Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97220
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-12
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
- History
- In November 1911, a small group of people met at Morton Hall on Edmonds Street, Burnaby, to organize a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. David J. Gordon, a student from Westminster Hall Theological College, was in charge. By 1912, a building was erected on two lots and named the Gordon Presbyterian Church. A new sanctuary was built in 1956 and, due to the increase in the congregation, a Christan Education Centre was added in 1974. The longest minister to serve the congregation was Reverend George Philps and his wife Margaret. After 21 years, he retired in 1987. In April of 1988, Reverend Charles Scott began serving. Six months later, a fire broke out in the centre portion of the complex. For many months, while reconstruction continued, worship services were held at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired. In 2001, Reverend Cal MacLeod and his wife Robin joined the congregation. Mrs. Marie Douglas, wife of retired minister Reverend R. J. Douglas and mother of missionary to India, Ellen Douglas, started the first Women’s Missionary Auxiliary in 1932. The Ladies Aid Societies were an active force in the Gordon Presbyterian Church. In 1957, the original Ladies Aid became known as the Margaret Hall Circle, named after Margaret Philps’ mother, who had been an active member. For many years, the COC, Explorers and CGIT were very active and Sunday School classes have been in operation since the beginning.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Gordon Presbyterian Church
- Notes
- Title based on content of fonds
- PC 555
Burnaby North High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark745
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1923-1982
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1923-1982
- Heritage Value
- Burnaby North and Burnaby South were the first high schools built in the City. Before the high school opened, Burnaby students had to travel to Vancouver if they wished to pursue education beyond an elementary level. In 1921, arrangements were made to use the basement of the Presbyterian Church for instruction of local students. By 1922 the Burnaby North High School opened at its first permanent location (4375 Pandora Street - which is now Rosser Elementary). In 1945, the Willingdon Avenue site was built and was used until a new building was constructed in 1961 on Hammarskjold Drive. From 1962, the school was used as Burnaby Heights Junior High school, but it closed in 1982 and the junior high students went to the new Burnaby North on Hammarskjold.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Burnaby - Images of Change - slide presentation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13116
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- February 1978 (date of slide show)
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides includ…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides include; "1) Title slide; 2) Mr. and Mrs. S. Shepard Samuel, 1904; 3) The McMurray Family 1907; 4) The Bateman Family; 5) Mr. Alexis Shaw; 6) Dr. R. Ellen Walker; 7) Home of Col. J. Ward on the north side of Burnaby Lake; 8) Cameron home located on New Westminster Road - now Kingsway; 9) Home of L.C. Hill, "Brookfield" 1894; 10) Bernard Hill's home on Burnaby Lake, 1910; 11) Bateman Family residence under construction, 1920; 12) Bateman residence known as "Elworth House" completed in 1922; 13) Early logging operaton in 1890 using oxen and a skid road; 14) Steam donkey and loggers; 15) Cord wood delivery in 1925; 16) L.C. Hill's strawberry farm in 1895; 17) Strawberries being delivered to New Westminster in 1896; 18) Haying operation on Douglas Road in 1906; 19) 1906 haying scene in the Burnaby Lake area; 20) Kingsway store of Mr. C.B. Button, 1904; 21) Model Grocery stroe at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 22) Dow Grocery store at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 23) Zebulon Frank's hardware store in 1887 - Vancouver; 24) Inside of a phography shop, 1910- Vancouver; Burnaby's first Municipal Council, 1892; 25) Burnaby's first Municipal Hall opened in 1899; 27) Presbyterian Church in Westminster Road at Central Park, 1896; 28) St. John the Devine Church in 1896; 29) First school in Burnaby near Edmonds and Douglas Road; 30) School Children, 1904; 31) Miss Harriett Woodward's private school near Deer Lake, 1907; 32) Gilmore Avenue School, March 17, 1920; 33) Pupils of Edmonds Street School, 1922; 34) L.C. Hill Family picnic in July 1892; 35) Lewis Family picnic in 1910; 36) Catch of fish from Deer Lake, 1910; 37) Hunting scene in Burnaby area, 1910; 38) Burnaby's first lawn bowling green, 1907; 39) Skating on Deer Lake, 1912; 40) Skating party on Deer Lake in the winter of 1921; 41) Boating on Deer Lake, 1922; 42) Burnaby's first May Day celebration in 1925; 43) May Day, 1926; 44) Westminster to Vancouver Tram, 1892; 45) Interurban powerhouse at Edmonds and Highland Park, 1891; 46) Douglas Road, 1895; 47) Horse team hauling crushed rock for Douglas Road, 1911; 48) Horse and cart passing cleared land; 49) Cyclist, 1912; 50) The Opening of the paved road (Kingsway), 1913; 51) Painting the white line on Kingsway, 1928; 52) First auto in Burnaby circa 1905; 53) Alfred Bingham and his model T. Ford, 1931".
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.734
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- February 1978 (date of slide show)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Original photograph content ranges between 1891 and 1931.
- Description of slides taken from "Slide indentification" list BV020.5.735
- See also audio recording commentary BV020.5.733
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Church files - Church and Mosque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66574
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Burnaby Fairhaven United Church Rest Home, the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church, the Burnaby North Baptist Church, the Brentwood Park Alliance Church, the South Burnaby United Church, Burnaby's Ismaili jamatkhana (mosque) and St. Archange…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Church files subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 43061
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Burnaby Fairhaven United Church Rest Home, the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church, the Burnaby North Baptist Church, the Brentwood Park Alliance Church, the South Burnaby United Church, Burnaby's Ismaili jamatkhana (mosque) and St. Archangel Michael Church along with a pamphlet for the Faith Lutheran Church.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Esther Love Stanley fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18841
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1896-[2015] (dates of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photograph albums + 3 photographs + 128 photographs (tiffs & jpgs) + 1 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of original photograph albums created by Esther (Love) Stanley as well as a collection of digital reproductions of photographs, documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Love, Stanley and Shankie families.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photograph albums + 3 photographs + 128 photographs (tiffs & jpgs) + 1 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of original photograph albums created by Esther (Love) Stanley as well as a collection of digital reproductions of photographs, documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Love, Stanley and Shankie families.
- History
- Esther Love Stanley was born in Burnaby in 1896 to parents Jesse Love (1847-1928) and Martha Leonard (1858-1920). Esther's father, Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, Jesse met Martha Leonard and they married in 1879. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George (1880-1974) and Annie Elizabeth (1881-1957). About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry (1883-1956) and Edith Minnie (1885-1976). The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. Soon after their fifth child, Thomas Robert (1887-1918) was born, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more children Martha (Dot or Dorothy) (1889-1972) and Sarah Marie (1892-1978). In October 1893, Jesse Love purchased land in District Lot 25, Burnaby and built a house between 1893 and 1894. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and the address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road (after 1960- 7651 Cumberland). While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard (1894-1991), Esther (1896-1991), John Leonard (1899-1978) and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) (1902-1976). Frank Charles “Stan” Stanley was born in London, England in 1891. Frank “Stan” Stanley is the youngest son of John Stanley and Mary (Conquest) Stanley. John and Mary had eleven children: Conquest John “Con”, George, Alice, Mary, Nelly, Mabel Annie, Percy William, Henry James, Ada Elizabeth, Arthur Ewart and Frank Charles. In 1912, Frank Charles Stanley immigrated to Canada. Frank Stanley served in the 29th Battalion (nicknamed Tobin's Tigers) during the First World War. He received a Military Medal for bravery while serving as lieutenant. Esther Love and Frank “Stan” Stanley maintained a relationship through letter writing during the First World War and in 1921 after he returned, they were married at St. Alban’s Church in Burnaby. Frank and Esther Stanley (nee Love) had four children, Mary Frances (Pearson) (d. 1986), Ina Esther (Shankie) (1924-2017), Frank Conquest and Joyce (Warner). Frank Charles “Stan” Stanley ran a service station on St. John's Street in Port Moody for many years and also served as mayor of Port Moody in the 1940s. Frank Charles Stanley died in 1975 and Esther Love Stanley died in 1991. In 1947, Ina Esther Stanley married Thomas Ramsay “Ram” Shankie (1920-1996). Ina and Thomas Ramsay Shankie had four children; David Andre Shankie (b. 1951), Linda Lorraine Shankie (Hanlon), Susan Lesley Shankie (Weston) and Kathryn Louise Shankie. The family lived at 5351 Kalyk Avenue in Burnaby (later 3676 Kalyk Avenue). Thomas Ramsay Shankie is the son of Thomas Shankie (1872-1959) and Bertha Janet Shankie (nee Gray) (1891-1965). Thomas Shankie (Sr.) immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1905. In 1919 Thomas Shankie married Bertha Janet Gray at Henderson Presbyterian Church in West Burnaby. Thomas was the church organist and choir master of the church. Once married, the couple moved to a house located at 3718 Barker Avenue (later became 5515 Barker Avenue). Thomas and Bertha Shankie had two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie (1920-1996) and Janet Isabella Shankie (Bower) (1923-2014). Around the age of 46 years, Thomas Shankie joined a gym and bought a bicycle to improve his health. By 1955 at the age of 83 years, Thomas Shankie had logged over two hundred thousand miles since buying his first bicycle. His motto was "ride a bicycle if you want to stay young and live long". Thomas also competed in many cycling races. Janet Isabella Shankie Bower (1923-2014) married Charles Franklin "Frank" Bower (1914-2004) in 1947. Janet and Frank Bower had two children; Gordon Franklin Bower (1951-2003) and Janet (Flintroy).
- Creator
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Accession Code
- BV015.40
- BV016.43
- BV022.32
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1896-[2015] (dates of originals)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Creator as well as descendants maintained original photograph albums along with digital copies of original family records. A selection of digital copies and originals were preserved in the order in which they were maintained and are reflected in the archival descriptions. When original photograph albums were acquired in 2022, some digital surrogates were deaccesioned.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- See also Love family fonds
- Items of ephemera are described as artifacts in the Burnaby Village Museum artifact collection.