The home-made cookbook : a complete manual of practical, economical, palatable, healthful, and useful cookery.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2536
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.41
- Call Number
- 641 NAT
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- M.J. Ivers & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 47 p.
- Inscription
- "Mrs O. E. Ciuttler Monklands O _ _" [Hand written in blue ink across top of title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, American
- Cookbooks--United States
- Cookbooks--1850-1859
- Notes
- "price 10 cents" -- Cover
- Advertisements on last page and inside covers
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1480
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.3
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- viii, 252 p. , 18 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Third series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1483
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.6
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- viii, 215 p. , 18 p. , 12 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Sixth series".
Hawkshaw family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a v…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a visit to Burnaby by Governor-General Lord Willingon in 1928. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Hawkshaw family photographs series 2) Mabel Hawkshaw records series 3) Burnaby events photographs series
- History
- Mabel Edith Honor McClean Hawkshaw (1886-1946) was born in Wexford, Ireland to parents, Washington Gilliland McClean and Honor Delamore McClean (nee Thomas). Mabel's parents had four children; Charles Gilliland McClean; Elsie (Rae); Evangeline Mai (Goff) and Mabel Honor (Hawkshaw). Mabel emigrated from Ireland to Canada with her family in 1903 and the family moved to Vancouver in 1905. In 1909, Mabel married John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw. Mabel and Jack Hawkshaw had three children; Richard “Crichton” Gilliand Hawkshaw (1912-1972); Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) and Merton Cedric “Cedric” Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008). Prior to her marriage in 1909, Mabel Hawkshaw worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Revelstoke. Mabel was founder and publisher of the “Burnaby Post” newspaper (1922-1937) and wrote articles for city dailies and magazines under the pen name “Percy Egerton Sterling”. Mabel also worked as the first female bank teller in Canada and was the first female censor of motion pictures in British Columbia (1928-1946) and also worked as an assistant advertising manager of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Among other accomplishments, Mabel was the chairperson of the committee for Burnaby's first May Day event in 1925, was active as a leader in the Girl Guides, a member of several women's clubs, a speaker on matters of education and film production in Vancouver and Victoria and was also a member of the Juvenile Court in Burnaby and the I.O.D.E. At time of her death in 1946, Mabel was living on West 57th Street, Vancouver. John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw (1881-1934) who was born in Glanworth Ontario to Captain William Stearne Hawkshaw and Elizabeth Merton Hawkshaw (nee Shore). Jack came to Vancouver in 1900 and soon after arriving, Jack moved to the Yukon where he worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce serving in Dawson and White Horse. He returned to Vancouver in 1904 and joined the newly-organized Northern Bank. In 1906, Jack became a bank manager in New Westminster and later was manager in New Westminster for the Northern Crown Bank. Jack resigned from the bank in 1914 to fight in World War I and moved his family to Calgary where he began his military training. In 1915, Jack was stricken with polio which left him crippled in one leg barring him from active service. In the 1920’s, he worked as a treasurer for the Royal City Canning Co. and Cunningham Trapp Hardware Company. In 1933, Jack worked as an accountant treasurer for the Crane Shipyards. Jack Hawkshaw was a member of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association of Burnaby and the Kiwanis Club of New Westminster. In May 1934, Mabel and Jack purchased property on Lasqueti Island with a sheep ranch. One month after purchasing the property Jack Hawkshaw died tragically in an accident on the island when he was thrown from a horse drawn carriage with his ten year old son Cedric. Cedric survived the accident but his father died on the dock on Lasqueti Island. The family dog, Dixie also died after she swam after the fishing boat carrying Jack Hawkshaw’s body and Cedric to the mainland for medical attention. John and Mabel’s first home was located at 309 Pine Street in New Westminster. In 1920, the family relocated to 763 Wedgewood, Burnaby (later renumbered 7743 Wedgewood Street) where they lived until 1931. In 1932, the Hawkshaw family moved to Vancouver where they resided in different locations until after the death of Jack Hawkshaw. Mabel continued to operate the sheep ranch on Lasquesti after Jack died in 1934, with a succession of tenants until Mabel’s death in 1946. In 1936, Mabel moved back to Burnaby for a few years, residing at 5590 Douglas Road in 1936 and 3908 Deer Lake Avenue in 1937 (Heritage home known as the R.F. Anderson House). In 1938 Mabel moved back to Vancouver where she lived until her death in 1946. Richard “Crichton” Gilliland Hawkshaw (1912-1972) married Ivy Ina Hawkshaw (nee Hughes) (1913-1987) at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Vancouver in 1939. Crichton enlisted with the Canadian military and trained at Shilo and Sarcee military bases. Following his military training, Crichton got work as an operator in the mill at Britannia Beach mine where he worked between 1938 and 1949. Crichton and Ivy Hawkshaw lived at Britannia Beach during the time he worked there. Ivy and Crichton had two sons, Bruce and Dick Hawkshaw. After Britannia Beach, the family lived in Abbotsford and Chilliwack before moving to North Vancouver. Prior to his death in 1972, Crichton Hawkshaw worked as an auditor for the Government of British Columbia in the Internal Revenue Department. Crichton was a member of Abbotsford Masonic Lodge No. 70, past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, member of the North Shore Shrine Club and Upper Fraser Valley Shrine Club and Gizeh Shrine Temple. He was also a devoted fan and supporter of the B.C. Lions football team. Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) married Barbara Walters Fry (1913-2001) in 1940. The couple had three children; Nancy Susan, Peter Burrington and John Edward (who died in infancy). Dal Hawkshaw worked as a financial consultant with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In his free time, Dal served on the board of the Goodwill Enterprises for the Handicapped, the Victoria Symphony Society and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Dal was the first honorary treasurer of the University of Victoria and served on the advisory council and as a trustee of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. In 1985, Dal Hawkshaw was named an honorary citizen of British Columbia. Merton "Cedric" Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008) married Carol Violet (Worrall) Hawkshaw (1923-1985) in 1947 (Carol remarried later to Jack Madsen). The couple had three children, Frances Jacqueline (b. 1948) and Geraldine Lucy (b.1952), and Barry (b.1957). ). Cedric was a member of the Old Boys Association of St. Georges School, served in the Navy (DEMS) and was a proud veteran of WWII. When the war ended he saved enough money to purchase a home in Burnaby on acreage which he sold soon after and relocated to Armstrong Street, Burnaby. Cedric worked for his father in law at William Worrall furniture. After the company closed in 1959, he worked in the furniture department at T. Eaton Co., West Vancouver. Cedric retired at a young age to run and live on the Hawkshaw Ranch on Lasqueti Island where he spent many years before returning to the mainland due to health issues. He lived at George Derby Veterans Centre for 17 years. While living at George Derby, Cedric was involved in Arts and Crafts, creating works in ceramic and textiles.
- Accession Code
- HV977.17
- HV982.25
- BV996.6
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Arrangement is based on the order in which records were compiled by creators and donors.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1479
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.2
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- viii, 248 p. , 18 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt" "1889" [handwritten in ink on inside cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Second series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1482
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.5
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- viii, 216 p. , 14 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Fifth series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1485
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.8
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Printer
- University Press
- Physical Description
- viii, 216 p., 18 p., 12 p.; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Ninth series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1486
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.9
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- viii, 215 p. , 18 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1887" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Tenth series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1478
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 14th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.1
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 14th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Physical Description
- viii, 252 p. , 14 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1887" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog. Truncates at page 14. Original number of pages is unknown.
- "First series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1481
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.4
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- H. Nisbet
- Physical Description
- viii, 216 p. 18 p. , 12 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. William Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Fourth series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1484
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.7
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- Hay Nisbet
- Physical Description
- viii, 216 p. , 18 p. , 12 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Eighth series".
Papers on health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1487
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.10
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- H. Nisbet and Co.
- Physical Description
- 215 p. , 18 p. ; 14.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1889" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog.
- "Eleventh series".
The practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease, giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, women and children and most approved methods of treatment, with plain instructions for the care of the sick ; full and accurate directions for treating wounds, injuries, poisons, free from technical terms and phrases ...
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2847
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
- Fenger, Christian, 1840-1902
- Belfield, W. T. (William T.)
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Call Number
- 610.03 LYM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.10
- Call Number
- 610.03 LYM
- Author
- Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
- Fenger, Christian, 1840-1902
- Belfield, W. T. (William T.)
- Place of Publication
- Guelph
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Physical Description
- ix-xx, 1142 p. : ill. , col. plates ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Some illustrations are in pop-up form.
- "...and written in plain English, by men who have had great experience, and are acknowledged authorities in their various Departments."
- "Also a concise account of the human body, hygiene and rules of health."
- "Embellished and illustrated by numerous plates of a superb character, coloured after nature, and other fine engravings."
- "With valuable information on draining, drowning emergencies, etc., as furnished by the Ontario Board of Health (copied with permission)." Authors' given name and dates (if available) : Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904. Belfield, W. T. (William T.)
Evelyn Salisbury subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1870 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of textual records and photographs that were collected by Lillian Evelyn Salisbury during her lifetime as a citizen of Burnaby. Records document historical sites and events in and related to Burnaby, as well as various heritage groups and events in British Columbia. Included in t…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1870 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records and other material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-04
- BHS1985-15
- BHS1986-12
- BHS1986-25
- BHS1986-26
- BHS1987-04
- BHS1989-13
- BHS1989-18
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of textual records and photographs that were collected by Lillian Evelyn Salisbury during her lifetime as a citizen of Burnaby. Records document historical sites and events in and related to Burnaby, as well as various heritage groups and events in British Columbia. Included in this subseries are the publication and papers related to "Metrotown - Burnaby Heritage Resource Inventory."
- History
- Lillian Evelyn "Evelyn" Salisbury was born in 1915 and moved to Burnaby in 1945. She had three children with her husband Fred: Gordon, Lorne, and Karen. While living in Burnaby, she worked with the Red Cross blood donor clinic and the Burnaby Health Unit. In 1958, she participated in the Greater Vancouver Health League’s campaign for fluoridation as the Health Chairman of the Burnaby Parent-Teacher Council. Evelyn Salisbury served two-year terms as secretary, vice-president and president of the Burnaby Historical Society and spearheaded a 1985 project to record Burnaby’s historical inventory of churches, schools, industries, homes and other pre-1930 buildings. When the building of Metrotown shopping centre threatened to clear historic homes in Central Park area, the Society produced a record of the historic buildings in the area. In 1988, as president of the Burnaby Historical Society, she convinced City of Burnaby aldermen to set up a heritage advisory committee. She was appointed to the Burnaby Centennial Committee the next year and in 1990 she was named Citizen of the Year by the Burnaby City Council. During her lifetime, Evelyn Salisbury endeavoured to collect papers of historical significance. She died in 1991.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Salisbury, Evelyn
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC145, PC177, PC178, PC195, PC221, PC261, MSS061
William John Beamish genealogical records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100656
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers'…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1861-1942
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records and 1 large b&w print.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66674
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of family history records related to the Beamishes, William Randolph Beamish's adopted family, including a letter certifying the birth and baptism of William John Beamish on December 13, 1860, and June 9, 1861, respectively; a certificate for William John Beamish for the Probationers' Course of Study of the Methodist Church of Canada; sermon notes written by W.J. Beamish, as well as "his life as he wrote it”; a financial statement of Newington Circuit; his ordination picture; and obituaries for W.J. Beamish.
- History
- William John Beamish was born in Prescott, Ontario, on December 30, 1860. He was brought up and confirmed in the Anglican Church. While in his teens, he was attending a Methodist Church, became converted, and entered the same church as a candidate for the ministry. His probationary years were spent in the Northern Ontario lumber camps, ministering to the men on Lake Tallon Mission and Nipissing Junction. Mr. Beamish attended McGill College and after ordination at Smiths Falls, Ontario, on June 2, 1896, was appointed to Locksley circuit near Pembroke, then followed pastorates at Hammon, Mille Roches, Moulinette, Morewood, and Berwick. In 1905, while at Morewood, he married Miss Agnes Crabbe, a nurse from Ottawa, formerly Pembroke. Together, they served Wakefield, Quebec, Newington, and Easton's Corners, Ontario. Coming to British Columbia in 1911, they settled first at Kaslo, then Salmon Arm, Vancouver (Dundas), and Maple Ridge. In 1918, Mr. Beamish superannuated and bought a home in Burnaby where he resided until his death on July 26, 1942. During his period of superannuation, Mr. Beamish served for about seven years as minister of East Burnaby Methodist Church and until his death, was a valued member of this congregation, now known as East Burnaby United. He was ever a true friend of the minister and his presence in the congregation was an inspiration. While in good health, he gave his time freely to sick visitation and, in a word, "he went about doing good." Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Walkinshaw, with Rev. H.E. Horton representing Westminster Presbyterian assisting. Four retired ministers and two laymen acted as pall bearers. His reamins lie in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He was survived by his wife; one son, Randolph; two daughters, Ethel (Mrs. Paul B. Derrick) and Ilma (Mrs. William Dunn). He was a good husband, a loving father, a dutiful son, and a faithful minister of the Gospel. -- This text was composed and written by Rev. R.W. Walkinshaw and later published in The Observer, the United Church magazine. It has been lightly edited here for grammar and punctuation.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58458
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1858-1863
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1858-1863
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Burnaby fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-06 2017-55
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of letters written by Robert Burnaby related to both his work and explorations in British Columbia as well as personal matters relating to his family. Some of these letters were published in the 2002 book, "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's Letters from Colonial British Columbia 1858-1863."
- History
- Robert Burnaby was a commission merchant and legislator, born on November 30, 1828, at Woodthorpe, Leicestershire, England, as the fourth son of the Reverend Thomas Burnaby and Sarah Meares. Robert Burnaby came to British Columbia at the end of 1858 as an experienced civil servant from Her Majesty’s Customs Office in London, and with a personal introduction to Governor James Douglas from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Burnaby’s first year on the Pacific coast was a busy one: he spent a short time as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, commander of the Royal Engineers at New Westminster; he explored for coal with Walter Moberly at Burrard Inlet; and he made a short visit to San Francisco. During this year, he also founded the firm of Henderson and Burnaby, commission merchants, in partnership with Edward Henderson, an old school friend from Christ’s Hospital and a man of means, who managed the London office. This type of business was precarious since the distance from sources of supply and risks in transportation encouraged overtrading and excessive speculation. The death of Henderson in 1865 and the general economic depression in Vancouver Island and British Columbia brought the firm to an end – a failure caused in part apparently by unwise investment in real estate. Burnaby then embarked upon a real estate and insurance business of his own. The exigencies of a mercantile career seem to have overwhelmed this man who, by upbringing and training, was more suited to a position in government service. Robert Burnaby was intensely interested in the welfare of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and did all in his power to promote stable economic conditions. Before the end of his second year in Victoria, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island for the districts of Esquimalt and Metchosin, and he served his constituents well for five years. He was one of the founders of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. During an 1866 visit to London on private business, he attended a meeting of prominent Victoria merchants and officials who strongly favoured the union of the two colonies and other measures for developing and improving their economic prospects. This group carried its resolutions to the secretary of state for the colonies. Burnaby was an active freemason and helped found the First Victoria Lodge in 1860. Among his recreational pursuits was a love of drama, and in 1863, he served as president of Victoria’s Amateur Dramatic Association. Burnaby numbered among his intimate friends Colonel Moody, Arthur Thomas Bushby, Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, Edward Graham Alston, and Thomas Elwyn. In 1869, severe ill health caused Burnaby’s retirement and, five years later, his return to England. Friends arranged for him to travel in the Hudson’s Bay Company bark Lady Lampson; they later presented her captain, James Gaudin, with a generous purse in gratitude for the attention he had paid the ailing Burnaby during the voyage. Early in 1878, news reached Victoria that this “prominent and much respected merchant” had died. An honest, conscientious man of spirit, a clear-headed thinker, a “power” in his masonic lodge, a lucid speaker, full of fun, and clever, Burnaby has been fittingly commemorated in a number of place names in British Columbia including a lake, a strait, an island, a municipality, two mountain ranges, and finally Burnaby Mountain, the seat of Simon Fraser University. Burnaby died a bachelor on January 10, 1878, at Woodthorpe. - This information has been adapted from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Burnaby, Robert
- Notes
- Title based on creator of fonds.