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The Sunday magazine 1891
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.7
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1891
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 860, 68 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1891.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "The Doctor's Dozen: 'The Sunday Magazine' Christmas story"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
The Sunday magazine 1892
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.8
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1892
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- viii, 856 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "________ [LM Collins?]" [written in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1892.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- includes index.
- one of 11 volumes in collection
The parallel New Testament Greek and English. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, being the authorized version set fourth in 1611, arranged in parallel columns with the revised version of 1881 and with the original Greek according to the text followed in the authorized version, with the variations adopted in the revised version
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.15
- Call Number
- 225.48 SCR
- Contributor
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Printer
- C.J. Clay, M.A. and Sons
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 1104 p. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible. New Testament
- Christianity
- Bible
- Notes
- "as edited by the late F.H.A. Scrivener" -- t.p.
- "This revised version is the joint property of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge" -- t.p.
- Contributor's full name and dates : Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891.
Pictures of English history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary458
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.63
- Call Number
- 941 PIC
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Publisher
- [T. Nelson & Sons]
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Series
- Royal school series
- Physical Description
- vii-viii, 270 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers--History
- Great Britain--History
Julius Caesar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.13
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Contributor
- Dent, Walter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Physical Description
- xiii, 114 p. 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Mary Hart Medicine Hat Alta" [written in pencil] Title page: "Alexander High School" [written in pencil] Back endpaper: List of exams, written in pencil. Throughout book: Doodles, study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama
- Notes
- with introduction and notes by Walter Dent
- Includes index.
The works of William Shakespeare : with life, glossary, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.20
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Edition
- Universal ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Printer
- Morrison and Gibb
- Physical Description
- vii, 1124 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Title page: "Frank B. Street 6176 Walker Ave. Burnaby 1, B.C." [stamped in blue ink] verso of title page: "Pound." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan
- English poetry--Early modern
- Notes
- "carefully edited from the best texts and compared with recent commentators by the editor of the "Chandos" classics." -- t.p.
The Sunday magazine 1984
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.9
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1894
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- viii, 856 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "________ [LM Collins?]" [written in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1894.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- includes index.
- one of 11 volumes in collection
Select poems : edited with introduction, notes and appendix
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.25
- Call Number
- 821.8 ALE
- Contributor
- Alexander, William John, 1855-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- 1896
- Physical Description
- xxix, 288 p., [6] p. of plates; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpapers: doodles of swastikas, in black ink. "Ethel Anderson Junior A, Room 3, Division VI, Locker 70 V.H.S." [written in black ink] "Fr. Page 164 I (1, 2, 3) Written out" [written in pencil] "Look up dates of Dunbar, Worcester and death of Cromwell." [written in pencil] Back endpapers: "musician artist sculptor poet (All arts are different ways of expressing beauty" [written in blue ink] "Sonnet is composed of. --" [written in black ink] "Broadside A large piece of paper with a ballad or personal _____ written on one side" [written in pencil] "T.N. Hibben & Co. Booksellers and Stationers Victoria, B.C." [on red sticker adhered to endpaper] Throughout book: Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil and blue ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- English literature--Study and teaching
- Notes
- "edited by W.J. Alexander"
- Contributor's full name and dates: Alexander, William John, 1855-1944.
![Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/2000/200500200020.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Harry Royle June 20, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory111
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1898-1919
- Length
- 0:06:06
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's early life beginning at Gibraltar, through the war years.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Harry Royle's early life beginning at Gibraltar, through the war years.
- Date Range
- 1898-1919
- Photo Info
- Harry Royle smiling, in a suit and tie, photographed by Chidwich Studio [193-]. Item no. BV005.20.20
- Length
- 0:06:06
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 20, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Harry Royle by Ross S. McLeod (and Bettina Bradbury) June 20, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and the running of a grocery store. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Harry Royle was born in Gibraltar in 1898 to a Spanish mother and an English father (all of the Royle children except for one were born in Gibraltar). Harry's father served in the army for twenty-one years and because of that, the family moved regularly. While Harry was still a young baby, the Royle family moved to Ireland for six years, where he began his first years of schooling at the age of four. His dad retired from the army in 1907 and was sent to Canada with the BC Electric Company (the London General Army Buses Company). The rest of his family followed two years afterward in 1909 and settled in South Vancouver. Harry and his three brothers joined the army and were sent overseas as part of the second division. Luckily, they all returned home to Vancouver in 1919. Harry worked at the Hudson's Bay Company "counter jumping" before opening his own store in 1924 at 5527 Hastings Street and Ellesmere Avenue, a confectionery and general hangout for neighbourhood children."Harry's" was only twenty-five foot square and carried groceries obtained mainly from Kelly Douglas wholesalers. Most of Harry's customers worked at the mill at Barnet. Those that worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway were the few that still held jobs during the Depression. The store continued to serve the people of Capitol Hill throughout the Depression and war years, until Harry closed shop in 1945.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:01:43
- Interviewee Name
- Royle, Harry
- 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
- 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.
Images
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Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Harry Royle
Track one of interview with Harry Royle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-12/100-13-12_Track_1.mp3Bright blossoms : from "The poet's garden"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3418
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.49.4
- Call Number
- 821.8 MAC
- Contributor
- Mack, Robert Ellice
- Place of Publication
- New York
- London
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Ernest Nister
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Printer
- Ernest Nister
- Physical Description
- [20] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Epigraph page: "Phyllis Davey. July 20th 1921." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "selected and arranged by Robert Ellice Mack"
An English and Chinese dictionary
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2425
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Lobscheid, W. (William)
- Edition
- Second ed., rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Call Number
- 495.1 LOB 2nd ed
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.500
- Call Number
- 495.1 LOB 2nd ed
- Edition
- Second ed., rev. and enl.
- Author
- Lobscheid, W. (William)
- Contributor
- Inoue, Tetsujiro, 1856-1944
- Place of Publication
- Tokio [Tokyo]
- Publisher
- Z. Huzimoto & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Physical Description
- 1357 p., [3] leaves of plates; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese language--Dictionaries--English
- English language--Dictionaries--Chinese
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Notes
- "Revised and enlarged by Tetsuziro Inouye, Bungakushi " -- title page.
- "32 Year of Meiji" -- title page.
- Author's full name and title is Lobscheid, W. (William) Reverend
The Baptist book of praise for public and private worship : prepared for the use of the Baptist denomination (especially of the English Baptist churches, Sunday schools, young people's societies, etc., in Wales and Monmouthshire)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2715
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.63.17
- Call Number
- 782 EDW
- Publisher
- The Baptist Book of Praise Committee
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- W. Crofton Hemmons
- Physical Description
- 350 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns
- Notes
- "edited by W. Edwards (hymns) [and] W.T. Samuel, R. Rhedynog Price (tunes, chants, anthems)." -- title page
![Hill remittance men, [190-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-793.jpg?width=280)
Hill remittance men
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35933
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of English remittance men who worked on the farms of the Hill brothers, standing on the porch of the Bernard R. Hill house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-793
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of English remittance men who worked on the farms of the Hill brothers, standing on the porch of the Bernard R. Hill house.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Agricultural Labourers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Hill remittance men, [190-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-793.jpg)
Bancroft family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-44
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
- History
- Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Bancroft, Rose
- Notes
- MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
![Young man with horse, [between 1900 and 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0110_0039_001.jpg?width=280)
Young man with horse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1025
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young man in a suit with his hat in one hand and his horse in the other. He is looking at the horse who is wearing English riding tackle. A dog is visible standing behind the young man.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, "See/ Mother/ Child/ in the corner./ fini./ Liz/ Flurry will be Home/ the last of week/ love to all/ Liz/ Mother/ we will have to/ take time more/ when you come over again
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young man in a suit with his hat in one hand and his horse in the other. He is looking at the horse who is wearing English riding tackle. A dog is visible standing behind the young man.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Animals - Horses
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.39
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- The unidentified soldier in photograph HV973.110.36 may be the young man in this photograph.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-30
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young man with horse, [between 1900 and 1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0110_0039_001.jpg)
![Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0036_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12337
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)
- Scope and Content
- Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19
- Scope and Content
- Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Sui Wing Hong, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Buildings - Schools
- First Nations reserves - British Columbia
- Names
- Chow, Josephine
- Glenwood Elementary School
- McPherson Park Junior Secondary School
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
- Responsibility
- Fong, Denise
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Road
- Accession Code
- BV020.6.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Related Material
- See also BV017.36*
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12/3/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of interview
- Photograph info: Gary Hong and Chan Kow Hong harvesting celery at Hop-On Farms [1969]. BV017.36.4
Images
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Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020
Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0006_0001_001.mp3Elementary English composition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1508
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3729.1
- Call Number
- 428 SYK
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 206 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Frank Forsyth" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front). "George Zomytt" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Ernest Keyes" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "50c" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Thomson stationery Co. Ltd Vancouver --" -- stamped on endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Composition and exercises
- English language--Grammar
- English language--Study and teaching
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
English poetry : book ii : for use in colleges and schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1852
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.27
- Call Number
- 821.8 JMD
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- vii, 314 p. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Bottom edge of text block: "E.B." [written in black ink] Front endpaper: "Eric Brooks Rinby Alberta" [written in black ink] "F.C. Brooks A.C." [written in black ink] Throughout book: Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil and black ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- Includes notes and annonations on every poem.
The poetical works of Alfred Tennyson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1882
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.18
- Call Number
- 821.8 TEN 1900
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- viii, 482 p. : front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaf: "To Ella From Jennie Xmas 1902" [written in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
The golden treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1906
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.46
- Call Number
- 821.8 PAL
- Contributor
- Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897
- Place of Publication
- London
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Printer
- Turnbull & Spears
- Physical Description
- xv, 459 p., [18] leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- Back fly leaf: "2.00 i 6/17 8" [written in pencil] "Paul Eder & Co., San Francisco"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Songs, English
- Notes
- "selected and arranged with notes by Francis Turner Palgrave"
- Plates are accompanied by thin guard sheet printed wtih descriptive text.
- Includes index.