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Student at University of Queen's College, Kingston, Ont.

The Land Boards for the Hesse, Nassau, Luneburg and Mecklenburg Districts were established in 1789 to grant certificates of location to the early settlers in what shortly became the province of Upper Canada. The Boards were formally abolished in 1794, when the procedures for the management of land grants came under centralized control through the Executive Council Office.

Fraternal organization, established in 1850 to honour the Protestant apprentices who successfully defended Londonderry, a Protestant stronghold in norhtern Ireland,against the Catholic forces of James II during the revolution of 1688. King Edward Lodge, Protestant Association of ’Prentice Boys of America No. 30 was first organized in West Saint John, NB probably about the turn of the20th century.

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Herbert Horace Roberts was born in1910, at Toronto, Ontario. He entered the University of Toronto in 1928 and graduated in 1933 from the School of Architecture. He won the Darling-Pearson Scholarship and the Toronto Architectural Guild Silver Medal for Design. For some time he was employed by Craig and Madell Architects. In 1935 he joined the staff of T.P. Bennett and Son, the largest architectural office in the Empire. In 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and their daughter returned to Canada. For one year Mr. Roberts was employed at Defence Industries Limited, Montreal, where he was involved in designing munitions factories. In 1941 Roberts joined the Royal Canadian Engineers as a Second Lieutenant. For some time he was Intelligence Officer at Petawawa as Camouflage Officer with the rank of Captain. He was involved in the development of various camouflage materials designed to avoid detection by aerial infrared photography. In 1942 Roberts was posted to Canadian Army Headquarters in England as Camouflage Officer. Upon his discharge from the Army, the Roberts lived in Westport. From 1947 to 1973 Roberts operated an architecture firm. During this period he designed numerous schools, churches, recreational centres, and public buildings such as registry offices, post offices, homes for the aged, theatres and offices. Roberts died at Perth, Ontario, on October 11, 1983.

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Teacher and local historian, Napanee, Ont.

Local historian and Professor of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

William Hendry Ranson was born January 3rd, 1843 in the town of Bury St. Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, England. He joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1860. He served in Malta and Corfu for a number of years. In 1867 his regiment was moved to Quebec and in 1868 he volunteered with a number of other soldiers to be stationed at Fort Wellingston, near Prescott. He purchased his discharge while serving at Tete-de-Pont barracks in Kingston, Ontario. Ranson went on to work for the Brockville and Ottawa Railway. He eventually married and settled in Prescott until his death in 1928.