June 10, 2002:

From Ken Armstrong:
To Al, Darlene and Don;
 
First I thank Darlene for the cemetery transcriptions from the Gracefield Cemetery. 
I have also made many transcription from most of the cemeteries around the Kazabazua and 
Aylwin Cemeteries, and the two attachments are partial listing of some of these 
transcriptions as follows:
 
1. St. Andrews Church Cemetery (Presbyterian/United), Aylwin, Quebec; and
 
2. St. John's in the Wilderness (Church of England) Cemetery, Aylwin, Quebec.

As indicated these are only partial transcriptions, and I hope to complete all of 
the listings of the Cemetery stones, plus I plan to visit the church administrator and  
check out the burial records for St. Andrews, St. John's and will also include the newer 
Hillcrest Cemetery in Aylwin.
 
For Don, there are a few Derby's in the St. John's Cemetery for your information
 
For your information, the Richard Armstrong and Elizabeth Draper, listed (1) in the 
St. Andrews Cemetery are my great-grandparents, and the McConnell's are related 
because my Aunt Mildred Armstrong married Lawrence McConnell, and they are buried 
in the Hillcrest Cemetery, also I am related to the Begley's 
(my grandfather's  (Archie Armstrong) sister, Rebecca married William Begley, and my 
grandfather's brother, John Armstrong  married Liza Cox, and his sister, Annie married 
Jack Stanger, so they are all related.
 
Also for Don, the Derby's are also related through the Draper family. 
 
Ken Armstrong
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July 5, 2002: 

Attached you will find the complete transcriptions for the St. Andrews 
(Presbyterian/United) Cemetery in Aylwin, Quebec and for the St. John (Church of England) 
In The Wilderness Cemetery also in Aylwin, Quebec.

I made a slight mistake on my first posting of the St. Andrews Cemetery, in that I included 
a few of the Tombstones from the Aylwin Hillcrest Cemetery in Aylwin, this St. Andrew's 
Cemetery attachment corrected the previous mistake. 

I have completed a partial transcription for the Aylwin Hillcrest Cemetery, and when 
completed I will send it along for posting on your website. Many of the people in these 
Cemeteries originally came from the Carleton County side of the river, so they do fit 
into your website.

Ken Armstrong

Saint John (Church of England) In The Wilderness Cemetery, Aylwin, Quebec.(June 20, 2002)

PLAQUE DISPLAYED ON CAIRN IN CEMETERY:

St. John in The Wilderness (Church of England).
This area was settled around 1854. The congregation of Aylwin was formed shortly thereafter and a Church was built on this site in 1864. This Church building was deconsecrated on Oct 30th, 1960 and moved from this site to the village of St. Agathe, Quebec in November 1972. The present Anglican churches in the area are daughter churches of St. John.
This Memorial Cairn was dedicated 23 June, 1974.

1.	In Memory of Father & Mother
	Joseph M. Cox
	Died at Sea  4 May 1884  54 yrs.
	His Wife
	Nancy Junkin
	Died July 2, 1919  age 90 yrs.

	Jane  20 yrs.		Thomas  30  yrs.
	Fannie  18 yrs.		Maria  30 yrs.

2.	On Front of Stone:
	CRAM
	In Memory of
	James Cram
	Died Oct 13, 1905, Age 74 Yrs.

	On Right Side of Stone:
	Sabina Draper  Jan 30, 1907  age 69 yrs.
	Wife of
	J. Cram  Oct 13, 1905  age 74 yrs.
	&
	Margaretta Cram  Sept 14, 1911  age 47 yrs.

3.	CRAM
	In Loving Memory
	1860		John Cram		1951
			His Wife
	1862		Harriet Ann Litle	1934

4.	DRAPER
	In Loving Memory of
	Minnie M. Oglivie  1877 - 1900
	Mary J. Stewart  1878 - 1927
	Samuel Draper  1858 - 1935
	
	Fern F.B.  1878 - 1926
	Percy  1915

5.	1863		Samuel J. Draper	1933

6.	H. Allan Draper  1890 - 1962

7.	CARRUTHERS
	Emmeline Sparks  1864 - 1939
	Cleveland Carruthers  1894 - 1926

8.	In Memory of
	Thomas Little / Litle * (see note below)
	1856 - 1929

9. 	James Cox
	1866 - 1942

10.	In Memory of
	Mary Jane Derby
	Died May 29, 1910  age 80 yrs.

11. 	William Derby  1848 - 1916
	His Wife
	Alvira Shaver  1858 - 1930

	On Left Side of this Stone:
	Ethel 1886 - 1912
	Isabella J. 1886 - 1918

	On Right Side of this STone:
	Edmund 1884 - 1908

12.	In Loving Memory
	Gladys Willifred Lambert
	1905 - 1983
	Beloved Wife of:
	James Ira Day
	1904 - 1988

13.	In Loving Memory of
	Our Little IDA
	Died Aug 9, 1904  age 12 years, 4 months
	CRAM

14.	Ellinor Lillian Wilson
	Died June 28, 1900
	Age 2 years, 4 months.

15.	Thomas Hobbs
	Died 10 Sept 1904, aged 80 years
	Buried at McLeod Alberta
	His Wife
	Mary Childs
	Died 30 Dec 1905, aged 75 Years

	William Hobbs
	Born Aug 30, 1861
	Died Apr 19, 1935

16. 	MULLIGAN
	Thomas Mulligan
	1858 - 1924
	His Wife
	Martha Shaver
	1860 - 1904
	Hillary 1894 - 1899
	Bertal  1896 - 1900

17.	DAY
	In Loving Memory of
	James Benjamin Day  1874 - 1945
	His Wife
	Margaret Ann Gainford  1878 - 1963

August 12, 2004 (new link to Thomas Mulligan page)
18.	In Memory of Thomas Mulligan (N.B. See posting from Doug Thayer dated August 10, 2003)
	of Hincks
	Died Oct 15, 1882, aged 87 Yrs.
	Also His Wife
	Ellen 
	Died Sept 23, 1881, 83 Yrs.
	Their Son
	Thomas  Died 1856, 83 Yrs.
	Grandson
	Arnold  Died Jul 8, 1887, Age 2 Mos.

19. 	MULLIGAN (see also posting dated March 20, 2008, below)
	In Loving Memory of
	John Mulligan  1844 - 1925
	His Wife
	Caroline Riddell  1852 - 1934
	Lila Maud Mulligan  1877 - 1933
	Thomas Oliver Mulligan  1873 - 1927
	John H. Atcheson Mulligan  1861 - 1916

20.	Charles Derby
	1833 - 1909
	His Wife
	Jane Shaw
	1833 - 1922

21.	William Crosworth Gainsford
	Died August 31, 1943, age 71
	His Wife 
	Carrie Carison
	Died January 28, 1960, age 84

22.	In Memory of
	Joseph Gainford
	Died Feb 10th, 1896
	Aged 14 Yrs, 1 Mo.

23.	HARRISON
	In Loving Memory
	Joseph Harrison
	1872 - 1956
	His Wife
	Susanna Jane Gainford
	1875 - 1916

24.	John J. Mc. E. Marks
	Born Nov 27, 1859
	Died Oct 1, 1868

	Rebecca L. Marks
	Born Oct 29, 1864
	Died April 9, 1879

25.	Effie M. Moore
	Died 27th Feb, 1880
	Aged 9 months, 27 days

26.	BROWN
	Baby Boy (See below, dated March 18, 2003 ... Al)
	Died at Birth
	Aug 15, 1929

NOTE 1: We know that John Draper b. abt 1801 and Margaret McEwen (John's Second wife ) 
are buried in this cemetery, the Sabrina Draper, in 2 above, is one of their daughters, 
who married John (Jack) Cram.

NOTE 2: The above are all of the Tombstones and ground Plaques in this Cemetery, but 
there are many more people buried in this Cemetery, 
Kenneth L. Armstrong, 20 June 2002.
September 4, 2002:
Good afternoon.
First off I would like to congratulate you for your hard work in
transcribing all the tombstones in the St Andrews and St John in the
Wilderness Cemeteries in Aylwin. I was sent your site by Lois McConnell
Klages and it is great. I had just visited six cemeteries yesterday and when
I arrived home the e-mail announcing your site was waiting. I believe that
Thomas Litle rests in the St John in the Wilderness cemetery and you have
his name recorded as Thomas Little. I went back today to recheck and it is
indeed Thomas Litle.
My mother was a Litle and her father and Grandfather rest at St Andrews
Cemetery as you have correctly noted. John Litle brother Thomas's first wife
Elizabeth Fleury rests in the family plot also in St Andrews. Thomas married
a second time to Jennie Cram and the Crams rest in St John in the
wilderness. I am not sure if Jennie Cram rests with Thomas or not. Anyhow I
hope I have not confused you too much.

Thank you;
From David Alexander Litle Smith

March 18, 2003:
It's great to see all the trasnscriptions from this cemetery.  The
Mulligan's and the Derby's are all my relatives.  F.Y.I.  the headstone
entry  #26  Baby boy Brown is Fred and Ruth (Derby) Brown's infant son.
They are buried at St James Anglican Church in Gracefield.  Thanks for all
of your hard work.

Nancy Mulligan

August 10, 2003:
Hi to all.

It's great to see you have done all this work and put it on the net. What a
great way to preserve and share our history.

I would like to point out a correction needed on marker #18, Thomas Mulligan
and Ellen Powell. I know this marker is very old and the writing is very
faded on the dark north side of the stone. I photograped it using a digital
camera and filter and still had trouble reading some of the engraving.
However, I was able to corelate the data with parish records so I am pretty
sure of my information,

The following corrections are in order.

1) Thomas (Senior) died in 1892 not 1882 at age 81 not 87. He was born in
1811.. I have a copy of the parish burial record . He died on the 19th not
the 15th and was buried on the 21st of October 1892.

2) Thomas -- their son who died in 1856 was 9 years old not 83. This Thomas
was born in 1847.  After he died, his parents named another son born in 1858
Thomas --- this was my great grandfather and I think Nancy's too?

3) Ellen's age creates a problem. I originally wrote it down as 63. This
would have had her born in 1818 and some other records show that to be the
case. I have another record that shows her born in 1815  Some Census records
show she and Thomas as being the same age but other records show a 3 or 4
year difference in their ages. If I have her burial record I can 't put my
hand on it at the moment. So I will have to leave that for another day.

4) Arnold, their grandson died January 8th, not July 8th. I have this parish
record ---he was born in November and died two months later. He was my
grandmother's brother.

This is one of the oldest stones in the graveyard and is very hard to read,
so it is easy to see how it can be mis-interpreted.

Thank you for doing this important work. I am sure that there are more
people who appreciate it than you can ever imagine. Keep it up --- please!

Doug Thayer ...Ottawa
August 22, 2003:
Hi again Doug and the rest of the Gang;

I visited St. John's in the Wilderness Cemetery this afternoon, and used a
thick carpenters pencil to rub the imprint of the Thomas Mulligan Cemetery
Stone onto paper, and as Doug so kindly pointed out the Dates for Thomas
Mulligan are as follows:

Thomas Mulligan
of Hincks
Died: Oct 19, 1892, Aged 87 Yrs.
also his Wife
Ellen
Died: Sep 23, 1881, Aged 63 Yrs.
Their Son
Thomas
Died: 1856, Aged 9

So the above confirms the dates submitted from Doug. The original
transcription I made had the Son Thomas at aged 8, rather than 9 and I made
a typo when re-transcribing to electronic media, sorry for that, I should
have caught it myself.

While I was there ,there appears to be two new Cemetery Stones placed in St.
John's as follows:

DAY
Jennie Moores Day  1907-1935
John (Jack Day  1901-1983
Margaret Adams Day  1913-1977
(the above is a new metal Plaque) (see below, dated November 30, 2003 ... Al)


(Stone Plaque in Ground)

                    CRAM
Lydia Jane                        James
Died: March 16, 1974     Died: June 11, 1926

Ken Armstrong
November 30, 2003:
Dear Mr. Thayer:
You may know my family as your name sounds familiar to me, I was born and raised 
in the Gatineau went to St. John's while I lived there, helped to clean the church often, 
when my Mother passed away the Guild made a set of purple altar adornments in memory.
Thank you so much for this history of our old church, I am one of the people on the 
list of five who are to look after the cemetery. 
My son and husband were up there putting up the plaque for my parents, and my husband 
says some one has thrown some of the stones over the fence at the back, I have not 
seen them myself as when I was up last the flies were so bad we just took the wood 
frames of the plaque and left. I thought the cemetery looked bare compared to what 
it used to and went to the far side and found my Uncle William Gainford marker thrown 
aside, but I am not sure as to the exact place it should be.
My family were the Day's at the left of the church as you go in, and my grandmother 
was a Gain(s)ford but I am not sure of the correct spelling.
My youngest daughter is very interested in that cemetery and also my son, I expect 
he will take my place on the committee when I no longer can. 
Just wanted to let you know that Lois McConnell sent me an e-mail with the 
information, and I was really pleased and I wanted to let you know that we were the 
people who put the plaque there.
 
Thank you again
Sincerely
Winnifred Sully 
e-mail   kwsully@rogers.com
other surnames Wilson Gainsford / Gainford and Day
August 9, 2005:
Discovered your website on google.
My maternal grandparents are Joseph Harrison and Suzanna Gainford / Gainsford 
buried at St. Johns.
I would appreciate receiving a list of those buried there. It might help in my 
efforts at filling in a family tree.
... Roger Champagne
March 20, 2008:

Courtesy of the bytown.net web site, I discovered that my maternal great-grandfather, 
John Mulligan and great-grandmother Caroline Riddell are buried in Saint John's In The 
Wilderness Cemetery, Aylwin, Quebec. My grandmother, Clara Mulligan was their daughter 
and she married John Lyon.  I am not sure how many siblings my grandmother had. She died  
several years before my birth. I do not even know where John Mulligan was born.
I have been trying to find out more about this side of the family. Could you post my 
inquiry on your site? The names I am interested in are Mulligan, Riddell, Lyon.
Thank you.
 
Gail Bebee
April 28, 2008:

To whom it may concern, 

I am researched for some many years to my closest ancestry by the name of MARY BRADLEY. 
I was told that she was born in AYLWIN, GATINEAU QC. With Francois Lebeau was born at 
Metabetchewan, Lac St. Jean, Quebec. 

I am interested into MARY’s parents side .  Father was John Bradley & Louise Atchen.  
this could be a typo maybe. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

Maurice Ethier from Timmins, ON
 November 13, 2008:

Hi All, especially Gail;
 
According to the 1852 Census, Canada West, March Township, Carleton County, your John Mulligan 
was born in March Township, with parents Thomas Mulligan and Ellen Powell, and his siblings 
James, b. 1836 Ireland, Richard, b. 1838, Goulbourne Township, Elizabeth, b. 1840, March 
Township, Sarah, b. 1842, March Township, John, b. 1844, March Township, Thomas, b. 1846, 
March Township and Robert, b. 1848, March Township, and according to the ages of the 
children John and his family emigrated from Ireland to Canada between 1836 and 1838.
 
... Ken Armstrong