George Jeffery subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.
- History
- George Jeffery was a well-respected Burnaby police constable, having served first as a solider. Upon joining the police force in 1912, he was appointed to patrol the Central Park district, a position he held for 22 years. From his experiences confronting young shoplifters, he determined the reason groups of boys were getting into trouble was due to a lack of recreational activities on offer. He established the Burnaby Athletics Association in an old barn behind the Royal Oak Hotel to combat this, turning it into a competitive boxing ring and gym.
George and his wife Harriet lived most of their married life in Central Park district with their three daughters: Patricia, a teacher in Burnaby prior to her marriage; Winnifred, Burnaby's 1929 May Queen; and Elsie who excelled at badminton. Patricia married William Poole; Winnifred married Fred Shaughnessy; and Elsie married Art Winteford.
In 1935, when the BC Provincial police replaced the Burnaby Police, George quit the force in order to stay in Burnaby and worked at Oakalla Prison farm. He retired in 1945.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Jeffery, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS013, PC013
Less detail
The Burnaby Post, Thursday, May 23, 1929
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 23, 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 8 p. of newsprint
- Scope and Content
- Item is eight pages of newsprint from Volume VII, No. 27 of The Burnaby Post featuring an article entitled,"SATURDAY'S MAY DAY FESTIVAL" with Winnifred Jeffery as the May Queen.
Central Park District Patrol Report 1920
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.
Complimentary dinner invitation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation and envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item is a complimentary dinner invitation which reads, "ADMIT BEARER / TO / COMPLIMENTARY DINNER / TENDERED TO BURNABY 1929 MAY QUEEN / MISS WINNIFRED JEFFREY [sic] / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR / SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, 1929 / AT SIX O'CLOCK / 'ST. ALBANS' HALL DOUGLAS RD. AND EDMONDS ST." and its envelope.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation and envelope
- Material Details
- Black writing on white rag paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a complimentary dinner invitation which reads, "ADMIT BEARER / TO / COMPLIMENTARY DINNER / TENDERED TO BURNABY 1929 MAY QUEEN / MISS WINNIFRED JEFFREY [sic] / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR / SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, 1929 / AT SIX O'CLOCK / 'ST. ALBANS' HALL DOUGLAS RD. AND EDMONDS ST." and its envelope.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 2 duplicate copies of the dinner invitation, without envelopes
- Written in pencil on recto of envelope reads: "1929 May Queen"
Less detail
Coronation and celebration papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to celebrations attended by George Jeffery. Included in the file are brochures entitled, "Canada's Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / July 2nd / Burnaby's Official Programme" and "Civic Coronation Service / Sunday, May the Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven"…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-017
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to celebrations attended by George Jeffery. Included in the file are brochures entitled, "Canada's Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / July 2nd / Burnaby's Official Programme" and "Civic Coronation Service / Sunday, May the Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven". There are also notes that appear to be for a speech written on several envelopes and a white Diamond Jubilee of Confederation committee ribbon.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
George Jeffery papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-010
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Letters of recommendation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters of recommendation for George Jeffery as well as a 104th Regiment tax certificate and a certificate of discharge from the militia.
May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations to the crowning of Beulah Toebaert as Burnaby's 1927 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS BEULAH TOEBAERT / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 28, 1927.
May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the crowning of Sylvia Murley as Burnaby's 1928 May Queen, as well as an invitation to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS SYLVIA MURLEY / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 26, 1928.
May Day papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of official programmes of the 1925 May Day celebration, the Order of Parade for the 1931 May Day celebration as well as a purple Burnaby May Day Committee ribbon.
Name index for complaints
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a name index of citizens' complaints made to the Burnaby Police Detachment.
Name index for the Constables' Patrol Report Book
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a compilation of names, addresses, occupations and family connections of the residences of southwest Burnaby including Royal Oak, Alta Vista McKay, Jubilee, Central Park and some parts of Highland Park, dating from July 1913 to March 14, 1920 taken from Constable George Jeffery's p…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-018
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a compilation of names, addresses, occupations and family connections of the residences of southwest Burnaby including Royal Oak, Alta Vista McKay, Jubilee, Central Park and some parts of Highland Park, dating from July 1913 to March 14, 1920 taken from Constable George Jeffery's patrol report books.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Patrol Reports
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.
Patrol Reports
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.