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Interview with Ethel Lewarne and Beverley Burrell 24-Jun-75 - Track 1
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1899-1923
- Length
- 0:08:23
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Ethel Lewarne's childhood years living in Burnaby, through her first years of marriage.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Ethel Lewarne's childhood years living in Burnaby, through her first years of marriage.
- Date Range
- 1899-1923
- Photo Info
- Leer family; Ethel Leer Lewarne is standing on the far right, 1911. Item no. 204-052
- Length
- 0:08:23
- Subjects
- Occupations - Grocers
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- 24-Jun-75
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Ethel (Leer) Lewarne and Beverley (Lewarne) Burrell by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 24, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Ethel Cecilia Leer was born in 1899 in London, England to George Frederick and Sarah Ann Leer. In 1908, the Leer family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada. George Frederick Leer began working for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Ethel’s younger brother George Leer was born about this time. A third child was born but unfortunately did not live past infancy. The Leers arrived in Burnaby in 1911 and bought two lots in Alta Vista at the corner of Portland and McGregor. George Frederick and Sarah Ann were active members of the All Saints Anglican Church on Royal Oak. Ethel went to Dundonald school from 1911 to 1913 with Miss Bowell as her teacher, then on to Britannia High School from 1913 to 1915. Ethel’s father, George Frederick Leer died March 23, 1919 at the age of forty-one. Ethel Cecilia Leer married Alfred Lewarne on December 26, 1921 in Burnaby. Alfred was born February 9, 1893 in Cornwall, England. Before marriage he worked for a creamery in Vancouver. After marriage, Alfred began his own ice cream business in Burnaby. The Lewarnes bought a lot along Nelson Avenue and built a house. Their first child Patricia "Tricia" (later McCleod) was born in 1923, their second was Beverley “Bev” (later Burrell). Their third child, William A. “Bill” Lewarne was born in 1926. Bill grew up to become one of the most popular Mayors in Burnaby’s history, serving from 1981 to 1987. He also served as a member of Council from 1973 to 1975 and 1977 to 1981. After Alfred Lewarne’s death on May 5, 1962 at the age of sixty-nine, Ethel continued living in the family home. Ethel’s mother, Sarah Ann Leer died May 11, 1963 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:00:59
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, Ethel Leer
- Burrell, Beverley "Bev" Lewarne
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- 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 one of interview with Ethel Lewarne and Beverley Burrell
Track one of interview with Ethel Lewarne and Beverley Burrell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-13/100-13-13_Track_1.mp3![Riverway East School students, [1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/198100020001.jpg?width=280)
Riverway East School students
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillm…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillman, Patricia Murphy, Pegg Gould, Hilda Murphy, unidentified girl, Pearl Young, Cyril Harcourt, Ed Parslow, and Frank Harcourt; Middle row (l to r): Pauline Whitaker, Nora Lackalau, Ellen Peterson, May Wong, unidentified girl, Dorothy Parslow, Gladys Yates, Sybil Yates, Phyllis Lloyd, unidentified girl, Evelyn Smith, and an unidentified girl; Front row (l to r): Barnard Clissold, Ronald T. Lerriault, Kennedy (last name unknown), Ted Towson, Arthur Yalis, unidentified boy, Sydney Harcourt, unidentified boy, and Jack Towson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Riverway East 1922."
- Names
- Clissold, Barnard
- Gould, Pegg
- Harcourt, Cyril
- Harcourt, Frank
- Harcourt, Sydney
- Lackalau
- Lerriault, Ronald T.
- Lloyd, Phyllis
- Murphy, Hilda
- Murphy, Patricia
- Palanski, Ed
- Parslow, Dorothy
- Parslow, Ed
- Peterson, Ellen
- Riverway East School
- Smith, Carla
- Smith, Evelyn
- Towson, Jack
- Towson, Ted
- Whitaker, Pauline
- Wong, May
- Yates, Gladys
- Yates, Sybil
- Yalis, Arthur
- Young, Pearl
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 5787 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- HV981.2.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1922]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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![Riverway East School students, [1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/198100020001.jpg)