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Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Hugh Davidson was born in 1864 or 1865 in Ontario. He came to Langley in 1888 and at the age of 24 he and Robert Riddell opened one of the first stores in the area in 1889. He sold the store and went to work for Rithet Wholesalers in 1894. By 1905 he was farming on the Salmon River flats. He was one of the first farms to have Ayrshire cattle in the province. He later went to work for Hastings Shingle Mill in Vancouver. He married Margaret Jane McKee on March 11, 1898. They had 3 children: a son who died young, John, and a daughter. Hugh died on May 17, 1950.

Joseph and Georgiana Michaud were Langley’s first French Canadian family. Their home, built in 1888 is still standing. The museum archives holds the Michaud family fonds and the museum had a display of their parlour for many years.

Joseph (1841-1909) and Georgiana Michaud (nee Morin) were the first French settlers in Langley municipality, B.C., moving there from St. Philippe de Kamouraska, Que., in 1878. They built Michaud House in 1888, where the first Roman Catholic mass in Langley was held and which, now restored, is the oldest house in Langley City. A former schoolhouse moved onto the Michaud property became the first Langley Catholic church, called St. Joseph's after an uncle. Joseph's older brother, Maximilian Michaud, also owned 600 acres in the Langley, BC, area. Georgiana died in Langley on April 12, 1926, at the age of 78.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-447/1203), Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C., pg. 58 (Pepin)

Joseph (1841-1909) and Georgina (Morin) Michaud were the first French settlers in Langley municipality, B.C., moving there from St. Philippe de Kamouraska, Que., in 1878. They built Michaud House in 1888, where the first Roman Catholic mass in Langley was held and which, now restored, is the oldest house in Langley City. A former schoolhouse moved onto the Michaud property became the first Langley Catholic church, called St. Joseph's after an uncle. Joseph's older brother, Maximilian Michaud, also owned 600 acres in the Langley, B.C., area.
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg. 259 (Waite)

Maximilien Michaud Sr. was Joseph Michaud's (1841-1909) older brother, also from St. Philippe de Kamouraska, Quebec. Maximilien had worked his way west across the USA and Canada both on train and on foot; the journey took about 18 months. He first pre-empted land in Hope before working in a hotel in New Westminster, and in 1869 he purchased the New Brighton Hotel in Hastings (later Vancouver). He was the first postmaster in Vancouver, with the office in his saloon. The hotel's name changed to the Hastings Hotel, but it was nicknamed Maxie's. Maximilien also owned 600 acres in Langley Prairie. He died on December 22, 1882 at the age of 44, and was buried in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery in New Westminster.

Joseph (1841-1909) and Georgina (Moran) Michaud were the first French settlers in Langley municipality, B.C., moving there from St. Philippe de Kamouraska, Que., in 1878. They built Michaud House in 1888, where the first Roman Catholic mass in Langley was held and which, now restored, is the oldest house in Langley City. A former schoolhouse moved onto the Michaud property became the first Langley Catholic church, called St. Joseph's after an uncle. Joseph's older brother, Maximilian Michaud, also owned 600 acres in the Langley, B.C., area. Eventually the church was rebuilt on Old Yale Road. It burnt down on March 18, 1943. Re-construction began immediately, but took until 1946 to complete due to war time shortages.