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Robert Delledonne
Person · 1932-2002

Robert Delledonne was a local historian whose research culminated in the work, “From Nelson to Lakefield” published in 1999. This collection is rich in social and cultural history of the village of Lakefield in the 19th century.

Heideman, Anne
Person

Anne Heideman was best known as the first Director of the Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives.

Mitchell, Charles
Person

Charles Mitchell was an employee of Outboard Marine Corporation who lived on RR4, Peterborough.

Stephenson, Gerry
Person · 1938-2003

Gerry Stephenson (1938-2003) worked for Bell Canada in Peterborough. After early retirement he turned his attention to the career of his grandfather, John Stephenson, and his identification with the history of the Peterborough Canoe. He was greatly assisted by the ongoing research of Dr Cameron who presented his findings to the Peterborough Historical Society in 1975. Working from this base, Gerry pursued patent records and newspaper and magazine account. In 1987, he published his findings in a Peterborough Historical Society occasional paper entitled “John Stephenson and the Famous ‘Peterborough’ Canoes” (1987). He continued to pursue research on wooden canoes and boats and at his death was pursuing the influence of George Stephenson in Maine canoe-making.

Pammet, Howard T.
Person · 1909-1993

Howard T. Pammett was born in Young’s Point, raised in Ashburnham, and educated at Peterborough schools, Peterborough Normal School, and Queen’s University. His MA thesis on the Peter Robinson settlers, from the Assisted Emigration of 1825 has been serialized in the Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley since May 2000. He taught in the 1930s, and worked for the federal Department of Labour from 1941 to 1970. His major publication projects were the newspaper series, “The Progress of Peterborough,” Peterborough Examiner, 1950-51; Through the Years in Douro (1967); Lilies and Shamrocks: A History of the Township of Emily in the County of Peterborough (1973).

Rose, Rex
Person · 1930-

Rex Rose is a resident of Peterborough who served on the Anson Board of Directors in the 1990s.

Mackenzie, Hugh Blair
Person · 1867-1930

Hugh Blair Mackenzie (1867-1930) was born in Ingersoll, Ontario. The family moved to Brantford where his father, the Venerable G. C. Mackenzie, D. C. L., Archdeacon and rector of Grace Church, Brantford. He studied at Trinity College School in Port Hope. In 1884, aged 17, he found an opening at the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Brantford. Three years later he went to the Bank of British North America. He rose to a position of chief inspector, a position that took him to small places and where he started new branches, including in places for which there are pictures in his albums. For a while he was manager of the branch in Victoria, B.C. and then in 1907 was superintendent of central branches, working out of Winnipeg. He was credited with “nursing infant branches to prosperity.” In 1909, he went to Montreal where he was superintendent of branches. The Bank of British North America merged in 1917 with the Bank of Montreal. He served in many positions before becoming general manager of the Bank of Montreal in October 1929, successor to Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor.