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• Corbin, Mrs. B.

  member of Ladies' Aid Society;
• Swann, Matthew (Rev.)

  Methodist minister with Drummonville Circuit;
• Young, Egerton (Rev.)

  grandson of Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young; Secretary of the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada;
• Young, Egerton Ryerson (Rev.)

  married; grandfather of Rev. Egerton Young; 1868 missionary to Indian Tribes in Northwest Territories; 1876 Methodist minister with Drummonville Circuit; married;
• Wright, Mrs. Peter
• Garner, Mrs. George

  mother of daughters;
• Lemon (Miss)

  member of Ladies' Aid Society;
• Ridley, Mrs.

  minister's wife;
• Spelterina, Maria (Signora)

  1876 walked tightrope over Niagara gorge;
• Carnachan, Andrew

  1876 contractor;
• Ridley, John

  1875-77 pastor with Drummondville Circuit; married;
• Mason

  Methodist trustee;
• Garner

  Methodist trustee;
• Flanigan
• Smith, John V.

  assistant minister with Drummondville Methodist Church;
• Stobbs, Thomas

  minister with Drummondville Methodist Church;
• Crane, D'Arcy

  born 1873 (Cranboro); Methodist and member of Lundy's Lane Church;
• Stratton, June

  1970 secretary of Lundy's Lane United Church;
• Mackenzie, Alexander

  Scotsman; Sarnia; Nov 1873 Prime Minister of Canada;
• Johnston, Hugh

  author;
• Metropolitan Church

  Queen Street, Toronto;
• Shaver, Elizabeth
• Hanon United Church

  on HWY #20;
• Fulton Stone United Church

  HWY #20 near Smithville;
• Wright, Edward

  1872 owner of peach grove;
• Trice, Susan

  1873 church organist;
• Ford, William J.

  Methodist; assistant minister to John Mills;
• Mills, John (Rev.)

  married; Methodist minister;
• Napoleon III

  French Emperor; 1870 imprisoned;
• Scott, Thomas

  d. March 4, 1870 (executed); Ontario Orangeman;
• Riel, Louis
• McDougall, William

  1870 Governor appointed by Canada;
• Carroll, Sheldon S. (Major)

  1970 Curator for Bank of Canada;
• McClive, George

  Methodist;
• Hitler
• Clausen, Oliver
• Stalin
• Churchill, Winston
• Lenin

  born 1870; 1917 Russian Revolution;
• Clifton Methodist Church [Morrison Street United Church]

  opened 1870;
• Saunders, Mrs.
• Spencer, Rosella [Rosie] (nee Morse)

  b. Feb 22, 1869; d. 1947; wife of Arthur Spencer (m. Dec 31,1891); motrher of Beulah Duff; daughter of Marsena Morse; Methodist; assistant secretary-treasurer and 109-35 president of Ladies Aid Society; president of Young People's Society;
• Punshon, William Morley (Rev.)

  born ca 1824 (England); died 1881 (England); Methodist; 1868 sent by English Conference to be President of the Canada Conference; well known orator; after term as President - 1873 minister for new Metropolitan Church on Queen Street, Toronto; ca 1873 returned for England;
• Evans, James

  Methodist missionary to the Cree Indians at Norway House, Lake Winnipeg;
• Brooks, Phillips

  wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem";
• Wesley, Samuel

  nephew of John and Charles Wesley; hymn composer;
• Stone, Samuel

  1868 wrote hymn "The Church's One Foundation";
• Laird family
• Ellis, F.W.
• Laird, Henry

  son of Rev. John Laird; brother of Bill and George;
• Laird, George

  son of Rev. John Laird; brother of Bill and Henry;
• Laird, Bill

  son of Rev. John Laird; brother of George and Henry;
• Laird, Mrs. John

  wife of Methodist minister; mother of Bill, george and Henry;
• Laird, John G. [L. ?] (Rev.)

  married; father of Bill, George and Henry; Methodist minister with Drummonville Circuit;
• Donne, John

  "No man is an island unto himself";
• Lewis, S.B.
• Atwood

  Methodist Brother;
• Appleford

  Methodist Brother;
• Ridgeway United Church

  battle picture and plaque with names of Canadians killed in Battle of Ridgeway (Fenian war);
• Blackstock, William (Rev)

  1864 Methodist minister with Drummondville Circuit;
• Gregory, Robert

  grew up in Lucan, Biddulph Township;
• Gregory, Mrs. Robert

  granddaughter of Rev. John McLean;
• Garfield, James

  1880 elected Republican candidate in Cincinnati;
• McLean, Mrs. John

  married to Methodist minister;
• McLean, John (Rev.)

  married; grandfather of Mrs. Robert Gregory; Methodist minister to Blackfoot Indians at Fort McLeod in Western Canada;
• Rundle, Robert

  Methodist missionary; 1840 arrived in far West of Canada;
• Cartwright, Peter

  Methodist preacher;
• Garner, George

  b. ca 1834; d. Nov 2,1883; Methodist; father of daughters; trustee for Methodist Drummondville Circuit; 1878 appointed Methodist preacher;
• Appleford family
• Latshaw family
• Morse family
• Garner, Anson

  Methodist class leader;
• Dell, Oliver

  1864 attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Biggar, George

  1864 attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Upper, Benjamin

  1864 attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Dalton, Franklin

  1864 attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Ker, Franklin

  d. Mar 23,1914 (at age 56 yrs); father of Merle F. Ker; son of Walter Ker; brother of Hamilton, Ella Baxter and Lena Brown; music teacher and choir leader; 1864 attended Methodist Sunday School; 1907 appointed church organist;
• Spencer, Arthur

  husband of Rosella Morse (m. Dec 31, 1891); father of Beulah Duff; 1864 attended Methodist Sunday School; treasurer of Young People's Society;
• St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
• Cook, Nancy

  born ca 1855; attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Willox, William

  born ca 1856; brother of Mary Willox; attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Willox, Mary

  born ca 1858; sister of William; attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Smith, Martha

  born ca 1856; attended Methodist Sunday School;
• Patten, Constanza "Stanzie"

  born ca. 1855; attended Methodist Sunday School;
• House, James
• Ferrier, A. (Rev.)

  1863 appointed assistant to minister for Drummondville Circuit; bachelor;
• Cowper, William
• Sutherland, Alexander (Rev.)

  Scotsman; 1863 Methodist minister for Drummondville Circuit; 1864 was moved to church in Hamilton; 1875 appointed Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church; 1880 visited Methodist Indian Missions in Northwest Territories;
• Lee, Robert (General)

  Southern Confederate Army; July 1863 defeated at Gettysburg, PA;
• Drummondville Church

  built 1845; 1888 demolished; July 1863 new enlarged Methodist church was dedicated;
• Wood (Dr.)

  1863 outgoing Methodist Conference President;
• Morse, Marsena

  b. 1831; d. Dec 23,1911; father of Rosella Spencer; Methodist class leader; member of Trustee Board;
• Green, George

  trustee of Methodist Drummondville Circuit;
• Ward, Jacob

  died 1866; married; trustee of Methodist Drummondville Circuit;
• Upper, Mrs. Andrew
• Davidson, James (Rev.)

  1863 Methodist minister of San Francisco;
• Queen Victoria Parks Commission

  past 1857 while watermains were laid into homes, agreement was signed for water rights to make electric power to run street railway between Queenston and Chippawa;
• Cook (Miss)

  St. Catharines; Methodist;
• Upper, Andrew

  1863 member of Methodist church;
• Pontiac

  1763 Indian Rebellion;