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M. G. Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82537
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1899 and 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1899 and 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-111
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Schools
Names
Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"
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M. G. Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82538
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1899 and 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1899 and 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-112
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of one man and five rows of boys. Identified fourth from the right in the back row is Minard G. Hill.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Buildings - Schools
Names
Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on note accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "M.G. Hill / (4th from right back row)"
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Minnie and Frank Bailey

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64478
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
September 1916
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.4 x 6.7 oval, mounted on folded paper frame 17 x 10.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Minnie Bailey and her son Frank when he was just a newborn.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
September 1916
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bailey family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.4 x 6.7 oval, mounted on folded paper frame 17 x 10.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
508-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-55
Scope and Content
Photograph of Minnie Bailey and her son Frank when he was just a newborn.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Bailey, Minnie
Bailey, Frank
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identified as "Mathers"
Images
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Pictures of Hazel, throughout her life

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93393
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1897-2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (19 photographs ; b&w and col.) + 1 accompanying letter
Scope and Content
Photograph album containing photographs of Hazel Peterson throughout her life, from her childhood in San Francisco to her later years. The album also held a letter attesting to Hazel Peterson's vaccination in 1902; there is a lock of hair and a photographic button pinned to the letter.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1897-2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Hazel Peterson subseries
Physical Description
1 album (19 photographs ; b&w and col.) + 1 accompanying letter
Description Level
Item
Record No.
504-045
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-08
Scope and Content
Photograph album containing photographs of Hazel Peterson throughout her life, from her childhood in San Francisco to her later years. The album also held a letter attesting to Hazel Peterson's vaccination in 1902; there is a lock of hair and a photographic button pinned to the letter.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Peterson, Hazel
Peterson, Edwin
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title taken from handwritten note inside the original album
Note on verso of 504-045-1 reads: "hair light blond / eyes violet blue / Mrs Erickson / [?]"
Note on verso of 504-045-10 reads: "Hazel Peterson, Dennis & Irene / Aug 18 1994"
Photographer's stamp on verso of 504-045-18 reads: "Souvenir Snaps / 401 W. Hastings St. / Vancouver, B.C. / Extra copies by number"
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Sarah Love Parker holding baby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19880
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sarah Maria (Love) Parker holding a baby and standing on a walkway in front of a house.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sarah Maria (Love) Parker holding a baby and standing on a walkway in front of a house.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Parker, Sarah Maria Love
Accession Code
BV022.32.302
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[191-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
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: "SARAH"
Images
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Sarah Love with baby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19750
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sarah Love supporting a baby that is standing at her feet. Sarah is seated on a chair in a garden with house in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Sarah Love supporting a baby that is standing at her feet. Sarah is seated on a chair in a garden with house in the background.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Parker, Sarah Maria Love
Accession Code
BV022.32.172
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[191-]
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)
Note in white ink on album page reads: "SARAH"
Images
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Three babies

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1437
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1910 and 1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified babies in a row, lying down or sitting up on blankets laid out on grass. There are pillows and toys near the babies. Visible in the background are windows on the side of a building.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
Material Details
inscribed in pencil, verso, c. "14"
Scope and Content
Photograph of three unidentified babies in a row, lying down or sitting up on blankets laid out on grass. There are pillows and toys near the babies. Visible in the background are windows on the side of a building.
Subjects
Toys
Persons - Children
Accession Code
BV985.5812.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1910 and 1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Two boys in sailor suits

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1511
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1900 and 1915]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified young boys in sailor suits and caps taken in a photographic studio.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13 cm
Material Details
inscribed in black ink, verso, l.r. "Mothers/ +/ Fathers"
The photograph is printed on a postcard paper
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified young boys in sailor suits and caps taken in a photographic studio.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Accession Code
BV985.5887.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1900 and 1915]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Two unidentified girls

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82356
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
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 ; 4 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-018
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "? and Blanche W.?"
Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Walker / Artist and Photographer / B & W"
Images
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Unidentified girl

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82353
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
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 : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-015
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Hill, Alice Maude Huggett "Maude"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude?"
Images
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Unidentified girl

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82582
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Written on October 10, 1916]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Written on October 10, 1916]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 8.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-149
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard is a portrait of an unidentified girl.
Subjects
Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Persons - Children
Names
Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black pen on verso reads: "Oct 10th / 16 / As usual, nothing to tell that is interesting. Life goes on the same old, every day way. Did you know Dee Pratt possesses a baby, now? I am going to write her. Love from D W B / Pte. M G Hill / No 76101, Prisoner of War, 29th Battalion ... Germany"
Four stamps are on the verso
Images
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Whiting children on porch of Love farmhouse

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19775
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of six children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting standing together on the porch of the Love family farmhouse. Edith (Whiting) Clayton is holding one of her young siblings.
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 six children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting standing together on the porch of the Love family farmhouse. Edith (Whiting) Clayton is holding one of her young siblings.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Whiting Family
Clayton, Edith Annie Whiting
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
7651 Cumberland Street
Accession Code
BV022.32.197
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[191-]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Related Material
See also BV022.32.164
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
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Women and children on top of rock

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19316
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[c. 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and three children seated on top of a large rock covered with moss. The rock is located in a clearing of a forested area. Many of trees surrounding the rock are without branches and appear to be damaged by a forest fire.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
Material Details
Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women and three children seated on top of a large rock covered with moss. The rock is located in a clearing of a forested area. Many of trees surrounding the rock are without branches and appear to be damaged by a forest fire.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Rock Formations
Geographic Features - Rocks
Persons - Children
Accession Code
BV022.32.33
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[c. 1910]
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
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Bob Love's boat on a horse-drawn wagon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19307
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1905 and 1918]
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 of Thomas Robert "Bob" Love's boat on a horse-drawn wagon being driven by a man on a dirt road. An unidentified man is standing on top of the boat and holding the reins of the two horses in front. A dog is running on the roadway in front. Tall barren trees are growing through the undergr…
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
Material Details
Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Robert "Bob" Love's boat on a horse-drawn wagon being driven by a man on a dirt road. An unidentified man is standing on top of the boat and holding the reins of the two horses in front. A dog is running on the roadway in front. Tall barren trees are growing through the undergrowth on either side of the dirt road.
Subjects
Transportation - Boats
Animals - Horses
Names
Love, Thomas Robert "Bob"
Accession Code
BV022.32.24
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1905 and 1918]
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
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Bob on boat with dead fowl

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19724
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Robert (Bob) Love and another man with two dogs standing on a small boat. The men are holding rifles. The boat is floating in the water alongside piles and a dock. Dead water fowl and pheasants are hanging off the side of Bob's boat "Burnaby Kid".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Thomas Robert (Bob) Love and another man with two dogs standing on a small boat. The men are holding rifles. The boat is floating in the water alongside piles and a dock. Dead water fowl and pheasants are hanging off the side of Bob's boat "Burnaby Kid".
Subjects
Transportation - Boats
Animals - Birds
Recreational Activities - Hunting
Names
Love, Thomas Robert "Bob"
Accession Code
BV022.32.146
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[191-]
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
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Men with dead fowl on board Burnaby Kid

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19727
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men, two dogs and dead fowl on board Bob Love's boat "Burnaby Kid". Bob Love is seated at the rear of the boat and unidentified man is standing and holding a rifle. Dead fowl are hanging off the side of the boat cabin.
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 two men, two dogs and dead fowl on board Bob Love's boat "Burnaby Kid". Bob Love is seated at the rear of the boat and unidentified man is standing and holding a rifle. Dead fowl are hanging off the side of the boat cabin.
Subjects
Transportation - Boats
Animals - Birds
Recreational Activities - Hunting
Names
Love, Thomas Robert "Bob"
Accession Code
BV022.32.149
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[191-]
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
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Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory247
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1904-1975
Length
0:09:26
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's memories of his first team of horses. Lillian (Wray) McMurray and her husband discuss their son Bob McMurray's volunteerism and professional activities.
Date Range
1904-1975
Photo Info
Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
Length
0:09:26
Names
McMurray, Bob
Subjects
Transportation - Sleighs
Animals - Horses
Interviewer
McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
Interview Date
November 17, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
Biographical Notes
Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
0:58:55
Interviewee Name
McMurray, Lillian Wray
McMurray, Murdoch
Interviewer Bio
Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track five of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray

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Race track on circus grounds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1176
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
Collection/Fonds
Fred K. Leggett family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Fred K. Leggett family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
Subjects
Transportation - Horses
Animals - Horses
Exhibitions
Accession Code
BV993.51.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-23
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-4"
1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
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Steady Work and Keep

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription73621
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
LaFavor Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.2 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the mill in Barnet Village, BC. The image is captioned "Steady work and Keep, Barnet, BC." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-]
Collection/Fonds
LaFavor Family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.2 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
540-029
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2007-03
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the mill in Barnet Village, BC. The image is captioned "Steady work and Keep, Barnet, BC." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Industries - Forestry
Buildings - Industrial - Mills
Animals - Horses
Transportation - Carts
Names
Barnet Mill
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Timms Photographic Co.
Notes
Transcribed title
Geographic Access
Barnet Village
Texaco Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Less detail

Three men with horse drawn wagon

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[c. 1910]
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 of three men standing next to a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road. Thick forest with coniferous trees is growing alongside the road. The bed of the wagon is loaded with a trunk and other items.
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 of three men standing next to a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road. Thick forest with coniferous trees is growing alongside the road. The bed of the wagon is loaded with a trunk and other items.
Subjects
Animals - Horses
Transportation - Wagons
Accession Code
BV022.32.48
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[c. 1910]
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
Less detail

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