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Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd) was born in about 1885. She married William Harvey Brown on May 7, 1902. They had six children: Muirice (Min), Lorne, Russell, Ernest, Milton (Bob) and Pearl. She died in Fort Langley on January 13, 1958, at the age of 73.
Term Source: Roads and Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 45 (Pepin). / HPC Records (HPC-275a/1071)

Ernest James William Brown was born on December 3, 1909, to William Harvey Brown and Ann Elizabeth Medd. Nickname "Ernie". He married Dorothy Lillian Brown (nee Houston) by whom he had two children, Marilyn and Barry. He later married Ada Brown (nee Harper) and had two children by her, Anne and Jane. One of the owners of the Fort Langley (boat). Ernie died October 27, 1990.

Term Source: Roads and Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 45 (Pepin). / HPC Records (HPC-275a/1071), The Lang

Lorne Brown was born in 1903 to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). Married to Lena Brown (nee ?). Father of Laverne, Merlyn and Elva Brown. Lorne died August 19, 1983.
Term Source: Roads and Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 45 (Pepin). / HPC Records (HPC-275a/1071)

Milton Ainsley (Bob) Brown was born Feb. 24, 1922, to parents William Harvey (Billy) and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He married Gwendolyn Bowling in 1939, and they had two children, Terry and Robert (Bobby). He later married Joyce LaVerne Hockin (nee Warren), in Fort Langley on August 14, 1987. Bob died October 13, 1987.

Muirice E. Brown (Min) was born in 1907 to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He married a woman named Mary. After his mother's health problems in the early 1950s, Min and Mary took over running her cafe, the Edal, on Glover Road. The couple never had children, and lived in Vancouver in their later years. Min died in 1971.
Term Source: Roads and Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg 45 (Pepin). / HPC Records (HPC-275a/1071)

Russ Brown was born September 20, 1913, to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He worked as a logger on Vancouver Island for Lambs Lumber Co. He married Dorothy Denstone in the 1930s when he was employed by Lambs, as the couple received silverware in a large chest with the company name on it. The couple worked on the island as there was no work on the mainland at the time; Dorothy worked in the camp kitchen. When the couple came back to Fort Langley, Russell worked at Reid's Garage with Charlie's son, Don Reid, and also as a commercial fisherman. Russ and Dorothy lived at 9123 Church Street (house is still standing-2005). The couple adopted two girls in 1958, Linda (b.1956) and Denise (b.1958). Russ died August 21, 1994.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-414/1170)

Willard Marr (Pete) Brown was born in 1920 to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He was married several times, his first wife being Lorraine Edwards. He had three children: Douglas, Marcia and Harvey. Pete died January 9, 1954.
Term Source: HPC Records (HPC-275a/1071)

NOTE : THERE IS ANOTHER WILLIAM H. BROWN IN LANGLEY PRAIRIE, NO RELATION. Carpenter and builder William Harvey Brown, known as Billy, was born on June 15, 1875 in Parham, Ontario.
He came to BC around 1895. He married Ann Elizabeth Medd, known as Annie, on May 7, 1902. Their children were Muirice (Min), Lorne, Russel, Ernest, Milton (Bob) and Pearl. Billy was hired, between about 1908-10, to build Jacob Haldi's house, later the Bedford House Restaurant (ca. 1979 - 2014). When the Canadian Northern Railway line was coming through Fort Langley in about 1910, they offered the old Towle Commercial Hotel house, now vacant, to whoever could move it out of the way of the railway. Billy, as a builder, had the tools needed to move it across the street and slighty north, to where "Billy Brown Road" now is, off of Glover Road. Billy moved to another house on Francis Street in the years before he died. His family lived in the old house at Billy Brown Road until the 1930s, when it was torn down, rebuilt, and lived in by son Ernie Brown and his family. Billy died in Vancouver on March 8, 1937.