- From UELAC Website:
- Rufus Neville was born at the Camden District, Upper Canada, receiving his education at Cobourg Collegiate Institute, Victoria University and the Toronto Law School.
- He was a successful barrister in Toronto. He helped to organize the Empire Club of Canada and served as Vice President of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Ontario.
- He was a distinguished lecturer and writer on topics which related to British Influence in History; The School and the Empire emphasising on Canada as being the most imperialistic nation in the world.
- One of the signers of Petitioners to form a Canadian UEL Association.
- Those who signed the petition to unite the Loyalists across Canada under one organization hailed from seven of Canada’s provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia).
- As third generation descendants; ancestors of the Loyalists who retired to Canada before, during and after the American War of Independence 1775, for their belief or desires, to uphold the pride of the country and the heritage bestowed to them – Unity of Empire – to defend the new nation’s principles. Parliamentary government under the Crown. Ottawa – May 27, 1914, Act of Parliament (Cha. 146, 4-5) the incorporation of the Loyalist Societies into one body “The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada”
- Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7601
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238430785/shorey_johnson-neville
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