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Interview with Minard Hill February 9, 1978 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory201
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1902-1920
- Length
- 0:10:36
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's memories of the Royal Oak Hotel and his former neighbours at the south side of Deer Lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill's memories of the Royal Oak Hotel and his former neighbours at the south side of Deer Lake.
- Date Range
- 1902-1920
- Photo Info
- Minard Gerald Hill in uniform, 1914. Item no. 477-926
- Length
- 0:10:36
- Names
- Royal Oak Hotel
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Stevens, Colin
- Interview Date
- February 9, 1978
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Minard Gerald "Gerry" Hill conducted by Colin Stevens, February 9, 1978. Major themes discussed are: the Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood, Gilley Brothers Logging Company and his father, Bernard Hill.
- Biographical Notes
- Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893 to Marian (Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. He was the youngest child in the family with older siblings Frank, Claude and Winnie. Bernard R. Hill was born in Bengal, India while his father worked for the East Indian Railway. He and his older brother Claude became strawberry farmers in Burnaby despite their years of training as engineers. Between them, the Hill brothers owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and half way around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. He also served as Burnaby Councillor and School Trustee. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central high school in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill married Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” Vidal on September 28, 1920 and single-handedly built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun work building the lodge. Elizabeth and Gerry’s child, Richard Grant McEwan Hill was born at Ladysmith hospital. Charlotte Elizabeth “Elizabeth” (Vidal) Hill died February 11, 1984 at the age of eighty-seven. Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill died January 30, 1988 at the age of ninety-three.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:13:56
- Interviewee Name
- Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
- Interview Location
- Yellow Point, Vancouver Island
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track eight of interview with Minard Hill
Track eight of interview with Minard Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-018-1/MSS137-018-1_Track_8.mp3Beach at Yellow Point
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39264
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rocky beach at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-583
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rocky beach at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Girls at the beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39204
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified girls sitting on the beach with an unidentified man standing in the background. The location of the photograph is Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-523
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified girls sitting on the beach with an unidentified man standing in the background. The location of the photograph is Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Group in a rowboat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39146
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of four sitting in a rowboat on the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island. The name "Lady Alice" is painted on the side of the boat.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-465
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of four sitting in a rowboat on the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island. The name "Lady Alice" is painted on the side of the boat.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Boating
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Group sitting on rocks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39148
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people (all unidentified) seated on and near a large rock formation. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-467
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people (all unidentified) seated on and near a large rock formation. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Man Standing on the Shore
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39151
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, believed to be a member of the Hill family, standing along the shoreline at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-470
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, believed to be a member of the Hill family, standing along the shoreline at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activitie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activities of L. Claude Hill; photographs of the Peers family’s Burnaby Lake home, Greyfriars, and pictures taken by Arthur Peers during his work and travels throughout British Columbia in the first part of the 20th century; and photographs of the family of Claude Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents and scenes, and pictures Kitty took as an adult documenting the growth of her own family. Also included in this fonds are a number of photographs showing Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, where the Peers and Hill families often vacationed.
- History
- Bob Peers was born William John Peers, the son of real estate broker and early Burnaby resident, Francis John Peers and his wife Elizabeth Frisby. Originally from England, the family moved to Vancouver in 1905 and soon after settled at Burnaby Lake. The family included one daughter (Mary Elizabeth Dora) and four boys (Arthur Francis, William John “Bob”, Geoffrey Hugh, and Richard Dominic). When they arrived in Burnaby, Francis Peers purchased a piece of land from another early settler, Claude Hill, and built the family home “Greyfriars” near Deer Lake. The children attended school in the home of Miss Harriet Woodward, the first school to be held in the Burnaby Lake area. In 1925, Bob married Claude Hill’s daughter and another former pupil of “Miss Harry’s,” Kitty Hill. Kitty (born Katherine Maude Hill) was the only child of Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill and Annie Sara Kenrick. Having moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s, Claude went on to operate a successful strawberry farm and soon became active in the political development of Burnaby – being elected to the first Burnaby Council and serving from 1892-1894 and again from 1909-1910. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. In 1925, Bob and Kitty were married and they went on to have three children, Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham).
- Formats
- All photographic records have been scanned and are saved in jpeg format on the City of Burnaby network. Archival master copies have also been produced in tiff format and have been burned to CD for preservation purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Peers family
- Hill family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Shoreline at Yellow Point
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39265
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 9.8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a panoramic shot of shoreline and beach at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 9.8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-584
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a panoramic shot of shoreline and beach at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Channels
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Swimmers standing in a boat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39147
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two people in swimming costumes, standing at the front of a boat. The boat is named the "Kitty H." which refers to Kitty Hill, the daughter of Claude and Annie Hill of Burnaby Lake. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-466
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two people in swimming costumes, standing at the front of a boat. The boat is named the "Kitty H." which refers to Kitty Hill, the daughter of Claude and Annie Hill of Burnaby Lake. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Swimming Group
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39203
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 9.8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of ten young people in swimming costumes, standing on or near a large log in the water. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 9.8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-522
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of ten young people in swimming costumes, standing on or near a large log in the water. The location of the photograph is identified as Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Women on Shore
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39150
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women, believed to be members of the Hill family, standing on the shore at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-469
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women, believed to be members of the Hill family, standing on the shore at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph