Bernard Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hill family members taken at the Bernard Hill farm. Identified: Bernard R. Hill (on right).
Claude Hill family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Claude Hill family home, "Brookfield," built in 1896. He and his family lived there until 1906, when he built a new home on the same property. The property later became the site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
The Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1885]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), her two sons and her daughter-in-law. Jane is seated to the right, with her daughter-in-law Marian on the left. Marian's husband, Bernard Hill is standing to the left and his brother Louis Claude is to the right.
Hill Family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man, four women, and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Charlotte Vidal, Kitty Hill, Ken Hill, Maude Hill and Marian Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-107
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man, four women, and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Charlotte Vidal, Kitty Hill, Ken Hill, Maude Hill and Marian Hill.
- Names
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Hill, Kenneth
- Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, Maude
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on the album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby / Papa Hill, Charlotte Vidal, Kitty, Ken, Maude Hill, Mama Hill"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Mamma / Aunt Maude / Aunt Kitty / Mom / Pappa / Ken"
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
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Hill Family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three men, a boy, a woman, a girl, and a dog. The older man and woman are identified as Bernard Hill and Marion Hill, respectively. The other men are identified as Frank and Claude Hill. The girl is identified as Winnie Hill and the boy as Minard Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-113
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three men, a boy, a woman, a girl, and a dog. The older man and woman are identified as Bernard Hill and Marion Hill, respectively. The other men are identified as Frank and Claude Hill. The girl is identified as Winnie Hill and the boy as Minard Hill.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Hill, Frank
- Hill, A. Claude
- Rowe, Winnifred L. "Winnie" Hill
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Winnie / B R Hill / Claude / Frank / Marion Hill / M G / Burnaby"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Uncle Claude / Poppa - B R Hill / Aunt Winnie / Dad / Mama / Uncle Frank / Burnaby"
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Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four women seated outside, including Marian Hill (daughter of Bernard) and Kitty Hill (in pleated skirt).
Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [189-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bernard Hill (centre) and Gerry Hill (right) on the Bernard Hill family veranda. The three women are unidentified.
Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece of Bernard R.), A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated on back step are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and his daughter, Winnie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-194
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece of Bernard R.), A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated on back step are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and his daughter, Winnie Hill. Seated on the front step are (left) Marion Hill (wife of A. Claude) and Marian Hill (wife of Bernard R.). This photograph was most likely taken at the home of Bernard Hill.
- Names
- Hill, A. Claude
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, Marion
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Sever, A.D.
- Rowe, Winnie Hill
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), Marion Hill (wife of A. Claude), Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece to Bernard R.) and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-195
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right (standing): A. Claude Hill (son of Bernard R. Hill), Marion Hill (wife of A. Claude), Kitty Hill (daughter of L. Claude Hill and niece to Bernard R.) and Mr. A.D. Sever (seated on railing). Seated are Mr. Bernard R. Hill and his daughter, Winnie Hill directly in front of him with his wife Marian Hill beside her. This photograph was most likely taken at the home of Bernard Hill.
- Names
- Hill, A. Claude
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, Marion
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Rowe, Winnie Hill
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Sever, A.D.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Hill family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill family of Burnaby Lake. Left to right on back step are: Bernard R. Hill, his wife Marian Hill, Kenneth Hill (boy standing), Mrs. M.G. Hill and A. Claude Hill. Seated on front step is Maude Hill, wife of A. Claude.
Hill family and guests on Maid of the Mist
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 10.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photrograph of the Hill Family and guests rowing in the "Maid of the Mist" on Burnaby Lake. Lily pads are visible in the foreground.
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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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 at Bernard Hill's House
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.
- Names
- Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, A Claude
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Hill, Kenneth
- Hill, Maude
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on the album page photograph reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
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Hill Family at Bernard Hill's House
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-105
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two men, three women and a boy identified from left to right as Bernard Hill, Maude Hill, Marian Hill, Ken Hill, Charlotte Vidal and Claude Hill sitting on steps leading to Bernard Hill's house.
- Names
- Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Hill, A Claude
- Hill, Marian Berkeley
- Hill, Kenneth
- Hill, Maude
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on the album page reads: "Charlotte Vidal at B Hill's House, Burnaby"
- Stamp on back reads: "Gepruft / 42 / Gef.-Lager / ...."
- Street Address
- 4990 Canada Way
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Hill family copy negatives
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 19, 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs (24 copy negatives : b&w - 2 copy prints : b&w)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 24 copy negatives on transparencies and 2 copy prints of photographs of the Hill family. Photographs include family portraits, landscapes (including possibly Yellow Point), and wedding portraits.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 19, 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs (24 copy negatives : b&w - 2 copy prints : b&w)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 550-254
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 24 copy negatives on transparencies and 2 copy prints of photographs of the Hill family. Photographs include family portraits, landscapes (including possibly Yellow Point), and wedding portraits.
- Names
- Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of envelope
- Note in black pen and type on recto reads: "No 24 / Mr M G Hill / 19/3/15 / 'The Kodak House' / Bishop & Christie / All Kodak Supplies / Developing : : Printing / Enlarging a Specialty / Pictures and Picture Framing / 421 Granville Street Phone: Seymour 2085 / Vancouver, BC / Charges: 1 Developing 3-6 $15 / 6 Prints 11 $30 / $45"
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Hill family in front of Brookfield
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Hill family in front of the family home, Brookfield in the Burnaby Lake Area. To the right, is Claude Hill holding his daughter Kitty. His wife Annie is standing behind them while the man seated on the steps of the home is unidentified. The property is the current site of the Bur…
Hill family picnic
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1905
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group having a picnic in a field. Claude Hill is standing in the centre directly behind his daughter Kitty who is seated in a chair, facing the table. Standing to the far right (with cap) is Mr. Arthur Wilson and the man sitting on the ground between the two chairs is Mr. Evans. T…