December 19, 2003:

Here is the web site of the some founding families of Gatineau and Hull.

Some of the families included are:

1. William Farmer from Shropshire, England (Farmer's Rapids), led a migration of c. 18 families, including 
   the Bonell family in the early 1830's
2. David MacLaren from Glasgow, Scotland
3. Philomen Wright PW
4. The Gilmour family
5. Thomas Kirk from County Londonderry, Ireland (Kirk`s Ferry)
6. Caleb Brooks January 15, 2006: 
(Thanks to Will Dunlop for sending this link ... Al)

Al, I thought I would offer you some further info. that might help connect some 
dots between the Kirk and Brooks family lines.  Sarah Dunlop, daughter of 
Gabriel Dunlap and Catherine Hoben married John Brooks.  Their children included 
Mary Ann who married John Kirk, Marshall Spring, Lydia Amelia, Charles Lennox who 
married Marjorie Matchett, John Austin and Evelyn (Rebecca?).
 
The children of Mary Ann and John Kirk include Alonzo (b.185x-?), Lydia (1853-69), 
John Brooks (1854-56), Sarah (1856-?), Eveline (1858-?), Helena (1862-?) and Marshall (1870-?).
... Will Dunlop
(see new posting from Dave Yuill dated January 6, 2008, below)
June 3, 2008:
Dear Mr. Lewis;
 
I am a descendant of pioneers in the Ottawa Valley & Gatineau, & my maiden name is Conlin.  
I recently attended the Ontario Genealogical Society conference & had prepared these cards 
for the wall of ancestors.  I thought perhaps they might indicate some of the families I 
am researching, for posting on your web site.  If this is possible, it would be greatly 
appreciated.
 
Regards
... Pat
researching Tobias Conlin and Margaret Judge

and John Joseph McTeague and Bridget Sherlock


July 4, 2008:

Gail Hildebrandt is researching her ancestors, Philip TROWSE / TROWSSE and Anne EARLE, who came to the 
Bytown and Chelsea area from Norfolk, England.

December 13, 2008:

Covered Bridge at Wakefield, Quebec
(The Gendron Bridge, built in 1915)
Photo Source: Early Days in the Ottawa Country, Stittsville Public Library Call #971-3


 
January 6, 2008:

Will,
 
I was reading your article on the Kirks and Brooks family lines (above).
I have some "In Memory" cards that I found in my Sheffield papers with the date of 
death on them that might interest you. I believe that Catherine Dunlop was married to 
Elisha Sheffield. I live in the Sheffield homestead.
 
John A. Cameron       Died June 24, 1890 Aged 33 years
James Robert Dunlop Died April 17, 1895 Aged 55 years 8 months
John Kirk                   Died Sept 26, 1889 Aged 66 years and 6 months (Kirk's Ferry?)
John A. Brooks          Died July 15, 1912   Aged 67 years
Miss Amelia Brooks   Died Dec 27, 1913
Miss Evaline R. Brooks Died June 23, 1914 Aged 68
Charles Lennox Brooks Died May 2, 1920 Aged 81 years
 
... Dave Yuill

October 27, 2009:

Andrews is researching the early Patrick Kearney and Bridget Tempanny / Tenpenny family in the Gatineau Valley.
January 4, 2009:

Alexa Pritchard is writing a book on the History of Aylwin Township, to be published in 2012.
She is looking for early photos and stories of the pioneer families in that area.

See our Aylwin Township web page.
February 8, 2010:

There is a new web site for the History of Cantley, Quebec. You can get to it by clicking here.


May 10, 2010:

Thanks to Allen Craig for the following Topographic Maps of the Gatineau River area:

Hi Al:
Attached is a portion of the map showing the Gatineau River from Farmers Rapids to Alcove, I'll have to do a couple of 
other scans to get up to Kazabazua which is as far as the map covers. As you will see the image is not as crisp as the 
one for Fort Coulonge, partly because this map is older and partly because when it was mounted on cardboard the glue caused 
some of the colours, especially the blue,  to run a bit.
 
The section of the Gatineau from Gatineau Point of Farmers Rapids is not shown on the same map, but I do have it on the older 
still map I took the scans of Mechanicsville and the Rideau from, unfortunately there is a bit of a tear in the paper so I 
need to do a little photoshopping to bring all the bits together ... this may take some time.
 
Map Source: Sheet 31 G NW Buckingham (Provisional) Scale 2 mi to 1 inch or 1:126,720 This map adjoins the one above and covers 
roughly Luskville to Papineauville to Lac Simon to Kazabazua to Luskville.

... Al Craig

May 12, 2010:                                                                 Alcove to Lac Ste. Marie



Farmer's Rapids to Alcove, Quebec, Canada

 June 28, 2010:

Hi Al
Came across this document at Library and Archives Canada.  I'm not sure what it is or why it was created , 
but at the least it is a list of landowners and their lots as of Sep. 21st, 1827.
For me it signifies that the John Snow I have been researching, who drowned in the Chats Falls 
(year still unknown) was alive in 1827.
If you want to put this data on the Philomen Wright page, you may, or any other page you think is more suitable.  
(some of these men are listed on the PW page)
Also, my email address has changed to:  karenprytula33@gmail.com


Data from Library and Archives Canada, Lower Canada Land Petitions, Instrument # 227
Transcribed as best I could, including spelling errors.

Name                  Lots Numbers            Ranges    Comments    Dated 21st Sept 1827

John Fromholt           28                         5        Hull
John Snow               18                          5        Hull
Benjamin Simmons    17                         5        Hull
Calvin Radmore         16                         5        Hull
George Nutley         16                          4        Hull
Joseph Badham         16                        6        Hull
Charles Thomas         14                        5        Hull
William Cook             18                        7        Hull
John Brillion             23                         8        Hull
John Hayworth         22                         7        Hull
John Rogers             23                        7        Hull
Richard Austin         26                         8        Hull
Francis Link        East half lot 13           8        Hull
Henry Hardman    20, 21, 27                  5        Hull
Charles Hardman    8, 9, 10                   6        Hull
Christopher C. Wright    7, 8, 9              7        Hull
Peter White                  13                    5
James Green        south 3/4 of              1        Templeton
            lot 10 & south 3/4
            of lot 2                                     2        Templeton
Frederick Whitmark    25 in Long Point Range        Templeton
Charles Crilley            24                      7        Hull
John Crilley                18                      6        Hull
William Thompson      21                      8        Hull
Richard Highland        20                      7        Hull
Thomas Buck             9                       9        Hull
Alexander Moffit         17                      6        Hull
James Pink               15                      6        Hull (Pink's Road)
Thomas Reid             14                    11                     Hull
Gabriel Dunlop           21                      9        Hull
David Hadley             15                      7        Hull
William Dunlop          20                      9        Hull
Francis Bradley

... Karen Prytula
______________________________________

Karen: Thanks for this.

And, I've updated your change of e-mail address on your other pages on the web site.
... Al