"Monuments" found 4 records | Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Photograph of a plaque at Emmanuel Parish Church located on the wall behind the gravestone of the Burnaby family. It reads: "Robert Burnaby / Native of Leicestershire, pioneer and public servant of British Columbia, Canada 1858 to 1874, after whom the District of Burnaby is named, lies buried at …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1987]

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 353-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2011-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of a plaque at Emmanuel Parish Church located on the wall behind the gravestone of the Burnaby family. It reads: "Robert Burnaby / Native of Leicestershire, pioneer and public servant of British Columbia, Canada 1858 to 1874, after whom the District of Burnaby is named, lies buried at the foot of this wall. / This plaque was unvieled by William Lewarne, Mayor of Burnaby, in July 1987 on a visit to the sister city of Loughborough."

Subjects: Monuments

Names: Emmanuel Parish Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Plaque at the Emanuel Parish Church, [1987] thumbnail

Robert Burnaby's grave site

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66634

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1987]

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone for Robert Burnaby (1828-1878), Sarah Burnaby (1822-1873), and Sarah ("widow of Rev. Thomas Burnaby and mother of the above," died 1878 aged 89 years) at the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church. Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, has been tw…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1987]

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 353-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2011-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone for Robert Burnaby (1828-1878), Sarah Burnaby (1822-1873), and Sarah ("widow of Rev. Thomas Burnaby and mother of the above," died 1878 aged 89 years) at the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church. Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, has been twinned with Burnaby, British Columbia.

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Names: Emmanuel Parish Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Robert Burnaby's grave site, [1987] thumbnail

Pioneer tales of Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

1 image 1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 096928280x

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

Contributor: Sone, Michael

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Corporation of the District of Burnaby

Publication Date: c1987

Physical Description: 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Inscription: "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page

Library Subject (LOC): Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Object History: Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.