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Brainerd family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of originals); digitally copied 2013

Collection/Fonds: Brainerd family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Brainerd family sitting on the front stoop of their house on Harwood Street (since renamed Hardwick Street) in Burnaby. Sitting on the steps are Lawrence and Violet Brainerd with their son Roy Brainerd between them. On either railing at the front of the steps are Roy's step-siblin…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of originals); digitally copied 2013

Collection/Fonds: Brainerd family fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 551-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Brainerd family sitting on the front stoop of their house on Harwood Street (since renamed Hardwick Street) in Burnaby. Sitting on the steps are Lawrence and Violet Brainerd with their son Roy Brainerd between them. On either railing at the front of the steps are Roy's step-siblings; Ernest "Ernie" Moss and Vera Moss.

Names: Brainerd, Lawrence Roy; Brainerd, Violet Baker; Moss, Ernest Albert "Ernie"; Moss, Vera Alice; Brainerd, Roy George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on border of photograph reads: 3026 Harwood St. Burnaby / Lawrence + Violet Brainerd / with Roy 1929 / Ernest "Ernie" Moss Vera Moss"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1929 / Brainerd family home / 3026 Harwood St / Burnaby"

Geographic Access: Hardwick Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Brainerd family, 1929 (date of originals); digitally copied 2013 thumbnail

Montgomery family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1962

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 21 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1962

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 21 photographs : b&w

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2013-09; 2013-04

Scope and Content: Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.

History: Samuel Clifford “Monty” Montgomery was born on July 24, 1894, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montreal before serving in World War I. After the war, Monty came out west to Vancouver. Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter was born on May 5, 1900, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied to be a teacher before moving out west with her sister Mildred Carpenter, brother Harold Carpenter, and widowed mother Claire Carpenter in 1920. Marjorie trained to be a nurse from 1920 to 1923 when she moved to Hawaii with her sister and mother. While living in separate countries, Monty and Marjorie courted through correspondence. On July 16, 1927, Monty and Marjorie were married in Hawaii. The couple had two daughters, Margery Kathleen “Kathleen” Montgomery (later Green) born in 1928 and Janet Montgomery (later Fernau) born in 1934. Monty met Fred Cunningham when they were young men. Monty is believed to have helped in the design of the Fred and Edna Cunningham house built in 1923 at 3555 Douglas Road in Burnaby. From 1926 to 1930, both Fred and Monty were working in Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Monty was working at a mill and Fred was an insurance agent. Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery was ill with tuberculosis during this time, so their only daughter at the time, Kathleen, was sent to live with Edna Cunningham in Burnaby from the spring of 1929 to the fall of 1930. Though the Montgomery family had settled in Rossland, British Columbia, they would make frequent trips to Vancouver to visit the Cunninghams. Kathleen met Lewis Green in Vancouver and on September 16, 1950, they were married. Their wedding reception was held at the Cunningham’s house. They lived most of their married lives in Vancouver, and each month Kathleen would visit her ‘Aunty’ Edna Cunningham. Janet would visit her ‘Aunty' Edna each week; later she moved permanently to the United Kingdom. The Cunningham and Montgomery families have remained close friends over generations.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Montgomery family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 554

Mom's School Picture

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm, mounted on card 19.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students sitting and standing in three rows in what appears to be a portrait studio in Limberg, Poland. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) (later Nagy) was a member of this class.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm, mounted on card 19.5 x 25 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of students sitting and standing in three rows in what appears to be a portrait studio in Limberg, Poland. Eugenia “Jenny” Haresomovych (later Carman) (later Nagy) was a member of this class.

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title (from album page); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mum's School Picture / 1924 / Limberg, Poland"; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "1924"; Note written on album page reads: "Limberg Poland 1924 'Moms School Picture'"

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Easter 1926

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) John Ivan Yanko, Eunice (Yanko) Kosolski and Annie (Yanko) Wakulchuck together at Easter.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 13 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) John Ivan Yanko, Eunice (Yanko) Kosolski and Annie (Yanko) Wakulchuck together at Easter.

Names: Yanko, John Ivan; Kosolski, Eunice Yanko; Wakulchuck, Anne Yanko

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title (from album page); Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Easter 1926? / John Yanko / Eunice Kos. / Annie Wakulchuck"; Note written on album page reads: "Easter 1926 / John Yanko Eunice Kosolski Annie Wakulchuck"

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Pete, Nick and baby John

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Pete, Nick and 'baby' John Yanko sitting on a blanket together.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Pete, Nick and 'baby' John Yanko sitting on a blanket together.

Names: Yanko, John Ivan; Yanko, Nick; Yanko, Peter "Pete"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title (from album page); Note written on album page reads: "'Pete, Nick + baby John'"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Spring 1926 / Pete, Nick + Baby John"; Smaller duplicate photograph in envelope on p. 14

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Pete, Nick and baby John, 1926 thumbnail

Yanko family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ;11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yanko siblings Pete, Nick, Eunice, 'baby' John, Anne, Mary and Katie with 'Baba,' their mother, Annie D. (Basiuk) Yanko.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ;11.5 x 16.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Yanko siblings Pete, Nick, Eunice, 'baby' John, Anne, Mary and Katie with 'Baba,' their mother, Annie D. (Basiuk) Yanko.

Names: Yanko, Peter "Pete"; Yanko, Nick; Yanko, John Ivan; Wakulchuck, Anne Yanko; Kosolski, Eunice Yanko; Yanko, Mary; Yanko, Katie; Yanko, Annie D. Basiuk

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "'Pete, Nick, Eunice, baby John / Annie, Mary, Katie / Spring 1926'"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Pete, Nick / Eunice / Baby John / 'Baba' / Anne / Mary / Katie / Spring 1926"

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Harold Carpenter with Kathleen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Carpenter with his niece Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) in his arms. Harold and Kathleen are in front of Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Harold Carpenter with his niece Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) in his arms. Harold and Kathleen are in front of Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Carpenter, Harold; Green, Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Harold at the Cunninghams with Kath"

Street Address: 3555 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Harold Carpenter with Kathleen, 1929 thumbnail

Marjorie, Fred Jr and Fred Sr

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Marjorie Elizabeth "Marge" (Carpenter) Montgomery at Rosedale Garage with Fred Cunningham Jr and his father Fred Cunningham. The three friends are using a hose to wash off their hands.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Marjorie Elizabeth "Marge" (Carpenter) Montgomery at Rosedale Garage with Fred Cunningham Jr and his father Fred Cunningham. The three friends are using a hose to wash off their hands.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations

Names: Cunningham, Fred; Montgomery, Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter; Cunningham, Fred Jr

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Marge on her [illegible] from Honolulu (honeymoon) / Onkie"

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Marjorie, Fred Jr and Fred Sr, 1927 thumbnail

Kathleen Montgomery at the Cunningham's

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) sitting in a chair and making a face at the camera. This photograph was taken during her stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) sitting in a chair and making a face at the camera. This photograph was taken during her stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road (this house was given heritage designation by the City of Burnaby in 1996).

Names: Green, Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso of photograph reads: "Kath at the Cunningham's"

Street Address: 3555 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Kathleen Montgomery at the Cunningham's, [1929 or 1930] thumbnail

Edna Cunningham with Kathleen Montgomery

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edna Cunningham holding Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road, although the exact location of this photograph is unknown.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edna Cunningham holding Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road, although the exact location of this photograph is unknown.

Names: Green, Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery; Cunningham, Edna Elizabeth

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black pen on verso of photograph reads: "Auntie w/ Kath Burnaby - during Marge's illness"

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Edna Cunningham with Kathleen Montgomery

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edna Cunningham with a brush in her hand, kneeling beside Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929 or 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edna Cunningham with a brush in her hand, kneeling beside Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green). This photograph was taken during Kathleen's stay at Fred and Edna Cunningham's house on Douglas Road.

Names: Green, Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery; Cunningham, Edna Elizabeth

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 3555 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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At Ocean Falls

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Samuel Clifford "Monty" Montgomery, Claire Carpenter and Fred Cunningham at Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Claire was in Ocean Falls visiting her daughter Marjorie, son-in-law Monty and their close friend Fred Cunningham.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Samuel Clifford "Monty" Montgomery, Claire Carpenter and Fred Cunningham at Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Claire was in Ocean Falls visiting her daughter Marjorie, son-in-law Monty and their close friend Fred Cunningham.

Names: Montgomery, Samuel Clifford "Monty"; Carpenter, Claire; Cunningham, Fred

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Monty / Mother died 1949 / Fredric Cunningham / All gone / Ocean Falls 1928"

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Kathleen with Punch the dog

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1929

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) with the Cunningham family cocker spaniel 'Punch.' This photograph was taken at Fred and Edna Cunningham's property in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1929

Collection/Fonds: Montgomery family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 554-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery (later Green) with the Cunningham family cocker spaniel 'Punch.' This photograph was taken at Fred and Edna Cunningham's property in Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs

Names: Green, Margery Kathleen "Kathleen" Montgomery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Pals! Punch + I '29"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Our wee darlin' / Sept 1929 with Punch"

Street Address: 3555 Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Kathleen with Punch the dog, September 1929 thumbnail

Ellenor Murray's brother

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 548-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-31

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Dickson, Jas.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mother's Brother"; Photographer's studio markings on recto of cabinet card read: "Jas. Dickinson / Newcastle-On-Tyne"; Photographers studio markings on verso of cabinet card read: "The Portrait / City Gallery / Photographic Artist / Jas Dickinson / Grainger Street Newcastle-On-Tyne / Negatives Kept / Additional Copies Can Always Be Obtained / Portraits of Every Description Enlarged / Portrait Clubs."

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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] - 1990

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925] - 1990

Collection/Fonds: Murray family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 548-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-31

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.

Names: Wild, Norman; Wild, Earl

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"

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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild, [1925] - 1990 thumbnail

Hill family and Vidal family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1850-1983]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Physical Description: 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and William Cowper, newspaper clippings, and a New Testament.

History: Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893, to Marian (nee Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. Marian was born in London, England. Bernard Hill, born in Bengal, India, in 1858 to Sir Richard Hill and Jane Ann (nee Rollinson) where his father worked for the East Indian Railway, was one of the early inhabitants of Burnaby. Despite their years of training as engineers, Bernard, along with his brother, Louis Claude Hill, became strawberry farmers and owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and halfway around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. Bernard also served as a Burnaby trustee and as councilor of Burnaby in 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1909. Bernard and Marian had four children: A. Claude (born in England around 1885, married Marion “Mamie”), Frank L., Winnifred “Winnie” L., and Gerry. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central High School in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers on November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. His father, Bernard, died in Burnaby on March 27, 1939, at the age of 80. Bernard's brother, Louis, was one of the first members elected to the Burnaby council and served in 1892, 1893, 1894, and again from 1909-1910. Louis, born in 1860, married Annie Sarah Kendrick (born in 1896) and they moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s. Together they had one child, Katherine “Kitty” Maude, born in 1898. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. Kitty, their only child, married William “Bob” John Peers in 1925 and they went on to have three children: Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham). Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal was born in 1897 in the United States to Louisa Sophia (nee Jones) and Herbert P. Vidal. Louisa Vidal (1871-1943) was a descendent of Jones of Exeter of England and the House of Llanio Cardigan of Wales. Herbert Vidal (1868-1934)’s father was Alexander Vidal (1819-1906). Alexander Vidal, born in Brocknell, England, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1835 and later served as a senator of Canada from 1873 to 1906. He married Catherine Louisa Wright, the daughter of Capt. William Elliot Wright. Both of Charlotte’s parents, Louisa and Herbert, were born in Ontario. Charlotte Vidal was sister to Dorothy Kate and Alexander E. E. Vidal. Gerry Hill (aged 27) and Charlotte E. Vidal (aged 23) married on September 28, 1920, in Vancouver. Gerry built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s, Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun building the Yellow Point Lodge. Gerry and Charlotte bore three children: David, Lesley C. (born in 1929), and Gerald. Gerry was later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Holen) and had one child: Richard Grant McEwan Hill, born in Ladysmith. Lesley married M. Clarke and had two boys: Roy and Graham. She later married B. Durban and had four boys: Patrick, Michael, Gary, and Grant. Charlotte died on February 11, 1984, at the age of 87. Gerry died on January 30, 1988, in Ladysmith at the age of 93.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Hill Family; Vidal family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 550, MSS176

Hill family and Vidal family photographs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 255 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1940]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 255 photographs

Description Level: Series

Record No.: 550

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Church play

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1929 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows five men and two unidentified women on a stage that is set as a room. The man third from the left is dressed in religious clothing. The man second from the left and holding a pipe is Bernard R. Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1929 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows five men and two unidentified women on a stage that is set as a room. The man third from the left is dressed in religious clothing. The man second from the left and holding a pipe is Bernard R. Hill.