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Marmora Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1910-2001

The Women's Institute of Marmora, Ontario, was organized in 1910 and dissolved in 2001.

Christie, Margaret

  • Person
  • 1846-1933

Margaret Christie lived in Madoc, Ontario. She was born in Berwick, Ontario, as Margaret Groves. She was married to Joseph Christie in 1866 and in 1869 and 1871 she was listed in directories as a photographer. Margaret died in South Elgin Street, Madoc in 1933.

Reid, A. Newton

  • Person
  • 1894-1991

Reverend A. Newton Reid was born in Quebec in 1894. He had a B.A. degree from Queen's University as well as a Bachelor of Theology degree from Queen's. He also had a M. A. degree from Columbia University in New York City. Reid was the minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Stirling, Ontario, in 1931. After Stirling, he served in Cookstown and Richmond, Ontario where he met Evyleen Stewart. After their marriage in July 1944, they served in Presbyterian Churches in Colborne, Avonton, Chesley and Holstein in southwest and western Ontario. Newton was a member of the Keystone Masonic Lodge of the Royal Arch Masons. He died in Brockville in 1991.

City of Belleville. Honours and Awards Committee

  • Corporate body
  • 1978-

The Honours and Awards Committee recognizes achievements in sports and organizes an annual awards presentation in Belleville, Ontario, to honour recipients.

Throop, (William James) Needham

  • Person
  • 1919-2012

William James Needham Throop was an employee of Northern Electric's plant in Belleville, Ontario between 1952 and 1983, where he managed the Information Systems department. He was born in North Augusta, Ontario, on 10 December 1919 and died in Belleville on 8 November 2012.

Holgate, Myrtle Alice

  • Person
  • 1893-1977

Myrtle Alice Windsor was born on May 28, 1893 at Oak Lake, the daughter of Bidwell Windsor and Lily Sarles. She was educated at Marsh Hill School and Stirling High School. Myrtle was organist at Carmel United Church, west of Stirling, for two years. She was married to Charles Arthur Holgate on December 29, 1915 in Sidney, Hastings County. They set up a grist and saw mill in Cannifton in 1921, selling it in 1953. In 1962 Mrs. Holgate became a charter member of the United Church Women. She died on November 11, 1977.

Duffy, Angus Bennett

  • Person
  • 1914-1998

Angus Bennett Duffy was born on July 12, 1914, in Chipman, New Brunswick, the son of Ernest Duffy and Mary D'Aigle. He went to Trenton, Ontario soon after the First World War began. He was educated in Trenton at St. Peter's School and Trenton High School. At the age of 16, he joined the non-permanent active Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. He enlisted on September 2, 1939 as Company Sergeant Major with Hasty P permanent force, proceeding to England in December of 1939. He was discharged in 1945. Angus Duffy married Helena Bell. He operated Duffy's City Service Station on Front Street from 1946 to 1963. In 1946 he was elected as a Belleville Council alderman. In 1962 he became Emergency Measures Organization (E.M.O.) co-ordinator for Hastings and Prince Edward County. Twenty years later, Angus Duffy was appointed a member of the order of Canada. He died on October 25, 1998 in Belleville. He was buried with full military honours.

Wright, Cynthia Jane

  • Person
  • 1903-1995

Cynthia Jane Cunningham was born in Ameliasburgh Township on March 1, 1903, the daughter of George Cunningham and Cynthia Pierson. She married Harold Alfred Wright and they lived in Belleville. She was a member of Eastern Star #55. She died on January 12, 1995.

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