Henri de Montmorency was born in Chantilly, Oise to Anne de Montmorency and Madeleine of Savoy, 15 June 1534. He was the leader of the Politiques party during the French religious wars. He became the Constable of France in 1593.
FCB Crompton served with the Army Service Corps as a Lieutenant. He was demobilized on 13 April 1919. After the war, Crompton wrote Glimpses of Early Canadians: Lahontan (1925).
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of
John Churchill, military commander, was born in June 1650 in Musbury, Devonshire. He was created the first Duke of Marlborough in December 1702. He died on 17 June 1722.
Herb Gibson, farmer, First World War soldier (787167), was born 11 November 1889 to William Russell Gibson (1848-1917) and Euphemia Nairn. After serving in the 42nd Lanark and Renfrew Militia, Herb worked on the family farm in Balderston, Ontario until March 1916, when, despite his father’s wishes he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Trained at Valcartier, Quebec, he was initially appointed to the 110th Reserve Battalion for training and then transferred to the 4th Canadian Division to begin fighting in France. He was drafted into the 75th Battalion to replace their losses on the Somme and he arrived in France in December 1916. In March 1917, he was part of the offensive at Vimy Ridge, where he was shot in the right arm. After recovering in England, he returned to France in November 1917. In January of 1918 he learned that both his parents had died just before Christmas. Then in July, while lying at a listening post at Arras, Gibson was shot in the chest. He would see out the rest of the war while recovering in England and be sent back to Canada to be discharged in March 1919.
Due to the wounds Herb sustained, he was unable to work on the farm as he had prior to the war. He sold his farm and moved to Winnipeg to build houses with his brother. Herbert Gibson and May Bell Keays (1896/7-1999) were married in St. Vital, Manitoba on 10 February 1931, after she had finished caring for her younger siblings. They had two children and returned to Ontario in 1939, where Herb first worked at Batawa, Ontario, and then at the #6 Repair Depot RCAF Station, Trenton until 1955. He passed away on 17 October 1967.
Reuben Jucksch was born on 5 July 1887 to Ernst August Jucksch and Maria Kalbfleisch of Hanover, Ontario. He volunteered for the army in 1914 at the age of 27 and served with the 20th Canadian Battalion. On his attestation paper, he listed his profession as an artist and painted throughout the war despite prohibitions against it. Jukes’ diaries regularly noted his painting and sketching activities. He was sent to the front on 15 September 1915 and was in hospital when the diaries start, but did not indicate why. He reports the progress of the war, gas attacks, the constant noise of bombardments, and the irritation from lice. He remains in Germany and Belgium until February 1919, when he returns to England, and then is sent back to Canada in May of that year. Following the war he worked in Vaudeville both as a set painter and in various acts. He supplemented his income as a sign painter and in 1940 he founded a sign painting business in Kitchener, Ontario. Jukes died in May 1959 at the age of 71.
Moseley Stephen Scarlett was a Toronto-based musician who specialized in jazz, blues, ragtime, and swing music from the early 20th century. Scarlett was a known entity in the industry, and frequently collaborated and recorded with musicians such as Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley, Bruce Cockburn, Marg Stowe, and others.
Scarlett was born in Peterborough, Ontario to an electrical engineer and schoolteacher. At the age of 10 his family moved to Ohio, with Scarlett returning to Canada at the age of 18. Scarlett would marry Anne Tener, with whom he had two daughters, Jessica and Gaelyn. Scarlett and Tener eventually divorced, and Scarlett found a long-time partner in Tina Cohen.
Scarlett routinely played at music events across Canada, and the world. He undertook several tours of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany, and frequented music festivals such as Summerfolk and Northern Lights. Scarlett died in Toronto on 30 May 2019 of leukemia.
Brendan Kennelly, English professor and poet, was born in Ballylongford, county Kerry, Ireland on 17 April 1936. He was educated at Trinty College, Dublin and the University of Leeds.
Frank O'Connor is the pseudonoym of Michael O'Donovan, born in county Cork, Ireland in 1903, and primarily known as a short story writer. He died in Dublin on 10 March 1966.
W. B. Yeats, poet and playwright, was born in Dublin on 13 June 1865. His most popular play is the patriotic Cathleen ni Houlihan first performed in 1902. His poetry includes The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair (1929). Yeats won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He died in Roquebrune, France on 28 January 1939.
Alfred Edgar Coppard, clerk, editor, poet, and short story writer, was born on 4 January 1878 in Folkstone, Kent. He began his working life as a clerk and professional athlete before turning to writing in 1919 using the pen name A. E. Coppard. He is best known for his short stories, "The Higgler" being the best-known. It was published in a pirated, limited edition of thirty-nine by The Chorcua Press, of Chelsea, New York, each copy containing one page of the manuscript, except for copy 1 which contains 2 pages. Coppard published his autobiography, It's Me, O Lord!, in 1955. He died in London on 13 January 1957.
Richard Hoff was born in Breslau Germany on 21 May 1904. His father, Leo Hoff, was born a Jew but later converted to Christianity in 1919. He had already had his son baptized in September 1904. Richard Hoff graduated from Friedrich Wilhelm University, Breslau in 1928 and was appointed as a judge in the Ministry of Justice in 1930. He was dismissed in April 1933 because he was of “Non-Aryan descent”. He later found work as the Manager of the Union of Non-Aryan Christians, Silesian Branch. The task of the Union was to advise and help Christian non-Ayrans who were being oppressed by the Nazis. He also worked as a clerk for various companies. In August 1939 he was able to emigrate to England where he found employment as a horticultural worker. He had hoped to emigrate to Brazil but that did not happen; instead he ended up in Canada in 1940. He was placed in an internment camp in Farnham, Quebec and was later transferred to a camp in Sherbrooke. In January 1943 he was at a refugee camp, Ile aux Noix, St. Paul, Quebec. He became a Canadian citizen in December 1946 and settled in Ottawa, working for the Directorate of Censorship. He married Margaret Bramley in 1969. He died in 1995 at the age of 91.
The newspaper was first published by Lord Northcliffe and was the first paper to produce articles aimed at women. It continues to publish today.
Robert Kirkland Kernighan (“The Khan”) was born in 1857 and lived most of his life on Rushdale Farm, near Rockton, Ont. A farmer and a poet, he wrote for both the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Evening Telegram. The Spectator published his first collection of verse, The Khan’s Canticles in 1896. The Telegram published his last collection, The Khan’s Book of Verse, in 1925. Kernighan died on 4 November 1926.
John served with 1 Land Forces as a 2nd Lieutenant and was also wounded. He returned to service with the 19th Battalion and the Hampshire Regiment, where he served with distinction. When the Second World War began, John joined the Ontario Regiment, Canadian Tank Brigade, in command of the 2nd Company as a captain and served throughout the war.
Cullen served with the Queen’s Own Regiment in the first contingent. He was wounded three separate times at: St. Julien; during the Somme campaign; and at Vimy Ridge. After his convalescence he returned to the Front each time. In 1917 he was assigned to the Royal Flying Corp and was sent to Alexandria, Egypt for flight training. He died in a freak plane crash, 3 February 1918.
Hannah Street Methodist Church Hamilton (Ont.)
The Hannah Street Methodist Church is believed to have been founded in 1892. It was later sold in 1929 and became a Baptist Church, then again in 1949 and became First Christian Reformed. First Christian renovated the building in 1953. It is located at 180 Charlton St. W. The original name of Charlton St. was Hannah.
Major F.F. Arndoli served with 57 Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery while they were in northern Russia, 1918-1919. He went on to serve in the Second World War.
P.F. Cronin, a journalist, came to Canada in 1887 from Ireland in 1887. He first worked for the Toronto Empire and later on for the Catholic Register. Edward Blake (1833-1912) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who became premier of Ontario in 1871 before moving on to federal politics. In 1892 he abandoned Canadian politics for British, serving as the Nationalist member for South Longford in the British House of Commons until 1907. He died in Toronto in 1912.
