"After apprenticing with one of her native Germany’s leading photographers, Joy von Tiedemann immigrated to Canada at the age of twenty, quickly establishing herself as one of the country’s most accomplished freelance photographers with a practice that spans fashion, portraiture, architecture, interior design and, most recently, construction where she brilliantly captures the raw energy and timeless beauty of the “art of building.” Through her lens she masterfully records the process of transforming steel, concrete and rebar into architectural icons for the ages, and nowhere is that more in evidence than in her most recent project: Documenting the creation of Toronto’s The One, soon-to-be Canada’s tallest building. Perhaps the reason why her images so viscerally connect with viewers is because they boldly express her own indelible personality: energetic, endlessly inquisitive and with the empathy necessary to plumb a subject’s essence with absolute honesty and aesthetic acuity."
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.
Pauloosie Kanaju was born on April 28, 1937 in Puvirnituq. He is married to Elizabeth Najumi, and they have three sons. Pauloosie's brother Allie Kanyek is also a Puvirnituq carver.
In addition to hunting , fishing, and carving, Pauloosie operates is own poolroom. As with many Inuit artists, it is his experience on the land that provide the inspiration for much of his carving. One of the dominant themes in his art is that of the hunter - usually caught just at the moment of making the kill. Pauloosie's sculpture is characterized by the inclusion of the meticulously carved items such as harpoons, knives, rifles, tie-ropes and the like, which are usually made form ivory or bone, and attached to the stone figures with pieces of sinew. He prefers to carve out the rippling folds of the parkas and other garment details rather than to rely on incising the details onto the stone.
In the fall of 1968, Pauloosie was awarded a commission by the Ontario Government to produce a massive outdoor sculpture for the new buildings complex. Today, this unpolished black marble carving of a hunter skinning a seal stands in front of the provincial building at Queen's Park in Toronto.
In 1975, Pauloosie demonstrated his carving abilities as one of three delegates to represent Purvirnituq in the ice sculpture competition hosted by Quebec Winter Carnival Association.
According to the National Gallery of Canada website, Paul-Émile Borduas is one of the most important figures in modern Canadian art.
Borduas' early career was spent mostly as a church decorator, assisting Québec painter and decorator ,Ozias Leduc (1864- 1955). Before going to Europe and studying under Maurice Denis and Georges Desvallieres at École des Art Sacrés in Paris, he took classes in Montreal at École des Beaux Arts and École Technique. His students included Jean Paul Riopelle, ( 1923-2002) Rita Letendre (1928-2021) and Marcel Barbeau (1925-2016) . Borduas was the author of the "Refus Global", an influential manifest calling for freedom of expression and signed by many of Québec's leading artist and intellectuals.
Borduas moved to New York in 1953 which greatly influenced his artistic development. There he saw the work of artists from the New York School of Abstract Expressionists, including American painters Jackson Pollock (1912- 1956) and Markus Y. Rothkowitz aka Mark Rothko (1903-1970). In 1955 he moved back to Paris where he continued to write and paint. He died there in 1960.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1928, Michael Snow is the son of Gerald Bradley Snow, a veteran of the First World War, a civil engineer and surveyor, and Antoinette Levesque. He traces the dualistic structure of his work to his Canadian upbringing between two cultures—English and French—and his early awareness of the different qualities of sight and sound, learned from his parents.
Having studied at the Ontario College of Art in his native Toronto, he travelled in Europe in the 1950s and lived in New York in the 1960s. Snow’s has been recognized internationally for his contributions to three spheres of cultural activity—visual art, experimental film, and music.
He lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
Born in Orillia, Ontario, to Scottish parents, Franklin Carmichael studied art at the Ontario College of Art with William Cruickshank (1848-1922) and George Reid (1860-1947) and then went to Toronto Technical School with Gustav Hahn.(1866-1962)
He was an apprentice artist with a commercial advertising company called Grip Ltd., which is where he met Tom Thomson (1877-1917), Arthur Lismer(1885- 1969), J.E.H MacDonald (1873-1932) and Frederick Varley (1881-1969). After World War I, he, and several other artists from Toronto area founded the Group of Seven. On weekends, they would travel to northern Ontario and sketch landscapes.
Franklin Carmichael also founded the Ontario Society of Painters in Watercolour (1925) and the Canadian Group of Painters (1933). As head of Graphic and Commercial Art, he taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1932 until he passed away in 1945.
David Morgan was born in Montréal, Québec in 1943. In the early 1960s, David graduated from the Montréal Museum of School of Art and Design where he studied painting under Arthur Lismer (1885-1969). He was awarded a one-year scholarship to study etching and engraving techniques with printmaker Moe Reinblatt (1917-1979). In 1982, David graduated from Bishop’s University with a B.A. Honours in Political Science. In 1994, he graduated from McGill University where he completed a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies. His McGill Master’s thesis was entitled "The Origin and Use of Compositional Geometry in Christian Painting".
Throughout forty years, David taught Art and Art History at a variety of academic levels. He was an instructor of drawing, painting, design and printmaking at the Montréal Museum School of Art and Design; at Bishop’s College School he was the Art Master for seven years. Over the course of twenty-two years, Morgan taught Art History and Criticism as well as studio courses at Champlain College in Lennoxville; he also lectured in Art History at Bishop’s University.
From 1986 to 1990, Morgan developed and operated the David Morgan Art Gallery in Lennoxville, where he show cased works of contemporary, as well as late 19th and early 20th century art. When Morgan retired from teaching at Champlain College in 1997, he concentrated on his own painting and his ongoing work as a board member of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, which is dedicated to helping artists from around the world in their formative years.
David's work may be found in collections such as the Bronfman Collection of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, The Royal Bank of Canada Head Office at Place Ville Marie, Bishop’s University, Bishop’s College School, and several private collections in Canada and Europe.
David Morgan died in Kingston Ontario in 2011.
Born in Liège, Belgium, artist Mimi Dupuis-Myhul often worked with enameled copper and wood creating wall sculptures such as "Lumière". Dupuis' connection to Bishop's was she was the former wife of Bishop's faculty member Dr. Ivan Myhul.
Mr. Laliberté was born in Worcester, Massachusetts but was raised in Montréal. He studied art at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, the Chicago Institute of Design, Canbrook Academy of Arts, Illinois Institute of Technology, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame University and he received an Honourary Doctorate from McGill University in 1986. In the mid-sixties he did a series of painting and banners illustrating medieval scenes incorporating much of the symbolism and ceremony associated with the Middle Ages. He died at his home in Nahant, Massachusetts in September, 2021 at the age of 95.
Born in the Ukraine, Andrei Zadorozny came to Canada with his parents in 1939. He studied at the School of Art and Design of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts under Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) and Goodridge Roberts (1904-1974). Andrei Zadorozny received his diploma of teaching from St.-Joseph Teachers College and went on to teach art at Father McDonald High School in Montréal. He also taught adult art classes part-time in Montréal and surrounding area, primarily in drawing painting, watercolour and sculpture. Mr. Zadorozny has participated in numerous solos and group shows such as at the arts Club of Montréal (1992) the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts ( 1957-58, 1966) and at Maison des Arts in Granby (1961). His works can be found in many corporate and public collections including the Montreal Museum of Fines Arts, The Winnipeg Art Gallery and McGill University.
Alexander Samuel MacLeod also known a A.S. MacLeod was painter and print-maker. A Canadian by birth, Mr. MacLeod studied art in San Francisco, was with the A.E. F. in wartime France, doing mapping and panoramic sketching with the Engineers. He went to Honolulu in 1921 and this is where he had has made his best known pictures in watercolour, oil and lithography. He has won prizes with the California Society of Etchers in 1930 and with the Northwest Print Makers in 1934. He retired to Palo Alto California where he died in 1956.
George Slack was born in London, England in 1810. He came to Canada in 1836. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1843 and appointed to a mission in Granby, Québec. Slack took a prominent part in founding of Bishop's University. In 1872 he was badly injured in a railway accident. He died in Montréal in 1874.
William (Bill) McCallum was born the 8 of December 1875 on Brion Island in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. Only two houses were on the island. The first one was the house of William Dingwell, grandfather of Bill McCallum. The second one was owned by Bill’s father, Singleton McCallum. The father and grandfather were lighthouse keepers.
When he was young, Bill was in an accident and injured his right leg. The injury became infected and his father called a horse doctor to treat him. To fight the infection the doctor scraped the femur without anesthetic. After this event his leg bone stopped growing resulting in his right leg being seven inches shorter. He grew to be over six feet tall anyway.
Bill McCallum learned to read, write and play violin by himself. He entertained his family by playing melodic Scottish reels on his violin. Another ability he had, and that gave him his surname of ‘’Glass Man’’: he was able to nail glass. He apparently realized his ability while doing repairs at a fish cannery on the island.
He arrived in the Eastern Townships in 1921 and he went to live with his brother Charles near Randboro. He opened a cabinetmaker shop in Sawyerville in which he repaired and made furniture. He was rapidly recognized for his talent as a woodworker and carpenter. He was also known for his ability to nail glass in various ways. He would sign his furniture by nailing a small piece of glass on it and nailing beer bottles to telephone poles. However, he wasn’t a showman, only using his ability to impress when he wanted. He refused all kinds of payment because he thought it would make his ability disappear. He used to say that his ability was given by devil’s elves or God’s elves, depending on the day. His niece Wilma McCallum Knopp was impressed with her uncle. She said that sometimes, if he was holding her arm or shoulder, she was able to nail glass, too.
Bill McCallum was a fan of Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926. He met Dempsey once in New York. Overall, he lived a lowkey life and was never married. He died the 1 of January 1947 and was buried at the Maple Leaf Cemetery in Randboro.
Herbert Scowen (1882-1969), born in England and married in 1905 to Cordelia (Della) Scowen (1883-1973), the daughter of Samuel Keynes (?-?) and Emma Keynes (?-?). Herbert and Cordelia (Della) Scowen immigrated to Canada in 1909. Herbert participated in the First World War. Their son, Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989), married to Eulah Reed (1900-1993) in 1930; Roland Scowen (ca. 1908-1969), married to Betty Scowen ([19?]-?); and Marjorie (ca. 1915-?), married to Gordon ([19?]-?).
Philip H. Scowen and Eulah A. Reed, married 26 July 1930 in North Hatley, had three children: son Philip Reed (known as Reed) (married Mary Anne Winterer in September 1956), daughter Annis Lee (known as Lee) (married Dr. Matthew Philip Campione on 7 January 1956 in North Hatley) and son Philip (born 20 Nov. 1937). Philip H. Scowen was sales manager for the East Angus branch of the Brompton Pulp and Paper Co.
Wilder Reed (1834-?), married to Almira Bean (1836-?), had 5 sons and 2 daughters: Wesley Reed (1861-?), married to Lydia Hawse (1859-?); Alice Reed (ca. 1864-1881); Tommy Reed (1866-? ), married to Mary Woodward (1869-?); Cheney Reed (ca. 1869-?), married to Ada Hart ([18?]-?); Bert Reed (1874-1949), married to Ruth Little (1875-1967); George Reed (ca. 1878-?); Permillia Reed (ca. 1880-?). James B. Reed and Ruth Little had in turn 4 sons and 3 daughters: Eulah Reed (1900-1993), married in 1930 to Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989); Clifford Reed (1902-?); Gordon Reed (1905-? ); Ronald Reed (1908-?); Rosamond Dorothy Reed (1910-2010), married in 1938 to Rupert Littlejohn ([19?]-?)- the couple resided in Potsdam, NY; Helen (ca. 1914-?), married to Stuart Edgar ([19?]-?); and Stewart Reed (ca. 1917-?). Eulah taught at Buckingham High School.
James Thwaites (1811-1890), married about 1836 to Ruth Hodgson (1807-1890), lived in Hatley. They were the parents of Annis Jane Thwaites (1844-1911), married to Thomas Little (1840-1925); and Mary Margaret (1853-1824), married to Nelson LeBaron (1841-1915).
Thomas Little (1841-1925), married to Annis Jane Thwaites (1844-1911), had 3 sons and 4 daughters: Taylor Little (ca. 1868-?); Thomas Little (ca. 1869-?); Bertha A. Little (ca. 1874-1903); Ruth Little (1875-1967), married in 1899 to J. B. Reed (1874-1949); Rosamond Little (1877-?); Edith M. Little (ca. 1880-?), married to C. P. Young (?-?); and Ray Little (1886-?).
Born in 1874 in North Hatley [Reedsville], he was the fourth son of Wilder Reed (1834-?) and Almira Bean (1836-?). J.B. Reed was a farmer, the founder in 1895 of the J.B. Reed & Sons mill in North Hatley, a founder and secretary of the United Farmers of Canada Organization, a president of the St. Francis District Holstein Breeders' Association, a member of the North Hatley Town Council and a member of the Universalist Church. Married to Ruth Little (1875-1967) in 1899, he had 4 sons and 3 daughters: Eulah Reed (1900-1993), married in 1930 to Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989); Clifford Reed (1902-?); Gordon Reed (1905-? ); Ronald Reed (1908-?); Rosamond Dorothy Reed (1910-?), married in 1938 to Robert Littlejohn ([19?]-?); Helen (ca. 1914-?), married to Stuart Edgar ([19?]-?); and Stewart Reed (ca. 1917-?). He was a candidate for the Reconstruction Party in the 1935 federal election. James B. Reed died in 1949 in North Hatley.
Founded in February 1930 by Willie A. St-Pierre, Léon-C. Drolet and Dr. Raoul Laurence, the École Musicale du Comté de Stanstead was a choir and operatic association that was headquartered in Coaticook. The first music director was Oscar Cartier. At the outset, the École musicale aimed to give free weekly concerts at the Town Hall. It appears that the École Musicale was dissolved around 1931 or 1932.
Philibert (Joseph Louis) Cloutier was born April 24, 1919 at Manseau, married Eva Carignan on May 25, 1945, and died May 29, 2005 in Coaticook.
Robert James Meekren was born on 25 June 1876 in Lambeth, London, England, the son of Robert Charles Meekren and Eliza Alice nee Carter. The family immigrated to Canada when he was fifteen and settled at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Described as a textile manager and a widower, he served for three years as a sub-district intelligence officer in the Corps of Guides. He studied for a London School of Theology degree in Divinity at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada, before returning to England to study engineering. He returned to Canada and married Alice Lydia Meigs in 1901, who died in 1907. In 1915, he enlisted in the 117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After he signed up in 1915, he served originally in the overseas unit, 4th University Company and then joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field during the Ypres Salient on 14 May 1916. He was taken prisoner of war on 2 June 1916 after he was buried during an enemy bombardment and received severe back injuries. After his discharge from German hospitals, he was held at Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was repatriated to England on 11 January 1919, spending time in military hospitals until he discharged himself in September 1919. He was initiated as a Craft freemason in Golden Rule Lodge, No. 5, Stanstead, Quebec in 1911, serving as Worshipful Master in 1922. He was appointed Senior Grand Deacon, Grand Lodge of Quebec in 1942. In 1914 he visited England and studied many texts at the Library of Grand Lodge, Freemasons' Hall, London and at the British Museum. In 1914 he was exalted as a Royal Arch freemason in Lively Stone Chapter, Stanstead, Quebec, where he served as First Principal in 1922. He was one of the original members of the Philalethes Society, founded in 1928 and was a member of the Society of Blue Friars. He joined the Ancient and Accepted Rite in Lodge of Perfection, Newport, Vermont. He was editor of The Builder, the journal of the National Masonic Research Association, from 1925 to 1930. He returned to Stanstead, Quebec, Canada after The Builder collapsed in 1930. He joined the Correspondence Circle of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076, London in 1922. He joined Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076, London as a full member in 1948. He visited England in 1922 in order to meet many scholars of freemasonry. He wrote extensively on various aspects of freemasonry. He underwent extensive surgery in 1960 from which he never fully recovered and spent much of his remaining life in hospital. He served as Mayor and Engineer of Stanstead, Quebec from 1934 to 1946. He died on 5 December 1963 aged 87 and was buried at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada.
Biography provided courtesy of Museum of Freemasonry, UK.
Earle Parsons Hall was born the 28 of August 1907 from the union of John S. Hall and Eva Isabel Parsons. He married Josephine Walter Hall the 17 of June 1939. They had a daughter Carole Jo Ann Hall in 1941. He died the 23 of February 1993 and was buried at St. Peter’s cemetery in Sherbrooke with his sister Viola Margareta Hall Beaton.
When his daughter was born he was already Lieutenant in the army. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th Armored Sherbrooke Regiment from 1954 to 1961. In the same years he was admitted as member of the Order of Canada. In addition to is military career, in the 70’ Hall was a real estate broker. At one point in his life he was involved with de Canadian Red Cross. He was also vice-president of the Eastern Townships Historical Society.
Michael Grayson grew up in England and graduated as a civil engineer in 1961. He emigrated to Canada a year later and settled down in British Columbia. He designed various structures in steel and concrete, prior to entering the emerging glue-laminated timber structure industry. As chief engineer of a glulam production plant, he was responsible for the design and fabrication of two major structures for Expo 67 (Montreal).
His work on a coal-export terminal in North Vancouver motivated him to acquire the skills to assess the environmental impacts of engineering projects during the design stage. He studied for a Master’s degree in Transportation and Environmental Planning (London UK).
In the early to mid-1970s, he worked for Quebec’s Municipal Affairs Department, as a transport and regional planner for a large area centered on Mirabel Airport, under construction at that time. After this, he took a different direction, going “back-to-the-land” and farming organically for a few years.
Returning to transport planning in the 1980s, he worked with the Quebec Government to study and develop public transport options in and around Montreal. In the early 1990s, he produced a Plan de transport for the City of Sherbrooke, with an emphasis on public transport, pedestrians and cyclists. After this, he participated in several projects of converting disused railway lines into cycling and multi-purpose trails (“Rails to Trails”). Design projects for cycling and walking trails in Stanstead and Danville focused on heritage buildings and the rich history of these communities. His love of old buildings and his expertise in timber structures led to a new orientation at this point.
In 1996, Quebec’s Religious Heritage Program allows many of the province’s churches (those that had been judged to have outstanding historic and/or architectural value) became eligible for restoration funding. With funding from the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Grayson assessed the state of dozens of Protestant churches in the Townships, as well as in other parts of Quebec. He managed restoration projects on a large number of these heritage buildings, dating from the 1830s onward. Other conservation and/or transformation projects included town halls, academies, barns and museums.
In the late 1990s, he broadened this focus to include the conservation and restoration of covered bridges, stirred into action by Compton’s intention to demolish Pont Drouin, formerly the Spafford Bridge. Since then, he has worked on many covered bridges across Quebec, including nearly all of those remaining in the Townships. The most memorable of these is the Powerscourt Bridge on the Chateauguay River, built in 1861 and a unique surviving example of a rare truss type (McCallum). Quebec’s Transport Department hired him to assess the condition of a large number of the 80+ covered bridges left in the province (out of nearly 1500 at one time). He has also written restoration guidelines for these historic and durable structures, which from 2010 became his sole engineering focus.
David Emery Taylor was born in 1861 from the union of Jabez Taylor of Yorkshire and Mary Alice Wentworth of Kingsey. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rudd the 6 of March 1888. They had three children, Mary Alice Taylor (b. 1894), Percival Emery Taylor (born the 20 of October 1897, died in 1984) and Leslie William Taylor (1902-1982). David Taylor died the 5 of January 1932.
In the years 1910, he was auditor for the township of Cleveland and auditor of the Books and Accounts of the Cleveland School Board. He was also elected member of the Finance Committee of the Branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund for the combined municipalities of the Town of Richmond, village of Melbourne, Townships of Melbourne and Cleveland. In 1919 he was school manager for the District 5, township of Cleveland. David Taylor was the owner of a market garden and was selling produces, seeds and equipment. When he died his wife Sarah Elizabeth Taylor was left with the farm, but there was a feud between Sarah and her daughter Alice who was taking care of the farm while her mother was sick.
Jacob Nicol was born the 25 of April 1876 in Roxton Pond from the union between Philip Nicol and Sophie Cloutier. He studied at l’Institut Feller in St. Blaise, McMaster University and University Laval in Quebec. He did his clerkship with Henry Thomas Duffy and Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. In August 1909 he married Emilie Couture (1880- August 6, 1965). He died the 23 of September 1958.
He was appointed to the Quebec Bar 8 July 1904. He was a lawyer until 1935 working with Wilfrid Lazure and Silfrid Couture, brother of Emilie Couture. From 1906 to 1921 he was Crown Counsel for St. François district. He was King’s Counsel in 1912.
In addition to being a lawyer, Senator Nicol was an entrepreneur. In 1910, he founded the newspaper La Tribune of Sherbrooke which he owned until 1955. He was also the owner of the newspaper: Le Soleil de Québec from 1927 to 1948; L’Événement in 1936; L’Événement-Journal from 1938 to 1948; Le Nouvelliste de Trois-Rivière until 1951. He was the owner of radio stations CHLN de Trois-Rivière and CHLT de Sherbrooke. He was also the director of the companies Sherbrooke Trust and Trust General of Canada. He was the president of insurances companies: Stanstead and Sherbrooke Insurance; Missiquoi and Rouville Mutual Fire Insurance; Sterling Insurance Company of Canada. He was director of Wellington Fire Insurance. Finally, he was the director and vice-president of the National Bank of Canada from 1945 to 1955.
Another part of his career was in politic. From 1921 to 1923 he was deputy of Richmond. From the 23 of November 1921 to the 30 of April 1924 he was Minister of Municipal Affairs of Quebec in the Taschereau cabinet. From the 23 of November 1921 to the 12 of September 1929 he was Treasurer of Quebec in the Taschereau cabinet. From 1923 to 1927 he was deputy of Compton, Quebec. From the 16 of September 1929 to his death he was Legislative Councillor of Bedford. From the 25 of November 1930 to the 25 of July 1934 he was speaker of the Legislative Council. In 1934 he was the chief organizer of the Quebec Liberal Party. From the 14 of July 1944 to his death he was Senator of Bedford.
Finally, in November 1947 Count Jean de Hateclocque, Ambassador of France to Canada presented Senator Nicol with the decoration of the Knights of the Legion of Honour. He also received the Foreign Affairs Medal and affiliation to l’Ordre Latin in 1940.
Born in Sherbrooke in 1917, Oscar "Bud" de Sévigné was educated in Toronto and Montreal where his pianistic ability earned him the Dominion College of Music's Advanced Senior Diploma. After graduation from Bishop's in 1937, where frequently gave recitals and played for a variety of events, he taught at Verdun High School and gave private piano lessons. His devotion to the piano led to three appearances in the 1950's as piano soloist with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. Bud Sévigné resided in Thetford Mines and prior to his retirement he was President and Executive Vice-President of the Lynmac Companies. He had an impressive forty-year career in industry and in 1974 he received the S.C.I.C.'s Award of Merit Medal for "outstanding and meritorious service to the Steel Foundry Industry in Canada.
To his music and his special projects, such as the Bishop's Rhapsody, a composition he composed in tribute to his alma mater, he brought the same qualities that sustained his illustrious career. Bud was also proud of his association with the Wales Home where he was formerly President of the Board of Directors. One of Bud's proudest moments came during Bishop's 150th anniversary celebrations (1993-1994) when he was awarded the Sesquicentennial Service Award for service and dedication to his alma mater.
Bud Sévigné passed away in 1998.
William Derick II was born on 9 December 1805, the son of Christopher Derick (1782-1871) and Margaret Struthers (1786-1869). He worked as a shoemaker in Noyan. William II married Electa Pamelia Hawley (1813-1895) in 1835 in Clarenceville (Missisquoi County). Together they had six children: Lucy Hurd (b.1836), Isabelle (b. 1837), Asahel Hawley (b. 1838), Thomas Harvard (b. 1841), Christopher William (b. 1845), Anna/Annie Eliza (1851-ca. 1869). William II died on 7 July 1890 in Lacolle, Quebec.
Milton Clinton Gokey, also known as Clinton Gokey, was born the 26 May 1916 in New York, New York, son of Milton Clinton Gokey Sr. (d. 1973) and Ethel Pritchard Warren (d. 1979). Gokey studied in New York City and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during World War II. Following the war, he had a career as a claims adjuster for Merchants Insurance Company from 1956 until his retirement in 1979 and lived much of his life in New Hampshire. He married Joyce Victoria Parker (1924-1980) and together they had three children: Reed, Bruce, and Michelle.
Gokey had a connection to the Eastern Townships from childhood as his youth was spent between New York and North Hatley. Later in their lives, his parents lived in North Hatley as their permanent residence. Later in life, he pursued his interest in the heritage of the region, in particular its railway history, with building models.
M. Clinton Gokey died on 31 December 1998 in Laconia, NH, and was buried in Gilford, NH.