Ethel Mildred McGuire was born in Wales on May 2, 1896 and immigrated to Canada in 1913. The daughter of Ebenezer and Edith Kate Cooke, she was one of eleven children. Her sister Edith Charlotte Hanna also lived in Belleville. Ethel McGuire married John McGuire on July 10, 1916 in Belleville. Mrs. McGuire was a member of St. Margaret's Anglican Church and the Ladies' Auxiliary, ANAF, Duke of Edinburgh Unit 201. She died on February 8, 1975 in Belleville.
Frankie Louella Patterson was born on January 31, 1880 in Cressey, North Marysburgh, Prince Edward County, the daughter of John Henry Pringle and Almira Sheppard. Her husband, who predeceased her, was Charles Benjamin Patterson. She moved to Belleville in 1918, and was active in St. Thomas Church for many years and a Life Member of Eastern Star. She died on September 22, 1976.
Leonard Finley Reid was born on August 15, 1898 in Rossmore, Prince Edward County, the son of Franklin Reid and Janie Faulkes. He was married to Erma Marie Champaign in Belleville on October 8, 1924. He became the co-founder and co-owner of Reid's Dairy from 1919 to 1960. He was a member of Holloway Street United Church and a life member of Belleville Lodge No. 123 A.F.A.M., GRC, Masonic Temple. He died on September 30, 1981.
Bryson Leslie was born on July 5, 1920, in Belleville, the son of William Malcolm Leslie and Bertha Jeanette Donaldson. While in England during the Second World War, he married Ardith Everett, a nursing sister. His father founded Leslie's Shoe Store on Front Street in Belleville where Bryson Leslie worked until 1940 when he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was sent overseas to train at Sandhurst Military College in England. Following his training, he received his commission and served with the Governor General's Foot Guard Regiment. After the war, Bryson Leslie returned to Canada and rejoined his father's shoe retail business, later continuing to run it with his brother, Donald. He was an active member of Bridge Street United Church holding numerous positions including chairman of the congregational board. Bryson Leslie was on the board of the Belleville Family YMCA and Salvation Army, past member of the board of governors of Albert College, a past director of the Belleville Cemetery Board and past director of the Canadian Shoe Retailers Association. Mr. Leslie died on June 7, 1991 in Belleville.
Forde Samuel Russell Stapley was born on February 27, 1923. On August 23, 1944, he married Gladys Pearl Summers. He was a resident of Stirling, Hastings County and died on October 5, 2003.
Kenneth Mulholland Bird was born on April 20, 1905 in Sidney Township, son of Richard Newton Bird and Sarah J. Bell. He married Evelyn Reddick on July 17, 1937. As a child he attended Marsh Hill public school, and graduated from Stirling High School in 1919. He received his teacher training at Peterborough Normal School graduating in 1924. His first teaching job was in Roslin. He later taught at Prince of Wales School in Belleville spending twenty-four years there as principal. Before retiring, he spent some time at Avondale and Bayside schools in Sidney. He was a founding president of the Public School Men's Teachers' Federation locally, on the founding executive of the Moira River Conservation Authority in the late 1940s and a founding member of the Hastings County Historical Society. Ken Bird was a Mason and an elder of Bridge Street United Church. Mr. Bird died in Belleville on December 19, 1985.
Albert W. Scriven was born in Bristol, England on November 18, 1882, the son of James Scriven and Elizabeth Chech. He immigrated to Canada as a young man. He married Bertha Carter and spent most of his working life employed in a filtration plant and gas works in Belleville, Ontario. He attended Parkdale Baptist Church. Mr. Scriven died on April 19, 1976 in Belleville.
Jessie K. McGie Geen was born on September 28, 1889 in Belleville, the daughter of William McGie and Isabel Robertson. After elementary school, she was educated at St. Agnes School. Her father owned and ran McGie's Hardware store in Belleville. After matriculation, Jessie McGie went to MacDonald Institute in Guelph, graduating as a dietician. She worked in Toronto for a couple of years at the Toronto Isolation Hospital before returning to Belleville. She married Percival W. Geen who owned Geen's Drug Store. Jessie Geen died on December 22, 1977 in Belleville.
Rev. Cyrus Richmond Allison was born in Adolphustown and died in Picton, Methodist Episcopal. https://krassoc.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/cyrus-richmond-allison-methodist-episcopal-minister/
Joseph Alger Blackburn, owner of Stroud's Jewellery and Gift Shop on Front Street in Belleville, Ontario, was born on Huff's Island on December 23, 1903, the son of Albert Blackburn and Annie Luella Huff. His father operated Stroud's for its Montreal owner for many years. Joe Blackburn took over as manager in 1932 and later purchased the store. Stroud's was established in 1872 and sold tea, offering trading stamps that could be redeemed for fine china. Joe Blackburn married Elsie Mae Wheeler. He was an honorary deacon and active member of Victoria Avenue Baptist Church. He died on October 21, 1975.
Phyllis Louise Hurst was born on March 1, 1909 in Belleville, the daughter of Charles Frederick Wallbridge and Ella Emily Lewis. She graduated from St. Hilda's College, University of Toronto, in the faculty of household science in 1930 and worked at Montreal General Hospital as a dietician. She married William Nugent Hurst on September 15, 1936. After the Second World War Mr. and Mrs. Hurst lived in Tweed for five years, returning to Belleville for twenty-five years after retiring in Wellington in 1973. Phyllis Hurst was a member of St. Thomas Anglican Church in Belleville. She played the organ at the St. Paul's mission church in Belleville for many years. A member of an association of classical musicians, the Presto Music Club, she also worked occasionally as a supply teacher at BCI. Phyllis Hurst died on May 18, 1985, at Wellington.
Canon F. Arthur Smith was in the Canadian Army Chaplain Corps for six years during the Second World War. His first parish as rector had been in Roslin, Ontario. He and his wife, Marjorie, and their children moved to Belleville when he was rector of St. Thomas' Anglican Church during the years 1945 to 1953. He was then appointed rector of Christ Church Deer Park in Toronto from 1953 to 1967. Canon Smith and his wife lived in Oakville, Ontario for his retirement.
Florence (Carr) Lennox was a lifelong resident of Belleville, Ontario. She was an artist who took up painting at the age of 50.
Trevor Parsons was born in Picton, Ontario in 1989. He is a resident of Belleville.
Lowry, Desmond Herbert Douglas
Desmond Lowry was born in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland on 22 August 1926. He became a draughtman and emigrated to Canada in 1951, where he signed up to help survey the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway. He then moved to Toronto, Ontario where he worked for a brief period in the drafting department of AVRO during which time he was witness to the famous ‘Arrow’ jet fighter project as well as the development of the CF100 jet fighter.
After a brief time back in Ulster (where he met Patricia Kaine, his future wife), Desmond returned once again to Canada where he went into the employ of the British American (BA) Oil Company. He would continue with this company (which was eventually taken over by Gulf Oil Canada) for the next 27 years working as a construction and maintenance superintendent. Later he would also work for Mobil Chemical in Belleville before he retired permanently at the age of sixty.
Once established in Canada, Desmond was joined by Patricia and on the 5th of September 1955 the couple were married at St. Olaves Anglican Church in Toronto. They lived in Toronto for a few years and then moved to a brand new home in Oshawa. In 1962 the Lowrys moved to Sault Ste. Marie and in 1969 the family of five moved south to the city of Belleville.
Desmond was a keen pilot and longtime member of the Belleville Flying Club. He died in Belleville on 5 August 2016.
Muriel Rabel was a resident of Frankford, Ontario.
Obituary: https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/belleville/john-r-bush-funeral-home/muriel-rabel/268560/