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Douglas-Bridgette (family)
Famille

James Douglas (Jr.) and his family emigrated from Scotland to Canada East in 1850. They settled in the Township of East Farnham where he first rented and then purchased a farm. James Douglas (d.1883) married Janet Kirkpatrick (d.1881), which is how the Douglas and Kirkpatrick families are related. Their children were Robert, William James, George Carleton, Margaret, and Mary. Robert Douglas married Sara Louisa Loud. As a young man, George (known as Carleton) moved to California where he a successful businessman, becoming manager of the Pacific Lumber Company. While many descendants of James Douglas and Janet have left to live on the west coast, and in the northeastern United Sates, a number still remain in the townships.

The father of John Bridgette emigrated from North Ireland probably between 1825 and 1830, first settling in St. Giles and later moving to St. Sylvestre. His son, John W. Bridgette (1832-1917) married Maria Orr (1838-1922) and worked in the lumber trade as well as farming. They had eight children: Emily M., Albert E., Richard Edwin, Alma, Jennie, Georgia, William S., and Samuel J. Emily's grandson is Capt. Josiah Sawyer, founder of Sawyerville. William and Richard Edwin moved to New York, becoming successful businessmen, while Samuel was ordained at Mossisburg in July of 1903. Albert Edward married Arabella Todd, which is how the Bridgette's and Todd's are related. Their daughter Marjorie married Cedric S. Douglas, which is how all three families are related.

It is believed that the Pearson family immigrated from the British Isles at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. They settled in the Eastern Townships as one of the pioneering families in the region. They settled primarily in the area between Ste. Bridgide, Farnham and Waterloo. William Pearson and his wife Mary Jane Dunlop Pearson were the first to have children in Canada. Their children were: Susanna, William James and Etta Labinia.

The Todd family left the United States to settle in Eaton Township in the early 1800s. Alonzo Todd, son of Elisha and Sally (Willard) Todd. Together Alzono and his wife, Susan Luther, had five children: Eva Lucinda, Arabella, Ernest, Etta Fidelia, and Mary Jane. Arabella married Albert Bridgette, and that is how those two families are related.

Copping, George (family)
Famille · 18th cent.-20th cent.

(Generation 1) George Copping (1780-1849), born in Hatfield, Essex County, England, married Elizabeth Saggers (1782-1852), born in Chigwell, Essex County, England, in 1806 in London, England. The couple, along with their children immigrated to Quebec in 1811 and eventually settled in Rawdon by 1823. Among their eleven children were: George William (1807-1879), Henry (1818-1894), and William George (1808-1889).

(Generation 2) George W. Copping, son of George Copping and Elizabeth Saggers, married Mary Grey in Rawdon in 1830. Together they had ten children: John (b. 1831), Thomas (b. 1833), George (b. 1835), Elizabeth (b. 1837), Margaret (b. 1839), Mary E. (b. 1841), Ann (b. 1844), Charles (b. 1846), Sarah (b. 1848), and Jane (1851).

(Generation 3) John Copping, son of George W. Copping and Mary Grey, married Nancy Marlin in 1855 in Rawdon. Together they had three children: James Henry (b. 1857), Mary Jane, and John Alexander (b. 1868). John A. married Sarah Alice Mason in 1896 in Rawdon. The couple settled in Sand Hill after a short time in Comtpon until they moved to Lennoxville in 1945. They did not have any children. John died at the Sherbrooke Hospital in 1949. Alice died in 1960.

(Generation 3) Mary Ellen Copping, daughter of George W. Copping and Mary Grey, married Edward Mason in Rawdon in 1861. Together they had ten children: James Charles (b. 1862), Mary Ellen (b. 1864), Eliza Jane (b. 1865), George William (b. 1867), Annie Mariah (b. 1869), Sarah Alice (b. 1873), Charlotte Edith (b. 1877), Edward Armstrong (b. 1878), Thomas Albert (b. 1880), and Ethel Maude (b. 1882). Annie Mariah Mason married John Richard Copping. Mary Ellen Mason married Richard F. Boyce. Sarah Alice Mason married John Alex. Copping.

(Generation 3) Sarah Copping, daughter of George W. Copping and Mary Grey, married Samuel Dixon. She died in Cobden, Ontario in 1909.

(Generation 2) William G. Copping, son of Henry Copping and Elizabeth Saggers, married Margaret Gray in Rawdon in 1833. Together they had twelve children: Henry (b. 1834), William (1835-1836), George (b. 1838), Elizabeth (b. 1840), James (b. 1842), Thomas (b. 1844), William (b. 1845), John (b. 1847), Joseph (b. 1849), Charles (b. 1851), David (b. 1852), and Samuel (b. 1856). William died in 1889 in Rawdon. Among his children, George married Elizabeth Copping (daugther of Henry Copping and Jane Cook).

(Generation 2) Henry Copping, son of Henry Copping and Elizabeth Saggers, first married Jane Cook (ca. 1817-1846) in 1841 in Rawdon. Together they had three children: Mary (b. 1842), Elizabeth (b. 1844), and Jane (b. 1846). He married second Frances “Fannie” Harkness (1827-1872) in 1847 in Rawdon. Together they had eleven children: George (b. 1848), Ellen Maria (b. 1849), Jane L. (b. 1851), Sarah Ann (b. 1853), Henry (b. 1856), William Thomas (b. 1858), Margaret Frances (b. 1860), James Charles (b. 1862), John Richard (b. 1864), Clara Emiline (b. 1866), and Reuben (b. 1868). Henry Copping married third Mary Sinclair (ca. 1833-1887).

(Generation 3) Elizabeth Copping, daughter of Henry Copping and Jane Cook, married George Copping (son of Wiliam George Copping and Margaret Gray) in Montreal in 1870. Together they had six children: Helena, Clara Maude, Wiliam Henry Grey, Mary Alice, Melvin Francis, and Charles Clayton.

(Generation 3) Jane L. Copping, daughter of Henry Copping and Fannie/Frances Harkness, married John Johnston in Montreal 1874. Together they had five children: Violet, Victor, Augustus “Gus” Hyatt, Laura Sinclair, and John Walter.

(Generation 3) Sarah Ann “Lail” Copping, daughter of Henry Copping and Fannie/Frances Harkness, married James Barrow in Montreal in 1880. Together they had seven children: Lester, Hartley, Eleanor, Garnet, Grace, Hazel, and Douglas.

(Generation 3) John “Jack” Richard Copping, son of Henry Copping and Fannie/Frances Harkness, married Annie Mariah Mason in Montreal in 1893. Together they had one child: Vivian Iris.

(Generation 3) Reuben Copping, son of Henry Copping and Fannie/Frances Harkness, married Eliza Jane Mason in Montreal in 1894. Together they had three children: Laurence Edward, Reginald Lloyd, and Ruby Isabel. Reuben worked for a time in Montreal for Christie, Brown & Company, followed by the purchase of a farm in Sand Hill. He died in Sand Hill in 1929.

Famille Calixte Dupuis
Famille · 1872-1950

Calixte Dupuis est né en 1843 à St-Cyprien-de-Napierville. En 1871, il est le premier de la lignée des Dupuis à venir s’installer à Coaticook. Il épouse Adeline Boyer en 1865 avec laquelle il a neuf enfants : Azarie (1866), Alexis (1868), Ludger (1869), Antonin (1871), Georgianna (1873), Philippe (1875), Siméon (1876), Joseph (1879) et Émile (1882). Il quitte Coaticook quelques temps plus tard pour Barnston où il est élu conseiller, puis maire à trois reprises. Il revient à Coaticook en 1875. Il est alors agent d’assurances, inspecteur en construction, secrétaire-trésorier de Barford et marguillé de la paroisse St-Edmond. Calixte Dupuis décède en 1891. Son fils, Alexis-Louis est né à Napierville en 1868. À l’âge de vingt ans il s’établit comme marchand général à Coaticook. Il est élu échevin entre 1906 et 1912 et maire entre 1929 et 1923. Il est également juge à la cour des commissaires et juge de paix. Il décède en 1932.

Famille Arthur O. Norton
Famille · 1842-1967

Arthur-Osmore Norton, fils de Arunah Norton et Fannie Huntoon, est né à Barnston en 1845. Sa famille s’installe à Coaticook quelques années plus tard. Il épouse Helen M. Richardson en 1870 avec qui il a deux enfants : Harry Arunah (1872) et Mary Helen (1876). À 30 ans, A.O. Norton se lance dans le commerce de détail et ouvre une bijouterie à Coaticook, puis à Boston, sous le nom de Norton Borthers & Butters. À la fin des années 1880, il ouvre une manufacture de crics fabriqués spécialement à l’usage des chemins de fer. Dès 1891, il ouvre une succursale à Boston, ce qui fait de lui le plus gros fabricant de crics au monde. En 1906, l’entreprise est officiellement incorporée et porte le nom de A.O. Norton Inc. Harry A. Norton suit les traces de son père et s’intègre à l’entreprise familiale. Harry A. et Mary Helen n’ont pas de descendants. Mary H. Norton décède en 1967 en tant que dernière descendante de la famille Norton.
Outre leur réussite industrielle, les membres de cette prestigieuse famille sont aussi des philanthropes. Que ce soit par des dons ou des legs, plusieurs institutions et organismes de la région ont profité de leur générosité. Toutes ces contributions, qui débordent largement des frontières de Coaticook, font des Norton une famille marquante dans l’histoire sociale et artistique de la région.

Jackson, Jessie Dorcas Milne 1904-1997
Famille · 1904- c.1994

Jessie Dorcus Milne Jackson was born in 1904 to parents Katherine Mallinson and Francis Joseph Milne She married Harry Jackson on 19 June 1930 at St. Luke's Anglican Church in Magog, and had two children: Christine “Cathy” C. and Phillip G. They lived in various locations in Canada and the United States, however towards the end of her life she settled down in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Hunting (family)
Famille

Seth et William Hunting, les fondateurs de Huntingville et participants actifs à l’établissement de l’Église universaliste dans ce village, sont les premiers Hunting à s’établir dans les Cantons-de-l’Est. Nés à Hubbardston, au Massachusetts, William et Seth Hunting comptent parmi les quatre enfants de William Hunting et de Lydia Wheelock. William Hunting (1784-1832), leur fils aîné, et Mary (Polly) Stone (1782-1853) se marient en 1809 et déménagent par la suite à Templeton, au Massachusetts, d’où vient la famille de Mary. Mary est la fille aînée de Catharine Wyman et Leonard Stone, second époux de Catharine. Auparavant, Catharine a épousé en premières noces Aaron Kendall, qui meurt après dix ans de mariage, en 1881. De son premier mariage, la mère de Mary (Polly) Stone avait déjà trois enfants. Les liens familiaux du côté des Stone sont significatifs dans la famille Hunting car celle-ci reçoit une abondante correspondance de ces parents des États-Unis. Après la naissance de deux filles en 1809 et 1811, William et Mary Polly Hunting déménagent dans le canton d’Ascot, dans la province du Bas-Canada, en 1812. Même si la raison de ce déménagement n’est pas certaine, il est probable qu’ils y ont été attirés par des parents de Mary Stone qui étaient déjà partis s’installer vers le nord.

En 1815, Seth Hunting (1788-1872) emmène sa nouvelle épouse, Nancy Davis, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est et achète du terrain le long de la rivière Salmon, devenue rivière Ascot, ce qui sera le futur site de Huntingville. À ce moment, William et sa famille déménagent quittent Ascot pour venir rejoindre Seth là où il avait choisi de s’établir. Seth et Nancy Hunting ont six enfants : Stephen (1815-1841), Susan (1816-1886), Henry W. (1830-1896), William Seth (1865-1950), Fredrick A. (1867-1868 et Charles P. (1864-1931). Bien que la terre où les moulins seront éventuellement situés appartienne à Seth, il semble que celui-ci soit plus agriculteur que meunier et que ce serait William qui aurait construit les moulins.

William Hunting et Mary (Polly) Stone ont six enfants : Betsey (1809-1832), Catharine (1811-1838), William (1815-1892), Leonard (1820-1842), Lyman E. (1821-1850) et Ephraim, mort en très bas âge. William Hunting construit et exploite le premier barrage sur la rivière et construit par la suite un moulin à blé et un moulin à bois sur ses rives. Il exploite aussi un autre moulin sur la rivière Eaton. À son décès, en 1832, son fils aîné, William, reprend les moulins bien qu’il n’ait que 17 ans. En 1838, les jeunes frères de William, Leonard et Lyman, travaillent aux moulins. Dans les années 1840, Lyman a quitté les moulins pour travailler au Fuller General Store à Lennoxville, en raison de sa santé fragile due à une maladie pulmonaire, et vit à certaines périodes aux États-Unis. Les descendants de William Hunting fils ont exploité le moulin à bois et le moulin à blé jusqu’à 1960, alors qu’un incendie a détruit les deux édifices. En 1961, une usine de rabotage a été construite et exploitée par Hunting, avant d’être fermée définitivement, mais l’édifice est toujours là, au bord de la rivière Ascot, à Huntingville.

Boyce, Richard F.
Famille · 19th cent.-20th cent.

Richard Francis Boyce, son of William and Melinda Boyce, was born in 1861 in Rawdon. He married Mary Ellen Mason (1864-1948) in Rawdon in 1884. Together they had six children: Cornelia E. (b. 1884), Bertha L. (b. 1886), Oscar R. (b. 1888), Mary Mina. (b. 1891), Maude F. (b.1894), and Hazel Geraldine (b. 1902). Around 1904, Richard and Mary Ellen moved from Rawdon to Milby and purchased a farm there. Richard died in 1926 and Mary Ellen died in 1948.

Cornelia Boyce marred Edgar A. Orr. The couple owned a farm in Milby. Bertha Boyce married Olie Parker and moved to Sherbrooke. Oscar Boyce married Jennie Sophia McVety. Mary “Minne” Boyce married Silas McVety and moved to Sherbrooke. Maude Boyce married Leonard Graham and moved to Westmount. Hazel Boyce married David Tatley and moved to Belleville, Ontario.

Copping
Famille

The Copping Family Tree was planted in Canada in 1811 when George Copping, b. 1781 in Hatfield, Essex Co., England and his wife, Elizabeth Saggers, settled in Rawdon, County of Montcalm, Lower Canada with two small children. These papers are concerned with the seventh son, William who had a timber business in Rawdon, and his sons who by 1866 had moved to Ely Township in the Eastern Townships and started lumber mills at Boscobel. By 1930's the mills had ceased to operate. The papers are interesting as regards Ely Township development in late 1800's as the mills manufactured shingles, laths, clapboards, broom handles and lumber of all kinds.

Scott Family
Famille

Hiram Scott and his son, Levi mentioned in the following documents, are descendants of Daniel Scott (1751-1829) the Loyalist, who moved around 1803 into Dunham Township and settled in the area known as Scottsmore. Daniel had served under Col. Peters in Major Jessup's Corps. After the end of the war in 1784 he was living in the Loyalist refugee camp in Sorel, and later, on Caldwell's Manor until 1803 where most of his children, four sons and a daughter were born. The four sons were Capt. Lemuel, Daniel, Jonathan, Pliny and the daughter was Abigail. This family married with other families that had moved into the Sweetsburgh area, the Shufelts, Churches, Pettes, Vails, Hastings, Pickel and others.

Hiram, son of Capt. Lemuel, married Katherine Shufelt and their home, as thedeeds indicate, was in West Brome on McCutcheon Road, and they built the brick house on that property. This was, in more recent years, the home of Robert and Mary (Taber) McCutcheon.

As the deeds show, Levi Scott, son of Hiram, sold the farm to David Beattie in 1880. It came into McCutcheon possession later because David's daughter, Sarah Ann Beattie, married William McCutcheon.

Luther Scott, mentioned in the 1882 deed was a brother of Levi's and so the above home was where he was brought up also. He is said to have married Emily Armington of Dunham in that house.

Ira Scott mentioned in 1874 was a son of Jonathan and Susannah (Pickel) Scott, and so was a cousin of Hiram Scott. A sister of Ira's, Elmira married David Aitken of East Dunham whose descendant by the same name (Dave Aitken) has lived near Call's Mills in West Brome in recent years.

The 1866 deed should be an interesting one to members of the Beattie family of East Dunham which shows, in acquiring some of their land, they had to deal with the descendants of the Hon. Thomas Dunn, to whom the Township of Dunham was granted in 1796.

Allsopp-McCorkill Family
Famille

George Allsopp (1733-1805) was secretary to Sir Guy Carleton 1768-1775. For his service, he received the seigneuries of Jacques Cartier and d'Auteuil at Cap Santé, Quebec. He also received land grants in Farnham in the early 1800s which were to be divided between his 6 sons and youngest daughter. [Many of his sons were in the merchant navy]. His third son, Carleton Allsopp (1774-1839) was a merchant stationed in South America and later the Vice Consul of the Republic of Colombia in London. He married Donna Maria Concepcion D'Alfaro de Villahermosa (1775-1867). HIs eldest son, John Charles Allsopp (1817-1865), took part in the family business of managing their properties in both Cap Santé and Farnham. There he had dealings with the McCorkill family, mainly John and his son Robert McCorkill. John Charles eventually married into the McCorkill family. His wife Mary Jane McCorkill was Robert McCorkill's younger sister. Both siblings took over the management of the Allsopp-McCorkill estate and property in Farnham and Cap Santé for many decades in the mid to late 1800s. When John Charles Allsopp died in 1865, Robert McCorkill and Mary Jane Allsopp became the executors of the immense estate of the Allsopp-McCorkill family. There were some issues with the various estate claims from the Allsopp at Cap Santé. Having no children of their own, Mary Jane McCorkill took it upon herself to help raise her brother Robert's boys, the eldest being the Honorable Judge John Charles McCorkill. Upon Robert's death in 1874, there were again legal challenges to his estate and succession. However, Mary Jane MCorkill continued to manage the family business until her death in 1901. Valued over [?] in 1901, her estate and succession was handled by her nephew John Charles McCorkill and was settled in 1914.

Famille McLoughlin-Willard
Famille · 1795-1932

Joseph Amos McLoughlin, né le 24 décembre 1822, a été directeur d’école et inspecteur d’école dans les régions de Missisquoi, Brome et Shefford pendant plus de 40 ans du milieu à la fin des années 1800. McLoughlin fut nommé inspecteur d’école en 1870, prenant la place du premier inspecteur, Rotus Parmelee. Voyager à travers le pays d’école en école pendant les mois d’hiver n’était pas une vie facile et il a continué aussi longtemps qu’il était physiquement capable. En octobre 1888, il demanda un congé de maladie et, le 17 décembre 1888, il mourut de consomption chez lui à Sweetsburgh, à l’âge de 66 ans seulement.
Avec sa première femme, Jane Antoinette Hewitt, qu’il a épousé le 7 janvier 1859, ils ont eu deux fils, dont un seul survit, Joseph Wilson McLoughlin. La seconde épouse de Joseph A. McLoughlin, Charlotte Elizabeth Willard, née le 18 avril 1844, est la petite-fille de Samuel Willard, le chef des premiers associés dans la colonisation du canton de Stukely. Elle est également une descendante de la famille Knowlton, car sa mère était Merab Anne Knowlton de South Stukely. Le couple a uni sa destinée le 8 mai 1873 et ensemble, ils ont eu quatre fils (William, John, George, Samuel) et quatre filles (Antoinette, Mary, Sarah, Merab) dont deux sont décédés en bas âge. La plupart des enfants McLoughlin-Willard sont devenus des citoyens talentueux qui ont fait la promotion de la valeur d’une bonne éducation. Charlotte Willard est décédée en février 1912.

Gallop, John
Canada · Famille

John W. Gallop graduated from Bishop's University in 1957, and married Nancy Estelle (Willis) Gallop who also graduated from Bishop's in 1958. Nancy passed away on February 20, 2021.

Famille Prime
Famille · 1825-1913

Benjamin Worcester Prime (1805-1844) et son frère Thomas Merrell Prime (1800-1844) se sont installés dans le canton de Dunham vers 1820 [?]. Les deux familles sont déménagés à Brome, où Benjamin était cordonnier et Merrell a acheté une ferme, plus tard connue sous le nom de la ferme Lyman au sud-est de Brome, près de Bolton Ouest, sur le vieux chemin de Magog [Stagecoach]. À cet endroit, il a construit un hôtel, mieux connue sous le nom Taverne Prime. Le Dr Thomas Merrell Prime [Jr] (1836-1913) est né à Dunham et a étudié la médecine aux États-Unis. Ayant acheté la pratique du Dr Charles Cotton, il a vécu à Brome jusqu'en 1874, puis est déménagé à Knowlton.

Tarbell-Kimball Family
Famille · 1811-1975

The first member of the Tarbell-Kimball family to come live in the Eastern Townships was Edward Horace Tarbell, (1841-1916), son of Horace W. Tarbell and Charlotte Leach, who married Catherine Kimball (1837-1920), daughter of Albert Kimball (1811-1891) and Sarah Ann Williamson, on November 1st, 1864 in Knowlton. The couple had three children: Albert Edward (1870-1873), Herbert Kimball (1874-1944) and Sarah Catherine (1876-1967). Herbert K. Tarbell married Nellie Ruth Farmer, adopted daughter of Alvin Farmer and Catherine Inglis, being a Home Child born in England. They went to live in the United States, but Nellie came back to Knowlton probably after her husband died. She was very fond of her sister Glenna Mae Farmer (1889-1960), who married Sydney Taylor Smith (1875-1964) and had only one child Ronald Alvin Smith (1923-1985).

Mason, Edward (family)
Famille · 19th cent.-20th cent.

Edward Mason, son of James Mason and Mary Armstrong, was born in Rawdon in 1829. He married Mary Ellen Copping in Rawdon in 1861. Together they had ten children: James Charles (b. 1862), Mary Ellen (be. 1864), Eliza Jane (b. 1865), George William (b. 1867), Annie Mariah (b. 1869), Sarah Alice (b. 1873), Charlotte Edith (b. 1877), Edward Armstrong (b. 1878), Thomas Albert (b. 1880), and Ethel Maude (b. 1882). Annie Mariah Mason married John Richard Copping. Mary Ellen Mason married Richard F. Boyce. Sarah Alice Mason married John Alex. Copping.

McIver, Lewis (family)
Famille · 19th cent.-1925

Lewis McIver, son of Colin and Anne McIver, was born in Scotland around 1815. He immigrated to Canada and settled in Bury as a trader. He married Sarah Pope in Lingwick on 3 November 1852 and among their children were: Alexandrina Anne (b. 1853), Lilly Evandrina (b. 1855), and Alexander Lewis (b. 1856).

Alexander Lewis McIver (sometimes also written as MacIver), who also worked as a trader in Bury, married Selina K. Fauquier(?) and together they had three children: Eric (b. 1894), Nina (b. 1897), and Joan (b. 1901). It appears that Alexander Lewis moved to Ontario in 1915. Eric McIver served in World War I as an observer and pilot for the 7th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. He died in Oakville, Ontario on 29 October 1925, where he was working for the Tonopah Mining Company, following a sudden and brief illness.

Nicolls-Mountain
Famille · 1805-1909

The Nicolls and Mountain families lived in Quebec and Lennoxville in the nineteenth century. The founders of the connection were George Jehoshaphat Mountain, a young Anglican clergyman, and Gustavus Nicolls, a Captain of Engineers. Mountain married Mary Hume Thomson, the daughter of a British official in Quebec in 1814. Nicolls married Mary Thomson's elder sister Heriot Frances, in 1812. Gustavus Nicolls became Commander of Royal Engineers in Canada, while Mountain became Bishop of Quebec. In 1845, Mountain appointed his nephew, Jasper Nicolls, the General's third son, as Principal of the newly established Anglican institution in Lennoxville, Bishop's College. Jasper fell in love with his cousin Harriet, the Bishop's daughter. They were married in Quebec in 1847. The correspondence which flowed between the Mountain family in Quebec and the Nicolls family in Lennoxville provided the basis for Ten Rings on the Oak, 1847-1856 by Donald C. Masters and Marjorie W. Masters.

Jenks (family)
Famille

Leslie Hall Jenks, son of Nathaniel Jenks and Lucy Thornton, was born in Barnston on 28 December 1849. He was a dentist in Coaticook and had a practice at the corner of Pleasant and Cutting Streets. Leslie married Nancy Cushing on 30 October 1879. Together they had four children: Charles Nathaniel (1882-1888), Cushing (1885-1885), Archibald Nathaniel (1889-1938) and Abbott Cushing (1893-1957). Leslie died 5 October 1910 and is buried at the Mount Forest Cemetery in Coaticook.

John Nathaniel Jenks, son of Nathaniel Jenks and Lucy Thornton, was born in Barnston on 18 July 1848. He studied at Darmouth College and eventually became the principal of the Barnston Academy and also worked as a border agent. He married Kate Cole on 23 September 1902. Together they had one child: John (a.k.a. Donald) Leslie Jenks (1909-1973). John died on 5 December 1937.

Elvyn M. Baldwin (family)
Famille

The family of Levi Baldwin immigrated to Canada from Connecticut, USA, in 1799. They settled in Barnston Township where he was a farmer. Levi Baldwin (d. 1843) was first married to Experience Goff (d. 1815) and, second, to Abigail Mills (d. 1830). The children by his first marriage were: Huldah, Lotes, Richard, Deborah and Patience. The children by his second marriage were: Elizabeth, John Percival and Huldah. John Percival Baldwin married Jeanette Baker and they settled near the outlet of Lake Lyster. He became a very successful businessman, having established a sawmill on the Lake. John's youngest son was Willis Keith (W. K.) Baldwin, who married Lill Ferrin from Holland, Vermont. In his lifetime, W. K. was well-regarded and successful in business as wells as politics. While many of the descendants of W. K. and Lill have left, a number still remain in Baldwin's Mills and in the Townships.

The family of Hezikiah May (1775-1857) immigrated to Canada from Vermont, USA, in 1806. The settled in Stanstead Township where he was a farmer. Hezikiah was married to Sarah (Sally) Hayes (1784-1871) and they had eleven children together: Electa, Sylvester, Hannah, Willard, Lyman, Lorenzo, Ruby, Louisa, James, Mary Ann and Maria. Sylvester May moved from Stanstead Township to Barnston Township, near Lake Lyster. Sylvester's oldest son, Darius, also a farmer, married Emma Stevens. One of their daughters, Ruth, married Harold Baldwin, which is how the Baldwins and Mays are related.
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Hackett (family)
Famille

Michael Felix Hackett B.C.L. est né dans un foyer catholique irlandais le 23 août 1851. Ses parents sont Patrick Hackett ([18-?]-1869), d’Irlande, et Mary Griffin ([18-?]-), de Granby, au Québec. Son père, premier maire de Granby, au Québec, meurt lors de l’effondrement d’un pont en avril 1869. Michael Felix Hackett étudie dans la région au Granby Academy College, ainsi qu’au College of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir et au College of Saint-Hyacinthe. Il étudie le droit à McGill University et, le 17 juin 1874, il est admis au barreau provincial du Québec. En 1883, M.F. Hackett épouse Florence Alberta Knight ([1859]-1913), fille d’Albert Knight (1817-[1870]), député, et de Julia Ann Rose (-). Ils auront cinq enfants : Sybil Rose (1886-1954), Florence Julia (1891-1912), Mary Griffin (1896-1980), John Thomas (1884-1956) et Felix Winfield (1890-). M.F. Hackett pratique le droit dans la région de Stanstead, est maire de Stanstead Plain (1890-1904) et préfet du comté (1891-1897). Il est juge de la Cour supérieure du Québec et politicien, élu à la législature du Québec en 1892. Il occupe le poste de Secrétaire provincial jusqu’à sa retraite. Il se présente aussi aux élections fédérales (1900 et 1904), mais il n’est pas élu. Il est directeur et vice-président de la Stanstead and Sherbrooke Mutual Fire Insurance (1835-[19-?]). En outre, M.F. Hackett est président du Stanstead County Farmers’ Institute, de la Saint-Joseph Society, du Parti libéral-conservateur des Cantons-de-l’Est (Québec) et des conseils scolaires. Il est aussi membre du Board of Examiners for School Teachers of Eastern Townships, capitaine dans la milice, Bâtonnier du barreau de Saint-François (1892-93) et (1900-1901) et président de la Catholic Mutal Benefit Association of Canada (1895-1916).

John Thomas Hackett B.L., B.C.L. est le fils de Michael Felix Hackett et de Florence Alberta Knight. Né à Stanstead, au Québec, le 12 juin 1884, il étudie au St. Charles Seminary, au Loyal College, à Laval, et il est diplômé de la McGill’s Law School. Il y fonde le conseil étudiant de McGill (1909). Il est résidant de Montréal et de Stanstead, au Québec. Il épouse Linda Harding (-) en 1912, qui lui donne Florence Knight (1913), Ann Kidder (1914), Linda Mary (1916-1917), John David (-), Julia Alice (-) et Ruth Rose. Après avoir pratiqué le droit, John Thomas Hackett sera député fédéral conservateur (1930-1935, 1945-1949) et sénateur (1955-1956). Au cours de sa vie, il a été membre du conseil des gouverneurs de McGill University, membre du conseil exécutif de la Charity Organization Society, de la Catholic Social Service Guild et du Loyal Convalescent Home. Il a aussi été président de la Jr. Bar Assiciation (1919), bâtonnier de l’Association du barreau de Montréal (1945-1946) et de l’Association du Barreau canadien (1947). Comme son père, John Thomas a été engagé dans la vie militaire comme lieutenant du 55e régiment des Irish Canadian Rangers. Il a aussi été président de la Stanstead County Historical Society (1936-1956).

Linda Harding Hackett est née 14 janvier 1884 à Derby Line, au Vermont. Elle est la fille de Dudley William Davis et de Annie Kidder Harding Davis. Elle détient un baccalauréat ès arts de Boston University. Elle étudie les Cantons-de-l’Est et publie en 1941 une compilation intitulée Eleanzer Fitch: The First Leader of Stanstead Township. Linda est morte 18 julliet 1965.

Baker (family)
B005 · Famille · 19th cent.

Heading the Baker family were William Stevens Baker and Harriet Eliza Clapp Baker. William, a native of Dunham, and Harriet, an American born in the state of Vermont, had eight children together. Seven of these these eight children are represented in the fonds. They include (from eldest to youngest): Frederick Stevens Baker, Amelia Baker Stevens, Malcolm Clapp Baker, Mary Peckham Stevens, Emma Louise Baker, Harriet Baker, and Abigail Baker. Please see the biographical sketches accompanying the individual files for further information.

Also included in this fonds are distant relations, including J.C. Moore, A.H. Baker, Frances, and Stewart. Several of Malcolm Clapp Baker's brother-in-laws are also represented in the fonds.

Hyatt (family)
Famille

Originaire d’Angleterre, la famille Hyatt s’établit aux États-Unis au milieu du 17e siècle. Abraham Hyatt et sa famille habitent à Schenectady (N.Y.) lorsque la Révolution américaine débute. Partisan des Loyalistes, Abraham Hyatt s’enrôle avec deux de ses fils, Gilbert et Cornelius. Vers 1778-1780, Abraham Hyatt, son épouse et ses dix enfants (Gilbert, Cornelius, Abraham, Jacob, Charles, Isaac, Joseph, Anna, Mary et Merriam) se réfugient au Québec. À la suite de la Proclamation de 1792, qui permet la colonisation des Cantons-de-l’Est, Gilbert Hyatt et 204 associés demandent la concession du canton d’Ascot. En 1792, après avoir obtenu l’autorisation d’arpenter le canton, Gilbert Hyatt et plusieurs membres de sa famille s’y établissent. Toutefois, ce n’est qu’en 1803 que Gilbert Hyatt et 30 associés obtiennent les lettres patentes pour ces terres. Gilbert Hyatt a occupé différentes charges publiques. Il est nommé juge de paix en 1806 et, en 1808, commissaire au serment d’allégeance des requérants de terres dans le canton d’Ascot. Gilbert Hyatt meurt à Sherbrooke le 17 septembre 1823 à l’âge de 62 ans.

Famille Vachon (Garthby)
Famille

Le premier Vachon à s'établir à Garthby est Félix Vachon (1817-1910), un charpentier de Beauport, au Québec. Il épouse Luce Carreau le 4 juin 1839. Ils s'installent dans le quartier St-Roch de la ville de Québec. Félix Vachon et sa famille perdent leur maison et leurs biens dans les grands incendies qui détruisent les deux tiers de la ville de Québec en 1845.

Dans les années qui suivent, afin de répondre aux besoins des milliers de citoyens qui ont tout perdu dans les incendies, le gouvernement décide d'ouvrir de nouvelles terres à la colonisation, notamment dans le canton de Wolfe. Félix Vachon s'installe sur un lot dans le canton de Wolfe, en compagnie de Joseph Lacroix, un marin de Québec, François-Xavier L'Heureux, François-Xavier Larrivée et François-Xavier Mercier, tous de Québec. Il s'installe le 5 août 1848 sur le lot 42, rang 1 au nord du canton de Garthby.

Les quatre premiers enfants de Félix et Luce - Luce (1840), Rose-Célerise (1844), Marie-Philomène (1846) et Marie-Célestine (1848) - sont nés à Québec ; Noël-Félix (1851) et Pierre (1853) sont nés à Garthby. Dans les années 1880, Félix Vachon s'installe dans le village de Garthby.

Pierre Vachon est cultivateur. Il épouse Agnès Gosselin à Wotton le 7 janvier 1878. Le 25 janvier 1883, Pierre Vachon se voit octroyer le lot numéro 10 du rang B d'une superficie de 90 acres. Lui aussi s'installera éventuellement dans le village de Garthby. Pierre et Agnès ont eu douze enfants : huit garçons et quatre filles. Henri est leur avant-dernier enfant.

Henri Vachon est né à Garthby, près de Disraeli, le 28 octobre 1893. Il fait ses études à l'école du rang.
Il est agriculteur, secrétaire et agent de la beurrerie locale. Il est devenu président de l'Union catholique des agriculteurs en 1930. Il est également membre des Chevaliers de Colomb et du Club de la Renaissance. En 1938, il devient conseiller municipal du village de Garthby. Il a également été marguillier de la paroisse Saint-Charles-Borromée-de-Garthby de 1946 à 1949. Il a battu le candidat de l'Action libérale nationale dans Wolfe en 1935 et a été élu député de l'Union nationale dans la même circonscription en 1936. Il occupe ensuite le poste de whip adjoint de ce parti politique de 1936 à 1939, année où il est défait. Il est réélu en 1944 et 1948, mais de nouveau battu en 1952. Il est élu à nouveau en 1956 et occupe le poste de whip de l'Union nationale de 1945 à 1952 et de 1956 à 1960. Il ne se représente pas en 1960.

Henri Vachon a épousé Marie-Anne Grégoire à Garthby le 30 octobre 1916. Ils ont eu quatre enfants : Madeleine, Gertrude, Daniel et Renaud. Henri est décédé à Loretteville, le 12 juillet 1970, à l'âge de 76 ans et 9 mois. Il a été inhumé au cimetière de Garthby le 15 juillet 1970.

Madeleine Vachon a épousé Gaspard Lemay à Garthby le 17 juin 1944. Gaspard est le fils aîné de Noël Lemay. Paul Lemay, le donateur des photos de la famille Vachon, est le fils de Madeleine et de Gaspard.

Markgraf, Hans, Peter and Traudl
BUArtColl · Famille · ca. 1958-1970

"Silkscreen artists Hans, Peter, and Traudl Markgraf participated in several reproduction programs to promote Canadian art after they immigrated to Canada from Germany in the mid-1950s. The Markgrafs developed a silkscreen process noted for its printing quality and its faithfulness to the original painting. The National Gallery of Canada became involved with the Markgrafs in the mid-1950s when Montreal collector and philanthropist Sidney Dawes introduced then Gallery director Alan Jarvis to the work of the Markgrafs. A collector of the work of James Wilson Morrice, Dawes arranged for the reproduction of Morrice's work, the production of which he financed. The National Gallery also arranged for the Markgrafs to reproduce works by seven other artists from its collection, financed by the Queen's Printer in Ottawa. In 1959, the Markgraf brothers and the Gallery produced a series of "Tom Thomson and Group of Seven" pochoir (silkscreen) prints. Following their partnership with the National Gallery in 1960, the Markgrafs continued on their own, with Hans leaving Canada for Germany and Peter partnering with Artistica, a Montreal-based publisher and distributor of fine art prints, books, and cards. In 1967, the Canada Council partnered with Peter Markgraf to produce prints that focused on contemporary Canadian art. Following this project, the Markgrafs continued to print work for private clients under "Editions Markgraf". In 1977, the Markgrafs moved to Vancouver to work for Bill Ellis of Canadian Native Prints Ltd. They continued to print for individual artists and after 1978, created their own silkscreens of west coast scenery that were later reproduced as lithographs. In the United Nations year of International Cooperation, the Markgrafs printed four Jamaican paintings through Robie Kidd."

Scowen family (North Hatley)
Famille · 1882-

Herbert Scowen (1882-1969), né en Angleterre et marié en 1905 à Cordelia (Della) Scowen (1883-1973), fille de Samuel Keynes (?- ?) et d'Emma Keynes (?- ?). Herbert et Cordelia (Della) Scowen ont immigré au Canada en 1909. Herbert a participé à la Première Guerre mondiale. Leur fils, Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989), épouse Eulah Reed (1900-1993) en 1930 ; Roland Scowen (ca. 1908-1969), épouse Betty Scowen ([19 ?]- ?); et Marjorie (ca. 1915- ?), épouse Gordon ([19 ?]- ?).

Philip H. Scowen et Eulah A. Reed, mariés le 26 juillet 1930 à North Hatley, ont eu trois enfants : le fils Philip Reed (dit Reed) (marié à Mary Anne Winterer en septembre 1956), la fille Annis Lee (dite Lee) (mariée au Dr. Matthew Philip Campione le 7 janvier 1956 à North Hatley) et le fils Philip. Philip H. Scowen était directeur commercial de la succursale d'East Angus de la Brompton Pulp and Paper Co.

Famille Reed (Reedsville)
Famille · 1834-

Wilder Reed (1834-?), marié à Almira Bean (1836-?), il a 5 fils et 2 filles : Wesley Reed (1861-?), marié à Lydia Hawse (1859-?); Alice Reed (vers 1864-1881); Tommy Reed (1866-?), marié à Mary Woodward (1869-?); Cheney Reed (vers 1869-?), marié à Ada Hart ([18?]-?); James B. Reed (1874-1949), marié à Ruth Little (1875-1967); George Reed (vers 1878-?); Permillia Reed (vers 1880-?). Bert Reed et Ruth Little ont à leur tour 4 fils et 3 filles : Eulah Reed (1900-1993), mariée en 1930 à Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989); Clifford Reed (1902-?); Gordon Reed (1905-?); Ronald Reed (1908-?); Rosamond Dorothy Reed (1910-2010), mariée en 1938 à Rupert Littlejohn ([19?]-?)- le couple habité à Potsdam, NY; Helen (vers 1914-?), mariée à Stuart Edgar ([19?]-?); et Stewart Reed (vers 1917-?). Eulah a enseigné à la Buckingham High School.

Famille Thwaites (Hatley)
Famille · 1811-

James Thwaites (1811-1890), marié vers 1836 à Ruth Hodgson (1807-1890), ont vécu à Hatley. Ils sont les parents d’Annis Jane Thwaites (1844-1911), mariée à Thomas Little (1840-1925); et de Mary Margaret (1853-1824), mariée à Nelson LeBaron (1841-1915).

Famille Little (North Hatley)
Famille · 1841-

Thomas Little (1841-1925), marié à Annis Jane Thwaites (1844-1911), ont 3 fils et 4 filles : Taylor Little (vers 1868-?); Thomas Little (vers 1869-?); Bertha A. Little (vers 1874-1903); Ruth Little (1875-1967), mariée en 1899 à J. B. Reed (1874-1949); Rosamond Little (1877-?); Edith M. Little (vers 1880-?), mariée à C. P. Young (?-?); et Ray Little (1886-?).

Famille Ward (Thetford, Qué)
Famille

Robert G. Ward fils (1837-1907) est né à Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf (appelé « Lower Ireland » avant 1930) dans le comté de Mégantic. Fils du révérend Robert G. Ward et de Marianne Turriff, il se marie avec Annie M. Cairns, fille de Hamby Cairns et Susan Meagher, née en 1861 et décédée en 1936. Ensemble, ils ont neuf enfants : Robert Grant, dit Bob (1883-?), Hamby Ward (1884-?), Alexander Harry (1885-1964), John Albert (1888-1942), Charles Edgar (1890-1891), James Turriff (1892-?), Annie Maria (1893-1893), Peter Douglas (1895-1977?) et Albion Tudor (1898-1962). En 1876, on trouve de l’amiante dans l’un des champs sur les terres de Robert G. Ward fils, ce qui l’amène à s’intéresser à l’exploitation minière. Il achète ensuite des droits miniers dans le canton de Thetford et ainsi s’amorcent les activités minières de la famille Ward.

Albion T. Ward, mineur, a eu deux femmes : Nita Hammerick/Hammerich, avec qui il se marie en 1925 mais dont il divorce en 1944, et Doris Christine Peterson (1913-1986). Robert Grant Ward, troisième du nom, part à l’ouest pour travailler dans une mine d’or dans sa jeunesse, mais déjà en 1903, il s’était tourné vers une carrière de boxeur amateur à San Francisco. Ses exploits lui valent le titre de champion poids lourd amateur des États-Unis et plus tard, de champion poids lourd professionnel du Commonwealth. Il reviendra plus tard au Québec pour se lancer dans l’exploitation minière. Alexander Henry Ward, dit Harry, se marie avec Agnes Gertrude Moore (née en 1899), fille de William Moore et Sarah Elizabeth Robinson. Ensemble, ils ont sept enfants : Dorothy, dite Dolly (née en 1917), Kathleen (née en 1919), Evelyn (née en 1919), Agnes (1921-1921), Robert (1923-1923), Marjorie (née en 1924) et Lois (née en 1928). Lois T. Ward se marie avec Wilfred Alan Greatrex en Ontario, en 1950.