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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McArthur, Peter, 1866-1924
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Call Number
- 971.0560 MCA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3859.1
- Call Number
- 971.0560 MCA
- Author
- McArthur, Peter, 1866-1924
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Printer
- Brown-Searle Printing
- Physical Description
- 183 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--Politics and government
- Political science
- Notes
- Errata glued to p. 1 reads "Page 119, line 17, word "conquer" should read "contend""
Queens Avenue and Brown Avenue Appropriations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport73063
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76974
- Meeting Date
- 16-Sep-1918
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76974
- Meeting Date
- 16-Sep-1918
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Wm. Brown, Auto-truck Driver Salary
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72405
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76784
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jul-1918
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76784
- Meeting Date
- 8-Jul-1918
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Leila Orman subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- History
- A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Orman, A. Leila
- Notes
- MSS104 and PC506
- Title based on content of subseries
Resignation of Mr. J. Browne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71668
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76110
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jul-1917
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 76110
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jul-1917
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Staff at West Burnaby School, [1917] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900020027.jpg?width=280)
Staff at West Burnaby School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later Kingsway West) School standing in a horseshoe formation at front steps of the school building. They are (from the left); unidentified, Miss Annie Theresa Forrest, Miss Morrow (with a trophy in her hands), unidentified (with a trophy in her hands), Miss Brice (with a trophy in her hands) and Miss Gray. Mr Brown is standing in the center at the back.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Brice, Miss
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow
- Gray, Miss
- Brown, Mr
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1917]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same image, see BV999.2.27
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Staff at West Burnaby School, [1917] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900020027.jpg)
Teaching staff at West Burnaby School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1341
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Annie Forrest, unidentified, Miss Brice (at the back) Miss Gray, unidentified, Miss Morrow (at the back) and Mr. Brown. Three young girls ar…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Annie Forrest, unidentified, Miss Brice (at the back) Miss Gray, unidentified, Miss Morrow (at the back) and Mr. Brown. Three young girls are visible playing on the left.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Brice, Miss
- Forrest, Annie Theresa
- Brown, Marie Cornelia Morrow
- Gray, Miss
- Brown, Mr
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.29
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1917
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Jeanie Brown subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97445
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Jeanie Brown related to her work with the woman's auxilary, photographs of Burnaby schools, and correspondence pertaining to the municipality's Clerks Department.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jeanie Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Jeanie Brown related to her work with the woman's auxilary, photographs of Burnaby schools, and correspondence pertaining to the municipality's Clerks Department.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Brown, Jeanie
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- MSS012, PC033
Kingsway West's trophy winners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34516
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children standing outside of Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School). The children at the front are holding a Union Jack and the school cheer is written in front of them, "Rim-a-lic, Zim-a-lic / Boom alac-aday / Kingsway West, Kingsway West / Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jeanie Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 033-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children standing outside of Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School). The children at the front are holding a Union Jack and the school cheer is written in front of them, "Rim-a-lic, Zim-a-lic / Boom alac-aday / Kingsway West, Kingsway West / Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!" A boy and two girls are each holding a trophy.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Kingsway West School tennis team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34517
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.2 x 9.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a girls' tennis team at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School). Thirteen girls are standing outside; two of them are holding tennis racquets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jeanie Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.2 x 9.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 033-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a girls' tennis team at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School). Thirteen girls are standing outside; two of them are holding tennis racquets.
- Names
- Kingsway West School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Staff at Kingsway West School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34518
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School) standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Brice, unidentified (at the back), Miss Annie Forrest, Miss Morrow (at the back), unidentified, Miss Gray (in profile) and Mr. Brow…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jeanie Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 033-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff at Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School) standing in front of the school building. The teachers are (from the left); Miss Brice, unidentified (at the back), Miss Annie Forrest, Miss Morrow (at the back), unidentified, Miss Gray (in profile) and Mr. Brown. A group of children is standing to the left behind them.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Brown family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35674
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917 (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 the Brown family. Identified: (from left) Janet Maclean (grandmother), Alex Brown (brother), Janet Brown (sister), carried by a grand-uncle. The others in the photo are unidentified. This may have been taken at the Brown family home at 3846 Triumph Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917 (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.
- 204-532
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown family. Identified: (from left) Janet Maclean (grandmother), Alex Brown (brother), Janet Brown (sister), carried by a grand-uncle. The others in the photo are unidentified. This may have been taken at the Brown family home at 3846 Triumph Street.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Triumph Street
- Street Address
- 3846 Triumph Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Hunter I. Brown to Burnaby - Block 46, DL 152 and 153
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1091
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to Block 46, DL 152 and 153, which was turned over to the Municipality by Hunter I. Brown in 1917, and was subsequently conveyed to Arthur Lomas, then returned to Burnaby, and finally leased to Charles Reginald Gilmore. File includes insurance policies and c…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1922
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2879
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence pertaining to Block 46, DL 152 and 153, which was turned over to the Municipality by Hunter I. Brown in 1917, and was subsequently conveyed to Arthur Lomas, then returned to Burnaby, and finally leased to Charles Reginald Gilmore. File includes insurance policies and conveyance agreement made with Lomas and Gilmore, the lease agreement with Gilmore, as well as the sale agreement made with Gilmore.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Lease register, requisition record
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription2032
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 3894
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Book is wrapped in brown paper cover.
Water Service Napier St.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74098
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80660
- Meeting Date
- 13-Mar-1916
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80660
- Meeting Date
- 13-Mar-1916
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Resignation of Mr. C.B. Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport74057
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80642
- Meeting Date
- 28-Feb-1916
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80642
- Meeting Date
- 28-Feb-1916
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Ed Brown family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription40
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]-[1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Brown family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]-[1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ed Brown family subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-38
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Brown family.
- History
- Ed Brown and Jennie Birtch Brown had five daughters: Dickie Brown (later Catli), Flossie Brown, Laura Brown (later Francescini), Reta Brown, and Elsie Brown (later Nykyfork). Ed owned and operated E.S. Brown's Transfer trucking company, located at 3131 Royal Oak Avenue.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Brown, Ed
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC298
![Brown family, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/298-001.jpg?width=280)
Brown family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36572
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard 8 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Ed Brown and his wife Jennie Birtch Brown with daughters Hazel and Inez in a horse-drawn wagon in front of their home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ed Brown family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard 8 x 13.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 298-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-38
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of Ed Brown and his wife Jennie Birtch Brown with daughters Hazel and Inez in a horse-drawn wagon in front of their home.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
Images
![Brown family, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/298-001.jpg)
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory288
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood stor…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's memories of a trip she and her mother and brothers took to the Cariboo region of British Columbia. She also discusses attendance records and photographs from her time as a student at Kitchener Street School. A neighbourhood storekeeper is also briefly mentioned.
- Date Range
- 1916-1948
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:25
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track two of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_2.mp3![Burnaby's first lawn bowlers, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197600710001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby's first lawn bowlers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription746
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm (sight), in mat 29 x 34 cm + 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of lawn bowlers gathered together at the first bowling green in Burnaby, located at Victory Street and Gray Avenue (on Stan Wood's property). Standing in the back row (from left) are; M. Van George, Reverend A.C. Cameron, George Gascarth, Bennett, Oliver Goodacre and John Brown. Sitting …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm (sight), in mat 29 x 34 cm + 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of lawn bowlers gathered together at the first bowling green in Burnaby, located at Victory Street and Gray Avenue (on Stan Wood's property). Standing in the back row (from left) are; M. Van George, Reverend A.C. Cameron, George Gascarth, Bennett, Oliver Goodacre and John Brown. Sitting in the front row are; J.N. Durrell, Charles Mirren McInnes Harper, A.E.S. "Stan" Wood, William "Will" Taylor, and Edward Lumley Wriglesworth. Most of the men are wearing suit vests and pocket watches.
- Names
- Cameron, Reverend A.C.
- Gasgarth, George
- Goodacre, Oliver
- Brown, John
- Harper, Jack
- Wood, Anthony Ewart Stanley "Stan"
- Taylor, Will
- Harper, Charles Mirren McInnes
- Durrell, J.N.
- Wriglesworth, Edward Lumley
- Geographic Access
- Victory Street
- Gray Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV976.71.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1916]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/6/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Rognon, Orville Jackson
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Window mat and backing are glued together
- Photographer's writing on recto of photograph reads: "Photo by Rognon"
- 1 page accompanying identifies individuals
Images
![Burnaby's first lawn bowlers, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197600710001.jpg)