ISSN 1206-4394 The Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 11, number 1, May 2006 Table of Contents Trent Valley Archives ................................................................................................. 2 President’s Report .................................................................................... John Marsh 2 Peterborough’s old burying ground: the Review reports ............................ Thomas White 3 Peterborough’s old burying ground: historical commentary ........................ Elwood Jones 4 Peterborough’s old burying ground: editorial ................................................................. 6 Cow Path in Central Park ............................................................................ Vox Populi 7 The Oriental: Formerly a grand hotel ..................Thanks to Peter Lillico and Lois Davidson 8 Judge Huycke Equivocates: Dickson Company vs Graham ............. Peterborough Examiner 9 Oriental Hotel is Being Converted into a Hospital ......................... Peterborough Examiner 10 Bradburn Hall’s 1880 repairs ..................................................... Peterborough Examiner 11 Cobourg’s view of Peterboro’ 1837 .............................................. Peterborough Sentinel 12 Richard Parnell: death of a respected resident ............................. Peterborough Examiner 13 Peterborough Town Council 1850-1865 [first of a series] ............................................... 14 Queries ................................................................................................. Diane Robnik 16 Stewart; Jefferson; Crippen / O’Brien; O’Connor; Galloway, McNabb; TVA events Letters to the Editor .................................................................................................. 17 Rev Herbert Symonds; Peterborough’s CN Station; McGibney Family’s Pulman Palace Car; Auburn Mill Edment Carpenter Hill (1822-1892) ............................................. Peterborough Review 18 Nelson Gray: Back to the Orphanage ............................................ Peterborough Review 18 Little Lake Cemetery ................................................................. Peterborough Review 19 Little Lake Cemetery Tours ....................................................................................... 20 Little Lake, A Quiet Page of Peterborough History ..................................... C. H. Ireson 20 International Plowing Match; Census 2006 .................................................................. 21 Lodgers, Boarders, Roomers 1911 and some earlier [second of two-part series] .............. 21 The Reverend A. H. Ranton and the 1897 Religious Revival ......................... Robert Neild 33 News and Views; Trent Valley Archives ....................................................................... 34 Peterborough Historical Society Awards; Architectural Conservancy; Hockeyville Canada; International Plowing Match; San Francisco Earthquake at 100; Scoundrels and Rascals; Retirement memories [Elwood Jones]; Archives Association of Ontario; West Jersey Archives; Virginia community archives; Books for sale at TVA; Canadian Canoe Museum; Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives; Historica Fair; Recent Books Noted; TVA plans busy summer Giant Book Sale; Creepy Canada; Ghost Walks; Little Lake Cemetery Tours; Wally Macht on Peterborough’s TV History. Trent Valley Archives; Nexicom Communications ..................................................Inside covers Cover photo: Confederation Park looking towards the YMCA, May 2006 (photo by Elwood Jones) Trent Valley ARCHIVES Fairview Heritage Centre 567 Carnegie Avenue Peterborough Ontario K9L 1N1 (705) 745-4404 [email protected] www.trentvalleyarchives.com Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 11 * number 1 * May 2006 2 encouraged, but please inform the Numerous speeches testified to Elwood’s editor of such use. illustrious and multi-faceted career and recognized in particular his work revealing Trent Valley the history of this community. Diane Robnik, our highly-deserving assistant archivist, received one of the annual ARCHIVES Heritage Awards presented by the President’s Report Peterborough Historical Society. The Dorothy Duncan Award for 2006 from the Fairview Heritage Centre My genealogy and local history activities Ontario Historical Society went to the 567 Carnegie Avenue change with the seasons. Winter is more Greater Harvey Historical Society and its Peterborough ON K9L 1N1 conducive to indoor archival and internet Heritage and Archive Centre. The Cavan (705) 745-4404 research, while summer favours outdoor and Millbrook Historical Society won a [email protected] exploration of cemeteries and old family Trillium Grant to produce an illustrated www.trentvalleyarchives.com locations, and participation in guided book on the architectural heritage of that historical tours. area. As well, I commend Jean-Pierre Reading Room open The growing importance of the Pawliw and the Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm internet in genealogical research was brought home by a recent Guardian article on “Josh hosting a public meeting to promote the Hanna: High Priest of the latter day creation and protection of heritage districts Board of Directors in Peterborough and to establish a local Heather Aiton-Landry genealogists.” Hanna was born in New England and worked in Silicon Valley but is county chapter of the Architectural Bruce Fitzpatrick Conservancy of Ontario. Stephen Guthrie now head of the family history website The spell of warm, sunny weather in Elwood Jones Ancestry.co.uk. The My Family group mid-April and Dr.John Carter’s Susan Kyle which runs Ancestry.com and sells the presentation on “Barns: Our Disappearing Doug Lavery software Family Tree Maker made US$140 Wally Macht million in 2005 from 800,000 paying Heritage” at our Annual General Meeting John Marsh, President subscribers. In February 2006, some 2.4 inspired me to resume my photographic Gina Martin million visitors searched Ancestry.com; inventory of historic features, such as barns Chris Minicola 1,100% more than visited in January 2005. and farmhouses, around Peterborough Marjorie Shephard The days after Christmas and Easter are the County. Having taken over 500 Toni Sinclair busiest times of the year. Hanna explained photographs in Smith-Ennismore, I am that “families get together and inevitably concentrating this summer on Otonabee Keith Dinsdale start telling stories about granny and Township. I started with the farms between Andre Dorfman someone gets the bug to go explore further.” Keene and Mather’s Corners where the Martha Kidd Tim Sullivan, the chief executive of the International Ploughing Match will be held group, has certainly got the bug and taken in September. The TVA will have a display Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley full advantage of the services his group in the Peterborough County tent at this Elwood Jones, editor offers. He has 60,000 names in his family major rural event, which is expected to [email protected] tree! TVA subscribes to Ancestry.com, and attract 100,000 people. Preparation of our Keith Dinsdale our members have the opportunity to use it. other contribution to this event, an issue of Martha Kidd During March and April, the TVA the Gazette focusing on the agricultural John Marsh ran historic pub tours from the Pig’s Ear to history of the region, is well underway. Gina Martin the White House and points in-between. May you have a good summer in Diane Robnik Diane Robnik researched the tours, Bruce your genealogical and local history Don Willcock Fitzpatrick proved an entertaining guide, and pursuits. If you have not been on our ghost the pub landlords added anecdotes. The tours walks, join us for one around eerie Trent Valley Archives were so well received that we will Ashburnham on Sunday nights beginning Diane Robnik undoubtedly offer them again. In the in June. We have some new cemetery tours Associate Archivist on Wednesday evenings in July and August [email protected] meantime if you have any interesting historical information, photographs or that you and your summer visitors should personal anecdotes on any of Peterborough’s find interesting. Consider heading to The information and opinions Apsley, with our latest publication, “Up the expressed are those of the contributors historic hotels and bars, please let us know. and not necessarily those of the Trent In April an unusual number of people Burleigh Road”, as your historical guide. Valley Archives or its directors. and groups gained recognition or awards for See us at the Ploughing Match. Of course, contributions to archival work, local history even in summer, you will still be welcome ©2006 Trent Valley Archives or heritage preservation. On 7 April some indoors at the Fairview Heritage Centre to Any copying, downloading or uploading members of TVA joined many others at a use our ever-expanding archival resources without the explicit consent of the editor dinner marking the retirement of Prof. and the internet. And we do have picnic is prohibited. Classroom use is Elwood Jones from Trent University. tables outside where you can enjoy your Heritage Gazette of the Trent Valley Volume 11 * number 1 * May 2006 3 bag lunch and a chat. John Marsh W. H. Wrighton, Town Clerk. Passed April 17th, 1854. 15.8 Peterborough’s old burying Peterborough Review, 21 April 1854: ground: [Thomas White’s editorial comments] In our last issue