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Studio portrait of George

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Harry Royle fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w oval ; 12.5 x 7.5 mounted on matt 23 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph studio portrait of young boy identified as George (Royle) taken at a photographic studio in Portsmith, United Kingdom. The boy is seated on a decorative railing with scenic background behind.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harry Royle fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w oval ; 12.5 x 7.5 mounted on matt 23 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph studio portrait of young boy identified as George (Royle) taken at a photographic studio in Portsmith, United Kingdom. The boy is seated on a decorative railing with scenic background behind.
Names
Royle, George V.
Accession Code
BV006.39.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1900]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-01-08
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Front of matt includes studio insignia in gold that reads: "London. W.E. / Provincial.../ Branches... / U.S.A. Studios"
The back of the card displays locations for U.S.A. Studios in England
Studio photograph identifier on verso of card reads:"Neg. No. 5411_Branch_PORTSMITH"
Handwritten note on verso of matt reads: "To Dad / from George / 25/7/10 / xxx / x"
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Community along the bank of a creek

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1900 and 1915]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w glass negative
Scope and Content
Photograph of a stream with banks on both sides. There are power poles running along both sides of the stream and along the horizon. There are many houses forming a community to the left side of the stream in the photograph. On the right side of the photograph, there is a cabin with a large sign th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w glass negative
Scope and Content
Photograph of a stream with banks on both sides. There are power poles running along both sides of the stream and along the horizon. There are many houses forming a community to the left side of the stream in the photograph. On the right side of the photograph, there is a cabin with a large sign that reads, "NEW ENGLAND GRANITE & MARBLE CO."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Creeks
Names
New England Granite and Marble Comapny
Accession Code
HV973.110.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1900 and 1915]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
16/8/2006
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
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Photocopy of Albert Parker album

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1900-1970] (date of originals), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records (photocopies)
Scope and Content
File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photos mostly pertain to the Parker and Hughes families as well as some photos of the Love family members and the Love farmhouse includ…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love family photographs subseries
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records (photocopies)
Scope and Content
File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photos mostly pertain to the Parker and Hughes families as well as some photos of the Love family members and the Love farmhouse including: Sarah (nee Love) and her husband William Parker; children of Sarah and William Parker; sister Elsie (nee Parker) Hughes and family in Ontario; Late 1920-1930 exterior photos of the Love farmhouse in the winter; Annie (nee Love) and husband Flash Whiting; tennis on the grounds of the Love farmhouse; Dot/Dorothy (nee Love) Brandrith and Minnie (nee Love) McKenzie; Hughes children and grandfather William Parker at Love farmhouse; Bill Parker and his wife May in the Air Force and BC coast; Elsie and John Hughes wedding day (1942); Jesse Love; John Hughes and family at the farmhouse at Christmas; Love children and spouses; camping with Annie (nee Love) Whiting; Henry Love; Sarah (nee Love) Parker and her sister Annie (nee Love) Whiting with infants; Albert and his sister Elsie Parker; Parker family old home on Newcombe Street in Burnaby; Love family and friends camping; Postcards from England; William Parker's death notice; Jesse Love and dog; Love family and friends in car; William and Phoebe (nee Love) Feedham and their boat FeBe; tennis court with family and friends; Ester (nee Love) Stanley and Robert Love in WWI uniform.
History
Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker lived in the Jesse Love farmhouse with their children: Albert, Bill and Elsie from 1925. Elsie married John Hughes in 1942 and they had three children; Brent, Anne and John. Sarah Parker sold the Love farmhouse to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966. Elsie and John Hughes had four children; John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. They lived in the Love farmhouse with their son Brent until 1971.
Accession Code
BV018.41.203
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1900-1970] (date of originals), copied 1998
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command ; appointed to be read in churches.

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1900
Call Number
220 HOL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV974.63.8
Call Number
220 HOL
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date
1900
Printer
J. & C. F. Clay
Physical Description
921 p. : col. maps ; 16 cm.
Inscription
"Steal not this Book for fear of Shame, for hear you see the owners name. And when you die the Lord will say, where is that book you stole away." [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "A. E. Bowen 187 Langarth Street South London Ontario Canada Given and presented to him by The Reverend G. J. Bulmer. Vicar of Canon Pyon. Herefordshire England. On the Eighteenth day of April 1904" [Handwritten in pencil on front fllyleaf] "Allan Bowen From Rev. G.J. Bulmer Vicar of Canon Pyon 'As a testimony of his good conduct' April 18th 1904" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf verso]
Library Subject (LOC)
Bible
Bible. New Testament
Bible. Old Testament
Object History
Book belonged to donor's father.
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Songs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3415
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1900
Call Number
782 SON
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV993.49.1
Call Number
782 SON
Place of Publication
Brighton, England
Publisher
Carter Bros.
Publication Date
1900
Physical Description
1 v. : 33 cm.
Inscription
Front fly leaf: "Ethel Puttick Xmas 1900" - [written (calligraphy) in black ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Songs with piano
Songs
Piano scores
Notes
"presented by Carter Bros. Binders, Brighton" -- index.
Contains index.
Appears to be a variety of musical scores bound by request.
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues : and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special command : containing eighty thousand original and selected parallel references and marginal readings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6346
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Edition
Clear-Type ed.
Publication Date
1900
Call Number
220 COL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV008.59.32
Call Number
220 COL
Edition
Clear-Type ed.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Collins Clear-Type Press
Publication Date
1900
Physical Description
1 vol. : ill., maps (col.) ; 18 cm.
Inscription
"Moseley Road Congregational Church Sunday Schools Presented by the Officers and Teachers of the above schools to Miss Alice Cheatle on the occasion of her leaving England for Canada as a small token of the esteem and regard in which she was held by them Pastor Thomas Towers Superintenents: Sidney Hirsh W. B. Fisker W. A. Hunt Sept 1st/04 Secretaries: S. G. Wallace Chs. J Hurley" [handwritten on endpaper]
Library Subject (LOC)
Bible
Bible. New Testament
Bible. Old Testament
Names
Winter, Alice Emma Cheatle
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The hymn book : from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1900
Call Number
783.9 HYM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV973.107.22
Call Number
783.9 HYM
Publication Date
1900
Physical Description
1090 p. ; 18 cm.
Inscription
God Rest You Merry Gentleman music and lyrics glued to the front pastedown "The Rule for finding Do with flats and sharps" [handwritten on thesecond to last page in black ink] "The last flat is in the fa position" "step by step below are mi Ri Do" "is on the line {or space} it is the" "key of -." "The last f sharp is in the Ti." "position the three lines" "{or spaces below it are sol" "Mi Do : Do is on the - line {or" "space. It is the key of -." Scribbles in pencil and green ink on last page
Library Subject (LOC)
Hymns
Church of England in Canada--Hymns
Notes
Includes index.
"compiled for the use of the Church of England in Canada."
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Leopold Buxton aged 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64602
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Ma…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
513-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-05
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Leopold George Buxton at age eight. Leopold was the son of George Searby Buxton and Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss). Born 28 Feb 1893 in Reading England, he came to Canada with his parents in ca. 1911. He was a painter by trade and was educated at Kendrick School Reading and Queen Mary's School Basingstroke Hants. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Buxton, Leopold George
Media Type
Photograph
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Leopold, Bernard and Mary Buxton

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64639
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (190…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1901]
Collection/Fonds
Buxton Family collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
Description Level
Item
Record No.
513-011
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-05
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three of the children of George and Mary Buxton - Leopold, Bernard and Mary. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Buxton, Leopold George
Buxton, Mary Isabel
Buxton, Bernard Willian John
Media Type
Photograph
Images
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Little Dorrit

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publication Date
1901
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.8
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.51.13
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.8
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
M. A. Donohue
Publication Date
1901
Series
Dickens works
Physical Description
iv, 861 p. : front. ; 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
English literature
Children of prisoners
Debt, Imprisonment for--England
Notes
Volume 8 of 15.
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Tale of two cities ; and Sketches by Boz : illustrative of every-day life and every-day people

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publication Date
1901
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.15
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.51.14
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.15
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
M. A. Donohue
Publication Date
1901
Series
Dickens works
Physical Description
357, 496 p. : front. ; 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
English literature
London (England)
Paris (France)
Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Notes
Contains "Tale of Two Cities" and "Sketches by Boz: illustrative of every-day life and every-day people"
Volume 15 of 15.
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The old curiosity shop, and Hard times

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publication Date
1901
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.11
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.51.22
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.11
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Contributor
Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
M. A. Donohue
Publication Date
1901
Series
Dickens works
Physical Description
626, 278 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
English literature
England--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction
Gambling--Fiction
Notes
"a reprint of the first edition with the illustrations, and an introduction, biographical and bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the Younger" -- t.p.
Volume 11 of 15
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Child's history of England

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publication Date
1901
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.51.27
Call Number
823.83 DIC v.3
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
M. A. Donohue
Publication Date
1901
Series
Dickens works
Physical Description
767 p. : ill., front. ; 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Great Britain--History
Juvenile literature
Notes
Contents: Child's history of England -- No thoroughfare -- Master Humphrey's clock.
Volume 3 of 15.
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Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested ar…
Associated Dates
1902
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Associated Dates
1902
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 12183
Enactment Date
11/12/2006
Description
Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
Heritage Value
‘Glen-Lyon’ is valued as an excellent example of a privately-owned Edwardian era country estate built at the turn of the nineteenth century. The property retains significant heritage features including the Edwardian era mansion with rustic Arts and Crafts features, and elements of a working agricultural landscape. The property was originally the Royal City Mills logging camp, and in 1900 was purchased by Duncan Campbell McGregor (1853-1929) and Margaret Jane McGregor (1875-1960), who named their estate ‘Glen-Lyon’ after Duncan McGregor’s birthplace in Perthshire, Scotland. The McGregors were active in municipal affairs and social activities, and played a significant role in the early development of Burnaby. Duncan McGregor served as a city councillor from 1909 to 1912 and was elected reeve of Burnaby in 1913. Margaret McGregor was instrumental in the formation and fundraising activities of the Victoria Order of Nurses in Burnaby. Additionally, the site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The site retains significant features from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, including a large gambrel-roofed barn designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works that is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby. Between 1941 and 1945 the mansion housed the Provincial School for the Deaf and Blind when the Borstal School was closed temporarily as a war measure during the Second World War.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion include its: - location on a sloping site with expansive southern exposure, adjacent to Marine Drive - residential form, scale and massing of the house as exemplified by its two and one-half storey height, above-ground basement and rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts elements of the house such as its stone foundation, multi-gabled roof line with steep central hipped roof, symmetrical cross-gables, side shed dormers, bellcast upper walls sheathed in cedar shingles and lower walls sheathed in narrow clapboard - original exterior features of the house such as the full width front verandah with square columns, central staircase on the southern elevation, original doors and stained glass windows; and the irregular fenestration such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, bay windows, and projecting windows in the gable ends - original interior features of the house such as the U-shaped main stair designed around two symmetrically placed Ionic columns, and interior trim on the main floor including boxed beams and fireplaces - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding - associated landscape features such as the original garden plantings with some exotic and many native specimen trees; the original log pond and its concrete Marine Drive causeway and culvert; rockeries and a rose garden
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Organization
Home of the Friendless
Borstal School
New Haven Correction Centre
Architect
Henry Whittaker
Function
Primary Historic--Estate
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
003-004-661
Boundaries
'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
Area
230873.18
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Names
McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929)
Whittaker, Henry
Home of the Friendless
Borstal School
New Haven Correction Centre
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities
Buildings - Residential
Street Address
4250 Marine Drive
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Public school history of England and Canada

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Robertson, W. J.
Publication Date
1902
Call Number
942 ROB
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV985.3870.1
Call Number
942 ROB
Author
Robertson, W. J.
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
Publication Date
1902
Physical Description
295 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Annie Graham Hill"--hand written in ink on title page, twice. "Way down the brook / there was a rock / And on it was written / For-get-me-not / Mollie Lang"--handwritten in ink on back fly leaf.
Library Subject (LOC)
Great Britain--History
Canada--History
Notes
"Authorized by the Education Department of British Columbia"
Author's given name and date: Robertson, W. J. (William John), 1846-
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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4865
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Church of England
Publication Date
1902
Call Number
264.03 CHU
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV985.3902.1
Call Number
264.03 CHU
Author
Church of England
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Henry Frowde
Publication Date
1902
Printer
Oxford University Press
Physical Description
1 vol. ; 12 cm.
Inscription
"THE BOOK OF Common Prayer" "E R" "VII" front centre "COMMON PRAYER" "HYMNS A&M", "OXFORD"; "Presented to [blank] In Commemoration of the Coronation of KING EDWARD VII" "JUNE 26, 1902"; page, "The Royal Commemoration Prayer Book" "Oxford 1902" "FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING"; "HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY"; 197pp; illustrated
Library Subject (LOC)
Church of England--Liturgy--Texts
Church of England--Prayers and devotions
Prayer books
Subjects
Persons - Royalty
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Books
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Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 3

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1903-1940
Length
0:09:46
Summary
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's descriptions of road construction in Burnaby, including the names of the settlers and logging companies involved in their construction. Alfred discusses the changes that took place during World War I, along with municipal Relief work that he t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's descriptions of road construction in Burnaby, including the names of the settlers and logging companies involved in their construction. Alfred discusses the changes that took place during World War I, along with municipal Relief work that he took part in at Burnaby Mountain. Alfred also discusses early schools and mentions his wife, Ada Bingham.
Date Range
1903-1940
Photo Info
Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
Length
0:09:46
Subjects
Construction - Road Construction
Land Clearing
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Scope and Content
Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
Total Tracks
12
Total Length
1:38:06
Interviewee Name
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Transcript Available
MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories
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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Track three of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings

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Interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon July 9, 1975 - Track 1

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1904-1932
Length
0:08:08
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to Charles A. Purdon's employment history and first years of marriage to May E. Purdon.
Date Range
1904-1932
Length
0:08:08
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
July 9, 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury July 9, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and Canadian politics. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
May Eliza was born in London, England in 1907. She came out to Regina with her family when she was eleven. Charles A. Purdon was born February 28, 1904 in London, England. He came to Canada in 1925 from China where he had been working as an accountant for the previous three years. Charles first came to Vancouver and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but within a week he was sent to Regina. This is where he met May. May and Charles got married in 1926 and Charles began working as an accountant for the Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, then for the Canadian Wool Growers before being laid off. In October of 1930, Charles and May left Regina for Vancouver Island. Charles drove himself out and May rode the train with her children; twin boys and a daughter, only one year apart. They settled at May’s parent’s second house in Coombs. The Purdons arrived in Burnaby in December of 1932 and rented a house on Edmonds Street. Charles was unable to do road work and instead found work through the Liberal Party and also with the Municipal engineers indoors on a number of projects. In 1938 the Purdons were able to get into a reverted house built by Ernie Winch at Maple Avenue (then Jubilee) and Nelson Avenue that had nine bedrooms. They paid ten dollars a month to the municipality for use of this property. May Eliza Purdon died April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-six.
Total Length
1:40:03
Interviewee Name
Purdon, Charles A.
Purdon, May Eliza
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
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.
Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon

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Woodward Cottage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark496
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
Associated Dates
1904
Formal Recognition
Community Heritage Register
Other Names
Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
Geographic Access
Sperling Avenue
Associated Dates
1904
Formal Recognition
Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Council Resolution
Enactment Date
26/05/2003
Description
Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
Heritage Value
Woodward Cottage, built in 1904, is valued as the oldest house within the Deer Lake neighbourhood, whose construction marked the beginning of Deer Lake's transition from a rural farming community to a residential suburb. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Deer Lake was recognized for its tranquility and beautiful scenery, which, in turn, attracted New Westminster and Vancouver residents to relocate to the area and build family homes. The first owner, Maud Sarah Woodward (1865-1958), originally from England, was a pioneer nurse of Vancouver. In 1903, she purchased this property from her two close friends, Louis and Annie Hill, who were among Deer Lake's first residents. Maud and her sister, Harriet Julia Woodward (1879-1969), were prominent figures in the Deer Lake community and together they established the first post office in Burnaby, which operated out of this house. Due to the lack of any local facilities, in September 1904 Harriet Woodward established a private primary school here for the local children, which continued after 1908 as a kindergarten. The cottage was enlarged several times to accommodate the expanding post office until 1912, when the Woodwards began construction of a new, larger house. Woodward Cottage is also valued for its origins as an innovative prefabricated structure. In 1904, the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company patented a modular system in response to unprecedented population growth in the western provinces. This system could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to schools, churches and banks. Short mill ends of lumber and siding, which had previously been discarded, were assembled into three or four-foot wide wall panels that could be bolted together. The vertical joints between the panels were covered by narrow battens, which gave these buildings their distinct appearance. The wall panels for the house were assembled at the mill, prepainted and packaged with various other components and the necessary instructions to assemble the building, and shipped via railway to its waiting customer. Woodward Cottage is one of the earliest surviving examples of this ingenious prefabricated system. In the 1930s, the cottage was raised and turned to allow for a new foundation to be built. Despite later additions and alterations, the original cottage form is still recognizable. Woodward Cottage is currently owned by the City of Burnaby and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, Burnaby's most significant collection of historic sites.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of Woodward Cottage include its: - secluded lakefront site, set far back from Sperling Avenue, within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one-storey height and gabled roofline - original wood-frame construction and modular wall panels, extant under later stucco cladding - internal red-brick chimney - associated landscape features, including mature deciduous trees
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Organization
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Function
Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
Primary Current--Single Dwelling
Community
Deer Lake
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. 011-454-440
Boundaries
Woodward Cottage is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5141 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.
Area
6596
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Public (local)
Documentation
City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files
Street Address
5141 Sperling Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Images
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One hundred and one views : Sourthampton and district

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary21
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1904
Call Number
914.2 ONE
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.5.21
Call Number
914.2 ONE
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Rock Bros.
Publication Date
1904
Physical Description
[36] p. : all photos ; 29 cm.
Inscription
"W-25" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "Annie to George Christmas 1904" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown]
Library Subject (LOC)
Southampton (England)--Description and travel
England--Geography
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