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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.

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.

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.

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.

William Frederick Beare was born in England in 1901. He came to Toronto with his family about 1905, moving to Belleville a few years later. On September 16, 1925, he married Esther Taylor in Belleville. He worked for Bill Cook's cigar store on Front Street for thirty-five years. Mr. Beare died on July 30, 1976.

Cecil Greville Cherry was born in London, England on July 5, 1895. He came to Canada in 1902, and went to school in Thomasburg, enlisting in Belleville in 1915. He later became a cabinet maker and superintendent, working for the Houston Company for about forty-five years. Mr. Cherry married Clara Susannah Smith. He was a member of Christ Church and a life member of Belleville Lodge A.F. and A.M. Eureka Lodge 283 Quinte Friendship. He died in Belleville on October 31, 1982.

Margaret Joy Nichols was born in Hamilton Township near Cobourg on August 12, 1891, the daughter of John Grandy Nichols and Maude Boulster. She taught school in Brighton, Colborne and Cobourg before coming to Belleville in 1933 where she opened and Quinte Book and Gift Shop, operating it until 1971. Joy Nichols was a charter president of the Belleville Business and Professional Club and a member of both the Naturalist Club and the Horticulture Club. She died on October 19, 1987.

Merle Blanche Clark was born in July, 1892 near Actinolite, Hastings County, the daughter of Theodore Kleinsteuber and Elizabeth Brill. She married John Barry Clark in Tweed on September 22, 1915. Mrs. Clark died in 1988.

Judge Jacob Carroll Anderson was born on January 11, 1902 in Bancroft, the son of Rev. Thomas H. P. Anderson and Lottie H. Cook. He went to high school in Colborne, Ontario, taking his senior matriculation in Napanee. He worked as a County Court judge for many years in Belleville, Ontario. His wife was the former Rhoda Mary Bowles. Judge J.C. Anderson died on November 15, 1983 in Oakville, Ontario.

Rocco Campoli was born in Italy on January 18, 1891, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Campoli. The family immigrated to Canada in 1905. He married Violet Rushlow and is predeceased by his wife and survived by six sons and four daughters. Rocco Campoli died on January 15, 1976.

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.

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.

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.

Alice Deacon was born in Belleville on September 27th, 1899 to Daniel Deacon and his wife Catherine (née Dugan). During the First World War, the Deacons were living at 107 Station Street, Belleville. They were Roman Catholics and Alice was probably a student at St. Michael's Academy on Church Street, Belleville, which opened in 1907.

Alice had three older brothers: James, Frederick and Francis (Frank). Frank joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on March 23rd, 1916 in Belleville. Frank's service record is available from Library and Archives Canada at http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2386-S013 . He came home safely from the war and was demobilized on May 23rd, 1919.

Alice worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper in Belleville until 1929, when she married Leo Houlihan in St. Michael's Church. She then left Belleville to live with Leo in Lindsay, Ontario. She died in 1955 and was buried in the Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic cemetery in Sarnia, Ontario.

Sarah Almina Smith was born on August 15, 1902 in Sidney Township, the daughter of James Albert Stapley and Annette Eggleton. She married John Roy Wilson on March 8, 1922; Alfred Lake on August 20, 1941; and Franklin Smith on June 17, 1953. She died on November 9, 1987 in Belleville, having formerly lived on RR 4 Stirling, Hastings County.

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.