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Bertha and Ramsay Shankie on porch

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[June 1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a one story house and garden. House has been identified as the Shankie family home located at 3718 Barker Avenue (address after 1960: 5515 Barker Avenue). Bertha Shankie is standing on the front porch of the house and Ramsay Shankie is standing in the garden. Ramsay is wearing shorts …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten date at bottom of photograph reads: "June 1923".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a one story house and garden. House has been identified as the Shankie family home located at 3718 Barker Avenue (address after 1960: 5515 Barker Avenue). Bertha Shankie is standing on the front porch of the house and Ramsay Shankie is standing in the garden. Ramsay is wearing shorts and a white hat. A neighbouring house can be glimpsed on the right side of the photograph.
Names
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.10
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[June 1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in black on front of photograph [illegible]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young Ramsay Shankie walking towards the camera on a sidewalk in front of a house's front porch. Behind him is Bertha Shankie standing, holding a baby Janet Shankie. House is identified as being the Shankie house on Barker Avenue.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.30
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1923 (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha, Janet and Ramsay Shankie with cat

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, besi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: " (illegible) 1923".
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie seated on a lawn, holding a cat. Seated on a large cushion in front of Bertha is Ramsay Shankie and baby Janet Shankie. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured short sleeve shirt. The group is seated in a garden, beside the Shankie's Barker Avenue home.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals - Cats
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.20
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha, Ramsay and Janet Shankie

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie holding a baby Janet Shankie, with a young Ramsay Shankie standing in front of her. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured collared shirt and bib overall shorts. The group is standing in a garden, beside the Shankie'…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in black ink on front of photograph reads: " (illegible) 7 1923".
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie holding a baby Janet Shankie, with a young Ramsay Shankie standing in front of her. Bertha and Janet are both wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a light coloured collared shirt and bib overall shorts. The group is standing in a garden, beside the Shankie's Barker Avenue home. There is topiary vegetation and a picket fence behind them.
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie Family
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.19
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha, Ramsay and Janet Shankie with cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4121
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dar…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.26.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie standing with two young children, Ramsay and Janet Shankie. A cat is sitting at her feet. Ramsay is standing in front of Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. Bertha and Thomas Shankie's home on Barker Avenue is partially visible in the background.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.22
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[8 June 1924] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha Shankie with children Ramsay and Janet Shankie and cat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4126
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a l…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "8th June 1924".
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.22.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie kneeling behind two young children, Janet and Ramsay Shankie. A cat is walking in front of the group. Ramsay Shankie is standing beside Bertha, while Janet is seated on a tricycle without pedals. Bertha and Janet are wearing light coloured dresses. Ramsay is wearing a long sleeved dark coloured shirt and shorts. They are standing on a wooden sidewalk, in front of a picket fence and topiary vegetation. The family's Barker Avenue home is partially visible in the background.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals - Cats
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.26
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 Jun. 1924 (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
Images
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Bertha Shankie with Ramsay and baby Janet Shankie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4128
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Image taken at the same time as BV016.43.30.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bertha Shankie sitting on the porch of the family's Barker Avenue house. Next to her is Ramsay Shankie and they are holding baby Janet Shankie in between them.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
Bower, Janet Shankie
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Geographic Access
Barker Avenue
Street Address
5515 Barker Avenue
Accession Code
BV016.43.28
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1923] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Related Material
See also BV016.43.30.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Brainerd family fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926-1958; 2013
Collection/Fonds
Brainerd family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of th…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926-1958; 2013
Collection/Fonds
Brainerd family fonds
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2013-05
2013-06
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of the family.
History
Lawrence and Violet Brainerd came to Vancouver in 1925 or 1926. Lawrence purchased a small house on Harwood Street in North Burnaby for his wife and two children from her previous marriage. Roy Brainerd was born in 1928 at Royal Columbian Hospital. His sister Patricia Brainerd (later White) was born in 1931, also at Royal Columbian Hospital. Lawrence rebuilt and renovated the house to fit his growing family, planting abundant vegetable gardens and building a chicken coop, and paid off his taxes by doing roadwork for the municipality. Violet Brainerd supplemented her family's income by doing in-home nursing, as she'd been a nurse in France during the war. Roy Brainerd started at Douglas Road School in 1934 and then attended Hugh M. Fraser High School. Roy left his high school at 15 to work for Snap-On Tools, working his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a branch manager. He retired in 1983 after 41 years of service. Together with his wife, Carol, Roy raised three daughters.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Brainerd family
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS172, photo catalogue 551
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Burnaby Girl Guides

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
Scope and Content
File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
Scope and Content
File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" and an embroidered alphabet of the Morse Code. The third page of the scrapbook includes a four page chronology titled "History of Guiding - Burnaby / 1913 - 1960" compiled by Mrs. Dolly Weber, Mrs. J. Heaps, Miss Eileen Periton, Mrs. J. Albertson and D. Fowler. The scrapbook also includes an original letter and post-script from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to Mrs. Fowler dated November 5, 1961; a typewritten copy of: "TSOONA" / PROVINCIAL GUIDE CAMPSITE - ROSEDALE B.C." and a three page typewritten copy of "THE CAMPFIRE / Volume 1, No. 4 _ November 1935 _ Vancouver, B.C.". Many of the events documented in photographs [between 1914 and 1969] are identified on each page and read as the following: "Burnaby Brownies - Guides & Rangers" / "Early 1920" (1 photograph); "Ambulance / Display / 1st. Co."; "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Burnaby Guides and / Brownies / June 17, 1923" (5 photographs); "April 1923" (1 photograph); "June 1923 / 2nd Burnaby Company" (1 photograph); "Burnaby May Day / 26.5.28"(2 photographs); "Sechelt 1929_ 2nd "B" Company" (2 photographs); "Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby / Grouse Mountain" (1 photograph); "Sechelt 1929 / Commandant Mrs. Peal" (1 photograph); "2nd Company / June 1930" (1 photograph); "1932 / 2nd Company at Rally / Municipal Hall Grounds" (1 photograph) ; "First Burnaby Folk Dancing team / Winners of the E.F.D. cup 1940--41-42" (1 photograph); "1st Burnaby Company / winners of Bessborough Shield / 1942 / Captain L. Crane" (1 photograph); "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park" (1 photograph); "May Day Celebration / Burnaby B.C. May 6th 1935 / Stride Studios Photos" (1 photograph); "Mrs. Don Wilks / Mrs. Georgie / Runcie / Publicity Photo re- / Brownie / Training / 1958-60" (1 photograph); "Kathleen Anderson / about 1958-60?" (1 photograph); "1957 / Burnaby Camp Site / at / Wilson Creek" (1 photograph); "Work Party (1958)" (1 photograph); "Burnaby Camp Site / Spring 1958 / Cabins & Staff Houses / Dining Shelter / Cabins" (3 photographs); "Can. Girl Guide Assoc. - Provincial Leaders Conference / April 14-15/61 Civic Centre, Prince George, BC" (1 photograph) ; "June 8th, 1958 / Opening / Ceremonies / Burnaby Site / Wilson Creek / Camp Site" (4 photographs); 2 unidentified photographs [ca.1915] of a large group of Girl Guides gathered on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds (photo credit- Leonard Frank); 1 unidentified photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered for a group portrait [ca.1914]; "Girl Guide Camp / Granthams / Landing / July 1923" (4 photographs); 4 unidentified photographs of girl guides gathered on the ship "Lady Evelyn" [ca. 1920]; "Burnaby Girl Guides" 1918; "First Burnaby Girl Guides 1920" (2 photographs on page); "2nd Co. 1923" (1 photograph) "1st Burnaby Co." [1923] (1 photograph); "Gypsy Scene - Concert / Mar 17, 1923 / Unveiling / War / Memorial / Edmonds / 1923" (3 photographs on page); "Faith Jacobson / 1961" (2 photographs); "Eve MacLean / 1961" (1 photograph); "Beverley Simkin of Montreal and Judy Robins / of the S.R.S. Royal Oak taken on the day they / sailed from Montreal for the Ranger Camp at / "Our Chalet" in Adelboden, Switzerland, May 1962" (1 photograph) and "Religion & Life Emblem / Diane Peters 11th Bby. Co. / Rev. G.W. Luetkehodeter / 1961" (2 photographs on one page).
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Events - May Day
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.164
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Maywood Area
Notes
Transcribed title
Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
Some textual records that were selected for retention have been described at file level under BV015.35.164: "Tsoona" Provincial Guide Campsite - Rosedale B.C." and Burnaby Girl Guides newsletter, "The Campfire" (November 1935)
Photographs that were retained from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.221 to BV015.35.284)
Some textual records and ephemera that were selected for retention have been described at item level (BV015.35.320, BV015.35.321, and BV015.35.334 to BV015.35.348).
Images
Documents
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Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1914-2009
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, ne…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, programmes, photographs, illustrations and newsletters. Scrapbooks were created by Burnaby Girl Guides and Girl Guide leaders and deposited with the Burnaby Girl Guide Archivist prior to being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Record descriptions are available at both item and file level. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series 2) Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series 3) Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series 4) Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series
History
The Girl Guide Movement began in England in 1909 when girls in England demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally at the Crystal Palace in London, organized by Chief Scout and Boy Scout founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Following this event, Baden Powell asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help him start a similar organization for girls and Girl Guides was formed. Girl Guides came to Canada in 1910 and the first troop in British Columbia was registered in Victoria in 1912. In 1913 Amy Leigh moved to Burnaby from England and enquired about a Guiding company in her area and was disappointed to find none. On June 11, 1914 at the age of 17 years, Amy registered the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and became the captain. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School. In this same year, the very first Burnaby Girl Guide Rally event took place at Central Park and by 1920 another took place at the Burnaby Municipal Hall (Edmonds) and was attended by both Burnaby and New Westminster Guides. The First Burnaby Brownie Pack was registered on December 1922 with Mrs. W.J. Matherson as Brown Owl. The Brownie Pack met in a West Burnaby facility. The First Burnaby Land Ranger Co. was formed on November 29, 1923 and by 1924 Burnaby became a District with four Guide companies, four Brownie Packs and the Rangers. In 1923 records show Mrs. Gavin as commissioner, Mrs. C.F. Carter in 1924 and Miss Amy Leigh between 1926 and 1928. The first District camp was held near Sechelt in 1927 on the property of Mrs. Deal and Mrs. Nixon with annual camps held here until 1930 when the Guide camp at Wilson Creek was established. In 1929 Guides and Brownies began taking part in the Annual May Day Celebrations at Central Park. In 1930 Burnaby became a Division with Mrs. C.F. Carter as Division Commissioner and Mrs. G. Peel as District Commissioner for South Burnaby and in 1931 Miss Amy Leigh became the first North Burnaby Commissioner. The 5th Burnaby Girl Guide Company in North Burnaby began publishing a bulletin in 1935. In this same year Burnaby Girl Guides attended a rally for Lord and Lady Powell who were visiting Vancouver and Burnaby Girl Guides became affiliated with Greater Vancouver Girl Guide Council. The packs and companies of North Burnaby were attached to the eastern section of Vancouver while South Burnaby and South Vancouver District became another Division. Mrs. Pochin organized the Burnaby Lake District in 1943 becoming the first District commissioner (In 1927 Mrs. Peel had guides in this area). The first training classes for Girl Guides were held in 1943 in a hall on Buller Avenue at the BCER tracks and also Phillips Hall on McKay Avenue. By 1945 a training camp was held on Mrs. Pochin’s property on Deer Lake. South Vancouver, South Burnaby and Burnaby Lake Districts took part in the training which was a change over from war time service and the return of Pioneer camping. Miss E. Perition was in charge of camp which was attended by Mrs. J. Quinnell, Mrs. J. Albertson and many guiders. In 1946 Lady Baden Powel returned for a visit to Vancouver and there was a rally at Connaught Park and Chief Scout Lord Rowallyn held a rally at Brocton Point. In 1947 Mrs. J. Albertson became Division Commissioner for South Vancouver and South Burnaby. Districts of Burnaby Lake and South Burnaby each adopted a European child and undertook to send regular parcels and by 1948 these Districts became a Burnaby Division once more under Division Commissioner Mrs. W.M. Wall. In September 1949 the first Sea Ranger Crew “S.R.S. Royal Oak” was formed under the Skipper, Miss E. Periton. The S.R.S. Royal Oak met at All Saint’s Church Hall on Royal Oak Ave. In 1950 Packs and Companies in North Burnaby organized into a District under Mrs. Hebron and in 1953 Sperling District was organized by District Commissioner Mrs. Hancock. 1953 was also the same year that South Burnaby District was divided into three Districts: Central Park District under Commissioner Miss Perition, Douglas District under Commissioner Mrs. J. McKee Wilson and Kingsway under Commissioner Mrs. J.G. Fowler. A few years later, in 1955 the guides and brownies were out in force to welcome Lady Baden Powel at a rally held in the PNE Gardens building and by March 1956 Burnaby ceased to be a part of Greater Vancouver Area and was organized under two Divisions of the Province. The Sperling, Willingdon and Vancouver Heights Districts in North Burnaby became North Burnaby Division with Mrs. H. Hebron as Division Commissioner. With rapid population growth further decentralization became necessary and South Burnaby Division was split in two, adding the new division of Central Burnaby under Commissioner Miss E. Perition. Central Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Burnaby Lake, Central Park and a new District named “Windsor” under Mrs. C. Dumfries. South Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Kingsway, Edmonds and Lakeview (the latter two also referred to as Douglas with Mrs. McGeachie and Mrs. J. Park as the first commissioners of these two Districts). In 1957 Burnaby became an Area unto itself with three Divisions, and 9 Districts under Miss Periton as the first Area Commissioner. In February 1957, Burnaby entered into a contract with Vancouver Girl Guide Council to lease a part of the Wilson Creek campsite. Under the leadership of Area Commissioner, Miss Periton, work started on the development of the site with funds raised by both the Girl Guides, local citizens and associations. A camp committee was formed with representation from each Division and a lot of help from Miss Norah Weller, the Wilson Creek camp manager. Plans were laid for the site with a dining shelter, store room and cook stove contracted for while a subcommittee of men was appointed to purchase building supplies and organize work parties to build cabins, a staff house, water pipes and sanitary facilities. The site opened in May 1958 with $6000 expended on building and equipping the camp, while an official opening took place on June 8 and by July Girl Guides began camping on the site. The Burnaby Area Committee became a member of the Burnaby Community Council and a participant in Community Chest in 1958 and on May 1, the Burnaby Area office opened. By 1959, with further participation in North Burnaby, Sperling District was split to form Sperling and Hillview Districts and by 1960 Kingsway District of South Burnaby split to form Kingsway and Royal Oak Districts. By December 1960, Burnaby Area had 3 Divisions, 11 Districts with a total membership of 2, 331.
Creator
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35
BV015.36
BV016.49
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1914-2009
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Some scrapbooks are only available in digital formats
Accessions that form part of this fonds include: BV015.35; BV015.36; BV016.49
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Deer Lake

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13.2 cm on page 17.5 x 24.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking over Deer Lake and snow-covered ground towards the Frederick and Alice Hart mansion known as the Avalon Estate. In the foreground the Hart's cottage is visible; it was built near Deer Lake in 1904 as a summer retreat for the Hart family. Eventually, the family decided to reside a…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13.2 cm on page 17.5 x 24.8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph looking over Deer Lake and snow-covered ground towards the Frederick and Alice Hart mansion known as the Avalon Estate. In the foreground the Hart's cottage is visible; it was built near Deer Lake in 1904 as a summer retreat for the Hart family. Eventually, the family decided to reside at Deer Lake year-round and began building the large estate which is visible in the centre of the photograph. In 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Hart were devastated when their son, Kingsley was killed in World War I and so they sold Avalon to Montague and Ethel Moore. The Moore's continued with improvements to the estate and renamed it Rosedale Gardens. Just to the right of the estate can be seen a home at 5140 Sperling Avenue which later became the Gayton house. To the right of that, what was originally the cottage belonging to Harriet and Maude Woodward is visible. At the time of this photograph, the cottage was being used as the Burnaby Lake United Church.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Deer Lake
Sperling Avenue
Street Address
6664 Deer Lake Avenue
5141 Sperling Avenue
5140 Sperling Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
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Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2,1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Royal…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
013-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2,1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Royal Oak. Shown in this photograph is Reeve Bennett (Vancouver) addressing the crowd. Also on the dais are: ex-Reeve J.W. Weart, ex-Reeve T. Sanderson, Councillor Grimmett (Vancouver), Councillor Hall (Vancouver), Councillor Buckingham (South Vancouver), Burnaby's May Queen and suite, Leon Ladner (M.P.), and Miss Jean Cameron as "Miss Canada."
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Symbols - Flags
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Names
Weart, John W.
Sanderson, Thomas F.
Ladner, Leon
Cameron, Jean
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lloyd's Studio
Notes
Annotation at bottom of photographs reads, "Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / Burnaby, B.C., July 2nd '27"
Back of photographs stamped, "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C., Carl. 343R2"
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Central Park
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34259
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Roy…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
013-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Royal Oak. Shown in this photograph is MP Leon Ladner addressing the crowd. Also on the dais are: ex-Reeve J.W. Weart, ex-Reeve T. Sanderson, Reeve Bennett (Vancouver), Councillor Grimmett (Vancouver), Councillor Hall (Vancouver), Councillor Buckingham (South Vancouver), Burnaby's May Queen and suite, and Miss Jean Cameron as "Miss Canada."
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Symbols - Flags
Officials
Names
Weart, John W.
Sanderson, Thomas F.
Ladner, Leon
Cameron, Jean
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lloyd's Studio
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / Burnaby, B.C., July 2nd '27"
Back of photograph stamped, "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C., Carl. 343R2"
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Central Park
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34260
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Roy…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
013-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, Royal Oak. Shown in this photograph are Miss Canada, Jean Cameron, and other young women representing each province in the Dominion standing on the stage. Also on the dais are: ex-Reeve J.W. Weart, ex-Reeve T. Sanderson, Reeve Bennett (Vancouver), Councillor Grimmett (Vancouver), Councillor Hall (Vancouver), Councillor Buckingham (South Vancouver), and MP Leon Ladner.
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Symbols - Flags
Clothing - Costumes
Officials
Names
Weart, John W.
Sanderson, Thomas F.
Ladner, Leon
Cameron, Jean
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lloyd's Studio
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Annotation at bottom of photographs reads, "Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / Burnaby, B.C., July 2nd '27"
Back of photographs stamped, "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C., Carl. 343R2"
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Central Park
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34261
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.1 x 16.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. Miss Canada, Jean Cameron, is addressing the crowd. Also on the dais are; ex-Reeve J.W. Weart, ex-Reeve T. Sanderson, Reeve Bennett (Vancouver), Councillor Grimmett (Vancouver), Councillor Hall (Vancouver), Councillor Buckingham …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.1 x 16.6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
013-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Central Park. Miss Canada, Jean Cameron, is addressing the crowd. Also on the dais are; ex-Reeve J.W. Weart, ex-Reeve T. Sanderson, Reeve Bennett (Vancouver), Councillor Grimmett (Vancouver), Councillor Hall (Vancouver), Councillor Buckingham (South Vancouver), Burnaby's May Queen and her suite and MP Leon Ladner. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, on Royal Oak.
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Officials
Names
Weart, John W.
Sanderson, Thomas F.
Ladner, Leon
Cameron, Jean
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lloyd's Studio
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / Burnaby, B.C., July 2nd '27"
Back of photograph stamped, "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C., Carl. 343R2"
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Central Park
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Diamond Jubilee Parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34262
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.9 x 16.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Central Park. Miss Canada, Jean Cameron is on a float with other young women representing each province of the Dominion. Note the paper mache beaver pulling the throne. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 2, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.9 x 16.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
013-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Central Park. Miss Canada, Jean Cameron is on a float with other young women representing each province of the Dominion. Note the paper mache beaver pulling the throne. The event was held on July 2, 1927 with a parade from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Memorial services for those who died in the Great War were held at the Municipal Hall and the Memorial Hall, on Royal Oak.
Subjects
Celebrations - Jubilee
Transportation - Parade Floats
Events - Parades
Names
Cameron, Jean
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lloyd's Studio
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / Burnaby, B.C., July 2nd '27"
Back of photograph stamped, "Lloyd's Studio / 3966 Kingsway / McKay, B.C., Carl. 343R2"
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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Edmonds School subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1916] (date of origial)-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1916] (date of origial)-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Edmonds School subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1988-07
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
History
Edmonds School traces its history back to the opening of the first school in Burnaby in 1894. The "Burnaby school" was a typical one-room school house constructed on a small site on the opposite side of Canada Way (then named Douglas Road) and 18th Avenue. In 1896, when West Burnaby School, was built the school was renamed the "East Burnaby School." By 1908, the original small school house and its little playground became too small to contain the growing number of school-aged children living in the area. That year the Municipality of Burnaby and the Burnaby School Board funded a new four room school to house 75 students on the present site facing Edmonds Street. This building was known for many years as the old "gray school" because of its drab paint colour. In 1913, a four-room addition completed this school which was then renamed the "Edmonds Street School." In 1922, the school was was expanded with a new four-room "bungalow" building on the Douglas Road side of the property. By 1925, four more rooms were added to house the student population of this rapidly growing district, which peaked at 580 by 1930. After World War II, the old school was designated as a junior high school and in 1949, the present building was opened on an expanded site. By 1953 and 1955 the school received more additions to accommodate a student enrolment that had expanded to thirteen hundred students. The original gray building was demolished in 1956 and the bungalow building, which had served for many years as the elementary school, was destroyed by fire in 1989. The school was later rebuilt as Edmonds Community School.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Sound Recording
Creator
Edmonds Community School
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC207, MSS036
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Eileen, baby Ramsay Shankie, and Victor

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1922] (date of original), copied [2016]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Scope and Content
Photograph of three children standing in front of a building. The children are standing in a row and holding hands. A girl (Eileen) with long blonde hair is on the left side. She is wearing a light coloured dress, light knee socks and black shoes. She has a bow in her hair. Baby Ramsay Shankie is …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff)
Material Details
Handwritten text in blue ink on front of photograph reads: "Eileen Ramsay Victor". Handwritten text on the back of photograph reads: "Vic, Ramsay, Eileen".
Scope and Content
Photograph of three children standing in front of a building. The children are standing in a row and holding hands. A girl (Eileen) with long blonde hair is on the left side. She is wearing a light coloured dress, light knee socks and black shoes. She has a bow in her hair. Baby Ramsay Shankie is standing in the centre. A boy (Victor) is standing on the right side. He is wearing a light coloured collared shirt with striped tie, dark shorts, dark knee socks, and dark shoes.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
Accession Code
BV016.43.18
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1922] (date of original), copied [2016]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".
Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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Field family fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1915] - [1969]
Collection/Fonds
Field family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
31 photographs : tiffs ; 600 ppi + 0.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Field family and their relatives, including the Sandersons, as well as notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address he gave in 1934 titled "The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1915] - [1969]
Collection/Fonds
Field family fonds
Physical Description
31 photographs : tiffs ; 600 ppi + 0.5 cm of textual records
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2010-14
2012-24
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Field family and their relatives, including the Sandersons, as well as notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address he gave in 1934 titled "The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches."
History
William “Willie“ James Field was born to William and Rebecca (Chambers) December of 1881 in England. Laura Tonkin was born to John Charles and Amelia (Johns) February of 1887 in Wales. Her brother, Charles Henry “Harry” was born in 1888. In 1907, Laura Tonkin married Willie James Field. Their first child, Phyllis Laura, was born in 1910. In 1912, the young family of three immigrated to Canada, arriving firstly in Hamilton, Ontario, where Willie James ran a welding business. Both Willie’s youngest brother, Arthur Pearcy, and Laura’s only brother, Charles Henry “Harry”, joined them soon after. The extended family of five then moved west to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. But Arthur Percy soon returned to Hamilton, married Sara Umbach, and had their two children, Arthur and June. Laura and Willie returned to Wales with Phyllis to have their second child, William John “John”, in 1914. War broke out and they were stranded until 1919. Within that time, Harry also returned to England with his bride, Ethyl “Em.” In 1919, the Field and Tonkin families returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, before heading out west. Willie James Field or Harry Tonkin owned the Model T-Ford convertible that the extended family travelled west in, arriving in Central Park, Burnaby, around 1921. Amelia and John Charles Tonkin purchased a home on Wilson Avenue where they lived out the rest of their lives. Amelia died on March 6, 1944, at the age of 82. Harry and Em Tonkin bought property on Nelson Avenue and began their family with a son, Roy, who unfortunately, did not survive infancy. He had a sister, Marjorie, born 1927. Willie James and Laura bought property on Patterson Avenue and had two more children: Dorothy, born October 10, 1925, and Robert George, born September 6, 1927. In 1929, June Field was brought out from Ontario as tuberculosis had claimed both her parents. The Mackenzies of Central Park adopted her and she became June Mackenzie at the age of three. Her older brother Arthur stayed in a foster home in Ontario. When June lost both her adoptive parents, Arthur came to Burnaby and he and his sister became a members of the Patterson Avenue Field family. In 1937, Phyllis Field married Gordon John Sanderson, the son of Ellen Jane Garvin and former Burnaby Reeve Thomas Sanderson. William James Field died March 17, 1965, at the age of 83, his wife Laura died in 1968 at the age of 81. William John “John” and Margaret (Begg) Field had their daughter Lorraine in 1941 and Joyce shortly after. Robert George married Edna Schilthelm of Mandy Avenue in Burnaby, and had William George “Bill”, Elizabeth “Betty” Gorrie, Joan Katherine Nash and Susan Carol Hanniford. All live locally, except Joan who lives in Royston.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Field family
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Photo catalogue 521, MSS168
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Florence Hart Godwin fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
2 photograph albums (60 photographs)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographic reproductions of two photograph albums. One album was owned and created by Florence Hart Godwin and the other by Florence Hart Godwin's mother, Alice Hart (nee Chapman). The albums consist of photographs of the Hart family and members of the Chapman family while they …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
2 photograph albums (60 photographs)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographic reproductions of two photograph albums. One album was owned and created by Florence Hart Godwin and the other by Florence Hart Godwin's mother, Alice Hart (nee Chapman). The albums consist of photographs of the Hart family and members of the Chapman family while they had residences in New Westminster, Deer Lake and Kerrisdale along with time spent at Pitt Lake, Mayne Island, Stanley Park and Victoria. Albums are described at file level and album pages are described at item level.
History
Florence Elizabeth Hart Godwin was born in New Westminster in 1898 to parents, Frederick John Hart (1884- 1945) and Alice Hart (nee Chapman) (1885-1935). Alice and Frederick Hart were married in Yale in 1895 and had five children, Kingsley (1897-1916), Florence (1898-1999), Alice Fredricka “Freda” (1903-1905), Edwyna Jane (1907-1997) and Frederick John “Jack” (1908-2001). Alice Hart (nee Chapman) was the daughter of Edward Chapman and Jane Chapman (nee Isbell) born in Birmingham England and Frederick John Hart was born in Trinity, Newfoundland. Florence’s father Frederick J. Hart owned a successful real estate business in New Westminster from 1891. His real estate company managed many of the property sales in the lower mainland including Burnaby and he was involved with a number of economic development companies in the area. Frederick also served as alderman with the City of New Westminster. In June 1905, the family was heartbroken by the sudden death of Florence's younger sister Freda who died at age two of meningitis. In that same year, Frederick purchased 13 acres of land abutting the north east end of Deer Lake and built a small summer house "Avalon". Florence, her siblings and mother spent the summer months on the lake. Her father, Frederick worked in New Westminster during the week and joined them on the weekends. In 1910, Florence’s father built a larger permanent family residence at this location also named "Avalon". Mr. Frank W. Macey designed the house which is now the home of “Hart House” restaurant. While living in Burnaby, the family attended St. Alban’s Church and Florence was taught by Miss Harriet Woodward who had a small private school inside her home. Florence later attended Douglas Road school before being placed in Crofton House School in Vancouver. The Hart children found many playmates on the lake, including members of the Hill and Peers families. During World War One, in December of 1916, Florence's brother, Kingsley Hart was killed while serving overseas. This tragedy devastated Florence's parents and prompted them to sell "Avalon" in 1917 and move to Kerrisdale in Vancouver. In August 1922, Florence married Harold Ward Godwin at St. Mary's Church in Kerrisdale and they moved into their own home in Burnaby. That same year, Florence joined the auxiliary to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Florence made rounds as a nurse travelling from home to home on a bicycle. Florence and Harold had one child, Elizabeth Joy Hart (1929-1978) who later married Robert Carl Freyman (1925-2011) and worked as a nurse. In 1950, Florence was awarded a life membership to the V.O.N. along with her husband, making them the only husband and wife in Canada to be accorded this honour. By 1973, Florence had served more than 50 years as a member of the Board of the V.O.N. in Burnaby. In that same year, Florence was presented a life membership by the I.O.D.E. for her many contributions to the work of the organization.
Creator
Godwin, Florence Hart
Accession Code
HV976.168
HV976.169
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
60 b&w copy prints + negatives accompanying
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