Entertainers
Artists
Jack Bishop painter
Matt and Mark Bishop Rothesay brothers who have helped create the award winning children's show, This
is Emily Yeung
Laura Calder cooking personality on
French Food at Home, on Food Network Canada
Kjeld Deichmann potter
Phil O'Donnell songwriter (co-writer of Montgomery Gentry's Back When I Knew it All)
Jamie Roach photographer
Donald Sutherland actor
Katie Swift actress studying with National Theatre School
Athletes
Lesley Armstrong builder in the figure skating community; NB Sports Hall of Fame; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Margaretta Bayley a pioneer in women's golf (Sussex Sports Wall of Fame)
Murray Carr baseball; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Charlotte Ranch Standardbred horse farm
Mike Gallagher of Hampton Chef de mission for Canada's equestrian team to the 2004 Athens
Olympics; the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, July 2007; and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Doug MacAfee the first NB resident to accomplish the rare feat of being part of the 1964 NB/PEI
junior and Willingdon golf teams; hockey player
Cecil McGarrigle golf; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Christian Meier Olympic cycling hopeful for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Peter Myers curling rink 1985 Canadian champions when Myers, third Bill McCready,
second stone Murray Myers and lead stone Richard Sullivan won the Royal Canadian Legion title over Ontario with a 7 win, 1
loss record at the Sussex Golf and Curling Club. Peter and his father, Murray, were the first father and son team to ever
win a national Legion championship. The team is a member of the Sussex Sports Wall of Fame.
Ron Harvey Jr. golfer; he is a member of the Sussex Sports Wall of Fame. Among his accomplishments are 2001 New Brunswick
provincial champion, 2001 East Coast Junior champion, 2001 Atlantic Junior Champion, 2000 and 1999 provincial runner up.
James Howe cyclist; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Joe Lamb hockey player; member NB Sports Hall of Fame; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Alan MacGowan curler; member of NB Sports Hall of Fame
Andrew Miller champion high jumper; member NB Sports Hall of Fame
Zan Miller track and field; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Don Mockler curling rink Mockler, third Jack Mann, second stone Murray Myers and lead stone Frank
Duke were 1986 provincial senior mens champions. They were undefeated 7-0 at the Moncton Beaver Curling Club that February.
Charlene Parlee leading Canadian archer
Tanya Phillips archer
John Quigg speed skating; NB Sports Hall of Fame member
John Ryan basketball; Sussex Sports Wall of Fame
Pierre Turnbull archer
Bart Yerxa hockey
Authors
Joan Clark attended high school and began her working career in Sussex
Dorothy Dearborn several New Brunswick-themed titles
Winnifred Thomson "Knocks at our Door", helped co-ordinate the Spirit of Sussex series; died Aug.
8, 2001, at 85 years
Musicians
* This area is known for the depth of its fiddling talent. Learn more about the men and women who set toes tapping in
Gary Copeland's excellent book, Fiddling in New Brunswick, the History and its People.
ISBN 0-9688105-0-0
To order a copy, contact Gary Copeland, 53 Arthur Street, Moncton , NB E1C 9Y1 Tel: 506-859-9284; email:
sharsc@hotmail.com
Julian Austin This wildly popular country music singer was born in Sussex
Winston Crawford Canadian
champion fiddler; Maritime Fiddle Champion; inducted into New Brunswick Country Music
Hall of Fame (Fredericton, 506-472-7194) in 1991. Has played on Parliament Hill at Canada Day celebrations; helped found
the NB Old Tyme Fiddle Orchestra and has been teaching the fiddle for more than 20 years.
Ken Greer guitarist with Tom Cochrane's band, Red Rider, is originally from Norton
Joan Kennedy country music singer originally from Gagetown area
Aaron Kyte Actor/singer originally from Quispamsis. He will play Gilbert in the popular Gilbert and Anne production in PEI
this summer.
Eugene Morris fiddler
Eve Sakell singer and Highland dancer
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Business leaders
Patricia Allen -- The first female chairperson of the New Brunswick chamber of commerce
Barbour Foods Proud producers of such Maritime staples as King Cole Tea, Barbours peanut butter and a wide range of spices
Hugh McMonagle Hugh McMonagle, the youngest son of Anne Scott and Cornelius McMonagle, was
born at Sussex Vale, Kings County, New Brunswick in 1817. On 16 December 1837 he married Margaret Roach (d. 1859). Following
Margaret's death, in 1860 he married Mary McArthur. His marriages produced no fewer than 9 children, namely, William, James
R., Hugh R., Elizabeth, Beverley, Margaret J., Carrie, Walter, and Maude.
The McMonagles settled at Upper Corner near
Sussex, where Hugh engaged in farming and raising thoroughbred race horses. As well, he operated a stables and an inn known
as Sussex House. Hugh McMonagle also became involved in provincial politics, being elected to the House of Assembly of New
Brunswick in 1856 as a member for Kings County. He died 12 October 1889 at Upper Corner, Sussex, New Brunswick. (information
from the NB Archives)
Bob Osborne leader in the development of hardy plants suitable for the North American climate
Jim Sackville internationally renowned landscape designer specializing in sustainable projects
Sussex and Studholm Agricultural Society North America's oldest agricultural association, dating
back to 1841
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Politicians
Alfred J. Brooks Senator
George B. Jones, Minister of Customs under Prime Minister Meighan
George Leonard, a founding member of Pleasant Valley
Albert W. White, Speaker of NB Legislature, and MP
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Military
Eighth Hussars (Princess Louise's) Regiment Canada's first cavalry unit
HMCS Sussexvale A river class naval frigate built at the time of the Second World War and named after the Sussex area
"The death of Russell C. Hubly took place at Sussex Corner and added another name to the
roll of heroes who gave up their lives for the defence of the flag in South Africa. The deceased was the youngest son of Rev.
A.M. Hubly, rector of St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church at Upper Corner and was in his 25th year. He was
born in Halifax, but when young his parents removed to Moncton, and later to Sussex where they have resided for the past 15
years. He received a common school education and after attending Normal School received a first-class license but, shortly
afterwards received a superior license. In his chosen profession he was very successful and had his life been spared he would
no doubt have taken a leading position among the educationists of the province. Mr. Hubly was in charge of the superior school
at Hampton when the trouble in South Africa broke out. Nothing could prevent him from enlisting and in November of 1899 he
joined the first contingent becoming a member of "G" company. Early in the campaign he contracted phthisis, but continued
in the field through the early part of the march through the Orange Free State. When he got to Bloomfontein he was ordered
into hospital. In July 1900 he was invalided to England where he remained until September sailing for home on that month and
reaching here on October 2nd. Since then he has been gradually sinking and the end came not unexpected.
The deceased was one of the best types of young men which our country produces. Honorable
and upright, clean in character and unimpeachable in morals, his life might well be taken as an example by many. He was a
sincere Christian and lived up to his belief, facing the slow approach of death with a calmness and fortitude truly admirable.
His literary ability was very marked and was shown in his book "G" Company or the Every Day Life of the R.C.R., which was
considered by competent judges the best of its kind written on the war by a Canadian. His letters to the Kings County Record
from the front were always interesting and showed that his inclinations were literary in character.
Death is at all times sad but particularly so in this instance. In the prime of life with
his whole future before him, he met the end, not on the battle field where the exiting joy of strife robs the grim spector
of its hideousness; but in his home surrounded by his family where each day marked the approach of the inevitable. He will
be missed and mourned by all who knew him. His parents and the other members of the family have the heartfelt sympathy of
the community in which the Record joins.
Col. H.M. Campbell, commanding the 8th Hussars completed arrangements by which
the deceased will have an impressive military funeral, Major MacDougall commanding Capt. Oliver Arnold, Lieut. Ralph Markham,
Lieut. H.R. Emmerson and 40 men of the 8th Hussars, of which the deceased was a trooper, will be in attendance.
The 74th Regt. Of Infantry will furnish the band as well as a firing party and a large number of the officers and
men will also turn out. The Newcastle field battery will convey the remains to the grave on a gun carriage in military form.
The funeral took place at 2:30 pm Thursday."
(From the History of Sussex Corner (July 1984), edited by W. Harvey Dalling)
Princess Louise was the much loved horse mascot of the Eighth Hussars (Princess Louise's) Regiment. She was named after
Princess Louise, the regiment's namesake. The mare and her daughter are buried near the Hampton cenotaph.
RCMP District Commissioner Leonard Nicholson, Mount Middleton
Born in Mount Middleton in 1904, he joined the RCMP at 19 years old. He helped create the NB Provincial Police Force
in 1928, before moving on to the NS force two years later. When RCMP took over the NS force in the 1930s, Nicholson started
a career as an inspector, later moving on to Saskatchewan. He would become the first Maritime commissioner of the RCMP, and
described by many of the force's members as the best commissioner it has had.
He is part of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of the British Empire. After his death on Mar. 22, 1983,
he was buried in the RCMP cemetery in Regina.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Lockhart much respected commander of Sussex detachment, later Community Policing
officer for J Division. Retired from RCMP in summer, 2008.
Warrant Officer David Pickett, originally of Coles Island, is prominently featured in a painting
used on Canadian Forces public relations material regarding the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
"A third resident of Sussex Corner who brought honour is James Wade, born in England
in 1909, the son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Wade. He attended the Village Elementary School and graduated from Sussex High in 1928.
A pioneer in the early days of flying, he was a bush pilot in the North and he served
during the Second World War as a ferry pilot flying military planes to Greenland. Also, he pioneered private plane flying
and was K.C. Irving’s personal pilot for several years. He was best known for his many mercy and rescue flights. Before
1943 one could read of airmen rushing serum through the night skies to a critically ill patient, or airmen braving angry weather
hurrying a passenger to the bedside of a dying mother or wife, but even among such illustrations, the following feat of Jimmy
Wade in Greenland stands out like a brilliant light.
Three times he safely landed his amphibian plane on a "dime-sized" spot of open water
in the frigid river, where moving ice-floes and bobbing cakes of ice constantly threatened to crumple the craft, and every
time he managed to take off again without mishap – a demonstration of resourcefulness and know-how that won the unreserved
admiration of fellow fliers. With other aviators he stayed on the job until after Christmas, despite lack of rest, until he
was certain that all survivors had been brought ashore.
Once, before this hazardous rescue mission, he spent three months, including Christmas,
in the Arctic wastes, trying to find his way to civilization after being forced down on a rescue flight. These two deeds perhaps
symbolize the real spirit of Christmas as truly as anything that has happened in Canada.
A green field in ice, an ice-floe off Greenland, drifting ice in the St. Lawrence River
and his residence with his family in Saint John were all "home" to him. He received two distinguished awards for his flying
ability. One was the British Empire Medal; the other, the Distinguished Flying Medal for deeds which few others would even
try.
In recognition of this outstanding man, the Bicentennial Committee of Sussex Corner
had a commemorative monument mounted and set in place on the Sussex Corner School grounds. Ceremonies were held on June 6,
1984, when the unveiling was done by Captain Wade’s widow (the former Florence Lillian Mingo) of Charlottetown, PEI,
and his sister, Mrs. Ronald Bell, Peterborough, Ontario.
Outstanding guests included Mr and Mrs. K.C. Irving and Mr. Henry Irwin, Deputy Minister
of Transportation.
He died at his home in Saint John in January, 1974."
(From the History of Sussex Corner (July 1984), edited by W. Harvey Dalling)
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Community Service
John Candy garden enthusiast and naturalist
Leo Forbes left a legacy of $1 million to the Town of Sussex in 2004 for community projects
Art Goold businessman and community supporter
Ruby Gray tireless volunteer whose accomplishments include serving as deputy
mayor of Sussex, the establishment of the Little Jackie Fund for children with orthodontic challenges, and the launch of the
Relay for Life cancer fundraiser in Sussex.
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