James Juniur Dougan
James Juniur Dougan was born in 1864 in New South Wales, Australia, the child of Irish immigrants. With his family he emigrated for Victoria, moved … Read More
Greenwell Family
Robert (Bob) John Greenwell was born April 18, 1906 in Vancouver. His father George came to Canada originally from England, leaving at a young age … Read More
First Secondary Schools in Haney
MCLEAN HIGH SCHOOL Built in 1922, McLean High School consisted of two classrooms, a basement, indoor plumbing, a teacher’s room and a chemistry lab. It … Read More
First Elementary Schools in Haney Centre
HANEY PUBLIC SCHOOL The Haney Public School was officially opened on December 28, 1908. It was the first school to be located in the centre … Read More
Dugald Brown Family
Dugald Brown, born 1877 on the island of Ѐisdeal (Easdale) in the county of Argyll, Scotland, was the youngest of ten children. He had been … Read More
Bill & Jack Clappison
Bill and John (Jack) Clappison came to Haney from Yorkshire, England in 1928 to join their married sister, Mrs. Algie Bend, who was already living … Read More
Tokutaro Tsuyuki Family
Tokutaro (Pop) Tsuyuki arrived in Canada in 1907. He was acquainted with Jiro Inouye, often referred to as the Japanese Mayor for Maple Ridge, who … Read More
Sam Robertson Family
Sam was born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in 1823. Before he left there, he became a tradesman skilled in boat building, carpentry, and … Read More
Peter Baker Family
Peter Baker, born Pierre Ferdinand Boulanger in 1826, left his home in Alsace, Quebec, for California in 1849. His journey took him to Panama, where … Read More
Lillian Mattson Lampi’s Memories
Our family, Oscar Mattson’s, moved to the community in March, 1903, from Nanaimo. I am the oldest from a family of six children. We bought a … Read More