Frederick William (1886–1979) and Jessie Sterling (Gray) (1888–1975) Barnett were natives of Glasgow, Scotland, who lived in Croydon from 1922 until 1973. Fred came to Canada in 1905, moving from Calgary to Manitoba to Saskatchewan. When her mother died in 1907, Jessie also immigrated to Canada, settling in Montréal. Fred and Jessie, who had known each other since childhood, were married in 1910. Their daughters Nora and Louise were born in Saskatchewan. In the early 1920s the Barnetts read an article in the Winnipeg Free Press about homesteads in the Croydon-Dunster area. In 1922, after 12 years of fighting hailstorms and grasshoppers on the prairies, they moved to Croydon and started clearing land. Fred shipped strawberries to Jasper and raised mink and fox until the Depression put an end to these small businesses. They sold the homestead in 1939 and Jessie started a small store, also continuing as postmistress of Croydon, a position she had started in 1926. Fred worked as carpenter on the construction of the Alaska Highway. Jessie retired from the post office in 1968, at the age of 81, and the office was closed. In 1973, they sold the one-and-a-half acre property and moved to McBride.