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Matthew Sr. and Annie Graham and their children Charles, Annie, Tillie, Margaret, and Matthew Jr.

The Graham farm was located on the Abbotsford/Langley border in Glen Valley. Graham Hill on the Glen Valley escarpment was named after this family. Crops were: dairy, potatoes, oats, hay turnips, and mangolds. Prior to 1940, crop rotation was practiced, with grass being sown under a cover crop of oats. The threshing machine moved around the valley from farm to farm followed by the threshing gang. Milk was sold for $2 per can in Vancouver. The Probert's and Harry Wright brought stock to the Graham farm.

Born in 1894. Descendent of the Cornock family. Came to Glen Valley in 1900.

Worked on the Graham Farm from 1940 to 1963. He was paid room and board by his father and left in 1963 to make a better living. Also worked at the Stave Falls hydro-electric power plan. [Eileen Graham interview by Bob Puls, 2007]

Played baseball on the First Nations reserve on MacMillan Island.

Matthew Graham Sr. was born in Ireland. He purchased his farm on LeFeuvre Road in 1911 on the Abbotsford/Langley border in Glen Valley. Graham worked for Mr. Cornock. He went overseas in 1914 and took up land as a soldiers settlement upon his return. Graham Hill on the Glen Valley escarpment was named after this family.