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Clifford Lloyd "Cog" Coghlan was born October 11th, 1896, in a Vancouver maternity home to parents Elizabeth and Young Henry Coghlan of Fort Langley. On his First World War Attestation papers it is noted that he was working as a bookkeeper in 1916 and served with the 72nd Highlanders. He married Doreen Grace Moore of Fort Langley on October 12, 1934, and they had a daughter named Helen. He became a fisherman and moved to Steveston in 1942. Cog passed away on October 15th, 1972. He was interned in the Fort Langley Cemetery.


Term Source: Fort Langley Cemetery pg. 10 (Hannay)
"C. Coghlan died in Steveston", Langley Advance, p.15, October 25, 1972.

The James W. Mackie House was built between 1870 and 1880. This first house burnt down soon after, after Ann Mackie lit a fire in the fireplace with an overheated stovepipe and burnt down the house. The property of the Mackie house was also known as "The Grange," and it was on the Salmon River, on the west side of Glover Road coming up into the village of Fort Langley.

William (Billy) Morrison was born on October 15, 1871 in Fort Langley to parents Kenneth and Lucy (nee Allard) Morrison. Kenneth was a Hudson Bay employee at the Fort, and Billy ended up staying in Fort Langley his whole life. He married Janet Spalding Wilkie, and the couple had 7 children : Irene, Kenneth (Jerry), Janet (Bunny), Alice (Tucker), Joseph (Rorry), Violet (Tooty), and Henry (King). Billy spent many years working for the CNR, and served with the Canadian Armed Forces during WWI. Billy passed away June 3, 1959, and is buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.