Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activitie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activities of L. Claude Hill; photographs of the Peers family’s Burnaby Lake home, Greyfriars, and pictures taken by Arthur Peers during his work and travels throughout British Columbia in the first part of the 20th century; and photographs of the family of Claude Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents and scenes, and pictures Kitty took as an adult documenting the growth of her own family. Also included in this fonds are a number of photographs showing Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, where the Peers and Hill families often vacationed.
- History
- Bob Peers was born William John Peers, the son of real estate broker and early Burnaby resident, Francis John Peers and his wife Elizabeth Frisby. Originally from England, the family moved to Vancouver in 1905 and soon after settled at Burnaby Lake. The family included one daughter (Mary Elizabeth Dora) and four boys (Arthur Francis, William John “Bob”, Geoffrey Hugh, and Richard Dominic). When they arrived in Burnaby, Francis Peers purchased a piece of land from another early settler, Claude Hill, and built the family home “Greyfriars” near Deer Lake. The children attended school in the home of Miss Harriet Woodward, the first school to be held in the Burnaby Lake area. In 1925, Bob married Claude Hill’s daughter and another former pupil of “Miss Harry’s,” Kitty Hill.
Kitty (born Katherine Maude Hill) was the only child of Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill and Annie Sara Kenrick. Having moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s, Claude went on to operate a successful strawberry farm and soon became active in the political development of Burnaby – being elected to the first Burnaby Council and serving from 1892-1894 and again from 1909-1910. 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.
In 1925, Bob and Kitty were married and they went on to have three children, Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham).
- Formats
- All photographic records have been scanned and are saved in jpeg format on the City of Burnaby network. Archival master copies have also been produced in tiff format and have been burned to CD for preservation purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Peers family
- Hill family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Less detail
Airship at New Westminster
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Anne and Babs
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Anne Peers and her younger sister, Babs standing at the house in 4606 West 2nd and Tolmie, Point Grey Vancouver.
Anne and Babs on steps of Hill Cottage
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1937]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Anne Peers and her younger sister, Babs standing on the steps of their grandparents' residence. Anne and Babs are the daughters of Kitty Peers (nee Hill) and Bob Peers and the home belonged to Annie Hill and the late Claude Hill.
Anne and Babs Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Anne Peers and her younger sister Babs, standing in a garden. The location of this photograph may be the home of grandparents, Annie Hill and the late Claude Hill.
Anne and Robert Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1932]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 9.3 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne and her brother, Robert Peers sitting on a wooden bench.
Anne, Babs, Bob and Bessie
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 9 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Peers children, Anne, Babs and Bob with horse named Bessie. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that the pony belonged to Sheila Bonallo.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on album page 17.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers (later Anne Latham) standing in back yard of 4606 West 2nd Avenue in Vancouver, BC.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers as an infant being held by Annie Hill.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers, sitting on a blanket, holding a toy ball.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers, laying on a blanket on the lawn of an unidentified home.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers, laying on a blanket on the lawn of an unidentified home.
Anne Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Anne Peers, dressed her flower girl dress, holding of bouquet of flowers. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the wedding of Dick Peers.
Anne Peers at the beach
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 9.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers in bathing costume, posing for the camera on an unidentified beach.
Anne Peers in a baby carriage
Anne Peers in front of a trellis
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 9 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers standing in front of a garden trellis.
Anne Peers on a rocking horse
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1932]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers riding on a wooden rocking horse.
Anne Peers on the steps
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4.5 x 4.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted on album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers and three dolls sitting on the step of an unidentified home.This may be her grandmother, Annie Hill's house on Deer Lake Avenue.
Anne Peers playing in the water
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 6 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Peers in bathing costume, playing in the water.