Adam Chambers Dunlop

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Died:
1955, Thursday September 15, The Carleton Place Canadian, page 5
A.C. Dunlop Laid to Rest On Sunday Afternoon
The funeral of Adam Chambers Dunlop took place on Sunday afternoon from the Fleming Bros Funeral Home, Lake avenue west, where services was conducted by Rev Fred Williams. Interment was made at Auld Kirk Cemetery. A well-known resident of the Carleton Place district, Mr Dunlop died at the home of his son, Percy Dunlop on September 8. He was in his 98th year. Born at Carleton Place December 11, 1857, he was the son of the late James Dunlop and his wife, Ann Chambers. He was married on March 23, 1891, to the former Matilda Kellough who died December 14, 1938. Mr Dunlop developed a considerable reputation as a fine boat builder and fashioned many of the boats and canoes even now in use on the Mississippi. He was also a millwright for hydro at one time. He farmed in Ramsay township on the original Dunlop homestead from 1901 to 1914. Interested in sports, horse racing was a hobby and he attended his last race here in 1952. Survivors include a son, Percy and daughter, Louise at home, and Mrs Des (Mary) Smythe of Ottawa; also six grandchildren. Another son, George Edger, died in Detroit in 1951. The pallbearers were Sylvester Moir, Howard Halpenny, Thorold Sutherland, Arthur Dunlop, Clayton Kenny and Robert Dunlop.

Adam married Matilda Rae Kellough on 23 Mar 1891. Matilda (daughter of John Kellough and Eliza) was born in 1862 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Dec 1938 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Annie Louise "Lou" Dunlop was born on 23 Sep 1895 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Aug 1979 in Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. A. Percy Dunlop was born on 6 Jul 1900 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Mar 1992 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
3. George Edger Dunlop died in 1951 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
4. Mary Dunlop

James married Ann Chambers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]