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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

0484

Title

Members of the Murchison and Vannetta families, four generations.

Date

[190-?].

Description

Members of the Murchison and Vannetta families, four generations:(left to right) Alexander Murchison, his wife Isabel Murchison (nee Beaton), their daughter, Elizabeth Vannetta (nee Murchison), her son, Alexander Moses Vannetta, his son, Cecil Vannetta.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Inscription in ink reads: "4 generations. 1. Mr. & Mrs. Alex Murchison. 2. daughter Mrs. W.H. Vannetta. son of Mrs. Vannetta - Alex 3. Vannetta. 4. Alex's son Cecil".

People/Subject

Murchison, Alexander

Married to Isabel Murchison (nee Beaton). Father of Elizabeth Vannetta (nee Murchison).
Term Source: Langley Story, pg. 266 (Waite)

Murchison, Isabel (nee Beaton)

Married to Alexander Murchison. Mother of Elizabeth Vannetta (nee Murchison).
Term Source: Langley Story, pg. 266 (Waite)

Vannetta, Alexander Moses

Son of William Henry Vanetta. Born in 1874. First Caucasian boy born in Langley. Married Mary Alice Vanetta (nee Davis). Please note correct spelling of his name is Vannetta, not Vanetta. See photograph of Vannetta Park in Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. page 70 to confirm.
Term Source: Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg. 4, 70 (Pepin), Langley Story, pg. 266 (Waite)

Vannetta, Cecil

Son of Alexander Moses Vannetta and Mary Alice Vanetta (nee Davis).
Term Source: HPC Record (MURCH-1/484)

Vannetta, Elizabeth (nee Murchison)

Elizabeth Vannetta (nee Murchison) was the daughter of Alexander and Isabel Murchison (nee Beaton). Married William Henry Vannetta. Their son Alexander, born 1873, was the first Caucasian boy born in Langley. Please note correct spelling of his name is Vannetta, not Vanetta. See photograph of Vannetta Park in Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. page 70 to confirm.
Term Source: Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. pg. 4, 70 (Pepin)., Langley Story, pg. 266 (Waite)

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