The McKeen family was pre-loyalist first settling in Maugerville and later moving to Keswick Ridge. Joseph McKeen bought a farm on Lot #10 of the original Isaac Allen land grant from Samuel and Fannie Smith in 1839 and the McKeen family remained on the farm until a descendant, Annie McKeen, sold the property in the late 1970’s.

John Hill, born in Amherst NS on 7 June 1916, s/o John & Gertrude (Lyons) Hill. He served in the RCAF in WW II and afterward worked in sales. He was involved with the Boy Scouts of Canada and he died in Fredericton on 15 Feb 2000.
He was a life member of Alexandria Lodge #33 F & AM and a member of the Scottish Rite and the Fredericton Shrine Club. John died in Fredericton on 15 February 2000. He had two children. John and Leona are buried in the St. John The Evangelist Anglican Cemetery in York County.

Thomas Temple, born in Oxfordshire, England on 4 Nov 1818 and educated in England, came to NB in 1832, where he married Susannah Howe in 1842 and was a farmer & lumberman. He served in the York Dragoons, was the High Sheriff for the county of York from 1864 to 1883, the President of the Fredericton Railway and Director of the People’s Bank of Fredericton. He represented the York riding in the Canadian House of Commons from 1884 to 1896 and then moved to the Senate where he served until his death on 25 Aug 1899.

Stephen Glasier was the son of Lieutenant Benjamin Glasier and Mary (nee Baskey), Loyalists who came to New Brunswick in 1782 and settled at Lincoln in Sunbury County. Stephen and his brothers, John and Duncan, were instrumental in establishing the lumbering business on the St. John River. Stephen Glasier died on May 2, 1861, and is buried in the family cemetery in Sunbury County.

Jessie Segee (23 Apr 1884 – 6 July 1961) was the daughter of Charles & Violet (Lunergan) Segee and was the resident nurse at the Farraline Home (senior's home on Queen Street) in Fredericton for over twenty years

Thomas Ashburnham, born 8 Apr 1855, was the youngest son of Lord Ashburnham who was head of one of England’s oldest families. Ashburnham served in the 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, a cavalry regiment, earning a lieutenant’s commission at age 26 while serving with the 7th Hussars in South Africa. Upon returning to England he was made a captain in the Expeditionary Force which was sent to suppress the Egyptian Rebellion in 1882. In 1885-86, Ashburnham was in Ireland serving as an aide de camp, then on to India from 1886 – 90 where much of his time was spent as member of big game expeditions. After his army career he came to Fredericton where he met Maria “Rye” Anderson and they married in 1903. Rye was born 25 Nov 1858 in Fredericton and was the d/o William and Lucy Ann Anderson.They purchased two buildings on Brunswick St., #’s 163 & 165, which they had joined by a glassed-in conservatory forming a ‘porte cortiere’ and providing access to lawns and gardens in the rear of the property. Unexpectedly in 1913 he became the 6th Earl of Ashburnham with the death of his last surviving brother, who was childless. They took up residency in England but in 1914 returned to Fredericton as Lady Ashburnham was unhappy, not being accepted by the family, and with the impending World War. Once again here they became the centre of the ‘elite social life’. Lord Ashburnham divided his time between Fredericton and England until his death in 1924 and Lady Ashburnham lived in Fredericton until her death in 1938.

Robert Forbes, born in South Devon on 7 Mar 1911, was a broker in Fredericton when he joined the army on 10 July 1940 and went overseas as a lieutenant and adjutant with the North Shore (NB) Regiment. He rose to the rank of major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his commanding of an assault company on 6 June 1944. After the war he worked with the Fraser Company in Edmundston and retired to Fredericton in 1970. He died on 20 Feb 1999.

Robert’s brother, C. Hedley Forbes, born at Cross Creek on 27 May 1896, served in the First World War with the 8th Field Ambulance and enlisted in the Second World War with the Carleton & York Regiment. For his service in First World War he was awarded the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was first elected Fredericton city alderman in 1931 and later became Mayor. He was also vice president of the Ross Drug Company as well as other working positions. He died on 24 Mar 1979.

George E. Styran born c. 1854 in Sheffield, England came to Fredericton with the military and here married Hannah (O’Brien) Buswell on 3 June 1895. Hannah had a son William Gordon Buswell by a previous marriage who served in the First World War with the Canadian Field Ambulance. Two sons by George also served in the First World War, Thomas “Edward” and Walter Herbert. Thomas Edward born 23 Dec 1897 enlisted in the 104th Battalion CEF in November 1915 and on 14 or 15 Dec 1916, while with the 49th Battalion, was captured and was interned in the POW station at Dulmen, Germany. He enlisted again in the Second World War serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery and died in service on 18 May 1945. Walter also enlisted in the 104th Battalion CEF in Jan 1916. George Styran enlisted with the 4th Pioneer Battalion on June 1916 and after serving in the First World War returned to Fredericton where he died on 27 June 1926.

George Spencer, born 30 Nov 1897, in Moncton. He was the son of druggist George O. Spencer and Agnes H. Stenhouse. He trained as a pharmacist and enlisted in the Medical Corps at Camp Sussex on 26 May 1918. He transferred to the Neww Brunswick Military Hospital in Fredericton where he served in 1918 -1919. He married Edith Zetilla Kerr (daughter of Peter Andrew Kerr and Vida Zetella Gladman) on 22 March 1922 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Peter Young MacLaggan was born in Taymouth on 10 October 1885, son of Myles MacLaggan (1851-1940) and Margaret Young, served with the 26th and 55th Battalions, and the 2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps during the First World War. Peter died in 1966 and is buried in the Fredericton Rural Extension Cemetery.