Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the recording includes Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis's memories of her marriage to fellow Burnaby resident, Bertie Blaine Porter. Lillie is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The audience briefly discusses tram fare.

Date Range

1918

Length

0:08:35

Name

Porter, Bert

Subject

Ceremonies - Weddings

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Vancouver

Interview Date

September 22, 1971

Scope and Content

Recording is of interviews with Lillian May (Davies) Jones, Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves, Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter, and Elsie Wilson during the Pioneer Days celebration at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on September 22, 1971. Major themes discussed are: personal memories and occupations of interviewees family members.

Biographical Notes

Lillian May Davies was born June 28, 1891 to George and Rachel (Mills) Davies. She was one of four children. George Davies married Rachel Mills September 12, 1888 in Winnipeg and headed west to make their home. George’s brother Richard Davies had already bought property at the corner of 16th Street and 3rd Avenue (now 12th Avenue) when Rachel and George moved in and built a house next door. George Davies went to work for Gilley Bros. Logging Co. in Burnaby. Lillian May Davies married John Henry Jones on July 29, 1909 at the Methodist Church in Burnaby which had opened only a few weeks before (the Joneses were the first couple to be married there). Their reception was held in the Davies’ family garden. On June 3, 1910, Lillian and John’s first child, Arnold Jones was born. In 1919 they adopted their second child, John Sheldon Jones whose birth parents had died of influenza. John and Lillian built a home on the lot next to Lillian’s parents and lived there for forty-eight years. After her husband’s death in 1956, Lillian moved one lot over and remained living there for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine. Ada Evelyn Lewis was born on September 11, 1899. She was one of nine Lewis children. Ada's father came to Victoria BC from San Francisco. He met his wife in Victoria and moved to New Westminster where he was a typesetter on the first edition of the Columbian newspaper. He continued to work for the Columbian until his retirement. Her family owned the East Burnaby Fruit Farm at 17th Avenue between 2nd and 4th Street where they harvested apples, plums and pears. Ada attended East Burnaby School in 1905 and remembers being a pupil of Miss Draper. Ada E. Lewis married and became Mrs. Ada Evelyn Groves. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis was born in 1896 to William Henry and Emma (Smith) Lewis at the family farm at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. The family grew to nine, eldest to youngest; Albert, Lizzie, Minnie, Walter, Ernest, Lillie and Evelyn. Lillie’s mother, Emma (Smith) had the distinction of being the first girl of European descent to be born at Fort Victoria. Lillie’s father, William Henry Lewis helped to print the very first edition of the Vancouver Province in 1898. Lillie attended Douglas Road School and remembers being a pupil of Ellen Lister. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis married Bertie Blaine Porter at Lulu Island on November 7, 1918. They lived in Vancouver for a short time before returning to Burnaby to raise their four children. For most of his working life Bert operated a steam roller for the municipality. Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter died May 18, 1988 at the age of ninety-two. Elsie Wilson was born August 16, 1898 to Annie and her second husband William Wilson. Annie’s first husband Samuel W Walmsley died December 20, 1895 at the age of thirty-five, leaving Annie a widow at twenty-seven with two young children Annie age four and Samuel age six. Annie Walmsley married her second husband William Wilson on April 17, 1897. Elsie attended West Burnaby public school (later Kingsway West elementary) and remembers picking raspberries at various Burnaby farms for seven seasons.

Total Tracks

4

Total Length

0:24:19

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Interviewee Name

Jones, Lillian May Davies

Wilson, Elsie

Porter, Lillie Lewis

Groves, Ada Evelyn Lewis

Interview Location

Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives collection

Series

Oral History series

Item No.

MSS137-020_Track_3

Transcript Available

None

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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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1911 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-406

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph taken on the occasion of the wedding of Lilian Gledhill. Back, left to right: Lilian Gledhill, Charles Holdom, [unidentified man], and Henrietta Mary "Hetty" Holdom. Front, left to right: Walter J. Holdom and Minnie Turner. Lilian Gledhill, Henrietta "Hetty" Holdom and Minnie Turner are sisters. Charles Holdom and Walter J. Holdom are brothers.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Gledhill, Lilian

Holdom, Charles "Charlie"

Holdom, Henrietta Mary "Hetty" Turner

Holdom, Walter J.

Turner, Minnie

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Victoria

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1925 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-508

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Dr. Boyd McKee (groom) and Mary Eva Garbin (bride) on their wedding day.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

McKee, Mary Eva Garbin

McKee, William Boyd

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1920 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-587

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Stanleys' wedding day. Identified: (2nd from left) Frank Charles Stanley (groom) and (3rd from left) Esther Love Stanley (bride). The best man and bridesmaid are unidentified.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Stanley, Esther Love

Stanley, Frank Charles

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1920 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-614

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Elsie Gillespie Engelland (bride) and John Engelland (groom) on their wedding day, 1920.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Engelland, Elsie Gillespie

Engelland, Johannes Carl Adolph "John"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

December 25, 1917 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-661

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Hendersons, Bertha Hutchings Henderson (bride) and Richard Henderson (groom) on their wedding day, Christmas, 1917.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Henderson, Bertha Hutchings

Henderson, Richard

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1940]

Collection/Fonds

Andrew Johnson fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

244-007

Accession Number

BHS990-10

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a bride and groom standing in a doorway. The bride is wearing a lace gown with puff sleeves and a train. Her veil has been lifted, and she is holding a bouquet of white flowers. The groom is wearing a tuxedo.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds

Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

312-002

Accession Number

BHS993-09

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the wedding of Gertie Sanden to Alf Boyd. The wedding party looks to be standing on the stairs of the Lozells Post Office at the north eastern corner of the Great Northern tracks and Piper Road. In 1908, Col. James Ward and his wife Hepezebah came to Burnaby and opened the post office (naming it Lozells because when they lived in Birmingham England, Hepezebah was a parishioner in the Anglican Parish of Lozells).

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Boyd, Alf

Boyd, Gertie Sanden

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Government Road Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 12, 1940 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-005

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph taken on the wedding day of Harry and Gertrude O'Brien.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

O'Brien, Gertrude Crossan

O'Brien, Harry

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1923 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-314

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a wedding party. Left to right: William Kiewitz, Lucas Dudel, Samuel Wosnuk (groom), Anastasia Wosnuk (bride), Denal Dudel, and Myrtle Kiewitz.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Dudel, Denal

Dudel, Lucas

Kiewitz, Myrtle

Kiewitz, William

Wosnuk, Anastasia

Wosnuk, Samuel

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 28, 1931 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Centennial Anthology series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

315-404

Accession Number

BHS994-4

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 10.6 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of William "Bill" and Grace Price on their wedding day.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Price, Grace Mabel Potter

Price, William Francis "Bill"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1972 or 1973] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-364

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of bridesmaids, a flower girl and a ring bearer at the back of 6113 Silver Avenue. Bridesmaids, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Sandra [last name unknown], and Lori McBurney. The children are unidentified.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

McBurney, Lori

Sandra

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Silver Avenue

Burnaby - 6113 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 4, 1943 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-387

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of (left to right) William Macdonald, Jean Macdonald-Taylor and Clara Macdonald at the back of 3424 Olive Avenue (later renumbered 5827 Olive Avenue). Jean Macdonald-Taylor is wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Macdonald, Clara

Macdonald, William

Taylor, Jean Macdonald

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Olive Avenue

Burnaby - 5827 Olive Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 4, 1943 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-388

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Jean MacDonald-Taylor, wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet, at the back of 3424 Olive Avenue (later renumbered 5827 Olive Avenue).

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Taylor, Jean Macdonald

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Olive Avenue

Burnaby - 5827 Olive Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 4, 1943 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-389

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of (left to right) Doris Hockley and Jean Macdonald-Taylor, in wedding attire and holding bouquets, at the back of 3424 Olive Avenue (later renumbered 5827 Olive Avenue).

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Hockley, Doris

Taylor, Jean Macdonald

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Olive Avenue

Burnaby - 5827 Olive Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 15, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-574

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of people gathered for the Moore-Sievenpiper wedding at a Deer Lake Drive home.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake

Burnaby - Deer Lake Drive

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1906]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-051

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 14.5 cm on mat 11 x 15.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph taken of the wedding party showing (l to r, standing): Arthur Rowe, Winnie Hill Rowe, Trevor Rowe, and Miss Lister. Kitty Hill, the flower girl, is seated. Winnie Rowe was the daughter of Bernard R. Hill who, with his brother L. Claude Hill, was an early settler of the Burnaby Lake area. The flower girl, Kitty Hill, was Claude's daughter. This photograph may have been taken in front of Bernard Hill's home on Douglas Road.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Hill Family

Lister, Miss

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Rowe, Arthur

Rowe, Trevor

Rowe, Winnie Hill

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Burnaby - Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 7, 1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-600

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Florence Hart (left) and her mother, Alice Hart (right) on Florence's wedding day. Florence was the daughter of Frederick J. Hart and she married Harold Godwin. The picture was taken on the grounds of the Hart House.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Godwin, Florence Hart

Hart, Alice

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 7, 1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-601

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Florence Hart, on her wedding day, holding a bouquet of flowers. Florence was the daughter of Frederick and Alice Hart and she married Harold Godwin.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Godwin, Florence Hart

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 7, 1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-602

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l to r): unidentified man, Florence Hart, Harold Godwin and Kitty Hill. Florence Hart was the daughter of Frederick J. and Alice Hart and she married Harold Godwin. Kitty Hill was a member of the wedding party. This photograph was taken on the grounds of the Hart House.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Godwin, Florence Hart

Godwin, Harold

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 7, 1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-603

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l to r): Edwina Hart, Florence Hart and Alice Hart. The photograph was taken on the occasion of Florence's wedding to Harold Godwin. The women are shown standing on some steps.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Godwin, Florence Hart

Hart, Alice

Hart, Edwina

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

Dec. 28, 1958

Collection/Fonds

Eagles family collection

Description Level

File

Item No.

491-001

Accession Number

BHS991-018

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm in window mat 19.5 x 23.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph portrait of John and Mary Dunbar on their diamond wedding anniversary. John and Mary Dunbar are the parents of Dr. Violet Evelyn Eagles.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Dunbar, Mary

Dunbar, John

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in black ink on matt of photograph reads: "Diamond_Wedding_Anniversary_Paramount/ Dec._28_/_1958"

Note on inside of matt identifies the couple in the photograph: "Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar / Violet's mother & dad"

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1939

Collection/Fonds

Patterson family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

326-004

Accession Number

2010-01

Storage Location

See Location of AIP

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Frances Mabel Lili (Patterson) Duke (pictured in her wedding gown) became the first PBX switchboard operator for the Municipality of Burnaby in the early 1920’s. PBX, or Private Branch Exchange, was the term used for an internal telephone system. Frances later became president of the Professional Women’s Association of New Westminster, and volunteered her time with the May Day celebrations in New Westminster. She was also a dedicated lodge member. Frances Mabel Lili Patterson was born on June 9, 1905 and was the fifth child born to Dugald Campbell Patterson Sr. and Frances Mabel (Webb) Patterson. Frances enjoyed her career as a telephone switchboard operator, and engaged in numerous fundraising efforts in and around Burnaby as a member of the Rebekah Lodge (the women’s division of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows). While in the lodge, she met her future husband, Walter Duke and they married on July 12, 1939. Frances moved to Wenatchee, Washington after her marriage, and relocated to Victoria after her husband died. Frances died on January 13, 1974. Doreen Nettie (Patterson) Reitsma (pictured as the flower girl) was the younger daughter of Charles Bruce Patterson and Elva Eleanore (Elliott) Patterson. Doreen at age 23 became the first woman from British Columbia to enlist in the new Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service. Doreen Nettie Patterson was born on December 12, 1927. In the fall of 1951, she had become a Wren in the Royal Canadian Navy. She received her basic training at HMCS Cornwallis and became a radio intelligence operator for the wireless communications base at Naval Radio Station Coverdale near Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1953, she was chosen to serve a term at the naval base in Churchill, Manitoba. She was one of only eleven women to ever serve there. After her career in the navy, Doreen worked in the accounting division for Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby, (known today as Sears at Metrotown Centre) near her grandparent’s original family home at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway. Doreen married Gerard Reitsma on August 18, 1960. Doreen died on April 30, 2000.

[Biography provided by Raymond Reitsma].

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Duke, Frances Mabel Lili Patterson

Reitsma, Doreen Nettie Patterson

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1894

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-940

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 20 cm on cardboard 20 x 25.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a wedding party identified on the back of the picture as the "Lizette James Wedding, 1894." Annie Hill (nee Kenrick) was a bridesmaid in the wedding (and cousin to Lizette) and is identified as the fourth from the left (seated).

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lizette James Wedding 1894 / ASH Bridesmaid - "

Note in black pen on verso reads: "(4th from Left) My Grandmother Hill / Grandmother of RCK Peers"

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1935

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-961

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Anne Peers, dressed her flower girl dress, holding of bouquet of flowers. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the wedding of Dick Peers.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Latham, Anne Peers

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note on verso reads: "Summer 1935"

Stamp on verso reads: "Vancouver Drug Co. Ltd. / Nu-Gloss"

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1959 (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

549-075

Accession Number

2012-30

Storage Location

See Location of AIP field

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 Chiyoko "Chic" (Haya) Tanaka on her wedding day, surrounded by her wedding party.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Tanaka, Chiyoko "Chic" Haya

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm print

Material Details

Copy print is of poor quality

Scope and Content

Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Catherine (Cassie) Dale Bateman taken in a photographic studio. Edwin Bateman is seated on a studio prop fence wearing a three-piece suit. Cassie Bateman is leaning over a wooden fence post with an open book under her hand, wearing a darkly coloured dress and a long wedding veil. The couple were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9th, 1886. They had four daughters and three sons. After Cassie died in Portage La Prairie in 1909 Edwin married her sister Mary Dale. E. W. Bateman was the builder and the first owner of the Elworth house.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Bateman, Catherine "Cassie" Dale

Bateman, Edwin W.

Geographic Access

Manitoba - Portage la Prairie

Accession Code

BV986.21.2

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

[1886]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

01-Jun-09

Scale

100

Notes

Note on verso of photograph reads: "EDWIN + CASSIE/ BATEMAN./ PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE/ 1886 PROBABLY/ WEDDING PICTURE"

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 20.2 x 12.4 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kathleen M. Murdoch wearing a wedding dress that goes down just past her knees. She is wearing a long veil over her head, and is holding a long trailing bouquet. She is wearing what appears to be satin high heel shoes with stockings. The studio set up has a chair by her side and a fake window with iron grill behind her to her left and a painted backdrop of a forest scene to her right.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Murdoch, Kathleen M.

Accession Code

HV980.34.5

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[192-?]

Media Type

Photograph

Related Material

Kathleen M. Murdoch's wedding dress and veil are in BVM collection, HV980.34.4a & b

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

27-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

unknown

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 12.6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kathleen M. Murdoch wearing a wedding dress that goes down just past her knees. She is wearing a long veil over her head, and is holding a long trailing bouquet. She is wearing what appears to be satin high heel shoes with stockings. She is sitting down on a chair. To her left, a flower girl with a basket of flowers is standing, and to her right, her Maid of Honour, wearing a hat and a dress decorated with lace trim is standing with a long trailing bouquet in her hands. Behind them, there is a painted backdrop of a forest/garden scene.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Murdoch, Kathleen M.

Accession Code

HV980.34.6

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[192-?]

Media Type

Photograph

Related Material

Kathleen M. Murdoch's wedding dress and veil are in BVM collection, HV980.34.4a & b

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

27-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm copy print

Scope and Content

Photograph of a married couple identified by the donor as her parents, Walter Henry Ford and Laura Mabel Sealey Ford, taken on their wedding day. Walter Ford is wearing a suit, and Laura Ford is wearing her wedding gown and glasses. She is seated on a wicker chair, holding roses, and Walter Ford is standing by her side. The backdrop is a painted forest scene. The Ford's came to live in Burnaby around the time of their marriage, and had four children: Margaret, Sherwood D., Florence, and Dorothy.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Ford, Laura Mabel Sealey

Ford, Walter Henry

Accession Code

HV977.61.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

July 6, 1911 (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.4 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of Arthur Rowe with a mustache and in a tuxedo and Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) in a wedding dress and veil. They are standing in front of a patio.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Rowe, Arthur

Rowe, Winnie Hill

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

HV977.123.16

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1906] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Related Material

For another photograph of Winnie and Arthur Rowe on their wedding day, see HV977.123.17

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

unknown

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of Arthur Rowe and Winnie Hill Rowe (daughter of Bernard Hill) on their wedding day. Winnie is in her wedding dress, with a veil on her head. She is holding a large trailing bouquet of flowers. Arthur Rowe (with a mustache) is standing to her right. Her cousin Kitty Hill is seated on a chair in front of them. Kitty Hill is wearing a large hat with a laced brim and holding a bouquet of flowers as well. There is another couple (possibly best man, and maid of honour) standing beside the newly weds. There are guests on the porch in the background. This photograph was cropped and reproduced in Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg 43.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Rowe, Arthur

Rowe, Winnie Hill

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Accession Code

HV977.123.17

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[1906] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Related Material

For another photograph of Winnie and Arthur Rowe on their wedding day, see HV977.123.16

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

23-Aug-06

Scale

100

Photographer

unknown

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content

Photograph of a large gathering of people, men, women and children, in fine dresses and suits by a house with a picket fence. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies the photograph as taken on "sister's wedding" (possibly Winnie Hill Rowe) waiting to go into reception at B.R. Hill's (Bernard Richard Hill) house.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Douglas Road

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Accession Code

HV977.123.28

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[190-?] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

24-Aug-06

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Alfred Rumble and Frances Willard Cameron Rumble with their wedding party on their wedding day. The bridesmaid and best man are unidentified.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Rumble, John Alfred

Rumble, Francis Willard Cameron

Accession Code

BV004.115.13

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

March 9, 1939 (date of original)

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 300 ppi

Scope and Content

Photograph of Katherine Ann Rumble Cumbers and Sidney Cumbers on their wedding day with Katherine's mother, Francis Rumble.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Rumble, Francis Willard Cameron

Cumbers, Sidney

Cumbers, Katherine Ann Rumble

Geographic Access

British Columbia - New Westminster

Accession Code

BV004.115.14

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Date

June 30, 1954 (date of original)

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level

Item

Collection/Fonds No.

BV013.12

Series

Photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harold Winch's wedding to Dorothy Ada Hutchinson on May 11, 1929. Also present in the photograph are June and Frank Crosby.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Winch, Harold

Winch, Dorothy

Accession Code

BV013.12.42

Date

11 May 1929

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Waplington family fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : framed ; b&w reproduction ; 39 cm x 30.5 cm

Scope and Content

Framed photograph of John Waplington and Doris Waplington, possibly on their wedding day. The couple are joined by, Ray Fleming on the left of the couple, and Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) on the right. The photograph is in a wood frame with gold detail. Frame is modern, photograph is a modern reproduction.

Creator

[unknown]

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Waplington, John

Waplington, Doris

Fleming, John Reyland "Ray"

Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code

BV016.46.47

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[between 1940 and 1949]

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

A photograph of a Sikh man and a woman getting married. There are people behind them sitting on the floor. The women are wearing their sarees. A man in a white turban and beard is standing to the left of the couple. The groom is in a dark suit with a white flower on his jacket. The bride is in her saree holding some flowers.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Jeffers, Rhoda

Accession Code

BV007.20.29

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1950 and 1960]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

13/05/2018

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Full-length studio portrait of John and Elsie (Love) Hughes on their wedding day in Edmonds, April 9, 1942. John Hughes stands on the left and Elsie Hughes on the right. Bride carries bouquet of lilies.

Administrative History

Photograph is from the Love farmhouse. The house was lived in by generations of the Love family. Jesse and Martha Love's daughter, Sarah Love married William Parker and their daughter, Elsie (later Hughes) is the donor's mother. The objects were in the house when the donor lived in the house.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Hughes, John

Hughes, Elsie

Accession Code

BV019.8.10

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

April 9,1942

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution

300

Scan Date

18-Mar-19

Scale

96

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

[1958] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds

Digney family fonds

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV019.18.2

Storage Location

Digital only

Physical Description

1 mp4 video file (25 sec.) : digital, 24 fps, col., si.

Media Type

Moving Images

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Film segment of what appears to be newlyweds standing outside houses in an unidentifed neighbourhood in Burnaby. The couple is unidentified. A group of unidentified men are looking on and standing near automobiles. Ernest "Dig" Digney can be seen in the foreground holding a camera.

Notes

Title based on contents of film segment

Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.2)

Creator

Andy Digney

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Geographic Access

Burnaby

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

[195_] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds

Digney family fonds

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV019.18.3

Storage Location

Digital only

Physical Description

1 mp4 video file (1 min., 52 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, b&w, si.

Media Type

Moving Images

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Film segment of a garden wedding of an unidentified couple at an unidentified location.Several men and women are standing around with glasses to watch the ceremony and toast the bride and groom. Alice Digney and Sydney and Connie Swan are identifed as guests.

Notes

Title based on contents of film segment

Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.3)

Creator

Andy Digney

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Swan, Sydney

Swan, Constance "Connie"

Digney, Alice

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Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Date

[195_] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds

Digney family fonds

Description Level

Item

Accession Code

BV019.18.3

Storage Location

Digital only

Physical Description

1 mp4 video file (3 min., 49 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, b&w, col., si.

Media Type

Moving Images

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Film segment of a garden wedding of an unidentified couple at an unidentified location. Several guests are gathered together outside to watch the ceremony. Alice Digney (blue suit with pink hat) and Sydney and Connie Swan are identifed as guests.

Notes

Title based on contents of film segment

Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.3)

Creator

Andy Digney

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Swan, Sydney

Swan, Constance "Connie"

Digney, Alice

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

Septmeber 19, 1948

Collection/Fonds

Yanko family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

545-007

Accession Number

2012-09

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Material Details

Secured to album page with photo corners

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy's godchild Wanda and her husband Tadik on their wedding day.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note written on album page reads: "grannie's godchild Wanda + Tadik 19 IX 48"

Note in black ink on verso of photograph [not in English]

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mum's God child Wanda + Tadik"

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 2, 1948

Collection/Fonds

Yanko family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

545-039

Accession Number

2012-09

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Material Details

Secured to album page with photo corners

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) standing under a fruit tree with their arms around each other. This photograph was taken at Alice and George Pommier's wedding where Lillian served as one of Alice's bridesmaids.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Yanko, John Ivan

Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Notes

Transcribed title (from verso of photograph)

Note written on album page reads: "August 21 1948 'Lillian + John taken at Alice's + George's wedding"

Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Aug 21 1948 / Lillian + John taken at Alice's + George's wedding"

Item no. 545-087 is a duplicate to this photograph (it should not have been given a separate no.) note on verso of 545-087 reads: "I was bridesmaid at my girl friend's wedding. John and I had this taken there. Aug 2, 1948, Nelson"

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 16, 1948

Collection/Fonds

Yanko family fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

545-116

Accession Number

2012-09

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Material Details

Secured to album page with photo corners

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko on their wedding day.

Subjects

Ceremonies - Weddings

Names

Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Yanko, John Ivan

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Oct 16/48"

Note written on album page reads: "16 October '48"

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Nelson

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