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Bridge Street United Church

  • Corporate body
  • 1815-

The first Methodist meeting held in Belleville took place in 1815. The first meeting house was built on Pinnacle Street in 1818 and expanded in later years. In 1865 a new church opened on Bridge Street, on land provided by Billa Flint.

Bristol, Edith Mary

  • Person
  • 1885-1977

Edith Mary Bristol was born in Norwich, England in 1885, the daughter of Charles Docksey and Louisa H. Crocker. The family moved to Hespeler, Ontario, where she and her siblings got work at Forbes Mill. She went to Vancouver for a holiday and that is where she met and married her husband, Austin Wellington Bristol. They were married on October 7, 1977. Moving east, they bought a farm at Mountain View where they farmed for twenty-five to thirty years. Mrs. Bristol was a member of St. Thomas Anglican Church and a member of the Women's Guild there. She was also a fifty-year member of Quinte Chapter 59 of the Order of the Eastern Star. She died on October 7, 1977.

Brock & Co.

  • Corporate body
  • fl.1906

Brock & Co. was a firm of photographers active in Trenton, Ontario in 1906.

Brown, Kenneth Murray

  • Person
  • 1941-2019

Ken Brown was born in Meaford, Ontario, on 28 December 1941, the child of Walter Brown and Peggy (Kent). He worked as a high school teacher and, after his retirement, as an archivist-historian for the Town of Deseronto. He died in Trenton, Ontario on 29 June 2019.

Brown, Oris Annetta

  • Person
  • 1911-2000

Annetta Brown was the owner and principal of the Ontario Business College in Belleville from 1963 to 1978. She was born Oris Annetta Mason in Belleville on 25 August 1911. She married Clifford Albert Brown in Kingston, Ontario in November 1935. Clifford died in 1974 and Annetta married Ernest Green in 1985. She died in Belleville on 15 June 2000.

Brown, Stella-Marie

  • Person
  • fl. 1962-1978

Stella-Marie Brown was a high school student in Napanee, Ontario in 1978.

Browne, Cavell and Jackson Ltd.

  • Corporate body
  • 1850 - 1983

A firm of Ontario Land Surveyors named after William Albert Browne (b. 1878 - d. 1923), Edward J. Cavell (b. 1882-d. 1960), and William Jackson. Their records and files are now with Schaeffer Dzaldov Bennett Ltd.

Buchanan, John Albert

  • Person
  • 1896-1978

Captain John Albert (Jack) Buchanan was born on April 30, 1896 and died on November 5, 1978. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Buchanan and was married to Pauline Conder. He held a Captain's Certificate for both the Great Lakes and Ocean Boats. His career spanned forty-five years. He was a captain of the Great Lakes Passenger Boats, Niagara Navigation Co., and later Canada Steamship Lines running from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake. He was also captain of freighters running from Halifax to Duluth. His work entailed being captain of the City of Belleville (McCreary Boat) as well as the Glenora Ferry with the former department of highways.
Captain Buchanan attended Tabernacle United Church and sang in the old John Street Church Choir. He was a veteran of the First World War serving with the Canadian Bantam Light Infantry. After the war he entertained the troops as a vocal tenor.
Captain Jack Buchanan was a life member of the Prince Edward Masonic Lodge of Picton, receiving his 50 years Jewel.

Buck, Marjorie

  • Person
  • fl.1990-2005

Marjorie Buck was the deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Belleville in the early 2000s.

Buck, Ruth

  • Person
  • c. 1905 - 2009

Ruth Matheson was born at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan and married Geoffrey J. Buck. They lived in Regina for many years.

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