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Pollard family subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1914-1920 (date of originals), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
3 photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of Pollard family photographs.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1914-1920 (date of originals), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pollard family subseries
Physical Description
3 photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1998-09
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of Pollard family photographs.
History
Joseph Pollard was born in Boston, Lancashire and moved to Preston, Lancashire where he apprenticed as a butcher and worked as an attendant at Rainhill Mental Hospital. In 1909 he immigrated to Canada; first to London Ontario, then to Brandon, Manitoba where he met his future wife, Agnes Colvin. Agnes Jane Colvin grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland near Bushmills, county Antrim. She, her sister Mary and brother James emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1910. Agnes was hospitalized wtih scarlet fever. As soon as she was well enough, she moved to her cousin’s farm in Moosomin, Saskatchewan and began nursing at a mental hospital in Brandon. Joseph and Agnes were married on September 13, 1912. After traveling to England for their honeymoon, they settled in Port Coquitlam, BC in 1913 where their first child, May Elizabeth was born. Shortly after, they bought their first home in East Burnaby at 332 17th Avenue where their second and third children, Joe and Sidney, were born. The Pollards second home was at 1095 16th Avenue in the Edmonds district of Burnaby. Twins Peggy and Claire were born in this house. In 1916, Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent overseas to England where he remained for the duration of the WWI. In May of 1919, he returned home and opened J. Pollard Meat Market in South Burnaby. He operated this business until 1936 when he and Agnes bought Lily Auto Court on Kingsway in Burnaby. They managed this business for about seven years, then sold the hotel and retired to Vancouver. Joseph and Agnes's eldest child May graduated from Burnaby South High School in 1930 and the Provincial Normal School in Vancouver in 1931. She worked as a substitute teacher for four years before getting her first teaching assignment at Armstrong Avenue School in 1935 where she taught grades one to five. After two years, she was promoted to Nelson Avenue School where she taught grade one for two years. She married in April of 1939 and her two daughters, Diane and Marilyn, were born in 1948 and 1952 respectively.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Pollard, Joseph
Pollard, Agnes Colvin
Notes
PC359
Title based on contents of subseries
Less detail

J. Pollard Meat Market

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37357
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Joseph Pollard standing outside the J. Pollard Meat Market at Kingsway and Edmonds.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920 (date of original), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pollard family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
359-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1998-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of Joseph Pollard standing outside the J. Pollard Meat Market at Kingsway and Edmonds.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Occupations - Butchers
Names
Pollard, Joseph
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Images
Less detail