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Douglas Road School subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-[1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the demolition and construction of buildings at the Douglas Road school site, as well as a photocopied guest book of attendees to a Douglas Road school reunion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-[1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-28
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the demolition and construction of buildings at the Douglas Road school site, as well as a photocopied guest book of attendees to a Douglas Road school reunion.
- History
- The Douglas Road School was originally established as a two-room school in 1908, which later expanded to four classrooms. Anticipating rapid settlement of this district, the School Board purchased two acres adjoining the original building. Two of the four rooms were designed to become one large auditorium suitable for special events and public gatherings, with seating for two hundred people. Designed by McCarter & Nairne, the school was built by contractor A.S. Perry.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Douglas Road School
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- PC471, MSS023
Class at Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36052
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at Douglas Road School, standing and sitting in rows with their teacher Greta Martin (Nee Beck) standing on the left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Dickie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photographer wrote their name and the date on the negative, making both white on the photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 215-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at Douglas Road School, standing and sitting in rows with their teacher Greta Martin (Nee Beck) standing on the left.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Demolition debris at Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38645
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of demolition debris outside the Douglas Road School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of demolition debris outside the Douglas Road School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Construction
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38640
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School. Unidentified children are playing near the tire swings and near the school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of Douglas Road School. Unidentified children are playing near the tire swings and near the school.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38642
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the partially demolished building at the Douglas Road School site.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the partially demolished building at the Douglas Road School site.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Construction
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road school celebration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37437
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 3.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children from Douglas Road School in costume for a centennial or 50th anniversary celebration. Janet Anderson is standing behind the girl in the long black skirt.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 3.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children from Douglas Road School in costume for a centennial or 50th anniversary celebration. Janet Anderson is standing behind the girl in the long black skirt.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School demolition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38641
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the demolition of the building at the Douglas Road School site.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the demolition of the building at the Douglas Road School site.
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School gymnasium
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38648
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two workmen (unidentified) standing next to a truckload of lumber outside the new Douglas Road School gymnasium.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two workmen (unidentified) standing next to a truckload of lumber outside the new Douglas Road School gymnasium.
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School gymnasium construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38646
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crew of workmen working on the construction of the new Douglas Road School gymnasium. None of the men are identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crew of workmen working on the construction of the new Douglas Road School gymnasium. None of the men are identified.
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School renovation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38647
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a the Douglas Road school under renovations.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a the Douglas Road school under renovations.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Ian Gordon at Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Gordon sitting on a tank in front of Douglas Road School. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Douglas Road School - Ian Gordon 1956 - The boy lived across the street (Kincaid) from the school."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Gordon sitting on a tank in front of Douglas Road School. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Douglas Road School - Ian Gordon 1956 - The boy lived across the street (Kincaid) from the school."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Ian Gordon at Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38644
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Gordon (left) and another unknown boy playing on the grounds outside Douglas Road School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 471-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ian Gordon (left) and another unknown boy playing on the grounds outside Douglas Road School.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gordon, Ethel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Rd School Div 11 Gr 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36055
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Douglas Road School Division II, Grade 3 class with their teacher.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Dickie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 215-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Douglas Road School Division II, Grade 3 class with their teacher.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Douglas Road School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Rd School Div 14 Gr 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36054
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Douglas Road School Division 14, Grade 1 class standing at sitting in rows on the front steps of their school with their teacher, Greta Martin (Nee Beck - far left).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Dickie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 215-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Douglas Road School Division 14, Grade 1 class standing at sitting in rows on the front steps of their school with their teacher, Greta Martin (Nee Beck - far left).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36053
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Marietta Ketchum (far left) and her class at Douglas Road School lined up in rows on the steps of the school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Dickie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Material Details
- Photographer wrote their name and the date on the negative, making both white on the photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 215-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Marietta Ketchum (far left) and her class at Douglas Road School lined up in rows on the steps of the school.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Brainerd family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76949
- 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
Grace Dickie subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the staff and students of Valleyview Kindergarten, Douglas Road School and Brentwood Park School. Also included is Parent Teacher Association (PTA) membership list from Valleyview Kindergarten.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Dickie subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the staff and students of Valleyview Kindergarten, Douglas Road School and Brentwood Park School. Also included is Parent Teacher Association (PTA) membership list from Valleyview Kindergarten.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Dickie, Grace
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC215, MSS043
Ross family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ross family subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-05
- BHS1999-14
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- History
- Frederick "Fred" Sullivan Ross was born 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He took his apprenticeship in mechanics in Glasgow prior to 1911, following which he immigrated to Canada. During the First World War he returned to Britain and joined the Royal Navy. He was a Chief Petty Officer, working in the engine room of a mine sweeper in the North Atlantic. Margaret Binnie Dougal was in 1884 in Linlithgow, Scotland. She trained as a nurse before emigrating to Canada in 1911. She also returned to Britain during the war years, nursing at Boulogne in France and later Bristol before returning to Vancouver in 1919. She met Fred through a mutual friend, Agnes Rhind. Fred and Margaret married in 1920 in Vancouver, BC. Their first home was in North Vancouver and was where their first child, Ronald, was born. In 1921 or 1922 they moved to the Burnaby Lake area, buying a three-quarter acre parcel of land at 2974 Sprott Street and had two more children, Ian and Alistair. Fred built, owned and operated the Ross Service Station on Douglas Road, established in 1922 or 1923. The station property ran from Douglas Road up to the Douglas Road School’s fence line. After the municipality appropriated part of the property in the 1930s to create a junction for the new Grandview Highway and existing Douglas Road, Fred got permission to build an upper station with two more pumps. The driveway curved down to the station from where Sprott Street now joins Canada Way and rejoined that road near its junction with Douglas Road. At Ross Service Station, Fred did automobile repairs and used the family car, a Studebaker Commander, as a towing vehicle. He created a garden north of the service station on the upper level where he grew chrysanthemums and daises. In the 1930s, Terry Rowley worked at the service station as one of Fred’s assistants. Fred ran the station until he sold it in about 1949. Margaret died December 29, 1969 at the age of 85. Fred died on August 21, 1971 at the age of 84.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ross family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC58 and MSS146