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Robert John Fleming, Sr. (FLEMMING in the 1901 census) was born February 8, 1854 in Ontario, to parents Eliza (nee Kincade) and John Fleming. He married Sarah Saigeon in 1881. The couple had seven children: Eliza May, Ida, Edna, Ethel, Sarah, Robert John, and Robert Alexander. Robert came to Vancouver in the spring of 1887 and helped build the first CPR depot. In November 1887 his wife and two daughters, Eliza and Ida, came to Vancouver. Upon first coming to Langley in 1889, Robert and Sarah lived on the southeast corner of Campbell River Road and Biggar Road. Later they moved to Fort Langley. During 1907 the foundation of St. Andrew's Church in Fort Langley was in need of repair, and Robert was contracted to do the work with his own tools, and was paid $3 a day. He was on the board of management for the church in 1919. The couple moved to Sussex Avenue in Burnaby in 1920. Robert died in 1942 in Burnaby.

Eliza May Fleming was bron in Moorefield, Ontario, October 7, 1882, to parents Sarah (nee Saigeon) and Robert John Fleming. She was the oldest of 7 children. Eliza May married Francis John Mavis on December 17, 1902 in St. George's Anglican Church, in Fort Langley. She was reported to be the first bride in the church. The couple had six children : Harry Russell, Francis Alexander, Robert James, Edward Albion, Ida Winnifred, and Hubert David. Eliza May Mavis died on December 21, 1951 in Burnaby, at the age of 69. She was buried with her husband in Fort Langley.
Term Source: The Langley Story, pg 258 (Waite), Fort Langley Cemetery, pg 33 (Hannay)