"Hardy, Richard" found 4 records

History: Richard Hardy was born in Fishborn, Alberta on November 3, 1910. In 1922 his family moved to his maternal grandparents' home at 1127 Edmonds Avenue in Burnaby. His parents, John Harrison Hardy and Gertrude Hephezebarh (nee Ward) moved to Burnaby with their four children: Edith, Richard "Dick", Geoffrey, and John Edward "Jack". Gertrude was born in Barrie, Ontario. John Harrison Hardy was born in Yorkshire, England and came to Canada in 1899, settling at Pincer Creek area of Southern Alberta. In about 1910, Richard's grandparents, Col. James Edward Ward and his wife Hephzibah (nee Hale) moved from Alberta to Burnaby. Col. Ward was the postmaster in the Lozells area of Burnaby and was a city councillor for the District of Burnaby in 1915. Dick was enrolled at Edmonds Street School for his elementary school years, and later attended Burnaby South High School for two years, taking a commercial course. The family attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. While Richard was a student, he and his brother Geoff delivered newspapers in the area making about $12 per month. In 1911, Dick joined the Burnaby Boy Scouts and continued to be involved for the next 40 years. In 1927, at the age of 17 years, Dick began work for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as an office boy in the Treasurer's Department and retired as Tax Collections Supervisor in 1973 after 45 years of service. From September 1942 until his discharge in 1946, Dick served in WWII in the Canadian Army. His brother, Jack, served in the Canadian Air Force and was killed in April,1943. In 1933, Dick's parents moved back to Alberta with three of their children, leaving him in the family home on Edmonds Street. In 1939, after courting, he and Mabel Lilian "Mabs" Young of New Westminster married. Prior to her marriage, Mabs was employed as a teacher at the Burnaby South High School. Mabs and Dick had two daughters, Lynne (b. 1941) and Katherine (b. 1947). The family lived on Edmonds Street until 1947 when they moved into their second home in Burnaby at 2006 Buller Avenue (now 7185 Buller Avenue). In 1960, Mabs and Dick moved to their third Burnaby home, located at 4337 Wildwood Crescent. Mabs died in 1980. Dick continued to live in Wilwood Crescent house until 1983, when he moved to an apartment for one year but, missing his garden, he bought a small house with a large yard located at 8452 16th Avenue. He stayed in this house from 1985 until 1998 when he could no longer live independently. He moved to assisted living at Canada Way Lodge then to the nearby George Derby Centre where he lived for a few months before dying in August 2001. Dick loved to hike and camp and enjoyed his family and his garden.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Hardy, Richard

Notes: PC312, MSS080; Title based on contents of subseries

Easter Camp Sunbury

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86470

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm on sheet 14 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of boy scouts at a camp located in Sunbury (River Road in Delta, B.C.). Richard Hardy is identified on the far right and Tom Corbett on the far left of the photograph.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm on sheet 14 x 19.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 570-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of boy scouts at a camp located in Sunbury (River Road in Delta, B.C.). Richard Hardy is identified on the far right and Tom Corbett on the far left of the photograph.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping; Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs

Names: Hardy, Richard; Corbett, Thomas "Tom"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on title on photograph; Caption on sheet reads: "East Camp, Sunbury 1925"

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Richard and Edith Hardy

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Richard and Edith Hardy standing inside a fenced yard. Edith has her arms around Richard's shoulders. They are most likely at the Lozells Post Office at the north eastern corner of the Great Northern tracks and Piper Road. In 1908, Col. James Ward and his wife Hepezebah came to Burna…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Richard Hardy family subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 312-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1993-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Richard and Edith Hardy standing inside a fenced yard. Edith has her arms around Richard's shoulders. They are most likely at the Lozells Post Office at the north eastern corner of the Great Northern tracks and Piper Road. In 1908, Col. James Ward and his wife Hepezebah came to Burnaby and opened the post office (naming it Lozells because when they lived in Birmingham England, Hepezebah was a parishioner in the Anglican Parish of Lozells).

Names: Hardy, Richard; Hardy, Edith

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Richard and Edith Hardy, [1912] (date of original) thumbnail

Richard Hardy wins best driver award

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45209

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973, published December 10, 1973

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Richard Hardy holding his trophy for being Burnaby's best driver. This award was presented to him by Inspector N. Fuchs and Staff-Sergeant M. Hochstetter of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police traffic section during Burnaby's Safe Driving Week.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973, published December 10, 1973

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Richard Hardy holding his trophy for being Burnaby's best driver. This award was presented to him by Inspector N. Fuchs and Staff-Sergeant M. Hochstetter of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police traffic section during Burnaby's Safe Driving Week.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies

Names: Hardy, Richard; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping on verso of photograph reads: "Richard Hardy, named by Burnaby RCMP traffic section as the municipality's best driver during Safe Driving Week, holds trophy presented by Insp. N. Fuchs and Staff-Sgt. M. Hochstetter of the traffic section. Mr. Hardy, of 4337 Wildwood Crescent, has been a Burnaby resident for about 53 years"

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