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Arthur Anderson was the brother of Elizabeth McLaren (nee Anderson). Owner of the Murrayville Garage. He purchased the garage in 1912. He sold the garage in 1944. He and his wife also lived at 21493 48 Avenue (the "Monahan House"). He is the father of Benny Anderson.

Edward Weldon Berry was born in Ontario February 6, 1894, and is the oldest son of Lydia and John Walter Berry. Edward was a graduate of arts at UBC. He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University and was attending St. John's College until his death January 23, 1920 at the age of 26. The cause of death was heart failure, caused by having sustained shell shock and gassing in WWI. Lieut. Berry had served overseas at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Passchendaele, before being gassed at Loos in 1917.

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The oldest part of this structure dates from just after the turn of the century, when it was originally constructed as both a blacksmith shop and carriage works. It was built by Ed Rudick for Dave and Jim Monahan. In 1907, Arthur Anderson came to work for the Monahan brothers. Anderson subsequently took over the operation of the shop in 1912 (one year after the building's foreclosure). The front section of the garage was replaced in 1922 with a new building, constructed by Ab Sherritt. Anderson continued to shoe horses in the older part of the building, while his son, Benny, operated a service station in the new addition. In 1944, Anderson sold the building to the future mayor of Langley City, Len Nicholas, who operated an International harvester dealership on site until 1958.