Research

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-107

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of a man, four women, and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Charlotte Vidal, Kitty Hill, Ken Hill, Maude Hill and Marian Hill.

Names

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Hill, Kenneth

Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, Maude

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on the album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby / Papa Hill, Charlotte Vidal, Kitty, Ken, Maude Hill, Mama Hill"

Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mamma / Aunt Maude / Aunt Kitty / Mom / Pappa / Ken"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1900 and 1905]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-113

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of three men, a boy, a woman, a girl, and a dog. The older man and woman are identified as Bernard Hill and Marion Hill, respectively. The other men are identified as Frank and Claude Hill. The girl is identified as Winnie Hill and the boy as Minard Hill.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Hill, Frank

Hill, A Claude

Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on album page reads: "Winnie / B R Hill / Claude / Frank / Marion Hill / M G / Burnaby"

Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Uncle Claude / Poppa - B R Hill / Aunt Winnie / Dad / Mama / Uncle Frank / Burnaby"

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[190-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-792

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of four women seated outside, including Marian Hill (daughter of Bernard) and Kitty Hill (in pleated skirt).

Names

Hill, Marian

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[189-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-794

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Bernard Hill (centre) and Gerry Hill (right) on the Bernard Hill family veranda. The three women are unidentified.

Names

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1915]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-194

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece of Bernard R.), A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated on back step are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and his daughter, Winnie Hill. Seated on the front step are (left) Marion Hill (wife of A. Claude) and Marian Hill (wife of Bernard R.). This photograph was most likely taken at the home of Bernard Hill.

Names

Hill, A. Claude

Hill, Bernard R.

Hill, Marion (Mrs. A. Claude Hill)

Hill, Marian (Mrs. Bernard R. Hill)

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Sever, A.D.

Rowe, Winnie Hill

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Burnaby - Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1915]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-195

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), Marion Hill (wife of A. Claude), Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece to Bernard R.) and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and his daughter, Winnie Hill directly in front of him with his wife Marian Hill beside her. This photograph was most likely taken at the home of Bernard Hill.

Names

Hill, A. Claude

Hill, Bernard R.

Hill, Marion (Mrs. A. Claude Hill)

Hill, Marian (Mrs. Bernard R. Hill)

Rowe, Winnie Hill

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Sever, A.D.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Burnaby - Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1921

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-196

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right on back step are: Bernard R. Hill, his wife Marian Hill, Kenneth Hill (boy standing), Mrs. M.G. Hill and A. Claude Hill. Seated on front step is Maude Hill, wife of A. Claude.

Names

Hill, A Claude

Hill, Bernard R.

Hill, Kenneth

Hill, Maude

Hill, Marian (Mrs. Bernard R. Hill)

Hill Mrs. M.G.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Burnaby - Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1905

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-741

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 10.2 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photrograph of the Hill Family and guests rowing in the "Maid of the Mist" on Burnaby Lake. Lily pads are visible in the foreground.

Subjects

Recreational Activities - Boating

Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names

Hill Family

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Lake Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1920] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-790

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Hill family members taken at the Bernard Hill farm. Identified: Bernard R. Hill (on right).

Names

Hill, Bernard R

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Canada Way

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-770

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Claude Hill family home, "Brookfield," built in 1896. He and his family lived there until 1906, when he built a new home on the same property. The property later became the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1918]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-121

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a wood house that is identified as Kitty and Claude Hill's home.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Notes

Title based on note accompanying photograph

Note in pencil on album page reads: "Aunt Kitty / Claude Hill Home / 1918"

Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Aunt Kitty / Claud[e] Hill home"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Buckingham Avenue

Burnaby - 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

March 19, 1915

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

File

Item No.

550-254

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

26 photographs (24 copy negatives : b&w - 2 copy prints : b&w)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

File consists of 24 copy negatives on transparencies and 2 copy prints of photographs of the Hill family. Photographs include family portraits, landscapes (including possibly Yellow Point), and wedding portraits.

Names

Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Notes

Title based on contents of envelope

Note in black pen and type on recto reads: "No 24 / Mr M G Hill / 19/3/15 / 'The Kodak House' / Bishop & Christie / All Kodak Supplies / Developing : : Printing / Enlarging a Specialty / Pictures and Picture Framing / 421 Granville Street Phone: Seymour 2085 / Vancouver, BC / Charges: 1 Developing 3-6 $15 / 6 Prints 11 $30 / $45"

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Yellow Point

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1905

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-746

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.6 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group having a picnic in a field. Claude Hill is standing in the centre directly behind his daughter Kitty who is seated in a chair, facing the table. Standing to the far right (with cap) is Mr. Arthur Wilson and the man sitting on the ground between the two chairs is Mr. Evans. The woman sitting at the table is Miss Bargate who is identified as the governess to the children.

Subjects

Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names

Bargate, Miss

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Evans, Mr.

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Wilson, Arthur

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1905

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-751

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group having a picnic. The following have been identified: Miss Bargate (seated at table); Arthur Wilson (sitting on chair, centre), Claude Hill (standing) and Kitty Hill (directly in front of Claude). The others are unknown.

Subjects

Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names

Bargate Miss

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Wilson, Arthur

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1885

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-924

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of Jane Hill (seated, left), her sons Louis Claude (standing, left), Bernard (standing, right) and Bernard's wife Marian (seated, right).

Names

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Hill, Jane Rollason

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1850-1980]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description

7 cm of textual records : ill.

Description Level

File

Series

Hill family and Vidal family textual records

Item No.

MSS176-005

Storage Location

68-3-4-4

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number

2013-03

Scope and Content

File consists of a typed family tree with handwritten notes, postcards written by Minard Hill to Kitty Hill during WWI, a photocophy of a marriage certificate of Minard Hill and Charlotte Vidal with an amendment stating that the marriage dissolved on November 24, 1950, newspaper clippings (original and photocopies) from 1943 and 1980s, a souvenir from Alaska and an empty envelope of developing paper. Also included are textual records regarding a Yellow Point reunion, the Boydell and Thomas families and a handwritten copy of Richard Hill's medallion. There is also a New Testament and written inside in blue pen it reads: "Richard Hill with his sister Annie's affectionate love / ... July 15 / 63" and in black pen it reads: "Bernard Richard Hill from his dear Papa / 1866". Also included is a book of "The Poetical Works of William Cowper" with a note in black pen that reads: "A token of affectioin for Stuart James from his ... Charlotte ... / December 1850".

Names

Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type

Textual Record

Creator

Hill family and Vidal family

Notes

Title based on contents of file

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1885]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-1071

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), her two sons and her daughter-in-law. Jane is seated to the right, with her daughter-in-law Marian on the left. Marian's husband, Bernard Hill is standing to the left and his brother Louis Claude is to the right.

Names

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, Jane Rollason

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-702

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a large group standing in front of trees. Claude Hill is in the back row, fourth from the left (wearing hat) and his daughter Kitty is standing second from the right in the back row (wearing hat and holding a purse). The rest are unknown.

Names

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-104

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.

Names

Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, A Claude

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Hill, Kenneth

Hill, Maude

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on the album page photograph reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

550-105

Accession Number

2013-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.

Names

Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Hill, Bernard R

Hill, A Claude

Hill, Marian, Mrs Bernard R Hill

Hill, Kenneth

Hill, Maude

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Note in pencil on the album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"

Stamp on back reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / ...."

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 4990 Canada Way

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1900

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-834

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Hill family in front of the family home, Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake Area. To the right, is Claude Hill holding his daughter Kitty. His wife Annie is standing behind them while the man seated on the steps of the home is unidentified. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names

Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1880-1980]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Physical Description

ca. 1200 photographs and other material

Description Level

Fonds

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

BHS2007-4

2007-12

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds is arranged in three series: (1). Legal documents and certificates which include records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activities of L. Claude Hill; (2). Peers photograph album which contains photographs of the Peers family’s Burnaby Lake home, Greyfriars, as well as pictures taken by Arthur Peers during his work and travels throughout British Columbia in the first part of the 20th century; and (3) Kitty Hill Peers family photographs which make up the majority of the fonds and range in scope from photographs of the family of Claude Hill and early Burnaby Lake residents and scenes to pictures Kitty took as an adult documenting the growth of her own family. Also included in this series are a number of photographs showing Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, where the Peers and Hill families often vacationed.

History/Biography

Bob Peers was born William John Peers, the son of real estate broker and early Burnaby resident, Francis John Peers and his wife Elizabeth Frisby. Originally from England, the family moved to Vancouver in 1905 and soon after settled at Burnaby Lake. The family included one daughter (Mary Elizabeth Dora) and four boys (Arthur Francis, William John “Bob”, Geoffrey Hugh, and Richard Dominic). When they arrived in Burnaby, Francis Peers purchased a piece of land from another early settler, Claude Hill, and built the family home “Greyfriars” near Deer Lake. The children attended school in the home of Miss Harriet Woodward, the first school to be held in the Burnaby Lake area. In 1925, Bob married Claude Hill’s daughter and another former pupil of “Miss Harry’s,” Kitty Hill. Kitty (born Katherine Maude Hill) was the only child of Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill and Annie Sara Kenrick. Having moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s, Claude went on to operate a successful strawberry farm and soon became active in the political development of Burnaby – being elected to the first Burnaby Council and serving from 1892-1894 and again from 1909-1910. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. In 1925, Bob and Kitty were married and they went on to have three children, Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham).

Formats

All photographic records have been scanned and are saved in jpeg format on the City of Burnaby network. Archival master copies have also been produced in tiff format and have been burned to CD for preservation purposes.

Media Type

Textual Record

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of fonds

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description

255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Description Level

Fonds

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

2013-03

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of two series: (1). Photographs from a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs, separated into the Vidal family and the Hill family, and copy negative transparencies; (2). Textual records which include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and William Cowper, newspaper clippings, and a New Testament.

History/Biography

Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893 to Marian (nee Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. Marian was born in London, England. Bernard Hill, born in Bengal, India in 1858 to Sir Richard Hill and Jane Ann (nee Rollinson) where his father worked for the East Indian Railway, was one of the early inhabitants of Burnaby. Despite their year s of training as engineers, Bernard, along with his brother, Louis Claude Hill became strawberry farmers and owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and half way around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. Bernard also served as a Burnaby trustee and as councilor of Burnaby in 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1909. His brother, Louis was one of the first members elected to the Burnaby council and served in 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1910. Louis, born in 1860, married Annie Sarah Kendrick (born in 1896). Together they had one child, Katherine “Kitty” Maude. Kitty, born in 1898, later married William “Bob” John Peers in 1925. Bernard and Marian had four children: A. Claude (born in England around 1885, married Marion “Mamie”), Frank L., Winnifred “Winnie” L., and Gerry. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central high school in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers on November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. His father, Bernard died in Burnaby on March 27, 1939 at the age of eighty. Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal was born in 1897 in the United States to Louisa Sophia (nee Jones) and Herbert P. Vidal. Louisa Vidal (1871-1943) was a descendent of Jones of Exeter of England and the House of Llanio Cardigan of Wales. Herbert Vidal (1868-1934)’s father was Alexander Vidal (1819-1906). Alexander Vidal, born in Brocknell, England, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1835 and later served as a senator of Canada from 1873 to 1906. He married Catherine Louisa Wright, the daughter of Capt. William Elliot Wright. Both of Charlotte’s parents, Louisa and Herbert, were born in Ontario. Charlotte Vidal was sister to Dorothy Kate and Alexander E. E. Vidal. Minard G. Hill (aged 27) and Charlotte E. Vidal (aged 23) married on September 28, 1920 in Vancouver. Gerry built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun building the Yellow Point Lodge. Gerry and Charlotte bore three children: David, Lesley C. (born in 1929) and Gerald. Gerry was later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Holen) and had one child: Richard Grant McEwan Hill born in Ladysmith. Lesley married M. Clarke and had two boys: Roy and Graham. She later married B. Durban and had four boys: Patrick, Michael, Gary, and Grant. Charlotte died February 11, 1984 at the age of eighty-seven. Gerry died January 30, 1988 in Ladysmith at the age of ninety-three.

Media Type

Photograph

Textual Record

Notes

Title based on contents of fonds

Photo catalogue 550, MSS176

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1860-1940]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

Description Level

Series

Item No.

550

Accession Number

2013-03

Physical Description

255 photographs

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.

Creator

Hill family and Vidal family

Notes

Title based on contents of series

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description

9.5 cm of textual records

Description Level

Series

Series

Hill family and Vidal family textual records

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number

2013-03

Scope and Content

Series consists of five files: (1). Jones family textual records; (2). Wright family textual records; (3). Hyde family textual records; (4) Vidal family textual records; and (5). Hill family textual records.

Media Type

Textual Record

Notes

Title based on contents of series

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1929]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-611

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l to r): Kitty Peers (formerly Kitty Hill), Bob Peers, Robert Peers, Claude Hill, Alice Travers and Robert Travers.

Names

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Peers, Robert C.K.

Peers, William John "Bob"

Travers, Alice

Travers, Robert

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

British Columbia - Yellow Point

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1922

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-701

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a large group gathered on the steps of an unidentified house. Bernard Hill is standing at the top left (looking away from camera) and Francis Peers is standing third from the left (with pipe). Kitty Hill is seated second from the left (wearing a hat and a ribbon tied at her neck) and beside her is her mother Annie Hill (holding a baby). Bob Peers is seated in front of Annie Hill on the bottom step. The rest are unknown.

Names

Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

Hill, Bernard R.

Peers, Francis J.

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Peers, William John "Bob"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1915]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-655

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Claude Hill in his fields, standing next to a row of bushes and fence posts.

Subjects

Agriculture - Farms

Names

Hill Family

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-183

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Claude Hill on a hay rake being pulled by the workhorse, "Tom." His daughter, Kitty, wrote the caption "Dad at Deer Lake" next to this photograph.

Subjects

Agriculture - Crops

Animals - Horses

Occupations - Farmers

Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Names

Hill Family

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Notes

Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-106

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill standing in the yard in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects

Animals - Cats

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1922]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-645

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of five people posing beside a car. Claude Hill is standing second from the left and the rest are unidentified.

Subjects

Transportation - Automobiles

Names

Hill Family

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1910]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-073

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of two berry crates, one stamped "L. Claude Hill Burnaby Lake Fruit Growers Association" and the other stamped "S. Claude Hill Burnaby Lake Fruit Growers Association."

Subjects

Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Names

Hill Family

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-105

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill wading in the water at an unidentified beach.

Subjects

Geographic Features - Beaches

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1902]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-145

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 8.2 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting on the steps of her family home, Brookfield, in the Burnaby Lake area. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Toys

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1900]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-097

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill as a small child, sitting in a wooden wagon.

Subjects

Toys

Transportation - Wagons

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1910]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-066

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photographs of Kitty Hill on a sled, accompanied by a pet dog, most likely in front of the Hill family home, Broadview.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Transportation - Sleds

Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Buckingham Avenue

Burnaby - 5730 Buckingham Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1902]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-098

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill as a small child standing in front of a garden next to a little dog.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1902]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-099

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill as a small child, crouching in the grass behind a little dog.

Subjects

Animals - Dogs

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-107

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting in a chair in front of the Hill family home, Brookfield, which was located in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Kitty is holding a cat, wrapped in a blanket. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects

Animals - Cats

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1925]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-529

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting inside an automobile, looking out the window towards the camera.

Subjects

Transportation - Automobiles

Names

Hill Family

Peers Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1925]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-532

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Kitty Hill seated in the front seat of a car.

Subjects

Transportation - Automobiles

Names

Hill Family

Peers Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1905]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-166

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the first modern car to be driven in the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby. It was an Oldsmobile owned by F.R. Stewart. Claude Hill can be seen in the back seat to the left. The driver is most likely F.R. Stewart.

Subjects

Transportation - Automobiles

Names

Hill Family

Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Stewart, F.R.

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1910]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-071

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitty Hill (right) and Florence Hart riding on horseback.

Subjects

Animals - Horses

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Hart, Florence

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1915 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds

Mayor's Office fonds

Series

Pioneer Tales files

Description Level

Item

Item No.

204-776

Accession Number

BHS988-3

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Hart, Hill and Peers families, including Kingsley Hart, who was later killed in the First World War. The photograph was taken at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue.

Names

Hart Family

Hart, Kingsley

Hill Family

Peers Family

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1904]

Collection/Fonds

Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series

Kitty Hill Peers Family Photographs

Description Level

Item

Item No.

477-148

Accession Number

2007-12

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.7 x 8.2 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Scope and Content

Photograph of the front garden of Brookfield, the house belonging to Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. The family's house servant, Sing Duck, is shown mowing the lawn while Kitty Hill can be seen in the foreground with her back to the camera. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Names

Hill Family

Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Duck, Sing

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

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