LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1995 - 9 The regular meeting of the Lanark County Genealogical Society was held on Wednesday, November 1, 1995 at the Lanark Village Museum, 80 George St., Lanark. President Marilyn Snedden opened the meeting at 8pm and welcomed all. Any members that were attending for the first time were asked to introduce themselves and identify the families they were researching. There were forty two members in attendance. As there were no errors or omissions reported in the minutes, it was moved by Ernie Miller and seconded by Gary Byron that the minutes be approved as printed. Motion passed. In the absence of Helen Gillan, Marilyn reported receipts of $412.68 and bills for $103 for QuickPrint, $101 for stamps, $25 for museum fee, leaving a bank balance of over $2000. LCGS member Mark McGarry had inquired if anyone knew of a plaque located on McGarry Creek north of Hwy. #7 (Drummond Township). A member familiar with that area reported that he was not aware of one. If anyone has any further information, we would be pleased to forward it to Mr. McGarry. Marilyn reported that she had attended the 25th annual meeting of Ottawa OGS at Carleton University and the Region 8 meeting at Heritage House in Smiths Falls. It seems that all groups as well as OGS are in dire need of help and assistance. Anyone who can help out in any way would be doing a great service. Roberta Sargeant reported that the 1898 Marriages for Lanark County have been released by the Ontario Archives. [***ED.Note: They are available through the Ontario Archives Microfilm Interloan Service via your local library]. The Ontario Archives releases one year's worth of registers each year. The computer disks containing the indexes of St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham and Clayton United Cemetery have been loaned to Certa Cito (bulletin board), whereby these files will be uploaded to the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, allowing online users to pinpoint the cemetery locations by a surname search. Once the cemetery location has been determined, the researcher may then purchase the cemetery publication. Dick and Helen Beaumont have donated 3 copies of Edna Lowery's Pioneer Scottish families in Lanark County and their descendants. This donation contains Edna's notes as well as her family recordings. Thanks to Dick and Helen for their generosity. Roberta Sargeant donated a copy of the 1891 Census of Lanark County by Townships and Towns (with the exception, to date, of Smiths Falls and Carleton Place) to be placed with the LCGS library at the Smiths Falls Public Library. The donation was much appreciated and will save many hours of searching through the microfilm! Marilyn advised that the next LCGS meeting at Algonquin College will be our Annual meeting with election of officers. Irma Willoughby graciously accepted the responsibility to form a nominating committee. Shirley Somerville advised that the map in the Smiths Falls Public Library has been relocated and that the locations of cemeteries need to be identified. Irma Willoughby suggested that we consider having a workshop on the use of computers in genealogical work, specifically on the use of programs such as Brothers Keeper, P.A.F. and Family Origins. Ernie Miller reported that he is now researching the Robert Mason Journals. The meeting closed at 9:45pm and coffee and cookies were served by ladies from the Museum, which was very much appreciated! Submitted by Lorne Hunt - Recording Secretary ============== Micki Renehan-Scott recommends the Onondaga County Public Library -447 South Salina St., Syracuse NY 13202-2494 as a good place to do research in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other New England states. Some useful items held at the library include a multi-volumed index to local obituaries from Syracuse newspapers from 1860- and a card catalog to a file of cemeteries for New York state. ============= The 1891 Census for Lanark County (all townships and towns with the exception of Carleton Place and Smiths Falls, to date) has been sent to the Kington OGS for publication. Those who would be interested in purchasing a copy for a specific township/town, please contact the Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, PO Box 1394, Kingston ON K7L 5C6. QUERIES Alec J. Ball, 8277 Boland St., PO Box 464, Metcalfe ON K0A 2P0 BALL- Robert, born Cornwall, England in 1786?, son of John BALL and Jennifer HICKS. Moved to Lanark County. Wife Mary Ann, 1891 census, age 80, living with daughter Caroline and her son Robert in Carleton Place. Robert died Aug 26, 1859 and is buried in St. Marks Anglican Cemetery in Pakenham. Require info on Robert and his wife Mary Ann (b1809)...and their descendants. I would also be interested in hearing from anyone who has an interest in the BALL families of Ontario. -------- June Allen, 141 Springdale Drive, Barrie ON L4M 4Y1 TOOLEY- McPHERSON- Any information gratefully received about the families (ancestors, descendants and siblings) of Martin TOOLEY and Mary McPHERSON, daughter of John McPHERSON and his first wife Mary MURRAY. Martin and Mary were married on 14 October 1849 in Darling Township. Mary's maternal grandparents were James & Mary MURRAY (buried Greenview). She had brothers (1) Henry McPHERSON (2) Robert McPHERSON married to Jane JORDAN (3) James Brock McPHERSON (4) John McPHERSON married to Jane MATHER (nee CUMMING). Mary McPHERSON's maternal aunt was Helen MURRAY married to Robert SOMERVILLE and maternal uncle was Henry MURRAY married to Jane RODGERS. -------- Nancy Rodgers, 42 - 900 Pondview Rd., London ON N5Z 4L7 BURGESS- Looking for cemetery were my mother is buried - Verna BURGESS died in Ottawa in 1990 at the age of 81. She was born c1908-1910 in Pakenham, Lanark County. -------- Roberta Sargeant, 3 Darcy St., Perth ON K7H 2T7 McNAUGHTON- John, born 1819 in Scotland - taught school at Hopetown and other schools in Lanark County. Sometime in the 1840's he sent five pounds to Scotland to Elizabeth MORRISON. The next year they were married by Rev. Bell in Perth. In the 1871 census, they were in the Village of Kincardine in Bruce County with the following children- William 22, John 20, Isabella and Hugh 18, Malcolm 16 and James 14. They had all disappeared by the 1881 census. ------- Gordon W. Rogers, 22 Chopin Ave., Scarborough ON M1K 2W2 WYNN- My ancestral connection with Lanark County is set out below, in case you may be able to suggest possible lines of search that have not occurred to me. Tradition in my late mother's family had it that all four of her grandparents came from Ireland. Her paternal grandparents were John and Jane WYNN, who lived in Lanark at least from 1831 to 1854. Her maternal grandparents, Michael and Ann CLYNE came about 1837 and settled in Kitley Twp., which is in Leeds County. The first trace I have found of John WYNN was supplied by the Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa where the records of the Parish of Beckwith show (1) the birth in Nov. 1831, of Christopher, son of John WYNNE and Jane WINNE, his wife and (2) the birth, in Mar. 1834, of Barbara, daughter of John WYNNE and Jane WYNNE. I attach no significance to variations of the spelling of the surname, which settled down to "WYNN" by the time my mother (M. Pearl WYNN) was born in 1886. At some unknown date after Barbara was born, the family moved to Montague Twp. where Barbara married an Anthony WYNN in 1850, according to the Franktown Parish records. The 1851 census show that the household then consisted of John WYNN (age 40), Jane (35), Christopher (19), Jane (16), Lucy Ann (10) and two "strays" - known to belong to the family - Rachel (8) and Robert (5) and John's brother, William (40) who was living with them. In the summer of 1854 the family, which now included a son George (b. 1852), left Montague and trekked by wagon and on foot, to Bruce County where the recently-surveyed township of Carrick was put up for sale to settlers in September. Anthony and Barbara, with two small children were in the migrating party. There is no indication whether the daughter Jane (age 16 in the 1851 census) came west to Carrick, but she did not appear in the 1861 or any subsequent census. She is one of the unsolved mysteries. Another unsolved mystery is the maiden name of Jane WYNN, wife of John. It is my cautious supposition that Christopher's mother, Jane, died - perhaps in the memorably severe cholera epidemic of 1832 - and that John married another Jane who became the mother of Barbara, Jane, Louisan (Lucy Ann), Rachel, Robert and George. George, incidentally, became my mother's father. There seem to have been at least nine WINN families in Montague in 1841. The book "Montague, a social history of an Irish Ontario township" by Glenn J. Lockwood, gives, on page 591 and 592, a list of "Heads of families, Montague, 1841", showing one Christopher WINN, two Edwards, four Johns and one William. In addition, the 1851 census lists two Michael WYNNs. The Van Dusen Cemetery, located at Lot 24, Con 1, Montague, contains a monument to "WYNN, Mary, wife of Christopher WYNN, died Dec 6, 1860 aged 47 years". I have not been able to find this Christopher. The wording of the inscription could mean that he was still living when Mary died in 1860. That is my connection with Lanark, so far as my knowledge goes. Any suggestions for further sources would be most welcome. Harry Purdy, 127 Munro St., Carleton Place ON K7C 1H2 (613) 257-5859 PURDY- I am looking for my great grandfather (given name not known). My grandfather was Wiliam PURDY and my father was William Harrison PURDY. The PURDY family was raised in North Gower and Carleton Place. -------- Norma McLean, 15 Deanewood Crescent, Etobicoke ON M9B 3A9 (416) 626-8225 WEEDMARK- 1) WEEDMARK/FRASER: Frederick WEEDMARK b 29 Sep 1775 in Sweden d ? 1863 married Susannah FRASER b 31 Aug 1790 in Orkney Islands d ? They lived in Marlborough Twp. 2) WEEDMARK/CHESTER: Frederick WEEDMARK b 13 Jan 1817 Marlborough Twp. d 2 Jun 1899 Montague Twp. married Phebe CHESTER b ? 1821 Wolford Twp. d 13 May 1863 in Merrickville. I believe Phebe to be the daughter of Thomas CHESTER b 1 Jan 1791 Oxford Twp. (son of John CHESTER UEL b 28 Nov 1761 - d 19 May 1839). Thomas married Mary STAFFORD b ? 1786 - d ? but I have been unable to confirm that Phebe is their daughter. 3) WEEDMARK/NEIL: Frederick WEEDMARK b 24 Dec 1849 d ? 1899 married Eliza NEIL b c1853 d ? I believe Eliza to be the daughter of Nicholas NEIL and Anne CAMPBELL who lived in Pakenham Twp. in 1871, but have no proof as yet. 4) STEWART/BEATTY: John STEWART b c1800 d ? married Elizabeth BEATTY b c1806 d ? Their daughter Jane b 25 May 1830 d 25 Jan 1913 married James WILSON b 20 Jan 1825 d 20 Oct 1890 in Carleton Place. Parents of James not known. 5) McGONEGAL/GRAHAM: John McGONEGAL b c1811 in Ireland d ? married Mary GRAHAM b c1811 Ireland d 11 May 1879 in Carleton Place. Mary's father was Noble GRAHAM, mother not known. Parents of John not known. Information about any of these ancestors would be appreciated. I will be pleased to share information and answer all letters. -------- Rev. Douglas R. Stocker, Box 59, Long Sault ON K0C 1P0 CAIN- COOPER- The family names I am searching are: CAIN, Alonzo 1821-1921 (my gr-gr-grandfather), a resident of North Elmsley who apparently had 11 children - Sydney CAIN, my great grandfather. COOPER, James b? - 1898 (great grandfather) from Anticosti Island, arrived Perth area approx. 1883, had 10 children - Arthur William COOPER, my grandfather. Any information would be greatly appreciated. -------- Laura Beth Millar, 447 Manning Lane, Saskatoon SK S7L 6J7 LEACH- I am researching the families of William and Robert LEACH of Beckwith Township; Daniel FANNING of Ashton, William WILLIS of Montague Township and James DALY of Huntley Township. I would be interested in finding any information about these families. In particular, I would like to find where Ellen (Helen) Willis LEACH moved after her husband Robert LEACH died. He is buried in the Franktown Cemetery but she is not. ------- Betty Voteary, Bayview Lane, RR 1, Smiths Falls ON K7A 5B8 I am searching for a contact address or name and telephone number for someone connected with the original "CANADA BREAD" company which operated in Kingston in the '30s and '40s and perhaps earlier. My father drove a horse and wagon in delivering bread for this particular company. The company may have been sold to "WESTONS" but I am not sure. ------ Mrs. Dawn Livingstone, 49 Hewson Crescent, Georgetown ON L7G 2P1 LIVINGSTONE- I am looking for some information on a Livingstone family who settled in Lanark County. The particular family that I am looking for is buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County. LIVINGSTONE: Donald LIVINGSTONE, died 1859 aged 90 years. His wife Jeanet, died 1865, aged 84 years. Catherine, died 1831, aged 18 years. Margaret, died 1887, aged 80 years. John, died 1896, aged 77 years. Mary, died Dec 10, 1904, aged 90 years. Our own line of Livingstone's consisted of four brothers who came from the Island of Mull, to Grey County, Ontario between 1845-1855, and I have well documented them. ============== From Kingston Relations, the newsletter of the Kingston Branch, OGS Vol. 22, number 5 November/December 1995 Kingston Branch on the Internet -- The activities of the Kingston Branch can now be found on the Internet, thanks to a new local company, NovaTech Computer Careers. The company provides a comprehensive directory of the Kingston area called The Kingston Towne Centre; Kingston Branch is included at no cost to us. Information about meeting dates and topics will be posted before each meeting. If you have access to the Internet, you can view The Kingston Towne Centre at http://www.novatech.on.ca. Article for LCGS Newsletter. Nov. 19, 1995. Charles Dobie. A Typical Genealogical Day: Extracts From my Journal Awoke this morning screaming; dreamed I'd promised to write something for the LCGS newsletter. What a nightmare! Should cut the lawn today, but I want to try out the new computer. Got rid of the ancient XT -- the internal squirrel cage was wearing out. Traded it in on a third hand, steam-driven 286 model. It's amazingly fast, but the steam is starting to peel the wallpaper. Called Certa Cito, Perth's genealogy bulletin board, to download my messages. There are several for me (a list of them pops up on the screen when I first log on), but I'll wait until they're stored on the hard disk before I look at them. It takes about seven minutes to download over 1000 messages, much longer than it should, but there is something wrong with the phone line between Elphin and Perth. After I disconnect from Certa Cito, I start up the off-line mail reader program. It allows me to read any of the messages I downloaded, not just those addressed to me. But that's for later; my personal messages pop up in a menu first, so I start reading them. A couple are from people answering previous messages of mine. They are researching the BOWMAN and SMOKE families in Pennsylvania and Virginia; I have those connections, but I'm stuck. It seems that many of the BOWMANs in that area changed their name from BAUMANN, in the middle 1700's, and originated in Germany or Holland. Someone else is researching the MERRICK name, and had posted a list of them, including several in Merrickville. Since I have MEIKLE - MERRICK connections there, I had asked for more complete details, but it seems there was more than one Merrick family in Merrickville, and the message was to tell me that the family of Dr. John A. Merrick was not the one being researched by this person. I've never gotten around to asking anyone in the LCGS if they have MERRICK connections; I never think of it when I'm at a meeting. A woman in the U.S. noticed that I'm from Perth, and asks if I'll look up some names in Perth County. I reply and break the news to her gently. Someone else wants to know if I'm near Vancouver and could I please look up someone at a certain street address. I say I'd be glad to if they'll send me the plane fare. And a note from my cousin in Spokane, who is just learning to use the Internet. She promises to send me the family information I requested "after the holidays". I tell her I hope she means this year's. And now for the fun stuff. I haven't got time to read all the messages, so I use the mail reader to do it for me. I've made up a list of keywords which the program searches for in the text of every message. When all the messages have been searched (about five minutes for 1000 messages on this computer), it presents a list of the messages it found containing any of the keywords. I scan through them, saving those I may find useful in the future. Then, Eureeka! A man in New Zealand is telling someone he has copies of the church registers for Teesdale in Durham, England, starting from the early 1700's. I write a message asking him to look up my COATSWORTH and COULTHARD ancestors there. This could be a breakthrough, but better not get my hopes up too high, as there have been false alarms before. I connect with Certa Cito again, and it takes about five seconds to upload my replies and new messages. Now I don't have any excuses left; the lawn must be cut. I go downstairs and look out the window. What's all that white stuff on the ground? No, it couldn't be! And that funny lump out there must be the lawnmower! And where's the car? Where's the snowblower? What snowblower, I was supposed to get it fixed, remember? This is another nightmare, right? I'll have to phone Ann MacPhail and tell her I'll never get that article written now. She'll probably erase my name from the membership list. I think I'll go back to bed. CERTA CITO BBS -- (613) 264-9093 or (613) 264-8114 ============ Arnprior District Archives is situated below the new public library between the old Post Office (now the Museum) and the bridge across the Madawaska River. It is open to the public on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons with an archivist on duty the first two days and volunteers the latter two days. Their microfilm collection includes the Arnprior Chronicle and Chronicle Guide plus some earlier papers such as the Weekly News and The Watchman. The burial records of all area cemeteries (mostly McNab Township, Renfrew County), the census records and files on local historical items of interest are also available. Sixty-two collections of historical material are being processed on a MacIntosh computer with colour monitor and CD ROM drives so that by entering a family surname, the archivist can immediately tell which collections contain relevant material. On April 27, 1996, this archives will host "Archives in your attic" when people from Eastern Ontario will be invited to bring archival material for identification and valuation by a panel of experts. If you cannot visit the Arnprior District Archives in person, the phone number is (613) 623-7820. =========== NEW MEMBERS #456 SOZANSKY, Orma 800 School Rd., Winnipeg MB R2Y 1Y5 #457 BALL, Alec 8277 Boland St., PO Box 464, Metcalfe ON K0A 2P0 Families include: BALL #458 FERGUSON, Cathie 1708 Clive Bay, Regina SK S4V 2R8 #459 CRAUSEN, Leo Box 42, Baltimore ON K0K 1C0 #460 PURDY, Harry 127 Munro St., Carleton Place ON K7C 1H2 e-mail: hpurdy@magi.com #461 STOCKER, Rev. Douglas Box 59, Long Sault ON K0C 1P0 Families include: CAIN, COOPER #462 MILLAR, Laura Beth 447 Manning Lane, Saskatoon SK S7L 6J7 ======== ADDRESS CHANGES Robert M. WARD 720 - 14th Ave. SW, #201, Calgary AB T2R 0N1 (403) 228-3376 Mr. & Mrs. J.A. COOPER, Apt. #216, 271 Lockhart Ave., Ottawa ON K2A 3R8 Lura BARBER, 13 Cassell Lane, RR 4, Smiths Falls ON K7A 4S5 =============== SEASON'S GREETINGS WISHING YOU A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY! The library collection of the Lanark County Genealogical Society is housed at the Smiths Falls Public Library. Their hours of operation are: Mon - Thurs: 1pm - 5:30pm, 7pm - 9pm Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 10am - 4:30pm Sunday: Closed ============ Please submit all correspondence to: LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 512 PERTH ON K7H 3K4 ============= The December meeting of the LCGS will be held in the Library of Algonquin College, 7 Craig St., Perth on Wednesday, Dec 6, 1995 at 8pm. The doors will be open at 7pm for those who wish to do some research before the meeting. This is our annual meeting with a slate of officers to be elected, so your attendance is encouraged! In addition, we will be holding a silent auction, so don't forget to bring along any items (books, journals, research aids, etc.) which could be auctioned off for a good cause (ours!). ---- Just a reminder - there will NOT be a meeting of the LCGS for the month of January (hence, no December newsletter). Watch for the newsletter at the end of January for details regarding the February meeting. ============= LCGS PUBLICATIONS ST. MARK'S ANGLICAN CEMETERY, PAKENHAM CEMETERY and CLAYTON UNITED CEMETERY are still available at a cost (per publication) of $10.00. ($8.00 if purchased at a meeting). To order, please contact Marion Cavanagh, RR 1, Pakenham ON K0A 2X0. (613) 256-1666.