December 19, 2003:

Here is the web site of the some founding families of Gatineau and Hull.

Some of the families included are:

1. William Farmer from Shropshire, England (Farmer's Rapids), led a migration of c. 18 families
2. David MacLaren from Glasgow, Scotland
3. Philomen Wright PW
4. The Gilmour family
5. Thomas Kirk from County Londonderry, Ireland
6.   Caleb Brooks January 15, 2006: (Thanks to Will Dunlop for sending this link ... Al)

Al, I thought I would offer you some further info. that might help connect some 
dots between the Kirk and Brooks family lines.  Sarah Dunlop, daughter of 
Gabriel Dunlap and Catherine Hoben married John Brooks.  Their children included 
Mary Ann who married John Kirk, Marshall Spring, Lydia Amelia, Charles Lennox who 
married Marjorie Matchett, John Austin and Evelyn (Rebecca?).
 
The children of Mary Ann and John Kirk include Alonzo (b.185x-?), Lydia (1853-69), 
John Brooks (1854-56), Sarah (1856-?), Eveline (1858-?), Helena (1862-?) and Marshall (1870-?).
... Will Dunlop