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West wing and west wing yard of Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17883
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard of Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard of Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.667
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-24
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #18 from Roll 91-14
Images
West wing and west wing yard of Oakalla Prison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard with guard tower and security fencing in Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and west wing excercise yard with guard tower and security fencing in Oakalla Prison (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre).
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.668
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-24
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #19 from Roll 91-14
Images
West wing of Oakalla and excercise yard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and excercise yard at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of west wing building and excercise yard at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.639
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #23 from Roll 91-8
- 1 col. copy print accompanying
- Note in black ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "P91-8-23"
- Note in blue ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "WEST WING / EXCERCISE YARD"
Images
![Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0019_001.jpg?width=280)
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
![Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6114_0019_001.jpg)
Wherever wheels and shafts turn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7242
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.27.17
- Call Number
- 621.822 TIM
- Place of Publication
- Canton, Ohio
- Publisher
- The Timken Roller Bearing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Printer
- The Corday & Gross
- Physical Description
- 149 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf: “J. Kinloch, / Machine Shop / U.B.C.". Handwritten in blue ink on title page: “J. Kinloch, / Machine Shop, U.B.C.". Handwritten in pencil on copyright page: "XHV 980.27".
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Roller bearings
- Catalogs
![White Rock beach, [c. 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0058_001.jpg?width=280)
White Rock beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19341
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking southeast along White Rock beach. People are visible walking and reclining along the beach and walking along the railway tracks above the beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking southeast along White Rock beach. People are visible walking and reclining along the beach and walking along the railway tracks above the beach.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.58
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
![White Rock beach, [c. 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0058_001.jpg)
![White Rock Train Station, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197500330003ad.jpg?width=280)
White Rock Train Station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3518
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses and shoes, as if in a troop or club. The men sitting next to them are in suits, the man on the left is wearing a hat and tie with a vest or light sweater under his jacket. The man on the right is without a hat and has his jacket open and has a long tie.
- Names
- Irvine, Tom
- Accession Code
- HV975.33.3ad
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/2/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- The man on the left and the woman on the left also appear in photograph HV975.33.3ay
Images
![White Rock Train Station, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197500330003ad.jpg)
![Whiting family on Christmas day, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0354_001.jpg?width=280)
Whiting family on Christmas day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the Annie and Flash Whiting family. Four young men are standing together with two young women. Daughters, Jessie Whiting and Edith Whiting are identified standing on the far left next to four of their brothers who could be John, Henry, George and James. The group have g…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six members of the Annie and Flash Whiting family. Four young men are standing together with two young women. Daughters, Jessie Whiting and Edith Whiting are identified standing on the far left next to four of their brothers who could be John, Henry, George and James. The group have gathered together on Christmas Day. The rooftop of a house is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.354
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1928]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "Whiting family"
Images
![Whiting family on Christmas day, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0354_001.jpg)
![Whose Garden?, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1995/1995_0008_0048_001.jpg?width=280)
Whose Garden?
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20617
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified man dressed in a suit and standing in a garden outside of a house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified man dressed in a suit and standing in a garden outside of a house.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.48
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Transcribed titled
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 17
- Illustrative designs in white ink around photographs on album page
- Note in white ink on album page reads: "WHOSE GARDEN?"
Images
![Whose Garden?, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1995/1995_0008_0048_001.jpg)
Who washed
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20590
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout standing over a camp fire. The group is standing and supporting a piece of lumber with a piece of fabric draped over the camp fire below. The troop hiked from New Westminster to Sunbury on Easter weekend and spent the night at an empty house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout standing over a camp fire. The group is standing and supporting a piece of lumber with a piece of fabric draped over the camp fire below. The troop hiked from New Westminster to Sunbury on Easter weekend and spent the night at an empty house.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.21
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 6
- Inscription in white ink on page of album reads: "EASTER HIKE / 1925 /A HUNGRY CREW"
Images
William and Annie Mawhinney outside of their home.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1915-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; copy scan ; 8 cm x 5.5 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Back porch of the W. A. Mawhinney house at the corner of Canada Way and Pitts Street. Presumably William and Annie standing in photograph. William is at the bottom of the stairs and Annie at the top of the stairs. A curtain shades the porch.
- History
- This home was built by Captain William J. Eyres. In 1912, it was reported in The British Columbian: “Captain Eyres of Seattle is remodelling the front of his house on Douglas Road and otherwise improving it.” The house was later sold to William A. Mawhinney, who subsequently built houses at 6011 Buckingham Avenue and 7616 Burris Avenue.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.48.63
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1915-1930
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Apr-18
Images
William Charles Parker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of an obituary and mass card, biographical notes and a copy of the music for a song titled "the violet" "for Mrs Will Parker / New Westminster / Christmas 1938". William (Bill) Charles Parker is the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love farmhouse research files subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of an obituary and mass card, biographical notes and a copy of the music for a song titled "the violet" "for Mrs Will Parker / New Westminster / Christmas 1938". William (Bill) Charles Parker is the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.69
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1988-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
![William George Alcock, [before 1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400900001.jpg?width=280)
William George Alcock
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1779
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph William George Alcock in his British Columbia Electric Railway uniform with his hand in his breast pocket. He was an interurban tram conductor before 1922.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph William George Alcock in his British Columbia Electric Railway uniform with his hand in his breast pocket. He was an interurban tram conductor before 1922.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV004.90.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [before 1922]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Notes on verso of photograph read: "Wm. G. Alcock", "15" and "15A"
Images
![William George Alcock, [before 1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400900001.jpg)
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 in car with Sarah, George, Phoebe and Esther Love, [ca. 1925] (date of original), copied 1989 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0041_0188_001.jpg?width=280)
William Parker in car with Sarah, George, Phoebe and Esther Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1925] (date of original), copied 1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait with members of the Love family and William Parker inside an automobile with a fabric backdrop behind them. William M. Parker and Sarah (Love) Parker are seated in the front, George Love is standing behind and Phoebe and Esther and an unidentified man are seated in the back of the v…
- 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 : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait with members of the Love family and William Parker inside an automobile with a fabric backdrop behind them. William M. Parker and Sarah (Love) Parker are seated in the front, George Love is standing behind and Phoebe and Esther and an unidentified man are seated in the back of the vehicle.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Names
- Love, George Richard
- Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Parker, William Michael
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.188
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1925] (date of original), copied 1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 4-Mar-2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
Images
![William Parker in car with Sarah, George, Phoebe and Esther Love, [ca. 1925] (date of original), copied 1989 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2018/2018_0041_0188_001.jpg)
![William Parker with P. Burns & Co. automobile, [c. 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0052_001.jpg?width=280)
William Parker with P. Burns & Co. automobile
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19335
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Michael Parker standing next to a Model T. Ford with the lettering "P.Burns & Co." painted on the side. William Parker is wearing a long white coat, wool cap and black tie. The car is on a dirt road with a young forest of conifers behind. William worked as a manager for P.Burn…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Michael Parker standing next to a Model T. Ford with the lettering "P.Burns & Co." painted on the side. William Parker is wearing a long white coat, wool cap and black tie. The car is on a dirt road with a young forest of conifers behind. William worked as a manager for P.Burns & Co. from 1921-1935 and was the proprietor of Tenth Street Meat Market (306 10th Street) from 1936 and retired in 1957. P. Burns & Co. was a market that had many franchises in western Canada and became Burns & Co. in 1928.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.52
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
![William Parker with P. Burns & Co. automobile, [c. 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0052_001.jpg)
The Winston handy atlas of the world : with gazetteer of the world comprising countries and their political subdivisions; the cities and towns of the world; with populations according to the latest census; and key to their locations on the maps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary384
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- John C. Winston Company
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Call Number
- 912 WIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.12
- Call Number
- 912 WIN
- Author
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Printer
- International Press
- Physical Description
- iv, 33, 57 p. : ill. maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Atlases
Wire song : an illustrated history of the telephone in British Columbia, 1880-1930
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1356
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Benson, Don, 1933-
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- 384.609711 BEN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1895493005
- Call Number
- 384.609711 BEN
- Author
- Benson, Don, 1933-
- Place of Publication
- New Westminster, B.C.
- Publisher
- Westminster Pub.
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Telephone--British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59) and index.
![Woman and a boy, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5803_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman and a boy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman in a long dress tied at the waist, holding an unidentified boy standing in front of her. He is aged about three, and wearing stockings and strapped shoes with his shirt and shorts. He has his arms crossed across his chest. They are standing in front of shrubbery.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "Doesn't want to/ pose any longer/ for pictures.", stamped, l.l. [sideways] "B10"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman in a long dress tied at the waist, holding an unidentified boy standing in front of her. He is aged about three, and wearing stockings and strapped shoes with his shirt and shorts. He has his arms crossed across his chest. They are standing in front of shrubbery.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5803.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman and a boy, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5803_0001_001.jpg)