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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

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Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

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HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

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Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Section 9 p. 134https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumlibrary6244-134

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

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Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Book: History of Burnaby and vicinity

Type: Book Chapter

Publication Date: 1947

Notes: This book is not divided into chapters. Sections have been created by Museum staff,based on the arrangement of topics in the book.

Original Book: Catalogue record for source book

Subjects LoC: Burnaby (B.C.) -- History

Subjects: Industries - ForestryPublic Services - UtilitiesNatural Resources - EnergyPersons - Chinese Canadians

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HistoricNeighbourhood:

Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain AreaBig Bend Area

Geographic Access: Burnaby - Johnston RoadBurnaby - Hastings StreetBurnaby - Pole Line RoadBurnaby - Burnaby MountainBurnaby - Byrne RoadBurnaby - Woolard CreekBurnaby - Squint Lake

Name Access: Green, GeorgeGilley, HerbertRogers, Jeremiah "Jerry"Gilley Brothers Logging CompanyBritish Columbia Electric Railway CompanyRowling, William H.Rowling, Henry SoarByrne, PeterByrne, PatByrne, Priscilla Amelia RowlingRogers, William

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Byrne family subserieshttps://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivemultipleformat22

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-?] -1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Byrne family subseries

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of copies of photographs of the Byrne family and a photocopiedessay entitled "Life on the North Arm of the Fraser River: The Experience of theRowling Family" by Paula Cyr.

History/Biography: William Henry "Henry" Rowling was born February 9, 1826 in Truro, Cornwall, England.His wife, Mary Russell Rowling, was born November 19, 1832 in Strickland, Dorset,England. Their first child, Rosetta Mary "Rose" Rowling, was born August 8, 1858 inPlumstead, Woolwhich, Kent while Henry was in Esquimalt working as a RoyalEngineer. The family then moved to New Westminster, and grew larger: James WilliamRussell "Jim" Rowling born October 14, 1862; Henry Soar Rowling was born February 3,1864; Priscilla Amelia Rowling (later Byrne) was born February 24, 1866; and WilliamHenry Kemp Rowling was born September 2, 1867. The family settled at their farm onthe North Arm of the Fraser River in September of 1868. They raised livestock andgrew produce on their property for their family, which continued to grow. ThomasGeorge Rowling was born on April 14, 1869 and Elizabeth Jane Russell Rowling wasborn on August 24, 1847. The Rowling children were raised Presbyterian but Priscillalater converted to Roman Catholicism when she married her husband, Peter Byrne, onMay 15, 1892. As young adults, Priscilla and Peter lived on the North Arm, close toPriscilla's parents and youngest sister, Elizabeth. Her brother Henry moved his loggingoperations near the Byrne residence while James lived in South Vancouver with afamily of his own. Their other siblings, Rose and Thomas, had passed away by thistime. Peter and Priscilla had six children: Margaret Gladys Byrne, born February 28,1893; twin daughters Mary and Norah; Kathleen; Ultan Patrick "Pat"; and ElizabethLaura Byrne (later Cyr). After Henry and Mary Rowlings died in 1906, Elizabeth livedwith her sister Priscilla and her nieces and nephews.

Media Type: Textual RecordPhotograph

Notes: Title based on contents of subseriesPC316, MSS141

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