March 16, 2011:

Hi;
 
You people probably receive many e-mails a year with people doing ancestry research...I am another.
 
I have traced my roots back to North Gower and Osgoode Townships and would like to find more information if available.
 
My grandfather was Edward LaPlante born 1900 to Basil LaPlante and Margaret Kelly. 
This data has been thoroughly checked and verified.
 
There seems to be a lot of LaPlante's (and similar spellings) in the area. Of Particular interest at this time is:
 
1) John LaPlont/Catherine Laplont (suspect census misspelling) and their 6 children - is this the same family? or different?
 
2) Great Grand-dads (Basil) parents Francis LaPlante and Catherine Fleming as well as his brother Francis and sister Mary
 
3) Information on connection or not of Bazil LaPlante born 1796 and census'ed as living with Francis and Mary in 1871 census
 
My plan this summer is to visit the area hopefully to find old homesites, graves, etc so that I can put together a fairly 
detailed story with pictures.
 
I realize that this may be inconvenient, so if you can point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. 
If you wish I can call you at your convenience.
 
Thank you
Ronald Edward LaPlante

Marriage of Basile LaPlante and Margaret Kelly at
St. Brigid's Church, River Road, Osgoode Township
Source: Drouin Records for St. Brigid's Church at ancestry.ca




St. Brigid's Cemetery, River Road
Osgoode Township
On the banks of the Rideau River


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From Mary Frances:

We do have information re Kelly/LaPlante in Osgoode twp. Would love to hear from you re what you have found.
The Kelly Family are related to William Kelly of Kelly’s Landing & the Kellys of Kelly-Reardon Funeral Home in Ottawa
Will be interested in your reply
Mary Frances (LaPlante) Brunt
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and From Leslie Grauer:

As a researcher who actually lived in Ottawa for years without knowing about my local roots, I have been 
back several times to North Gower and the surrounding research repositories.  Here are some of my best 
finds and hints:
 
1) The Ottawa Geneeological Society in Ottawa had a terrific cemetery book, Who's Where?.  This will lead you to 
any of the local cemeteries;  I do not see it on their list http://ogsottawa.on.ca/publications/  but ask.   
They also hold all the filmed marriages and maps at their resource centre, and assessment rolls.  
They are in Ottawa.
2) The public library in North Gower village - replete with many local books, which had pictures of my family 
and a distant cousin (in-law) was the librarian;
3) The Rideau Archives 
 6581 Fourth Line Rd
North Gower ON, K0A 2T0
Phone #: 613-489-2926
This place , next to the library, was only open Tuesdays, but was a gold mine; the volunteer staff were so 
helpful and referred me to a local relative, who I visited with pleasure
 
4) The Vernon Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum  - great discs of  Kemptville Advance news, 
which covered people in Osgoode and North Gower too.  http://www.magma.ca/~oths/
 
5) National Archives of Canada in Ottawa - home of the Canadian Genealogy Centre
 
6) The North Gower Cheese Factory is fun to visit.
 
Let me know how your trip works ...  There is a lot of data - you just have to seek it.  
Ask people where the land records are.  They have amazing detail.

... Leslie
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Here are Basile and Catherine in the 1881 Census for North Gower Township.

Canada Census, 1881 for Basil Laplante

Basel Laplont 
Gender: Male 
Age: 14y 
Calculated Birth Year: 1867 
Birthplace: Ontario 
Marital Status:  
Occupation: Farm Labour 
Ethnic Origin: French 
Religion: Catholic 
Head of Household: John Laplont 
Census Place: Gower North, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 
District Number: 108 
Sub District: B 
Division: 2 
Page Number: 29 
House Number: 554290 
Family Number: 134 
Digital Folder Number: 4465422 
Image Number: 00402 
Film Number: 1375867 
Library and Archives Canada Film Number: C-13231 
  
Household Gender Age 
 John Laplont  M 38y 
 Cathorine Laplont  F 33y 
   Basel Laplont  M 14y 
 Mary Laplont  F 11y 
 Matilda Laplont  F 9y 
 Henry Laplont  M 7y 
 Louis Laplont  M 5y 
 Anos Laplont  M 1y