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Evans, John Walter

  • Person
  • 1870-1938

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.

Fraser, William Alexander

  • Person
  • 1886-1962

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.

Branscombe, Nan

  • Person
  • 1880-1971

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.

Scantlebury, Charles B.

  • Person
  • 1864-1930

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

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.

Riggs, Leona

  • Person
  • 1903-1994

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.

Riggs, Mabel

  • Person
  • 1872-1966

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.

Riggs, David

  • Person
  • 1822-1887

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.

Smith, Donald B.

  • Person
  • 1946-

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

Mitchell, Elizabeth

  • Person
  • 1945-2023

Elizabeth Mitchell was a librarian and resident of Belleville, Ontario. She worked at the Belleville Public Library from 1973 to 2010. In her retirement, she was active in the Hastings County Historical Society, the Probus Club and St. Thomas Anglican Church.

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.

Carscallen, Fred Mather

  • Person
  • 1901-1985

Fred Mather Carscallen was born on March 23, 1901 in Thurlow, Hastings County. He was the son of John Edward Carscallen and Anna Louisa Hall. He married Geraldine Alma Garrison on August 30, 1922. Mr. Carscallen retired from the International Harvester Company of Canada. He was a member of Bridge Street United Church and Temple Lodge No. 666, and a life member of the Belleville Shrine Club as well as the Ramses Temple of Toronto. He died on November 29, 1985.

Coucill, Irma

  • Person
  • 1918-2015

Irma Coucill was a portrait artist who specialized in sketches for Halls of Fame.

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