Len Rowlatt and Patricia Ruth Potts (nee Anderson) in a horse-drawn carriage.

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Object Description

Object ID

0691

Title

Len Rowlatt and Patricia Ruth Potts (nee Anderson) in a horse-drawn carriage.

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; of Len Rowlatt and Patricia Ruth Potts (nee Anderson) seated in a topless horse-drawn carriage. Rowlatt is seated in the driver's seat and is wearing a top hat, dark suit jacket, vest, tie, trousers, and white gloves. His right hand is holding onto a horse rein. Potts is seated in the back seat and is wearing a dress with a large pillbox style hat.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Inscription in ink.

People/Subject

Carriages

See From: stagecoaches
See Also: carts and wagons
Term Source: dhv

Horses

Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Rowlatt, Leonard (Len)

Leonard Rowlatt, known as Len, was born to Arthur and Mary (née Hall) Rowlatt on 22 May 1887 in Spaldwick, Huntingdon, England. The Rowlatt family lived in Easton. Len came to Canada with his older brother Joe around 1907. In 1905, W. F. Taylor bought Alexander Joseph Annand's Campbell Valley property and later leased the north 80 acres and house to Len Rowlatt, who subsequently purchased the farm in 1914 and lived there until his death. In 1914 the long distance engagement between Len Rowlatt and his fiancée Effie, who was living in England, ended. Len Rowlatt married Isabella Maddison, then living in Hall's Prairie, on 29 Oct. 1917 in New Westminster, BC. After marrying, the couple lived on Campbell River Road (later 8th Avenue) in Langley, BC. Len farmed in Langley, predominantly as a milk producer. In addition to farming, Len earned a reputation as a water diviner (well witcher). Len also participated in the Cloverdale Rodeo and other events, such as parades, in the Langley area during which he would bring his surrey (four-wheel two-seated horse-drawn carriage) out for public use. People throughout British Columbia asked Len for assistance in finding water. In 1968 Len began to sell his land, selling a large portion to the Greater Vancouver Regional District, with an agreement that he could continue to live on the property. Len Rowlatt died in Murrayville, BC on 5 Apr. 1973.

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