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Fils d'Israel Whitcomb (1746-1803) et d'Eunice Wilson (1737-1814), Rufus Whitcomb (1784-1831) est né le 8 mai 1784 à Gardner, dans le comté de Worcester, au Massachusetts. Il grandit avec ses frères et sœurs, Israel Whitcomb (1776–1840), Nathaniel K Whitcomb (1779–1855), William Whitcomb (1786–1837), Cathy Whitcomb (1786–1789), Catherine Whitcomb (1790–1866) et Mark Whitcomb (1792–1845). Rufus Whitcomb a épousé Anna Partridge (1783-1861) le 25 février 1807 à Gardner, mais ils n'ont pas eu d'enfants. À un certain moment de sa vie, lui et sa famille déménagent à Shefford, au Bas-Canada. Rufus Whitcomb est décédé le 22 mai 1830 et il est inhumé à Waterloo, Québec, Canada.

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Né à Farnham le 31 août 1854, John Charles McCorkill est le fils de Robert McCorkill et de Margaret Meighen. Il fait ses études à Farnham et à Saint-Jean. À l'âge de 16 ans, il participe au raid des Fenians en 1870 en tant que capitaine du 60e bataillon du comté de Missisquoi. Il obtient une licence en droit de l'Université McGill en 1877 et est admis au Barreau du Québec en 1878. Il pratique le droit à Montréal, à Farnham et à Cowansville. John Charles McCorkill a épousé Apphia Mary Leonard, fille d'Elijah Leonard et d'Emeline Woodman, à London (Ontario) en 1884. Ils n'ont pas d'enfants. Sur le plan politique, il est candidat libéral aux élections de 1886 et à l'élection partielle de 1888 dans Missisquoi et est finalement élu en 1897. Nommé au Conseil législatif du Québec pour la division de Bedford en 1898, il démissionne en 1903 et est élu dans Brome la même année, puis réélu en 1904. En 1906, il démissionne car il est nommé juge à la Cour supérieure de la Province de Québec. Sur le plan municipal, il est conseiller à Cowansville de 1890 à 1891 et maire de 1892 à 1894. Membre de plusieurs organisations intellectuelles, il est aussi président de la Société historique de Missisquoi. Il décède à Québec le 10 mars 1920 à l'âge de 65 ans et est inhumé au cimetière du Mont Hermon de Sillery.

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.

Sam Hopper est né le 15 février 1899 à Wilson’s Mills. En 1921, il déménage à Huntingville, où son frère et lui achètent une ferme et travaillent à la Waterville Veneer. Dans les années 1940, il déménage à Waterville avec sa femme Aveline, où il dirige un moulin à bois.

Sam Hopper apprend très jeune à jouer du violon et commence à jouer dans les fêtes à 12 ans. À partir de 1945, il participe à des spectacles d’amateurs avec Norman Masters. Peu après, les deux musiciens forment un groupe avec l’épouse de Sam Hopper, Albert Nutbrown et Stuart Deacon. Pendant une trentaine d’années, ce groupe jouera dans les mariages et les soirées dansantes des Cantons-de-l’Est et fera de la radio pendant 25 ans.

Sam Hopper est décédé le 29 mars 1980.

Edwin "Eddy" Echenberg was born in Sherbrooke the 14 August 1925 to Jacob Echenberg and Sophy Shriar/Shrier. During his lifetime, he was a retail store owner, insurance salesman and avid collector. In 1950 he married Isabelle Boy, with whom he had one daughter, Cathy. He was the owner of his father's store, "Jack Echenberg and Sons" on Wellington Street in Sherbrooke where he worked from 1950 to 1967. After the store closed in 1967, he pursued a career with the Sun Life Insurance Co.

Mr. Echenberg's passion for collecting began in the early 1950s with a small set of coins and a few bank notes from the Eastern Township Bank. A decade later he sold his coin and bank note collection for $15,000, and a part of the collection found its way to the Bank of Canada Museum. His passion for collecting was rekindled in 1963 during a visit with his wife to Chicoutimi where he discovered antiques and antique shops. Two people who profoundly influenced his life were Father Léon Marcotte, archivist at the Sherbrooke Seminary Museum, and J. Douglas Ferguson of Stanstead, former president of the Canadian Manufacturing Association and an avid numismatist. In 2002, Mr. Echenberg donated a large part of his collection to the McCord Museum.

Mr. Echenberg died the 13 October 2014 and his wife, Isabelle, died the 14 August 2015. Both are buried at the Riverview Cemetery in Scotstown.

Né à Coaticook le 10 janvier 1883, Willie E. Dionne était fils de Pierre Dionne et Sophie Valade. il apprit le métier de plombier et entra au service de son frère Jean-Baptiste Dionne dans le même métier. En 1919, s’associa à Louis Lestage en plomberie et chauffage jusqu’en 1934 et prit alors la raison sociale W. E. Dionne et Fils. Epoux de Albina Roy. Enfants : Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Philias, Willie, Maximilienne, Sophie et Anna. Willie Dionne est décédé le 17 avril 1961.

Jessie Dorcus Milne Jackson was born in 1904 to parents Katherine Mallinson and Francis Joseph Milne She married Harry Jackson on 19 June 1930 at St. Luke's Anglican Church in Magog, and had two children: Christine “Cathy” C. and Phillip G. They lived in various locations in Canada and the United States, however towards the end of her life she settled down in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Doris Kathleen Milne was born in 1914 as the youngest child of Catherine Mallinson (c. 1870-1924) and Francis Joseph Milne (1870-1948). Doris Kathleen married Dr. Jacques Hébert on 22 December, 1939 in Noranda, Que. Doris was teaching in Val D'Or at the time, when she met Jacques, who was a Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Physician. Doris and Jacques would eventually move to Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1958, while living in New Hampshire, they decided to seek a divorce. Doris married Robert Wallance "Bob" Davis in 1963 in Oakville, Ontario. Doris Kathleen Milne died in 1987 in Picton, Ontario.

Francis Joseph Milne was born in 1870 in Rochdale, England. He married Catherine (Kate) Mallinson ([before 1870]-1924) and together they had the following children: Frank Milne (1894-1970), Allan Edward Milne (died 22 April 1900, aged 15 months), Jessie Dorcas Milne (b. 1904), Harry Austin Milne, and Doris Kathleen (b. 1914).

Francis J. Milne worked for the Dominion Textile Company in Magog where he was overseer of the Folding Room for almost 20 years, retiring in December 1935 after 47 years of service. He was well travelled, both before and after retirement and documented his travels with photographs. Included among his travels were the Chicago Wrold's Fair in 1933, England in 1934 and Washington, DC in 1936, as well as other US cities where his daughter, Jessie, lived with her husband, Harry Jackson, who worked with failing textile plants.

Francis J. Milne died 22 March 1948 at the Sherbrooke Hospital and is buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery.

Barbara Verity, born in Montreal to Norman Verity (d. 1984) and Christena Bennett (d. 1991), has been deeply involved in the world of photo-journalism throughout her enduring career. Not only has Barbara's work appeared in multiple English newspapers, her dedication to this field extends beyond writing and photography, as shown by her editorial roles at the Sherbrooke Record from 1974 to 1977 and her subsequent editorship at the Townships Sun starting in 1988.

Barbara and her first husband, Kenneth Stevenson (d. 2018), had two sons, Scott, a well-known Townships writer, farmer and translator, who lives in Island Brook, and Gregory, who participated in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics as a rower and lives on Vancouver Island.

Graduating with a Master of Arts from Concordia’s Department of Communication Studies in 1989, Barbara has been author and co-author of several notable books. These include titles such as "A Community with Deep Roots Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Volume of Townshippers' Association" (1989), "35 Places to Cross-Country Ski in the Eastern Townships" (1996), "On the Move: An Outdoor Guide to the Eastern Townships" (1999), and "Even the Owl is Not Heard: David Thompson’s 1834 Journals in the Eastern Townships of Quebec" (2011).

Barbara is now living in Pointe Claire on Montreal Island near where she grew up in Lachine. She regularly visits the Eastern Townships where she is a long-standing member and former assistant director of Townshippers’ Association.

Leonard Arthur Auger was born 15 February 1893, in Magog, Que to parents Alfred Auger (1868-1950) and Ella Elmira Buzzell (1870-1934). On 25 November, 1915, Leonard married Clarida Darcy (1892-1969). Throughout his life, Leonard lived in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Quebec. He was employed as a personnel manager for Dominion Textile in Magog until his retirement in 1948. He also served on the Magog Protestant Board of School Commissioners. Leonard Auger became well known for his study of Indigenous and Eastern Townships history. He published several articles on his various history topics and lectured around the United States and Canada. He died on 25 January, 1973 and is buried with his wife in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Magog.

Bernard Epps naît en 1936 à Whitstable dans le comté de Kent, en Angleterre. En 1950, sa famille émigre en Ohio. En 1953, il termine ses études secondaires et commence à travailler comme dessinateur à Columbus afin de pouvoir payer ses études à la School of Visual Arts de New York. Après avoir fait alterner études et travail pendant quatre ans, il se rend avec des amis en Californie, où il travaille comme dessinateur, concevant des puces en céramique et travaillant, entre autres employeurs, pour Litton industries. En 1965, il épouse Susan Dreger. En 1966, il achète la ferme de son père à Gould Station, au Québec, afin de se consacrer à l’agriculture et à l’écriture. Le seul enfant du couple, Jennifer, naît en 1967. Il commence sa carrière d’écrivain au début des années 1960 et jusqu’au milieu de la décennie, il publie plusieurs nouvelles. Son premier roman, Pilgarlic the Death, est publié en 1967. En 1973, il publie un ouvrage qui connaît un grand succès, The Outlaw of Megantic. Toujours en 1973, il s’associe à Charles Bury pour fonder le Townships Sun, un journal qui a pour vocation de représenter la collectivité anglophone des Cantons-de-l’Est. Il n’a jamais cessé de contribuer à ce journal depuis sa création, rédigeant principalement des articles sur l’histoire et la culture des Cantons-de-l’Est. En plus de ses contributions au journal, il publie également de nombreux articles dans le Sherbrooke Record et dans d’autres journaux et revues. M. Epps a également été pendant un certain temps professeur de création littéraire et d’histoire locale pour le programme de formation continue des adultes du Champlain Regional College de Lennoxville et pour la Commission scolaire Eastern Townships. En 1995, M. Epps déménage à Lennoxville. Il a à son actif plusieurs publications remarquables, dont : Tales of the Townships (1980), The Royal Rifles of Canada in Hong Kong, 1941-1954 (1981) - éditeur, More Tales of the Townships (1985), Second Blessing: a centennial history of the Sherbrooke Hospital, 1888-1988. (1988) – ouvrage publié en anglais et en français, The Eastern Townships Adventure (1992), Please sir, I'd Rather be Ravished: selected rhymes and reasons (2000). Bernard Epps est mort 5 julliet 2007 à Kingston, Ontario à l'age de 71.

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.

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Bessie Jane Banfill was born on 18 January 1899 on the family farm outside Richmond. Her parents were Enos Leroy Banfill and Sarah Augusta Healy. After some secretarial training, she obtained a position in the office of an asbestos mine near Thetford Mines and secured enough money to support her studies at the Sherbrooke Protestant Hospital, where she graduated in June 1923. Ms. Banfill traveled to Mutton Bay (Labrador) in 1928 and took a missionary training course at the United Church Training School in Toronto. After travelling to the Magdalene Islands, she opened the new W.M.S. Hospital at Smeaton, Saskatchewan in 1933 and was awarded the a medal from King George V in 1935. She went to the Indian Residential School at Ahousaht in 1937 and went back to the Labrador Mission in 1942-1944. After receiving a back injury that prevented her from doing full-time work, she did part-time duty at Cornwall General Hospital and later in Ottawa. Bessie Banfill wrote books and articles on her nursing experience. This includes titles such as "Labrador Nurse" (1952), "Nurse of the Islands" (1965) and "Pioneer Nurse" (1967). She died on November 13, 1975. Her body was given to Queen's University Medical School. She had never married.

Écrivaine et historienne des Cantons-de-l’Est, Catherine M. Day est née en 1815, à East Farnham, où ses parents, Samuel Wells Townsend et Pamela Lawrence, possèdent une ferme. En 1840, elle épouse Henry W. Day. Le couple et leurs enfants s’établissent à Sainte-Thérèse, puis à Chambly, au Québec. Henry meurt en 1854, la laissant seule pour subvenir aux besoins de leurs six enfants. Elle déménage alors à Champlain, dans l’État de New York, où elle enseigne dans une école pour jeunes filles. En 1861, elle publie un roman intitulé Alice Maynard et revient vivre dans les Cantons-de-l’Est. En 1863, elle publie Pioneers of the Eastern Townships, puis, en 1869, History of the Eastern Townships. Plus tard, elle va habiter en Iowa, d’abord avec sa fille Mary, puis avec son fils Samuel. Elle revient finalement dans les Cantons-de-l’Est pour vivre avec sa fille Pamelia Annie Pearson, épouse de William Keene Knowlton. Catherine M. Day décède en 1899, à South Stukely, où elle a été inhumée.

Minnie Hallowell Bowen est née à Sherbrooke le 4 février 1861. Fille de l’avocat John Hallowell et de Helen Maria Clark, elle s’est mariée le 10 septembre 1890 avec Cecil H. Bowen, fils de George Frederick Bowen. Ils ont eu deux enfants : Lloyd H. et Rose Meredyth. Minnie Hallowell Bowen s’est impliquée dans plusieurs organisations philanthropiques, patriotiques, religieuses et littéraires comme la Women's Auxiliary Missionary Society, la Sherbrooke Patriotic Association, le Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, la Women's Conservative Association, la Canadian Authors Association et la Sherbrooke Choral Society. Elle a publié six livres ou livrets de poésie; elle a aussi écrit d’autres textes littéraires qui furent publiés dans des journaux et des périodiques. Elle a utilisé différents noms de plume : le Drum-Major, Jane of Brompton Road et possiblement Rapier. Elle est décédée à Québec en 1942 et a été enterrée au cimetière Elmwood à Sherbrooke.

Mildred Ettra Waldron was born on 28 January 1924 in East Clifton. She was the daughter of Luman Augusta Waldron and Flora A. Cairns. She never married. She was a Townships author and researcher. She published family and local histories of the Compton County area and, in particular, the East Clifton area, such as the Descendants of T. Waldron and M. Morse, The Hills of Clifton, Sheepskin Joe and Descendants of Hugh E. Cairns and Sarah A Waldron.

Mildred passed away 21 May 2008 at the age of 84 and is buried at the East Clifton Cemetery.

L’auteure Joyce Marshall est née à Montréal le 18 novembre 1913. Après avoir fréquenté la Westmount High School, elle étudie à la St. Helen’s School à Dunham jusqu’en 1932. Elle poursuit alors des études d’anglais à McGill University, où elle obtient un baccalauréat en 1935. Joyce Marshall commence à écrire des textes de fiction dès son enfance et publie une première nouvelle en 1936. En 1937, elle déménage à Toronto, où elle passe la plus grande partie de sa vie, sauf la période de 1961 à 1963, où elle séjourne au Danemark et en Norvège. Bien que son œuvre soit principalement composée de nouvelles, Joyce Marshall exploite une grande variété de genres littéraires : poésie, roman, essai, article, critique. Ses écrits alimentent longuement la série radiophonique « Anthology de la CBC. Joyce Marshall est aussi reconnue pour la qualité de ses traductions d’œuvres québécoises. Elle remporte d’ailleurs le prix du Conseil des arts du Canada en 1976 pour la traduction de Cet été qui chantait (Enchanted Summer) de Gabrielle Roy. Cette traduction et celle de deux autres œuvres de Gabrielle Roy donnent lieu à une correspondance entre la romancière et la traductrice. Joyce Marshall est aussi engagée au sein d’associations nationales pour la défense des intérêts des écrivains. Enfin, Trent University l’accueille comme écrivaine en résidence durant l’année universitaire 1981-1982.

Dorothy Dutton est née à Gaspé le 9 octobre 1901. Elle est la fille du révérend Arthur W. Dutton, pasteur Anglican, et de Mary Ready. Elle étudie au King’s Hall à Compton, obtient un diplôme en histoire de Université Bishop’s en 1920. Son père a aussi étudié à Université Bishop’s de 1895 à 1899. Dorothy Dutton ne se marie jamais. Au cours de sa vie professionnelle, elle exerce les fonctions d’enseignante, de femme d’affaires et de gérante. Elle travaille à Montréal pour la compagnie d’assurances Sun Life, au New Hampshire pour le centre touristique Indian Head, et à Lennoxville à Bishop’s College School. Auteure, elle écrit et publie des romans historiques et des récits bibliques pour enfants : The chosen, From Egypt to the Holy Land, Come to Jerusalem, Hunter’s Landing, Lennoxville/Ascot (1791-1950), Jonathan’s Long Furrow. Elle continue d’écrire jusqu’à l’âge de 97 ans.

Dorothy Dutton est aussi très engagée dans la communauté de Lennoxville, qui lui décerne de nombreuses marques de reconnaissance. Elle travaille comme bénévole à son église, la St. George’s Church (Lennoxville). En 1980, elle est nommée Alumni of the Year par Université Bishop’s et, en 2002, elle devient membre honoraire de la Golden Key Academic Honour Society de Bishop’s. Elle est également nommée membre à vie des Anglican Church Women et fait don de trois aquarelles à la Bishop’s Art Collection.

En 1998, Dorothy Dutton emménage au Foyer Wales, à Richmond, où elle s’éteint le 8 février 2003 à l’âge de 101 ans. Ses funérailles ont eu lieu à la St. George’s Church de Lennoxville et elle a été inhumée au Malvern Cemetery à Lennoxville.

In 1973, soon after the inauguration of the Robert Fournier arena, the Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus (Les Lames Magiques) was founded in East Angus by Denis Martin, the East Angus recreation director, alongside Mrs. Isabelle Dugal and Mrs. Micheline Bouchard. The club operates out of the Robert Fournier Arena and is a non-profit organization whose mission is to teach the basics of skating to anyone at any age. The club was first sponsored by the Filles d'Isabelle and was first chaired by Micheline Bouchard. During the first couple of years, skating lessons were given by Madame Fernande Fraser, a professional and ex-skater from the Holiday on Ice troupe. The leadership of its first administrators (Isabelle Dugal, Madelaine Cathcart, Shirley Hawkes, Lucette Dion, Denise Roy, Jean-Paul Dionne, Jacqueline Munkittrick, Madeleine Legault, Laurence Trépanier and Nicole Bergeron) and the work of volunteers allowed the club to progress. On November 13, 1975, the club joined the East-Angus Sports and Recreation Coordinating Committee, and on March 28, 1977, the club obtained its charter of incorporation. From then on, the club was affiliated with the Regional Association, the Quebec Figure Skating Federation, and eventually became a member of the Canadian Figure Skating Association, now known as Skate Canada. The club offers many different programs such as Patinage Plus, Patinage STAR, Patinage Adulte, and many more, which allow for the development of figure skating in the region. Every year, the club organizes various regional competitions such as the Suzanne Cathcart competitions and the Programme Court competitions, and at the end of each season, the skaters put on a show suitable for any age.

Henrietta Kathleen Warren was born on 21 January 1911. She was the daughter of Alice Frances Rattray (1881-1968), and Herbert Lawrence Warren, (1881- 1952, Herbert and Alice had three children, all born in Montreal: Herbert Hamilton Warren (25 April 1908- 9 January 1987, Ottawa), Henrietta Kathleen (Kay), and Mary Hamilton Warren (16 February 1913- 2 July 1960, Magog).

Herbert Lawrence Warren, in partnership with Mr. Dale, founded of the Warrendale Shirt Company in 1927. He was also involved with The Montreal Quilting Company. Herbert Hamilton, his son, was Secretary Treasurer of Warrendale for most of his working life. He expanded to include the Belding-Corticelli Company, which included the factory in Coaticook, a lace factory in Ways Mills, a warehouse and a factory in St. Jean sur Richelieu. Herbert Hamilton became a director of Belding-Corticelli, Warrendale, the Montreal Quilting Company, and Iroquois Chemicals.

Henrietta Kathleen graduated from McGill University in 1932. She was married to Harry Austin Milne in 1941. She had two daughters: Catherine and Jean, who both attended McGill.

Member of the Board since 1971, H. K. Milne became President of the Memphremagog Library in 1974 and assumed this responsibility until 1993 when it was municipalized. All those years, she worked hard to defend the interests of the library. Its growth is indeed due to her devoted work. Beyond her noteworthy role in the growth of the Memphremagog Library, her community involvement is represented through her participation in numerous other organizations and projects, such as the founding of Pinecroft Residence in Magog, Social Services Sherbrooke, the Magog District Home and School Association, the 1st Magog Company of Girl Guides, the Sherbrooke University Women's Club, and the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation, among other things. Her significant contribution to the community was recognized in 2004 when the Municipality of Magog named a street in her honour.

She also maintained a great interest in the history of Magog and the Eastern Townships, represented by her collection of historical articles and photographs.

H. K. Milne died 5 April 2001 at Magog. She is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery.

Frank Milne (1894-1970) is the son of Catherine Mallinson (c. 1870-1924) and Francis Joseph Milne (1870-1948). He married Evelyn (Eva) M. Truax (1895-1980) at the St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Magog on 10 October 1916. The couple lived at 24 Bethune Street in Sherbrooke and are buried at the Elmwood Cemetery. They had two children: John Riley (1922-1944) and Joan Elizabeth (b. 1926), who married Peter Brett. John was a Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Daniel Spencer Gilman (Spencer as he was called) was born in 1817, the oldest son of Moses Gilman and Patience Spencer. He did not marry, and went to work in Lowell, Massachusetts. Afterwards he decided to participate in the California Gold Rush in 1849 and died of typhus fever while there.

Le Joujouthèque de Coaticook Inc. a été fondée en 1985 par Alain Lefevre, Monique Lemelin-Dupont et Louise Boily dans le but d'offrir un service d'emprunt de jouets. Il opère à partir de l'édifice de la bibliothèque de Coaticook. L'organisme a été dissous en 1986.