Village of Clayton, Ramsay Township, Ontario, Canada
History and Genealogy
originally called Bellamy's Mills 



New July 31, 2011:


Map Source: McGill University Digital County Atlas Project
Lanark County, Ramsay Township

Map of Clayton, Ontario, Canada (Bellamy Mills), in 1879



Photography by Lynne Wilson
The Dam at Clayton, Ontario, Canada, 
Clayton Lake / Indian River, Ramsay Township, Ontario

Clayton, Ontario, Canada Dam


Some Residents and Businessmen of Clayton in 1879 (Source: McGill University Digital County Atlas Project, Lanark County, Ramsay Township)

Banning,  Ozias,    Postmaster of Clayton for 17 years,  born at L'Orginal, Ontario,  
Bowland,  John,     Farmer
Cleland,  John W.,  Clayton School Teacher,  born in Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Robertson, James,   Farmer


Source for text below, Lanark Legacy: Nineteenth Century Glimpses of an Ontario County by
Howard Morton Brown, page 127
Clayton, Ontario, Canada


More names for Search Engine: Indian River, Coulter, Edward Bellamy, Augusta, Gemmill, McNeill, Foley,
Blair and Hunter (Huntersville), Native Canadians. 

Bellamy Mills Water Turbine (Clayton)
Saw and Grist Mill Plaque at Clayton, Ontario, Canada (Bellamy Mills)         Water Turbine at Clayton, Ontario, Canada (Bellamy Mills)
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