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Toms, Mary Lu

  • Person
  • fl. 2022

Mary Lu Toms is a resident of Picton, Ontario. She is the granddaughter of George Alex Hall (1862-1925) and Mary Clarke Clazie (1882-1953) of Thurlow Township, Ontario.

Tompkins, H. R.

  • Person
  • 1901-1985

H. R. Tomkins was the publisher of The Stirling News Argus newspaper from 1934 to 1964, when it was taken over by Robert L. Hulin.

Tickell, Lizzie Josephine

  • Person
  • 1893-1985

Born in Belleville, Ontario on 6 September 1893, Josephine Tickell was the daughter of Joseph Leabon Tickell and Lizzie Williams. She spent her formative years in Belleville where her father owned Tickell & Sons Company, undertakers and manufacturers of furniture and caskets. She graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1918 and taught high school in Colborne, Picton, Pembroke and Kingston. She was a member of Bridge Street United Church and was on the Belleville Board of Education from 1946 to 1952, acting as chairman in 1949. She was on the Bay of Quinte High School Board from 1952 to 1959. Josephine Tickell died on 14 September 1985 at the age of 92 in Belleville General Hospital and was buried in Belleville Cemetery. Her last known residence was 254 Church Street in the city of Belleville.

Tickell, George Skinner

  • Person
  • 1829-1899

George Skinner Tickell was born in England in 1829. He became apprenticed to a cabinet maker in 1843. He and his wife Hannah arrived in Canada in 1857 and George established a furniture manufacturing business in Belleville with a factory on Foundry Street and a store on Front Street.

Thurlow Junior Farmers and Junior Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1954-1963

The Thurlow Junior Farmers and Junior Institute was an organization of young women from the fifth concession of Thurlow Township in Hastings County, Ontario.

Thurgood, Harold

  • Person
  • 1902-1975

Harold Thurgood was born in Manchester, England in 1902, the son of Charles Thurgood and Edith (Dawe). He arrived in Canada in 1921 as a farmer and married Louie Taylor in Belleville, Ontario, in 1933. He died on 14 February 1975.

Throop, (William James) Needham

  • Person
  • 1919-2012

William James Needham Throop was an employee of Northern Electric's plant in Belleville, Ontario between 1952 and 1983, where he managed the Information Systems department. He was born in North Augusta, Ontario, on 10 December 1919 and died in Belleville on 8 November 2012.

Thomson, John Arnold

  • Person
  • 1876-1949

John Arnold Thomson was born in Ayr, Ontario, on March 2nd, 1876, the son of John and Martha Thomson. He was an architect and worked in Ottawa as the Chief Draughtsman of the Public Works Department before moving to Belleville, Ontario, in 1924. He married Eleanor Featherstonhaugh in Ottawa on September 23rd, 1903 and the couple had three daughters. Thomson was the architect of the Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School in Belleville. He died on March 12th, 1949 and was buried in Ayr.

Thompson, Newton

  • Person
  • 1892-1973

Newton Thompson was born in Deseronto, Ontario, the son of James Herbert Thompson and Eliza (née Foote). He married Frances (Fanny) Strong on 22nd May 1917 in Belleville. Thompson worked for CN Rail as a clerk, serving as their chief clerk in Belleville for 20 years. He was a Mason and active in the work of Belleville Red Cross and the YMCA. He retired from CN in 1957 and died in Belleville on 17th June 1973.

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