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First Queenston school and class - 1904

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Black and white photograph of Queenston school children with school principal Charles R. Kilkenny (standing on the left side), taken in front of the old stone school building in 1904.

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The old stone school was built in 1844 and Charles R. Kilkenny was principal of the school from 1891 till the Laura Secord Memorial School was built in 1914-15. He continued as principal in the new school until his retirement in June 1918.

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Reverse- handwritten names: [left top to right down]
"1. C.B. Killkenny 2. Maud Sheppard 3. Nellie Cormish 4. Nellie Sharp 5. Ann Sheppard 6. Alice Trimble 7. Lil Warner 8. Flossie Aldows 9. Sadie Shaw 10. Bertha Muir 11. Marguret Sharp
12. Russell Prest 13. Dana Trimble 14. Frank.... 15. Percy Sheppard
16..... 17. Frank Parnell 18. Earnest Sheppard 19. Charlie Glaring
20. Jim Wadsworth 21.... 22. Jim Sharp 23.... 24....
25. McLeod 26. Luella Lowrey (Clifford) [2nd row, 4th from left] 27. Lillian Saunders
28. Elsie Levitt 29. Arnold...30. Evelin Levitt 31.Warner Jessie
32. Rose Campbell 33. Edith...34. P. Prest 35. Allan Sheppard
36..... 37. R. Sheppard 38. Andrew Wadsworth
39. Reg Sheppard 40. Kellie Page 41. Harry Gadsby 42....43. McLoud"

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