when he was eight years old, George Leaf emigrated from England with his mother, two sisters and stepfather, John Burgess. The acreage near N e w Westminster that M r . Burgess bought would be incorporated in 1892 as part of the municipality of Burnaby. The family of seven, which also included two

’S I was born in North Vancouver on December 5, 1919. My father was a Canadian born in Toronto in 1886. My mother (nee Mary Adair) was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1897. I have three brothers - Wilmot (Bill) born in New Westminster in 1923; Eric, also born in New Westminster in 1925; and Halford born

before his time. His father and mother had both died but he left behind in the 'Old Land' several sisters. I suppose at that time his reason for leaving and coming to Canada was the opportunity of making a better living than in Ire- land. His arrival in Canada took him to Fonthill, Ontario, near Niagara

, and with their mother made their home �14 L a n d o f P r o m i s e with brother Tom in Leicestershire after their father’s death in 1851. The evidence of the letters supports the belief that the Burnabys were a close and devoted family, united in their care for each other and their surviving parent. What

of the era , information is included on life before the Moores moved into Hart House, after they moved out, and extending to areas beyond the immediate neighbourhood. The Moores were an outstanding Burnaby family, in which the mother was a tower of strength, who not only looked after a large family mainly

on the Burnaby Lake line that we all used was Vorce. My mother (Hester) went to school in New Westminster riding the tram every school day. She always said that the conductors looked after the school children and knew them by name. The conductors and motorman would often tell my Mother to say hello to her

to a favourite school as principal? And, even better, many of the teachers were still there. Not only was I returning to my favourite school, but I would now be the principal of the school attended by my mother, her four siblings and my son and daughter As principal of Edmonds I enjoyed a five year term among

。 用语说明 A Note on Terms Pauline Hong (front row, second from right) and her mother Hong Sui Ha (back row, right) at the Hong Kong International Airport. They travelled aboard a Canadian Pacific airplane to reunite with Pauline’s father Hong Chan Kow, who was living in Burnaby, 1958. BV019.10.10