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Hugh H. Stewart fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9771
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [188_]-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs collected or created by Hugh H. Stewart in the course of his personal and professional life. Records include receipts relating to property sales and taxes, utilities, association memberships (Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Vancouver Heights Ratep…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs collected or created by Hugh H. Stewart in the course of his personal and professional life. Records include receipts relating to property sales and taxes, utilities, association memberships (Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Vancouver Heights Ratepayers Association, Burnaby Lions Club and Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans), insurance, loans and healthcare along with an elections candidate card and documents from his business “Stewart’s Cartage and Fuel Supply”; minutes from the Ratepayers Association and a handwritten recipe for potato salad. Records have been arranged into the following series: 1) Hugh H. Stewart photographs series 2) Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series 3) Stewart's Cartage and Fuel Supply business records series 4) Hugh H. Stewart associations and memberships series
- History
- Hugh Henry Stewart was born July 18 1887 to Duncan Hugh (1860-1935) and Henrietta Stewart (1860-1944) in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The couple moved to Nanaimo in 1888 with their four children, the oldest of which was Hugh Henry. The family moved to Vancouver in about 1908 and lived at 995 West 7th Avenue while Duncan Stewart worked as a carpenter. Hugh Henry found work as a hardware clerk at the “Forbes and Van Horne” hardware store located at 52 West Hastings, Vancouver. He worked at the store until WWI broke out and his wages were cut. In 1910 Hugh Henry Stewart moved to Burnaby and purchased a house in District Lot 116, in the 3900 block of Albert Street between Ingleton Avenue and McDonald Avenue. This was the only house in this block at the time (3902 Albert Street) but the following year, five more houses were built. In 1911, Hugh married Patience (known as Bertha) Alberta Inglis of Vancouver and between 1911 and 1912, Hugh cleared land around the house. The couple raised three children at their home in Vancouver Heights (now named Burnaby Heights); Duncan Hugh, Daniel Melbourne and Audrey Pearl. In 1914, the Vancouver Heights Ratepayers Association was formed and Hugh Stewart joined. This association lobbied city council to establish land uses which they felt could benefit the citizens of North Burnaby. Following his work at the hardware store, Hugh went to work as a longshoreman at the Hastings Mill in Vancouver and the Barnet Mill in Burnaby. In the 1920s, Stewart started up his own business delivering fuel to households in North Burnaby. His business was named “Stewart’s Cartage and Fuel Supply” which had an office located at 3870 East Hastings Street. Stewart moved his business office to their home in the 1950s which continued to operate at this location until the early 1960s. In 1926, the Burnaby Board of Trade was formed with Hugh Stewart as one of the founding members. The organization changed its name to the North Burnaby Board of Trade in May 1927. Hugh served as president from 1940-1946 and was instrumental in bringing about the amalgamation of the North and South Burnaby Boards of Trade to form the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Hugh ran for municipal council in the 1940s and was also a member of other organizations including the Burnaby Lions Club, The International Order of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) and the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans. Patience Alberta Stewart died in 1967 and Hugh continued to live in their home on Albert Street until 1978. In 1979 he moved to an apartment on McGill Street in Burnaby. Hugh H. Stewart died in 1981.
- Responsibility
- Stewart, Hugh Henry
- Accession Code
- HV979.50
- Date
- [188_]-1960
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged by subject and format.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Love family vital events and correspondence series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18839
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1880-[1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records + 5 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of vital events certificates and documentation of births, marriages, deaths and estates refering to members of the Love, Leonard and Parker families along with some family correspondence.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records + 5 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of vital events certificates and documentation of births, marriages, deaths and estates refering to members of the Love, Leonard and Parker families along with some family correspondence.
- Accession Code
- BV979.40
- BV992.26
- BV008.20
- BV012.31
- Date
- 1880-[1928]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- One letter of correspondence within this series takes the format of a photograph
Love family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10098
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1881-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records + 44 photographs + 5 plans
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family records including photographs, land sale records, agreements and plans as well as estate records, vital event documentation and correspondence. Records pertain to members of the Love family including the Parkers, Hughes and Leonards. Fonds has been arranged in the followin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records + 44 photographs + 5 plans
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family records including photographs, land sale records, agreements and plans as well as estate records, vital event documentation and correspondence. Records pertain to members of the Love family including the Parkers, Hughes and Leonards. Fonds has been arranged in the following series: 1) Love and Leonard land records 2) Love family vital events and correspondence 3) Love family photographs
- History
- Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England in 1847 and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, he met Martha Leonard who he married in 1879. Martha was born on February 3, 1858 in Bedfordshire, England and had come to Canada with her parents George and Ann Leonard. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George born March 22, 1880 and Annie Elizabeth on August 24, 1881. About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry who was born August 24, 1883 and Edith Minnie born October 9, 1885. The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. The Loves made their home in Vancouver while Jesse helped clear land on Granville Street. Their fifth child, Thomas Robert was born on September 17, 1887 and soon after, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more girls, Martha (Dot or Dorothy) born on December 17, 1889 and Sarah Marie, born February 8, 1892. On October 6, 1893 an agreement was signed by Jesse Love to purchase 14.52 acres of land from Joseph C. Armstrong. The acreage covered the north east section of District Lot 25 within the newly incorporated District of the Municipality of Burnaby. It was here where the original Love house was built (between October 1893 and April 15, 1894) by Jesse Love with the help of local builder George Salt and father in law, George Leonard. The house consisted of an entrance hall, dining room, lean to kitchen, master bedroom and three bedrooms upstairs. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and ran from District Lot 25 through to District Lot 11. The address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road and in the early 1960’s the address was renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street. On the land surrounding the house, Jesse Love planted an orchard along with strawberries and raspberries which he sold at the Fraser Valley Market, T.S. Anandale’s Grocery Store in New Westminster and to hotels around Vancouver. Jesse Love served on the Burnaby School Board and also as a District Councillor in 1901 and from 1904-1907. While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard, born April 15, 1894, Esther, born August 28, 1896, John Leonard, born June 7, 1899 and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) who was born May 12, 1902. In 1918, at the age of 31 years, Thomas Robert Love fell ill due to an influenza epidemic and died on November 23, 1918. Following their son’s death, Martha Love became weak and on August 24, 1920, she passed away. By this time, Jesse had sold off a large percentage of his land and his youngest daughter, Girlie decided to stay on to live and care for him. Since the house was too large for just the two of them, Jesse invited any other children to return and share the residence. For a while his son, George and his wife joined them. In 1925 Jesse’s daughter Sarah Parker (nee Love), her husband William Michael Norton Parker and their three children, Albert “Bert” (1915-2011), William Charles “Bill” and Elsie Roberta moved from their home at 1319 Newcombe Street to join Jesse and Girlie in the Love family home on Cumberland. Jesse Love died in 1928 after which Sarah and William Parker purchased the Love family farmhouse and property. William Michael Parker, died in 1961 and Sarah Parker continued to live in the Love family farmhouse until 1966 when she sold it to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes. Elsie and John Hughes had four children, John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. The Hughes lived in the Love family house until August 1971. In 1988 the Love family farmhouse house was donated to the Burnaby Village Museum and moved to the site of Burnaby Village Museum. The interior of the main floor and exterior of the house went through an extensive restoration process. In 1997, restoration of the kitchen was completed and opened to the public. After the completion of the hallway, dining room, main floor bedroom and parlour, the Love farmhouse exhibit opened on November 29, 1998 with an open invitation to the public and extended members of the Love family.
- Responsibility
- Love Family
- Accession Code
- HV979.40
- BV985.3136
- BV988.45
- BV989.3
- BV992.15
- BV992.26
- BV992.34
- BV000.45
- BV008.20
- BV012.31
- BV019.3
- BV019.8
- Date
- 1881-1971
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Arrangement
- Fonds has been arranged by record type and original order provided by members of the Love family.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- See also Burnaby Village Museum fonds - Jesse Love farmhouse series
Silver family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription120
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 3 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of miscellaneous papers and photographs related to the Silver family of McKay District.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 3 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-22
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of miscellaneous papers and photographs related to the Silver family of McKay District.
- History
- William Frederick and Kenneth Oliver Silver were both machinists in Burnaby, and were co-owners of the Silver Brothers Garage at Kingsway and Silver Avenue. William Frederick Silver was married to Isabella June McKinnon in 1883. Their son Hugh went to Kingsway West. William died December 26, 1943. Hugh died March 26, 1971.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- PC173, MSS011, and MSS025
- Title based on contents of subseries
Silver Brothers papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a cus…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS011-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a customs form permitting a 1927 Pierce-Arrow sedan into Canada.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Recording of John Burton - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory212
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1885-1959
- Length
- 0:09:56
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine and how it functions.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine and how it functions.
- Date Range
- 1885-1959
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:56
- Subjects
- Printing Tools and Equipment
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:46:18
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- 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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Track four of recording of John Burton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-2/MSS137-001-2_Track_4.mp3Hazel Peterson papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1886-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notarized papers pertaining to Hazel Erickson Peterson's marriage on August 31, 1936 to Edwin Peterson as well as naturalization papers awarding Edwin the status of British subject from the Dominion of Canada in 1921. Included in the file is a document written in Swedish (untransla…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1886-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS094-001
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notarized papers pertaining to Hazel Erickson Peterson's marriage on August 31, 1936 to Edwin Peterson as well as naturalization papers awarding Edwin the status of British subject from the Dominion of Canada in 1921. Included in the file is a document written in Swedish (untranslated).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Hawkshaw family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a v…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a visit to Burnaby by Governor-General Lord Willingon in 1928. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Hawkshaw family photographs series 2) Mabel Hawkshaw records series 3) Burnaby events photographs series
- History
- Mabel Edith Honor McClean Hawkshaw (1886-1946) was born in Wexford, Ireland to parents, Washington Gilliland McClean and Honor Delamore McClean (nee Thomas). Mabel's parents had four children; Charles Gilliland McClean; Elsie (Rae); Evangeline Mai (Goff) and Mabel Honor (Hawkshaw). Mabel emigrated from Ireland to Canada with her family in 1903 and the family moved to Vancouver in 1905. In 1909, Mabel married John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw. Mabel and Jack Hawkshaw had three children; Richard “Crichton” Gilliand Hawkshaw (1912-1972); Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) and Merton Cedric “Cedric” Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008). Prior to her marriage in 1909, Mabel Hawkshaw worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Revelstoke. Mabel was founder and publisher of the “Burnaby Post” newspaper (1922-1937) and wrote articles for city dailies and magazines under the pen name “Percy Egerton Sterling”. Mabel also worked as the first female bank teller in Canada and was the first female censor of motion pictures in British Columbia (1928-1946) and also worked as an assistant advertising manager of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Among other accomplishments, Mabel was the chairperson of the committee for Burnaby's first May Day event in 1925, was active as a leader in the Girl Guides, a member of several women's clubs, a speaker on matters of education and film production in Vancouver and Victoria and was also a member of the Juvenile Court in Burnaby and the I.O.D.E. At time of her death in 1946, Mabel was living on West 57th Street, Vancouver. John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw (1881-1934) who was born in Glanworth Ontario to Captain William Stearne Hawkshaw and Elizabeth Merton Hawkshaw (nee Shore). Jack came to Vancouver in 1900 and soon after arriving, Jack moved to the Yukon where he worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce serving in Dawson and White Horse. He returned to Vancouver in 1904 and joined the newly-organized Northern Bank. In 1906, Jack became a bank manager in New Westminster and later was manager in New Westminster for the Northern Crown Bank. Jack resigned from the bank in 1914 to fight in World War I and moved his family to Calgary where he began his military training. In 1915, Jack was stricken with polio which left him crippled in one leg barring him from active service. In the 1920’s, he worked as a treasurer for the Royal City Canning Co. and Cunningham Trapp Hardware Company. In 1933, Jack worked as an accountant treasurer for the Crane Shipyards. Jack Hawkshaw was a member of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association of Burnaby and the Kiwanis Club of New Westminster. In May 1934, Mabel and Jack purchased property on Lasqueti Island with a sheep ranch. One month after purchasing the property Jack Hawkshaw died tragically in an accident on the island when he was thrown from a horse drawn carriage with his ten year old son Cedric. Cedric survived the accident but his father died on the dock on Lasqueti Island. The family dog, Dixie also died after she swam after the fishing boat carrying Jack Hawkshaw’s body and Cedric to the mainland for medical attention. John and Mabel’s first home was located at 309 Pine Street in New Westminster. In 1920, the family relocated to 763 Wedgewood, Burnaby (later renumbered 7743 Wedgewood Street) where they lived until 1931. In 1932, the Hawkshaw family moved to Vancouver where they resided in different locations until after the death of Jack Hawkshaw. Mabel continued to operate the sheep ranch on Lasquesti after Jack died in 1934, with a succession of tenants until Mabel’s death in 1946. In 1936, Mabel moved back to Burnaby for a few years, residing at 5590 Douglas Road in 1936 and 3908 Deer Lake Avenue in 1937 (Heritage home known as the R.F. Anderson House). In 1938 Mabel moved back to Vancouver where she lived until her death in 1946. Richard “Crichton” Gilliland Hawkshaw (1912-1972) married Ivy Ina Hawkshaw (nee Hughes) (1913-1987) at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Vancouver in 1939. Crichton enlisted with the Canadian military and trained at Shilo and Sarcee military bases. Following his military training, Crichton got work as an operator in the mill at Britannia Beach mine where he worked between 1938 and 1949. Crichton and Ivy Hawkshaw lived at Britannia Beach during the time he worked there. Ivy and Crichton had two sons, Bruce and Dick Hawkshaw. After Britannia Beach, the family lived in Abbotsford and Chilliwack before moving to North Vancouver. Prior to his death in 1972, Crichton Hawkshaw worked as an auditor for the Government of British Columbia in the Internal Revenue Department. Crichton was a member of Abbotsford Masonic Lodge No. 70, past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, member of the North Shore Shrine Club and Upper Fraser Valley Shrine Club and Gizeh Shrine Temple. He was also a devoted fan and supporter of the B.C. Lions football team. Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) married Barbara Walters Fry (1913-2001) in 1940. The couple had three children; Nancy Susan, Peter Burrington and John Edward (who died in infancy). Dal Hawkshaw worked as a financial consultant with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In his free time, Dal served on the board of the Goodwill Enterprises for the Handicapped, the Victoria Symphony Society and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Dal was the first honorary treasurer of the University of Victoria and served on the advisory council and as a trustee of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. In 1985, Dal Hawkshaw was named an honorary citizen of British Columbia. Merton "Cedric" Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008) married Carol Violet (Worrall) Hawkshaw (1923-1985) in 1947 (Carol remarried later to Jack Madsen). The couple had three children, Frances Jacqueline (b. 1948) and Geraldine Lucy (b.1952), and Barry (b.1957). ). Cedric was a member of the Old Boys Association of St. Georges School, served in the Navy (DEMS) and was a proud veteran of WWII. When the war ended he saved enough money to purchase a home in Burnaby on acreage which he sold soon after and relocated to Armstrong Street, Burnaby. Cedric worked for his father in law at William Worrall furniture. After the company closed in 1959, he worked in the furniture department at T. Eaton Co., West Vancouver. Cedric retired at a young age to run and live on the Hawkshaw Ranch on Lasqueti Island where he spent many years before returning to the mainland due to health issues. He lived at George Derby Veterans Centre for 17 years. While living at George Derby, Cedric was involved in Arts and Crafts, creating works in ceramic and textiles.
- Accession Code
- HV977.17
- HV982.25
- BV996.6
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Arrangement is based on the order in which records were compiled by creators and donors.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Hawkshaw family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19361
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1888-1987, predominant 1935-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 9 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a photograph album that was created by and belonged to Crichton Hawkshaw as well as other family photographs including members of the McClean and Hawkshaw families.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs) + 9 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a photograph album that was created by and belonged to Crichton Hawkshaw as well as other family photographs including members of the McClean and Hawkshaw families.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6
- Date
- 1888-1987, predominant 1935-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Photograph album is described at file level and photographs within are described at item level. Photographs within album were accessioned chronologically from the first to the last page.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Mabel Hawkshaw records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1925-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business and personal records of Mabel Hawkshaw including correspondence, notes, reports and literary works. The majority of business records refer to Mabel's work as as Censor of Moving Pictures in British Columbia (1928-1931). Other records include correspondence in her capaci…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 17.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business and personal records of Mabel Hawkshaw including correspondence, notes, reports and literary works. The majority of business records refer to Mabel's work as as Censor of Moving Pictures in British Columbia (1928-1931). Other records include correspondence in her capacity as chairperson of Burnaby's First May Day in 1925, correspondence regarding the Hawkshaw property on Lasqueti island, a few pieces of family correspondence and examples of literary works published in "The Periscope" magazine under her pen name "Percy Egerton Sterling" as well as a copy of "The Covenant Clarion" with an article Mabel wrote titled "An Acient Lineage".
- Accession Code
- HV977.17
- HV982.25
- BV996.6
- Date
- 1888-1976, predominant 1925-1931
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Anne Sievenpiper subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1889-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Anne Sievenpiper and her husband Bill pertaining to the city of Vancouver. Records include a painting, cartographic records, and papers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1889-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Anne Sievenpiper subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Anne Sievenpiper and her husband Bill pertaining to the city of Vancouver. Records include a painting, cartographic records, and papers.
- History
- Anne Louise Nabocik was born in Podbeil, Slovakia in 1928 to parents Stanley Honsberger Sievenpiper and Alma Rachel Morrison. She married William Stanley "Bill" Sievenpiper and the couple had two daughters: Sharoyne and Shirley. Anne died in 2017.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on collector of subseries
- PC413
Burnaby Art Gallery subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription14
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1890 (date of original)-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1890 (date of original)-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Art Gallery subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- BHS1990-05
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.
- History
- The Burnaby Art Gallery association was founded in 1967. The purpose of the association was to present a historical and contemporary art program by local, regional, national, and international artists; facilitate the development of emerging artists; provide diverse art educational programming; acquire culturally significant works on paper. The City of Burnaby assumed management of the gallery, its collection, staff and governance in 1998, with the art gallery then taking on the added responsibility of caring for and managing the City of Burnaby’s permanent art collection. The Gallery, along with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and the Burnaby Village Museum in Deer Lake Park, are part of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department of the City of Burnaby. The Burnaby Art Gallery is located inside the historic Ceperley House, built by Henry and Grace Ceperley. The couple purchased a strawbery farm on the north shore of Deer Lake from George Clayton in 1909 and built their home, also known as "Fairacres", on the property in 1911. The house was designed by the English architect, R.P.S. Twizell and with its river rock veranda, beautiful hand-crafted woodwork, stained-glass and tile, remains one of the finest examples of Edwardian architecture in the Lower Mainland. Grace and Hentry Ceperley had one daughter named Ethelwyn who married James Edward Hall. Ethelwyn and James Edward Hall had three children: Edith Ceperley, James Edward "Junior," and Florence Renn. In 1917, Grace Ceperley died and left Fairacres to her husband with the stipulation that when the home was sold the proceeds would be used to build a playground for the children of Vancouver in Stanley Park. In 1939, the local Catholic Diocese funded a group of five Benedictine monks from Mount Angel, Oregon to establish a priory in the province. The monks purchased the Ceperley House for their monastery. They also built a large gymnasium on the property. After serving as a monastery, the house was used as a fraternity for some of the first students attending Simon Fraser University, and then became home to the art gallery in the 1960s. The City of Burnaby acquired the property in 1966 and the house was designated a heritage building in 1992. In 1998 the City began restoring exterior of the house and upgraded the building for improved public use. The renovations were completed in 2000, and transformed the house back to its appearance of 1911. The gymnasium built by the Benedictine monks was converted into into the James Cowan Theatre. There are two main galleries, a lounge gallery with a fireplace and easy chairs and The Shopping Bag, a gallery shop run by volunteers. The goals of the gallery are to: provide access to contemporary Canadian art, present works from the permanent collection; collect contemporary works on paper; and offer challenging and educational exhibition related programming.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC241, PC242, MSS066
Two uniformed men driving wagon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1890-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm ; copy print
- Scope and Content
- Two uniformed men driving horse-drawn wagon. Picture taken from front shows three grey horses head-on in harness. Shed or garage in background. Third man in uniform standing behind wagon.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm ; copy print
- Material Details
- "Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen.
- Scope and Content
- Two uniformed men driving horse-drawn wagon. Picture taken from front shows three grey horses head-on in harness. Shed or garage in background. Third man in uniform standing behind wagon.
- History
- Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
- Other Title Information
- title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV018.19.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1890-1920
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 24-04-2018
Images
Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9779
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189_]-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a selection of personal records retained by Hugh H. Stewart during the course of his life. Records include various receipts relating to healthcare, insurance, taxes, personal items, property sales, utilities and licenses along with documents relating to personal loans and a handw…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a selection of personal records retained by Hugh H. Stewart during the course of his life. Records include various receipts relating to healthcare, insurance, taxes, personal items, property sales, utilities and licenses along with documents relating to personal loans and a handwritten recipe.
- Accession Code
- HV979.50
- Date
- [189_]-1925
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of series
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including Dis…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including District Lots in Burnaby along with various school sites and church plans; surveying records regarding North Road and a map of the Burnaby Municipality. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Subdivision and survey plans series 2) School and church plans series 3) Map series
- History
- Ronald G. Scobbie was born in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he worked in the mines of Scotland which led to a career as a land surveyor. Ron immigrated to Canada in 1965 and settled in North Vancouver. In 1967 he became a partner in the surveying company of Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie in New Westminster, eventually owning it under the title Scobbie and Associates between 1980 and 1995. Ron sold the business in 1995 and retired as a BC Land Surveyor in December 2003. Ron was an active member of the B.C. Land Surveyors Association and an avid collector of surveying equipment and maps and plans that document the history of surveying in British Columbia. Upon retirement, Ron donated many historical maps and plans to various repositories located in different geographical regions throughout B.C.
- Scobbie & Associates land surveying company dates back to 1890 when Albert J. Hill first established his practice as a land surveyor in New Westminster. The company went through a series of Surveyors (owners) between 1890 and 1995:
- Albert James Hill (A.J. Hill) [1890] to 1912
- Hill & Burnett 1911 to 1912
- Geoffrey K. Burnett 1912
- Burnett & McGugan 1912 to 1947
- Burnett, McGugan & Hunter 1947 to 1959
- Burnett, Hunter & Douglas 1959 to 1960
- Hunter, Douglas & Crockford 1960 to 1964
- Hunter, Crockford & Associates 1964 to 1965
- Hunter, Crockford & Aplin 1965 to 1967
- Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie 1967 to 1973
- Crockford, Scobbie & Associates 1973-1980
- Scobbie & Associates 1980 to 1995
- Responsibility
- Scobbie, Ronald G.
- Accession Code
- HV984.57
- BV003.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Related Material
- For other survey and subdivision plans created by land surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffery K. Burnett and Donald J. McGugan, see: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection - Survey and Subdivision plans series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
Survey and Subdivision plans series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18778
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- over 1000 plans + textual records (34 notebooks)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Survey and Subdivision Plans of Burnaby and other geographic regions, including the Greater Vancouver area and New Westminster District, Group 1 and Group 2 along with a series of surveyor's field notebooks [1917-1940]. A significant portion of this series came from the Land Surv…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- over 1000 plans + textual records (34 notebooks)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Survey and Subdivision Plans of Burnaby and other geographic regions, including the Greater Vancouver area and New Westminster District, Group 1 and Group 2 along with a series of surveyor's field notebooks [1917-1940]. A significant portion of this series came from the Land Surveyor's office of Geoffrey K. Burnett, first established by Albert J. Hill in [1890].
- Accession Code
- HV976.57
- HV977.93
- BV998.11
- BV004.14
- Date
- [1890-1920]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Love family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18840
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]-1971 (dates of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 44 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of the Jesse Love family, farmhouse and property along with photographs of the Parker family.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 44 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of the Jesse Love family, farmhouse and property along with photographs of the Parker family.
- Accession Code
- HV979.40
- BV985.3136
- BV988.45
- BV989.3
- BV992.15
- BV992.34
- BV000.45
- BV008.20
- BV012.31
- BV019.3
- BV019.8
- Date
- [189-]-1971 (dates of originals)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- One letter of correspondence within this series takes the format of a photograph
Subdivision and survey plans series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18948
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 25 plans + 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of surveying and subdivision records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan. Records include subdivision and survey plans of areas in New Westminster District Group 1 along with surveying plans and correspondence regarding…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 25 plans + 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of surveying and subdivision records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan. Records include subdivision and survey plans of areas in New Westminster District Group 1 along with surveying plans and correspondence regarding North Road and a survey plan of "Burnaby Park track".
- Accession Code
- HV984.57
- BV003.83
- Date
- [1890]-1932
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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.mp3