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
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Peers family and friends seated on the steps in front of Greyfriars, their family home. In the front row, left to right are: Geoffrey Peers, Mary Elizabeth Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers (at centre), Judy ?, Richard Peers, Francis Peers (with pipe). Back row, left to right: Art…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-978
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Peers family and friends seated on the steps in front of Greyfriars, their family home. In the front row, left to right are: Geoffrey Peers, Mary Elizabeth Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers (at centre), Judy ?, Richard Peers, Francis Peers (with pipe). Back row, left to right: Arthur Peers, William John Peers, Mrs. W. and Mr. L. Annie Elizabeth and Francis were the parents to Arthur (aka Mike), William John (aka Bob), Geoffrey, Mary Elizabeth (aka Betty) and Richard (aka Dick).
- Names
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Rugby Street
- Street Address
- 5289 Rugby Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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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 Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows members of the Peers family and friends skating on Deer Lake. Identified, back row (l to r): unknown, unknown, Bob Peers, Francis Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers. In front are Mary Elizabeth Peers and and unidentified boy.
Peers family house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1917] (date of original), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three young people seated outside of the Peers family house, Greyfriars, near Sperling Avenue. The man is in uniform. Identified by Edith Hopkins, left to right: Florence Hart, Bob Peers, and Kitty Peers (nee Hill).
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
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Hart, Hill and Peers families
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915 (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 Hart, Hill and Peers families, including Kingsley Hart, who was later killed in the First World War. The photograph was taken at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue.
William John Peers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 1.5 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William John "Bob" Peers holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles at an unknown location. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps at boathouse
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of seven boys, dressed in uniform, posing in front of a boathouse beside a lake. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
A. D. B. on top of Burnaby Mountain
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a young man sitting on stone in front of a few fallen trees and brush. A label accompanying the photograph reads: ADB - Top of Burnaby Mtn. - 1914.
Alice in Wonderland party
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 9.7 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children enjoying an Alice in Wonderland party held as part of the St. Alban's Strawberry Social, 1912. The children are playing a game on the lawn at the Hart House, the estate belonging to Frederick J. Hart in the Burnaby Lake area.
Alice Travers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 2 x 2 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice Travers, seated. The photograph has been cut to shape around her outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
- 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 ; 2 x 2 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-491
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice Travers, seated. The photograph has been cut to shape around her outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
- Names
- Travers, Alice
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Annie Hill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 2 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie Hill, seated. The photograph has been cut to shape around her outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
Annie Hill riding a horse
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph ; b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman (most likely Annie Hill) sitting on a horse in a field next to the woods. A small wooden building can be seen in the background. The photograph was probably taken on the Hill property known as Broadview on Buckingham Avenue.
At Barnet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men and one woman, posing for the camera sitting on the beach at Barnet. All four have apples in the mouths.