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![Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/1971_0046_0002_002.jpg?width=280)
Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3962
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1841 and 1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm
- Material Details
- The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.
- History
- Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.
- Accession Code
- HV971.46.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1841 and 1860]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes, [between 1841 and 1860] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1971/1971_0046_0002_002.jpg)
William Holmes fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416
- 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 Holmes family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18940
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1841-1860]
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photograph portraits of William Holmes and Mrs. William Holmes.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photograph portraits of William Holmes and Mrs. William Holmes.
- Accession Code
- HV971.46
- BV997.50
- Date
- [1841-1860]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Ivanhoe : a romance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2504
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Publication Date
- 1841
- Call Number
- 823 SCO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.40.15
- Call Number
- 823 SCO
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- Robert Cadell
- Publication Date
- 1841
- Series
- Waverley novels, vol. ix
- Printer
- Andrew Shortrede
- Physical Description
- 398 p. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chivalry--Fiction
- Fiction
Masterman Ready
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.140.9
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1842
- Physical Description
- 60 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "To / Murray Hockridge / Christmas 1914 / From mother and dad. / Luella and Charles", handwritten in black pen inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Derry; a tale of the revolution
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary495
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.48.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 ELI
- Edition
- 10th
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1847
- Printer
- J. Dennett
- Physical Description
- xxvii, 371 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "S. Dorricull / 1850", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "S.P. Smith / 1889", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "Sarah Pugh Smith / my grandmother / her maiden name was Richards / Alice K. Lenhart / nee Douglas", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Object History
- Donor inherited object in the 1950's from the estates of her mother, Katherine Elizabeth (Smith) Douglas, and her maternal grandmother, Sarah Pugh (Richards) Smith.
- Notes
- frontispiece only
Sacra Pribata : The private meditations and prayers of the late right Rev. Thomas Wilson D.D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man ; accommodated to general use
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1583
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1775
- Publication Date
- 1849
- Call Number
- 242 WIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3895.1
- Call Number
- 242 WIL
- Author
- Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1775
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1849
- Printer
- Printed for S.P.C.K.
- Physical Description
- 177 p.
- Inscription
- "Culvert Inton from his faithful friend and Pastor W. Farncomb. July 24 1884" "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth Eccles XII.I." [Hand written, grey ink, inside leaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Devotional literature
- Prayer books
- Notes
- "Published under the direction of the Tract Committee" Tp.
- "Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" Tp.
The cricket field: or, the history and science of cricket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2020
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pycroft, James, 1813-1895
- Publication Date
- 1851
- Call Number
- 796.358 PYC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.38
- Call Number
- 796.358 PYC
- Author
- Pycroft, James, 1813-1895
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Publication Date
- 1851
- Printer
- Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street Square
- Physical Description
- xvi, 242 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Notes
- "Dedicated to the members of the North Devon Cricket Club, by their sincere friend, the author."
The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3452
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Complete ed., rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1852
- Call Number
- 811.39 WIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.13.13
- Call Number
- 811.39 WIL
- Edition
- Complete ed., rev. and enl.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Clark, Austin & Smith
- Publication Date
- 1852
- Printer
- Richard C. Valentine
- Physical Description
- viii, 352 p. : front. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaves: "/72 2.00" [writen in pencil] "Presented to Miss Sarah A. Munson By her friend Miss A.L. Petric" [wriiten in pencil] Back fly leaf: " t. --- E." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American poetry
- Poets, American--19th century
The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4900
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Call Number
- 220 WIL v.1 OS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.74.6
- Call Number
- 220 WIL v.1 OS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
- Contributor
- Patton, William, 1798-1879
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Publisher
- Case, Tiffany and Company
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Printer
- Case, Tiffany and Co.
- Physical Description
- 736 p. : ill., maps : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "SEWELL S. & SUSAN REMICK" in gold letters on front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "edited by Rev. William Patton
- Volume 1 of 2
The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4901
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Call Number
- 220 WIL v.2 OS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.74.7
- Call Number
- 220 WIL v.2 OS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
- Contributor
- Patton, William, 1798-1879
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Publisher
- Case, Tiffany and Company
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Printer
- Case, Tiffany and Co.
- Physical Description
- 736 p. : ill., maps : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "SEWELL S. & SUSAN REMICK" in gold letters on front cover. Inscribed in pencil inside rear end paper "Susan Remick Susan Remick" and some aritimetic calcualtions.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "edited by Rev. William Patton
- Volume 2 of 2
![Photograph and case, [between 1854 and 1870] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000080011.jpg?width=280)
Photograph and case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3219
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1854 and 1870]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
- Material Details
- Photograph case with convex glass front with ambrotype photograph of man in dress suit, from waist up. The subject's cheeks have been toned pink.The interior back of the case is lined with cream paper and printed with "MYRON SHEW, Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials No. 116 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA". Gold matting; "CHASE" stamped into matting, lower right; exterior of frame is covered in leather; interior is red-coloured velvet; both surfaces embossed with floral motif.
- Accession Code
- BV000.8.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [between 1854 and 1870]
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
![Photograph and case, [between 1854 and 1870] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200000080011.jpg)
Proverbial philosophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3082
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.135.1
- Call Number
- 821.8 TUP
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Hatchard
- Publication Date
- 1854
- Printer
- Henry Vizetelly
- Physical Description
- x, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaf: "W152" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil] "L.L. Lourence" "V.L. Rowe" "1837" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Proverbs
Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2419
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 12th London ed.
- Complete ed.
- Publication Date
- 1856
- Call Number
- 821 BAR 1856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.13
- Call Number
- 821 BAR 1856
- Edition
- 12th London ed.
- Complete ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Publication Date
- 1856
- Physical Description
- vi, 520 p. : ill., front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: A printed label adhered to the endpaper, with blanks filled in with black ink, reads: "Victoria High School. Senior Division. Prize for General Proficiency Presented by "A friend of Education" Awarded to Miss Annis H. Hicks JPMcLeod, Principal. Victoria, June 1888"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- Full author name given as follows: Browning, Mrs. Elizabeth (Barrett) 1806-1861.
- A version of this work, given in two volumes and published by Thomas R. Knox & Co, is available in the collection.
![James Bateman, [1857] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400280006.jpg?width=280)
James Bateman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3338
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a vignetted studio portrait of James Bateman with a full beard, dressed in a three-piece suit. James Bateman is the father of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photographic studio
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a vignetted studio portrait of James Bateman with a full beard, dressed in a three-piece suit. James Bateman is the father of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman.
- Names
- Bateman, James
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1857]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Brom, Barnes & Bell
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Father/ EWB"
- On verso of the card mount is information regarding the photo studio, including locations of studio branches, services, awards, patents
- Printed on verso of card mount: "Brom, Barnes & Bell / PHOTOGRAPHERS / COPYRIGHT RESERVED"
Images
![James Bateman, [1857] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200400280006.jpg)
E.W. Bateman family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15157
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II lette…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II letters series
- History
- Edwin Wettenhall "E.W." Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) (1889-1969); George Edwin (1890-? ); Mamie (McWilliams) (1892-1979); Marianne “May” Bateman (1894-1990); Warren Stafford (1896-1954); Jessie (Fox Kemp) (1899-1978) and John Carey (1901-1945). Catherine “Cassie” (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. After Cassie's death, Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale (1896-1935). Edwin moved his six of his seven children to Vancouver (not including George). Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman first lived at 7th and Balsam Street in Vancouver and in 1920, they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter Marianne “May” Bateman to Deer Lake and commissioned architect, Enoch Evans to build 'Elworth' house (named after Edwin’s family home in Sandbach, Chesire). The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Heritage Village and later, Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived at this location for thirteen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Dale Bateman died in July 1935 and sometime after, Edwin W. Bateman married Dora Coulton. Edwin W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of 98. Edna Caroline Bateman married Raymond Westley Corner in 1920 and had a daughter named Catherine Mary (Levins). Edna and Raymond lived in Kelowna. George Bateman married Louise Agness Birss in January 1910 and continued to live in Manitoba. Mamie Dale Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams in 1915. The couple had two children, Warren Finley McWilliams and Bruce McWilliams. Mamie and George McWilliams lived with their family on Douglas Road across the road from Elworth house in Burnaby. Warren McWilliams was on North Atlantic convoy duty during World War I from 1942 to 1944. Warren McWilliams died in 2004. Warren Stafford Bateman married Norah Withington in Burnaby in 1924; Winifred Dare Webster in Burnaby in 1932 and Dorothy Margaret Buchanan in New Westminster in 1949. Warren and Winnifred “Winnie” Webster celebrated their marriage at Elworth house in 1932. Warren served in World War I. Jessie Madeline Bateman married Ernest Denby Fox (1900-1945) in 1921. Jessie and Ernest Fox had three children, Colin Rhodes Fox (1921-2005); Mary “Betty” (Gludo) and Allan Fox. Jessie and Ernest Fox operated a small logging company near Powell River, B.C. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Ernest Denby Fox, Jessie married James Kemp. The youngest child of Edwin and Cassie, John “Carey” Bateman married Sophia Spak (1899-1977) in 1925. On September 10, 1939, the day that Canada declared war on Germany, Colin Rhodes Fox (eldest son of Jessie and Ernest Fox) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 years. Colin initially served in an anti-aircraft unit, but was soon transferred to the Field Artillery. During his service overseas, Colin wrote letters to family members including his aunt May Bateman who was living in Burnaby. Colin went through basic artillery training in Edmonton before heading overseas to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later the 78th Canadian Field Battery in Germany and Holland . Colin was wounded on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day) but returned to serve in Holland and Germany until the war ended. Colin suffered bullet and shrapnel wounds while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead. In 1946, Colin married Susan Streika (Striha) of Pitt Meadows and he began a thirty five year career in the B.C. Telephone Company on Vancouver Island. Colin and Susan had three children; Gary, Elaine and Irene. Colin Rhodes Fox died in 2005. The E.W. Bateman house, "Elworth" is a heritage building on the site of the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.
- Accession Code
- HV974.22
- HV974.90
- HV975.120
- HV976.37
- HV979.32
- BV985.1003
- BV986.21
- BV992.29
- BV994.22
- BV004.28
- BV004.84
- BV020.27
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Bateman family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs of the Edwin Wettenhall Bateman family including the children and grandchildren of E.W. Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman; parents of E.W. Bateman; parents of Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) and Mary (Dale) Bateman; Mary Bateman (second wife of E.W. Batem…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs of the Edwin Wettenhall Bateman family including the children and grandchildren of E.W. Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman; parents of E.W. Bateman; parents of Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) and Mary (Dale) Bateman; Mary Bateman (second wife of E.W. Bateman); Dora Coulton Bateman (third wife of E.W. Bateman) along with photographs of Elworth house in Burnaby and other family residences.
- Accession Code
- HV974.22
- HV974.90
- HV975.120
- HV976.37
- HV979.32
- BV985.1003
- BV986.21
- BV992.29
- BV994.22
- BV004.28
- BV004.84
- BV020.27
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Meadow Brook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1701
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
- Publication Date
- 1857
- Call Number
- 813.4 HOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.14.1
- Call Number
- 813.4 HOL
- Author
- Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hurst and Company
- Publication Date
- 1857
- Physical Description
- 297, [6] p.
- Inscription
- "H.M. MacDonald", printed in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott with memoir and critical dissertation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1969
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Publication Date
- 1857
- Call Number
- 821.08 SCO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.109
- Call Number
- 821.08 SCO
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Contributor
- Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- James Nicol
- Publication Date
- 1857
- Printer
- Ballantyne and Company
- Physical Description
- xxxv, [6], 391 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Vol. I only", pencilled on reverse of front endpaper "F.B. Street", pencilled on fly-leaf "25", pencilled on fly-leaf "149", crossed out, pencilled on fly-leaf "22", pencilled on reverse of p. 391 "ohm/5", pencilled on blank page in back
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "Edited by Rev. George Gilfillan"
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Reference letter for William Holmes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1858 and 1859]
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and h…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- Letter is fragile with torn and stained sections
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and his intention to emigrate to British Columbia. The letter is signed and certified on the verso by various officials including; "G.E. Cartier", Attourney General of Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attourney General of Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Post Master General; George Sherwood, Receiver General; John Rose, Soliciter General; Charles Alleyn, Provincial Secretary; P.M. VanKaughnet [sic], Commissioner of Crown Lands and A.T. Galt, Inspector General of Canada. The letter includes a wax Common Seal of the City of Toronto and is certified the 6th day of January 1859. Text on first page of letter reads: "The Bearer William Holmes Esq / late of Holmesville in the County of Huron has for some years been actively employed in Com- / mmercial pursuits in Upper / Canada, but now intends to emigrate to British Columbia / We have great pleasure in / certifying that Mr. Holmes is / a Gentleman of good standing / for character and capacity / and that his connectiions (are) [sic] / highly respectable; his brother / John Holmes Esq at present / holding the dignified and responsible / office of Warden (Equivalent to / Mayor) of the Municipal Council". letter continues on verso to read: "of the United Counties of Huron / and Bruce, which Counties he / also respresents in Parliament..." signatures of officials beneath. Written vertically down the left hand side of the verso is the following text "I certify that the Signature attached to / this document are the bona- / fide Signature of the parties / named & that they hold the / respective offices (within) mentioned / within. In testimony whereof I have / herunto set my hand and caused / the Common Seal of the City of Toronto / to be herunto affixed this 6th day of / January 1859" with signatures below "D.V. Mead / Mayor / A.M. Jones [sic] / Chamberlain".
- History
- William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV997.50.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1858 and 1859]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 06-May-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Reference letter for William Holmes, [between 1858 and 1859] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/1997/1997_0050_0001_001.jpg)
