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Brown-John family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto76887
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914 (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Item No.
- 549-004
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John family; Victor, his wife Winnifred, their two eldest sons Victor and Archie, and twin boys Frank and Roy.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914 (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 549-004
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John family; Victor, his wife Winnifred, their two eldest sons Victor and Archie, and twin boys Frank and Roy.
- Names
- Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles
- Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas
- Brown-John, Victor
- Brown-John, Archie
- Brown-John, Frank
- Brown-John, Roy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Item No.
- 549-009
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John children playing on the blasting stump that was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 549-009
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown-John children playing on the blasting stump that was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - Gilmore Avenue
- Burnaby - Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory287
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Length
- 0:09:17
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.
- Date Range
- 1910-1946
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:09:17
- Subject
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- 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
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS171-001_ Track_1
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
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Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Item No.
- 549-008
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown-John family sitting and standing on the blasting stump. This stump was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921 or 1922] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 549-008
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Brown-John family sitting and standing on the blasting stump. This stump was located near the corner of Gilmore Avenue and Napier Street.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles
- Brown-John, Archie
- Brown-John, Frank
- Brown-John, Roy
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Brown-John, Clive
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - Gilmore Avenue
- Burnaby - Napier Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
