Kitty Williamson, a Dutch war bride, married Walter Williamson, in 1945, and arrived in Halifax along with 3,000 other brides in 1946.

Eddie Williamson was one of six sons born to Billy Williamson and his Scottish wife. Eddie grew up in St. Andrew, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and worked there all his life. Eddie Wiliamson bought Beacon Press from Dr. Wallace Broad and both brothers worked at the Press for many years.

Bert Williams was born in England about 1900. In January 1914, about age 13, he left school and took a job as an errand boy for the family butcher. During wartime, he worked long hours at a number of different jobs, including in several cinemas.

About 1918 Williams joined the Bolton Lads Club and the Workers' Educational Society. One of the educational society's primary objectives was to interest members of the working-class in various subjects, one being a play-reading group which presented amateur productions.

By 1949 Williams had married Florence Chadwick, and the couple had emigrated to become branch manager of Manchester, Robertson and Allison Ltd.'s new store located in Fredericton, NB. While in Fredericton, Williams became involved with the University of New Brunswick Drama Society, the Fredericton Players Guild, and the Provincial Drama Festival.

Eventually, Bert and Florence moved to Victoria, British Columbia where Bert became involved with the Victoria Theatre Guild. Over the years his work in the theatre included that of an actor, director, and stage hand. In June 1979 Bert Williams made his last public appearance on stage in the McPherson Theatre, Victoria.

Source: Williams, Bert, Beginners Please, My Life in Amateur Theatre

Source:
Bert Williams

Aerial map belonged to Walter Williamson.

Barrister, judge and school inspector William Wilkinson, the son of Catherine and John Wilkinson, was born in Liverpool, England on 11 February 1826. He arrived in Chatham, New Brunswick in 1840 and initially lived with his half-brother, James Johnson, a partner in the firm Johnson & Mackie. William worked as a clerk in the store and then studied law with John M. Johnson. He was called to the bar in 1849 and opened an office at Chatham. He worked in partnership with Johnson from 1853-1868. In 1850 he married Eliza Bacon (d. 1904), the only daughter of the Reverend Samuel Bacon, and they had six children, Their son William J. Wilkinson (1856-1930) was ordained priest in the Anglican Church.

Well-known in the community, in 1852 William Wilkinson was asked to serve as the first school inspector for Northumberland County. Later he represented the rural deanery of Chatham on the board of King's College at Windsor, Nova Scotia. For more than 30 years he acted as vestry clerk of St. Paul's Anglican Church, and he sat as a member of executive committee of the Diocesan Church Society of New Brunswick.

Wilkinson had a long and distinguished legal career. He served as judge of probate for Northumberland County from 1851-1870. In the early 1870s, he entered provincial politics, running unsuccessfully in the provincial election. Subsequently, he was hired as a solicitor for the Intercolonial Railway and was named county immigration agent in 1872. The following year he was appointed Queen's Counsel. In 1877 he was elevated to the position of judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of New Brunswick, and in 1881 he was named judge of the county court for Northumberland, Gloucester and Restigouche. He retired from public life in 1906, and died at Chatham on 22 November 1918.

Source:
Dictionary of Miramichi Biography, W.D. Hamilton, 1997

Harold was born on 28 March 1928 when the Wilkins family left Cardigan and moved to Nashwaaksis. His parents were John Thomas Wilkins and Fannie Maude (Haines) Wilkins. The Wilkins family were of Welsh extraction. He married Doris Elizabeth Carlisle of Douglas.
Harold served briefly in the navy in 1947, having to leave due to chronic sea sickness. In 1950 he joined the army and after training at Camp Borden he was stationed in Kingston as a cook with the Service Corps from 1950-53, then served in Korea in 1953-54. When he returned to Canada he was stationed at Camp Utopia, NB, then served in Germany from 1955-57. In 1957-? he was at Petawawa attached to an artillery regiment. After being stationed in Halifax and Base Gagetown he returned to Germany with the Black Watch regiment, 1962-65. On returning to Canada he was an instructor at the cooking school at Borden and was commissioned as a Lt. He then was stationed at London and when he retired he was a captain at Base Gagetown. Harold and Doris spent their retirement in Fredericton where they had a house built for them at Forest View Court, then moving to Sunset Drive c. 2010. They have just moved to live at Windsor Court retirement home.

Elmer Wilcox (1900-1982) was born on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. He loved his home, and spent many hours photographing its birds, flowers, and unique rock formations. Around 1962, Elmer and L. Keith Ingersoll (d. 1993) began a collection of natural history materials. Together they were the force behind the building of the Grand Manan Museum in 1967 to display their collections. Both men held positions on the Museum Board and worked in the museum on displays.

The collection continues to grow as articles are donated by curators, archivists, and board members as new research is published.

Lydia Wilcox was born August 8, 1933. She was raised on a small island - Wood Island - in the Grand Manan Archipelago, in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. She moved off Wood Island between 1950-1954. She married Herbert Parker in 1954. They had four children. Herbert died young and Lydia never remarried. She focused her life on taking care of her children and helping others. Lydia wrote children's books in her senior years which depict life growing up on a small island.

Richard Wilbur was born in Montreal in 1926 and maintained a dual career as a teacher of Canadian History and a freelance journalist. He taught history at the Arcadian Academic for 9 years and then after moving to St Andrews taught in Saint John. For 25 years he was a freelance writer which included writing a newspaper column on the Fisheries. He also worked for the CBC newsroom for 4 years, which took him to Toronto, the West Coast and Halifax.

His books include The Rise of the French New Brunswick, The Silver Harvest and The Fundy Weir Men Story, which won the Canadian Historical Association Regional Certificate.
Richard Humphrey Wilbur died on March 31, 2016

Susan Anna Gunhilda Wiggins was born on 6th April 1846 at Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick. She was educated by private tutors, and married E. Stone Wiggins at age sixteen. While living with her husband in Ottawa, Susie Wiggins became embroiled in a dispute with the Anglican Lord Bishop of Ontario over his stated objection to the passage of a measure in Parliament legalizing marriage to a deceased wife's sister. Using the pseudonym Gunhilda, she published letters in the press attacking Archbishop Lewis' position, which attracted widespread attention. She also spoke before a senate committee to urge passage of the bill which eventually became law. She died in 1923.

Sources: Wiggins, E. Stone, The History of Queens County; Canadian Men and Women of the Time, 1912, entries for Ezekiel Stone Wiggins and Susan Wiggins