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Albert Arthur "Art" Armstrong was born on March 27, 1908 to William Walter Armstrong Jr. of California and Jennie Lorene Griffiths of Harrowsmith, Kingston, Ontario. He attended the East Langley School. He married Hilda "Magda" Smith. Art died on February 19, 1993.

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105, see newspaper clipping).

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)

Nicknamed Johnnie. WWI soldier. [NOTE: not John McIvor]
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)

Kenneth (Kenny) McIver was born on June 5th, 1890 to his parents Murdoch and Annie McIver, and was one of nine children, their youngest living son. On September 21st, 1921, he married Ellen Isabella Hallack. In 1927, when Murdoch and Annie McIver moved to a Francis Street address in Fort Langley, they sold half of their farm (80 acres) and left the other half to Kenneth and Ellen. The couple had four daughters: Norma, Anna, Jean, and Lois. Kenneth served as a school trustee and was a member of the Langley Agricultural Association, Langley Farmers’ Insitute, and secretary of Native Sons of B.C. Post #9. He also helped out with, and then took over the Langley exhibit at the New Westminster Fair/Fall Fair, from 1904 until just before his death. Kenneth McIver died on August 5th, 1949 at the age of 59. He was buried in the Fort Langley cemetery.

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)
Oral history interview with Ellen Isabella Mufford.
"The Place Between: 1860-1939" by the Aldergrove Heritage Society.
Royal B.C. Museum Genealogy Archives.

Mary McIver was born on December 13, 1892 to Murdoch and Annie McIver, and was one of nine children. She was born and raised in Fort Langley. She died on August 3, 1957 at the age of 64.


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Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)

Catharine (or Cathrine) Ann Skea was the first child born to parents John and Elizabeth Skea in 1887, in Scotland. She emigrated to Canada with her parents when she was 17 months old. Catharine married Clifford M. Pearson in Langley on October 11, 1911. They had three children: a boy who died at nineteen; Harold; and Lorna (married to Cecil Shaw). Mr. and Mrs. Pearson ran a general store in Sardis, which they opened in 1919. In 1945 the general store was taken over by Lorna and her husband, and Mr. Pearson and son Harold began a hardware store in 1950.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-334/1105)