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The Ridge Road Settlers in Park 1818‐1907+

Bill McGee

In the 1800s many families settled along Ridge road, now in Gatineau Park, upon what was called Kingsmere mountain. They settled in Hull and Eardley townships in the then County of . The family names include McKinstry, McCloskey, Davis, Bradley, Ryan, Laing, Marshall, Kennedy, Doyle, McSweeney, Heyden, Higgins, McGuire, Jeffs, Routley, Grimes, Egan, Keogan, Sheahan, Fortune, Leahey, Dunlop, Mullin and Walsh.

The process of obtaining land for settlement in these times is not well documented. But, generally, the process seems to be to obtain a Location ticket for 200 acres or, after about 1850, 100 acres. After a payment, building a hut and clearing a few acres, title to the land was granted. and there is an index to the dates of land grants, which dates are, of course, later than the initial commitment of a settler to a particular lot. Another approach was to spread the payment out over 20 years1, presumably keeping possession of the lot, and assuming title then. A third method was to buy the land. And a fourth method was to be a squatter.

The attached map shows the lots, the names of occupants. the recreational trails in Gatineau Park, and a crude indication of elevation. The park boundary is also shown. The range numbers are given in Roman numerals, and the lot numbers in Arabic numerals. The Ridge Road is shown going from Kingsmere Road and ending on a road called Riley Road, which is now a trail ending near Cregheur Road. Also shown is McCloskey Road to the Meech Lake, and Crilly Road connecting to Mountain Road near the Crilly farm.

The area is a portion of the pre‐Cambrian Canadian Shield and is an undulating plateau. It is now criss‐crossed by summer and winter trails of the National Capital Commission, and the Gatineau Parkways.

My research was started by a chance meeting with Dawn Carrick of Kanata in McKinstry Ski Lodge, and she gave me the name and email of Carol Flint, an

1 Noted as '5 percent' tenant in Census Records under Method of Tenure 2

American McKinstry descendant who was interested in the location of her ancestor's land. We discovered the following.

The Settlers in Eardley Twp.

Thomas McKinstry [~1832‐1916]/Ann Davis, from Poobles, Aghalee, Co. Antrim, , son of Ralph and Martha, settled on the southern half of Lots 2 and 3 Range 9 of Eardley. This land stretches from a part of trail 1 that is parallel to the Wolf trail, and extends north to encompass part of the Wolf trail, called McKinstry Ridge. McKinstry's wife, Ann Davis, died while he was away, and the children were discovered and taken in by Patrick Bradley. In the 1871 Census son Thomas is with the Bradleys, a son Ralph is with his remarried father (to Amelia Jarry) in Hull, and Margaret is with the William Reids of Eardley. In 1873 the southern half of lots 2 and 3 of Range 9 were sold to Charles Currie, Robert Radmore and Daniel Pink2. Apparently Ralph moved to Northern and died in Seattle WA, and Thomas Sr moved to the Rainy River area of Minnesota and died in 1916. Thomas Jr married Margaret Bradley, perhaps a relative of the Bradleys where Thomas was raised, and they had 8 children; the family moved to Meech Lake settlement where Mary was a teacher, and then to Hull.

The current McKinstry lodge is many kilometers from the McKinstry homestead.

Richard Davis [1817‐1905]/Rose Anne Simpson, started their family in South Hull near Vanier and Pink Roads, was granted lot 2, range 8, shown on the map, next to Patrick McCloskey, and subsequently moved to Eardley, and many family members are remembered in the Eardley United Church graveyard. A Davis clearing is mentioned in the Ottawa Ski Club news of 1932 and this is the area that is now a beaver meadow where the Ridge Road was bypassed by trail 24 and the cleared route for the cleared but not paved Parkway extension. I am not sure whether Mr Davis actually lived in the park, but in 1861 Davis was enumerated in the Census next to Patrick McCloskey. But the location is range 8, lot 7, 200 acres,

2 Acte 2397, Hull Registry Office. Amelia Nash is the name given by his wife. 3 not lot 2. Oddly, Alexander Merrifield was also enumerated on the same lot, 100 acres.

The John Reilly family was on the flats on range 8, east half of lot 5, in 1861, and the road down the mountain to their lot is called Reilly road or Riley Road by Dr. Don Hogarth,. who studied the Geology of this part of the Park, and in Mrs. Thomson's notes, and is shown on the map.

Patrick McCloskey [~1811‐1885]/Catherine McCloskey, from White Hills3, Aghadowey , Co. Londonderry (Co. ), Ireland, and with wife Catherine McCloskey (same name, not related), and in 1861 was living with Bernard [1814‐], (who was granted, S 1/2 of lot 1, range 9 ), four children born in Ireland and three in , thus emigrated about 1852. (Lot 1,

Range 8, Eardley). Son Richard took over and had twelve children in the 1901 McCloskey daffodils census, and his daughter Mary McCloskey told Mrs Thomson that they left the mountain in 1907; they moved to lot 4, range 5 of Eardley. When living on the mountain, because they lived in Eardley, the nearest school was near the Healey Cottage on present trail 50 near Lac Mousseau. Mrs Thomson tells that the father built a special shortcut through the woods to help in the trip, coming out at parking lot P13. Although there are several photos of the farm buildings,. I found no remains last spring, but here are some daffodils indicating a home nearby.

Richard sold the north half of Lot 1 Range 8 Eardley to Herbert Blanchet in 1907, thence to Charles McDonald in 1930, and the FDC in 1959. McCloskey sold the southern half to William Williams in 1907, thence after several transfers to the Eureka Flint and Spar Co, thence to Bessie Josephine McKenna in 1934 and Bessie

3 I cannot find the townland of White Hills in the parish of Aghadowey; I translate White Hills as Drumbane or Knockbane. 4

Josephine McKenna Hambleton to the FDC in 1954. Hambletons kept horses in a barn on the property, and the barn was used by skiers till it was demolished. The northern half of Lot 1, Range 7, Eardley had the same owners listed above.

In the 1861 Census Patrick McCloskey is farming the southern half of lot 24, range 9, Hull township, just south of the Keogan lands, but does not appear in the personal census; thus, probably the same Patrick of Eardley.

There are other McCloskeys in the area. Michael McCloskey[1832‐ ] farmed near Old Chelsea and Kingsmere, and was a mayor of West Hull (now Chelsea).

The settlers in Hull township.

Patrick Bradley [1801‐bef 1891]/ Margaret Bradley [perhaps from Coleraine, Co. Derry] had 200 acres at lot 28, range 11 of Hull, granted in 1865 and 1866. However, he was in the census of 1851, and he and all

the children were born in Ireland. This lot extends from the intersection of trails 33 and 21, where the home Bradley Basement was located, north across trail 40 to the bottom of the Wolf trail. Since they lived in Hull Twp, they attended a school near the Fox Farm on trail 50, near the Dean property. The family seems to have left by the 1890s, and the land was sold first to the McCloskeys, and subsequently sold to Charles McDonald who built a business supplying cordwood, and built a road, part of which is trail 40, and part trail 33, called the Bradley trail. Bernard Bradley, a bachelor, lived with Patrick Bradley, and obtained an adjacent plot of land. It was the Bradleys that brought up young Thomas McKinstry. Son William was in Hull City in the 1891 Census. There is a noticeable pit, probably a basement, right at the intersection of the Bradley trail 33 and Pipe Dream trail 21, marked on a 1962 map as a ruin. The Bradley log cabin was moved and used as the first Western 5 cabin.

The southern 3/4 was sold to the McCloskeys, thence to John and Percy Mahon, then in 1925 to Charles McDonald, and to the FDC in 1959. The northern 1/4 was sold by J Latimer to Christopher Allen in 1904, and his heirs sold it to the FDC in 1939.

The map to the left shows a proposed trail across the Bradley land which might be worth exploring to see the farm itself.

Michael Ryan and Matthew Ryan. The Ryans were granted adjacent lots: Michael, the south half of lot 27, range 11, and Matthew the adjoining north half of lot 27, range 10. I do not know whether they were related.

Michael Ryan [1831‐1890]/Bridget O'Meara was a tailor from Co. Tipperary, Ireland; he and wife Bridget O'Meara [1833‐] had 9 children, one of whom married William Bradley, son of neighbour Patrick and living in 1901 in Old Chelsea town. Michael first appears in the 1861 census. Lot 27 Range 11 was occupied by Michael's son Philip Ryan [1855‐] and family in 1901, and by John Laing and family in 1911. The property was sold in 1903 to Alide Lacerte, a civil servant from Ottawa, and was subsequently owned by Wm. H Benedict.

John Russell Laing [1848‐1918]/Agnes Shaw were born in Scotland and lived in Ireland before coming to Canada in 1907. The family is in the 1911 census for West Hull, but by 1921 probably had moved to Bearbrook, Russell County, Ontario where many family members are buried. There is a Laing St in Chelsea.

Matthew Ryan [1822‐ 1892]has one son Matthew [1853‐ ] in the 1871 census on lot 27A, range 10, Hull. According to Mrs Marshall basement? Thomson son Mathew went to the US when his mother Mary [1811‐ ] died. Then the widower Matthew4 in 1887 married Sarah Marshall [nee Shevenell] from Harrington twp., Argenteuil Co., and her son Robert Marshall took over the his property. There is extensive stone fencing at the intersection of trails 20 and 21,

4 However the 1887 marriage documentation has Matthew Ryan with deceased wife Isabella Duncan. 6 which is called Marshall's Clearing in the 1931 Ottawa Ski Club map. There is an extensive row of rocks on this land extending to the former Hidden Valley Trail (13) from trail 20. Robert Marshall and family of twelve children are in this location in the 1911 census, but subsequently moved to Temiskaming district, Ont., probably about 1914. Thus, the Marshall family is likely the last to live on their own land on the 'Mountain'. The Marshalls sold to John Alfred Pink in 1924, and Pink's successors to the NCC in 1958.

James Gillen acquired lot 26, range 11 from Michael McCloskey, but appears to have lived on the Meech Lake. The McCloskey road joins the Meech Lake Road on his property.

Anthony Cafferty is shown in the 1861 census at Lot 24, range 10. There is no evidence that he lived on the mountain.

Denis Kennedy [1792‐1874]/ Ann Ross [1799‐1883] are in the 1851 census with wife (born in Scotland), and 3 children born in Canada. He was granted the northern half of lot 28, range 10. Son Michael was born in Kennedy rock piles 1833, and the land at the southern half of lot 28, range 10, was granted to Michael Kennedy in 1868. In the 1871 census Michael is living with his mother and other family members on 200 acres lot 28, range 10. This land encompasses the Ridge Road from the Champlain Lookout to the Western trail 9, and the Parkway cut that parallels this road. There are numerous piles of rock in this area.

However the land records show no Kennedy involvement with this land on lot 28 after 1884, when it was sold to Esther Wolff with Frederick Sparks shown as owner; the 1875 GVHS map shows George Sparks as the owner..

John Kennedy [1833‐1872] and Mary Boland [1836‐ ]were on lot 27B, range 10 in the 1871 census. Their youngest child aged 5 was born in , so they were late arrivals. This lot had been sold by James Doyle to Timothy Boland in 1864, 7 thence to John Kennedy in 1871, and transferred upon his death to son Matthew Kennedy in 1872. Land records have John Kennedy Jr of Milwaukee in 1911 selling the lot, on the decease intestate of his unmarried brother Matthew Kennedy to Herbert Routliffe, whose wife is noted as Ellen Kennedy. The 1875 GVHS map based on tax records shows J R Booth as owner, with John Kennedy in brackets.

Martin Doyle [1821‐1903] from Co. Wexford, Ireland and wife Ellen O'Brien, was granted the northern half, lot 26A, range 10 in 1866 and James Doyle, as already mentioned, was granted the kitty‐corner southern half, lot 27B, range 10 in 1862. I do not know if there is a family connection. Martin and family are in the census of 1861, 1871,1881, 1891 and 1901, and the 1871 census has 200 acres of lot 26 enumerated. Martin Doyle sold lot 26B to the University of Ottawa in 1873, and in 1901 he is residing at lot 22, range 8,. and this is also where he is situate in the 1875 GVHS map; lot 22, range 8 includes King Mountain, but, presumably, he lived on Mountain Road.

John McSweeney [1849‐ ] married Ellen O'Neill in 1864 and is mentioned in an interview with Mary McCloskey in 1967 in Mrs Thomson's notes. The land at the southern half, of lot 26B, range 10 was granted to him, and Mrs Thomson's interview indicated that the family lived on the mountain. John McSweeney sold the land to the University of Ottawa in 1872. Later the (Mc)Sweeney's were involved in the hotel business in Old Chelsea, had a farm near Meech Lake Road, and there is a clearing shown near Meech Lake Road in the 1931 Ski Club map.

Thomas Higgins [1816‐]/Catherine Cosgrove are noted in the

1851 census as on lot 26, range 9, perhaps an error since he

was granted the northern halves of lots 27 and 28 of range 9, Higgins basement which includes Champlain lookout and Brule Picnic Ground. Higgins purchased this land from Michael Grimes who about 1850 moved to the Mountain Road. Higgins is on the GVHS 1875 map. The FDC obtained this land for Gatineau Park from Mrs. Robert Higgins, Mary Jane Brennan, so the family apparently never sold their property until the Park was created. The Chaput mine was on this property, just below Champlain Lookout. 8

Hugh McGuire [1821‐] was granted the southern half of lot 27, range 9. This land is south of the parkway near Huron Lookout. There is a substantial rock fence and what appears to be a basement in this area. Hugh, wife Mary McGuire and children Mary and Hugh are in the 1871 census, but only young Hugh McGuire [1852‐1915] and wife Ann Cafferty [1857‐1932], the daughter of Anthony Hugh McGuire basement. Cafferty, are in the 1881 census; a daughter's baptism was recorded the next year. In 1901 Hugh, wife Ann and 4 children are in Ottawa. There are several small mines along the valley that McGuire farmed. The property was sold by John Henry Mahon to the FDC. There were McGuires near the Gillespies at the tip of Lac Mousseau, but I know no connection.

Michael Grimes [1798‐1895] and wife Catherine Ryan [1808‐1893] settled first on the mountain about 1832 near the present Champlain lookout (afterwards bought by Thomas Higgins), but then moved south to nearby Range 8, Lot 25 in the census of 1851. The 1875 map of the GVHS shows Michael on the north side of Mountain Road on lots 25 and 26 of Range 8, touching the lands of Hugh Anna Grimes (third from right) was McGuire and Michael Egan. Grimes was born near Champlain Lookout. From a prominent in local affairs. The Crilly Road photo of 1893 leads to his property from the higher lands.

Thomas Heyden [1803‐ ] and Catherine Hayes [1809‐]. are noted in the 1851 Census as living in lot 26, range 9. And Thomas Heden appears in the 1842 census. But this lot was granted to William Jeffs. The Heydens apparently moved to Low . Since his age is given as 48, and his children were all born in Canada, the eldest 16, they must have emigrated before 1835. Heyden's wife was Catherine Hayes, and there are many branches of the Hayes family near Wakefield and Low. 9

William Jeffs [1790‐] and wife Ann Ryan [1795‐] was the first settler in Kingsmere. As well as land in Kingsmere, [Kingsmere {=King's mere=King's lake} Lake was originally Loon, then Jeff's Lake] . It is likely that the land lot 26 of range 9 was granted to son William Jeffs [1833‐]. In the 1881 census son WIlliam was enumerated between two families that were on Ridge Road, the Higgins and the Egans. William Jeffs Sr. was a carpenter as well as a farmer. The cabin was a bit off the road.

Routley's Clearing is the name given to the clearing at the intersection of Crilly Road and Ridge Road, (east of the Huron Cabin) named after a Routley who lived here and raised pigs. Edwin Valentine [1870‐] and George Cuthbert Routliffe [1866‐] owned lots 26A and 26B of Range 9, the William Jeffs land. These men was undoubtedly a descendants of Routleys who Jeffs habitation N of Ridge Road settled near the corner of Vanier and Pink Roads; the Routleys changed their name to Routliffe about 1860. George Cuthbert Routliffe married Alice Ann Young in 1907. Hibbert Vipond sold the land to the FDC in 1939.

Michael Egan [1831‐1886] and Catherine Young appears in the census starting in 1861, but these censuses have no location information for 1871 to 1891, and in the interval they moved from Lot 25, Range 9, to a location Egan rock fence S of Ridge Rd on trail 11. This turn halfway down Khyber Pass is on the likely near the Egan homestead. Kingsmere Road near the Parkway crossover. Son Michael J Egan took over the farm on Ridge, and made the move. He died in 1901 and his 10 widow, Elizabeth Curran, married Edward Young. The log house partway up the Kyber Pass was moved to the Kingsmere location. The Egans or Youngs built Shilly Shally as a stopover while logging. The Egan meadow is in front of Shilly Shally. John Young sold the land and buildings to the FDC in 1939.

William Walsh [1800‐1861] (or Welch)and Margaret Crilly [1798‐1864], are in Lot 24, Range 9, 100 acres, in the 1851 Census. Children Martin, John, Catherine and Michael were enumerated.

But Patrick McCloskey sold lot 24B (the southern half) of lot 24, range 9, to the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) in 1872. [The Community General Hospital, Alms‐House, and Seminary of Learning of the Sisters of Charity at Ottawa, Rev. Sister Rosalie Old Keogan barn at intersection of Demers, attorney]. The Sisters in turn sold Trail 11 and Fortune Creek. Picture lot 23B to Robert Pink, and lot 24B to Pink's 1946 brother Charles in 1888. The Pink descendants sold the properties to the FDC in 1940.

James Keogan [1826‐bef. 1871], [ possibly from Co. Cavan, Ireland] and Anne Watson [1828‐]. are in the 1861 census. But James died by 1871, and Nancy (=Anne) Keogan is listed there with her family including son John Keogan [1847‐ 1905] who married Mary McCloskey. The grant was for the northern half of Lot 24, lot 24A, Range 9 to John Keogan. Keogan bought an adjacent farm, lot 23A, from Daniel Sheahan, son of Jeremiah Sheahan, in 1899 . Apparently the Keogans left the mountain about the same time as the McCloskeys; widow Mary McCloskey Keogan sold the property in 1916 to Joseph Maurice, and it passed through various owners until Leon Picard sold it to the FDC in 1939. The Cliffside Ski Club sold Keogan's Lodge to the FDC in 1944. But the Keogan family farmhouse and barn were nearer the intersection of trail 11 and the Parkway. Charles Hodgson has an excellent overview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9YpKm2RR4. 11

Jeremiah Sheehan [1821‐], [and his wife Margaret McDonnell], was granted in 1866 the northern half of lot 23, lot 23A, range 9 which lot was between the Keogan and Fortune lots. Fortune Lake Parkway runs through the land. There are two Sheahan families in the 1851 Census, Thomas Sheahan [1812‐1865], wife Anne Breen and 9 children, probably at Chelsea Mills, and Daniel Sheahan [1781‐ ], wife Mary [1781‐] and son Jeremiah Sheahan [1821‐]. Oddly enough the census record for Thomas includes a 67‐year old Daniel, so Daniel might have been visiting son Thomas during the census‐taking. The farm was sold to John Keogan in 1899. 12

Garrett Fortune [1826‐1884] and wife Anne Elland are in the 1861 census as being on the north half, 22A, of lot 22, range 9, which was the land he was granted. This lot includes Fortune Lake. In 1871 the family of Garrett Fortune the son is in the Nepean census. But there are Fortune burials in the St Stephens graveyard in Old Chelsea. Garrett Fortune sold his property, including a house, to the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) of Ottawa in 1873; John Wills Russell, a lumber dealer from New York City was a witness. George S and Charles E Murtagh sold the property to the FDC in 1939.

The 1875 GVHS maps shows Fortune on the Meech Lake Road, lot 19B, range 10. Charles Hodgson states that the shack shown was Garrett Fortune's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSbls_IK88

Francois Bourgeau [1834‐ ]/Ellen Sheahan Francois, was granted various lands now in the park including the southern half of lot 23B, range 9 and the southern half of lot 26, range 10 on Meech Lake; the Sheahan family was on the northern half of the lot at lot 23, range 9. This lot 23B includes Lac Bourgeois. Bourgeau, son of Denis Bourgeau and Lucy Obuchon, was, according to Anson Gard, the postmaster of Aylmer. The 1861 agricultural census for Eardley had Francois sharing lot 4, range 5 of Eardley with Daniel Sheehan. Subsequently, parts of this land in Range 5 were farmed by Richard McCloskey. But Bourgeau sold lot 23B, range 9, to the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) in 1870, and they sold it to Charles Pink in 1888, and the Pink family held title until sale to the FDC. The property contains the site of a former ski chalet, La Cabane, which appears in a 1977 ski 13 map, and was, apparently, a building used by the Pinks when lumbering or

hunting.

Thomas Leahey [1796‐ ] was from Co. Tipperary, Ireland. In the census of 1851 , he farmed the southern half of lot 22, range 9, but evidently also had property in

the northern part of lot 22, range 8, because Leahy sisters contested the valuation on the land, which includes Black Lake, given by the FDC. Thomas Leahy was granted the southern half of lot 22, range 9, in 1866. A descendant was the mother of Richard Mulvihill whose recollections were captured by Mrs Thomson in the 1960s. Those notes contain much material on the Leahy family. There are many spellings of this name: Layhe, Leahy, Leahey, etc.

Typical Sketch Map of Survey made by FDC before purchase of lands in 1938. A Leahy lot. 14

The Leahey 'Log Cabin' 'Ski‐Wiff'.Note lack of trees in forefront.

The DUNLOP family [often spelled Dunlap] was one of the earliest in Old Chelsea. The family is well documented on the Internet. The earliest record is of Gabriel Dunlop [1780‐] with wife Catherine Hoben. They had at least five children in Canada, Sarah married John Brooks, Elizabeth Dunlop married Thomas Berry, William [1798‐1873] married Bridget Daley [1804‐1853], Gabriel [1804‐] married Margaret Daley [1814‐], and Catherine [1810‐1899] married Elisha Sheffield Jr. [1818‐1907] 15

Two of the sons, William and Gabriel, occupied adjacent 200 acre lots, on range 9, lots 20 and 21. Dunlop Road leads to these properties.

William Dunlop [1798‐1873] started on lot 20 in 1818, and was granted title in 1824. The note indicates that 'he is an honest laborious man and supports an aged mother.' He and wife Bridget Daley had 7 children: Mary Ann [1831‐1902] married Michael Scott; William [1833‐] married Catherine ?; Catherine [‐1922]. married George Styles; James Robert [1839‐1895] married Mary Jane Fenning [1847‐1920]; John A. [1839‐1904]; George [1841‐1925] married Mary Ann Daley [1846‐1886], and Sarah Elizabeth [1843‐1846]. The family is in the 1871 Census, but, apparently, upon his death, the twins John and Robert purchased adjacent farms in Osgoode Twp, Ont. However, there is a marriage of William to Ellen O'Connell, daughter of Charles O'Connell and Rose McCloskey in 1876 in St Andrew's, Nepean, however, his birth date is given as 1846, not 1833. In 1881 this family, with children Willie and Rosy, is in Russell, Ont.; William's age is now 40. Ellen is a widow in the 1891 census. Thus it seems that this branch of the Dunlop tree left their Chelsea home about 1875.

Gabriel Dunlop [1803‐1884] started on lot 21, range 9 in 1824, and was granted title the same year. He and wife Margaret Daley had 13 children: John [1835‐ 1900] married Grace Ann O'Connell; Catherine [1838‐] married Michael Kennedy; Elizabeth [1841‐] married Robert Dunlop; Gabriel Augustine [1843‐] married Ellen McCloskey; Sarah Ann [1845‐ ] married Thomas Shields; Richard [1848‐ 1897] married Catherine McCloskey and they both died in Wisconsin; Margaret [1850 ‐] married a Kennedy; Julia [1851‐] married James McCloskey; Martin [1853‐] Isabella [1856‐]; Hannah [1859‐1940] married James Savage of Templeton Twp.; Bridget [1860‐ ].

Lot 21 was sold by Gabriel Dunlop to the Sisters of Charity in 1872, and bought by Gabriel Dunlop (probably son Gabriel Augustine) in 1884 from the Sisters of Charity. Gabriel Dunlop sold about 100 acres of this lot and part of lot in 1902 to 16

James McClelland. In 1908 Gabriel Dunlop made a gift of certain lands to his sons James Stephen Dunlop and John Francis Dunlop, namely north part of lot 21, 130 acres, north part of 20A, 95 acres, and middle part of lot 19A, 25 acres. These men are the sons of Gabriel and Ellen McCloskey. Gabriel Augustine Dunlop and family had moved to the foot of Dunlop Road, lot 19 and 20A, range 10, on the Meech Lake Road, in 1895 (3211).

The year 1920 sees the beginnings of the purchase of lands for the Ottawa Ski Club. Charles Edmond Mortureux, civil servant, and Charles Allan Snowden, barrister‐at‐law. execute three purchases. The first (35531) is for Fortune Lake Hill, in the Kingsmere Mountains, from John Dunlap, immediately north of the land known as Dunlap's Clearance, a homestead of the vendor's father (Gabriel Augustine), and with right of access on a wood road to Meech Lake running through lot Dunlap's property. The acreage is not given. This is followed (40278) in 1922 by the purchase of a piece of land 1250 feet by 68 feet adjacent to the first purchase, and, (40279), about 400 by 300 feet, and also access in a south westerly direction to 'Murphy's Road'‐‐probably Ridge Road along Fortune Lane‐‐ via trail 4. In 1930 the Ottawa Ski Club purchased 125 acres of lots 19B, 20B and 21 from John Dunlap. The Ski Club sold part of the land to CFRA for a radio tower in 1969, and sold the OSC land to the NCC in 1991 (298895).

William Mullin [1780‐ ] is in lot 19, range 9 in 1851 and in 1861 in the south half of lot 20, range 9. Along with Bridget [1779‐] there is Patrick [1821‐], Ellen [1820‐], and two children Mary [1841‐] and Catherine [1843‐]. The St Stephen's birth register has Mary dau of Patrick Mullin and wife Ellen Harrington born in 1847, not 1841. The 1842 Census has no Mullins Swamp on Ridge Road location information, but has a Denis Mullin in the area. The 1861 census has only William aged 81 and Patrick. In 1875 Patrick Mullin sold the north half of lot 19, 19A, and the north east half of lot 20, part of 17

20A, to William Ryan, exempting the land sold by William Mullin to Gabriel Dunlop in 1855. In 1905 William Ryan bequeathed the parts of lot 19 and 20 that he owned to his son Robert Ryan, who sold them to the Ottawa Ski Club in 1933.

Bernard Mullin [1803‐1853] and Mary Heydon are in lot 23, range 9 in 1851. Evidently, from his tombstone, the son of Charles Mullin and Bridget Mademond and husband of Mary Heydon [1829‐ ], perhaps the child of Thomas Heydin noted earlier from lot 26, range 9. Also in the household Nancy [1815‐ ] and Mary Sooders [1796‐ ] , a widow. Mrs Thomson notes that Nancy Mullins lived alone on the Kingsmere Road near the creek crossing just north of the Parkway overpass, but there is no other Census record.

Chain migration? The web page on Errigal parish in Co. Derry, Ireland, http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/bannvalley/errigal.html has the names Bernard Mullen, Michael McCloskey as emigrants in 1835, but also includes the names Higgins and Hugh McGuire, as well as Crilly. This leads to the proposition that there is a likelihood that McCloskey, Mullen, Crilly, McGuire and Higgins all came from the same area of Co Derry, an example of chain migration whereby neighbours in Ireland became neighbours in Canada.

Michael Shea and Bridget Corrigan Although granted land at the south half of lot

Richard Mulvihill at Blake's cabin, 1965, From Mrs Sheila Thomson.

18 , Range 9, near the northern part of the Skyline trail, Michael Shea is listed in the Census of 1861 as a merchant, and so probably did not live on the mountain. Mrs Thomson records that the father of Richard Mulvihill cut wood for a barn from the Shea woodlot. Land records show the Sheas selling the lot to John S Mulvihill in 1909, and he split the land to Richard Martin Mulvihill [1878‐1972], Mrs. Thomson's source, and perhaps a nephew of 18

William S, in 1910 and to Ambrose and George Richards in 1913, with an eventual sale to the FDC in 1939 and 1940.

FARMING

The land on the mountain was not as heavily treed as the terrain below the mountain. But the soil was, and is, often mainly leaf compost. This was fine for potatoes until the compost disappeared. The census for 1871 has the production of a few of the farms. Average productions are given.

For crops. the average farm had 140 acres, with 40 acres improved, 12.5 acres of pasture, with a production of 4.5 bushels oats, 2 bushels peas, 2 acres for potatoes with a production average of 130 bushels, 5 bushels of turnips, 9 acres for hay with an average of 7 bundles or tons [the units are not clear to me], and 35 cords of firewood. A few of the farmers had a few bushels of apples and other fruit.

For farm animals, the average number of Plough found near Mud Lake (Bourgeois) by W. Hoare about 1936. horses above 3 years was 1.8, fillies and colts Made in Billings Bridge, Ottawa 1, milch cows 2.8, other horned animals 2.3, sheep 6, swine 2, cattle killed 1.6, sheep killed 1.6, swine killed 1.5, butter 220 pounds, wool 20 pounds and cloth 25 yards.

ACCESS ROADS

The Ridge Road originally went from Kingsmere up a location near or at Booth Hill. The end of the road was held to be at the Riley Road which descended from a location near the intersection of trail 1 and trail 16. The Ottawa Ski Club considered the Ridge Road trail ending at McCloskey Road. From Kingsmere two roads are mentioned, the main road to Old Chelsea (and church for most settlers) and accessing the Mine Road to Hull, and the road to the current Mountain Road 19 on Larriault Hill, which road was very steep and is now closed and blocked by the Gatineau Parkway. There was a ski route from Kingsmere to Notch Road along the Hermit trail, but this does not seem to be mentioned is accounts of settler transportation.

Beside the McCloskey Road leading to the Meech Lake Road, the Dunlop Road was used, and there is a old ski trail called Keogan's Road which roughly follows the Fortune Lake Parkway. Finally there is mention of a road to the Mountain road called Crilly Road which the Old Champlain trail (1948) followed to about the Parkway, and Crilly Road then descended towards Mountain Road in Hollow Glen; this is drawn on the map; this 'road' was also very steep.

CHURCH

St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church in Old Chelsea, established as a separate pariah in 1845, was the religious community for most of the settlers on Ridge Road, and accounts indicate that this community was taken seriously, with Sunday Mass reportedly attended faithfully. The journey was a long one, often by foot. The records of this parish are excellent.

SCHOOLING

There were two common schools in the 1871 census in the area; the one on Ridge Road at lot 24, range 9 (Keogan) likely on the access from Ridge Road to trails 17 and 11; the second near trail 50 (Fox Farm Road) at lot 26, range 13, near Lac Trudel. We know that there was a school at Meech Lake (near parking lot P11) around 1900. Eardley township had a school near the Healey farm on the Fire Road (trail 50).

WILD LIFE

It is remarkable to me that bears are the most mentioned wildlife; the deer and raccoons that plague gardeners these days are rarely mentioned; they may have been greeted as supper.

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The great fire of 1870 devastated much of the , touching the Mountain Road, but I can find no mention that it affected the Ridge Road Settlers.

CONCLUSION

But although there was a good social life, and the church was clearly a focus, it was a tough life. Certainly they all eventually abandoned their farms voluntarily. An enumerator in 1851 had this judgment:

Enumerator's note in 1851 Census of Hull Twp.

REFERENCES

List of lands granted by the crown in the province of Quebec, from 1763 to 31st December 1890 https://archive.org/details/cihm_94807

Quebec Land Registry

Census of 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921. http://www.bac‐lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx. These are now indexed, but the spelling of names is variable! 21

Sheila C. Thomson, Recollections of Early Days in the , 1965. These invaluable notes of Mrs Sheila Thomson are interviews in the 1960s with descendants of early settlers, especially Richard Mulvihill [1878‐1972[ and Mary McCloskey [1879‐]. copy in GVHS archives.

Maurice Ernest Grimes, You and I and All of Us: The descendants of Michael Grimes of Hull Township, Ottawa County, [Quebec], Canada, Aug 1990, copy in GVHS archives.

Ottawa Ski Club News, Gatineau Valley Historical Society. http://gvhs.ca/digital/gatineau‐park/osc/

Ottawa Citizen, Google News Archives. A series of articles in a column called Old Time Stuff of Saturday 22 Sept, 29 Sept, Oct 6, Oct 13, 1928 based on interviews with James Padden [1851‐] of Old Chelsea and William Scott. Also the issue of Saturday 3 Sept 1927 has the recollections of Mrs Daniel Crilly [1848‐ ] who lived on the Mountain Road just north of the intersection with the Deschenes (now Vanier) Road.

St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Old Chelsea, Birth and Marriage records. Drouin Institute. http://www.drouininstitute.com/

St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Old Chelsea: cemetery tombstones. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/quebec/gatineau/hulltwp/ststeph e/index.htm

Alisa C. Apostle, The View from the Hill, National Park Culture and Gatineau Park, M A Thesis, Queens University 1997

Katharine Fletcher, Historical Walks: The Gatineau Park Story

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Finally, I have been helped by the personal assistance of the following:

 Mrs Sheila Thomson for Log Cabin location and much other help, and permission to include her photos of Keogan barn, Ski Wiff, plough; 22

 Stan Rosenbaum for the Hugh McGuire home location;  John Goatcher for the Kennedy area rock piles;  Elizabeth Gammell for the Ridge Road school location, Mullins swamp and other information from a hike on 27 Sept 2015;  Inge Gullon for encouragement;  Liam and Noel Perreault for the potential Grimes/Higgins site;  Dawn Carrick and Carol Flint for McKinstry family information;  Gershon Rother for notes on a Heritage Day presentation that he made in February 2011,  GVHS archives volunteers,  Chelsea Tax Dept.  maps from Rand Collins of the NCC Geomatics department.  Alisa Apostle for permission to include Leahy map  Susan Courage for the Dunlop grant information.  Michael Lait for much information

Bill McGee [email protected]

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APPENDIX Thomas McKinstry Sr Thomas McKinstry and Margaret THOMAS MCKINSTRY was born in Bradley had the following children: 1831 in Co Armagh, Ireland. He i. RICHARD PATRICK MCKINSTRY was married MARTHA DAVIS. She was born on 08 May 1887. born in 1834. ii. MARTHA ANN MCKINSTRY was Thomas McKinstry and Martha Davis born on 20 Jan 1889. had the following children: iii. THOMAS JOSEPH MCKINSTRY was i. RICHARD MCKINSTRY was born in born on 21 Mar 1891. He died on 13 1858. Oct 1933 in ii. MARTHA MCKINSTRY was born in Pakenham, Ont. He married 1859. FORTUNE MENARD. He married iii. THOMAS MCKINSTRY was born on GENEVA GOODIN. 02 Mar 1864. He married Margaret iv. PATRICK JOSEPH MCKINSTRY was Bradley, daughter of Patrick Bradley born on 12 Mar 1893. and Anne McAuley on 08 Jun 1886 in v. JOHN JOSEPH MCKINSTRY was Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She born on 06 Feb 1896. was born on 11 Jun 1859. vi. ANNA LAURA MCKINSTRY was born on 27 Aug 1899. She died on 09 Thomas McKinstry Jr Oct 1899. THOMAS MCKINSTRY (Thomas1) was vii. JOSEPH RALPH MCKINSTRY was born on 02 Mar 1864. He married born on 27 Aug 1899. He died on 14 Margaret Bradley, daughter of Dec 1975 in Patrick Bradley and Anne McAuley on Hull, Quebec. He married MARIE 08 Jun 1886 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, LAURETTE ELISABETH JEAN. Canada. She was born on 11 Jun Notes for Joseph Ralph McKinstry: 1859. Known as Buck McKinstry. Notes for Margaret Bradley: viii. MARY LILLY MCKINSTRY was The census of 1871 has Margaret born on 22 Sep 1901. She died in aged 12, thus born in 1859. 1987. She married 24

W. MCELROY. She married JAMES FINDLAY. He was born in 1852. He died on 09 Feb Richard Davis 1911. RICHARD DAVIS was born in 1817 in vi. ISABELLA DAVIS was born in 1852 Ireland. He died on 18 Nov 1905 in in Lower Canada. Eardley Quebec. He married ROSE vii. ANNIE DAVIS was born in 1854 in ANN SIMPSON. She was born in 1821 Lower Canada. She married JOSEPH in Ireland. She died on 14 Jan 1900 in HETHERINGTON. He was born in Eardley Quebec. 1852. He died in 1925. Richard Davis and Rose Ann Simpson viii. MARTHA DAVIS was born in 1856 had the following children: in Lower Canada. i. THOMAS2 DAVIS was born in 1843 ix. RICHARD DAVIS was born in 1860 in Lower Canada. He died in 1933. He in Lower Canada. married REBECCA ARMSTRONG. She x. ISABELLA DAVIS was born in 1852. was born in 1860. She died in 1935. He married EVA BRECKENRIDGE. She Patrick McCloskey was born in 1899. She died in 1987. PATRICK MCCLOSKEY was born in ii. JOHN DAVIS was born in 1844 in . He died on 22 Mar Lower Canada. 1885 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, iii. JAMES DAVIS was born in 1846 in Canada. He married CATHERINE Lower Canada. He died on 14 Oct MCCLOSKEY. She was born in 1817 in 1929. He Ireland. She died on 17 Feb 1897 in married ELIZABETH ANN ERWIN. She Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. was born in 1846. She died on 11 Oct Patrick McCloskey and Catherine 1928. McCloskey had the following iv. SIMPSON DAVIS was born on 06 children: Apr 1848 in Lower Canada. He i. MARY MCCLOSKEY was born in married MARTHA LUSK. She was born . on 29 Jun 1852. ii. JAMES MCCLOSKEY was born in v. MARIA JANE DAVIS was born in 1844 in Ireland. 1850 in Lower Canada. She died on ii. ELLEN MCCLOSKEY was born in 05 Jan 1926. 1847 in Old Chelsea. She married 25

GABRIEL AUGUSTINE DUNLOP. He i. ANNIE TERESSA MCCLOSKEY was was born on 19 Feb 1843 in Canada. born on 27 May 1876. She married iv. RICHARD MCCLOSKEY was born on JOHN KENNEDY, son of Michael 04 Apr 1851 inOld Chelsea. He died in Kennedy and Catherine Dunlop on 09 1928 in Luskville, Quebec. He Jun 1903 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, married CATHERINE DALEY. She was Canada. He was born in Mar 1874 in born on 15 Jun 1854. She died in Quebec. 1929 in Luskville, Quebec. ii. PATRICK JAMES MCCLOSKEY was v. CATHERINE MCCLOSKEY was born born on 19 Oct 1877 in Old Chelsea, on 23 Mar 1852 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He married Quebec, Canada. She died in Little ELIZABETH BRIDGET SARAH WELCH. River, Oconto Co., Wisconsin, USA. iii. MARY MCCLOSKEY was born on 31 She married Richard Dunlop, son of Dec 1879 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Gabriel Dunlop and Margaret Daley Canada. She died in 1967. She on 21 Jul 1873. He was born in 1848 married MICHAEL FAHEY. He died in in Canada. He died on 31 Jul 1897 in 1967. Little River, Oconto Co., Wisconsin, iv. RICHARD MCCLOSKEY was born USA. on 09 Jan 1882 in Old Chelsea, vi. BRIDGET MCCLOSKEY was born in Quebec, Canada. He died in 1949. 1855 in LC. v. BERNARD MCCLOSKEY was born vii. ROSE MCCLOSKEY was born on 09 on 31 Dec 1883 in Old Chelsea, Feb 1857 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Canada. vi. JAMES MCCLOSKEY was born on 04 Mar 1886. Richard McCloskey vii. MICHAEL JOHN MCCLOSKEY was RICHARD MCCLOSKEY (Patrick1) was born on 27 Jan 1888 in Old Chelsea, born on 04 Apr 1851 in Old Chelsea. Quebec, Canada. He died on 09 Aug He died in 1928 in Luskville, Quebec. 1949 in Ottawa. He married TERESSA He married CATHERINE DALEY. She BRIDGET KELLY. was born on 15 Jun 1854. She died in viii. GEORGE MCCLOSKEY was born 1929 in Luskville, Quebec. on 26 Jan 1889. He died in 1922. Richard McCloskey and Catherine Daley had the following children: 26 ix. HENRY JOSEPH MCCLOSKEY was 13 Nov 1860 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, born on 28 Mar 1891 in Old Chelsea, Canada. Quebec, Canada. iii. WILLIAM BRADLEY was born on 17 x. EDMUND THOMAS MCCLOSKEY Mar 1839. He married Bridget Ryan, was born on 27 Jun 1893 in Old daughter of Michael Ryan and Bridget Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He O'Meara on 01 May 1869 in Old married Margaret Muldoon, daughter Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She was of Thomas Muldoon and Margaret born on 24 Feb 1854. Kennedy on 04 Jul 1916 in Quyon, iv. BERNARD BRADLEY was born in Quebec. She was born on 05 Jun 1844 in Ireland. He died on 12 Dec 1894. 1882. xi. MARGARET THERESA MCCLOSKEY v. JOHN BRADLEY was born in 1847 was born on 25 Jul 1895 in Old in Ireland. He died in 1899. He Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She married BRIDGET FINNERTY. She was married JOSEPH AMBROSE born on 01 Feb . She KENNEDY, son of Denis Kennedy and died in 1932. Elizabeth Muldoon on 25 Jun 1915 in vi. JOSEPH BRADLEY was born on 13 Luskville, Quebec. Apr 1849 in Quebec. xii. ALOYSIUS STEPHEN MCCLOSKEY was born on 25 Jul 1898 in Old Michael Ryan Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. MICHAEL RYAN was born in 1831. He married BRIDGET O'MEARA. She was Patrick Bradley born in 1831. PATRICK BRADLEY was born in 1801. Michael Ryan and Bridget O'Meara He married MARGARET BRADLEY. She had the following children: was born in 1801. i. PHILIP RYAN was born on 06 Feb Patrick Bradley and Margaret Bradley 1856. He married FRANCES ____. She had the following children: was born on 07 May 1864. i. BRIDGET BRADLEY was born in 1831 ii. JAMES RYAN was born in 1860. in Ireland. iii. MICHAEL RYAN was born in 1858. ii. ELLEN BRADLEY was born in 1834. iv. BRIDGET RYAN was born on 24 Feb She married William O'Mara, son of 1854 in Ireland. She died in 1926. She Philip O'Mara and Johana Slattery on married William Patrick Bradley, son 27 of Patrick Bradley and Margaret 1. JOHN RUSSELL LAING was born in Bradley on 01 May 1869 in Old Mar 1848 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland. Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He was He died on 21 Oct 1918 in Mettawa born on 17 Mar 1839 in Ireland. He Camps, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada. died on 28 Apr 1921. He married (1) MARGARET GRAY on 18 Feb 1869 in East Banknock, Denny, Philip Ryan Stirling, Scotland. She was born in PHILIP RYAN (Michael) was born on 1845 in East Banknock, Denny, 06 Feb 1856. He married FRANCES Stirling, Scotland. She died on 24 Aug ____. She was born on 07 May 1864. 1883 in East Banknock, Denny, Philip Ryan and Frances ____ had the Stirling, Scotland. He married (2) following children: AGNES SHAW on 25 Dec 1884 in i. BELLA RYAN was born on 11 Mar Kelvinhead, Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland. 1882. She was born on 12 Apr 1867 in ii. MARTIN RYAN was born on 23 May Kelvinhead, Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland. 1885. She died in 1948 in Old Chelsea, iii. ANNIE RYAN was born on 07 Sep Quebec, Canada. 1886. John Russell Laing and Margaret Gray iv. TERESA RYAN was born on 23 Jan had the following children: 1889. i. WILLIAM LAING. v. MICHAEL RYAN was born on 30 Jan ii. PETER LAING was born in 1871. 1892. iii. JOHN RUSSEL LAING. vi. EDWARD RYAN was born on 07 iv. JANE LAING. Aug 1893. v. JAMES LAING was born on 09 Apr vii. ESTHER RYAN was born on 20 Mar 1878. He died on 07 Apr 1891 in 1897. Lammerknowes, Kilsyth, Stirling, viii. PHILIP RYAN was born on 21 Feb Scotland. 1899. vi. GRACE RUSSELL LAING was born ix. JAMES RYAN was born on 31 Mar on 25 Nov 1879 in Banknock, Denny, 1900 Stirling, Scotland. vii. MARGARET LAING was born on 10 John R Laing Sep 1881 in Banknock, Denny, Stirling, Scotland. 28 viii. ROBERT GRAY LAING was born on married HARTLEY LEPPARD. She 17 Aug 1883 in Banknock, Denny, married ALFRED P CHAPMAN. Stirling, Scotland. He died on 17 Nov xiv. JAMES LAING was born in Apr 1883 in Banknock, Denny, Stirling, 1898 in Co. Armagh, Ireland. He Scotland. married LILLIAN LOWE. She was born John Russell Laing and Agnes Shaw in 1900. She died in 1934. He married had the following children: GRACE HUDSON. She was born in Apr ix. GEORGE ALEXANDER SHAW LAING 1901 in West Hull, QC. She died in was born on 17 Oct 1884 in 1989. Kelvinhead, Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland. xv. ELIZABETH LAING was born in Aug He died on 02 Sep 1966 in Chelsea, 1900 in Milford, Armagh, Irel;and. Quebec. She died on 09 Feb 1987 in Ottawa. x. CHRISTINA PATERSON LAING was xvi. EUPHEMIA LAING was born in Jul born on 29 Nov 1886 in Banknock, 1904 in Ireland. She died in 1987 in Denny, Stirling, Scotland. She died in Baltimore, MD, USA. 1965. She married Nelson Arthur Hayes on 18 Jan 1908 in Ottawa. Matthew Ryan xi. ROBERT LAING was born on 11 Apr The genealogy of this family has too 1889 in Dennyloadhead, Stirling, much information. The1871 census Scotland. He died on 18 Jan 1954 in has Matthew Ryan, aged 49, born in Mossleigh, Alberta, Canada.. He Ireland, married, Mary, 60, born in married Elizabeth Alice Robinson on Ireland, married, and Matthew, aged 18 Apr 1919 in Milo, Alta. 18, born in England, unmarried. The xii. AGNES SHAW LAING was born on 1881 census has the same three, 24 May 1893 in Colkerie, Barilogie, Matthew aged 75, Mary aged 70 and Denny, Stirling, Scotland. She died in Matthew aged 27, now joined with 1958 in Ottawa. She married John Margeurite aged 31, born in Quebec, Parkinson Metcalfe on 01 Nov 1916 in presumably young Matthew's wife. Hagersville, Ont.. The 1887 Church records show the xiii. ALISON LAING was born on 04 marriage of Matthew Ryan, widower, Mar 1896 in Co. Armagh, Ireland. She of deceased Isabella Duncan [not died on 27 Dec 1968 in Ottawa. She Mary], and Sarah Devlin, widow of deceased John Marshall. But the on‐ 29 line Marshall genealogy shows Sarah vi. JOHN MARSHALL was born on 07 Shevenell, not Devlin [Allison Jan 1894. He died on 04 Oct 1922 in MacKay - [email protected]]. Evanturel Twp, Temiskaming District, Ont.. Robert Marshall vii. JAMES HERBERT MARSHALL was ROBERT MARSHALL (John) was born born on 19 Apr 1896. He died on 17 on 20 Apr 1855 in Ontario. He died on Dec 1986 in Kirkland Lake, Ont. 17 Jan 1918 in Ontario. He married viii. EARL WILLIAM MARSHALL was Anne Somerville Linton, daughter of born on 16 Apr 1898. He died on 29 Adam Linton and Ellen Redpath on 16 Jan 1991. Oct 1882 in Harrington, Argenteuil, ix. ANNIE RHODA MARSHALL was Quebec, Canada. She was born on 05 born on 09 Jun 1899. She died in Feb 1865 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1989. Robert Marshall and Anne Somerville x. MARY AGNES MARSHALL was born Linton had the following children: in Jan 1903. She died on 04 Jul 1988. i. ALEXANDER3 MARSHALL was born She married HUGH FERGUSSON. He on 16 Feb 1884 in Harrington, was born on 02 Jul 1874 in Beeton, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. He died Ont. He died on 22 Sep 1968 in on 23 Jul 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, Manotick. Canada. xi. CHRISTINA GERTRUDE JANE ii. GEORGE MARSHALL was born on MARSHALL was born in Oct 1904. She 06 Sep 1885. He died on 18 Aug 1966 died on 04 Jan 2000 in Nepean, Ont. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. xii. ALBERT EDWARD MARSHALL was iii. ELLEN REDPATH MARSHALL was born in Jul 1909. He died on 29 Jan born on 09 Jun 1887. She died on 10 1951 in Englehart, Temiskamking, Jan 1961 in Ottawa. Ont. iv. SARAH ALICE MARSHALL was born on 24 Apr 1892. She died on 26 Apr Denis Kennedy 1970 in Cornwall, Ontario. DENIS KENNEDY was born in 1792 in v. ROBERT GORDON MARSHALL was Ireland. He died on 23 Jul 1874 in Old born on 23 Apr 1893. He died on 30 Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He married Sep 1979 in Englehart, Temiskamking, ANN ROSS. She was born in 1799 in Ont. 30

Scotland. She died on 09 May 1883 in iv. MICHAEL KENNEDY was born in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Farrellton, Quebec. Denis Kennedy and Ann Ross had the John Kennedy following children: JOHN KENNEDY was born in 1832 in i. MICHAEL KENNEDY was born in Ireland. He married MARY BOLAND. 1834 in Canada. He married She was born in . John Kennedy and Mary Boland had CATHERINE DUNLOP. She was born in the following children: 1838 in Canada. i. JOHN KENNEDY was born in 1856 in ii. DENIS KENNEDY was born in 1841 Ireland. in Canada. ii. MATTHEW KENNEDY was born in iii. ELIZABETH KENNEDY was born in 1859 in Ireland. 1844 in Canada. iii. CATHERINE KENNEDY was born in 1863 in England. iv. WILLIAM KENNEDY was born in Michael Kennedy 1865 in England. MICHAEL KENNEDY (Denis) was born v. ELLEN KENNEDY was born in 1871 in 1834 in Canada. He married in Quebec. She died in 1951. She CATHERINE DUNLOP. She was born in married 1838 in Canada. HERBERT A ROUTLIFFE in 1902. He Michael Kennedy and Catherine was born on 19 Jul 1877. He died in Dunlop had the following children: 1926. i. MICHAEL M KENNEDY was born in Martin Doyle Jun 1870. MARTIN DOYLE was born in Oct 1824 ii. MARY ELIZABETH KENNEDY was in Co. Wexford, Ireland. He died on born on 10 Apr 1872 in Old Chelsea, 09 Mar 1903. He married ELLEN Quebec. O'BRIEN. She was born in 1831 in iii. JOHN KENNEDY was born in Mar Ireland. 1874 in Quebec. He married ANNIE Notes for Martin Doyle: TERESSA MCCLOSKEY, daughter of The 1861 census has James aged 15. Richard McCloskey and Catherine Martin Doyle and Ellen O'Brien had Daley on 09 Jun 1903 in Old Chelsea, the following children: Quebec, Canada. She was born on 27 i. CATHERINE DOYLE was born on 06 May 1876. May 1854. 31 ii. ELLEN DOYLE was born on 05 Jan i. MARY MCSWEENEY was born on 27 1858 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Apr 1867. She married Narcisse She died in 1930. She married John Trudeau, son of Narcisse Trudeau and Hogan on 16 Jan 1880 in Old Chelsea, Katie McKinney on 29 Feb 1892 in Old Quebec, Canada. He was born in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He was 1837. He died in 1910. born on 14 Dec 1867. He died on 12 iii. THOMAS DOYLE was born on 27 May 1947. Apr 1861 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, ii. JAMES MCSWEENEY was born on Canada. 03 Feb 1869 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, iv. MARTIN DOYLE was born on 25 Canada. Aug 1863 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, iii. ROBERT MCSWEENEY was born in Canada. He married Julia Burke, 1870. daughter of Hugh Burke and Bridget iv. ELLEN JANE MCSWEENEY was born Murphy on 15 May 1889 in Old on 13 Apr 1873 in Old Chelsea, Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Quebec, Canada. v. JAMES DOYLE was born on 26 Apr v. ANNIE MCSWEENEY was born in 1866. He married MARGARET 1875. She married Thomas Young, YOUNG. son of Thomas Young and Maria vi. WILLIAM HENRY DOYLE was born Johnson in 1904. He was born in on 17 Jan 1869 in Old Chelsea, 1869. He died in 1937. Quebec, Canada. vi. ALICE MCSWEENEY was born on vii. MARGARET DOYLE was born on 30 Oct 1877 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 07 Jun 1856 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. vii. JOHN MCSWEENEY was born on 17 Dec 1879 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, John McSweeney Canada. He married ELIZABETH JOHN MCSWEENEY (John). He DURBRIDGE. married Ellen O'Neill, daughter of viii. MARGARET ELIZABETH James O'Neill and Ellen Campbell on MCSWEENEY was born on 07 Apr 24 Oct 1864 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 1882 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. ix. MICHAEL STEPHEN MCSWEENEY John McSweeney and Ellen O'Neill was born on 18 Sep 1884 in Old had the following children: Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. 32 x. WILLIAM JOSEPH MCSWEENEY was vii. ANN HIGGINS was born on 30 Mar born on 15 Jun 1887. He died in 1935. 1861 in Old Chelsea. He married Mary Elizabeth Aubin, daughter of Moses Aubin and Mary Michael Grimes Aubin in 1915. She was born in 1892. MICHAEL GRIMES [1796‐1895] was She died in 1973. born in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. He xi. CATHERINE ELIZABETH married CATHERINE RYAN. MCSWEENEY was born on 14 May Michael Grimes and Catherine Ryan 1891. had the following children: i. JOHN GRIMES was born in 1833. He Thomas Higgins died in 1882 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, THOMAS HIGGINS was born in 1817 Canada. He married ELLEN in Ireland. He married CATHERINE MULVIHILL, daughter of John COSGROVE. She was born in 1826 in Mulvihill and Julia Ryan in 1862 in Old Ireland. Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She was Thomas Higgins and Catherine born in 1839. She died in 1923 in Old Cosgrove had the following children: Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. i. PATRICK HIGGINS was born in 1842 ii. MICHAEL GRIMES. He married in Ireland. He married MARY A DALY. ANNA O'MEARA. She was born on 13 Feb 1837. iii. MARY GRIMES was born in 1846. ii. CATHERINE HIGGINS was born in She died in 1934 in Old Chelsea, 1845 in Ireland. Quebec, Canada. She married PHILIP iii. BRIDGET HIGGINS was born on 19 MULVIHILL. He was born in 1837. He Jan 1854 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, died in 1923 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. iv. JOHN HIGGINS was born on 18 Oct iv. RICHARD GRIMES was born on 17 1855 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Feb 1850 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, v. ROBERT HIGGINS was born in 1856. Canada. He died on 19 Jun 1903 in He married MARY JANE BRENNAN. Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He She was born on 02 May 1864. married MARY PADDEN. She died on vi. THOMAS HIGGINS was born on 17 28 Aug 1938 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Mar 1858 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. 33 v. ANNA GRIMES was born on 06 Nov born on 13 Apr 1857. She died on 30 1847 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Jun 1952. She died on 22 Oct 1924 in Old Hugh McGuire and Anna Cafferty had Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She the following children: married JOHN DUNN. He was born on i. MARY MCGUIRE was born on 02 Jul 26 Apr 1847 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 1880 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. He died on 17 Jun 1896 in ii. JAMES JOSEPH MCGUIRE was born Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. on 27 Nov 1881 in Old Chelsea, vi. CATHERINE GRIMES was born on Quebec, Canada. 13 Apr 1856 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She died in Aug 1873. Thomas Heyden Also the book on the Grimes family in THOMAS HEYDEN was born in 1804 in the GHVS archives in Chelsea Library. Ireland. He married CATHERINE HAYES. She was born in . Notes for Thomas Heyden: Hugh McGuire The 1842 census also has Lawrence HUGH MCGUIRE was born in 1821 in Heyden in the district. Ireland. He married MARY ______. Thomas Heyden and Catherine Hayes She was born in . had the following children: Hugh McGuire and Mary ______had i. MARY HEYDEN was born in 1832. the following children: She married Patrick Burns in 1858 in i. HUGH MCGUIRE was born on 08 St Patricks church, Ottawa. Jun 1852. He died on 03 Oct 1915. He ii. MICHAEL HEYDEN was born in married ANNA CAFFERTY. She was 1836 in Canada. born on 13 Apr 1857. She died on 30 iii. THOMAS HEYDEN was born in Jun 1952. 1838 in Canada. ii. MARY MCGUIRE was born in 1851. iv. CATHERINE HEYDEN was born in Generation 2 1840 in Canada. HUGH MCGUIRE (Hugh) was born on v. WILLIAM HEYDEN was born in 1844 08 Jun 1852. He died on 03 Oct 1915. in Canada. He married ANNA CAFFERTY. She was 34 vi. HONORA HEYDEN was born on 05 vii. THOMAS JEFFS was born in 1848. Sep 1847 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, He married HENNORIETTA Canada. MCMILLAN. vii. PATRICK HEYDEN was born on 07 Oct 1850 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Edwin and Cuthbert Routliffe Canada. WILLIAM ROUTLIFFE was born in May viii. JOHN HEYDEN was born in 1852 1827. He married ELIZABETH BABB. in Canada She was born in Sep 1832. William Routliffe and Elizabeth Babb William Jeffs had the following children: WILLIAM JEFFS was born in 1791 in i. AUSTIN ROUTLIFFE was born in England. He married ANN RYAN. She 1863. was born in 1795 in Ireland. ii. CUTHBERT ROUTLIFFE was born in William Jeffs and Ann Ryan had the Nov 1866. He married ALBERTA following children: ORMOND. She was born in Mar 1873. i. WILLIAM JEFFS was born in 1833 in iii. ERNEST ROUTLIFFE was born in Canada East. 1868. ii. JOHN JEFFS was born in 1835 in iv. EDWIN VALENTINE ROUTLIFFE was Canada East. born in Jun 1870. iii. MARY JEFFS was born in 1838 in v. REGINALD ROUTLIFFE was born in Canada East. 1871. iv. MARGARET JEFFS was born in vi. GEORGINA ROUTLIFFE was born 1840 in Canada East. She died in Mar on 20 Aug 1875 1889 in Templeton Township, The names Routliffe and Routley Quebec. She married Richard Burke, seem to have been used son of Michael Burke and Ann interchangeably. Doherty on 25 Apr 1861 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Michael Egan Sr v. TIMOTHY JEFFS was born in 1843 in MICHAEL EGAN was born in 1831 in Canada East. Ireland. He married CATHERINE vi. ELLEN JEFFS was born in 1846 in YOUNG, daughter of Thomas Young Canada East. and Julia Gleason on 03 Mar 1851 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She 35 was born in 1832 in Borrisoleigh, Co. i. CATHERINE ELIZABETH3 EGAN was Tipperary, Ireland. born on 20 Jul 1893. Michael Egan and Catherine Young ii. MAURICE JOHN EGAN was born on had the following children: 05 Nov 1894. He died in 1906. i. ANNIE EGAN was born in 1852 iii. MICHAEL WILFRED EGAN was born in Quebec. on 30 Jul 1896 in Old Chelsea, ii. ii. MARGARET EGAN was born Quebec, Canada. He died in 1931. in 1855. She died in 1924. She iv. ANNIE TERESA EGAN was born on married Lawrence Dunne, son 02 Apr 1898. of Michael Dunn and Bridget v. MARY LINA EGAN was born on 09 Scott on 18 Sep 1877 in Old Feb 1899. She died in 1985. Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He was born in 1848. He died in William Welch 1915. 1. WILLIAM WELCH was born in 1805 iii. MICHAEL JAMES EGAN was born in in Ireland. He died on 04 Aug 1861 in 1859. He died in 1901. He married Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He Elizabeth Curran on 19 Sep 1882 in married MARGARET CRILLY. She was Ottawa. She was born on 13 Jan 1876 born in . She died on in Ste Angelique, Quebec. She died in 17 Mar 1864 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 1939. Canada. iv. CATHERINE EGAN was born in Dec William Welch and Margaret Crilly 1852 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. had the following children: 2. i. MARTIN WELCH was born on 11 Michael Egan Jr Jul 1831 in Canada. He died on 19 Feb MICHAEL JAMES EGAN (Michael1) 1922 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. was born in 1859. He died in 1901. He He married MARGARET BRADY. She married Elizabeth Curran on 19 Sep was born on 22 Feb 1839. She died 1882 in Ottawa. She was born on 13 on 19 Feb 1922 in Old Chelsea, Jan 1876 in Ste Angelique, Quebec. Quebec, Canada. She died in 1939. ii. JOHN WELCH was born in 1833 in Michael James Egan and Elizabeth Canada. Curran had the following children: iii. CATHERINE WELCH was born in 1835 in Canada. 36 iv. MICHAEL WELCH was born in 1837 1871 in St Stephens Old Chelsea. He in Canada. was born on 05 Aug 1832 in Generation 2 Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. 2. MARTIN WELCH (William1) was He died in 1908 in Old Chelsea, born on 11 Jul 1831 in Canada. He Quebec. died on 19 Feb 1922 in Old Chelsea, iii. JAMES KEOGAN was born in 1852 Quebec, Canada. He married in Quebec. He married MARGARET MARGARET BRADY. She was born on KELLY, daughter of Thomas Kelly and 22 Feb 1839. She died on 19 Feb 1922 Catherine Dwyer on 25 Oct 1887 in in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Martin Welch and Margaret Brady iv. MATTHIAS KEOGAN was born in had the following child: 1855 in Quebec. i. JOHN JAMES WELCH. v. ANNE KEOGAN was born on 20 Aug 1856 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. James Keogan She married Patrick Murtagh, son of JAMES KEOGAN (Thomas1) was born John Murtagh and Mary McGrath in in Co. Cavan, Ireland. He married 1880. He was born on 25 Nov 1848. Anne Watson in 1844 in St Pauls RC vi. PETER KEOGAN was born on 01 Church, Aylmer, Quebec. She was Mar 1859 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, born in 1827 in Quebec. Canada. James Keogan and Anne Watson had vii. MARGARET ELLEN KEOGAN was the following children: born on 25 Apr 1862 in Old Chelsea, i. JOHN KEOGAN was born on 13 Mar Quebec, Canada. 1845 in Quebec. He married MARY viii. MARY KEOGAN was born on 22 MCCLOSKEY, daughter of Michael Nov 1864 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, McCloskey and Mary Anne McCloskey Canada. She married Denis Dwyer, on 05 Apr 1880 in Old Chelsea, son of John Dwyer and Margaret Quebec, Canada. She was born on 12 Gallagher on 01 May 1883 in Old Feb 1857. Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. ii. ELIZABETH KEOGAN was born on ix. CATHERINE JANE KEOGAN was 18 Dec 1847 in Quebec. She married born on 03 Nov 1867 in Old Chelsea, EDWARD YOUNG, son of Thomas Quebec, Canada. Young and Julia Gleason on 07 Feb 37

vii. GERTRUDE KEOGAN was born on John Keogan 21 Mar 1897 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, JOHN KEOGAN (James, Thomas) was Canada. born on 13 Mar 1845 in Quebec. He married MARY MCCLOSKEY, Daniel Sheahan daughter of Michael McCloskey and DANIEL SHEEHAN was born in 1782 in Mary Anne McCloskey on 05 Apr Ireland. He died on 20 Mar 1853 in 1880 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. He She was born on 12 Feb 1857. married MARY CONNORS. She was John Keogan and Mary McCloskey born in 1782 in Ireland. had the following children: Daniel Sheehan and Mary Connors i. JAMES KEOGAN was born on 25 Jan had the following children: 1881. He died on 25 Apr 1914 in i. THOMAS SHEEHAN was born in Ottawa. 1812 in Co. , Ireland. He ii. MICHAEL KEOGAN was born on 11 married Anne O’Brien in 1832 in Dec 1882. Nelson, NB. She was born in 1814 in iii. MARY ANNE KEOGAN was Co. Limerick, Ireland. born1885 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, ii. JEREMIAH SHEEHAN was born in Canada. She married Robert Cook in . He married Margaret 1910 in Haileybury, Ont. McDonnell, daughter of Thomas iv. JOHN KEOGAN was born on 08 McDonnell and Bridget McGuire on Nov 1887 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 26 Nov 1846 in Old Chelsea, Quebec. Canada. She was born in 1832. v. CATHERINE KEOGAN was born on iii. JOHANNAH SHEEHAN was born in 29 Aug 1890 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 1830. She married JOHN Canada. She married William Gerard, MACDONALD. son of Frieman Gerard and Elizabeth iv. MARY SHEEHAN was born in 1832 Dalpe on 17 Apr 1912 in Old Chelsea, in Ireland. Quebec, Canada. v. ELLEN SHEEHAN was born in 1834 vi. EMMA KEOGAN was born on 26 in Ireland. She married FRANCOIS Jun 1893 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, BOURGEAU. He was born on 08 Sep Canada. 1835. 38 vi. DANIEL SHEEHAN was born in THOMAS SHEEHAN (Daniel1) was 1838 in Ireland. He married ELLEN born in 1812 in Co. Limerick, Ireland. CONNORS. He married Anne O' Brien in 1832 in Nelson, NB. She was born in 1814 in Ellen Sheahan/Francois Bourgeau Co. Limerick, Ireland. ELLEN SHEEHAN (Daniel1) was born i. MARGARET SHEEHAN was born in in . She married 1833 in New Brunswick, Canada. She FRANCOIS BOURGEAU. He was born married James Grogan, child of on 08 Sep 1835. Michael Grogan and Mary Carroll on Notes for Francois Bourgeau: 25 Apr 1858 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, (Postmaster of Aylmer) Canada. In 1875 Francois owned lots 23 and ii. PETER SHEEHAN was born on 05 24 of Range XI by Meech Lake, and lot Aug 1855 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 26 Range X, all of West Hull Twp. Lac Canada. He married Emma Fulford, Bourgeois is named after him. daughter of John Fulford and Bridget Francois Bourgeau and Ellen Sheehan Ryan on 21 Feb 1882 in Old Chelsea, had the following children: Quebec, Canada. i. MARY BOURGEAU was born on 02 iii. SARAH ANNE SHEEHAN. She Aug 1856. married Patrick Smith, son of Thomas ii. JOHANNAH BOURGEAU was born Smith and Anne Caplis on 27 Jul 1881 on 28 Nov 1858. in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. iii. FRANCOIS BOURGEAU was born iv. JAMES SHEEHAN was born on 03 on 13 Jun 1860. Feb 1851 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, iv. HELENE BOURGEAU was born on Canada. 20 Feb 1862. v. ELIZABETH SHEEHAN was born on v. MARGUERITE ANN BOURGEAU was 08 Jan 1853 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, born on 23 Jan 1870. Canada. vi. DANIEL BOURGEAU was born on vi. MICHAEL SHEEHAN was born in 08 Nov 1872. 1832 in New Brunswick, Canada. vii. M. AVELINE BOURGEAU was born vii. THOMAS SHEEHAN was born in on 16 Jan 1875. 1836 in New Brunswick, Canada. viii. MARY SHEEHAN was born in 1838 Thomas Sheehan in New Brunswick, Canada. 39 ix. WILLIAM SHEEHAN was born in GARRET2 FORTUNE (Garret1) was 1841 in New Brunswick, Canada. born in 1826 in Ireland. He married x. JOHN SHEEHAN was born in 1845 ANN ELLAND. She was born in 1831. in Lower Canada. Notes for Garret Fortune: xi. CATHERINE SHEEHAN was born in Dates of Birth given in different 1847 in Lower Canada. census xii. JAMES SHEEHAN was born in 1850 1861 1871 1881 in Lower Canada. official record Garret Sr 1801 Jeremiah Sheahan Garret Jr 1826 1813 1821 1812 JEREMIAH SHEEHAN (Daniel) was tombstone born in 1822 in Ireland. He married Anne Elland 1831 1823 1826 Margaret McDonnell, daughter of Thomas 1844 1837 1851 1848 Thomas McDonnell and Bridget marriage licence McGuire on 26 Nov 1846 in Old Eliza 1846 Chelsea, Quebec. She was born in Anny 1848 1853 1832. William 1856 1859 1860 1857 Jeremiah Sheehan and Margaret Baptism McDonnell had the following Salina 1860 children: Mary 1861 Baptism i. MARY A. SHEEHAN was born in Garret Fortune and Ann Elland had 1849 in Canada. the following children: ii. BRIDGET SHEEHAN was born on 02 i. THOMAS FORTUNE was born in May 1851 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 1848. He married Mary Ann Canada. McDonald, daughter of Archie iii. DANIEL SHEEHAN was born on 01 McDonald and Nancy ______on 24 Jul 1853 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, May 1882 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He married ELLEN CAFFERTY. Canada. She was born in 1861. ii. ELIZA FORTUNE was born in 1850. She married GEORGE HITCHCOCK. Garret Fortune iii. ANNE FORTUNE was born in 1852. She married JAMES O'NEILL, son of James O'Neill and Ellen Carrell on 26 40

Nov 1874 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, 25 Jun 1862 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Canada. iv. WILLIAM FORTUNE was born in v. PATRICK LEAHEY was born on 02 1855. Jul 1848 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, v. MARY FORTUNE was born in 1860. Canada. He died on 23 Feb 1923 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Thomas Leahy vi. THOMAS LEAHEY was born on 20 THOMAS LEAHEY was born in 1797 in Dec 1851 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Ireland. He married CATHERINE Canada. BLAKE. She was born in 1814 in vii. CATHERINE LEAHEY was born on Ireland. 28 Dec 1854 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Thomas Leahey and Catherine Blake Canada. had the following children: Notes for Catherine Leahey: Baptism i. MARY LEAHEY was born in 1839 in Record has birth 18 Jan 1855 Ireland. ii. JOHN LEAHEY was born in 1840 in Gabriel Dunlop Ireland. GABRIEL DUNLOP was born in Co. iii. MICHAEL LEAHEY was born on 22 Roscommon, Ireland. He married Oct 1845 in Ireland. He died on 16 CATHERINE HOBEN. Jun 1905 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Gabriel Dunlop and Catherine Hoben Canada. He married Margaret had the following children: Murphy, daughter of John Murphy i. SARAH DUNLOP. She married JOHN and MARY CRILLY on 31 Jan 1882 in BROOKS. Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She ii. ELIZABETH DUNLOP. She married was born on 02 Sep 1863. She died THOMAS BERRY. on 22 Mar 1886 in Old Chelsea, iii. WILLIAM DUNLOP was born in Quebec, Canada. 1798. He died in 1873. He married iv. MARGARET LEAHEY was born in BRIDGET DALY. She was born in 1845 in Ireland. She died in 1940 in 1804. She died in 1853. Old Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. She iv. GABRIEL DUNLOP was born in married Michael Alger, son of 1804 in Ireland. He married Nicholas Alger and Adeline Mearcil on MARGARET DALEY. She was born in 1814 in Co. Wexfrd, Ireland. 41 v. CATHERINE DUNLOP was born in vii. RICHARD DUNLOP was born in 1810 in Ireland. She died on 20 Mar 1848 in Canada. He died on 31 Jul 1899 in Old Chelsea, Quebec. She 1897 in Little River, Oconto Co., married ELISHA SHEFFIELD JR. He was Wisconsin, USA. He married born on 29 Oct 1818. He died in 1907. Catherine McCloskey, daughter of Patrick McCloskey and Catherine Gabriel Dunlop McCloskey on 21 Jul 1873. She was GABRIEL DUNLOP (Gabriel) was born born on 23 Mar 1852 in Old Chelsea, in 1804 in Ireland. He married Quebec, Canada. She died in Little MARGARET DALEY. She was born in River, Oconto Co., Wisconsin, USA. 1814 in Co. Wexford, Ireland. viii. MARGARET DUNLOP was born in Gabriel Dunlop and Margaret Daley 1850 in Canada. She married ______had the following children: KENNEDY. i. JOHN DUNLOP was born on 23 Jun ix. JULIA DUNLOP was born on 02 1835 in Canada. He married Grace May 1851 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, Ann O'Connell on 23 Jun 1873. She Canada. She married James was born in Co. Derry, Ireland. McCloskey on 24 Apr 1874. ii. CATHERINE DUNLOP was born in x. MARTIN DUNLOP was born on 17 1838 in Canada. She married Apr 1853 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, MICHAEL KENNEDY. Canada. iii. ELIZABETH DUNLOP was born in xi. ISABELLA DUNLOP was born on 10 May 1839 in Canada. Apr 1856 in Old Chelsea, Quebec, iv. MARY DUNLOP was born on 28 Canada. May 1841 in Canada. She married xii. HANNAH DUNLOP was born in ROBERT DUNLOP. 1859. She died in 1940 in Ottawa, v. GABRIEL AUGUSTINE DUNLOP was Ontario, Canada. She married born on 19 Feb 1843 in Canada. He ______SAVAGE. married ELLEN MCCLOSKEY. She was xiii. BRIDGET DUNLOP was born in born in . 1860. vi. SARAH ANN DUNLOP was born on 30 Mar 1845 in Canada. She married William Dunlop THOMAS SHIELDS. WILLIAM DUNLOP (Gabriel) was born in 1798. He died in 1873. He married 42

BRIDGET DALY. She was born in 1804. 72, Patrick a labourer aged 30, Ellen She died in 1853. (Harrington) aged 31, and children William Dunlop and Bridget Daly had Mary aged 10 and Catherine aged 7, the following children: both born in Canada; Catherine's i. MARY ANN DUNLOP was born in birth is registered in Aylmer. A son Feb 1831. She died on 19 May 1902. Robert was married in Aylmer in 1841 She married MICHAEL SCOTT. He was to Helen Strange, the widow of born in May 1824. He died on 02 Apr Richard Morissy, and her brother 1895. John Strange was at the wedding. ii. WILLIAM DUNLOP was born in 1833. He married CATHERINE. Yet another branch of the Mullins iii. CATHERINE DUNLOP. She died in clan has Charles Mullins [‐1853] who 1922. She married GEORGE STYLES. married Bridget Mademond with son He was born in 1853. He died in 1895. Bernard [ 1804‐1853] who both died iv. JAMES ROBERT DUNLOP was born in 1853; Bernard's wife was Mary in Aug 1839. He died on 17 Apr 1895. Haydon. They has a daughter Bridget He married MARY JANE FENNING. born 1852. Perhaps Charles and She was born in 1847. She died on 29 William were brothers. Sep 1920. The 1851 Census has Bernard Mullin, v. JOHN A. DUNLOP was born in Aug a farmer, aged 47, Mary Mullin aged 1839. He died in 1904. 22, likely his wife, Mary Haydon, vi. GEORGE DUNLOP was born on 12 Nancy Mullin aged 36, presumably Apr 1841. He died on 22 Aug 1925. Bernard's sister and Mary Sooders He married MARY ANN DALEY. She aged 55 a widow, all born in Ireland. was born on 08 Apr 1846. She died on 20 Jan 1886 in Chelsea, Quebec.. Michael Shea vii. SARAH ELIZABETH DUNLOP was MICHAEL1 SHEA . born in Oct 1843. She died on 30 Sep Michael Shea had the following 1846. child: MICHAEL2 SHEA (Michael1). William and Charles Mullins He married BRIDGET The 1851 Census has Willam Mullins, CORRIGAN, daughter of aged 71, Bridget Riley, his wife, aged John Corrigan on 12 Jul 43

1841 in St Pauls RC Church,  WILLIAM SHEA was born Aylmer, Quebec. in 1846.

Michael Shea and Bridget  JOHN SHEA was born in Corrigan had the following 1847. He died in 1908.  MICHAEL SHEA was born children: 3 in 1850.  SARAH SHEA was born in 1842.  BRIDGET SHEA was born in 1853.  MARY SHEA was born in 1844. She died in 1879.

Map of Ireland showing the Countries of Birth of Families along Ridge Road. When the location is not known, shown is an assumed location from a table of Matheson showing the most likely county of origin. The potential chain migration from Co. Derry is shown.

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SOME DATES

1806 Hull and Eardley Township Survey completed

1830 First Settlers on Kingsmere Mountain

1860 Main settlers in place

1870 Sisters of Charity land purchases start.

1910 Last settlers leave

1920 Ottawa Ski Club to . Many trails constructed

1930 Great Depression. Major tree cutting. McDonald Firewood cutting along trail 40 and 33

1938 Establishment of Gatineau Park and land acqistion in the area of Kingsmere Mountain

1943 Ridge Road extended along Canyon ski trail to Old Chelsea

1948 Fire Tower Road built to Luskville, rebuilt by John Clifford in late 1950s for Parkway extension.

1955‐60 Parkways constructed, Peter Aykroyd, chief engineer.

1960 Federal District Commission replaced with National Capital Commission. Both agencies of the Canadian Government.

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Lot Range Initail After transactions Sale to FDC, NCC 2&3 S 9 Thomas McKinstry Charles Currie, Robert W J Harrison 1930 1/2 Radmore and Daniel Pink T C Radmore 1940 2 8 Richard Davis various W J Harrison 1939 George Heatherington 1950 Athanse Chamberland 1950 Wid Howard Moore 1953 1 8 Patrick McCloskey N 1/2 Herbert Blanchet in Bessie Josephine 1907 McKenna Hambleton Charles McDonald in 1954 1930 Charles McDonald 1959 S 1/2 William Williams in 1907 Bessie Josephine McKenna Hambleton 1934 28 11 Patrick Bradley Patrick McCloskey about Wid Christopher Allan 1890 1939 John and Percy Mahon Charels MacDonald 1959 Charles McDonald 1925 S 1/2 11 Michael Ryan Alcide Lacerte 1903 Chester Benedict 1940 27 Wm H Benedict N 1/2 10 Denis Kennedy Esther Wolff 1884 E Wolff 1939 28 William Ryan 1940 S 1/2 10 Michael Kennedy Esther Wolff 1884 E Wolff 1939 28 William Ryan 1940 N 1/2 10 Matthew Ryan Robert Marshall Maurice Morgan 1968 27 John Alfred Pink 1924 S 1/2 10 Jahn Kennedy Herbert Routliffe 1911 Wid Herbert Routliffe (E 27 Matthew Kennedy Kennedy) 1939 N 1/2 10 Martin Doyle University of Ottawa Robert Ryan 1939 26 1873 University of Ottawa 46

1949 S 1/2 10 John McSweeney University of Ottawa Hibbert Vipond 1939 26 1872 Fred Romanuk 1939 University of Ottawa 1939 N 1/2 9 Michael Grimes, Sold from Grimes to Mary Brennan, wid 28 N Thomas Higgins Higgins abt 1850 Robert Higgins 1939 1/2 27

S 1/2 9 Hugh McGuire John Henry Mahon John Henry Mahon 1939 27 26 9 Thomas Heydon Edwin and George Hibbert Vipond 1939 William Jeffs Routliffe Hibbert Vipond 25 9 Michael Egan Widow married Edward John Young 1940 Young John Young N 1/2 9 William Walsh Joseph Maurice 1924 Leon Ricard 1939 24 James Keogan Leon Pichard S 1/2 9 Patrick McCloskey Sisters of Charity 1872 Orville Robert Pink 24 Robert Pink Daniel Noble Pink 1940 S 1/2 9 Francois Bourgeau Sisters of Charity 1870 Wid Robert Radmore 23 Charles Pink 1888 Pink 1940 N 1/2 9 Jeremiah Sheehan John Keogan 1899 (see N Leon Ricard 1939 23 1/2 24) Cliffside Ski Club sold building 1944 to FDC N 1/2 9 Garrett Fortune Sisters of Charity 1875 George and Charles 22 Patrick Murtagh 1902 Murtagh 1938 S 1/2 9 Thomas Leahy various Peter Stephen Daly 1940 22 Michael Blake 1940 OSC 1963 21 9 Gabriel Dunlop John Dunlop to Chas Donat Grandmaitre 1939 Mortureux et al 1921 William J Harrison 1939 James Dunlop to OSC Ottawa Ski Club 1991 1929 N 1/2 9 William Dunlop Gabriel Dunlop William J Harrison 1939 47

20 Robert M Ryan Ottawa Ski Club 1663 (swap) Ottawa Ski Club 1991 S 1/2 9 William Mullin Patrick Mullin to William Donat Grandmaitre 1938 20 Ryan 1875 Ottawa Ski Club 1991 Ottawa Ski Club 1933 CFRA 1961 S 1/2 9 Michael Shea John S Mulvihill 1909 George W Richards 1949 18 Richard M Mulvihill 1910 Richard M Mulvihill 1940 N 1/2 8 Michael Leahy Roy Overton 1939 22 M Leahy 1939 Frank Mulvihill 1939 Joseph Daly 1939

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1931 Map showing Ski Trails Ottawa Ski Club. Shown in red are the clearings shown on that map, presumably former farm clearings.

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Bourgeau, 12, 38, 46 Laing, 5, 27, 28 Bradley, 2, 4, 5, 23, 26, 45 Leahey, 13, 40 Cafferty, 6 Marshall, 5, 28, 29, 45 Davis, 2, 23, 24, 45 McCloskey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, Doyle, 6, 7, 30, 45 19, 21, 24, 25, 30, 36, 37, 41, 45, 46 Dunlop, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30, 40, 41, 42, McGuire, 8, 17, 22, 33, 37, 39, 46 46, 47 McKinstry, 1, 2, 4, 22, 23, 45 Egan, 8, 9, 34, 35, 46 McSweeney, 7, 31, 46 Fortune, 11, 12, 16, 19, 39, 44, 46 Mullin, 16, 17, 42, 47 Gillen, 6 Routliffe, 7, 9, 34, 45, 46 Grimes, 7, 8, 21, 22, 32, 33, 46 Ryan, 5, 8, 9, 17, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 38, 45, 47 Heyden, 8, 33 Shea, 17, 42, 43, 47 Higgins, 7, 8, 9, 17, 22, 32, 46 Sheahan, 10, 11, 12, 37, 38, 39 Jeffs, 8, 9, 34, 46 Sheehan, 11, 12, 37, 38, 39, 46 Kennedy, 6, 15, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 45 Walsh, 10, 46 Keogan, 4, 10, 11, 19, 21, 36, 37, 46