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Ella Manuel
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Ella Manuel (1911- 1985) was born in Lewisporte, Newfoundland. Ella was a public affairs broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1953 to 1969. Earlier in her career she had helped female workers in England to organize and assist Jewish Refugee children in the United States, and became a social activist deeply involved in the feminist and peace movements. In 1980 Manuel recieved the persons award the top woman's rights award in Canada, for her activity in local and national womans organizations. She also was involved in lobbying for the creation of Gros Morne National Park, served on the advisory board of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College and was a member of the MUN Board of Regents. Besides writing radio commentaries and many pamphlets on social issues, Manual had several of her fictional works for young people appear in national anthologies. She recieved special recognition for her efforts in attempting to make children aware of her social issues.

Mildred De Shaw
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Mildred (Haviland) De Shaw (1927- ) was born in Cartwright, Labrador. Her parents were Viola May, a church organist, and Bartholomew Haviland, a fur trapper. Mildred De Shaw left Cartwright before she was a year old.

Frank Saunders
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Frank Saunders (1935-1987) was born in Davis Inlet, Labrador, to Gilbert and Eliza (Broomfield) Saunders. At the age of eight, Frank moved with his parents and siblings to what is now Happy Valley, Labrador. He was educated at public schools in Happy Valley and North West River, Labrador. Frank began his working career with the Hudson’s Bay Company and was later employed at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, as well as being self employed as owner/operator of Saunders’ Restaurant. Frank also later worked with the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay for 24 years as a heavy equipment operator and superintendent of Municipal Works and Services until 1987. He resided in Happy Valley-Goose Bay with his wife, Doris (Martin), and raised 3 children. Frank Saunders received a commendation for community service from her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.

John A. Broomfeild
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John A. Broomfield (1909-1976) was born in Big Bay, Labrador. He was educated at the Moravian Mission School and started making his living hunting, trapping, and fishing. Eventually John moved on to working odd jobs with the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Moravian Mission. John Broomfield worked as a tinsmith in several communities on the Labrador coast before moving to Happy Valley as one of the three original settlers of the area. While there he worked on the construction of the base, as well as becoming the founder of the Happy Valley Moravian congregation, for which he frequently served as a lay minister. John eventually landed a job in the USAF sheet metal shop, and became quite proficient in his work, eventually becoming shop foreman. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1956. He was also a researcher and contributor for THEM DAYS magazine. John A. Broomfield died in North West River on February 22, 1976.

F.W. Waugh
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Frederick Wilkerson Waugh (1872-1924) began his association with the Anthropological Division of the Geological Survey of Canada (now part of the Canadian Museum of Civilization) in 1911 as a contract ethnologist. Working in the areas of material culture, food, medicine, ceremonies, ethno-botany and linguistics, his first ethnographic assignment was a study of Iroquoian technology.
F.W. Waugh's early photographic work was undertaken among the Iroquois of the Six Nations Reserve near the city of Brantford, Ontario. Having grown up close to Six Nations, Waugh already had an intimate understanding of the people he now observed as an anthropologist. His use of light and composition and his accuracy in showing the relationship of subject to environment are clear evidence of his respect for the Iroquois people.
From 1912 to 1920, Waugh continued to study the Iroquois, as well as the Mohawk of Kahnawake Reserve in Quebec. He also undertook fieldwork in 1916 which included the Ojibwa of Ontario's Long Lake, Nipigon, Manitoulin Island and Lone Lake (Lac Seul), and between 1921 and 1924 extended his studies to the Naskapi and Inuit of Labrador. By 1923, Waugh had been appointed an Associate Ethnologist with the Geological Survey — a position he held until his mysterious disappearance in 1924. (www.civilization.ca)

Gorden Rendell
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Gordon (Gordie) Rendell, son of Bessie Rendell, was born in Cartwright, Labrador on August 25th, 1937. He moved to Goose Bay, Labrador, at the age of 12 to attend school. In 1955, Goride went to work for the United States Air Force. In 1956, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and returned in 1957 to work as a civilian recreation specialist with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Gordie also Volunteered at the R.C.A.F. radio station at the American Air Base. In 1959, when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (C.B.C) took over the radio station, he auditioned several times before landing a full time position as broadcaster. Gordie held this position until his retirement in March of 1991.

Samuel J. Broomfield
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Samuel J. Broomfield (1852-1938) was born in Groswater Bay and lived in Jack Lane Bay, Hunt's River, Big Bay and Davis Inlet, among other parts of Labrador. He was a trapper and warden throughout his life. In 1912, he wrote a letter to King George V congratulating him on his coronation and sending him a present of a handmade sealskin pouch. This letter was publicized in English newspapers. Broomfield married Eliza Learning (1858-1927) from Paradise River. They had 4 sons and 6 daughters and also raised a grandson, John.

Walter Broomfield
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Walter Broomfield (18-?-1943) was the youngest son of Samuel James Broomfield and Eliza Learning. He was a trapper and fisherman from Big Bay, near Davis Inlet. He married Carrie Anderson and had five children.

George Cartwright
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George Cartwright (1739-1819) was a trader and explorer born in Marnham, England. He was one of Labrador's most reknown early settlers. He voyaged to Newfoundland while a captain in the British army and explored it's interior. He foresaw the extinction of the Beothuk people and the Great Auk due to the assault of Europeans. By 1770, Cartwright had quit his position in the army and joined a partnership with Lieutenant Lucas Perkins and Jerimiah Coglan to trap, hunt, fish, and trade with the Inuit of Labrador. Cartwright had friendly relations with the Inuit and when he returned to England in 1772, a party of seven Inuit went with him, six of which died of smallpox. While residing in Labrador Cartwright wrote "A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador" which contains more information about the environment of Labrador and his daily hunts rather than his business transactions. In 1784, George Cartwright went bankrupt and returned to England and it is unknown if he ever returned to Labrador. He spent his latter years in Nottingham, employed as a barrack-master known as "Old Labrador".