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John T. Cheeseman (1891-1968), businessman, politician and civil servant, was born in Port au Bras, Burin, Newfoundland on 9 August 1891, son of Lawrence Cheeseman. He married Mona Ludlow; they had two sons. Cheeseman died on 22 February 1968.

Cheeseman was educated at Bishop Field College, St. John's and he was employed with his father's fisheries business in the Burin area (1909-23). Circa 1923, he accepted the position of manager of the Burin Import and Export Company. By 1930, he had started the firm Cheeseman Ltd and in 1942 established West Atlantic Products Ltd.

A candidate supporting Richard Squires in the 1919 election, Cheeseman was elected to the House of Assembly (MHA) for Burin (1919-23). He was defeated in the following general election. In 1933, Cheeseman was appointed Chief Inspector of Fisheries, and, in 1934, he became the Chief Fisheries Officer. Cheeseman was named to the Newfoundland Fisheries Board (NFB) in 1936.

In 1956 Cheeseman was elected MHA for Burgeo and LaPoile (1956-63) and for Hermitage (1962-66). He was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Cooperatives (1956-63) in the Smallwood administration, serving as chairman of the Newfoundland South Coast Commission. In an effort to lessen his duties owing to ill-health, Cheeseman was reassigned to the Ministry of Provincial Affairs in 1963 and he finally retired from the House of Assembly in 1966. He died two years later.

Cheeseman was active in the Society of United Fishermen (SUF) and held the post of Grand Master.

L. J. Chollett (fl. 1927-1954) was a general merchant in Flat Islands, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.

Michael A. Clancy (1850-1904), Catholic priest, was born at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland in 1850. He died in Ireland in 1904.

Clancy completed his primary, elementary and high school education in the national school system of Ireland. He was ordained a priest in Newfoundland on 14 November 1871.

Rev. Clancy was initially appointed as curate in Sacred Heart Parish, Placentia, and, subsequently, as a professor at St. Bonaventure's College, St. John's. In 1876 he was transferred to Holy Trinity Parish, Ferryland, as parish priest. In 1883 Rev. Clancy was appointed as the parish priest of Sacred Heart Parish, Placentia (1883-97). During his active ministry there he worked assiduously to promote education through the construction of schools in every section of the parish. He also supervised the erection of a new parish church.

Clancy was a delegate to the National Convention held in Ireland in 1896. He retired from active pastoral ministry and returned to Ireland in 1897.

Clarice May (Burdett) Hopkins (May 24, 1916- ) is one of eight children born to Joshua and Elizabeth Ann (Coombs) Hopkins. She was born in Sandy Hills, married Llewellyn Hopkins and had four children. In 1955, she became involved in the 1st Cartwright Company of Girl Guides and later became District Commissioner.

Clarice May (Burdett) Hopkins (May 24, 1916- ) is one of eight children born to Joshua and Elizabeth Ann (Coombs) Hopkins. She was born in Sandy Hills, married Llewellyn Hopkins and had four children. In 1955, she became involved in the 1st Cartwright Company of Girl Guides and later became District Commissioner.

Michael J. Clarke (1845-1914), Catholic priest, was born in County Kildare, Ireland, in 1845. He died from cancer on 24 June 1914.

From the age of thirteen Clarke attended Carmelite College, Clondalkin, Ireland. In 1863 Clarke entered St. Patrick's College, Carlow, Dublin, to study for the priesthood.

Following the completion of his course of studies at the college, Clark was invited by Bishop Power to serve in the Diocese of St. John's. He was ordained a priest, by Bishop Power on 24 June 1871. Rev. Clark was initially stationed as a curate in Fortune Bay area (1871-73). He was subsequently appointed as a curate in Holy Rosary Parish, Portugal Cove, under the pastoral leadership of Archdeacon Thomas O'Connor. Rev. Clarke was assigned responsibility for Torbay, where he resided, and where he exercised an active ministry from 1873-84. When Torbay was erected as a parish in 1884, Clarke was appointed as the first parish priest (1884-1911). While there, Rev. Clark supervised the construction of a convent, rectory, hall and several schools.

Rev. Clark also initiated the foundation of a Total Abstinence Society for the moral and social betterment of his parishioners (On 8 November 1909, he was awarded $3,000 for a libel action he had taken against a local newspaper, the Plaindealer.) In the spring of 1911 he retired from active work due to impaired health and returned to Ireland, taking up residence in Clontarf, a suburb of Dublin.

Andrew V. Cleary (1774-1829), Catholic priest, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1774, possibly in Bannow parish and possibly in Moxboley townland. Cleary was a nephew of Rev. Nicholas Devereux and an uncle of Rev. Patrick Cleary, commonly known by his contemporaries as "The Dean."

Cleary studied for the priesthood in Ireland and was ordained there. He came to the Vicariate of Newfoundland at the invitation of Bishop Patrick Lambert, arriving in St. John's in June 1806. Cleary's first appointment was as a curate in the old Cathedral parish, St. John's, where he worked from 1806-1810. In 1810, he was appointed the parish priest of Sacred Heart Parish, Placentia, and remained there until his death on 1 August 1829. He was buried in the priests' plot in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Placentia.

Patrick Cleary (1796-1882), Catholic priest, was born at Maxboley townland in the parish of Bannow, Ireland, in 1796. He was educated at Birchfield (the forerunner of St. Kieran's College) in Kilkenny and was ordained at Enniscorthy in 1829 by Bishop Keating. He died at Bay Bulls in 1882.

Cleary completed his primary, elementary and high school education in the local schools, and his classical education in the Minor Seminary at Wexford. His studies for the priesthood were completed at Birchfield College, a forerunner of St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny. While there he completed a full course of studies in Theology, and the other sacred sciences, following which he was ordained a priest, on the 19 April 1829, - Easter Sunday - by James Keating, Bishop of Ferns, in the old Cathedral at Enniscorthy.

Reverend Cleary was recruited by Bishop Thomas Scallan in 1829 and arrived in St. John's in 1830. An uncle, Andrew Cleary, and a great-uncle, Nicholas Devereux had already preceded him as clerics in Newfoundland. His first appointment was as curate to his aging great-uncle, Rev. Nicholas Devereux, at King's Cove in Bonavista Bay. Shortly after, he was assigned as parish priest to Bay Bulls on the southern shore, in a predominantly Roman Catholic area.

Reverend Cleary assumed a major leadership role in the parish of Bay Bulls (which also included Witless Bay) in promoting both ecclesiastical and secular affairs. He was very popular with his parishioners. In recognition of his work, he was appointed as Dean and he was known universally as the "Dean." He built a chapel, priest's house and convent at Bay Bulls and was also an assiduous promoter of schools in the area. Cleary was Chairman of the First Roman Catholic School Board for Bay Bulls Educational District in 1845, and was still a member of the Board in 1862. Cleary was appointed as the first parish priest of St. Patrick's Parish, Witless Bay in 1857, until his death.

Prior to his death in 1882, Rev. Cleary's health deteriorated and he was bedridden for several years.