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Frank Ross Bowling was the son of Frank and Nellie Bowling (nee Ross), born Dec. 17, 1921, at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Ross served overseas with the RCAF as a wireless air gunner during WWII. There he met and married (Lois) Barbara Lois Cross on July 1, 1944. They had two children, Malcolm Ian (b. 1948) and Gloria Carol (b. 1955). Ross purchased the 40 acres next to his dad's farm (on 96th Ave.) from the Robinson family. Ross was the president of the Langley Farmers' Institute in 1953. Ross died on November 28, 2000, at Langley Memorial Hospital.

Malcolm Ian Bowling (known as Ian) was born to parents Frank Ross and Lois Bowling in 1948. He grew up in Fort Langley. He married Susan Friston, and they had four children.