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A school history of the United States
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.126
- Call Number
- 973 MAC
- Edition
- 1915 ed.
- Contributor
- Colby, Homer Wayland, 1874-1950
- Dietzler, H. W.
- Fink, Denman, 1880-1956
- Reich, Jacques, 1852-1923
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Publication Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- xiii, 273 p., xvii-xcvi, 16 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. ports. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "--Made--1915--" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "C.Norman Yount ____[Lone?], Washington November" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "C. Norman Yount _______ _______" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "He must have had a very large nose" [handwritten in pencil above portrait of George Washington with line drawn from "nose" to George Washington's nose] "C. Norman Yount." [Signed in purple ink below facsimile of George Washington's signature] "Norman C. _____[Yount]" [handwritten in pencil at top of t.p.] "Norman Yount Lone, Washington" [handwritten in purple ink at top of t.p.] "C. Norman Yount Lone, Wash May 19, 1925" [handwritten in purple ink on back of "Columbus sighting land" port. Above initials N.Y. coloured in red and green] "Ca Claren" [handwritten and crossed out in pencil on back of "Wolfe's victory on the Heights of Abraham" p.130] "Clarence Norman Yount May, 1925" [handwritten in pencil on back of "Wolfe's victory on the Heights of Abraham" p.130] "Norman Yount _ove to me by De_ _bert at school. _ it was his s__ters[sisters] book before he had it" [handwritten in purple ink on back endpaper] "C. Norman Yount Lone, Washington November 24, 1924" [handwritten in black ink on back cover" Study notes and other writings found on front paste down, front endpaper, back endpaper and back paste down. As well as other pages throughout the book.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States--History
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Homer W. Colby, H. W. Dietzler, and Denman Fink" --T.p.
- "Portraits by Jacques Reich"
- Author's given name and dates: Mace, William H. (William Harrison), 1852-1938
- Illustrator's given name and dates: Colby, Homer Wayland, 1874-1950
Bylaw Number: 217 - John Harrison Muesse Conveyance Bylaw 1916
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw23231
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 217
- Final Adoption
- 1916 Nov 06
- Format
- Bylaws - Other
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 217
- Final Adoption
- 1916 Nov 06
- Format
- Bylaws - Other
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Deadham Hard : a romance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.3.18
- Call Number
- 823.9 MAL
- Author
- Malet, Lucas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 503 p.
- Inscription
- "100", in pencil inside front cover "190 / net / xx / 9/19", in pencil inside front cover "Young", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- Pseudonym of Mary St. Leger (Kingsley) Harrison 1852-1931
Grand Lodge officers and representatives
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1095
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 30 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grand Lodge officers and representatives of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Columbia at a session in Ladner, British Columbia. Standing in the back row (from left) are; F. Davey, R.D. Featherstonhaugh, Past Grand Master Workman F.L. Budlong, E. Pope, J, Nightingale and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24.5 cm, mounted on card 30 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grand Lodge officers and representatives of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Columbia at a session in Ladner, British Columbia. Standing in the back row (from left) are; F. Davey, R.D. Featherstonhaugh, Past Grand Master Workman F.L. Budlong, E. Pope, J, Nightingale and W. Minthorne. Standing in the third row are; C. Wrigglesworth, Past Grand Master Workman W.H. Smith, Past Grand Master Workman and Grand Trustee Alex. Stewart, Grand Treasurer W. Scrowcroft and Grand Organizer L. Fenwick Dickson. Standing in the second row (from left) are; Dr. A.A. King, A. Beckett, T. Todd, A. Harrison, W.F. Graham, Past Grand Master Workman G. Adams and Past Grand Master Workman Captain Warren. Sitting in the front row are; Grand Overseer W.H. Wilson, Grand Foreman Dr. W.H.B. Anderson, Grand Master Workman T. Cashmore, Past Grand Master Workman S.M. Everleigh, Grand Secretary J.J. McIlmoyl and S. Knarston.
- Names
- Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Columbia
- Davey, F.
- Wrigglesworth, C.
- Budlong, F.L.
- Smith, W.H.
- Stewart, Alexander "Alex"
- Dickson, L. Fenwick
- Adams, G.
- Scrowcroft, W.
- Wilson, W.H.
- Anderson, Dr. W.H.B.
- Cashmore, T.
- Everleigh, S.M.
- McIlmoyl, J.J.
- Featherstonhaugh, R.D.
- Pope, E.
- Nightingale, J.
- Minthorne, W.
- King, Dr. A.A.
- Beckett, A.
- Todd, T.
- Harrison, A.
- Graham, W.F.
- Knarston, S.
- Accession Code
- HV972.122.69
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- March 1911
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/8/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Typed caption attached to recto of card mount (at bottom) provides title and identifies individuals
Images
Harrison & Beatrice Morrison Residence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark589
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1911
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Dundas Street
- Associated Dates
- 1911
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- In 1911, the Vancouver Daily Province reported that “Mr. Harrison D. Morrison is building a twelve-room house of two stories and an attic, with stone basement, on Dundas Street, at a cost of about $4,500.” Harrison Donald Morrison (1864-1944) was a life-long contractor who lived in Burnaby with his wife Beatrice Amanda (née Smith, 1875-1954), until his death in 1944. This Edwardian-era house displays many holdover elements of the Queen Anne Revival style, particularly the elaboration of wall surfaces. In this example, the use of bay and cutaway bay windows, and integral first and second storey verandahs–now removed or altered–add visual interest. The distinct dual pitch of the roof is also a transitional characteristic, used in the late days of the Queen Anne Revival style. A later coat of stucco now covers the original ground floor siding.
- Locality
- Vancouver Heights
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Area
- 566.71
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3738 Dundas Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
H.D. Morrison House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark521
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The H.D. Morrison House is a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence, with an eclectic combination of Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. It is now located adjacent to a large multi-family residential building in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Bu…
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Harrison D. Morrison House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Harrison D. Morrison House
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 10626
- Enactment Date
- 22/09/1997
- Description
- The H.D. Morrison House is a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence, with an eclectic combination of Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. It is now located adjacent to a large multi-family residential building in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- The H.D. Morrison House is valued for its association with the initial speculative development phase of the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood, initiated during the Edwardian era as a high-class residential subdivision. Building contractor Harrison D. Morrison built this house as a rental property in 1912, at the height of the land speculation boom prior to the First World War. Buyers in the neighbourhood were obligated by the developer, G.F. and J. Galt Limited, to build houses worth a minimum of $3,500 at a time when the average house price was $1,000. Additionally, the H.D. Morrison House is a typical example of builders' houses of the time period, distinguished by the unique stacked balconies on the front facade. It was one of the surviving landmark residences built between 1909 and 1914 during the first development boom in Vancouver Heights.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the H.D. Morrison House include its: - location on a south-facing slope in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its symmetrical two and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof and rectangular plan - vernacular Arts and Crafts style elements such as the exposed roof beams and rafter tails, decorative scalloped shingles in the front gable and decorative brackets - main floor full open front verandah on the front facade with two stacked balconies above, all detailed with square columns, scroll-cut brackets and overhanging roof eaves - bowed balustrade on main floor verandah - boxed eaves with scroll-cut brackets - recessed top floor gable treatment - cladding, including lapped wooden siding at the main floor and cedar shingles on the second floor and in the gable ends, with decorative diamond-cut shingles in the front gable end - front entry door with incised design, dentil detail and rectangular glass inset, with glassed sidelights - irregular fenestration: double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows; and three part casement window on main floor front facade, with diamond-shaped leaded lights in double transom above - corbelled red brick internal chimney
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Multiple Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-318-371
- Boundaries
- The H.D. Morrison House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 3765 Albert Street, Burnaby.
- Area
- 2263
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3765 Albert Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Infantry training : 4-Company organization , 1914
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1887
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Call Number
- 356.184 GRE 1914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.26
- Call Number
- 356.184 GRE 1914
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Great Britain. War Office
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Printer
- Harrison and Sons
- Physical Description
- 23 leaves of plates, 265 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain. Army. Infantry
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization
- Notes
- Includes index.
Rate of Pay Messrs. J.W. Sinclair and J.B. Harrison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport75809
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74912
- Meeting Date
- 31-Jul-1911
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 74912
- Meeting Date
- 31-Jul-1911
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Richard Hardy family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97229
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and Ma…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and May Day at Central Park. The fonds also includes ephemera documenting Katherine (Hardy) Raasheer's student life at a variety of Burnaby schools and programs from the opening of the Burnaby Municipal Hall in 1956 and a Corporation of Burnaby Service Awards ceremony in 1964.
- History
- Richard Hardy was born in Fishborn, Alberta, on November 3, 1910. In 1922, his family moved to the home of his maternal grandparents 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 Lozell's 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
- Notes
- MSS183, photo catalogue 570
Richard Hardy family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription109
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies and a Hardy family "Book of Household Expenses, 1939-1941".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Richard Hardy family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-09
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies and a Hardy family "Book of Household Expenses, 1939-1941".
- 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
Rock crusher engine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34522
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.1 cm mounted on 20.2 x 25.3 cm cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a rock crusher engine and crew at Edmonds. Identified: foreman Pete Watt (3rd from left) and Jack McMurray (fourth from left). Annotations on back of photograph reads: "engineer George Harden [or Harder] at the wheel with Harry [or Harvey] Harrison beside him" and "others are Bob Ell…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.1 cm mounted on 20.2 x 25.3 cm cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 035-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a rock crusher engine and crew at Edmonds. Identified: foreman Pete Watt (3rd from left) and Jack McMurray (fourth from left). Annotations on back of photograph reads: "engineer George Harden [or Harder] at the wheel with Harry [or Harvey] Harrison beside him" and "others are Bob Ellis, Sandy Scott, and Billy Waller [or Walter?]."
- Names
- Ellis, Robert "Bob"
- Harder, George
- Harrison, Harry
- McMurray, Jack
- Scott, Sandy
- Waller, Billy
- Watt, Pete
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Moore, W.J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on back reads, "W.J. Moore, Photographer, Vancouver, B.C. / Walden Block or 25 & Main"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Royal army medical corps training. 1911.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1888
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 355.3450941 GRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.27
- Call Number
- 355.3450941 GRE
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Harrison and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ix, 453 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "35" -- handwritten in pencil under front cover. "A.T.D" -- handwritten in pencil on title page. ""Frank B. Street" "1205 Cumberland Rd. New Westminster B.C." -- handwritten in ink on page iii. "Allan T. Duncan" "1022 - 3rd Ave. New Westminster B.C." -- handwritten in ink and crossed-out in crayon on page iii.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain. Army
- Medicine, Military
- Sanitation
- Notes
- "Printed under the authority of His Majesty's stationery office." -- title page.
- "This manual is issued by command of the Army Council for the guidance of all concerned" -- p. iv
- Includes index.
Technical notes, R.F.C.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6781
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.48.2
- Call Number
- 620.1 HAR
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Harrison and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Illegible name handwritten on cover of book. "No. 14 Res. Squadron Orderly Room Royal Flying Corps M. W." [stamped on page opposing front and back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British
- Great Britain--Royal Flying Corps.
- Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Airplanes, Military--Great Britain
- Object History
- Military documents and memorabilia of First World War activities of Russell William Mawhinney. Later career of Mr Mawhinney as a Pharmacist in the Dunbar neighbourhood of Vancouver. Papers and memorabilia relating to Mr Mawhinney as an organizer of the Ex RAF Officers Association.
William Holmes fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series
- History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.
- Responsibility
- Holmes, William
- Accession Code
- HV971.46
- BV997.50
- Date
- [1841]-1994
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds