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Bertha and Ramsay Shankie on porch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4109
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [June 1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a one story house and garden. House has been identified as the Shankie family home located at 3718 Barker Avenue (address after 1960: 5515 Barker Avenue). Bertha Shankie is standing on the front porch of the house and Ramsay Shankie is standing in the garden. Ramsay is wearing shorts …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten date at bottom of photograph reads: "June 1923".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a one story house and garden. House has been identified as the Shankie family home located at 3718 Barker Avenue (address after 1960: 5515 Barker Avenue). Bertha Shankie is standing on the front porch of the house and Ramsay Shankie is standing in the garden. Ramsay is wearing shorts and a white hat. A neighbouring house can be glimpsed on the right side of the photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [June 1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5523
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in black on front of photograph [illegible]
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie with cat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4119
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, besi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: " (illegible) 1923".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, beside the Shankie's Barker Avenue home.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Cats
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.20
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha, Ramsay and Janet Shankie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4118
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie holding a baby Janet Shankie, with a young Ramsay Shankie standing in front of her. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured collared shirt and bib overall shorts. The group is standing in a garden, beside the Shankie'…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in black ink on front of photograph reads: " (illegible) 7 1923".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie holding a baby Janet Shankie, with a young Ramsay Shankie standing in front of her. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured collared shirt and bib overall shorts. The group is standing in a garden, beside the Shankie's Barker Avenue home. There is topiary vegetation and a picket fence behind them.
- Names
- Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
- Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
- Bower, Janet Shankie
- Shankie Family
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha, Ramsay and Janet Shankie with cat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4121
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dar…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
- Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.26.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. Bertha and Thomas Shankie's home on Barker Avenue is partially visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha Shankie in garden with pets
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4125
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on a bench in a garden. She is holding two cats and there is a dog sitting at her feet. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind her.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on back of photograph reads: "Do you know Who this [?] / Looks pretty cranky".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on a bench in a garden. She is holding two cats and there is a dog sitting at her feet. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind her.
- Subjects
- Animals - Cats
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha Shankie with children Ramsay and Janet Shankie and cat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a l…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
- Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.22.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. The family's Barker Avenue home is partially visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Cats
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.26
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha Shankie with her two children and Betty and Tommie Watt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5592
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of one woman, three girls, and two boys. Bertha Gray Shankie, her daughter Janet (Shankie) Bower, and son, Thomas "Ramsay" Shankie, Betty and Tommie Watt are arranged standing in two rows under a blossoming tree beside a house. The date is in white text and appears to have been add…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Material Details
- " […] 1930" written in white on front left of photograph.
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of one woman, three girls, and two boys. Bertha Gray Shankie, her daughter Janet (Shankie) Bower, and son, Thomas "Ramsay" Shankie, Betty and Tommie Watt are arranged standing in two rows under a blossoming tree beside a house. The date is in white text and appears to have been added to the photograph later.
- History
- Janet and Ramsay Shankie were the children of Bertha and Thomas Shankie, Burnaby,who lived at 3718 Barker Avenue (after 1960-5515 Barker Avenue). Ramsey Shankie later married Ina Stanley, daughter of Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love, daughter of Jesse and Martha Love.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 200
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Bertha Shankie with Ramsay and baby Janet Shankie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.30.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Related Material
- See also BV016.43.30.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Berth Shankie with her two children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5607
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of mother, Bertha Gray Shankie, with her two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie aged about three years, and Janet Shankie Bower, in arms. Group is seated on front steps of their home at 3718 Barker Avenue (5515 Barker Avenue). Baby Janet is held between Ramsay on the left and Bertha o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of mother, Bertha Gray Shankie, with her two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie aged about three years, and Janet Shankie Bower, in arms. Group is seated on front steps of their home at 3718 Barker Avenue (5515 Barker Avenue). Baby Janet is held between Ramsay on the left and Bertha on the right.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
- Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
- Bower, Janet Shankie
- Shankie Family
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.40
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Clinker boat outside Shankie Family home on Barker Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5595
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of clinker boat beside exterior of house wall with cedar shakes and windows. Framing supports are attached to the wall. Vegetation in foreground. The house could be the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of clinker boat beside exterior of house wall with cedar shakes and windows. Framing supports are attached to the wall. Vegetation in foreground. The house could be the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Boats
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
House and garden with Thomas and Bertha Shankie and cat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4167
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas and Bertha Shankie standing in the front garden of the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue. The man is holding a cat. There is a sign on the house that reads "CAMPEND". A picket fence with a gate runs along the front of the property.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text on back reads: "Mom & Dad & Barker St. house / 1920".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas and Bertha Shankie standing in the front garden of the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue. The man is holding a cat. There is a sign on the house that reads "CAMPEND". A picket fence with a gate runs along the front of the property.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.66
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 3, fruit illustrations on cover, "Family Tree Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3Janet and Ramsay Shankie in garden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4124
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [14 May 1926] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Janet and Ramsay Shankie standing in a garden. Janet is wearing a light coloured dress and is holding a small violin. Ramsay is wearing a white shirt, necktie, and dark shorts. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "14 may 1926".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Janet and Ramsay Shankie standing in a garden. Janet is wearing a light coloured dress and is holding a small violin. Ramsay is wearing a white shirt, necktie, and dark shorts. The family's Barker Avenue home and yard is visible behind them.
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.24
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [14 May 1926] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay and Janet Shankie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5606
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young boy, Thomas Ramsay Shankie, and his sister, Janet Shankie Bower, pictured in the garden beside the family home on Barker Avenue. Ramsay is on the left and is playing the violin.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young boy, Thomas Ramsay Shankie, and his sister, Janet Shankie Bower, pictured in the garden beside the family home on Barker Avenue. Ramsay is on the left and is playing the violin.
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.39
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay and Janet Shankie in a garden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4134
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2 Jul. 1928 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in the yard of the family home on Barker Avenue. Ramsay is standing on a push scooter beside a bench. He wearing a light coloured shirt and dark shorts. A very blurry second child (identified as Janet Shankie) can be seen standing on a moving swing above Ramsa…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "2nd July 1928".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in the yard of the family home on Barker Avenue. Ramsay is standing on a push scooter beside a bench. He wearing a light coloured shirt and dark shorts. A very blurry second child (identified as Janet Shankie) can be seen standing on a moving swing above Ramsay.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2 Jul. 1928 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay and Janet Shankie in outdoor bathtub
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4135
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 9 Aug 1931 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in a garden, standing in a metal bathtub with a rooster standing next to them. The children are wearing bathing suits. A leafy tree and the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue is visible in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "9th Aug 1931".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in a garden, standing in a metal bathtub with a rooster standing next to them. The children are wearing bathing suits. A leafy tree and the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue is visible in the background.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.35
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 9 Aug 1931 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing in front of house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4174
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [Aug 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing on the sidewalk in front off the family home on Barker Avenue. A picket fence is visible behind them. Janet is wearing Scottish Highland Dress. Dated on the bottom of the image "11th Aug 1929". Handwritten on the back "Taken on day of Caledonian Games…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "11 Aug 1929".
- Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "Taken on day of Caledonian Games / at vancouver Exhibition.".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie standing on the sidewalk in front off the family home on Barker Avenue. A picket fence is visible behind them. Janet is wearing Scottish Highland Dress. Dated on the bottom of the image "11th Aug 1929". Handwritten on the back "Taken on day of Caledonian Games / at vancouver Exhibition".
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.73
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [Aug 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay and Janet Shankie with friends
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1932] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of six children standing together outside the Shankie home on Barker Avenue with a blossoming tree in the background. Thomas Ramsay Shankie stands on the far left and his sister Janet Shankie stands on the far right. In between them are three smaller boys and one smaller girl.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of six children standing together outside the Shankie home on Barker Avenue with a blossoming tree in the background. Thomas Ramsay Shankie stands on the far left and his sister Janet Shankie stands on the far right. In between them are three smaller boys and one smaller girl.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.36
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1932] (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
Ramsay Shankie and cat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5602
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas Ramsay Shankie in the garden of family home on Barker Avenue. He is seated on the edge of a washtub and holding a black cat.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Material Details
- "Ramsay / & Inky / 1934" written on front of picture in black ink.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas Ramsay Shankie in the garden of family home on Barker Avenue. He is seated on the edge of a washtub and holding a black cat.
- Geographic Access
- Barker Avenue
- Street Address
- 5515 Barker Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.35
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor