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The Langley Trunk Road (sometimes referred to as Trunk Road) was renamed Glover Road following W.W. I after Lieut. F.W. Glover, Langley's first municipal engineer.
See From: Langley Trunk Road, Trunk Road
See Also: streets and roads
Term Source: Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C., pg. 57 (Pepin)

James (Jim) Joseph Moore married Clara Matilda Towle (nee Swanson) on June 29, 1921 after Clara's former husband George Towle died. Jim had two girls and a son from a previous marriage. Jim was retired at the time of their marriage. The Moores lived in the Towle house in Fort Langley, BC. Jim's oldest daughter married Clifford Coghlan and his son moved to Victoria, BC. Jim died on April 21, 1941.

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George Albion Towle's family arrived early in Fort Langley and ran the Commercial Hotel from the 1870s until about 1910. While George's father was away working, George ran the hotel with his mother, Eliza. Around the time the Towles' sold the hotel (ca. 1910) George hired Mr. Murphy, a local contractor, to build a retirement home for him and his wife. Built in 1912 at 8813 Glover Road - corner of Glover Road and Sellers Road (88 Avenue) - the house is a crafted balloon-frame structure with Palladian windows and a gable roof. A two storey verandah was added later as was asbestos siding (since partially removed). George died in 1920 and his wife continued to live in the house with her second husband, Mr. Moore. In 1945 a Mr. and Mrs. Borno purchased the house and lived there for many years. A ten foot section of the property was sold to a neighbour in about 1982.

Clara Matilda Swanson married George Albion Towle on January 30, 1901. After George died, she remarried James Joseph Moore on June 29, 1921. Clara died on April 4, 1954 at the age of 71.
Term Source: BC Vital Statistics.