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Wilkinson Brothers Studio
Corporate body · 1892-[194-?]

The Wilkinson Brothers Studio opened in the spring of 1892. John Wilkinson (b. March 9, 1862 in Scotland, d. 1946) and his brother, Alfred Wilkinson (b. December 14, 1867 in Belgium) bought the studio of H.H. Weeden in Cookshire and reopened it under its new name. John had visited Canada and the United States from 1884 to 1885, and after completing his studies at the London Polytechnic School of Photography, he had returned (in 1891) to settle in Cookshire with his brother Alfred. The Wilkinson Brothers were known to photograph both the upper and lower classes of the region, and also contributed to the illustration of L.S. Channell’s work, “History of Compton County,” published in 1896. John Wilkinson married Millicent Botterill. Alfred Wilkinson married Ethel Bigland and together they had a son, Gerald (b. 1897). Records suggest Alfred left the photographic studio and served as headmaster at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville from 1911 to 1931. John continued to operate the photograph studio without his brother into the 1930s. John died in Cookshire in 1946.

Wilkie, George Henry
W003 · Person · 1865-1953

George Henry Wilkie was born the 20 December 1865 in Windsor, to George and Alice Ann (Dearden) Wilkie. He spent most of his life as a farmer in Hardwood Hill. He married Mary J. Ross the 15 January 1887 and together they had two children: Frances Maud (b. 1888) and Alice (b. 1891). George died the 21 December 1953.

Wilbur, Jeremiah

Jeremiah Wilbur lived in New York during the period of the American Civil War (1860-1865) and the decade following. As a businessman, Wilbur participated in what was known as 'the copper excitement of 1861 to 1866',which affected the United States and Eastern Canada, notably the Sherbrooke region. Mining companies set up during the upsurge of mining operations of the early 1860s hoped to draw a profit from the high but short-lived demand for copper that was triggered by the start of the American Civil War. The work of the Geological Survey of Canada at mid-century also favoured the development of mining companies. The drop in the price of copper in the later 1860s resulting from the end of the war forced a slowdown in prospecting and the closing of marginal mining sites. Wilbur was one of the group of American businessmen who invested in these companies in the hopes of amassing huge profits. He was the Manager of the Sherbrooke Gold Mining Joint Stock Association and a shareholder in the Ascot Gold Mining Company from 1865 to 1867. On 26 July 1867, he became the Secretary of an Association of New York businessmen, the Association on Mining Lands in Canada, whose aim was to come to an agreement on the methods of assessment in relation to the purchase of mining rights belonging to the Ascot Gold Mining Company near Sherbrooke. On 5 March 1868, on purchasing three-quarters of the company, the Association became the Victoria Mining Company of Sherbrooke Canada East. By serving as Secretary, Wilbur became one of the seven shareholders. Following a series of unsuccessful endeavours and because of insufficient funds, the Victoria Mining Company ceased its operations in prospecting in October 1869.

Whitwell, Richard, 1878-1864

Rev. Richard Whitwell was born at Huxley, England, in 1787, and was brought to Canada by Rev. James Stewart as missionary worker, arriving at Quebec on Sept. 15, 1821. He was first appointed to the new mission at Shefford, where he remained until 1826 when he removed to St. Armand West (Philipsburg), continuing in charge there until 1855, when increasing infirmities obliged him to resign. He married Mary, daughter of Gen. Roswell Olcott, formerly of New Hampshire, who became one of the pioneer settlers in the Township of Brome. He died in 1864 in the 78th year of his age.

Whitcomb, Rufus
Person · 1784-1831

Son of Israel Whitcomb (1746-1803) and Eunice Wilson (1737-1814), Rufus Whitcomb (1784-1831) was born on 8 May 1784 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He grew up with his sisters and brothers, Israel Whitcomb (1776–1840), Nathaniel K Whitcomb (1779–1855), William Whitcomb (1786–1837), Cathy Whitcomb (1786–1789), Catherine Whitcomb (1790–1866) and Mark Whitcomb (1792–1845). Rufus Whitcomb married Anna Partridge (1783–1861) on 25 February 1807 in Gardner, they had no children. At some point in his life, his family moved to Shefford, Lower Canada. Rufus Whitcomb died on 22 May 1830, and he was buried in Waterloo, Quebec, Canada.

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BUArtColl · Person · 1834-1903

American artist James McNeil Whistler was born at Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1834. Whistler spent his boyhood in Russia, returning to United States in 1849. He attended West Point, (1851-54) and had drawing lessons from Robert Weir (1803-1889). In 1855 he went to Paris and studied painting under Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre (1806-1874) After 1859, Whistler lived chiefly in London although he visited Venice in 1879. He was influenced by Henri Fantin-Latoru (1836-1904), Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), and by Japanese prints. He died in London in 1903.

Wheeler, Orson (1902-1990)
BUArtColl · Person · 1902-1990

Orson Wheeler (1902-1990)
Born in the village of Way’s Mills in 1902, Orson Wheeler was a professor in the fine arts department at Concordia University in the Montréal for much of his Professional career. A sculptor by training, he is perhaps best known for his bronze busts of noted Canadians. Wheeler was also a talented designer, however, and produced some 200 architectural models. The McGill School of Architecture owns many of these.
During his lifetime, Orson Wheeler’s work was exhibited at venues around the world, including London’s famous Tate Gallery, the New York World’s Fair in 1939 and the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. His bronzes may be found in collections at Concordia University, Bishop’s University, (Lennoxville), the National Gallery (Ottawa) and the Supreme Court of Canada (Ottawa), among others.
One of Wheeler’s best-known pieces is the bronze relief map that he produced of the Eastern Townships for the Pioneer Monument on Dufferin Heights. Many of the Wheeler’s plaster casts, including one of actor Christopher Plummer as a young boy, as well as the artist’s own personal archives, are in the collection of the Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead.

Wheeler, John Austin
Person · 1864-1933

John Austin Wheeler, son of Thomas W. Wheeler and Anna E. Duboyce, was one of the prominent Knowlton photographers of the period. Wheeler had his own studio in Knowlton and Cowansville from 1890 to 1912. He specialized in studio portraits and exterior sceneries and buildings. He married Edith Elizabeth Collins, daughter of Azro Collins and Mary Eliza Brimmer, and they had ten children, including Rhoda Julia, who married Harry Small Northrup. She was a volunteer for many years and the first woman president of the Board at the Brome County Historical Society.

Whalley, Peter (1921-2007)
BUArtColl · Person · 1921-2007

Peter Whalley, the younger brother of George Whalley, was one of the first cartoonists in Canada to display a warped, sardonic sense of humour on the editorial pages of a newspaper when he started drawing for the Montréal Standard in the early 1940s. Whalley, the son of an Anglican clergyman, was born in Brockville, Ontario in 1921. He grew up in Halifax where he attended the Nova Scotia College of Art. He died in St. Jerome, Quebec in 2007.
Source: Excerpted from article" Cartoonist displayed sardonic humour" by Alan Hustak in the Montreal Gazette, 22 September, 2007.

Whalley, George
Person · 1915-1983

George Whalley (25 July 1915 - 27 May 1983) was a scholar, poet, naval officer and secret intelligence agent during World War II, CBC broadcaster, musician, biographer, and translator.He taught English at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (1950-80) and was twice the head of the department. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1959. He married Elizabeth Watts on July 25, 1944. His brother, Peter Whalley, was a famous artist and cartoonist. Whalley completed his first B.A. at Bishop's University, in Lennoxville, Quebec, graduating in 1935. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his second B.A. at Oriel College, Oxford, in 1939. He received an M.A. from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1945. He completed his second M.A. degree at Bishop's University in 1948. His thesis was entitled "A Critique of Criticism." He received his Ph.D. from King's College, University of London, in 1950. Whalley was a leading expert on the writings of the poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Whalley served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (1940-56) and was on active duty in the
Royal Navy (1940-45). After the war, Whalley served as the Commander to HMCS Cataraqui in Kingston (1952-56). He retired with the rank of Commander in 1956. Whalley's wartime poetry has been praised as displaying a mature range and scope unique amongst second world war poets. George Whalley died in Kingston, Ontario in 1983.

Westover, Stephen
Person · 1786-1826

Stephen Westover, born at Caldwell's Manor, Quebec (Canada) on October 11 or November 24, 1786, son of Moses Westover and his wife Elizabeth Holmes, was the second youngest in a family of eight boys and three girls. Moses Westover came from Sheffield, Mass., in 1785, first settling at Caldwell's Manor, moving to Sutton in 1802.
Stephen Westover was a self-taught land surveyor, and practiced his profession in Brome and Missisquoi Counties. His commission appointing him Surveyor of Lands was issued under date of March 9, 1816. On December 9, 1816 he married Dorinda Ball, daughter of Jacob Ball (who built the first frame house in the County of Brome) and Elizabeth Stone. They had three daughters and two sons: Elizabeth, born in 1817; Sophronia, in 1819; Olive, in 1821; Roswell William, in 1823 and Stephen Egbert, in 1825.
On March 3, 1814, Stephen was appointed Ensign and Quartermaster of the Second Battalion of the Militia of the Townships, and on March 10, 1824, he was promoted to Captain. Later that year, on May 20, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace.
On Thursday, October 5, 1826, barely ten years after Westover married, he met a sudden death when he fell overboard from a ferry boat on the St. Lawrence River. His cousin Catherine Westover and her husband Henry Rosenberry also fell in the water but survived. He was buried in the Spring of 1827.

Westover, Moses
Person · 1744-1826

Moses Westover was born March 24, 1744 in Sheffield, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), son of John Westover and Rachel Morton. He married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Capt John Holmes III and Elizabeth Rachel Fellows, and they had 11 children. He was registered as a United Empire Loyalist in 1775 but had to move to Caldwell's Manor in 1785, along with his wife and seven children (two had died young). They had two more children during their stay at Caldwell's Manor. Moses Westover received a land grant on September 1st, 1801 in Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Lower Canada, consisting of 1000 acres: Range 2, lot 10 and Range 7, lots 17,18,19 and 21. In 1802, he received a land grant in Sutton Township, consisting of 200 acres in Range 10, lot 16. He sold this piece of land in December 1825, eleven month before he died on November 23, 1826. He is buried in the Pettes-Aseltine Cemetery, in Sutton Junction.

Corporate body · 1856-1967

West Brome United Church, initially of Methodist denomination, was organized in 1856 and a year later a church building was erected. In 1925, when the United Church of Canada was founded, amalgamating the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches, the West Brome Methodist Church decided to join the Union. In 1967, due to decreasing membership, the church closed and the building was sold. West Brome United Church was under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada. The Church was governed by the Board of Trustees and the Congregation in cooperation with organizations within the Church, such as the Women's Association.

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