Guy Scott writes about local history in the Kinmount area, as well as the history of agricultural fairs in Ontario and Canada.
For copies of these two books, contact the author at gdsscott@mail.com
Category: Non-Fiction
Victoria Ryce
Bethany-area resident and former stockbroker, Ryce is the co-author of The CEO of Everything with Gail Vaz-Oxlade, a book that tackles the challenges that women face when they find themselves suddenly single later in life.
“People like routine,” Ryce said. “When you become uncoupled, all of the pieces of your life shift, and some people don’t know what to do when you normally had four of you playing cards, and there are only three of you now. Other friends aren’t sure whether they can talk about your former partner when they invite you to dinner.
“There is a huge shift for everybody when this happens,” she said. It’s important to be patient when “everyone is finding their way.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/single-is-fun-1.3937349
Ryce’s first book, By Me, About Me is a book of prompts to help the writer put down their life story.
Books:
The CEO of Everything: Flying solo and soaring (2016)
By Me, About Me (1996)
Ritter, Carole
Author of:
- Memories of Omemee
- Down on the Farm
- Chillers
http://www.mykawartha.com/whatson-story/3703917-memories-of-omemee-not-just-another-history-book-/
Richardson, Karen
Located in Lindsay, Karen Richardson is an artist, art instructor, and author of Watercolour Toolbox: Essentials for painting success. Her work is represented by seven galleries across Canada. Her work is also featured in the book, The Artists of Kawartha.
Magahay, Lois (1928-2022)
Author of:
Assets in Ashes
Mayors of the Town of Lindsay
Directory of marriage notices appearing in the Ontario Gleaner, Cannington, ON, 1888-1925 by Lois B Magahay
Directory of birth and death notices appearing in the Ontario Gleaner, Cannington, ON : births, 1888-1925, deaths, 1888-1935
Dunsford Cemetery : Lot 6, Con 3, Verulam Township, Victoria County
Directory of birth, marriage, death notices appearing in Fenelon Falls & Bobcaygeon ON newspapers : births, 1880-1905, marriages, 1880-1920, deaths, 1880-1930
Directory of birth notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1883-1899
Directory of marriage notices appearing in Lindsay Ontario newspapers, including parental information, 1900-1925
Directory of marriage notices appearing in the Woodville advocate & Beaverton express, 1878-1925
Directory of death notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1883-1899
Directory of birth and death notices appearing in the Woodville advocate & Beaverton express : births, 1878-1910, deaths, 1878-1935
Directory of death notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1900-1919
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Cemetery : Lot 23, Con 3, Verulam Township, Victoria County by Marlene Clancy Diamond
Tidbits from our past : “little bits of this and that”
Directory of marriages appearing in Lindsay Ontario newspapers, 1920-1929
Directory of marriage notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1900-1919
Lakeview Cemetery : Kirkfield, lot 43 con 8, Eldon Township, Victoria County
Directory of birth notices appearing in Lindsay Ontario newspapers, 1900-1919
Directory of death notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario newspapers, 1920-1929
Directory of marriage notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1920-1929
Directory of marriage notices appearing in Lindsay, Ontario, newspapers, 1883-1899
Obituary for Lois Magahay
Lois Blanche Magahay (https://www.mackeys.ca/memorials/lois-magahay/2923318/index.php)
August 6th, 1928 – September 14th, 2022
Lois Blanche Magahay passed away at the age of 94 in Kingsville, Ontario on September 14th, 2022. Lois was born on August 6th, 1928 to Marshall Stephens and Blanche Stephens (nee Sisson) in Lindsay, Ontario where she grew up and went to school. On December 26th, 1946 she married Joseph Edwin (Ted) Magahay, also of Lindsay. Together they had three daughters, Sharon Jane, Stephanie Sue and Deborah Joy. Ted’s employment took the family to Parry Sound and then on to Sudbury where Lois was employed by the CIBC, working in Garson and Capreol as a Branch Manager. When Ted retired they moved back to their home town of Lindsay. Ted predeceased her in January 2002. Lois was active in genealogy as a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and held the Professional Learning Certificate from the National Institute of Genealogical Studies and the University of Toronto. She was a founding member of the Friends of the Lindsay Branch Library serving as Fund Raising Coordinator, Speaker Coordinator and Chair (for four years). In 2007 she was designated as a Life Member. She published several books and articles on local and provincial history and her research archives now reside at the Lindsay Branch Library. She will be sadly missed by daughters Sharon Gauthier (Raymond, predeceased), Stephanie Wright (Clifford, predeceased) and Deborah Ethier (Michael), five grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and many friends and relatives. Lois’ family would like to thank the wonderful and caring staff at Chartwell Royal Oak in Kingsville. A Celebration of Life will be held at Mackey Funeral Home, 33 Peel Street, Lindsay on Thursday, October 13th at 6pm. Memorial donations may be given in Lois’ name to a charity of your choice.
Jones, Jean M.
Jean Jones is a workplace mobbing specialist and a passionate advocate for workplace mental health. As well, Jean is a business coach, who will be certified as a Solution-Focused Brief Coach in 2013. Her solution-focused coaching approach empowers clients and reinforces their resourcefulness. Jean received a M.A. at the University of Toronto specializing in organizational change management and business coaching. Previously she directed corporate expansions and project management operations. Prior to change management consulting, Jean directed municipal amalgamation projects, following numerous years of senior municipal administration. For many years, Jean was the administrator, on alternating days, of two municipalities in Central Ontario. She lives in Lindsay, Ontario.
Fleming, Rae Bruce (1944-2022)
From RB Fleming’s website:
R B Fleming (MA, PhD) is a biographer and historian whose published works include two local histories, Eldon Connections (1975) and Argyle, A Pioneer Village (1976); a biography of a Sir William Mackenzie (The Railway King of Canada, 1991); a picture book about Canadians who came out to see King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939 (The Royal Tour of Canada, 2002); and a well illustrated book about Canadian general stores called General Stores of Canada: Merchants and Memories. He has edited several books, including Boswell’s Children, The Art of the Biography (1994), which includes his own essay on Mackenzie; and The Wartime Letters of Leslie & Cecil Frost, for which Fleming wrote an extensive Introduction. His latest book is Peter Gzowski, A Biography, an acclaimed portrait of one of Canada’s greatest broadcast journalists.
Obituary for Rae Fleming
May 17, 1944 – April 25, 2022 (https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/mykawartha/name/rae-fleming-obituary?pid=202015573)
Local historian, author, and lecturer, Rae Bruce Fleming passed away in Lindsay April 25, 2022. Born to parents Victor and Myrtle (Mitchell) Fleming, Rae grew up and lived most of his life in Argyle. He authored several books of local history and biography, among them Eldon Connections: Portrait of a Township; The Railway King of Canada, Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923; Gzowski: A Biography; and most recently edited and contributed to Looking for Old Victoria County and its sequel, More Surprising and Intriguing Things About Old Victoria County. A dedicated world traveller and swimmer, Rae was active in many historical societies and organizations including The Lindsay Canadian Club, The College Community Choir, as well as his book club and “coffee klatch.” Rae is predeceased by his parents and sister Helen (late George) Cameron. He is survived by his niece, Jane (Garry) Veale, great niece and nephews Joanna (Rob) Jeffery, John (Ashley) Veale, and Geoff Veale as well as five great-great nieces.
Thomas Patrick Crowe
Tom Crowe is an author from Lindsay.
As The Crowe Flies
Available for purchase at Lulu.com and borrowing at the Kawartha Lakes Public Library.
News article: http://www.mykawartha.com/whatson-story/5468524-lindsay-s-tom-crowe-has-the-write-stuff/
Dorothe Comber
Born Dorothe Mary St. George Comber on November 4, 1902 in Bobcaygeon, she was the only child of Walter Thomas Comber and Georgina Amelia St. George.
Dorothe attended school at her father’s private primary school, Hill Croft School in Bobcaygeon. She attended school in Lindsay and then progressed to the University of Toronto. She graduated in 1939 and became a teacher in Arnprior and Wingham (Heron County.)
When she retired, she returned to Bobcaygeon, where she lived next door to another Kawartha Lakes writer, Harry van Oudenaren.
Around the time of the country’s centennial celebrations, Comber, with a committee, captured Bobcaygeon’s history in the booklet, Bobcaygeon History: Amy Ellen Cosh Memorial. The book was dedicated in rememberance of Amy Cosh, beloved librarian to Bobcaygeon and friend to Comber.
In 1977, Comber recorded an interview with Doug Tangney, discussing some of Bobcaygeon’s history.
The Hill Croft School was started by Walter and Georgina Comber as a private school for the boy children of the Boyd family. Then, it was a “school for small boys.” When the boys aged, it became a high school, operated by the Combers until 1918. In 1929 the building was reopened and operated as Bobcaygeon Continuation School until 1956. From 1958 to 1976 the building was Hillcroft Private Hospital, owned and operated by Lorne and Orlie Stewart. Then in 1976 the building became Hillcroft Haven retirement home until the 1990s and then it became a medical centre, i.e. a cluster of offices for doctors. Now it stands abandoned.
After the school ceased at Hill Croft, Walter Comber went to teach at Ashbury College and then at the Lower School of Ridley College in Toronto. Walter was born in England in 1874 and had been educated at King’s School, St. Bury Edmond’s and Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the staff at Ridley in 1919 and was considered one of “Ontario’s finest history teachers. The Lower School loved him and would miss him greatly.” (Ridley: a Canadian School, Richard A. Bradley and Paul E. Lewis, 2000.)
Georgina was born in 1870 in Ireland and emigrated to Canada when she was seven. She married Walter Comber in 1900.
Dorothe Comber passed away on November 1, 1982. She left her collection of history about her family, the Boyd family and Bobcaygeon to her friend Harry van Oudenaren.
Book:
Bobcaygeon History: Amy Ellen Cosh Memorial, 1972.
FURTHER:
Bobcaygeon: a picture book of memories, Harry van Oudenaren (1992).
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