               LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
                           NEWSLETTER
                        OCTOBER 1996 - 8
                                


The regular meeting of the Lanark County Genealogical Society was held on
Wednesday, October 2, 1996 at the Appleton Museum at 8pm.

Marilyn Snedden was acting President in the absence of Irma Willoughby.   18
members were in attendance at the meeting.

It was moved by Robert Sargeant and seconded by Ernest Miller that the
September minutes be accepted as printed. Motion carried.

Helen Gillan gave the Treasurer's report which showed a bank balance as of
Sept 12, 1996 of $3,640.47.  Disbursements to QuickPrint - $218.38, Appleton
Museum - $25.00, Marilyn Snedden (stamps) - $101.37 and Helen Gillan (U.S.
stamps) - $5.92 totalling $350.67.  Membership dues amounted to $25.00,
leaving a bank balance of $3,314.80.  It was decided to give a donation of
$100.00 to the Almonte Legion as we get free photocopying there each month.
Helen moved the adoption of her report and for the payment of outstanding
bills, seconded by Gary Byron.  Motion carried.

A copy of Genealogy in Ontario : searching the records and Here be dragons!
Navigating the hazards found in Canadian family research : a guide for
genealogists will be ordered and donated to the Algonquin College library,
Perth campus.  A copy of the Paul family history book will be ordered for the
LCGS library collection. Two Tweedsmuir books were out for observation at the
meeting.

Charles Lennox reported that he had information on immigrants and on searching
records in the U.S. that he would be glad to share with members.

Shirley Somerville asked for permission to rebuild a cupboard at the Smiths
Falls Public Library (for the LCGS collection).  Permission granted.

Marilyn Snedden introduced the guest speaker, Alex Hughes who gave a very
informative and amusing talk on his family and their involvement in setting up
mills in this area.  Mr.Hughes was thanked by Marilyn Snedden and presented
with a gift.  Marilyn announced that members would have the next forty-five
minutes to browse in the Museum and view the many interesting displays.

On the motion of Donald Oliver, the meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Roberta Sargeant - Recording Secretary

                            QUERIES
                                

Jackie Dixon, 3471 Bayou Sound, Longboat Key FL 34228 USA

PATTERSON- John - b1810, Bridgetown (near Glasgow), Scotland, came to Canada
with his mother, 3 brothers and 2 sisters in 1827, came to Ramsay 1836 and
moved to Almonte in 1837, md Elizabeth SMITH in 1839, had 4 sons and 3
daughters, d.9 Dec 1881.   (He was a magistrate).
One son was John (1848-1861), one daughter was Elizabeth (1844-1871) and
another  daughter was Jessie (1857-1934).  I don't believe these children
married.  Who were the unaccounted for 3 sons and 1 daughter and what became
of them?

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Rosemary Linn, 7740 Barrymore Dr., Delta BC V4C 4C7   (rmml@netcom.ca)
 
ATKINSON- BOWLES (BOWLS)- William ATKINSON b.1791? Where in Ireland? Parent's
names? Arrived in Canada approx.1840.  Wife Jane (parents?)  Sons: Thomas,
Francis (my gr-grandfather, later a Manotick shoemaker), and Robert, all born
in Ireland.  Jeffrey, Moses and Elizabeth were born in Canada.  Church of
England?  Farm was in Wolford township.  Also Merrickville connection.
James BOWLES (BOWLS) b.1816.  Wife Martha.  Both born Yarmouth, England.
Settled in Lanark County, Beckwith township.  Carpenter.  Church of England?
Children: John, Charlotte Elizabeth (my gr-grandmother, born in Franktown
30 March 1840), Alice, Mary Ann, James, William, Aben (sic), and Henry.
Charlotte married Francis ATKINSON in Merrickville approx. 1861.  Settled in
Manotick.

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stitch bound, 190 pages, many photos, a folded lineage charge, etc. with a
full name index.  The price (including postage and packaging) is $45.00.
The book can be ordered from John & Louise Stevenson, Box 558, Pinawa MB
R0E 1L0.



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             THE ROSAMOND WOOLLEN COMPANY OF ALMONTE:
            INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN A RURAL SETTING

Alex Hughes  - Excerpt from a talk given to the LCGS on Oct 2, 1996

In 1825, in the village of Fenagh in county Leitrim in Ireland, a gang of
Catholic youths attacked the Rosamond home.  The Rosamonds were staunch
Protestants.  James, aged 20 (born 1805) and his brother Edward, aged 15,
attempted to protect their mother.  A shot was fired by Edward and a youth was
dead.  The boys fled to Canada.  James went to Merrickville where he worked
for James Merrick as a weaver.  Edward, still fearing arrest, worked his way
eventually to Memphis, Tennessee. 

James Rosamond worked for James Merrick for five years and he came to Carleton
Place in 1825. 
 
We know that by 1830 he was operating a sawmill, an oat mill and a carding and
a fulling mill in Carleton Place on one side of the Mississippi River and a
lumber mill on the other side of the river.

In 1831 he married Margaret Wilson who was born in Scotland.  James and
Margaret were to have five children, all born in Carleton Place: Bennett,
Mary Ann (known as Marion, who later married Andrew Bell, their son was James
McIntosh Bell), Rosalind, William and James.

In the 1830's, James built a very fine stone home on Bell Street in Carleton
Place, close to St. James' Church where he was a church warden for fifteen
years.  It was a time of great expansion.  No one worried about pension funds,
or the government looking after you, that was your responsibility.
  
James burst upon the scene and started many businesses, all of  which seem to
have been successful.

James, in what was to prove to be a landmark decision, decided to turn his
fulling and carding mill into a woolen factory. In 1864 he advertised that he
had purchased spinning and weaving machinery which he had bought from firms
in Toronto, Ogdensburgh and Watertown, New York.  By 1846 he was in operation
and was selling "Plain Cloth either grey or dyed, Cashmere, Satinett, Flannel,
all wool or cotton and wool, Blankets, etc."  James had started with three
narrow looms, one spindle jack of one hundred and twenty spindles and one
bolting roll.  He expanded as best as he could in Carleton Place but the
limiting factor was the amount of water power to make everything run.  He
ran his operation in Carleton Place for another ten years, but by 1857 his
water rights had lapsed and he erected a stone mill in Almonte on the site of
the Ramsay Woolen Cloth Manufacturing Company which had been destroyed by fire.

This building, or part of it, still stands at the foot of Mill Street and it
was then known as the Victoria Woollen Mill.  (Almonte was then called
Victoriaville).  This mill was a two set mill, that is it contained two sets
of carding equipment and a requisite number of finishing machines.  James and
his wife Margaret built a house called "The Croft" on what is now the grounds
of "Greystone House".  (Greystone House being built by his son James Rosamond
and his wife Lilla).

James Rosamond's mills prospered and his sons Bennett, William and James
carried on the tradition, and in 1866 started building the mill which is now
Millfall Condominiums. When this mill was up and running, the population of
Almonte had swelled to some 4000.  With the death of Alex Rosamond in 1916 at
Courcelett, the mills went into decline.  Alex's brother Archie carried on but
did not have the necessary business acumen.  Alex's widow, Mary Rosamond, left
Almonte in 1948 and the mills were sold in 1952.  A great tradition ended.


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                    LCGS PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE



HOPETOWN CEMETERY (LANARK TOWNSHIP) $10.00

ST. MARK'S ANGLICAN CEMETERY, PAKENHAM CEMETERY $10.00

CLAYTON UNITED CEMETERY    $10.00

These books can be purchased at a LCGS meeting for $8.00 each.  

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OUR PONY EXPRESS : EARLY MAIL DELIVERY BY K&P RAILWAY by Hilda Geddes.
$5.00 ($3.00 if purchased at a LCGS meeting).

CEDAR HILL CEMETERY (PAKENHAM TOWNSHIP)   $5.00 ($3.00 if purchased at a LCGS
meeting).
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To order any of these books, please contact Marion Cavanagh, RR 1, Pakenham ON
K0A 2X0
(613) 256-1666.


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We wish to extend our condolences to our guest speaker of last month, Alex
Hughes, on the recent death of his mother Norah Rosamond Hughes.  She was the
last surviving daughter of Alexander Rosamond and Mary Cotton of Almonte.
Among her many achievements, she studied drama in Paris and was a well known
actress in Ottawa during the 1930's, 40's and 50's, acting with the
Ottawa Little Theatre and was one of the original players of the Canadian
Repertory Theatre Company.



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


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Please submit all correspondence to:

                LANARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
                            PO BOX 512
                         PERTH ON K7H 3K4


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The November meeting of the LCGS will be held on November 6, 1996 at 8pm
at the IOOF Hall, Albert St., Carleton Place (across from the former Zion
Church between the Main St. - Bridge & Beckwith St. - Canadian Tire area).
The guest speaker will be Don Kelly on St. Michaels Roman Catholic church
records (Corkery Parish) and how these records are being put into a computer
database.

The December and annual meeting of the LCGS will be held on December 4, 1996
at the Resource Centre (Library) of Algonquin College, 7 Craig St., Perth.
The Resource Centre will be open at 7pm for those wishing to do research, and
the business meeting will commence at 8pm.  Please note that this is the
annual meeting of the LCGS and will include a silent auction.

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On behalf of the members of the LCGS, we wish to congratulate fellow member
Ernest Miller on his most current award!  During a recent ceremony at the
Bathurst Township Office, Mr. Miller was presented by Bathurst Township Reeve
Bryce Bell with the Ontario Heritage Foundation's Community Heritage
Recognition Program plaque.  This award was given in recognition of Mr.
Miller's dedication and work in the field of genealogy.  While we have been
aware of Mr. Miller's many achievements for a long time, it certainly is nice
to see that others are as appreciative of him as we are!

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                          NEW MEMBERS
                                

#504      LINN, Rosemary   7740 Barrymore Drive, Delta BC V4C 4C7

#505      HADDLETON, Lorraine 1-96 Lamoureux, Aylmer PQ J9H 1S4


                       CHANGE OF ADDRESS
                                
#326      Alfred H. Potter, 66 Bluebird Hill, Carleton Place ON K7C 4R3

#88       William Amell, 423 London St., Peterborough ON K9H 3A2

#206      Ann MacPhail, RR #1, Lanark ON  K0G 1K0


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A new LCGS member, Mr. Bruce Halliday of Tavistock, Ontario kindly donated two
copies of the book A Halliday family-tree which had been written by his father,
Clarence Halliday.  One copy will be placed with the LCGS collection at the
Smiths Falls Public Library, and the second copy will be available in the
library of Algonquin College (Perth campus).



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New LCGS member, Lorraine Haddleton, is working on the following families:
Wm. KEAYS 1787-1862 married Ellen FRY 1798-1874. Their children were John,
James, Thomas, Richard, Mrs. George SMITH and Mrs. George CAMPBELL.  Richard
KEAYS (Oct 29, 1830 - April 13, 1923) married Jan 9, 1858 Dorothy BEST (June
1839 - June 22, 1867).  Their children were William G., John Albert, Eliza
Jane, James Henry, Ellen, Dorothy Adelia.  Richard KEAYS' second marriage was
on April 15, 1868 to Jane Ann SERSON (May 20, 1838 - Jan 21, 1911).  Their
children were Charlotte, Lucy Ann, Samuel Serson, Bertha, Edith Jane, Richard
Edwin, Allan Fry.  Dorothy Adelia KEAYS (June 5 or 6, 1867 - Sept 14, 1956)
married June 15, 1897 Franklyn H. BRADFORD (1862 - Feb 7, 1917).
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