Photograph of John Ivan Yanko, Martha Lyshak, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko with Rhonda Yanko in her arms, Edward "Eddie" Carman and his wife Kay Carman and Fred Yanko standing arm in arm next to a parked car. The location has not been identified.
Photograph of John Ivan Yanko, Martha Lyshak, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko with Rhonda Yanko in her arms, Edward "Eddie" Carman and his wife Kay Carman and Fred Yanko standing arm in arm next to a parked car. The location has not been identified.
Photograph of Kay Carman, Martha Lyshak, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko, Fred Yanko with Rhonda Yanko in his arms, Edward "Eddie" Carman and John Ivan Yanko standing mostly arm in arm next to a parked car. The location has not been identified.
Photograph of Kay Carman, Martha Lyshak, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko, Fred Yanko with Rhonda Yanko in his arms, Edward "Eddie" Carman and John Ivan Yanko standing mostly arm in arm next to a parked car. The location has not been identified.
This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's earliest memories of her family home with family members and friends living nearby. Charmaine tells the story of how her parents met and how they first came to live in Burnaby.
This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's earliest memories of her family home with family members and friends living nearby. Charmaine tells the story of how her parents met and how they first came to live in Burnaby.
Date Range
1929-1967
Photo Info
Charmaine Yanko (later Bayntun) nursing a goat from a bottle, [1969]. Item no. 549-015.
Recording is an interview with Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 22, 2012. Major themes discussed are: education and family heritage.
Biographical Notes
At the age of twenty, John Ivan Yanko met his future wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby.
John Ivan Yanko and Lillian Doris (Carman) Yanko were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948.
In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth.
Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work.
John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property.
John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Lillian Doria Leida (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011.
Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun completed her schooling in Burnaby and became a teacher for twenty-two years, followed by ten years as a Burnaby elementary school principal.
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Photograph of John Ivan Yanko with his daughter Rhonda Yanko on his knee, his wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko beside him and Martha Lyshak beside her. Everyone is sitting on the front lawn of Lillian and John's family home at 7385 Broadway (later renumbered 7391) in Burnaby. Fred Ya…
Photograph of John Ivan Yanko with his daughter Rhonda Yanko on his knee, his wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko beside him and Martha Lyshak beside her. Everyone is sitting on the front lawn of Lillian and John's family home at 7385 Broadway (later renumbered 7391) in Burnaby. Fred Yanko's 1941 Chevrolet is parked in the driveway.
Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko holding her youngest daughter Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko (later Bayntun) at what appears to be the front steps their house on Broadway in Burnaby.
Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko holding her youngest daughter Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko (later Bayntun) at what appears to be the front steps their house on Broadway in Burnaby.
Photograph of Martha Lyshak and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko standing arm in arm next to a parked car on John and Lillian Yanko's property at 7385 Broadway (later renumbered 7391) in Burnaby.
Photograph of Martha Lyshak and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko standing arm in arm next to a parked car on John and Lillian Yanko's property at 7385 Broadway (later renumbered 7391) in Burnaby.
Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two daughters, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict family parties and events, travel snapshots, scenes in Vancouver, and the family home and pets.
Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two daughters, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict family parties and events, travel snapshots, scenes in Vancouver, and the family home and pets.
1 album (453 photographs : b&w and col.) + 9 accompanying photographs
Scope and Content
Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two children, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events, and the family home …
1 album (453 photographs : b&w and col.) + 9 accompanying photographs
Description Level
File
Record No.
545-250
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2012-09
Scope and Content
Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their two children, Rhonda and Charmaine (later Bayntun). Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events, and the family home and pets.