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Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
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![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
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Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_1.mp3
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory288
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood stor…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood storekeeper is also briefly mentioned.
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
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Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_2.mp3
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory290
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Truc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Trucking, "the blasting stump" and Burns Acreage.
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Swimming
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
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Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_4.mp3
Division VIII at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1374
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind the group of children). Standing at the top row (from left) are; Clement Garside, Reggie Coe, Murdo Cameron, Roy Birtch, Gordon Buck, Jack Grocot…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Material Details
- Card mount has a decorative border
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, standing in four rows on the front steps of the school building (the front door is swung open behind the group of children). Standing at the top row (from left) are; Clement Garside, Reggie Coe, Murdo Cameron, Roy Birtch, Gordon Buck, Jack Grocott, Reggie Woodward and Thomas Edwards. In the second row; Glynne L. Jones, Ronald Cooper, Wilbert Hamilton, Norman Cooper, Grant Armour, George Spittall, Henry Campbell, Leslie Watson, Jack Cameron and Billy Keefer. In the third row; Marjorie King, Marjorie Somerville, Joan Gold, Ada Reid, Peggy Chisholm, Sidney Stokes, Stanley Sheldon, Richard Devine, Geo Crossman and Ernest Hughes. In the front row; Bernice Bailey, Frances McDaniel, Eva Blake, Kathleen Poblock, Margery Watts, Irene Gillespie, Evelyn Eckardt, Norah [illegible], Eunice Rouse, Phyllis Sleeth and Helen Dermott. Their teacher Miss Annie Forrest is not pictured.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Garside, Clement
- Coe, Reggie
- Cameron, Murdo
- Birtch, Roy
- Grocott, Jack
- Woodward, Reggie
- Edwards, Thomas
- Jones, Glynne L.
- Cooper, Ronald
- Hamilton, Wilbert
- Cooper, Norman
- Armour, Grant
- Spittall, George
- Campbell, Henry
- Watson, Leslie
- Cameron, Jack
- Keefer, Billy
- King, Marjorie
- Somerville, Marjorie
- Gold, Joan
- Reid, Ada
- Chisholm, Peggy
- Stokes, Sidney
- Sheldon, Stanley
- Devine, Richard
- Crossman, George
- Hughes, Ernest
- Bailey, Bernice
- McDaniel, Frances
- Blake, Eva
- Watts, Margery
- Gillespie, Irene
- Eckardt, Evelyn
- Rouse, Eunice
- Sleeth, Phyllis
- Dermott, Helen
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.64
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- April 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's mark in the lower right-hand corner identifies photograph as no. 52
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "April 1923. Kingsway West. (Div. 13). A. T. F.", c. "Top row. Right to left./ Thomas Edwards, Reggie Woodward, Jack Grocott, Gordon Bush,/ Roy Birtch, Murdo Cameron, Reggie Coe, Clement Garside,/ 2nd row. Rt. To left./ Billy Keefer, Jack Cameron, Leslie Watson, Henry Campbell,/ George Spittall, Grant Armour, Norman Cooper, Wilbert Hamilton,/ Ronald Cooper, Glynne L. Jones./ 3rd row. Rt. to left./ Ernest Hughes, Geo Crossman, Richard Devine, Stanley Sheldon/ Sidney Stokes, Peggy Chicholm, Ada Reid, Joan Gold,/ Marjorie Somerville, Marjorie King,/ 4th. Rt. to left./ Helen Dermott, Phyllis Sleeth, Eunice Rause, Norah Burnie [sp?],/ Evelyn Eckardt, Irene Gillespie, Margery Watts, Kathleen Poblock./ Eva Blake, Frances McDaniel, Bernice Bailey."
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Division XIII at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1373
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Division XIII at Kingsway West School, sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school building. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe and Robert McIntosh. Standing in the second row; Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill and Peggy Chisholm. Sitting in the third row; Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, [Doreen Fenton], Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary McLean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett and [Doreen Fenton]. Sitting in the fourth row; Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel and Hugh Wilson. Sitting on the wood ground in the front row are; Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor and Herbert Coe. Their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest is not pictured.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Hughes, Ernest
- Grant, Alastair
- McHale, Melville
- Yeates, Arthur
- Dermott, Bernard
- Lloyd, Freddy
- Walker, Albert
- Watson, Leslie
- Coe, Reggie
- McIntosh, Robert
- Brown, Virginia
- Griffiths, Jean
- Wright, Sylvia
- Gravestock, Doreen
- Chamberlain, Laura
- Bevan, Florence Brown
- Gill, Mabel
- Chisholm, Peggy
- Mayhew, Edna
- Higgins, Viola
- Fenton, Doreen
- Potkins, Verna Campbell
- Oben, Eileen
- King, Hazel
- McLean, Mary
- Kennedy, Beulah MacMillan
- Everett, Mandie
- Armour, Grant
- James, Arthur
- Eaglestone, Freddy
- Hedger, Anthony
- Savage, Albert
- Grocott, Jack
- Harding, James
- Hamilton, Wilbert
- Bailey, Frank
- Dalziel, Jack
- Wilson, Hugh
- Birtch, Roy
- Dogley, Eric
- Taylor, Gordon
- Coe, Herbert
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.63
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1922
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 66
- Note in pencil on recto of photograph reads: "1922"
- Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Div. XIII. Kingsway West School. Sept. - Oct. 1922 / 1st Top row. (Left to right) Ernie Hughes, Alastair Grant, Melville McHale, Arthur Yeates, Bernard Dermott, Freddy Lloyd, Albert Walker, Leslie Watson, Reggie Coe, Robert McIntosh / 2nd row. (left to right), Virginia Brown, Jean Griffiths, Sylvia Wright, Doreen Gravestock, Laura Chamberlain, Florence Brown, Mabel Gill, Peggy Chisholm / 3rd row. (left to right). Edna Mayhew, Viola Higgins, Doreen Fenton, Verna Campbell, Eileen Oben, Hazel King, Mary Mc.Lean, Beulah Macmillan, Mandie Everett, Doreen Fenton / 4th. row. (Left to right) Grant Armour, Arthur James, Freddy Eaglestone, Antony Hedger, Albert Savage, Jack Grocott, John Harding, Wilbert Hamilton, Frank Bailey, Jack Dalziel, Hugh Wilson / 5th row (Left to right). Roy Birtch, Eric Dogley, Gordon Taylor, Herbert Coe. / A. T. Forrest. (Teacher)"
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