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Started in 1924.

The Dr. Marr residence is on Glover Road in Fort Langley. It was built in two stages. The first (north) stage was built in 1910, and the second stage was built in 1913 in preparation for the wedding of Dr. Marr to Isabel Drew Macintosh. During the second stage, the south portion of the house was built and the porch extended to wrap around the front and north sides of the house. The house was remodelled in 1923, and the family lived in it until 1928. For a time it was home to other families. Various commercial ventures have operated in the house for some time.

Alf Marr was Dr. Benjamin Marr's brother. He operated the Yale Garage at the east end of Langley Prairie. He died on January 16, 1947.

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.

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).

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.

Hugh Garnet Miller (1908-1987) and Frances M.(1906-1982) Miller's family lived on a farm at 22383 96th Ave., Fort Langley. (The original house is still at the front of the property in 2007, and the barn was built in the 1950s.) Hugh was the son of Ernest Miller. The couple had three sons, Leonard, George and Earl. Hugh owned Miller Sand and Gravel in Fort Langley; the business started in 1946 or 1947. He was a foreman when the dykes were built after the flood, while they were clearing the land and putting gravel in, although not during the actual building (a Mr. Ward was the superintendent). Hugh was the first person on the Albion Ferry on its first run in 1957.

Richmond Archibald Payne (Archie) was born in 1881. He was appointed collector in 1910 and became a municipal clerk in 1911, serving until retirement in 1945. He also served as Magistrate from 1946-1957. He served in the army and was granted leave from his municipal career during the war years. In 1914, prior to WWI, Archie Payne was one of a group of military minded horsemen in Langley who organized training sessions in order to prepare for the rumoured war. While in France during WWI, it was Archie Payne and Langley's Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr who decided that if they ever returned to Langley they would have the streets named after their fallen comrades. They both returned to carry out this project. Archie Payne died on October 15, 1957, at the age of 75.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-432/1188)