Grieve family fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 cm. of textual records and 15 b&w prints.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of publications, correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Grieve family of North Burnaby.
- History
- William Ewart “Bill” Grieve was born at Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (then the North-West Territories), on August 15, 1885. He was the eldest child of John and Flora Grieve.
Bill attended school at Qu’Appelle until he was 12 years old and went to work at a furniture store. In October of 1902, at the age of 17, he moved to the Okanagan and worked on a Kettle Valley Railroad construction camp for four years.
Bill enlisted at Kamloops in 1915 and served overseas as a member of the 72nd Seaforth Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of Lens in August of 1917 and was invalided home in November of 1917.
On April 14, 1920, William Ewart “Bill” Grieve married Christine. Bill’s ill health sent them to California for a year but by April of 1923, they had returned to Canada and bought a house at 3925 Triumph Street in North Burnaby.
Bill worked as manager of the Used Car Department of Johnston Motors Ltd in Vancouver for the next twenty years. He retired in 1946 and opened his own used car business at 4507 East Hastings Street, Burnaby. Christine Grieve was a life-long member of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada.
Christine and Bill had two sons, Kenneth Ewart “Ken” and William Ronald “Ronald.”
Ken was born about 1922. By 1928, he was in grade three at Gilmore Avenue School and by 1948, he was at the University of British Columbia. Ken died prior to March of 2006.
Ronald was born about 1929 and was 13 years old during World War II. Like his older brother before him, he attended the University of British Columbia. He later married and had children, one of whom was Catherine E. “Cathy” Grieve (later Linowski). Ronald died April 7, 1970, at the age of 41.
Bill served as president of the North Burnaby Liberal Association for four years and was liberal candidate for the Burnaby Provincial riding at the General Election in 1937. He also served on the Burnaby School Board from 1943 to 1957 consecutively. Bill died April 1, 1969 at the age of 83.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS155, photo catalogue 523
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At the Gai Paree Supper Club
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"
- Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Ballads of a Cheechako \ Robert W. Service
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book entitled "Ballads of a Cheechako" by Robert W. Service, published by William Briggs in 1912. Copyright Canada 1909, by Robert W. Service.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 book (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS155-002
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book entitled "Ballads of a Cheechako" by Robert W. Service, published by William Briggs in 1912. Copyright Canada 1909, by Robert W. Service.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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Bill Grieve in uniform
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve in his World War I military uniform, taken prior to going overseas.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve in his World War I military uniform, taken prior to going overseas.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Names
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Dudley, H. E.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Bill Grieve during War Service, first World War"
- Photographer's mark embossed along border reads: "H.E. Dudley / Kamloops"
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Bill Grieve's Car Sales
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of "Bill Grieve's Car Sales" on Hastings Street.
Canada's Diamond Jubilee
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a booklet entitled "Canada's Diamond Jubilee" published under auspices of the Canadian Daughters' League and printed by Burrard Publishing co. Ltd., 1129 Howe St., Vancouver B.C.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS155-010
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a booklet entitled "Canada's Diamond Jubilee" published under auspices of the Canadian Daughters' League and printed by Burrard Publishing co. Ltd., 1129 Howe St., Vancouver B.C.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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Christine Grieve
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Christine Grieve in Toronto, Ontario.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Christine Grieve in Toronto, Ontario.
- Names
- Grieve, Christine
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Ma Grieve / in Toronto / trip back [illegible] / 1961"
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Christine Grieve and friends
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of seven women seated and standing in three rows indoors. Christine Grieve is seated in the second row on the far left. The rest of the women are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of seven women seated and standing in three rows indoors. Christine Grieve is seated in the second row on the far left. The rest of the women are unidentified.
- Names
- Grieve, Christine
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Mrs. Grieve"
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Christine Grieve and friends
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of twenty women seated and standing together indoors. Christine Grieve is in the back row third from the left. The rest of the women are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of twenty women seated and standing together indoors. Christine Grieve is in the back row third from the left. The rest of the women are unidentified.
- Names
- Grieve, Christine
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Mrs. Grieve"
- Note along border on recto of photograph reads: "Grandma Grieve"
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Division XVI at Gilmore Avenue School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division XVI class at Gilmore Avenue School. In the front row Kenneth Ewart "Ken" Grieves is third from the right. In the second row Reggie Allen is fourth from the right and Freddie Mills is second from the left. All others are unidentified. Ken Grieves was seven years old when t…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Division XVI class at Gilmore Avenue School. In the front row Kenneth Ewart "Ken" Grieves is third from the right. In the second row Reggie Allen is fourth from the right and Freddie Mills is second from the left. All others are unidentified. Ken Grieves was seven years old when this photograph was taken.
- Names
- Grieve, Kenneth Ewart "Ken"
- Allen, Reggie
- Mills, Freddie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Uncle Ken. School. Class, 1928"
- Notes along border on recto of photograph read: "Freddie Mills drowned about 1940 in Cdn. Destroyer" and "Reggie Allen, killed in [illegible] - WWII" and "Uncle Ken @ 7 years"
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Europe at War \ David Low
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book (soft-cover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book entitled "Europe at War: A History in Sixty Cartoons with a Narrative Text" by David Low, published by Allen Lane Penguin Books in 1941.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 book (soft-cover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS155-003
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book entitled "Europe at War: A History in Sixty Cartoons with a Narrative Text" by David Low, published by Allen Lane Penguin Books in 1941.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Note in pencil on front cover reads: "K. Grieve"
- Note written in pencil on first page of book reads: "Ken Grieve 3925 Triumph Street, Vancouver, B.C., Sept/41"
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Event invitations and menus
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS155-011
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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Grieve family correspondence
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Grieve family. Included in the file is correspondence from Canada's twelfth Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and from British Columbia's twenty-second Premier, T. D. Pattullo.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS155-005
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Grieve family. Included in the file is correspondence from Canada's twelfth Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and from British Columbia's twenty-second Premier, T. D. Pattullo.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Grieve family portrait
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve, his wife Christine and their son Kenneth Ewart "Ken" Grieve taken in a photographic studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve, his wife Christine and their son Kenneth Ewart "Ken" Grieve taken in a photographic studio.
- Names
- Grieve, Christine
- Grieve, Kenneth Ewart "Ken"
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Bill & Christine Grieve + son, Ken, about 1924"
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Grieve family school records
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926] -1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Kenneth Grieve's report cards for the Winter Term of Grade I A and the Summer Terms of Grades I B and III A at Gilmore Avenue School along with an invitation for a staff members' Reunion at Kingsway West School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926] -1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS155-007
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Kenneth Grieve's report cards for the Winter Term of Grade I A and the Summer Terms of Grades I B and III A at Gilmore Avenue School along with an invitation for a staff members' Reunion at Kingsway West School.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Grieves car dealership
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve standing next to a car parked in front of his dealership.
Inman, Burnaby, B.C.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Inman Avenue School.
Johnstone Motor Co. Ltd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1946]
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the staff of Johnstone Motor Co. Ltd., standing outside the dealership. Only Archie Proctor, Herbert and Bill Johnstone and Bill Grieve have been identified.
Meeting Their Royal Highnesses
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill and Christine Grieve meeting Their Royal Highnesses, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh outside Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway.
Newspapers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (newsprint)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspapers containing articles on William Ewart "Bill" Grieve or that were collected by the Grieve family due to their interests.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (newsprint)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS155-009
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspapers containing articles on William Ewart "Bill" Grieve or that were collected by the Grieve family due to their interests.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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