Claremont Enquirer
Claremont Residents
Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson
January 3, 1887 - August 18, 1982
Dr. Tomlinson was a valued asset to this community and in early years would travel miles by foot, snowshoe, horse and buggy and later, in a Model T Ford to visit patients in north Pickering. He practiced medicine for 56 years until age 90. He received thanks from hundreds of friends at his 90th birthday. Many lives were saved by this gentle man. He helped the injured and was there at the birth of many babies born in the area. He was also in charge of those with scarlet fever who were quarantined and he stayed isolated in the Masonic Hall until they were well.
Keith Norton
January 26, 1941 - January 31, 2010
Grew up in Claremont as one of the many Nortons, died of galloping cancer.
Keith Norton championed human rights, so that gays, lesbians, seniors, visible minorities and the disabled and poor would be treated equally. Norton, who died at the age of 69, served as both chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and president of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. "At age 14, I told my family what I believed to be the case of my sexual orientation and they were incredibly supportive," he said in 1997, Openly gay – he came out to the public in 1990.
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Tommy Thomson (Artist)
Famous Claremont Resident
Life : August 5, 1877 - July 8, 1917
Born in a house located just outside of Claremont Ontario Canada. Canada's most famous oil painting artist. He did not belong to the 'Group of Seven' but was instead their inspiration, more as their leader and teacher. Tommy left Claremont after 3 months of age, grew up in Owen Sound, and fell in love with Algonquin Park. It was at the Park he drew scenery which truly represents the Canadian Lakes and Trees. He was murdered at Algonquin Park at thre age of 39. His fiance was believed to have been carrying his child, and his murder was made to look like a drowning. The mystery was never solved.