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Mann, John (family)

  • Family
  • Branch begins in 1798

This collection was compiled by descendants of John Mann, the son of John Mann and Margaret McGregor, who was born in June 1798, probably at Croftentyan, Perthshire, Scotland. The younger John Mann first emigrated to New Brunswick in 1816, arriving at Saint John aboard the "Favorite" on 22 November 1816. Due to lack of funds, he spent his second winter on the Magaguadavic River loading lumber boats. In 1819 he joined William F. Odell's surveying party that was attempting to determine the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. In the summer of 1822, Mann left Magaguadavic to see if better prospects awaited him in Canada. Unhappy with what he found, he returned to New Brunswick in September of the same year.

In 1823, Mann returned to Scotland where he married Margaret McVean. They would have no fewer than seven children: Margaret, Catherine, John, Elizabeth, Harriet, Grace, and Hannah. John Mann emigrated to New Brunswick a second time in 1828 with his wife and family. They settled in the parish of St. George, Charlotte County, where John Mann farmed and built boats. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of St. George. Although his educational opportunities had been limited, he produced two books "Travels in North America," published in 1824, and "The Emigrants' Instructor". John Mann died on 19 February 1891, at age 92. His wife Margaret predeceased him on 20 March 1877, at age 76.

New Brunswick Library Association

  • Corporate body
  • Formed in 1951, disbanded in 1959

The New Brunswick Library Association was formed in 1951 to work for the creation of a New Brunswick regional library system that could provide for interlibrary loans and the systemization of cataloguing and indexing. The association also supported the creation of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Due to low membership and pressure from the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, NBLA disbanded in 1959. Much of the work formerly undertaken by NBLA is currently being done by APLA.

Maritme D-Day Officers' Association

  • Corporate body
  • Organized after 1944

The Maritime D-Day Officers' Association was organized in the 1940s by veterans of the Second World War residing in Maritime Canada who had participated in Operation Overlord or the Allied invasion of Normandy (northern France) on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Originally, the group was known as the Normandy "D" Day (Maritimes) Association. Membership in the association was restricted to all commissioned officers of the Canadian or British Army who had landed on "D" Day or "D plus 1," all Royal Canadian Navy or Royal Navy commissioned officers of "J" Force, and all Royal Air Force or Royal Canadian Air Force commissioned officers of Royal Air Force Groups 83 and 84.

Members of the association met yearly at the commemorative anniversary dinner (Overlord), held at various points in the Maritimes, to enjoy old friendships and to exchange experiences. The Maritime D-Day Officers' Association kept in contact with the other veterans groups, including the D-Day (Normandy) Society and the North Shore Regiment Veterans Association. In 2001 it is unclear if the Maritime D-Day Officers' Association still meets.

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Canadian Regiment

  • Corporate body
  • Regimental history begins in 1883

On Sunday, 13 June 1971, the Second Battalion the Royal Canadian Regiment layed up its colours at a service held in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, N.B. conducted by the Archbishop of Fredericton. Representing the regiment were the Colonel of the Regiment, Major General D. C. Spry; the Commanding Officer, Second Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel G. Scott Morrison; the Adjutant, Second Battallion, Captain A. G. Miller; and Regimental Sergeant Major, Second Battalion, CWO D. B. Reekie. The Colours were given a place of honour in the cathedral.

Canada. Black Watch Regiment (RHR) of Canada

  • Corporate body
  • Regimental history begins in 1862 and continues to present

The Black Watch Regiment (RHR) of Canada has three battalions. On June 6, 1970, the First and Second Battalions participated in the ceremony of Trooping the Colors at CFNB Gagetown, Oromocto, New Brunswick. Colors are the flags or ensigns of a regiment, presented by a member of the Royal Family. Historically the flags were the rallying points of the battalion in action and were paraded or "trooped" before the regiment in order that they would be recognized and provide inspiration for the troops in battle.

Madawaska buildings project (Madawaska County, N.B.)

  • Corporate body
  • 1974

Funded in 1974 under the federal government Opportunities for Youth grant programme "A la Decouverte de la Republique", the Madawaska building project was designed to identify historic or notable buildings in the Madawaska area and to prepare a profile on each. Such profiles were to include names of owners, building plans, a sketch of the location, details of construction, information on the building's history, and photographs. The project workers responsible for compiling the information were, Rodolphe Caron, Luc Albert, Michelle Maltais, Kenneth Babin, Lèo G. Thèriault, Robert Saucier, and Normand Corno. In all they prepared profiles of 26 buildings.

Bell, Kenny (family)

  • Family
  • Branch begins in 1739

This collection was compiled by Edwin Wallace Bell and Dudley Johnson Bell, sons of James A. Bell and Deborah Kenny. The research material it contains forms the content of the book, "Israel Kenny His Children and Their Families" by Edwin Wallace Bell, which appeared in 1944. Well-known New Brunswick historian Lilian M. B. Maxwell supplied the introduction.

Born on 23 October 1739 at Worcester, Massachusetts, Israel Kenny was a pre-Loyalist or Planter who came to what is now New Brunswick in 1767. He settled first at Maugerville, Sunbury County and then at Oromocto. He and his wife Susannah Hood had 14 children, three of whom remained in the Oromocto area, while the others relocated to Carleton County, N.B. around 1800. Israel Kenny drowned in 1791, attempting to cross the St. John River on the ice.

By the mid-20th century, the descendants of Israel Kenny in North America totalled over 2,000. The appearance of "Israel Kenny His Children and Their Families" sparked a revival in the publication of works on genealogy in New Brunswick not seen since the late 19th century.

St. Thomas University (Chatham and Fredericton, N.B.)

  • Corporate body
  • Established in 1910

In 1910, Thomas Berry, the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Chatham in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, invited the Basilian Fathers, of Toronto, to take charge of a school in Chatham (now part of Miramichi) to be called St. Thomas College. The college was to provide education for boys at the secondary and junior college levels. In 1910-1911, there were 34 boarders and 55 day pupils. The Basilian Fathers remained in charge until 1923, when the college was placed under the direct control of the Diocese.

In 1934, the college became a degree granting institution, and, in 1960, changed its name to St. Thomas University. In 1961, high school courses were eliminated. In 1962, the Royal Commission on Higher Education in New Brunswick recommended that St. Thomas University enter a federation agreement with the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and move to Fredericton to share facilities of the UNB campus. The new premises, in Fredericton, opened in 1964.

Source: MC258 calendars

Fredericton Business College Ltd.

  • Corporate body
  • Founded in 1894

The Fredericton Business College was founded in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1894 by a Mr. and Mrs. Young and was run by Colonel W.J. Osborne for 25 years. In 1937 it was destroyed by fire and moved to a more modern facility on Carleton Street. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pond, the new chief administrators, renamed the institution the Pond Secretarial School.

Eventually, well-respected business educator A.B. Lumsden took over management, with the Bank of Nova Scotia acting as chief sponsor and managing partner. The school was incorporated in 1950 as Fredericton Business College Ltd. J. Chester MacRae served as principal from 1955 to 1970. The business college continued until 1978 when it surrendered its charter. Over the period of its existence, the college taught courses and degrees in business and secretarial skills to over 10,000 students, with additional work in accounting and commercial arts.

J.E. McAuley & Co. (Kings County, N.B.)

  • Corporate body
  • Opened prior to 1893

Farmer, merchant, and lumberman John Eakin McAuley, the son of Lucy Patterson (d. 1918) and William McAuley, Jr. (d. 1903), was born in 1857 at Waterford, Kings County, New Brunswick. On 22 August 1882 he married Sarah Patterson (1863-1930) of the parish of Waterford, and they had no fewer than 6 children: Alberta May (b. 1884), Lucy Jane (b. 1886), Thomas Samuel (b. 1893), W. Walter (1890-1989), Sadie Annie (b. 1895), and John Leonard (b. 1898). Following Sarah's death in 1930, he married Jennie B. who survived him.

The McAuleys resided at Lower Millstream, Kings County where John E. operated a farm, a lumbering business, and a general store, The store, which sold dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and lumber, had opened prior to 1893. Sometime after 1906, J. E. McAuley's son, Walter, joined him in the business under the name J. E. McAuley & Co. The store was still operating when J. E. McAuley died on 1 November 1932. The business was eventually taken over by Walter McAuley and continued under the name McAuley & McKnight.

Source:
Kings County Probate Records
Kirk Hill Cemetery Records (Sussex, N.B.)

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