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Bancroft Public Library

  • Corporate body
  • 1901-1909, 1918-

The first library was located at W.N. Simmons' Tailor Shop, later at Athens High School. In 1918, the Women's Institute made a library their first peacetime project. Beginning as a small travelling library, it later was established in the basement room of the Community Hall, built originally as a jail, until it moved in 1960 to 14 Flint Avenue. (Reynolds, Nila. Bancroft: A Bonanza of Memories. Bancroft, Bancroft Centennial Committee, 1979, pp. 161-165)

Baker, Brenda

  • Person
  • fl. 1956-1974

Brenda Baker was a high school student in Madoc in 1974.

Baird, Nicol Hugh

  • Person
  • b. 26 Aug. 1796 - d. 18 Oct. 1849

Nicol Hugh Baird was born on August 26, 1796 in Glasgow, Scotland to parents Hugh Baird and Margaret Burnthwaite.
At age of 16 he went to Russia to study with his uncle Charles Baird a machinery worker.
Around 1816, he returned to Scotland to continue training with his father, a canal engineer and builder.
He later departed for Canada in spring 1828.
Luckily, he possessed prominent references from Britain and soon earned a job as clerk of works on the Rideau Canal.
In September 1832, Lieutenant-Colonel John By commissioned Nicol to survey the mouth of the Trent River and design a bridge.
The following year, he worked alongside Frederick Preston Rubidge to develop canals between the Bay of Quinte and Presqu’ile Bay and from the mouth of the Trent River to Rice Lake.
He died on October 18, 1849 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik Dr.

  • Person
  • 1863-1944

Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born in Ghent, Belgium. He was a chemist who went to the United States on a scholarship and later lived with his Belgian wife and son and daughter in Yonkers, New York. He formed the Bakelite Company in 1910 and was president until his retirement in 1939.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baekeland

Aylsworth, William Robert, O. L. S.

  • Person
  • 1836-1909

William Robert Aylsworth was born in Ernestown Township, in the county of Lennox and Addington, Ontario on September 15, 1836. He grew up on a farm and was educated in Newburgh, Ontario. At 18 years old, he was employed as a school teacher but later studied surveying. He was articled to A.B. Perry for three years before successfully receiving his certifications on November 8, 1861. In September of 1863, William married Christianna Herchmer, the daughter of Col. John Herchmer. For five years he surveyed private and government land. He was then employed by the Rathburn company for 25 years as a surveyor. In 1871, he was Reeve of Mill Point [Deseronto] and in 1871, 1881 and 1893 Warden of Hastings County. He died in Belleville on April 22, 1909.

Aylsworth, Charles Fraser Sr., P.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1834-1911

Charles Fraser Aylsworth was a land surveyor for the Ontario government. Most notably he surveyed what would become Carlow Township, paving the way for settlement. He was born on 5 March 1834, the son of Robert Aylsworth, a farmer, township clerk, and Methodist preacher while his grandfather was MPP for Lennox. Charles' son, who shared his father's name was also a noted surveyor of the region during the early 1900s. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Gillespie in Stratford. He lived in Madoc, Ontario until his death on 27 June 1911.

Aylsworth, Charles Fraser Jr., O.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1862-1939

C. Fraser Aylsworth was born on April 21, 1862, in Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario, to parents Elizabeth June Gillespie and Charles Fraser Aylswroth Sr. (a Provincial Land Surveyor).
Following in the footsteps of his father, Fraser Aylsworth was employed as an Ontario Land Surveyor throughout his career. He married his first wife, Minnie Deans on September 21, 1887 at Perth, Ontario. Following her passing in 1906, Aylswroth was married to Louise Victoria Brenton on March 22, 1910 at York, Ontario. He died in Belleville at the age of 77 on December 4, 1939.

Asselstine, Kathryn Rachel

  • Person
  • 1884-1970

Kathryn Rachel Asselstine was born in Marlbank, Ontario on 6 December 1884, the child of Oscar William Asselstine and Marion Ann (Lochhead). She served as a nursing sister during the First World War, and subsequently as a nurse in Detroit, Michigan. She died in 1970.

Ashley, William

  • Person
  • 1808-1895

William Ashley was born in Ontario about 1808 and is listed on the 1851 Census, Hastings County, Thurlow, District #15, age 45, born Canada and occupation Wagonmaker.

Ashley, James Bell

  • Person
  • c.1842-1894

James Bell Ashley was born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, the son of Augustus Ashley and Christina (Kerr). He married Catherine Sproule in 1863 and Hattie Murdoff in 1877. He was originally a teacher, but lost his hearing as a result of contracting scarlet fever and worked as a journalist until securing a teaching position at the Ontario School for the Deaf in around 1884. He died in 1894.

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