(Postcards, ephemera and/or articles added each Friday)

(Postcards, ephemera and/or articles every Friday)

- Vintage Postcards of the Quebec Forestry Industry -

Beauharnois (Valleyfield/Monteregie) Howard Smith Paper Mills

Buckingham (Outaouais) – Sawmill

Dolbeau (Lac-St-Jean/Saguenay) – Moulin papier/Paper Mill Canada

Henry River Lumber (prob. Coaticook)

Kenogami (Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean) – Price Bros.

Matane (Gaspe) – Price Lumber Plant

Ormstown(Chateauguay Valley/Monteregie) – The Mill

Scotstown (Estrie) – Lumberyard at railroad station 1906

- Vintage Postcards of the New Brunswick Forestry Industry -

Bathurst (Gloucester) Pulp & Paper Mill (Gloucester, New Brunswick)

The Forests Of Canada & The Traditional Lumber Industry in Eastern Canada

Some time ago I acquired a little pamphlet (and set of cards) that was published in London, England by the Imperial Institute. It contained information and images of the lumber industry in what the pamphlet refers to as the Dominion of Canada. The term Dominion fell out of usage in Canada by the 1950s so it’s a fair assumption that the pamphlet dates from that period. I’m sharing it here today because the photographs – and clear explanations of the steps in getting the wood from forest to mill – may be useful to the many family historians who have ancestors who worked in the lumber industry.

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THE FORESTS OF CANADA

Forests cover one third of Canada’s total land area and are one of her chief sources of wealth. They provide employment in logging and lumbering; raw material for pulp and paper manufacture, and or a number of wood-using and paper-using industries. These industries in the aggregate amount to between 20% to 30% of the total manufacturing industries of the Dominion and rank second only to agriculture in the value of the export goods they produce.

THE EASTERN FORESTS

Eastern Canada was the cradle of the Canadian lumber industry, but the territory is now primarily pulpwood area although large quantities of timer are still obtained. Some of the largest pulp and paper in the world are found in this region, which is characterized by interlacing systems of lakes and rivers. These waterways, coupled with rigorous winters followed by sudden spring thaws, are factors which determine the logging and lumbering methods practised.

A mixed forest in Eastern Canada

This air view shows spruce pine and fir intermingled with birch, maple, elm, poplar and basswood. Note the general flatness of the country and the network of rives and lakes which are used for floating logs from the forests to the mills.

Unloading logs into the river

The trees are felled during the winter when teh forest floor is frozen and snow-bound. The logs can then be snaked and sleighed out of the woods with a minimum of effort. The are piled on the ice or the sloping banks of a stream to await the spring thaw.

The start of a log drive

When the melting ice and snow provide the annual “freshets”, the piles of logs are rolled into the stream. They are carried by the fast flowing current down to the mills, being guided on their way by intrepid river-men.

Blowing up a log jam

Log jams frequently occur where a river bends suddenly or becomes shallow over an uneven bed. These “jams” are usually broken up by the river-men armed with pike-poles or peavies, but when these efforts fail dynamite is used.

Log boom at the mills

After an eventful journey of 100 or more miles, the logs are collected in a boom at the mills to await conversion into lumber, or into wood-pulp or lumber.

Pulp and paper mill, Quebec

At mills such as this the logs are converted by grinding or chemical treatment into wood pulp for paper-making. The principal kind of paper made is newsprint.

Note the huge log pile at the left of the picture.

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Photograph by courtesy of Brian O'Hara.

A few months ago reader Brian O’Hara left a comment on one of my Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, Quebec postcards saying:

I can see my great uncle Arthur’s house on the left side of the street (the one with the dormer windows). This photo was probably taken by him. He ran his business out of this house – “Arthur Gendreau Photography”. Comparing it to some photos that I have, I would say this picture was taken about 1920.
Brian O’Hara

Our correspondance continued privately and I can’t tell you how delighted I was when Brian offered to let me publish some of his uncle’s photographs. I was delighted because there are many descendants of the Ste-Anne-de-la Pocatiere area living all over North America, and there is a great hunger from those descendants to see what it looked like in “the olden days”.

Photograph of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere and surrounding area. These hillocks impressed me when I visited the area a few years ago. ( see Riviere Ouelle, Quebec Virtual Field Trip: Pt.2/5).

Photograph by courtesy of Brian O'Hara.

I find it interesting that there were fences everywhere. I haven’t seen this as much in other regions of Quebec. I would love to have lived somewhere along this winding road.
And take a look at these cozy little homes – and the horse-drawn carts towards the right hand.

A big thank you once again to Brian O’Hara!

Related Posts:

Colour photographs of modern-day Riviere-Ouelle which lies just down the road from Ste-Anne.

Riviere-Ouelle Virtual Field Trip: Pt.1/5
Riviere Ouelle Virtual Field Trip: Pt.2/5
Riviere-Ouelle Virtual Field Trip: Pt.3/5
Riviere-Ouelle Virtual Field Trip: Pt.4/5
Riviere-Ouelle Virtual Field Trip: Pt.5/5

Vintage postcards from every corner of Quebec!

Vintage Postcards of Quebec

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A query from an American, Owen McOmber

I have been researching the relationship between the McOmber (mine) family and the Caughnawagas Indians. I found reference to George McOmber had a brother who moved to Canada and married a daughter of a chief and he also becoming a Caughnawagas chief. Can you validate this story? My Grandfatther Owen McOmber and father, Owen McOmber are from Canada. 

Possibly Related Information

The McCombers are of course an important family of Kahnawake (aka Caughnawaga). I wonder whether you have evidence connecting you to the Kahnawake McCombers or whether you are just guessing? I say this because I have not found any Owen MCombers though they might have been known under other names.

I did find these McCombers in the Alberta area in 1916. I am calling your attention to this family because the Owen name is uncommon AND they are listed as immigrating to the U.S. in 1912.

Chas Orange McOmber -  Est. Birth Year: 1869

Birthplace: Utah USA Year of Immigration: 1912

Home in 1916: 18, Lethbridge, Alberta Address: Tabor

racial_or_tribal_origin: Scotch (Scotish)

Name Age

Chas Orange McOmber 47 &  Josephine McOmber 42

Lee McOmber 20, Clarence Fredrick McOmber 16, Beatrice McOmber 14, Owen McOmber 12, Bernice McOmber

Related Posts:

The Iroquois of Kahnawake

Evelyn in Montreal

All this week I’ve watched in awe as  Karen Resta of Postcards From The Dinner Table wrestled with the notion of Weltschmerz and its application to the serious (?) study of postcards. Karen seems to have invented a new field of study and in her post – The Finer Points of Creative Weltschmerz-ing  - she’s even set down four principles to guide us in our selection of Weltschmerz-ly postcards. Here’s an excerpt:  “1 Find the highest level of acceptable vulgarity possible.  2. Aim for cute-ness. 3. The tonality of the finished piece should ooze cold, not warm – but the external surface must make pretense at warmth. 4. The final concept must scream ‘trite’.”

And so without further ado, here is my first candidate for Welstchmerz-ly Vintage Postcard.

A place where you can brush up against cow hide as you order your milkshake!

At first glance this seems to be a hunting store or meat counter – but what you’re actually looking at is a 1960s image of the dairy counter at the Caillette Restaurant and Dairy Bar in Maskingonge (Mauricie) Quebec. I think that in some cases, a picture is worth a thousand words, so ….

Giant creamer & spoon. Warmth? Mais oui!

Name tags under cow heads - it doesn't get any cuter than this!

Cow tails? Your guess is as good as mine!

If you’re planning a visit to Quebec, you’ll be happy to know that this establishment is still there – although Caillette (like so many other Quebec milk producers) has been taken over by the Italo-Canadian cheese maker Saputo.

A last word. In all seriousness. I am really grateful to Saputo and the people of the Mauricie region who are preserving this heritage property. All across Quebec diners, taverns and other unique local landmarks are disappearing and being replaced by cookie-cutter, anonymous businesses.

I say let’s keep these heritage properties going and – Vive la difference!

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comment from Karen, the Queen of Weltschmerz

Love the postcard! Is it weltschmerz? I’m not sure. Now if the cow’s tails were braided . . . .

Related Posts:

Vintage Postcards of Quebec

Further Reading:

Produits Caillette Inc is a companion postcard from the collection of the Quebec Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales.

Laiteries du Québec   is J.G. Comtois’s terrific site “Quebec Dairies” which includes photos and historical tidbits about Quebec’s dairy industry as well as information for those who collect dairy artefacts such as milk bottles, bottle caps and advertising ephemera.

Photos Historiques Mauricie  is a French language site with many fine photos. Click on the Mauricie tab and choose Maskinonge from the drop down menu.

Restaurant Caillette - up-t0-date location and contact information.

Maskinongé Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Related Posts:

A Coloured Vintage Postcard of rue Racine in Chicoutimi, Quebec

Further Reading:

Chicoutimi – Quebec History

La Pulperie de Chicoutimi

St. Fulgence Ice Fishing Village near Chicoutimi (Personal Blog)

This message is Dominique Ritchot’s follow-up to a former query about this Desilva/Greslon marriage

Here’s part of the transcipt of the marriage contract I found at the library of the Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise (SGCF):

Contrat de mariage n. 784 entre

Pierre Dalacine (Pedro DaSilva)
&
Jeanne Greslon

le 16 mai 1677
Paul Vachon

Par devant Paul Vachon notaire royal
en la Nouvelle France et tesmoingts soubs signez
furent present en leurs personnes Jacques
Grellon et Jeanne Vignault sa femme de son
mary authorisee pour l effect des presantes
habitans en la paroisse de l’Ange Gardien en la
coste et seigneurie de Beaupre fesant et
stipulant en cette partye pour Jeanne Grellon
leur fille a ce presante et de son consentement
d’une part et Pierre Dalacine, du royaume
du Portugal fils de Joseph Delacine et d’Anne
Marie François [ses pere et mere de la paroisse de Scainct Juline de la ville et archevesche
de Lisonne au royaume de Portugal le dit Pierre Delacine demeurant de preseant
el la dite paroisse de l Ange Gardien pour luy et en son
nom d’autre part, lesquelle partyes
de leur bons grez et volontez et de la presance et du consentement dudit
Jacques Grellon et de la dite Jeanne Vignault
sa femme et de la dite Jeanne Grellon leur
fille [...]

Related Posts:

From Lisbon to La Nouvelle France – the Portuguese Desilvas

Historical Document: Pedro Dasslyva – Burial, 1717

This postcard was easy to date.

It was mailed in 1969 and it sports Canada’s Maple Leaf flag which had came into use just two years earlier.

Up until then Canada – like many other members of the British Commonwealth -

was represented by a Red Ensign. The new flag was part of our 1967

Centennial Year celebrations.

This postcard was easy to date.

It was mailed in 1969 and it sports Canada’s Maple Leaf flag which had came into use just two years earlier.

Up until then Canada – like many other members of the British Commonwealth -

was represented by a Red Ensign. The new flag was part of our 1967

Centennial Year celebrations.

You may have noticed a nun sitting in the front row. When I growing up in Quebec in the 50/60s nuns in full traditional habit were not an unusual site. In fact, at that time even public Catholic schools in Quebec were still staffed by religious brothers and sisters. This seems to be a municipal marching band but I do wonder whether this nun was a Magog school teacher – perhaps a music teacher?

If you have any information about this marching band I’d love to hear

 Vous pouvez repondre en francais.

Related Posts: Red Ensigns

Canadian Red Ensign Flying Over Montreal

Vintage Postcard: United We Stand, British Empire Ensigns

Related Posts: Expo 67

Expo 67 | Vintage View-Master

St-Helen’s Island – Map of Expo 67

Vintage Postcard: Montreal from St-Helen’s Island (pre-Expo 67)

Useful Links:

Magog & Lake Memphremagog

Ville de Magog - en francais

Quebec’s religious roots go back to when it was New France …

The Role of the Catholic Church in New France by Lucie Leblanc Consentino

Source: BNQ, Albums de rues E.-Z. Massicotte,1904

In former posts I introduced you to Montrealers Count and Countess Nicol of The New Midgets Palace (aka Le Nouveau Palais des Nains) and shared some information about the birth of their son Philippe Nicol. I wanted to point out that the English text on the advertising card stated that he was born at Mercy Hospital in Montreal, but this was really the  Hopital de la La Misericorde which was part of the Convent that was home to the Misericorde nursing sisters and their birthing centre and creche (see image).

Count Nicol was born Philippe Adelard Nicole in Levis, Quebec in 1881. His Countess was Rose Semilida Dufresne and the two had been married in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1906.

Philippe Adelard’s parents were Alexandre Nicole and Josephine Philomene Brousseau (daughter of Andre Brousseau and Eleonore Garon). The couple were married on March 4th, 1867 in St-Bernard (Dorchester County) Quebec.

Alexandre’s parents – Olivier Nicole and Apolline Morissette were married in St-Henri (Levis, Quebec) on January 24th, 1826. Her parents were Michel Morisset and Marie-Anne Morin.

Olivier was the son of another Olivier Nicole and his wife Francoise. According to the BMS index Francoise’s surname was Henry but I have not found that marriage and I have found a possible couple – Olivier Nicol and and  Marie-Francoise Fleury. The parents of that couple (whom I have not confirmed as being in this line) were  Olivier Nicol & Marie-Louise Brochu and Francois Fleury & Marie-Francoise Dubeau, and they were married in St-Vallier (Bellchasse, Quebec) on July 7th, 1797.

 I would love to hear from some Nicole descendants – or others – who can confirm this line!

Lovell’s Directory Listing – 1950

Le Palais des Nains

In an earlier post I shared a vintage advertising card of The New Midgets Palace and introduced you to Montreal’s most famous Little People – Count and Countess Nicol of Montreal. In this post I’m sharing the English-language information on the back of the card.

Note: Typographical errors present in the original.

THE RARE BABY

Was born in Montreal, at the Mercy Hospital corner Saint Hubert and Dorechester streets, on September 19th, 1926.

He is the son of Count Philippe Nicol and Rose Dufresne; Count and Countess Nicol are the smallest maried couple on earth, without exception.

After 20 years of married life, this child, the Rare Baby, was sent to them with a mission to perform: look after his tiny Papa and Mamma in their old days. He was weighing on his birth three and one half pounds, and he is full of life. The five physicians who attended at his birth are of the opinion that he will never be taller than his father (he is now 25 inches high); but he will have a real man’s head, his father promises, and he shall be charitable and conrageous.

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If dad’s parents had taken care of him as he does of me, he would have been what he wants me to become: a successor to our regretted Sir Wilfrid Laurier – the man.

Papa says the height counts for nothing in the making of a man.

The New Midgets Palace

961 Rachel East,

Montreal, P.Q.

Bonjour Evelyn,
I am hoping you might be able to help me. I also live in Montreal and am working on my own family history. Pierre (Pedro) Da Silva is my great grandfather (11 times). I have looked through many of the Drouin records (on ancestry.ca) for his marriage to Jeanne Greslon dite La Violette in 1677, but can’t find the specific record. I’ve looked through Château-Richer, Beauport, Québec Notre-Dame and cannot find any mention. Would you be able to direct me to the right place?
Many thanks,
Kim

Information

In my database I have the following sources:

1. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec - Dictionnaire …

Click on – Dictionnaire genealogique – Volume 1, 1608-1700, Dictionnaire, D, page 158 D’AR – DAU

2. Drouin Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais, page 342,

My Drouin research was done in pre-computer times from the hard copy index, and the online Drouin Index – as you’ve probably noticed – contains many mis-spellings for the Dasilva name (e.g. Decilva). My suggestion is to check your library index to see the Drouin spelling and then check back again at Ancestry.

 3. The marriage information in my database is:

16 May 1677   L’Ange Guardien – Quebec.

Information from researcher D. Ritchot

Bonjour,

The marriage record of Pierre DaSylva dit Le Portuguais &  Jeanne Greslon dit Laviolette can’t be found on the L’Ange Gardien parish register or any other parish registers of New France. They were married before P. Vachon, notary, May 16, 1677. The contract is available at the Archives nationales du Quebec (ANQ) on microfilm. I can check at my local genealogical library to see if a transcription is available.

Note: Another post contains links to places to contact Dominique Ritchot online.

Evelyn Landis was searching for her Danis gggrandfather and gggrandmother.

Information

Thomas Danis was the son of Antoine Danis and Louise Proulx. He married Olive Maheu on September 11th, 1843 in the parish of St-Benoit in Deux Montagnes. Her parents were Louis Maheu and Angelique Perrier.

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Evelyn in Montreal

This is a January 2010 photograph of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church which serves the English-speaking Catholics of Chateauguay, Quebec. The latest generation of children on both sides of our family were baptised in OLPH parish.

Related Posts:

Chateauguay, Depanneur Couche Tard, Car Accident (23.08.09) | Chateauguay Today

My friend and I invested in her business because she needs a motorcycle to transport fish to the market. Heab is married and has 2 children.They all live in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Heab has a home to look after also. She takes care of her children while her husband fishes.

She wants the loan to buy a motorcycle. She wants a motorcycle to transport the fish that her husband caught. Her husband fishes all the times in the great lake of Cambodia. Heab and her family are looking to improve their business.Her husband is an expert at fishing.

 Entrepreneurs 121 – Kiva – Loans that change lives

Message from Mrs. Theriault

Wouldn’t you just love to visit Siem Reap Province? Well, you’re in luck because you can take a virtual field trip to Cambodia by clicking on the link below. Hint – you may need to scroll down the page to the video entitled “Village Life Around Siem Reap”.

Kiva Friends – Neighbourhoods Around The World

If you see something that interests you, share it with the rest of us by leaving a message in the comment box below!

Responses to Sylvain’s visit

S.S. says   ….. What would I remember 20 years from now of what Sylvain Rivard showed us? The drum and how in back it symbolizes the four elements. The drum itself symbolizes the world etc.

B.W says  ….. after that he (Sylvain Rivard) played us a song on his drum. That was my favourite part. Here is a story that connects to my life. Last summer I went to Mexico and heard the same drum that the artist played for my class. I love the sound it made. Thanks a lot Sylvain. I hope to see you soon.

Mrs. Theriault says …. Our readers may not know that Sylvain didn’t buy this drum. He made it himself.    Also, our St-Lawrence music teacher Mrs. Carole Forget reminded me in an email that this drum is called a pacoligan. It is made from the skin of the female deer and the four sections underneath represent “the four colours of people on earth: black, white, red, yellow…”

Related post on this blog:

The Inuit also used animals skins for drums (The Inuit are not Algonquin)

Further Reading:

Native Dance – Onigoke – Our Dance Stories

Native American Indian Legends – The Story of the Drum – Abenaki

One of the first big waves of Irish settlers into Quebec arrived in the 1840s. They were hired – along with many others from Great Britain – to work on the construction of Montreal’s Victoria Bridge. Not only was their life hard, but the cost of their passage to Quebec was taken out of their paycheques.

As is so often the case with the Irish – there’s also a sad story associated with this. The Irish bridge workers had seen the location (near the Victoria Bridge) of a mass grave of thousands of Irish immigrants who had died during Quebec’s 1847/48 typhus outbreak. They asked – and were granted – permission to raise a Black Stone (officially called the Irish Commemorative Stone) and you can see this today on the Montreal end of the Victoria Bridge.

Inscription on the rock

To preserve from desecration the remains of good immigrants who died of ship fever A.D. 1847-48. This stone is erected by the workmen of Messrs. Peto. Brassey & Betts employed in the construction of the Victorai Bridge A.D. 1859

Montreal, – Monument eleve a la Pointe Saint-Charles aux victimes du typhus,

Source Le Monde Illustre, 1895 (Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec)

Related Posts:

Bridges Over The St-Lawrence River(3): Victoria Jubilee Bridge, Montreal, Quebec

Bridges Over The St-Lawrence River(4): Victoria Jubilee Bridge, 1905

Further Reading:

Ireland Monument Canada » The Irish Stone Montreal

The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf – Monumental Differences

To participate in the next Carnival of Irish Culture and Heritage,

click on the Logo in the far right sidebar.

Why did we choose Juan?

We chose Juan because he sells rice, sugar, oil, beans, toilet paper and soft drinks. Food and water is important to us.

Also, it  is interesting because his business is in his house. He lives in Nicaragua. Nicaragua is in South America.

They have 5 stars in field partner risk rating. Juan’s loan request was $300.

Entrepreneurs 121 – Kiva – Loans that change lives

Message from Mrs. Theriault

Last year one of the Grade 6 teams  invested in the Nicaraguan entrepreneur – Mr. Salgado – who deals in scrap metal. He was transporting his metal in a horse and cart. The Kiva loan enabled him to buy a bigger truck and the good news is that he has already paid back  his loan!

And another of last year`s teams invested in the furniture making business of a Mr. Flores. He bought an electric sander and he has also paid back his loan.

That means we`ve had three Nicaraguan loans in our portfolio – two that have been paid back and one that is still active.  None of the Nicaraguan loans has defaulted.

Mrs.Thy Thuch lives in Tnaot Nhi which is a village in Cambodia. Mrs.Thy Thuch and the village bank group own a farming company that provides food to the village. Mrs.Thy Thuch is 52 years old and she is a village bank president. There are 16 members in their group. She is a widow with 4 children. Mrs.Thy Thuch will use the loan to support her farm. We picked her because the loan will help her family and many other people. The peoples’ names in this group are: Mrs.Thy Thuch, Touch Soth, Ry Poak, Mai Phatt, Pha Vat, Chreod Bo, Sok Im Saren Yoeun, Khom Dang, Srey Leak Saroen, Sokha Ton, Lee Kem, Rem Pat,Chen Sroul, Vorn Torn, Kiam Torn. The loan request was $2,525.

Entrepreneurs 121 – Kiva – Loans that change lives

Message from Mrs. Theriault

Here`s a video from some Cambodian students who go to Hope School. do you recognize anything of what they`re doing?

Cambodia Afterschool Program

http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,2311.msg36225.html#msg36225

Historic Views of Lumber Mills & Logging Scenes in Eastern Canada

Henry River Lumber (prob. Coaticook, Quebec)

Buckingham Sawmill (Outaouais, Quebec)

The Ormstown Sawmill (Monteregie, Quebec)

Howard Smith Paper Mills (Monteregie, Quebec)

Price Bros. (Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec )

Bathurst Pulp & Paper Mill (Gloucester, New Brunswick)

Further Reading:

Dolbeau – Quebec Encyclopedia (Marianopolis)

Dolbeau-Mistassini

We invested in a person called Mayra Petrona Velasquez who has a tortillas making business. Her store is located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She requested $500.

She is using this money to upgrade her business and to buy more stuff, like firewood, corn flour, water, matches, and other materials to make tortillas.

Our team chose her because we like tortillas. We also chose her because she needs alot of money, and also because food is important to be (or stay) alive, especially water.

Team S.T.W. (Save The World)

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Entrepreneurs 121 – Kiva – Loans that change lives

Message from Mrs. Theriault

Here is a video of some Grade 6 students in a classroom in the Honduras. These students look like they`re one or two years older than you are. You need to scroll down to the 8th video – Sixth Grade Dowal School 2008:

http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,2311.10.html

I was the recipient recently of the  Happy 101 Award which celebrates

“Kind Words, Sweet Thoughts, Good Times”

My task?  List 10 things that make me happy and pass the award on to 10 deserving bloggers!

I’ve decided to celebrate the things that bloggers do that make me happy, starting with some of the bloggers who make comments that -  (1) inspire  (2) educate  (3) support and/or (4) entertain me!

The bloggers behind these sites are generous with their comment both here and around the blogosphere!

DRUMROLL PLEASE!

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From the records of St. Michel Archange Church

This twenty-eighth day of June, 1926, after the publication of three bans of marriage we, the undersigned priest, has asked and received the mutual consent to marriage of James Parris of St.Willibrord’s Parish, son of the William Parris and Margaret Collins of the one part and Gertrude Mary Slavin, of this parish daughter of the late Patrick Slavin and Annie Murphy of the other part: and we have blessed this marriage in the presence of Thomas Coyne and John P. Slavin, brother of the bride, who signed with the contracting parties and us. The Act was read.

Related Posts:The Harveys – English Speaking Quebeckers

This is a vintage postcard of Scotstown, Quebec which is located in the historic county of Compton, Eastern, Townships, Quebec. This area is now part of the modern administrative region l’Estrie. If you look closely you can see a Canadian Pacific rail car anda large lumberyard to the left both of which were important in the early history of Scotstown.

As its name implies, Scotstown was originally settled by Scottish immigrants. Their descendants are still in the area and are preserving their culture through groups such as the CEILIDH SOCIETY OF SCOTSTOWN. If you would like to know more about Scotstown or visit the area, then you should visit the site of the Quebec Heritage Web which has some historical notes on the early development of Scotstown and other Upper St.Francis English-speaking settlements (Bishopton, Bury, Cookshire, East Angus and Gould). Their site has inspired me to take a trip there next summer!

This postcard was published by R. B. Scott & Sons of Scotstown.

I wonder if these were descendants of John Scott, a pioneer of Scotstown?

A Little Bit Of Genealogy

John Scott (son of John Scott and Martha Murdock) married Isabella Jane McMaster (daughter of Eunes McMaster and Elisabeth McIndoc) at the Presbyterian Church in Scotstown (Compton) Quebec on January 1st, 1879.

Surnames that that appear in the 1911 Canadian Census

Scotstown, Compton, Quebec

Allaire – Allard – Armstrong – Beard – Beaumont – Bennett – Bergeron – Bernier – Bertram – Bissonette – Black – Bouchard – Boutelle – Boutin – Bowman – Breault – Brown – Buchanan – Cadorette – Campbell – Caswell – Choquette – Clarke – Coleman – Corbeil – Cote – Couture – Cowling – Dickson – Dion – Dixon – Dostie – Dow – Duchesneau – Duffy – Dufresne – Duparent – Elger – Farley – Fontaine – Fougault – Gaudreau – Gaunze – Gauthier – Giboneau – Gifford – Gillies – Gobeil Godin – Goulet – Graham – Gregoire – Grenier – Hamel – Hebert – Hill – Hitchcock – Hood – Hotte – Hudon – Jacques – Jamieson – Jewett – Kinsey – Langlois – Lareau – Leblanc – Litttlefield – Long – Louzon – MacDonald – MacFarlane – Mackay – Macie – Maher – Martin – Mayhew – McAulay – McCormick – Mcdonald – McIver – McKay – McKenzie – McKnight – McLean – McLennan – LcLeod – McRae – McRitchie – Merritt – Mooney – Morrison – Murray – Nicholson – Nicol – Nodding – Noel – Paige – Paquin – Pare – Parker – Parsons – Pilon – Pinkham – Plante – Poulin – Prevost – Quint – Reid – Rider – Roberge – Rougeau – Rousseau – Roux – Roy – Rudd – Sauve – Scott – Sevigny – Sharman – Shatton – Sherman – Simpson – Singliss – Smith – St-Jean – St-Laurent – St-onge – Start – Stevens – Stone – Tartre – Taylor – Tetrault – Torfille – Tremblay – Trepin – Tubbs – Valcourt – Vallee – Watson – Wells – Wheeler – Whitehead – Woton – Wright – Young

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Harvey, Parris, Slavin, Murphy & Collins – English Quebeckers In Our Canadian Family Tree

The Harvey Family

(G.H.’s Family Tree Through Her Harvey Grandfather)

Historical Document: Marmaduke Lawrence Harvey – Baptism, 1897

You’re In The Army Now! Marmaduke Lawrence Harvey In The Canadian Expeditionary Force

Marmaduke Lawrence Harvey At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century

The Parris Family

(G. H.’s Family Tree Through Her Parris Grandmother)

Marriage: James Parris & Gertrude Mary Slavin, Montreal 1926

Family Places

Methodist Centenary Church | Montreal