Anne and her husband,  Andre,  were founding members of the Marmora Historical Foundation,  along with Gordon & Stella Bennett,  Robert Sanderson and Rev. Donald Rutherford,  incorporating the charity in 1980.  Together they ran the Marmora Law Office and contributed to many of the local councils and boards for over 40 years.  With a keen interest in researching local history,  they stored all the history and artifacts brought into them by local citizenry and soon became known as local historians.  In 1996,  the Foundation finally found its own home above the library,  eventually moving to  a space beside  the bank,  donated by the TD bank.  In 2017,  the Historical Foundation returned to the Memorial building,  above the library.  Anne & Andre have made it their hobby to write this website.  Hope you enjoy it.

GERALD BELANGER –  RESEARCHER

Gerald Belanger,  a longtime resident of Marmora Township,  has always been recognized as a fountain of knowledge when it comes to local history and genealogy. 

"After retiring from the Canadian Air Force of 30 years, I decided to check the local Marmora Herald newspapers for any articles containing my name and any other interesting articles of the past history of Marmora.  To my surprise, I found none.  The fact that my best friend was the son of the local newspaper owner and editor may have worked in my favour.

Fast forward to the year 2016, I have recently donated my vast collection.   Included are five filing cabinets of newspaper items,  letters,  write-ups, documents,  books, photographs, maps and diagrams,  all complimented with volumes of genealogical research and binders of cemetery information.  All this data has been meticulously filed and indexed,   and passed on with the hope that it will enrich the lives of everyone here and further afield.  Hopefully, in the near future anyone looking for detailed and factual local information may now approach the Foundation for history about our area."

This material is available for review at the Historical Foundation in Marmora and during the upcoming years,  it will be scanned and presented right here at www.marmorahistory.ca

 DOUG PRINDLE - VIDEO TECHNICIAN AND ALL ROUND TECHY

Doug Prindle is the creator of all the drone videos on our site.  He is always there for techy help too.                             

Major Contributors

Researchers :    

Sandra Townsend, Allan Stacey  Wayne VanVolkenburg   Louise Livingstone      Bonnie Cole   Brenda Skof  Arlene McKee       

Photos:     

Wayne Vanvolkenburg     Tom O'Neill   Ron Barrons  

Doug Prindle (Advenure Media 360)

Heritage Centre Volunteers  

Wayne VanVolkenburg, Don and Judy Black, Al and Sharon Danford, Dorothy and Glenn Caverly, Judy Backus, Cindy Reid

Lighthouse keepers: Bill & Nancy Neill

Other Past helpers: Terry Bell   Donna Nicholson, Bonnie Devolin      Maxine Bell    Carolyn Kernohan,  Leo Provost                                                   

Thanks to Jenn Bennett Creative Consulting for setting up the website for us in a way that we can manage it ourselves.