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Articles
(and one book)
This selection
of articles is from the LCGS "Lanark Log" newsletter,
or have been submitted by website users.
Many
additional historical articles may be found in
The
1905 Perth Old Boys' and Girls' Reunion section.
| THE FIRST QUARTERLY RETURN OF LICENSES, ISSUED IN THE BATHURST DISTRICT
FOR THE YEAR 1848. |
| The
Story of the Village of Harper |
By
Clyde Bell, in a paper presented to the members of the Harper
Women's Institute, on November 21st, 1963. Lanark County surnames
noted: ADAMS, BARNES, BELL, BOWES, BROWN, BUELL, BUTLER, CAMPBELL,
CARROLL, CHURCHILL, CUNNINGHAM, DAROU, DEACON, ENNIS, FERGUSON, FISHER,
FOLEY, GALLAGHER, GLASCOTT, HARPER, HUGHES, JACKSON, KERR, LAFFERTY,
LAKE, LEIGHTON, MARGARET, McNEE, MEIGHEN, MENZIES, PEPPER, SHIPERAL,
WARREN, WILSON, WRATHALL.
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| THE
BAILEYS: BATHURST TOWNSHIP |
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From the LCGS newsletter, July & September, 1997.
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| The
Watt Murder Trial |
Transcribed
and submitted by Margaret Bradford. Originally published in
the Perth Courier, April 15th 1864, and published in the LCGS newsletter,
March through October, 1999. Was Mrs. Campbell murdered or
was she killed by a ram? Surnames mentioned: ALCORN, BATESON, BLAIR,
BRAIDEN, BUFFAM, CAMPBELL, CODE, CORRY, DEACON, FRASER, GEMMELL, GILLESPIE,
KILSO, McCALLUM, McDONALD, McLELLAN, MELVILLE, MILLER, MORRIS, MORRISON,
MULLEN, MUNRO, NICHOL, ROBERTSON, ROGERS, SHANKS, SHAW, SKIFFINGTON,
WATT.
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DARLING
TOWNSHIP
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| The
French Settlement in Darling Township |
By Peter Andersen,
from the Lanark Era and the LCGS newsletter. Surnames noted:
CALDWELL, CARDINAL, LALONDE, MACLAREN, MAJORE, MILLOTTE, RANGER,
WATIER.
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LANARK
COUNTY, GENERAL
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| The
Early Legal History of the Bathurst District & County of Lanark
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By an unknown author.
Written about 1900 for the Perth Historical and Antiquarian Society.
Surnames mentioned: ADAMS, ADAMSON, ARMSTRONG, ARMOUR, BAILEY,
BAIN, BAIRD, BELL, BERFORD, BEYON, BOULTON, BROOKE, BUELL, CAMERON,
CLARKE, CODE, DEACON, DENNISON, DICKSON, ELLIOTT, FARRELL, FRASER,
GRANT, GREIG, HALL, HENDERSON, HOGG, HUBBELL, ISBY/EASBY, JAMIESON,
KELLOCK, LAURIE, LEES, Le LIEVRE, LOVE, LYON, MALLOCH, MATHESON, McKAY,
McLAREN, McMARTIN, McMILLAN, McNAIRN, MOFFAT, MORRIS, NORTHGRAVES,
O'BRIEN, POWELL, RADENHURST, READE, RICE, ROBINSON, RYAN, SACHE, SHAW,
SINCLAIR, STANLEY, TAYLOR, THOM, THOMPSON, WALKER, WILSON, YOUNG.
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| The
Establishment of the Bathurst District |
From the Perth Courier,
Dec. 16, 1904. An address given by Charles MacNab, county clerk,
before a meeting of public school teachers. Surnames include: BAKER,
COWLEY, MAY, McKAY, PINHEY, SMIRLE.
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| A
History of the Perth Area |
By J.G. Harvey, K.C.,
1936. The text of a speech to the Lanark Old Boy's Association
in Winnipeg. He names many of the original settlers on the Scotch
Line, etc. but about two thirds of the way through he abandons Lanark
County for the charms of the Consumers' Co-operative movement in England.
Surnames mentioned: ALLAN, BALDERSON, BARRY, BECKWITH, BELL, BRIGHT,
BRYCE, CAMPBELL, CUDDIE, DRUMMOND, FERGUSON, FRASER, GOULD, HAY, HOLDERNESS,
MALLOCH, McCAFFERY, McDONALD, McDOUGALL, McGARRY, McLAREN, McLEOD,
McNEE, MILLER, RITCHIE, SCOTT, SIMPSON, SPALDING, THOM, WOLSELEY.
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| Lanark
County Commerical Directory 1881-2 |
| A transcription of part of a Canadian or Ontario commercial directory,
from a photocopy in the Algonquin College Library, Perth, Ont. |
| Lanark
County Commerical Directory 1936 |
| The directory was transcribed from a photocopy in the Algonquin
College library (Perth Campus). It consists of 70 pages of name listings
and advertisements. |
| The
First Tay Canal |
| By H.R.
Morgan. Reprinted from Papers and Records, Vol. XXIX, Ontario
Historical Society, 1933, and illustrated with some postcard photos
of the Tay. Surnames mentioned: ARNOLD, BERFORD, BY, CAMERON, CUMMING,
FERGUSON, FRASER, GLASS, GRAHAM, JACKSON, LESLIE, MARSHALL, MATHESON,
MOREHOUSE, MORRIS, MOUNTAIN, POWELL, READE, RICHARDS, ROBINSON, SNEDDEN,
TAYLOR, WEATHERHEAD, WYLIE. |
| Lanark
North and South |
| By Michael
Dawber, from the February, 1999 LCGS newsletter. Where is the
line between "North" and "South"? What does it mean? |
| A
Love Story |
By Carol Bennett McCuaig,
from the LCGS newsletter, May, 1996. Surnames: BELL, MALLOCH, ROSAMOND.
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| A
BELL FAMILY HISTORY |
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This document was transcribed by Elaine Kirkham. Some of the data
has been re-arranged and consolidated, but nothing has been omitted.
In some cases the manuscript is confusing, especially as to the
relationship of the children in the Chalmers family.
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| The
Story of Lanark County |
| By Emily
P. Weaver. This is Chapter 26 of her book "The Story of
the Counties of Ontario", published in 1913. Surnames: ARMSTRONG,
McTAGGART, PATTERSON. |
| The
Mammoth Cheese |
| By Dr.
J. A. Ruddick, in a document dated 1943. Dr. Ruddick was responsible
for co-ordinating the making of the Mammoth Cheese and transporting
it from Perth to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and then to England.
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| COMMUNITY
HISTORIES FROM THE WESTERN PROVINCES |
| Community histories published by communities in the
Western provinces are a great resource for genealogists searching
for ancestors who left Lanark County for greener pastures. |
| Mining
in Lanark County |
By an unknown author.
Written about 1900, probably for the Perth Historical and Antiquarian
Society. Surnames mentioned: AGASSIZ, ASPDEN, BAKER, BROWN, COWAN,
DAVIS, DICKSON, GLENN, HART, HUNT, KELVIN, KENYON, KING, LOGAN, MacMILLAN,
MARSHALL, MATHESON, McLAREN, McMARTIN, McPHERSON, MEIGHEN, MILLER,
MITCHELL, MURCHISON, OLIVER, POOLE, RABB, ROBISON, SCHULTZE, WILSON.
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| Old
Photos at the Archives of Ontario |
By Ken Godfrey,
from the LCGS newsletter, May, 1996. Lanark County surnames mentioned:
GEDDES, FARMER, KENYON, MILLER, WATT. Also, Carleton Place,
Christie Lake, Dalhousie Lake, Mississippi River, Otty Lake, Perth,
Tay River.
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| Upper
Canada Military Settlements of 1815-1816 |
By F.H. Dobbin,
and published in The Perth Courier, Nov 23, Nov 30 and
Dec 7, 1923. Transcribed by Ann MacPhail. The story of Irish
Emigration to Canada. Surnames include: CUNNINGHAM, KEANE, ROBINSON.
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| LANARK
COUNTY CEMETERIES AND BURYING GROUNDS |
This list is a combination
of a printed list of the Lanark County Genealogical Society's cemetery
listings and of the cemetery location information on a map in the
LCGS library in Smiths Falls
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THE
TOWN OF PERTH
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The
Duel of 1833
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As recalled by "Mr. Cromwell".
Written about 1900, probably for the Perth Historical and Antiquarian
Society. Surnames mentioned: ACKLAND, BAKER, BOULTON, CROMWELL,
HUGHES, LEES, LE LIEVRE, LYON, PORTER, RADENHURST, ROBERTSON, THOM,
WILSON.
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| A
History of Newspaper Publishing in Perth |
By an unknown author.
Written before 1898, probably for the Perth Historical and Antiquarian
Society. Surnames mentioned: BERFORD, CAIRNS, CAMERON, DRENNAN,
EASBY, ELLIOTT, FERRIER, GEMMELL, GRANT, KERR, LOW, MAIR, MATHESON,
McALLISTER, MITCHELL, NEILSON, POOLE, POWELL, RICE, SHAW, SPALDING,
STANLEY, STEWART, THOMPSON, TULLY, WALKER.
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| The
History of the Perth Baptist Church |
Published in the Perth
Courier, Dec. 15, 1905. Mentions many families who went west.
Surnames include: ADAMS, ALLAN, ALLEN, ASHTON, BELL, BENJAMAN,
BROWN, BUELL, CALDWELL, CAMPBELL, CASTLE, CHERRIE, CLOSS, CONDIE,
COOPER, CORRY, COX, CRAM, CUTHBERTSON, DAVIDSON, DAVIES, DENNISON,
DENOVAN, DICKSON, DORAN, DOUGLAS, DREW, DUNNET, EARSKINE, EWART, FARMER,
FERGUSON, FIFE, FLEMMING, FLINTOFF, FORTH, FRASER, GARVEN, GEMMELL,
GILLING, GOULD, GRAY, GREY, GRIGG, HAGGART, HAMILTON, HAWKINS, HENDERSON,
HOGG, HOLLIDAY, IRELAND, IRONS, JACKSON, KELLOCK, KENNEDY, KERR, KORRY,
LAING, LAURIE, LECKIE, LESLIE, LILLIE, LOCK, LYON, MACKIE, MALCOLM,
MALLOCH, MATHESON, MILLER, MOIR, MONTGOMERY, MOODIE, McADAM, McALPINE,
McCALLUM, McCARTHY, McCULLOCH, McDERMID, McDIARMID, McDONNELL, McDOUGALL,
McEATHREN, McEWEN, McFARLANE, McGRATH, McGREGOR, McKINLEY, McLAREN,
McLEAN, McMILLAN, MacNAB, McPHERSON, McTAVISH, MITCHELL, MUIR, MUTTEN,
NOTT, PORTERFIELD, RADENHURST, RICHIE, RITCHIE, ROBINSON, ROCK, ROBERTSON,
SHARPE, ROSS, RULL, RYAN, SCOTT, SINCLAIR, SMITH, TAIT, THOMPSON,
THORNE, WAITES, WATSON, WILSON, WORDIE.
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| Banking
In The Early Days |
Banking in the early
days of the Town of Perth -- a paper presented to the Perth Historical
Society in 1898. Transcribed by Robert T. Bond. Surnames noted:
ALLAN, BANCROFT, BELL, BOTHWELL, CAMPBELL, DESPARD, DETTRICK, DRUMMOND,
FRASER, FREEMAN, GRAY, HALL, JAMES, KIRKLAND, LESLIE, MAIR, MATHESON,
MEIGHEN, MORGAN, MORRIS, MUNROE, McARTHUR, McFARLANE, McINTYRE, McLAREN,
NESS, POWER, RICHARDSON, ROBERTSON, SHAW, SPALDING, STEWART, THOMPSON,
WELLS, WILSON.
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| The
W. & J. Bell Fractional Currency |
A manuscript dated 1932
by Archibald M. Campbell who mostly quotes an earlier article
by Dr. T.W. Beeman. This is a short history of the private
currency issued by the Bell store in Perth, as a response to the government's
suspension of currency payments because of the rebellion of 1838.
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| The
Centennial of the Perth Settlement |
From the Perth Courier,
Dec. 22, 1916. This very long and spectacularly long-winded article
is mostly a reprint of an article from the Daily Citizen, Ottawa,
1877. There are some minor discrepancies between the 1916 article
and the original. There is a lot of good, basic information here about
the Town of Perth and its early days. Surnames noted: ADAMS, ALLAN,
ANDERSON, ARNOLDI, BEDFORD, BELL, BERFORD, BLAIR, BOULTON, BROOKE,
BURNS, BURTON, CAIRNS, CAMERON, CAMPBELL, CHISHOLM, CONSITT, DAVERN,
DELISLE, DENNISON, DOUGLAS, DRUMMOND, DYNE, ELLIOTT, FERGUSON, FLINTOFF,
FORGIE, FORTH, FOWLER, FRASER, FRESHMAN, GEMMEL, GLASS, GOULD, GRAHAM,
GRANT, GREGG, GREY, HAGGART, HALEY, HALL, HALLIDAY, HARRIS, HART,
HENDERSON, HICKS, HOLMES, HOWDEN, JAMIESON, JORDAN, KELLOCK, KENNEDY,
KIPPEN, LAMOTTIE, LINDSAY, LYON, MALLOCH, MANION, MARSHALL, MASON,
MATHESON, MATHESON, MATHEWS, McKAY, McLAREN, McMASTER, McMILLAN, MEIGHEN,
MICHELL, MONTGOMERY, MOODIE, MORRIS, MORTIMER, O'CONNOR, PERRY, PLAYFAIR,
PORTER, POWELL, RADENHURST, RAINE, RICE, RITCHIE, ROBERTSON, ROGERS,
RUGG, RYAN, SCOTT, SENKLER, SHAW, SPALDING, STEPHENSON, STEWART, THOM,
THOMPSON, THORNTON, TULLY, WALKER, WATSON, WHITE, WILSON, WOLSLEY.
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| Early
Days of Methodism in Perth |
By Rev. Thomas Brown.
This is a transcription of a pamphlet published in 1921 for the centenial
of Asbury Methodist Church. Surnames include all ministers from 1821
- 1921 and most church officials. Too many surnames to list here.
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| Early
Days of the Perth Settlement |
By Mary A. B. Campbell.
A history of the early days of the Town of Perth. Manuscript dated
February 17th, 1898. Transcribed by Charles Dobie. Surnames
noted: ADAMS, BELL, BUCHANAN, DAVERNE, DeLISLE, DORAN, FLINTOFF,
FRASER, FYFE, GEMMILL, HAGGART, HALLIDAY, HARRIS, HOLMES, HUGHES,
JESSOP, KAY, LUARD, MARSHALL, MATHESON, McDONALD, McEVAR, McKENZIE,
McNEE, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, de La MOTHE, NICHOL, O'HEAR(E), PEALE,
PORTER, READE, ROGERS, SINCLAIR, STEWART, TETT, THOM, THOMPSON, WILSON.
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| Early
St.John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Baptisms
- Please note this is not a complete list |
| Early
St.John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Marriages - Please
note this is not a complete list |
| Captain
Anthony Leslie and the Historic Leslie Property |
Undated typescript by
Archibald Campbell, at one time curator of the Perth Museum.
Surnames mentioned: BELL, CARR, JERGENS, LESLIE, McDONAGH, McLAREN,
MORRIS, STEWART.
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| Origin
And Development Of The Perth Museum |
1936 typescript by Archibald
Campbell, at one time curator of the Perth Museum. Surnames mentioned:
AMI, BAIN, BELL, BELL-SMITH, CAMPBELL, DANISON, DAWES, DAWSON,
DOUGLAS, HART, HALL, HARVEY, HOPE, LEGGETT, LOGAN, MAIR, MALLOCH,
McCREA, McINTYRE, McKINNON, MACPHERSON, MEIGHEN, MIERS, MINER, PARK,
PEACOCK, SEGSWORTH, STEWART, WADDELL, WILSON.
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| 1859,
The Year the Railroad Came to Town |
| By Michael
Taylor, former editor of the Perth Courier, and
published in that newspaper in 1987. Surnames mentioned: ALLAN,
BUFFAM, GRANT, MADIGAN, McLAREN, WATTSON. |
| Perth
Old Home Week, 1948 Souvenier Booklet
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June 27th to July 4th, 1948
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LANARK
VILLAGE
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| A
History of Lanark Village |
By Chris. M. Forbes.
Published in the Perth Courier, Dec. 15, 1905 through
Feb. 9, 1906. This is a quite lengthy history full of thunderous and
bombastic prose which is quite often hilarious. It is amazing how
much the English language has changed in the last 100 years. Far from
being the sleepy little village of today, Lanark's history is founded
solidly on a foundation of alcohol, religion and timber. Surnames
mentioned: AFFLECK, BAIRD, BEATTY, BELTON, BLACKWOOD, BOTHWELL,
BOWER, BOYLE, BUFFAM, CALDWELL, CRAIG, DAROU, DINWOODIE, DOBBIE, DRYSDALE,
ESDALE, FERGUSON, FIELD, FOLEY, FRASER, FROST, GEMMILL, GORDON, HALL,
HORN, JAMES, KERR, LAMONT, LEECH, LINDSAY, MAIR, MANAHAN, MARSHALL,
MASON, McALLISTER, McEWEN, McGREGOR, McILQUHAM, McINTOSH, McLAREN,
M(a)cLEAN, McNAMARA, MELROSE, MILLOTTE, MOOREHOUSE, MORAN, MOSTYN,
MUIR, MUNRO, MURDOCK, MURPHY, PEPPER, POLLOCK, ROBERTSON, RYAN, SPALDING,
STANLEY, STEAD, STEWART, SUTHERLAND, THOMSON, TIMMSON, TURNER, WALKER,
WATCHORN, WILSON, WRIGHT, YOUNG.
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SMITH'S
FALLS
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| History
of Fort Hemlock |
Published in the Perth
Courier, May 6, 1904 and credited to the Rideau Record
(Smith's Falls). The trouble over this Smith's Falls building (dubbed
"Fort Hemlock"), resulted in the reading of the riot act. Surnames
include: CARROLL, GOULD, WALL.
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Smiths Falls Record-News The list was produced by scanning a photocopy
of an original directory.
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ONTARIO,
GENERAL
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| Amalgamation
of Ontario Communities |
A table of "before and
after" names created for the LCGS website by Michael Dawber.
Most Ontario communities have just completed or are now in the process
of amalgamating, a situation which will surely complicate future genealogical
research.
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| The
Early History of Marlborough Township (Carleton County) |
Published in the Perth
Courier, Jan. 26, 1906, and reprinted from the Almonte
Gazette. A very terse history, mostly of Burritt's Rapids.
Surnames include: ADAMS, BISHOP, BURRITT, DANIEL, FRENCH, HURD,
LANE, MALLORY, McCARTNEY, PATTON, SEATON, SMADES, SOULES, STEPHENS,
WARD.
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| 1842
Census Headings |
By Mark McGarry.
Most who have tried to read the 1842 census on microfilm have been
defeated by the 123 columns of headings which are usually mis-aligned
and are almost impossible to match with the hand-written entries which
may be several film frames away. Mark has created a Wordperfect 6.1
template which is available for download in either ".zip"
or ".exe" format. A census page is presented here as an example.
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| Fort
Stewart Families (Hastings
County) |
Submitted by Marilyn
Snedden. Originally published in the Almonte Gazette, 1897, and
published in the LCGS newsletter, June, 1999. Surnames mentioned:
ALLISON, BELTON, BOOTH, BOWES, CAMPBELL, DICK, DODDS, GRAHAM, HARVEY,
LANG, MACKIE, MATHER, McARTHUR, McMUNN, RANKIN, STEWART, WILSON.
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| Hints
To Emigrants |
The complete text and
charts of the book by Rev. William Bell, transcribed by his
g-g-g-grandson, Rupert Speyer. This series of 25 letters by
Rev. William Bell plus three letters by his son, Andrew Bell, was
published in Edinburgh in 1824. By selecting the link above, you will
be shown a menu describing each letter.
| A
Short History of McArthur's Mills (Hastings County) |
By Mrs. F. Slater,
transcribed by Elaine Kirkham. First printed in The
Equity, Shawville, Quebec. Surnames mentioned: AIDS,
BARKER, DILLABOUGH, GRANT, HARVIE, KAIN, McARTHUR, PRITCHARD,
THWAITES, TUFTS, WHITE DUCK.
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| The
McArthur Love Story (Hastings County) |
Transcribed by
Elaine Kirkham, first published 1972 by The Equity,
Shawville, Quebec. Surnames mentioned: CUTHBERTSON,
DODS, HARPER, LARIVIERE, MANN, McARTHUR, MacKENCHNIE, McMORIN(E),
NAISMITH, NUGENT, WALKER.
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| MIGRATION
FROM ONTARIO TO MANITOBA |
| Contributed
by Eileen Bashak - |
| Transcribed by
Eileen Bashak, from various Ottawa newspapers of 1879.
Too many surnames to list here. |
- An
Affecting Scene at the Railway Station From
The Ottawa Citizen, March 25, 1879. Describes
the departure of the first train of emigrants to Manitoba.
- The
First Trains For the North-West From The
Ottawa Daily Free Press, March 24, 1879. Lists many
of the families departing.
- The
Manitoba Train From The Ottawa Daily
Free Press, March 25, 1879. Describes the departure
of the first train of emigrants to Manitoba and lists many
more names.
- Second
Manitoba Party From The Ottawa Daily
Free Press, April 9, 1879. Describes the departure
of the second train of emigrants and lists many names. Also
a short item from the April 7 edition of same paper.
- Off
To Manitoba From The Ottawa Daily Free
Press, May 17, 1879. An account of the fourth train-load
of migrants from Ontario to Manitoba. Many names are listed.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Originally published in the Almonte Gazette,
11 March, 1898.
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From
the Edmonton Journal, 12 December 1925. Compiled
by Agnes Hutchings and Nell Hutchings Green in Long Beach,
CA., and submitted by Marilyn Snedden. This was published
in the LCGS newsletter, Sept., Oct. and November, 1998.
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Names
of Persons believed to be buried in the Indian Hill Cemetery
in Packenham in graves the location of which is not known.
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| Sailing
Across the Atlantic Sixty Years Ago |
| Address
by William Currie Dobie, from The Thunder Bay
Historical Society Fifth Annual Report; Papers of 1914.
This is a LINK to another website, so please bookmark
this page and/or use the BACK button on your browser
to return here. |
| Some
Scottish Definitions |
| By Irene Spence,
and published in the February and March, 1999, LCGS newsletter.
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Both ROOTS-L
Resources and Cyndi's
List should be consulted for a complete discussion
of these and other terms. Also, check out this new site by a
doctor. It is still very much under development -- Archaic
Medical Terms for Genealogists.
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