Photograph of the George Leaf general store, at 7745 6th Street. Identified are: (left to right) Andy Johnston, Bill Bailey, Harry Archibald, Ed Harris, Bob Burgess (George Leaf's half-brother), and Tom Breen. All were staff members of the store, which was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby…
Photograph of the George Leaf general store, at 7745 6th Street. Identified are: (left to right) Andy Johnston, Bill Bailey, Harry Archibald, Ed Harris, Bob Burgess (George Leaf's half-brother), and Tom Breen. All were staff members of the store, which was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. In the reflection of the store window at the right is the streetcar station on the opposite side of the street. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).
Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).
Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road (now McKay Avenue).
Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road .
Photograph of the inside of the George Leaf General Store and post office at 12th Avenue and 6th Street, 7745 6th Street. This was one of the earliest businesses in Burnaby. This store burned down in 1913, and a second one was built on Keefer Road .
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.
Biographical Notes
Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family.
Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time.
They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.
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.
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.