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Object Description
Object ID
2704
Title
Mrs. Elizabeth Fox Crompton Operating a Stump Puller.
Date
[before 1940].
Description
Elizabeth Fox Crompton operating a stump puller on the Crompton residence in West Langley District.
People/Subject
Crompton, Arthur F.
Arthur Crompton was born in approximately 1865. He married Elizabeth Fox, and they emigrated to Canada with their children in 1909 from Warrington, Lancashire, England. They settled in Victoria for a year and then moved the family to Vancouver. They bought acreage in West Langley on Telegraph Trail near the farming McClughan Family. Their children are Frank, Charles Samuel Sr., Dora and Amy. Arthur was a photographer and took pictures of several of the early buildings in the Port Kells area. He died at the age of 76 on April 29, 1941.
Crompton, Elizabeth (Fox)
Elizabeth Fox was born on July 26, 1864 in England to parents Sarah (nee Taylor and William Fox). She married Arthur Crompton. Arthur and Elizabeth emigrated to Canada in 1909 from Warrington, Lancashire, England. They settled in Victoria for a year and then moved the family to Vancouver. They bought acreage in West Langley on Telegraph Trail near the farming McClughan Family. Their children are Frank, Charles Samuel Sr., Dora and Amy. Elizabeth died in 1961 at the age of 97.
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