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Mabel Blacklock was born in England on July 14, 1891 to parents Mary and Dr. John Blacklock. Mabel came to Canada with her parents and other grown siblings in 1910. They first lived Vancouver before settling on 40 acres in Langley Prairie to the west of the Harrisons property, previously owned by the Doyles, in 1913. The Blacklocks ran a dairy farm, but three sons (Colin, Harold, and Kenneth) all left to serve in the First World War, while Alan stayed behind to help run the farm. Luckily, all three returned. Mabel kept house for the family for almost 60 years and was an active member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and its choir, as well as other women's groups. She passed away on August 12, 1970.

Ivy was born Ivy Mabel Chatt in Hampton, England, in 1903. She studied dressmaking in London and she came to Canada in 1921 with her family, setting in North Burnaby. She worked in a dress shop in downtown Vancouver. Ivy married Archibald "Archie" McVicar on November 5, 1924. They would be together for 31 years, and she lived in North Langley until 1955. She also wrote for the Langley Advance in the 1930s. After Archie passed away in 1956, Ivy moved to 198th Street in downtown Langley and took another job in a dress shop nearby. Ivy married Frank Crompton in 1957. Ivy was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and sang in the choir. Her daughter with Archibald, Kathy, married into the Kells family. Ivy passed away on February 7th 2002 in Langley.

Wife of Jon Davis, who ran the Totem Grocery Store. St. Andrew's Anglican Church Choir member.

Tommy Harris was the Rector at St. Andrew's Anglican Church from 1940 - 1963.

Member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and Choir. Sister of Doug and Gordon Pearce, of the Pearce Hardware store.

Constructed in Langley Prairie in 1922 on land donated by farmer Brian Harrison on the north side of the Yale Road at Telephone Road (206th). Both church and a vicarage were constructed through the efforts of volunteers. The church remained in use for 57 years (it was destroyed by fire in 1979).

Source: Warren Sommer, From Prairie to City, pg. 144.

Walter Shanks was the manager of the Royal Bank in Langley Prairie and a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and Choir.

Member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and Choir.