Field family fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915] - [1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs : tiffs ; 600 ppi + 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Field family and their relatives, including the Sandersons, as well as notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address he gave in 1934 titled "The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915] - [1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs : tiffs ; 600 ppi + 0.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- 2012-24
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Field family and their relatives, including the Sandersons, as well as notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address he gave in 1934 titled "The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches."
- History
- William “Willie“ James Field was born to William and Rebecca (Chambers) December of 1881 in England.
Laura Tonkin was born to John Charles and Amelia (Johns) February of 1887 in Wales. Her brother, Charles Henry “Harry” was born in 1888.
In 1907, Laura Tonkin married Willie James Field. Their first child, Phyllis Laura, was born in 1910. In 1912, the young family of three immigrated to Canada, arriving firstly in Hamilton, Ontario, where Willie James ran a welding business. Both Willie’s youngest brother, Arthur Pearcy, and Laura’s only brother, Charles Henry “Harry”, joined them soon after. The extended family of five then moved west to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. But Arthur Percy soon returned to Hamilton, married Sara Umbach, and had their two children, Arthur and June.
Laura and Willie returned to Wales with Phyllis to have their second child, William John “John”, in 1914. War broke out and they were stranded until 1919. Within that time, Harry also returned to England with his bride, Ethyl “Em.” In 1919, the Field and Tonkin families returned to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, before heading out west. Willie James Field or Harry Tonkin owned the Model T-Ford convertible that the extended family travelled west in, arriving in Central Park, Burnaby, around 1921.
Amelia and John Charles Tonkin purchased a home on Wilson Avenue where they lived out the rest of their lives. Amelia died on March 6, 1944, at the age of 82.
Harry and Em Tonkin bought property on Nelson Avenue and began their family with a son, Roy, who unfortunately, did not survive infancy. He had a sister, Marjorie, born 1927.
Willie James and Laura bought property on Patterson Avenue and had two more children: Dorothy, born October 10, 1925, and Robert George, born September 6, 1927.
In 1929, June Field was brought out from Ontario as tuberculosis had claimed both her parents. The Mackenzies of Central Park adopted her and she became June Mackenzie at the age of three. Her older brother Arthur stayed in a foster home in Ontario. When June lost both her adoptive parents, Arthur came to Burnaby and he and his sister became a members of the Patterson Avenue Field family.
In 1937, Phyllis Field married Gordon John Sanderson, the son of Ellen Jane Garvin and former Burnaby Reeve Thomas Sanderson.
William James Field died March 17, 1965, at the age of 83, his wife Laura died in 1968 at the age of 81.
William John “John” and Margaret (Begg) Field had their daughter Lorraine in 1941 and Joyce shortly after.
Robert George married Edna Schilthelm of Mandy Avenue in Burnaby, and had William George “Bill”, Elizabeth “Betty” Gorrie, Joan Katherine Nash and Susan Carol Hanniford. All live locally, except Joan who lives in Royston.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Field family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 521, MSS168
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Central Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field, his wife Laura Tonkin (Field) and brother to Laura, Charles Henry (Harry) Tonkin in their car at the entrance to Central Park. The Central Park arch is prominent in the photograph. In 1921 the family drove in this car from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Burnaby and in …
Central Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of for Model-T Fords driving along Kingsway at Central Park. St. John Divine Church is visible on the right.
Central Park Lawn Bowling
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of eight women in tea dresses standing together on the Central Park Lawn Bowling green.
Collision
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a faded sepia photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of spectators surrounding a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram and a car.
- Subjects
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents
- Accidents - Train Accidents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Collision
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a b&w photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car and the damage it suffered in a collision involving a British Columbia Electric Railway tram.
- Subjects
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents
- Accidents - Train Accidents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Division Five at Kingsway West School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William John Field and his fellow Division Five classmates at Kingsway West School. John is sitting in the front row, second from the right. The teacher (unidentified) is standing on the far right.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a sepia photograph that is permanently housed in a photographic album
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William John Field and his fellow Division Five classmates at Kingsway West School. John is sitting in the front row, second from the right. The teacher (unidentified) is standing on the far right.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Field, William John "John"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Dorothy Field's class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dorothy Field and her fellow classmates. Dorothy has not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of an original photographic postcard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dorothy Field and her fellow classmates. Dorothy has not been identified.
- Names
- Field, Dorothy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note on verso of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "D. Field / Class 13"
Less detail
Dorothy Field's class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dorothy Field and her fellow classmates. Dorothy has not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dorothy Field and her fellow classmates. Dorothy has not been identified.
- Names
- Soda, Eva
- Gray, Ruth
- Sheane, Bernice
- Nemer, E.
- Jeffcoat, Audrey
- Cameron, Helen
- Fraser, Margaret
- Hunter, Vivian
- Sellers, Margaret
- Johnson, Leona
- Waldner, Jean
- Prior, Margie L.
- Down, Muriel
- Grimwood, A.
- Fyvie, Josie
- Taylor, Marion
- Beck, Betty
- Evans, Doris
- Duthie, Evelyn
- Field, Dorothy
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Signatures of students written at angles on photograph's verso read: "Eva Soda / Ruth Gray / Bernice Sheane / E. Nemer / Audrey Jeffcoat / Helen Cameron / Margaret Fraser / Vivian Hunter / Margaret Sellers / E. Nemer / Leona Johnson / Jean Waldner / Margie L. Prior / Muriel Down / A. Grimwood / Josie Fyvie / Marion Taylor / Betty Beck / Doris Evans / Evelyn Duthie"
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The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists "... a copy of the available notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address, 'The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches', given by him to the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Board of Trade on Friday, February 16,1934."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS168-001
- Accession Number
- 2012-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists "... a copy of the available notes used by Thomas Sanderson in preparation of an address, 'The Early Development of Our Lumber Industry with Historical Sketches', given by him to the Foreign Trade Bureau of the Board of Trade on Friday, February 16,1934."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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Family of three
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a family of three standing in front of a house at an unidentified location.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of an original photographic postcard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a family of three standing in front of a house at an unidentified location.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Field family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field, his wife Laura and two children; Phyllis Laura (later Sanderson) and William John (neither Dorothy nor Robert were born yet) standing in an unidentified back garden.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a sepia photograph that is permanently housed in a photographic album
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field, his wife Laura and two children; Phyllis Laura (later Sanderson) and William John (neither Dorothy nor Robert were born yet) standing in an unidentified back garden.
- Names
- Field, William John "John"
- Field, Willie James
- Field, Laura Tonkin
- Sanderson, Phyllis Laura Field
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Field family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Field family home on Patterson in Burnaby.
Field family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Field family home at 2543 Patterson in Burnaby.
Field family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Field family home at 3543 Patterson in Burnaby. A group of people are gathered at the front of the house (most likely members of the Field family).
Go-cart race
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a go-cart race at what appears to be Central Park.
Harry Tonkin and his family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Tonkin (far left) leaning on the front of the Model T-Ford convertible that the Field and Tonkin families drove west in from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan to Burnaby, BC. Other family members are sitting on the running board, sitting inside the car and leaning against the back fender.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Tonkin (far left) leaning on the front of the Model T-Ford convertible that the Field and Tonkin families drove west in from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan to Burnaby, BC. Other family members are sitting on the running board, sitting inside the car and leaning against the back fender.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Names
- Tonkin, Harry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Hastings Street shop
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man leaning against the front entrance to a shop along Hastings Street in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [after 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man leaning against the front entrance to a shop along Hastings Street in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
Less detail
John and Phyllis Field
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings William John (John) and Phyllis Field (later Sanderson) sitting together. This photograph was taken at a photographic studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a b&w photograph that is permanently housed in a photographic album
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-027
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of siblings William John (John) and Phyllis Field (later Sanderson) sitting together. This photograph was taken at a photographic studio.
- Names
- Sanderson, Phyllis Laura Field
- Field, William John "John"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Lawn bowling
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of women lawn bowling at Central Park.