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![George A. Grant on the Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-047.jpg?width=280)
George A. Grant on the Marinetta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie standing with his hand resting on the boom of the "Marinetta".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-047
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie standing with his hand resting on the boom of the "Marinetta".
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Mr. Neil M. McQuarrie to whom I was companion-secretary on the 'Marinetta' "
Images
![George A. Grant on the Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-047.jpg)
![Neil M. McQuarrie and George A. Grant, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-042.jpg?width=280)
Neil M. McQuarrie and George A. Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51426
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie and his companion-secretary; George A. Grant on the deck of a steamship, believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean cruise.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-042
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie and his companion-secretary; George A. Grant on the deck of a steamship, believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean cruise.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Neil M. McQuarrie and George A. Grant, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-042.jpg)
![Neil M. McQuarrie on the Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-048.jpg?width=280)
Neil M. McQuarrie on the Marinetta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51432
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant sitting on the boom of the "Marinetta".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-048
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George A. Grant sitting on the boom of the "Marinetta".
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- McQuarrie, Neil M.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Dad on the 'Marinetta"
Images
![Neil M. McQuarrie on the Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-048.jpg)
![Observing from the deck, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-040.jpg?width=280)
Observing from the deck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51424
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on the deck of a steamboat, one man observes something in the distance (to his left) through binoculars as Neil M. McQuarrie looks on. The steamboat is believed to be the "Marinetta", and she is believed to be on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-040
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men sitting on the deck of a steamboat, one man observes something in the distance (to his left) through binoculars as Neil M. McQuarrie looks on. The steamboat is believed to be the "Marinetta", and she is believed to be on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- McQuarrie, Neil M.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Observing from the deck, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-040.jpg)
![Passengers on a Mediterannean cruise, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-045.jpg?width=280)
Passengers on a Mediterannean cruise
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the public believed to be on a Mediterannean cruise aboard the "Marinetta".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-045
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the public believed to be on a Mediterannean cruise aboard the "Marinetta".
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Passengers on a Mediterannean cruise, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-045.jpg)
![Ship at Barnet Mill, [1910] (date of original), copied [1998] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/363-003.jpg?width=280)
Ship at Barnet Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37364
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a ship docked next to the mill at Barnet. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jim Wolf subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 363-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a ship docked next to the mill at Barnet. The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- Barnet Mill
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Village
- Texaco Drive
- Street Address
- 8059 Texaco Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Ship at Barnet Mill, [1910] (date of original), copied [1998] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/363-003.jpg)
![SS Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-041.jpg?width=280)
SS Marinetta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamboat gliding through the water. She is believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-041
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamboat gliding through the water. She is believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![SS Marinetta, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-041.jpg)
![Steamboat crew, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-044.jpg?width=280)
Steamboat crew
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steamboat's crew sitting together on the deck. Their captain is in the middle. They are believed to be the crew for the "Marinetta" and to be working in the Mediterranean.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-044
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the steamboat's crew sitting together on the deck. Their captain is in the middle. They are believed to be the crew for the "Marinetta" and to be working in the Mediterranean.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Steamboat crew, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-044.jpg)
![Steamboat in the Mediterranean, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-036.jpg?width=280)
Steamboat in the Mediterranean
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51421
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamboat moving through the water with a Mediterranean shoreline visible in the distance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamboat moving through the water with a Mediterranean shoreline visible in the distance.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Steamboat in the Mediterranean, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-036.jpg)
![Steamboats in the ocean, [1900-1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-141.jpg?width=280)
Steamboats in the ocean
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard shows two steamships in the ocean at sunrise or sunset.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-141
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard shows two steamships in the ocean at sunrise or sunset.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black pen on verso reads: "How do you like this scenery? Doesn't it make you think of the 'Blue Danube'? Hastily Dora / Mrs. W J McDonald / Pullman Wash / 1000 Thatuna St"
- Stamp on verso reads: ... "Minn."
Images
![Steamboats in the ocean, [1900-1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-141.jpg)
![Steamship, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-039.jpg?width=280)
Steamship
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51423
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamship with a rocky shoreline in the distance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 9.5 cm (sight) in mat 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-039
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamship with a rocky shoreline in the distance.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Steamship, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-039.jpg)
![Steamship, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-043.jpg?width=280)
Steamship
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51427
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm (sight) in mat 14 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamship seen through a break in the trees.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm (sight) in mat 14 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-043
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steamship seen through a break in the trees.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Steamship, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-043.jpg)
![Two men on steamboat, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-035.jpg?width=280)
Two men on steamboat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36315
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm (sight) in mat 14 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie and a fellow passenger seated on a steamboat's deck. She is believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm (sight) in mat 14 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-035
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Neil M. McQuarrie and a fellow passenger seated on a steamboat's deck. She is believed to be the "Marinetta" on a Mediterranean Cruise.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- McQuarrie, Neil M.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Two men on steamboat, [1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-035.jpg)
Pioneer Days interviews September 22, 1971 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory269
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1899-1910
- Length
- 0:03:26
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Elise Wilson's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby, mentioning her mother Annie Walmsley Wilson. Elsie is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The audience briefly discusses Burnab…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Elise Wilson's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby, mentioning her mother Annie Walmsley Wilson. Elsie is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The audience briefly discusses Burnaby's early water supply.
- Date Range
- 1899-1910
- Length
- 0:03:26
- Names
- Wilson, Annie Walmsley
- Subjects
- Public Services - Utilities
- Interview Date
- September 22, 1971
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of interviews with Lillian May (Davies) Jones, Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves, Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter, and Elsie Wilson during the Pioneer Days celebration at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on September 22, 1971. Major themes discussed are: personal memories and occupations of interviewees family members.
- Biographical Notes
- Lillian May Davies was born June 28, 1891 to George and Rachel (Mills) Davies. She was one of four children. George Davies married Rachel Mills September 12, 1888 in Winnipeg and headed west to make their home. George’s brother Richard Davies had already bought property at the corner of 16th Street and 3rd Avenue (now 12th Avenue) when Rachel and George moved in and built a house next door. George Davies went to work for Gilley Bros. Logging Co. in Burnaby. Lillian May Davies married John Henry Jones on July 29, 1909 at the Methodist Church in Burnaby which had opened only a few weeks before (the Joneses were the first couple to be married there). Their reception was held in the Davies’ family garden. On June 3, 1910, Lillian and John’s first child, Arnold Jones was born. In 1919 they adopted their second child, John Sheldon Jones whose birth parents had died of influenza. John and Lillian built a home on the lot next to Lillian’s parents and lived there for forty-eight years. After her husband’s death in 1956, Lillian moved one lot over and remained living there for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine. Ada Evelyn Lewis was born on September 11, 1899. She was one of nine Lewis children. Ada's father came to Victoria BC from San Francisco. He met his wife in Victoria and moved to New Westminster where he was a typesetter on the first edition of the Columbian newspaper. He continued to work for the Columbian until his retirement. Her family owned the East Burnaby Fruit Farm at 17th Avenue between 2nd and 4th Street where they harvested apples, plums and pears. Ada attended East Burnaby School in 1905 and remembers being a pupil of Miss Draper. Ada E. Lewis married and became Mrs. Ada Evelyn Groves. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis was born in 1896 to William Henry and Emma (Smith) Lewis at the family farm at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. The family grew to nine, eldest to youngest; Albert, Lizzie, Minnie, Walter, Ernest, Lillie and Evelyn. Lillie’s mother, Emma (Smith) had the distinction of being the first girl of European descent to be born at Fort Victoria. Lillie’s father, William Henry Lewis helped to print the very first edition of the Vancouver Province in 1898. Lillie attended Douglas Road School and remembers being a pupil of Ellen Lister. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis married Bertie Blaine Porter at Lulu Island on November 7, 1918. They lived in Vancouver for a short time before returning to Burnaby to raise their four children. For most of his working life Bert operated a steam roller for the municipality. Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter died May 18, 1988 at the age of ninety-two. Elsie Wilson was born August 16, 1898 to Annie and her second husband William Wilson. Annie’s first husband Samuel W Walmsley died December 20, 1895 at the age of thirty-five, leaving Annie a widow at twenty-seven with two young children Annie age four and Samuel age six. Annie Walmsley married her second husband William Wilson on April 17, 1897. Elsie attended West Burnaby public school (later Kingsway West elementary) and remembers picking raspberries at various Burnaby farms for seven seasons.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:24:19
- Interviewee Name
- Jones, Lillian May Davies
- Wilson, Elsie
- Porter, Lillie Lewis
- Groves, Ada Evelyn Lewis
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of Pioneer Days interviews
Track four of recording of Pioneer Days interviews
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-020/MSS137-020_Track_4.mp3
First School at Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39549
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harriet Woodward and her class of students outside the Woodward home near Deer Lake which served as the first school and post office in the Burnaby Lake area; (l to r): Harriet Woodward (Miss Harry), Bob Peers, Melvin Mawhinney, Muriel Sprott, Kitty Hill, Beatrice Clayton and Arthur P…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-868
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harriet Woodward and her class of students outside the Woodward home near Deer Lake which served as the first school and post office in the Burnaby Lake area; (l to r): Harriet Woodward (Miss Harry), Bob Peers, Melvin Mawhinney, Muriel Sprott, Kitty Hill, Beatrice Clayton and Arthur Peers. The cottage was a prefabricated building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here is 1904. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Buildings - Public - Post Offices
- Buildings - Schools
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Clayton, Beatrice
- Mawhinney, Melvin
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Sprott, Muriel
- Woodward, Harriet
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Westminster Branch employees
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36546
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 19 x 24 cm on board 27 x 32.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of the employees of the Westminster Branch of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company. A name has been written in pen under many of the photographs: starting at the top left; Neelands, McNel, Wilson, Stuart, Blair, unidentified, Healy, Innes, Rawlison. One row down, five …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- John DeForest subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 19 x 24 cm on board 27 x 32.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 293-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-30
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of the employees of the Westminster Branch of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company. A name has been written in pen under many of the photographs: starting at the top left; Neelands, McNel, Wilson, Stuart, Blair, unidentified, Healy, Innes, Rawlison. One row down, five together to the left are; Marsh, Grimmison, Huston, Gregory, Stewart. Four in the center are; Shiles, unidentified, Whitmore, McQuarrie. Five together to the right are; Dickinson, Routley, Thorburn, Monterth, unidentified. Second row down, five together on the left are; Butterfield, Rainey, Alcock, WIlliams, Feeney. Three together in the center are; Glover, Buntzen, Sperling. Four together on the right are; Dunlop and three unidentified.Three rows down, four together on the left are; Reid, Grimmer, McArthur, Brown. Center is unidentified except for Wilson, who is three from the right. Four together on the right are; unidentified, Harris, Ellis, unidentified. Four rows down, three together on the left are; Miller, Featherstone, Williams. The rest of the center are unidentified, and the last three on the right are; McAurthur, Holland, and Hudson. Also included in the composite are two photographs of electric railroad cars, one of the New Westminster shoreline and one of a train station.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Engineers
- Occupations - Railroad Conductors
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Okamura, P.L.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of composite photograph reads: "~1905~/ PRESENTED TO / J. BUNTZEN ESQ./ BY / THE EMPLOYEES, WESTMINISTER BRANCH B.C.E.RY.CO.LTD."
- Photographer's stamp on recto of board reads: "P. L. OKAMURA NEW WESTMINISTER, B.C."
Images
Haying at Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39551
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmers in the field gathering hay with horse and wagons. In the middle of the photograph three men pose with a horse and hay wagon. The man on the right (with white shirt) is Bernard Hill. The bearded man may be Malcolm Nicholson (from whom Claude Hill bought the land to build his h…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-870
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmers in the field gathering hay with horse and wagons. In the middle of the photograph three men pose with a horse and hay wagon. The man on the right (with white shirt) is Bernard Hill. The bearded man may be Malcolm Nicholson (from whom Claude Hill bought the land to build his home, Broadview). The other man is unidentified. This photograph was taken on the Broadview site, looking south, roughly at the corner of Sperling Avenue and Rugby Avenue, towards Buckingham Avenue.
- Names
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Sperling Avenue
- Rugby Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 8.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people in front of Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company. Maude Wo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 8.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-889
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people in front of Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company. Maude Woodward established a post-office here which was operated by her sister, Harriet. Harriet also began a small private school here, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house. Shown here are (l t r): Charles Frederick Sprott, Frances Schou, Lucy Christine Sprott (nee Schou), Harriet Woodward, Kitty Hill, Maude Woodward and Annie Hill.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Occupations - Teachers
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Schou, Frances
- Sprott, Lucy Christine Schou
- Sprott, Charles Frederick
- Woodward, Harriet
- Woodward, Maude
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Division II at West Burnaby School, [1906 or 1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/034-002.jpg?width=280)
Division II at West Burnaby School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34520
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm + 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back row third from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first name unknown] Bramble, George Robe…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Elsie B. Wilson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm + 1 p.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 034-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back row third from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first name unknown] Bramble, George Robertson, Mabel Rowlinson, unidentified, Georgina Bell, Bright Robertson and Fred Bond. Fourth from the left in the second row is Glen McMaster, sixth is Lois Rumble (later Wilson), beside her is Margaret Creamer, Gladys Bisset, Amy Sandell, unidentified, Elgin Robertson, unidentified and Bill Smith. Sitting in the front row, third from the left is Goldie Ralph, beside her is Edith Marten, unidentified, Jessie Robertson, [first name unknown] McMaster, Grace Marten, Elsie Wilson, Beatrice Barber, Dora Barber, Jean Ross and Dolly Smith. John Robertson is sitting on the ground, on the far left and Miss Annie Theresa Forrest is standing on the far left behind her students (next to her is a bicycle).
- Names
- Barber, Dora
- Bell, Georgina
- Bisset, Gladys
- Bond, Fred
- Bond, Lillian
- Coburne, Eva
- Creamer, Margaret
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Marten, Edith
- Marten, Grace
- McMaster, Glen
- Ralph, Goldie
- Ralph, Mabel
- Robertson, Bright
- Robertson, Elgin
- Robertson, George
- Robertson, Jessie
- Robertson, John
- Ross, Jean
- Rowlinson, Mabel
- Wilson, Lois Rumble
- Sandell, Amy
- Smith, Bill
- Smith, Dolly
- Wilson, Elsie
- Kingsway West School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Barrowclough, G.A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed by photographer on recto of photograph: "2nd Div. West Burnaby School / Barrowclough Cards"
- 1 page accompanying lists the individuals in the photograph as: "Back row, l to r: 3rd, Lillian Bond; 4th, [first name unknown] Barber; 5th, Eva Coburne; 6th, Mabel Ralph; 7th, [first name unknown] Bramble; 8th, George Robertson; 10th, Mabel Rowlinson; 12th, Georgina Bell; 13th Bright Robertson; and 14th, Fred Bond. Second row, l to r: 4th, Glen McMaster; 6th, Lois Rumble; 7th, Margaret Creamer; 8th, Gladys Bisset; 9th, Amy Sandell; 11th, Elgin Robertson; and 13th, Bill Smith. First row, l to r: 3rd, Goldie Ralph; 4th, Edith Marten; 6th, Jessie Robertson; 7th, [first name unknown] McMaster; 8th, Grace Marten; 9th, Elsie Wilson; 10th, Beatrice Barber; 11th, Dora Barber; 12th, Jean Ross; and 13th, Dolly Smith. Seated on ground, left to right: 1st, John Robertson."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Division II at West Burnaby School, [1906 or 1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/034-002.jpg)
![Farmer gathering hay, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-178.jpg?width=280)
Farmer gathering hay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38859
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 3 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farmer in a field gathering hay and loading it on a wagon being pulled by a horse. A label in the photograph album indicates that the horse's name is Tom. This photograph appears to have been taken at the home of Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 3 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-178
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farmer in a field gathering hay and loading it on a wagon being pulled by a horse. A label in the photograph album indicates that the horse's name is Tom. This photograph appears to have been taken at the home of Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Farmer gathering hay, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-178.jpg)