HISTORY: Families and People: A - B | BAILEYS

Mel Bailey and his family (Their name was confusing because of the other Baillie family already in the valley, but the two names were spelt differently) lived on and owned the Brewer property. The property had been taken as a Crown Grant by Chris Schram in 1912, sold to Mabel Bright and her son, Garvin after Schram’s death in 1916 and then sold to Baileys. We do not know whether the Brights or the Baileys built the present Brewer house and barn. They were probably built by John Findlay and Martin Band.

The Bailey children were Harold born about 1917, Verna May born about 1919, Mary born in 1924 and Jack born in 1927. They attended the Joe Rich School.5 Harold married Miss Vanidour, one of the schoolteachers.