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![BCER engine 942 with three men, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2012/2012_0018_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
BCER engine 942 with three men
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2879
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photogrpah of British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) engine number 942 with engineers standing in front. Engineers are identified left to right as; Bud Conolly, Jim Sellers and Jim Donald. The engine is yellow, with three men standing in front of it.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photogrpah of British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) engine number 942 with engineers standing in front. Engineers are identified left to right as; Bud Conolly, Jim Sellers and Jim Donald. The engine is yellow, with three men standing in front of it.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Locomotives
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Conolly, Bud
- Sellers, Jim
- Donald, Jim
- Accession Code
- BV012.18.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "left to right / Bud Connolly / Jim Sellers / Jim Donald"
- Stamp in black ink on verso reads: "D626"
- Stamp in blue ink on verso reads: "WILLIAMS COLOR / PHOTO SERVICE / Vancouver, Canada"
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![BCER engine 942 with three men, [195-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2012/2012_0018_0003_001.jpg)
![Bud Pope and Bill Stewart on Interurban tram 1224, [1953] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Bud Pope and Bill Stewart on Interurban tram 1224
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription208
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men, identified as Bud Pope (conductor) and Bill Stewart (motorman), standing on the front of Interurban tram #1224 at Horne-Payne Siding. Faintly visible in the background are transmission towers. According to the accession register and notes in the accession file, the photograph…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men, identified as Bud Pope (conductor) and Bill Stewart (motorman), standing on the front of Interurban tram #1224 at Horne-Payne Siding. Faintly visible in the background are transmission towers. According to the accession register and notes in the accession file, the photograph was taken on the last day of the Burnaby Lake line run.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Accession Code
- BV985.328.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1985
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Images
![Bud Pope and Bill Stewart on Interurban tram 1224, [1953] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0002_001.jpg)
Burnaby historical reference collection series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18928
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of rural social workers in British Columbia; historical film footage from B.C. Transit Centennial of the B.C. Electric Lower Mainland trams and home movie footage created by the Handel family.
- Accession Code
- HV971.30
- BV005.8
- BV005.48
- BV012.37
- BV014.39
- BV016.37
- BV017.11
- BV020.5
- Date
- 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
![Burnaby Lake line timetable, [before 1953] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0041_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Lake line timetable
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Burnaby Lake line timetable for Sundays, running from Vancouver to Sapperton and New Westminster. Along with the timetable, three tickets and one cash fare receipt, costing 5 cents, were also photographed. Developed in 1910, the Burnaby Lake Line ceased operati…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Burnaby Lake line timetable for Sundays, running from Vancouver to Sapperton and New Westminster. Along with the timetable, three tickets and one cash fare receipt, costing 5 cents, were also photographed. Developed in 1910, the Burnaby Lake Line ceased operation in 1953.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- For reference, check History of Regional Transit in Vancouver, at
Images
![Burnaby Lake line timetable, [before 1953] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0041_0002_001.jpg)
Fraser Arm rail and bus station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 11.4 cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- From left railtracks, power line, rail station shelter with man, station platform, bus facing right. Shelter has 'Fraser Arm' sign. Bus has 'BC Electric' lettered on side.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 11.4 cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- From left railtracks, power line, rail station shelter with man, station platform, bus facing right. Shelter has 'Fraser Arm' sign. Bus has 'BC Electric' lettered on side.
- History
- Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV018.19.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 24-04-2018
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Interurban Car 1203
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11208
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956 on it's way to Marpole station. The front of the tram car displays the sign "Marpole". This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956 on it's way to Marpole station. The front of the tram car displays the sign "Marpole". This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- History
- Photograph number four in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride when train service ended.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV019.46.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-19
- Photographer
- Bergson, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban tram / to run in Burnaby, / car 1203, about to / leave New Westminster / for Marpole / at 12:30 am / on Sunday,November 18, / 1956. Service ended / with this run. / Tom Pritichard / motorman / Lawrence Love / conductor / interurban car 1203 / 4 of 5"
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Interurban Car 1203
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956 on it's way to Marpole station. The back of the tram car displays the sign "Westminster". This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956 on it's way to Marpole station. The back of the tram car displays the sign "Westminster". This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- History
- Photograph number five in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride when train service ended.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV019.46.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-19
- Photographer
- Bergson, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban tram / to run in Burnaby, / car 1203, about to / leave New Westminster / for Marpole / at 12:30 am / on Sunday,November 18, / 1956. Service ended / with this run. / Tom Pritichard / motorman / Lawrence Love / conductor / interurban car 1203 / 5 of 5"
Images
![Interurban Tram 1220, Burnaby Lake line, [1953] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Interurban Tram 1220, Burnaby Lake line
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ;12.6 x 17.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a conductor standing outside on the interurban tracks in front of tram no. 1220, Burnaby Lake Line. He is using a rod to throw the crossover switch to allow the interurban to enter its private right of way (PRW). Note the commercial buildings seen to the right side of the photograph, …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ;12.6 x 17.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a conductor standing outside on the interurban tracks in front of tram no. 1220, Burnaby Lake Line. He is using a rod to throw the crossover switch to allow the interurban to enter its private right of way (PRW). Note the commercial buildings seen to the right side of the photograph, such as Grandview fuel and Malkinav Woodworks. The location is presumed to be at Commercial and 6th Avenue in Vancouver. The notes in the accession file describe the tram as "PRW" street car type 400 class.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.328.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1953] (date of original), copied 1985
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Images
![Interurban Tram 1220, Burnaby Lake line, [1953] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0003_001.jpg)
Interview with Ella Beatty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4475
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:21:41 min)
- Scope and Content
- 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:21:41 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Ella Beatty Date of interview: May 10, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total length of all Tracks: 21:41
- Scope and Content
- 00:00-2:58: Ella describes the area around Kingsway and Edmonds as she remembers it from her childhood. She names the businesses on the four corners of the intersection, which included a small house which was turned into a business. 2:58-7:18: Ella mentions some of the organized activities of the time, and discusses household responsibilities of girls. Ella describes jobs she had as a teenager, such as a brief time working at the B.C. Electric Café at Carrall St. She talks about her allowance, and describes how she spent the money as well as her earnings from her jobs. XXX 7:18–13:55: Although Ella doesn’t recall being involved in many organized activities, she does mention Sunday school and a girl’s group. She talks about having A.R.P. and First Aid training during the Second World War. Ella notes that children made their own fun, and discusses the games she played, parks she went to, and how she got there. She describes how parents kept an eye on children without strictly supervising them. Ella also talks about neighborhood and school friends, describes her recreation, which was mainly informal, and where she played. XXX 13:55–15:30: Ella can’t choose any one memory of her childhood as being the most joyful, but she recalls the announcement of the declaration of war (of World War II) as her worst childhood memory. XXX 15:30–16:31: Ella describes the families in the neighborhood and her schoolmates as having similar cultural backgrounds. The very few immigrant families she remembers came from Europe. XXX 16:31–18:13: Ella describes her household living arrangements and her toys. XXX 18:13–20:25: Ella comments on the changes which have occurred in Burnaby since her childhood as the city has become built up. She notes that much of it began after the war as veterans returned home. XXX 20:25-21:41: Ella explains why she is still a Burnaby resident and remarks on the self-reliance that children acquired in the earlier days of the city.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Ella Beatty, recorded by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Businesses
- Names
- Beatty, Ella
- Responsibility
- Gooden, Tom
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Edmonds Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ella Beatty, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
Interview with Ella Beatty, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0002_001.mp3Interview with John Gordon Davis November 21, 2002 - Tape 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13082
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War I…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Mabel F. Nichols and husband Jack Nichols Interviewee: John Gordon Davis Location of Interview: New Westminster Interview Date: November 21, 2002 Total Number of tracks: 2 (side A & B of audio cassette) Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 53 sec.
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War II nursing uniform. Gordon provides background information on his family history and describes his experiences while serving overseas during World War II (WWII) including his experiences as a radar operator and working at a military air squadron repair depot. Gordon also provides biographical information about his wife Anne Davis (nee Williams) and her experiences serving as a military nurse during WWII and their life in Burnaby. Interviewer, Mabel and Jack Nichols also provide anecdotal stories about their own life in Burnaby during the interview. Track 1 - Side A (30:34) 00:00 - 30:34 Interview opens with discussion between interviewer Mabel F. Nichols and Gordon Davis about his wife, Anne Davis' experience working in the nursing corps. Mr. Davis provides background information about working in mining between 1933 and 1940 before training in Ontario to become a radar operator during World War II. Gordon also describes his parents origins and how they moved to Burnaby in 1940 while Gordon headed off to Nova Scotia to serve with the RCAF. Gordon also shares information about his sister Anne Davis who married George L. Davis from Kirkland Lake and how they lived with Gordon's parents in the auto court in Burnaby. He tells of how George L. Davis worked for Dominion Bridge Co. and later as a meat cutter for Safeway near 6th Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Mabel shares her own husband Jack's experiences growing up in Burnaby as the son of butcher, George Nichols, his career as a deisel mechanic and later in the GVRD Engineering Department. Gordon shares that his father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth died in 1968 and his older sister Ruth died in 1990. Gordon recollects his wedding day and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945 with his wife Anne. Track 2 - Side B (29:19) 00:00 - 14:37 Gordon continues with his recollections about his wedding and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945. The interviewers, Mabel and Jack discuss the geography of the area sharing their own experiences travelling in 1981 and try to get an idea of where Gordon and his wife were married. They agree that the place was Llandudno. He tells of signing up for another year of Military Service since his wife was still serving in the nursing corps. and describes working North of London at a Military facility to repair aircraft including mosquito bombers. 14:38 - 21: 53 Gordon shares information about working in the Middle East in 1943 while his wife Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, the Marnix that she was travelling on. Gordon tells of how Anne couldn't swim but had a life jacket on and was picked up by a life boat. Anne corresponded with Gordon to let him know that she was alright but had to be cryptic since all letters were censored. Gordon tells of how Anne then travelled to India. Interviewer, Mabel, speaks of her own brother Bill who was picked up in Gibralter and taken to England. 21:54 - 26:18 Gordon recollects first meeting his wife Anne in London and the bombing that occurred during WWII. He tells of how Anne trained as a midwife at the Royal College of Midwives in Yorkshire and how he attended Radio college in Ontario. 26:19- 29:19 Gordon speaks about his experience travelling east on the Queen Mary in World War II and how full the ship was. He says that they were 30 days at sea from May to June in 1942.
- History
- Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichols' parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
- Names
- Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"
- Davis, Anne Williams
- Davis, Gilbert
- Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence
- Nichols Family Meat Market
- Accession Code
- BV005.37.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
- See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share the…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik, Rajdeep Interviewees: Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill Location of Interview: Gill family residence on Warwick Avenue in Burnaby Interview Date: November 11, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:58:39) Digital master recording (m4a) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share their ancestral background, their personal experiences immigrating to Canada, living in Burnaby and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants. 00:00 – 27:34 Santokh “Gurmail” Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill share their migration stories and experiences living and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants and their eldest child, Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences as a child of South Asian immigrants and growing up in British Columbia as a South Asian Canadian. Gurmail Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar and Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in Hoshiapur of the Indian state of Punjab. Gurmail describes how he moved from India to England with his family in 1957, immigrated to Canada from England in 1966, married his wife Mohinder in England in 1968 and brought his family (parents and two siblings) to Canada from England in 1970 and other relatives including his wife’s family in the 1970s and 1980s. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill recollect their arranged marriage in England in 1968, their immigration process and explain how they arrived in Burnaby residing with a cousin at 4649 Georgia Street until they were able to purchase their own home after a few years. Gurmail shares names and connections to the relatives that came to British Columbia before him. Gurmail and Mohinder tell how they lived in the basement of the house and rented out the upper floor to save money. The couple recall what they brought with them when they immigrated to Canada and Mohinder Kaur Gill tells of how before leaving India, she and her mother made a special rajai for her to take with her. Mohinder describes the process of making a rajai (a quilted blanket that was made by hand). Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about the challenges that they’ve experienced as new immigrants including not being fluent in English, the cold weather and not having very many family or friends nearby to provide support. They attended the Gurdwara on Ross Street or Akali Singh Sikh Society Gurdwara on Skeena in Vancouver. They explain how there was limited access to grocery stores that supplied Punjabi and Indian spices and other cooking supplies. They talk about how they used a food mill and mortar and pestle to grind their own spices and flour and how Mohinder often made traditional sweets like barfi and laddo and pakoras using pea flour when they couldn’t get Besan flour. 27:35 – 36:11 Gurmail provides more details on his family’s immigration story, including names of relatives, how his six siblings and parents all immigrated to British Columbia in 1970 and how in the early 1970s and mid 1980’s Gurmail and his family sponsored approximately 70 friends and relations from India (including Mohinder’s family) to immigrate to Canada. When Mohinder’s family arrived they lived with them in their house until they were able to purchase property next door and build their own home. Children in the families all attended elementary and high school in Burnaby which now amounts to three generations. 36:12 – 59:28 Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about their experiences of racial discrimination. Gurmail recalls members of the South Asian community, Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma, Harinder Mahil and Charan Gill starting the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism. Gurmail tells of how he got involved contributing some of his union dues as a member of CAIMAW (Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers Union- Local 15) and as a friend of Charan Gill and Raj Chouhan of the Canadian Farm Workers Union. Gurmail Gill explains how he was a founding member of CAIMAW and treasurer until the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union (in 1991). Mohinder and Gurmail tell of how people from the South Asian community were discouraged from wearing Punjabi dresses or head coverings for fear of being yelled at with racial slurs and how it was often scary to go outside. Many from their community often avoided attending the Akali Singh Gurdwara since a head covering was required and people were afraid of being a target. Gurmail provides details about his work with A1 Steel, how different unions were formed pertaining to various skillsets and jobs per company and how he became a member of CAIMAW Local 15 (foundry workers). Mohinder recollects her experiences as a mother, the daily tasks involved and friends that she made who’d also emigrated from Punjab. Mohinder describes how she designed and sewed many Punjabi dresses using her electric sewing machine and how she learned English by attending adult classes at a church on Commercial Drive. Mohinder and her mother attended the classes for two hours per day for six years at a cost of twelve dollars for ten weeks. Once Mohinder could speak a little English, she started working and was able to practice more. 59:29 – 1:06:08 Mohinder, Gurmail and Prem talk about some of their favourite traditional foods including corn roti and spinach curry and how they grow many of their own vegetables including peppers, eggplant, saag (spinach), onions, garlic, cilantro, zucchini, squash and fenugreek. Mohinder reflects on how access to Punjabi clothing and fabric stores in Vancouver has changed and that ready made food is now more available. Traditional foods were previously made from scratch with women gathering together and cooking for hours and now it’s gotten easier but more expensive and less of a community feel. 1:06:09- 1:55:20 Mohinder and Gurmail Gill discuss and share their perspectives and experiences on raising a family in the past versus today. Gurmail imparts that all of his siblings became educated and secured professional careers while he continued to work in the trades. Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences growing up and attending school in Burnaby. Gurmail and Mohinder Gill recall the type of suitcase that they brought with them when they immigrated and how they recently they got rid of it. Gurmail and the group reflect and discuss the confusion with racial identity terms that have been used in this country. They comment that South Asians were referred to as “Hindu” and “East Indian” and Indigenous peoples were referred to as “Indian” and the controversy and racism behind some of these terms. The group discusses the impact of the caste system and other discriminatory experiences and compare their experiences of living in England to living in Canada. Prem comments on how it’s just recently that South Asian customs, celebrations and practices have been recognized and celebrated here in Canada, like Diwali and yoga. They comment on how much of the language, culture and customs have been retained in Surrey where many can still communicate in Punjabi and don’t need to be fluent in English. The group discusses how many South Asians immigrants first lived and worked in Vancouver but with rising property prices many moved to Surrey expanding and establishing a much larger South Asian community with resources. The group discusses and compares the differing travel routes that many of them and their relatives took when immigrating and travelling between India and Canada. The group talks about Rajdeep’s ancestral village in India which is near the Gill village of Firozpur. Gurmail explains the origins and details behind his family name that was changed from “Shergill” to “Gill” and the name “Santokh” from his maternal side.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar in Punjab, India. Gurmail moved to England with his family in 1957 and immigrated to British Columbia in 1966. Gurmail married his wife, Mohinder Kaur Gill in England in 1968 and she immigrated to British Columbia from England soon after. Gurmail first lived with a cousin in Burnaby before purchasing a home of his own in Burnaby where he raised his family. Gurmail worked in the steel industry and was a member and treasurer of the CAIMAW before the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union. Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in the Hoshiapur in Punjab, India. She married her husband Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill in England in 1968 and immigrated to Burnaby, British Columbia to join her husband. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill have four children, all born in Burnaby. Prem Kaur Gill was born in Burnaby in 1969 and is the eldest child of Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill. Prem grew up and attended school in Burnaby. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Foods
- Indigenous peoples
- Buildings - Religious - Temples
- Food Processing Tools and Equipment
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Migration
- Occupations
- Organizations - Unions
- Responsibility
- Rajdeep
- Malik, Anushay
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcript available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum
- Indian Family System Reference notes: Baba = informal way to say grandfather; old man Bibi = informal way to say grandmother; old woman Dada= paternal grandfather Dadi= paternal grandmother Dadke= paternal family members; paternal side (Various spellings might exist for the following terms) Thaiyya= father’s elder brother (uncle) Thaiyyi= father’s elder brother’s wife (aunt) Chacha= father’s younger brother (uncle) Chachi= father’s younger brother’s wife (aunt) Bua= father’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Phuphar= father’s sister’s husband (uncle) Nana= maternal grandfather Nani= maternal grandmother Nanke/nanka= maternal family members; maternal side Mama= mom’s brother (older or younger) (uncle) Mami= mom’s brother’s wife (aunt) Maasi= mom’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Maasard= mom’s sister’s husband (uncle)
Audio Tracks
Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022
Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0002_002.mp3I.T.U. lessons in printing : design for printers - job unit iv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6641
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 686.2 ITU
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Publisher
- International Typographical Union
- Publication Date
- C1953
- Series
- I.T.U. lessons in printing
- Physical Description
- 272 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "10 ochlock Jarvis Electric Ernie Palmer 1435 granville" "Worked on Slab work" "1200 Province 410" -- handwritten in blue ink on the frontend paper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Type and type-founding
- Printing
- Notes
- Includes index
- "I.T.U. lessons in printing" -- Cover.
- "Bureau of education" -- Cover.
- "International Typographical Union" -- Cover.
![Last run of Interurban tram no. 1309, [1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Last run of Interurban tram no. 1309
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription210
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban tram no. 1309 with four men posing inside with signs reading "Interurban Passenger Service Discontinued effective October 1st. ask conductor for a bus schedule". Photograph was taken on last run of the Chilliwack Tram line. The New Pacific Stage Lines bus serive replaced th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban tram no. 1309 with four men posing inside with signs reading "Interurban Passenger Service Discontinued effective October 1st. ask conductor for a bus schedule". Photograph was taken on last run of the Chilliwack Tram line. The New Pacific Stage Lines bus serive replaced the Fraser Valley Interurban Service.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Accession Code
- BV985.328.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
Images
![Last run of Interurban tram no. 1309, [1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0328_0004_001.jpg)
Lawrence Love on Interurban Car 1203
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11205
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with conductor, Lawrence Love looking out the side door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this in…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with conductor, Lawrence Love looking out the side door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- History
- Photograph is one in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- Love, Lawrence
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV019.46.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-19
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Bergson, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban / tram to run in / Burnaby, car 1203, / about to leave New / Westminster depot at / 12:30am., Sunday / November 18, 1956. / (Tom Pritichard - motorman / Lawrence Love - conductor) / 1203's final run was on / it's regular schedule , to Marpole. Service ended / with thi run" "1 of 5"
Images
Lawrence Love on Interurban Car 1203
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with train conductor, Lawrence Love looking out the window of the door at the rear of the car. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with train conductor, Lawrence Love looking out the window of the door at the rear of the car. The car is about to leave New Westminster depot at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- History
- Photograph number three in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride when train service ended.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- Love, Lawrence
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV019.46.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-19
- Photographer
- Bergson, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban tram to / run in Burnaby, / car 1203, about to / leave New Westminster / for Marpole / at 12:30 am / on Sunday,November 18, / 1956. Service ended / with this run. / Tom Pritichard / motorman / Lawrence Love / was the conductor / interurban car 1203 / 3 of 5"
Images
Tom Pritchard on Interurban Car 1203
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11206
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with motorman Tom Pritchard looking out the door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave the New Westminster depot on it's way to Marpole station at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- George Bergson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Interurban Car 1203 with motorman Tom Pritchard looking out the door at the rear of the car. The sign "Westminster" is displayed on the outside. The car is about to leave the New Westminster depot on it's way to Marpole station at 12:30 am on Sunday November 18, 1956. This was the very last run that this interurban car made through Burnaby.
- History
- Photograph number two in a series of five photographs taken by George Bergson. Photographer, George Bergson and transportaion historian, Henry Ewert, were the last people to take this historic ride when train service ended.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- Pritchard, Thomas
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV019.46.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 27-Sep-19
- Photographer
- Bergson, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso reads: "George Bergson photo / Henry Ewert collection / The last interurban tram to / run in Burnaby, car 1203, / about to leave New / Westminster for Marpole / at 12:30am on Sunday, / November 18, 1956. / Service ended with this run / Tom Pritichard - motorman / Lawrence Love was/ the conductor" / "2 of 5"
Images
Westerman family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.
- History
- Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.
- Responsibility
- Westerman, Walter "Wally"
- Accession Code
- BV020.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds