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Division II at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1354
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1906 or 1907]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back on the far left is John Robertson, fourth from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first na…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division II at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School) sitting and standing outside. Standing in the back on the far left is John Robertson, fourth from the left is Lillian Bond, beside her is [first name unknown] Barber, Eva Coburne, Mabel Ralph, [first name unknown] Bramble, George Robertson, Mabel Rowlinson, unidentified, Georgina Bell, Bright Robertson and Fred Bond. Fourth from the left in the second row is Glen McMaster, sixth is Lois Rumble (later Wilson), beside her is Margaret Creamer, Gladys Bisset, Amy Sandell, unidentified, Elgin Robertson, unidentified and Bill Smith. Sitting in the front row, third from the left is Goldie Ralph, beside her is Edith Marten, unidentified, Jessie Robertson, [first name unknown] McMaster, Grace Marten, Elsie Wilson, Beatrice Barber, Dora Barber, Jean Ross and Dolly Smith. Miss Annie Theresa Forrest is standing on the far left behind her students (next to her is a partially visible bicycle).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Barber, Dora
Bell, Georgina
Bisset, Gladys
Bond, Fred
Bond, Lillian
Coburne, Eva
Creamer, Margaret
Forrest, Annie Theresa
Marten, Edith
Marten, Grace
McMaster, Glen
Ralph, Goldie
Ralph, Mabel
Robertson, Bright
Robertson, Elgin
Robertson, George
Robertson, Jessie
Robertson, John
Ross, Jean
Rowlinson, Mabel
Wilson, Lois Rumble
Sandell, Amy
Smith, Bill
Smith, Dolly
Wilson, Elsie
Kingsway West School
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV999.2.42
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1906 or 1907]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Related Material
For another photograph of 2nd Division at West Burnaby School / Kingsway West School, see BV999.2.41
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Barrowclough, George Alfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1907"
Note in pencil on border on verso of photograph reads: "19 absent."
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Division III at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1351
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[September 21, 1910]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division III at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter P…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Material Details
Printed by photographer on recto of photograph: "Div. III West Burnaby School. Sept 21. 1910 / Barrowclough Cards Vancouver BC".
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division III at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter Pan collar."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Kingsway West School
Forrest, Annie Theresa
Rumble, John
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV999.2.39
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[September 21, 1910]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Related Material
For additional copies of photographs of this group, see BV994.21.2 and BV999.2.40.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Barrowclough, George Alfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Additional copies of photographs of this group are held in the collection as BV994.2.2 and BV999.2.40.
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Division III at West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1352
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
September 21, 1910
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division III at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of Division III at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter Pan collar."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Kingsway West School
Forrest, Annie Theresa
Rumble, John
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV999.2.40
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
September 21, 1910
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Related Material
For another photograph of Division III at West Burnaby School / Kingsway West School, see BV999.2.39
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Barrowclough, George Alfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Additional copies of photographs of this group are held in the collection as BV994.2.2 and BV999.2.39.
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Division III West Burnaby School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2662
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
September 21, 1910 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photocopy : sepia laser print ; 14 x 23.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division III at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter Pan collar."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photocopy : sepia laser print ; 14 x 23.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division III at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West school). There are twenty-two boys and fifteen girls seated in three rows, with their teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing in the centre at the back. John Rumble is sitting in the front row, wearing a "Peter Pan collar."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Kingsway West School
Forrest, Annie Theresa
Rumble, John
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV004.115.37
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
September 21, 1910 (date of original)
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Photographer
Barrowclough, George Alfred
Notes
Item no. BV999.2.39 is the original postcard and item no. BV999.2.40 was taken on the same day of the same people
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East Burnaby School Lacrosse Club

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription521
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1910 (date of original), copied [1977]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Burnaby School Lacrosse team. A group of sixteen unidentified young boys are posed with lacrosse sticks outside East Burnaby School. There is a staircase and stone wall behiind them.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Burnaby School Lacrosse team. A group of sixteen unidentified young boys are posed with lacrosse sticks outside East Burnaby School. There is a staircase and stone wall behiind them.
Subjects
Sports - Lacrosse
Accession Code
HV977.2.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1910 (date of original), copied [1977]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
2023-07-04
Photographer
Barrowclough, George Alfred
Notes
Transcribed title
Inscription in white on front of photograph reads: "Burnaby School Lacrosse" _"Team_[Barrowclough_Candy] / Vancouver"
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4635
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:06:57 min)
Scope and Content
Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s early years. She was born August 16, 1915, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Wright. Jean recalls the house that her family lived in, at 3871 East Pender Street, until she was six years old. She describes the family’s move to a property one block awa…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:06:57 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s early years. She was born August 16, 1915, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Wright. Jean recalls the house that her family lived in, at 3871 East Pender Street, until she was six years old. She describes the family’s move to a property one block away on the same street, their acquisition of a house which they had moved to that lot, and their additions to it. Jean also talks about her mother, and relates several incidents characteristic of her and of their relationship.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_001.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4636
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
Scope and Content
Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to c…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to chores, such as doing laundry, which occurred as the family adopted new technologies. Jean talks about her siblings, and the relativity of age. She recalls the birth of her younger brother, at home. She describes her parents’ backgrounds and how they met, after immigrating to Vancouver, as part of a close-knit Irish community. Jean recalls what the Vancouver Heights area was like in the 1920s. She mentions her father’s job, and recalls her mother’s daily occupations. She describes what she wore as a child, and the recreational activities of the time.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_002.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4637
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:49 min)
Scope and Content
Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to entertainment, food, school, and music. Jean discusses the importance of music as entertainment, which everyone participated in. She notes that her family always had visitors, for meals or to stay. Jean describes how her mother maintained a kitchen…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:49 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to entertainment, food, school, and music. Jean discusses the importance of music as entertainment, which everyone participated in. She notes that her family always had visitors, for meals or to stay. Jean describes how her mother maintained a kitchen garden and domestic livestock, and what her mother did with the surplus. She talks about attending Gilmore Avenue School, relating how classes were held in various off-site locations when enrollment exceeded capacity. She also mentions attending the high school on Rosser Avenue. Jean talks of joining the school band in high school, playing the cornet. She describes becoming a member of the National Juvenile Band, playing concerts in many places, including the British Columbia Penitentiary.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_003.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:07 min)
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s life after she finished high school. She describes her jobs in the 1930s, her first marriage, and talks about her oldest children. Jean recalls working at the London Cafeteria and Granville Lunch, on Granville Street, as well as the White Lu…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:07 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s life after she finished high school. She describes her jobs in the 1930s, her first marriage, and talks about her oldest children. Jean recalls working at the London Cafeteria and Granville Lunch, on Granville Street, as well as the White Lunch and Spencer’s Department Store on Hastings Street in Vancouver. She relates how she attended business school in the 1960s, after her husband died, rather than go back to the same kind of job, and talks about teaching shorthand, which she did at the Pitman Business School. Jean describes how she married Walter McCallum in 1940. She talks about Walter’s jobs, and how she moved to Victoria when he was in the Navy during the Second World War, and to other provinces with him when he travelled for his Union job during their twenty-five year marriage. She recalls the births of their daughters and the family’s living arrangements in Burnaby during and after the war during the housing shortage. Jean recalls living with her younger daughter Terry on York Street for a while after Walter died, before moving to Kitsilano. She describes the house in Kitsilano and what it was like living there with both of her daughters when the girls returned from travelling in Europe.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_004.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4639
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:05:41 min)
Scope and Content
Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to the living arrangements of various family members, the Wright’s religious practices, discipline, and favoured pastimes. Jean continues talking about life in the house in Kitsilano, and she recalls where her daughters lived at various times. She tal…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:05:41 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to the living arrangements of various family members, the Wright’s religious practices, discipline, and favoured pastimes. Jean continues talking about life in the house in Kitsilano, and she recalls where her daughters lived at various times. She talks of buying a house with Walter when they returned to Burnaby, and how later she lived with Terry for a while after Walter died. Jean notes that her mother was a Christian Scientist. She discusses going to the services and Sunday school the church offered, on Georgia Street in Vancouver. Jean describes how physical punishment was meted out for offenses in her family. She relates how she enjoyed looking at boats from the pier in downtown Vancouver, and begins to share a story about her father, but the tape ends.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_005.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4640
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:22:04 min)
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the way life has changed since Jean was a child. Jean describes how chores were done, and how supplies were delivered. She and Terry discuss the amenities in the family’s houses, how mail was picked up, and how telephone messages were received and …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:22:04 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Date of interview: July 8, 1992 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the way life has changed since Jean was a child. Jean describes how chores were done, and how supplies were delivered. She and Terry discuss the amenities in the family’s houses, how mail was picked up, and how telephone messages were received and relayed. Terry shares a memory of her grandmother Wright. Jean recalls the house on Kitchener Street which she and Walter built. She and Terry talk about the MacLure bus service. Terry recalls Jean’s kindness to neighbors, and how they reciprocated. Jean shares her perspective about the friendliness and sharing among neighbors which were usual at that time. She describes the work involved in clearing the lot and building the house on Kitchener Street, and how she kept a kitchen garden and domestic animals there. Jean discusses how hair styling was done in her youth, and relates a story of how her mother had a poor result with colouring products. She mentions her father using a razor and strop, and how the strop was also a symbol of physical punishment, common at that time. She describes a punishment she received in school. Jean recalls making treats, and talks about push lawnmowers, wooden sidewalks, and gravel roads. She and Terry talk about the family’s pianos and their importance to the family. Jean recalls the piano teachers her family members took lessons from and Terry remarks that the last one, Edward Parker, is the father of Jon Kimura Parker, a noted pianist.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_006.mp3
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