van Skiver, Leighton Adelbert, O.L.S. & D.L.S.
Leighton Adelbert van Skiver was born on December 4, 1874 at Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario, to Dutch parents John van Skiver and Elizabeth Way van Skiver. He married Eleanor Francis Jones on March 12, 1919 at York, Ontario. They had two children - George Leighton and Lois Lorraine. Throughout his career he worked as an Ontario Land Surveyor. He died on March 27, 1949 at the age of 74.
Joel Zemel is a researcher, historian and author based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Lewis Zandbergen was a local historian and collector. He was a former president of the Stirling-Rawdon Historical Society and Chair of the Stirling Public Library Board.
Leo Arthur Young was born on May 11th, 1899 and was a life-long resident of Belleville, Ontario. He married Viola Frost in 1924. He worked for Stewart-Warner Canada Limited for 42 years, retiring with the position of president of the company in 1964. He died on January 14th, 1967.
Lewis Wallbridge Yeomans was born in Belleville, Ontario on 24 May 1845, the child of Asa Yeomans and Charlotte Herkimer. He was a druggist by profession. Yeomans married Florence Howard Jones on 23 June 1874. He died on 19 October 1896 of suffocation after a fire at his drugstore at what is currently [2020] 302 Front Street.
Harold Alfred Wright was born on May 6, 1908 in Tyendinaga, the son of James Alfred Wright and Clara Amelia Parks. He was married to Cynthia Cunningham who predeceased him. Mr. Wright was educated in Belleville and became a self-employed carpenter. He was a member of Bridge Street United Church. Mr. Wright died on June 29, 1997. Officers and Members of both Moira Masonic Lodge #11 and O.E.S. Belleville Lodge #55 held memorial services for Mr. Wright.
Elias Wright was born on 5 December 1913, the child of Robert Wright and Effie (Lindsay). He was a lifelong resident of Tweed, Ontario. He married Mary Frances Payne in Tweed on 20 January 1932, when he gave his occupation as tinsmith. Wright was the superintendent of the Tweed waterworks from 1945 to 1965 and he later served on the Village Council. He died in 1999.
Cynthia Jane Cunningham was born in Ameliasburgh Township on March 1, 1903, the daughter of George Cunningham and Cynthia Pierson. She married Harold Alfred Wright and they lived in Belleville. She was a member of Eastern Star #55. She died on January 12, 1995.
Roland Woolsey was a journalist and editor. He was born in Norwich, England on 12 January 1862 and died in Toronto, Ontario on 13 December 1938.
James Woodley was born in 1821 in Stratton, Cornwall, England. He was a mason by trade, but switched to fur-cutting when he moved to Canada. His son, George Thomas Woodley, established Woodley's furriers at 273 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, in 1904 and the firm remained in the family for three generations, closing its doors in the late 1980s.