Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada
Early Settlers and
Geography
August 1, 2002:
Thanks to Robert Telford who sent along this scanned image from the October 12, 1967 edition
of the Shawville Equity. Names listed on this page, below, dated February 3, 2012.
It lists folks who were born before 1800 and who were living in Pontiac County in 1851.
It shows a breakdown by Township (Chichester, Litchfield, Bristol and Clarendon) and by
country of birth (Ireland, Scotland, England, U.S.A. or Canada).
September 26, 2007:
Hi,
How can I get a copy of this list that is referred to on your web site – I have
connections to the following Pontiac families – Smyth, Smith, Connelly, Telford
and Stevenson. One positive about Bytown or Bust is that I have now found a site
on which I can research for my wife (Carlow and Wicklow) to eastern Ontario,
our friend who was born and raised on Brennan’s Hill, and my self (Fermanagh to
Pontiac County).
Thanks
... Gord Smith
November 18, 2011:
Here is a terrific map from the book What Men They Were! by S. Wyman MacKechnie. This map includes the long-gone village of
Pontiac which was a hub of activity during the 1850's when a canal was being constructed to take boats around the rapids
at Chats Falls. A horse railway was also built to move passengers and freight from the steamboats which travelled from Ottawa
and from Aylmer, Quebec. These steamboats stopped at Quyon ("the Quio") and then went on to Fitzroy Harbour on the Ontario side
of the Ottawa River.
Transcribed from the map above.
Onslow First Range
Scale = 40 Perches to an Inch*
North of Quyon Road and East of Bristol Road:
John McLellan
Peter Hughes - Shoemaker
Tevanlon's Bakery
Patrick Boland
Black Pat Ryan
South of Quyon Road and East of Bristol Road:
Dinns / Dennis Ryan
Patrick Cleary - lived to 105
Mrs. Laderoute
East of Bristol Road:
Eddy Ellis
Neil McKinnon
West of Bristol Road (North to South):
Henry Duggan
Mr. Cahill
Patrick Reddington
Mick Murphy
Widow Kane
D. Doyle
William Lough - General Store
M. Davis
M. Walsh
Catholic Church
M. Duggan - Went to Philadelphia,USA - 8 in the family, 5 boys 3 girls
John Mulligan - B.S. (Blacksmith) Shop
John Mulligan
February 22, 2013:
Hugh Mulligan - in charge -- for these Mulligan and Draper families, see Mulligans at Quyon
Pontiac Bay Coast, from the Bridge North-East:
S. Lavoie - Cook
Thomas Draper
P. Mulligan
Stable
South-East of the Canal:
John & Owen O'Connor's Mill and Dam
John & Mick Dempsey
*A perch is the same as a rod, 5 ½ yards, so the scale of this map is 220 yards to an inch. This village
No longer exists but thrived when work on the Chats Canal was at its height.
Map Source: What Men They Were! By S. Wyman MacKenchnie, Dickson Enterprises, Shawville, Quebec,
1975 ISBN 0-919942-00-8
December 31, 2011:
The Village of Bryson, Pontiac County, Quebec
Bryson, Quebec, was named after George BRYSON who came from Scotland as a Lanark Society Settler in 1821 on the
Earl of Buckinghamshire. There is more information and a detailed obituary from the Almonte Gazette reprinted in
Carol Bennett's book The Lanark Society Settlers, page 160.
George Bryson was a lumber baron. I have a Parnell (Perry) Bryson in my family tree, married to one of my Great Aunts,
Helen (Nellie) Balfour BURNS from Osgoode Township.
Some members of the Bryson family also were located at Fort Coulonge, also in Pontiac County.
... Al Lewis
February 3, 2012:
Transcribed from The Equity, Centennial Edition Thursday, October 12, 1967 (see newspaper article, above)
All these early Pontiac settlers were born before 1800
From the Census of 1851, the Archives in Ottawa, Gordon Crouse,(genealogist)has taken the following names of pioneers to this
district who were born before 1800. These pioneers are here listed with their ages at the time of the census (1851). More
information about them can be obtained from Mr. Crouse in Shawville. In this listing we have included residents of Litchfield,
Chichester, Bristol and Clarendon.
Litchfield
From Ireland: From Scotland: From England:
Thomas Nut, 62 John McConnecher, 60 Ann Cox, 52
Patrick Burns, 61 John McLane, 75
Michael Callaghan, 55 Mary McDonald, 67 Born in Canada:
Norman Summerville, 65 Isabell McAllum, 65 Joseph Marchant, 54
Sarah Richardson, 62 John Bowie, 86
Thomas McGuire, 65 From USA:
Thomas Tomkins, 60 Elizabeth Birhlly, 71
John Renson, 75
John McDermid, 58
Chichester
From Scotland: From England: From Ireland:
John McDonald, 56 Thos Payne, 76 John Stone, 54
Margaret Finn, 56
From USA: Born in Canada:
Joel Wilson, 57 Isabella Caremon, 60
Mary J. Rogers, 56
John Papor / Poupore, 85
Rosanna Boyde, 68
Bristol
From Ireland: Born in Canada:
Dan Linsay / Lindsay, 54 Andrew Finchley, 58
Mr. Wallace, 55 Elan Trudear, 57
David Anderson, 60 Mary Bell, 80
Jand Anderson, 58 Ambrose Tese, 60
Sarah McNeil, 66
Jon Walker, 69
Ann Walker, 70 From Scotland
Rache Knox, 71 Elizabeth Sly, 58
John Connolly, 70 Robert Little, 60
Eliza Connolly, 60 John Morrison, 57
James Morrison, 58
William Lucas, 62 Mary Laird, 58
Margaret Lucas, 62 Thos King, 62
Mary Graham, 58 Thomas Mcdonnell, 71
John Latham, 54 John Ballantyne, 76
Lilly Latham, 55 Jane Ballantyne, 77
William Irvin, 61 Ellen Latham, 60
Thos Clark, 66 Archibald Stewart, 54
Mary Clark, 66 Mary Stewart, 52
James Power, 55 Hugh Gibson, 53
Sarah Power, 55 Eliza Gibson, 55
Ian Fitzgerald, 77 Robert Shirley, 71
Mary Fitzgerald, 77 Neil McKillop, 54
Patrick Fitzsimmons, 52 Agnas McKillop, 61
Mary Fitzsommins, 53 Jarvis Cuthbertson, 52
Eliza Adbert, 65 Janet Reid, 72
John Dolan, 54 Mary Russell, 63
Richard Gibbons, 56 William Bowie Byrnes, 74
Wm Hammond, 63 Catherine Byrnes, 72
Margaret Bowie, 71
From England: Thomas Collins, 74
Daniel Smith, 60 Robert - -, 74
Andrew Scobie, 63
From USA: Mary Scobie, 56
Jeremiah McGoon, 54 John McLallen, 52
Martha McLallen, 63
Thomas McWhirter, 59
Catherine McWhirter, 52
William Grant, 52
Annet Grant, 52
Clarendon
From Scotland: From England:
Jane Pendergast, 53 / Prendergast
Charles Thomas, 56
John Telfer, 53 (Telford?)
James Broad, 54
Jennett Hamilton, 87 Thomas Gray, 58
Eliza Morrison, 52 W. Thomas Hicks, 69
Thomas Stark, 70 Robert Murrel, 70 (Morell ?)
John Cameron, 53 Thos Payne, 76
Agnes Cameron, 53
James Sinclair, 52 From USA:
Jennet Sinclair, 81 James Draper, 77
Robert Ross,74 Martha Moore, 65
Catherine Ross, 62 Eunice Moore, 57
Jane Simpson, 63 Cornelius McCagg, 59
Archibald Muir, 59 Catharine McCagg, 52
Jannet Muir, 54 Hannah Gray, 59
William Hamilton, 64 John McArthur, 52
Elam Mitchem, 57
Born in Canada: Joel Wilson, 57
Teresa Hicks, 57
Ambrose Tese, 60
From Ireland:
William McCrea, 56
Jane McCrea, 52
Samuel Cole, 64
Mary Ann Cole, 58
Peter Whalen, 58
Thomas Fraser, 61
Robert Little, 60
Eliza Broad, 60
Elizabeth Pendergast, 55 (Prendergast)
David Barr, 57
John Hart, 72
Thomas Dean, 65
Rachel Dean, 63
Jane Crawford, 66
Eitchin Jolie, 57 (Etienne Joly) -- Etienne is French for Steven
John Murphy, 56
Richard Wilson, 70
Mary Wilson, 66
Catharine McDowell, 69
James Wilson, 82
Abigail Wilson, 57
John Armstrong, 55
Anne Bailey, 53
John Young, 70
Frances Young, 60
Robert Pendergast, 60 (Prendergast)
Nathaniel Brownlee, 61
George Hodgins, 62
Maria Hodgins, 57
Mary Elliott, 66
Elizabeth Dale, 54
John Dale, 74
Eliza Dale, 80
Thomas Hodgins, 65
Mary Hobbs, 61
Thomas Corrigan, 55
Mary Ann Austin, 50
John Smith, 52
Matthew Smith, 63
Elizabeth Smith, 62
Alexander Kilgore, 54
Henry Best, 84
Hannah Best, 68
Sarah Kerr, 53
Jane Cline, 72
Edward McDowell, 70
Dennis Fahey, 53
Mary Gleason, 60
William Richardson, 56
John Eades, 53
James Ralph, 68
Ellen Ralph, 68
Robert Ralph, 64
Marh Ralph, 60
Eliza Archeson, 61
Samuel Wilson, 71
Eliza Wilson, 60
John Evoy, 53
Maria Evoy, 52
John Peever, 60
Mary Peever, 57
Margaret Hanna, 64
John Goodwin, 71
Rebecca Goodwin, 61
John Armstrong, 57
Mary Armstrong, 54
Hugh Quin, 74 (Quinn ?)
Peter Whelan, 61
Anny Whelan, 61
William Cunningham, 65
John Dagg, 53
Jane Dagg, 52
Thomas Abbot, 52 ... Abbott
Jane Abbot, 54 ... Abbott
Edward Hodgins, 52
John Hodgins, 56
Ellen Hodgins, 56
Anne McDowall, 55
Patrick Tracy, 80 (Tracey)
Elizabeth Argue, 50
Hanah Kerr, 53
Robert Workman, 52
Robert Harris, 54
Jane Harris, 59
Thomas Stephens, 54
All the above ages were recorded in the census of 1851 and can be presumed to have been taken in the preceding year so to find
the date of birth, subtract the listed age from 1850. Hence the last named pioneer, Thomas Stephens 54 can be assumed to have been
born in Ireland in 1796 and so forth.
February 19, 2012:
Persons of Irish Ethnicity in the 1881 census of Pontiac County,
Portage-du-Fort and Lower Litchfield Township, Quebec, Canada
Optional Spelling
Name Year of Birth Sex Place of Brith for Surname
BARRETT, Maryann 1869 F Ont
BECKETT, John 1833 M Ont
BECKETT, Ellen 1835 F Ont
BECKETT, William 1841 M Ont
BECKETT, Maggy 1858 F Ont
BECKETT, John Henry 1861 M Ont
BECKETT, John 1864 M Ont
BECKETT, William 1867 M Ont
BECKETT, Ellen R. 1868 F Queb
BECKETT, Jane 1870 F Queb
BECKETT, Archibald 1872 M Queb
BECKETT, Annie Lorenia 1874 F Queb
BECKETT, William 1876 M Queb
BECKETT, Robert 1878 M Queb
BEAMAN, Rosea 1846 F Irel
BEAMAN, Ann 1850 F Irel
BONAY, Robert D. 1858 M Queb
BRABAZON, Gerold 1855 M Queb
BRABAZON, Nellie 1859 F Ont
BRABAZON, Jerold 1880 M Queb
BRABIZON, Samuel 1830 M Irel
BRABIZON, Margrett 1840 F Irel
BRABIZON, Harriett E. 1858 F Queb
BRABIZON, Alfred James 1860 M Queb
BRABIZON, Mary 1863 F Queb
BURNS, Margaret 1863 F Irel
BURNS, John 1865 M Irel
MCCABE, Patrick 1830 M Irel
MCCABE, Bridget 1831 F Irel
MCCABE, Peter 1857 M Queb
MCCABE, John 1863 M Ont
MCCABE, Mary 1865 F Ont
MCCALLUM, James 1821 M USA
MCCALLUM, James 1861 M USA
MCCALLUM, Jane 1863 F USA
MCCALLUM, David 1865 M USA
MCCALLUM, Alexander 1867 M Queb
MCCALLUM, William 1869 M Queb
CAREY, Agness 1825 F Ont
CREIGHTON, John 1848 M Queb
CREIGHTON, Ellen Jane 1873 F Queb
CREIGHTON, William 1875 M Queb
CREIGHTON, James Deric 1878 M Queb
CREIGHTON, Margrett 1880 F Queb
CLARK, Phobe Ann 1853 F Queb
COYNE, Ann 1831 F Irel
COYNE, John 1851 M Queb
COYNE, Patrick B. 1852 M Queb
COYNE, Eliza 1856 F Queb
COYNE, Thomas 1857 M Queb
COYNE, Catharine 1860 F Queb
COYNE, Philip Joseph 1867 M Queb
COYNE, Rose May 1878 F Queb
COYNE, Dove 1879 F Queb
COYNE, Patrick B. 1880 M Queb
CROSS, William H. 1854 M Ont
DOLAN, Mary Jane 1864 F Queb
DONOHOUGH, Johannah 1831 F Irel
DONOHOUGH, Barney 1851 M Irel
DONOHOUGH, James 1861 M Ont
DONOHOUGH, Mariah 1863 F Ont
DOYLE, Margret 1848 F Ont
DUFOE / Duford, Jane 1829 F Irel
DUNLOP, John 1828 M Irel
DUNLOP, Mary 1834 F Irel
DUNLOP, Patrick 1868 M Irel
DUNLOP, John 1874 M Queb
DUNLOP, Lousie 1876 F Queb
DUNLOP, David 1877 M Queb
DURRELL, Mary 1836 F Irel
DURRELL, Henry 1870 M Queb
DURRELL, Roney 1872 M Queb
DURRELL, Lilay 1874 F Queb
FLOOD, Robert 1857 M Irel
FLOOD, Mariah 1858 F Irel
FORD, Margrett 1831 F Irel
MCGRATH, Annastaia 1823 F Irel
GRIFFIN, Margritt 1831 F Irel
HALLY, John C. 1831 M Irel Haley / Healey
HALLY, Ellen 1841 F Queb
HALLY, Ferdinand 1862 M Queb
HALLY, Margret Ann 1866 F Queb
HALLY, John Thoma 1872 M Queb
HALLY, Emily Ann 1875 F Queb
HALLY, Richard Jame 1880 M Queb
HARRIGAN, Ann 1817 F Irel
HARRIGAN, Sarah 1858 F Queb
HARRIGAN, Catharine 1860 F Queb
HART, Stewart 1854 M Queb
O'HARE, Lawrence 1821 M Irel
O HARE, Rose 1826 F Irel
HEATEN, Timothy 1831 M Irel
HEATEN, Sarah 1839 F Irel
HEATEN, Catharine 1858 F Queb Heaton
HEATEN, Phillip 1859 M Queb
HEATEN, Elenor 1861 F Queb
HEATEN, Thomas 1863 M Queb
HEATEN, Mary 1865 F Queb
HEATEN, Sarah Ann 1873 F Queb
HEATEN, Thomas A. 1877 M Queb
HEATON, Sarah Ann 1879 F Queb
HOVY, Mary 1845 F Queb
HOVEY, James Kaineth 1880 M Queb
HURST, Sarah Jane 1847 F Ont
INGRAM, Oliver 1817 M Irel
INGRAM, Sarah 1831 F Queb
INGRAM, Oliver 1861 M Queb
INGRAM, James 1866 M Queb
INGRAM, Matilda 1868 F Queb
INGRAM, Catherine 1871 F Queb
INGRAM, John C. 1874 M Queb
JONES, Patrick 1823 M Irel
JONES, Ann 1836 F Irel
JONES, Charles Joseph 1855 M Queb
JONES, Patrick 1860 M Queb
JONES, William John 1863 M Queb
JONES, Ellen Sarah 1868 F Queb
JONES, Margrette 1871 F Queb
JONES, Annie Stacey 1875 F Queb
KENNEDY, Mary 1821 F Irel
KENNEDY, Patrick 1857 M Queb
KENEDY, James 1862 M Queb
KENEDY, Silvester 1864 M Queb
KENNEDY, Anna Jane 1867 F Queb
LAMB, John 1821 M Irel
LAMB, Margrett 1837 F Irel
LAMB, Mary 1867 F Queb
LAMB, Ellen 1871 F Queb
LAMB, Thomas 1874 M Queb
LOUDOUN, Annie 1856 F USA
LUKE, Margret Ann 1859 F Ont
MACGALE, E.J.B. 1846 M Queb McHale
MACGALE, Daniel 1874 M Queb
MACGALE, James Edward 1877 M Ont
MACGALE, Joseph 1880 M Ont
MCLEAN, Elizabeth 1849 F Queb
MCLEAN, Jenniev 1858 F Queb
MANARY, Robert 1853 M Ont
MANARY, John William 1879 M Queb
MANARY, 1881 F Queb
MILKS, Jemima 1848 F Queb
MOONEY, John 1841 M Irel
MOONEY, Mary 1843 F Irel
MOONEY, Dennis J. 1866 M Queb
MOONEY, Annie 1869 F Queb
MOONEY, John 1872 M Queb
MOONEY, William 1874 M Queb
MOONEY, Mary C. 1876 F Queb
MOONEY, Joseph 1877 M Queb
MOONEY, Micheal 1880 M Queb
MOTHERWELL, Thomas 1844 M Irel
MOTHERWELL, George Victor 1875 M Queb
MOTHERWELL, Mary 1877 F Queb
MOTHERWELL, James Alfred 1880 M Queb
MURPHY, Rose Ann 1822 F Ont
MURPHY, Edward 1825 M Irel
MURPHY, Jane 1831 F Irel
MURPHY, George 1855 M Ont
MURPHY, Joshau 1861 M Ont
MURPHY, Emmaline 1864 F Ont
MURPHY, Jessie 1866 F Ont
MURPHY, John Henry 1869 M Ont
O'RIELEY, Victoria 1824 F Queb O'Riley
O'RIELEY, Patrick 1841 M Irel
O'RIELEY, Catharine 1869 F Queb
O'RIELEY, Mary 1871 F Queb
O'RIELEY, Joseph 1873 M Queb
O'RIELEY, Poliene 1876 F Queb
O'RIELEY, George 1880 M Queb
PAUL, Annie 1840 F NB
PHALEN, Mary 1833 F Irel Phelan / Whelan
PHALIN, John 1858 M USA
PHALIN, Micheal 1860 M Ont
PRICE, Sarah 1860 F Ont
PRICE, Susan 1862 F Ont
QUINN, Jane 1820 F Irel
QUINN, John 1820 M Irel
OGERS, Patrick 1807 M Irel
ROGERS, Mary 1809 F Irel
RONEY, Louies Mcgile 1846 M Scot
RONEY, Margritt 1846 F Queb
RONEY, Mary Rose 1872 F Queb
RONEY, George C. 1874 M Queb
RONEY, James Mcgile 1876 M Queb
RONEY, Jessie C. 1878 F Queb
RONEY, Mary 1880 F Queb
SAUVE, Margrett 1856 F USA
SHAE, Micheal 1859 M Irel
SOMMERVILLE, James 1828 M Ont
SOMMERVILLE, Ann 1831 F Irel Somerville
SOMMERVILLE, Thomas 1854 M Queb
SOMMERVILLE, Elisabeth 1857 F Queb
SOMMERVILLE, John Henry 1859 M Queb
SOMMERVILLE, James Ernest 1862 M Queb
SOMMERVILLE, William Arany 1866 M Queb
SOMMERVILLE, Frances Grace 1871 F Queb
SOMMERVILLE, Harriette 1875 F Queb
SULLIVAN, James 1832 M Irel
SULIVAN, Annie 1841 F Irel
SULIVAN, Timothy 1862 M Irel
SULLIVAN, Dennis 1865 M Irel
SULIVAN, Catharine 1871 F Queb
SULIVAN, Margritt 1873 F Queb
SULIVAN, Abigale 1876 F Queb
SULIVAN, Mary Ann 1878 F Queb
SULLIVAN, James 1880 M Queb
THOMSON, Margrett 1813 F Irel
THOMSON, Walter 1815 M Irel
THOMSON, Catharine 1832 F Irel
THOMSON, John 1841 M NB
THOMSON, Walter 1846 M Queb
THOMPSON, Robert 1856 M Queb
THOMPSON, Willy 1862 M Ont
THOMSON, George 1865 M Queb
THOMSON, John 1867 M Queb
THOMSON, Walter 1870 M Queb
THOMSON, Walter 1870 M Queb
THOMSON, Edith 1871 F Queb
THOMSON, Margret Mary 1872 F Queb
THOMSON, John 1874 M Ont
THOMSON, Daniel J. 1875 M Queb
THOMSON, Mabel 1876 F Ont
THOMSON, Clara 1877 F Queb
THOMSON, James 1878 M Ont
THOMSON, William W. 1880 M Queb
TONER, Phillip 1836 M Irel
TONER, Ellen 1841 F Irel
TONER, Mary Ann 1865 F Queb
TONER, John 1867 M Queb
TONER, Bridget 1869 F Queb
TONER, Conchessia 1871 F Queb
TONER, Catharine 1873 F Queb
TREMBLAY, Sarah 1857 F Queb
VALIANT, Mary Ann 1821 F Irel
VALIANT, James 1861 M Queb
VALIANT, Emilie 1865 F Queb
MCVEIGH, Catharine 1811 F Irel
MCVEIGH, John 1836 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Elizabeth 1843 F Ont
MCVEIGH, John 1843 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Margrete 1846 F Queb
MCVEIGH, Mary 1849 F Queb
MCVEIGH, Joseph 1851 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Frances 1852 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Annie 1871 F Queb
MCVEIGH, Mary Ellen 1873 F Queb
MCVEIGH, Margrett 1874 F Queb
MCVEIGH, James 1876 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Thomas 1876 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Mary 1877 F Queb
MCVEIGH, John 1878 M Queb
MCVEIGH, Mervena 1880 F Queb
WHAREY, John 1825 M Irel
WHAREY, William 1860 M Irel
WHAREY, Margrett Ann 1863 F Irel
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas 1847 M Queb Williams
MCWILLIAMS, Sevenia 1851 F Ont
MCWILLIAMS, Etta 1866 F Ont
MCWILLIAMS, Charles 1871 M Ont
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas 1874 M Ont
MCWILLIAMS, Charlotte 1880 F Ont
YOUNGE, Eliza 1853 F Queb Young
February 22, 2012:
Old Photograph from the Pontiac Equity
Names of the men in the picture above: William Marks, Robert Stanley, Robert Creighton, John Manary, Thomas Gallagher, William Hudson,
James Marks, Robert Fitzsimmons, Howard Russett, James Small, John Meldrum, James McCaffery, Morris Cain, Harry Coony, Thomas Manary,
George Meldrum and Thomas Gallagher.
April 23, 2012:
Thanks to Mr. Roger Cole who has sent along a very detailed history of the Cole family who were pioneers in Pontiac County in the 1820's.
April 27, 2012:
Here is a receipt from the store in Quyon owned by Mr. L. R. Keon in 1969.
The Keon family is well-known in the Ottawa and Pontiac areas. Back when I was a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Hey, Taylor), Dave Keon was
one of their star players. Dr. Wilbert Keon (now Senator Wilbert Keon), was a world-renowned heart surgeon at the Ottawa Heart Institute.
March 30, 2015:
Al
When you have a little more time would it be possible to add my recent query to the website to see if
someone in your audience might be able to add some info on the Keon's. Dr. Wilbert J. Keon is of particular
interest as I understand we have some family link. Dr. Wilbert Keon was director of the Heart Institute in
Ottawa and a Canadian Senator.
Thanks Bob Bourke
E-Mail Bob Bourke
April 30, 2012:
Enjoy an interprovincial trip on the Quyon Ferry. The ferry has been running since 1885, by the following families: Davis, Moore,
McLean and McColgan. Prior to 1916 the ferry was horse driven.
Origin of the name "Shawville"
Source: Tell Me Another Story, by Joan Finnigan, page 29
Keywords: James Shaw, County Fermanagh, Prendergast / Prendergast, Maitland, Armstrong
August 31, 2012:
Robert MANWELL and Margaret SCOTT, came from Scotland to Pontiac County, Quebec in the 1850's.
December 6, 2012:
Wally Schaber is researching the early history of the Dumoine River Valley. The Dumoine River forms the western boundary of Pontiac County.
December 15, 2012:
Photo Source: Tell Me Another Story, by Joan Finnegan
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988, ISBN 0-07-549682-8, page 234
Names for Search Engine: (Documented by C.B. Mohr)
John Martineau, Courtney Armstrong, Samuel Armstrong, Katherine Mulligan, Vera Amm,
Arthur Lonsdale, William Bolam, Harry Bolam, Harold Boland, Florence Amm, Hector Kidder,
Everett Dowd, Florence Lawson, Ethyl Weir, Effie Armstrong, Percy Grant, Harold Boland,
Allan Dowd, Albert Buckland, Clifford Mohr, Rhena Lonsdale, Bilbert Buckland, Andrew Bunstrum,
Walter Lawson, Ida Amm, Archie Buckland, Clifford Pierce, Ritchie Dowd, Archie Walsh,
Jennie Harrison, Albert Kidder, Lottie Lonsdale, Linda Lowwon, Edith Bolam, Mildred Pierce,
Eva McKillop, Maggie Kidder, Norman Dowd, Myrtle Meredith, Jennie Pritchard, Reggie Meredith,
Zilla Walsh, Mildred Hamilton, Nina Logan, Minor McAdam.
Teacher: Miss Mattie Robeson, Principal: Gordon Churchill
August 26, 2013:
Mr. Ken Desjardins has written four books about Catholic Churches in Pontiac County:
Glad to hear from you, Al, and happy to share.
The books I've written to date and their prices are:
"The marriages of St. Peter's Parish, Fort-Coulonge, Quebec 1884 - 1992" $18
"St. Elizabeth's of Hungary Parish, Vinton, Quebec 1875 - 1996" $30
"St. James The Greater Parish, Portage-du-Fort, Quebec 1851 - 1998" $30
“St. Anne's Parish, Grand-Calumet Island, Quebec 1846 – 2004” $50
The small profit from their sale is given to each parish. The one on Fort-Coulonge is nearly out of print and the one on Calumet Island
is 640 some pages in two volumes. The books can be picked up here in Orleans, Ontario or from my sister in Fort-Coulonge.
I can also ship the books through Canada Post at an additional $10 to $18, depending on where people live.
The books are really for heavy users or people who were born in those places. For those who are only looking for a few pieces of
information, I would be happy to look up their info & email it to them.
Yes, by all means add my email to your site.
Take care.
Ken,
E-mail Ken at kendesjardins@hotmail.com
September 30, 2013:
In 1966, a dugout canoe was discovered in Pontiac County. This was originally Algonquin Territory who traditionally travelled in the region
using birch bark canoes.
... Al
April 2, 2014:
The following link will take you to a terrific paper written by Michael McBane. It concerns the oral
tradition of the Irish famine immigrants to the Ottawa Valley. In the article, Mr. McBane offers an
alternative view of Irish immigration from the convential wisdom of well-known Irish scholars in
Canada such as Donald Akenson and Cecil Houston. Some of their books are listed in our bibliography.
This paper is an important work regarding the Irish Catholics of the Ottawa Valley. It discusses many
of the immigrants who came to Irish settlements in the Ottawa area in the years surrounding "Black '47".
Featured are the immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland who settled in Pontiac County, Quebec,
Fitzroy Township, Ontario and the village of Mayo, Quebec in the Gatineau Valley.
I have printed off a copy of this paper in case the original is removed from the Internet at some point.
Some of the surnames mentioned are Dunnigan, Joyce, Gibbons, Stanton, Gavan, Rowan, Moyle, Mulligan,
O'Mally / O'Malley, O'Donnell. MaMahon, Madden, Dolan, Phillips, Doherty, Jordan, Costello, McHugh,
O'Hara, Dowd, Doyle, Draper, McBane, Houlihan / Houlahan, O'Reilly, McColgan, Kilroy, Gavan, Quinn,
and Burke.
To read this important work, visit http://www.oralhistoryforum.ca/index.php/ohf/article/view/144/194 .
This is a .pdf file; the article runs from page 7 to 26.
Thanks to Thelma Hartman for passing this link along to us.
... Al
January 24, 2015:
Gord MacKay is researching the family of William WILSON and his son James in Clarendon Township.
January 28, 2015:
Garry Allen is researching the family of Patrick ALLEN and Mary Catherine DURICK, from County Down, Ireland
to the Ottawa Valley in 1845.
June 18, 2015:
Maurice O'REILLY and Johanna SHEEHAN, County Cavan, Ireland to Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada
E-mail Robert
Telford, Gordon Smith and Al Lewis
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