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A mother and her boys
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2572
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.74.15
- Call Number
- 823.8 WIL
- Author
- Wilford, Florence, 1836-1897
- Contributor
- Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Publisher
- Mowbray
- Printer
- Mowbray
- Physical Description
- 155 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Sticker adhered to front pastedown: Enverness Cathedral Sunday School Reward Awarded to "Angus MacLaughlton, May 1st, 1904" [handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Theology--Religious fiction--Miscellaneous
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- "With a preface by Charlotte M. Yonge"
The Canadian mother and child
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Call Number
- 618 COU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV008.40.5
- Call Number
- 618 COU
- Author
- Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- The Hon. Ian A. Mackenzie, Minster of Pensions and National Health
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Printer
- Edmond Cloutier
- Physical Description
- 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Miss. Bricher" [ hand writen in pencil at top of front cover. The "h" may be a "k".]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare
- Obstetrics
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Notes
- Published by authority of the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare"
![Elsie May Irwin with her mother and daughters, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0046_001.jpg?width=280)
Elsie May Irwin with her mother and daughters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15293
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie May Irwin (standing) with her mother, Elizabeth "Isabella" Taylor (seated) and her daugthers Eleanor and Louise Irwin. The group is gathered in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. The outside wall of the house is visible behind them. Grandmot…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie May Irwin (standing) with her mother, Elizabeth "Isabella" Taylor (seated) and her daugthers Eleanor and Louise Irwin. The group is gathered in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. The outside wall of the house is visible behind them. Grandmother Taylor is holding her granddaughter Louise on her lap and has her arm around Eleanor.
- History
- Henry Stanley Irwin (1890-1966) started work at Barnet mill in 1924. Henry and his wife Elsie May Irwin (Taylor) Irwin (1894-1985) first lived with thier two daughters, Eleanor (Nelson) (1924-2005) and Louise (1927-) in a worker's cabin before moving to the Barnet Mill's managers' residence. The household included Elsie's mother, Elizabeth (Shephard) Taylor (1868-1950). The family resided at Barnet until they moved to Vancouver in September 1939. Louise and her older sister Eleanor attended Barnet School like other children in the Barnet area. After the mill closed in 1931, Henry was unemployed for two years, during this time, he hired a horse and driver and cut logs from the slopes of Burnaby Mountain to support his family.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Barnet Mill
- Barnet Lumber Company
- Nelson, Eleanor Irwin
- Irwin, Elsie May Taylor
- Irwin, Louise
- Taylor, Elizabeth Shephard
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.46
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 50 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollection of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Standing: Mrs Irwin; Seated: Grandmother Isabella Taylor holding Eleanor Irwin in her lap and Louise Erwin, c. 1930"
Images
![Elsie May Irwin with her mother and daughters, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0046_001.jpg)
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his father and mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19192
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1953]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow standing outside a building in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Jimmy's father is holding him in his arms. The group are standing in the snow outside of a building.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow standing outside a building in Asquith, Saskatchewan. Jimmy's father is holding him in his arms. The group are standing in the snow outside of a building.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.38
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1953]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in blue ink are written in Traditional Chinese on verso of photograph. Notes translated to English and transliterated into Mandarin pinyin read: " "Niu Guo Tang" (name of a village in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China). "A keepsake for maternal grandmother. From maternal grandson Hipman Chow" (Jimmy Chow)
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his mother and sister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19184
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [25 May 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing between his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his older sister Shao Lin Chow on the steps of a building in Hong Kong.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- bottom left corner of photograph has dark paper and photo corner adhered to surface
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing between his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his older sister Shao Lin Chow on the steps of a building in Hong Kong.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [25 May 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes in black ink are written in Traditional Chinese on verso of photograph. Notes translated to English and transliterated into Mandarin pinyin read: "Mother, this photo was taken on May(?) 25th at the time of departure. It was photographed at the Pennisula (hotel?)" (the words are written by Jane (Zhen).
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1952]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jimmy Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow (nee Dang) standing togetheroutside in front of car in Churchill, Manitioba. There is snow on the ground.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jimmy Chow with his mother Gim Gee Chow (nee Dang) standing togetheroutside in front of car in Churchill, Manitioba. There is snow on the ground.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1952]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow with mother and aunt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing with his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his aunt in a residential area of Vancouver. The three are standing in front of a tree with view of street and house behind.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Jimmy Chow standing with his mother, Gim Gee Chow and his aunt in a residential area of Vancouver. The three are standing in front of a tree with view of street and house behind.
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.35
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1954]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Images
Letter from Colin Fox to his mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15156
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). In the letter, Colin tells his mother of his current condition in hospital, describing the wounds that he sustained and how much of his belongings are still with his regiment.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.43
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Stationery letterhead reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY / FILE OR CLAIM / FORM 101.." includes logo which reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC / RAILWAY / STEAMSHIPS / COMMUNICATIONS / HOTELS . / EXPRESS / WORLD'S / GREATEST / TRAVEL SYSTEM"
![Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney, [between 1950 and 1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo//_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0050_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4938
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.
- History
- Mary Davis was born February 3, 1910 in Stafford, England to Sam and Edith Finney and came to Canada as a child. Her family settled in Saskatchewan. She married her first husband, Clifford Reynolds Hamilton in 1940 in Rossland BC and was subsequently divorced in 1949 in Vancouver BC. She moved to Burnaby somtime between 1940 and the mid-1950's. Mary owned Davis Confectionary with her second husband (presumably named Davis) at the corner of Beresford and MacPherson. The store acted as a grocery store and also a drug store. Mary and her husband owned the store in the 1950's /1960's. Mary passed away in 2001, and had no children. Photograph was taken by famous Vancouver street photographer Foncie Pulice. Foncie began working as a street photographer in 1934 and retired in 1979. Foncie died in 2003.
- Names
- Finney, Edith
- Davis, Mary
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV017.50.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12-Jun-2018
- Photographer
- Pulice, Foncie
- Notes
- Title base on contents of photograph
- Stamped on verso: "FONCIE'S FOTOS/ 505 GRANVILLE ST./ VANCOUVER, B.C."
Images
![Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney, [between 1950 and 1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo//_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0050_0004_001.jpg)
Mother Goose rhymes and nursery tales
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3738
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.14.10
- Call Number
- 808.8 PIP
- Edition
- Star ed.
- Contributor
- Piper, Watty
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- [103] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nursery rhymes
- Notes
- ``edited by Watty Piper.``
- Watty Piper is pseudonym used by publisher, Platt & Munk refer to http://w1.loganberrybooks.com/books/authors/watty-piper.htm
![Mother [Linda Marian Winch], [191-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0037_001.jpg?width=280)
Mother [Linda Marian Winch]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3680
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.4 x 8.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Winch's mother, Linda Marian (Hendy) Winch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.4 x 8.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Winch's mother, Linda Marian (Hendy) Winch.
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.37
- Date
- [191-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
![Mother [Linda Marian Winch], [191-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0037_001.jpg)
![Mother [Linda Marian Winch] - Eric on lap, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0055_001.jpg?width=280)
Mother [Linda Marian Winch] - Eric on lap
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3698
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a group of women and children; at the centre is Winch's mother Linda Marian Winch, with her baby son Eric on her lap.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a group of women and children; at the centre is Winch's mother Linda Marian Winch, with her baby son Eric on her lap.
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.55
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
![Mother [Linda Marian Winch] - Eric on lap, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0055_001.jpg)
Robert Leonard Love with mother Jenny Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20368
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love standing with his mother Jenny (Kennedy) Love in the yard of John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. House is visible behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Leonard "Bob" Love standing with his mother Jenny (Kennedy) Love in the yard of John Leonard and Jenny Love's home located at 3205 George Street (6112 Sussex Avenue), Burnaby. House is visible behind them.
- Geographic Access
- Sussex Avenue
- Street Address
- 6112 Sussex Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.24.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- June 1943
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Bob & Mom / 1943 June"
Images
So you are a Brownie : hints to a Brownie and her mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.18
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Place of Publication
- [Canada]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 19 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Rosemary Sawkins" [handwritten on cover in pencil and inside cover in pink ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
script
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37788
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.213
- Description
- Script, photocopy? of typescript; white paper, black type; burlesque sermon monologue "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD"; 3 pages stapled together; original stamped "PROPERTY OF C.J. CAUNT"
- Colour
- White
- Title
- Old Mother Hubbard
Images
script booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4133
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.27
- Description
- Freezing a Mother-In-Law - Script Booklet. A script for the play "Freezing a Mother-In-Law" by T. Edgar Pemberton. The script was published by Samuel French Limited. The play is part of the French's Minor Drama series and includes parts for five characters. The booklet has been stamped with "Property of C.J. Caunt". Handwritten in pencil on the front cover is "PLAYING-TIME 45 MIN." Inside, the booklet advertises for other plays that are published by Samuel French. The booklet measures 12cm x 19cm.
- Colour
- Orange
- Maker
- Samuel French Limited
- Title
- Freezing A Mother-in-Law; or, A Frightful Frost
Images
script booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4178
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.73
- Description
- Old Mother Hubbard - Script Booklet. Short script booklet for the comedy single "Old Mother Hubbard". The script was typed and the text is purpled. Typed on the front cover is "Property of C.J.Caunt (M.Courtier)". Stamped on the front cover is "PROPERTY OF C.J.CAUNT". The script measures 21.5cm x 14cm.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- Old Mother Hubbard
Images
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
when he was eight years old, George Leaf
emigrated from England with his mother, two
sisters and stepfather, John Burgess. The acreage
near N e w Westminster that M r . Burgess bought
would be incorporated in 1892 as part of the
municipality of Burnaby.
The family of seven, which also included two
- 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.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
’S
I was born in North Vancouver on
December 5, 1919. My father was a
Canadian born in Toronto in 1886. My
mother (nee Mary Adair) was born in
Glasgow, Scotland in 1897. I have
three brothers - Wilmot (Bill) born in
New Westminster in 1923; Eric, also
born in New Westminster in 1925; and
Halford born
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
before his time. His father and mother had both died but he left
behind in the 'Old Land' several sisters. I suppose at that time his reason for leaving
and coming to Canada was the opportunity of making a better living than in Ire-
land. His arrival in Canada took him to Fonthill, Ontario, near Niagara
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2