Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1907-1998 Predominant] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1100 photographs + negatives.
149 postcards.
textual records.
ephemera.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Nine years after the death of William George Bradshaw, his wife Sarah Payne Windsor Bradshaw left Placentia, Newfoundland on July 24, 1907 with her children for Victoria. Albert Bradshaw, Sarah's brother-in-law, accompanied the family on the journey. Her brother, Augustus Windsor, built a new home for her and her family in the Mount Tolmie area of Saanich. The family resided at 3701 Palo Alto Street until 1950.
Daughter Ethel May Bradshaw studied shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping in 1909. She briefly worked in the B.C. Hardware office and then at Coles & Oddy's. In 1910, Ethel took a stenographer position in Jordan River with the B.C. Electric of Vancouver Power Company. The following year she became engaged to Leonard Claude Lytton. She returned to Victoria and worked at the local B.C. Electric Company office. Ethel and Claude were married at St. Luke's Church on September 17, 1912 and approximately one month later moved into their new home "Oakdale" at 1941 Connaught Avenue (now Ernest Avenue). They had five children: Gerald Bradshaw (1913), Evelyn Margaret (1914), Brian Claude (1918), Roger (1923), and Beatrice Joyce (1927). Beatrice Joyce (known as Joyce) attended St. Margaret's School. She later married A.D. Wheeler.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated in multiple accessions by a descendant of the Lytton family.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of photographs relating to the Lytton and Bradshaw families. Fonds includes albums, postcards, news clippings, and a copy of Ethel Bradshaw Lytton's diary.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession Numbers: 2019-016, 2019-017, 2020-009, 2020-015.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bradshaw family (Subject)