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Daniel Thomas Haney
Daniel Thomas was born on October 1st, 1879, and was the first person born in the Haney House. Daniel worked with his father Thomas to install Maple Ridge's first waterworks system. Daniel met Margaret (Mae) Knox at a dance in the Agassiz Hall, and they were married in 1915. They had four children: Beatrice Marie, Thomas John, Helen Elizabeth, and Daniel Ralph.
Daniel died on October 2nd, 1927, after setting out to New Westminster to have his gun serviced. He fell between some logs he was crossing and drowned. Following in the family tradition, just the year before Daniel had donated some of his land for a new Catholic Church on 8th Ave [224th Street]. Sadly, his was the first funeral performed in the new church.
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