Dear Alicia, Do you have any information about a man named Jack Hills of St. Catharines who was a Prisoner […]
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Know Your Neigbours – Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns was born into slavery in Virginia in 1834. He ran away from his owner and went to Boston. […]
Ask Alicia – Notorious Criminal or Local Folklore?
Dear Alicia, Over the years I’ve heard a lot of what seemed to be “tall tales” about a local criminal […]
Know Your Neighbours – C. Bruce Hill
C. Bruce Hill was born in Ottawa in 1895 and attended school there until he went to Trinity College School […]
Know Your Neighbours – Mary Cameron Burgoyne
Mary C. Burgoyne, daughter of William Bartlett Camerom Burgoyne, was born in 1920. She attended St. Hilda’s School in Toronto, […]
Know Your Neighbours – Dr. Heime Geffen
Dr. Heime Geffen was born in South Africa on August 3, 1930. He studied medicine at the University of the […]
Know Your Neighbours – John Kretz
John Kretz was born in Merritton on December 7th, 1928, the second youngest of 17 children in a rather […]
Know Your Neighbours – Harry J. Carmichael
Harry John Carmichael was born in the United States on September, 19th, 1891 to Canadian parents. He was an outstanding baseball […]
Know Your Neighbours – Oliver Phelps Esq.
Oliver Phelps was born December 12, 1779 in Simsbury, Harford, Connecticut. He married Abigail St. John on January 16, 1800. […]
Know Your Neighbours – Charles Complin
Charles Douglas Complin was born the son of Montague Russell Complin (d.1955) and Sophia Anne Milner Slack De Cou […]
Know Your Neighbouts – Pte. George Hibben
Institution: CEF Canadian Survey Section George Hibben was born on December 30, 1895 in Dartford, Kent, England. Prior to his […]
Know Your Neighbours -Charles Daley
Charles “Tod” Daley was born to James and Agnes Daley on July 27, 1890 in St. Catharines as the oldest […]
Know Your Neighbours – Prynce Nesbitt
Prynce Nesbitt was born in Merritton in 1908 and was named after a dog his mother once owned and loved. […]
Know Your Neighbours – Dr. Lucius Oille
Dr. Lucius Oille was born in 1830 and was one of St. Catharines most prominent citizens. He served as a […]
Know Your Neighbours – Honourable Harry Peter Cavers
Harry P. Cavers was born in St. Catharines, the son of Harry A. and Laura Mabel Cavers on December 27th, […]
Know Your Neighbours – Dr. Theophilus Mack
Theophilus Mack immigrated to Canada in 1832 with his parents. His father had been a minister of the Church of […]
Know Your Neighbours – Lieutenant Thomas Moor Benson
Thomas Moore Benson was born in Port Hope, Ontario on November 25th, 1833, son of Thomas Benson (1804-1857) and Alicia […]
Know Your Neighbours – Robert Stanley Kemp Welch O.C., Q.C., LL.D., O.St.J., O.L.J.
Robert Stanley Kemp Welch was born in St. Catharines on July 13th, 1928 at the General Hospital to parents Bob […]
Know Your Neighbours – James S. Smiley
James S. Smiley was born in Port Dalhousie on September 19th, 1884. His father had operated a boat works and […]
Know Your Neighbours – Sydney George Chambers
Sydney George Chambers, a man from Toronto who had only been living and working in St. Catharines for 7 months […]
Know Your Neighbours – Charles and Edith Annie Draysey
Charles Henry Draysey was born in Bethnal Green, London England to Charles Frederick Draysey (1862-1929) and Susannah Lineman (1964-1953) in […]
Know Your Neighbours – Richard B. Wright
Author of 13 published novels and 2 children’s books. Richard B. Wright was born in Midland, Ontario on March 4, […]
Know Your Neighbours – Lachlan Ebenezer McKinnon
Lachlan Ebenezer McKinnon was born on September 19th, 1854 in Owen Sound, Ontario to parents John and Elizabeth McKinnon. John […]
Know Your Neighbours – Mary Helen McKean Malcolmson
Mary Helen McKean Malcolmson was born in Ireland in 1864. She immigrated to Ontario with her family where they settled […]
Know Your Neighbours – Reverend Richard Amos Ball
On November 30th, 1845, Richard Amos Ball was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, the son of Henry Ball and […]
Black Soldiers in the Great War
So our people, gratefully remembering their obligations in this respect, are most anxious to serve their King and Country in […]
Know Your Neighbours – Brian Joseph Cullen
Brian Cullen was born in Ottawa on November 11, 1933. He moved to St. Catharines in 1951 when he joined […]
Post Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad is an important part of St. Catharines’ history – but the journey of freedom seekers out of […]
Know Your Neighbours – Estelle Cuffe Hawley
Estelle Cuffe Hawley was born at Cuffe’s Corners, south of Hastings, Ontario sometime around 1894. Her mother was […]
Know Your Neighbours – Ronald Eldon Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon Sexsmith was born on January 8th, 1964 in St. Catharines, Ontario. When he was 17, he began playing at […]
Richard Pierpoint
While St. Catharines is well known as a destination for freedom seekers, escaping slavery in the United States through the […]
Know Your Neighbours – Part 52 FINAL POST – Oliver Seymour Phelps “Junius”
Junius marks the 52nd and final post in the Know Your Neighbours blog series. Thank you to everyone who followed […]
Know Your Neighbours – Dallas Green
Dallas John Green was born on September 29th, 1980 in St. Catharines, Ontario. Green began learning how to play guitar […]
Know Your Neighbours – Sara Bauer
In honour of the IIHF Women’s Under 18 hockey tournament held at the Meridian Centre in January 2016, I thought […]
Know your Neighbours – Edwin Poole
Mr. Edwin Poole 1845 – 1931 Edwin Poole was born in Abingdon, Berkshire, England in 1845. He came to Canada […]
Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 9 – Thomas Rodman Merritt
Thomas Rodman Merritt (1824-1906) Thomas Rodman Merritt was born on October 17th, 1824 in Mayville, New York to parents Honourable […]