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William Hamilton Edge fonds
CA LCM MSS 38 · Fonds · [ca. 1879-1940]

The fonds consists of receipts from individuals, businesses, and governments issued to William Hamilton Edge.

Edge, William Hamilton
CA LCM MSS 208 · Fonds · [Photocopied 1989]

The fonds consists of 8 pages of Westover family history, including a record of service, family group records and photographs.

Westover (family)
Walter Reynolds Hall fonds
CA LCM MSS 6 · Fonds · 1912-1917, 1984

The fonds consists of copies made in 1984 of correspondence and land records, including articles of agreement, property conveyances, receipts, mortgages, deeds of land, and assessment notices of W.R. Hall concerning primarily land transactions involving George Henry Pratt, Alex Ritchie, George A. Jacobs, and Charles Reid dating back to 1898-1915, and 1947. There are original records from 1912-1917 documenting payments made by Walter Reynolds Hall to Rev. H.A. Burton and correspondence between Hall and Montgomery Ward & Co. from Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Hall, Walter Reynolds
CA LCM MSS 52 · Fonds · [1977]

The collection consists of personal histories and geneaologies of pioneer settlers in Langley, B.C., including Benjamin Boake, Samuel Edge, William Edge, Thomas Jones, A.L. Lazenby, and Henry West [1977].

CA LCM MSS 10 · Fonds · [ca. 1973]

The collection consists of material relating to the centennial celebrations held in Langley, B.C. on April 26, 1973, including event schedules and programmes, council meeting agenda, and draft copies of a history of Langley to be placed in a time capsule. Collection also includes geneaologies of families of the original 1872 petitioners for incorporation, compiled by the 100th Anniversary Committee.

Spence family fonds
CA LCM MSS 27 · Fonds · [ca. 1939-1945]

The fonds consists of 10 ration books issued to various members of the Spence family of Coghlan, B.C. [ca. 1939-1945].

Spence (family)
Shortreed family fonds
CA LCM MSS 211;Coll. 221 · Fonds · 1880-1947, predominant 1892-1909

The fonds consists of correspondence (1892-1909), receipts and legal records (including will, deed of land, mortgage, and letter of probate) of the Shortreed family. Fonds also includes Shortreed family photographs (1880-1947) and a scrapbook of music compiled by Laura Shortreed, ca. 1926.

Shortreed (family)
Phoebe Fulton fonds : 1901
CA LCM MSS 198 · Fonds · [Photocopied ca. 1990]

The fonds consists of a diary (1901) of Phoebe Fulton describing community events and daily activities in and around the Fernridge District of Langley, B.C., at the turn of the century, and containing genealogical information from 1861 to 1931.

Fulton, Phoebe
Murdoch Kirby fonds
CA LCM MSS 21 · Fonds · [ca. 1880-1890]

The fonds consists of Kirby's correspondence with his sister, Agnes, in England.

Kirby, Murdoch
Michaud family fonds
CA LCM MSS 179 · Fonds · 19--

The fonds consists of a brief history of the Michaud family's settlement in the Langley, B.C., area, family trees, newspaper clippings, and pictures of family members. Fonds also includes a brief history of the Langley Catholic Parish, which was first held in the Michaud house in the 19th century.

Michaud (family)
Martin family collection
CA LCM MSS 29 · Fonds · 1920-1978

The collection consists of a Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Certificate for Luke John Martin (1920), a programme from the Maple Ridge-Langley Ferry opening (1957), a biography of James Murray Yale (1776-1871) who was the third Chief Factor of Fort Langley, B.C. (1960), a history of Fort Langley, a programme from the 1953 Langley High School Students' Council presentation of "H.M.S. Pinafore", a copy of the Fraser Valley Flood Record produced by the BCER's "Family Post" (1948), a history of Langley written for the township's 50th anniversary in 1923, and copies of extracts from the township of Langley Council Minutes from December 30, 1895, to April 1, 1899 [ca. 1978].

McAdam family fonds
CA LCM MSS 17 · Fonds · 1909-1910

The fonds consists of land deeds and Agreements for Sale of Land from Eliza Jane McAdam (1909), and an Agreement between John Maxwell and James Hossack, and Gilbert Laird (1910).

McAdam (family)
McCrimmon family fonds
CA LCM MSS 238 · Fonds · 1894, 1896

The fonds consists of 2 B.C. Public Schools Roll of Honour Certificates for Jena McCrimmon (1896) and Etta McCrimmon (1894).

McCrimmon (family)
Lewis W. Vaughan fonds
CA LCM MSS 41 · Fonds · 1904-1923

The fonds consists of personal receipts signed by David Vaughan (1904) and M.M. Peacock (1923), Road Tax Receipts for the Corporation of the District of Langley (1917-1918), and a Langley, B.C., Tax Demand (1917).

Vaughan, Lewis M.
CA LCM MSS 255 · Fonds · 1874-1972

Fonds consists of 6 series: announcements series, 1917-1971, which includes birth, marriage, and death announcements; diary series, 1972, which includes a diary of Len Rowlatts daily activities; fiscal records series, 1919-1972, which includes pension records, ration books, Turners Dairy Ltd. milk counts, mortgage records, bank correspondence, a victory bond certificate, savings bonds, Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association annual statements, agricultural subsidy records, and bank books; legal records series, 1874-1972, which include deeds and information regarding property, funeral records, birth certificates, a marriage certificate, and records related to the Rowlatt will; correspondence series, 1913-1972, which includes correspondence from Len s fiance Effie and correspondence sent to both Len and Isabella from family, including family in England, and friends; and ephemeral series, which includes recipes and an airline and rail pass stub from Lens 1969 trip to England.

Rowlatt, Len
Fonds · 1972-1990

The collection consists of sound recordings of interviews with pioneers and long-time residents of the Langley area, transcripts of interviews, genealogies of pioneers, and municipal correspondence concerning the Oral History project.

John Work collection
CA LCM MSS 42 · Fonds · 1968-1969

The collection consists of a 1943 article about John Work of the Hudson's Bay Company from the "California Historical Society Quarterly", and three pieces of correspondence from Mrs. Vernon Starr of Anaheim California, with a Mrs. Umphrey (1969) and W.E. Ireland (1968), Provincial Librarian and Archivist in Victoria, B.C. Mrs. Starr is a descendant of Henry Wark of Langley, B.C., and her correspondence contains much of the geneaology of the Wark family and accounts of their activities in Canada.

Jason Allard fonds
CA LCM MSS 155 · Fonds · 1923-1957

The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing assorted newspaper and journal clippings pertaining to the history of British Columbia and Fort Langley, B.C., letters of condolence regarding the death of Allard's son in battle during World War I, and some articles written by Allard himself.

Allard, Jason Ovid, 1848-1931
Isabella Hutcheon fonds
CA LCM MSS 169 · Fonds · 1890-1891

The fonds consists of one diagram book for sewing patterns by Isabella Hutcheon, including handwritten notes and sketches for pieces such as a chemise, a pair of drawers, and a nightdress.

Hutcheon, Isabella
Isabel Mary Matheson fonds
CA LCM MSS 239 · Fonds · 1921, 1922

The fonds consists of The Associated Board of Music and Royal College of Music exam results for Isabel Mary Matheson (1921, 1922), pupil of Miss J.A. Michaud at Langley Prairie, B.C.

Matheson, Isabel Mary
Hopkins family fonds
CA LCM MSS 165;MSS 146 · Fonds · 1890-1917

The fonds consists of 2 land deeds: Crown sale to Charles Hopkins, Township of Bentinck, Province of Canada, 1856; and transfer of land from Levi Hughes to Samual Hopkins, Township of Bentinck, 1872. The fonds also includes 8 B.C. Public Schools Rolls of Honour Certificates awarded to Edith, Herbert, Earl Levi, David and James Hopkins (1890-1909), military exemption record for David Hopkins, and Langley Municipal tax receipt (1898) to Lewis Hopkins.

Hopkins (family)
Holding family fonds
CA LCM MSS 40 · Fonds · 19--

The fonds consists of stories told to Mrs. Jessie Alice Thompson (nee Holding) by her father relating to his boyhood in Australia and his youth in Fort Langley, B.C.

Holding (family)
George T. Allan fonds
CA LCM MSS 22 · Fonds · 1841

The fonds consists of Allan's correspondence and journals written at Fort Vancouver (Washington State) in 1841.

Allan, George T.
CA LCM MSS 85 · Fonds · [1935-1945]

The fonds consists of 4 B.C. drivers' licences for George Stewart Matheson (1935-1938), 8 gasoline ration coupon books for George and Caroline Matheson [1939-1945], a Voter's Registration Certificate for Caroline (1940), and a Souvenir Membership for George Matheson from the Langley Agricultural Association for their Golden Jubilee Year (1942).

Matheson, George Stewart
Froggatt family fonds
CA LCM MSS 166 · Fonds · 1896-ca. 1917

The fonds consists of 4 baptismal certificates from Christ Church Wellington for Harry Christopher Froggatt (1896), William Charles Froggatt (1898), Louisa Maria Froggatt (1899), and Annie Kathlenn Froggatt (1900), and a French postcard from private W. Froggatt to his brother Harry Christopher with an embroidered army badge on the front (ca. 1917).

Froggatt (family)