                        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


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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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

                                                                           
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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


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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.

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                                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


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                              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     

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                            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

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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 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!).


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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.


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                             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.








