Skip to content
Transcribimus

documents of early Vancouver and beyond

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Transcribe now!
  • Documents of Early Vancouver
    • Vancouver City Council minutes
    • Mayors and Council
    • By-Laws
    • Wards in Early Vancouver
    • Letters from Early Vancouver
  • Sponsors
    • 1892 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by the Woodward family
    • 1891 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Shirley Barnett
    • 1890 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Arnold Silber
    • 1889 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Shirley Barnett
    • 1888 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by The Oppenheimer Group
    • 1900 Vancouver City Council Minutes – sponsored by Bruno Wall
  • Videos
  • Contact

Roger’s sugar

  • Home
  • Roger’s sugar

Alderman Browning OK to serve as sugar company director – April 14, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Alderman J. M. Browning, elected President of BC Sugar Refining Company, to whom Council has granted a sizeable bonus, assured that “his being a Director in said Company in no…
Read More

Fire alarm boxes received at customs – March 24, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Fire alarm boxes ordered by the City and shipped from San Francisco have been confiscated by Customs. City authorizes $1,140.50 in customs be paid to release the shipment. Board of…
Read More

City Charter to be amended – February 24, 1890

Posted by By Posted in1890
Many amendments made to City Charter. Mr. Hamersley, city solicitor, sent to Victoria to see them carried through. Site for [Rogers] sugar refinery established, to be purchased from F. C.…
Read More
  • Vancouver City Council minutes
    • 1886 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1887 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1888 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1889 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1890 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1891 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1892 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1893 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1894 Vancouver City Council minutes
    • 1895 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1896 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1900 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • Recently Transcribed
  • Mayors and Council
  • Wards in Early Vancouver
  • By-Laws
  • Letters from Early Vancouver
Naming Vancouver
naming Vancouver How did Vancouver get its name? The standard answer does not explain the intense battle and the emotions it aroused.
Vancouver’s Three Cities

Naming Vancouver
Living in Vancouver you might not know it is actually an amalgamation of three cities. Their distinctive cultures survive today.

Copyright 2021 — Transcribimus. All rights reserved. Sinatra WordPress Theme