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Walter Gerald Edward Hope Wilkie was born September 17, 1871 in Dublin. He came to Canada with his parents. He served as Post-master/Clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Langley between June 1892 and January 1893. He married a nurse, Louisa Anne Edwards on February 28, 1905 in Langley. Louisa died on December 16, 1936. Eventually Walter took up surveying, working at times with his younger brother Octavius surveying roads, railways, and land. Walter was the last surviving son of Henry and Alicia. He retired in Fort Langley, and died February 3, 1954 leaving one sister, Jessie. (Info provided by family descendants Tannis Pond).