Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2007.040.001

Title

Copy of the Plan for the Subdivision of Portion of Lot 19 Group 2 (no. 578).

Date

1891; 1893.

Description

Copy : photocopy; two sheets of white paper (2007.040.001a and 2007.040.001b); copies of the Plan for the Subdivision of a Portion of Lot 19 Group 2 (no. 578); reads: "Plan / of Survey of / Lots 8 to 12 Block 1 and Lots 13 to 19 Block 2 / being a subdivision of a portion of / Lot 19 / Group 2 / N.W. Dist. / and forming part of / Langley Townsite / B.C." ; the paperwork includes aerial plans for the subdivided lot and handwritten notes from surveyors Robert E. Palmer and John Strathern; one of the plans is dated 1891 and the other 1893; the paperwork was signed by owners Mary and Alexander Mavis.

People/Subject

Fort Langley (village)

Mavis, Alexander, 1825-1905

Alexander Mavis (1825-December 31, 1905) came from England to California for the gold rush in 1849, and then to BC for our gold rush in 1858. He returned to England and married Mary Fiddler-Horn Nicholson in the mid-1860s. The couple had 6 children in England, including Sarah Elizabeth (1868-1942), Mary Jane (nee Mavis) Cole (1869-1932),
Francis John (1871-1936), James Alexander (1872-1926), Ada (1876-), Lily Dawson (1874-1957), and Laura (1879 - 1977). The family returned to Langley in 1887. Alexander and his family farmed some of the land that had previously belonged to the Hudson's Bay Company. In fact, much of the land in east Fort Langley was once owned by Mavis. Mavis and his wife died in 1905 and are buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery, but there are still many descendants in the area.

Mavis, Mary Fiddler-Horn (nee Nicholson)

Mary Fiddler-Horn Mavis (nee Nicholson) was born in 1825 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. She immigrated to Canada in 1887 with her husband Alexander Mavis and their children Sarah Elizabeth (1868-1942), Mary Jane (nee Mavis) Cole (1869-1932), Francis John (1871-1936), James Alexander (1872-1926), Ada (1876-), Lily Dawson (1874-1957), and Laura (1879 - 1977). Mary died on September 21, 1905.
Term Source: Fort Langley Cemetery pg. 47 (Hannay), Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C. (Pepin)

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