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Maude Holmstrom interview April 1989 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory263
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1909-1914
- Length
- 0:07:09
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom's memories of first coming to Burnaby with her family, especially her mother and father, and the establishment of the Goodridge's grocery store.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom's memories of first coming to Burnaby with her family, especially her mother and father, and the establishment of the Goodridge's grocery store.
- Date Range
- 1909-1914
- Photo Info
- Maude Goodridge Holmstrom (middle row, 4th from right) with her Howard Avenue class, photographed by J.W. Phillips, 1913. Item no. 487-004
- Length
- 0:07:09
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Johnson, Lou
- Interview Date
- April 1989
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom, conducted by her grandniece, Lou Johnson, April 1989. Major themes discussed are: Capitol Hill, early pioneers in Burnaby, Howard Avenue School.
- Biographical Notes
- Lucy Maude "Maude" Goodrige was born on Aprril 13, 1902 at Stanley Place, London, England. She was the eldest child of John Charles Bertram and Lucy (Elston) Goodridge, with four siblings; Alice Victoria, Gwendoline Elston "Gwen", Beatrice Alexandra, and George Edward Goodridge. John and Lucy Goodridge moved their family from Victoria Drive to Burnaby into a one room house on Capitol Hill, built over one year by John himself. At first, the family had to walk to Rosser to get drinking water, wheeling wheelbarrows full of water back home. Later on, John would discover a Grotto of fresh water on their property. When surveyors started showing land, travelling on horseback from Boundary Road to Capitol Hill, Lucy (Elston) Goodridge would offer lemonade and oranges to the thirsty settlers. This gave her the idea to start the first grocery store in the area, at Alpha and Hastings. Kelly Douglas helped the Goodridges stock the store with larger food orders. For smaller quantities, they used Swift and Company downtown. Maude first went to Howard Avenue School with her younger siblings then to the four room school Gilmore Avenue when it opened. Before John Goodridge went off to war in 1914, he handled grocery delivery and restocking using a team of horses. No one else in the family could handle the team, so while he was overseas, Maude would travel down to Swift and Company by streetcar and be forced to wait for a ride home from someone passing by as the stock was too heavy to carry on foot. Later, Maude remembers a Ford dealer coming to teach her how to drive, in effort to get her mother to buy a Ford. It worked. Maude lived at Capitol Hill until 1920. At the time of the depression, she was in California with her first husband, John Joseph Lemire whom she married October 14, 1922 in Vancouver. Gwendoline Elston "Gwen" Goodridge married William Lister of Point Grey, June 27, 1928. Alice Victoria Goodridge married David Augustus Norman September 24, 1929. Lucy Maude "Maude" (Goodridge) later married George William Holmstrom. George William Holmstrom died in 1957. His wife, Lucy Maude "Maude" (Goodridge) Holmstrom died in 1994.
- Total Tracks
- 3
- Total Length
- 0:23:44
- Interviewee Name
- Holmstrom, Lucy Maude "Maude" Goodridge Lemire
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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 one of recording of interview with Maude Holmstrom
Track one of recording of interview with Maude Holmstrom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-007/MSS137-007_Track_1.mp3
Maude Holmstrom interview April 1989 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory265
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1909-1929
- Length
- 0:06:51
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1909-1929
- Photo Info
- Maude Goodridge Holmstrom (middle row, 4th from right) with her Howard Avenue class, photographed by J.W. Phillips, 1913. Item no. 487-004
- Length
- 0:06:51
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Johnson, Lou
- Interview Date
- April 1989
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with (Lucy) Maude (Goodridge) Holmstrom, conducted by her grandniece, Lou Johnson, April 1989. Major themes discussed are: Capitol Hill, early pioneers in Burnaby, Howard Avenue School.
- Biographical Notes
- Lucy Maude "Maude" Goodrige was born on Aprril 13, 1902 at Stanley Place, London, England. She was the eldest child of John Charles Bertram and Lucy (Elston) Goodridge, with four siblings; Alice Victoria, Gwendoline Elston "Gwen", Beatrice Alexandra, and George Edward Goodridge. John and Lucy Goodridge moved their family from Victoria Drive to Burnaby into a one room house on Capitol Hill, built over one year by John himself. At first, the family had to walk to Rosser to get drinking water, wheeling wheelbarrows full of water back home. Later on, John would discover a Grotto of fresh water on their property. When surveyors started showing land, travelling on horseback from Boundary Road to Capitol Hill, Lucy (Elston) Goodridge would offer lemonade and oranges to the thirsty settlers. This gave her the idea to start the first grocery store in the area, at Alpha and Hastings. Kelly Douglas helped the Goodridges stock the store with larger food orders. For smaller quantities, they used Swift and Company downtown. Maude first went to Howard Avenue School with her younger siblings then to the four room school Gilmore Avenue when it opened. Before John Goodridge went off to war in 1914, he handled grocery delivery and restocking using a team of horses. No one else in the family could handle the team, so while he was overseas, Maude would travel down to Swift and Company by streetcar and be forced to wait for a ride home from someone passing by as the stock was too heavy to carry on foot. Later, Maude remembers a Ford dealer coming to teach her how to drive, in effort to get her mother to buy a Ford. It worked. Maude lived at Capitol Hill until 1920. At the time of the depression, she was in California with her first husband, John Joseph Lemire whom she married October 14, 1922 in Vancouver. Gwendoline Elston "Gwen" Goodridge married William Lister of Point Grey, June 27, 1928. Alice Victoria Goodridge married David Augustus Norman September 24, 1929. Lucy Maude "Maude" (Goodridge) later married George William Holmstrom. George William Holmstrom died in 1957. His wife, Lucy Maude "Maude" (Goodridge) Holmstrom died in 1994.
- Total Tracks
- 3
- Total Length
- 0:23:44
- Interviewee Name
- Holmstrom, Lucy Maude "Maude" Goodridge Lemire
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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 three of recording of interview with Maude Holmstrom
Track three of recording of interview with Maude Holmstrom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-007/MSS137-007_Track_3.mp3![Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC, [1909] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0040_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3064
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother and sister. It was the first post office at 'Burnaby Lake' and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss Harriet Woodward. It later became the United Church. / The open field in the distance above the horse's head and people in the field is the field in front of the 'Manor House' which was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the right of and beyond the white house partly hidden by the trees can be seen some of the buildings associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. which by the date (1909) of this photo had been sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)." An annotation on the back of the other photograph reads, "Formerly belonging to Malcom Nicolson / App. 1908." Annotations at the bottom front of the photograph read, "L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC."
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Crops
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Animals - Horses
- Occupations - Farmers
- Agriculture - Farms
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Sperling Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV973.40.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w duplicate photograph accompanying
- Text on first image "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "app 1909" pencilled in following above on the bottom edge of the image "L. Claude / Hill / Broadview", pencilled on the matt below the image. "The foreground farm property stood at the / Corner of Sperling Ave. (formerly known as Pole Line Road) / and Buckingham. The white house in the left / centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother / and sister. It was the first post ofice at "Burnaby Lake" / and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss / Harriet Woodward. It later became the United / Church. / The open field in the distance above / the horses head and people in the field is / the field in front of the "Manse House" which / was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the / right of and beyond the white house partly hidden / by the trees can be seen some of the buildings / associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. / which by the date (1909) of this photo had been / sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of / the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)", hand written in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. It is not indicated who wrote the note. "OR MASTER / 973.40.4", pencilled in the lower right corner of reverse side of matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph Text on second image. "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "Claude surveying the haying", pencilled on the reverse side of the matt. "Formerly belonging to Malcolm Nicholson / app 1908", hand writen in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. "H.V.973.40.4. OR. MASTER", hand printed on the bottom left corner of the reverse side of the matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph
Images
![Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC, [1909] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0040_0004_001.jpg)
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England : together with the psalter or psalms of David
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2732
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.95.1
- Call Number
- 264.03 OXF 1909
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, Hampshire.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Printer
- Horace Hart
- Physical Description
- xv, 439, 276 p. ; 12 cm.
- Inscription
- "Morris Perret" -- handwritten on ink on flyleaf. "Mother Xmas 1914" -- handwritten on ink on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Church of England
- Liturgics
- Notes
- "Pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." -- title page
- The book of common prayer (439 p.) -- The hymn book of the Church of England in Canada (276 p.)
- Includes index.
Our baby : for mothers and nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.3.1
- Call Number
- 649.1 HEW
- Edition
- 11th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Thomson Stationery Co., Ltd.
- Gaskell-Odlum-Stabler, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Printer
- John Wright and Co.
- Physical Description
- viii, 168 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Infants--Care
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Features advertisements on inside front cover previous to the main text and 32 pages (including the inside back cover page) following the index. Many of these have black and white illustrations.
- "Eleventh edition, 60th Thousand."
- Author writing under her husband's name, full name: Hewer, Annie M. (Annie Martha).
![Byrne family, [1907] (date of original), copied 1995 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/316-003.jpg?width=280)
Byrne family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37097
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other si…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Byrne family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 316-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Byrne family seated and standing in two rows. Margaret is in the middle of the back row, standing between her twin sisters; Mary and Norah. Utan is standing in the front row beside his mother Priscilla who is seated with baby Elizabeth in her hands. Peter is on his wife's other side, with Kathleen beside him. Peter Byrne served as a member of Council from 1894 to 1895 and from 1898 to 1906. He was Reeve of Burnaby from 1906 to 1910.
- Names
- Byrne, Peter
- Byrne, Priscilla Amelia Rowling
- Cyr, Elizabeth Laura Byrne
- Byrne, Margaret "Maggie"
- Byrne, Mary
- Byrne, Norah
- Byrne, Ultan Patrick "Pat"
- Byrne, Kathleen
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Byrne family, [1907] (date of original), copied 1995 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/316-003.jpg)
![MacKenzie family and friends, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0024_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
MacKenzie family and friends
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription160
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1907 or 1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 10.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six adults and three children, identified as the MacKenzie family and friends. They are standing in the bushes in the woods. A note in the accession file identifies some of the people in the photograph. Back row of three men (l to r): Charles Hutton visiting from Moosejaw wearing a b…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 10.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six adults and three children, identified as the MacKenzie family and friends. They are standing in the bushes in the woods. A note in the accession file identifies some of the people in the photograph. Back row of three men (l to r): Charles Hutton visiting from Moosejaw wearing a bowler hat on the back of his head, and two unidentified men. Middle row (l to r): Miss Evelyn Hutton from Moosejaw, the sister of Charles Hutton, Mrs. Eunice MacKenzie (the donor's mother), and Mr. Alexander MacKenzie (the donor's father) holding a baby (Art MacKenzie). Front row of two children (l to r): Donald B. MacKenzie and Jean MacKenzie Davidson, son and daugher of Eunice and Alexander MacKenzie.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Names
- Davidson, Jean MacKenzie
- Hutton, Charles
- Hutton, Evelyn
- MacKenzie, Alexander
- MacKenzie, Art
- MacKenzie, Donald B.
- MacKenzie, Eunice
- Accession Code
- BV985.24.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1907 or 1908]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![MacKenzie family and friends, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0024_0002_001.jpg)
![Mackenzie family on lawn swing, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0024_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Mackenzie family on lawn swing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription162
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1907 or 1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the MacKenzie family on a wooden swinging bench on the lawn. Depicted in the photograph are Eunice MacKenzie (the mother), Jean MacKenzie (the daughter), Donald MacKenzie (the son), and a baby (Art MacKenzie) held by Mrs. MacKenzie.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the MacKenzie family on a wooden swinging bench on the lawn. Depicted in the photograph are Eunice MacKenzie (the mother), Jean MacKenzie (the daughter), Donald MacKenzie (the son), and a baby (Art MacKenzie) held by Mrs. MacKenzie.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Swings
- Accession Code
- BV985.24.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1907 or 1908]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Mackenzie family on lawn swing, [1907 or 1908] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0024_0004_001.jpg)
![McMurray family, [1907] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images//1976/1976_0041_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
McMurray family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription712
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McMurray family. They are outside on a lawn or a field. To their right is a large tree, and behind them are tall bushes. An accompanying note identifies the people in the photograph. Back row, left to right: John McMurray, Minnie McMurray, James Haslett, Margaret McMurray (later …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the McMurray family. They are outside on a lawn or a field. To their right is a large tree, and behind them are tall bushes. An accompanying note identifies the people in the photograph. Back row, left to right: John McMurray, Minnie McMurray, James Haslett, Margaret McMurray (later to become Mrs. Haslett), and Murdoch McMurray. Front row, left to right: Robert William (father), Hampton McMurray, and Wilhelmina May (mother).
- Names
- Haslett, James
- Haslett, Margaret McMurray
- McMurray, Hampton
- McMurray, John
- McMurray, Minnie
- McMurray, Murdoch
- McMurray, Robert
- McMurray, Wilhemina May
- Accession Code
- HV976.41.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1907] (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-13
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![McMurray family, [1907] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images//1976/1976_0041_0002_001.jpg)
![Elise and George Grant, [1906 or 1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-011.jpg?width=280)
Elise and George Grant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36291
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm, mounted on board 16 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elise Grant and her son George A. Grant taken in a photographer's studio. She was a widow by this time and he was twenty-nine or thirty years old and working as a solicitor at Edinburgh.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of print reads: "With my dear Mother Elsie- when she was a widow and I a practising solicitor at Edinburgh- she lived to 86 years of age GAG"
Images
![Elise and George Grant, [1906 or 1907] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/243-011.jpg)
Mother Cyr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37095
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906 (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photogaph of Elizabeth Laura Byrne Cyr when she was an infant, sitting on a chair, wearing a white dress.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906 (date of original), copied 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Byrne family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 316-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-04
- Scope and Content
- Photogaph of Elizabeth Laura Byrne Cyr when she was an infant, sitting on a chair, wearing a white dress.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on handwritten note on recto of photograph
- Original photograph was housed in an oval frame
Images
![North Arm Dairy, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/275-006.jpg?width=280)
North Arm Dairy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36474
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva i…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business. The family is standing in front of the garage that houses the North Arm Diary wagon. The younger Frederick is standing with his arm across his brow, blocking the sun. His two sisters Ethel and Mary Anne are beside him. Eva is standing beside her mother Harriett, who has baby Edith in her arms. The elder Frederick is standing front and center. Another man stands off to the right. In the distance, half a dozen cows are walking towards the barn.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Animals - Cows
- Names
- North Arm Dairy
- Thrussell, Frederick T.
- Thrussell, Ethel
- Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips
- Thrussell, Eva
- Thrussell, Harriett Fenwick
- Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell
- Thrussell, Fredrick (1869-1909)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
![North Arm Dairy, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/275-006.jpg)
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19350
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Anushay Malik Interviewee: Surjeet Kaur Parmar Language of Interview: Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi Location of Interview: home of Surjeet Kaur Parmar in Burnaby Interview Date: December 6, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of tracks: (1:15:32) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and Canada, her personal experiences and her ancestors’ stories as South Asian immigrants, reflections on and personal experiences of racial discrimination as a South Asian immigrant, her places of residence, her employment background, her cultural practices and traditions including food, clothing and craft. The interview begins with introductions from interviewer Anushay Mailik. Surjeet Kaur Parmar imparts her own family’s migration story beginning with her very first elders that immigrated to Canada from India. A relative (unnamed) immigrated to Canada first and a few years later (around 1905) returned to India and brought back three cousins that included; Ginaya Singh (Ghania Singh Manhas) and Doman Singh . Mayo Singh (Ghania Singh’s younger brother) came in 1906 on his own to join them. Surjeet’s grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) also wanted to immigrate at this time, but he was too young and weak to manage such a long trip. Surjeet conveys that while living in British Columbia, Mayo and Ginaya Singh worked together at saw mills. With their knowledge and understanding of mill work they ended up owning and operating a mill in Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island. At this time, most of the men from Surjeet’s family region in Punjab were abroad and with no men living at home. Mayo Singh’s father (Bhulla Singh) looked after her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) and paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh Manhas) back in Punjab. When Mayo’s father died, Mayo Singh adopted her paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh) and brought him to Canada in 1926. Surjeet describes her ancestors’ immigration journey from India to Canada. They all travelled by ship and if someone ran out of money en route, they could work on the ship. Surjeet explains that both Mayo and Ginaya Singh are Surjeet’s grandfather’s first cousins and her father’s second cousins. Surjeet recollects her grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) saying “now that you’ve arrived there, take one cousin from each side with you”. Surjeet explains that the cousins were all from the same village in Punjab and her great grandfather wanted someone to go abroad, so he sent a few and had them bring more as the years went on. Surjeet says that she’s uncertain as to why they chose Canada rather than America but thinks that they did some form of research and determined that it was a good place to come to. Surjeet admits that she doesn’t know the name of her paternal grandfather or other elders since she never met them. Surjeet shares that it was a traditional practice to mark pots and pans with family names and imparts that she discovered her father’s name “Lashman Singh” written on the bottom of a glass. Surjeet expresses that she’s marked her own pots and pans with her name to identify which ones are hers when she gets together with family or does catering. Surjeet refers to a kohl bottle that she has and how she’d like to offer it to the museum. She explains how the kohl bottle is no longer in use but was used by her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) and daughter and her grandchildren. Surjeet describes a blanket that she made called a “phulkari”, now on display in a small museum in Coquitlam, a wedding shawl, that her daughter now owns and a silk sari with embroidery. Surjeet and Anushay discuss the possibility of donating the kohl bottle and the sari to the museum. Surjeet explains how the kohl is used and how her mother used to make kohl. She describes how you rub the kohl with your hands, put cardamom in it, one or two other ingredients and fill the kohl bottle up with water. Surjeet says that she used kohl as eyeliner when living in India. The interviewer asks Surjeet more about Ginaya Singh. Surjeet conveys that Ginaya Singh ended up leaving the mill on Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver. After Ginaya Singh died from a heart attack (in 1953) his family moved from Vancouver to Burnaby. Surjeet recalls that following the death of Ginaya Singh’s youngest son, her family didn’t celebrate “Lohri” (a winter festival celebrating newborns and newly married people) for three years. She shares that she was very young at this time but remembers there being beautiful photographs of young children all dressed up and displayed in her family home. She expresses that dressing up for photos has changed over time and adds that suits didn’t really come into fashion until after the 1970s or 1980s. Surjeet conveys that her uncle named Kashmira Singh first worked at the mill in Paldi near Duncan then moved to Vancouver and opened up his own mill in North Vancouver. Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas arrived in 1953. Surjeet expresses that Kapoor Singh was educated and worked as a manager at the mill on Vancouver Island. Surjeet recollects meeting Mayo Singh, his wife and eldest son in 1952 when they travelled to India for a cousin’s wedding. Surjeet remembers that Mayo Singh’s family had a very large house in India. She describes the house as a very opulent two story house with indoor plumbing for a bathtub, a kitchen with a woodstove, coloured mirrors, bejeweled curtains, a motor room to park cars, a buffalo and more. Surjeet refers to Nand Singh, a younger brother of Mayo Singh, who travelled from India to San Franciso and spent a year wandering around before deciding to return to India. She describes him as living in Bombay with his wife Vishan Kaur and having a transport business. Nand had two kids that came to Canada. Surjeet recollects the tragic death of Ganda Singh (Ginaya Singh) who died of a heart attack on someone’s doorstep, they thought that he was drunk so didn’t open the door. Surjeet conveys that Mayo Singh’s wife, Mission Kaur (Saradani Bishan Kaur) died while visiting India (in 1952) and that some of Mayo’s sons were married in Canada and one in India. Surjeet expresses that it was hard for Mayo’s sons to have one of their parents die in India and one die in Canada (Mayo Singh died in B.C. in 1955). Surjeet describes the hospital that Mayo built in the village of Paldi. She mentions that there were festivals and functions that took place there, there were many nurses and doctors. She recalls there being a school where their land was. She recalls that if they got headaches they were treated with medicine and that it didn’t cost much, only a six pence. Surjeet talks about her arranged marriage to Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar. Surjeet explains that her father and brother immigrated to British Columbia first (1953) and after a few months they brought Surjeet and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas). She recollects that when she was in Grade 10 and around 17 years of age, her family made plans to travel to India to attend a family wedding. During this time, her father suggested that it would be a good opportunity to take Surjeet with them to find her a husband in India to marry. After meeting and marrying Nadeem Parmar in India, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England. Surjeet recollects that in order to immigrate to Canada, each family member had to pass a medical exam and how difficult it was. Her two sisters, mother and brother all had to take the test in Delhi. Surjeet recalls living in England with Nadeem. While living in England, Nadeem worked during the day and studied engineering at college in the evening. Surjeet expresses that she liked living in England and was sad to leave. While living there, they enjoyed a close knit Punjabi community and they all lived in the same area. Surjeet states later in her interview that living in Canada was different from living in England. In England, family and friends lived closer together whereas in Canada places were further apart. Surjeet says that while living in England she could walk to do her shopping. While living in England, after her children were a bit older, she worked as a seamstress in a shirt factory for a few years before coming to Canada. Surjeet imparts that her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) died of a heart attack in 1970 and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) died in 1998. Her father and her family first lived in North Vancouver and then her parents bought a house on Eton Street in Burnaby, near the Ocean. After her father died, her brother and mother bought a house and moved to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in Burnaby. In 1973, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children immigrated to Canada and moved in with her brother and mother. Surjeet includes that her paternal aunt (Koshali Kaur Manhas) and cousins also moved to Burnaby and that her aunt and some of her cousins were sponsored by her son who came earlier. Surjeet recalls that after arriving in Canada she got work sewing in a factory located on Water Street in Gastown. Surjeet recollects travelling to her job by bus. Surjeet shares that she brought saris and quilted blankets “rijai”, not household items, in her suitcase when she came to Canada from England. Surjeet explains that the “rijai” (quilted blankets) were made from cotton from her home village in India. The blankets were made by women and then brought back to her to quilt on her sewing machine. Surjeet recalls that when she returned to Canada (in 1973 with her husband and children) they first lived with her mother and brother on Capitol Hill in Burnaby before moving to a house on Fell Avenue and then to their current home in 1982. In 1981, she worked at “Canadian Window Covering” factory making window coverings. The factory was located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Surjeet recalls how the factory became unionized and of how she left the factory and found union work at the Labatt’s brewery (Winery and Distillery Workers Local 300). Surjeet describes the work that she did while working at Labatt’s brewery which was located next to the Royal Columbian Hospital in Burnaby. Around 1995, when the Labatt’s factory closed down in Burnaby, she got union work as a bottle sorter for BDL Brewers Distributor Limited, where bottles were gathered for distribution at Braid Station. Surjeet left this job in 2000. Surjeet talks about traditional foods like bindi, sabji, aam and karela and where she’s shopped to find traditional ingredients for South Asian cuisine. She recollects how at first she could only find traditional ingredients at stores in Gastown, Chinatown and on Main Street in Vancouver but now they are more readily available at major grocery stores. Surjeet expresses that traditional spices and dry goods have been hard to find, apart from stores like, Famous Foods and Patels when it was located on Commercial Drive. Surjeet talks about using ingredients such as green pea flour and Besan flour to make pakoras and kahdri. Surjeet states that many immigrants didn’t wear their traditional clothing until she came later. She expresses that many South Asian immigrants didn’t wear their clothes “because there were no rights, we had to try to become like them”. Surjeet conveys that even though some were able to purchase property (she provides an example of family members in Duncan who faced discrimination by the owner/seller of a piece of property they were purchasing) that they had very little rights and they were all living in fear. She expresses that she herself didn’t experience this but in the beginning when people settled here (in B.C.) that it was very difficult. Surjeet says that when she goes to the Gurdwara and to work, she wears a sari and conveys that while working at the factory, she was encouraged to wear a sari, it was accepted then. She brought printed saris to work and her co workers said that they’d wear them to parties. Surjeet reflects on her own experiences of racism and discrimination and expresses that her generation “has learned how to stand up in front, then they got scared of saying anything”. “The people who came here first were afraid because they were alone, they had to settle down here and make a home from scratch, but the ones who came after had everything already built and made”. She explains how they helped one another when they came (to British Columbia). She describes how the Gurdwara was located on 2nd Street and all of the ships went there (new immigrants?), people would gather, get water, help one another and there would be a place for all people. Surjeet shares a personal experience of helping members of her husband’s family to immigrate to Canada. She tells of the complications of some being left behind in India and that some came to Canada as refugees that she and her husband sponsored. Surjeet expresses their struggles with raising a family, working and trying to pay for their own house while also trying to assist and support family members. Surjeet describes in detail how her husband Nadeem went back to India after his mother died to help his father, sister and her family immigrate. She explains that the immigration process took about four years and his father had to apply as a refugee. Nadeem’s sister came with her children but had to return to India so Surjeet and her family had to look after Nadeem’s sister’s child/children. Surjeet expresses that during this time she continued to work at Canadian Window Coverings, working an afternoon shift and sometimes taking her son with her. She expresses that this as a very hectic time, working the whole day, making food for everyone, grocery shopping, looking after a her sister in law’s younger child at night and getting no rest. Surjeet describes the time when she was working and her children were attending the local school. She expresses the challenges of working long days and often arriving home after her children. She recollects a time when there was a snow storm and how she was worried about her children making it home and being alone while she was at work, there were no cell phones in those days but they had phone numbers of her brother and sister. Surjeet tells of how they tried to help the rest of the Nadeem’s family immigrate including his brother who was a soccer player in India. They were able to buy a house for the whole family to live but expresses after several months Nadeem’s brother decided to stay in India. Surjeet expresses the complications and frustrations of trying to bring all family members to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Surjeet Kaur Parmar was born in Punjab, India in 1942 to parents Lashman Singh Manhas (1913-1970) and Budhan Kaur Manhas (1906-1998). Surjeet’s ancestors, Ghania Singh Manhas, Doman Singh and Mayo Singh immigrated to British Columbia in 1905 and 1906. The group got work in saw mills and soon began owning and operating their own saw mills, first in Chilliwack and Rosedale districts and later in 1920 on Vancouver Island near Duncan (Paldi) (known as the Mayo Lumber Company). In 1927, Surjeet’s paternal uncle, Kashmir Singh Manhas left Paldi, Punjab at the age of 18 years with Mayo Singh Manhas and after months of travel they arrived at Paldi on Vancouver Island. In 1953, Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas and her two brothers immigrated to Canada and soon after brought her and her mother, Budhan Kaur Manhas. After immigrating, her father began working at “Kashmir Lumber Company” in North Vancouver which was owned by his brother Kashmira Singh Manhas. Surjeet, her parents and two brothers first made their home in North Vancouver and the 1960s they moved to 3824 Eton Street in Burnaby. In 1959, Surjeet and her family returned to India for her brother’s wedding. During this time a marriage was arranged for Surjeet to marry Nadeem Parmar and they were married in 1960. Following their marriage, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England where they began raising their two children. While living in England, Surjeet worked as seamstress at a factory. In 1973, following the death of Surjeet’s father who died in 1970, Surjeet and Nadeem decided to immigrate to British Columbia. For the first few years, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children lived with her mother and brother in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby before purchasing their own home on Fell Avenue. While living in Burnaby Surjeet has worked as a seamstress for Canadian Window Covering, Labatt's Brewery and BDL Brewers Distributor Limited which she left in 2000. In 1982, Surjeet and her family moved into a new home that they had built on Woodsworth Street where they still live today. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills
- Clothing
- Crafts
- Employment
- Migration
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations - Labourers
- Occupations - Millworkers
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Parmar, Surjeet Kaur
- Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"
- Manhas, Ghania Singh
- Singh, Mayo
- Manhas, Kashmir Singh
- Manhas, Sher Singh
- Manhas, Budhan Kaur
- Manhas, Lashman Singh
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also BV022.29.1 - interview with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription of interview translated to English from Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi to English created by Rajdeep
- Transciption available on Heritage Burnaby
- Spelling of "Ginaya Singh" found as "Ghania Singh Manhas" in obituary and death certificate
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0005_003.mp3The Presbyterian book of praise
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.26
- Call Number
- 783.952 OXF 1905
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Printer
- Henry Frowde
- Physical Description
- (unpaged) ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. C.C. Hockridge / Cedarville Ont." -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
- "Mrs. C.C. ---- / Cedarville Ont." -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- "Mrs. C.C. Hockridge / Mrs. C.C. Hockridge / Cedarville Ont." -- handwritten in pencil and ink on title page verso
- "Chas. C. Hock Ridge, / General merchant, / Cedarville, Ont." -- Stamped on title page verso.
- "1905" -- circled by pen on title page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns
- Presbyterian Church in Canada--Hymns
- Object History
- Donor's mother inscribed her name and address inside book.
- Notes
- "Approved and Commended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada" -- title page
- Pt. I Selections from the Psalter -- Pt. II The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged
- "Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Seven (1897) by the Rev. John Jenkins, D.D., L.L.D., and the Rev. William Greg, D.D. and William B. McMurrich, M.A., Q.C., at the Department of Agriculture" -- Contents page verso.
- Includes index.
![Lewis family, [1904] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/140-002.jpg?width=280)
Lewis family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34821
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lewis family in front their house at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Evelyn, Lizzie, Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Albert, and Ernest. The description in the accession file reads "Greenhouse, root house…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lewis family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 140-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lewis family in front their house at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Evelyn, Lizzie, Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Albert, and Ernest. The description in the accession file reads "Greenhouse, root house, cherry tree."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 4th Street
- 18th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
![Lewis family, [1904] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/140-002.jpg)
![Lewis family, [1904] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/140-003.jpg?width=280)
Lewis family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34822
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lewis family in the orchard of their home at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Evelyn, Ernest, Lizzie, and Albert.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1904] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lewis family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 140-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lewis family in the orchard of their home at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. "Pioneer Tales" identifies them as, left to right, Emma Lewis (mother) and children: Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Evelyn, Ernest, Lizzie, and Albert.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Orchards
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 4th Street
- 18th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
![Lewis family, [1904] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/140-003.jpg)
Lewis family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35699
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904 (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 the Lewis family. Left to right: Mrs. Emma Lewis (mother) and children Evelyn, Lizzie, Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Albert and Ernest in front of their home. Note the cherry trees, mostly Queen Anne reds.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-557
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Lewis family. Left to right: Mrs. Emma Lewis (mother) and children Evelyn, Lizzie, Lillie (later, Lillie Porter), Albert and Ernest in front of their home. Note the cherry trees, mostly Queen Anne reds.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 4th Street
- 18th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
![Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-008.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Catherine Rees March 14, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1903-1928
- Length
- 0:08:29
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's schooling as well as memories of her first years of teaching.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees's schooling as well as memories of her first years of teaching.
- Date Range
- 1903-1928
- Photo Info
- Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008
- Length
- 0:08:29
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Interviewer
- Evans, Alf
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Catherine Bertha "Cathy" Rees by fellow Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association member Alf Evans, March 14, 1990. This interview was prepared for the Burnaby School History Committee of the Burnaby Retired Teacher's Association. Major themes discussed are: the Depression.
- Biographical Notes
- Catherine Bertha “Cathy” Rees was born in Greenwood, British Columbia on March 30, 1903. Her mother died when she was four years old and her younger brother Lloyd was only a few months old. Catherine’s family moved regularly because her dad was continually transferred. She attended a two room school in Greenwood until grade four, then to school in Kamloops until grade 8, graduating from Duke of Connaught High School in New Westminster in 1919. One of her brothers won a lacrosse championship while at Nelson Avenue School. Catherine started at the University of British Columbia in 1919 and went to Normal School in 1923 (she belonged to the first teacher-training class). Upon graduating, Catherine was offered a position at Revelstoke High School for Physics, French and Latin which she took for a brief period of time. She then taught for one year in Victoria, traveling from one school to the other in a one ton truck to teach languages. For the next two years, she worked at Cloverdale High School. By 1929 Catherine began working in Burnaby where her father and two brothers were living. She taught at Burnaby South for her entire career in Burnaby, from 1929 to 1964. Catherine taught French and Latin as well as physical education to the girls (in the basement with two other teachers) and lived at the corner of Nelson and Victory (she still lives there at the time of this interview).
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:37:02
- Interviewee Name
- Rees, Catherine "Cathy"
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Burnaby South High School, [1930]. Item no. 280-008 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/251/280-008.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Catherine Rees
Track one of interview with Catherine Rees
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS103-026/MSS103-026_Track_1.mp3![Family portrait on porch, [between 1902 and 1904] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-042.jpg?width=280)
Family portrait on porch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82422
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1902 and 1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows four women and two girls identified from left to right as Letitia Jones, Julia Jones Owens, Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal, Rebecca Hyde Jones, and Louisa Jones Vidal. The fifth woman, unidentified, is holding an umbrella to block the sun.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1902 and 1904]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-042
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows four women and two girls identified from left to right as Letitia Jones, Julia Jones Owens, Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal, Rebecca Hyde Jones, and Louisa Jones Vidal. The fifth woman, unidentified, is holding an umbrella to block the sun.
- Names
- Jones, Rebecca Hyde
- Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
- Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal
- Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones
- Jones, Letitia J. "Lettie"
- Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Letitia, Julia / Charlotte / Dorothy / Rebecca Jones (Louisa's mother) / Louisa Vidal"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "L's Vidal / her mom / aunt Let / Mom / Dor / Aunt Jue"
Images
![Family portrait on porch, [between 1902 and 1904] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-042.jpg)
![The Maid of the Mist, [1902] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-101.jpg?width=280)
The Maid of the Mist
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38782
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1902]
- 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 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group rowing a boat on a lake (most likely Deer Lake). The child with her hand in the water is Kitty Hill and the woman seated next to her (facing the camera) is Annie Hill, her mother. Her father, Claude Hill is pictured rowing (directly behind Kitty, wearing a white hat) and the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1902]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group rowing a boat on a lake (most likely Deer Lake). The child with her hand in the water is Kitty Hill and the woman seated next to her (facing the camera) is Annie Hill, her mother. Her father, Claude Hill is pictured rowing (directly behind Kitty, wearing a white hat) and the man seated at the head of the boat (also wearing a white hat) is most likely Claude's brother, Bernard Hill. The other two people are unidentified.
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption written below photograph in album
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
![The Maid of the Mist, [1902] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-101.jpg)