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Agreement for sale of land between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love re District Lot 25
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18788
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 6 Oct. 1893
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered Febru…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered February 13, 1894.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 6 Oct. 1893
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Document dated Oct 6 1893; "ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT" between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love; one page, folded on buff, legal-sized paper with pink borders; black print; handwritten in faded brown ink; for a parcel of land in the New Westminster District, all that portion of Lot 25, Group I, from a point on the Easterly side 20 chains from the South Easterly corner, then from the South Easterly corner, then northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road for 10 chains and 52 links, then southerly 10 chains, then Easterly 14 chains and 52 links, total 14 acres and 52/100; for $1161 in 17 instalments at 6% interest; signed by Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong, witnessed by H.A. Eastman; two seals are missing, pink stains on paper; addition May 1900 signed by Jesse Love and H.A. Eastman; folds twice; when folded, panel showing is "AGREEMENT for Sale of Land." "on Cumberland road in Lot 25 Group I"; handwritten "H.A. Eastman" over printed "E.H. PORT & CO.", "REAL ESTATE BROKERS" "NEW WESTMINSTER BRITISH COLUMBIA"; back panel has blue stamping and pink additions, giving No. 546C, registered February 13, 1894, Charge Book Vol. 13, Folio 51, signed C.S. Corrigan? District Registrar; with hand-drawn plan on stained linen, pink ink with black additions, shows Cumberland Road and city limits.
Cleared land
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Plants - Trees
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard re District Lot 352 South Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18783
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Mar. 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard for South Vancouver Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of Block sixteen (16) in District Lot 352.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard for South Vancouver Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of Block sixteen (16) in District Lot 352.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 28 Mar. 1908
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- buff paper, legal-sized, with black print; pink borders; folds out.
- Front of folded cover reads: "Dated March 28th 1908 / George A. Stevens / TO / George Leonard / DEED OF LAND / SITUATE I / South Vancouver / AND BEING / Lots Eleven (11) & Twelve (12) SubDiv (9)(10)(11)(12)&(13) Bk. (16) & Lot (352)" "115.5 x 33 / EVANS & HASTINGS PRINTERS"
- Inside reads: "This Indenture.../ between George A. Stevens of the City of Vancouver.../ And / George Leonard.../ ...sum of eight hundred and fifty ($850) .../ ... Lots Eleven (11) & Twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9) Ten (10) Eleven (11) Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) / of Block Sixteen (16) in DistLot-Three Hundred & / fifty two (352) Group one (1) New Westminster District..."
- signed by George Stevens twice, small red seals; witnessed twice by William Carter; "FOR MAKER" signed by William Carter, April 4, 1908; stamp seal "WILLIAM CARTER" "BRITISH COLUMBIA" "NOTARY PUBLIC"
Deed of land - estate of George Leonard to Martha Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10085
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Deed of Land between the executors, "George Alfred Stevens and Edmund Evans" of the Will of George Leonard to Martha Love, dated August 5, 1909 re: Lots 11 and 12 in re-subdivision of Lots 9 to 13, Block 16, District Lot 352, Group One, Vancouver District.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Material Details
- "DATED August 1909 / GEORGE ALFRED STEVENS & / EDMUND EVANS / to / MARTHA LOVE. / DEED OF LAND / McLELLAN & SAVAGE.", printed on the outside fold of the page.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Deed of Land between the executors, "George Alfred Stevens and Edmund Evans" of the Will of George Leonard to Martha Love, dated August 5, 1909 re: Lots 11 and 12 in re-subdivision of Lots 9 to 13, Block 16, District Lot 352, Group One, Vancouver District.
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1909
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Deed of Land Sale - fragment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10089
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1893]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of the bottom portion of a Deed of Land Sale. It contains a hand written, legal description of property which reads: "Cumberland Road in Lot 25, G. 1, N.W. Dist the / same being distant 14.18 Chs. S. 63.30 (degrees) E, from / the Northeast corner of said Lot 25; thense S. 63.30 E....a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of the bottom portion of a Deed of Land Sale. It contains a hand written, legal description of property which reads: "Cumberland Road in Lot 25, G. 1, N.W. Dist the / same being distant 14.18 Chs. S. 63.30 (degrees) E, from / the Northeast corner of said Lot 25; thense S. 63.30 E....and containing by estimaton ten (10) acres...".
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.21
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1893]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Land clearing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription453
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men i…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cleared property with a thick wooded area just behind it. There is a house in the back to the extreme left of the photograph that has been identified as the Haszard house where the Sprott family stayed while building their farmhouse known as "Dovecote." There are unidentified men in the cleared field.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Land Registry certificate for maker of deed re G.A. Stevens and E. Evans
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18800
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 26 Oct. 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Land Registry Act certificate for maker of a deed re G.A. Stevens & E. Evans signed by Notary Public, James Gill.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Land Registry Act certificate for maker of a deed re G.A. Stevens & E. Evans signed by Notary Public, James Gill.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.20
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 26 Oct. 1909
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Certificate, blue paper, black print; "LAND REGISTRY ACT." "For Maker of a Deed."; dotted lines are filled in with handwriting in black ink; "I hereby certify that" "G.A. Stevens & E. Evans" "personally known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that" "they are" "the persons mentioned in the annexed Instrument as the maker thereof, and whose names" "are" "subscribed thereto as part" "ies" ", that" "they" "know the contents thereof, and that" "they" "executed the same voluntarily, and" "are" "of the full age of twenty-one years." "IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office, at" "Vancouver, B.C." "this" "26th" "day of" "October" "in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and" "nine"; signed "James Gill", typed "A Notary Public in and for the Province of British Columbia."; typing is carbon; at lower left, "10,000/8/1909."; stamped round seal "JAMES GILL" "BRITISH COLUMBIA" "NOTARY PUBLIC".
Love and Leonard land records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1893-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 plans + 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of land deeds, land sale agreements, documents regarding payment and survey and subdivision plans. Records refer to the Love family property in District Lot 25, the Leonard family property in District Lot 352 and other lots in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 plans + 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of land deeds, land sale agreements, documents regarding payment and survey and subdivision plans. Records refer to the Love family property in District Lot 25, the Leonard family property in District Lot 352 and other lots in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26
- BV012.31
- Date
- 1893-1962
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Love farmhouse land and tax records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10022
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1891-1982 (date of originals), copied [ca.1988]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies and notes of historical information regarding the land ownership of the Jesse Love farmhouse and title of Block 1 and Lots 53 and 54 of District Lot 25 in Burnaby. Records include copies from a land title search done through the New Westminster Land Title Office in 1988…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love farmhouse research files subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies and notes of historical information regarding the land ownership of the Jesse Love farmhouse and title of Block 1 and Lots 53 and 54 of District Lot 25 in Burnaby. Records include copies from a land title search done through the New Westminster Land Title Office in 1988 which covers ownership between 1928-1988; copy of Corporation of District of Burnaby By-Law 217 (1916) - "To confirm the purchase of and to reconvey a portion of District Lots 25 and 88..." ; copies of pages from Assessment Rolls between 1892 to 1904 ; copy of Land Sale Agreement from J.C Armstrong to Jesse Love, Oct. 6th, 1893; copies of notes from "Charge Book" Feb. 10, 1894 as well as copies of subdivision plans of DL 25.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.1116
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1891-1982 (date of originals), copied [ca.1988]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Surveyor's tables : being the tables from the Manual of land surveying
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hodgman, F., 1839-1907
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Call Number
- 526.9 HOD
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV984.58.33
- Call Number
- 526.9 HOD
- Author
- Hodgman, F., 1839-1907
- Place of Publication
- Michigan
- Publisher
- F. Hodgman
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- i-vi; 127 p. : tables ; 15 cm.
- Inscription
- "W.J.H. Holmes" "1.50" inside back pages have handwritten notes
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Surveying
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hodgman, F. (Francis), 1839-1907.
Thrilling stories of the Russian-Japanese war : a vivid panorama of land and naval battles : a realistic description of twentieth century warfare ; the awful struggle for Japanese freedom, the peace and safety of the orient, and the protection of helpless China from the greed of foreign foes. Also a complete history of Japan, Russia, China, Korea and Manchuria, including progress, national traits and customs, religion, philosophy, personal adventure, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary512
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.53.19
- Call Number
- 952.031 MIL
- Place of Publication
- [S.l]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 463 p., [50] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented to Violet Winters From Percy E. Haseltine" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
- Russia--History--1904-1917
- Japan--History--20th century
- Notes
- "with an introduction by General Nelson A. Miles"--T.p.
- "The Japanese Point of View by Kogoro Takahira"--p.7
- "Graphically illustrated with nearly 100 superb engravings ; consisting of land and naval battles, views of war ships, portraits of Russian and Japanese commanders, pictures of famous cities, forts, temples and snap-shots of every-day life"--T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), 1859-1939
Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription447
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1897] (date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way), near Stanley Street. To the right is the Sprott family property, where a few wooden buildings are visible in the cleared area. Charles Sprott, head of the Sprott family, was an important Burnaby politician who was continuously elected to serve in the municiality as councillor from 1895 to 1903 and as Reeve from 1904 to 1905.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Stanley Street
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1897] (date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Haszard house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription449
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was located across the street from the property of the Sprott Farm. The photograph was taken from Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). It is also noted that the Sprott family lived in the Haszard house while their home, named "Dovecote" was being completed.
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Looking down north Poleline Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription796
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l. "Looking down north Poleline Hill (now Sperling) Deer Lake at left. "
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company. Above Deer Lake, Douglas Road is visible with Claude Hill's Brookfield property (later 6501 Deer Lake Avenue) on the south side of the road and Bernard Hill's home on the north side (later 4990 Canada Way). Just northeast of Brookfield is the George Every-Clayton farm (amongst the trees) on what would later become the Henry and Grace Ceperley estate grounds known as Fairacres. The house in the centre of the picture is the Walker house (later 5255 Sperling Avenue). Mountains can be seen to the north.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Industries - Forestry
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV976.139.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1908]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Maude Hill holding a flower
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription606
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maude Hill dressed in white blouse and long skirt looking down at a flower that she is holding in her hands. Maude Hill is standing in an area of forest that has been cleared or damaged by forest fire. Maude Hill is the first wife of Claude Hill (son of Bernard Hill).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maude Hill dressed in white blouse and long skirt looking down at a flower that she is holding in her hands. Maude Hill is standing in an area of forest that has been cleared or damaged by forest fire. Maude Hill is the first wife of Claude Hill (son of Bernard Hill).
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Accession Code
- HV977.123.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-?] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the woman in the stump lot, see HV977.123.10 and .11
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription455
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifie…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young couple sitting on a felled tree on land that is being cleared. There are upturned trees, stumps, etc. The woman is wearing a coat with leg-o-mutton sleeves and a flat brimmed hat, and the man is in three piece suit, and has a pocket watch. An earlier catalogue record identifies the couple as Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sprott, on the land that is being cleared for their home, "Mayfield." The lake in the background is identified as Burnaby Lake.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Plants - Trees
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Burnaby Lake
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Sprott family property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription454
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the land property of the Sprott family while the land is being cleared for building the "Dovecote" farmhouse. There is a wooden shack in the midground, and densely wooded area just behind. In the foreground, there are felled trees and stumps.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jessie Love and J.E. Armstrong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18802
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 9 Feb. 1894
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 9 Feb. 1894
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Certificate, blue paper with black print, blank areas filled in with handwriting in brown ink; "I hereby certify that" "H.A. Eastman" "personally known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that" "he" "the person whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument as Witness, and having been duly sworn by me, did prove to me that" "Jesse Love & J.C. Armstrong" "did execute the same in his presence voluntarily." "IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereto set my Hand and Seal of Office, at" "New Westminster" ", British Columbia, this" "9th" "day of" "February" "in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-" "four"; signed in black ink, "J. Brisere Cheny"?; stamped purple "A Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia".
Application note re registration of plan of subdivision Block 7 of Lot 1 District Lot 25
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten note on scrap of buff paper reading: "I hereby make application to register plan of subdivision of Blk 7 Lot I DL 25 NWG", signed "Jesse Love", "Registered owner".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten note on scrap of buff paper reading: "I hereby make application to register plan of subdivision of Blk 7 Lot I DL 25 NWG", signed "Jesse Love", "Registered owner".
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Handwritten in ink on one side, paper is part of a form with pink ruled columns; verso of note reads: "Total Weekly Expenditure." at bottom right with dotted line and dollar sign, also "Previously returned.", "Total to date of this Return.", and "NOTE.-- This Form to be correctly filled in and forwarded weekly by first mail"; watermark is B.C. crest of flag and sun with "SPLENDOR SINE OCCASU" on banner
Description of Mr. Love's Property
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18804
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1894]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.24
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1894]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Document, buff paper, legal-sized, typed in black carbon; "DESCRIPTION OF MR. LOVE'S PROPERTY" at top, underlined; "Commencing at a post at the north-east corner of lot twenty-five (25); thence southerly along the westerly line of the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links; thence westerly and parallel with the line between/ district lots twenty-five (25) and eighty-eight (88) fourteen (14) chains and fifty (50) links thence northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links thence eatserly along the line between said lots twenty-five and eighty eight (88) to point of commencement containing fifty and five hundred and eighteen thousandths (50.518) acres more or less" [NOTE "eatserly" is as written on document]
- watermark "WESTMINSTER BOND"; pencilled on reverse, "63 - 00", line, "31 1-0" and six short marks like checks