Series 2021-043 - Soroptimist Club of Belleville photographs and leaflet

Mary Gladys Lloyd Johnson was born in Ontario c. 1917 to John and Grace (née Shier) Lloyd. She grew up in Kaladar, Ontario within Lennox and Addington County with three siblings. Johnson was an avid photographer beginning in the 1930s, capturing her daily life and travels. In 1948, she formed the 1st North Addington Girl Guide Company. She also worked as a court stenographer. Additionally, she contributed to local organizations as a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary Branch 328 (Northbrook) of the Canada Legion of the British Empire Service League and the Secretary of the Belleville chapter of the Soroptimist Club (c. 1940s). In 1947, as reported in an Intelligencer newspaper clipping, Johnson was awarded with two personal gifts during the inaugural dinner meeting of the Belleville Soroptimist Club “in appreciation of her untiring efforts in assisting to organize the club, one from Soroptimist Bertha Hutchings, Peterboro, and one from the Belleville Club, by Miss Laura Johnston.” Johnson eventually moved to Northbrook, Ontario where she married John R. Johnson in 1957. She passed away in Northbrook, Ontario c. 2010.