Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1919-1968

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description

1 file of textual records

Description Level

File

Record No.

MSS110-017

Accession Number

BHS2004-06

Scope and Content

File consists of various miscellaneous papers including a map of Jasper National Park published in 1941, a Pacific National Exhibition prize list from 1968, a price list of acreage for sale in Burnaby (unknown date) and notebook filled with Rose Bancroft's notations appearing to pertain to ships docking in Vancouver. Inside the notebook are a number of newspaper clippings as well as a member card for Local 38-52 (Vancouver) of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Auxiliary.

Media Type

Textual Record

Notes

Title based on contents of file

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

June 17, 1947

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series

Community Archives Collection series

Subseries

Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Description Level

Item

Record No.

010-118

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number

BHS2007-04

Scope and Content

Photograph of a man seated on a horse at a construction site. He is identified as Joe [last name unknown], Mounted Patrol. This was taken at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects

Transportation - Horses

Public Services - Policing

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[194-] (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 ; 8.3 x 10.6 cm print

Description Level

Item

Record No.

315-413

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number

BHS1994-04

Scope and Content

Photograph of approximately forty people at a picnic of neighbours who lived on Pearl Avenue (formerly Earl Avenue). Back row (starting at left) are Bob McLeod and Henry Senft. To the right of Henry Senft and in the very back row is Don McKay. In front of him is his wife Evelyn McKay. Beside Evelyn McKay is Eileen Bellinger and beside her is Mr. Hyatt. Also in the back row, to the right, Effie Wallace and her husband Jim (standing right behind her) have been identified. The woman sitting down, second row from the front is "Grandma" Humphries. The woman sitting at the right end is Mrs. Hyatt and the lady two places to her left is Mrs. Bellinger. The children have been identified as (left to right): Virginia Wallace, Vivian McLeod, Marlene Scambler and Susan Wallace. The remainder are unknown.

Subjects

Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names

Wallace, Effie

Wallace, Jim

McLeod, Bob

Senft, Henry

McKay, Don

McKay, Evelyn

Bellinger, Eileen

Wallace, Virginia

McLeod, Vivian

Scambler, Marlene

Wallace, Susan

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Pearl Avenue

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9.5 cm

Material Details

Annotated in pencil on the back of the photograph are names of the men in the image. "Cook, Harrington, Kendnick, Collins / McGraw, Philips / Wogna, Vernon, Geo Philips, Autchion [?] / King / Sept./44 / Dishforth York / R.C.A.F."

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of eleven men posed in two rows. The men are all wearing RCAF uniforms and identified as "Cook, Harrington, Kendnick, Collins, McGraw, Philips, Wogna, Vernon, Geo Philips, Autchion [sic] and King". The photograph was taken in an unknown location, possibly in Dishforth England.

Subjects

Wars

Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names

Royal Canadian Legion

Accession Code

BV014.33.73

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

Sept. 1944

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

13-Mar-2018

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a group of eleven men posed in two rows. The men are all in RCAF uniforms at an unknown location, possibly in Dishforth England.

Subjects

Wars

Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names

Mark, Thomas "Tom"

Royal Canadian Legion

Accession Code

BV014.33.74

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[1944]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

13-Mar-2018

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series

Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Three generations of Sanders family outside with tree in background. Front row seated from left to right: Gerald F. Sanders, Dennis Sanders, Eileen Sanders, Reginald Sanders. Back row standing from left to right: Frank Sanders, unknown woman and Harriett Sanders.

Names

Sanders, Gerald Frank

Sanders, Eileen

Sanders, Dennis

Sanders, Reginald

Sanders, Frank

Sanders, Harriett Agnes Chalkley

Accession Code

BV018.34.27

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[1942]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Cascade-Schou Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

2022-07-12

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Pixie McGeachie fonds

Series

Pixie McGeachie photographs series

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi

Scope and Content

Photograph of three cross-country skiers standing on their skis side by side on Mount Seymour, North Vancouver. Skiers are identified from left to right as, Becky Skinner, unknown and Pixie McGeachie. The ground is covered with a thick layer of snow and a forested area of coniferous trees is visible behind.

Names

McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"

Skinner, Rebecca Nesbit "Becky"

Accession Code

BV008.17.27

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[between 1939 and 1949] (date of orignals), copied 2008

Media Type

Photograph

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1922-2016

Collection/Fonds

Small family fonds

Physical Description

75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan

Description Level

Fonds

Access Restriction

Open access

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number

2017-01

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quadrupled. Fonds also includes photographs of the Small family house being moved to 5496 Dominion Street and the original landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road.

History

In 1915, John W. Roberts and his wife Mary Allen Roberts moved from the United States to Canada along with their daughter, Lauretta. On first moving to Canada, the family lived in a rented house in Vancouver and John worked as a movie projectionist in the city. The couple had three more children, all sons: John A., Edward, and Roland. Circa 1921, John purchased a large parcel of land at the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street in Burnaby. This parcel encompassed the equivalent of at least six 66-foot lots along the south side of Dominion Street and the same along the north side of Norfolk Street. On their property, a barn and small living quarters were built. The family moved in, raising goats and growing potatoes to supplement their income. They also planted cherry, apple, and pear trees; hazelnut and walnut trees; raspberries; and a large vegetable garden, the fruits of which Mary preserved for year-round use. At this time, agricultural activities were common for families in the area: the Roberts' neighbours kept chickens for personal use and for selling eggs; grew mushrooms for commercial sale; and sold manure from an old buckboard drawn by Clydesdale horses. John built a new house in the middle of the Roberts’ lots on the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The house faced Douglas Road and overlooked a large, well-landscaped front yard to the east and a full-sized, clay tennis court to the north. The family moved into this new house in 1925. When the Roberts ceased raising goats, the barn and original living quarters were reduced to a double-car garage with storage space plus a sawdust-insulated “root cellar”. John also built a house on the northwest corner of the lot at Douglas Road and Dominion Street (3093 Douglas Road), which was purchased by the Hardy family. In 1957, part of this property (3071 Douglas Road) was sold to the Brocklebanks who built a house and lived there. In addition, John built a house at the northwest corner of Douglas Road and Norfolk Street (5106 Douglas Road). The original purchaser of this house is unknown, but in 1949, it was bought by the Meyers family. In 1952 or 1953, the Meyers sold part of this property and the Manahans built a house on it, facing Douglas Road. Several other lots that John owned were also sold off over the years. By the 1950s, John owned only five 66-foot lots from Douglas Road west, along the south side Dominion Street. In 1954, John sold the lot furthest from Douglas Road (5486 Dominion Street) to a builder who built a “ranch-style” house and put it up for sale. John retired from his career as a movie projectionist in the 1950s. He, Mary, and Lauretta retained their US citizenship all their lives, although they never returned to the USA except for brief visits. John A., Edward, and Roland who, as children of US citizens, also had US citizenship, eventually moved to the US, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1945, Lauretta married Frederick Small. The couple lived in a rented house in Vancouver for a few years before moving in with John and Mary in Burnaby. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin. In 1955, Frederick purchased the rancher at 5486 Dominion Street and the family moved in. The Small children grew up enjoying the freedom of having their grandparent’s large property in addition to their parent’s yard to play in. The back lane that ran between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street was filled with trees and bushes, creating a narrow bit of “forest” to explore. In 1957, John died. Mary died in 1969, as did Frederick. Lauretta was executor for her mother’s and husband’s estates. After much consideration, she decided to sell the house at 5486 Dominion Street and move back into her childhood home. By doing so, she was able to settle her mother’s estate to the satisfaction of her brothers. Elizabeth married and moved away. Over the next few years, the “Roberts” house was home to Lauretta, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin, with the three grown children moving in and out several times during the 1970s. In 1981, Lauretta died. Her children discussed at length how to divide up the property, which consisted of four 66-foot lots, according to her will. None of her children wanted to see the old family house destroyed but the house straddled two lots. They finally decided that if one of them wanted to pay to move the house to sit on one of the lots, the “value” of the house would not enter into the settlement of the estate. Kathryn chose to do this. In 1982, the old house was moved to 5496 Dominion Street and Kathryn continued to live in it. Martin died in 1982. Elizabeth and Charles each inherited one lot and the last lot, which would have gone to Martin, was sold, the funds divided equally between Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Charles. The three lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road were subdivided into 33-foot lots and six new houses were built. In 1993, the Meyers property and the Manahan property were subdivided into 33-foot lots facing Norfolk Street and the old houses were torn down and four new houses were built.

Media Type

Photograph

Technical Drawing

Creator

Small family

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Tom Mark in his RAF/RCAF uniform standing in front of a building in an unknown location.

Subjects

Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Wars

Names

Mark, Thomas "Tom"

Royal Canadian Air Force

Accession Code

BV014.33.72

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Date

[1944]

Media Type

Photograph

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

13-Mar-2018

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1861-2009

Collection/Fonds

William Randolph Beamish fonds

Physical Description

3.5 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 10 med. prints; and 6 large b&w prints.

Description Level

Fonds

Record No.

66671

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Accession Number

2018-08

2023-03

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of materials related to both Ran's personal life and his professional life as Reeve of Burnaby. Included in the materials are records related to his biological family as well as his adopted family, including records related to his reunion with his birth mother. Notable among his professional records are photographs and newspaper clippings documenting his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II during an official visit prior to her coronation.

History

William Randolph "Ran" Beamish was born in Warren, Ontario, on November 11, 1908. He was the child of Gertrude Applegate (nee Pearce) and Randolph Applegate, but when he was put in an orphanage at birth, he was adopted by William Beamish and Agnes Crabbe and raised as their only son. Agnes Crabbe was the daughter of James Crabbe and Emily Widger; Emily Widger was the daughter of Henry Widger and Agnes Oldridge. When Agnes Oldridge passed away, Henry Widger remarried Jessie (maiden name unknown) and had Gertrude, who later went on to give birth to Ran, meaning he was eventually adopted and raised by his first cousins. Ran married Marjorie Davies and had two children, Joanne Beamish and Donna Beamish. Ran served as the Reeve of Burnaby from 1950 to 1953. He died on January 2, 1965, in New Westminster at the age of 56.

Media Type

Textual Record

Less detail