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Mansonville, Mars 1960 Association Du Patrimoine De Potton Potton HISTOIRE POTTON HISTORY VOLUME 6 – NUMÉRO 2 – AUTOMNE 2018 Mansonville, mars 1960 Collection Lorraine Rouillard Association du Potton Heritage patrimoine de Potton Association www.patrimoinepotton.org www.pottonheritage.org [email protected] [email protected] VOLUME 6 – NUMÉRO 2 – AUTOMNE 2018 HISTOIRE POTTON HISTORY TIRÉS À PART | VOLUMES 1-6 | 113 ARTICLES | REPRINTS VISITEZ NOTRE BIBLIOTHÈQUE NUMÉRIQUE www.patrimoinepotton.org/appnum/s/HPH LINK TO OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY [2] Potton Heritage Association HISTOIRE POTTON HISTORY VOLUME 6 – NUMÉRO 2 – AUTOMNE 2018 Sommaire Histoire Potton History ÉDITEUR A word from our President Association du patrimoine de Potton By Sandra Jewett ............................................... 4 RÉDACTRICES EN CHEF Le mot de la présidente Chantal Ethier | Sandra Jewett par Sandra Jewett .............................................. 5 COMITÉ ÉDITORIAL Ah! Que mon village a changé! Chantal Ethier | Sandra Jewett par Lorraine Rouillard .......................................... 6 Serge Normand L’histoire du bureau de poste RÉVISION | TRADUCTION par Rachel Bégin .............................................. 11 Marie Joli | Sandra Jewett Addendum Mansonville, Postes Canada Post GRAPHISME | ÉDITION WEB by Sandra Jewett .............................................. 15 Serge Normand 100 ans de Giroux et Giroux par Gérard Leduc .............................................. 17 ABONNEMENTS: [email protected] Addendum Prix à l’unité de l’édition imprimée : 10 $ Giroux & Giroux, Magasin Histoire Potton History est publiée deux fois by Sandra Jewett .............................................. 19 l’an et imprimée en 50 exemplaires. La grange Messier SUBSCRIPTIONS: [email protected] par Chantal Ethier ............................................ 20 Price for a printed copy: $10 Histoire Potton History is published twice a Le mont Owl’s Head tire-t-il son nom d’une year, and 50 copies are printed. formation rocheuse à son sommet ? par Édouard Cloutier ......................................... 24 Les droits d’auteur sont réservés par les auteurs à l’Association du patrimoine de Potton. La reproduction La démocratie à Potton |1834-1838 partielle des textes est toutefois autorisée, à la condition que la ou les sources en soient correctement citées. Les par Jean-Louis Bertrand .................................... 25 auteurs assument l’entière responsabilité de leurs articles, et ce, à l’exonération complète de l’éditeur. The Troubles in Potton By Audrey Martin McCaw ................................... 32 The rights to this work are reserved by the authors for the Potton Heritage Association. Reproduction, in part, of the text is permitted on condition that the source is “Hunters' Lodges” in Potton and Bolton, correctly cited. The authors take full responsibility for and the Rebellion of 1837-1838 their articles and at full exemption for the publisher. By Matthew F. Farfan ........................................ 38 DÉPÔT LÉGAL The Capture of Wolfred Nelson Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec In the Rebellion of 1837 Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | By M.G. Peters ................................................. 41 Library and Archives Canada o N ISSN 2291-8094 The Troubles of 1837 and 1838 By Edgar C. Barnett .......................................... 44 IMPRESSION : CRM Magog Association du patrimoine de Potton [3] VOLUME 6 – NUMÉRO 2 – AUTOMNE 2018 HISTOIRE POTTON HISTORY A Word from our President I am so pleased to present a short summary of to a bygone era in our agricultural history. what you’ll find in this issue of Histoire Potton Chantal Ethier has met with members of the History in which we are welcoming new Messier family who wanted to remind us that contributors. We’re happy to have their help and one of these barns once belonged to their look forward to continued input! family. It was situated at the corner of Traver road and Route 243. I remember it very well. Lorraine Rouillard shares her memories of the Mansonville of her youth with us in a delightful Jean-Louis has sent us another, and final, yet somewhat wistful article entitled Ah! que episode in his chronicle of the history of mon village a changé!. At this particular time, democracy in Potton. This article includes an with many important investments coming into interesting time in our early community, the our region, I share many of Lorraine’s ‘troubles’ of 1837-38. Edgar Barnett, arguably memories, and her obvious love of the village in Potton’s first historian, chronicled the events, which she grew up! I’m proud of our little village from interviews with witnesses to the time. His too! Welcome aboard and thank you, Lorraine! rendition is reprinted here, along with three other pertinent articles by Matthew Farfan, M.G. Another new contributor in the person of Rachel Peters, Audrey Martin McCaw, all courtesy of the Bégin tells us about the history of our post Brome County Historical Society archives. office, which has always been of great importance in this community. The times may For years now, Edouard Cloutier has scanned have changed, but the staff at the Post Office the flank of Owl’s Head to find topographical have always shown a warm welcome and a indications that reason it is so named may be willingness to go the extra mile for their other than which is commonly accepted. Will he clientèle. Thank you Rachel and thank you to convince you from the photograph he has the Post Office staff, current and past. submitted? Gérard Leduc reminds us of a milestone in our Finally, I extend a very warm welcome to Marie community. No-one in our community today Joli, who has joined our production team in can remember a time without the equally order to assure the revision of our French texts. friendly faces found in ‘Giroux’s Store’, truly Marie is replacing Jacqueline Robitaille, who has another fixture of Potton. Deserving of hearty worked tirelessly for several years to assure the congratulations is Giroux & Giroux – a business perfection in all the written work emanating which celebrates 100 years of fine service to from our Association. We sincerely thank Mansonville and environs, by generations of the Jacqueline for her professionalism and high Giroux family. Our Association extends warm standards, and we are grateful for her tireless congratulations to the family. efforts as the faithful Secretary of the Groupe bénévole municipal de Potton. (GBMP). To have finally witnessed concrete action on October 23rd to begin the restoration of the And with that, I hope you will enjoy reading Round Barn was a red letter day! Truly! Soon what our new team has worked hard to our building will stand straight and proud on a produce. new foundation – ready for another century. To remind us that these uniquel structures once Sandra Jewett, President dotted the local countryside, our web master, Potton Heritage Association the tireless Serge Normand, has combed our archives and presents a pictorial essay attesting [4] Potton Heritage Association HISTOIRE POTTON HISTORY VOLUME 6 – NUMÉRO 2 – AUTOMNE 2018 Le mot de la présidente Je suis fière de vous présenter le sommaire de Édouard Cloutier observe depuis plusieurs ce numéro de Histoire Potton History dans années un versant du mont Owl’s Head à la lequel vous noterez la présence de nouveaux recherche de la figure du hibou. Saura-t-il vous collaborateurs à qui je souhaite la bienvenue. convaincre à partir de la photo soumise ? Lorraine Rouillard partage avec nous ses Jean-Louis Bertrand signe également dans ce souvenirs d’enfance en signant l’article Ah! que numéro sa dernière chronique portant sur la mon village a changé! En cette période démocratie à Potton. Dans cet article, qui d’investissements importants dans notre région, couvre également la période des troubles de je fais mienne sa conclusion en clamant : 1837-1838, Jean-Louis souligne l’intérêt de « J’aime mon village! ». consulter également des auteurs anglophones. Nous reproduisons donc dans ce numéro une En nous racontant la petite histoire du bureau série de quatre articles attribués aux auteurs de poste de Mansonville, Rachel Bégin met suivants : Audrey Martin McCaw, Matthew F. également en relief un point de rencontre Farfan, M.G. Peters et Edgar C. Barnett. Nous incontournable de notre canton. Gérard Leduc remercions la Société historique de Brome de souligne, par ailleurs, le centenaire du magasin nous avoir permis de les publier dans nos Giroux et Giroux. pages. Promoteurs de la sauvegarde de notre Enfin, j’accueille chaleureusement Marie Joli au patrimoine bâti, nous étions tous ravis de voir, sein de l’équipe de production de la revue, qui le 23 octobre dernier, s’ouvrir le chantier des sera responsable de la révision française des travaux de restauration de la grange ronde de articles. Marie succède à Jacqueline Robitaille, Mansonville. D’autres granges rondes ont aussi qui a travaillé sans relâche pendant plusieurs décoré les paysages du canton, mais elles sont années à la révision de l’ensemble des aujourd’hui disparues. Chantal Ethier a publications de l’Association. Nous la remercions rencontré des membres de la famille Messier, sincèrement pour son professionalisme et pour qui furent propriétaires d’une grange ronde les normes strictes qu’elle a imposées en située près de l’intersection de la route 243 et matière de qualité du français. Nous lui sommes du chemin Traver. Notre infatigable webmestre, également reconnaissants des efforts Serge Normand, a parcouru nos archives importants qu’elle
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