August 19, 2010:

Thanks to Mary Quinn who found a write-up from the Ottawa Citizen dated November 3, 1954 concerning Nicholas Adams
in Osgoode Township. Nick Adams was a Polish immigrant (surname changed from Adamanski, or similar). He farmed on
Lot 10, Concession III in Osgoode, the farm pioneered by my GreatGreatGrandfather, Lawrence Burns, who
built a log home there in 1843.

As you can see from the article, Mr. Adams died in a tractor accident in 1954. One time I walked along the Nick Adams Road 
from the Manotick Station Road heading over to the Stagecoach Road. This road is not a thru road and ends at a privately
constructed bridge over a small, shallow river or creek. The bridge is made of stone and cement, presumably constructed 
by my Burns ancestors or by Nick Adams. At any rate, the road is called the "Nick Adams Road" in his honour. He is buried
in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church in South Gloucester. This church is now called Our Lady of the Visitation.

       

August 21, 2010:

Hi, Al & Mary,  just a line to say I  recall  that tragic incident,  Oct 29 .1954 when Nick, Adams, while plowing 
in his field, on Lot 11. con. 3 drove too close to the bank of the" Middle Castor river," and flipped his tractor, with him,
into the river.
  
   AL,  the Bridge of which you write. [The bridge to nowhere.] is situated on 
the road allowance between  lots  10& 11  ,the bridge ,if my memory serves me right was built as work project, and the year 
it was built should be engraved in the cement , [or was]  and , the road would have met up with Cooper Hill road in con. V11, 
in the township.

               The Polish  Settlement,  on the Manotick Station Road 

Teresa Adams, daughter of Nicholas Adamouski [Adams]and his wife, Alexandrea Sankow, and her husband 
Peter Krupa operated the Manotick Tea Room on Main Street Manotick for 35 years.

One morning over breakfast ,August 1984, I had very informative conversation, with Teresa, Peter ,her husband was in the kitchen,   
This info, she gave to me ,  in 1923 her father Nicholas  bought  the Quinn farm , 

"Yes Mary " Your Uncle Jim had that farm, but not for long. I seem to recall , he may have moved there after coming home 
from overseas after the first World War, 
he later went to Detroit, USA.

I hope I haven't lost you Al.  In 1928 Nestor Rakowiski and his wife bought the farm where your Trailer Park Campground is,
originally the Jordan family farm.

 In 1933 Mike Kachura and his wife Helen, and brother Max bought  in concession 2.

In May 1934 Joe Chezowski and his wife bought in con ,2

 In 1936, Michael Kowolchuck and his wife Anne bought lot 2 Con .2   

Teresa mentioned a family by the name of  " Wagoners' came in 1925 ,I do not remember 
 
           The Surveyors lost a lot in con ,2 makes it confusing
   
                       Michael Daley 

August 25, 2010:

Michael:

I agree - my Dad confirmed that my Great Uncle Jimmy had that farm.  Dad heard from Pat Kehoe that when Uncle Jimmy came 
home one night and had no keys to the house he cut all the locks off with an axe.  
 
Mary 


 August 29, 2010:

Hi Mary,  Mary you just answered a question that crossed my mind, in 
my view your great Uncle Jim ,had the Jordan farm rented ??? not 
purchased, ??,  to farm only, " not to cut wood,and sell it from off the                
 farm , thus it was, arriving home one night he found the doors all locked , but Knowing Jim Quinn
 those Locks would be a minor detail to him ,
 
Mary . Jim Quinn was a man I loved to talk to , we dickered in cattle ,and horses
 years ago, I loved to hear, his memories of the past.
 
            Michael
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Hi Mike - now the story that Dad heard from Pat Kehoe makes sense - you are just a wealth of information.  
As usual - thanks.
 
Mary