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Inscription: Watkins Household Hints / by Elaine Allen / author of Watkins Cook Book / Best Wishes / Copyright, 1941, by the J.R. Watkins Company / Newark.Memphis..

Library Subject (LOC): Home economics

Notes: Includes index; "Price $1.50"-title page but obscured by Best wishes sticker; "Printed in U.S.A."-title page

Watkins salad book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Allen, Elaine, 1889-1973

Publication Date: c1946

Call Number: 641.83 WAT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV004.15.3

Call Number: 641.83 WAT

Author: Allen, Elaine, 1889-1973

Place of Publication: Newark ; Montreal

Publisher: J. R. Watkins Company

Publication Date: c1946

Physical Description: 251 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Salads; Sandwiches; Appetizers; Beverages; Desserts; Cookbooks--1940-1949

Notes: Includes index.; "Price $1.50"; Includes recipes for sandwiches, appetizers, beverages, and desserts

Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1908-1975

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

History: The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Creator: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

Accession Code: HV975.5; BV985.5331; BV017.7

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1908-1975

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Related Material: See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1910-1970

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: textual records + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing

Scope and Content: Series consists of small collection of business records and newspapers that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: textual records + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing

Scope and Content: Series consists of small collection of business records and newspapers that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975.

Accession Code: HV975.5; BV985.5331; BV017.7

Date: 1910-1970

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Related Material: See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1910-1975

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 180 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. business at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975 as well as documentary photographs of the interior and exterior. Photographs of individuals, organizations and families are included along with photo…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 180 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs that were part of the contents of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. business at 1620 Government Street, Victoria in 1975 as well as documentary photographs of the interior and exterior. Photographs of individuals, organizations and families are included along with photographs of the interior and exterior of the shop documenting contents and furnishings in 1975 prior to being moved to Burnaby Village Musuem.

Accession Code: HV975.5; BV985.5331; BV017.7

Date: 1910-1975

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Wedding album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (21 photographs)

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic wedding album for Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko. Included on the last page of the wedding album are photographs of their honeymoon (taken at the train station).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (21 photographs)

Material Details: Hardcover notebook with bound pages

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS170-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Item is a photographic wedding album for Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko. Included on the last page of the wedding album are photographs of their honeymoon (taken at the train station).

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Yanko, John Ivan

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Album also contains guests' signatures and an information page about the wedding.

Wedding guests

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 17, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko's wedding guests the day after their wedding.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 17, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

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

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-135

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko's wedding guests the day after their wedding.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "17 October 1948"; 1 duplicate original accompanying

Images

Wedding guests, October 17, 1948 thumbnail

Wedding invitation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Apr. 1948

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 invitation

Scope and Content: Item consists of an invitation to attend a reception for Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Corsbie (Joseph H. Corsbie and Margaret Corsbie) on the occasion of their marriage from Harold E. Winch M.L.A. Leader of the Oppostion. The reception is to be held in the Coalition Members Room in the BC Parliament buldings

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Series: Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 invitation

Scope and Content: Item consists of an invitation to attend a reception for Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Corsbie (Joseph H. Corsbie and Margaret Corsbie) on the occasion of their marriage from Harold E. Winch M.L.A. Leader of the Oppostion. The reception is to be held in the Coalition Members Room in the BC Parliament buldings

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Corsbie, Margaret Carr

Accession Code: BV020.31.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Apr. 1948

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 19-09-2023

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Wedding invitation, 14 Apr. 1948 thumbnail

Wedding of Robert Leonard Love and Margaret Iona Giles

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jun. 1945

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of groom Robert Leonard Love and bride Margaret Iona Giles Love with wedding party on their wedding day. Jimmy Stockdale dressed in RCAF uniform is identified standing to the left of groom Robert Love and Gwen Stockdale is identified standing to the right bride, Margaret Love. An unident…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of groom Robert Leonard Love and bride Margaret Iona Giles Love with wedding party on their wedding day. Jimmy Stockdale dressed in RCAF uniform is identified standing to the left of groom Robert Love and Gwen Stockdale is identified standing to the right bride, Margaret Love. An unidentified couple is standing to the right of the group of four. The group is standing outside with large trees behind.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"; Love, Margaret Iona Giles

Accession Code: BV023.24.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Jun. 1945

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on bottom left corner of photograph in white reads (in reverse): 18-6x8 BW (most likely written on original negative before print was created)

Images

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Wedding of Vera and Albert Bruce

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 21, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Vera and Albert Bruce cutting the cake at their wedding at St. John the Divine Anglican Church near Central Park. Albert is in uniform.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 21, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-397

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Vera and Albert Bruce cutting the cake at their wedding at St. John the Divine Anglican Church near Central Park. Albert is in uniform.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Bruce, Albert; Bruce, Vera; St. John the Divine Anglican Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 3891 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Images

Wedding of Vera and Albert Bruce, November 21, 1944 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Wedding Party

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 17, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko's wedding party, the day after their wedding.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 17, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

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

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-134

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and John Ivan Yanko's wedding party, the day after their wedding.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title (from album page); Note written on album page reads: "Wedding Party / 17 October 1948"; 1 duplicate original accompanying

Images

Wedding Party, October 17, 1948 thumbnail

Wedding portait of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1942]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 800 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) (R) and Puy Yuen Chan (L) posing for their wedding studio portait. The man is wearing a suit and the woman is wearing a black dress with a brooch.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Lee family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 800 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) (R) and Puy Yuen Chan (L) posing for their wedding studio portait. The man is wearing a suit and the woman is wearing a black dress with a brooch.

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"; Chan, Puy Yuen

Accession Code: BV017.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 01-Oct-2017

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Wedding portait of Suey Ying Jung (Laura) and Puy Yuen Chan, [1942] thumbnail

Wedding portrait of John and Elsie Hughes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 9 Apr. 1942 (date of original), copied [1998]

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Full-length studio portrait of John Malcolm Hughes and Elsie Roberta Hughes (nee Parker) on their wedding day in Edmonds, April 9, 1942. John Hughes stands on the left and Elsie Hughes on the right. Bride carries bouquet of lilies.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; copy print ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Full-length studio portrait of John Malcolm Hughes and Elsie Roberta Hughes (nee Parker) on their wedding day in Edmonds, April 9, 1942. John Hughes stands on the left and Elsie Hughes on the right. Bride carries bouquet of lilies.

History: Photograph is from the Love farmhouse. The house was lived in by generations of the Love family. Jesse and Martha Love's daughter, Sarah Love married William Parker and their daughter, Elsie (later Hughes) is the donor's mother. The objects were in the house when the donor lived in the house.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Hughes, John Malcolm; Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker

Accession Code: BV019.8.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 9 Apr. 1942 (date of original), copied [1998]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 18-Mar-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Wedding portrait of John and Elsie Hughes, 9 Apr. 1942 (date of original), copied [1998] thumbnail

Wes and Molly Darling on horseback

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied [1991]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wes and Molly Darling on horseback, (during the time that Wes Darling was a soilder) at Willingdon Avenue near the future Trans Canada Highway. The photograph was taken facing south.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied [1991]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-249

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wes and Molly Darling on horseback, (during the time that Wes Darling was a soilder) at Willingdon Avenue near the future Trans Canada Highway. The photograph was taken facing south.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Darling, Molly; Darling, Wesley "Wes"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue; Trans Canada Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Wes and Molly Darling on horseback, 1944 (date of original), copied [1991] thumbnail

West Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1945

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Scope and Content: Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) West Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book between November 1927 and April 24, 1945.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1945

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS021-005

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) West Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book between November 1927 and April 24, 1945.

Media Type: Textual Record

West Burnaby Sewer System

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49375

Meeting Date: 20-May-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49375

Meeting Date: 20-May-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 49375

20-May-1946 Meeting Minutes

West Burnaby United Church

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-109

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of West Burnaby United Church. The cornerstone reads, "West Burnaby United Church Erected to the Glory of God 1948."

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches; Occupations - Clergy; Ceremonies

Names: West Burnaby United Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Sussex Avenue; Kingsway

Street Address: 6050 Sussex Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Images

West Burnaby United Church, [1948] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Westerman family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1917-1959]

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Westerman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 17 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.

History: Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.

Responsibility: Westerman, Walter "Wally"

Accession Code: BV020.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1917-1959]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

What A Ride We Had

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Steve Jensen fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1944]

Collection/Fonds: Steve Jensen fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 494-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows nine people posing on or near a car. The photograph was taken facing north off Beresford Street, half a block east of Royal Oak Avenue. Identified in the photograph are Molly Jensen (nee Carpenter) who is sitting in the back seat wearing glasses; Ernie Carpenter Jr. in the driver's seat; and their mother Edith Carpenter sitting on the bonnet with her hand on the windshield. The rest are unidentified.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Carpenter, Ernie Jr.; Carpenter, Edith; Jensen, Molly Carpenter

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Jensen, Steve

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue; Beresford Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

What's cooking : 101 short-cuts with Tea-Bisk

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Scott, Anna Lee

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 641.59 SCO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.65.8

Call Number: 641.59 SCO

Author: Scott, Anna Lee

Place of Publication: [Toronto]

Publisher: Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd.

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Cooking, Canadian; Baking; Food mixes; Pastry; Cookbooks--1940-1949

What you should know about your new Mercury : owner's manual

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 629.2 MER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.35.95

Call Number: 629.2 MER

Publisher: Mercury and Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Co. of Canada

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 52 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "J. H. Robins 3525 Dover St Burnaby BC" [handwritten in blue ink on cover] "1949" [handwritten in blue ink on cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Automobiles--Maintenance and repair; Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Ford Motor Company of Canada

Notes: Includes index.

Wheels of the CP 5900

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3247

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"

Images

Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail

Whitechurch Hardware building

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1250

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Border of photograph has scalloped edges

Scope and Content: Photograph of Maurice (Maury) Whitechurch standing at the door of Whitechurch Hardware Store with his mother in-law's springer spaniel, Peggy. Whitechurch Hardware was located at 1316 Sixth Street (later, 7685 Sixth Street) and in operation between 1937 and 1973. The building formerly housed Bell's Dry Goods store until 1937 (with address 1314 Sixth Street) when it was moved slightly north to make room for a two storey building that was built on the corner, maintaining the address of 1314 Sixth Street. In 1974, this building was relocated to Burnaby Village Museum and restored to the former Bell's Dry Goods store.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Whitechurch Hardware

Geographic Access: 6th Street

Street Address: 7685 6th Street; 7695 6th Street

Accession Code: BV995.29.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-05-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "early 1940's"

Images

Whitechurch Hardware building, [between 1940 and 1945] thumbnail

Whitsell's Daughter's Home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34211

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 29 Jun. 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Whitsell's (the general contractor's) daughter's home on the 4200 Block of Napier Street. The house is completed and landscaping has been done around the house, but no landscaping has been done outside of the yard. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 29 Jun. 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Whitsell's (the general contractor's) daughter's home on the 4200 Block of Napier Street. The house is completed and landscaping has been done around the house, but no landscaping has been done outside of the yard. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Whitsell's Daughter's Home, 29 Jun. 1947 thumbnail

Widening and Grading of Miller Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53890

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 69976

Meeting Date: 23-Oct-1944

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 69976

Meeting Date: 23-Oct-1944

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 69976

23-Oct-1944 Meeting Minutes

Widening of 3700 Block Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48611

Meeting Date: 1-Nov-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48611

Meeting Date: 1-Nov-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48611

1-Nov-1948 Meeting Minutes

Widening of 3700 Block of Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48813

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48112

Meeting Date: 11-Feb-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48112

Meeting Date: 11-Feb-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48112

11-Feb-1948 Meeting Minutes

Widening of East Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49078

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48939

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48939

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48939

30-Jun-1947 Meeting Minutes

Widening of East Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49496

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49267

Meeting Date: 11-Mar-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49267

Meeting Date: 11-Mar-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 49267

11-Mar-1946 Meeting Minutes

Widening of East Hastings Street and Conveyance of Lot 5, Block 9, DL 121

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48781

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48153

Meeting Date: 8-Mar-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48153

Meeting Date: 8-Mar-1948

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48153

8-Mar-1948 Meeting Minutes

Widening of Hastings Street between Boundary Road and Sperling Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49536

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49225

Meeting Date: 11-Feb-1946

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49225

Meeting Date: 11-Feb-1946

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 49225

11-Feb-1946 Meeting Minutes

Widening of Imperial Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49135

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48894

Meeting Date: 19-May-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48894

Meeting Date: 19-May-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48894

19-May-1947 Meeting Minutes

Widening of Streets and Required Bylaws

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49463

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49271

Meeting Date: 25-Mar-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49271

Meeting Date: 25-Mar-1946

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 49271

25-Mar-1946 Meeting Minutes

Widening of the 3700 Block Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47771

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48032

Meeting Date: 19-Dec-1949

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48032

Meeting Date: 19-Dec-1949

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48032

19-Dec-1949 Meeting Minutes

Will and licenses of William Michael Parker

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10083

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1943 and 1962

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of the last will and testament of William Michael Parker and two British Columbia Motor Vehicle Licences for William Michael Parker.The will is signed and witnessed on February 28, 1943 and the vehicle licence registrations are dated February 28, 1962. One vehicle license has the addr…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family vital events and correspondence series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Material Details: "DATED FEBRUARY 12th, 1943 / WILLIAM MICHAEL PARKER, / Testator: / Sarah Maria parker / Executrix / WILL / LIDSTER & ALLISON, / Barristers & Solicitors, / New Westminster, B.C." printed on outside fold of the document.

Scope and Content: Item consists of the last will and testament of William Michael Parker and two British Columbia Motor Vehicle Licences for William Michael Parker.The will is signed and witnessed on February 28, 1943 and the vehicle licence registrations are dated February 28, 1962. One vehicle license has the address 1390 Cumberland St. while the other has the address 7651 Cumberland St. [This is the date of the change in the street numbering system in Burnaby.]

History: See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.

Accession Code: BV012.31.15

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1943 and 1962

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Willard Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48938

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49098

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 49098

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 49098

3-Nov-1947 Meeting Minutes

William and Annie Mawhinney

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5195

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1930-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.

Scope and Content: William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w ; copy print.

Material Details: "Woodward's Photographic Studio /Unretouched/ Proof"

Scope and Content: William and Annie Mawhinney, pose for a portrait at Woodward's photo studio. William is wearing a striped suit with a white shirt and patterned tie. Annie is wearing a dark jacket over a patterned blouse. She wears pearl earrings and necklace. They both wear glasses.

History: William and Annie Mawhinney were prominent fruit farmers in the Buckingham area of Burnaby.

Other Title Information: title based on content of photograph

Names: Mawhinney, Annie Josephine Sutcliff; Mawhinney, William Alexander

Accession Code: BV016.48.68

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1930-1940

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Apr-18

Photographer: Photo Studio Woodwards Ltd.

Images

William and Annie Mawhinney, 1930-1940 thumbnail

William and Flora Bell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1204

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bel…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bell's Dry Goods store located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in East Burnaby and in operation between 1926 and 1941.

Names: Bell, Flora; Bell, William

Accession Code: BV995.11.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 07-May-24

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Mr. + Mrs. Bell. 1946"

Images

William Holmes family records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1858-1941

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters and land title certificates of William Holmes along with a newspaper clipping refering to the European Ash tree that was planted by the Holmes family on their land in District Lot 1 in Burnaby.

Accession Code: BV997.50

Date: 1858-1941

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

William Holmes fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10416

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1841]-1994

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs (calotype) + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col. + 5 p. textual records + 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the William Holmes family, family grave markers in cemetery in Ireland along with original correspondence, land title certificates and a newspaper clipping. Fonds is arranged in series: 1) William Holmes family photographs series 2) William Holmes family records series 3) Holmes family cemetery photographs series

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby and was born in Kilkenny Ireland January 4, 1812. In 1833, at the age of 20 yrs, William Holmes immigrated to Canada from Ireland in with his parents, Joseph and Jane (McCullough) Holmes and ten other family members including two of his married brothers and their wives, two sisters with their husbands and two unmarried brothers. This was the first group of thirteen to leave Ireland and set up homesteads in Canada near the shores of Lake Huron. The family settled on land concessions in Huron County, Ontario about 14 km southeast of Goderich. The area in Huron County was first founded in 1832 by John and Samuel Holmes and the community was known as Holmes Hill before becoming Holmesville [ca. 1850]. In 1837, William Holmes is noted as owning Lot 23, Concession IX, Goderich Twp. Much of the village of Holmesville grew up around the five road concession near the border of his brother’s farm so William decided to open a store. The Holmesville post office opened on March 1, 1855 and William was appointed the first post master which he operated until May 1857. William met and married Mary Richardson in 1841 and the couple had three daughters: Jane (1844-1926) (married Charles Studdert Finlaison in New Westminster in 1863); Anne Maria (Annie) (1846-192?) (married John Gunther Jennings in New Westminster in 1865 and married Robert Johnson in New Westminster in 1877) and Elizabeth (1848-1934) (married Thomas Carrington of Lakes District in 1867). William’s wife, Mary (Richardson) Holmes died in Holmesville sometime between 1848 and 1853. Following the death of his first wife, Mary, William married Charlotte McCullough (McCulloch). The couple had four daughters; Arabella Charlotte Amelia (1854-1943) (married Arthur Robert Green in 1887); Laura (1855-1867); Arabella Henrietta (1857-1929) (married Clark Wesley Gillanders in 1880) and Mary (1863-1864). During the late 1850s, William became aware of the gold rush and opportunities opening up in British Columbia so left for the west coast in 1858 at the age of 46 yrs. In preparation for his move to the west coast of Canada, William obtained a letter of introduction from top government officials of Canada. William Holmes arrived in British Columbia in 1859. Upon arriving, he first worked running pack trains from Harrison Mills to Lillooet. After earning some money, he decided to re-invest it in land. His first pre-emption of land occurred on January 21, 1860 for 160 acres situated on North Road from the Military Camp to Burrard Inlet and distancing 25 chains south of the Brunette River and 20 chains south of the river with the land extending in a westerly direction. On March 17, 1860, Holmes received a Crown Grant for this and other land in the immediate area totalling 415 acres of which was known as Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District. The balance of land was situated on the east side of the Brunette River – Lot 13, with 344 2/3 acres of which he made an application to purchase on June 26, 1860, and a Crown Grant dated March 16, 1861 covering 86 acres. Holmes also pre-empted land in Port Moody and Pitt Meadows in 1860 and 1861. The name of “Brunette River” is officially attributed to William Holmes who referred to the river as “Brunette” due to it’s dark colour originating from the peat lands above the lake. Following his purchase of property, he sent for his wife Charlotte, their three daughters and her three step daughters (from William’s first marriage). Charlotte and the six children made the long trip to B.C. by ship and rail, crossing the Isthmus of Darien at Panama. They arrived in B.C. in October 1861 and moved into a one room log cabin built by William. The cabin stood on the North Road at the foot of Sapperton, on a bluff overlooking the Brunette River. Eventually the family moved to a larger dwelling but the original cabin remained on the site until the 1890s when it was burned after being used as a sick house. Mr. Holmes was instrumental in organizing the first Orange Lodge in British Columbia. He was a prominent Orangeman who joined the order in 1840 and was the first master in the order of the City of New Westminster when the Lodge No. 1150 was established there. Charlotte Holmes died in New Westminster in 1893 at the age of 70 years and William Holmes died in New Westminster September 11, 1907 at the age of 95 years.

Responsibility: Holmes, William

Accession Code: HV971.46; BV997.50

Date: [1841]-1994

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also: Reference file: Persons - Holmes, William

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

William James Dynes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36500

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1943 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of William James Dynes, the foreman on the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. He is wearing a fedora, a plaid scarf, and a tweed overcoat.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1943 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Capitol Hill Community Association subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 282-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of William James Dynes, the foreman on the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. He is wearing a fedora, a plaid scarf, and a tweed overcoat.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers

Names: Dynes, William James

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

William James Dynes, [between 1943 and 1947] thumbnail

William J. Devitt papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58429

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS082-001

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file