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Object Description
Object ID
1965.016.001
Title
Lock and three keys found on the old Mavis farm in Fort Langley.
Description
Lock was made by "Tucker & Reeves, London, England." Item has four components (a-lock, b-key, c-key, d-key). This lock was found on the site of the Mavis farm at the old Fort at Fort Langley.
Materials/Support
Metal
People/Subject
Mavis (family)
Alexander Mavis (1825-December 31, 1905) came from England to California for the gold rush in 1849, and then to BC for our gold rush in 1858. He returned to England and married Mary Fiddler-Horn Nicholson in the mid-1860s. The couple had 6 children in England before returning to Langley in 1887. Children include Francis John (1871-1936), James Alexander (1872-1926), Ada (1876-), Lily Dawson (1874-1957), and Laura (1879 - ). Alexander and his family farmed some of the land that had previously belonged to the Hudson's Bay Company. In fact, much of the land in east Fort Langley was once owned by Mavis. Mavis and his wife died in 1905 and are buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery, but there are still many descendants in the area.
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