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Lieutenant Colonel John Earl Halliwell, was born on July 18, 1854 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England and died in 1907 in Stirling, Ontario. Halliwell came to Canada in 1857 with his parents and brother, William Earl, arriving in Montreal before settling in Cote St. Louis, where his mother had family connections (an uncle named John Earl). His father, John Halliwell, was an ordained deacon of the Anglican Church and in 1871 the family moved to Sterling. The Halliwell family eventually expanded to include Charlotte Earl, Edwin Armitage Earl and Lawrence Earl. John Earl Halliwell attended Trinity College in Toronto and joined the Canadian Militia, graduating with the degree of B.A in 1879, and an M.A. in 1903.

While in Toronto in 1873 he served with the Queen’s Own Rifles under the command of General Otter. Later he was a member of the No. 2 Company, 49th Regiment, under the late Dr. Boulter, of Stirling. In 1883, he became a commissioned officer in the 15th Regiment Argyll Light Infantry, passing successively from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment.

During the Riel Rebellion in 1885, Halliwell went with the Belleville company, which became “A” Company of the Midland Battalion as Lieutenant, and was in command of “A” Company at the charge of Batoche, where he was seriously wounded. After recovering from his wounds, he completed his study of law and opened a law practice in Belleville, Ontario where he remained until 1893 when he returned to Sterling, Ontario.

During his life time he was also a member of several fraternal societies: serving as Grand Chaplain of the Most Worshipful Grand Orange Lodge of British America, Chaplain of the Imperial Grand Council of Orangemen of the World, District Deputy Grand Master in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, a Past Grand of Stirling Lodge of Oddfellows, a member of the Masonic Order, D.D.G.M. of Prince Edward District, Past Grand Superintendent in the Royal Arch, Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario East, Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Black Chapter of Eastern Ontario, and a member of the Royal Black Knights of Ireland. He also was a Municipal Clerk and later a Reeve of Stirling, a County Councillor, Director of the Public Library, and other public institutions as well as an active member in the church. John Earl Halliwell married Letitia A. Boldrick of Sterling in 1900 and had two daughters.

John Earl Halliwell’s brother Edwin Armitage Earl Halliwell also served in the Canadian Militia as a Captain and during the Riel Rebellion was shot five times while trying to carry John Earl off the battle field at Batoche. He later went on to become the British Vice Consul for Mexico.

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

Walter Evans was born on April 10, 1870, at Belleville, Ontario, to parents Mary Ellen Henry and John Dunlop Evans (a surveyor and architect). He married his first wife, Jennie Leah Henry, on September 18, 1901, at Ottawa, Ontario. He later married Marjorie Miriam Struthers after the death of his first wife in 1925. Throughout his career he worked as an Ontario Land Surveyor and engineer. He worked with his father, John Dunlop Evans, at their company "Evans & Evans, Civil Engineers and Ontario Land Surveyors." After his father's retirement in 1928, the company became "J. Walter Evans & Co. Engineers & Surveyors." Evans was also a trailblazer in the steel and metal industries - placing patents on many of his electrical furnace inventions. He died only 8 years after his father, on November 6, 1938 at Beardmore, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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William Alexander Fraser (24 April 1886 – 26 October 1962) was a Canadian politician.
Fraser was born in Trenton, Ontario where he served as mayor in the 1920s. He represented the riding of Northumberland in Parliament with the Liberal party from 1930 through 1945. He served as Chief Whip in the Mackenzie King government. He was later appointed to the Senate, where he remained until his death in 1962.
Fraser pursued a variety of business interests including the Trenton Cooperage Mills, a major cold storage business, fruit-growing and processing, regional newspapers, movie theatres, and a bridge-building company that later helped manufacture corvettes for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He was known as "Nickel Billy", perhaps in reference to his business skills.
He died at a Kingston, Ontario hospital, aged 76.

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Annie Elizabeth Paterson was born in Brantford, Ontario on 13th May 1880 to William Paterson, a confectioner and Lucy (née Davies). She married Morley Elwood Branscombe on 10th September 1907. She died in Belleville on 25th March 1971.

Charles Blanchard Scantlebury was a decorator and publisher who lived in Belleville, Ontario.

William James Topley was a photographer based in Ottawa, Ontario. Wikipedia article

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

Leona Riggs devoted her life to music, first as a performer in musical shows, then as a music teacher, choir director, and patron of the arts in her adopted city of Belleville, Ontario. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 17th, 1903 to Leo Bates Riggs, an accomplished pianist and organist, and Mabel Kathleen (nee DeGurre) Riggs, a vocal teacher.
Leona Riggs spent her early years in Indianapolis before moving to New York City, where her father was appointed organist at the Astor Hotel. After graduating from Yonkers High School, she studied at the Institute of Musical Art (later named Julliard School of Music) in New York, followed by attendance at the American Conservatory at Fontainbleu, France, ca. 1924-25. Another period of post graduate study followed at the Julliard School of Music in 1928-39. Subsequent to her studies in France, but before she returned to the Julliard School of Music, Leona Riggs toured the United States as a singer in the musical shows "The Vagabond King" and "Golden Dawn," from 1926-28.
In 1929, due to effects of the Depression, Leona Riggs moved to Belleville to join her parents and family, who had moved to Belleville from New York in 1924 so that her father could assist her ailing grandfather in his automobile business. In Belleville, Leona Riggs taught piano and vocal lessons from her home for many years. In addition, she was the choral director at John Street United Church from September 1933 until the church was destroyed in October of 1936. A year later, in 1937, Leona Riggs became the choral director at Bridge Street United Church, a position she held until 1951.
Leona Riggs expended great effort over the years in support of the Arts in the Quinte region; many concert artists were brought to perform before local audiences through the Community Concerts Association. She established a continuing scholarship fund that provides awards for graduating high school students in the Belleville area who plan to continue their musical studies.
Leona Riggs remained single throughout her life, leaving no immediate family behind upon her death in Belleville, on August 11th, 1994.

Mabel Riggs (nee DeGuerre) was a graduate of the Toronto Conservatory of Music where she became an accomplished musician and soprano. She went on to become the Director of the Vocal Department of Albert College in Belleville, Ontario.
On August 28, 1901, she married Leo Riggs, who was also an accomplished musician working in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following her marriage, she left Belleville, Ontario, and joined her husband at the Central College of Music, in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a vocal teacher.
In 1903, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Leona Riggs.
In 1909, she, along with her husband and daughter, moved to New York City. By 1924, Mabel Riggs and her family had returned to Belleville, Ontario so that her husband, Leo Riggs, could assist his elderly father with his automobile business.
In 1909, she, along with her husband and daughter, moved to New York City. By 1924, Mabel Riggs and her family had returned to Belleville, Ontario so that her husband, Leo Riggs, could assit his elderly father with his automobile bussiness.

David Riggs was born on May 3rd, 1822. He married Elizabeth Bates on October 15th, 1850. David Riggs is the Great Grandfather of Leona Riggs. He died on April 29th, 1887.

Donald B. Smith is a professor of history at the University of Calgary. His particular area of interest is Aboriginal history in Canada.

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.