• Baldwin, Honourable Robert A Reformer and participant in the rebellions of 1837 in Upper Canada.

  • Baldwin, Frederick Walker (Casey) A grandson of the Reformer, the Honourable Robert Baldwin, Frederick Walker Baldwin was the first citizen of the British Commonwealth to fly an airplane. The flight took place at Lake Keuka in New York State.

  • Churchill, Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Minto, P.C., D.S.O., M.A., LL.B. Gordon Minto Churchill was a military leader, member of the Manitoba Legislature and a Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

  • Conboy, Daniel Daniel Conboy established a carriage business in Vallentyne in 1860. In 1864 he married the youngst daughter of John Shier II and Catherine Piper. Following a move to Toronto in 1884 the Company build amongst other cars the first bodies for the McLaughlan-Buick vehicles.

  • Groves, Dr. Abraham, 1847 - 1935 Dr. Abraham Groves was the first doctor to perform an appendectomy in North America which was performed on May 1, 1883, in Fergus, Ontario. The Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus, Ontario is named after him.

  • Shier, Henry Clifford Henry Clifford Shier was killed when he attempted to rescue his mother from their burning home. He received posthumously the Carnegie Hero Fund Award for courage.

  • Dr. Philip Bernard Rynard Dr. Philip Bernard Rynard was a medical doctor and surgeon, born west of Udora and practiced in Orillia, Ontario. He was a MP being successful in 7 elections between 1957 and 1974 and while an MP was the personal physician for Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

  • Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce was a medical doctor employed by the Canadian Federal Gov't who wrote a damming report on the Canadian Aboriginal Residentail Schools in 1907. The gov't covered by the report and Bryce was fired by the gov't. After the firing he released the report on his own.