*, John Robson, and Theodore Davie* – Beaven saw resolved many of the issues that

jeweller and watchmaker, and Ann Eliza Gage; m. 22 Dec. 1869 John Calder (d. 1901) in Buffalo, N.Y., and they had seven sons and two daughters; d. 16 March 1914 in Hamilton

.” Beginning as a student, Bishop had published poetry, travel accounts, and fiction in periodicals as varied as the Messenger and Visitor (Saint John), the Maritime Baptist (Saint John

. Frederick Brigden, with his two brothers and two sisters, grew up in an atmosphere that his brother William Henry later described as the “simple, unaffected, genuine religion” of Wesleyan Methodism. John

Davie* administration (1894) and the John Herbert Turner* administration (1898), and finally in opposition to Joseph

included one of the earliest church amphitheatres in Ontario, together with a Sunday school made up of radial classrooms, modelled on the famous Akron plan devised by American bishop John Heyl Vincent

job did not materialize, but in May 1891 Sir John A. Macdonald* hired Campbell as a temporary clerk for $1.50 per day

,” and criticism of them by pro-labour oppositionists would eventually bring down the government of John Herbert Turner* in

CARTWRIGHT, Sir RICHARD JOHN, businessman, politician, and author; b. 4 Dec. 1835 in Kingston, Upper Canada, second son

singing. Her musical talents were much admired and she served as choir director and organist at St Andrew’s Church. Canon John Grisdale, later Anglican bishop of Qu’Appelle, referred to her as “our

DAVIS, ADELINE (Chisholm; Foster, Lady Foster), temperance reformer and author; b

 John. Alice Davis Hart and her husband are considered the founders of the Saint John Jewish community. After their marriage they had moved to

DAVIS, DELOS ROGEST, teacher and lawyer; b. 4 Aug. 1846 in Maryland

DAVIS, JOHN FREEMAN, dance and music teacher; b. 31 March 1835 in Oakville, Upper Canada, one of the six children of Charles

become surveyor general of British Columbia, but he declined. In parliament Dewdney supported the Conservative government of Sir John A

, son of John Douglas and Euphemia Moffat; m. 6 Aug. 1861 Jane Smith of Darlington Township

anglophones from Ontario [see Sir John Christian Schultz*]. Although Riel was prevented from coming home by the dominion

in the “nine hour” movement for a reduction of working hours. In the aftermath of the movement’s failure and the printers’ strike of 1872 [see John

contributions to mission work a dd had been conferred on Holmes, in 1905 by St John’s College, Winnipeg. A gifted linguist, he had mastered the Cree language and his remarkable