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Julia "Jue" Jones Owens
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82350
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1876 and 1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1876 and 1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens
- Names
- Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in black pen on verso reads: "To Uncle George / With Julia's Love"
- Note in pencil on album page reads: " 'To Uncle George (Jones) / With Julia's Love' "
Images
Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and Letitia J. "Lettie" Jones
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82351
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1876 and 1879]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified from left to right as Letitia J. "Lettie" Jones and Julia "Jue" Jones Owens.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1876 and 1879]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two girls identified from left to right as Letitia J. "Lettie" Jones and Julia "Jue" Jones Owens.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in black pen on verso reads: "To Aunt Alicia W. / With Julia's and Lettie's Love"
- Note in pencil on verso reads: "Julia Jones (Owens) & Lettie (Leticia)"
- Note in pencil on album page reads: " 'To Aunt Alicia with Julia & Lettie's Love' "
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Challoner / Photographers / Gallery Over A. Ley's Store, / Front Street, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved."
Images
Esther Stanley (nee Love)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1876 (date of original)-[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 marriage, birth and death certificates along with copies of biographical information from Pioneer Tales and related correspondence. Esther Stanley (nee Love) was born in 1896, married Frank Charles Stanley in 1921 and is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love.
- 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 marriage, birth and death certificates along with copies of biographical information from Pioneer Tales and related correspondence. Esther Stanley (nee Love) was born in 1896, married Frank Charles Stanley in 1921 and is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love.
- Names
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.71
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1876 (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Songs now and then
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889
- Publication Date
- 1876
- Call Number
- 821.8 ASH
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.31
- Call Number
- 821.8 ASH
- Author
- Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889
- Contributor
- Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1876
- Printer
- Chiswick Press
- Physical Description
- viii, 213 p. ; 17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- Author full name given as follows: Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889.
A treatise on arithmetic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary530
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 18th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Call Number
- 513 SMI 1877 Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.53.37
- Call Number
- 513 SMI 1877 Copy 1
- Edition
- 18th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- v-vi; 347 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mse Mpstudent" "June 20/1914" "North Vancouver"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic--Study and teaching
- Arithmetic--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- "Adapted to Canadian Schools by Thomas Kirkland and William Scott."
- Author's given name and dates : Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901.
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3774
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.38
- Call Number
- 220.5 RIV
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- (unpaged) : ill (col.) ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mary Ann Gladwin / A Reward From The Wesleyan [?] Sabbath School / --oo-ke -en / Aug 12th / 1877" -- handwritten in ink on the first page "WM/41" -- handwritten in pencil on the sencond page
- "Elizabeth Wamsley / Born November / the 7th 1983" --handwritten in ink on endpaper (back). "Samuel William Wamsley of -- -- to May. -- -- the 15th of Oct. in the Year 1882" -- handwritten in coloured pencil on the last page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "Newcomb bookseller Boston" -- Stickered under the cover.
- "Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command." -- title page
- "Appointed to be read in Churches." -- title page
- Includes index.
A ride to Khiva : travels and adventures in central Asia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4934
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby, Fred, 1842-1885
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Call Number
- 915.8 BUR 1877
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.51.1
- Call Number
- 915.8 BUR 1877
- Author
- Burnaby, Fred, 1842-1885
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 403 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- A Ride to Khiva / Fred Burnaby / Map of the Imperial Border of Russia with China & the Routes from it into the interior of the Chinese Empire Map of Turkistan and adjacent territory showing Russian boundaries
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Khiva (Uzbekistan)--Description and travel
- Asia--Description and travel
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v. 7 1877
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.85
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v. 7 1877
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Eventide at Bethel, or, the night-dream of the desert : an Old Testament chapter in providence and grace
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary286
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.38
- Call Number
- 242 MAC
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1878
- Physical Description
- xiii, 277 p. : ill ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village", crossed out "B136 n" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front) with tag.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
- Notes
- Includes index.
Six months at the Cape : or letters to Periwinkle from South Africa
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2739
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.113.8
- Call Number
- 823.8 BAL
- Contributor
- Waller, S. E. (Samuel Edmund), 1850-1903
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1878
- Physical Description
- vii, 256 p. : [12] leaves of plates, ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- bookplate sticker on first page stamped : "CHEETHAM HILL ST. MARK'S NATIONAL SCHOOL" "Presented to Joseph Cree [handwritten in ink] for Regular Attendance Year ending 31. Dec. 1902" [sticker made in Manchester] frontispiece protected by tissue, on which someone has attempted to trace the picture
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Travel
- South Africa--Cape of Good Hope
- Notes
- "Illustrations by S.E. Waller from sketches by the author". Author's given name and dates: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894.
Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and unidentified boy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82346
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and an unidentified boy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a girl identified as Julia "Jue" Jones Owens and an unidentified boy.
- Names
- Owens, Julia "Jue" Jones
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Barron's, / Photograph Gallery, / (over A. Ley's Store,) / Sarnia / Copies can be had at any time. / Negatives kept."
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Aunt 'Jue' (Julia) / B. 1873 . M. William G. Owens"
Images
Marriage certificate for Jesse and Martha Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16920
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1879-1879
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a marriage certificate issued to Jesse Love and Martha Love nee Leonard on May 5, 1879. The certificate is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDE…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a marriage certificate issued to Jesse Love and Martha Love nee Leonard on May 5, 1879. The certificate is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER / (image of wedding) / This Certifies / THAT THE RITE OF / HOLY MATRIMONY / WAS CELEBRATED BETWEEN / Jesse Love formerly of South Marston, Wiltshire, England / and Martha Leonard formerly of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England / on the 5th day of may 1879 at Little Trinity Church, Toronto, Canada / by The Rev. Saunders / Witness: ___ Francis / Tom Barry". printed and hand written on the obverse of the certificate. The reverse has a printed border and two columns under the heading of "Marriages". There is no hand written information on the reverse side.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Weddings
- Accession Code
- BV008.20.2
- Date
- 1879-1879
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on the content of the page
Images
Births of Jesse and Martha Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1879-1902
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a births record page listing the children of Jesse and Martha Love. The page is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "Births / George Richard Love born 6:30 P.M March 22nd 1880 / Annie Elizabeth " …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a births record page listing the children of Jesse and Martha Love. The page is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "Births / George Richard Love born 6:30 P.M March 22nd 1880 / Annie Elizabeth " August 24 1881 / Henry Love " August 24th 1883 / Edith Minnie " October 9th 1885 / Thomas Robert " September 17th 1887 / Martha "December 17th 1889 / Sarah Maria " February 8th 1892 / Phoebe Leonard April 15th 1894 / Esther August 28th 1896 / John Leonard June 7th 1899 / Hannah May 12th 1902". The reverse reads "Deaths" with no further notations.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1879-1902
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-06-10
- Notes
- Title based on the content of the page
Images
Pharmacographia : history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.84.44
- Call Number
- 615.1 FLU
- Edition
- 2nd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1879
- Physical Description
- xx, 803 pages, includes index
- Inscription
- "L Paecoel MSD" [handwritten in blue ink, fly leaf front] "Merck & Co. Limited" "560 De Courcelles St." "Montreal" [blue stamp, fly leaf back and twice on end papers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Plants, Medical
- Pharmaceutical preparations
The still hour : or, Communion with God
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5967
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Phelps, Austin, 1820-1890
- Publication Date
- 1879
- Call Number
- 248.32 PHE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.40.7
- Call Number
- 248.32 PHE
- Author
- Phelps, Austin, 1820-1890
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1879
- Physical Description
- iv, 142 p. : 15 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Prayer
Hazel Peterson photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62794
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Material Details
- Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 504-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"
- Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"
- Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo
- Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.
- Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"
- Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."
Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2024
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 33 sound recordings (wav) + 3 video recordings (mp4) + 17 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 sound recording (m4a)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history interviews that were conducted as part of Burnaby Village Museum's Many Voices Project to capture and document diverse lives and stories of people connected to Burnaby. Interviews were conducted with Shirley Cohn; Ram Sarap Chandhal and members of Shri Ravidass S…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 33 sound recordings (wav) + 3 video recordings (mp4) + 17 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 sound recording (m4a)
- Material Details
- Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto separate audio tracks. Multiple tracks per interview were edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Some of the video recording (mp4) files were edited and saved as audio recording (wav) files
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history interviews that were conducted as part of Burnaby Village Museum's Many Voices Project to capture and document diverse lives and stories of people connected to Burnaby. Interviews were conducted with Shirley Cohn; Ram Sarap Chandhal and members of Shri Ravidass Sabha gudawara; Lachman Singh Gill; Joanne Smith; Ellen and Bill Schwartz; Sadhu Binning and Sukhwant Hundal (founders of Vancouver Sath); Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah; Jagandeep "Jag" Nagra; David Skulski; Kanwal Singh Neel; "The Bollywood Boyz" Harv Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra; Jenny Siormanolakis; Bill Gruenthal; Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter; Norman Dowad; Richard Liu; Shanaz Khan; Harry Toy; Lisette Pappas; Alex and Georgia Chronakis; Donna Wong and Jeffrey Wong.
- Accession Code
- BV023.16
- BV024.4
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2024
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Some of the recordings within this subseries have access restrictions
- Further accruals are expected
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 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.mp3Burnaby Historical Society fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97124
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 130 linear feet of textual records 30 linear feet of graphic and other material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's administrative records and community archives collection.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 130 linear feet of textual records 30 linear feet of graphic and other material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's administrative records and community archives collection.
- History
- The Burnaby Historical Society was founded in 1957. The Historical Society developed a community archives by collecting, compiling and preserving various materials with historical value to the City of Burnaby. It gathered miscellaneous documents, photographs and other items while also soliciting and acquiring entire collections or groups of archival records. In 1991, the Historical Society was provided a permanent space to house their growing collection at the Burnaby Village Museum and they continued to collect and expand their holdings. After the creation of the City of Burnaby Archives in 2001, the Burnaby Historical Society and the City of Burnaby began discussing the possibility of uniting the two collections. In February 2007, an agreement was signed between the two institutions which resulted in the merger of the Society's Community Archives with the City Archives. All records and photographs that had been collected by the Historical Society were transferred into the custody of the City and were moved from the Burnaby Village Museum to the City Archives in the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library. The Burnaby Historical Society disbanded in 2018.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Photographs subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97458
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-24
- BHS1986-08
- BHS1986-13
- BHS1986-15
- BHS1986-29
- BHS1987-10
- BHS1988-10
- BHS1989-07
- BHS1989-26
- BHS1990-03
- BHS1990-04
- BHS1991-01
- BHS191-13
- BHS1991-14
- BHS1991-21
- BHS1991-23
- BHS1991-34
- BHS1992-22
- BHS1992-23
- BHS1992-28
- BHS1992-35
- BHS1992-37
- BHS1992-41
- BHS1992-43
- BHS1992-48
- BHS1993-05
- BHS1993-07
- BHS1993-11
- BHS1994-06
- BHS1995-05
- BHS1995-11
- BHS1995-12
- BHS1995-18
- BHS1996-10
- BHS1996-14
- BHS1996-24
- BHS1997-08
- BHS1999-12
- BHS2000-05
- BHS2001-10
- BHS2001-07
- BHS2002-13
- BHS2002-07
- BHS2005-07
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries