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Sayer, Francis Reginald

  • Person
  • 1891-1974

Francis Reginald Ker Sayer was born in Montréal, Quebec 26 March 1891. He received his early education in Montréal and Brooklyn, New York, and later studied law at McGill University, serving his apprenticeship with Thibodeau Rinfret of Montréal in the 1920s. He married Mary Eliza Taylor (1896-1983), and they had 3 children.

Among the many professional positions Sayer held were that of secretary to the consulting engineer of the Montréal Harbour Commission, Sir John Kennedy; secretary to the general superintendent of the eastern division of the Canadian Pacific Railway; private secretary to the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway; secretary to the general manager of the Canadian Government Railways; lawyer in the legal branch of the Government Railways; public relations representative of the Canadian National Steamships and Canadian National Telegraphs; and regional public relations representative for Trans Canada Airline. In September 1930 he was appointed regional public relations representative at Moncton for the Canadian National Railways, remaining at that post until his retirement in 1956.

Frank Sayer resided for many years at Moncton, N. B. where he was actively involved in a number of clubs and associations. He served as president of the Moncton Kiwanis Club, president of the Westmorland Historical Society, and honorary president of the Moncton Men's Press Club. He was also a member of the Moncton Curling Club, and he attended St. George's Anglican Church in Moncton and the Church of St. Martin's-in-the-Woods (Anglican) at Shediac Cape, where he moved after his retirement. As well, he wrote poetry and produced a number of articles on a variety of subjects in connection with his public relations work, his speaking and lecturing engagements, and his interest in local history. Some of his literary works were published in newspapers and elsewhere. F. R. Sayer died in March 1974.

S.B.W. Colpitts (Salisbury, N.B.)

  • Corporate body
  • Established in 1870, still operational in 1885

The S.B.W. Colpitts firm of Salisbury, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, was established in 1870, as a manufacturer and supplier of horse-drawn carriages, buggies, phaetons, and wagons. It was one of many carriage-making firms founded in the latter half of the 19th century. After the advent of standardized plans and construction materials, the ability of local industry to replicate and design their own wagons and carriages allowed for the building and sale of home-built vehicles to replace the prohibitively expensive import and resale business of the earlier half-century. The firm was still operating in 1885.

Schull, Joseph

  • Person
  • 1906-1980

The radio play "She Never Was A Lady" was presented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1953. It told the story of the "Marco Polo," the famous Saint John-built ship. The play was produced and directed by J. Frank Willis, supervisor of features as part of the "Days of Sail" CBC series.

Joseph Schull (1906-1980), the author of the script, grew up in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He was an historian, a radio dramatist and a journalist who wrote several official histories, a major biography of Wilfrid Laurier and an account of the rebellions of 1837.

Scott, Christopher

  • Person
  • [17??]-1833

Christopher Scott was a wealthy resident of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, who came from the town of Greenock, Scotland. The son of William Scott, who was the head of the Clyde Shipbuilding Firm of Scott and Company in Scotland. In 1799 Christopher Scott was sent to New Brunswick along with 50 craftsmen in order to establish a shipyard that would make use of the vast quantities of timber available in the colonies. In 1803 he went into business on his own account with a workforce of 400 people. In 1810 he moved to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and made a fortune doing illegal trade with the United States, and also provided a lot of financial backing for buildings and projects in St. Andrews. For example, he provided money to help complete the Blockhouse in St. Andrews in 1812 as well as what came to be known as the Greenock Presbyterian Church 1824, and he took a leading part in establishing the Bank of New Brunswick in 1820 and the Bank of Charlotte County in 1822. In 1828 Christopher Scott moved to England, and he died there in 1833.

Scott, John Smith

  • Person
  • 29 April 1871 - 23 May 1946

John Smith Scott, the son of Madeline Mitchell and John Scott, was born 29 April 1871 at The Barony, York County, New Brunswick. He received his early education at local public schools, and then graduated from the Belleville Business College in Belleville, Ontario in 1892. Three years later he married Clara E. Everett, and they had four daughters: Louise (Thomson), Helene, Isabelle (Bishop), and Magdalene.

For a time, the Scott family lived at Lower Dumfries, where John S. was engaged in lumbering and farming. In 1900 he relocated his family to Fredericton where he was elected to the city council as alderman for Wellington Ward, holding that seat for four years. He also acted as city clerk and treasurer (1921) and later as secretary-treasurer of the Municipality of York and secretary of the sub-district board of health.

During the Great War he was commissioned a lieutenant and went overseas with the 115th New Brunswick Battalion. He was later transferred to the 4th Canadian Railway Corps and also served in France as transport officer of the 5th Brigade. He was discharged in 1919 with the rank of captain and was awarded the Victory and Service Medals. Following his return to New Brunswick, he joined the York Regiment of active militia. He also operated a large fur farm at Moore's Mills in Charlotte County. John S. Scott died at Fredericton on 23 May 1946

Scott, L/Cpl Medly Garthfield

  • Person
  • 1917-1945

G779 Medley Garfield Scott was born in Port Elgin New Brunswick November 13, 1917. Medley enlisted on September 15, 1944, at the time of enlistment he was a  labourer. On enlistment in Sackville his rank of appointment was Trooper. He embarked overseas with the 8th New Brunswick Hussars. He attended a training courses and served in Canada , United Kingdom, Central Mediterranean and Continental Europe.  At this time he was a driver mechanic of a tank. Medley served fifty two months in Canada, United Kingdom, Italy and Northwest Europe. He was overseas forty seven months. He was appointed Lance Corporal February 21 1945. Medley was quite business like and during slack times he fully occupied his time by working at fishing and wood work. It was felt by his superiors that his future was secure. Medley received the 1939-1945 War Medal, Italy , France, and Germany star, and Canadian Volunteer service medal. Medley married Margaret Scott August 12 1935. He returned to civilian life and his farm October 29th 1945 in Fredericton.

Scovil, George Godfrey Gilbert

  • Person
  • 1842-1915

George Godfrey Gilbert Scovil (1842-1915) was born in Kings County, New Brunswick, the eldest son of James John Micheau Scovil (1815-1892) and Charlotte Ann Greenslade (1818-1890), the daughter of William and Ann (Veysey) Greenslade of Springfield, Kings County. George G.G. Scovil married first Leah Spragg (1843-1907) in 1871 and secondly, in 1909, Annie I. McLeod, daughter of Angus McLeod of Halifax, Nova Scotia. George and Leah Scovil had 7 children: George Frederick (b. 1872) married Edith Coster; James Micheau (b. 1874) married Ella McLeod; Henry Elijah (b. 1877); Charlotte Ann (b. 1880); Amy Nichols (b. 1883) married Walter J. Trites of Salisbury, N.B.; and Ernest who lived in British Columbia.

George G.G. Scovil farmed for some time and kept a general store at Springfield, New Brunswick, for 25 years. He represented the parish as a councillor for 14 years, then resigned. George was elected member for Kings County in the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly from 1892 to 1908 when he was defeated. In 1909, he was appointed Superintendent of Dredging for the Maritime Provinces.

George G.G. Scovil served as captain of militia from at least 1866 onward. He probably took over the position from his cousin, Walter Bates Scovil (1823-1903), who was also his predecessor as MLA for Kings County, having served from 1856 to 1866.

Sources: Kings County Census, 1861; Homer Worthington Brainard, A Survey of the Scovils or Scovils in England and America; D.R. Jack, Loyalist Families of N.B., P-Z, vol. 4

Scribner, Harold

  • Person
  • fl. 20th c.

This scrapbook was created by Harold Scribner, a resident of Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick. The book records his interests and the highlights of the community over three decades. Kingston Parish, and the community of the same name, were established in 1786, and were settled early by Loyalists fleeing from the newly independent United States.

Seal Cove Canning Co. Ltd.

  • Corporate body
  • 1962-1976

The Seal Cove Canning Co. Ltd. was started by the Connors Bros. Ltd. of Blacks Harbour, NB around 1962. The factory was located in Seal Cove, Grand Manan Island, N.B. The factory processed sardines and canned them on sight. The managers were local residents. The factory was built on the Seal Cove Crik. The ships, called herring carriers, full of sardines would tie up to the building built on posts out over the shore, to unload the sardines. After the fish had been processed, another ship would tie up to the factory wharf to take away the herring cuttings. The cutting were used for fertilizer. The factory employed about 100 people at the time of the fire that totally destroyed it on July 5, 1985. The fire was caused by a lightening strike in the night. Early the next morning, a Sunday, the community was awakened to a huge explosion from the boilers. Many people watched thefire and there are many photos of the blaze.

Seal Cove Local Improvement District

  • Corporate body
  • 1951-1964

Before 1964, the village of Seal Cove on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, was unincorporated. In that year, for the purposes of tax assessments and maintaining street lighting and other services, it was classified by the provincial government as a Local Improvement District.

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