Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 255 photographs : b&w and sepia and 9.5 cm of textual records : ill. (some col.)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from the Vidal and Hill family. Textual records include handwritten family trees, typed and handwritten biographical information of the Jones, Wright, Hyde, Vidal, and Hill families, copies of photographic prints, published works by J. H. Vidal and William Cowper, newspaper clippings, and a New Testament.
- History
- Minard Gerald “Gerry” Hill was born in Burnaby on July 31, 1893, to Marian (nee Berkeley) and Bernard Richard Hill. Marian was born in London, England. Bernard Hill, born in Bengal, India, in 1858 to Sir Richard Hill and Jane Ann (nee Rollinson) where his father worked for the East Indian Railway, was one of the early inhabitants of Burnaby. Despite their years of training as engineers, Bernard, along with his brother, Louis Claude Hill, became strawberry farmers and owned all the land between Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake where Deer Creek runs, and halfway around Deer Lake. Bernard built his family home at Douglas Road near Deer Lake in 1892. After the decline in the strawberry industry, Bernard worked as a surveyor for the municipality. Bernard also served as a Burnaby trustee and as councilor of Burnaby in 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1909. Bernard and Marian had four children: A. Claude (born in England around 1885, married Marion “Mamie”), Frank L., Winnifred “Winnie” L., and Gerry. Gerry attended Miss Harriet Woodward’s kindergarten class, and went on to Edmonds School with Miss Ellen Lister as his teacher. He later went to Central High School in New Westminster, often on horseback. Gerry served in World War I, signing his recruitment papers on November 9, 1914. When he returned home, he worked felling trees, then as an apprentice surveyor and finally as a carpenter. His father, Bernard, died in Burnaby on March 27, 1939, at the age of 80.
Bernard's brother, Louis, was one of the first members elected to the Burnaby council and served in 1892, 1893, 1894, and again from 1909-1910. Louis, born in 1860, married Annie Sarah Kendrick (born in 1896) and they moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s. Together they had one child, Katherine “Kitty” Maude, born in 1898. The first Hill family home, “Brookfield,” was sold around 1907 and the family moved to their new home, “Broadview,” which was also built in the vicinity of Deer Lake. Kitty, their only child, married William “Bob” John Peers in 1925 and they went on to have three children: Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham).
Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal was born in 1897 in the United States to Louisa Sophia (nee Jones) and Herbert P. Vidal. Louisa Vidal (1871-1943) was a descendent of Jones of Exeter of England and the House of Llanio Cardigan of Wales. Herbert Vidal (1868-1934)’s father was Alexander Vidal (1819-1906). Alexander Vidal, born in Brocknell, England, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1835 and later served as a senator of Canada from 1873 to 1906. He married Catherine Louisa Wright, the daughter of Capt. William Elliot Wright. Both of Charlotte’s parents, Louisa and Herbert, were born in Ontario. Charlotte Vidal was sister to Dorothy Kate and Alexander E. E. Vidal.
Gerry Hill (aged 27) and Charlotte E. Vidal (aged 23) married on September 28, 1920, in Vancouver. Gerry built a house for him and his wife about a thousand feet from his parents’ home. He also bought property at Yellow Point on Vancouver Island around this time. By the early 1930s, Gerry had moved to Yellow Point permanently and begun building the Yellow Point Lodge. Gerry and Charlotte bore three children: David, Lesley C. (born in 1929), and Gerald. Gerry was later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Holen) and had one child: Richard Grant McEwan Hill, born in Ladysmith. Lesley married M. Clarke and had two boys: Roy and Graham. She later married B. Durban and had four boys: Patrick, Michael, Gary, and Grant. Charlotte died on February 11, 1984, at the age of 87. Gerry died on January 30, 1988, in Ladysmith at the age of 93.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Hill Family
- Vidal family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 550, MSS176
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Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1862 and 1882]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1862 and 1882]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-026
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of woman identified as Catherine Louisa Wright Vidal.
- Names
- Vidal, Catherine Louisa Wright
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "1823-1882 / Catherine Louisa / Wright"
- Note in black pen on verso reads: "H. P. Vidal"
- Note in pencil on verso reads: "His Mom"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Mopley / Photographer by Appointment to His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne and Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise / 104 Sparks St / Ottawa"
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Guy
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a boy identified as Guy.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Guy ?"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Guy"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Foster Elliot / Photographer, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved"
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Hill family and Vidal family papers series
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of five files: (1). Jones family textual records; (2). Wright family textual records; (3). Hyde family textual records; (4) Vidal family textual records; and (5). Hill family textual records.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family papers series
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- Series
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of five files: (1). Jones family textual records; (2). Wright family textual records; (3). Hyde family textual records; (4) Vidal family textual records; and (5). Hill family textual records.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
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Hill family and Vidal family photographs
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 255 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a photographic album holding two hundred fifty-three photographs and twenty-seven slides compiled by the Hill family and the Vidal family.
Hill family textual records
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records : ill.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a typed family tree with handwritten notes, postcards written by Minard Hill to Kitty Hill during WWI, a photocophy of a marriage certificate of Minard Hill and Charlotte Vidal with an amendment stating that the marriage dissolved on November 24, 1950, newspaper clippings (original…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family papers series
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records : ill.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS176-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a typed family tree with handwritten notes, postcards written by Minard Hill to Kitty Hill during WWI, a photocophy of a marriage certificate of Minard Hill and Charlotte Vidal with an amendment stating that the marriage dissolved on November 24, 1950, newspaper clippings (original and photocopies) from 1943 and 1980s, a souvenir from Alaska and an empty envelope of developing paper. Also included are textual records regarding a Yellow Point reunion, the Boydell and Thomas families and a handwritten copy of Richard Hill's medallion. There is also a New Testament and written inside in blue pen it reads: "Richard Hill with his sister Annie's affectionate love / ... July 15 / 63" and in black pen it reads: "Bernard Richard Hill from his dear Papa / 1866". Also included is a book of "The Poetical Works of William Cowper" with a note in black pen that reads: "A token of affectioin for Stuart James from his ... Charlotte ... / December 1850".
- Names
- Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Jane Ann Rollason
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm + 1 piece of wood
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-118
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
- Names
- Hill, Jane Sophia Ann Rollason
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Jane Ann Rollinson / (wife of Richard Hill) / (Grandmother of Minard Hill)
- Note in pencil on verso reads: "Jane Ann nee Rollison (Hill)"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "From the Photographic Studio W Sherwoood, / 23 Nook Street, Workincton, / This or ... can be enlar... in oil or water colours. / Negatives ... always be had"
- Note in blue pen on piece of wood taped to the album page reads: "Mother of K Claude Hill B R Hill / Jane Hill Nee Rolston / Grand Mother of K M Peers"
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Rebecca Hyde Jones and Edward Albert Jones
Sir Richard Hill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 15.5 cm + 1 accompanying typed note
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Richard Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 15.5 cm + 1 accompanying typed note
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-117
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Richard Hill.
- Names
- Hill, Richard Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Sir Richard Hill - died in Dieppe, France / Father of Bernard Richard Hill & Louis Claude HIll"
- Attached to verso of album page is a typed note written by A S Hill
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Three unidentified women
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified women.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron / Photographer / Sarnia, = Ont."
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