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Catherine Ann McGillivray married Allen Kennedy Sharp on January 28, 1897. Their children were Julia, Clare, Laureen, Wilford, Helen and Robert. Julia was born in Port Hammond (now Maple Ridge), B.C. on November 2, 1897 and died in Burnaby August 3, 1994. A. K. Sharp was a Methodist preacher in southern British Columbia who was drawn to the province by an invitation from a Reverend T. W. Hall in Kamloops. Allen took up the offer and arrived by train in Kamloops in 1891 where he bought a horse that took him through the Okanagan Valley as far as Keremeos. He left the Similkameen on horse back in 1893 bound for Princeton, Hope and Sumas where he took up a new post. He moved to Hammond in the Lower Fraser River Valley in 1895, Langley in 1899, Trout Lake in 1902, Ashcroft in 1904, and Langley in 1906. In 1910, A. K. Sharp left the ministry and returned to Caistorville, Ontario and was superannuated in 1925. Allen Kennedy Sharp died May 23, 1948 at Hamilton, Ontario and Catherine Ann Sharp died June 26, 1952 in Caistorville, Ontario.

Younger brother of Rev. Allen Sharp and sister Phoebe.

Julia Sharp was born in Port Hammond (now Maple Ridge), B.C. on November 2, 1897 to parents Catherine Ann (McGillivray) and Allen Kennedy Sharp. She married Fred Cameron Butler. She died in Burnaby August 3, 1994.

Laureen McGillivray Sharp was born August 20, 1901 in Langley to parents Catherine (McGillivray) and Revered Allan Kennedy Sharp.

Phoebe Sharp was the sister of Frank and Rev. Allen Sharp. She was a teacher at the first Murrayville School on 216th Street in 1902.

Phoebe Clare Sharp (known as Clare) was born March 19, 1900 in Langley to parents Catherine (McGillivray) and Reverend Allan Kennedy Sharp.

Allen Kennedy Sharp married Catherine Ann McGillivray on January 28, 1897. Their children were Julia, Clare, Laureen, Wilford, Helen and Robert. Julia was born in Port Hammond (now Maple Ridge), B.C. on November 2, 1897 and died in Burnaby August 3, 1994. A. K. Sharp was a Methodist preacher in southern British Columbia who was drawn to the province by an invitation from a Reverend T. W. Hall in Kamloops. Allen took up the offer and arrived by train in Kamloops in 1891 where he bought a horse that took him through the Okanagan Valley as far as Keremeos. He left the Similkameen on horse back in 1893 bound for Princeton, Hope and Sumas where he took up a new post. He moved to Hammond in the Lower Fraser River Valley in 1895, Langley in 1899, Trout Lake in 1902, Ashcroft in 1904, and Langley in 1906. In 1910, A. K. Sharp left the ministry and returned to Caistorville, Ontario and was superannuated in 1925. Allen Kennedy Sharp died May 23, 1948 at Hamilton, Ontario and Catherine Ann Sharp died June 26, 1952 in Caistorville, Ontario.