Mussallem Family
In 1897, Solomon Mussallem left his native Lebanon and travelled to Canada. In 1905 he married Annie Besytt, also Lebanese, and they had seven children. … Read More
John Callaghan Family
The Callaghans were one of Maple Ridge’s first families of settlers. Daniel Callaghan Sr., his son Dan, and son-in-law Thomas Haney – arrived in 1876 … Read More
Henry Robert Beckett Family
The Beckett family arrived in Port Haney from Sherbrook, Quebec in 1885. Henry Robert Beckett and his wife Mary brought with them their daughter and … Read More
George Gordon Abernethy Family
The first member of the Abernethy family to venture on to Port Haney soil was George Gordon Abernethy. George was born in Embro, Ontario on … Read More
Charlton-Storey Family
Alfred T. Charlton was born in Ontario in 1875. In 1901 or 1902, after becoming a general merchant, he married Mary Berry. Mary was born … Read More
Sansuke Kawamoto Family
Koto Kawamoto was one of the 200 Japanese people who came across the Pacific on the S.S. Keman. She was a picture bride, to be … Read More
Robert Blackstock Family
Robert Blackstock was born in 1849 in Perth County, Ontario, to Thomas and Mary Ann Blackstock. Robert’s formal education ended at the age of nine … Read More
John McIver Family
John A. McIver was born on January 1st, 1832, on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland. When he was 19 years old, he … Read More
John and William Hammond
For such an important part of our community history, not too much is known or remembered about the two Hammond brothers. We are not exactly … Read More
Doan Hartnell Family
The Hartnell family came from Cornwall to Ontario in 1867. John and Elizabeth Hartnell raised a family of eight children, plus two more girls who … Read More