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Interview with Norman Dowad

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
Many Voices Project Interviews 2023 subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
History
Interviewee biography: Norm Dowad was born in Burnaby, December 1948 to parents Wilfred “Wilf” (1925-2011) and Cherry Dowad. His father, Wilfred (1925-2011) was born in Winnipeg to parents Samuel “Sam” (Salim in Arabic) Esper Dowad (1895-1969) and Martha (Shaheen) Dowad (1894-1955). Sam and Martha Dowad were both born in a province of the Ottoman Empire which is now present day Lebanon. In 1912, while trying to immigrate to Canada, several of Sam’s relatives including his mother died tragically as steerage passengers on the ill fated Titanic. In 1913, at the age of 18 years, Sam immigrated to Canada to join other family members who'd already arrived here safely. As a new immigrant in Canada, Sam worked with other Labanese immigrants in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the United States. In December 1921, Sam's wife, Martha immigrated to Canada arriving by ship in St. John, New Brunswick. Sam and Martha established their home in Winnipeg where they began to start a family. Their first two children died in infancy and son Wilfred was born in 1925 and daughter Kathleen was born in 1926. While living in Winnipeg, Sam worked as a grocer and in the 1930’s he got work as a farmer in a nearby town. In 1943, Wilf joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCVNR) and served as a gunner on merchant ships during World War II. In 1945, while Wilf was away serving, his parents, Sam and Martha moved to Burnaby. After discharge in 1945, Wilf joined his parents in Burnaby, began working at Fraser Mills and commenced his studies in construction and drafting. In 1949, with his father’s help Wilf acquired a lot next door to his parents’ home and built his first apartment block. After Martha died in 1954, Sam moved to Kelowna where he bought an orchard. Sam remarried in 1957 to Naomi “Mamie” (David) Dowad (1899-1978) who was also from a Lebanese family. Sam and Mamie lived in Kelowna until the mid 1960s when they moved to White Rock. While living in Burnaby, Wilf met and married Cherry Piggott and the couple had six children; Norm, Bruce, Michael, Kathie, Phil and Tom. In 1955, Wilfred Dowad established "W. Dowad Ltd." and over the years he was successful in developing and subdividing land to build housing and commercial developments in Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. Wilf was the first president of the Burnaby Winter club and was an active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce holding office at the local, provincial and national level. In 1970, Wilf purchased 238 acres of land bordering the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh River and relocated there the following year. While living in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Wilf became actively engaged in local business and community affairs. Wilf was later remarried to Grethe Dowad and he died in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh in 2011.Wilf's six children are the sole owners of "W.Dowad Ltd." and his daughter, Kathie Smillie is the president and CEO. While growing up in Burnaby, Norm Dowad attended Schou Street School, Douglas Road School, Kensington School and graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School. Following graduation from high school, Norm attended Simon Fraser University for one year, travelled in Europe, attended University of British Columbia and obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall at York University. Norman has been practicing law for 49 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Education
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Migration
Sports
Sports - Football
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
Burnaby Central Secondary School
Douglas Road School
W. Dowad Limited
Responsibility
Damer, Eric
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Deer Lake
Street Address
5533 Buckingham Avenue
Accession Code
BV023.16.16
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3
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Florence Hart Godwin photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3049
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (29 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Florence Hart Godwin. The first page of the album reads "Florence, with Grandma's and Auntie Felicia's best love, Xmas 1910" and the other pages contain photographs. The album was given to Flore…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (29 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Florence Hart Godwin. The first page of the album reads "Florence, with Grandma's and Auntie Felicia's best love, Xmas 1910" and the other pages contain photographs. The album was given to Florence Hart for Christmas in 1910, by her grandmother Jane Chapman (nee Isbell) and her Aunt Felicia Chapman. Album contains photographs of the Alice and Frederick J. Hart and Chapman families, including childhood photographs of the five Hart children, Kingsley, Florence, Fredricka, Edwyna and Jack; the Hart family at their home in New Westminster and at "Avalon" their summer residence and home on Deer Lake.
Names
Godwin, Florence Hart
Accession Code
HV976.168.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-24
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph album
29 b&w copy prints accompanying
Item level descriptions available per album page
Images
Documents
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Alice Hart photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14366
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The p…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The photographs range between 1893 and 1923 and document time spent at residences in New Westminster, Deer Lake and Kerrisdale along with family vacations at Mayne Island, Stanely Park and Pitt Lake.
Names
Godwin, Florence Hart
Hart Family
Hart, Alice Chapman
Accession Code
HV976.169.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Scan Date
10/27/2020
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph album
Inscription on first page of album reads: "To dearest Alice / from father / 30th March, 1906”.
31 b&w copy prints accompanying
Album pages are described at item level
Images
Documents
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6-Jan-1900 Regular Council Minutes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes63320
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents

6-Jan-1900 Meeting Minutes

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Government lands within municipality are under timber leases and therefore cannot be disposed of to settlers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78753
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89015
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89015
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Accounts for Payments

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78754
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89016
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89016
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Correction and Revision of the Voters List for the year 1900

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78756
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89017
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89017
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Declarations were received re Voters List

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78757
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89018
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89018
Meeting Date
6-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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15-Jan-1900 Regular Council Minutes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes63321
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents

15-Jan-1900 Meeting Minutes

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Appointment of Officers and Committees

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78758
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89019
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89019
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Extension of Jubilee Road North to the Vancouver Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78759
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89020
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89020
Meeting Date
15-Jan-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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3-Feb-1900 Regular Council Minutes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes63322
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents

3-Feb-1900 Meeting Minutes

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Small Pox in the Sate of Washington

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78761
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89022
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89022
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Accounts for Payment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78762
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89023
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89023
Meeting Date
3-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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17-Feb-1900 Regular Council Minutes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes63323
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Regular Council Minutes
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents

17-Feb-1900 Meeting Minutes

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Bridge on North Arm Road partly demolished by falling tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78763
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89024
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89024
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Requested Grant towards Trunk Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78764
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89025
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89025
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Maple Ridge Municipal Council asking to endorse a resolution protesting against the Government Re making a grant towards Ladner Truck Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78765
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89026
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89026
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Collectors Statements for December and January

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78766
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89027
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89027
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Case of Typhoid Fever at the Power Ho. Boarding Hous

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport78767
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89028
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
89028
Meeting Date
17-Feb-1900
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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