Bancroft family subseries
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-44
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
- History
- Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Bancroft, Rose
- Notes
- MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
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
Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6983
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan of / Subdivision of Lot No. 69 / Group One / New Westminster District / Pro…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:1584 and 1:3168]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "14"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan of / Subdivision of Lot No. 69 / Group One / New Westminster District / Property of Ernest Buse, Esq. / Scale 3 chs = 1 in. / Map No 290". Plan is signed by "Garden, Hermon and Burwell, Dom. Land Surveyor" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Lots 1-19, 36-53 and 69-75 inclusive / in the Subdivision / of / Lot 30 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 2 chs = 1 in. Map No 631". Plan is signed by "Jno [sic] Strathern [sic] P.L.S." Names and Lot numbers are handwritten in red pencil in sections along Douglas Road and read: "20 - F / 21 - Fitherstruhaul [sic] / 22 - J.S. Craig / 23 - McGill & Dill / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 - School / 29 - School / 30 - D. McDownall / 31 - W.J. Troloow [sic] / 32 - N.C. Nelson / 33 - _[sic] McGill / 34 - T.S.[sic] Craig / 35" (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Centre Portion / of Lot 28 / Group One / New Westminster District / Scale 200' = 1" / Map No 627". Plan is signed by "Jno Strathern / P.L.S." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of N.1/2 Lot 100 and S.1/2 Lot 101, / Group One / New Westminster District, BC / Scale 4 chs = 1 in." (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Names
- Strathern, John
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
- West Central Valley Area
- Second Street Area
- Lake City Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”
Images
Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 - Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6970
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1906-1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 2 plans : black ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on the other side with scales ranging from one chain equals one inch to four chains equals one inch. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Pl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 2 plans : black ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [1:792] and [1:3168]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "1"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on the other side with scales ranging from one chain equals one inch to four chains equals one inch. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a portion / of / Lot 13, GR.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Cumberland Street, Tenth Ave., Cariboo Street, Armstrong Street, "See Bd.145", Map No891 (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2."Plan / of Subdivision / of a portion / of / Lot 13, GR.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Cumberland Street, Tenth Ave., Cariboo St. and Armstrong St. Pencilled annotations on plan read: "for Subdivisions see Board 145"; "Subdivided by H. Neville Smith". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a part / of / Lot 155 / Group 1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by North Arm of Fraser, Wiggins Rd. and Lot 173. Plan created by "NB Gauvreau" (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint plan which reads: "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S." at top with handwritten annotation: "Lot 85". The plan is bordered by Hastings Rd. and Burnaby Lake with names on lots identified as:"Laura Troop; Jas. Anderson and A. de W. Haszard". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint plan which reads: "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S" at top with handwritten annotation: "Lot 85". The plan is bordered by Hastings Rd. and Burnaby Lake with names on lots identified as:"Laura Troop; A. de W. Haszard". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3.Plan of "Survey of Road / for / Burnaby Council". "Albert J. Hill, M.A. Civil Engineer". Plan identifies "Centre Line Lot 10 / Present Road" at the centre and is bordered by Gunn Rd. at the top and Brunette River at the bottom. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / Lot 97 Group 1/ N.W.D." Plan is bordered by Lots 93, 94 and 96 and Webster Road. Vancouver and New Westminster Road crosses the upper right corner of the plan and the New Westminster Vancouver Tramway runs through from Power House Rd. to Webster Road. Lower right corner identifies "W.N. Draper, P.LotS." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Blueprint "Plan / of / The Subdivision of / Portion of / Lot 85, GP.1 / New Westminster District" Plan is bordered by Lots 79 / Byrne Drive; Burnaby Lake/ Esplanade and Lot 87. Plan is identified with "Albert J. Hill / B.C.LotS. / 19/6/09" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision/ of / Lot 155B, Group One / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Lots 155A, 155C, 162 / Byrne Road, 166A / Wiggins Road with Spruce Street running through the middle and Westminster- Eburne Ry. Right of Way running diagonally. Plan is identified with "Albert J. Hill (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1906-1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2019-07-16
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Stamp on plans reads: "ALBERT J. HILL M.A. / CIVIL ENGINEER / and / PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR / NEW WESTMINSTER / BC"
- Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches)
Images
Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6975
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans : blueprint ink on paper ; mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of one New Westminster District Gp 1 -subdivision plan mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Lot 159 / and Portions of 158 and 95 / Group One / New We…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 plans : blueprint ink on paper ; mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:1584 and 1:3960]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "6"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of one New Westminster District Gp 1 -subdivision plan mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Lot 159 / and Portions of 158 and 95 / Group One / New Westminster District" . Plan is bordered by Gilley Station - BC Electric Railway, DL 95 to the north and DL 162 to the south. (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint "Subdivision / of / Lot 91 / Group One / New Westminster District / Compiled from Seven Plans on Record" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of Lot 11 / in the Subdivision / of Lots 'C', 'D' & 'G' / Lot 96 / Group One / New Westminster District". Identifier on Map reads: "Rec'd Map 976 / Board 172" 3. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint plan (no title). Identifies DL 151 - Central Park, DL 32 to DL 35, DL 149 to DL 153, DL 99 and 98, DL 82 and portions of DL 38, DL 72 and DL 81 (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot"
Images
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