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Florand Laliberté nait en 1928 du mariage d'Arthur Laliberté et d'Eldéa Rivard. Le 30 octobre 1954, il épouse Monique Bruneau à l'église Saint-Eugène de Granby. Le couple a deux enfants. Florand Laliberté décède le 15 juillet 1997, à l'âge de 69 ans. Florand Laliberté entreprend sa carrière de photographe en 1947, à l'âge de dix-huit ans. Il ouvre un premier studio au 203, rue Principale, Granby, au milieu des années 1950. Il se spécialise dans la photo de studio, de groupes scolaires et de mariages. Au début des années 1980, il déménage son studio au 20, rue Gill, Granby, où il pratique jusqu'à sa retraite, en 1993.
Janet Elizabeth Creighton Douglas, known as Lizzie, was born on 11 September 1863 in Farnham, Quebec. She was the daughter of James and Janet (Kirkpatrick) Douglas. She married Frederick Arthur Berwick on 13 September 1887 in Farnham. Together they had two children: John Douglas Berwick (b. 1888) and Beatrice Marion Berwick (b. 1889). For health reasons, they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1895 where her husband established himself as a prominent grocer. F. Arthur died in 1922 in Colorado and Janet died on 29 March 1949 at Glockner-Penrose hospital in Colorado after falling in her home.
William James Douglas was born on 30 June 1854 in Farnham at "The Forks, where he lived as a farmer until 1903. He was the son of James and Janet (Kirkpatrick) Douglas of Scotland. He had three sisters: Margaret (Maggie), Mary and Elizabeth (Lizzie); he also had two brothers, Robert and Carlton. On 29 October 1879, he married Susanna Pearson in St. Luke's Church, Waterloo. Together they had four children: Janet (Mrs. E.A. Mellor), Anna (Mrs. G.H. Moynan), Bessie and Cedric S. Douglas. In 1903, they moved to Waterloo and in 1914, they moved to East Farnham after living one year in Lennoxville. He died on 21 March 1930, at the home of his daughter, Janet, in Montreal. His funeral was held on 24 March 1930 in the Anglican Church in Cowansville and he was buried in the Union Cemetery, Cowansville.
Margaret Douglas, known as "Maggie" was born the 23 July 1846 in Mouswald, Scotland. She was the daughter of James and Janet (Kirkpatrick) Douglas. Margaret immigrated to Canada from Scotland when she was a child, settling with the family in Farnham. She married Richard Pearson. Margaret Pearson died in August 1878 and is buried in Farnham.
Janet was born on 28 February 1815 in Scotland. She married James Douglas 9 June 1840, and together with their first three children Robert, Mary and Margaret, they immigrated to West Farnham, in the Eastern Townships. In Canada, they had two more children William James and George Carleton. Janet died the 24 August 1881, in Farnham, Quebec.
Cedric Douglas Mellor, known as Douglas, was born in 1913, and was the son of Edward Arthur Mellor and Janet Dunlop (Douglas) Mellor. On 25 June 1938, he married Margaret Ruth Cushing. Together they had two children: Margaret Ruth (b. 1940) and Joyce Douglas (b. 1944). Cedric Douglas Mellor died in 1979.
James Douglas was born 13 November 1768 in Torthorwald, Scotland. He was the son of Joseph Douglas and -Kirkpatrick. On 24 November 1797, he married Mary Kerr and they had five children together: Anna, John, Joseph, William, and James Jr. James Douglas died 13 December 1834.
James Douglas was born in 1814, in Mouswald, Scotland and baptised 8 September 1814. He was the son of James Douglas Sr. and Mary Kerr. James married Janet Kirkpatrick 9 June 1840, and together with their first three children, Robert, Mary, and Margaret, they immigrated to Farnham, Quebec. In Canada, they had two more children: William James and George Carleton. James died 12 December 1883, in Farnham, Quebec.
John Douglas Berwick, known as Douglas, was born in 1888 in Farnham, Quebec. He was the son of F. Arthur and Janet (Douglas) Berwick, moving with his family to Colorado in 1895. John served in World War I as an engineer before returning to work in the United States. In October 1919, Douglas married Ethel Vista Eubank. The couple had at least one child: James Douglas Berwick. In 1922, he founded the Berwick Electric Company. John Douglas Berwick died in 1952.
Cedric Stuart Douglas was born on 16 December 1890 in East Farnham, Quebec. He was the son of William James and Susan (Pearson) Douglas. He received his BA in 1914 from McGill University, then qualified as a teacher and French specialist and taught in Sutton. In 1916-1917, he was principal at Danville Academy where Marjorie Todd Bridgette was a teacher. In December 1917, he passed an army medical examination, reporting for duty at the end of the school year in July 1918. Attestation Papers induct #2522776 Gunner Cedric S. Douglas in to the 79th Battery Canadian Field Artillery (C.F.A). His battalion, by now the Second Canadian Tank Battalion, sailed from Quebec City on 5 October 1918. En route the Spanish Flu broke out and on arrival in England, everyone was hospitalized until after the Armistice. In England, waiting to be sent home, Cedric was made a Sergeant and taught at Khaki College.
Cedric eventually returned from England and was discharged on 30 July 1919. He had already secured the position of Principal at Cowansville Academy, and promptly wrote to Miss Bridgette, arranged to visit Birchton and in October proposed. Cedric and Marjorie Todd Bridgette were married 3 July 1920. Together they had two children: John Creighton and Robert Keith.
During the 1930s Great Depression, Cedric was Principal at several schools in different parts of the Province, but when Creighton entered McGill, he found a teaching position at Westmount High School in Montreal. At home in Sutton, he ran a small printing business, and after retirement, taught at St. Helen's School in Dunham. Cedric died in Sutton, Quebec on 26 June 1968.
Susanna Pearson was born in 1852 in the Adirondacks of New York State. She was the daughter of William and Mary Pearson. Early in her life, the family moved to Shefford County, Quebec. She was confirmed in Quebec the 22 August 1868. Susanna married William James Douglas of East Farnham on 29 October 1879 in St. Luke's Church, Waterloo, and had four children: Janet, Bessie, Anna Mabel, and Cedric Stuart. She and her husband later moved to the Notre Dame de Grace neighbourhood of Montreal. Susanna died suddenly on the 2 July 1935 at the home of her sister, Mrs. H.N. Rockwell, in Foster. Her funeral service was held at Bishop Carmichael Memorial Church in Foster on 4 July 1935 and she was buried in Cowansville.
Robert Douglas was born the 13 November 1841 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, to James and Janet Douglas (Kirkpatrick). He emigrated to East Farnham, Quebec with his family in the 1850s. He was confirmed the 17 July 1868. He married Sarah Louisa Loud in June 1879. They never had any children. During his life, Robert owned a farm, called "Longview", near Cowansville. He died 20 May 1912 and is buried in Cowansville.
Mary Douglas was born in Mouswald, Scotland on 1 December 1848, and was daughter of James and Janet (Kirkpatrick) Douglas. Mary immigrated to Canada from Scotland when she was one year old, settling with the family in Farnham. She was later confirmed in Montreal on 17 July 1868. She married James Pendlebury and together they had three children: Gertrude, Margaret Janette, and William J. Mary died at the home of her daughter Gertrude on 8 March 1932 in Bedford, Quebec.
George Carleton Douglas, known as Carleton, was born on 5 March 1859 in Farnham, Quebec. He was the son of James and Janet (Kirkpatrick) Douglas. As a young man, he moved to Eureka, California where he was manager of the Pacific Lumber Company and later became superintendant of bridges and buildings for the Northwestern Pacific railway. He was a member of No. 35, Knights Templar and Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. During his life, he married and had one daughter, Ada Douglas.
Archie Nathaniel Jenks was born the 14 October 1889 in Coaticook, the second youngest son of Leslie Hall Jenks and Nancy Cushing. Archie studied at Coaticook Academy, at McMaster University in Toronto beginning in the fall of 1910, and at McGill College in Montreal beginning in the fall of 1912. While still a dental student at McGill, Archie enlisted during World War I with the 13th Battalion of Royal Horse Guards, C.E.F. in 1915 where he served as a medical officer. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917, scoring seven victories as an observer and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. Archie was found temporarily unfit for active service in 1917 following an injury he sustained when his airplane was shot down by Germans and returned to Canada as an aviation instructor. He was honourably discharged in 1918 and, after finishing his studies, went on to have a dentistry practice in Montreal. He married Elizabeth McKim (1892-1980) and together they had one child, Anson N. Jenks (1929-1931). Archie committed suicide on the 29 July 1938, after shooting his wife. He is buried at the Mount Forest Cemetery in Coaticook.
Helen Louise (Snowdon) Mikasen was born May 23, 1927, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to James Clifford Snowdon and Lucy Doris (Maffre) Snowdon.
Helen summered at Sally’s Pond, Inglis Island, with her parents and 2 brothers.
A graduate of West Hill High School in 1944, she attended the Notre Dame Secretarial College. She worked as an executive secretary in Montreal from 1945 until 1953 for Simmons Ltd., and later for Provincial Engineering. She married Robert Mikasen September 12, 1953, in Montreal and moved to his home in Chicago, Illinois, USA. There, she worked at the Victor Chemical Company until the birth of their first child. The couple had 2 daughters; Marjorie Mikasen is her younger daughter.
The family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in the early 1970’s and Helen worked at Dayton’s Department Store as well as at the family business called Jody’s Gift Shop. In the 1980’s the couple moved to Middlebury, Vermont, and returned to Minnesota in the late 1990’s. After her husband’s death she relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2010 and died there on November 7, 2019 at age 92.
James Clifford "Cliff" Snowdon was born July 15, 1895, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to James John Wellsteed Snowdon and Mary Brigham (Warminton) Snowdon.
In 1912, he became a clerk at Sun Life Assurance. Before WWI, he joined the 58th Westmount Rifles. In May 1917, at age 21, he joined the Canadian Garrison Artillery. He rose to Acting Sergeant before Armistice Day in November 1918. He was the husband of Lucy Doris (Maffre) Snowdon. They married June 22, 1921, in Montreal. They had three children. From 1921 until his retirement in the 1970s, Cliff was an accountant for the Canadian Export Paper Company, Ltd., which later changed its name to Consolidated Paper Corp., and finally Consolidated-Bathurst Corp. In 1942, Cliff joined the Mount Royal Lodge of Masons. In 1948, he reached the level of Worshipful Master at which point he was asked to join the Scottish Rite. He eventually reached the 32nd level.
From about 1935 to 1971, Doris and Cliff rented and then owned a cottage south of Knowlton, Quebec, on Sally's Pond, Inglis Island. Cliff maintained an avid interest in photography beginning in childhood and documented the family’s life in Montreal and at Sally’s Pond in photos and home movies.
He died November 17, 1983, at age 88 in Montreal.
La peintre Doris Snowdon (née Lucy Doris Maffre) est née à Montréal le 7 janvier 1897. Elle épouse James Clifford Snowdon en 1921. Ils auront trois enfants (deux fils et une fille). Elle commence à peindre à l’âge de 60 ans, après avoir élevé sa famille. Elle prend ses premiers cours de peinture dans les années 1950 à la Women's Art Society de Montréal. Elle étudie avec deux artistes canadiens réputés, Adam Sherriff Scott et Oscar de Lall. Ses œuvres représentent des paysages et des natures mortes aux fleurs. Elle a un studio dans sa maison, mais elle réalise bon nombre de ses œuvres à son cottage près de Knowlton. Durant sa carrière, elle dessine également quelques croquis. Elle cesse de peindre à l’âge de 93 ans. Elle est décédée à Montréal le 9 février 1996.
Marjorie Mikasen was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1959. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The University of Minnesota, 1981, with a degree in Studio Arts. Since 1990 she has lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, working as a geometric painter. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally; awards include an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Lincoln Mayor’s Arts Award for Artistic Achievement in the Visual Arts. Her work is in public and private collections including the Sheldon Museum of Art. She collaborates on historical projects involving the arts and sciences with her husband Mark Griep, co-authoring the book Reaction! Chemistry in the Movies, Oxford University Press, 2009, and Joseph Maffre: Master of the Band, published independently, 2015.
John Austin Wheeler, fils de Thomas W. Wheeler et Anna E. Duboyce, a été un photographe professionnel réputé à Knowlton à la fin du XIXe siècle. Wheeler avait son propre studio à Knowlton et à Cowansville de 1890 à 1912. Il se spécialisait dans les portraits de studio, mais également en photographies extérieures d'édifices et de paysages. Il a épousé Edith Elizabeth Collins, fille de Azro Collins et Mary Eliza Brimmer, et ils ont eu dix enfants, incluant Rhoda Julia, qui a épousé Harry Small Northrup. Cette dernière a été bénévole durant plusieurs années et la première femme présidente du conseil d'administration de la Société historique du comté de Brome.
John Mackley was born in 1959 in Rupert, Idaho, U.S.A. He moved to Canada in 1978 and spent time in Quebec City, Montreal, Laval, Valleyfield, and Kingston, Ontario.
In 1980, he married and settled in Bury, Quebec, where he farmed, organic-gardened, and did private caregiving for 36 years.
John also has experience in photography, retouching, restoration, and other photography-related specialties. He attended Champlain College in 1996 to learn computer management and began working in graphic arts. He worked at Uplands Museum from 1999-2000, expanding his graphic arts experience to include web design and animation.
In 2016, John moved to Maple Leaf where he has immersed himself in writing, videography, graphic design, and management of websites, Facebook pages, and YouTube channels in the context of ArtsUnaean Productions. He is an active member of the editorial committee for the Bury’s IMAGE community newspaper, and an archivist for the Bury Historical and Heritage Society. He has also written articles and columns for Bury’s IMAGE and the Townships Sun magazine, and has produced various other publications and videos.
His first book of historical fiction, set in the Eastern Townships, is due to be published in 2024.
Louise Abbott est née à Montréal le 26 juillet 1950. Diplômée de McGill University, elle entreprend dès 1971 une carrière de rédactrice pigiste, de photographe, d’auteure et de documentariste. Bon nombre de ses œuvres sont dédiées à des minorités culturelles, notamment la communauté anglophone du Québec et les Inuits. Elle vit actuellement dans les Cantons-de-l’Est.
Jusqu’ici, elle a publié de nombreux livres et ses photographies ont paru dans de nombreuses autres publications. Elle a participé à de nombreuses expositions personnelles ou collectives. Des institutions publiques bien connues, telles que Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, le Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine et le Musée du Québec comptent des photographies de Louise Abbott dans leurs collections. Elle a produit son premier documentaire en 1991.
Louise Abbott a reçu de nombreuses récompenses pour ses œuvres. En 1996, elle a obtenu une subvention du Conseil des Arts du Canada pour écrire un livre sur la communauté anglophone des Cantons-de-l’Est.
C. Lloyd H. Bowen was born to Alfred Cecil Hale Bowen and Minnie Hallowell in Sherbrooke on 3 November 1903. He attended the Sherbrooke High School and the University of Bishop's College before working as a bookkeeper and traveling salesman. During WWII, Major C.L.H. Bowen worked with the Prisoner-of-War section of the Directorate of Repatriation to repatriate Canadian prisoners of war who were being held by the Japanese. Lloyd married Helen Jane Dingle in Toronto on 8 July 1944. Together they had one child: Sally Jane (b. 1946). He died on 9 January 1995.
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Clinton D. Porter nait le 24 mai 1888. Il est le fils de Forest Porter et de Carrie Bressie. En 1911, il épouse Eva L. Gilman à l'église méthodiste St Paul de Waterloo. Il décède en 1981 à sa résidence de la rue Denison (Granby), où il habite depuis 1916. En 1910, après des études en comptabilité, Clinton D. Porter entre au service de la Miner Rubber. Il en devient gérant en 1930, un poste qu'il occupe jusqu'à sa retraite, en 1957. Parallèlement à sa longue carrière au sein de l'entreprise, Clinton. D. Porter est un actif partisan du mouvement scout. Il est secrétaire du Granby Boy Scout Group de 1927 à 1946 et commissaire adjoint du district de 1934 à 1966. Son rôle lui vaut seize citations d'honneur, dont la très convoitée Silver Acorn pour sa contribution exceptionnelle au développement du mouvement scout anglophone du Canada.
Jean-Paul Matton nait à Granby le 25 septembre 1919. Il est le fils d'Edgar Matton et Flora Messier. Le 2 décembre 1961, il épouse Gilberte Desmarais avec qui il a deux fils. Son décès survient à Granby, le 14 mai 1999. L'intérêt de Jean-Paul Matton pour la photographie remonte à 1939. Enrôlé dans l'armée canadienne l'année suivante, il suit des cours et acquiert une formation dans ce domaine. La Deuxième Guerre mondiale terminée, il retourne à l'emploi de la compagnie de textile Nordic. Ce n'est qu'en 1950 qu'il ouvre un studio sur la rue Saint-Antoine, à Granby, et que débute véritablement sa carrière de photographe et de cinéaste. En 1958, il devient le seul photographe officiel du quotidien La Voix de l'Est. Deux ans plus tard, il ferme son studio et se consacre principalement à son métier de photographe de presse. Pendant dix-huit ans (1958-1976), Jean-Paul Matton fixe sur pellicule les événements marquants de l'histoire de Granby et des municipalités environnantes. Parallèlement, il effectue des contrats à la pige pour le service des nouvelles régionales de la télévision de Radio Canada et il produit de courts messages publicitaires. Encouragé par ses succès, il installe, en 1975, un petit studio dans le sous-sol de sa résidence et se consacre à la production de films promotionnels destinés aux salles de cinéma et aux ciné-parcs du Québec. En 1987, la compagnie Kodak, en reconnaissance de son travail, soutient sa candidature auprès de l'American Film Institute, où il est admis la même année.
Bernard Brodeur est né à Granby en 1933. Il est le fils d'Israël Brodeur et d'Alida Racicot. Il décède dans la même ville le 10 mars 1995. Bernard Brodeur entre au journal La Voix de l'Est en 1950 en tant qu'unique journaliste sportif. Il est alors âgé de 17 ans. Pendant quarante-cinq ans, il couvre la scène sportive de Granby et de la région pour le quotidien local. Il fait aussi une incursion dans le monde de la radio en animant, sur les ondes de CHEF, une émission de ligne ouverte intitulée "Sportifs, vous avez la parole". Au milieu des années 1980, La Voix de l'Est lui attribue une page à son nom, dans laquelle il publie des entrevues, des potins et un commentaire sous le titre de "Ben...des choses à dire".
Marcel Côté, fils de Alphonse Côté et de Lucienne Lessard, nait à Montréal le 29 novembre 1931. Il épouse Roxy Pearl Hiltz le 25 septembre 1954. Il décède subitement à Waterloo le 26 janvier 1984, âgé de 53 ans. Il s'établit à Waterloo au début des années 1960, prenant la relève de son père à titre de photographe. En plus de son travail en studio, il est photographe de presse pour le journal La Voix de l'Est. Il couvre la région de Waterloo jusqu'à la fermeture du bureau du quotidien dans cette municipalité. Ensuite, il poursuit l'exercice de son métier au service de la compagnie Meubles Roxton. En 1978, il se fait élire, une première fois, au poste de conseiller municipal. Au cours de son deuxième mandat, il est victime d'un accident cardio-vasculaire.
Pierre Horace Boivin nait à Granby le 24 septembre 1905 du mariage de Pierre-Ernest Boivin, maire de Granby de 1915 à 1934, et d’Alma Comtois. Il épouse Frances Bergeron le 20 janvier 1940, à Granby. Le couple donne naissance à onze enfants. Pierre Horace Boivin décéde à Granby le 17 mai 1994. Pierre Horace Boivin fait ses études au collège commercial de Granby et au Mont Saint-Louis, à Montréal. Il débute en affaires vers 1934 au sein de l’entreprise fondée par son père, la Granby Elastic Web. Marchant dans les traces politiques de son père, il accède à la mairie de Granby en 1939, un poste qu’il occupe 25 ans sans interruption, jusqu’en 1963. Au cours de cette période, il s’implique à divers titres au sein de commissions gouvernementales et d’associations de bienfaisance et de loisirs. Il est président des campagnes des bons de la Victoire entre 1940 et 1945, de la Chambre de commerce de la province de Québec et de la Fédération canadienne des maires et municipalités. Il est également délégué officiel des maires du Canada aux conférences de l’Union internationale des villes et pouvoirs locaux tenues en Europe entre 1948 et 1963. Sur le plan local, il est l'un des instigateurs du Jardin zoologique de Granby. Horace Boivin quitte la politique municipale en 1963, mais n’abandonne pas pour autant la scène publique. Il préside le comité des célébrations des fêtes du centenaire de la Confédération de 1967 et est nommé commissaire du pavillon chrétien de l’Expo universelle de Montréal. De 1969 à 1984, il occupe le poste de commissaire industriel à la Ville de Granby. Au cours des dix dernières années de sa vie, il est directeur des relations publiques pour la même municipalité.