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Minnie Peyton (d. 1956)
Person · d. 1956

Minnie Peyton was the daughter of John Peyton Jr. of Twillingate, Newfoundland. She worked for Cecil and Minnie Bowen as one of their housekeepers when they lived on Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland in the early 1890s. She returned to Sherbrooke with the couple and became nursemaid to their daughter Rose Meredyth (b. 1893) and their son Cecil Lloyd (b. 1903). Sometime between 1893 and 1903, she was married to a Mr. Percy, but he died around 1919. She was remarried 25 September 1924 to Frederick Ernest Smith, but they eventually divorced, though she kept the surname Smith. She also served as nursemaid for each of Rose’s four children. She was affectionately known as “Dadie” by all of the children she cared for. The nickname originated with a young Rose, who was told that a nice “lady” was coming to stay with her. When she arrived, Rose ran to meet her, crying “Dady’s here!” (i.e. “Lady is here!”) and the name stuck, so from then on she was known as Dadie Smith. Cecilia and Sylvia (two of Rose’s daughters) each gave one of their children the middle name “Peyton” to honour Dadie. Though not related by blood, she was a beloved member of the Bowen and Eardley-Wilmot families. Minnie died in 1956.

Corporate body · 1894-

Minton United Church, initially of Methodist denomination, was organized in 1894 as part of the Minton Circuit, which included Minton, Reeds, Suffield, Belvidere, Albert Mines, and Eustis. In 1925, when the United Church of Canada was founded, amalgamating the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, the Minton Methodist Church decided to join the Union. Minton United Church is under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada.

Corporate body · 1937-

The Minton Mills Women's Institute was founded in 1937. Like the other Women's Institutes, whose motto is 'For Home and Country', this one was concerned with family in rural regions. The Minton Women's Institute was a member of the Stanstead County Women's Institutes, the Quebec Women's Institutes, and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Delegates attended the annual meetings of these organizations. Locally, an elected board of directors worked with various committees (Agriculture, Education, Home Economics, National and International Relations, Publicity, Sunshine, Welfare and Health etc.) to organize monthly meetings and activities. The latter included lectures, school fairs, and fund raising events (bake sales, rummage sales, paper drives, plant sales, card parties, etc.) in support of the Canadian Red Cross Society, local schools and hospitals, and other worthy causes. In 1941, the Minton Women's Institute help found a Boys' and Girls' Club. In 1964, the Minton Women's Institute thought of disbanding, but the records give the impression that it did not at that time.

Located in Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, the Mission de l'Église Unie aux Saints Martyrs Canadiens, probably of Presbyterian denomination when it was established in the 19th century, was previously called Église du Rang de la Montagne. The church membership was mostly francophone. For unknown reasons, the Mission seems to have been related somehow to many other missions over the years: St. Paul de Chester Mission (Methodist denomination); St. Philippe de Chester Mission (Methodist denomination until 1911, then becoming Presbyterian); Missions of Agnes, Megantic, and surrounding places (Presbyterian denomination); and North Ham Mission (Presbyterian denomination). The Mission de l'Église Unie aux Saints Martyrs Canadiens was under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada.

The Missisquoi County Anti-Alcholic League was formed on 19 October 1915 to promote a petition for the holding of an election under the Canada Temperance Act in the County. The League was composed of representatives of churches, temperance and kindred organizations, and other citizens of the Missisquoi County.

To educate the voters before the election, the League organized an exhibition in Farnham during the summer of 1917. The election was held on 12 September 1917 and 2229 electors voted in favor and 509 against the Canada Temperance Act.

Mitchell, Antonia (1937-)
BUArtColl · Person · 1937-

Antonia Mitchell has a two track career as both a professional portrait painter and a non representational artist. A graduate of Bishop's and McGill Universities, Mitchell grew up in the Eastern Townships and Montreal, and later studied fine arts and illustration in New York City at the renowned Art Students League.

Person · 1810-1885

Charles Nathaniel Montizambert was born on October 26, 1810 to Louis Niverville Montizambert and Sarah Montizambert. He had 2 brothers: George Sheaffe Montizambert and one other sibling. Charles married Hellen Elizabeth Tarrot Montizambert in 1843. They had 7 children: James Ramsay Montizambert, George Louis Montizambert and 5 other children.
Charles passed away on April 1, 1885, at age 74 and is buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery Sillery, Quebec. His son Ramsay was the first of 4 generations in our family who attended Bishop's College. Ramsay Montizambert graduated in 1875, and received an M.A. also from Bishop's in 1878.

Moore, J. C.
M006 · Person · 19th cent.

J.C. Moore was the cousin of Malcolm Clapp Baker.

Moore, P. H.

From The Dictionary of Canadian Biography 1871-1880

Moore, Philip Henry, farmer, soldier, Legislative Councillor and railroad president, born at Rhinebeck Dutchess Co., N.Y. 22 February 1799- , third son of Nicholas and Catherine (Streit) Moore, married Harriet A. Stone. They had six sons and two daughters. He died 21 Nov. 1880 at St. Armand Station, Missisquoi County, Quebec.

He was commissioned THE FIRST REGISTRAR OF MISSISQUOI COUNTY at Frelighsburg 19 June 1830.

He took a part in the Battle at Moore's Corner in the Rebellion of 1837 for which he was officiallythanked by Sir John Colborne.

On the Union of the provinces in 1841, P.H. Moore was called TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, a position which he held until Confederation.

In 1846 Moore had been CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED TO INVESTIGATE LOSSES OF INHABITANTS OF LOWER CANADA in the 1837-38 uprising.

At Confederation he became a candidate for the Federal House of Commons. He ran as an Independent Conservative and was defeated by the Conservative candidate Brown Chamberlin of Frelighsburg.

He was a PRESIDENT OF THE MONTREAL AND VERMONT Junction Railway until his death in 1880.

Moran, Thomas (1837-1926)
BUArtColl · Person · 1837-1926

Thomas Moran was born in Bolton, England and came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his birth family in 1844. As a teenager Moran became an apprentice at the Philadelphia engraving firm of Scattergood and Telfer. From there he worked in his brother Edward's studio, who was a Marine painter. Through his brother Edward he became acquainted with Philadelphia artist James Hamilton (1819-1878) and became his apprentice. Moran greatly admired and was influenced by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and in 1861 he traveled to England to study Turner's work at London's National Gallery. Moran was a painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York. During the late 1860's he was appointed the chief illustrator for the magazine which helped him launch his career as one fo the painters of the Amercan West landscape. He died in 1926 at the age of 89 years.

Morgan, David (1943-2011)
BUArtColl · Person · 1943-2011

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.

BUArtColl · Person · 1865-1924

James Wilson Morrice was born in 1865 in Montréal, Québec, the third of seven sons of a wealthy textile manufactuer, David Morrice. After completing a BA and legal studies at the University of Toronto he convinced his father to send him to Europe for his art education where he enrolled in Académie Julian. He was particularly attracted to Henri-Joseph Harpignies's (1819 –1916) landscapes and had the artist critque his work every week for a fee. He was known for his technique of doing small panel sketches on site and then taking these home to his studio to make larger canvases. He formed close relationships with other French artists such as Matisse. He is represented by in collections both across Canada and Europe. He died in 1924 in Tunis, Tunisa, after a long illness.

Morrison, Alex J.
Person · d.1999

Alex J. Morrison received a B.A. from Bishop's University in 1950. The student register indicates he was from St. Laurent, Quebec. He died on February 18, 1999 in Prescott, Ontario.

Motyer, Arthur
Person · 1925-2011

Arthur John Motyer was born December 15, 1925 in Hamilton, Bermuda. He attended Saltus Grammar School and later Mount Allison University (1942-1945). A Rhodes Scholarship took him to Oxford for further studies in English, after which he returned to Canada where he taught English and Drama at the University of Manitoba (1948-50) and Bishop’s University (1950-70). Arthur Motyer married Janet Speid in 1955 and they had two children; Dr. Michael Motyer and Gillian Allen (Motyer). While at Bishop’s University, he led the development and realization of the Centennial Theatre, giving Bishop’s the finest university theatrical facilities in Canada at the time. Returning to Sackville in 1970 as Purvis Professor of English and Associate Dean of Faculty, he immersed himself in the cultural life of campus and community. In addition to taking on the roles of Dean of Arts and Vice-President Academic, he served for many years as Chair of the Performing Arts Committee and of the classical concert touring organization Debut Atlantic, founded Windsor Theatre and the Mount Allison Drama Program, and was mentor and founding chair of Live Bait Theatre. In his retirement, he wrote two distinguished books, the novel What’s Remembered and a memoir, The Staircase Letters.Arthur Motyer died on June 23, 2011 in Sackville, New Brunswick. In September 2011, Arthur was posthumously awarded the Bermuda Arts Council 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mould, R.
BUArtColl · Person · -
Person

Anna Douglas was born on 25 March 1884 in East Farnham, Quebec. She was the daughter of William J. and Susan (Pearson) Douglas. Anna attended school becoming a French Specialist and teaching both in the Townships and Montreal. She married George Harley Moynan the 26 June 1929, settling on a farm outside Lennoxville. They had no children. Anna died the 18 June 1961.

Muhlstock, Louis (1904-2001)
BUArtColl · Person · 1904-2001

Louis Muhlstock was born in Narajow, Galicia, Ukraine in 1904. In 1911, he and his family joined his father who had immigrated to Montréal in 1908. As a teenager, he studied drawing at the National Council of Arts and Manufacturers under the guidance of Edmond Dyonnet (1859-1954) and Joseph Saint-Charles (1868-1956). He then joined the Art Association of Montréal from 1920 to 1928 attending evening classes with William Brymner (1855-1925). During this time, he attended classes at the École des Beaux Arts de Montréal. In 1928 he went to Paris, France and it was there that he studied with Louis-François Bilhoul (1874-1947). Quote “It is with Bilhoul that I really started to paint. He was a very fine, sincere painter, in the tradition of the old masters.” Muhlstock continued to paint, make prints and draw throughout his long lifetime. He died in Montréal in 2001.

The Municipality of Ascot was formed on 1 July 1845. Earlier in 1845, a democratic system of municipal government had been established in Lower Canada, under which elected municipal councils consisting of seven members, who chose the Mayor from their ranks, oversaw the organization and management of local affairs. Ascot Township had been founded by letters patent, and the first land grants made there, in 1803. In 1854, Ascot was united with Westbury for municipal and school-related purposes and Lennoxville, located in Ascot Township, became an independent municipality, though it was not incorporated till 1871. A single secretary-treasurer nevertheless handled both Ascot's and Lennoxville's municipal affairs till 1878.

The Municipality of Shefford County was sanctioned on 30 May 1855. The first meeting of the Municipal Council was held on 11 September of that year; Jonathan Robinson, Mayor of the Township of Shefford, was elected the municipality's first Prefect. The Council was made up of the Prefect, the mayors of the townships of Shefford County, the Secretary-Treasurer, and two delegates. On 12 March 1856, the Council passed a resolution in favour of the construction of the Registrar's office. A year later, on 11 March 1857, Waterloo was designated County Town of the municipality. The holders of the office of Prefect from 1855 to 1876 were Jonathan Robinson (1855-1860), A.B. Parmelee (1860-1874), and G.G. Stevens (1874-1876). The Secretary-Treasurers were A.B. Parmelee ([1855?]-1860), V. Nutting (1860-1862), and M. Boyce (1862-1876).