A Digital History of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Canada, Including the Cities of Ottawa and

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A Digital History of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Canada, Including the Cities of Ottawa and Hull / GatineauYou can use the Search Engine below to find keywords. For example, surnames of your ancestors (E.G. Sullivan) or geographical areas (E.G. Tipperary, Glebe, etc.), or subject areas (E.G. famine, canal, mayor). People of the Algonquin First Nation have been in the Ottawa, Canada area since time immemorial.(Source: Since Time Immemorial: "Our Story")The former City of Hull, Quebec was first settled in the year 1800 by Philemon Wright who came from Woburn, Massachussets.The Town of Bytown became the City of Ottawa on January 1, 1855.The City of Ottawa, Ontario became the capital of Canada on July 1, 1867.Today, the Ottawa / Gatineau region is the fourth largest urban area in Canada.Where is Bytown / Ottawa / Gatineau ?In 1862, the English novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) witnessed the early stage of the construction of our Parliament Buildings and reportedI know of no modern Gothic purer of its kind or less sullied with fictitious ornamentation. Our own Houses of Parliament (in London) are very fine, butit is, I believe, generally felt that the ornamentation is too minute; and moreover, it may be questioned whether perpindicular Gothic is capable of the highest nobility which architecture can achieve. I do not pretend to say that these Canadian public buildings will reach that highest nobility, they must be finished before any final judgment can be pronounced; but I do feel very certain that the final judgment will be greatly in their favour.Source: Donald Smallery and Bradford Allen Booth, eds., Trollope, North America, New York, Knopf, 1951, page 72.The name "Ottawa" is a misnomer. It refers to the Ottawa Indian Nation whose home was in the northern Lake Huron area and Manitoulin Island area.The Ottawa Indians were in control of the Ottawa River Watershed only briefly - between 1681 and 1686. For the rest of our history, the Algonquin Nation has been located in the Ottawa area, from at least 1,000 B.C. to the present time.Thanks to the the hundreds of contributors to this site it includes early folks of First Nations, English, Irish, Scottish, French, Jewish, German, Polish, Italian, Vietnamese, Ukranian, Chinese and American origin.If you are researching your UEL ancestors in the Ottawa area, try a search on our web site for "UEL", no quotes.Here is a reference to the Sir Guy Carleton Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada.The City of Ottawa main Immigration Web page .Ici, on parle fran ais et r cherche aussi les histoires des familles fran aises.The Ordnance Department kept a list of property holders in Bytown in 1835. These are some of our earliest settlers.In the early 1850's, a French-Canadian group formed L'Institut Canadien Français d'Ottawa. This organization consisted ofprofessionals and intellectuals who met for discussions and lectures regarding a wide range of ideas.The year 2012 is the 160'th anniversary of the L'Institut. The family of Antoine MORIN and Domithilde Blais came from Quebec to the City of Ottawa.The Algonquin Nation populated the Ottawa and Gatineau Valleys for thousands of years, before the firstwhite settler (Philemon Wright) came to the north side of the Ottawa River from Woburn, Massachussetts, USA in the year 1800.The first black man to arrive in Hull was London Oxford who came with the Philemon Wright group in 1800. The first black family to arrive in Bytown / Ottawa seems to have been Perry Adams and his wife Henrietta Joyce who baptized their child, Frances, in Bytown in 1844 at Notre Dame Cathedral on Sussex Drive.If your ancestors were black, you can record their history (including old photos) on our Black History web page.In the late 1970's, Vietnamese "Boat People" began arriving in the Ottawa area. For over two hundred years, Ottawa has been a city and region built by immigrants.Here is a list of persons who were born in Germany and who were in Ottawa in time for the 1881 census. Immigrants from Germany began arriving in the nation's capital area about the time of Confederation. Simultaneously, a lot of German pioneers settled in Renfrew County. The Romhild family settled in both Renfrew and Ottawa.Italian families began arriving in Ottawa in the 1880's.Paul-Antoine Lavoie has a web site for his LAVOIE and WHISSEL ancestorsin the Ottawa and Gatineau area. It also contains a lot of information regardingearly Quebec and Montreal area history and genealogy. The early family of Joseph Vezinaand Elizabeth Dupuis were in Bytown by 1829. This family settled in what is now Orleans.To add your genealogy or local history research interests to this Web Site, e-mail Al Lewis. Your surname interests will be posted to a separate web page on this site and your e-mail address will be included on the page as a contact to exchange information with other researchers. This web site is a good place to record your family history, including your text and photographs. Note: There are many contributors to this Web Site and information found here is for personal and non-financial use only. The copyright for material belongs to the individual contributors. None of the information on this web site is to be reproduced in any form without the permission of the contributor of the data.In addition, we have a bibliography of historical sources for the background material used on this web site and for some of my courses. We are also developing a bibliography for women's history and ethnic studies and a Historiography of Immigrant History.Dr. Lesa Ní Mhunghaile is doing research regarding the persons in our region who listed Irish as their mother tonguein the 1901 census.And, Professor Simon Jolivet, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Ottawa, is working on a project involvingIrish and French Relations in Ottawa's Lower Town, c. 1920-1980.May 14, 2013:Mr. Phil Donnelly is looking for persons interested in the Ancestral Homes project to develop and market a new genealogy app, under the working title 'ANCESTRAL HOMES'. The Ireland Canada Monument project is a non- political, non sectarian, non profit endeavour created for the singular aim of providing recognition to the significant Irish Contribution to Canada.And here is a fascinating document, dated 1825, from Markethill, County Armagh, Ireland. It is a letter of recommendation written for John Trainor by his Parish Priest as he embarks on his emigration to Canada. This letter would have been valuable to John - it could help him secure employment or a land grant in Canada.Recently an important event in Irish-Canadian history in the Ottawa area took placewith the creation of the Irish Canadian Cultural Centre. This group is located inthe 117 year old heritage building formerly known as St. Brigid's Church in Lowertown.Austin Comerton produces and hosts The Gaelic Hour on CHIN 97.9 FM, Ottawa.The Vintage Stock Theatre, Cumberland, Russell County, presents heritage conservation and preservation through community theatre.Some local, potential heritage buildings are threatened with demolition due to ever-expanding residential development.Two good local organizations for historical and genealogical research are OBOGS and BIFHSGO.The aggregation of the histories of the individual pioneer families forms a substantial part of the history of the Ottawa area after 1800.Thanks to the many contributors to this site!Thanks to Michael Daley, (who got me interested in this subject), for helping to fit pieces of this puzzle together. Thanks also to Taylor Kennedy for his major contribution of information on the Townships of Nepean and Huntley. The best academic sourcesfor this subject matter can be found in the published works of Carleton University's Professors Bruce Elliott (pre-1875 migration and settlement), John Taylor (Canadian urban history), Dominique Marshall (history of the Canadian family), Michel Hogue (Canadian Indigenous history) and Marilyn Barber (post-1875 Canadian Immigration). This is an evolving web site which will be updated on a more or less daily basis.If you can fill in any of the genealogical blanks, please e-mail me. We're also looking for researchers to contribute articles on specifically related historical topics. If you have an interest in the Irish Potato Famine, the assassination of Darcy McGee, feminist or Native history, railroad history, etc. here's a chance to "get published" and discuss your interests using this web site as a forum.If you are interested in local archaeology, see our Archaeology in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec web page.Thanks to Mr. Bruce Hurley for sending in some information regarding the earlyofficial crests of Bytown and the City of Ottawa. These crests are held by theMcCord Museum in Montreal and were designed by Mr. J. H. Walker.Planning on visiting Ottawa on business or as a tourist? Watch this short video.The Algonquin Nation in the Ottawa areaThe word Ottawa is a derivative of the Algonquin word Ad we which means"to trade". The Algonquin Nation inhabited the Ottawa River Valley Watershed longbefore the first white settlers arrived. For purposes of this web site,the relevant geographical area of the Algonquins includes roughly the area fromOka / Kanesatake in the east (on the Ottawa River near Montreal). It extends along the Ottawa River to the west about as far as Mattawa. The Algonquins traditionally residedalong both sides of the Ottawa River and along its many tributaries on the Quebec and Ontario sides. The Algonquin word for the River is Kitchi Sibi (Kitchissippi).The 1881 Census records many of the prominent persons of Algonquin descent inthe River Desert area of Maniwaki.Visit the Kitigan Zibi web site. The web site is maintained by the Algonquin First Nation Band located in Maniwaki, Quebec.The Surveyor-General of Canada from 1803 to 1814 was Joseph Bouchette. He was responsible for surveyingthe townships of Onslow, Eardley, Hull, Templeton, Buckingham and Lochaber on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.This summer (2010), I'll be exploring some of the historic canoe routes in the Ottawa and Gatineau Valleys.Early Settlement of the Ottawa area (1800-1820)Map Source: Hurling Down the Pine, by Bond and Hughson, inside back coverMary Cox has written a chronological history of Bytown and early Ottawa.Our local history is also documented in historical paintings and drawings and in the development of literature in this area. The Fine Arts Department at Merivale High Schoolhas a terrific program for its students.Philemon Wright came to the Ottawa area in 1800 from Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. He foundeda Utopian agricultural settlement on the north side of the Grand (later called the Ottawa) River.This site (later the City of Hull, and now called Gatineau, provided a better site for settlement than the south side of the river - it had a more accessible shoreline,caught the sun nicely during the daytime and had a better portage site around the Chaudiere Falls. The falls provided a handy source of free energy (hydraulic power) to enablethe creation of mills. Philemon Wright was an entrepreneur. He took the first raft of square timber to Quebec City in 1806, passing north of the island of Montreal and also operatedthe first steamboat on the Grand River. Here is an 1808 militia list for these early folks in Hull, Eardley and Onslow. It includes the name of manyof the pioneer families in our area. There is also a list of the men who served in the 1813 Militia of Hull.Moses Edey, Samuel Edeyand Jane (Edey) Chamberlain came from Vermont, USA to Hull Township in 1805.Gideon Olmstead and his wife Esther Andrews arrived in Marlborough Township in 1802.Marlene is researching this family as well as the Scott and Foster surnames.Lac Mousseau, now called Harrington Lake in the Gatineau Park, was named for Louis Mousseauwho was the first settler there. Lac Leamy, site of our popular Casino was named for an earlylumber baron, Andrew Leamy.Aliette Lavoie is searching for information regarding the first cemeteries inthe Bytown / Gatineau area. Apparently there was a cemetery on Barrack's Hill -- now Parliament Hill during the time of the Rideau Canal construction (1826-1832).Lieutenant Colonel John By was sent to Ottawa to oversee surveying and construction ofthe Rideau Canal between Ottawa and Kingston, Ontario. The Colonel By page contains a good map of early Bytown / Ottawa.Another Royal Engineer was John Burrows, 1789-1848, who was the superintendent for the work on the Canal.Here are some other founding families of the Hull and Gatineau area. Mr. David Smith hascontributed some important and interesting material regarding his ancestors, John Litle and Frances Childs, early settlers inthe Gatineau Valley. His background research includes material regarding the conditions of his Scots-Irish ancestors inCounty Down and County Antrim at the time of their 1830's emigration to the Gatineau Valley.We are also compiling a list of early Roman Catholic churches in the Gatineau Valley and in Pontiac County.And here is a new page (March 1, 2012) exploring historical and genealogical connections between the Ottawa area and the Eastern Townships in Quebec.The Anglo-Celtic Connections web site has a link to Ontario Roman Catholic Parish Records.Aylmer, Quebec, became an early trans-shipment point for goods and people who were heading west via the Ottawa River.Ira Honeywell was the first settler in Nepean Township. He and his wife Polly ANDREWS came to liveon the banks of the Ottawa River in 1811. Moses and Noah Holt also came from the United States.Joan McEvoy Rooney has contributed an interesting paper regarding the Settlement of the BillingsBridge area and Junction Gore. Bradish Billings, in 1813, was the first settler at Billings Bridge. In 1815, a drowning accident occurred at Chaudiere Falls. The Chaudiere Falls area laterbecame the hub of Ottawa's growing industrial development in the nineteenth century.Also, c. 1815, the Reverend Asa Meech (Meech Lake) settled just north of Wrightville.The Moore family operated a sawmill in Hull in the 1820's. The Moorefamily (some of whom pioneered at Rapides des Joachims in the 1840's) were related to the Meech family. Two Moore brothers married daughters of Richard Prentice, UEL. This was the first marriage performed in Nepean Township. Philip Chugg was an early settler on theDeschenes (Aylmer) Road, arriving there about 1835. Vivien Chartier is researching her Chartier and Lebel ancestors who came from St. Roch de L'Achigan to Aylmer, Quebec.Many folks came early and stayed late: Here's a list of people who were born in the 1700's (not in Canada) and were still around to be enumerated in the 1881 Census of Carleton County, including Ottawa. And some of their elderly neighbours on the Lower Canada (Quebec) side.Incidentally, the city of Ottawa, for most of it's history was part of Carleton County.In 1819 Isaac Firth established an Inn at Chaudiere Falls. The inn was located at RichmondLanding (on the Upper Canada side of the Ottawa River). The same year, four Chamberlin brothers came to work for Philemon Wright.And, in 1822, Robert Mosgrove came from County Leitrim in Ireland and settled in Bytown. Hon. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (1784-1857), a young London importer and ship insurance broker, emigrated to Canada in 1820 with a small fortune, to develop an estate in the Canadian wilderness. He soon established himself as a leader of society in eastern Upper Canada (Ontario) and became a member of the Legislative Assembly, Reeve of March Township, Warden of Carleton County, and a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. He developed HORACEVILLE, on the Ottawa Riverfront of March Township (now within the City of Ottawa), as his residential estate, operating grist and sawmills and building St. Mary's Church, which opened in 1827.(1)(1) Source: History of Pinhey's PointThe Pinhey's Point Foundation has prepared an index to the accounts of Hamnett Pinhey covering the period 1821-1857. The accounts contain the names of many folks from the Bytownarea who did work for Mr. Pinhey.Another early settler in March Township was Benjamin Street.James Coates Browne came from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, to South March in the 1830's and his family were involved as lumber merchants in the White Lake area, hoteliers in Bell's Corners and merchants on Sparks Street.December 10, 2014:The Lyon family (Lyon Street) were early settlers in Bytown. See Taylor's .pdf file at http://www.bytown.net/lyonandsparks.pdf.In 1828, William Hunton and his two sons, Thomas and William Hunton arrived in Bytown.They came from Leeds in England. Their home was located on Metcalfe Street where the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library is today.The period 1784-1815 saw the emigration of Scottish Highlanders to Glengarry County and Scottish Lowlanders (mainly artisans and weavers) came to Lanark and Renfrew Counties duringthe depression following the Napoleonic Wars. The Lowlanders came with the assistance of Emigrant Societies in the Glasgow area. Here is a paper which compares the settlement ofGlengarry County (east of Ottawa) and Lanark County (to the west of Ottawa).Work Horses were an important component of early farming practises. At the beginning of the twentieth centurytractors began to replace horses -- the early tractors were powered by steam engines.Visit Keith Thompson's web site of history and genealogy in Lanark County.Data Source (Population): Ottawa: An Illustrated History, by John Taylor, page 210Data Source: (Ethnic Origins): 1881 Census of CanadaSince 1971 the population of the City of Ottawa has trebled - due to both steady immigration and the amalgamation of surrounding townships on January 1, 2000.Before settlement occurred in the wilderness, the province of Ontario was surveyed tocreate townships and 200 acre farm lots to receive the pioneer families.Gaelynn Wall has sent in the links to some early land grants.Records of land registrations are useful documents for local historical research.Al Crosby has sent in an example of the history of the ownership of some propertyin Gloucester Township. Here is the entry for Lot 24, Concession I, Gloucester.Christ Church Anglican was established in 1833 on property donated by Nicholas Sparks. Sue has compiled a listing of churches and their Ministers/Priests in Ottawa in 1867 - the year of Canadian Confederation.Earliest Emigration from Ireland to Bytown/Ottawa Beginning in the 1810's, Irish families began to arrive in the Bytown (Ottawa)area of Ontario. In 1817, a petition was circulated in County Wexford and County Carlow. The petition was signed by hundreds of families, both Protestant and Catholic,who wished to leave behind "The Troubles" of Ireland and start a new life in the wilderness of Upper Canada.Contrary to popular belief the typical Irish pioneer in the 1800's was not a Catholicwho was fleeing the potato famine and settled in Ontario's urban areas. Both the 1842and 1871 Census show that the Protestant Irish outnumbered the Catholics by two to one.Both denominations were rural - not predominately urban. Source: Donald Harman Akenson inThe Irish in Ontario.Here is a list of emigrants hoping to leave Wexford and Carlow in 1817 to settle in Upper Canada. Many of these families came to Canada over the next twenty years or so by chain migration. Chain migration (emigration to the location where you already know someone) accounted for much of the population increase in the nineteenth century in Upper Canada. Some of these early settlers landed on the New YorkState side of the St. Lawrence River. On the Canadian side, immigrants travelled by boatfrom Montreal and disembarked at Cornwall, Prescott, Brockville and Kingston. Important portson the American side were Ogdensburgh and Oswego in Upper New York State. See map of theSt. Lawrence River Basin between 1825 and 1867.By 1829, there was a strong representation of persons who emigrated from the Castlecomer area of County Kilkenny, Ireland.Anne McEligot has sent in some links for researchersinterested emigration from County Derry, Ireland.Emigration from County Wicklow, Ireland to Canada in the 19th CenturyAnne Burgess is researching emigration from southwest CountyWicklow to EASTERN Ontario, including to the Bytown / Ottawa area. She is matching names from County Wicklow from the Lord Fitzwilliam Estate, which covered one fifth of County Wicklow. Her research is based on the book Surplus People by Jim Rees which documents the assisted emigration of about 1,000 families from Wicklow to Canada.Anne has extended her research to cover Fiztwilliam Estate assisted emigration to Southern Ontario.And, Annette Code is researching emigration from the same area (the Coolattin Estate)but during an earlier time frame -- from after the 1798 rebellion up to the time of the famine. She has just hadan article published, (November 2009), by the Genealogical Society of Ireland.Mr. Kenny's research is in the area of Kilcavan, County Wicklow, in the nineteenth century.The parishes of Ballynultagh and Ballyrahine in County Wicklow were a source ofemigration to eastern Ontario between 1847 and 1856.Anne Burgess has sent in some links and sources from Borris, County Carlow, 1782-1853.Quite a few pioneer families in the Ottawa area came from here.Today, May 5, 2011, I've started a web page for pioneer families who came to Canada from County Armagh between 1815 and 1855.In 1818 the Talbot Party came from County Cork, Ireland to Goulbourn Township and London, Ontario. Hey! I used to play old-timers' hockey in Stittsville with many descendants of these pioneers.Many of the emigrants from Ireland from the 1830's onwards came here to join friends or relatives who had already arrived here. Also, word-of-mouth news spread quickly throughoutBritain about the opportunities for settlers in a new land. In some cases, people decided tocome to Canada after reading material regarding conditions in Canada.Settlers from Ireland going to Upper Canada or Lower Canada landed at Quebec City which was the furthest inland deep-water port on the St. Lawrence River. They were then transported by steamboat to Montreal where many spent time in Griffintown, in Montreal, an early Irish neighbourhood adjacent to the Lachine Canal.Early framework for land transactions in Upper Canada.Ray Burke has transcribed an example of an early (1828) Land Grant document for property in Upper Canada. The exact surveyor's co-ordinates are spelled out, as is the 1/7 part of the land set aside for the Clergy Reserves. It is signed by Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at York (now Toronto). John Beverly Robinson (brother of Peter Robinson) is also mentioned - he was theAttorney General at the time. Free grants of land were available until 1826. After1826, crown land was sold.For many of us, our goal is to visit Ireland, walk the hills and glens, visit a pub or two,and do historical and genealogical research in Ireland.Emigration from south-west Ireland to the Ottawa Valley in the 1820'sTo get a feel for how this web site works, take a look at the McGee / Magee web page.It is a combination of history and genealogy of some early settlers in the Perth areaand it illustrates how various spellings, religions, and adjacent geographical areas canmake things interesting for us!In 1816, a settlement was established at Perth.These pioneers in Perth were a mixture of disbanded soldiers and Scottish emigrants.In 1820 another military settlement was established at the village of Lanark.The 1818 Richmond Military SettlementRichmond (1818) was the first town established in Carleton County - earlier than Bytown. Sergeant William John Vaughan was one of the disbanded soldiers who settled in Richmond. Wes Cross (researching Jonas Barry)and Ron Dale have researched the structure and history of the 99th and 100th Regiments of Foot which were disbanded after the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. These two regiments formed the nucleus of the first permanent Ottawa area settlers after Philemon Wright's group.Alexa Pritchard has sent the following discharge documents of Sergeant William Shea.Discharge Papers of Sergeant William Shea, 99th Regiment of FootSettler in Richmond, Upper Canada, 1818An transcribed example of the discharge papers from the 99th Regiment has been sent by Paula Gibson. See the John GIBSON web page.John Steel came as a non-military settler in 1818 from Dumphriesshire, Scotland. From 1818 to1824 he ran a tavern at Fallowfield on the Richmond Road. Near this intersection isPiety Hill, the location of two pioneer churches.Richmond was surveyed in the form of the Georgian Town Plan. A rectangular grid system of streets was superimposed on the topography. Colonel George Thew Burke, from County Tipperary, was the commanding officer and Joseph Fortune was in charge of surveying. The town was built on the Goodwood River (now calledthe Jock River). Hydraulic power was required to power the early grist and textile millsand the sawmills. The disbanded soldiers were allocated farmland near the town. Lotswere assigned according to each officer's rank. Privates in the army, the lowest rank,received 100 acres. Some Early Settlers in Goulbourn Townshipcontains a list of privates and sergeants who were granted land in Richmond village andsurrounding areas and also some early residents of Stittsville. Families also settledin the Carp valley and Carp village in the 1820's.Don Lowe is descended from the pioneer Hodgins and Wilson families. His other surnamesof interest are Graham, Cavanaugh, and Mooney.William Fitzpatrick was one of the original settlers in the Richmond/Goulbourn area. His farm was located not far from what is now Munster Hamlet. He settled there in the 1819 time frame, but was actually in Canada in 1805 with the 100th Regiment of Foot, mainly in the Quebec City and Montreal area prior to 1812. You will notice his name on the information that Alexa submitted regarding the original military settlers in the Richmond/Goulbourn area. (Source for this paragraph and the information on theWilliam Fitzpatrick page: Ken Armstrong). William Sample, from County Antrim, and hiswife Matilda McCullough were also in Goulbourn Township by the 1840's.In pioneer times, there were connections between the Goulbourn Township folksand the settlers in Rideau Township, including the North Gower area.All men aged 19 to 45 were required to serve in the local militia. The Carleton CountyMilitia muster rolls for the year 1828 (here is one for Nepean Township, headquartered at Richmond) are valuable genealogy and history resources. Transportation was eitherby foot - people often walked between Bytown and Richmond - until stage coach lineswere established in the 1830s. George Edge, 1760-1840, was born in England and served for 59 years in the active military (99th Regiment) and the local militia. He was disbandedat Richmond in 1818. Census data for 1820-22 for March, Goulbourn, Huntley, Marlborough and NepeanTownships can be found here.Debbie Coxon Prince has contributed her research regarding early schools in Huntley Township.Map of the village of Richmond in 1879Map Source: Belden's 1879 Atlas of Carleton CountyThe Richmond Road in the 1860'sSaw and grist mills were established along many of the rivers in the Ottawaarea. Moss Kent Dickinson, who was mayor of Ottawa from 1864 to 1866 openeda mill at Manotick in 1860. The building, called Watson's Mill, is still open today.The general contractor for the mill was Thomas Langrell who later became Chief of Police forthe City of Ottawa.Another Lumber Baron who became mayor of the city of Ottawa in 1897 was Samuel Bingham,also known as the "King of the Cascades" for his logging work on the Gatineau River. Richard Scott, who was born in Prescott, Ontario,became Mayor of Ottawa c . 1855 and was well-known for initiating the Scott Act -- the Canada Temperance Act. In 1863he introduced the Separate Schools Act for Ontario.The Military Settlement at Richmond established 1818St. Phillip's RC Church Marriages, Richmond 1836-?, by Marilyn CottrellSt. Clare's RC Church Registers, (1891-1910) at Dwyer Hill in Marlborough TownshipSt. Phillip's RC Church Births, Richmond 1836-1845, also by Marilyn CottrellSt. Phillip's RC Church Deaths, Richmond 1853-1881, by SueThe Ontario Vital Statistics Project is computerizing Ontario civil registrationsfor Births, Marriages and Deaths.John Bower Lewis (no relation) was a mayor of Ottawa and member of Parliament. The preceding link will take you to a petition signed by many prominentOttawa citizens in 1872 in support of his candidacy in the 1872 federal elections.A link to a brief biography and photograph of John Bower Lewis is also on that page.Speaking of local mayors, Eugene Martineau was Ottawa's first Francophone mayor.Joseph Turgeon was the first Francophone mayor of Bytown.Thomas Birkett (1844-1920) was a prominent merchant and mayor of Ottawa.Our bibliography page contains several books regarding local mayors from 1848 up to the Charlotte Whitton era.Another LEWIS family, prominent in the Ottawa area, was that of theAnglican Archbishop John Travers LEWIS and his wife Rebecca Olivia LAWLESS. The 1823 Peter Robinson Settlers In 1823, Peter Robinson brought almost 500 settlers to the Ottawa area ontwo ships, the Hebe and the Stakesby. They sailed from CountyCork. There are many thousands of their descendants in the Ottawa area today.These early settlers were mostly from the poorest part of Ireland - the southwest - mainly from County Cork and County Tipperary. They were brought to Upper Canada, in part, to help reduce the numbers of poor Irish Catholic tenants on several large Irish estates - Lord Doneraile's property for example. Sending these people to Canada was expected to reduce the average level of poverty in Ireland and at the same time give a "leg-up" to selected emigrants, all of whom had good character references and were expected to become self-sufficient, quickly, in Canada. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815)the British government was amenable to government assisted emigration.Peter Robinson Settlers in 1823... Surnames A to GPeter Robinson Settlers in 1823... Surnames H to NPeter Robinson Settlers in 1823... Surnames O to ZHere's a map Showing the area in Ireland from where the Peter Robinson (and other early groups of pioneers emigrated)Source: Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement Patterns, by Houston and Smyth, page 50.Roberta O'Brien's Family Page... which includes the names of the settlers and also Peter Robinson's ReportMiscellaneous Peter Robinson Settlers ... A few genealogical enquiries.Donna McGinty has sent in some information regarding her ancestors who settled inthe "Peter Robinson Territory". Her ancestors married into many of the families of 1823 settlers and illustrate the migration pattern of many early Irish familiesto Carleton County, then on to Renfrew County and later to the American frontierin North Dakota.A lot of the Peter Robinson settlers in 1823 homesteaded along what is now Highway 44 in Ramsay Township. Here is a photograph of one of the stone homes built in that area. This house was not built by a Robinson settler. April 17, 2019: Source for the following text block and picture of the house belonging to Robert Struthers is National Capital Heritage, page 20. Carol McCuaig has written many books about settlement in the Ottawa Valley. She is currently researching immigrants from County Clare toLanark and Renfrew Counties.Planning and surveying for the construction of the Rideau Canal began in 1826. Thefollowing graph illustrates the upward spike in population in 1828 which represents the arrival of contractors and labourers.Tony Atherton from the Ottawa Citizen plans to write an article on a canalworker who died while working on the canal.A memorial monument is being established in Ottawa to commemorate themen who worked on building the Rideau Canal. Many Irish and French labourers worked at building the Rideau Canal between 1826 and 1832. The Rideau Canal runs from present-day Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario and is one of the oldest functioning canal / lock systems in Canada. When the canal was finished in 1832, some of the workers stayed in Bytown, while many others cleared land in the area and began farms in Gloucester, Nepean , Osgoode, and other neighbouring townships. A great source of genealogical information regarding the Catholic Canal workers is the records of Notre Dame Cathedral in the By Ward Market of downtown Ottawa. Here are just a few.Sue is transcribing the Notre Dame marriages, beginning in 1829, from the Drouin Collection. Sue has also transcribed many of the baptisms which took place at Notre Dame from 1829-1839.Notre Dame Cathedral is now the main Francophone Catholic church in Ottawa. In its early years, it served both English speakers andFrancophones. St. Patrick's Basilica on Kent Street, started in 1858, became the major English speaking (mostly Irish) Catholic church.See The Welfare of Irish Catholics in Ottawa, 1820- 1900 for a description of the early Irish Catholics in Ottawa and area.The major contractors for the canal works were John McTaggart, John Redpath (sugar industry in Montreal), Thomas McKay and Philemon Wright from Hull. The contractor for excavating the first six head-locks in Bytown was John Pennyfather. The labourers were paid by the day. Many, such asWilliam English, lost their lives working in dangerous conditions. A very good account of the working conditions can be found in an article by William Wylie. See also our page on Labour History in the Ottawa area.Richard Bishop was Paymaster for the Rideau Canal.Some of the labourers came directly from Ireland. Others had previously worked on the Lachine Canal in Montreal or on the Erie Canal in New York State. When the canal was completed, some of the workers, such as Daniel Burns from Belfast, moved to the United States.After the war of 1812, there was interest in constructing a canal from Bytown to Lake Huron.This canal would have allowed Canadian people and goods to avoid Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.Immigration from the Atlantic Provinces to the Ottawa area, prior to 1881By sorting through the 1881 census of Canada, we find that there were 218 personswho came to the Ottawa area from Nova Scotia.Others migrated to our area from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.A commercial center was established in the By Ward Market area. While most of the earlycanal labourers were Irish, many men of French origin came from Montreal or other partsof Lower Canada to settle in Bytown. See our list of about 125 francophone families who arrived in Bytownbetween 1826 and 1855. Many of these families form the basis of the strong francophone community the Ottawa / Gatineau area.In the 1840's, the Roman Catholic Church established St. Joseph's College, laterknown as the University of Ottawa, on Sussex Street in the Byward market. It was later moved to its present location in Sandy Hill. In 1856, St. Joseph's Church was built to serveEnglish speaking parishioners. Sacre Coeur, across the street, served French speaking parishioners.Anne Burgess has sent in some interesting letters illustrating the recruitment ofCatholic priests to work in the developing wilderness areas in Renfrew County beginningin the 1850's.The Holiness Movement became rooted in some areas of Eastern Ontario and WesternQuebec c. 1900.Early Area Newspapers and DirectoriesHere is a new feature from Google -- the ability to search the digital archives of the Ottawa Citizen Newspaper.October 16, 2016:Thanks to Carmen Rochon who has sent in about 400 obituaries for the Ottawa area, starting in the 1890's.One of the earliest newspapers in Bytown was the Bytown Gazette. Sue Barrhas transcribed some early birth, marriage and death records covering the period1836-1843. Mostly dealing with Hull and Bytown, some of the names listed are from asfar east as Glengarry, and west to Perth and Pembroke. Sue has also marriages and deathsrecorded in the Ottawa Times of the 1860's. Thesenewspapers can be viewed on microfilm in the National Library (Wellington Street,second floor) and in the Ottawa Room of the Ottawa Public Library. Some birth notices were also published. The Canadian News was published in London, England in the mid-19th century. Sue has also transcribed Births, Deaths, and Marriages which occurred in the Ottawa area and whichwere reported in England. Also, some records of BMD's for Bytown were published in thePerth Courier, between 1834 and 1849. See also Bits of Bytown from early American and British newspapers,transcribed by Sue. Taylor Kennedyhas contributed obituaries of military officers as recorded in the Bytown Gazettebeginning in 1836.And thanks to Sue Barr for some 1828 records from the Brockville Gazette pertaining to some Ottawa and Hull area pioneers. Bob Mackett has also sent recordsof births, marriages and deaths from the Bytown Gazette and the Ottawa Advertizer forthe years 1836 to 1845.Thanks again to Sue who has transcribed the obituaries from the Ottawa Journal from 1886 to 1899.Sue has also transcribed Marriages in Bytown or Concerning Residents of Bytown, Nepean and Richmond for the years 1829 to 1856 and some Death Records coveringthe years 1828-1849. She has also sent in a link to Northern New York State newspapers in the 1800's.Sue is still at it. She has now transcribed the births, marriages and deaths for the Ottawa Citizen from 1853-1859.And today, Sue has sent along records of Births, Marriages and Deaths of early Bytown and Ottawa Residents, Recorded in International NewspapersAl Craig has sent in a list of Ottawa and Carleton Directories online from 1863-1899.Small communities developed at each lock station. After the canal was completed,some workers and their families settled on crown land along the canal.At Long Island, for example, there was a grid on the Gloucester sideof the canal consisting of about fifteen "city" blocks until about 1880. The land around the lock-station and dam is a park today and only the lockmasters house remains.Across the river, on the Nepean side was Chapman's Mills and the Samuel Collins house.George Newsome was the lockmaster at Kilmarnock (south of Merrickville) from 1841 to 1871. His son William succeeded him as lockmaster.Here is a map showing the Gloucester side of the Rideau Canal, from New Edinburgh toLong Island village and locks. Incidentally, the first public meeting for the Townshipof Gloucester was held at Cunningham's Inn in 1832. John Cunningham ran a popular "stoppingplace" for many years. The floor plan of his inn is representative of many of the businesses of the day - family living quarters were usually combined with a commercialestablishment.In 1832 a double calamity struck the labourers in Bytown: (1) the Rideau Canal construction ended leaving most of them unemployed.(2) a major cholera epidemic spread from Quebec City to Upper Canada causing hundreds of deaths and tragedies to individual families. This double tragedy, in the same year, set the stage for a "reign of terror", known as the Shiners' War in Bytown. Many unemployed men moved back to the land in the 1830's, in an attempt tobecome self-sufficient and also to escape the violence and social disorder in our town.Mary Cox has sent in the following map of Bytown in 1842. "The map is based on a Plan of Bytown by Lieutenant White, R.E. Feb. 24, 1842. Cemeteries are shown including one on Barracks Hill. Also I remember someone looking for an early map that showed Isaac Firth’s Tavern – it is also included on the map".Map Source: Looking Back, Pioneers of Bytown and March, by Naomi Slater Heydon.In 1836, a list of eligible voters for Nepean Township was compiled.Captain George W. Baker was in charge of the Bytown Volunteers (militia unit) in 1838.Mr. Charles Chapman, raconteur, from England, died in Ottawa in 1854. Sheila is trying to determine where he is buries.Local Maps, 1879The following maps from the year 1879 show the location of farms and property ownersin the Townships surrounding Ottawa. As of the amalgamation effective January 1, 2000the new City of Ottawa now includes all of these townships, plus Torbolton, March and Marlborough. There was always a close relationship between the municipality of Bytown/Ottawaand the local townships. Much of the food for the growing urban area was produced in the townships and the local farmers visited the city to buy and sell merchandise.Local politics and economics were based primarily on race and religion during the 1800's and parts of each township identified closely with certain neighbourhoods in Ottawa.For example the English, Scottish and Irish Protestant community of Uppertown had strongties to the English and Irish Protestant Orange groups in Goulbourn and Nepean. The Catholic settlements in South Gloucester, Jockvale and Corkery had business and family ties to the Lowertown market neighbourhood. The French market gardeners from the rural area to the east of Ottawa (Gloucester, Cumberland and Clarence Townships) primarily identified alsowith the Catholic-dominated Lowertown area. Cummings Island is in the Rideau River, at Montreal Road. Carleton County - This map shows all townshipsGloucester TownshipNepean TownshipOsgoode TownshipGoulbourn TownshipHuntley Township The above maps, digitized by McGill University, are large files. You can extractsmaller portions of the maps by using the methodology described here.Also, the Wallings Company created maps showing the locations of the settlers on theirland in 1862. These maps have been digitized by Library and Archives Canada.Mary Cox has sent in a link to the Fire Insurance maps from the 1870's. These maps show urban locations.Part of the Township of Gloucester is called Junction Gore. This resulted from the original survey of the township. Some of the lots are "Ottawa Front" and some are Rideau Front". The remainder (the northwest corner of the township) are in an area called Junction Gore. Lowertown - by Marc St. PierreParliament Hill / UppertownMap Created by: Al LewisSandy Hill - by Marc St. PierreNew EdinburghLittle Italy - Preston StreetBoarding Houses in Ottawa in 1881 ... before the age of apartmentsWestboro - by Michael DavidsonA Working Class Neighbourhood in Ottawa, 1880-1950 - by Allan LewisMechanicsvilleSussex Drive ... A Mile of HistoryBarrhaven - page inspired by Mike Epp and Taylor KennedyThe Glebe ... including Pretoria AvenueKanata Timeline HistoryBeacon Hill and Rothwell Heights - some information by Pierre AlleynBeacon Hill NorthManotick StationHazeldeanMap Created by: Al Lewis(1) The 1879 portion of the map is adapted from Belden's 1879 AtlasEvolution of Dow's Lake from Dow's Great SwampOld Ottawa SouthBell's CornersBell's Corners School Class Photo in 1920Westcliffe EstatesUplands / Hunt Club / Bowesville NeighbourhoodsCarlsbad Springs ... by Kevin CollinsCemetery Records in Ottawa and areaA useful resource for genealogists can be found in the transcriptions of the namesof persons buried in local cemeteries. All of the local historical societies have published lists of persons buried in area cemeteries. However, in most cases, these lists include only the legible names of persons who are included on gravemarkers.Some of the early tombstones (if there were any) have by now become illegible ormay have been removed from the cemetery for safety reasons.Scott Naylor has a very good, searchable, web site which includes digital photographs ofgrave markers in the Ottawa area. The site is now run by Murray Pletsch.The Ontario Cemetery Database is a searchable database, by cemetery in Ontario. This databaselists over 1,000,000 "interments" (buried people), in various cemeteriesin Ontario. In addition, another site is very useful for research in theNortheastern Ontario region: the Northeastern Ontario Graveyard Galleryis maintained by Murray Pletsch. Kimberly Fraser has a web site of photographs and transcriptions of St. Paul the Hermit Cemetery in Sheenboro, Quebec.Sean McConnery has transcribed many of the cemeteries in Western Quebec and the Upper Gatineau area. He has entered them online at his web site.The Ottawa Valley has a rich heritage when it comes to music. Original songs by the log-drivers were among the earliest in this area. See our Ottawa Valley Music page for somesongs by Charlie Gardner.Emigrant LettersA new field in the study of history is research into old letters and personalcorrespondence from days of old. Mary Quinn, has an old trunk, handed down fromher ancestors. She has sent along this letter, covering the time when twofifteen year old Irish migrants married in Quebec City, settled in GoulbournTownship, and lived strong and happy lives in the Ottawa area. She also has manyold letters written by the Foran and Quinn families of South Gloucester.Bytown was incorporated as the City of Ottawa in 1855. Here are the members ofthe first City Council, as well as some other people of interest influence in Bytown.Henry J. Friel was mayor of both the town of Bytown and the City of Ottawa in the early 1850's.Statutory Labour:Thanks to Barb Hadden for this fascinating original document whichis in the Kanata Town Hall. John Ray (spelled Rea) is named in the documentwhich list the names of folks in 1843 in March Township who were requiredto do statutory labour to maintain township roads. Many other March Township namesare listed: Younghusband, Armstrong, Wilson, etc.Minutes of the Council of the County of Carleton, January 1854There were no clothing stores in the early 19th century. Most of the families made their own clothes and important occupations were tailors and seamstresses. Many womenmade quilts, often personalized as in the case of the Smyth family in 1841.The 1879 municipal budget reflected the priorities of the day:there were no expenditures for French language schools or for social welfare. However,the city had been able to run up a considerable debt for which it paid interest of$73,000 - the largest budgetary expenditure category. Cities were able to borrow moneybased on the assessed value of their overall property assets. As long as the city wasgrowing and the property base was expanding each year, its' revenues continued to increase without a need to increase the mill rate. This was the beginning of rapid industrialization and urbanization for Canadian cities.The relatively large "Grants to Corporations" category probably reflects the desire to attract manufacturing operations to the city, especially at the Chaudiere Falls location.The art of photography began in the 1850's. Three of the earliest photographic studios in the city were Pittaway, Jarvis and Topley. Later, Yoseph Karsh was a world famous photographer. He died in the year 2002.By the way, most of us have old family photographs which contain unidentified people and places. We have a web page to help identify these photographs. E-mail me to submit your old photographs. Hopefully other researchers willhave the same photo in their own collections.Taylor Kennedy has located the Abstract from the Shipping Book of James Allison, Immigration Agent at Montreal, Canada, in 1846 - Passengers Going Westward by Steam Boat to areas such as Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto, Carleton County, Ontario, and Masson, Quebec.These records are held by Library and Archives, Canada.Anne-Marie Ibell has sent a photograph, dated c. 1890, of the Governor General's Foot Guards. Her grandfather, Alphonse Heyendal, came to Canada from Belgium and played the base fiddle for the Foot Guard's Band. He also knew Jean Dallaire whowas a well-known artist in the Ottawa area.In 1845, Sister Elizabeth Bruyere and the Grey Nuns came toBytown from Montreal. They immediately began to improve health, welfare and educationfacilities for the Catholic community in Lowertown. By the end of the 19th century,in response to the Social Gospel and Progressive movements in North America, manyprivate charities, including the Union Mission on Waller Street, were established.By 1871, the sawn wood industries and the federal government were the two largestemployers in Ottawa. The industrial profile of businesses shows the beginnings ofevolution from an artisinal and commercial city to a manufacturing and governmentcity. Industrialization and urbanization went hand-in-hand. Many people began to movefrom the surrounding townships into the city from farms which were becoming overcrowded after the second generation following the pioneers. By 1879, a modern industrial and commercialcity had evolved. See a list of major occupations and their incumbents in 1879..A large influx of civil servants from the provinces occurred at Confederation in 1867.The Public Service is now the major employer in Ottawa and Gatineau.Track and Field events were the earliest sports to take place in Ottawa andarea. These games often took place in conjunction with local fairs and marketdays. Organized team sports such as hockey and baseball began in the late 1800'sand evolved to the National Hockey League Ottawa Senators, the "Triple A" baseballOttawa Lynx and the Canadian Football League Ottawa Rough Riders and the Ottawa Renegades. We are trying to identify some of the early athletes and sports events.See our Ottawa Sports History web page.Fishing in the Ottawa area began with the first settlers. Birchbark canoes, builtby the Algonquin canoe builders were in demand for transportation on the waterways.Streetcars began running in 1891 and the final car was retired in 1959. Warren SOPER and Thomas AHEARN, who had been innovators in hydro electricity in Ottawa were pioneers in the streetcar business in Ottawa. You'll find links to their biographiesby clicking on "streetcars" above. My grandfather's brother, Terry Burns, drove the last streetcarin Ottawa off the streets in 1959.Mr. William Washington Wylie owned and operated the Ottawa Carriage Company.The Big Fight of 1895 at O'Leary's Field, Manotick followedthe rules of the Marquis of Queensbury.Belden's 1879 Map of Osgoode Township...A list of almost 1000 names of pioneers and their Concession numbers for Osgoode Township in 1879. An extract of namesfrom the 1874-75 Osgoode Township Directory shows many of the persons living inthe north west part of Osgoode Township.Snake Island in Osgoode TownshipSean and Sharalyn Daley have just opened the Daley Family Funeral Home (September, 2006).Senior Citizens in Osgoode Township in 1881. See also the state of Elder Care in 2011 in Ottawa and area.A letter from a mother in Ireland to her son in Carleton County.Ottawa Valley and Our Soldiers in World War 1, 1914-1918Remembrance Day is November 11, A Tribute to one of our Veterans, Robert MetcalfeThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), history and genealogy in the Ottawa / Gatineau area.Irish and Canadian Money and Coins.Moses Bilsky was the first member of Ottawa's Jewish community. He arrived in 1857. A list of pioneers who were in Gloucester Township before 1834.More early settlers in Gloucester Township.The History of the Byward Market (Lowertown).The French Line in Lavant (or Darling) Township.Early Post Offices and Postmasters in Carleton CountyOttawa Dances with the Spanish Lady .. Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, by Marc St. PierreOttawa: Railway History ... by Colin ChurcherThe The Railway comes to Nepean, bisecting the Kennedy Farm on Jockvale Road. The Great Depression in Ottawa, 1930-1939.Charlotte Whitton was the first female Mayor of a Canadian city.My main area of interest is in the north-west corner of Osgoode Township - now withinthe limits of the city of Ottawa. A strong and close-knit community, mainly Irish andCatholic, began to settle there beginning about 1830. Unlike the Peter Robinson settlers of 1823who mainly came from County Cork and settled close together in the Huntley Township area, or,the Fallowfield and Jockvale settlement in Nepean Township, which was made up chiefly of Tipperary folks, the pioneersin Osgoode Township, south-east of Manotick, came from many different counties in Ireland.Most of them had previously worked in Bytown and along the Rideau Canal construction as far south asKemptville. A lot of them had occupied ordnance land around the major lock stations - Hog's Back, Black Rapids and Long Island, before obtaining land in Osgoode Township.Also, in the early 1800's, people came to the townships just north of the St.Lawrence River. The town of Brockville was settled before 1800. Ogle Gowan arrivedin Brockville in 1829 and was the main character in the Orange Order in Canada.Oxford Township, for example had many connections to the areacovered by our web site. The town of Smiths Falls, located on the Rideau Canalbecame an early settlement of American businessmen. It was an important manufacturingcenter and later a hub for the railways in Eastern Ontario. It is situated in Montague Township.Mountain Township was named after the Anglican Archbishop Jacob Mountain.Prescott and Russell County, including Cambridge Township and the village of Casselman is an example of theagricultural nature of the area to the east of the City of Ottawa.Hastings County, including the city of Belleville on the Bay of Quinte, was settled in the 1780`s.The city of Cornwall became an important port city and shipping center for people andproducts destined west via the St. Lawrence Seaway. The same can be said for the town of Prescott in Augusta Townhip.The Brock, Ralph and Beggs families also settled in Prescott and Russell County.My Burns, Sullivan, Christopher, Doyle and McGee ancestors were among the pioneers. Within a generation, the farm lots filled up with settlers; they had large families and we're all related to each other, and to a great many other families in the Ottawa area.Here's a map showing the area in which I'm most interested. The date of the map is 1879.This map, along with the 1881 census forms the basis of my study of the area. My grandfatherwas born here in 1880.Below the map is a table (yellow background) which contains clickable links to pioneers in the neighbourhood. Today, this area is bordered by the Mitch Owens Road on the north,the Snake Island Road to the south, on the west by the River Road and to the east by Bank Street / Highway 31.Source: Belden's 1879 Maps of Carleton County.There are many more names of pioneers, other than those from Osgoode, further down on this page. 2nd wife = Mary FITZGERALD from Cork, married Notre Dame 1835,witnesses were Patrick CURTIN and Catherine POWER my GGGrandparents, 1st wife was Catherine LANDRIGAN, died 1834 wife=Ann McGOVERN,also from Cavan, 1788-1861 bur. St. Brigid's - many McGOVERNs buried atKemptville EARLY, Patrick, 1798-1871 Ireland,may also be "HURLEY" wife=Ellen O'HORO, 1804-1887(Nee BURNS?) bur. St. John's (maybe nee MANTLE) FITZGERALD, Thomas 1806-1850 b. Ireland, farmed NE of Manotick bur. St. Mary's son Thomas farmed Con 2, Lot 14,Osgoode FORAN, John 1835-1901 Waterford,Thomas was lockmaster at Hartwell's wife=Catherine RYAN, 1839-1920 father ML# 510, see Bridget RYAN GRANGER / GRAINGER, Samuel wife=Bridget BURNS living Osgoode 1848 daughter of Patrick BURNS and Helen KEARNEY GRANT, Patrick 1823-1895 Antrim, wife=Martha THOMPSON,1836-1916 from Leitrim see James THOMPSON (father of Martha) daughter Catherine GRANT married a LANE GUILFOYLE, Patrick 1798-1883, from Waterford wife=Catherine O'CONNOR from Limerick,bur. Vis. some GUILFOYLEs came from Tipperary in 1835 HARNEY, Patrick 1811-? eldest son (Patrick) born Ireland, other children born Upper Canada wife=Margaret RYAN 1812-? JORDAN, James, c.1790-? daughter Bridget was 2nd wife of Lawrence BURNS wife=Bridget LAUGHNAN County Mayo to Lot 12, Con 3, Osgoode wife=Margaret GUILFOYLE Mr. Lorne Kelly has written biography O'LEARY - LEARY, Patrick, 1822-1878, from Cork? wife=Mary DUNN, 1834-1899 d/o Patrick DUNN (M.L.) ? Bur. St. Brigid's Cork - See also Huntley records stone erected by Robert MANTIL (PR?) in memory of ... ... Martha MANTLE, 1837-1875 wife=Catherine KENNEDY, 1773-1861,emigrated as widow with sons Catherine bur. St. John's, Edmund bur. Ireland wife=Celia DOYLE E-mail Jaimie McEvoy who has a web page with LARKIN, McEVOY and DOYLE surnames McGEE, John Joseph Clerk of Privy Council, 1882-1907 father of Frank McGEE, hockey player O'BRIEN, John 1810-1898 Con. 2 Osgoode ?,some children to Gatineau wife=Annie HOGAN bur. St. Brigid's wife=Catherine HURLEY (EARLY ?) see also another Timothy O'BRIEN (PR) O'LEARY, Patrick, 1822-1878, County Cork wife=Mary DUNN, 1834-1899 bur. St. Brigid's SKEFFINGTON, Peter see also Early marriages in Bytown - from Meath,1828 3brothers-Michael,Patrick and Peter ML# 551 Later to Illinois, USA. Patrick married Nora STACKPOLE Cork,1823, s/o Jeremiah SULLIVAN and Mary McCARTHY wife= Mary KANE (PR), d/o John KEANE and Judith GALVIN marr. N.D. 14-08-1848. wife=Mary McALLISTER 1817-1884, born Antrim See book The Blood Creek Thompsons, went to U.S., bur. KansasSources:1. Michael DALEY of the Osgoode Township Historical Society has done a lot of work in this area. 2. Our Lady of the Visitation Parish, 140th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet, 1845-1985.3. Various tombstone inscriptions in Gloucester and Osgoode Townships. 4. The March 1999 issue of the Osgoode Township Historical Society Newsletter has more details(specifically, an article written by Michael DALEY. The Historical Society also has published a series of family histories. Visit the Web Site of the Osgoode Township Historical Society and MuseumThe following Counties in Ireland today make up what is called Northern Ireland: Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. The remaining Counties form the Republic of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is independent. Table 2 Here are a few names of pioneers in the military settlement at Richmond (from 1818) and in Nepean Township (mostly Jockvale and Fallowfield): BYRNE, David Ireland to Nepean in 1837 (first child born in Quebec) wife=Bridget HANNIGAN various spellings over time: BYRN, BURNES, BARNES COSTELLO, Thomas, c. 1823-? married (1) a McMASTER from Glengarry and (2) Maria FRAIN (SPAIN ?) FERMOYLE, John 1825-1911 married Margaret BERRIGAN in Nepean 2 other brothers went to Boston, USA HAMMILL, Patrick, 1791-1875 wife= Catherine MULDOON, 1796-1884 to Fallowfield/Jockvale HANRAHAN, George his widow (Bridget BURNS, from Limerick) marr. John McGEE 1840 to Aylmer P.Q. and Osgoode MULDOON, Patrick, 1797-1857 from Terryglass to Fallowfield, ML# 499 wife=Margaret BALLARD c.1792-1875 M.L.,Shared Lot at Bridlewood with William KENNEDY wife=Honora O'MEARA 1778-1842 ML# 70, see also The O'GRADY Bunch RYAN, William and Daniel North Gower to Kansas and Nebraska wives=DOWNEY and QUINN SPAIN, Margaret 1820-1894 Fatherwas Cornelius from Tipperary,daughters here, sons to U.S. married Thomas O'GRADY see John O'GRADYSource: St. Patrick's Parish - Fallowfield, 125th Anniversary Booklet, 1866-1991 and various tombstone inscriptions.Many of the pioneers in the Ottawa region came from County Tipperary or County Cork. And here is a list of all parishes in Cork and Tipperary, along with the first year for which records are available.Here is a map of the Fallowfield/Jockvale/Black Rapids area of Nepean.Taylor Kennedy has supplied an interesting story, pictures and a more detailed map showing the original schoolhouse at the corner of Jockvale Road and Fallowfield Road and and also of St. Patrick's Church at Fallowfield.Names of about 80 young adults confirmed in 1852 at St. Patrick's Church, Fallowfield.St. Patrick's, Fallowfield Baptisms, 1851-1860, compiled by Marilyn Cottrell.Sue has transcribed the marriages performed at St. Patrick's, Fallowfield between 1851 and 1875.Sue has also transcribed the deaths recorded at St. Patrick's, Fallowfield between 1851 and 1875,and also the death records from St. Patrick's (downtown) at the corner of Kent and Nepean Streets.There are two St. Patrick's Churches in Ottawa. St. Patrick's at Fallowfield dates to about the 1830's. St. Patrick's Basilica on Kent Street in downtown Ottawa wasbuilt around 1875 to serve the Irish population. In the early days it served thepopulation from the Rideau Canal in the east to Britannia in the west.Excerpt from an article dated August 26, 2000 in the Ottawa Citizen(just prior to Nepean being merged with the City of Ottawa): "Nepean is renamingsome of its parks after early settlers in an attempt to preserve the city'shistory before amalgamation. Bruce Elliott, author of The City Beyond:A History of Nepean, Birthplace of Canada's Capital, said the proposalis a great idea. 'It's a way of seeing that some of the old names arecommemorated.' Mr. Elliott said that many of the families were Irish Catholicsfrom Tipperary. They began settling in Nepean in the 1820's.City councillor Jan Harder said "the Irish families' roots are very, verydeep in this community". The names of the new parks will be: Rooney Park, Clarke Fields, HoulahanPark, Lytle Park, Burnett Park and Tierney Park.The Nepean Museum...Has well-organized, computerized Census data going back to 1842, plus other resources.Nepean Families ...Ed Robertson's Nepean PageThe O'Grady's and O'Mearas ...two Fallowfield (Nepean) area families1. Doris Grierson Hope has just had her book, Torbolton Township: Its Earliest History, reprinted. You can contact the author by e-mail at:E-Mail to Doris Grierson Hope2. Beyond Our Memory... a history of Fitzroy Township, by the Fitzroy Township Historical Society, ISBN 0-9694250-0-7Some early settlers in Fitzroy TownshipFrank O'Hara has a web site of pioneers in Torbolton and March Townships.His main surnames are O'HARA, NASH, CASEY, BRENNAN, EDGE, and HAWLEY.Joseph Gilmore Smyth and Catherine Burns to Fitzroy, early 1800'sDeath Registrations in Fitzroy Township in 1900 and 1907More Info on Fitzroy Township (and HICKEY surname)Pioneers in Goulbourn Township, Huntley Township and also the Perth AreaCounty Cavan to Goulbourn Township .. The family of George ARGUE and Mary WILSONPre-famine Migration to British North AmericaThomas ACRES from Tipperary to Huntley Township.Goulbourn Township Historical Society ... Located just outside StittsvilleBehan Teevens Brown Finner ... and some other deaths before 1900 at St. Michael's, CorkeryMarriages in Huntley, 1837-1900 ... Groom, Bride, Date of MarriageBirths in Huntley, 1837-1900Deaths in Huntley, 1837-1900Take a virtual walking tour of the Town of Almonte, formerly called Shipman's Mills. The Auld Kirk Cemetery near Almonte. Many of the Scottish pioneers who came in the 1820'sare buried in this cemetery.At Bear Brook (Bearbrook) in the Russell / Cumberland area, you'll find Trinity Anglican Church and it's pioneer cemetery.Pontiac County pioneers: folks born before 1800 and living in Clarendon, Litchfield, Bristol andChichester Townships in 1851. Visit the Pontiac County Heritage Web Page. Bonnie Hannifin is researching her ancestors, Alexander Wilson and Mary Thompson, who settled in the Pontiac, before 1841.Phil McGrath has sent in a list of landowners at Calumet Island in the Pontiac in 1867.The John KENNEDY / Julia DOOLAN family were early settlers on Allumette Island.The first Polish settlement (1859) in Canada was established at Wilno.Ottawa is chosen as the Capital of Canada and the Great Fire (story transcribed by Taylor Kennedy)Members of the Ottawa Fire Department who died in the line of duty.Some Early Marriages in Perth Ontario (St. John the Baptist Parish) ... Names transcribedby Rita Meistrell.The town of Carleton Place, just west of Ottawa, was originally called Morphy's Fallsafter Edmond Morphy who came from County Tipperary and settled there before 1820.Franktown, in Beckwith Township and mid-way between the military settlements atPerth and Richmond, was a supply depot for the first settlers. Marlborough Township, inthe western part of Carleton County, was home to many Irish Pioneers who came fromCounties Wexford and Wicklow in Ireland.North Gower Township, Carleton County, was settled beginning in the 1820's andhere are some pioneers in South Gower Township (Grenville County) in 1862.Carol Bennett McCuaig is researching material for two new books:(1) Beckwith Township Settlers Prior to 1842 and (2) Lanark County Settlersfrom Carlow, Wexford and Kilkenny. (September 1, 2006)Bishop Alexander MacDonell The Indian Hill Cemetery near PakenhamMary in Michigan is researching the surnames Sullivan, Coyne, Lefurgy and Finucane inthe Upper Ottawa Valley.Table 3 Here are more early settlers in Ottawa and area: The date, where given, is the date of marriage. Alphabetic by Groom's surname Mary RODGERS d/o Francis RODGERS and Mary McGUIRE Susan Frances BURNS, d/o Felix and Susan, married John DONNELLY See also aByrnes/Donnelly connection in Westport, ON William BURNS (M.L.) - Kilkenny c. 1829. William may be brother of my GGGrandfather Lawrence BURNS, and also of JAMES BURNS who married Elizabeth WALSH. See Osgoode Township above. wife=Judith DOYLE see son, next DUFFY, James, from Donegal wife=Mary Ann WOODBURN, from Derry ENGLISH, William, from Kilkenny,1802-1829 wife=Catharine WALLACE, from Kilkenny on McCabe List to March Township, later to Hog's Back FLEMING, Alexander wife, Elizabeth from County Wicklow LEE, James to Western Quebec, then to Kemptville area Margaret BYRNES / BURNS some to the West Edward McGILLVRAY Mayor of Bytown & Ottawa daughter married Joseph EDMONDE McGillvray Street in Ottawa South MILLER, George Palatine b. 1792, Limerick wife=Anne, b. 1795 PR (1825), ML# 565 RODGERS (Rogers), Peter, from Tyrone 1802-1882 bur. N.D.,may have been Talbot Settler in 1818 Margaret SHARKEY from Tyrone 1805-1883, bur. N.D. 2 SHANNON sisters ? Mary , Eliz. at St. Phillips in Richmond husbands= Louis CAILLE / CAYER and Joseph ST. DENIS SHANAHAN ? see also the SHANNON family at Innisville STEWART, David to Kemptville and Marlborough wife=Margaret McCONNELL later to USA SULLIVAN, William John wife= Jane UNKNOWN, born France William John, from County Antrim Methodist 2nd wife=Rose Ann CUNNINGHAM,(widow of James FARRELL) from England,worked in Court House (Lett) Julia MADDEN d/o Thomas MADDEN and Margaret SHANE see also John MADDEN and Elizabeth SHANETuberculosis in Ottawa, c. 1900... TB was widespread in the 1890's and early 1900'sA few miscellaneous Irish surnames which are being researched in the Ottawa area.Margaret Gaulden is researching the surnames O'Doherty, Doherty, Curren or Curran, Desjardins, Viau, Hand, Faulkner, Quail and Johnson. Click here to go to her page. Here are the lyrics, and the history of the song "Danny Boy", also known as the "Londonderry Air": Danny BoyNewsgroup:soc.genealogy.ireland...Internet newsgroup dealing with Irish Genealogy The tombstone on the left, below, is from Glendalough Cemetery in County Wicklow, Ireland, where many of our Byrne / Burns ancestors are buried. This "Celtic Cross" type of headstone was used on the tombstones of the first couple of generations of Irish Catholics after they settled in Canada. There are many Celtic Crosses in the older parts of Our Lady of Visitation Cemetery (South Gloucester), in St. Johns Cemetery in Enniskerry, Ontario, and in St. Michael's Cemetery in Corkery. Other very old cemeteries in the area are at Kemptville Quyon (St. Bridget's) in the Pontiac) and Mount St. Patrick in Renfrew County. The tombstone on the right, below, is that of my Great-Grandparents, James Burns and Annie Robb (b. Scotland). Where the O'BYRNES and BYRNES are buried He stretched his bones and fell in a dream Of sun and moon that a good hour Bellowed and pranced in the round tower.Excerpt from "Under the Round Tower" by William Butler YeatsMaps... Fawne Stratford-Devai's links to Historical Maps of Ontario Counties and Districts. A really useful compilation!The McCabe List ... Here are the references to thename "Burns" from the McCabe List ( a list of early Irish (1829) in and nearBytown (Ottawa)). This is a very valuable resource containing almost 700individuals. It is the first documentation of many individuals in Canadaand gives their county and parish of origin in Ireland.Bruce Elliott has written a book called The McCabe List. It's availablefrom Global Genealogy Supply. There's a link to their website a little furtheron in this page. The ISBN is 1-55075-048-8 .The Rideau Canal ... The History of the Rideau CanalThe Steam Boat "Rideau" ... and it's first trip from Kingston to Bytown in 1832The Illinois and Michigan Canal ...was built beginning in 1836. Many of the workers from the Rideau Canal wentto Illinois. Here's an excerpt from the Illinois Web Page:"The Irish began arriving in northern Illinois in large numbers in 1836,to work on the I and M Canal. They continued to pour into the area duringthe Great Potato Famine of 1845-7, during which time the population of Irelanddecreased by over two million people through death and emigration. After1848 many Irish moved to the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, where theyworked in meat-packing plants and brickyards. Other Irish spread throughoutnorthern Illinois, often becoming farmers in canal towns." Some Irish fraternal and benevolent societies.Here is the definitive work on the Famine: The Great Hunger - Ireland,1845-1849, by Cecil Woodham-Smith, Penguin Books (Paperback, about$20.00 Cdn. at Chapters)An example of sailing ships used to transport emigrants from the British Isles toNorth America in the 1800s was the Perseverance.Packet Boats left Ireland for London, England after about 1850.. Passengers were transferred to large sailing ships in London for the voyage to North America.Assisted Emigration from the Shirley Estate in County Monaghan, 1846-1853An excellent description of Workhouses in Ireland. (by Peter Higginbotham)It was no leisurely cruise on the Elizabeth and Sarah , a coffin ship which came from County Mayo to Quebec in 1846.A description of Children's Burial Sites in County Mayo.Grosse Isle Web Site ... Information on the Famine from a Canadian Immigration PerspectiveBeginning in the 1850's, as a large second generation faced a shortage of available land in the area close to Ottawa, some members of many of the families listed on this page left for the U.S. - mainly to Iowa,Illinois,Michigan,Wisconsin,North Dakota, Minnesota New York and, Manitoba. Iowa's farmland was advertized in the Ottawa newspapers beginning about 1852. Manyfarm families emigrated to Clinton County, Iowa. The lumbering industry of northern Michigan and Wisconsin drew many folks from the Ottawa Valley. Farmers were also attractedto North Dakota. Iowa was also a gateway to subsequent migration to Kansas and Nebraska.In the 1870's, people often went to Montana.Migration was a two-way road -- according to the 1881 Census of Carleton County, there were 648 persons who were born in the United States of America but now were living in the Ottawa region.There is a re-union of the Costello and many other families who went to Petersville, Iowa.The re-union is being held in Iowa on June 3, 2003. In some cases, families (usually brothers) split up and some emigrated to Canada while otherfamily members went to Australia. Roderick Hawley, born in 1796, came to Nepean Townshipin 1834 while some of his relatives went to Australia. Members of the Fuller and Taylor families from County Clare, Ireland, came to Torbolton Township for a while then left for Australia and New Zealand.Some other families were enticed to the Maniwaki / Gracefield / Kazabazua area of Quebec.The townships of North and South Plantagenet are to the east of the City of Ottawa. The village of Riceville, on the Scotch River is located here.Just to the east of the Plantagenet Townships are the Townships of West Hawkesbury and Caledonia.Mayo, Quebec is a small village northeast of Buckingham. Many of its pioneers camefrom County Mayo in Ireland.Lochaber Township, Quebec, is on the north shore of the Ottawa River, east of Masson. It includes the town of Thurso. Around the year 1850, there are about a dozen familiesfrom Lochaber recorded in the records of Notre Dame Cathedral in Bytown. Mostof the surnames are of French origin but Michael McCormick from County Tipperary settled in Lochaber Township. In 1802, Scots came from Lochaber, Scotland to Glengarry Township in Upper Canada and some of them may have settled on the Quebec side.Cemetery Listings for Bois-Franc and the Old Gracefield CemeteriesCemetery Listing for St. James' Anglican Church in Gracefield.St. Jacques Le Majeur church records at Portage du FortSome names from St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery, (Church of England) in Aylwin, Quebecand some from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery, also in Aylwin, Quebec.James Cleland has transcribed the names from the Northfield Cemetery, south of Bouchette, Quebec.Edie Lacharity Sage has recorded Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery at Danford, Quebec.Garry McFadden has transcribed the index for Births, Marriages and Deaths at St. Martin's RC Church in Martindale, Quebec. He alsohas transcribed, alphabetically, the names on the Martindale Pioneer Memorial whichcommemorates most of the original settlers who came to that area during the Great IrishFamine. Catherine SULLIVAN, 1851 - 1927, my Great-Grandmother, daughter of Nicholas O'SULLIVAN (1806-1862) from County Meath and Mary McGEE (1823 - 1861), from County Armagh (Catherine SULLIVAN married Thomas CHRISTOPHER Sr. of the Stage Coach Road - Lot 4, Concession 4) All family members of this generation are buried at Our Lady of Visitation, South Gloucester (Formerly called St. Mary's) My second cousin once removed, David Caron, has a web page on the CHRISTOPHERs.His page is at: http://www.interlog.com/~chezjd/ Photo taken in 1908 (My Grandparents). Both buried at St. John's in Enniskerry, on the Stagecoach Road A Burns Family Farm House, about 1930. This was located on the Manotick Station Road in Osgoode Township (painted yellow).

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