Burnaby South High School Alumni Tea
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 18, 1992 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four women at the Burnaby South High School Alumni Tea; Verna Potkins Campbell, Vera Jackson Pel, Barbara McLean Kirk, and Francis Phillips Stefanini.
Burnaby South High School Cadet Drill
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1942 or 1943] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby South High School cadet drill. Front, left to right: Joan Goode, Leona Milne, and Vera Jackson Pel. Behind, left to right: Frances Spackman, Pat Whittle, and Helen Mitchell.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1942 or 1943] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.0 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-087
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby South High School cadet drill. Front, left to right: Joan Goode, Leona Milne, and Vera Jackson Pel. Behind, left to right: Frances Spackman, Pat Whittle, and Helen Mitchell.
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Goode, Joan
- Milne, Leona
- Mitchell, Helen
- Pel, Vera Rose Jackson
- Spackman, Frances
- Whittle, Pat
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Catherine Rees
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 14, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Catherine Rees talking to a man inside the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
Catherine Rees and Gwen Pitman
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 14, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Catherine Rees standing with her hand resting on Gwen Pitman's chair, as she sits, with both hands resting on her cane at the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
Florence and Vera Jackson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson and her daughter, Vera, sitting on a bed.
Gwen Pitman
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 28, 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gwen Pitman sitting in a chair, smiling. She is inside the Burnaby South High School gym for the Kingsway West (originally named West Burnaby) School reunion.
Harold and Florence Jackson with their daughter Vera
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harold and Florence Jackson, with their daughter, Vera, on their Booth Avenue property.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1933 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson and her children, Vera and Ron, in the snow at Booth Avenue. The Judge family's house is partially visible in the background on the left.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.4 x 12.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson, her children, Vera and Ron and their dog Dinty Moore who was part Alsatian and part Airedale, in the snow. This photograph was taken on Trafalgar Street (now Maywood) looking west toward Central Park from between Telford Avenue and McKay Avenue.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sister and brother, Vera and Ron Jackson, in the snow.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sister and brother, Vera and Ron Jackson, outside their family home at 3507 Booth Avenue (old street number), north of Kingsway.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sister and brother, Vera and Ron Jackson, on the porch of their family home at 3507 Booth Avenue (old street number), north of Kingsway.
Jackson family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sister and brother, Vera and Ron Jackson, in the snow with two dogs.
Pixie McGeachie and Florence Godwin
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 14, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pixie McGeachie, unidentified, and Florence Godwin sitting inside, in front of the windows at the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
Pixie McGeachie and Florence Godwin
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 14, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pixie McGeachie and Florence Godwin standing together in front of the windows at the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
Vera and Ron Jackson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1935] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sister and brother, Vera and Ron Jackson, outside their family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (now 6457 Cassie Avenue). The Jackson family moved to Cassie Avenue from Booth Avenue in 1934.
Vera Jackson Pel collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Vera Jackson Pel collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of papers collected by Vera Jackson Pel related to her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Vera Jackson Pel collection
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- MSS069
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of papers collected by Vera Jackson Pel related to her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- History
- Vera Jackson’s parents Harold Joseph Jackson and Florence Colocott married in 1925 and bought a brown, wooden, shingled house at 3507 Booth Avenue, Burnaby, in 1926.
Vera Rose Jackson was born at Mrs. Scott’s private hospital on Kingsway near Central Park on December 4, 1927. Her brother Ronald Harold Jackson was born on June 21, 1929. In 1934, the family moved to 2706 Cassie Avenue (later renumbered 6457).
Vera attended Miss Edith Hall’s Kindergarten on Grange Street until she was old enough to enter Kingsway West as a grade one student. The family were members of the West Burnaby United Church and Vera and her brother Ron both went to Sunday school in the old Church basement. Vera attended Burnaby South High School where she met her future husband, Fred Pel. They married on April 13, 1951, and had four sons, David, Fred (Elsie), Jon (Nancy), Al (Steffany), and an adopted daughter, Angela.
Vera and Fred faithfully attended First Christian Reformed Church. Vera was active in the church, leading Bible studies, as well as teaching ESL. Her students appreciated her and stayed in touch for many years. She also took on the role of archivist to help document the church's history.
In 1944, Vera started a job at the Royal Bank in Burnaby. Besides the manager and the accountant, the entire staff at the branch were young women fresh out of school, as the men had left to serve during World War II. She worked at the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952. During her time as clerk, she witnessed two armed robberies, one in May of 1946 and the other in January of 1948.
Vera passed away on July 16, 2023.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Pel, Vera Rose Jackson
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- MSS069
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Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (date of original)-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-15
- BHS1991-37
- BHS1992-04
- BHS1992-46
- BHS1989-04
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.
- History
- Harold Joseph Jackson and Florence Colocott married in 1925. The couple bought a brown wooden shingled house at 3507 Booth Avenue in Burnaby in 1926.
Vera Rose Jackson was born to Harold and Florence at Mrs. Scott’s private hospital on Kingsway near Central Park December 4, 1927. Her brother Ronald Harold Jackson was born June 21, 1929. In 1934, the family moved to 2706 Cassie Avenue (later renumbered 6457).
Vera attended Miss Edith Hall’s Kindergarten on Grange Street until she was old enough to enter Kingsway West as a grade one student. The family were members of the West Burnaby United Church and Vera and Ron both went to Sunday school in the old church basement. Vera attended Burnaby South High School where she met her future husband, Fred Pel.
In 1944, Vera started a job at the Royal Bank in Burnaby. Besides the manager and the accountant, the entire staff at the branch were young women fresh out of school, as the men had left to serve during World War II. She worked at the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952. During her time as clerk, she witnessed two armed robberies: one in May of 1946 and the other in January of 1948.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Pel, Vera Rose Jackson
- Notes
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
- MSS053, PC256, PC274, PC305, MSS044, MSS069
Less detail
Vera Rose Jackson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Vera Rose Jackson at one and a half years old, standing in some brush beside the road. The photograph was taken looking north to Grafton Street, just off Grange Street (formerly Edna Street). The Judge family's house is visible in the background.