September 12, 2005: Picture - Dunlop Picnic Area, Gatineau Park

July 23, 2005:
The pioneer Dunlop family came from Ireland and were among the first settlers
in the Meech Lake area of the Gatineau Valley. According to Katharine Fletcher's
book, Historical Walks, The Gatineau Park Story, John
Dunlop, who had a cabin near Camp Fortune in 1900, "was a hardy pioneer who at the
turn of the century gave up the fight against bears, trees and shrubs, and 
moved his house and wares down the valley". (page 18).

Pioneer neighbours of the Dunlops were the Mulvihill, Daly, Carroll, Lacharity,
Jeremiah Sheehan, William Jeffs and Asa Meech families.

The following is from Will Dunlop:
"Our records indicate that the Gabriel Dunlop who married Ellen McCloskey was the son 
of (1) Gabriel Dunlap (b. 1803) who married Margaret Daley / Daly.  That Gabriel's 
father is (2) Gabriel Dunlap of Old Chelsea who married Catherine Hoben (Hoban?).  
I have 100+ names of Gabriel's descendants here in Ottawa region.

You may certainly use the Dunlap/Dunlop info. as you see fit.  The earliest reference 
source we have to Gabriel Dunlap & wife Catherine Hoben is found in Anson Gard's book, 
Humours and Peoples (?) in the Ottawa Valley.  [I've misplaced my copy and am guessing 
at the title.]  The National Archives have a number of maps of the first land grants 
on the Meech Creek Valley and the Dunlap grant can be found adjacent to that of 
Nicholas Sparks. The faint imprint of the Dunlap farm can be found of course along 
the Dunlop Rd. at Camp Fortune and below at the (NCC) Dunlop Picnic Grounds.
 
It was a pleasure exploring your website.  Well done!  Now if I can only find some 
information on the Kealeys and Murphys (Mountain Road).  
All the best, keep up the good work."

... Will Dunlop
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1881 Census Place:	Hull, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada
	Source:	FHL Film 1375861  NAC C-13225  Dist 97  SubDist Z  Div 1  Page 103  Family 439
	Sex	Marr	Age	Origin	Birthplace
Gabriel DUNLOP	M	M	72	Irish	Ireland
	Occ:	Farmer	Religion:	Catholic	
Margaret DUNLOP	F	M	64	Irish	Ireland
			Religion:	Catholic	
Elisabeth DUNLOP	F		40	Irish	Quebec
	Occ:	Servant	Religion:	Catholic	
Margaret DUNLOP	F		30	Irish	Quebec
			Religion:	Catholic	
Isabella DUNLOP	F		24	Irish	Quebec
	Occ:	Servant	Religion:	Catholic	
Anna DUNLOP	F		21	Irish	Quebec
	Occ:	Servant	Religion:	Catholic
August 30, 2005:

Hi Wendy and Will:
Thanks for your recent e-mails. I've included Wendy's e-mail address as another 
contact for the Dunlops (and others in the Meech Lake / Chelsea area).

There were many connections between the early settlers of the South Gloucester area
of what is now Ottawa, and the pioneers in the Gatineau Valley.

This may be one, although I'm not sure if and how this Dunlop family connects with 
yours. The following record is from Our Lady of the Visitation cemetery on Bank 
Street, just north of Mitch Owens Road.

In memory of James R. Dunlap died April 17, 1895 aged 55 years. 
May his soul rest in peace.
His wife Mary J. Fenning (Fanning) died Sept. 29, 1920 aged 73 years.
John A. Dunlap died August 31, 1904, aged 65 years, Lucy E. Dunlap
died July 8, 1918, aged 36 years. Mary Stackpole 1886-1942, wife of 
Patrick Dunlop. Billy Dunlop, July 10, 1928, aged 11 years. 
Agnes Dunlop Phillips 1885-1966.
Patrick Dunlop died April 8, 1969, aged 90 years.
Source: Cemetery listing transcribed August 1985 by David G. Bryden.

New Dunlop researcher: Wendy Millar
(e-mail address included below)	
August 31, 2005:
Jeez, Al we seem to be related.  
My great uncle, after whom I am partly named, is the Patrick Dunlop who married 
Minnie Stackpole. His brother John Joseph Dunlop is my grandfather.  
They were both from the family farm in Greely. Their parents were James Robert Dunlap 
and Mary Jane Fanning.  I think they're all buried at St. Mary's in South Gloucester.  
We should maybe compare notes in case we're third or fourth cousins or something.  
Regards, John Patrick William Dunlop.
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Hi Will, Wendy and Mike:
 
It's a real small world.
 
I'm sending a copy of this e-mail to Michael Daley, also, whose family were near 
neighbours of the Stackpoles and Fannings in Osgoode Township beginning 
about the 1830's. 
Mike, this correspondence relates to the Dunlop family who had connections to the 
Meech Lake area and also to our gang. (See www.bytown.net/dunlopgabriel.htm) 
 
There are some fairly complete (and interesting) histories of the Stackpoles 
and the Fannings already on our web site. 
The Dunlops are mentioned on both of these pages, but I never connected them to 
Gabriel Dunlop from Meech Lake.
The Stackpoles from County Cork were next door neighbours of my Christopher
ancestors beginning in the 1840's. (Stage Coach Road).
My Burns ancestors were on the Manotick Station Road, the next concession to the west.
The Stackpoles, Christophers and Burns were often godparents for each others'
children.
 
I'll update these pages tomorrow, with your permission, Will. Also, Michael, 
I'll add your e-mail address to these pages as well.
This is how this web site is supposed to work!
 
Take care, 
... Al
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Indeed you are right Al.  Of course you have my permission (and my blessing) to 
use the material to update your site. You need not ask. It is your very site that 
seems to be shrinking the world around town!
 
Part of the Dunlap Farm at Meech Creek (the site of present day Camp Fortune on 
the Dunlop Road just at the corner of the Dunlop P{icnic Grounds) was expropriated /
sold by / to the NCC.  My ggrandfather James Robert Dunlap obtained the farm in Greely.  
So the lineage travels from Old Chelsea through Greely back to Ottawa.  The sequence 
for me is Gabriel-William-Robert-John-John-William.
 
A you suggested, I connected with Michael Daley's page on the Fannings.  What a great 
find  ... considering that it describes my grandparents.  Might I offer some detail 
to the descendants info. of Mary Jane Fanning?  (1) Her son 'Jack' was my grandfather's 
familiar name but he is christened John Joseph.  He married (my granny) Laura O'Callaghan 
(daughter of Mary Helena McCartin and John Henry "Black Jack" O'Callaghan) of Osgoode.  
(2) The daughter "Pidgey" is the familiar name of Bridget Ann who married Michael Foran 
and had 4 children: Veronica, Viola, John and Margaret (the mother of His Eminence, 
Bishop Brendan O'Brien).
 
I hope this helps.  All the best.
... Will
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and thanks to Michael Daley for the following:

hi to all, AL, WILL and Wendy,  [read this slow] 
i just pulled this file out, dated march 1999  ,its reads info to Michael Daley,  
subject , Fanning article , Dec 98  newsletter. i enjoyed  very much   your article 
concerning the Fannings , there is one bit of information that i would like to add,  
John Fenning [son of Patrick Fenning and Ann Guilfoyle] was first married to 
Catherine "Kate"Dunlop, [March 1864-Dec,1896, she was the daughter of George Dunlop,
[12 April, 1841-22 Aug, 1925,and Mary Ann Daley,[8 April,1846-1882 ] of 
Farm Point, Quebec. George is a younger brother of J. Robert Dunlap, who married  
Mary Jane Fenning.                    
Catherine's name is inscribed on the same tombstone as John F ,.in St. Catherine's  
cemetery. Osgoode. another thing which i noticed from reading the inscriptions is 
that John's baby. Walter Patrick died just a few days after his father, John on 
April 6, 1900 and the baby on April 21.1900    , 
signed Diane Proc,[dianeproc@rogers.com].    

... Michael  Daley 
September 1, 2005:
Hi to all, My brother Will has been forwarding messages passed between you 
about the Dunlops who originated in the Meech Lake area (where Camp Fortune is now) 
and then some moved on to Gloucester. I am the same Diane P who sent the message 
to Mike Daley about John Fenning. I thought maybe we should keep in touch. 
I will look over the website and see if there is anything that should be added 
that I know of. I've gotten away from hard research in recent years but Will keeps 
me up to date. I just recently transferred my data from my old Mac computer to my 
new Windows XP one. I will try to get back to you all soon with my thoughts, 
observations on the website data. Are any of you going to the BIFHSGO conference in 
September? Maybe we could touch base there. 
We have a photo of Patrick Dunlop and Minnie Stackkpole on their wedding day. 
It was used once as the cover of the Ontario Gen Soc newletter. 
My up to date e-mail address is dianeproc@rogers.com or diane_proc@hotmail.com . 
Happy hunting! 
... Diane
September 16, 2005:
Hello all!
 
Dunlop's picnic area (the picture of the Dunlop sign) is the land which my 
ancestors Gabriel and Ellen (McCloskey) who first settled up on the Gatineau Hills 
(our family said up on the mountain) to their sons James and John.  

My grandmother Catherine Dunlop (McGrath) was given a piece of land on the Old Meech 
Lake Road where there is a ski tow today.  I visited what we called the house at 
the Lake often when I was a child.  The Federal District Commission (now the NCC) 
expropriated land from the Dunlop's first in the 1930's.  My grandmother kept the 
house at the lake until the early 1950's  when the National Capital Commission 
expropriated it.  Her sister Annie Dunlop (Mrs. O'Neil) refused to her land on the 
Old Meech Lake road and remained there without electricity and running water until 
her death.    Annie's son Martin lived with her grandson until I believe it was the 
1970's.  Martin died and the NCC stepped in.   I remember hot summer days traveling 
up the Mine Road past the Mica mine in my Grandmother's 1940 something car.  
My Aunt drove the car having learned to drive after my  Grandfather's death and she 
would take my sister, myself and my Uncle up to the lake.  Great times we had with 
my Dad's cousin's children (his Uncle Johnny and Jimmy's kids) and my Uncle Gus McGrath 
had a Hot Dog stand a Meech Lake Road and Camp Fortune Road.  My Uncle (who was two 
years older than my older sister) would take us to the creek scaring us with snakes 
he would pick up off the rocks.  It seem to me in my child like mind that there were 
hundreds of snakes bathing in the sun on the rocks and my Uncle took great delight 
in chasing us girls with a snake or too.  The old place is gone but memories of 
traveling on the gravel road across the wood trestle (over the creek) is still in 
childhood memories.  Also I heard stories that the Dunlops and McCloskeys had the 
best parties.  People gathered with their fiddles playing and dancing until the late 
hours of the night.  
 
P.S. Al - I am still interested in the husband of Alice Christoper McGrath and their 
two children.  Would appreciate if you could give my email address to your cousin?
... Pat
March 14, 2007:

Thanks to Will Dunlop for the following link to the Gabriel Dunlop family history:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/l/Thomas-J-Daley/FILE/0015text.txt
 April 26, 2007:
... and more from Will Dunlop:

Excerpt from:	Laughing All the Way Home, Joan Finnigan, 1984, 
			Deneau Publishers, Ottawa, ISBN 0-88879-103-8


[In a conversation in 1980 with Carl Jennings (born 1900) of Sheenboro 
(Pontiac County) Quebec].

- page 58

" John Dunlop, God rest his soul, was one of the best.  He was a neighbour 
of mine but he originally came from Dunlop's Hill at Camp Fortune.  Him and I 
were great friends: we shared machinery and we went to all the fairs together 
and we drank together.  We were going out this time for a little drink at 
Sheen.  And John's wife Ann said, "Now, John, supper will be ready at seven.  
Be home."  So anyhow we got back the next morning about two.  And when we 
come in the door, John's wife took his dinner out of the oven and smashed his 
plate on the floor.  And John walked over to the cupboard and took another 
plate, and smashed it on the floor.  And she walked over to the cupboard and 
took another plate, and smashed it on the floor.  They took turns for a 
while until John finally said to his wife, "If we keep this up, we'll have 
nothing to eat off.  Let's go have a drink."  So we all packed off and went 
to the Sheen for another round."

"I can tell you another John Dunlop story.  One time we were out on a binge 
and didn't get home until four in the morning.  It was one damn cold night 
and when we got to Dunlop's the door was locked.  We pounded on the door for 
a while.  Finally John's wife came down, took pity on us and come down, and 
opened the door and let us in.  And John said to her right there in the middle 
of the kitchen, "My girl, half of this farm is yours.  Half this house is 
yours.  Half this door is yours.  From now on, you lock your half - but leave 
my half open."