LaFavor Family fonds
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]; 1953-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records (newsprint) and 59 photographs : sepia postcards ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographic postcards (some are duplications) depicting the village of Barnet in Burnaby along with newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the 1950s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]; 1953-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records (newsprint) and 59 photographs : sepia postcards ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2007-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographic postcards (some are duplications) depicting the village of Barnet in Burnaby along with newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the 1950s.
- History
- Orville Glen LaFavor was born in Willow City, North Dakota, on May 31, 1903, to Harvey M. LaFavor. On April 20, 1924, Orville married Cathryn Arlou "Kate" Lewis. In that same year, Orville and Kate moved to Barnet Village to join Harvey and his wife. Orville and Kate had five children who were all born in Barnet: Lewis in September 1925, Irene in December 1927, Clyde Martin in July 1930, Florence Alice in March 1933 and Cathryn Bernice on April 24, 1934. Orville worked as a trimmer for the Barnet Lumber Company. He and his family lived at Number 10 on the Barnet property. In 1924, he began working at the mills and retired in 1960. During the war, he made blackout blinds and worked as a warden or home guard in Vancouver. Kate LaFavor stayed at home to look after the five children. All of the children went to Barnet School until grade five, when they had to bus up to Capitol Hill in North Burnaby. Once evictions began in Barnet in 1953, Orville bought the house from the municipality and moved it to Port Coquitlam. Orville's brother, Vern Victor LaFavor, married Irene Winnifred "Winnie" Warner on August 6, 1928. Clyde and Lou LaFavor also worked in the mill. Fred Marshall and his brother Roy Marshall lived and worked at the mill and were uncles to the LaFavor children. Harvey, the grandfather of the children, worked as a millwright and had a section in the village for gardening, which he tended to regularly. He had horses that worked with him at the mill and later on the construction of Barnet Road, allowing him to make money during the Depression. During a strike for higher wages at the Barnet Sawmill, Harvey was badly beaten. Murray Glen "Bud" LaFavor was born on December 13, 1944, in New Westminster. He had four sisters: Irene, Catherine, Carol, and Rene. He worked as a volunteer fireman for 25 years and was employed by the District of 100 Mile House. He died in 2009. Lewis LaFavor, son of Orville and Kate, joined the navy and survied World War II. Catherine Bernice (LaFavor) Nelson, daughter of Orville and Kate, died July 7, 2011, in Nelson, British Columbia.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- LaFavor family
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 540, MSS166
Barnet Village newspaper clippings
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the Vancouver Sun Burnaby Bureau and the Vancouver Province Burnaby Bureau. The articles discuss topics such as rent, eviction and mail services with titles; "Barnet Village Wiped Out with End of Rent Control" (Vancouver S…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS166-001
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2007-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three newspaper clippings pertaining to Barnet Village from the Vancouver Sun Burnaby Bureau and the Vancouver Province Burnaby Bureau. The articles discuss topics such as rent, eviction and mail services with titles; "Barnet Village Wiped Out with End of Rent Control" (Vancouver Sun), "While Burnaby Hasn't Tiny Barnet Has Own Post Office" (Vancouver Sun), "Renters Paying $2.50 to $10 Must Vacate Burnaby Homes" (Vancouver Province).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Newspaper clippings were found housed inside a binder of postcards