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Provincial Roster 1909-1911
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55127
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39296
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Receipts for papers and documents
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription279
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records relating to the receipt of papers and documents regarding DL 118, DL 94, and DL 152.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records relating to the receipt of papers and documents regarding DL 118, DL 94, and DL 152.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Receipts from organizations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of seven receipts that were issued for the following organizations; Ching Wing Chun Society Reading Room 1941, 1952; Ching Wing Chun Society 1953; Victoria Kuomintang Communications Department 1922, 1926; Friends of Wounded Veterans 1940 and Victoria Chinese Benevolent Association 190…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Material Details
- All receipts are written with Chinese characters
- Scope and Content
- File consists of seven receipts that were issued for the following organizations; Ching Wing Chun Society Reading Room 1941, 1952; Ching Wing Chun Society 1953; Victoria Kuomintang Communications Department 1922, 1926; Friends of Wounded Veterans 1940 and Victoria Chinese Benevolent Association 1908. The Victoria Kuomintang Communications Department receipts were issued to Ko Wun Shan, one of the four key KMT political leaders in Victoria at the time.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5331.10
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1953
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Release (Handcock, W.A.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription298
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains a release of claim for the land of block 3, DL 94, Group 1.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains a release of claim for the land of block 3, DL 94, Group 1.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Reports of Provincial School Inspectors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62926
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages entitled "Reports of Provincial School Inspectors" compiled from each year's Public School Reports from 1900 to 1928 (the reports from provincial school inspectors are from 1900 to 1905 on individual Burnaby schools; from 1906 to 1928 the reports are by Vancouver …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS103-018
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages entitled "Reports of Provincial School Inspectors" compiled from each year's Public School Reports from 1900 to 1928 (the reports from provincial school inspectors are from 1900 to 1905 on individual Burnaby schools; from 1906 to 1928 the reports are by Vancouver and New Westminster inspectors).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Roads - Capitol Hill Land Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription883
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence regarding the road construction and maintenance on Capitol Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2647
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence regarding the road construction and maintenance on Capitol Hill.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Robert Burnaby papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58337
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1828 (date of original) -[199-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Robert Burnaby including photocopied maps, articles and pages from books.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1828 (date of original) -[199-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Mayor's Office subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 40097
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Robert Burnaby including photocopied maps, articles and pages from books.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Storage Location - in last box on shelf
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including Dis…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including District Lots in Burnaby along with various school sites and church plans; surveying records regarding North Road and a map of the Burnaby Municipality. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Subdivision and survey plans series 2) School and church plans series 3) Map series
- History
- Ronald G. Scobbie was born in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he worked in the mines of Scotland which led to a career as a land surveyor. Ron immigrated to Canada in 1965 and settled in North Vancouver. In 1967 he became a partner in the surveying company of Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie in New Westminster, eventually owning it under the title Scobbie and Associates between 1980 and 1995. Ron sold the business in 1995 and retired as a BC Land Surveyor in December 2003. Ron was an active member of the B.C. Land Surveyors Association and an avid collector of surveying equipment and maps and plans that document the history of surveying in British Columbia. Upon retirement, Ron donated many historical maps and plans to various repositories located in different geographical regions throughout B.C.
- Scobbie & Associates land surveying company dates back to 1890 when Albert J. Hill first established his practice as a land surveyor in New Westminster. The company went through a series of Surveyors (owners) between 1890 and 1995:
- Albert James Hill (A.J. Hill) [1890] to 1912
- Hill & Burnett 1911 to 1912
- Geoffrey K. Burnett 1912
- Burnett & McGugan 1912 to 1947
- Burnett, McGugan & Hunter 1947 to 1959
- Burnett, Hunter & Douglas 1959 to 1960
- Hunter, Douglas & Crockford 1960 to 1964
- Hunter, Crockford & Associates 1964 to 1965
- Hunter, Crockford & Aplin 1965 to 1967
- Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie 1967 to 1973
- Crockford, Scobbie & Associates 1973-1980
- Scobbie & Associates 1980 to 1995
- Responsibility
- Scobbie, Ronald G.
- Accession Code
- HV984.57
- BV003.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Related Material
- For other survey and subdivision plans created by land surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffery K. Burnett and Donald J. McGugan, see: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection - Survey and Subdivision plans series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
Sale of lands for delinquent taxes in the Municipality of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1729
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes several newspaper clippings regarding the "Sale of Lands for Delinquent Taxes in the Municipality of Burnaby" in August and September of 1908.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3550
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes several newspaper clippings regarding the "Sale of Lands for Delinquent Taxes in the Municipality of Burnaby" in August and September of 1908.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- For related records see file 6-3-1-4.
Silver Brothers papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a cus…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS011-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a customs form permitting a 1927 Pierce-Arrow sedan into Canada.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Silver family papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57850
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied papers pertaining to the Silver family, including one of Hugh (son of Isabella and William) Silver's report cards from Kingsway West, as well as an application to register a motor vehicle, and a receipt from Ocean View Burial Park Company for a plot of land sold to W.F…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS025-001
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied papers pertaining to the Silver family, including one of Hugh (son of Isabella and William) Silver's report cards from Kingsway West, as well as an application to register a motor vehicle, and a receipt from Ocean View Burial Park Company for a plot of land sold to W.F. Silver for $35.00 in 1937.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Street lighting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription436
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 folders textual records and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, statements, correspondence and reports pertaining to the installation and maintenance of street lights.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 folders textual records and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2138
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, statements, correspondence and reports pertaining to the installation and maintenance of street lights.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A map of Burnaby with proposed street lamps marked (1912?) : M9-B-2-12
Stride family papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Stride family. Included in the file are; a Tax Demand dated 1900, and a chauffeur's license dated 1916.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Stride family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS004-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Stride family. Included in the file are; a Tax Demand dated 1900, and a chauffeur's license dated 1916.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Summary convictions forms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65740
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three summary convictions forms written in the City of Vancouver; one for speeding, one for abusing a horse and one for driving through Stanley Park at an illegal time.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Anne Sievenpiper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 42662
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three summary convictions forms written in the City of Vancouver; one for speeding, one for abusing a horse and one for driving through Stanley Park at an illegal time.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Survey maps - Sundries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription664
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains various maps - 1 ink on paper and 5 linen plans by Albert J. Hill as well as survey descriptions (textual).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1910
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2389
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains various maps - 1 ink on paper and 5 linen plans by Albert J. Hill as well as survey descriptions (textual).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Tax Assessment Rolls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71743
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Finance Department fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 110 rolls microfilm
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Finance Department fonds
- Series
- Assessment records series
- Physical Description
- 110 rolls microfilm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 49680
- Accession Number
- 2012-14
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Tax Assessment Rolls for years 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1917 (Wards 1,2,3, and 6 only), 1927, 1928, and 1929 never transferred to Archives.
Tax sale (Mowat, B.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription658
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to the tax sale of land in DL 160, owned by Mrs. Bertha C. Mowat, wife of John Nickel. File also includes assessment roll figures for 1897-1898, 1900-1903 and collector's roll of tax figures for 1898-1903.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2383
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to the tax sale of land in DL 160, owned by Mrs. Bertha C. Mowat, wife of John Nickel. File also includes assessment roll figures for 1897-1898, 1900-1903 and collector's roll of tax figures for 1898-1903.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription342
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905-1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains tax sale deeds and tax assessments related to tax sale lands in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905-1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2035
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains tax sale deeds and tax assessments related to tax sale lands in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- A hand written note inside the file states that news clippings advertising the tax sales were included in the file originally, but were microfilmed and removed - "The Daily Columbian," p.10 Oct. 3, 1904; and "The Weekly Columbian," p. 29, Oct. 18,1904.
Tax sale papers 1898
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription347
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2040
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1898
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription349
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2042
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1898
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription350
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2043
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1900
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription351
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2044
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1904
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription338
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains financial records of tax assessments of holdings in Burnaby as well as news clippings regarding tax sale lands.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2031
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains financial records of tax assessments of holdings in Burnaby as well as news clippings regarding tax sale lands.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1904
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription344
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-1907
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records of land sold at tax sales in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-1907
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2037
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records of land sold at tax sales in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1906
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription348
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-1907, predominant 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-1907, predominant 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2041
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tax sale papers 1908
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription352
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2045
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the sale of land at Burnaby tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- For news clippings related to this file see file 11-5-7-7.
Tax sales papers 1904
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription346
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes Burnaby Tax Sale Bylaw 1904 as well as tax assessment papers related to the sale of land at tax sales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1906
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2039
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes Burnaby Tax Sale Bylaw 1904 as well as tax assessment papers related to the sale of land at tax sales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Tenders for road debentures purchase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription362
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and offers for purchase of road debentures which were sold by the Corporation of the District of Burnaby in order to raise funds for road construction.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2055
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and offers for purchase of road debentures which were sold by the Corporation of the District of Burnaby in order to raise funds for road construction.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Typewritten directory excerpts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98238
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents)…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 64998
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents); and Burnaby Lake, Capitol Hill, Central Park, East Burnaby, Edmonds, Fraser Arm, Jubilee Station, Lochdale, Lozells, McKay district sections of a 1918 directory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Unclaimed tax receipts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription717
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains approximately 50 unclaimed tax receipts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2444
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains approximately 50 unclaimed tax receipts.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Vancouver Daily Province - November 9, 1905
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1720
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Pages from "The Vancouver Daily Province," November 9, 1905, including an article on page seven regarding a proposal for a reservoir at Little Mountain, Fairview.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3540
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Pages from "The Vancouver Daily Province," November 9, 1905, including an article on page seven regarding a proposal for a reservoir at Little Mountain, Fairview.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Vidal family textual records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-2012]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records : ill.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten letters from 1907, typed family histories, photocopies of family crest and family histories, photocopies of photographs from the 1942 Shamrock Tea of East Cedar School, copies of the photograph numbered 550-004 and published works by J. H. Vidal. Key persons include Cap…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-2012]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records : ill.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS176-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten letters from 1907, typed family histories, photocopies of family crest and family histories, photocopies of photographs from the 1942 Shamrock Tea of East Cedar School, copies of the photograph numbered 550-004 and published works by J. H. Vidal. Key persons include Captain Richard Emeric Vidal, a pioneer of Upper Canada, and his son Senator Alexander Vidal.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Water Courses Act - Hill, Plester and Mervyn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription682
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements made between he Corporation of the District of Burnaby and Annie Sarah Hill, Henry Pletser, and John and James Mervyn about the construction of a culvert. It also includes an agreement with L. Claude Hill for the construction of a ditch in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2407
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements made between he Corporation of the District of Burnaby and Annie Sarah Hill, Henry Pletser, and John and James Mervyn about the construction of a culvert. It also includes an agreement with L. Claude Hill for the construction of a ditch in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Waterworks system - General
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription239
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4648
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
- History
- The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Accession Code
- HV975.5
- BV985.5331
- BV017.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Related Material
- See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
The Weekly Columbian - October 4, 1904
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1724
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Pages of "The Weekly Columbian," October 4, 1904, containing a list of tax sale lands accompanied by the names and addresses of property owners.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3544
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Pages of "The Weekly Columbian," October 4, 1904, containing a list of tax sale lands accompanied by the names and addresses of property owners.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Weekly Columbian - October 18, 1904
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1719
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Pages from "The Weekly Columbian," October 18, 1904, including a list of tax sale lands accompanied by the names and addresses of property owners.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3539
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Pages from "The Weekly Columbian," October 18, 1904, including a list of tax sale lands accompanied by the names and addresses of property owners.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Western Canada Power Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription395
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 folders textual records and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Byla…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 folders textual records and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2091
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Bylaw. Also included are agreements, correspondence and bylaw no. 114. The 1922 agreement includes a blueprint. As well, file contains a white linen plan of DL 15 and blueprint plans of standard power pole and transmission towers on Broadway and Cariboo Roads, 1916.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- For related records see also file 6-1-5-2. A map of the Municipality of Burnaby by Archibald Moir and Co. : M9-B-2-11; blueprint of Burnaby Municipality : M9-B-2-15
William Holmes fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series
- History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.
- Responsibility
- Holmes, William
- Accession Code
- HV971.46
- BV997.50
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
William J. Devitt papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- William J. Devitt subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS082-001
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-17
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
William John Beamish genealogical records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100656
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers'…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66674
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers' Course of Study of the Methodist Church of Canada; sermon notes written by W.J. Beamish, as well as "his life as he wrote it”; a financial statement of Newington Circuit; his ordination picture; and obituaries for W.J. Beamish.
- History
- William John Beamish was born in Prescott, Ontario, on December 30, 1860. He was brought up and confirmed in the Anglican Church. While in his teens, he was attending a Methodist Church, became converted, and entered the same church as a candidate for the ministry. His probationary years were spent in the Northern Ontario lumber camps, ministering to the men on Lake Tallon Mission and Nipissing Junction. Mr. Beamish attended McGill College and after ordination at Smiths Falls, Ontario, on June 2, 1896, was appointed to Locksley circuit near Pembroke, then followed pastorates at Hammon, Mille Roches, Moulinette, Morewood, and Berwick. In 1905, while at Morewood, he married Miss Agnes Crabbe, a nurse from Ottawa, formerly Pembroke. Together, they served Wakefield, Quebec, Newington, and Easton's Corners, Ontario. Coming to British Columbia in 1911, they settled first at Kaslo, then Salmon Arm, Vancouver (Dundas), and Maple Ridge. In 1918, Mr. Beamish superannuated and bought a home in Burnaby where he resided until his death on July 26, 1942. During his period of superannuation, Mr. Beamish served for about seven years as minister of East Burnaby Methodist Church and until his death, was a valued member of this congregation, now known as East Burnaby United. He was ever a true friend of the minister and his presence in the congregation was an inspiration. While in good health, he gave his time freely to sick visitation and, in a word, "he went about doing good." Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Walkinshaw, with Rev. H.E. Horton representing Westminster Presbyterian assisting. Four retired ministers and two laymen acted as pall bearers. His reamins lie in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He was survived by his wife; one son, Randolph; two daughters, Ethel (Mrs. Paul B. Derrick) and Ilma (Mrs. William Dunn). He was a good husband, a loving father, a dutiful son, and a faithful minister of the Gospel. -- This text was composed and written by Rev. R.W. Walkinshaw and later published in The Observer, the United Church magazine. It has been lightly edited here for grammar and punctuation.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
William Randolph Beamish fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100653
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of materials related to both Ran's personal life and his professional life as Reeve of Burnaby. Included in the materials are records related to his biological family as well as his adopted family, including records related to his reunion with his birth mother. Notable among his prof…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- 66671
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-08
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of materials related to both Ran's personal life and his professional life as Reeve of Burnaby. Included in the materials are records related to his biological family as well as his adopted family, including records related to his reunion with his birth mother. Notable among his professional records are photographs and newspaper clippings documenting his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II during an official visit prior to her coronation.
- History
- William Randolph "Ran" Beamish was born in Warren, Ontario, on November 11, 1908. He was the child of Gertrude Applegate (nee Pearce) and Randolph Applegate, but when he was put in an orphanage at birth, he was adopted by William Beamish and Agnes Crabbe and raised as their only son. Agnes Crabbe was the daughter of James Crabbe and Emily Widger; Emily Widger was the daughter of Henry Widger and Agnes Oldridge. When Agnes Oldridge passed away, Henry Widger remarried Jessie (maiden name unknown) and had Gertrude, who later went on to give birth to Ran, meaning he was eventually adopted and raised by his first cousins. Ran married Marjorie Davies and had two children, Joanne Beamish and Donna Beamish. Ran served as the Reeve of Burnaby from 1950 to 1953. He died on January 2, 1965, in New Westminster at the age of 56.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Wolfe and Creamer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription685
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement made between John and Mary Wolfe and Thaddeus A. Creamer in regards to a court case in which they were involved.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2410
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement made between John and Mary Wolfe and Thaddeus A. Creamer in regards to a court case in which they were involved.
- Media Type
- Textual Record