Born in 1861 and died on January 5th 1953.

Juliana was born in Ecclesfield, England on 3 Aug 1841. On 1 June 1867 she married Major Alexander Ewing, with the Army Pay Department, and immediately after the marriage came to Fredericton where Major Ewing was newly posted. Here they remained three years until they returned to England in 1869. After suffering from poor health for some time Juliana died at Bath, England on 13 May 1885. She was an artist and author of children’s literature.

Fred Phillips was born in Fredericton in 1910 and began working for the Daily Gleaner in 1930. A year later, he began working for the New Brunswick Bureau of Information, becoming assistant director in 1939. That year he enlisted in the Canadian armed forces as an army court reporter. After the war he returned to his position with the provincial government and in 1969 transferred to the PANB as the first photo archivist and retired in 1974. He wrote numerous articles on NB topics and was a member of the Shriners’, the Royal Canadian Legion and the York-Sunbury Historical Society . He died on July 5th, 1988.

Fred Coleman (March1847 – 22 July 1901) was born in Saint John and came to Fredericton about 1872 as an agent for the lumber company, Guy Bevan & Co. In 1881 he succeeded Robert Orr as the proprietor of the Barker House Hotel. His reputation as proprietor of the Barker House was continental and enhanced by a mammoth frog that he had stuffed and kept in a glass case at the Barker House. He had found the frog at Killarney Lake where he leased property and built a summer hotel.

Charles N. Skinner was born March 12, 1833, at Saint John--the son of Samuel Skinner and Phoebe Sherwood Golding. He was educated in Saint John public schools, studied law, and was admitted to the New Brunswick Bar in 1858. He settled and practiced law in Saint John. In 1865, he married Eliza Jane McLaughlin.
Skinner died September 22, 1910, at Saint John, and was survived by his wife and seven children.

Skinner was elected to the House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Saint John in the General Election of June, 1861. He was defeated in the election of 1865; re-elected in 1866 and at a by-election in 1867. He resigned his seat in March, 1868, after being made a Judge of Probate for Saint John. In August, 1867, he was sworn in as a member of the Executive Council and made Solicitor General for the province. He retained this position until he resigned in March, 1868. Skinner was elected to the House of Commons in the General Election of 1887, and was re-elected in March 1891. In 1892, he was again appointed Judge of Probate for Saint John, and resigned upon becoming Recorder for the City of Saint John in 1894.

Skinner died September 22, 1910, at Saint John, and was survived by his wife and seven children.

Major-General H. N. Ganong was born on 18 April 1890 in St. Stephen, N.B., the son of Edward Morrison Ganong and Margaret Lunn Ganong. His family had the Ganong Brothers chocolate making business which he joined and in 1909 he also joined the Militia. He served in WW I,
enlisting in the 104th CEF Battalion and later joined the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

After the war he returned to St. Stephen, married Mildred Viola Thomas and had three children, Russell Edward, Constance Margaret and
William Atherton. He remained with the militia and with the outbreak of WW II was a Lt. Colonel and commanding officer of the Carleton & York Regiment that he led overseas. In March 1941 he took command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade and in late 1942 was promoted to Major General. Early in 1943 he came back to Canada to organize and command the 8th Canadian Infantry Division, headquartered in Prince George, BC. Later in 1943 he was placed in command of the 6th Canadian Infantry Division, headquartered on Vancouver Island where he was in charge of the preparation for the invasion of Japan. In December 1944 the invasion of Japan was cancelled and he was reassigned to command the Allied troops in Newfoundland where he remained until he retired in1945. Out of army, he served as honorary aide-de-camp to three Governor General’s, Athlone, Massey & Vanier. From 1955 to1962 he was the civil defence coordinator for the training of civil defence
forces in NB. He was an avid curler, serving as president of the St Stephen Curling Club, the Royal Caladonia Club, and the NB Curling Association. He played on the St Stephen Club rink that won the provincial title. In 1930. Hardy and his wife died in an auto accident returning to St Stephen from Saint John on 24 Feb 1963.

Madge Smith (1898 – 1974) was born in England. Her family emigrated to Canada and Madge settled in Fredericton, working at Harvey Studios and then opening an art shop at 610 Queen Street. Beginning in the late 1930’s she photographed many events in Fredericton and also turned her attention to the St. John River Valley, Miramichi, and the Fundy coast.