- Corporate body
- 1883-1924
H. B. Rathbun and Sons was incorporated in 1883 with Edward Wilkes Rathbun as President and General Manager.
H. B. Rathbun and Sons was incorporated in 1883 with Edward Wilkes Rathbun as President and General Manager.
Harold McMurrich Rathbun was the child of Edward Wilkes Rathbun and his second wife, Bunella McMurrich. He lived all his life in Deseronto, Ontario. He married Nora Stoddart (1903-1996).
Herbert 'Burt' Rathbun was born in Deseronto in 1861, the child of Hugo Burghardt Rathbun and Louisa (Storm). He married Agnes Bell in Belleville on February 12th, 1884. They had three children: Helen (born 1885), John (born 1886) and Leo (born 1890). In 1891 the family were living in Deseronto, where their household included a cook, a housemaid, a nurse and a coachman. By 1897 they were living in Bridge Street, Belleville, which is where Burt died of tuberculosis in Belleville on April 4th of that year.
Louise Rathbun was born in Deseronto, Ontario, on March 16th, 1859, daughter of Hugo Burghardt Rathbun and his wife Louise (Storm). She married Edward Clement French on October 22nd, 1884 in Deseronto. He died on April 23rd, 1895 in Deseronto. She married Frederick W. Powell on June 30th, 1896 in Deseronto. He died December 3rd, 1915 in Ottawa. She died in Ottawa on September 7th, 1922.
Rawdon - Springbrook Pastoral Charge (Ont.)
Rawdon - Springbrook Pastoral Charge was formed ca. 1968 when Rawdon Pastoral Charge and Springbrook Pastoral Charge amalgamated; it included Rawdon, Springbrook, Mount Pleasant, and Bethel
Anne Elspeth Rector is a writer, artist, and photographer and a resident of Belleville, Ontario.
Maud Reeves was born in Belleville, Ontario on 30 August 1869, according to her baptismal record. Her parents were George Reeves and Mary (WIlson). Maud was active in the Bridge Street Methodist Church and in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She died in Belleville on 4 May 1960.
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.
Canadian artist: National Gallery of Canada: https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=4583;
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Agnew_Reid
William Harold Reid was born on July 26, 1895 to William Charles Reid (1853–1932) and Frances Ann Reid (1855–1936). Reid lived in Belleville until 1914 where he served in the Army as a Signaling Instructor, served two years as a Radio Officer in the Navy. Afterwards, he went to University and served as a Minister of the Presbyterian Church, mainly in Quebec.
Reid then taught Hebrew at the Presbyterian College in Montreal until retirement. He also completed museum work as the President of the Argenteuil Historical Society, and was once the Vice President of the Quebec Museums Association.
He was married to Rotha Aileen McKenzie (1905-1944) on July 1, 1939. He later married Edith Kathleen Black (1899-2000) on July 5, 1946.
Reid died on December 21, 1991.
Leonard Finley Reid was born on August 15, 1898 in Rossmore, Prince Edward County, the son of Franklin Reid and Janie Faulkes. He was married to Erma Marie Champaign in Belleville on October 8, 1924. He became the co-founder and co-owner of Reid's Dairy from 1919 to 1960. He was a member of Holloway Street United Church and a life member of Belleville Lodge No. 123 A.F.A.M., GRC, Masonic Temple. He died on September 30, 1981.
Walter Frederick Reid was born in Sidney Township, Hastings County on August 9, 1904, son of Franklin Reid and Janie Faulkes. He married Lena Grace Sharpe on August 15, 1933. He was the owner and co-founder of Reid's Dairy in 1910. He was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Rameses Shrine Club of Toronto, Belleville Shrine Club, Masonic Lodge, Eureka #282, GRC, King Baldwin Preceptory, and Royal Arch Mason. He was associated with junior hockey in the 1940s and 1950s in Belleville and was a member of the Kinsmen Club. He died on January 1, 1993.
Samuel George Retallack was born in Cobourg, Ontario, the child of Samuel Retallack and Jane (Hicks). He married Annie Phillips in Belleville on 24 January 1877. He died in Carleton, Ontario on 17 September 1930.
Richards, George Henry 'Harry', O.L.S.
Harry Richards was born in 1898 to parents George Richards Sr. and Kate Price. He was baptized on July 8, 1898 at Rolleston, Stafford, England. By 1913, the family had immigrated to Canada, where Harry trained and worked as an Ontario Land Surveyor. He married his wife, Gertrude Mae Montgomery, on July 15, 1925, at Brantford, Ontario. He died in 1966.