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Obituary Edna Marion Millie 1925 – 2023 Surrounded by love, Edna Marion Millie passed away February 3rd in her 98th year in Toronto. Born in Bath, New Brunswick in July 1925 Edna married Irvine Millie of Glassville in 1949. Edna was a loving wife to the late Irvine for 68 […]
Most of the families who came to Canada from Scotland seem to have done so to escape the difficult conditions they faced in rural areas of Scotland, with little hope of owning property or their own land. Edward Douglas Martin and Martha McKay Martin were in somewhat different circumstances. They […]
William Tweedie and his wife Elizabeth were early settlers in East Glassville, granted Lot 60 in 1869. William would have been in his forties at that time. William died February 27, 1896 at East Glassville. According to his death registration, he was 74 years old, born about 1822 “at or […]
Few of the Glassville settlers had any military training or experience, however Richard Port was the exception. He served in the British Army for thirty years, retiring on pension in 1861. He came to Glassville with the first settlers, bringing four children by his first wife, his second wife, and […]
(News clipping, source unknown, likely published 1902 or 1903) Transcription A very successful entertainment was given on Empire Day by Miss Phoebe Hartt and the pupils of her school. The programme for the evening was as follows: song, Rally Around the Flag, by scholars; recitation, Empire Day, by scholars; song, […]
The Glassville United Church was located at the intersection of Route 107 and Route 580. A Presbyterian Church was constructed on the site in 1867 by the Scottish settlers of the area. The Church building shown here was dedicated in March 1903 and de-consecrated in May 2008. The building was […]
The Glassville United Church was located at the intersection of Route 107 and Route 580. A Presbyterian Church was constructed on the site in 1867 by the Scottish settlers of the area. The Church building shown here was dedicated in March 1903 and de-consecrated in May 2008. The building was […]
Mr. Walter Adam of Fredericton gave a presentation on the origins of the Glassville settlement on June 8, 1979 to the members of the Glassville Branch of the Carleton County Historical Society. The presentation was apparently based upon research by Mr. Adams for a proposed book. It is unknown if […]
Transcription THE OBSERVER, Hartland, N.B. Glassville Historical Society A meeting of the Glassville Branch of the Carleton County Historical Society was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Martinson. Those present besides members from Glassville were Mrs. Gerald McIntosh and Mrs. James Lockhart, Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser […]