Edward Mitchell Bannister was born in 1828 in St. Andrews. His father was a native of Barbados, West Indies. The racial identity of Bannister’s mother, Hannah Alexander Bannister, who lived…
James Gordon
James Gordon was born in New Brunswick between 1801 and 1803. While the identity of his parents is currently unknown, it is believed they came to Canada with the Loyalists…
Mary Mathilda Winslow
Mary Mathilda Winslow was born in Woodstock to Sarah Anne (Dubois) Winslow. She was the first black woman to attend the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She graduated at…
Eldridge Eatman
Eldridge Eatman was born in 1880 outside Fredericton and lived most of his life in Saint John. He was a world-champion sprinter and first world war veteran. Thirty years before Jesse…