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Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1961 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Material Details: Jpegs are copies created by the donor of sepia originals.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-26

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.

History: Elaine Anne Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1939 and immigrated to British Columbia with her family in 1947. She was the eldest daughter of William Sefton and Edna (nee Howarth) Myers and sister to Hermione Christine, born in 1943. Her father, William Sefton Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1905 and was one of six children. He married Edna Howarth on July 29, 1933. Before immigrating to Canada, William worked as a purchasing agent at Walkers Tannery in Bolton and later became a cabinet maker in the 1930s, building and designing most of the family’s furniture. In September 1947, he and his family immigrated to Canada along with his younger brother, Hermann, and his wife and daughter. The family were granted landed immigrant status upon their arrival at Dorval airport in Montreal on September 25, 1947, and travelled to Vancouver by train, arriving in early October. They shared their first home on Imperial Street in Burnaby with William’s brother Hermann and family, but after several months were able to purchase their own new home on MacKay Avenue just below Victory in South Burnaby. William’s first job was working as a night janitor at the Woodwards Department store in Vancouver. He was later hired as a purchasing agent for the Seagrams Distillery in New Westminster, where he stayed until his retirement in 1970. Elaine’s mother, Edna (nee Howarth) Myers worked in the offices of Pacific Veneer Canadian Forest Products in New Westminster, retiring from there in 1967. The family moved again in the 1950s to a house on the corner of Sussex and Victory and Elaine and Christine attended a variety of Burnaby schools including; Kingsway West, Nelson Avenue and McPherson Park Junior High. The family were parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby where Elaine also attended Girl Guides. Elaine’s father fulfilled his dream of designing and building the family home when he purchased property on London Street in New Westminster. The family moved to New Westminster and lived in a small house on the property while William spent three years completing their new home. Elaine commuted to Burnaby by the Interurban train in order to complete her studies at McPherson Park Junior High before enrolling at Duke of Connaught and graduating from Lester Pearson in New Westminster in 1957. In 1961, William Myers built the sanctuary lectern, pulpit, and altar for St. Andrew’s Church on Smith Avenue in Burnaby his brother Hermann’s parish. By the mid-1960s, William and Edna Myers moved from their home in New Westminster to White Rock. Edna Myers died on April 23, 1969. William built the ambry for the church of St. Mark as a memorial. William remarried Ruth, a widow, in 1971, and they resided in White Rock until Ruth’s death in 1983. William died in White Rock March 26, 1991. Elaine Myers married Gordon Wilfred Atkinson in 1961; they had four children and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver before they separated ways in 1988. Elaine completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature student at University of British Columbia in 1984 followed by the completion of her Master’s degree at University of Toronto in April 1996, and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in 2007. She has lived abroad in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom, working on a variety of research projects. Elaine Anne Myers passed away on February 19, 2015.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Myers, Elaine A.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 580

Kingsway West School grade four class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88372

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948 or 1949] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kingsway West School grade four class sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school steps. Elaine A. Myers is standing in the second row, second from the left, in a flowered dress.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948 or 1949] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Material Details: Jpeg is a copy created by the donor of a sepia original

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 580-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-26

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kingsway West School grade four class sitting and standing in four rows in front of the school steps. Elaine A. Myers is standing in the second row, second from the left, in a flowered dress.

Names: Kingsway West School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Kingsway West School grade four class, [1948 or 1949] (date of original) thumbnail

Kingsway West School grade three class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88371

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kingsway West School grade three class that Elaine A. Myers attended. The class is sitting and standing in four rows outside on the grass.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Material Details: Jpeg is a copy created by the donor of a sepia original

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 580-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-26

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kingsway West School grade three class that Elaine A. Myers attended. The class is sitting and standing in four rows outside on the grass.