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Delta throwback: The Ladner family

Let’s go back to July 30 th , 1895 and visit the Ladner family picnic at the Boundary Bay camping ground. Thomas. E. Ladner is seated left back row. Ladner (1836-1922) was born in Cornwall, England.
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Let’s go back to July 30th, 1895 and visit the Ladner family picnic at the Boundary Bay camping ground.

Thomas. E. Ladner is seated left back row. Ladner (1836-1922) was born in Cornwall, England. He and his brother William travelled by wagon caravan to California in 1852. In 1858, the brothers left for British Columbia to join the Cariboo Gold Rush, establishing profitable packtrain businesses.

In 1866, Thomas settled in New Westminster, running a feed store. He moved his family to Delta in 1870 to land that he had pre-empted in 1868 on the east side of Chilukthan Slough, opposite his brother William's holdings.

The town of Ladner became established on William's property, and eventually grew to encompass the Thomas farm, which he named Trenant after his birthplace.