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Ontario Place - Toronto, Ontario

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1969]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of six men and one woman seated at a dining table. The men include Harold Winch and the Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified in photograph BV013.12.50 as Jean McPherson, CPA (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association) official.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of six men and one woman seated at a dining table. The men include Harold Winch and the Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified in photograph BV013.12.50 as Jean McPherson, CPA (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association) official.

Subjects: Organizations - Political Parties; Organizations; Officials; Government

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.74

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1969]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See photograph BV013.12.51.

Photographer: Inn Studios Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "INN STUDIOS LTD. / TORONTO / PHONE / 445-4522 / NEG RE-ORDER No." / "2925-5" (in pencil)

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Ontario Liquor Store

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far lef…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far left. As is normal for most tintypes, the image appears reversed, left to right. (Few tintype cameras included a mirror or prism that made the image appear 'right way round').

History: From Denby Bros. Shoe Store at 163 West Pender in Vancouver. Stafford Ague Denby (1882-1957) started peddling shoe findings in 1918 around Vancouver to repair shops around town from the back of an old Ford. Two of his brothers, William Albert (1873-1947) and Melvin Stanley (1879-1953) joined him in 1919 to form Denby Bros & Co. Ltd Leather and Shoe Findings at 163 West Pender. William Gordon Pope started helping out in the shoe store at the age of 10. He eventually ran the store with his cousin, Pat Denby (son of William A. Denby) starting in the 1950s. The store closed in 1974.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Accession Code: HV974.130.56

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Luncheon reception by the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [195-?]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of guests at a reception held by the Ontario Legislture. Harold Winch has been identified by an arrow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of guests at a reception held by the Ontario Legislture. Harold Winch has been identified by an arrow.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.47

Date: [195-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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Luncheon reception by the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, [195-?] thumbnail

Ontario Place

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1969?]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamenta…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Subjects: Government - Federal Government

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.51

Date: [1969?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See photograph BV013.12.74.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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Certification of Margaret Giles birth certificate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certified document from Province of Ontario certifying a copy of Margaret Iona Giles Love's birth certificate.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love personal records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Material Details: small copy of birth certificate attached to certified document

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certified document from Province of Ontario certifying a copy of Margaret Iona Giles Love's birth certificate.

Creator: Province Of Ontario

Names: Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.7

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1951

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Interview with John Gordon Davis November 21, 2002 - Tape 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War I…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)

Material Details: Interviewer: Mabel F. Nichols and husband Jack Nichols Interviewee: John Gordon Davis Location of Interview: New Westminster Interview Date: November 21, 2002 Total Number of tracks: 2 (side A & B of audio cassette) Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 53 sec.

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War II nursing uniform. Gordon provides background information on his family history and describes his experiences while serving overseas during World War II (WWII) including his experiences as a radar operator and working at a military air squadron repair depot. Gordon also provides biographical information about his wife Anne Davis (nee Williams) and her experiences serving as a military nurse during WWII and their life in Burnaby. Interviewer, Mabel and Jack Nichols also provide anecdotal stories about their own life in Burnaby during the interview. Track 1 - Side A (30:34) 00:00 - 30:34 Interview opens with discussion between interviewer Mabel F. Nichols and Gordon Davis about his wife, Anne Davis' experience working in the nursing corps. Mr. Davis provides background information about working in mining between 1933 and 1940 before training in Ontario to become a radar operator during World War II. Gordon also describes his parents origins and how they moved to Burnaby in 1940 while Gordon headed off to Nova Scotia to serve with the RCAF. Gordon also shares information about his sister Anne Davis who married George L. Davis from Kirkland Lake and how they lived with Gordon's parents in the auto court in Burnaby. He tells of how George L. Davis worked for Dominion Bridge Co. and later as a meat cutter for Safeway near 6th Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Mabel shares her own husband Jack's experiences growing up in Burnaby as the son of butcher, George Nichols, his career as a deisel mechanic and later in the GVRD Engineering Department. Gordon shares that his father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth died in 1968 and his older sister Ruth died in 1990. Gordon recollects his wedding day and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945 with his wife Anne. Track 2 - Side B (29:19) 00:00 - 14:37 Gordon continues with his recollections about his wedding and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945. The interviewers, Mabel and Jack discuss the geography of the area sharing their own experiences travelling in 1981 and try to get an idea of where Gordon and his wife were married. They agree that the place was Llandudno. He tells of signing up for another year of Military Service since his wife was still serving in the nursing corps. and describes working North of London at a Military facility to repair aircraft including mosquito bombers. 14:38 - 21: 53 Gordon shares information about working in the Middle East in 1943 while his wife Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, the Marnix that she was travelling on. Gordon tells of how Anne couldn't swim but had a life jacket on and was picked up by a life boat. Anne corresponded with Gordon to let him know that she was alright but had to be cryptic since all letters were censored. Gordon tells of how Anne then travelled to India. Interviewer, Mabel, speaks of her own brother Bill who was picked up in Gibralter and taken to England. 21:54 - 26:18 Gordon recollects first meeting his wife Anne in London and the bombing that occurred during WWII. He tells of how Anne trained as a midwife at the Royal College of Midwives in Yorkshire and how he attended Radio college in Ontario. 26:19- 29:19 Gordon speaks about his experience travelling east on the Queen Mary in World War II and how full the ship was. He says that they were 30 days at sea from May to June in 1942.

History: Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichols' parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Occupations - Nurses; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"; Davis, Anne Williams; Davis, Gilbert; Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence; Nichols Family Meat Market

Accession Code: BV005.37.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of sound recording; Recording is closed due to poor sound quality; See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12

Charles Burkman on his cross Canada trip

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles Burkman in boots, jacket and cap walking along a railway track with a long tool in his hands sometime between April 6 (when he was passing by Port Arthur, ON) and April 16 (when he was passing by Ignace Ontario) during his cross Canada trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles Burkman in boots, jacket and cap walking along a railway track with a long tool in his hands sometime between April 6 (when he was passing by Port Arthur, ON) and April 16 (when he was passing by Ignace Ontario) during his cross Canada trip from Halifax to Vancouver.

Subjects: Recreational Activities

Names: Burkman, Charles

Accession Code: BV999.8.93

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: April 1921

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Cross Country Hike Jan - June/ Between 1921 - April 6, (Port Arthur) Thunder/ Bay, Ontario/ and/ 1921 April 16, Ignace, Ontario"

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Charles Burkman on his cross Canada trip, April 1921 thumbnail

Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the famil…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the family were old Empire Loyalists stock in Ontario.

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Carriages

Names: Elliot, Edgar

Accession Code: HV973.37.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1905]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy, [1905] thumbnail

Four men in a parking lot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects: Occupations - Bus Drivers; Transportation - Buses

Names: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code: BV011.60.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1973

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "3_SEP73V2"

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Bus drivers in a parking lot

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 5 bus drivers in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left are Harry Eade, Art Egan, Bob Straw, Edra McLeod, and Vilma "Vi" Westerholm. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from t…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 5 bus drivers in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left are Harry Eade, Art Egan, Bob Straw, Edra McLeod, and Vilma "Vi" Westerholm. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects: Occupations - Bus Drivers; Transportation - Buses

Names: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code: BV011.60.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1973

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "4_SEP73V2"

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Bus drivers in a parking lot, 1973 thumbnail

Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Material Details: The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

History: Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.

Names: Holmes, Mary Richardson; Holmes, Charlotte McCullough

Accession Code: HV971.46.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail

Interview with Gordon Davis - November 21, 2002 - Tape 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)

Scope and Content: Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discov…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (29 min., 8 sec.)

Material Details: Side A of audio cassette

Scope and Content: Recording is the second part of an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. In this segment of the interview, Gordon provides more background information about his wife Anne while, interviewer Mabel, explains to Gordon how she came about discovering Anne's trunk and old nursing uniform. She explains how the information that he provides will benefit the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting the uniform into their collection. 00:00 - 4:55 Gordon shares information about serving in the Middle East during WWII and the Dresden bombing raids. He provides biographical information about Anne and her siblings. 4:46 - 06:41 Poor audio quality- hard to discern content from Interviewee- Gordon Davis. 06:42 - 08: Gordon talks more about Anne and how he was attracted to her. 08:37-22:26 Interviewer, Mabel Nichols explains how this interview with Gordon will assist in providing provenance to Anne's uniform that is being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Mabel describes how she discovered the uniform in a trunk that Anne shipped from England to Burnaby in 1946. The trunk was addressed to, "Mrs. A. Davis, 4212 Douglas Road, New Westminster". Years later, the trunk was discovered by a friend of hers with Mabel's uniform and hat inside. 22:27-29:08 Mabel shares her own life experiences living in the Fraser Canyon while Gordon recollects some of his own experiences during the war. Mabel reads from the notes that she has created from her interview with Gordon. Gordon provides more details as needed. Mabel shares information about her brother, Bill who was wounded in World War II.

History: Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichol's parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Occupations - Nurses; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"; Davis, Anne Williams; Davis, Gilbert; Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence

Accession Code: BV005.37.2

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: November 21, 2002 (interview content), digitized in 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of sound recording; Recording is closed due to poor sound quality; See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12

Boy in a military uniform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a young member of the Bird family of Toronto, Ontario, dressed in a child-sized military coat and cap, taken in a photographic studio. The badge on the cap appears to be a maple leaf with a scroll running down from left to right at the bottom of the leaf. By 1860, the maple…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 7 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a young member of the Bird family of Toronto, Ontario, dressed in a child-sized military coat and cap, taken in a photographic studio. The badge on the cap appears to be a maple leaf with a scroll running down from left to right at the bottom of the leaf. By 1860, the maple leaf was incorporated into the badge of the 100th Regiment (Royal Canadians) and during the First World War, the maple leaf was included in the badge of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The badge depicted here may be a cadet or school variation of the standard military badge. The painted backdrop includes a bay window with flower pots at the bottom.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Accession Code: HV983.42.116

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1914 and 1918]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Boy in a military uniform, [between 1914 and 1918] thumbnail

Canadian Ophthalmic College

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaf…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaffie. Second row; J. Munro, T.H. Dick, G.S. Pringle, W.G. Maybee "Principal" and below it "E. Bind Assist." (largest photograph); E. Boyaner, I.R. Higgins, D.B. Curtis. Third row; V.M. Young, F.G. Smith, W.L. Wells, E.W. Watt, W.D. Graham, A.R. Hopkins. Fourth row; O.T. Walker, E.E. Miller, R.A. Burke, J.E. Hamilton, H.A. Smith, H.L. McDiarmid; "Freeland".

Other Title Information: Title based on contents of photograph.

Subjects: Occupations; Occupations - Teachers

Accession Code: HV974.5.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 200

Scan Date: 01-May-2019

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Canadian Ophthalmic College, [1920] thumbnail

John Burkman at his blacksmith shop

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of John August Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Arthur, Ontario.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of John August Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Arthur, Ontario.

Subjects: Occupations - Blacksmiths; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Burkman, John August

Accession Code: BV999.8.92

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Grampa [sic] Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Aurther [sic]"

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Smith Falls Fire Department fire truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire truck parked on the side of a road, with "SMITH FALLS" written on the side. There is a small sign on the ground below the running board that reads, "BICKLE SEAGRAVE" (fire fighting apparatus manufacturer). This looks to be the factory photograph of a 1939 Ford truck built for t…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a fire truck parked on the side of a road, with "SMITH FALLS" written on the side. There is a small sign on the ground below the running board that reads, "BICKLE SEAGRAVE" (fire fighting apparatus manufacturer). This looks to be the factory photograph of a 1939 Ford truck built for the Smith Falls Fire Department in Ontario.

Subjects: Transportation - Fire Trucks

Accession Code: BV999.55.43

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Letter from Jesse Love to Dot Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1910] (date of original), photographed 1979

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 25.4 x 20.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the first page of a two page letter written by Jesse Love to his daughter Martha (Dot) Love. Jesse Love wrote the letter from Toronto to tell his daughter about his travel in Ontario and Quebec. The letter is dated 21 August 1910 on the first page, and the original letter has creases …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family vital events and correspondence series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 25.4 x 20.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the first page of a two page letter written by Jesse Love to his daughter Martha (Dot) Love. Jesse Love wrote the letter from Toronto to tell his daughter about his travel in Ontario and Quebec. The letter is dated 21 August 1910 on the first page, and the original letter has creases from being folded.

Accession Code: HV979.40.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1910] (date of original), photographed 1979

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: To see the second page of this letter, see HV979.40.5

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Letter from Jesse Love to Dot Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1910] (date of original), photographed 1979

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 25.5 x 20.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph documents the second page of a two page letter written by Jesse Love to his daughter Martha (Dot) Love. Jesse Love wrote the letter from Toronto to tell his daughter about his travel in Ontario and Quebec. The letter is dated 21 August 1910 on the first page, and the original letter has …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family vital events and correspondence series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 25.5 x 20.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph documents the second page of a two page letter written by Jesse Love to his daughter Martha (Dot) Love. Jesse Love wrote the letter from Toronto to tell his daughter about his travel in Ontario and Quebec. The letter is dated 21 August 1910 on the first page, and the original letter has creases from being folded.

Accession Code: HV979.40.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1910] (date of original), photographed 1979

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: To see the first page of this letter, see HV979.40.4

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bus drivers and buses

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of bus drivers and buses. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of bus drivers and buses. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Occupations - Bus Drivers

Names: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code: BV011.60.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1973

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "5_SEP73V2"

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Buses and bus drivers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of buses and 2 bus drivers. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a row of buses and 2 bus drivers. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.

Subjects: Occupations - Bus Drivers; Transportation - Buses

Names: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accession Code: BV011.60.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1973

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "6_SEP73V2"

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