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Scope and Content: File consists of original concept drawings of Burnaby General Hospital, photocopies of newspaper clippings about hospital work and photocopies of W.B. Hard's lecture notes describing the hospital's beginnings.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS010-001

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of original concept drawings of Burnaby General Hospital, photocopies of newspaper clippings about hospital work and photocopies of W.B. Hard's lecture notes describing the hospital's beginnings.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Hards, W.B.

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Wedding at Willingdon United Church

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of a wedding ceremony with unidentified individuals at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan family photographs series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 11 photographs : col. negatives ; 40 x 55 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of a wedding ceremony with unidentified individuals at Willingdon Heights United Church on Parker Street in Burnaby.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Willingdon Heights United Church

Geographic Access: Parker Street

Street Address: 4304 Parker Street

Accession Code: BV005.54.868

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1982]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: August 25, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of photographs; Photograph attached to description: BV005.54.868.5; Conact Burnaby Village Museum to view other photographs (BV005.54.868.1 to BV005.54.868.11)

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West 1st Group - Minutes 1976-1983

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39180

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Media Type: Textual Record

West District - Minutes and Correspondence 1977-1980

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977-1980

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977-1980

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39161

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Media Type: Textual Record

William Charles Parker

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1988-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of an obituary and mass card, biographical notes and a copy of the music for a song titled "the violet" "for Mrs Will Parker / New Westminster / Christmas 1938". William (Bill) Charles Parker is the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of an obituary and mass card, biographical notes and a copy of the music for a song titled "the violet" "for Mrs Will Parker / New Westminster / Christmas 1938". William (Bill) Charles Parker is the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.

Names: Parker, William "Bill" Charles

Accession Code: BV018.41.69

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1988-[1998]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

William Holmes fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1841]-1994

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.

Responsibility: Holmes, William

Accession Code: HV971.46; BV997.50

Date: [1841]-1994

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

William J. Devitt papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS082-001

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Windows to Burnaby's Past papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985-1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and papers pertaining to "Windows to Burnaby's Past" and the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program as well as newspaper clippings and correspondence collected by Evelyn Salisbury.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985-1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS061-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS1991-24

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and papers pertaining to "Windows to Burnaby's Past" and the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program as well as newspaper clippings and correspondence collected by Evelyn Salisbury.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

"Windsinger" - Script

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39880

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Wright family textual records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928-2012]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records : ill. (col.)

Scope and Content: File consists of original and photocopy of handwritten family trees, published pamphlet entitled "Genealogy of the Wright Family" and photocopied family histories of the Wright family and how they relate to the Vidal family. Key person mentioned is William Elliot Wright, a naval officer who settled…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928-2012]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family papers series

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records : ill. (col.)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS176-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: File consists of original and photocopy of handwritten family trees, published pamphlet entitled "Genealogy of the Wright Family" and photocopied family histories of the Wright family and how they relate to the Vidal family. Key person mentioned is William Elliot Wright, a naval officer who settled in Upper Canada.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel

Names: Wright, William Elliot

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

"Writing for Business Publications" Seminar

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1984

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1984

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39710

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Yanko family album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-1968; 2010

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (453 photographs : b&w and col.) + 9 accompanying photographs

Scope and Content: Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two children, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events, and the family home …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1940-1968; 2010

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (453 photographs : b&w and col.) + 9 accompanying photographs

Description Level: File

Record No.: 545-250

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two children, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events, and the family home and pets.

Names: Yanko, John Ivan; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Yanko, Rhonda; Bayntun, Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of file

Yanko family album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1982

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (219 photographs : b&w and col.) + 10 accompanying photographs and 4 newspaper clippings

Scope and Content: Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their daughters as well as early photographs of the Carman and Yanko families. Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1982

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (219 photographs : b&w and col.) + 10 accompanying photographs and 4 newspaper clippings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 545-251

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their daughters as well as early photographs of the Carman and Yanko families. Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events (including weddings), and the family home and travels. Included with the album are loose newspaper clippings from the 1950s.

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Yanko, John Ivan

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of file

Yanko family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-2010

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 albums (1272 photographs : b&w and col.) and other material

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four photographic albums, two scrapbooks, one guestbook, one recipe notebook, 19 loose photographs, and 1 cm of other textual records pertaining to the Yanko family. Included are photographs depicting the building of the Yanko family home at 7391 Broadway, Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-2010

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 4 albums (1272 photographs : b&w and col.) and other material

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four photographic albums, two scrapbooks, one guestbook, one recipe notebook, 19 loose photographs, and 1 cm of other textual records pertaining to the Yanko family. Included are photographs depicting the building of the Yanko family home at 7391 Broadway, Burnaby.

History: Annie D. Basiuk (later Yanko) was born on February 25, 1902, in Sheho, Saskatchewan (formerly Sheho, North West Territories). Daniel "Dan" Yanko was born in Kobyl'nya, Ukraine, in 1887, and immigrated to Canada in May or June of 1905. Dan married Annie D. Basiuk and they had 13 children together. Their son, John Ivan Yanko, was born on the family farm, near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, on June 27, 1923. In grade six, John was pulled out of school to help support the family. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) was born August 8, 1904, in Galecia, Austria. She came to Canada in 1928, when her parents sent her to live with the Austrian consular in Halifax. A year later, she was in The Pas with Albert Edward Carman, with whom she would have three children. Their daughter, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman, was born in The Pas, Manitoba, on March 24, 1929. Jenny later re-married Joseph Nagy who was born in Hungary in October 3, 1900. Jenny, Joseph, and the children moved to Nelson, British Columbia, where Joseph worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. At the age of 20, John Ivan Yanko met his future wife, Lillian Doris, while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and, at 14, had gone to visit her godmother in Burnaby. John and Lillian Doris were married on October 16, 1948, in Nelson, British Columbia, and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948. In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth. Rhonda, born in 1953, and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North High School. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work. Joseph Nagy died on April 20, 1962; his wife Jenny passed away on August 14, 1985. Dan died in 1976; his wife Annie died in 1997. John later returned to work, establishing his own tile-setting business and working until age 82. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property. John passed away in 2010; his wife Lillian Doris passed away in 2011.