E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
1) Bateman family photographs series
2) Bateman family World War II lette…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
1) Bateman family photographs series
2) Bateman family World War II letters series
- History
- Edwin Wettenhall "E.W." Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) (1889-1969); George Edwin (1890-? ); Mamie (McWilliams) (1892-1979); Marianne “May” Bateman (1894-1990); Warren Stafford (1896-1954); Jessie (Fox Kemp) (1899-1978) and John Carey (1901-1945). Catherine “Cassie” (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909.
After Cassie's death, Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale (1896-1935). Edwin moved his six of his seven children to Vancouver (not including George). Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman first lived at 7th and Balsam Street in Vancouver and in 1920, they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter Marianne “May” Bateman to Deer Lake and commissioned architect, Enoch Evans to build 'Elworth' house (named after Edwin’s family home in Sandbach, Chesire). The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Heritage Village and later, Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived at this location for thirteen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Dale Bateman died in July 1935 and sometime after, Edwin W. Bateman married Dora Coulton. Edwin W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of 98.
Edna Caroline Bateman married Raymond Westley Corner in 1920 and had a daughter named Catherine Mary (Levins). Edna and Raymond lived in Kelowna. George Bateman married Louise Agness Birss in January 1910 and continued to live in Manitoba. Mamie Dale Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams in 1915. The couple had two children, Warren Finley McWilliams and Bruce McWilliams. Mamie and George McWilliams lived with their family on Douglas Road across the road from Elworth house in Burnaby. Warren McWilliams was on North Atlantic convoy duty during World War I from 1942 to 1944. Warren McWilliams died in 2004.
Warren Stafford Bateman married Norah Withington in Burnaby in 1924; Winifred Dare Webster in Burnaby in 1932 and Dorothy Margaret Buchanan in New Westminster in 1949. Warren and Winnifred “Winnie” Webster celebrated their marriage at Elworth house in 1932. Warren served in World War I. Jessie Madeline Bateman married Ernest Denby Fox (1900-1945) in 1921. Jessie and Ernest Fox had three children, Colin Rhodes Fox (1921-2005); Mary “Betty” (Gludo) and Allan Fox. Jessie and Ernest Fox operated a small logging company near Powell River, B.C. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Ernest Denby Fox, Jessie married James Kemp. The youngest child of Edwin and Cassie, John “Carey” Bateman married Sophia Spak (1899-1977) in 1925.
On September 10, 1939, the day that Canada declared war on Germany, Colin Rhodes Fox (eldest son of Jessie and Ernest Fox) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 years. Colin initially served in an anti-aircraft unit, but was soon transferred to the Field Artillery. During his service overseas, Colin wrote letters to family members including his aunt May Bateman who was living in Burnaby. Colin went through basic artillery training in Edmonton before heading overseas to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later the 78th Canadian Field Battery in Germany and Holland . Colin was wounded on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day) but returned to serve in Holland and Germany until the war ended. Colin suffered bullet and shrapnel wounds while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead. In 1946, Colin married Susan Streika (Striha) of Pitt Meadows and he began a thirty five year career in the B.C. Telephone Company on Vancouver Island. Colin and Susan had three children; Gary, Elaine and Irene. Colin Rhodes Fox died in 2005.
The E.W. Bateman house, "Elworth" is a heritage building on the site of the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.
- Creator
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Bateman, Caroline Mary Wettenhall
- Accession Code
- HV974.22
- HV974.90
- HV975.120
- HV976.37
- HV979.32
- BV985.1003
- BV986.21
- BV992.29
- BV994.22
- BV004.28
- BV004.84
- BV020.27
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Bateman children
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's seven children. The youngest, Warren, is sitting at the left, with Carey standing behind him. Next to Carey is the youngest sister, Jessie (Fox Kemp). The oldest sister, Edna (Corner) is sitting beside her. The oldest brother George is behind on the far righ…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's seven children. The youngest, Warren, is sitting at the left, with Carey standing behind him. Next to Carey is the youngest sister, Jessie (Fox Kemp). The oldest sister, Edna (Corner) is sitting beside her. The oldest brother George is behind on the far right, with Marianne May Bateman and Mamie Bateman (McWilliams) at the back (with a pendant around her neck).
- Names
- McWilliams, Mamie Bateman
- Kemp, Jessie Bateman Fox
- Corner, Edna Bateman
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Bateman, John Carey
- Bateman, Warren Stafford
- Bateman, George Edwin
- Accession Code
- BV004.84.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1909] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Bateman children
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on card 16.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Edwin Wettenhall and Catherine "Cassie" Bateman's children; Edna Caroline (Corner) (standing at back); George Edward (far left); Marrianne "May" (centre); Mamie Dale (McWilliams) (far right) and Jessie Madeline (Fox Kemp) (seated in front).
Bateman family
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1903]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on card 22.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters taken in a photographic studio. Edwin Bateman is sitting on a chair in the centre, with his left arm over the shoulders of his youngest daughter, Jessie (Fox Kemp). Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside him and Edna (Corner) is stan…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on card 22.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters taken in a photographic studio. Edwin Bateman is sitting on a chair in the centre, with his left arm over the shoulders of his youngest daughter, Jessie (Fox Kemp). Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside him and Edna (Corner) is standing behind, holding her sister's chair with one hand. Mamie (McWilliams) is standing on the left, with one arm wrapped around their father's chair.
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- McWilliams, Mamie Bateman
- Kemp, Jessie Bateman Fox
- Corner, Edna Bateman
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Accession Code
- BV992.29.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1903]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographic studio information is embossed on recto of card mount, however, the information is not legible
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Bateman family photographs series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs of the Edwin Wettenhall Bateman family including the children and grandchildren of E.W. Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman; parents of E.W. Bateman; parents of Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) and Mary (Dale) Bateman; Mary Bateman (second wife of E.W. Batem…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs of the Edwin Wettenhall Bateman family including the children and grandchildren of E.W. Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman; parents of E.W. Bateman; parents of Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) and Mary (Dale) Bateman; Mary Bateman (second wife of E.W. Bateman); Dora Coulton Bateman (third wife of E.W. Bateman) along with photographs of Elworth house in Burnaby and other family residences.
- Accession Code
- HV974.22
- HV974.90
- HV975.120
- HV976.37
- HV979.32
- BV985.1003
- BV986.21
- BV992.29
- BV994.22
- BV004.28
- BV004.84
- BV020.27
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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Edna Bateman Corner family home
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the family home of Edna Bateman Corner and Raymond Corner at Glenmore, B.C. which is now a part of Kelowna. View of orchard on hill side. There are two houses visible among the fields and fruit trees. Rows of tilled soil and wooden stakes can be seen in the foreground and by the foo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.4 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the family home of Edna Bateman Corner and Raymond Corner at Glenmore, B.C. which is now a part of Kelowna. View of orchard on hill side. There are two houses visible among the fields and fruit trees. Rows of tilled soil and wooden stakes can be seen in the foreground and by the foot of the hill.
- History
- Edna Bateman is the oldest daughter of Edwin W. Bateman.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Accession Code
- HV979.32.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-05
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Edna Bateman Corner family home / Glenmore BC, now a part of Kelowna BC / Many years ago." Printed on the original negative and inscribed on the photo, bottom front: "Fruit farm, Kelowna, B.C. / 561."
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May Bateman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1901]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on mattboard 19 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Marrianne "May" Bateman. May is standing on a wicker chair and is dressed in a waist coat and trousers. A back drop with a pillar is visible behind her.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on mattboard 19 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Marrianne "May" Bateman. May is standing on a wicker chair and is dressed in a waist coat and trousers. A back drop with a pillar is visible behind her.
- Names
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1901]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May Bateman"
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