Hill and Peers family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Claude Hill, his wife, Annie, their grandson, Robert Peers and their son-in-law (and Robert's father) Bob Peers. The group is on the beach at an unidentified location.
Hill and Peers family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Kitty Peers (formerly Kitty Hill), Alice Travers, Annie Hill, Robert Peers, Claude Hill, and Robert Travers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-311
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Kitty Peers (formerly Kitty Hill), Alice Travers, Annie Hill, Robert Peers, Claude Hill, and Robert Travers.
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Travers, Robert
- Travers, Alice
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- ca. 1000 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs taken by members of the Hill family during their first years of settlement in Burnaby. Photographs depict various members of the Hill family including Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill, his brother Bernard Hill and their families. Photographs also show numerous social…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- ca. 1000 photographs
- Description Level
- Series
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs taken by members of the Hill family during their first years of settlement in Burnaby. Photographs depict various members of the Hill family including Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill, his brother Bernard Hill and their families. Photographs also show numerous social events in Burnaby and many of the earliest residents, particularly in the Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake areas. Also included in the series are photographs taken and compiled by Claude Hill’s daughter Kitty which include her life and activities after her marriage to William John “Bob” Peers and the growth of their family.
- Media Type
- Photograph
Less detail
Peers family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Peers family on the lawn of an unknown property. Identified (l to r): Dick Peers, Betty Peers, Mike Peers, unidentified, Thomas Freebairn-Smith and Francis Peers.
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activitie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1200 photographs and other material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records, primarily photographs, compiled by various members of both the Hill and Peers families that document their lives during the early days of settlement in Burnaby. The fonds includes records of citizenship, wills and other official papers pertaining to the life and activities of L. Claude Hill; photographs of the Peers family’s Burnaby Lake home, Greyfriars, and pictures taken by Arthur Peers during his work and travels throughout British Columbia in the first part of the 20th century; and photographs of the family of Claude Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents and scenes, and pictures Kitty took as an adult documenting the growth of her own family. Also included in this fonds are a number of photographs showing Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, where the Peers and Hill families often vacationed.
- History
- Bob Peers was born William John Peers, the son of real estate broker and early Burnaby resident, Francis John Peers and his wife Elizabeth Frisby. Originally from England, the family moved to Vancouver in 1905 and soon after settled at Burnaby Lake. The family included one daughter (Mary Elizabeth Dora) and four boys (Arthur Francis, William John “Bob”, Geoffrey Hugh, and Richard Dominic). When they arrived in Burnaby, Francis Peers purchased a piece of land from another early settler, Claude Hill, and built the family home “Greyfriars” near Deer Lake. The children attended school in the home of Miss Harriet Woodward, the first school to be held in the Burnaby Lake area. In 1925, Bob married Claude Hill’s daughter and another former pupil of “Miss Harry’s,” Kitty Hill.
Kitty (born Katherine Maude Hill) was the only child of Burnaby pioneers L. Claude Hill and Annie Sara Kenrick. Having moved to the Burnaby Lake area in the early 1890s, Claude went on to operate a successful strawberry farm and soon became active in the political development of Burnaby – being elected to the first Burnaby Council and serving from 1892-1894 and again from 1909-1910. 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.
In 1925, Bob and Kitty were married and they went on to have three children, Robert C.K., Barbara (later Barbara Jeffrey), and Anne (later Anne Latham).
- Formats
- All photographic records have been scanned and are saved in jpeg format on the City of Burnaby network. Archival master copies have also been produced in tiff format and have been burned to CD for preservation purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Peers family
- Hill family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Less detail
Peers Family at the Beach
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Peers family posing for the camera at Yellow Point. From left to right are Kitty Peers, her husband Bob, her son Robert, Annie Hill and Mrs. Robert Travers.
Peers family at the beach
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.4 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bob, Kitty and their son Robert Peers standing on the water at the beach.
Peers family subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a Peer family album of photographs of “Greyfriars,” the Peers’ family home, and various places throughout British Columbia where Arthur Francis Peers travelled and worked. The album is annotated with notes and titles made by members of the Peers family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a Peer family album of photographs of “Greyfriars,” the Peers’ family home, and various places throughout British Columbia where Arthur Francis Peers travelled and worked. The album is annotated with notes and titles made by members of the Peers family.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Peers family
- Notes
- Annotations likely written by Kitty Peers
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC020
Less detail
Bob Peers, Florence Hart and Frank Hill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 12.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hill and Peers families on the porch of an unidentified house with a dog. Claude Hill is seated in the background (with hat) and identified in the front is (l to r) Bob Peers, Florence Hart and Frank Hill.
Bob Peers, Kitty Hill and Frank Hill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Peers and Hill families seated on the steps of an unidentified house with a dog. Claude Hill is seated in the back (wearing hat) and sitting on the step (l to r) are : Bob Peers, Kitty Hill and Claude Hill, son of B.R. Hill.
Children on the Beach
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.7 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three children holding hands and standing on the beach at an unidentified location. Only Robert Peers is identified (far left). Robert is holding a bucket and all three children are wearing swimming outfits.
Kitty In Car
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill sitting inside an automobile, looking out the window towards the camera.
Kitty In Car
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.3 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Kitty Hill seated in the front seat of a car.
Robert at 3 Months
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepa ; 3.5 x 4 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album and cut to shape)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers - aged three months - sitting on the knee of an unidentified person.
Robert at ten months
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers in his baby carriage at ten months old.
Robert at the Beach
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 5.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing on the beach at an unidentified location. He is wearing a swimming suit with sun hat and a pile of logs can be seen in the background.
Robert in the snow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing in the snow in front of what appears to be the home of his grandparents, Claude and Annie Hill on Deer Lake Avenue.
Robert Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 6 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing on the lawn at an unidentified location. A toy ball can be seen at his feet.
Robert Peers and Brownie
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers and his dog "Brownie" at a location identified as 3812 Deer Lake Avenue (old street numbers). This was the home of Robert's grandparents, Claude and Annie Hill.