Wilder Reed (1834-?), married to Almira Bean (1836-?), had 5 sons and 2 daughters: Wesley Reed (1861-?), married to Lydia Hawse (1859-?); Alice Reed (ca. 1864-1881); Tommy Reed (1866-? ), married to Mary Woodward (1869-?); Cheney Reed (ca. 1869-?), married to Ada Hart ([18?]-?); Bert Reed (1874-1949), married to Ruth Little (1875-1967); George Reed (ca. 1878-?); Permillia Reed (ca. 1880-?). James B. Reed and Ruth Little had in turn 4 sons and 3 daughters: Eulah Reed (1900-1993), married in 1930 to Philip Harry Scowen (1906-1989); Clifford Reed (1902-?); Gordon Reed (1905-? ); Ronald Reed (1908-?); Rosamond Dorothy Reed (1910-2010), married in 1938 to Rupert Littlejohn ([19?]-?)- the couple resided in Potsdam, NY; Helen (ca. 1914-?), married to Stuart Edgar ([19?]-?); and Stewart Reed (ca. 1917-?). Eulah taught at Buckingham High School.
Calixte Dupuis est né en 1843 à St-Cyprien-de-Napierville. En 1871, il est le premier de la lignée des Dupuis à venir s’installer à Coaticook. Il épouse Adeline Boyer en 1865 avec laquelle il a neuf enfants : Azarie (1866), Alexis (1868), Ludger (1869), Antonin (1871), Georgianna (1873), Philippe (1875), Siméon (1876), Joseph (1879) et Émile (1882). Il quitte Coaticook quelques temps plus tard pour Barnston où il est élu conseiller, puis maire à trois reprises. Il revient à Coaticook en 1875. Il est alors agent d’assurances, inspecteur en construction, secrétaire-trésorier de Barford et marguillé de la paroisse St-Edmond. Calixte Dupuis décède en 1891. Son fils, Alexis-Louis est né à Napierville en 1868. À l’âge de vingt ans il s’établit comme marchand général à Coaticook. Il est élu échevin entre 1906 et 1912 et maire entre 1929 et 1923. Il est également juge à la cour des commissaires et juge de paix. Il décède en 1932.
SamuelEldridge 1784-1879 was a young man of eighteen years old when, in 1802 he came with his parents Gardner and Martha (Spink) Eldridge to settle in Brome Township in Lower Canada. This line of the Eldridge family was from Rhode Island. In 1783, the father, Gardner bought lands in Hancock, Mass., where they lived until moving to Canada coming in through St. Armand at first. In Brome they settled on Tibbits Hill just west of where the village of Knowlton is located now. Only two of Gardner's large family remained to live in the area, Samuel being one.
Great grandsons of Samuel still live in the Knowlton and Waterloo areas. Samuel married three times, eleven children by the first wife, two by the second, and seven by the third, from which last the above mentioned great grandsons are descended. The farm remained in the Eldridge family until recent years.
The papers give a glimpse into the way of life in the early 1800's in Brome Township. They are all handwritten. The other families with whom the Eldridges settled are named, early businesses from whom necessities were obtained are given, notices of the first meetings to set up schools are among their papers. Generally all are sharing in the work of developing the land and setting up comfortable homes. The family saved these precious papers which have been entrusted to the care of the Brome County Historical Society Archives by a great, granddaughter.
Peace River, N.W.T
His letter to the people of South Stukely, dated February 9, 1891.
Henry Lawrence, son of Isaac and Caroline (Elmer) Lawrence of South Stukely, Quebec, and grandson of Henry Lawrence, founder of Lawrenceville, Quebec was, like his forefathers, endowed with the spirit of pioneering. After fighting with the Northern Army in the American Civil War, he and his brother, Erastus, in 1886 decided to move their families westward to the Peace River District.
The letter, written five years after life in the Northwest, describes the hardships of life in new places, but, that all through the struggle they were contented and happy, and, that the pure and health giving air of that great country, was an influence to stimulate to the utmost, to look upon difficulties and obstacles in their path, as something to surmount. It is a 24 page letter and it was addresses to especially named relatives and friends in Stukely so the letter was passed from family to family to be read.
Henry and his brother both taught at the Mission at Fort Vermilion while carrying on farming activities in that area. He mentions his son, Sheridan, who, it is known, married Julia Scott, niece of Bishop Bornpas and had a family of 8 daughters and 7 sons and all were educated. Sheridan owned a whole village in the West. He built Lawrence Point School, opened a store at Fort Vermilion and one at Hayes Lake, built a Church, operated about 1000 acres of land and was sometimes called the "Emperor of the Peace." He lived to see a telegraph line completed to the area in 1931.
The letter is an example to show how the early settlers retained their art of pioneering by moving on to new, uncleared, regions to build on.
This collection deals with the life and career of Joseph Amos McLoughlin, school principal and school inspector in the Missisquoi, Brome and Shefford areas, over 40 years in the mid and late 1800's. McLoughlin was appointed school inspector in 1870 taking the place of the first one, Inspector Rotus Parmelee. Travelling through the country from school to school in the winter months was not an easy life and he kept on as long as he was physically able. In October 1888 he applied for sick leave and on December 17, 1888 he died of consumption at his home in Sweetsburgh at the age of sixty-six years.
For other researchers it will be the papers of McLoughlin's second wife, Charlotte Willard, which will be most interesting, since she was the granddaughter of Samuel Willard, the Leader of the early Associates in settling Stukely Township. Interesting not only to Willard descendants, but, also to the Knowlton family descendants, as Charlotte's parents were William and Merab (Knowlton) Willard of South Stukely. There were three sons and three daughters born to Joseph and Charlotte (Willard) McLoughlin most of whom grew up to be talented citizens promoting an appreciation of the value of education.
Born in West Brome April 14, 1820 son of Charles and Desire (West) Pettes. Attended High School at Bakersfield, Vermont where he was recommended by the Principal to be qualified to give instruction in common English branches.
He was one of the pioneer school masters and his scrapbook contains certificates to qualify him as a school teacher. In those early days a school master, was examined by the local commissioners. Some of the certificates are from Rev. C.C. Cotton of Dunham in 1842, Jacob Cook, commissioner of Brome in 1844, and Col. G.C. Dyer of Sutton in 1843. He taught in the Vail Neighborhood in Dunham, Fairfield, Vt., Sutton, Scottsmore, West Brome and in 1848 in Knowlton.
In 1849 he went to Brome Corner and went into partnership with his brother Nathaniel as merchants. In 1851 the brothers came to Knowlton and, as pioneer merchants built a store on the corner of what is now Knowlton Road and Mt. Echo Road opposite the Library. This building is still in use.
In 1850 Jeremiah married Susan Wheeler of Knowlton, daughter of Austin and Charlotte (Knowlton) Wheeler. In 1910 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Children of this marriage were Ellen Florence born 1850 who married Wm. W. Lynch, Frances Carrie born 1855 married J.E. Fay and Austin W. born 1858.
J.C. Pettes was very greatly involved in the building and plans for the Pettes Memorial Library. He was President of the Library Association from the time it was built until his demise. He was interested in all literary programs, gave lectures and promoted reading clubs. He also wrote and had printed booklets of poetry.
Became third Earl Grey
Grey was secretary for the colonies 1830-1833, and secretary for war 1835-1841 and it was in June 1841 that he kept this journal of a military survey trip through the Township of Lower Canada. He and his company, combined business with pleasure and did considerable fly fishing for trout in the Yamaska and Pike Rivers along the way. He says fly fishing was new to the local people of Brome and they showed great interest in it.
Some places they rested were at Frelighsburg, (the City, he says, the people call it), Philipsburg, Richford Mills, Cogniac Street (this was the name for a road from the south end of Dunham Pond. (Selby Lake we call it) to East Dunham.) They stopped over at the Old Church Tavern in Churchville (later called Sweetsburg) where they had the usual Township dinner of ham and eggs. They also stopped over at Reynolds Hotel in Waterloo. They seemed to be travelling on horseback.
This man's son, the fourth Earl Grey became Governor General of Canada in 1904, (for biog: see Who's Who.)
The journal is a photostat copy from Col. Grey's Diary in the Public Archives of Canada.
The letters are to Gwendolyn (Norris) Fuller, Mrs. Lawrence Fuller of Montreal who was a personal friend of Sir John and Lady Johnson of London and Kent, England. The letters have been noted in the inventory because they have several references to the historic events of the forming of the Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch of the U.E.L. of the Eastern Townships which took place in 1968. Sir John is the Hon. President of the Branch after whose ancestor it was named. The letters show what went on behind the scene at the time Sir John and Lady Johnson came to the Townships as honoured guests of the Branch. The letters also show Sir John's genuine interest in accurately commemorating his ancestors' part in the making of Canadian history.
The letters show that Mrs. Fuller on her trips to Europe to paint and attend musical and art functions, was entertained at the Johnson home in London and their country home in Kent. In turn we learn that she made contacts for the Johnsons in Canada on their many visits to attend historical commemorative events in which Sir John had to play a part. Gwendolyn Norris Fuller 1896-1988 was a native of the Townships, daughter of John and
Frankie (Welch) Norris of East Farnham. She was very proud of her Quaker ancestors, Hannah Knowles of East
Farnham. Mrs. Fuller was a long time member of both the Brome County and Missisquoi Historical Societies and
President in 1975 of the Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch of the U.E.L.'s.
Luke Knowlton Jr. was the son of Luke and Sarah (Holland) Knowlton of Newfane, Vt. The father, Luke was Judge of the Windham County Court 1787-1793 Luke Jr. was a very successful lawyer in his younger years in Vermont, practising with his brother Calvin. He married Charlotte Kenny of Newfane in 1799 All but one of their 14 children were born in Newfane, that was Almas A. who was born in Stukely, L.C. in 1822. The family had moved to Stukely in 1821 and settled on a farm near to his brother Silas Knowlton who was one of the first three settlers in that Township. The father, Judge Luke, who had upheld the British cause during the American Revolutionary War, had, as a Loyalist, received free land grants in Stukely and Orford Townships. Judge Luke did not move into Lower Canada but his sons and nephews were among the first settlers in Stukely.
Luke Jr. remained only a few years in Stukely removing his family in 1829 into Brome Township where his nephew, Paul Holland Knowlton, had already settled on the east shore of Brome Lake. Actually Luke had built a house closer to the Bolton Twp. line which is considered to be the first in the Knowlton area located near the extreme end of St. Paul's Road. A path led from his house over to Paul Holland Knowlton's on the Lake where the Golf Club is now.
Loyalist. Historical notes compilied by Walter F. Beattie in 1945.
M.P. for SHEFFORD in H. of C. 1896 1908
Appointed King's Printer 1909.
Diplomat and educator, Terence William Leighton MacDermot was born in Jamaica 1896; Rhodes Scholar (Oxford, M.A., B.A.); 1944 joined Department of External Affairs; 1946 with the United Nations, Special Organizational duties; 1950-1954 Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa; 1954-1957 Ambassador to Greece and Israel; High Commissioner to Australia until 1961; 1961 joined the staff of Bishop's University as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science; died in Sherbrooke, 1966.
George T. Mackey graduated with a B.A. from Bishop's University in 1937.
Sidney Jellicoe was Professor and Dean of Divinity at Bishop's University from 1952 until his death in 1973. He was the last of a long line of internationally-known Deans of Divinity at Bishop's, as a leading Septuagint scholar of this generation (the Septuagint being the Greek version of the Hebrew Scriptures used by Jews dispersed in the ancient world since pre-Christian times ). "His book, The Septuagint and Modern Study, published by Oxford's prestigious Clarendon Press, is now a standard text set beside Swete's Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek, and Ottley's Handbook to the Septuagint. Its publication in 1968 led to Dean Jellicoe's appointment as Grinfield Lecturer at Oxford for two successive two-year terms. Wherever Septuagint studies continue, his name will be forever remembered. "The Dean" was indeed a Scholar among scholars." (Bishop's University Alumni Magazine, Winter 1974).