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Campbell (family)

  • Family
  • fl. 1832-1932

Family tree following the marriage of William Campbell and Isabella Mason

Burton, Phil

  • Person
  • fl. 1923-1968

Manager of the CN Telegraph Office in Belleville, retired 1968 after 45 years service

Burrows, Captain Thomas

  • Person
  • fl. 1830's

Burrowes, Thomas - Assistant Overseer of the Works during the building of the Rideau Canal. Thomas Burrowes provided many beautiful watercolour paintings that give us a view of what the canal was like both during and after construction.

Burrell, Ellis

  • Person
  • 1825-1882

Born South Lappum England, Burrell Axe Factory, E. Moira (listed Gazetteer & Directory Ontario 1869), died March 1882

Bogart (family)

  • Family
  • fl. 1821-1900

The Bogart family lived in Belleville, Ontario, from 1821.

Belleville Hardware Company

  • Corporate body
  • 1901-1910

Co-founded by William Charles Springer after leasing the Chown Factory. Located at 270 Pinnacle St. in Belleville. Remained in operation until it was re-named in 1910 to the Belleville Lock Company Ltd.

Leslie's Shoes

  • Corporate body
  • 1919-1997

Leslie's Shoes was established on Front Street in Belleville in 1919 when William Leslie bought out the business of John McKeown. It remained in the hands of the Leslie family until its closure in 1997.

Barber, Russell J.

  • Person
  • b. 1950

Russell J. Barber was an archaeologist who worked for the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.

Bradshaw, Capt. James

  • Person
  • 1723-1797

Born in Ireland immigrated to the United States, was commissioned in 1777. Incorporated as a Loyalist in 1780, settled Lot 14, 5th Concession Fredericksburgh, died February 1797, buried 20 Feb 1797. Langhorn's Anglican Registers 1787 - 1814

Boyle, David

  • Person
  • 1842-1911

David Boyle, born abt. 1842 in Scotland was the 1st Curator of the Royal Ontario Museum. The 19th century collector David Boyle, whose work at the Canadian Institute Museum (1884-1896) and the Ontario Provincial Museum (1896-1911) would eventually form the core of the ROM’s own Ontario archaeology collection.

Boyd, Ezekial

  • Person
  • 1827-1903

Born in Marmora, one of the oldest residents at the time of his death, buried Marmora Cemetery.

Boulter, Wellington

  • Person
  • 1837-1927

Wellington Boulter was born in Sophiasburg Township, in the County of Prince Edward, Ontario, the tenth in a family of 21 children of George Boulter. The latter settled on a farm at Demorestville in the bay front opposite Big Island. Wellington Boulter built a small canning factory there; his son Ed (G.E.) took charge of the factory at the age of 12.
In 1882 Wellington Boulter built a factory at Picton (W. Boulter and Sons), which was the first such east of Toronto, and the second in Canada. Corn and Tomatoes were processed there. It was the first commercial corn cannery of any lasting importance. This enterprising pioneer became known as "the father of commercial canning in Canada." He with his two sons George E. and Frank E.N. Boulter, started a factory in Toronto, which was guaranteed freedom from taxes for 10 years. It was on the old Toronto Esplanade at the foot of Cherry Street.

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Boulanger, Claudette

  • Person
  • fl. 2002-2013

Claudette is one of the founding members of Gallery 121, 48 Bridge Street East in Belleville, where she continues to exhibit. She is also a member of the Belleville Art Association where her artwork can be seen in most monthly exhibits held at the BAA gallery at 392 Front Street in Belleville. Now retired as a graphic designer from Loyalist College, she enjoys family and friends, painting, teaching, travelling and spending time at her cabin in the woods. Her work is represented in a number of private and permanent collections including Crayola Crayons (Binney & Smith), Scarborough Board of Education, Corby Library Gallery, Georgetown Helson Gallery (2013), John and Gisella Sommer Collection and the University of Guelph, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (2002).

Booth, John Rudolphus

  • Person
  • 1827-1925

John Rudolphus Booth was a Canadian lumber tycoon and railroad baron. He controlled logging rights for large tracts of forest land in central Ontario, and built the Canada Atlantic Railway to extract his logs and to export lumber and grain to the United States and Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rudolphus_Booth

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