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The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. : also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.9.1
- Call Number
- 648 BEE
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- xxxix, 1112 p. : ill (some col) some fold out.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century
- Cooking
- Cooking, English
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
- Notes
- Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865.
- Includes index.
Municipal Grant to the Victorian Order of Nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55104
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71210
- Meeting Date
- 12-Feb-1936
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71210
- Meeting Date
- 12-Feb-1936
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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).
The practical guide to health : a populare treatise on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, with a scientific description of diseases, their causes and treatment : designed for nurses and for home use
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.133.34
- Call Number
- 613 ROS
- Place of Publication
- Mountain View, Calif.
- Publisher
- Pacific Press Publishing Association
- Publication Date
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 637 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Hygiene
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Rossiter, Frederick M., (Magee), 1870-1913
- Includes index.
Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice, with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick; recipes for invalid foods and beverages; weights and measures; dose list; and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3702.1
- Call Number
- 610 STO
- Edition
- 3rd ed. rev.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 466 p.: ill
- Inscription
- "Let all thy converse be sincere / Thy conscious as the noon day clear. / He that helpeth himself is greater than / he that taketh a city" -handwritten in ink inside back cover "I cut [&] probe where a 8 go / enjoying every quiver / gold can come, loves can go / but still cut on for ever" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover. True Loves a gift which God has given / To man alone beneath the heaven / It is the secret sympathy / The silver link, the silken tie / Which heart to heart [&] mind to mind / in body [&] in soul can bind" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover.
- Notes
- Author's given name : Stoney, Emily M. A. (Emily Marjory Armstrong)
Salaries of Teachers, Dental Surgeons and Nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport63045
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54811
- Meeting Date
- 30-Mar-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54811
- Meeting Date
- 30-Mar-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97234
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
- History
- The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65440
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose pap…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-052
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose papers containing personnel polices.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark518
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested ar…
- Associated Dates
- 1902
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1902
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12183
- Enactment Date
- 11/12/2006
- Description
- Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- ‘Glen-Lyon’ is valued as an excellent example of a privately-owned Edwardian era country estate built at the turn of the nineteenth century. The property retains significant heritage features including the Edwardian era mansion with rustic Arts and Crafts features, and elements of a working agricultural landscape. The property was originally the Royal City Mills logging camp, and in 1900 was purchased by Duncan Campbell McGregor (1853-1929) and Margaret Jane McGregor (1875-1960), who named their estate ‘Glen-Lyon’ after Duncan McGregor’s birthplace in Perthshire, Scotland. The McGregors were active in municipal affairs and social activities, and played a significant role in the early development of Burnaby. Duncan McGregor served as a city councillor from 1909 to 1912 and was elected reeve of Burnaby in 1913. Margaret McGregor was instrumental in the formation and fundraising activities of the Victoria Order of Nurses in Burnaby. Additionally, the site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The site retains significant features from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, including a large gambrel-roofed barn designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works that is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby. Between 1941 and 1945 the mansion housed the Provincial School for the Deaf and Blind when the Borstal School was closed temporarily as a war measure during the Second World War.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion include its: - location on a sloping site with expansive southern exposure, adjacent to Marine Drive - residential form, scale and massing of the house as exemplified by its two and one-half storey height, above-ground basement and rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts elements of the house such as its stone foundation, multi-gabled roof line with steep central hipped roof, symmetrical cross-gables, side shed dormers, bellcast upper walls sheathed in cedar shingles and lower walls sheathed in narrow clapboard - original exterior features of the house such as the full width front verandah with square columns, central staircase on the southern elevation, original doors and stained glass windows; and the irregular fenestration such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, bay windows, and projecting windows in the gable ends - original interior features of the house such as the U-shaped main stair designed around two symmetrically placed Ionic columns, and interior trim on the main floor including boxed beams and fireplaces - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding - associated landscape features such as the original garden plantings with some exotic and many native specimen trees; the original log pond and its concrete Marine Drive causeway and culvert; rockeries and a rose garden
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Architect
- Henry Whittaker
- Function
- Primary Historic--Estate
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-004-661
- Boundaries
- 'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
- Area
- 230873.18
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Names
- McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929)
- Whittaker, Henry
- Home of the Friendless
- Borstal School
- New Haven Correction Centre
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities
- Buildings - Residential
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Woodward Cottage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark496
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
- Associated Dates
- 1904
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1904
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Council Resolution
- Enactment Date
- 26/05/2003
- Description
- Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
- Heritage Value
- Woodward Cottage, built in 1904, is valued as the oldest house within the Deer Lake neighbourhood, whose construction marked the beginning of Deer Lake's transition from a rural farming community to a residential suburb. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Deer Lake was recognized for its tranquility and beautiful scenery, which, in turn, attracted New Westminster and Vancouver residents to relocate to the area and build family homes. The first owner, Maud Sarah Woodward (1865-1958), originally from England, was a pioneer nurse of Vancouver. In 1903, she purchased this property from her two close friends, Louis and Annie Hill, who were among Deer Lake's first residents. Maud and her sister, Harriet Julia Woodward (1879-1969), were prominent figures in the Deer Lake community and together they established the first post office in Burnaby, which operated out of this house. Due to the lack of any local facilities, in September 1904 Harriet Woodward established a private primary school here for the local children, which continued after 1908 as a kindergarten. The cottage was enlarged several times to accommodate the expanding post office until 1912, when the Woodwards began construction of a new, larger house. Woodward Cottage is also valued for its origins as an innovative prefabricated structure. In 1904, the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company patented a modular system in response to unprecedented population growth in the western provinces. This system could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to schools, churches and banks. Short mill ends of lumber and siding, which had previously been discarded, were assembled into three or four-foot wide wall panels that could be bolted together. The vertical joints between the panels were covered by narrow battens, which gave these buildings their distinct appearance. The wall panels for the house were assembled at the mill, prepainted and packaged with various other components and the necessary instructions to assemble the building, and shipped via railway to its waiting customer. Woodward Cottage is one of the earliest surviving examples of this ingenious prefabricated system. In the 1930s, the cottage was raised and turned to allow for a new foundation to be built. Despite later additions and alterations, the original cottage form is still recognizable. Woodward Cottage is currently owned by the City of Burnaby and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, Burnaby's most significant collection of historic sites.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of Woodward Cottage include its: - secluded lakefront site, set far back from Sperling Avenue, within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one-storey height and gabled roofline - original wood-frame construction and modular wall panels, extant under later stucco cladding - internal red-brick chimney - associated landscape features, including mature deciduous trees
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Organization
- Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Deer Lake
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. 011-454-440
- Boundaries
- Woodward Cottage is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5141 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 6596
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Documentation
- City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury July 2, 1975 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory13
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1922-1942
- Length
- 0:09:04
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's volunteer work with the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) with Nurse Woodward and the Well Baby Clinic.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's volunteer work with the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) with Nurse Woodward and the Well Baby Clinic.
- Date Range
- 1922-1942
- Photo Info
- Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601
- Length
- 0:09:04
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 2, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."
- Biographical Notes
- Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:47:57
- Interviewee Name
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
Track four of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-17/100-13-17_Track_4.mp3
Interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury July 2, 1975 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory14
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Length
- 0:07:27
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's thoughts on the impact of the Depression on the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) as well as information on the first Health Officer of Burnaby, Dr. Watson. Florence mentions recieving the support of then municipal treasurer, Mr. Caf…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's thoughts on the impact of the Depression on the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) as well as information on the first Health Officer of Burnaby, Dr. Watson. Florence mentions recieving the support of then municipal treasurer, Mr. Cafferky.
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Photo Info
- Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601
- Length
- 0:07:27
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 2, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."
- Biographical Notes
- Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:47:57
- Interviewee Name
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
Track five of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-17/100-13-17_Track_5.mp3
Interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury July 2, 1975 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory15
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Length
- 0:06:16
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin and her husband Hal's involvement with the VON and how they managed to carry on during the Depression, partially with the support of then municipal treasurer, Mr. Bolton.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin and her husband Hal's involvement with the VON and how they managed to carry on during the Depression, partially with the support of then municipal treasurer, Mr. Bolton.
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Photo Info
- Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601
- Length
- 0:06:16
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 2, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."
- Biographical Notes
- Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:47:57
- Interviewee Name
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
Track six of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-17/100-13-17_Track_6.mp3Interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright June 27, 1975 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Length
- 0:10:02
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Logan and Amy Wright's thoughts on why Burnaby went into receivership, the (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and their family's politics. Amy also touches on her mother's involvement with the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Logan and Amy Wright's thoughts on why Burnaby went into receivership, the (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and their family's politics. Amy also touches on her mother's involvement with the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON).
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Length
- 0:10:02
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 27, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with James "Jim" Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright by Simon Fraser University student Bettina Bradbury, June 27, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- James "Jim", "Jimmy" Haddon was born in 1914 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Jim's father used to hunt in Burnaby as a boy and liked it so much that when he grew up, he built a house at Government Road and Piper Avenue and moved his young family there. Jim's father was a logger and contractor with a team of two horses. Jim began his schooling at Sperling Avenue School in 1921. He attended Sperling for one year, then switched to Seaforth School from 1922 on. Jim's older brother Art hauled gravel for the municipality while Jim was at Seaforth. In 1929, at sixteen years old, Jim left school to work for his father driving the truck, helping to haul logs, wood and gravel. Throughout the 1930s, he did contracting for the municipality. Jim Haddon met his wife Jean when her family moved into the neighbourhood in the 1930s. Jean Haddon was born in Saskatchewan in 1914. Her father's work had gone into receivership and so the family of nine packed up and drove out west in a Dodge Touring car. With two brothers and four sisters, Jean was the oldest. The family settled on Government Road and Phillips Avenue. Jean and her husband Jim Haddon were at a dance together at Cultus Lake when the war broke out. Logan Wright was born in 1915 and moved with his family from Mount Pleasant to Burnaby in 1923 to Phillips Avenue and Greenwood. The Wright family had five acres of land that held one hundred and twenty fruit trees. His father worked for BC Electric in Vancouver, and faced a ten dollar a month cut in pay during the Depression. Logan began at Sperling Avenue School in 1923, then Seaforth School in 1924. He attended Seaforth until 1932 when he left to begin working, first as a farmer, then a gold miner, and a construction worker before securing a job at BC Electric. Amy Wright was born in 1920. Her family lived at the 4300 block of Cambridge Street in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby, moving there just a year before she was born. Her father worked at Mac and Mack's in downtown Vancouver five and a half days a week. On the weekends, her family took the Union Steamship to Gibson's. Amy's mother was an active member of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). Amy graduated high school in 1938 and went on to University. Logan Wright met his wife Amy in 1946 through Logan's sister Francis, who invited her neighbour Amy to dinner.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:16:28
- Interviewee Name
- Haddon, James "Jimmy"
- Haddon, Jean
- Wright, Amy
- Wright, Logan
- Interview Location
- Gibsons, British Columbia
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright
Track five of interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-15/100-13-15_Track_5.mp3![Florence Jackson, [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-107.jpg?width=280)
Florence Jackson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36752
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-107
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Cassie Avenue
- Street Address
- 6457 Cassie Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Florence Jackson, [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-107.jpg)
Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory38
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Length
- 0:09:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Photo Info
- McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464
- Length
- 0:09:54
- Names
- McGeachie, Florence Mary
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 18, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:51:13
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"
- Interview Location
- Rosewood
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-10/100-13-10_Track_4.mp3![Soldiers and nurse in front of a military tent, [1899 or 1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197400470041.jpg?width=280)
Soldiers and nurse in front of a military tent
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3059
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1899 or 1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 10.0 cm mounted on cardboard 12.6 x 15.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of unidentified soliders and an unidentified nurse standing in front of a military tent. Three men are seated on a bench, and three other men are standing behind them. One of the standing men is wounded and holding himself on crutches. An number "15" is in front of the tent…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 10.0 cm mounted on cardboard 12.6 x 15.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of unidentified soliders and an unidentified nurse standing in front of a military tent. Three men are seated on a bench, and three other men are standing behind them. One of the standing men is wounded and holding himself on crutches. An number "15" is in front of the tent. According to the gift form signed by the donor, the photograph is thought to be taken in South Africa when when H. Niebergall was serving there.
- Accession Code
- HV974.47.41
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1899 or 1900]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Soldiers and nurse in front of a military tent, [1899 or 1900] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/197400470041.jpg)
![Winnie Hill, [between 1900 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-129.jpg?width=280)
Winnie Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82558
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-129
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Winnie Hill"
- Note in blue pen on recto reads: "Aunt Winnie"
- Photograph stamp on recto reads: "Briston. Worthing"
Images
![Winnie Hill, [between 1900 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-129.jpg)
Board of Management minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65503
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-072
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Branch papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65433
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-045
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file