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- Alberta Photo Company 1
- Alexander, William John, 1855-1944 1
- Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 1
- Brigham, Albert Perry, 1855-1932 1
- Dearness, John, 1852-1954 1
- Fraser, W. H. (William Henry), 1853-1916 1
- Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 1
- Gillis family 1
- Hales, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945 2
- Halpenny, J. 1
- Hardy, Richard 1
- Ireland, Lilian B. 1
Person / Organization
- Banff Springs Hotel 1
- Barnet Mountain Park 2
- Belhouse, Jack 1
- Bolton, Richard 1
- Bossort, Kathy 6
- Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park 2
- Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden 1
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area 2
- Burnaby Mountain Park 1
- Burnaby Planning and Building Department 1
- Central Park 1
- Ericksson, Karin 1
Public school speller
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary164
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.11
- Call Number
- 421.52 COP Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Copp Clark Company Limited
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Series
- Western Canada Series
- Physical Description
- iv, 227 p. : 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Margaret McKay Mt. Pleasant School Vancouver, B.C." -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front and back). "W 15" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Orthography and spelling
- Spellers
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Authorized for use in the Schools of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia."
- Copy 1 of 4.
How to be healthy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary299
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Halpenny, J.
- Ireland, Lilian B.
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Call Number
- 613 HAL Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.9
- Call Number
- 613 HAL Copy 1
- Author
- Halpenny, J.
- Ireland, Lilian B.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Series
- Western Canada series
- Physical Description
- 242 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Free text-book the property of marjorie Dunham, Aberdeen School... by order of the education department of B.C." -- stickered on endpaper (front) "516" in pen (crossed out) "Marjorie Dunham"
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island."
- Author's given name and dates : Halpenny, J. (Jasper), 1869-1930.
Botany and flora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.24.1
- Call Number
- 581 BAI
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Physical Description
- xi, 214, xv, 181 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "No 3" -handwritten in ink inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Notes
- Contents: [Pt. 1] Beginners' botany / by L.H. Bailey ; adapted for Canadian schools by B.J. Hales -- [Pt. 2] Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta / by B.J. Hales.
- Includes index
- Author's' given name and dates: Bailey, L.H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 Hales, B.J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945
Ontario high school French grammar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3716.1
- Call Number
- 445 FRA
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1915
- c1913
- Physical Description
- iii-xxvii, 316 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "E.L. Keyes" [handwritten in pencil] "Bezanson" "Alberta" "E.L. Keyes" "231 Keary St. New Westminster B.C." handwritten timetable in front page handwritten notes in pencil inside the text
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Grammar
- French language
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Author full name: Fraser, W. H. (William Henry), 1853-1916.
Boy scouts in the Northwest : or fighting forest fires
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1619
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4016.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 RAL
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- M.A. Donohue & Company
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Series
- Boy Scouts
- Physical Description
- 255, [3] p. : ill
- Inscription
- "Vandenbrink" "45", handwritten in pencil inside front cover "---A. VANDENBRINK / Box 84 ---wood Park, Alberta", stamped in blue on front endpaper, part too faint to read, part crossed out in pencil, with "6412 - 103A Ave.", handwritten in blue pen below "Daniel L. Fiard. / Tolland / Alberta, / Xmas. 1931 / From Chris & Annie Thomsen", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper, all crossed out with pencil
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
- 2016 Library "Book a Tour" Case
The western conveyancer : a complete collection of all forms and conveyancing precedents in use in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.55.1
- Call Number
- 346.7120438 MAC
- Place of Publication
- Calgary, Alta.
- Publisher
- Burroughs and Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 1800 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. D. McAra / Law printer and bookbinder / Calgary. Alta." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
- "---------------------------------------------------------" -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- "Supplied by / Burroughs & Co., Ltd. / Law Books / Calgary, Canada" -- stamped on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Conveyancing
- Canada, Western
- Real property
- Notes
- Includes index.
World relations and the continents : an elementary geography for the junior and middle grades of the public schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2822
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McIntyre, Alexander
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Call Number
- 910 MCI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.70.3
- Call Number
- 910 MCI
- Author
- McIntyre, Alexander
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Physical Description
- v, 7-202 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "The Property of the School District of" [printed label with the following filled in on front pastedown and "of the School District" crossed out] "Doris Mann" [handwritten in pencil] "Prov. Normal" [handwritten in pencil] "Class 4" [handwritten in pencil] "Year 1917-1918" [handwritten in blue ink with "Number of Book"(part of printed label) crossed out] "Doris Mann" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "'Child Life History' P. 171 P. 209" [handwritten in black ink on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Historical texts
- Geography--Textbooks
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the schools of Manitoba"--title page.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of Saskatchewan"--title page..
- "Authorized for use in the schools of Alberta"--title page.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia"--title page..
- "Part I. World Relations"--title page.
- "Part II. The Continents"--title page..
- Four maps of British Columbia ("East and West Kootenay", "The Northern Interior", "Yale District" and "South Western Part of") found after p. 202
High school physical geography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1914
- c1902
- Call Number
- 917.02 GIL Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.187.8
- Call Number
- 917.02 GIL Copy 1
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1914
- c1902
- Physical Description
- 351 p. : ill. , map ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Ella Mildred McEwan Junior 1"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physical geography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario."
- "Authorized for use in Saskatchewan and Alberta."
Dominion school geography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6441
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Call Number
- 910.712 DOM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.10
- Call Number
- 910.712 DOM
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Physical Description
- v, 288 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- On front end pages of book "Peggy MacKay" "742 Broadway East" "Vancouver" "B.C"[handwritten in pencil] "Peggy MacKaye" {handwritten in pencil] On back end pages of book Drawings of woman's profile 1920'2/1930's bob hairstyle "Drawn by Peggy MacKay" [handwritten in pencil ] "Margaret McKay" [handwritten in pencil and repeated three times] "March 16/1926" [handwritten in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Notes
- "Authorized by the minister of education for Alberta ... British Columbia" -- t.p.
- "PART 1 : THE PRINCIPLES OF GEORGRAPHY' -- title page.
- PART 2 ; THE GEORGRAPHY OF THE CONTINENTS' -- title page.
Elementary composition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6463
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.755.1
- Call Number
- 372.6 ALE
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Educational Book Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Physical Description
- xii, 220 p. : ill. ;19 cm.
- Inscription
- On front pastedown "The Alberta School Supply Company School & Library Books, EDMONTON, ALTA." [stamped in black ink and enclosed in an oval] On front endpaper "E.L. Keyes Bezanson, P.O. Alberta." {handwritten in pencil] "E.L. Keyes" [handwritten in light green pencil crayon] Various scribbling throughout the book in pencil and light green pencil crayon
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Textbooks
- English language--Composition and exercises
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates : Alexander, William John, 1855-1944.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta." -- title page
- Includes index
The Alexandra readers : second reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1503
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McIntyre, W. A. (William Albert), 1866-
- Dearness, John, 1852-1954
- Saul, John C. (John Cameron), 1869-1939
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Call Number
- 428.2 MCI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3724.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 MCI
- Author
- McIntyre, W. A. (William Albert), 1866-
- Dearness, John, 1852-1954
- Saul, John C. (John Cameron), 1869-1939
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- MacMillian Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Series
- The Alexandra readers
- Physical Description
- 224 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Jenny" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "6" [handwritten in pencil of back of "Kiss Me" plate between p.192-193]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Department of Education for use in the schools of Alberta and Saskatchewan" --title page
- Author's given name and dates: Saul, John C. (John Cameron), 1869-1939
Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7324
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.25.1
- Call Number
- 581 HAL
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- xv,181 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Numerous writings and doodles in pencil and black pen throughout the textbook
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Object History
- Textbook used at Gilmore School. Came via donor's parents who were teachers at the school: William (Bill) McKenzie and Georgina McKenzie.
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hales, Benjamin Jones, 1868-1945
- "Principal, Normal School, Brandon."
- "Authorized by the Advisory Board of the Department of Education for use in High Schools and Collegiate Institutes in Manitoba."
- Includes index.
Madeline Cooper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35667
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Madeline Clarke Cooper in an elevator operator's uniform working at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-525
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Madeline Clarke Cooper in an elevator operator's uniform working at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Names
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Calgary house, [1917] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1996/1996_0006_0286_001.jpg?width=280)
Calgary house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2811
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 12 cm, mounted to card ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of what looks to be 2239 14th Street West, Calgary Alberta.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 12 cm, mounted to card ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of what looks to be 2239 14th Street West, Calgary Alberta.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.286
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1917]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/24/2011
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Calgary house, [1917] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1996/1996_0006_0286_001.jpg)
McClean and Hawkshaw families
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2813
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm, mounted to card ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McClean and Hawkshaw families standing outside 2239 14th Street West, Calgary Alberta. James Edward "Jack" Hawkshaw is standing in the front row on the far right. His wife is on his right, holding the shoulders of their two eldest children, Crichton and Dal Hawkshaw. The other ind…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm, mounted to card ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McClean and Hawkshaw families standing outside 2239 14th Street West, Calgary Alberta. James Edward "Jack" Hawkshaw is standing in the front row on the far right. His wife is on his right, holding the shoulders of their two eldest children, Crichton and Dal Hawkshaw. The other individuals in the photograph have been identified only as the McClean family.
- Names
- Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"
- Hawkshaw, Edward Delamere Burrington "Dal"
- Hawkshaw, John Edward "Jack"
- Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.287
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1917
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/24/2011
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "1917 / 2239 - 14th Street West - Calgary - [illegible]"
Images
Ramsey family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription106
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ramsey family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-19
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- History
- Edwin Ramsey came to Canada from Scotland when he was about 11 years old. He was given farmland and quickly became an avid farmer. Edwin Ramsey married Annie Plummer circa 1893. This was Annie Plummer’s second marriage. In the early years of their marriage, Edwin and Annie lived in Orange Ridge, Manitoba and operated a store and post office. Their first child, Queenie, was born November 11, 1895. Albert Edwin "Bert" Ramsey was born January 27, 1898. Eva Lilian Ramsey was born January 24, 1900. Jessica “Jessie” Ramsey was born two years later. The Ramseys then headed to New Westminster. By 1905 they had bought "the Park” (what is now Robert Burnaby Park) from Mr. Wintermute for $4,000 cash. They moved into a large house already constructed on the property. The park was full of apple trees, a garden, pigs, two cows, horses and a buggy and wagon with a barn near the second street entrance. By now, the eldest, Queenie was enrolled at Burnaby’s first school. Twins Ernest “Ernie” and Dorothy “Doll” were born in 1906. Eva started at Edmonds School in 1908 when it was just built. Her siblings Queenie, Bert, Jeanie, Ernie and Doll all attended the school as well. In 1909 the Ramseys sold the park to Mr. Vidal of New Westminster and his syndicate along with a portable mill to Pemberton & Sons and received enough money to buy six lots on 12th Avenue where they built a large house. Gordon “Gord” Ramsey was born in that house in 1909. Soon after, they sold the house and moved to Blaine for six months, then on to Bellingham where they remained until Edwin and Annie divorced in 1914. Edwin moved alone to Alberta and Annie moved back to Burnaby with their children. Bert began attending the University of British Columbia where he studied to become a doctor. He joined the army in May of 1916, went to war and was killed at Vimy Ridge on April 12, 1917 at the age of 19. As Mr. Vital and his syndicate were to go to war as captains, Mr. Vital gave up the park property and Annie was able to take it back. Unfortunately, the new initiative of taxing wild lands caused Annie to lose the park property through tax sale proceedings. She then entered into a lease agreement with Burnaby which allowed her to stay on at "the Park." With twelve years of piano training, Annie was considered a talented musician and played the piano at St. Alban’s church for many years. Annie Ramsey died on October 3, 1926. Jessica, Dorothy and Queenie all moved to the United States. Gordon married a woman named Irene. Eva married William “Bill” Anderson at the St. Stephen’s Church in New Westminster on July 7, 1919. She and Bill were the first couple to marry there. They held their wedding reception at “the Park.” In 1921, Bill and Eva bought a home at 723 Second Street for $2450. They had one daughter, Dorothy "Dot" Anderson. Dot later married Robert V. “Bob” Douglas. Eva died in 1995.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ramsay, Eva Lillian
- Notes
- PC399 and MSS154
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Certificate reads "Ramsay" although the family continuously spelt their name "Ramsey"
Engineer Report re Alberta Avenue DL 161
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72108
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79463
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jun-1914
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79463
- Meeting Date
- 29-Jun-1914
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Water Supply to Scott Street, Alberta Avenue, and Blocks 10 and 11 DL 161
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72026
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79413
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1914
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79413
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1914
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Execution Quit Claim Deeds re Burnaby to Lambert Road and Burnaby to Alberta Financial Corporation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79789
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jan-1914
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 79789
- Meeting Date
- 5-Jan-1914
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Gillis family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66689
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1940 (date of originals), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scanned photographs of the members of the Gillis family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1940 (date of originals), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg)
- Material Details
- Records exist only in electronic format
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scanned photographs of the members of the Gillis family.
- History
- Duncan Gillis was born on March 25, 1892, in Vancouver, B.C., to James Gillis and Isabelle (Adams) Gillis. He had four older siblings: Isabel, Allan, James, and Marion. Duncan died on April 2, 1985, in Kamloops, B.C. James and Isabelle were from New Brunswick and lived in Minnesota for a time, which is where the three oldest children were born, and then came to British Columbia and pioneered in Yennadon (Maple Ridge) in 1890. Florence Ethel Denton was born on December 9, 1894, in Vancouver, B.C. to Edwin Denton and Elizabeth Anne (Zinn) Denton. She had three siblings: John, Edwin, and Beatrice. Florence died on February 28, 1962, in Kamloops, B.C. Edwin Denton was born in England and met Elizabeth in Ohio were she was born. They were married in 1890 in Vancouver. Florence’s older brother, John Montague Denton, was born on August 7, 1892. He enlisted on October 6, 1915, as part of the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 72nd Batalion and was killed in France on November 1, 1916, at the age of 24. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Duncan married Florence on June 27, 1914, in Eburne, B.C. Florence was the first schoolteacher at the newly built school in Yennadon (Maple Ridge), which was built by Duncan’s father James in 1913. This is how they met. Duncan was working as a carpenter and saw filer before enlisting on January 8, 1916, at the age of 23. He served overseas and was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) for a time. When Duncan returned to Canada, he and Florence had three sons: Boyd Leslie “Bud” born on January 7, 1920; Norman Montague born on August 20, 1921; and Donald Allan Gillis born on February 23, 1923. They raised their family in Burnaby, B.C., and lived there until 1960, then moving to Kamloops, B.C. Bud served overseas as a Flying Officer (Wireless Gunner) during World War II for the 428 (RCAF) Squadron. He was on his fifteenth operation and took part in the raid on Aachem on the night of July 13 (14), 1943, when the plane was shot down over Holland. It was later determined that he had been captured as a POW at Stalag 6 and wasn’t released until May 14, 1945, returning home in August of 1945. He married Mary Irene Thoen and had five children: James, Steven, Donna, Gregory, and Pamela. Boyd was also a carpenter and saw filer and had a saw shop in Kamloops where he raised his family. He also enjoyed woodworking in his spare time and built three airplanes. Boyd died in 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta. Norman Montague served overseas as a Flight Engineer Sergeant during World War II for the 138 RCAF Squadron. His plane crashed in the woods while attempting to land at RAF Woodridge, England, returning from an operational flight. He was pronounced dead on admission to hospital, December 17, 1943, at the age of 22. He is buried in Rushden Cemetery, Northamptonshire, England. Donald served in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve during World War II. He enlisted on May 9, 1942, and was a Signalman on a Corvette in the Atlantic. In 1944, after hearing of the loss of his two older brothers, the RCNR moved him to the Pacific, where he was until November 9, 1945. He married May Yule Ferrier and had two children, Robert and Barbara. Donald graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1951 with a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. He worked for the City of Burnaby for five years and for the Greater Vancouver Regional District for 32 years, while living in Burnaby, B.C. and raising his family. He retired to the Sunshine Coast, Halfmoon Bay, B.C. in 1988, where he still lives today.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Gillis family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 524