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Edmonds Street School Grade 4A
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1929 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds Street School Grade 4A class. Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis is seated in the second row, third from the right, wearing a bow tie.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1929 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 524-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds Street School Grade 4A class. Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis is seated in the second row, third from the right, wearing a bow tie.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Florence and Duncan Gillis, [1916] (date of original), copied 2011 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/524-003.jpg?width=280)
Florence and Duncan Gillis
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Florence Ethel (Denton) Gillis and her husband Duncan Gillis. This photograph appears to have been taken soon after Duncan enlisted in January of 1916.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 524-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Florence Ethel (Denton) Gillis and her husband Duncan Gillis. This photograph appears to have been taken soon after Duncan enlisted in January of 1916.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Florence and Duncan Gillis, [1916] (date of original), copied 2011 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/524-003.jpg)
Gillis brothers
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gillis brothers (from left); Donald A. Gillis (holding a toy sailboat), Norman Montague Gillis and Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 524-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gillis brothers (from left); Donald A. Gillis (holding a toy sailboat), Norman Montague Gillis and Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis.
- Subjects
- Toys
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gillis brothers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66693
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1940 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gillis brothers (from left); Norman Montague Gillis, Donald A. Gillis and Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis. All three are in three-piece suit and tie.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1940 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 524-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gillis brothers (from left); Norman Montague Gillis, Donald A. Gillis and Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis. All three are in three-piece suit and tie.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Gillis family fonds
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1940 (date of originals), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scanned photographs of the members of the Gillis family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1940 (date of originals), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg)
- Material Details
- Records exist only in electronic format
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scanned photographs of the members of the Gillis family.
- History
- Duncan Gillis was born on March 25, 1892, in Vancouver, B.C., to James Gillis and Isabelle (Adams) Gillis. He had four older siblings: Isabel, Allan, James, and Marion. Duncan died on April 2, 1985, in Kamloops, B.C. James and Isabelle were from New Brunswick and lived in Minnesota for a time, which is where the three oldest children were born, and then came to British Columbia and pioneered in Yennadon (Maple Ridge) in 1890. Florence Ethel Denton was born on December 9, 1894, in Vancouver, B.C. to Edwin Denton and Elizabeth Anne (Zinn) Denton. She had three siblings: John, Edwin, and Beatrice. Florence died on February 28, 1962, in Kamloops, B.C. Edwin Denton was born in England and met Elizabeth in Ohio were she was born. They were married in 1890 in Vancouver. Florence’s older brother, John Montague Denton, was born on August 7, 1892. He enlisted on October 6, 1915, as part of the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 72nd Batalion and was killed in France on November 1, 1916, at the age of 24. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Duncan married Florence on June 27, 1914, in Eburne, B.C. Florence was the first schoolteacher at the newly built school in Yennadon (Maple Ridge), which was built by Duncan’s father James in 1913. This is how they met. Duncan was working as a carpenter and saw filer before enlisting on January 8, 1916, at the age of 23. He served overseas and was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) for a time. When Duncan returned to Canada, he and Florence had three sons: Boyd Leslie “Bud” born on January 7, 1920; Norman Montague born on August 20, 1921; and Donald Allan Gillis born on February 23, 1923. They raised their family in Burnaby, B.C., and lived there until 1960, then moving to Kamloops, B.C. Bud served overseas as a Flying Officer (Wireless Gunner) during World War II for the 428 (RCAF) Squadron. He was on his fifteenth operation and took part in the raid on Aachem on the night of July 13 (14), 1943, when the plane was shot down over Holland. It was later determined that he had been captured as a POW at Stalag 6 and wasn’t released until May 14, 1945, returning home in August of 1945. He married Mary Irene Thoen and had five children: James, Steven, Donna, Gregory, and Pamela. Boyd was also a carpenter and saw filer and had a saw shop in Kamloops where he raised his family. He also enjoyed woodworking in his spare time and built three airplanes. Boyd died in 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta. Norman Montague served overseas as a Flight Engineer Sergeant during World War II for the 138 RCAF Squadron. His plane crashed in the woods while attempting to land at RAF Woodridge, England, returning from an operational flight. He was pronounced dead on admission to hospital, December 17, 1943, at the age of 22. He is buried in Rushden Cemetery, Northamptonshire, England. Donald served in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve during World War II. He enlisted on May 9, 1942, and was a Signalman on a Corvette in the Atlantic. In 1944, after hearing of the loss of his two older brothers, the RCNR moved him to the Pacific, where he was until November 9, 1945. He married May Yule Ferrier and had two children, Robert and Barbara. Donald graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1951 with a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. He worked for the City of Burnaby for five years and for the Greater Vancouver Regional District for 32 years, while living in Burnaby, B.C. and raising his family. He retired to the Sunshine Coast, Halfmoon Bay, B.C. in 1988, where he still lives today.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Gillis family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 524