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George Simpson was born in Scotland in 1857. He married Margaret Mowat in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, in 1881. With his wife and three children, George, Jr., James, and Annie, George came to Sedro Wooley, Washington, in 1891 to join his brother-in-law James Mowat, and moved to Fort Langley the following year. He operated a farm in Fort Langley and was one of the original members of the Delta-Surrey-Langley Pioneers Assoc. The family bought their home-site from James Mackie, where George lived until his death in August 1941 at the age of 84.

The Women's Institute was founded in 1897, in Stony Creek, Ontario. Its original purpose was educating rural women so they could improve their lives through domestic science. One of the founders, Mrs Hoodless had lost her son after he drank contaminated milk. Hoodless believed similar deaths could be avoided if women had more knowledge. Hoodless said, “A nation cannot rise above the level of its homes, we women must work and study together to raise our homes to the highest level possible.” The group quickly grew, with BC getting its first branch in 1909. It soon spread overseas.