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Hill family and Vidal family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and William Cowper, newspaper clippings, and a New Testament.

History: Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893, to Marian (nee Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. Marian was born in London, England. Bernard Hill, born in Bengal, India, in 1858 to Sir Richard Hill and Jane Ann (nee Rollinson) where his father worked for the East Indian Railway, was one of the early inhabitants of Burnaby. Despite their years of training as engineers, Bernard, along with his brother, Louis Claude Hill, became strawberry farmers and owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and halfway around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. Bernard also served as a Burnaby trustee and as councilor of Burnaby in 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1909. Bernard and Marian had four children: A. Claude (born in England around 1885, married Marion “Mamie”), Frank L., Winnifred “Winnie” L., and Gerry. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central High School in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers on November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. His father, Bernard, died in Burnaby on March 27, 1939, at the age of 80. Bernard's brother, Louis, was one of the first members elected to the Burnaby council and served in 1892, 1893, 1894, and again from 1909-1910. Louis, born in 1860, married Annie Sarah Kendrick (born in 1896) and they moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s. Together they had one child, Katherine “Kitty” Maude, born in 1898. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. Kitty, their only child, married William “Bob” John Peers in 1925 and they went on to have three children: Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham). Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal was born in 1897 in the United States to Louisa Sophia (nee Jones) and Herbert P. Vidal. Louisa Vidal (1871-1943) was a descendent of Jones of Exeter of England and the House of Llanio Cardigan of Wales. Herbert Vidal (1868-1934)’s father was Alexander Vidal (1819-1906). Alexander Vidal, born in Brocknell, England, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1835 and later served as a senator of Canada from 1873 to 1906. He married Catherine Louisa Wright, the daughter of Capt. William Elliot Wright. Both of Charlotte’s parents, Louisa and Herbert, were born in Ontario. Charlotte Vidal was sister to Dorothy Kate and Alexander E. E. Vidal. Gerry Hill (aged 27) and Charlotte E. Vidal (aged 23) married on September 28, 1920, in Vancouver. Gerry built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s, Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun building the Yellow Point Lodge. Gerry and Charlotte bore three children: David, Lesley C. (born in 1929), and Gerald. Gerry was later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Holen) and had one child: Richard Grant McEwan Hill, born in Ladysmith. Lesley married M. Clarke and had two boys: Roy and Graham. She later married B. Durban and had four boys: Patrick, Michael, Gary, and Grant. Charlotte died on February 11, 1984, at the age of 87. Gerry died on January 30, 1988, in Ladysmith at the age of 93.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Hill Family; Vidal family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 550, MSS176

Hill family textual records

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82727

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1980]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 7 cm of textual records : ill.

Scope and Content: File consists of a typed family tree with handwritten notes, postcards written by Minard Hill to Kitty Hill during WWI, a photocophy of a marriage certificate of Minard Hill and Charlotte Vidal with an amendment stating that the marriage dissolved on November 24, 1950, newspaper clippings (original…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1980]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family papers series

Physical Description: 7 cm of textual records : ill.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS176-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: File consists of a typed family tree with handwritten notes, postcards written by Minard Hill to Kitty Hill during WWI, a photocophy of a marriage certificate of Minard Hill and Charlotte Vidal with an amendment stating that the marriage dissolved on November 24, 1950, newspaper clippings (original and photocopies) from 1943 and 1980s, a souvenir from Alaska and an empty envelope of developing paper. Also included are textual records regarding a Yellow Point reunion, the Boydell and Thomas families and a handwritten copy of Richard Hill's medallion. There is also a New Testament and written inside in blue pen it reads: "Richard Hill with his sister Annie's affectionate love / ... July 15 / 63" and in black pen it reads: "Bernard Richard Hill from his dear Papa / 1866". Also included is a book of "The Poetical Works of William Cowper" with a note in black pen that reads: "A token of affectioin for Stuart James from his ... Charlotte ... / December 1850".

Names: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Hill family and Vidal family papers series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82702

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 9.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of five files: (1). Jones family textual records; (2). Wright family textual records; (3). Hyde family textual records; (4) Vidal family textual records; and (5). Hill family textual records.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family papers series

Physical Description: 9.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: Series

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Series consists of five files: (1). Jones family textual records; (2). Wright family textual records; (3). Hyde family textual records; (4) Vidal family textual records; and (5). Hill family textual records.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82117

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 255 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 255 photographs

Description Level: Series

Record No.: 550

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Rollason Family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71634

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Mary Ann Rollason and three of her daughters. From left to right: Sarah James (Mrs. Thomas Spurrier), Mary Ann Rollason, Jane Sophia (Mrs. Richard Hill) and Eliza (Mrs.Otto Gossell). Jane Hill was the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill. An extensive genealogical …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1182

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-13

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Mary Ann Rollason and three of her daughters. From left to right: Sarah James (Mrs. Thomas Spurrier), Mary Ann Rollason, Jane Sophia (Mrs. Richard Hill) and Eliza (Mrs.Otto Gossell). Jane Hill was the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill. An extensive genealogical record of the Rollason family (including the descendant Hill family) accompanies this photograph.

Names: Gossell, Eliza Rollason; Rollason, Mary Ann; Hill, Jane Rollason; Spurrier, Sarah James Rollason

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Gossell family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66518

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Gossell family home at Hampstead. An unidentified woman and youth can be seen at the front of the house.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1132

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Gossell family home at Hampstead. An unidentified woman and youth can be seen at the front of the house.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Gossell family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66519

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Gossell family home at Hampstead. An unidentified woman and two men can be seen on the lawn in front of the home.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1133

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Gossell family home at Hampstead. An unidentified woman and two men can be seen on the lawn in front of the home.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Family group

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a group of five adults and three children. On the back of the photograph the people are identified as: (l to r) Annie Hill, Jane Hill with infant Bernard on her lap, Richard Hill, youth unknown, Rosa Hill, youth unknown and Mrs. Richard H. Hill Senior.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1035

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a group of five adults and three children. On the back of the photograph the people are identified as: (l to r) Annie Hill, Jane Hill with infant Bernard on her lap, Richard Hill, youth unknown, Rosa Hill, youth unknown and Mrs. Richard H. Hill Senior.

Names: Hill, Annie; Hill, Jane Rollason; Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Richard Jr.; Hill, Rosa

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Interview with Tony Fabian by Kathy Bossort October 29, 2015 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the m…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Tony Fabian’s description of the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain, the creation of the Pavilion area in 1957, the history of proposals for how Burnaby Mountain could be used, the land transfer to SFU in 1963, and difficulty accessing the mountain for recreation prior to 1965. He also talks about the dispute between SFU and the City of Burnaby over land ownership and control.

Date Range: 1860-1995

Length: 0:15:57

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Simon Fraser University

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 29, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Kathy Bossort. Tony Fabian was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Tony Fabian’s part in park creation and protection of natural areas in Burnaby, particularly as a member of the Park and Recreation Commission in the 1970s; his childhood and how that contributed to his land ethic; and the history of the uses made of and setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes: Tony S. Fabian was born in 1934 in north Saskatchewan. At less than a year old Tony, along with his siblings, was removed from his family home and eventually placed with an immigrant farm family. As a child he worked on the farm and witnessed what he considered abusive treatment of the land and farm animals. When he was about 12 years old his adoptive family moved to the BC coast where he went on his own, working for a variety of farmers in Richmond and Delta. At 19 he contracted polio, quit farm work, and found work with the telephone company. In 1956 Tony married, and in 1957 he and his wife moved to a home on Hardwick Street in Burnaby where he still lives. Tony entered civic politics in the 1960s when he objected to development on Hardwick Park and became concerned about the destruction of Burnaby’s natural landscapes. He became a life long advocate for preserving natural areas and helped to create large parks in Burnaby on the foreshore of the Fraser River and on Burrard Inlet. He served as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission 1970-1975, is a long time volunteer with the Burnaby Lake Park Association, and continues to stay current on local and regional environmental issues. In 2008 Tony was presented with the City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 1:43:22

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony S.

Interview Location: Tony Fabian's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-007/MSS196-007_Track_4.mp3

Mr. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66514

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as a member of the Gossell family.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as a member of the Gossell family.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mrs. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66515

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as a member of the Gossell family.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1129

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as a member of the Gossell family.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Young man

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a young man identified as a member of the Gossell family.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a young man identified as a member of the Gossell family.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bernard Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66428

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1862]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill as a young child.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1862]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1042

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill as a young child.

Names: Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bernard Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66476

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Louis Claude Hill as a child.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1090

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Louis Claude Hill as a child.

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58458

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1858-1863

Collection/Fonds: Robert Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1858-1863

Collection/Fonds: Robert Burnaby fonds

Physical Description: 5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2009-06 2017-55

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858-1863."

History: Robert Burnaby was a commission merchant and legislator, born on November 30, 1828, at Woodthorpe, Leicestershire, England, as the fourth son of the Reverend Thomas Burnaby and Sarah Meares. Robert Burnaby came to British Columbia at the end of 1858 as an experienced civil servant from Her Majesty’s Customs Office in London, and with a personal introduction to Governor James Douglas from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Burnaby’s first year on the Pacific coast was a busy one: he spent a short time as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, commander of the Royal Engineers at New Westminster; he explored for coal with Walter Moberly at Burrard Inlet; and he made a short visit to San Francisco. During this year, he also founded the firm of Henderson and Burnaby, commission merchants, in partnership with Edward Henderson, an old school friend from Christ’s Hospital and a man of means, who managed the London office. This type of business was precarious since the distance from sources of supply and risks in transportation encouraged overtrading and excessive speculation. The death of Henderson in 1865 and the general economic depression in Vancouver Island and British Columbia brought the firm to an end – a failure caused in part apparently by unwise investment in real estate. Burnaby then embarked upon a real estate and insurance business of his own. The exigencies of a mercantile career seem to have overwhelmed this man who, by upbringing and training, was more suited to a position in government service. Robert Burnaby was intensely interested in the welfare of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and did all in his power to promote stable economic conditions. Before the end of his second year in Victoria, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island for the districts of Esquimalt and Metchosin, and he served his constituents well for five years. He was one of the founders of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. During an 1866 visit to London on private business, he attended a meeting of prominent Victoria merchants and officials who strongly favoured the union of the two colonies and other measures for developing and improving their economic prospects. This group carried its resolutions to the secretary of state for the colonies. Burnaby was an active freemason and helped found the First Victoria Lodge in 1860. Among his recreational pursuits was a love of drama, and in 1863, he served as president of Victoria’s Amateur Dramatic Association. Burnaby numbered among his intimate friends Colonel Moody, Arthur Thomas Bushby, Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Edward Graham Alston, and Thomas Elwyn. In 1869, severe ill health caused Burnaby’s retirement and, five years later, his return to England. Friends arranged for him to travel in the Hudson’s Bay Company bark Lady Lampson; they later presented her captain, James Gaudin, with a generous purse in gratitude for the attention he had paid the ailing Burnaby during the voyage. Early in 1878, news reached Victoria that this “prominent and much respected merchant” had died. An honest, conscientious man of spirit, a clear-headed thinker, a “power” in his masonic lodge, a lucid speaker, full of fun, and clever, Burnaby has been fittingly commemorated in a number of place names in British Columbia including a lake, a strait, an island, a municipality, two mountain ranges, and finally Burnaby Mountain, the seat of Simon Fraser University. Burnaby died a bachelor on January 10, 1878, at Woodthorpe. - This information has been adapted from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Burnaby, Robert

Notes: Title based on creator of fonds.

Captain Leigh-Thomas

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Captain Leigh-Thomas. He is seated in a wicker chair and is holding a cane.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1098

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Captain Leigh-Thomas. He is seated in a wicker chair and is holding a cane.

Names: Leigh-Thomas, Captain

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1862 and 1882]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1862 and 1882]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal.

Names: Vidal, Catherine Louisa Wright

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "1823-1882 / Catherine Louisa / Wright"; Note in black pen on verso reads: "H. P. Vidal"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "His Mom"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Mopley / Photographer by Appointment to His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne and Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise / 104 Sparks St / Ottawa"

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Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal, [between 1862 and 1882] thumbnail

Charles Cammell, Jr.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66480

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Charles Cammell, Jr.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1094

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Charles Cammell, Jr.

Names: Cammell, Charles Jr.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Eugénie de Montijo

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66509

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 drawing

Scope and Content: Item is a drawing of Eugénie de Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III, emporor of France.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 drawing

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1123

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Item is a drawing of Eugénie de Montijo, the wife of Napoleon III, emporor of France.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Florence Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66517

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a young girl identified as Florence Gossell. Florence was a cousin to Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1131

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a young girl identified as Florence Gossell. Florence was a cousin to Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.

Names: Gossell, Florence

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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