Black and white photo of six boys in the Murrayville Army standing beside tents they have pitched in a grass field.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2014.029.004

Title

Black and white photo of six boys in the Murrayville Army standing beside tents they have pitched in a grass field.

Date

[ca. 1940].

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; of six boys, identified from left to right as Walt Barron, Ray Bailley, Cliff Miller, Albert Aichenhead, Rob Barron, and Del Barron, standing in a grass field with five tents pitched behind them; the boys are all standing in front of tents, facing the camera, each holding a rifle upright, with the butt resting on the ground; there is a forest behind the field, and a white building visible in the distance.

People/Subject

Barron, Delroy (Del)

Delroy (Del) Barron was a son of Bill Barron. Del worked at Bill's station and in 1957, he became part owner. That station ran until 1997. Del opened another station on 198 St. He retained the name B. Barron and Sons.

Murrayville (B.C.)

Paul Murray was born in Ireland in 1811 and immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of eighteen. the Murray family settled in Oxford County, Ontario, and ten years later Paul married Lucy Bruce. They bought land in Zorra and had seven children together. In May 1874, after his children were grown, Paul left Ontario and relocated in B.C., accompanied by three of his sons. Their first home in Langley was a roughly built shelter they made for themselves from a gigantic fir tree, and after his wife and two of hisdaughters arrived, they all lived there together. After these humble beginnings, Murray opened a hotel on Old Yale Road to service travelers making their way into the interior, building up a reputation as one of the finest carpenters in the area. The corner where the hotel was eventually came to be known as Murray's Corners, as the family had 160 acres of land on each corner. Murray's Corners eventually came to be known as Murrayville, and all of Paul's sons worked on Old Yale Road, building more hotels and other businesses to increase commerce. Paul was an ordained church elder, dring a time when there were no official churches and services were held in a small schoolhouse on the corner of Glover Road and Old Yale Road. Holding the title of founder of Murrayville, Paul Murray died in 1903. Murray's Corners did not officially become Murrayville until 1911, when the local post office changed its name to Murrayville Post Office.

World War, 1939-1945

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