SMITHS FALLS: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal 
Community, 1794-1994, 2047-1-X, Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls,
by Glenn Lockwood is a very good book regarding the history, people and 
economic development of the Town of Smiths Falls.

Thanks to Robert Sample for the following photo.

The handwritten date would be the date appearing in the paper.  I do not 
know what date the photo was taken.  The old Frost and Wood plant became 
Cockshutt and produced War materials for WW II.

... Robert Sample

May 31, 2007:


February 24, 2009:

The Poonamalie Lock, which is about three miles (OK, 4.5 kilometres) west of Smiths Falls,
was completed by 1832.

Watercolour painting by John Burrows, c. 1845, Archives of Ontario
as re-printed in Building the Rideau Canal: A Pictorial History
by Robert Passfield, page 103. 


October 24, 2009:
William O'Mara from County Wicklow, Ireland was a well-known ship builder in Smiths Falls. In 1875 he built the steamer Olive.

June 15, 2010:

Source for the following text: 
SMITHS FALLS: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal 
Community, 1794-1994, by Glenn Lockwood, page XV



Names for search engine: Gallipeau / Galipeau (French-Canadian), Soper (from USA), Hogan (from Ireland), 
Nichol (Scottish), Graham (England), Czaharynski (Polish), Fund (Jewish) and Wong (Chinese).


December 6, 2010:

Hi,
I'm trying to find out more information about my family.  My great grandmother was Jane (Skinner) Reinecke.  She married 
W.C. Thompson and they lived in Smith Falls and owned a button factory around 1915?.   My grandmother, Meta Anne Reinecke 
married Gordon W. Earl on 11/5/1921 and lived at 28 Mill Street, Smiths Falls.  If you have any more info I would be grateful.  

Especially about the button factory, it's been a mystery  to us for years.
Thank you
... Meta Anne 
_____________________________________

Good morning, Meta:

I've been looking for a photograph of the Button Factory but was unable to find one. However, here is a mention of it 
from Glenn Lockwood's book, (referenced above), page 368. It was called The International Button Factory and apparently began 
operations around 1920:



... Al


 May 5, 2012:

In 1895, Calvin Bucker, a Methodist Minister from Bishop's Mills, married Jane (Jennie) Phillips, from Smiths Falls.

 
E-mail Meta and Al Lewis

Back to Bytown or Bust - History and Genealogy in the Ottawa, Canada area