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Florence Ann Michaud, daughter of Joseph and Georgiana Michaud, was born February 7, 1874. At the age of 23 she married James Joseph Doyle, age 41, on September 22, 1897. Although they never had any children, Doreen, granddaughter of Brian and Annie Harrison, said that having tea with Mrs. Doyle was a highlight of her childhood visits to Langley Prairie, as they "wore dresses and white gloves, and drank out of beautiful tea cups." Florence died in 195

Born May 8, 1856. An English-speaking native of New Brunswick with Irish Catholic lineage, James came to B.C. in about 1878. He initially worked as a logger, clearing parts of what later became the city of Vancouver, and working at the Hastings sawmill. By 1901 he was an established farmer, and it was about this time that his in-laws gave him part of their farm. He ran this mixed farm until 1920, when James, who was almost 20 years older than Florence, decided to retire. They left the community 2 years later, but returned in 1926, began poultry farming, and retired from that in 1929. James Doyle was a supporter of the Knights of Columbus, and died in 1938 without children.

Ellen Pattenden was a resident of Fort Langley, B.C.