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Charles Robert Yeomans was born on May 16, 1903 to parents Charles and Isabella Yeomans. At the age of 14, Bert's father died and he became the "man of the house" helping his mother take care of siblings James Raymond and Rosalie Emma. He became an avid hunter, and worked farming, logging, and trapping around the province, before returning to the Lower Mainland and his family. He passed away at 94 on February 3, 1997, a week after his sister Rosalie, and is buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

Isabella Eliza Hodder was born in about 1874. She married Charles Yeomans in Surrey on January 9, 1902, and the couple had three children: Charles Robert (1903), James Raymond, and Rosalie Emma. Isabella ran the Walnut Grove post office, and gave the area that name. She died in Fort Langley August 31, 1972 at the age of 98.

James Raymond Yeomans was born October 1905 to parents Charles and Isabella Yeomans. He died in Langley City on Dec. 4, 1969.

Rosalie Emma Yeomans was born on May 12, 1907 to parents Charles and Isabella Yeomans. The Yeoman family ran the north Langley community's first post office, and Rosalie's mother chose Walnut Grove as the name for both the farm and the post office. As a child Rosalie attended the one room West Langley School. She moved to Vancvouer for secretarial training and on completion was employed as secretary to David Spencer of Spencer's Store (later Eaton's on West Hastings). Rosalie came back from Vancouver in 1926 to take over the store and post office (on the corner of 208th and 96th Ave) from her brother Raymond, so he could work on the farm. The store became the hub of the community. She lived with her family until 1950, then made her home in the apartment that Raymond had built on the second floor. She lived there until she retired in 1972, moving to a green rancher just north of the store. In 1995, she moved into the Rosewood Extended Care Home. She died on January 29, 1997, a week before her brother, Bert (Robert).