Photograph of four people seated on deck chairs and man in front wearing a captain's hat. People are identified seated on deck chairs (left to right); Mrs. H., Ada Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Conquest John "Con" Stanley. Man seated in front is unidentified. Canvas backdrop hanging from wooden pole …
Photograph of four people seated on deck chairs and man in front wearing a captain's hat. People are identified seated on deck chairs (left to right); Mrs. H., Ada Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Conquest John "Con" Stanley. Man seated in front is unidentified. Canvas backdrop hanging from wooden pole or mast is visible behind the group.
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1936 / This year at Dedl / my neighbour / Mrs H & / Con & Arthur / came dow the / week end, the other Me"
Annotation in white below photograph on album page reads: "1936 / _Ada_Arthur, Con"
Photograph of (left to right) Norma Hall, Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) and Louise Irwin with bicycles on the seawall in Stanley Park. The Lions Gate Bridge is visible behind them.
Photograph of (left to right) Norma Hall, Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) and Louise Irwin with bicycles on the seawall in Stanley Park. The Lions Gate Bridge is visible behind them.
Photograph of (left to right) Eleanor Irwin (Nelson), Louise Irwin and Norma Hall standing with a bicycle on the seawall in Stanley Park. The Lions Gate Bridge is visible behind them.
Photograph of (left to right) Eleanor Irwin (Nelson), Louise Irwin and Norma Hall standing with a bicycle on the seawall in Stanley Park. The Lions Gate Bridge is visible behind them.
2 photograph albums + 3 photographs + 128 photographs (tiffs & jpgs) + 1 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of original photograph albums created by Esther (Love) Stanley as well as a collection of digital reproductions of photographs, documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Love, Stanley and Shankie families.
2 photograph albums + 3 photographs + 128 photographs (tiffs & jpgs) + 1 cm textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of original photograph albums created by Esther (Love) Stanley as well as a collection of digital reproductions of photographs, documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Love, Stanley and Shankie families.
History
Esther Love Stanley was born in Burnaby in 1896 to parents Jesse Love (1847-1928) and Martha Leonard (1858-1920). Esther's father, Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, Jesse met Martha Leonard and they married in 1879. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George (1880-1974) and Annie Elizabeth (1881-1957). About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry (1883-1956) and Edith Minnie (1885-1976). The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. Soon after their fifth child, Thomas Robert (1887-1918) was born, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more children Martha (Dot or Dorothy) (1889-1972) and Sarah Marie (1892-1978).
In October 1893, Jesse Love purchased land in District Lot 25, Burnaby and built a house between 1893 and 1894. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and the address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road (after 1960- 7651 Cumberland). While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard (1894-1991), Esther (1896-1991), John Leonard (1899-1978) and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) (1902-1976).
Frank Charles “Stan” Stanley was born in London, England in 1891. Frank “Stan” Stanley is the youngest son of John Stanley and Mary (Conquest) Stanley. John and Mary had eleven children: Conquest John “Con”, George, Alice, Mary, Nelly, Mabel Annie, Percy William, Henry James, Ada Elizabeth, Arthur Ewart and Frank Charles. In 1912, Frank Charles Stanley immigrated to Canada. Frank Stanley served in the 29th Battalion (nicknamed Tobin's Tigers) during the First World War. He received a Military Medal for bravery while serving as lieutenant.
Esther Love and Frank “Stan” Stanley maintained a relationship through letter writing during the First World War and in 1921 after he returned, they were married at St. Alban’s Church in Burnaby. Frank and Esther Stanley (nee Love) had four children, Mary Frances (Pearson) (d. 1986), Ina Esther (Shankie) (1924-2017), Frank Conquest and Joyce (Warner). Frank Charles “Stan” Stanley ran a service station on St. John's Street in Port Moody for many years and also served as mayor of Port Moody in the 1940s. Frank Charles Stanley died in 1975 and Esther Love Stanley died in 1991.
In 1947, Ina Esther Stanley married Thomas Ramsay “Ram” Shankie (1920-1996). Ina and Thomas Ramsay Shankie had four children; David Andre Shankie (b. 1951), Linda Lorraine Shankie (Hanlon), Susan Lesley Shankie (Weston) and Kathryn Louise Shankie. The family lived at 5351 Kalyk Avenue in Burnaby (later 3676 Kalyk Avenue).
Thomas Ramsay Shankie is the son of Thomas Shankie (1872-1959) and Bertha Janet Shankie (nee Gray) (1891-1965). Thomas Shankie (Sr.) immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1905. In 1919 Thomas Shankie married Bertha Janet Gray at Henderson Presbyterian Church in West Burnaby. Thomas was the church organist and choir master of the church. Once married, the couple moved to a house located at 3718 Barker Avenue (later became 5515 Barker Avenue). Thomas and Bertha Shankie had two children, Thomas Ramsay Shankie (1920-1996) and Janet Isabella Shankie (Bower) (1923-2014). Around the age of 46 years, Thomas Shankie joined a gym and bought a bicycle to improve his health. By 1955 at the age of 83 years, Thomas Shankie had logged over two hundred thousand miles since buying his first bicycle. His motto was "ride a bicycle if you want to stay young and live long". Thomas also competed in many cycling races.
Janet Isabella Shankie Bower (1923-2014) married Charles Franklin "Frank" Bower (1914-2004) in 1947. Janet and Frank Bower had two children; Gordon Franklin Bower (1951-2003) and Janet (Flintroy).
Creator as well as descendants maintained original photograph albums along with digital copies of original family records. A selection of digital copies and originals were preserved in the order in which they were maintained and are reflected in the archival descriptions. When original photograph albums were acquired in 2022, some digital surrogates were deaccesioned.
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
See also Love family fonds
Items of ephemera are described as artifacts in the Burnaby Village Museum artifact collection.
Photograph of left to right; Mary (Stanley) Pearson, Mary Conquest, Esther (Love) Stanley, Ina (Stanley) Shankie, Joyce (Stanley) Warner (on lap of her mother Esther) and Frank Stanley (seated on ground in front). the group are gathered outside of a cabin in Boundary Bay.
Photograph of left to right; Mary (Stanley) Pearson, Mary Conquest, Esther (Love) Stanley, Ina (Stanley) Shankie, Joyce (Stanley) Warner (on lap of her mother Esther) and Frank Stanley (seated on ground in front). the group are gathered outside of a cabin in Boundary Bay.
File consists of copies of marriage, birth and death certificates along with copies of biographical information from Pioneer Tales and related correspondence. Esther Stanley (nee Love) was born in 1896, married Frank Charles Stanley in 1921 and is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love.
File consists of copies of marriage, birth and death certificates along with copies of biographical information from Pioneer Tales and related correspondence. Esther Stanley (nee Love) was born in 1896, married Frank Charles Stanley in 1921 and is the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love.
Photograph of Esther Love Stanley (left) standing together with her two daughters, Mary and Ina Stanley on a motor trip through the Fraser Canyon. They are standing on the road at the rear of their automobile.
Photograph of Esther Love Stanley (left) standing together with her two daughters, Mary and Ina Stanley on a motor trip through the Fraser Canyon. They are standing on the road at the rear of their automobile.
Photograph of group of four young women identified as (left to right): Thelma Troyer, Olive Stock, Dorothy (?), Esther Stock standing behind Esther and Frank Charles Stanley's children, Mary, Ina and Frank Stanley (in front). The group are standing together on a sidewalk outside of a house.
Photograph of group of four young women identified as (left to right): Thelma Troyer, Olive Stock, Dorothy (?), Esther Stock standing behind Esther and Frank Charles Stanley's children, Mary, Ina and Frank Stanley (in front). The group are standing together on a sidewalk outside of a house.
Photograph of Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley getting a haircut from Orrie Sommers. Frank is seated in a chair with a shirt draped around his neck and Orrie is standing behind holding a razor. The pair are on the porch of a farm house in Alberta.
Photograph of Frank Charles "Stan" Stanley getting a haircut from Orrie Sommers. Frank is seated in a chair with a shirt draped around his neck and Orrie is standing behind holding a razor. The pair are on the porch of a farm house in Alberta.
Photograph of young Frank Stanley standing on a sidewalk in front of his family home on Clark Street in Port Moody. Picket fence and house are visible in the background.
Photograph of young Frank Stanley standing on a sidewalk in front of his family home on Clark Street in Port Moody. Picket fence and house are visible in the background.
Photograph of Frank Stanley (front row-second from right) posing for a photograph with a group of his cousin at Boudary Bay. Children are standing in two rows with most wearing bathing suits. Frank's sister Ina (Stanley) Shankie may also be in the group standing to the left of Frank.
Photograph of Frank Stanley (front row-second from right) posing for a photograph with a group of his cousin at Boudary Bay. Children are standing in two rows with most wearing bathing suits. Frank's sister Ina (Stanley) Shankie may also be in the group standing to the left of Frank.
Photograph of Frank Charles Stanley (Stan) together with his four children Ina, Frank, Mary and Joyce (on his lap). The family are gathered together outside with bushes and trees visible in the background.
Photograph of Frank Charles Stanley (Stan) together with his four children Ina, Frank, Mary and Joyce (on his lap). The family are gathered together outside with bushes and trees visible in the background.
Photograph of Frank Charles Stanley standing with an unidentified woman on a wooden bridge. Frank Stanley is leaning against the rail of the bridge and holding a Brownie camera.
Photograph of Frank Charles Stanley standing with an unidentified woman on a wooden bridge. Frank Stanley is leaning against the rail of the bridge and holding a Brownie camera.
Photograph of a group of four golfers (two men and two women) standing together in Stanley Park. Crichton Hawkshaw (far left) is standing next to Maureen Elliott (second from left). A man named Norm is identified on the far right. A woman second from right is not identified. Each person is holding…
Photograph of a group of four golfers (two men and two women) standing together in Stanley Park. Crichton Hawkshaw (far left) is standing next to Maureen Elliott (second from left). A man named Norm is identified on the far right. A woman second from right is not identified. Each person is holding two golf clubs.