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McCormick, Robert

  • Person
  • 1851-1937

Robert McCormick was a photographer who was active in Belleville, Ontario, from 1884 to 1925. He died in Toronto on 4th December 1937.

McCrodan, John

  • Person
  • 1845-1904

John McCrodan was born in Ireland in 1845. He served as a police officer in Belleville, Ontario and died in the city in 1904.

McDonald, Donald

  • Person
  • fl. 1956-1974

Donald McDonald was a high school student in Madoc in 1974.

McGann, John Barrett

  • Person
  • 1810-1880

John Barrett McGann was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1810. He trained as a land surveyor and then taught in a public school for 14 years. He left Ireland for America in 1854 and became interested in the education of deaf-mute children. He moved to Toronto as a teacher in 1855 and by 1858 was running a school for deaf children. The school closed in 1864 and McGann reopened it at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton. Its funding was precarious and in 1870 the Government of Ontario took over responsibility for the school at new premises in Belleville, Ontario. McGann was the resident superintendent of the Ontario Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb in Belleville from 1870 until his death in January 1880. He was buried in the Belleville Cemetery.

McGeachie, John Brett 'Jack'

  • Person
  • 1912-2003

Jack McGeachie was a resident of Limerick Township in Hastings County, and with his wife, Ethel Tweedie Morgan, was the donor of the McGeachie Conservation Area to the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority in 1994.

McGuinness, Clara Agnes

  • Person
  • 1896-1981

Clara Agnes McGuinness was born in June, 1896 in Lonsdale, Hastings County, the daughter of James McAuliffe and Letitia Toner. She married Michael Joseph McGuinness on April 6, 1921 at Marysville, Ontario. Her husband ran a grist mill in Lonsdale until 1963. She was a member of Holy Name of Mary Church in Marysville. Agnes McGuinness died on February 23, 1981 in Belleville, Ontario.

McGuire, Ethel Mildred

  • Person
  • 1896-1975

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.

McIntosh, John Alexander (Jack)

  • Person
  • 1897-1977

John A. McIntosh was born on May 6, 1897 in Belleville, Hastings County, the son of John McIntosh and Harriet Calder. He married Ethel Frances Vandervoort on March 22, 1920. Mr. McIntosh was president of the McIntosh Bros. clothing and dry goods store in downtown Belleville. He died on January 1, 1977.

McKendry, Jennifer

  • Person
  • fl. 2012

Jennifer McKendry is an architectural historian and author who lives in Kingston, Ontario.

McKenna, Marjorie Gertrude

  • Person
  • 1900-1994

Marjorie Gertrude McKenna was born in March of 1900 in Trenton, the daughter of David and Nellie C. Bunnett. She married James Albert McKenna on October 4, 1916 in Belleville, Hastings County. She worked at Glanmore on a part-time basis in kitchen preparation. She was a member of St. Thomas Church, and died on January 30, 1994.

McKeown, John

  • Person
  • 1839-1930

John McKeown was born in Ontario on April 24th, 1839, the son of Samuel McKeown and Margaret McGowan, settlers from Ireland. He operated a boot and shoe store in Belleville, Ontario until 1919 when he sold the business to the Leslie family. He died in Belleville on July 7th, 1930.

McKergow, Frank Chester, O.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1912-2008

Frank Chester McKergow was born on January 10, 1912 at Waterloo, Quebec, Canada. He attended University of Bishops’ College in Lennoxville, Quebec and subsequently the Royal Military College and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. McKergow enlisted in the Governor General’s Foot Guards, later the 21st Canadian Armoured Regiment, and travelled overseas in October 1942. He saw action in Holland, Belgium and Germany. He returned to Canada in January 1946. McKergow studied surveying and eventually joined the Department of Lands and Forests, now the Ministry of Natural Resources, as an Ontario Land Surveyor. His main task was to survey base and meridian lines in the far northwest of Ontario.
In 1964 he became Supervisor of Crown Surveys, retiring 11 years later in 1975. His wife was Hazel Pitt Burton. He died on August 18th 2008 at Bolton, Ontario. He was 96.

McLeod, John

  • Person
  • ca. 1900-ca. 1980

John McLeod was born in Scotland and joined the Gordon Highlanders in 1917. He fought in the First World War. In 1921, he immigrated to Canada and found work on a farm near Stirling.

McNab, A. T. C.

  • Person
  • fl. 1971

McNab served as Deputy Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

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