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See Also: Berry, John Walter ; Coulter, David Moss
Term Source: HPC Records (CHURC-18/133)

David Moss Coulter was born in 1862 in Perth County, Ontario. He went to school where he trained to become a teacher. He taught school in Ontario for 15 years. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Burton in Ontario in 1885. The Coulters had six children: William (b.1889), Agatha (b. 1891), Ruby (b. 1893), Enid (b. 1896), Alice (b. 1899), and Bertha (b. 1903). In June of 1897 David went west, intending to go to the Yukon after stopping in Fort Langley to visit friends. His friends sold him their store, and he stayed in Fort Langley. Lizzie Coulter came out in August of that year with her four young children, by rail. David convinced his friend John Walter Berry to move to Fort Langley and help him run the store. The pair operated two stores, one in Fort Langley (managed by Coulter) and one in Murrayville (managed by Berry). Their original Fort Langley store was in the old Hudson's Bay Company Store, north of what is now Mavis Street on the east side of Glover Road. A new location was later built on the south-east corner of Mavis and Glover in about 1900. He sold the store in 1923, and it was destroyed by fire years later. David was a government liquor vendor in 1929, and a member of the Eureka Lodge. The Coulter family was also very involved in St. Andrews Church. David Coulter died in a car accident in 1935 at the age of 73.
See Also: Coulter & Berry Store

Elizabeth Burton was born in 1865. She married to David Moss Coulter in 1885. Her nickname was Lizzie. She died in 1957.
Term Source: The Langley Story pg. 250 (Waite), Fort Langley Cemetery pg. 10 (Hannay)

Archibald McCrimmon arrived in Murrayville, B.C., via Vancouver, from Kincardine, Ont., in 1886. He operated a postal outlet from the porch of his house from 1902 to 1909.

Archibald McCrimmon (1842-1913) arrived in Murrayville, B.C., via Vancouver, from Kincardine, Ont., in 1886. He operated a postal outlet from the porch of his house from 1902 to 1909.

Term Source: HPC Record (LCM 996.032.008, aka, folder no. HPC-460/1216)

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