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Biggar, W.H.

Biggar-Bigger family

Bigger, Marsena

b. 1822; d. Dec 6,1903; father of Josephine and Fanny;

Bigger, Josephine

daughter of Marsena Bigger; older sister of Fanny Bigger; secretary to Ladies' Aid Society;

Morse, Rose (Miss)

(see index for Rosella Spencer)

Woodsworth, R.W. (Rev.)

married; Methodist minister with Drummondville Methodist Church;

Hollenbeck, Mrs.

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Whistler, Benjamin

d. 1967 (Niagara Falls); husband of Nellie Parry; Methodist;

Whistler, Nellie (nee Parry)

d. Feb.1970; wife of Benjamin Whistler; Methodist;

Hobbs family

Methodist; 1889 moved from Niagara Falls to Tillsonburg;

Spence (Miss)

Vasbinder, Myrtle Ida (nee Spencer)

b. Nov 15,1888; d. Oct 9,1969 (Fairview Cemetery); wife of Charles Vasbinder; Niagara Falls; 1889 1st baptism in new Methodist Church;

Mitchell, William

sexton at Methodist Church in Niagara;

Cross

Methodist; Pew Stewart;

Warren (Mr.)

Wright, H.H.

Jeffers (Prof.)

organist from Toronto;

Maxwell, W.J. (Rev.)

Brethour, D.L. (Dr.)

d. Oct 3, 1903; 1864 ordained as Methodist minister; President of Methodist Conference; 1901 minister at Lundy's Lane Methodist Church;

Zavitz

hardware store;

Munroe

hardware store;

Garner, Ralph

husband of Hannah Ker; father of Alice Birkett and Allan; hardware merchant;

Biggar, Alfred

Dart, Henry

Van Wyck, Karen

daughter of Margaret and John Van Wyck; sister of Bruce, Joan and Lynne; Methodist;

Van Wyck, Lynne

daughter of Margaret and John Van Wyck; sister of Bruce, Joan and Karen; Methodist;

Van Wyck, Bruce

son of Margaret and John Van Wyck; brother of Joan, Lynne and Karen; Methodist;

Van Wyck, Joan

daughter of Margaret and John Van Wyck; sister of Bruce, Lynne and Karen; Methodist;

Van Wyck, John

husband of Margaret Kerr; father of Joan, Bruce, Lynne and Karen;

Van Wyck, Margaret (nee Brown)

wife of John Van Wyck; mother of Joan, Bruce, Lynne and Karen; daughter of Helen and William Kerr;

Kerr, William

husband of Helen Brown; father of Margaret Van Wyck;

Kerr, Helen (nee Brown)

wife of William Kerr; mother of Margaret Van Wyck; daughter of Lena and William Brown;

Brown, William

husband of Lena Ker; father of Helen Kerr;

Brown, Lena (nee Ker)

wife of William Brown; mother of Helen Kerr; daughter of Walter Ker; sister of Ella Baxter, Hamilton Ker and Franklin Ker;

Baxter, Ella (nee Ker)

widowed after 18 mths of marriage; daughter of Walter Ker; sister of Franklin Ker, Hamilton Ker and Lena Brown; first and only organist of the vocalion at Lundy's Lane Church;

Garner, Allan

son of Hannah and Ralph Garner; brother of Alice Birkett;

Birkett, Alice (nee Garner)

daughter of Hannah and Ralph Garner; sister of Allan Garner;

Lord Dufferin

Governor-General;

Queen Victoria Park

1887 Ontario Legislature passed the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park Act; May 24,1888 pqark was opened to public;

McGarry, Mrs.

wife of Dr. McGarry;

Law, George

Robertson, H.M.

Patten, Samuel

brother of Charles; contractor;

Patten, Charles

brother of Samuel; contractor;

Spence, Henry

contractor and construction inspector;

Patten Brothers

contractor, masonry;

Robinson, H.

carpenter; contractor; ;

Badgely [Badgley], S.R.

architect;

Zybach

1887 Niagara Falls photographer;

Seal (Dr.)

1887 Buffalo dentist;

Doran, William L.

first person in Niagara Falls to own an automobile;

Hill, A.G.

Secord, Laura

d. 1868;

Percy, Charles

1887 rode Niagara rapids in small boat;

Peer, Stephen

d. June 25, 1887 (fell and died crossing Niagara Gorge on tightrope);

Bender, Mrs.

Garner, Mrs.

president of Ladies' Aid Society;

Fralick, Mrs. Milton

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Fralick, Mrs. Robert

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Smith, Mrs.

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Waite, Mrs.

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Griffin [Griffen], Mrs.

secretary-treasurer of Ladies' Aid Society;

Hobbs, Mrs.

wife of Rev. Richard Hobbs; mother of 5 children including 2 daughters; vice-president of Ladies' Aid Society;

Hobbs, Richard (Rev.)

father of 5 children including 2 daughters; 1886 Methodist minister Niagara Falls; 1889 minister at Tillsonburg;

Canadian Pacific Railway

Nov 7,1885 officially completed;

Smith, Donald

Riel, Louis

d. Nov 16,1885 (sentenced to hanging); Metis; leader of 1885 rebellion;

Ruley, Jesse

author of book on Lundy's Lane Church; Secretary of Billeting Committee for 1924 Hamilton Conference at Lundy's Lane Church;

Mitchell, Mrs.

wife of Rev. George Mitchell;

Biggar, Phoebe S.

member of Ladies' Aid Society; member of Merudelion Club;

Hutt, Mrs. F.

member of Ladies' Aid Society;

Book (Dr.)

Methodist;

Woolnough, James

Methodist; pew stewart in Drummondville Methodist Church;

Ker (Mr.)

Lovell (Mr.)

family man;

Brown, Mrs.

telephone service

1884 telephone service arrived in Niagara Falls with 17 subscribers;

Wright, H.L.

Garner, Hannah (nee Ker)

wife of Ralph Garner; mother of Alice Birkett and Allan; daughter of John Ker; sister of Walter; president of Ladies' Aid Society;

Wright, P.S.

Methodist;

Mitchell family

Mitchell, George (Rev.)

married family man; Methodist minister;

Russ, Amos E. (Rev.)

1894 Methodist minister with Niagara South Church; 1880 lecture on British Columbia;

Lemon, Wilson

Dalton, William

trustee for Methodist Drummonville Circuit; caretaker of Drummond Hill Cemetery for 42 yrs;

Calvert (Rev.)

Methodist minister;

Spencer

Fralick, Robert W.

married; trustee and treasurer for Methodist Drummondville Circuit;

Woolnough, George F.

Hopkins, D.W.

Wilson, Samuel (Rev.)

Methodist minister with Drummonville Circuit;

Chalmers (Rev.)

Swann family

Methodist;

Hennepin, Louis (Father)

1678 first white man to see Niagara Falls;

Shrimpton, James

1878 appointed Methodist preacher;

Thistlewaite, Henry

Methodist preacher; farmer; Norwood, ON;

Corwin, Mrs. B.

Biggar, Mrs. Marsena

Lemon, E.J. (Miss)

Secretary of Ladies' Aid Society;

Ker, Mrs. Walter

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