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Mother Cyr

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37095
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906 (date of original), copied 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm print
Scope and Content
Photogaph of Elizabeth Laura Byrne Cyr when she was an infant, sitting on a chair, wearing a white dress.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906 (date of original), copied 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Byrne family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
316-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1995-04
Scope and Content
Photogaph of Elizabeth Laura Byrne Cyr when she was an infant, sitting on a chair, wearing a white dress.
Names
Cyr, Elizabeth Laura Byrne
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on handwritten note on recto of photograph
Original photograph was housed in an oval frame
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Ran Beamish personal papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100661
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928-1965
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 6 med. col. prints; and 2 large b&w prints.
Scope and Content
File consists of materials related to Ran's personal life as an adult, including: religious papers; photocopies of papers related to his time at UBC; newspaper clippings related to his wedding, his great-aunt, his mother, and his wife and children; his marriage certificate; correspondence with his …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1928-1965
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Series
William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series
Physical Description
2 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 6 med. col. prints; and 2 large b&w prints.
Description Level
File
Record No.
66675
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2023-03
Scope and Content
File consists of materials related to Ran's personal life as an adult, including: religious papers; photocopies of papers related to his time at UBC; newspaper clippings related to his wedding, his great-aunt, his mother, and his wife and children; his marriage certificate; correspondence with his mother; photographs of him and his birth mother; photographs of his mother's funeral; his UBC degree; and his death certificate.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
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Applegate and Pearce family genealogical records

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-2009
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Scope and Content
File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individua…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-2009
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Series
William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Description Level
File
Record No.
66677
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2023-03
Scope and Content
File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individual information of several people bearing the surname Applegate are included as potential paternal relatives, as well as that of Gertrude Francis Pearce, Ran's biological mother. Also included are handwritten notes taken by Ran when he met his biological mother (for the first time?) in Fredericton during a Reeves and Mayors convention, and telegrams sent to Ran to report his mother's death.
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
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Early life materials

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100655
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1937
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
7 p. of textual records, 3 small b&w prints, and other material.
Scope and Content
File consists of records pertaining to the birth and early life of Beamish, including a pin worn in his bib as a baby; a hand-painted pin given to him as a baby to wear in his bib by Mrs. T.S. Gillis, taken from her blouse; a Beamish Family Pedigree compiled by C.T.M. Beamish; a photograph of his b…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1908-1937
Collection/Fonds
William Randolph Beamish fonds
Series
William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series
Physical Description
7 p. of textual records, 3 small b&w prints, and other material.
Material Details
File contains two small objects (broach pins)
Description Level
File
Record No.
66673
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2023-03
Scope and Content
File consists of records pertaining to the birth and early life of Beamish, including a pin worn in his bib as a baby; a hand-painted pin given to him as a baby to wear in his bib by Mrs. T.S. Gillis, taken from her blouse; a Beamish Family Pedigree compiled by C.T.M. Beamish; a photograph of his biological mother, Gertrude Applegate (nee Pearce); a photo of Gertrude Pearce and her mother; a graduation photo of Ran; a letter dated July 21, 1937, retroactively certifying Ran's birth and baptism; a photocopy of a letter signed by Ran’s birth parents giving him up for adoption; a photocopy of a letter signed by Ran’s adopted parents accepting his adoption; and a photocopy of Ran’s Certificate of Baptism, certifying his adoption.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
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Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97220
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
Collection/Fonds
Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
Collection/Fonds
Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
Physical Description
9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
Description Level
Fonds
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2013-12
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
History
In November 1911, a small group of people met at Morton Hall on Edmonds Street, Burnaby, to organize a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. David J. Gordon, a student from Westminster Hall Theological College, was in charge. By 1912, a building was erected on two lots and named the Gordon Presbyterian Church. A new sanctuary was built in 1956 and, due to the increase in the congregation, a Christan Education Centre was added in 1974. The longest minister to serve the congregation was Reverend George Philps and his wife Margaret. After 21 years, he retired in 1987. In April of 1988, Reverend Charles Scott began serving. Six months later, a fire broke out in the centre portion of the complex. For many months, while reconstruction continued, worship services were held at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired. In 2001, Reverend Cal MacLeod and his wife Robin joined the congregation. Mrs. Marie Douglas, wife of retired minister Reverend R. J. Douglas and mother of missionary to India, Ellen Douglas, started the first Women’s Missionary Auxiliary in 1932. The Ladies Aid Societies were an active force in the Gordon Presbyterian Church. In 1957, the original Ladies Aid became known as the Margaret Hall Circle, named after Margaret Philps’ mother, who had been an active member. For many years, the COC, Explorers and CGIT were very active and Sunday School classes have been in operation since the beginning.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Gordon Presbyterian Church
Notes
Title based on content of fonds
PC 555
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Jane Ann Rollason

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82544
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm + 1 piece of wood
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm + 1 piece of wood
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-118
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
Names
Hill, Jane Sophia Ann Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Jane Ann Rollinson / (wife of Richard Hill) / (Grandmother of Minard Hill)
Note in pencil on verso reads: "Jane Ann nee Rollison (Hill)"
Photograph stamp on verso reads: "From the Photographic Studio W Sherwoood, / 23 Nook Street, Workincton, / This or ... can be enlar... in oil or water colours. / Negatives ... always be had"
Note in blue pen on piece of wood taped to the album page reads: "Mother of K Claude Hill B R Hill / Jane Hill Nee Rolston / Grand Mother of K M Peers"
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Montgomery family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77525
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927-1962
Collection/Fonds
Montgomery family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
21 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927-1962
Collection/Fonds
Montgomery family fonds
Physical Description
21 photographs : b&w
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2013-09
2013-04
Scope and Content
Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.
History
Samuel Clifford “Monty” Montgomery was born on July 24, 1894, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montreal before serving in World War I. After the war, Monty came out west to Vancouver. Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter was born on May 5, 1900, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied to be a teacher before moving out west with her sister Mildred Carpenter, brother Harold Carpenter, and widowed mother Claire Carpenter in 1920. Marjorie trained to be a nurse from 1920 to 1923 when she moved to Hawaii with her sister and mother. While living in separate countries, Monty and Marjorie courted through correspondence. On July 16, 1927, Monty and Marjorie were married in Hawaii. The couple had two daughters, Margery Kathleen “Kathleen” Montgomery (later Green) born in 1928 and Janet Montgomery (later Fernau) born in 1934. Monty met Fred Cunningham when they were young men. Monty is believed to have helped in the design of the Fred and Edna Cunningham house built in 1923 at 3555 Douglas Road in Burnaby. From 1926 to 1930, both Fred and Monty were working in Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Monty was working at a mill and Fred was an insurance agent. Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery was ill with tuberculosis during this time, so their only daughter at the time, Kathleen, was sent to live with Edna Cunningham in Burnaby from the spring of 1929 to the fall of 1930. Though the Montgomery family had settled in Rossland, British Columbia, they would make frequent trips to Vancouver to visit the Cunninghams. Kathleen met Lewis Green in Vancouver and on September 16, 1950, they were married. Their wedding reception was held at the Cunningham’s house. They lived most of their married lives in Vancouver, and each month Kathleen would visit her ‘Aunty’ Edna Cunningham. Janet would visit her ‘Aunty' Edna each week; later she moved permanently to the United Kingdom. The Cunningham and Montgomery families have remained close friends over generations.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Montgomery family
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Photo catalogue 554
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Bancroft family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1986-44
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
History
Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Creator
Bancroft, Rose
Notes
MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
Title based on creator and contents of subseries
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Byrne family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37097
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907] (date of original), copied 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other si…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1907] (date of original), copied 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Byrne family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
316-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1995-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other side, with Kathleen beside him. Peter Byrne served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906. He was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910.
Subjects
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Names
Byrne, Peter
Byrne, Priscilla Amelia Rowling
Cyr, Elizabeth Laura Byrne
Byrne, Margaret "Maggie"
Byrne, Mary
Byrne, Norah
Byrne, Ultan Patrick "Pat"
Byrne, Kathleen
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Classroom Christmas party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52983
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1963 [printed] March 27, 1964
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten class Christmas party. Kindergartners and their brothers and sisters and mothers are all in attendance. A man dressed in a Santa suit is talking to one of the girls, as three woman gather around with smiles on their faces. The rest of the childr…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1963 [printed] March 27, 1964
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
246-023
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1990-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten class Christmas party. Kindergartners and their brothers and sisters and mothers are all in attendance. A man dressed in a Santa suit is talking to one of the girls, as three woman gather around with smiles on their faces. The rest of the children are watching intently, sitting and waiting for their turn to talk to Santa.
Subjects
Holidays - Christmas
Events - Parties
Names
Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "M119C / GAGEL FOTO / SERVICE / 27.4.64"
Handwritten note attached to paper mount reads: "Our little brothers and sisters come with mother to our Xmas party. / We have fun."
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Xmas 63"
Geographic Access
Ellesmere Avenue
Hastings Street
Street Address
300 Ellesmere Avenue North
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
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Dear Mama, taken in Chester

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66323
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1870]
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, likely M.A. Kenrick, mother of Annie Hill. On the back of the photograph is written "Dear Mama, taken in Chester."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1870]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1027
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman, likely M.A. Kenrick, mother of Annie Hill. On the back of the photograph is written "Dear Mama, taken in Chester."
Names
Kenrick, M.A.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
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Elaine A. Myers fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88370
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1948-1961 (date of originals)
Collection/Fonds
Elaine A. Myers fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1948-1961 (date of originals)
Collection/Fonds
Elaine A. Myers fonds
Physical Description
4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
Material Details
Jpegs are copies created by the donor of sepia originals.
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2013-26
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
History
Elaine Anne Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1939 and immigrated to British Columbia with her family in 1947. She was the eldest daughter of William Sefton and Edna (nee Howarth) Myers and sister to Hermione Christine, born in 1943. Her father, William Sefton Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1905 and was one of six children. He married Edna Howarth on July 29, 1933. Before immigrating to Canada, William worked as a purchasing agent at Walkers Tannery in Bolton and later became a cabinet maker in the 1930s, building and designing most of the family’s furniture. In September 1947, he and his family immigrated to Canada along with his younger brother, Hermann, and his wife and daughter. The family were granted landed immigrant status upon their arrival at Dorval airport in Montreal on September 25, 1947, and travelled to Vancouver by train, arriving in early October. They shared their first home on Imperial Street in Burnaby with William’s brother Hermann and family, but after several months were able to purchase their own new home on MacKay Avenue just below Victory in South Burnaby. William’s first job was working as a night janitor at the Woodwards Department store in Vancouver. He was later hired as a purchasing agent for the Seagrams Distillery in New Westminster, where he stayed until his retirement in 1970. Elaine’s mother, Edna (nee Howarth) Myers worked in the offices of Pacific Veneer Canadian Forest Products in New Westminster, retiring from there in 1967. The family moved again in the 1950s to a house on the corner of Sussex and Victory and Elaine and Christine attended a variety of Burnaby schools including; Kingsway West, Nelson Avenue and McPherson Park Junior High. The family were parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby where Elaine also attended Girl Guides. Elaine’s father fulfilled his dream of designing and building the family home when he purchased property on London Street in New Westminster. The family moved to New Westminster and lived in a small house on the property while William spent three years completing their new home. Elaine commuted to Burnaby by the Interurban train in order to complete her studies at McPherson Park Junior High before enrolling at Duke of Connaught and graduating from Lester Pearson in New Westminster in 1957. In 1961, William Myers built the sanctuary lectern, pulpit, and altar for St. Andrew’s Church on Smith Avenue in Burnaby his brother Hermann’s parish. By the mid-1960s, William and Edna Myers moved from their home in New Westminster to White Rock. Edna Myers died on April 23, 1969. William built the ambry for the church of St. Mark as a memorial. William remarried Ruth, a widow, in 1971, and they resided in White Rock until Ruth’s death in 1983. William died in White Rock March 26, 1991. Elaine Myers married Gordon Wilfred Atkinson in 1961; they had four children and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver before they separated ways in 1988. Elaine completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature student at University of British Columbia in 1984 followed by the completion of her Master’s degree at University of Toronto in April 1996, and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in 2007. She has lived abroad in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom, working on a variety of research projects. Elaine Anne Myers passed away on February 19, 2015.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Myers, Elaine A.
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Photo catalogue 580
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Elise and George Grant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36291
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1906 or 1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1906 or 1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Grant subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
243-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1990-06
Scope and Content
Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Grant, George Alford
Grant, Elise
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of print reads: "With my dear Mother Elsie- when she was a widow and I a practising solicitor at Edinburgh- she lived to 86 years of age GAG"
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Family portrait on porch

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82422
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1902 and 1904]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows four women and two girls identified from left to right as Letitia Jones, Julia Jones Owens, Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal, Rebecca Hyde Jones, and Louisa Jones Vidal. The fifth woman, unidentified, is holding an umbrella to block the sun.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1902 and 1904]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-042
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph shows four women and two girls identified from left to right as Letitia Jones, Julia Jones Owens, Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal, Rebecca Hyde Jones, and Louisa Jones Vidal. The fifth woman, unidentified, is holding an umbrella to block the sun.
Names
Jones, Rebecca Hyde
Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal
Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones
Jones, Letitia J. "Lettie"
Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Letitia, Julia / Charlotte / Dorothy / Rebecca Jones (Louisa's mother) / Louisa Vidal"
Note in blue pen on verso reads: "L's Vidal / her mom / aunt Let / Mom / Dor / Aunt Jue"
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The Hillman family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88157
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-[1939] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
30 photographs : b&w prints and negatives
Scope and Content
Photographs of members of the Hillman family, Hanson family and Linquist families and a photograph of students at Riverway East School.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-[1939] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
30 photographs : b&w prints and negatives
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-014
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of members of the Hillman family, Hanson family and Linquist families and a photograph of students at Riverway East School.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
1 b&w copy negative without a copy print
Notes in pencil on verso of photographs identify people within
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-1 reads: "Charlie Hillman on flats"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-2 reads: "Ludwick Hanson mending fish net/ (Byrne Road)"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-3 reads: "1935/ Unknown/ Dundonald Church/ (Searsmiths)"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-5 reads: "Terry Hanson/ cousin/ Micheael Hillman/ (Byre Road)/ Niska's house in distance after move"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-6 reads: "Charlie, Ina, Lilly, Ellen Hillman"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-7 reads: "August Hanson/ Carl Hillman"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-8 reads: "c.1900/ Katherine Hillman"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-9 reads: "c.1930/ Alvita Hillman/ Louie Hillman/ Anne Hillman/ Arthur Hanson"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-10 reads: "Across from Bryne Road - Richmond at Linquits/ Carl Minnie Linquist/ August Manual (mother brother) / Inda/ Lilly/ Ellen/ Charlie Hillman/ Elvie Hillman/ Susan and Ludwick Hanson"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-11 reads: "Ludwick Hanson, Ina Hillman/ Susan Hanson and friends".
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-12 reads: "Charlie, Ina, Elvie Hillman/ Susan and Ludwick (Louie) Hanson"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-13 reads: "Riverway East"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-14 reads: "c. 1906/ Carl and Katherine"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-15 reads: "Susan Hanson/ Katherine/ Ellen/ Carl/ Charlie/ Ina"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-16 reads: "c. 1911/ Katherine Hillman"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-17 reads: "1930?/ Charlie Hillan/ Marine Drive/ behind house"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-18 reads: "Louie (Ludwick) Hanson"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-19 reads: " Charlie Hillman & friends"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-20 reads: "Charlie Hillman/ Louie (Ludwick) Hanson/ boat building place/ Byrne Road"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-21 reads: "Anne Hillman with girls"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-22 reads: "Seattle/ Charlie and Gene"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-23 reads: "Alvida Hillman/ foot of Byrne Rd/ -notice woodpile"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-24 reads: "young friend/ Charlie Hillman/ Art Hanson"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-25 reads: "Leona and Alvida"
Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-26 reads: "Lilly"
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Jane Ann Rollason

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82545
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-119
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
Names
Hill, Jane Sophia Ann Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "____ Berkeley / (Marian (Berkeley) Hill's mother)"
Photograph stamp on recto reads: "William Heath / 24 George Street / Plymouth"
Images
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Jane Sophia Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66470
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1870]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1870]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1084
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.
Names
Hill, Jane Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Jesse Love's Fruit Farm, Burnaby, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34501
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 14.7 x 19.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Love family kneeling in a strawberry field. Left to right: Jesse Love (father), Leonard, Phoebe, Martha, Minnie, Martha Love (mother), and Sarah. The small building at the extreme left of the picture was George Love's (oldest of the Love's children) first sash and doo…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm mounted on cardboard 14.7 x 19.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
022-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Love family kneeling in a strawberry field. Left to right: Jesse Love (father), Leonard, Phoebe, Martha, Minnie, Martha Love (mother), and Sarah. The small building at the extreme left of the picture was George Love's (oldest of the Love's children) first sash and door outlet. He later built Love's Sash and Door Factory on the south side of Edmonds Street just west of 6th Street. The original farm was located in East Burnaby, on Cumberland Road. In 1988, this house was moved to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Avenue.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
Occupations - Farmers
Names
Love, Jesse, 1849-1928
Love, Leonard
Brandrith, Martha Dorothy “Dot” Love
Love, Martha Leonard, 1858-1920
McKenzie, Edith Minnie Love
Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love
Parker, Sarah Maria Love
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooksley, William Thomas
Notes
Annotation bottom of the photograph reads, "Jesse Love's Fruit Farm, Burnaby, BC"
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
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Knight family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1982
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photgraphs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1982
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Knight family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photgraphs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1992-53
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
History
Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Knight, Milton
Knight, Virginia
Notes
MSS117, PC510
Title based on contents and creator of subseries
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Leila Orman subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1918-1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1918-1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Leila Orman subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
History
A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Orman, A. Leila
Notes
MSS104 and PC506
Title based on content of subseries
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