Category: Permanent Residents

Adélard Frigon (    -1949)

David Valois’ farm #8 was subdivided and Frigon bought one of the first lots in 1912.  His house was built in 1915. He worked in Montreal and successfully petitioned to have the train stopped in Beaurepaire.

Category: Permanent Residents

Albert Thorpe (1889-1974)

Born in Montreal, Albert Thorpe accompanied his grandfather who worked as a gardener in Beaurepaire for a Montreal family. He made his mind that one day he would move to Beaurepaire.  A founding member of the Beaconsfield Citizens’ Association, he was very active in the community. He was the founder of the Bearcat Hockey team. A soldier in WW1, he was with the Victoria Rifles and Grenadier Guard Regiment. Dorothy Thorpe, his wife, was a war bride.

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Bert F. Henden arrived from England c1905. His father, John T. Henden (1894-1926), built a residence in 1925 and sadly passed away the following year. Bert was employee for CPR at Montreal Telegraph as a male stenographer. As first warden he laid cornerstone of the new Christ Church (Anglican).

Category: Permanent Residents

Christopher Wm Dickens (1885-1945)

Born in Whimbley, England, Christopher Wm Dickens came around 1922 and built his residence. He worked as a railway conductor for the CNR.

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Douglas Bremner , C.M. (1893-1980)

A civil engineer, a philanthropist, Douglas Bremner was named Member of the Order of Canada for his 50 years of charitable services. Among many projects, he helped found and support the Mackay Centre for deaf and crippled children.  He moved to Beaurepaire in the 1956 and lived at 430 Lakeshore.

Category: Permanent Residents

Edward A. Bedbrook (1890-1940)

As an engineer, Edward A. Bedbrook worked for CNR and Dominion Engineering. He is the architect and builder of his residence in 1927, at 78 Woodland Avenue. He was first to have a flush toilet on Woodland.  He built and renovated a few houses, among other things, whatever one had to do to survive the Great Depression.

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Ernest G.L. King (1892 - 1974)

Born in England, Ernest G.L. King came to Beaurepaire in 1929. Married to Irene Ellen Mayo, he was an accountant for Canadian Steel Foundry. He organized the first troop of Boys Scout in 1933. He was an active member of the Beaurepaire United Church, for which he spent 35 years in unbroken service as Sunday School Superintendent. In 1967, he received Canada’s Centennial Medal for his outstanding service to the Community: he served on the Board of the International YMCA, he was active in the Red Cross, he was a member of the CGA and of the Businessmen’s Club.

Category: Permanent Residents

Ernest Neale (1887-1949)

A cabinetmaker and a woodcarver, Ernest came to Canada in 1907.  Some examples of his carving can be seen at the entrance to the Senate Chamber in the Parliament at Ottawa.  Attracted by the lake, he came to Beaconsfield in 1930 with his wife Mabel (1892-1982) and his family to live at 47 Beaconsfield Blvd. He was a soldier in WWI with the 42nd Battalion of the Royal Highlanders of Canada.

Category: Permanent Residents

Francis Gregory and his wife Mary came to Beaurepaire around 1918. He was the first owner on Golf Ave (Elm). In 1918, he wanted electricity, but had to pay $130. George Walsh who lived on Lakeview Boulevard North remembered that the Gregorys were the only family with a phone.

Category: Permanent Residents

A bookkeeper, he came as a summer resident c1923 and then became a permanent resident.  He was a member of the Beaurepaire United Church.