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William (Bob) John Campbell Beaton was born on 18 February 1890 to parents Roderick and Christina (nee Campbell) in Cutoff Valley (Fraser Mills?), BC. He moved with his parents at the age of three to Otter Road in Langley, where he lived until he was 17. He had a brother and a sister, Alexander Neil Stuart (b. 1892) and Effie Marie (b. 1897). He started attending Otter School when he was about 6 years old, and Sadie McInnes took him to school.

Bob married Margaret Grace Walden Brown (1891-1974) in 1938. He died on October 12, 1985 in Burnaby.

The original Otter School was built in 1896. Apparently classes had been held in another location since 1889. The school was moved to 3825 244th Street in 1913. There were numerous additions over a 50 year span dating from 1921. The school burnt to the ground in March 1976. The school's enrollment once had only 9 students before the turn of the century and now (2003) numbers 205 pupils from kindergarten through grade 7.