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E.W. Bateman family fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1857]-[195-]
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II lette…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II letters series
History
Edwin Wettenhall "E.W." Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) (1889-1969); George Edwin (1890-? ); Mamie (McWilliams) (1892-1979); Marianne “May” Bateman (1894-1990); Warren Stafford (1896-1954); Jessie (Fox Kemp) (1899-1978) and John Carey (1901-1945). Catherine “Cassie” (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. After Cassie's death, Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale (1896-1935). Edwin moved his six of his seven children to Vancouver (not including George). Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman first lived at 7th and Balsam Street in Vancouver and in 1920, they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter Marianne “May” Bateman to Deer Lake and commissioned architect, Enoch Evans to build 'Elworth' house (named after Edwin’s family home in Sandbach, Chesire). The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Heritage Village and later, Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived at this location for thirteen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Dale Bateman died in July 1935 and sometime after, Edwin W. Bateman married Dora Coulton. Edwin W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of 98. Edna Caroline Bateman married Raymond Westley Corner in 1920 and had a daughter named Catherine Mary (Levins). Edna and Raymond lived in Kelowna. George Bateman married Louise Agness Birss in January 1910 and continued to live in Manitoba. Mamie Dale Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams in 1915. The couple had two children, Warren Finley McWilliams and Bruce McWilliams. Mamie and George McWilliams lived with their family on Douglas Road across the road from Elworth house in Burnaby. Warren McWilliams was on North Atlantic convoy duty during World War I from 1942 to 1944. Warren McWilliams died in 2004. Warren Stafford Bateman married Norah Withington in Burnaby in 1924; Winifred Dare Webster in Burnaby in 1932 and Dorothy Margaret Buchanan in New Westminster in 1949. Warren and Winnifred “Winnie” Webster celebrated their marriage at Elworth house in 1932. Warren served in World War I. Jessie Madeline Bateman married Ernest Denby Fox (1900-1945) in 1921. Jessie and Ernest Fox had three children, Colin Rhodes Fox (1921-2005); Mary “Betty” (Gludo) and Allan Fox. Jessie and Ernest Fox operated a small logging company near Powell River, B.C. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Ernest Denby Fox, Jessie married James Kemp. The youngest child of Edwin and Cassie, John “Carey” Bateman married Sophia Spak (1899-1977) in 1925. On September 10, 1939, the day that Canada declared war on Germany, Colin Rhodes Fox (eldest son of Jessie and Ernest Fox) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 years. Colin initially served in an anti-aircraft unit, but was soon transferred to the Field Artillery. During his service overseas, Colin wrote letters to family members including his aunt May Bateman who was living in Burnaby. Colin went through basic artillery training in Edmonton before heading overseas to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later the 78th Canadian Field Battery in Germany and Holland . Colin was wounded on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day) but returned to serve in Holland and Germany until the war ended. Colin suffered bullet and shrapnel wounds while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead. In 1946, Colin married Susan Streika (Striha) of Pitt Meadows and he began a thirty five year career in the B.C. Telephone Company on Vancouver Island. Colin and Susan had three children; Gary, Elaine and Irene. Colin Rhodes Fox died in 2005. The E.W. Bateman house, "Elworth" is a heritage building on the site of the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.
Creator
Fox, Colin Rhodes
Bateman, Caroline Mary Wettenhall
Accession Code
HV974.22
HV974.90
HV975.120
HV976.37
HV979.32
BV985.1003
BV986.21
BV992.29
BV994.22
BV004.28
BV004.84
BV020.27
Date
[1857]-[195-]
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Related Material
See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1
Notes
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Kingsway West Division 14

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing and sitting in five rows in front of the school building windows. Two boys sitting in the front row are holding up a chalk board which reads, "Kingsway West School/ Division 14." Standing in the top row (l to r) are; Audrey Browne, Joan Gol…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division 14 at Kingsway West School standing and sitting in five rows in front of the school building windows. Two boys sitting in the front row are holding up a chalk board which reads, "Kingsway West School/ Division 14." Standing in the top row (l to r) are; Audrey Browne, Joan Gold, Ida Wright, May Ford, Mabel Law, Dorothy Barber, Gladys Would and Isabel McFadyen. In the second row are; Betty Dermott, Maria Soda, Dorothy Guthrie, Pearl Rouse, Norma Moller, Marrion Hickenbotham, Priscilla Deane, Barbara Sleeth and Elsie Brown. In the third row are; Patricia Hodgson, Verna Crane, Gladys Nuttall, Muriel Iraine, Dorothy McKenzie, Doris Faulkner and Mildred Rutledge. Sitting in the fourth row are; James Murie, Bobby Shewan, Donald McKinnon, Howard Griffiths, Henry Nevin and Bobby Ferguson. In the front row are; Harvey Knorr, Alfred Younger, George Chamberlain (holding chalkboard), Ben Jacobson (holding chalkboard), Alex Walker and Garnet Eckard.
Names
Kingsway West School
Browne, Audrey
Gold, Joan
Wright, Ida
Ford, May
Law, Mabel
Barber, Dorothy
Would, Gladys
McFadyen, Isabel
Dermott, Betty
Soda, Maria
Guthrie, Dorothy
Rouse, Pearl
Mollar, Norma
Hickenbotham, Marion
Deane, Priscilla
Sleeth, Barbara
Brown, Elsie
Hodgson, Patricia
Crane, Verna
Nuttall, Gladys
Iraine, Muriel
McKenzie, Dorothy
Faulkner, Doris
Rutledge, Mildred
Murie, James
Shewan, Bobby
McKinnon, Donald
Griffiths, Howard
Nevin, Henry
Ferguson, Robert
Knorr, Harvey
Younger, Alfred
Chamberlain, George
Jacobson, Ben
Walker, Alex
Eckard, Garnet
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4800 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV999.2.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
May 1927
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
02-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Bryce, Henry G.
Notes
Stamps on verso of photograph read: "25cents each. Please/ order number paid for" and "H. G. BRYCE, EDMONDS, B.C."
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Div 14. Kingsway W. May, 1927/ Top row - left to right Audrey Browne, Joan Gold, Ida Wright, May Ford, Mabel Law, Dorothy Barber, Gladys Would, Isabel McFadyen / 2nd row lt. to rt. Betty Dermott, Maria Soda, Patricia Hodgson, Dorothy Guthrie, Verna Crane, Pearl Rause, Gladys Nuttal, Norma Moller, Muriel Iraine, Marrion Hickenbotham, Dorothy McKenzie/ 3rd row Doris Faulkner, Barbara Sleeth, Priscilla Deane, Mildred Rutledge, Elsie Brawn, Boys. James Murie, Bobby Shewan, Donald McKinnon, Howard Griffiths, Henry Nevin, Bobby Ferguson/ 2nd row Harvey Knorr, Alfred Younger, George Chamberlain, Ben Jacobson, Alex Walker, Garnet Eckard"
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