New map, April 17, 2010:

Photo Source: Planted By Flowing Water, The Diocese of Ottawa, 1847-1997, page 13.

              

The Twin Spires, an Ottawa Heritage Building



Here is an extract from the diaries of James Latchford, farm manager
for the Ruggles Wright estate. It notes the first mass held
in 1846 at the Cathedral. 
Thanks to Frank Latchford.

 
From Norma O'Toole:
I called Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa (they do not have an e-mail
address).  In order to search for a burial at their cemetery, you must
have either the month and the year, or the lot # and section.  They are
not computerized and have to go through the original register.  They
don't mind going through a month of records, but can't go through a
whole year.  They have been open since 1872 and have over 114,000
burials.

If you would like to contact them once you find a date of death, their
mailing address is:

Notre Dame Cemetery Ottawa
455 Montreal Road
Ottawa ON  K1K 0V2

The phone number is (613) 746-4175

... Norma
who posted this information to the UOVGEN List.

The following graphic was sent by Taylor Kennedy



March 22, 2008: 

    
September 12, 2009:

- An English message follows - 

Bonjour,
          Le Muséoparc Vanier, en partenariat avec le Cimetière Notre-Dame d’Ottawa, est 
		  heureux de vous inviter au lancement du livre  Le cimetière Notre-Dame d’Ottawa : 
		  cimetière historique d’importance nationale créé en 1872 de l’auteur Jean Yves 
		  Pelletier. Cet événement bilingue se tiendra le lundi 14 septembre 2009, de 16 h 30 
          à 18 h 30 à la salle Kiwanis du Centre communautaire Richelieu-Vanier.
Prière de prendre connaissance du communiqué ci-joint pour de plus amples renseignements. 

Le cimetière Notre-Dame d'Ottawa a célébré ses 135 ans en 2007. Créé en 1872 par Mgr Guigues, 
le cimetière est le plus grand cimetière catholique de la région de la capitale nationale et 
il compte aujourd'hui près de 123 000 sépultures. C'est le dernier repos de catholiques de 
multiples origines, anglaise, canadienne-française, française, irlandaise, écossaise, 
italienne, libanaise, polonaise, pour ne nommer que celles-là. 
	
Cet ouvrage fait le survol historique du cimetière et brosse un portrait d'hommes et de 
femmes qui ont souvent joué un rôle de premier plan dans la communauté et qui ont imprégné la 
vie pionnière, religieuse, commerciale et politique d'Ottawa et de leur région. Les 
sépultures de nombreuses personnalités canadiennes, québécoises et franco-ontariennes 
avantageusement connues se trouvent au cimetière, dont celles de Marius Barbeau, Lucien 
Brault, Benjamin Chee Chee, Suzanne Cloutier, Jean Dallaire, Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, 
Tommy Gorman, Aurèle Joliat, Yousuf Karsh, Wilfrid Laurier, Lucien Lamoureux, Almanda Marchand, 
Séraphin Marion, Étienne Parent, Jean-Luc Pepin, Joseph Pope, Richard W. Scott et 
Joseph-Charles Taché.

Jean Yves Pelletier est expert-conseil en patrimoine et il œuvre depuis plus de 25 ans pour 
la promotion et la mise en valeur du patrimoine franco-ontarien. 

Au plaisir de vous y voir!
Bien à vous,
Le Muséoparc Vanier
info@museoparc.ca 



   		

******************** 

Hello, 

The Vanier Museopark, in partnership with the Ottawa Notre Dame Cemetery, is proud to invite 
you to a celebration in honour of Jean Yves Pelletier and the release of his new book titled 
Ottawa Notre Dame Cemetery: An Historic Cemetery of National Importance Established in 1872.” 
This bilingual event will begin at 4:30 pm and end at 6:30 pm on Monday, September 14, 2009 
in the Kiwanis Hall at the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre.                                                                                                                                       

The Ottawa Notre-Dame Cemetery celebrated its 135th year in 2007. Established in 1872 by 
Bishop Guigues, the cemetery is the largest catholic cemetery in the national capital region 
and has approximately 123 000 burials. Interred are Catholics from many different origins 
such as English, French-Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Lebanese, Polish and Ukrainian, 
just to name a few.

The book is an historical overview of the cemetery from its beginning and paints a portrait 
of men and women who played an important role in the community and who influenced the 
religious, commercial and political life of Ottawa and its surrounding region during its 
formative years. Many influential Canadians, Quebecers, and Franco-Ontarians are buried in 
the Notre Dame cemetery including Marius Barbeau, Samuel Bingham, Lucien Brault, 
Benjamin Chee Chee, Suzanne Cloutier, John J. Connolly, Jean Dallaire, Henry J. Friel, 
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, Tommy Gorman, Aurèle Joliat, Yousuf Karsh, Filip Konowal, 
Wilfrid Laurier, Lucien Lamoureux, Almanda Marchand, Séraphin Marion, Daniel O'Connor, 
John J. O'Gorman, Étienne Parent, Jean-Luc Pepin, Joseph Pope, Richard W. Scott and 
Joseph-Charles Taché.

Jean Yves Pelletier is a heritage consultant for various organizations and institutions and 
has been working on promoting local heritage for over 25 years.

We hope to see you there!

Your truly, 

The Vanier Museopark
Joëlle Amélie Dallaire
Programmes éducatifs/Educational programs

info@museoparc.ca


 

June 26, 2011:

St. Joseph's College, originally on Sussex Drive became the University of Ottawa in Sandy Hill.





   		

September 7, 2011:
The Archbishop's Palace, 143 St. Patrick's Street, Ottawa


January 26, 2012:

Notre Dame Funerals, 1832
Source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24152-37275-76?cc=1927566&wc=13976460



Note the large numbers of deaths by misfortune -- drowning, gunfire, killed by the fall of a tree, etc. Also, deaths of young children
and the first records of deaths from the 1832 cholera epidemic.
We can search individual Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records at Ontario RC Records.


 January 29, 2012:

Thanks to Sue from British Columbia for this photograph of Notre Dame as seen from the Peace Tower.
At the bottom left is the National Gallery of Canada, the glass building. The large black
spider at the front of the Gallery is "Maman".