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Fife, Kay
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Kelly Family
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Kennedy family
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John Kennedy and his family followed his son, William Nassau Kennedy, to Winnipeg in the late 1870s. Thomas Chambers is W. N. Kennedy’s father-in-law and accompanied John Kennedy’s family. See article by Elwood Jones, “Historian at Work.”

Lavery, Mary
Pessoa · 1936-2014

Mary Lavery (1936-2014), a graduate from the Wellesley School of Nursing in Toronto, was a dedicated local historian and volunteer with an interest in preserving local history and heritage in Peterborough. She served on several committees but is best known for her involvement with the Peterborough Historical Society, where she was president for three years. She also helped to organize Doors Open Peterborough and further involved herself with the community by serving two terms as a trustee for the Peterborough Board of Education and as a member of the Peterborough Architectural Advisory Committee. Her most significant historical achievement is co-authoring the highly regarded local history book entitled Up the Burleigh Road, and Beyond (2005) with her husband Doug, covering the history of Burleigh and Apsley. The city of Peterborough granted her the Peterborough Betterment Award twice, in 2007 and 2009 and she also received the Award of Merit from the Ontario Heritage Trust.

Mary Lavery was very active in the local historical and heritage community, and served several years as the president of the Peterborough Historical Society. She and Doug were the authors of the highly regarded local history of Burleigh and Apsley, Up the Burleigh Road, and beyond (2005)."

Matthews family
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T. Frank Matthews (1869-1941), son of George and Anne (nee Smithson), He worked for his father George Matthews, who moved to Peterborough from Lindsay, in 1888. The company was Matthews amalgamated with Parker Blackwell Company Ltd in 1911, and then became part of Allied Packers in 1919 and the Canadian operations, Canada Packers in 1927. Frank Matthews was the secretary of the new company and manager of the Peterborough plant, June 1919. Served on Peterborough Water Works board, 1902-1919. Chaired Peterborough Utilities Commission 1914-1919; Peterborough Library Board, 1913-14; Peterborough Golf Club; Peterborough Curling Club. Moved to Toronto, 1919. Was member of the Canadian Club, New York.

Married Martha Stratton, daughter of James Stratton, June 7, 1892. They had three sons and one daughter: Harold Stratton Matthews (d. 1916); Gordon Smithson; Jessie Stratton; James Herbert; George Matthews

Porter, Merle Crawford
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Merle Crawford Porter was an employee of Canadian Nepheline.

Jones, Elwood
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Dr. Elwood H. Jones is recognized both locally and nationally as Peterborough’s historical authority. An archivist since the 1960s, he has worked for the former Public Archives of Canada now known as Library & Archives Canada as well as a number of local institutions including Trent Valley Archives, Trent University and St. John’s Church.

He taught at Trent University, 1968-2006. In addition to Winners, he has published widely on Peterborough history.

Dr. Jones has won many awards for his outstanding scholarship and service to history and culture in the Kawartha region, including the Eminent Service Award from Trent University, the Janet Carnochan Award from the Ontario Historical Society, and, in 2013, a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Performing Arts Lakefield
Entidade coletiva

Performing Arts Lakefield is a non-profit volunteer group that brings an eclectic selection of world-class entertainment 5 times a year to the community of Lakefield.

Dobbin, F.H.
Pessoa

F. H. Dobbin was a newspaperman and historian of great reputation; his son, R. L. Dobbin was a PUC manager.

Pope family
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