Houston, James Curtis Campbell
James Curtis "Pat" Houston, a mining engineer, was born 19 July 1906 in Toronto, Ontario. Raised in Jordan Station, Ontario, he attended Queen's University and graduated in 1930 with a BSc in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. Houston worked in Manitoba as a bush miner, and later in Sudbury, Ontario. He passed away in 1996.
Kevin Quinn was a student in the Department of History at Queen's University.
Charles Schwier was part of Queen's University Arts Class 1971. He was involved in a number of student publications, such as the editorial board of the Journal and General Editor of the Tricolour. He was also co-editor of Who's Where. Charles was a talented amateur photographer, and a large number of his photographs ended up in the Journal and Tricolour. He was received the Tricolour Society award in 1973 for his work on these publications.
Enid (Goudge) Corbett was part of Queen's University Class of Arts 1962. She received her Honours B.A in Mathematics and Economics. Enid attended the math classes of Dr. Coleman and Dr. Halperin, who were well-known professors in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at that time.
James Peachey was a surveyor, draughtsman, army officer, and artist; probably of British origin; d. 24 Nov. 1797, likely in Martinique. On 3 Oct. 1787 Peachey obtained an ensign’s commission in the 60th Foot under Haldimand’s command. He arrived at Quebec in August 1788 to join the 1st battalion, then mustered at Niagara. By 1790 the 60th had moved to the Montreal region, and Peachey worked under Holland as a deputy provincial surveyor. He was required to amend earlier plans and surveys and to make new ones, including a survey of the rivers St Lawrence and Ottawa above Repentigny in 1793; some of these were compiled into larger plans. On 31 Oct. 1793 he was promoted lieutenant and transferred to the 7th Foot, then stationed at Quebec. A year later the regiment moved to Halifax and in 1795 returned to England. Peachey was made captain 29 July 1795 and transferred to the 43rd Foot on 2 Feb. 1797. His death that year was likely due to an epidemic which decimated the regiment while posted in Martinique.
Shirley Fair Peruniak (née Walroth) was a naturalist, artist, and author based in Perth, Ontario. Born in Sharbot Lake in 1926 to Mabel and Eber Walroth, she graduated from Perth Collegiate in 1944 with a scholarship to attend Queen's University to study history, politics, and economics. There she met William (Bill) Peruniak, and they were married in 1946. Shirley graduated in 1947, and obtained her teaching certificate from the Ontario College of Edications.
She began teaching in Kenora, Ontario until moving to Atikokan, where she raised two children (Geoff and Jain) while teaching history, publishing articles on ornithology, and developing her skills at oil painting. The family moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1967 when Bill Peruniak became Dean of the Faculty of Education. Shirley and Bill separated shortly after the move.
In 1973, Shirley returned to Atikokan and found employment with the Ministry of Natural Resources, first as a tree planter, then as a park interpreter and naturalist. Over the next four decades, Shirley developed her career a historian of Quetico Provincial Park, later undertaking a series of oral histories of the land with the peoples of Lac la Croix. She continued to volunteer at the park past her retirement in 1991, returning frequently to her cabin after moving to Sharbot Lake. Shirley passed away in Perth, Ontario on 31 January 2020.
Elizabeth lived worked at Potterville Hospital as a neonatal nurse in Pennsylvania.