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Gillies, Archibald, Rev.
Person · 1812-1889

Reverend Archibald Gillies was born on July 15th, 1812 in Argyle, Scotland. He emigrated with his parents to Glengarry County, east of Cornwall, ON in 1818. They later moved to Dundee, Quebec. Rev. Gillies spent 1839 to 1841 at Canada Baptist College, Montreal, Que.. He travelled to the Eastern Townships in 1841, visiting Stanbridge, Barnston, and Eaton. On the first Sunday of January 1842, he travelled to Eaton, and began the pastorate of Eaton Baptist Church. Among those attending his ordination were Reverend E. J. Sherrill, congregational pastor in Eaton. During his first year in Eaton, he suffered the loss of his beloved wife, Hannah Stewart, whom he had married in February 1842. She died on December 22nd, 1842 and is buried in Eaton Cemetery. On September 9th, 1845 he married Miss Lucy Ives of Magog (b. March 1, 1819, d. March 1, 1890). They lived in Grove Hill, a mile from Sawyerville. Rev. Gillies and Lucy had five children. Rev. Gillies served as pastor for 40 years. He died at Grove Hill on May 16th, 1889 and is buried in Grove Hill Cemetery.

Taylor, Mary
Person · 1845-1922

Mary Taylor (October 12th, 1845 to December 12th, 1922). She was the daughter of Robert Rowe and Amelia Gray. Mary married Henry Edwin Taylor (June 30th, 1845 to April 12th, 1920). Henry was the son of James Taylor and Martha. Henry was an auctioneer at Sawyerville for many years. Henry and Mary had six children: Emma Mary (1874-1893), Gladys (1890-1933), Henry Kelsy (d. 1952, aged 70), Jessie (1879-1947), and Mabel Martha (1876-1884).

Riddell
Family

Joseph Riddell (September 20th, 1873 to August 27th, 1945). Joseph was married to Jessie Minerva Hurd (October 4th, 1878 to April 27th, 1957). Joseph was the son of James Riddell and Mary Jane Doherty. Jessie Hurd was the daughter of Edmund H. Hurd and Eliza B. McCurdy. Joseph was in farming and lumbering, and Jessie taught school. They had no children. They are buried in Maple Leaf cemetery.

Ross, James
Person · 1814

Lt. Col. James Ross was born at Ferne Ross Shire, Scotland in 1814. He received his education at the Invergordon Grammar School. He moved to Canada in 1831. James was married in 1838 to Maria Ann Brown of Quebec. James was engaged in a mercantile business there. In 1845 he came to the township of Lingwick where he founded the village of Gould. He carried on a business there until his untimely death in 1874 at the age of 60. He had held the position of mayor, secretary of the school board and council, and lieutenant colonel of the militia. He was eminently literary and was one of the best read men in the province. He was the first MLA for Compton County from 1867-1871. By trading with the West Indies, he mastered the Spanish language. He was proficient in French and in his day he was the only member in parliament who could speak four languages: Gaelic, English, French, and Spanish. James and Maria had twelve children.

Sharman
Family

Walter George Sharman (October 30th, 1863 - November 15th, 1925). Walter was married to Eliza Ann Clark (d. February 15th, 1892 aged 30 years), daughter of Robert Clark and Eliza Ann Woods. Walter was the son of Ebenezer (November 30th, 1824 to May 4th, 1900) from Suffolk, England, and Caroline Bennett (June 23rd, 1826 to March 23rd, 1909). Walter had five siblings: James, Sarah, Mary, Lucy (m: Charles Bown). Eliza is buried in the Bury Cemetery, Walter is buried in the Bown Cemetery.

Lalumi
Person

Angelina Lalumière was born in La Prairie, Quebec and moved to Compton with her parents when she was three years old. She went to school there, and later became a graduate nurse at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Sherbrooke. She later became an Ursaline nun, until her death in Stanstead, where she is buried.

Warren
Family

Charles Warren (1834 - November 14th, 1911) arrived with his parents, Reverend John Warren and Eliza Gaskin in Compton in 1836. Twenty years later he took up residence in Brookbury where he was a successful farmer, a councillor, clerk of the Advent Church Society. Charles married Lydia Rowell (August 30th, 1834 to December 9th, 1914, in New York state) in 1856. Lydia was the daughter of Kendrick Rowell and Sarah Hawes of Hatley. Charles and Lydia adopted a child, Abbie A. Willard who married Nehemiah Batley.

Batley
Family

Robert Batley (May 5th, 1806 to January 20th, 1891) came from Kenning Hall, Norfolk, England to Brookbury. Robert married Ann Warren Batley, she was his second wife. Ann was also born in England. Ann died on September 6th, 1895 aged 78 years.

Cook, Mary Jane
Person · 1849-1927

Mary Jane Bennett (Aug. 7, 1849 - June 9, 1927) of Brookbury, was the daughter of Edward Bennett and Hannah Rowe. She married John Cook Jr. (1848 to June 8th, 1895), who was the son of John Cook Sr. and Jane Lindsay. Mary Jane and John Cook Jr. were the grandparents of Gordon Joyce of Bishopton, Quebec.

Ord
Family

John A. Ord (May 6th, 1865 to 1953) was the son of Henry Ord and Mary Ann Moss. John married Emma Torkelson (1870 to June 20th, 1902). They are buried in St. John's Cemetery, Brookbury. Their children were: Ann and Mary (August 6th, 1890), Mary Annie Matthew (August 18th, 1891 to November 19th, 1979), Annie McCarthy (b. December 14th, 1894), Henry (January 20th, 1896 to December 7th, 1989), Pansy Maria Buttemer (April 10th, 1898 to November 28th, 1988), and George A. (May 24th, 1900 to January 29th, 1979).

Tite, Goldie
Person

Goldie Tite lived in Brookbury in the early 1900's. She was married to Albert Farr. Goldie was the daughter of Hollis Tite.

Leonard, Sarah Maude
Person · 1876-1938

Sarah Maude Wheeler (1876 to September 27th, 1938) was the daughter of Edward Wheeler and his wife Lucina Coates Wheeler of Birchton. Maude married Edward Philip Leonard (1879-1947) of Bishop's Crossing on June 14th, 1905. They had no children. Previous to the marriage Maude was a teacher in Dudswell and Brookbury. Maude and Philip lived in Brookbury.

Ellis, Albert William, Capt.
Person · 1871

Captain Albert William Ellis of Bury was born in 1871. He married Harriet Agnes Maskell (1865-1929) in 1897. Harriet had come from Cambridge, England with her parents at age 7. Captain Ellis and Harriet had three children: George, Gordon, and Mildred. Captain Ellis had three brothers: Eddie, Collin, Henry, and a sister, Mrs. George Eddy.

Bonnallie, George

George Bonnallie's ancestors were French Huguenots who left France for Scotland during the Spanish Inquisition 1500-1600 which persecuted non Catholics.

Lake Bonnallie, now called Lake Stukely, was named for George when he bought land, Range 18, Lot 2, from the British American Land Company in Orford Township, County fo Sherbrooke. His holdings are noted on the Walling Map of 1863- They show a grist mill, a saw mill and a tenant's house. Foundations of these buildings can still be found along the old post road. Later he purchased more lots in 1849.

Land was divided into sections of which one out of seven was a Crown Land to be used for the support of the Church of England, the official church. Rents from the settlers (squatters) on these properties were collected and paid to the Bishop. Many of the "tenants" barely made a living and were seldom able to pay anything.

Bishop Jehosaphat Mountain of Quebec, who travelled widely over his diocese through countless difficulties, decided to sell certain Crown Lands in Orford Township and the adjacent area. He appointed George Bonnallie as his agent in the collecting of rents and sale of the lands. The letters written to Bishop Mountain by George Bonnallie date from 1850-1856. The originals are in the Archives of Ottawa, Ontario. Copies can be seen at Brome Historical Society, Knowlton, Quebec, and at Bishop's University in Quebec.

The far-sighted Bishop used the Monies thus acquired to found Bishop's University.

There are several deeds of sale of land bought by George. Originals can be seen at Le Bureau D'enregistrement in Sherbrooke. The earliest is dated 1847-1848. The last one is dated 1865 and is the transfer of property to his wife, Julia.

Blunt Family

The Blunt Family of West Bolton is well documented in the Brome County History and in other local histories. The documents listed give new information concerning their land transactions and the family happenings.

The Ashtons

These fifteen documents deal with the land and possessions of Peter and Mary (Hurst) Ashton who with four children had emigrated from Ireland to Canada in the early 1840's. They settled in the township of Milton on a lot that had formerly been a Clergy Reserve. Here four more children were born.

Peter Ahston died in 1847 but the wife and older sons carried on this farm until 1864. In that year Mrs. Ashton, wih her four minor children moved into Shefford Township where she purchased 207 acres, a mile north out of Warden. The farm came into the hands of a son Peter II who married Hannah Elizabeth Ray of Granby. Their son, E. Hurst Ashton (1880-1956) was the third and last generation to farm this Shefford land.

Adams, Georges, 1813-1883

George Adams, born October 20, 1813 in Newbury, Vermont was the son of Abel Adams and his wife Sally Stone. The family had lived at Richford, Vermont a short time before moving to St.Armand, Canada in 1816. The father, Abel, built up a large and flourishing mercantile business at Pigeon Hill. George had a brother, Nelson who lived and died in Bedford, Quebec, another brother, John, who was killed in 1864 in the American Civil War and a sister Virtue who died in young womanhood, (an account of the family is given in Abby Hemenway (1882) Vol. IV p. 997.)

In 1847 George Adams moved to the Township of East Farnham and purchased a saw mill and house situated on the south part of Lot 31, in Range III in the County of Shefford. Here he built a grist mill and a store sometime between 1849-1852. There were two sons by his first wife, Jane Krans, William born 1842 died 1904, and George Abel born 1847 died 1924. George Abel married Sarah Douglas and they had sons, George James Adams, and Byron A. Adams.

The family ran grist and sawmills, they owned several farms and on the home farm kept registered
Ayrshire cattle. In the early 1900's they formed the Adamsville Creamery Association which was a successful business concern. The first George, who is considered to be the founder of Adamsville, died October 14, 1883 A more recent account of the family is given in Yesterdays of Brome County Vol. I, 1967 written by Gerald Hawke.