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Interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory224
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1912-1933
- Length
- 0:09:07
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of first coming to Burnaby. He discusses his school years, his father's work and his own employment, including the two years he worked for his uncle at the Orangeville Sun in Ontario.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's memories of first coming to Burnaby. He discusses his school years, his father's work and his own employment, including the two years he worked for his uncle at the Orangeville Sun in Ontario.
- Date Range
- 1912-1933
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:07
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton conducted by Jim Wolf on March 4, 1987 in New Westminster. Major themes include New Westminster businesses and his grandfather's newspaper.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:45:27
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track one of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
Track one of interview with John Burton by Jim Wolf
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-5/MSS137-001-5_Track_1.mp3
Silvanovicz family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36850
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Silvanovicz family home at 2109 Willard Street (old street numbering system). Members of the Sivanovicz family are in front, left to right: Helen (daughter), Mary (mother), and Alex (son).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-308
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first Silvanovicz family home at 2109 Willard Street (old street numbering system). Members of the Sivanovicz family are in front, left to right: Helen (daughter), Mary (mother), and Alex (son).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Willard Street
- 12th Avenue
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
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