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Corporate body · 1934-1967

The 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, created in 1915, was part of the 8th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In September 1934, members of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion who had served during World War I organized the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Association to perpetuate the memory and the tradition of their battalion. The Association was run by a four-member board elected annually. Its main activity was the annual reunion of its members, who had belonged to the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion or the Company of the Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles. In 1967, the last meeting was held and the Association disbanded.

Corporate body · 1839-

Abbotsford United Church, initially of Congregational denomination, was organized in 1839 by Rev. Charles Miles, an English Congregational minister. After the death of Rev. Miles in 1855, no Congregational minister was available and the church served as an academy. At about this time, a number of Methodist families moved in the region and an appeal was sent to the Methodist minister in Granby to come and re-open the church for worship. In 1925, when the United Church of Canada was founded, amalgamating the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, the Abbotsford Methodist Church joined the Union to form the Abbotsford United Church. Since 1976, the Abbotsford United Church has belonged to the Granby Pastoral Charge. Abbotsford 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 Official Board and the Congregation in co-operation with organizations within the Church, such as the Women's Missionary Society and the United Church Women.

Abbott, Louise, b. 1950
Person · 1950-

Louise Abbott was born in Montreal on 26 July 1950. She graduated from McGill University. Freelance writer, photographer, author and documentary filmmaker, she began her career in 1971. Many of her works are dedicated to cultural minorities - the English-speaking community in Quebec, the Inuit. She now lives in the Eastern Townships.

So far in her career, she has published many books and her photographs have also appeared in many other publications. She has been involved in many solo or group exhibitions. Well known public institutions, such as Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Musée du Québec include her photographs in their collections. She produced her first documentary in 1991.

Louise Abbott has been awarded many times for her work. In 1996, she won a Canada Council grant to write a book about the English-speaking community of the Eastern Townships.

Corporate body · 1898-[1920s]

The Acton Vale Circuit, which was of Methodist denomination, was organized around 1898. It included three preaching points: Acton Vale, St-Theodore-d'Acton, and Bethany. It seems to have had over the years a French and an English Section. The church was closed in the 1920s.

The Acton Vale Circuit was part of the Waterloo District of the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada.

Adam, Louis
Person · 1925-2005

Louis Adam was born 24 November 1925 in Coaticook to Stanislas Adam and Adrianna Hénault. He married Gertrude Bouchard in Coaticook on 3 January 1948. Together they had the following childred: Claude (b. 1948), Lise (b. 1949), Yves (b. 1952), Yvon (b. 1952), Denise (b. 1955), and Richard (1962-1976). At least from 1953 to 1967, Louis Adam owned and operated the Champlain service station, also known as Service Louis Adam, which was situated on Main Street in Coaticook. Louis Adam passed away on 14 May 2005 in Coaticook.

Adams, Georges, 1813-1883

George Adams, born October 20, 1813 in Newbury, Vermont was the son of Abel Adams and his wife Sally Stone. The family had lived at Richford, Vermont a short time before moving to St.Armand, Canada in 1816. The father, Abel, built up a large and flourishing mercantile business at Pigeon Hill. George had a brother, Nelson who lived and died in Bedford, Quebec, another brother, John, who was killed in 1864 in the American Civil War and a sister Virtue who died in young womanhood, (an account of the family is given in Abby Hemenway (1882) Vol. IV p. 997.)

In 1847 George Adams moved to the Township of East Farnham and purchased a saw mill and house situated on the south part of Lot 31, in Range III in the County of Shefford. Here he built a grist mill and a store sometime between 1849-1852. There were two sons by his first wife, Jane Krans, William born 1842 died 1904, and George Abel born 1847 died 1924. George Abel married Sarah Douglas and they had sons, George James Adams, and Byron A. Adams.

The family ran grist and sawmills, they owned several farms and on the home farm kept registered
Ayrshire cattle. In the early 1900's they formed the Adamsville Creamery Association which was a successful business concern. The first George, who is considered to be the founder of Adamsville, died October 14, 1883 A more recent account of the family is given in Yesterdays of Brome County Vol. I, 1967 written by Gerald Hawke.

Corporate body · 1856-1982

The first services for the Adderley Presbyterian Church in the township of Inverness, also known as St. Andrew's and South Kirk, were conducted in 1856 but the church building was not constructed until 1873. When the union of Methodists, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian took place in 1925, Adderly Presbyterian Church did not join the union. However, after 1943, they shared the services of a minister with the United Church. The church building was in regular use until 1958 and summer services continued to be held there until 1977. With the building closed, the congregation then worshipped at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Inverness. Unfortunately, due to severe vandalism, the decision was made to have the building demolished in 1982. On September 11, 1983, former members and friends of the Church met once again and held a ceremony at the property where they had erected a commemorative granite marker and fence.

Adderley Presbyterian Church was under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery of Quebec of the Synod of Quebec and Eastern Ontario of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The Church was governed by the congregation and the church courts (board of managers and session) in co-operation with committees, organizations and societies within the Church, such as the Women's Missionary Society.

Corporate body · 1851-

The Advent Christian Church in Danville, Quebec was formally organized in August 1851 with 27 members under the pastorship of Elder John Porter. Prior to that time, during the 1840s, Adventism had been growing in popularity in Quebec, particularly in the Eastern Townships under two main denominations: Evangelical Adventists and Christian Adventists. The Advent Christian Church was the first Christian Adventist church to be established in Quebec. Adventism began to gain a number of believers in the Township of Shipton through tent meetings and conferences that were held there in 1849, 1850, and 1851 when well-known pastors from the United States would preach. At this time, the Christian Adventist denomination was known for its weak official organization and lack of church buildings. Therefore, the Advent Christian Church of Danville is somewhat unique for their decision to erect their own church building by 1854 on Water Street. By 1873, the Advent Christian Church had joined the Adventist Federation of Canada East and Vermont. In 1902, they had completed a second church building, which is still located on the corner of Grove and Crown Streets in Danville. During the nineteenth century, camp meetings, usually held outside and during the summer, were significant activities for Christian Adventists where pastors from the United States would be invited to preach. Today, Adventist camp meetings are still held at the camp meeting site in Beebe. Governed by a board of directors and aided by committees, the Advent Christian Church in Danville remains as one of the two Christian Adventist churches that is still active in the Eastern Townships.

Corporate body · 1883-[ca. 1920]

Agnes Methodist Church was organized in Agnes (now Lake Megantic) in 1883. The church building was destroyed by fire in 1908 and the property was sold around 1920.