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Hungerton Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13845
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Material Details
- "127 Slide" Kodak film
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.968
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink on slide frame read: "BHS / HUNGERTON CHURCH / ROBERT BURNABY"
- Round sticker on slide with number "1"
Images
![Hungerton Church, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0968_001.jpg)
![Hungerton Church, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0969_001.jpg?width=280)
Hungerton Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Material Details
- "127 Slide" Kodak film
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.969
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink on slide frame read: "BHS / HUNGERTON CHURCH / ROBERT BURNABY"
- Round sticker on slide with number "2"
Images
![Hungerton Church, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0969_001.jpg)
![Hungerton Church, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0970_001.jpg?width=280)
Hungerton Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13847
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Material Details
- "127 Slide" Kodak film
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hungerton Church located ten miles north-east of Leicester. Robert Burnaby's ancestral church.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.970
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink on slide frame read: "BHS / HUNGERTON CHURCH / ROBERT BURNABY"
- Round sticker on slide with number "3"
Images
![Hungerton Church, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0970_001.jpg)
![Baggraw Hall, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0971_001.jpg?width=280)
Baggraw Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13848
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Baggraw Hall, the ancestral home of the Burnaby family.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Material Details
- "127 Slide" Kodak film
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Baggraw Hall, the ancestral home of the Burnaby family.
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.971
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink frame of slide read: "BHS / BAGGRAW HALL / ROBERT BURNABY / ANCESTRAL HOME"
- Round sticker on slide with number "4"
Images
![Baggraw Hall, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0971_001.jpg)
![Woodthorpe, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0972_001.jpg?width=280)
Woodthorpe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13849
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodthorpe house, Leicestershire. This was Robert Burnaby's birthplace and family home. He was born at Woodthorpe in 1828 and died at Woodthorpe in 1878.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Material Details
- "127 Slide" Kodak film
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Woodthorpe house, Leicestershire. This was Robert Burnaby's birthplace and family home. He was born at Woodthorpe in 1828 and died at Woodthorpe in 1878.
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.972
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue in frame of slide read: "BHS / BAGGRAW HALL / ROBERT BURNABY / ANCESTRAL HOME"
- Round sticker on slide with number "4"
Images
![Woodthorpe, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_0972_001.jpg)
![Bob Prittie and Doug Clark, [between 1969 and 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-900.jpg?width=280)
Bob Prittie and Doug Clark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46012
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1969 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Bob Prittie standing in front of the Villa Motor Inn with the Inn's manager, Doug Clark. They are both holding onto the same hand carved plaque that Bob Prittie received from the Inn's sister hotel, the Kushiro Oriental Hotel in Kushiro, Hokkaido. (Kushiro is the sister city to …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1969 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-900
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Bob Prittie standing in front of the Villa Motor Inn with the Inn's manager, Doug Clark. They are both holding onto the same hand carved plaque that Bob Prittie received from the Inn's sister hotel, the Kushiro Oriental Hotel in Kushiro, Hokkaido. (Kushiro is the sister city to Burnaby). Robert W. Prittie was the New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 1968. He was a Burnaby Councillor from 1959 to 1962, and served as Mayor of Burnaby from 1969 to 1973.
- Subjects
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- LeBlanc, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 5662-31
Images
![Bob Prittie and Doug Clark, [between 1969 and 1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-900.jpg)
Burnaby family gravestone
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34659
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm
- Material Details
- "Ansco Safety Film 10" printed on edge of negative
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 084-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March 2[?]th 1873 / Rev. VII 14." The bottom level reads, "Sarah, Widow of the Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And Mother of the Above, / Died Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 89 Years." The side of the stone reads, "The Lord is My Shepherd."
- Subjects
- Monuments - Gravestones
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w photograph accompanying
Images
Robert and Margaret Love with infant son Robert Mathew "Bob"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20380
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love with their infant son Robert Mathew "Bob" in the yard of the home of Robert Leonard Love's parents John Leonard Love and Jenny Love on George Street in Burnaby. Robert Leonard Love is holding his infant son Bob while Margaret looks on.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Persons - Families
- Accession Code
- BV023.24.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1949
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob - Margaret / Rob / Burnaby House / of / Leonard / Jenny"
Images
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
![Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0024_0017_001.jpg?width=280)
Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20369
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love and Margaret Iona (Giles) Love standing together in the yard of Bob's parents, John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. Robert is dressed in his Royal Canadian Air Force uniform.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love and Margaret Iona (Giles) Love standing together in the yard of Bob's parents, John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. Robert is dressed in his Royal Canadian Air Force uniform.
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Street Address
- 6112 Sussex Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.24.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1943]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob/Margaret Love"
Images
![Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Love, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0024_0017_001.jpg)
![Burnaby family gravestones, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0065_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby family gravestones
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription744
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Bo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22. 1822: Died March 2 1875./ Rev. VII. 14." The bottom one reads, "Sarah, Widow of the / Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And mother of the above. / Died: Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 80 Years."
- Subjects
- Monuments - Gravestones
- Accession Code
- HV976.65.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a wider view of the grave marker, see HV976.65.3
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-20
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Images
![Burnaby family gravestones, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0065_0002_001.jpg)
![Burnaby family gravestones, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0065_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby family gravestones
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription745
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.4 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in cemetery in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.4 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in cemetery in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22. 1822: Died March 2 1875./ Rev. VII. 14." The bottom one reads, "Sarah, Widow of the / Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And mother of the above. / Died: Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 80 Years." It is suspected that the grave marker was located in the large church building that is shown in photo HV976.65.1. There is a brick wall behind the grave marker. Stamped on the back of the photo: "4387."
- Subjects
- Monuments - Gravestones
- Accession Code
- HV976.65.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a closer view of the grave marker, see HV976.65.2
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-20
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Images
![Burnaby family gravestones, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0065_0003_001.jpg)
![Robert Burnaby, [1865] (date of original), copied August 12, 1975 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/222-013.jpg?width=280)
Robert Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36090
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865] (date of original), copied August 12, 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Burnaby standing indoors.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865] (date of original), copied August 12, 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 222-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Burnaby standing indoors.
- Names
- Burnaby, Robert
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of print: from a newspaper article briefly describing Robert Burnaby's life
Images
![Robert Burnaby, [1865] (date of original), copied August 12, 1975 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/222-013.jpg)
Robert Burnaby letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100545
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1859-1861
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 p. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten letters from Robert Burnaby to his sister Harriet Dickson. These letters were copied and published in the book "Land of Promise" by Pixie McGeachie and Anne McLeod.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1859-1861
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Physical Description
- 8 p. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66667
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-55
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten letters from Robert Burnaby to his sister Harriet Dickson. These letters were copied and published in the book "Land of Promise" by Pixie McGeachie and Anne McLeod.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Burnaby, Robert
Burnaby family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58458
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1858-1863
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1858-1863
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-06 2017-55
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858-1863."
- History
- Robert Burnaby was a commission merchant and legislator, born on November 30, 1828, at Woodthorpe, Leicestershire, England, as the fourth son of the Reverend Thomas Burnaby and Sarah Meares. Robert Burnaby came to British Columbia at the end of 1858 as an experienced civil servant from Her Majesty’s Customs Office in London, and with a personal introduction to Governor James Douglas from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Burnaby’s first year on the Pacific coast was a busy one: he spent a short time as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, commander of the Royal Engineers at New Westminster; he explored for coal with Walter Moberly at Burrard Inlet; and he made a short visit to San Francisco. During this year, he also founded the firm of Henderson and Burnaby, commission merchants, in partnership with Edward Henderson, an old school friend from Christ’s Hospital and a man of means, who managed the London office. This type of business was precarious since the distance from sources of supply and risks in transportation encouraged overtrading and excessive speculation. The death of Henderson in 1865 and the general economic depression in Vancouver Island and British Columbia brought the firm to an end – a failure caused in part apparently by unwise investment in real estate. Burnaby then embarked upon a real estate and insurance business of his own. The exigencies of a mercantile career seem to have overwhelmed this man who, by upbringing and training, was more suited to a position in government service. Robert Burnaby was intensely interested in the welfare of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and did all in his power to promote stable economic conditions. Before the end of his second year in Victoria, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island for the districts of Esquimalt and Metchosin, and he served his constituents well for five years. He was one of the founders of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. During an 1866 visit to London on private business, he attended a meeting of prominent Victoria merchants and officials who strongly favoured the union of the two colonies and other measures for developing and improving their economic prospects. This group carried its resolutions to the secretary of state for the colonies. Burnaby was an active freemason and helped found the First Victoria Lodge in 1860. Among his recreational pursuits was a love of drama, and in 1863, he served as president of Victoria’s Amateur Dramatic Association. Burnaby numbered among his intimate friends Colonel Moody, Arthur Thomas Bushby, Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Edward Graham Alston, and Thomas Elwyn. In 1869, severe ill health caused Burnaby’s retirement and, five years later, his return to England. Friends arranged for him to travel in the Hudson’s Bay Company bark Lady Lampson; they later presented her captain, James Gaudin, with a generous purse in gratitude for the attention he had paid the ailing Burnaby during the voyage. Early in 1878, news reached Victoria that this “prominent and much respected merchant” had died. An honest, conscientious man of spirit, a clear-headed thinker, a “power” in his masonic lodge, a lucid speaker, full of fun, and clever, Burnaby has been fittingly commemorated in a number of place names in British Columbia including a lake, a strait, an island, a municipality, two mountain ranges, and finally Burnaby Mountain, the seat of Simon Fraser University. Burnaby died a bachelor on January 10, 1878, at Woodthorpe. - This information has been adapted from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Burnaby, Robert
- Notes
- Title based on creator of fonds.
Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
Burnaby, Numbers: 24, 29, 39 and 40 reproduced with permission of
Pat Burnaby and Meg Kennedy Shaw.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878
Land of Promise
Includes biographical references and index.
ISBN 0-9692828-5-0
1.Burnaby, Robert
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.