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King's Hall (Compton, Que.)

Compton Ladies' College was founded by the reverend Joseph Dinzey in 1874. A girls' school, the College was managed by a corporation composed of the Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec of the Church of England and four other members appointed by the Synod of the Diocese. In 1884, the College closed because of financial difficulties. It reopened in 1886 under the administration of Reverend George Herbert Parker and a new corporation presided over by the Bishop of Quebec. In 1902, Gena Smith, then Headmistress, reorganized the school on the model of British ladies' schools and had its name changed to King's Hall to mark the coronation of King Edward VII of England, which took place on the 9th of August of that year. A new corporation, formed of the Bishop of Quebec and twelve other members, was established. Through the years, King's Hall expanded its buildings and modified its philosophy of education to suit the needs of a modern educational institution. Girls from different countries and across Canada attended. King's Hall closed its doors in 1972. Students were transferred to Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, until that time a male institution.

Kinsman, Kay (1909-1998)
BUArtColl · Person · 1909-1998

Artist Kay Kinsman was born in Los Angeles, California on the 27th of June, 1909. For her art education, Kinsman studied at the Parsons School of Applied Arts in Paris, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Malvern School of Art in England. Kinsman met Ronald Lewis Kinsman in Paris and married him there in 1932. It was Ronald Kinsman's appointment at IBM that brought the couple to Montréal in 1937 or 1938. The city was Kay Kinsman's home until 1971, when, having been a widow since 1965, she went to England for several years to paint.
In 1981, she returned to Québec, settling in Lennoxville. Since living in Lennoxville, she obtained BAs in two fields from Bishop's University (1983) and an M.A. in medieval history from McGill University. Kinsman specialized in water colours but worked in other media at various times. She illustrated several books and has published three books of her sketches: "Montréal Sketchbook" (1967), "Broadway Sketchbook" (1974), and "Lennoxville Sketchbook/Sur le vif" (1990). Over the years, Kinsman participated in several exhibits in England and Canada. In 1989, Bishop's University awarded Kinsman an honorary doctorate. She passed away in August, 1998, at the age of 89.

Kinsman, Kay, 1909-1998
Person · 1909-1998

Artist Kay Kinsman was born in Los Angeles, California on 27 June 1909. Kinsman attended private school in Havana, Cuba; Jamaica; and New York City. She then studied at the Parsons School of Applied Arts in Paris, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Malvern School of Art in England. Kinsman met Ronald Lewis Kinsman in Paris and was married to him there in 1932. The couple had three children. It was Ronald Kinsman's appointment at IBM that brought the couple to Montreal in 1937 or 1938. The city was Kay Kinsman's home until 1971, when, having been a widow since 1965, she went to England for several years to paint. In 1981, she returned to Quebec, settling in Lennoxville. Since living in Lennoxville, she obtained BAs in two fields from Bishop's University (1983) and an M.A. in medieval history from McGill University. Kinsman specialized in water colours but worked in other media at various times. She illustrated several books and has published three books of her sketches: "Montreal Sketchbook" (1967), "Broadway Sketchbook" (1974), and "Lennoxville Sketchbook/Sur le vif" (1990). Over the years, she participated in several exhibits in England and Canada. In 1989, Bishop's University awarded Kinsman an honorary doctorate. She passed away in August, 1998, at the age of 89.

BUArtColl · Person · 1914-1999

Norman Kucharsky (professional name Norman Kirk) was born in 1914. He was a graphic artist for the CBC and Radio-Canada in Montréal. Before his Second World War military service, he painted store signs and created stage sets and displays for night clubs and took night courses in art at the Monument National and École des Beaux Arts. In 1944, his water colour “Sally Ann, Petawawa,” depicting soldiers at an army training barracks entering the Salvation Army in Petawawa, Ontario won second prize in the Canadian Army Art Exhibition and appeared in Canadian Art magazine. His water colour “Dugout in Belgium,” picturing soldiers in their dugout smoking at dawn, also won a second prize award at the Overseas Army Art Competition in 1945. After the war, he went to New York, New York to further his art studies. He died in Montréal in 1999.

Kirkpatrick, David
K001 · Person · 1841-1918

David Kirkpatrick was born the 6 October 1841 in Scotland. He is a cousin to Lizzy Douglas and uncle to Janet Douglas Mellor. David died the 26 February 1918 and was buried in Cowansville.

Kirkpatrick, Jean
K002 · Person · 19th cent.

Jean Kirkpatrick was born in Scotland and lived in Kirkintilloch. She is probably the daughter of John Kirkpatrick and Jean Graham.

Kirkpatrick, John
K003 · Person · 1866-1957

John Kirkpatrick, known as Jake, was born in 1866, in Scotland, son of John Kirkpatrick and Maria Boyd. He was the builder of the first motor car in Kirkintillock. His wife was Jean Grant and they had six children together: John, Tom, Maria, Janet, Molly, and Jeannie. John died in 1957 at Chryston, near Glasgow at age 91.

Kirkpatrick, Joseph
K001 · Person · 1805-1863

Joseph Kirkpatrick was born 1 March 1805 in Scotland. He married Elizabeth (Breighton?) and together they had nine children: Andrew, Robert, Andrew, John, Isabella, Margaret, Janet, Mary, and David. He is the brother of Janet Kirkpatrick Douglas. Joseph died in 1863.

Kirkpatrick, Mary
K002 · Person · 19th cent.

Mary Kirkpatrick was born in Scotland around the 1860s, daughter of John Kirkpatrick and Maria Boyd.

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Corporate body

The Knowlton Conference was an annual gathering of Christian workers during the summer. The first Conference was held August 11, 1902 at Knowlton. In 1932, the Conference ended due to financial difficulties.

Knowlton Family

Several members of this family were early settlers in the Township of Brome, coming from Newfane in the State of Vermont. The first was Silas. Knowlton, who moved to Crown land in the Township of Stukely in 1796, some years before the Patent for this Township was issued. He was the son of Hon. Luke Knowlton and his wife Sarah Holland, of Newfane, Vt. Silas Knowlton married Sally Holbrook, by whom he had four children: Paul Holland, Luke, Samuel and Samantha.

When he settled on his land, conditions were very primitive, with no schools, so the eldest son, Paul Holland, returned to the home of his grandfather at Newfane, where he remained for some years acquiring an education and the homespun philosophy of the Green Mountain State. He remained there until he was twenty years of age when he married Laura Moss, a school teacher from Bridport, Vt., and in 1815 he returned to Canada. He purchased property on the shore of Brome Lake, now known as the village of Knowlton, named after this family.

Paul Holland Knowlton acquired extensive holdings in the County of Brome. He was a leader in local progress in the matter of church and school, and the founder and first President of the Agricultural Society. In 1827 he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly, later being appointed to the Legislative Council where he served until his death, August 28, 1863. His widow, Laura, died April 12, 1868.

1916-1918

The Knowlton Overseas Club was a group of individuals from Brome County and was responsible for sending parcels containing items from tobacco to socks for the soldiers of Brome County during the duration of their service overseas.

Corporate body · 1855-

Knowlton United Church, initially of Methodist denomination, was organized in 1855. In 1925, when the United Church was founded, amalgamating Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, the Knowlton Wesleyan Methodist Church decided to join the union. Since 1925 or 1926, the Church was part of the Knowlton Pastoral Charge. In 2009 or 2010, the Knowlton Pastoral Charge merged with the Mountain Valley Pastoral Charge to form the Knowlton-Mountain Valley Pastoral Charge. Knowlton United Church is under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada. The Church is governed by the Board of Trustees, the Official Board, the Joint Board, the Session, the Board of Stewards, and the Congregation in co-operation with committees and organizations within the Church, such as the Sunday School, the United Church Women, and the Women's Missionary Society.

Knowlton, Henry C.

Henry C. Knowlton was born June 20, 1838 in Knowlton son of Luke M. and Laura A. (Wheeler) Knowlton. His grandparents were Luke (Jr.)and Charlotte (Kenny) Knowlton and his great,great grand father was Judge Luke Knowlton of Newfane, Vt. Henry Married AlmaJ. Corey on Christmas Day 1864. Three years later they settled down on a farm in West Bolton where they lived for 21 years. In his early years he had taught school in the Tibbits Hill School, the Ralston School and in No.7 Potton.

It was while farming in West Bolton that he kept the Diary in the year 1881-it reflects everyday life in that area, seasonal kind of work on the farm and in the community. West Bolton had become a separate municipality in 1876 and Henry became the Sec. Treas. in which capacity he played an important role for 14 years.

Their four children were girls, Margaret (Maggie), Susan E., Mabel and Mary Rebecca (Molly). In 1888 the family moved into Knowlton into the house on St.Paul's Road where daughter,Molly was still living at the time of her passing in 1962.It may have been the same house where Henry was born in 1838.

Henry continued to take part in community work, he was sent by the Government to World Exhibitions as Agricultural representative from Canada. In Transactions No.II of the Brome County Historical Society there is an interesting article page 74-79 which Henry wrote entitled "Early Days in Knowlton" under date August 28, 1918. Miss Mary Knowlton (Molly) was Secretary of the Sociaty at the time.

Henry C. Knowlton died August 11, 1926.

Knowlton, Luke Jr.

Luke Knowlton Jr. was the son of Luke and Sarah (Holland) Knowlton of Newfane, Vt. The father, Luke was Judge of the Windham County Court 1787-1793 Luke Jr. was a very successful lawyer in his younger years in Vermont, practising with his brother Calvin. He married Charlotte Kenny of Newfane in 1799 All but one of their 14 children were born in Newfane, that was Almas A. who was born in Stukely, L.C. in 1822. The family had moved to Stukely in 1821 and settled on a farm near to his brother Silas Knowlton who was one of the first three settlers in that Township. The father, Judge Luke, who had upheld the British cause during the American Revolutionary War, had, as a Loyalist, received free land grants in Stukely and Orford Townships. Judge Luke did not move into Lower Canada but his sons and nephews were among the first settlers in Stukely.

Luke Jr. remained only a few years in Stukely removing his family in 1829 into Brome Township where his nephew, Paul Holland Knowlton, had already settled on the east shore of Brome Lake. Actually Luke had built a house closer to the Bolton Twp. line which is considered to be the first in the Knowlton area located near the extreme end of St. Paul's Road. A path led from his house over to Paul Holland Knowlton's on the Lake where the Golf Club is now.

Knowlton, Paul Holland
Person · 1787-1863

Son of Silas Knowlton (1764-1843) and Sarah Lucinda Holbrook (1763-1800), Paul Holland Knowlton (1787-1863) was born on September 17, 1787, in Newfane, Vermont. He grew up alongside his brothers Luke Holland (1795-1870) and Samuel Willard (1800-?), as well as his sister Samantha (1797-?). He was the grandson of the Hon. Luke Knowlton (1738-1810), former justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. Due to their support for the Loyalists, the British government granted Paul's grandfather virgin land in Lower Canada. Too old to manage his own land, two of his sons, Silas, and Luke Jr. (1775-1855), accepted the concessions. In 1798, Silas Knowlton and his family settled in Stukely in the Eastern Townships. In 1800, after his mother's death, Paul returned to Newfane to complete his education under the guidance of his grandfather and uncle. He later returned to Lower Canada in 1807.

Paul H. Knowlton married Laura Moss (1789-1868), a schoolteacher from Bridport, Vermont, on September 22, 1808. The couple had no children, but they adopted three children from Luke Holland Knowlton: Sarah (1822-1905), Amanda (1828-1852) and Thomas Anson (1843-1906).

In 1827, he assumed the role of agent to sell the lands of non-resident landowners in Brome County and he emerged as one of the most important landowners in the area. In 1834, Paul H. Knowlton settled permanently in the hamlet of Coldbrook, which became the Village of Knowlton, renamed to honor him in 1851. He played a significant role in the region's economy, spearheading the development of commercial and industrial structures within the village. These included a general store, saw and grist mills, distillery, and potash factory.

Paul H. Knowlton's role in the social development of the community cannot be overlooked. He is the founding president of the Shefford (1834) and Brome (1856) county agricultural societies. In 1834, he took on the role of correspondent for the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, representing the Eastern Townships. Through personal donations of both land and money, Paul H. Knowlton played an active role in the construction of the village's first high school, the Knowlton Academy, in 1854, and Brome County's first courthouse in 1858.

Paul H. Knowlton had an active and varied political career. From October 26, 1830, to October 9, 1834, he served as a member of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for Shefford County. Though initially sympathetic to the Patriots, he later aligned with the Bureaucratic Party and voted against the 92 Resolutions in 1832. Promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Shefford Battalion during the 1837-1838 uprising, he led the detachment that captured one of the Patriot leaders, Wolfred Nelson (1791-1863). In recognition of his loyalty, Governor John Colborne appointed him to the Special Council of Lower Canada twice, from April 2 to June 1, 1838, and again from November 2, 1838, to February 10, 1841. Later, he is appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada on June 9, 1841. During the last two decades of his life, he served on various commissions, held the position of mayor of Brome Township, and was elected warden of Brome County from 1855 to 1862. Paul H. Knowlton passed away at his home in Knowlton on August 28, 1863.

Sources :

ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE DU QUÉBEC, « Paul Holland KNOWLTON », consulté le 20 sept. 2023, https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/knowlton-paul-holland-3807/biographie.html.

DAY, Catherine Mathilda. History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, Civil and Descriptive. Mika Publishing Compagny, Belleville, Ontario, 1869, 475 p.

GOUVERNEMENT DU QUÉBEC. List of Lands Granted by the Crown in the Province of Quebec, from 1763 to 31st December 1890. Imprimeur de la Reine Charles-François Langlois, Québec, 1891, 1920 p.

Marion Louise Phelps, « KNOWLTON, PAUL HOLLAND », dans Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, vol. 9, Université Laval/University of Toronto, 2003, consulté le 20 sept. 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/knowlton_paul_holland_9F.html.

STOCKING. Charles H. W. The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Knickerbocker Press, New-York, 1897, 682 p.