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History: Ernest George Street was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England on March 3, 1880 and immigrated to Canada in 1900. He married Ella Jane Bryson on March 17, 1909 in Saskatoon. The couple had one son, Frank Bryson Street, born in Young, Saskatchewan on March 17, 1909. Frank Bryson Street married Helen Margret Pound at Ocean Falls, BC on July 21, 1938. The couple had two sons: Frank Sheridan Street born April 20, 1940 and Ernest David Street born April 27, 1942.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Street, Helen

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries

Heyworth family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]-1939 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs created by the Heyworth family of Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]-1939 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Heyworth family subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-38

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs created by the Heyworth family of Burnaby.

History: G.R. "Rollie" Heyworth and son George operated the Jubilee Drug Store and the family lived on Victory Street.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Heyworth, G.R.; Heyworth, George

Notes: Title based on content and creator of subseries; PC187

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and William Cowper, newspaper clippings, and a New Testament.

History: Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893, to Marian (nee Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. Marian was born in London, England. Bernard Hill, born in Bengal, India, in 1858 to Sir Richard Hill and Jane Ann (nee Rollinson) where his father worked for the East Indian Railway, was one of the early inhabitants of Burnaby. Despite their years of training as engineers, Bernard, along with his brother, Louis Claude Hill, became strawberry farmers and owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and halfway around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. Bernard also served as a Burnaby trustee and as councilor of Burnaby in 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1909. Bernard and Marian had four children: A. Claude (born in England around 1885, married Marion “Mamie”), Frank L., Winnifred “Winnie” L., and Gerry. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central High School in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers on November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. His father, Bernard, died in Burnaby on March 27, 1939, at the age of 80. Bernard's brother, Louis, was one of the first members elected to the Burnaby council and served in 1892, 1893, 1894, and again from 1909-1910. Louis, born in 1860, married Annie Sarah Kendrick (born in 1896) and they moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s. Together they had one child, Katherine “Kitty” Maude, born in 1898. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. Kitty, their only child, married William “Bob” John Peers in 1925 and they went on to have three children: Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham). Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal was born in 1897 in the United States to Louisa Sophia (nee Jones) and Herbert P. Vidal. Louisa Vidal (1871-1943) was a descendent of Jones of Exeter of England and the House of Llanio Cardigan of Wales. Herbert Vidal (1868-1934)’s father was Alexander Vidal (1819-1906). Alexander Vidal, born in Brocknell, England, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1835 and later served as a senator of Canada from 1873 to 1906. He married Catherine Louisa Wright, the daughter of Capt. William Elliot Wright. Both of Charlotte’s parents, Louisa and Herbert, were born in Ontario. Charlotte Vidal was sister to Dorothy Kate and Alexander E. E. Vidal. Gerry Hill (aged 27) and Charlotte E. Vidal (aged 23) married on September 28, 1920, in Vancouver. Gerry built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s, Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun building the Yellow Point Lodge. Gerry and Charlotte bore three children: David, Lesley C. (born in 1929), and Gerald. Gerry was later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Holen) and had one child: Richard Grant McEwan Hill, born in Ladysmith. Lesley married M. Clarke and had two boys: Roy and Graham. She later married B. Durban and had four boys: Patrick, Michael, Gary, and Grant. Charlotte died on February 11, 1984, at the age of 87. Gerry died on January 30, 1988, in Ladysmith at the age of 93.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Hill Family; Vidal family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 550, MSS176

House files subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original)-[1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers pertaining to notable houses in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original)-[1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: House files subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1993-04; BHS1993-06; BHS1999-18; BHS2003-13

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers pertaining to notable houses in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

In the Shadow by the Sea subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925-1971 (date of originals), copied 2003-2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of copies of family photographs of early Barnet residents compiled for the publication, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Families involved in the project include: Brichmore, Blake, Burkmar, Calihou, Cary, Charters, Cordy, Dean, Drummond, Eva…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925-1971 (date of originals), copied 2003-2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: In the Shadow by the Sea subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of copies of family photographs of early Barnet residents compiled for the publication, "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Families involved in the project include: Brichmore, Blake, Burkmar, Calihou, Cary, Charters, Cordy, Dean, Drummond, Evans, Fish, Fraser, Hall, Hope, Irwin, McNie, Johnston, Kask, Keys, Kitchener, McNie, LaFavor, Laine, Laleune, Lauder, Lorenz, Marshall, Mathewson, Moore, Pert, Philbrook, Pruden, Rex, Rutherford, Siddoo, Stemo, Stewart, Teja, Traff (Trafinenkov), Urbanovits, Wells, Williams, Wilson, Woolsey and Yatsui.

History: Personal memories and family photographs from early Barnet residents were complied and developed into a book entitled "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Community Heritage Commission volunteer Harry Pride was the driving force behind this project.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Community Heritage Commission

Notes: PC512; Title based on contents of subseries

Jackson family collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 7, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Jackson family collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 32 p. of textual records.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of the 1925 Official Opening booklet for the first Second Narrows Bridge.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 7, 1925

Collection/Fonds: Jackson family collection

Physical Description: 32 p. of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2012-28

Scope and Content: Collection consists of the 1925 Official Opening booklet for the first Second Narrows Bridge.

History: James Francis Coho Jackson and his wife, Willena May (Campbell) Jackson, moved from Ontario to Vancouver, settling in West Vancouver in 1922. They had four children together: Ruth Helen Jackson (later Thompson) born in 1910 in Lethbridge, Alberta; James F Jackson born in 1912, also born in Lethbridge; their second son John R Jackson born in 1921 in Kamloops; and their youngest daughter, Dorothy Jackson (later Maclaren), born in North Vancouver in 1925. After serving overseas, James Francis Coho Jackson worked as a Court Clerk in the City of Vancouver. Ruth married Robert Alexander “Bert” Thompson and had Betty Anne Thompson (later Yuill) and Robert R. “Bob” Thompson. Ruth died in 2009 just shy of the age of 99. Dorothy married John Philip “Phil” Maclaren and settled on the North Shore. Phil commuted to work in Burnaby at Lenkirk Electric (now Telus) from 1960 to 1975. They retired and later moved to Sydney, British Columbia, where they currently live. Dorothy and Philip Maclaren’s daughter Susan Maclaren lives in Vancouver with her husband Alan Boysen and commutes to British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby to teach Interior Design. Alan grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby North Secondary School.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Jackson family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS169

Jeanie Brown subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records collected by Jeanie Brown related to her work with the woman's auxilary, photographs of Burnaby schools, and correspondence pertaining to the municipality's Clerks Department.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jeanie Brown subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records collected by Jeanie Brown related to her work with the woman's auxilary, photographs of Burnaby schools, and correspondence pertaining to the municipality's Clerks Department.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Brown, Jeanie

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; MSS012, PC033

Jim Wolf subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909 (date of original)-1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled by Jim Wolf for the Burnaby Historical Society during his time working with the Society and as the Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. Photographs primarily depict notable Burnaby locations and buildings, including Barnet, Our Lady of Mercy Church M…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909 (date of original)-1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-39; BHS1997-9; BHS1998-13; BHS2000-11; BHS2004-9; BHS2005-6

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled by Jim Wolf for the Burnaby Historical Society during his time working with the Society and as the Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. Photographs primarily depict notable Burnaby locations and buildings, including Barnet, Our Lady of Mercy Church Manse, and the D.C. Patterson house.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Wolf, Jim

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC188, PC349, PC350, PC363, PC410, PC401, PC474, PC466

John Burnie subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921-1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of property tax receipts paid by John Burnie for DL 33 Block 20, 29-30 Lot 20S.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1921-1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John Burnie subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-25

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of property tax receipts paid by John Burnie for DL 33 Block 20, 29-30 Lot 20S.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Burnie, John

Notes: MSS073; Title based on content of subseries

John Burton subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the John Burton family home at 420 12th Avenue in Burnaby, BC.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John Burton subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the John Burton family home at 420 12th Avenue in Burnaby, BC.

History: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, Edmonds, Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at high school, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather, John Foley, was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper: Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. He was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Burton, John

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC216

John Shaw fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1980

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 10 cm. of textual records and 80 b&w prints.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by Jack Shaw regarding his military service, civil service, and his family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1980

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Physical Description: 10 cm. of textual records and 80 b&w prints.

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by Jack Shaw regarding his military service, civil service, and his family.

History: John "Jack" Horace Shaw was born in New Westminster on November 27, 1917, to Cecil Alfred Shaw and Margaret Grace Shaw (nee Baker). In 1934, at the age of 16, Jack began what would turn out to be an almost 40-year career with the City of Burnaby. Initially employed as an office boy, by 1938, Jack was made a stenographer and Deputy Clerk. His civil service career was interrupted in 1941 when Jack volunteered to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He served at the rank of Sergeant until he was hounourably released from duty at the end of the war in 1945. While serving in the RCAF, Jack married Lois Eulalia Gilbert. The couple would go on to have three daughters, Judith Annette (Judy), Maureen Daphne (later Maureen Ayers) and Beverley (later Beverley Santo). After resuming his career with Burnaby in 1945, Jack was made Municipal Clerk in 1959, a position he would hold until he retired in 1973. Jack Shaw died on June 14, 1980.

Names: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"

Notes: BHS485

J.P. Dickson subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-1939 (dates of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photocopied scrapbook pages as well as three original photographs pertaining to J.P. Dickson.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-1939 (dates of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: J.P. Dickson subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-51

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photocopied scrapbook pages as well as three original photographs pertaining to J.P. Dickson.

History: James P. Dickson was born in Peeblesshire, Scotland. He came to Manitoba first in 1905 when he was 21 years old, but didn’t move to British Columbia until 1909 when he started the Dickson Brothers Flower Shop and Nursery at 3271 Kingsway. He was a landscape gardener, designing the garden for the Model Burnaby Home at the Royal City Fair in 1920 and designing Burnaby exhibits at the provincial fairs at New Westminster in 1922 and 1923. In 1922 he spoke at a South Vancouver Horticultural Association event; the subject of his talk was “Natural Gardens.” J.P. Dickson was a Burnaby School Board Trustee from 1921 to 1924 (chairman in 1924), 1927 to 1932 (chairman from 1929 to 1932) and 1943 to 1944. In 1925 he was the Labour Party Candidate for Reeve of Burnaby. In 1930 he was president of the May Day committee and officiated at the crowning. J.P. Dickson attended the British Columbia School Trustees Association 26th Annual Convention in Vernon with his family and served as the association’s president from 1932 to 1933. The Dickson family lived at 1519 (later 7770) Nelson Avenue, Burnaby. J.P. had at least one child born about 1913, who attended South Burnaby High School in his teen years. According to “Burnaby: A Proud Century” by Pixie McGeachie James Dickson is also known for his part in creating an unofficial presentation to the King George and Queen Elizabeth during their royal visit in 1939. There was no official stop scheduled for Burnaby, but he persuaded the parade marshal beforehand to slow the procession as it approached Royal Oak (and the Chamber of Commerce built a viewing platform there to attract a large crowd). Dickson encouraged everyone to move in to narrow the width of passage on Kingsway. As the royal car appeared on Royal Oak, the crowd surged forward and blocked its path. A Burnaby girl rushed towards the car waving a bouquet from the Dickson Brothers Flower Shop and an aide-du-camp passed it directly to the Queen “who acknowledged the gift with approval just as the car began to move again.”

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Dickson, James P.

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC308 and MSS079

Jubilee Labor Hall subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914-1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of ledgers, correspondence, minutes and other records created by the Jubilee Labour Hall group.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914-1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jubilee Labor Hall subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of ledgers, correspondence, minutes and other records created by the Jubilee Labour Hall group.

History: Jubilee Labor Hall was built with the original purpose of furthering the cause of socialism. The original shareholders, at a share of $5.00 each, built the first hall in 1927. When it burnt down in 1935, the shareholders set out to rebuild. In 1936, the shareholders began renting the hall out to CCF-NDP for a nominal amount, continuing this practice for 35 years. They rented to various other groups in Burnaby and in 1970, when the shareholders decided that it was time to sell the hall, it was purchased by one of these groups: the South Burnaby Elks. After the hall was sold, the remaining balance was used to establish lasting tributes to the original stakeholders and assure the continuous assistance to the cause of socialism for all time.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Jubilee Labor Hall

Notes: MSS041; Title based on contents of subseries

Kathleen Moore family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 4 photographs and 1 pamphlet

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a photograph of the Moxham residence on 6th Street in Burnaby, photograph of Edmonds Street School class, and a pamphlet called "Gilmore Generations". Also included are two photographs of the Brook House at 7725 4th Street.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kathleen Moore family subseries

Physical Description: 4 photographs and 1 pamphlet

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-03; BHS1985-09; BHS1991-33

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a photograph of the Moxham residence on 6th Street in Burnaby, photograph of Edmonds Street School class, and a pamphlet called "Gilmore Generations". Also included are two photographs of the Brook House at 7725 4th Street.

History: Kathleen Moxham was born in England in 1911. She emigrated from England with her family in 1912, settling first in New Westminster, BC. A year later, they moved to a large house on Sixth Street in Burnaby, BC. Kathleen’s father, Godfrey Moxham, worked as a contractor. He cleared land and built houses, including the Brook House (now the Normanna Rest Home). He died April 8, 1968. Kathleen attended Edmonds Elementary School and later Burnaby South High School. She remembers going on strike with fellow Edmonds Elementary students in 1919 when teachers refused to allow students a spring holiday after so much time had been lost to school closures brought on by the influenza epidemic earlier in the school year.

Names: Moore, Kathleen Agnes Moxham

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Moore, Kathleen Agnes Moxham

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC 135, PC139, PC266, MSS156

Kay North subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-[1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-[1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kay North subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1991-04; BHS1991-38

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.

History: Kay Rorison North was one of the twin daughters of Burnaby carpenter William Rorison and Alma Cropley Rorison. Kay and her twin Evelyn were nine month old when her parents moved them and her two older brothers, Bill and Hugh, to Burnaby in 1922. Her younger brother, John, was not yet born. Kay's grandmother, Matilda Louise Cropley, bought three acres of land on Marine Drive (then called River Road) in South Burnaby and William built two houses on the property: one for his family and, six years later, one for his wife's widowed mother. They built a barn and kept cows, goats and the occasional pig. Her father built wooden toys and board games for the children. Kay went to Riverway West School with thirty-one other children, with grades one to four taught together in the one-room school house. She also attended Sunday school at Riverway mission for eight years and taught it there for another fifteen. Kay and her husband Doug have two daughters.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: North, Kay Rorison

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; PC269, MSS051

Keel family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925-1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Keel family home and McPherson Junior High School.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925-1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Keel family subseries

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-09

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the Keel family home and McPherson Junior High School.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Keel family

Notes: PC279; Title based on contents of subseries

LaFavor Family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]; 1953-1955

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records (newsprint) and 59 photographs : sepia postcards ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographic postcards (some are duplications) depicting the village of Barnet in Burnaby along with newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the 1950s.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]; 1953-1955

Collection/Fonds: LaFavor Family fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records (newsprint) and 59 photographs : sepia postcards ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2007-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographic postcards (some are duplications) depicting the village of Barnet in Burnaby along with newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the 1950s.

History: Orville Glen LaFavor was born in Willow City, North Dakota, on May 31, 1903, to Harvey M. LaFavor. On April 20, 1924, Orville married Cathryn Arlou "Kate" Lewis. In that same year, Orville and Kate moved to Barnet Village to join Harvey and his wife. Orville and Kate had five children who were all born in Barnet: Lewis in September 1925, Irene in December 1927, Clyde Martin in July 1930, Florence Alice in March 1933 and Cathryn Bernice on April 24, 1934. Orville worked as a trimmer for the Barnet Lumber Company. He and his family lived at Number 10 on the Barnet property. In 1924, he began working at the mills and retired in 1960. During the war, he made blackout blinds and worked as a warden or home guard in Vancouver. Kate LaFavor stayed at home to look after the five children. All of the children went to Barnet School until grade five, when they had to bus up to Capitol Hill in North Burnaby. Once evictions began in Barnet in 1953, Orville bought the house from the municipality and moved it to Port Coquitlam. Orville's brother, Vern Victor LaFavor, married Irene Winnifred "Winnie" Warner on August 6, 1928. Clyde and Lou LaFavor also worked in the mill. Fred Marshall and his brother Roy Marshall lived and worked at the mill and were uncles to the LaFavor children. Harvey, the grandfather of the children, worked as a millwright and had a section in the village for gardening, which he tended to regularly. He had horses that worked with him at the mill and later on the construction of Barnet Road, allowing him to make money during the Depression. During a strike for higher wages at the Barnet Sawmill, Harvey was badly beaten. Murray Glen "Bud" LaFavor was born on December 13, 1944, in New Westminster. He had four sisters: Irene, Catherine, Carol, and Rene. He worked as a volunteer fireman for 25 years and was employed by the District of 100 Mile House. He died in 2009. Lewis LaFavor, son of Orville and Kate, joined the navy and survied World War II. Catherine Bernice (LaFavor) Nelson, daughter of Orville and Kate, died July 7, 2011, in Nelson, British Columbia.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: LaFavor family

Notes: Photo catalogue 540, MSS166

Lee Lightfoot subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and ephemera items collected by Lee Lightfoot.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lee Lightfoot subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1995-10; BHS2001-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and ephemera items collected by Lee Lightfoot.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Lightfoot, Lee

Notes: Title based on collector of subseries

Leila Orman subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Leila Orman subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.

History: A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Orman, A. Leila

Notes: MSS104 and PC506; Title based on content of subseries

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