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Fairweather, Alice L.

  • Person
  • 1880-1956

Alice L. Fairweather was born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, in 1880, the daughter of Charles Henry Fairweather and Lucille Hall. In the early years of her business life, Alice conducted a kindergarten. She was editor of the women's page and reporter for the "Saint John Standard" and correspondent for 36 years for "Canadian Motion Picture Digest". During that period, she was a member of the New Brunswick Board of Motion Pictures Censors and secretary of the Maritime Film Board of Trade.

Alice was active in several societies, clubs and organizations including the Canadian Women's Press Club, Eclectic Reading Club, Young Women's Patriotic Association, Saint John Council of Women, New Brunswick Historical Society, New Brunswick Loyalists' Society, New Brunswick I.O.D.E.(Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire), Saint John Hospitality Centre, and the New Brunswick Board of Motion Picture Censors. She died in 1956.

Sources:
"Saint John Evening Times-Globe", October 22, 1956

Falconer, John

  • Person
  • n.d.; fl. 1965-1979

Little is known of John Falconer, except that he was an importer and merchant in Douglastown, Northumberland county, New Brunswick in 1865. Some of his business practices included allowing discounts for prompt payments, bartering, and having "ready money". It is possible Falconer was married to Janet Johnstone, and had at least two daughters. John Falconer likely also spent time in 1875 and 1879 on board the Brigantine L.W. Eaton and Schooner Wild Brier, where he kept a daily log book.

Father Morriscy Medicine Company

  • Corporate body
  • Incorporated in 1908

The Father Morriscy Medicine Co. Limited, incorporated in 1908 in Montréal, Québec, held the patent to the medicinal remedies formulated by the Reverend William Morriscy of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

William Morriscy was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1841, where he studied medicine for two years with a licensed physician. When James Rogers was made Bishop of the Diocese of Chatham, New Brunswick, he persuaded Morriscy and others to relocate there to study for the priesthood and to teach at Saint Michael's Academy in Chatham. Morriscy taught for three years and was ordained in 1864. After serving briefly at Caraquet and teaching again for a time, he became parish priest at West Bathurst, remaining there for two years. In 1868 he was appointed parish priest of Renous, and, in 1877, of Bartibog where he remained for the rest of his life.

At Bartibog Morriscy's medical practice soon became more famous than his pastoral work. At times he was consulted by more than 20 patients a day. He treated people of all faiths free of charge and was a believer in herbs and balsams as well as conventional medicine. Some considered him the best diagnostician in the province. In 1881 the province passed a medical act, restricting the practice of medicine to licensed physicians. It was widely believed that the exception made for "clairvoyant physicians" was specifically intended to allow Morriscy to continue his practice. He died in 1908, well loved and deeply respected.

Sources:
Dictionary of Miramichi Biography by W. D. Hamilton, 1997

Fawcett, John

  • Person
  • 1765-1837

John Fawcett (1765-1837) was the son of William and Ann Fawcett, and the grandson of William Fawcett, who emigrated from Hovingham, Yorkshire, England, in 1774. He was also a brother of the William Fawcett, who gave the land on which the Methodist Chapel had been erected, and who was murdered in 1832. John Fawcett married a widow, Eleanor (Foster) Colpitts, by whom he had four children. He lived in Upper Sackville, New Brunswick, next to the present Upper Sackville United Church.

Fenian scrapbook, Author

  • Person
  • n.d.

Irish immigrants in the United States organized the Fenian Brotherhood in 1857 with the avowed intention of promoting the independence of Ireland. By the end of 1865, the organization had nearly $500,000 and 10,000 Civil War veterans in its membership. In the United States the group was led by John O'Mahony, while in Canada a small group of fenians was led by Michael Murphy of Toronto.

In April 1866, O'Mahony launched a raid over the New Brunswick border. O'Mahony's telegram summoning Murphy to join the battle was intercepted, Murphy was arrested and the raid failed. Similar raids into Québec and over the Niagara frontier in June, though initially more successful, soon failed as well. Further attempts at invasion were made in 1870 and 1871, but the most lasting effect of the movement was to strengthen support for Confederation, in the Maritimes and the rest of Canada.

Source: The Fenian Movement, 1969, Canadian Encyclopedia,1988

Ferguson, Alexander

  • Person
  • b. [ca. 1806]

Alexander Ferguson was born in Ireland circa 1806 the son of [David] Ferguson. His family immigrated to Canada and settled in Goose River [present day Linden], Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He was active in the Reformed Presbyterian Church congregation at Goose River, Nova Scotia serving as the Ruling Elder. He was married to Phoebe Peacock (1816-1875). She was a native of Shemogue, New Brunswick. The couple had the following children: William (b. 1838), James (1842-1885), Staveley (b. 1846), David P. (b. 1848), Margaret (b. 1851), Eleanor (b. 1854), Sarah G. (b. 1857), Robert D. (b. 1858), and Lucy L. (b. 1860). His son, James Ferguson, attended the Mount Allison Academy in 1864 and 1865.

Ferguson, William Staveley

  • Person
  • [ca. 1811]-1894

William Staveley Ferguson was born circa 1811 the son of Andrew Ferguson. He was married to Sarah Jane Ferguson on 23 December 1845. The couple had the following children: William and Samuel. He was a Reformed Presbyterian minister. He died in 1894 in Tievenagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland.

Fergusson, Ewart Adair

  • Person
  • n.d.

Ewart Adair Fergusson, of Moncton, New Brunswick, received a BSc degree from Mount Allison University in 1923.

Fergusson, Muriel Elizabeth

  • Person
  • 1899-1997

Alexander McQueen [1819-1909] married Esther Welling. Their children included Charles [M.D.], Martha [1858-1878], Lizzie who married Robert McLeod in 1869, and James [1861-1932]. James McQueen married Julia Jackson [1863-1957] in 1889. They had Alexander William [1890-1943], Robert Arthur [1903-], a son born in 1890, and Muriel Elizabeth [1899-1997]. Muriel married Aubrey Stafford Fergusson [1894-1942] in 1926, Aubrey was the son of William Fergusson [1856-] and Maude Knowles [1865-1900]. Their children also included Maude Elizabeth [1899-] and Ewart Adan [1897-].

Muriel was born in Shediac and graduated from Mount Allison University 1921. She was elected to the Fredericton city council in 1950 and deputy mayor in 1953. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1953 retiring in 1975. She was a barrister as well as her husband. She became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976.

Ferrari, Leo C.

  • Person
  • 1927-2010

St. Thomas University philosophy professor Leo Charles Ferrari, son of Leo Francis and Millicent Josephine (Muller) Ferrari, was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 8 December 1927. He received his early education at St. Patrick's College (Christian Brothers' Colleges), Strathfield, later graduating with a B.Sc. from the University of Sydney in 1948. For seven years he worked as an industrial chemist and studied medieval philosophy at night. In 1955 he emigrated to Canada to commence advanced studies in philosophy at Laval University, earning a L.Ph. and Ph.D. in 1956 and 1957 respectively. Following graduation, Ferrari accepted a position as lecturer with St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1957-1958) and later as assistant professor with Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax (1958-1961).

Ferrari began his 34-year association with St. Thomas University in 1961, joining the faculty to lecture in philosophy. In 1964 he relocated from Chatham, New Brunswick, to Fredericton when St. Thomas moved into new facilities on the University of New Brunswick campus. Active on a number of university committees, he was the first chair of the Executive Committee of St. Thomas Faculty Association (1965), later renamed the Faculty Association of the University of St. Thomas (FAUST). In 1970 UNB appointed him Honorary Research Associate of the Graduate School, and a year later St. Thomas elevated him to the rank of full professor.

Recognized internationally as an authority on Augustine of Hippo, Ferrari published over 35 works on the 5th-century bishop-philosopher and presented a number of academic papers on him at conferences and conventions. In 1982 he was invited to deliver the annual Saint Augustine lecture at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. A substantial work, "Concordantia in libros XIII confessionum S. Aurelii Augustini", the first published concordance to the Skutella text, was published jointly with Rodney H. Cooper, Peter M. Ruddock, and J. Robert Smith in 1991. Ferrari retired from university teaching in 1995; at spring convocation 1998 he was named first professor emeritus of St. Thomas University.

Outside scholarly pursuits, Ferrari took an active role in the community, sitting on the executive committee of several societies and organizations. For a number of years he served as president of The Flat Earth Society, an organization dedicated to renewing "faith in the veracity of sense experience", which he helped found. In addition he wrote several articles for the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission on racial discrimination, acted as president of both Grosvenor Park Home and School Association, Halifax (1960-1961), and Kingsclear Home and School Association, York County, NB (1964-1967), and chaired the Centennial Committee for the New Brunswick Home and School Federation (1965-1967). For several years, Ferrari was an exhibiting member of the Fredericton Society of Artists. In 1998 he lives in Fredericton with his wife Lorna E. Drew.

Leo Ferrari died on October 7, 2010 in Fredericton, NB.

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