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File: '004437'

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Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

4437

Title

Andrew Dalgleish's 89th birthday party at the "old" McIntosh house in Fort Langley.

Date

[1920].

Description

Andrew Dalgleish's 89th birthday party at the "old" McIntosh house in Fort Langley. From left to right: Billy McIntosh, Margaret Mowat, Drew Marr, Etta McKee, Andrew Dalgleish, Katherine Marr (in the buggy), Catherine McIntosh, Dr. Benjamin Marr, and William Lloyd Marr.

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Dalgleish, Andrew, 1831-1928

Andrew Dalgleish was born at Yarrow Fews, near Selkirk, Scotland in 1831. The poet James Hogg was a friend of his parents. He emigrated to New York in 1852. In about 1855, Andrew married Anne Sinclair on Goat Island at Niagara Falls. They had seven children: John, Neil, Andrew, Donald, Catherine, Alexander, and James. He worked as a stone mason around different parts of the country, and even came to B.C. in the 1870s, but decided not to stay. In 1882 Andrew and his family moved to Moosomin, Saskatchewan, where he and six of his sons took up homesteads. He came to B.C. in 1896 with his wife and settled in with his daughter Catherine, now married to William John McIntosh. Ann died soon after, but Mr. Dalgleish continued to be a local figure - and even still built chimneys - well into his 90s. He was also a well known figure in Kamloops, where he wintered with his sons. He passed away on September 6, 1928, at the home of his daughter Catherine in Fort Langley. He was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg. 258 (Waite), obit.

Marr, Benjamin Butler, Dr., 1882-1939

Benjamin Butler Marr was born on August 10, 1882. He graduated from Tuft's Medical School in Boston in 1907 and came to Vancouver. He set up his medical practice in 1910 and became Langley's first doctor. In 1913, he married Isabel Drew McIntosh (1895-1936). In 1914, Marr enlisted in the cavalry; he was transferred to the medical corps in Britain in 1916. Benjamin died on October 14, 1939.

Dr. Marr was also the Chairman of the Fort Preservation Committee during the late 1920s when the Fort was undergoing revitalization.

Marr, Catherine

Daughter of Isabel Drew (nee McIntosh) and Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr.

Marr, Isabel Drew (nee McIntosh), 1895-1936

Isabel Drew Marr (nee McIntosh) was born in 1895, the daughter of William John and Catherine Hart McIntosh (nee Dalgleish). She married Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr. She holds the distinction of being the first caesarean child born in British Columbia. Isabel died in 1936.
Term Source: HPC Records (MARR-4/402), Fort Langley Cemetery pg. 33 (Hannay), Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 46 (Pepin), The Langley Story, pg258 (Waite).

Marr, William Lloyd (1917-2018)

William Lloyd Marr was born on July 5, 1917 in Bramshott, Surrey, England, to parents Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr and Isabel Drew Marr, née McIntosh, of Fort Langley, while Dr. Marr was serving overseas during WWI. William married Henrietta (Etta) Lucas McAteer on April 4,1941. He and Henrietta had two children, Richard Flynn Marr and Katherine Ann Marr. He passed away in Langley on February 23, 2018.

McIntosh House

William John McIntosh built his house in 1895. It was situated along with his blacksmith shop across the road from the Coulter and Berry General Store. The house was built with wood bevelled siding; gable roof type; wood shingle roof; rectangular plan shape; a front verandah and decorated fascia in roof verge. The house was later occupied by the Moorehouse family after 1920. The McIntoshs moved into another home in Fort Langley at this time. The house was originally a two storey structure with a prominent bay-style front entrance. The house was moved up the street in the late 1970s/early 1980s, to Mavis and Royal Street. To facilitate moving the building, it was necessary to collapse the second storey. The building was demolished.

McIntosh, Catherine Hart (nee Dalgleish), 1868-1948

Catherine Hart Dalgleish was born on June 30, 1868 in Burgoyne, Arran Township, Ontario. She married William John McIntosh on November 14, 1894. They had one daughter, Isabel Drew Marr (nee McIntosh), the first caesarean section in B.C. Catherine died in New Westminster on February 16, 1948, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg. 258 (Waite)

McIntosh, William John (1863-1926)

William John MacIntosh was born in 1863 in Owen Sound, Ontario. He married Catherine Hart Dalgleish on November 14, 1894. They had one daughter, Isabel Drew Marr (nee McIntosh), who was the first caesarean section in B.C. William died May 11, 1926, in Fort Langley, and is buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg. 258 (Waite)

Mowat, Margaret

Margaret (Maggie) Mowat was born July 13, 1903 to parents James Mowat Sr. and Christina Mowat. She married Hjortur Christianson in Fort Langley on November 15, 1923.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-50/935)

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