Photograph of Alex McKenzie (uncle of Margaret Urquhart) with the family's last cow, Nero. Alex McKenzie was employed by Burnaby water works and lived right across Griffiths Avenue from the Urquhart family, and was married to Isabella.
Photograph of Alex McKenzie (uncle of Margaret Urquhart) with the family's last cow, Nero. Alex McKenzie was employed by Burnaby water works and lived right across Griffiths Avenue from the Urquhart family, and was married to Isabella.
Photograph of "Richmond Box" lacrosse field near Humphries, Edmonds. Identified are: (2nd from right) George Leaf (manager, East Burnaby Owls); (facing off ball) Commissioner Hugh M. Fraser. George Leaf was an early Burnaby resident having arrived as child in 1888 with his mother and stepfather, …
Photograph of "Richmond Box" lacrosse field near Humphries, Edmonds. Identified are: (2nd from right) George Leaf (manager, East Burnaby Owls); (facing off ball) Commissioner Hugh M. Fraser. George Leaf was an early Burnaby resident having arrived as child in 1888 with his mother and stepfather, Jack Burgess, to settle in the area that would become East Burnaby. George went on to open one of the first businesses in Burnaby, the George Leaf General Store.
Photograph of Florence Earl, Reverend Cal MacLeod and Mayor Derek Corrigan at the one hundredth anniversary celebration for the Gordon Presbyterian Church.
Photograph of Florence Earl, Reverend Cal MacLeod and Mayor Derek Corrigan at the one hundredth anniversary celebration for the Gordon Presbyterian Church.
Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie.
Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School.
John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company.
Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947.
John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven.
Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Photograph of "long time members" of the Gordon Presbyterian Church, Rae Vallance and Margaret Philps cutting the cake for the church's one hundredth anniversary.
Photograph of "long time members" of the Gordon Presbyterian Church, Rae Vallance and Margaret Philps cutting the cake for the church's one hundredth anniversary.
Photograph of a 1923 Model T Ford owned by Robert "Bob" Moore (aka "Ham" to his friends) in the family yard at 875 Edmonds Street (later renumbered 7625 Edmonds Street).
Photograph of a 1923 Model T Ford owned by Robert "Bob" Moore (aka "Ham" to his friends) in the family yard at 875 Edmonds Street (later renumbered 7625 Edmonds Street).
Photograph of 1929 and 1925 Kingsway (later renumbered 7255 Kingsway), Horace H. Palethorpe's real estate office, opposite the former Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street. The crowd is waiting for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on a royal visit.
Photograph of 1929 and 1925 Kingsway (later renumbered 7255 Kingsway), Horace H. Palethorpe's real estate office, opposite the former Municipal Hall, Kingsway and Edmonds Street. The crowd is waiting for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on a royal visit.
Photograph of parishioners Anne Brigham, Rob Brigham, Barbara Rokeby, Ian Rokeby, Linda McQueen and Jim McQueen "ready for the celebration" at the Gordon Presbyterian Church. They are dressed in costume for the church's one hundredth anniversary.
Photograph of parishioners Anne Brigham, Rob Brigham, Barbara Rokeby, Ian Rokeby, Linda McQueen and Jim McQueen "ready for the celebration" at the Gordon Presbyterian Church. They are dressed in costume for the church's one hundredth anniversary.