- Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, Canadian
- Baking
- Food mixes
- Pastry
- Cookbooks--1940-1949
What you should know about your new Mercury : owner's manual
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6399
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.95
- Call Number
- 629.2 MER
- Publisher
- Mercury and Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Co. of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 52 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. H. Robins 3525 Dover St Burnaby BC" [handwritten in blue ink on cover] "1949" [handwritten in blue ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Maintenance and repair
- Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Notes
- Includes index.
Wheels of the CP 5900
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3247
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [after 1929]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-12
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"
Images
The whiskies of Scotland
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary950
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 663 MCD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Publication Date
- c1967
- Physical Description
- vii, 164 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Whiskey--Scotland
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.
Whitechurch Hardware building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1250
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Border of photograph has scalloped edges
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's Dry Goods store until 1937 (with address 1314 Sixth Street) when it was moved slightly north to make room for a two storey building that was built on the corner, maintaining the address of 1314 Sixth Street. In 1974, this building was relocated to Burnaby Village Museum and restored to the former Bell's Dry Goods store.
- Names
- Whitechurch Hardware
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Street Address
- 7685 6th Street
- 7695 6th Street
- Accession Code
- BV995.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-05-22
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "early 1940's"
Images
Will and licenses of William Michael Parker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943 and 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of the last will and testament of William Michael Parker and two British Columbia Motor Vehicle Licences for William Michael Parker.The will is signed and witnessed on February 28, 1943 and the vehicle licence registrations are dated February 28, 1962. One vehicle license has the addr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- "DATED FEBRUARY 12th, 1943 / WILLIAM MICHAEL PARKER, / Testator: / Sarah Maria parker / Executrix / WILL / LIDSTER & ALLISON, / Barristers & Solicitors, / New Westminster, B.C." printed on outside fold of the document.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of the last will and testament of William Michael Parker and two British Columbia Motor Vehicle Licences for William Michael Parker.The will is signed and witnessed on February 28, 1943 and the vehicle licence registrations are dated February 28, 1962. One vehicle license has the address 1390 Cumberland St. while the other has the address 7651 Cumberland St. [This is the date of the change in the street numbering system in Burnaby.]
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1943 and 1962
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
William and Annie Mawhinney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5195
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.
- Scope and Content
- William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.
- Material Details
- "Woodward's Photographic Studio /Unretouched/ Proof"
- Scope and Content
- William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.
- History
- William and Annie Mawhinney were prominent fruit farmers in the Buckingham area of Burnaby.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.48.68
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1930-1940
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Apr-18
- Photographer
- Photo Studio Woodwards Ltd.
Images
William and Flora Bell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bel…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bell's Dry Goods store located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in East Burnaby and in operation between 1926 and 1941.
- Names
- Bell, Flora
- Bell, William
- Accession Code
- BV995.11.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1946
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 07-May-24
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Mr. + Mrs. Bell. 1946"
Images
William Holmes family records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18942
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1858-1941
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV997.50
- Date
- 1858-1941
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
William Holmes fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series
- History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.
- Responsibility
- Holmes, William
- Accession Code
- HV971.46
- BV997.50
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
William Parker and Sarah Love Parker in garden at Love farmhouse on Cumberland Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10320
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple, William Parker and Sarah Love Parker, in the garden at the Love farmhouse on Cumberland Avenue. The couple stand to the left and there is a tree in bloom to the right. There is a house in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Material Details
- Written on the verso in black ink: "Gramps William Parker / & Grams Sarah [ditto]." Stamped on the verso in black ink: "THIS IS A / KODACOLOR PRINT / MADE BY / EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / T.M. REGIS. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Week of September 7, 1953 / IV"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of couple, William Parker and Sarah Love Parker, in the garden at the Love farmhouse on Cumberland Avenue. The couple stand to the left and there is a tree in bloom to the right. There is a house in the background.
- History
- Photograph is from the Love farmhouse. The house was lived in by generations of the Love family. Jesse and Martha Love's daughter, Sarah Love married William Parker and their daughter, Elsie (later Hughes) is the donor's mother. The objects were in the house when the donor lived in the house.
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7651 Cumberland Street
- Accession Code
- BV019.8.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1953
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 18-Mar-19
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
William Parker with shovel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9983
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia print ; 13 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Parker digging with a shovel on the grounds of the Love farmhouse. There is a barn and tree behind him. In 1928 after Sarah Parker's father, Jesse Love died, William and Sarah (nee Love) Parker purchased the Love farmhouse located at 1390 Cumberland Road. They lived there unt…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia print ; 13 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Parker digging with a shovel on the grounds of the Love farmhouse. There is a barn and tree behind him. In 1928 after Sarah Parker's father, Jesse Love died, William and Sarah (nee Love) Parker purchased the Love farmhouse located at 1390 Cumberland Road. They lived there until 1961, with their three children; Albert, Bill and Elsie.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7651 Cumberland Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.169
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1998
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Feb-2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was copied from the Albert Parker photograph album in 1998
Images
William Parker with shovel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18826
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Parker standing and holding a shovel in the garden of the Love farmhouse. He is standing next to a trellis for sweet peas and there is a barn and trees behind him.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Parker standing and holding a shovel in the garden of the Love farmhouse. He is standing next to a trellis for sweet peas and there is a barn and trees behind him.
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7651 Cumberland Street
- Accession Code
- BV019.8.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-07
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Wilson Creek
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4565
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1965]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Creek with a view from Burnaby camp. A beach scattered with logs is in the foreground and a large body of water and the shoreline in the distance. Wilson Creek is near Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Creek with a view from Burnaby camp. A beach scattered with logs is in the foreground and a large body of water and the shoreline in the distance. Wilson Creek is near Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.110
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1965]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of slides reads: Slide 1-"Wilson_Creek_(view_from / Burnaby_Camp)"; Slide 2- "Burnaby_Camp,_Wilson_Creek"; Slide 3- Chapel_entrance_Wilson / Creek__May_65" ; Slide 4- "Burnaby_Camp,_Wilson_Creek"
Images
Winch family portraits
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3650
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs of Ernest Winch and his family. Shown are Linda and Ernest Winch and their adult children Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric, and Eileen. The photographs were taken by The Stride Studios, New Westminster.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs of Ernest Winch and his family. Shown are Linda and Ernest Winch and their adult children Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric, and Eileen. The photographs were taken by The Stride Studios, New Westminster.
- Names
- Winch, Alan
- Winch, Charles
- Winch, Eileen
- Winch, Eric
- Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
- Winch, Grace
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Winch, Linda Marian Hendy
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.7
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph