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Here are three pictures taken of the students and teachers at the school in Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township (Barriefield is named after Sir. Robert Barrie), Ontario (just east across the Cataraqui River from Kingston). The common thread is that in each class are some of Thomas and Alice Newbury's children. These are from around 1936-1940.

Sept. 1936 to June 1937
Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1936-1937
Back row: Mr. Babcock, Madelene Purtel, Norman Smith, Howard Sweetman, George Warmington, George Newbury, Joe Duggie, Raymond Newbury, Fred Blower, Edward Wright

3rd row: Lorraine Muller, Lillian Norman, Dora Tisdale, Shirley Newbury, Beatrice Norris, Edith Blower, Jean McKinnin, Robert Blower

2nd row: William Newbury, Edward Tryon, Douglas Tryon, June Warmington, Iona Seabrook, Doris McAllister, Margorie Gray, Shirley Gray, June Batty, Dorothy Batty, Clifford McAllister, Robert Morrison, Leonard Norman

Front row: Wesley Green, Melford Green, Donald Muller, Bert Aylesworth, Richard Mundell, Roland Hewgill, William Norris, Melville Clarke, Ernest Muller, Leslie Smith, Thomas Newbury
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Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1936-1937

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Sept. 1937 to June 1938
Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1937-1938
Back row: Leonard Norman, Edward Wright, Norman Smith, Raymond Newbury, Jean McKinnon, Dora Tisdale, Madeline Purtelle, Wesley Green, Roland Hewgill, Edward Bingley (Ted), Mrs. Babcock

3rd row: Richard Mundell (Dick), Melford Green, Hugh Morton, Lorraine Muller, Lillian Norman, Beatrice Norris, Shirley Newbury, Geraldine Redden, Mary Redden, Andrew Morton, Melville Clarke, Thomas Newbury

2nd row: Jack Stewart (Johnny), William Newbury (Billy), Elizabeth Newbury (Betty), Shirley Gray, Marjorie Gray, Phyillis Muller, Mary Batty, Gladys Smith, Dorothy Batty, Mary Morton, June Batty, Doris McCallister, Leslie Smith, Ernest Muller (Tick)

Front row: William Mundell, Charles Morton, Douglas Tryon, Edward Tryon, Donald Muller (Donny), Robert Sears (Bobby), Herbert Norris (Herbie), William Norris (Billy), Robert Morrison (Bobby), Clifford McCallister, Bert Aylesworth

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Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1937-1938

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Sept. 1939 to June 1940
Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1939-1940
Back row: Beatrice Norris, Eileen Holmes, Clara Marlowe, Phyllis Holmes, June Warmington, Roland Hewgill, Lillian Norman, Leslie Smith, Dora Tisdale, William Newbury (Bill), Thomas Newbury (Tommy), Melville Clarke

3rd row: Gladys Smith, Elizabeth Newbury (Betty), Ruth Marlowe, Dorothy Batty, Doris McCallister, Marjorie Gray, June Batty, Bert Aylesworth, Melford Green, Ernest Muller (Tick), Miss Redden

2nd row: Percy Williams, George Daniels, ???, Shirley Gray, Alice Daniels, Lorraine Sears, Phyllis Muller, Gloria Norman, Mary Batty, Emma Jean Green, Joan Gordon, Shirley Williams, Joyce Witherington, Thelma Knapp, Florence Gordon (Floss)

Front row: Donald Muller (Donny), Robert Morrison, Donald McFie, Roy Sharpe, Herbert Norris (Herbie), William Norris (Billy), Karl McCallister, Alfred Daniels, George Tryon, Neil Sears, Clifford McCallister, Robert Sears, Hector Williams, Douglas Tryon (Doug)
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Class picture from Barriefield, S.S. No.1 Pittsburg Township, 1939-1940

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Sources of possible interest:
From Our Roots - Canada's Local Histories Online: City Directories: