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Robert Murray McLennan 1902-1980

Murray was born on Salt Spring Island September 21, 1902. He attended Beaver Point School from the age of three in order to keep up the number of pupils needed to obtain a teacher. He went to Grade Eight at Beaver Point and then took some correspondence course in mathematics, animal husbandry, farming and carpentry (joinery) often relying on assistance from the teacher, Tommy Isherwood, who boarded with the family. C1905