March 1, 2008:

Bradish Billings was the first settler in Gloucester Township. His house and property were
on the south-east corner of todays Bank Street and Riverside Drive (Billings Bridge).

October 31, 2002:
Also from Joan McEvoy Rooney:
Hi Al,

I have been working for the friends of the Billings Estate the last 3 years,
so I have the entire Billings family tree and a lot of info about his
neighbours - in fact we are in the process of trying to publish a booklet on
Billings area.- a slow painful process.  Let me know what info you need.

Source: Posted to CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com on October 30, 2002

March 3, 2003:
Here is a great web site regarding Bradish Billings and Lamira Dow.

also posted on March 3, 2003:
Hi 
 
Am looking for info on above Billings relatives,
If any info available from history ,yourself or the Billings Heritage Home I 
would greatly appreciate it.
 
I live in Northern Ontario,and have no idea who to contact.
 
Thank you,
 
Muriel(Billings)Forgues
 
mforgues@renegadeisp.com
_____________________________

Visit the web site of the Billings Museum.

________________________________

and thanks to Mary Cox for the following interesting document!

Hi Al, 

I was going through yet another family file and I found the attached.   

In case you are not able to read it the most important fact as far as I am concerned is:

“The first recorded burial here was that of Mrs. Berry, mother-in-law of Isaac Firth 
of Bytown, 1820.  The last name was that of John Roger Billings in 1961.  A Billings 
child, Cynthia, died in 1818; she was probably buried down by the river’s edge at the 
original family settlement site.  There are thought to be about 20 family graves, and
many more marked and unmarked, in the section devoted to Billings Bridge families.  
The graveyard was vandalized in the late 1960s.  Final decisions have yet to be made as 
to its future appearance.

Al, I remember reading in one of my books that Andrew Berry had a sister and that 
Isaac Firth had married her.  I don’t really know if that is true.   

... Mary
(other names for search engine: Berry, Charles Murray, Maria Murray, Amelia Traveller)


  


April 9, 2008:
Map of Billings Bridge, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1879
Source: McGill University Digital Maps



The Prescott Road on the map is now Bank Street. Long Island Road is today called
Riverside Drive.
January 16, 2009:

Joan McEvoy Rooney has written an interesting paper called The Settlement of Billings Bridge and Junction Gore.


August 17, 2009:
New e-mail address for Mary Cox: bytownmary@hotmail.com


August 31, 2010:

Text Source below: Ottawa, The City of Big Ears, page 51



Keywords: Lamira Dow (from Merrickville), Philomen Wright, Hog's Back and Dow's Lake, Voyageurs


  


 May 3, 2011:

Early Commuting from Ottawa South to Downtown Ottawa
Before the arrival of Street Cars, the early civil servants commuted by Stage Coach between
Billings Bridge and the Post Office Department. At the time, Post Office was the largest Department
of the Federal Government. Ottawa was a "Civil Service town" beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867.

I worked for 30 years in the federal Department of Finance. If you visit their web site, keep
your hands on your wallet. (Just kidding!)
... Al

 Source of Ticket Image, below, is Gloucester Roots, page 79


Name for Search Engine: W. Whiten

 
E-mail Joan Rooney, Muriel, Mary Cox and Al Lewis


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