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Odell, Jonathan

  • MS14
  • Person
  • 1737-1818

Jonathan Odell was born in Newark, New Jersey, September 25, 1737. He studied medicine and was a graduate of Nassau Hall (now Princeton University). He served as a surgeon in the British Army until 1764 when he went to England to study theology. In 1766, he was ordained as a
deacon, and went to Vermont in 1767 as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He served as minister of St. Mary's Church in Burlington, Vermont. In 1772, he married Ann de Cou and in 1774 was made a member of the New Jersey medical society.

At the outbreak of the American Revolution, Odell remained loyal to Britain, and was proscribed by the rebels. In 1776 when British troops were defeated in Burlington by the rebels, Odell retreated with them and eventually went to New York. He served as a Chaplain to a Loyalist
Regiment of the King's American Dragoons. When the Peace Treaty was signed in 1783, he went to England with his family and served as private secretary to Sir Guy Carleton.

Odell was well known for his satirical, anti-revolutionary poetry, and it has been said that "no pen was dipped in more bitter gall than the Odell's". He took an active part in the Loyalist cause as a "doctor, clergyman, poet, soldier, and spy". As a reward for his loyalty, he was appointed Provincial Secretary, Registrar, and Clerk of the Council of New Brunswick. He came to the province with Governor Thomas Carleton (brother of Sir Guy) and from the beginning was a member of the Council.

Odell died in 1818, and left one son, William Franklin Odell, who also served as Provincial Secretary for the province.

Markham, George Harold

  • MS15
  • Person
  • 1881-1960

George Harold Markham (1881-1960) was born in Markhamville, Kings County, the son of John and Caroline Markham, and lived a good part of his life in Sussex. He attended Sussex schools and the New England Conservatory. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 12th Seige Battery. Before and after the war Markham worked as a railway mail clerk, retiring in 1944, after 35 years of service. He married Lily Boardley in 1913 and they raised two children, John Raymond, who became a school teacher in St. Jerome, QC and Edith Boardley, who married Peter Freisen and lived in New Westminister, BC. Markham was a President of the New Brunswick Historical Society. In the 1950’s he was involved with the assemblage of land for Base Gagetown.

Keough, John Patrick “Jardine”

  • MS21
  • Person
  • 1879-

John Patrick “Jardine” Keough was born in Blackville, New Brunswick in 1879 to Patrick [~1848-1939], an Irish store owner living in Blackville, and Bridget Jardine [1857-1942]. He had six siblings: James Walter Keough (1881-1914), Mary, Vincent, Geraldine, William, and Evangeline. John Patrick married Esther Elizabeth McCarthy and together they had six children: Kathleen, Mary Elizabeth, John Junius, Joan Harriet, Josephine Patricia, and Terrance. He was an artist and a poet. James Walter Keough ran a shoe store in Blackville and was a published poet.

Douglas Evans

  • MS22
  • Person
  • 1904-1981

Douglas Evans was born in 1904 to Frederick and Ella M (Long) Evans. He had a farm near the Ring Road in Fredericton. Douglas did not marry and had no children. His family was of Welsh origin and came to New Brunswick from Wales in 1826. He died in 1981

Burpee, Charles Sidney

  • MS5
  • Person
  • 1814-1949

Charles Sidney Burpee was born in Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, on June 18, 1817, the son of Jeremiah Burpee and Elizabeth Stickney. He was educated at the common school in Sheffield, and eventually became a farmer. He was married twice: first to Mary Perley and then to Charlotte H. Perley. He unsuccessfully contested the Sunbury County seat for the House of Assembly in 1854. In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party for Sunbury County. He was re-elected in 1872, 1874, 1878, and 1882. At the General Election of 1887, he was defeated and retired from active politics. In 1900, Burpe was made a member of the Senate of Canada, and sat until his resignation to become Commissioner to the Paris Exposition. Burpee died November 29, 1909, at Sheffield. He was survived by two sons.

Porter, Theodore Harding

  • MS59
  • Person
  • 1837-1881

Theodore Harding Porter was born in 1837, Nova Scotia, died in 1881, son of Rev Theodore H. Porter and Lydia Rand. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane Estabrooks (born 1838) on 27 May 1862, Gagetown, New Brunswick, daughter of Stephen P. and Elizabeth Estabrooks. They had eight children: Maggie B. (born 1864), Francis Wayland (born 15 Oct 1865, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia), Theodore Harding (22 March 1867-1886), and Arthur C. (born 1869), Harry A. (born 1872), Grace R. (born 1874), Emma E. (born 1877) and Fred (born 1880). Theodore was the Pastor of the Baptist Church in Fredericton for eight years starting in 1870.

Bellamy, Richard

  • MS6
  • Person
  • 1827-1892

Richard Bellamy was born in 1827 in London, England, the son of George and Nancy Bellamy. He immigrated to New Brunswick at the age of nine with the "Blue Coat Emigrants".
Bellamy settled in Stanley, York County, where he was involved in business and surveying. Later he moved to Nackawic where he owned and operated a large farm. He served one term on the Municipal Council Board. He was first elected to the New Brunswick Assembly as a Liberal member for York County in 1886. He was re-elected in 1890, but when the election was protested, he resigned and did not run again. In 1891, he took a seat on the Legislative Council of New Brunswick and sat until the dissolution of that body in April, 1892. Bellamy never married, and died at Nackawic in November, 1892.

Gilman, George

  • MS63
  • Person
  • 1831-1907

George Gilman was born in Kingsclear, York County, in 1831. He became a successful Fredericton merchant whose major business interest was a retail grocery store on York Street. His store stocked "flour, meal, pork, fish, tea, tobacco, molasses and a general assortment of choice groceries". Gilman bought from local farmers and travelling salesmen, and supplemented his stock by occasional purchases directly from New England. Gilman was also a prominent lumberman. He was involved in an operation at Springhill, York County, which sorted, freighted and rafted lumber to Saint John.
George Gilman served as a Fredericton Alderman for several years. In 1890, he was a member of the Wharf, Alms House, Street Lamps, Administration of Justice, and Privileges committees, and in the following year was Chairman of the Road Committee. Gilman also supported the Salvation Army and the Temperance movement. He died in 1907.

Woodbridge, Captain Frederick George

  • MS65
  • Person
  • 1877-1961

Captain Frederick George Woodbridge (1877-1961) was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and at an early age moved to Fredericton with his family. He joined the Canadian militia (71st York Regiment) in 1896, and enlisted for foreign service in 1914 as a Captain. He served overseas
during World War I with the 55th and 26th Battalions of the 71st; was wounded in 1916; subsequently served as a messing officer in England; was invalided to Canada in 1918; and served as a paymaster in Saint John. He studied civil engineering at U.N.B. and dentistry at Harvard University.

When he returned to Fredericton he settled at "Uplands", as his estate in the Forest Hill area was called.
Woodbridge has been called "one of Fredericton's best known and colorful residents". He had a wide variety of interests including flight and the development of gliders; a sight-seeing steamboat service on the St. John River; and writing poetry. His home attracted a great deal of
attention for he decorated outbuildings with mosaics made from colored sea shells.

Johnston, John Hamilton

  • MS66
  • Person
  • 1924-2004

Jack, s/o Lloyd & Helen Johnston, was born in Nashwaaksis 24 Jan 1924 and worked in the family general store. He joined the RCAF in 1943 and after his training moved over to 619 Squadron, RAF as Flight Lieutenant piloting Lancasters on bombing missions over Germany in 1944-45. The 619 Squadron flew out of Strubby, Lincolnshire, U.K. and while on these missions Jack earned the Distinquished Flying Cross. After the war he returned to Fredericton with his soon-to-be wife, Ann, who he met in Scotland. He graduated with a Forestry Engineering degree from UNB in 1948 and worked in the forestry industry, first in Bridgewater NS, and in 1965 the family returned to Fredericton where Jack worked for the Canadian Forestry Service until he retired in 1987. Jack died on 13 Oct 2004.

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