"Hill, Bernard R" found 21 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots sitting on his father's knee, in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill, and the man has been identified as "B.R.…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a one year old, dressed in a sailor shirt and pleated skirt, with boots sitting on his father's knee, in a photographic studio. The inscription on the original photograph suggests the child is A.C. Hill, or Claude Hill, the son of Bernard Hill, and the man has been identified as "B.R. Hill" or Bernard Richard Hill.

Names: Hill, Arthur Claude; Hill, Bernard R.

Accession Code: HV977.123.42

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [189-] (date of original), copied 1977

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-07-25

Photographer: Atkinson, J.

Notes: Annotation on recto of the orginal photograph reads: "B.R. Hill & A.C. Hill," and printed on the card mount of the original is: "J. Atkinson" and "Jane St. / Workington."

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B.R. Hill & A.C. Hill, [189-] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail

B. R. Hill home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a wood house, identified as Bernard Hill's home, situated beside a road identified as Douglas Road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-122

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a wood house, identified as Bernard Hill's home, situated beside a road identified as Douglas Road.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "B R Hill Home - Douglas Road, near Deer Lake / 1910 Burnaby"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "B R Hill home / Burnaby"

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Deer Lake

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Burnaby Businessmen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1890]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of early Burnaby residents and businessmen, identified as: Standing (l to r) - Louis Claude Hill, Nicolai Schou, Bernard Hill. Seated (l to r) - Unknown, Mr. Sharpe, Elliot Bell and unidentified man seated in the front.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1890]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-921

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of early Burnaby residents and businessmen, identified as: Standing (l to r) - Louis Claude Hill, Nicolai Schou, Bernard Hill. Seated (l to r) - Unknown, Mr. Sharpe, Elliot Bell and unidentified man seated in the front.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Schou, Nicolai; Hill, Bernard R.; Bell, Elliot; Sharpe, Richard

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Thompson, S.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's signature on recto; Photographer's stamp on verso reads: "S. J. Thompson / Artistic Photographer"

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Burnaby Lake residents

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of male Burnaby Lake residents posed outside near Deer Lake Drive. Identified, standing: B.R. Hill (3rd from left), Rev. D. Dunlop (6th from left), Harry Ramsay (8th from left), Louis "Edgar" Sprott (9th from left), and George Every-Clayton (10th from left). Sitting on bench…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 003-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of male Burnaby Lake residents posed outside near Deer Lake Drive. Identified, standing: B.R. Hill (3rd from left), Rev. D. Dunlop (6th from left), Harry Ramsay (8th from left), Louis "Edgar" Sprott (9th from left), and George Every-Clayton (10th from left). Sitting on bench: [first name unknown] Clayton (1st from left), Robert Pontifex (2nd from left), Mr. Clay (4th from left), and Frank Hill (6th from left). Sitting on ground: Claude Hill (1st from left) and Percy Boyer Brown (2nd from left).

Names: Brown, Percy Boyer; Every-Clayton, George; Dunlop, Rev. D.; Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Frank; Brown, Alex; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Pontifex, Robert; Ramsay, Harry; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Identification key accompanying in the envelope for photo 003-001 (labeled BHS 3.1)

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Burnaby's first Public School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). Th…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-740

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of school officials standing on the steps of the first public school in Burnaby, Douglas Road and Edmonds Street. Left to right: William McDermott (school trustee), Ethel Lepage (first teacher), Lancelot Grimmer (school trustee), and Bernard Hill (school board chairman and secretary). The school was called Burnaby School from 1894 to 1896, and then East Burnaby School from 1896 to 1907. The present day address of the site is 7376 Canada Way.

Subjects: Officials; Occupations - Teachers

Names: Burnaby School; Grimmer, Lancelot; Hill, Bernard R.; Lepage, Ethel; McDermott, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 7376 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Burnaby's first Public School, February 1894 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal at Bernard Hill's House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Charlotte Vidal, sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on the album page photograph reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"; Stamp on back reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / ...."

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Charlotte Vidal at Bernard Hill's House, [between 1915 and 1917] thumbnail

Hill brothers and Nicolai Schou

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1891

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Burnaby Lake district pioneers: Louis C. Hill, Nicolai Schou and Bernard Hill taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1891

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of three Burnaby Lake district pioneers: Louis C. Hill, Nicolai Schou and Bernard Hill taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Schou, Nicolai; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Hill brothers and Nicolai Schou, June 1891 thumbnail

Hill family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

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

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-794

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

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"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Hill family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-194

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

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; Hill, Marian Berkeley; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Sever, A.D.; Rowe, Winnie Hill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Hill family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

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 …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-195

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

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; Hill, Marian Berkeley; Rowe, Winnie Hill; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Sever, A.D.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Hill Family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-107

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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 Berkeley; Hill, Kenneth; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Hill, Bernard R.; Hill, Maude; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

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"

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Hill Family, [between 1915 and 1917] thumbnail

Hill Family at Bernard Hill's House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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 Berkeley; Hill, Kenneth; Hill, Maude

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on the album page photograph reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Hill Family at Bernard Hill's House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

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.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

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 Berkeley; Hill, Kenneth; Hill, Maude

Media Type: Photograph

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 / ...."

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Interview with Claude Hill and Marion Hill November 7, 1977 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1892

Length: 0:07:14

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to A. Claude Hill's memories of crossing from England to Canada and of the land clearing process.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to A. Claude Hill's memories of crossing from England to Canada and of the land clearing process.

Date Range: 1892

Photo Info: Claude Hill, the son of Bernard and Marian Hill, [1888]. Item no. 477-933

Length: 0:07:14

Names: Hill, Bernard R

Subjects: Land Clearing

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: November 7, 1977

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with A. Claude Hill and his wife Marion Hill, conducted by Colin Stevens, November 7, 1977. Major themes discussed are: Christmas traditions and his Deer Lake neighbourhood.

Biographical Notes: Claude Hill was born in England about 1885, the eldest son of Marian (Berkeley) and Bernard R. Hill. His younger sibling were Frank, Winnie and Minard Gerald “Gerry.” Claude Hill was named after Bernard’s older brother, Louis Claude Hill. Claude's father, Bernard R. Hill was born in Bengal, India while his father worked for the East Indian Railway. He and his older brother Uncle Claude became strawberry farmers in Burnaby despite their years of training as engineers. Between them, the Hill brothers owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and half way around Deer Lake. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. He also served as Burnaby Councillor and School Trustee. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. His oldest child, Claude was seven years old at the time and his first years of school in Burnaby were at Douglas Road. Later, Claude rode a horse and buggy with his younger brother to travel to school in New Westminster. A.Claude Hill married Marion "Mamie" in his early twenties.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:30:00

Interviewee Name: Hill, Claude; Hill, Marion

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Claude Hill, the son of Bernard and Marian Hill, [1888]. Item no. 477-933 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Claude Hill and his wife

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Interview with Claude Hill and Marion Hill November 7, 1977 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1892-1905

Length: 0:04:58

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to A. Claude Hill's memories of how his father cleared land to build a house, including the equipment that was used.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to A. Claude Hill's memories of how his father cleared land to build a house, including the equipment that was used.

Date Range: 1892-1905

Photo Info: Claude Hill, the son of Bernard and Marian Hill, [1888]. Item no. 477-933

Length: 0:04:58

Names: Hill, Bernard R

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: November 7, 1977

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with A. Claude Hill and his wife Marion Hill, conducted by Colin Stevens, November 7, 1977. Major themes discussed are: Christmas traditions and his Deer Lake neighbourhood.

Biographical Notes: Claude Hill was born in England about 1885, the eldest son of Marian (Berkeley) and Bernard R. Hill. His younger sibling were Frank, Winnie and Minard Gerald “Gerry.” Claude Hill was named after Bernard’s older brother, Louis Claude Hill. Claude's father, Bernard R. Hill was born in Bengal, India while his father worked for the East Indian Railway. He and his older brother Uncle Claude became strawberry farmers in Burnaby despite their years of training as engineers. Between them, the Hill brothers owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and half way around Deer Lake. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. He also served as Burnaby Councillor and School Trustee. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. His oldest child, Claude was seven years old at the time and his first years of school in Burnaby were at Douglas Road. Later, Claude rode a horse and buggy with his younger brother to travel to school in New Westminster. A.Claude Hill married Marion "Mamie" in his early twenties.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:30:00

Interviewee Name: Hill, Claude; Hill, Marion

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Claude Hill and Marion Hill

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Interview with Minard Hill February 9, 1978 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1893-1913

Length: 0:10:01

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's early memories of the neighbourhood of Burnaby Lake, including the houses that his father built. Gerry discusses his early work as a surveyor.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's early memories of the neighbourhood of Burnaby Lake, including the houses that his father built. Gerry discusses his early work as a surveyor.

Date Range: 1893-1913

Photo Info: Minard Gerald Hill in uniform, 1914. Item no. 477-926

Length: 0:10:01

Names: Hill, Bernard R

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: February 9, 1978

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill conducted by Colin Stevens, February 9, 1978. Major themes discussed are: the Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood, Gilley Brothers Logging Company and his father, Bernard Hill.

Biographical Notes: Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893 to Marian (Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. He was the youngest child in the family with older siblings Frank, Claude and Winnie. Bernard R. Hill was born in Bengal, India while his father worked for the East Indian Railway. He and his older brother Claude became strawberry farmers in Burnaby despite their years of training as engineers. Between them, the Hill brothers 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. He also served as Burnaby Councillor and School Trustee. 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 November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill married Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” Vidal on September 28, 1920 and single-handedly built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun work building the lodge. Elizabeth and Gerry’s child, Richard Grant McEwan Hill was born at Ladysmith hospital. Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” (Vidal) Hill died February 11, 1984 at the age of eighty-seven. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill died January 30, 1988 at the age of ninety-three.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:13:56

Interviewee Name: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Interview Location: Yellow Point, Vancouver Island

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Minard Gerald Hill in uniform, 1914. Item no. 477-926 thumbnail

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Track one of interview with Minard Hill

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Interview with Minard Hill February 9, 1978 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1880-1914

Length: 0:10:09

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's relatives in England, his father's early life as well as life on the strawberry farm in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's relatives in England, his father's early life as well as life on the strawberry farm in Burnaby.

Date Range: 1880-1914

Photo Info: Minard Gerald Hill in uniform, 1914. Item no. 477-926

Length: 0:10:09

Names: Hill, Bernard R

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: February 9, 1978

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill conducted by Colin Stevens, February 9, 1978. Major themes discussed are: the Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood, Gilley Brothers Logging Company and his father, Bernard Hill.

Biographical Notes: Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893 to Marian (Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. He was the youngest child in the family with older siblings Frank, Claude and Winnie. Bernard R. Hill was born in Bengal, India while his father worked for the East Indian Railway. He and his older brother Claude became strawberry farmers in Burnaby despite their years of training as engineers. Between them, the Hill brothers 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. He also served as Burnaby Councillor and School Trustee. 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 November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill married Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” Vidal on September 28, 1920 and single-handedly built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun work building the lodge. Elizabeth and Gerry’s child, Richard Grant McEwan Hill was born at Ladysmith hospital. Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” (Vidal) Hill died February 11, 1984 at the age of eighty-seven. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill died January 30, 1988 at the age of ninety-three.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 1:13:56

Interviewee Name: Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"

Interview Location: Yellow Point, Vancouver Island

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Track three of interview with Minard Hill

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Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-938

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row, each sitting in their own horse and cart as they bring their strawberries to the station.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Carts; Occupations - Farmers; Transportation - Wagons; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.; Every-Clayton, George; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Charles Frederick

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on recto of photograph reads: "Loading Strawberries, B.C.E.Ry., Douglas Rd., Burnaby, B.C."

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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