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Mostly Names
A selection of name lists from the LCGS newsletter, the Lanark
District Museum, the Perth Museum, the Perth Courier, and
from website users.
For a complete listing of all articles and documents visit the document
main page.
| A Column of News
and Gossip |
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Taken from Page 1 of the Perth Courier, Friday, Nov.
18, 1904. -- Minutes of the Dalhousie council, and the Countryside
Moving Stage, gossip column. |
| A Few Notes About the
Forming of a Military Settlement at Perth and Surrounding Country
Added October 21, 1999 |
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By M.G. Armour. Written about 1900, probably for the Perth
Historical and Antiquarian Society and most likely was the source
for the article below. |
| Back From The Wars,
What the Soldiers Got Updated October 21,
1999 |
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Article published in The Perth Courier, 28 December, 1916.
Transcribed by Charles Dobie. Additional information added
by website users. |
| Some British Pensioners
Who Settled in Lanark County |
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By Norman Crowder, from the LCGS newsletter, May, 1996. |
| Blacksmiths' Price
List, 1912 |
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From a broadside in the Perth Museum. |
| Canada General Service
Medals Awarded to Lanark County Soldiers Added
November 4, 1999 |
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By Del Dunlop. From the August, 1999 LCGS newsletter. |
| Community Histories
from the Western Provinces |
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Compiled by Marilyn Snedden, from the LCGS newsletters of
April, 1997, February & August, 1998, plus emailed information from
Dorothy Nuthall, K. Dale Scheer and Pat Allan.
A large (and still growing!) compilation of Lanark County families
who moved west. |
| Constables, 1861 |
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From a broadside in the Perth Museum which lists constables appointed
at the General Quarter Sessions at Perth, March, 1861. |
| Descendants of the
York Chasseurs Added December 16, 1999 |
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By Peter Lines. From the November, 1999 LCGS newsletter. |
| Funeral Cards |
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From a recent gift to the Perth Museum.
Surnames noted: BROWNLIE, BURGESS, CAVANAGH, FARMER, FERGUSSON,
MACNAB, SALTER, WILLOUGHBY. |
| Funeral Cards |
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Submitted by Verna MacMillan. Surnames are: BARBER, McCAW,
PUTNAM. |
| Indian Hill Cemetery,
Pakenham |
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Names of people believed to be buried in unlocated graves. 98 entries,
many with multiple names. |
| Lanark County Burials,
18 June 1857 - Jan. 1872 Added May 23,
2000 |
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Transcribed from microfilm for the LCGS website by Pat Roloff. |
| Lanark County Names on
an Algoma District Plaque |
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Transcribed for the LCGS website by Michelle Skarazinskas.
Lanark county names include CALDWELL, GUMMERSON/GUMMERSALL, HEADRICK,
KEATING, KEHOE, KHULL, KING, LALONDE, LAROCQUE, McKINNON, SNEDDON,
STEWART, WARK, WHITE. |
| Lanark County Teachers,
1898 |
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Names of 110 teachers extracted from the Perth Courier. |
| Some Lanark County
Century Farms Added January 17, 2000 |
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Transcribed from the Balderson W.I. Tweedsmuir History. This list
was compiled circa 1972 and gives the location and ownership list
of 23 century farms. |
| Some Lanark County
Wills |
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Wills for years 1868, 1895 and 1935 noted by Marilyn Snedden
during APOLROD tabulation of documents. |
| Land Patent Index for
Lavant Twp. |
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Transcribed from microfiche by Michael Dawber. 1830's to
early 1900's. |
| Land Patent Index for
N. Sherbrooke Twp. |
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Transcribed from microfiche by Michael Dawber. 1830's to
early 1900's. |
| Lanark Era Subscribers
1935 - 1944 Corrected November 10, 1999 |
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Submitted by Del Dunlop. From the LCGS newsletter, March
- Oct., 1999. |
| Licenses issued in
Lanark County -- 1848 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an abstract by W. Clyde
Bell, which he transcribed from the Feb. 11, 1848 Bathurst
Courier. |
| Marriage
Records from Elizabethtown, Yonge, Bastard Twp. & Augusta |
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Almost 950 marriage records and some baptismal records for the era
1812-1842 which seem to be previously unpublished. This website also
has other unique records from other Ontario counties. This is a LINK
to another website, so please bookmark this page so you can return
here. |
| Methodist Church,
Montague Circuit, Membership Lists |
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Three lists from the Perth Museum -- 1903, 1904 & 1921. |
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| Names from a Wedding
Guest Log, 1945 & 1969 |
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Does this book belong to your family? Transcribed by Charles
Dobie, from the September, 1998 LCGS newsletter. |
| Out In Dakota
Added November 5, 1999 |
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Submitted by Marilyn Snedden. From the LCGS newsletter, October,
1999. From the Almonte Gazette, 11 March 1898. Short
bios of Lanark County families who settled in and near Grand Forks
County, North Dakota. |
| Paisley Townhead Emigration
Society List (1) |
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From the LCGS newsletter, Nov., 1994. A listing from 1820 of people
from the Paisley area in Scotland who were being recommended to the
British Government as being worthy of assistance to emigrate to Upper
Canada. |
| Paisley Townhead Emigration
Society List (2) |
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Transcribed by John Pellowe for the LCGS website. Lists the
names of all members of the Paisley Townhead Society who actually
did emigrate, everyone who was on board the Earl of Buckingham,
and everyone who settled in Ramsay Township as part of the 1821
Scottish immigration. |
| Pakenham, St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church Communion Roll, 1896-1900 |
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By Marilyn Snedden, from the LCGS newsletter, June, 1998. |
| Perth Collegiate Institute
Honor Roll, 1917 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from the Perth Courier. |
| Perth Collegiate Institute
Commencement Program, 1927 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an original in the Perth
Museum. |
| Perth Old Home Week
Souvenir Booklet, June 27th to July 4th, 1948 |
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Transcribed by Vivian Dickinson TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
This booklet has been reformatted from the original in order to make
it easier to read; All grammar and spelling has been maintained.
Added October 17, 2000 |
| Perth Volunteers
Served Along St. Lawrence in 1866 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie, originally published in Perth
Expositor in 1915. |
| Ramsay Twp. Cess Roll,
1837 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from photocopies of an original
partial roll provided by Elaine Kirkham. |
| Ramsay Free Church
Communion Roll, 1846 |
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From the LCGS newsletter, Nov., 1996. |
| Record Book of the
Mission Station of Poland & Lavant |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from the original book, which
was donated in late 1998 to the Perth Museum. The book contains 45
Presbyterian baptisms (1906-1915), about 80 names in the communion
roll and 60 names in the list of contributors (many names appear in
two or more lists). |
| Reserve Militia Company
Roll, 1871 |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from an original in the Lanark
District Museum. This is a list of 508 men between the ages of 18
& 59, residing in Lanark Village, Lanark Township & Darling Township.
The totals were tallied & dated January 13, 1871. |
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| The
1905 Perth Old Boys' and Girls' Reunion Updated
August 28, 1999 |
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Contains thousands of names of ex-Perthites,
along with their addresses. Nearly every state in the
US, every province in Canada, and many countries world-wide
are mentioned. All material is transcribed from the Perth
Courier, starting with the first news stories
of the organization of the reunion in Sept., 1904. The
16-page reunion special edition of June 30, 1905 was devoted
to Perth and Lanark County history, and it has all been
transcribed. More articles concerning reunion activities
and people will be added as time permits. |
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| St.
John's Catholic Church, Perth, Early Marriages
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Transcribed by Rita Meistrell
These listings were obtained from microfilm sheets. Researchers should
verify the information directly where possible.
Added October 17, 2000 |
| St.
John's Catholic Church, Perth, Early Baptisms
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Transcribed by Rita Meistrell
These listings were obtained from microfilm sheets. Researchers should
verify the information directly where possible.
Added October 17, 2000 |
| Shipping Lists Of The
Hebe And Stakesby |
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A list of 567 people who sailed from Ireland to Canada in July,
1823. By F.H. Dobbin, and published in The Perth Courier,
Nov 23, Nov 30 and Dec 7, 1923. Transcribed by Ann MacPhail. |
| 31 Names from a WW1
Autograph Book |
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Transcribed by Charles Dobie from a book in the Dawson Kerr
collection in the Perth Museum. All men list their (mostly eastern
Ontario) addresses and 29 give their birth dates. |
POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS
OF LANARK & RENFREW COUNTIES
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Transcribed from a set of Hart's Canadian Almanac found in the Perth Museum. |
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