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Deseronto Public School

  • Corporate body
  • 1877-

The first Deseronto Public School building opened in 1877. Prior to that date, students were taught in two rooms on Edmon Street in the village of Deseronto. A new school was opened on Stanley Avenue in 1957.

Murphy, John Edward 'Ted'

  • Person
  • 1940-1971

Ted Murphy was born on 14 October 1940. He spent his early years in Belleville, Ontario, living at 10 Highland Avenue. He died in Scarborough, Ontario, in June 1971.

Wright, Elias

  • Person
  • 1913-1999

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.

Herington, Clarence

  • Person
  • 1882-1945

Clarence Herington was a photographer who was living on Murphy Street in Trenton, Ontario, at the time of the 1911 census. Clarence was the son of Henry Bordman Herington and Harriet Eliza Chapin. His father established a photographic studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1890s and Clarence worked there in 1904 but brought his wife and young family to Trenton by 1906, when his second child was born. Clarence died in Vancouver in 1945.

There are a number of photographs by Herington in the Archives' Flickr collection.

Graham, Robert James

  • Person
  • 1860-1934

R. J. Graham had a business in dehydrating foods in Belleville, Ontario. He was mayor of the city between 1901 and 1903.

Dryden, James

  • Person
  • 1855-1921

James Dryden was born in Napanee, Ontario on 31 August 1855. He was a successful merchant in Deseronto and lived in the house to the north of the Post Office on Centre Street, later used as a funeral home. He married Melissa Ann Irvine on 9 November 1881 and they had one daughter, Jennie. James Dryden died on 7 September 1921.

Dryden, Melissa Ann

  • Person
  • 1856-1945

Melissa Ann Irvine was born in Moira, Ontario, on 20 November 1856. She married James Dryden on 9 November 1881 and the couple had one daughter, Jennie, in 1888. Melissa died on 20 January 1945.

Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer (Deseronto)

  • Corporate body
  • 1876-

The first Presbyterian minister, Reverend Robert John Craig, was appointed in Mill Point (later Deseronto) in 1876. Construction began on a dedicated church building on George Street in Deseronto in 1881.

Harley, John

  • Person
  • fl. 1980

John Harley was a student with an interest in Frankford, Ontario.

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