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Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Charlotte / Dorothy / Alex"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Uncle? / Mom / Aunt Dor"

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Gan Jones, Charlotte and Dorothy, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Vidal family portrait

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82423

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and one man sitting on the porch of a house. Identified from left to right are Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal and Alexander Vidal.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-043

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and one man sitting on the porch of a house. Identified from left to right are Dorothy Vidal, Charlotte Vidal and Alexander Vidal.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte / Dorothy / Alex"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Uncle? / Mom / Aunt Dor"

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Vidal family portrait, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Unidentified woman holding a dog

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82424

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a woman holding a dog in front of a house.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-044

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a woman holding a dog in front of a house.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso reads: "I expect you are sick of the sight of these snaps, but they are the only ones I can find. We are printing on Monday so will send you some next time I write"; Photograph stamp on verso reads what appears to be German

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Unidentified woman holding a dog, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Vidal family at Lake Huron

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82428

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Clothing; Sports - Swimming

Names: Vidal, Herbert Penrose; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note on album page in pencil reads: "Herbert Vidal / Louisa Vidal / Lake Huron"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lake Huron / Grandad - Gan & the Aunts"

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Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Dorothy Vidal and Dorothea Hyatt

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82435

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Dorothy Vidal holding Dorothea Hyatt.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Dorothy Vidal holding Dorothea Hyatt.

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Dorothy Vidal"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Dorothy with baby Dorothea Hyatt"

Images

Dorothy Vidal and Dorothea Hyatt, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and Dorothea Hyatt

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82436

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal holding Dorothea Hyatt.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-053

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal holding Dorothea Hyatt.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal / (Baby Dorothea Hyatt)"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Charlotte with baby Dorothea Hyatt"

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Charlotte Vidal and Dorothea Hyatt, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and unidentified man and woman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82439

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal at far right with unidentified woman and man. Sign behind them reads: "Davies Druggist / wants your trade / Red Cross Pharmacy / C S Davies ... N Westminster / 52 sixth st"

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-054

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal at far right with unidentified woman and man. Sign behind them reads: "Davies Druggist / wants your trade / Red Cross Pharmacy / C S Davies ... N Westminster / 52 sixth st"

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Charlotte Vidal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82443

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-055

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal.

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Charlotte Vidal, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82444

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal, D Trapp, Nora Dockrill, P Rosebruch, T Dockrill, Dora Vidal and N Trapp with other unidentified men and women. Charlotte Vidal is the third woman from the right in the front, wearing a sailor cap. Dorothy Vidal is standing to the left of her.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-056

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Vidal, D Trapp, Nora Dockrill, P Rosebruch, T Dockrill, Dora Vidal and N Trapp with other unidentified men and women. Charlotte Vidal is the third woman from the right in the front, wearing a sailor cap. Dorothy Vidal is standing to the left of her.

Subjects: Transportation - Ships

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Trapp, D.; Trapp, N.; Rosebruch, P.; Dockrill, Nora

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "D Trapp / Nora Dockrill / P Rosebruch / T Dockrill / Dora Vidal / C Vidal / N Trapp / on the SS Luz Blanca"

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Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Group portrait in the woods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82449

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six other women. Charlotte Vidal is second from the left and Dorothy Vidal is on the far right.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-057

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six other women. Charlotte Vidal is second from the left and Dorothy Vidal is on the far right.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Group portrait in the woods, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail

Group portrait on the S.S. Luz Blanca

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82456

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Charlotte and Dorothy Vidal and six unidentified women and four unidentified men. Charlotte Vidal is sixth from the left and Dorothy Vidal is fourth from the left.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Transportation - Boats

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal; Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph and note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on verso reads: "S S Luz Blanca"

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Kitty Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82560

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Kitty Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-131

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Kitty Hill.

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on page photograph is mounted on reads: "Kitty Hill"; Note in blue and black pen on verso reads: "Kitty Hill"

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Kitty Hill, [between 1910 and 1930] thumbnail

Unidentified soldier

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82733

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1945]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified soldier.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1945]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 559-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified soldier.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph ; Bottom of image reads: "Ubique" ; Photograph stamp reads: "A Phillips / HP / Peabody Road /..."; Simnett personal papers series

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Unidentified soldier, [1910-1945] thumbnail

Two women in the garden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37210

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women wearing long dresses, standing in the garden.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women wearing long dresses, standing in the garden.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two women in the garden, [between 1910 and 1929] thumbnail

Couple canoeing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39331

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man paddling with a woman in his canoe near the shoreline.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-650

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man paddling with a woman in his canoe near the shoreline.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Couple canoeing, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail

Cat on a post

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39335

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small tabby cat standing on the top of a post.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-654

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small tabby cat standing on the top of a post.

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cat on a post, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail

Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory191

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1935

Length: 0:03:23

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.

1 image 1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.

Date Range: 1910-1935

Photo Info: Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters; Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside her father, [1903}. Item no. BV992.29.1

Length: 0:03:23

Names: Bateman, Mary Dale; Bateman, Edwin W.

Interviewer: Stevens, Colin

Interview Date: February 22, 1978

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Marianne May "May" Bateman conducted by Colin Stevens, February 22, 1978. Major themes discussed are: Elworth.

Biographical Notes: May Bateman was born in 1894 in Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba to Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Cassie (Dale) Bateman. May's father, Edwin 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) born in 1889, George, Mamie (McWilliams) born in 1892, Marianne May “May” Bateman born in 1894, Jessie (Fox Kemp), Carey, and the youngest Warren Stafford born in 1901.Cassie (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale, born 1865, and moved his six children to Vancouver. The Bateman family first lived at 7th and Balsam in a large new house. It wasn’t until 1920 that 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 May to Deer Lake and commissioned 'Elworth' house, designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans. The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived here for seventeen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Bateman died July 5, 1935. Edwin Wettenhall Bateman died on November 25, 1957 at the age of ninety-seven. Marianne May Bateman died in 1990.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:30:44

Interviewee Name: Bateman, Marianne May

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters; Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside her father, [1903}. Item no. BV992.29.1 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with May Bateman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-014-1/MSS137-014-1_Track_4.mp3

Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory287

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1910-1946

Length: 0:09:17

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to the Brown-Johns first settling in Burnaby. Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell discusses land clearing for the family home, each of her parents and her brothers.

Date Range: 1910-1946

Photo Info: Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.

Length: 0:09:17

Names: Brown-John, Victor Joseph Charles; Brown-John, Winnifred Douglas

Subjects: Land Clearing

Geographic Access: Napier Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.

Biographical Notes: Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 33:02

Interviewee Name: Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail

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Track one of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_1.mp3

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