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See Also: Belmont Farm

Gordon Berry was born June 21, 1928 to Harry and Vera Berry. He married a woman named Fran, and they had two daughters, Sharon and Leanne. Gordon died April 8, 2002.

Harold "Harry" Sterne Berry was born in Langley on 17 August, 1901 to John Walter Berry and Lydia Bowman. He married Vera Evelyn Laking (1902-1979) on 19 October, 1922, in Vancouver. They had 6 children, including Gordon (Chub), Helen, Ted, Dick, Bill and Jean. Harold died on 4 December, 1980. Harry Berry was a farmer on Belmont Dairy Farm, and lived in only two houses his whole life.

John Walter Berry was born on December 18, 1869 in Bruce County, Ontario to parents William Berry and Susanah (Sterne) Berry. In 1890 he married Lydia Bowman of Mannheim, Ontario. They had 7 children: Edith (b. 1891), Edward (b. 1894), William (b. 1900), Harold (b. 1901), Anne (b. 1903), John (b. 1905), and Thomas (b. 1910). John moved his family to Langley in 1897 to help long-time friend David Moss Coulter open a general store. The pair opened two stores, one in Murrayville (managed by Berry) and one in Fort Langley (managed by Coulter). In 1904 John sold his store to Hugh A. MacDonald. During the time he owned the store, John purchased a 135 acre price of land and went on to build a successful dairy farm (Belmont). In 1910 he helped form the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association. John was a prominent Langley citizen. He served as Municipal Clerk in the Township of Langley from 1899-1909, as Chairman of the Langley School Board from 1912-1936, and as MLA for the Delta Riding (which consisted of Delta, Surrey and Langley) from 1928-1932. He also served as an auctioneer and valuator. John died at his home on Old Yale Road after a lengthy illness on September 5, 1943 at the age of 74. He is buried in the Murrayville Cemetery.

See Also: Coulter & Berry Store
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg. 249 (Waite) ; From Prairie to City, p. 85 (Sommer).

Lydia Berry (nee Bowman) was born in Ontario on 7 October, 1867. She married John Walter Berry in 1890, and they had seven children: two sons died during World War I. She died on April 20, 1948.
Term Source: Comparison of 1990 and counting, pg5 (MacKinnon), and HPC Record (BERRY-1), The Langley Story pg.

Vera Evelyn Laking was born in New Westminster on 24 February, 1902. She married Harold Sterne Berry on October 17, 1922. They had six children: Helen Evelyn, William John, Richard Sterne, Gordon Harry, Jean Anne, and Edward Laking. Vera died on August 11, 1979.

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Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Five Corners intersection is where five roads all meet at one point in Murrayville. The streets are Old Yale Road, 48 Avenue; and 216 street. Paul Murray chose to homestead here in 1874 and after the Yale road was completed, Murray's son, Billy, built a hotel here to cater to travelers passing through on their way to the Interior. This was the first permanent building in the settlement that came to be known as Murray's Corners. In 1889 the brush was cleared for the construction of the first church in the area, Sharon Presbyterian Church. Further developments occurred rapidly, and Murray's Corners became one of the most important settlements in Langley. The settlement grew up as a service area for travelers and for the local agricultural community. Now called Murrayville, it retains a number of early buildings from all eras of it development, from the earliest church and hotel (1880's), to later farmhouses and barns (1900's to 1910's) , a school; and early suburban residence (1910's), and a later store, church and community hall (1920's to 1930's). This concentration of heritage buildings is a significant community resource, and remains as an important reminder of an earlier way of life in Langley. Today this heritage precinct is still centred on the Five Corners intersection, which remains the heart of the Murrayville community.