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“Born in Istanbul and recent newcomer to Canada, Cihat Ozturk started his musical career at a young age performing in a host of school choirs. Competing regularly, Cihat’s vocal abilities continued to develop while winning several competitions and gaining national notoriety for his school and choir. As Cihat further developed, his appreciation for traditional Turkish folk songs soon directed him to the baglama. After graduating, he began a rigid training regiment to enhance his vocal and instrumental style and execution. Cihat continued with choir life, where he sang and played Baglama with a newly inspired passion. Simultane- ously, he added traditional folklore dance and theater acting as creative interests. Cihat won the Turkish Folk Music competition for TRT (Turkish Radio Television) which gave him the opportunity to receive professional vocal training from the Conservatory of Music. His love for singing Turkish Folk music served as Cihat’s primary language to express himself creatively. One of the most important factors for his driving passion was his family’s love for music and their support for Cihat’s development. After relocating to Toronto, Canada, Cihat has found new inspiration in teaching Baglama to every race, every culture and anyone who is interested with a mission to support cultural diversity and build a community of Turkish music passionists.” https://smallworldmusic.com/artists/cihat-ozturk/

"Shane Koyczan is a Canadian author and spoken word poet. He teams up with his band The Short Story Long to provide folk instrumentation to several of his albums." https://genius.com/artists/Shane-koyczan-and-the-short-story-long

“Sheesham Crow and Lotus Wight originally came together, as Teilhard Frost and Sam Allison, for the fiddle band Flapjack, in 1998. During their seven years with this group, they discovered their mutual interest in the folk traditions of North America, particularly the American south. Through personal instruction, perseverance and osmosis, they learned harmonica, jaw-harp, flatfoot and song and started playing as a duo. Their musical and creative style is a unique blend of folk music and traditional instrumentation. Dressed in the old style, they play fiddle and banjo as well as an array of other curiosities, including gourd banjos, jaw harps, ham-bone percussion and an invention called the contra-bass harmoniphoneum. This season, Sheesham & Lotus are on tour with a third member, sousaphone player Son Sanderson.” https://deeprootsmusic.ca/2012/06/sheesham-lotus-son/

"Combine Rachel Davis with her close friends, Steppin' n It, and you have a whole new and wonderful musical experience called Shout Sister Shout. Old-time radio fanatics Steppin' In It provide the perfect backdrop for Davis, who possesses a voice that demands attention. With musical influences that range from jazz stylings of Ella Fitzgerald to the soulful pop vocals of Patty Griffin, Davis is a contemporary songwriter who is equally at home singing traditional ballads or Cole Porter or Joe Henry. Although known nationally for its folk repertoire, Shout Sister Shout focuses on old-time American Jazz featuring torch swing numbers alongside bluesy ballads." Mariposa Folk Festival programme, 2009, p. 53

“Hamilton singer and songwriter known across Canada for her high energy shows! At home St James collaborates with Hamilton musicians and friends for all-star fun around town. Blending country, blues and rockabilly, her powerful voice and entertaining style on-stage leave her fans wanting more!” https://hometownhub.ca/listing-item/ginger-st-james/

Sandra Swannell played fiddle and viola for Tanglefoot. She also formed My Sweet Patootie with Tanglefoot member Terry Young. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglefoot_(band)

“Toronto based blues/roots singer, songwriter and piano player, Jenie Thai, is excited to get back to performing live, in-person shows with her band in 2023. In 2019, Jenie supported The Legendary Downchild Blues Band’s 50thAnniversary Tour, including their SOLD OUT show at the National Arts Centre, where she performed alongside Dan Aykroyd, Tony D (MonkeyJunk) and Suzie Vinnick, to fantastic response from the audience for her lights out piano playing and sing on Downchild’s “Trying To Keep Her ‘88’s Straight”. Jenie has performed at numerous festivals, including Montreal Jazz Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Mariposa, Toronto Jazz Festival, and the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival to name a few.Check out one of Canada’s exciting, young up and coming talents with her original material from her latest album “Night On Fire”.” https://www.kemptvillelivemusicfestival.com/jenie-thai

“Established in 2012, The Barrel Boys are a 5-piece acoustic string band based in Ontario, Canada. The band’s sound is built around rich vocal harmonies and virtuosic instrumental playing, and their unique repertoire of original material is informed by their fluency in classic bluegrass, old-time, country, and Americana. Each of the 5 members writes and sings their own songs, making for a wide stylistic range within the band’s sound.” https://thebarrelboys.com/about

"Canadian Folk Music Award nominees The Bombadils, comprised of folk darlings Luke Fraser and Sarah Frank, bring together bluegrass and contemporary folk music with poetic lyrics and classical grace. Canadian arts journalist Bob Mersereau describes their music as "folk tunes done with musical adventure and sophistication" and Elmore Magazine calls it "an enchanting folk romp."" https://thebombadils.com/about

"The Brights is an exciting new duo formed by estbalished singer-songwriters and respected instrumentalists, Don Bray and Alyssa Wright. Roots music, tinged with gospel, country and blues is accompanied by guitar, cello, dobro, accordion, mandolin, and whatever new sounds have tickled their fancy. Bray and WRight have shared their musical stylings an dplayful banter with audiences at the Orilia and Newmarket Folk Societies, Museum on the Boyne, Sunflower Studios, Mersey House, and a variety of house concerts in Ontario and the East Coast." Mariposa Folk Festival programme, 2009, p. 55

“The Austin-based trio of Melissa Carper [upright bass], Beth Chrisman [fiddle], and Jenn Miori [guitar] applies their signature, stunning three-part harmonies to bluegrass, old-time, country and swing tunes of the standard and original variety, pushing and honoring American musical traditions at every step.” https://www.carperfamilyband.com/bio.html

“The Griddle Pickers are an acoustic country and bluegrass band, dedicated to producing organic, homegrown music. Based out of Orillia, Ontario, the hometown of folk hero Gordon Lightfoot and the legendary Mariposa Folk Festival, these musicians have been steeped in the areas diverse blend of musical traditions. The result is The Griddle Pickers, a band that delights audiences with a mix of the traditional and original tunes. The group originated in the summer of 2012, when banjoist Sean Patrick was invited to participate in the annual Arts for Peace rally. Sean assembled a family band comprised of his brother Dale Patrick, girlfriend Sarah Milner, and her father Mike Milner. Realizing their potential as a band, the group formed The Griddle Pickers early in 2013, and have gone on to play various events in central Ontario.” https://soundcloud.com/thegriddlepickers

“Charlie A'Court is a Canadian musician, songwriter and producer. [...] As a five-time East Coast Music Award winner and eight-time Nova Scotia Music Award winner, A'Court has earned awards for Blues, Pop, and R&B/Soul Recordings of the Year, and on multiple occasions been recognised as Entertainer of the Year. A'Court has also received multiple Maple Blues Award nominations including Male Vocalist and Songwriter of the Year.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_A%27Court

“Along with her band mates Andrew Collins, Shane Cook, Tony McManus and Joseph Phillips, Allison Lupton brings to life the best of the contemporary folk music scene in Ontario, while incorporating the Celtic influences that have been such an important part of the Canadian immigrant story as well as her own musical path.” https://stratfordsummermusic.ca/event/allison-lupton-band/

“Ariko, a family band, has transmitted its passion for traditional music (with an emphasis on fiddle and french traditional songs) since 2003. Homegrown in Tiny, Ontario, Ariko features the vocal harmonies and dynamic fiddle stylings of the Lefaive sisters along with a driving rhythm section delivered by their parents.” https://www.prologue.org/performance-items/ariko-online/

“Steve Briggs, is considered a staple in the Canadian music scene. He is a busy band leader and freelance guitarist, performing, arranging and recording with a wealth of artists including Sylvia Tyson, Russell deCarle, Murray McLauchlan, Quartette, the Brothers Cosmoline and Carroll Baker among others. His popular western swing orchestra the Bebop Cowboys has released three albums, garnering many glowing reviews and accolades across the country. Steve is also the director of Kitchen Music Studios, a music instruction studio in the Riverdale area of Toronto, and named “Best Guitar Instructor” in Toronto Life magazine.” https://www.discogs.com/artist/1528407-Steve-Briggs

Band member of the East Pointers. “Their music draws on their own ancestry and that of Prince Edward Island on Canada’s east coast. Six generations of music-making Chaissons preceded them, and their shows are a compelling blend of Scottish, Irish, French and Celtic fiddle tunes infused with Acadian flavours and contemporary folk-pop, played with brilliance and verve. The trio take their name from a small island community called East Point, where Koady worked as a lobster fisherman for 11 years.” https://www.songlines.co.uk/news/obituary-koady-chaisson-1984-2022

“A magician who puts on a show and wanders around with fantastic and amazing surprises.” https://mariposafolk.com/tag/the-amazing-frank-clarkson/

“Guitarist and vocalist Cécile Doo-Kingué is one of Montreal’s most electrifying guitarists, and a favourite of the city’s groove aficionados. Her bewitching, incomparable fretwork and deep, suave voice blends blues, soul and afro-folk to create a signature sound on which one can surf to the end of the world. Born first generation in New York to diplomat parents from the Cameroon, Cécile has lived in France, the United States, and is now at home in Montréal. This meeting of cultures is reflected in the eclecticism of her music – a world blues. She has dazzled with Montreal cult bands Dibondoko and Aliens, played or recorded with the Montréal Jubilation Choir, Bernard Purdie, Tricia Foster, Cindy Doire, Soul City, and United Steel Workers of Montréal to name but a few, and has opened for Manu Dibango and Youssou N’Dour.” https://thefestival.bc.ca/artists/cecile-doo-kingue/

"Steph is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter who is playing Mariposa before her hometown crowd. […] Steph has just recorded her first full-length album titled Blackmail and Love Letters featuring 12 songs, 10 of them written by Dunn herself. Cutting across various musical lines, you could describe her album as folk, pop and country." Mariposa Folk Festival programme, 2009, p. 55

Married musical couple. “For the past few years, the couple have been writing and performing together, heading out in their tour bus (one of many Eaglesmith has owned over the years) to play shows in hundreds of small towns and large cities across North America.” https://kawarthanow.com/2019/03/30/fred-eaglesmith-tif-ginn-market-hall/

“The two-woman French Canadian folk band,. [...]. Kelly Lefaive and Joëlle Westman met in 2008 at the University of Toronto, while the two were studying jazz. Westman said the two of them were put into a combo, or small ensemble, together.[...] [They] didn’t start playing as a band until 2013 [...]. Lefaive grew up in the Georgian Bay area, while Westman is from the village of Tweed. When the pair first began writing songs, they wrote most of the music in Georgian Bay. Many of their early songs had to do with language, as Lefaive is Francophone and Westman is Anglophone. Both of them are bilingual and write songs in both French and English, often combine the two languages in one song.” https://inquinte.ca/story/georgian-bay-band-a-hit-at-the-old-church

"Scarlett Jane is the marriage of the distinctive songs and beautifully haunting voices of Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire. And now, Stranger, their debut recording, captures their strength and their vulnerability. It’s a progressive roots sound which embodies the raw and candid demeanor of Lucinda Williams, the moody sensuality of Stevie Nicks and Nick Cave, and the tender playfulness of Dolly Parton." https://thefestival.bc.ca/artists/scarlett-jane/

Jaron Freeman-Fox and The Opposite of Everything is comprised only of Jaron Freeman-Fox a fidder who studied under the classical violinist Marc Destrube, studied South Asian classical music, and was apprenticed under Oliver Schroer.

“Focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax, this collaboratory brings together some of North America’s most distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle, and reimagine traditional music. The repertoire includes Bahamian sea chanties, African-American a cappella singing from the Georgia Sea Islands, ancient Appalachian ballads, fiddle tunes, and work songs collected from both well-known musicians and everyday folk: sea captains, cowhands, fishermen, prisoners, and homemakers. Collaborators include Grammy-winning singer Tim O’Brien, Bruce Molsky, Margaret Glaspy, Moira Smiley, Brittany Haas, Julian Lage, and more.” https://jaymestone.com/projects/lomaxproject/

“Canadian folk singer and community activist. [...] In 1954, after the departure of Helen Gray, Simone was asked by fellow UJPO member and co-founder of The Travellers, Jerry Goodis, to join the group. That same year, under the direction of Samuel Goldberg, they made their television debut on the CBC program, Haunted Studio. [...] It was after The Travellers appeared on a national television commercial for Molson Canadian Beer that Simone started to doubt the direction of the group. She felt the band had strayed from their "roots" and were more interested in becoming mainstream. In 1969, she left The Travellers due to artistic differences. She was replaced by Pam Fernie.” https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1067533/bio/

“Keith and Sylvia have a very wide-ranging repertoire, strong voices and an uncannily compatible and complimentary styles of delivery, affording an exciting enhancement in duo and produce striking acapella harmony. Keith Kendrick, described as “the man with a voice as sturdy as a five-bar gate” is proud of his Derbyshire roots. Keith and Sylvia also frequently accompany themselves and play lively dance tunes on three different systems of the only English invented musical instrument – the Concertina.” https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk/artist/keith-kendrick-sylvia-needham-2/

"Brought up in a show biz family, Grady Kelneck spent his childhood and adolescence playing in a band with his mother, father, and brother. One of his earliest musical memories is singing in front of 20,000 people for Toronto’s 150th birthday at City Hall. His grandfather, Henry Kelneck, is a musical legend in the Ontario north; Stompin’ Tom Connors even penned a song inspired by him. Over the years, Grady has played in a number of musical outfits, playing multiple instruments, and adding vocals, and songwriting to the projects." https://www.last.fm/music/Grady+Kelneck/+wiki

Rucksack Willies is a six-person old style country band. The front-woman of the band, Angela Hilts, song write for the band.

“The Chocolate Church was the first professional venue that helped Papa Tim launch his career and we are excited to have him return with his eclectic and powerful renditions of R & B classics and some originals. Papa Tim has been described as 'equal parts bluesman and Baptist preacher. His powerful renditions of R&B classics have garnered him critical acclaim throughout Maine. [...] Papa Tim has already developed a huge fan base with the Desperate Man's Blues Explosion.” https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/papa-tim-and-his-desperate-man-s-blues-explosion-returns/113174

Yeshe is a German-born musician with a multi-cultural twist to his music, having lived in Germnay, Africa, Japan, Bali, and South Korea.

“The Métis Fiddler Quartet is a bilingual family ensemble based in Toronto that performs traditional Métis fiddle music all over Ontario.” https://www.metisnation.org/news/fiddlers/ (See also http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/8thfire/2012/01/metis-fiddler-quartet.html.)

Jennifer Wootton Mascall is a dancer, modern dance choreographer, and educator. Mascall was born in Winnepeg, Manitoba on December 11, 1952. She graduated from York University with a BFA in Dance in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Mascall worked and studied in the US and Canada, notably under acclaimed choreographers, Twyla Tharp and Merce Cunningham. In 1989, she established her own dance company, Mascall Dance. Her choreography is known for pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance and has earned Mascall numerous awards, including the Canada Council Jacqueline Lemieux award (1982), a Dora Award (1983), and a Jessie Award (1987). Throughout her career, she has received commissions to produce works for Dancemakers, Winnepeg's Contemporary Dancers, and others. Since 2000, she has continued with her choreographic work, and has collaborated with other artists to produce site-specific performances.

Lawrence 'Larry' Grossman, lawyer and politician, was born 2 December 1943 in Toronto. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1964, Osgoode Hall Law School in 1967, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1969. In 1975, he succeeded his father, Allan Grossman, as Member of Provincial Parliament for the Toronto riding of St. Andrew-St. Patrick. They represented the riding for a combined 32 years, from 1955-1987.

At Queens’ Park, he held numerous Cabinet portfolios: Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations (Sep. 1977-Oct. 1978); Minister of Industry and Tourism (Oct. 1978-Feb. 1982); Minister of Health (Feb. 1982-Jul. 1983); Treasurer of Ontario and Minister of Economics (Jul. 1983-May 1985); Minister of Education and Colleges & Universities (May-June 1985); Provincial Secretary for Social Development (May-June 1985); Government House Leader (May-June 1985).

Following the resignation of Ontario Premier Bill Davis on 8 October 1984, Grossman campaigned to become leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario but lost to Frank Miller on the third ballot at the January 1985 Party Convention. Following the May 1985 Ontario general election and the formation of an NDP-Liberal coalition government, the Progressive Conservatives became the Official Opposition and Frank Miller resigned as Party Leader. Grossman succeeded Miller and became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and Leader of the Official Opposition in November 1985.

He resigned from politics following the Ontario general election of September 1987. Following his exit from politics, he resumed his legal career and served on corporate and charitable boards of directors including the Canada Post Corporation, Stadium Corporation of Ontario, CFMT-TV, Doctor's Hospital, and B'Nai Brith Canada.

Additionally, he was a frequent public speaker, giving talks on topical issues such as politics, education, insurance, financial institutions, and health care. He was the Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor for 1993 at University College at the University of Toronto. He served as an adviser to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader Mike Harris during the Ontario general elections of 1990 and 1995. He was also an avid baseball and Toronto Blue Jays fan and authored the book "A baseball addict's diary : the Blue Jays' 1991 rollercoaster" (Toronto: Penguin Books, 1991). Larry Grossman died in Toronto on 22 June 1997.

William Hay Macdowall Hunter Aitken was born on September 21, 1841. His parents were Robert Aitken and Wilhelmina Day Macdowall (Grant) Aitken. His father was a minister of Zion Chapel of Liverpool.
In 1871, Aitken became the Vicar of Christ Church of Liverpool and remained there for five years.
He was also known as Canon Hay Aitken.

Most likely, Arthur Saunders Gore, 5th Earl of Arran KP (6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901), known as Viscount Sudley from 1839 to 1884, was an Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat.

Lady Adeline Russell (nee Somers-Cocks), the Duchess of Bedford of Penal reform advocate. Education supervised directly by mother Virginia Pattle,wife of Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, third earl of Somers.

"The duchess of Bedford became one of those aristocratic and middle-class Victorian and Edwardian women who distinguished themselves in charity work, one of the few fields of public activity open to women. Early in her married life she led a movement to rescue women who were street dwellers or prostitutes around Victoria Station, London. At this time she was closely involved with the Associated Workers' League, which was concerned with the well-being of women at work."

Chair of Ladies' Committee of the Order of St. John after 1914.

"During the First World War the duchess of Bedford worked on a joint committee of the Red Cross and the order of St John of Jerusalem to provide nursing care for wounded service personnel. Between 1918 and 1920 she helped to establish a Sunshine Home for blind babies at Chorleywood near her home." (The Spectator, 1 May 1920).

For more information, see obituary at: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/1st-may-1920/8/adeline-duchess-of-bedford-a-character-study-t .

May be Richard Blunt, the first Anglican bishop of Hull in the Church of England from 1891 to his death in 1910.

Mentioned in Victoria Welby's published correspondence as attending Harrow School.

[probable identity]
Lady Elizabeth Hay-Drummond (1835–1902). Daughter of Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull (5 April 1785 – 18 February 1866) and his wife Louisa Burton Rowley.

She married Frederick Leopold Arthur(20 December 1816 – 1 June 1878), a British soldier, on 24 April 1856. They had three children:
Frederica Louisa Juliana Arthur (d. 23 March 1946), who married Alfred Darby;
Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, 3rd Bt (1860–1946); and Captain Leonard Robert Sunkersett Arthur, CMG (23 December 1864 – 13 December 1903). Frederick died in 1878 and on 22 November 1883 Elizabeth married Rev. Canon Ernest Edward Dugmore (16 January 1843-10 March 1925), the vicar at Parkstone, Dorset, who also held the office of Succentor of Salisbury Cathedral. She died 24 February 1902.

Constance Jane Munro was the eldest daughter of Henry Monro, a medical doctor. She married Rev. Evelyn J. Hone on 28 July 1870.
Her son, Campbell Richard Hone (1873-1967), became an Anglican bishop.

James Howard Kehler was a successful and innovative advertising executive based in Chicago.
He married Keith Ransom in October 1910. Born Nannie Keith Bean, she was previously married to painter Ralph Ransom, who had died 1908.
He had three children from a previous marriage, two sons Stewart and Gordon and a daughter Elizabeth.
Jim Kehler opened an advertising agency on Fifth Avenue in New York City by 1915.
Described by Nina Cust as "[o]ne of Stanley Lee's 'inspired millionaires'" (OD, 347).
Kehler died 19 June 1923.

Husband was editor of "The Guardian"

Hon. John Amory Lowell (11 November 1798- 31 October 1881) was an American businessman andphilanthropist from Boston. He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin,John Lowell, Jr. (1799-1836), the Institute's endower, died. (Lowell 1899, pp 117-118)

theologian

(1839-?). Daughter of James Dr. Martineau and Helen Higginson.

May be Adolf de Meyer (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_de_Meyer ).

Author of "Some Problems of Existence."

(from Wikipedia entry)

Juliette Peirce (/ˈpɜrs/; d. October 4, 1934) was the second wife of the mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

Almost nothing is known about Juliette Peirce's life before she met Charles—not even her name, which is variously given as Juliette Annette Froissy or Juliette Pourtalai. Some historians believe she was French, but others have speculated that she had a Gypsy heritage (Ketner 1998, p. 279ff). On occasion, she claimed to be a Habsburg princess. Scanty facts about her provide only a few possible clues to her past. She spoke French, had her own income, had gynecological illnesses that prevented her from having children, and owned a deck of tarot cards said to have predicted the downfall of Napoleon. She probably first met Charles in New York City at the Hotel Brevoort's New Year's Eve ball in December 1876.

In her later years, Juliette was described as increasingly frail. She contracted, and eventually died of, tuberculosis. When Charles died in 1914, Juliette was left destitute and alone. She lived another twenty years, dedicated to bringing Charles and his ideas the recognition she believed they deserved. An obituary in Science described her[18] as a "gracious lady" who "lived and passed away...in the distinction of her devotion."

For more information, see Wikipedia entry at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Peirce .

May be: 3rd Lord Radstock, Granville Waldegrave, a missionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Waldegrave,_3rd_Baron_Radstock ) or 4th Lord Radstock, Granvile Waldegrave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Waldegrave,_4th_Baron_Radstock) or 5th Lord Radstock, Montague Waldegrave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Waldegrave,_5th_Baron_Radstock).

Author of "Illustrated handbook to the city and cathedral of Peterborough."

Born Sarah Scott. Eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Scott. Married Joseph Henry Shorthouse at the Friends' meeting-house in Warwick on 19 August 1857. Converted with husband to the Church of England in 1861. Died in 1909.

Founder of the Christian Kingdom Society.