Allan Saunders Black

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1917, Friday November 23, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?LOCAL NEWS?/b?
? Mr and Mrs Dan Black of Ottawa mourn the loss of their eldest child, Allan Saunders, bright little lad of five years of age, who passed away after two months' illness from inflammatory rheumatism. The funeral on Saturday last took place from the home of Mr and Mrs Saunders, Carleton Place, to the 8th line cemetery, and was largely attended by friends from Ottawa, Carleton Place and Ramsay

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1973, Thursday February 15, Regina Leader-Post, page 32
BLACK - Monday, Feb 12, 1973, Mr. Daniel James Black, age 82 years, late of 1366 McTavish St., Regina. Mr. Black is survived by his wife, Eva, two sons, Dr. Donald Black in Calgary, and Keith Black, Carleton Place, Ont.; and one daughter, Mrs (Betty) R. Scharfe, Dartmouth, N.S.; eight grandchilden and one brother. Funeral service will be held on Friday, Feb. 16, 1973 at 1:30 p.m. in St Andrews United Church with Rev. W. Armitage officiating. Interment in Regina Memorial Gardens

Daniel married Eva Ethel Sauders in 1910. Eva was born on 22 Dec 1890 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Jul 1973 in Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried on 31 Jul 1973 in Regina Memorial Gardens, Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1973, Monday July 30, Regina Leader-Post, page 25
BLACK- Saturday, July 28, 1973, Mrs. Eva E. Black, age 80 years, late of 1328 Retallack St., Regina. Predeceased by her husband, Dan Black, February 12, 1973. Mrs Black is survived by two sons; Keith, Ottawa, Ontario; Dr. Don Black, Calgary, Alta.; one daughter, Mrs R. (Betty) Scharfe, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, also nine grandchildren; one brother Richard Saunders, Ottawa, Ontario, and two sisters, Mrs Beatrice Sadler, Almonte, Ontario,and Mrs Minnie Gilbert, Ottawa, Ont. Funeral services will be held in St. Andrews United Church, Tuesday, July 31, 1973, at 2 p.m. with Rev. M.B. Bating officiating. Interment in Regina Memorial Gardens

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1930, Friday February 28, The Almonte Gazette front page
Was Well Known Farmer Of Ramsay
Six Sons of Robert Black Were Pall-bearers At The Funeral
A well-known farmer of Ramsay in the person of Mr Robert Black, passed away on Friday at the Rosamond Memorial Hospital, after a very brief illness from pneumonia in the 67th year of his age. He was the youngest son of the late J. Black, 7th line Ramsay, and he lived on the homestead until it was sold in 1898, after which he operated the Galbraith Farm near Carleton Place until he retired a few years ago to reside with his son Charles in Almonte. His wife Phoebe Galbraith, predeceased him 18 years ago. He is survived by one sister, Agnes, of Winsmore, Saskatchewan, and one brother, William, of Almonte, besides an unbroken family circle of six sons; Daniel of Regina; William of Schriber; Clarence of Ottawa; Charles of Almonte; Walter of Windsor; and Gordon of Detroit. The funeral was held on Monday from the home of his son Charles, was conducted by Rev J.R. MacCrimmon of Bethany United Church and was very largely attended by friends and acquaintances from the town, the township and from points in the Ottawa Valley. Interment was made in the Vault of the Auld Kirk cemetery, the six sons being the pallbearers. Amongst the many and beautiful floral tributes which draped the casket and in addition to those contributed by immediate relatives, were the following: Sprays from L. Naismith, John Lindsay, N.S. Lee, Max Young and M.R. MacFarlane; from Art Blakeley, John Washburn and Robert Leishman; from Mr and Mrs Geo L. Comba, from Mr and Mrs John W. Brown; from Mr G.R. Gourlay, Ottawa; and from Cchrieber [Schriber] Lodge No 402 I.O.O.F. Also wreaths from James and Jessie Giles; Granite Chapter R.A.M.; Mississippi Lodge A.F. and A.M.; and Officer and Employees Schrieber Division C.P.R.

Robert married Phoebe Galbraith in 1889. Phoebe (daughter of Daniel Galbraith, M. P. and Janet McFarlane) was born on 1 Apr 1864 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Sep 1911 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 17 Sep 1911 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1911, Friday September 22, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Mrs Robert Black?/b?
On Friday afternoon there passed away Phoebe Galbraith, wife of Mr Robt J. Black of the 5th line, Ramsay Deceased was the youngest daughter of the late Daniel Galbrath, M.P. The surviving members of her father's family are Mr R.A. Galbraith, Carleton Place; Mrs T. Elliott, Peachland, B.C.; and Miss Nellie Galbraith, Almonte. Besides the husband, a family of six sons are bereft, the youngest only three or four years of age. Mrs Black was stricken a year ago by paralysis, and was attended through her illness by Miss Nellie, a trained nurse, whose ministrations to her afflicted sister were most assiduous. A second attack of paralysis occurred a dew days ago, and the enfeebled frame soon succumbed. The late Mrs Black was a woman of quiet but cheerful disposition, possessing high qualities of mind and heart which won the esteem of a wide circle of acquaintances. The funeral on Sunday, conducted by Rev Orr Bennett, pastor of St Andrew's church, of which deceased was a member, was one of the largest ever seen on the section. Interment was made at the 8th line cemetery. The sympathy of the whole community is with Mr Black and his sons in their severe affliction.

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1899, Friday May 26, The Almonte Gazette page 8
Mr James Black
Although the news of the accident from which Mr James Black suffered a couple of weeks ago had become pretty well known, and it was generally thought that owing to his great age the result would likely prove fatal, yet the announcement of his death came as a shock to his many friends and was received with feelings of sadness and a sense of loss. On Wednesday of last week Mr Black arose from his bed and went out and took a look around the house as though he felt it would be for the last time. On Friday afternoon he became unconscious, in which condition he remained until he quietly and calmly breathed his last shortly after three o'clock on Sunday morning. The late Mr Black was born in Glasgow in 1817, and when four years of age his father came to Canada and settled in the township of Ramsay on lot 21 on the 7th concession, on which farm he continued to reside until his death. After the death of his father James took his place, and remained on the same farm until about two years ago, when he went to live with his son Robert on the farm owned by the late Daniel Galbraith on the 5th line of Ramsay. Among those who came to Canada at the same time as Mr Black were Mr and Mrs James Johnston, and to them a daughter was born when on the way up the St Lawrence, who afterward became the wife of Mr James Black. To them were born eleven children, five of whom are still living. They are: Walter (7th line Ramsay), Margaret (Mrs A.W. Gilmour), Braeside), Wm H. (Almonte), Agnes (Mrs A.A. Steele), Ramsay), and Robert J. (with whom the father and mother have been living). Those dead are James, Ellen Gunnan, Charles H., Gilbert J., Jessie and Nellie. Mr Black was always an enterprising and progressive man, and took a keen interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the township in which he lived. For eleven years he sat at the council ? ten years of that time as deputy-reeve ? and by his intelligence and good judgement aided materially in transacting the business of the township. He also took a lively interest in the North Lanark Agricultural Society, and was for many years an active member of the board of directors. In politics he was a Liberal, who always stood for what he conscientiously believed to be best. He was for many years a member of St Andrew's (Presbyterian) church, Almonte, and until increasing years and failing strength prevented was a regular attendant at the ordinances of that church. Mrs Black, who is in her 79th year, together with other relatives and friends (among whom is William, a brother of the late Mr Black, who is over 80 years of age), have the sincere sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement. The funeral, which took place on Tuesday afternoon to the eighth line cemetery, was very largely attended, notwithstanding that many mutual friends were in attendance at the funeral of the late John McArton, which took place at the same time.

James married Janet Johnston on 25 Mar 1841 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Janet (daughter of James Johnson and Margaret Steele) was born in 1821 in Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1916 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1916 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Story in the Almonte Gazette, 1897, speaking of the Durham boats which brought the settlers up the St Lawrence. "As these uncouth craft are crawling cannily by the swirling waters of the Long Sault Rapids, there is observed an unusual commotion among the passengers. There is a hurried landing from one of the boats, and, by-and-by, the wail of a new born infant. Thus is born to Mr and Mrs Johnston a daughter - Janet, now Mrs James Black. The Durham boats landed the party at Prescott, whence it proceeded by wagon to Perth and on to Lanark Village. here scows were built to carry the settlers and their effects down the Clyde and the Mississippi to Ramsay.

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1916, Friday March 17, The Almonte Gazette, page 4
Obit. ? Mrs James Black
Almost twenty years ago the Gazette published a sketch of two of Ramsay township's earliest settlers and most respected residents. In that sketch, descriptive of the experiences of a party of settlers who had left Scotland to make their homes in Canada, and who were coming up the St. Lawrence in Durham boats, the following sentence appeared: "There is a hurried landing from one of the boats, and by-and-bye, the wail of a new-born infant. Thus is born to Mr and Mrs James Johnston, a daughter ? Janet, now Mrs James Black." A few years later then the sketch Mr Black was called away, and now Mrs Black has reached the home for which she so long and earnestly looked. The year of her birth was 1821, and in her death at 94 years of age, one of the oldest residents of Ramsay township has passed to the great beyond. She was a daughter of the late Jas, Johnston, R.N., a veteran of the wars with Napoleon. She was married to Mr Back in 1844, and to them eleven were born, four of whom survive. These are Mrs C.W. Gilmour (Margaret), Braeside; Mrs A.A. Steele (Agnes), Steelton, Sask.; Robt, fifth line Ramsay, William H., at Morrisburg. For about six years the late Mrs Black was a patient in the Rosamond Memorial Hospital, helpless from a broken limb, but possessing all her mental faculties to the end. She was a woman of exalted Christian character and remarkably patient and cheerful disposition. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon from the Presbyterian manse to the eighth line cemetery vault, and was attended by many from Ramsay and Almonte

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1879, Friday December 17, The Almonte Gazette page 2

?b?DEATHS?/b?
At his residence, in the village of Almonte, on Wednesday, 17th December, 1879. Daniel Galbraith, M.P., in the sixth-seventh year of his age. The funeral will take place on Saturday, 20th, inst., at 2 o'clock p.m. to the Presbyterian Church Cemetery

1879, Friday December 19, The Almonte Gazette page 2

?b?Death of Mr Galbraith?/b?
We are this week under the painful necessity of announcing the death of Daniel Galbraith, Esq., M.P., which took place on Wednesday morning last at five o'clock. Though not altogether unexpected ? for Mr Galbraith had been ailing for several weeks ? so soon as the first announcement of the melancholy event was made, a deep a lively sense of sorrow pervaded the whole community. In Mr Galbraith, Almonte has lost one of its most estimable and popular citizens ? North Lanark an honest, a trusted and an ever faithful representative ? the Canadian Commons an attentive and respected member. Indeed, to know Mr Galbraith was to esteem him. He was certainly one of the few of whom it may be truthfully said that the bitterness of political warfare never diminished his personal popularity. In our country, unfortunately, few men come through the turmoil of political conflicts retaining the respected alike of friend and opponent. Mr Galbraith was, however, one of those who retained the esteem of all with whom he came in contact, even in the exciting time of fierce political battles. His honesty, his candour, his fairminded appeals to the electoral body, his well-known aversion for anything like injustice and his horror of corruption in any form won for him universal esteem. His death creates a void in this community which cannot soon be filled. He shall, indeed, long be missed; but his example will be pointed to by all who respected consistency and admire honest and unobtrusive worth. The deceased gentleman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1813, and consequently, at the time of his death, reached the ripe age of sixty-six years. He came to Canada with his parents in 1821, and settled in the township of Ramsay, Canada, and more especially the portion of it wherein the late Mr Galbraith in the earliest age of boyhood found his lot cast, was then no inviting place. From the few settlements which skirted the St Lawrence to the head waters of the Ottawa, all this section of country may be said to have been then an unbroken wilderness. But with the indomitable courage characteristic of his race, he did his share even in those early years of boyhood towards assisting to clear the forest. In the same cheerless but remunerative toil, his manhood years were also spent. He had the consolation before his death of seeing that vast wilderness which confronted him on his arrival in the country largely reduced in dimensions, and thriving settlements established throughout this section, in which civilization had not then cast its beneficent rays. The growth and advancement of the country since that time has been truly wonderful, but it is owing in a large measure to the devotedness and public spirit of the late Mr Galbraith, and such men, that such happy results have been achieved. In every movement of progress and material advancement, Mr Galbraith took an active part. From an early date he took a deep interest in railway connection with the St Lawrence. For several years he was Vice-President of the Brockville & Ottawa Valley Railway Co., and for a lengthened period held a place in the directorate of the same road. The interest of this corporation, which he rightly considered identical with the interest of this section of country, he lost no opportunity to promote. Before his death he had what must have been to him great satisfaction to know, that the road in which he took so lively an interest had advanced from a mere Provincial railway to be about to enter on the new, brighter and more extensive career of usefulness, that of a great national highway ? a connecting link in the great chain of railroads destined to connected the vast cereal bearing regions of the North West with the Atlantic sea board. Mr Galbraith's public career was one of uninterrupted success The deceased gentleman was a man of fine mental capacity, and amid all the pre-occupations of his early life found time to lay up a store of valuable information, which served him in good stead in the many public positions he was called upon during his lifetime to fill. When the first organizations of Ramsay into a municipality took place, Mr Galbraith was elected to serve as councillor. This position he held for several years, discharging its duties in such a manner as to merit promotion at the hands of his constituents. In 1856 he was chosen Deputy Reeve ? to which post he was again elected in 1857. In 1858 he was raised to the Reeveship, which he held for five years in succession, a proof of the unlimited public confidence reposed in him by those who knew him best ? his own immediate friends and neighbours. His actions in the municipal council were characterized by the same sense of duty, the same honesty of purpose, which marked his whole career, private and public. Much of the improvements operated in the township is due to his foresight and to his careful husbanding of its resources. In 1860 Mr Galbraith was chosen Warden of the united counties of Lanark and Renfrew. In the municipal council of the united counties he had already made his mark. He had won the esteem of the members of that important representative body by his moderation, good sense and sound judgement. He was re-elected Warden in 1861 and 1862 In the two years following Mr Galbraith did not hold a seat either in the township or county council. In 1865 he was re-elected Reeve of Ramsay, and on his reappearance in the county council in that year was for the fourth time raised to the dignity of Warden. In 1866 and 1867 he was re-elected to same position. Old county councillors can well remember the tact, impartiality and good judgement which were Mr Galbraith's leading characteristics in the highest municipal position in the united counties. Higher honours now awaited him. The general election of 1867 had come on. Mr Galbraith, with the great body of Upper Canadian Reformers, was a strong supporters of Confederation, and took a lively interest in its successful inception and operation. By the British North American Act, the electors of North Lanark were invested with the right of electing a member as well to the Ontario Assembly as to the House of Commons. Not a few of his friends urged on him the acceptance of candidature for the latter Chamber, for which he would probably have been without difficulty elected. But with that same feeling of moderation and fair play which he ever manifested Mr Galbraith declined to embarrass the Government by opposing one of its Ministers. He was elected by acclamation to the House of Assembly, while Hon Wm Macdougall was chosen for the House of Commons. The Government of Mr Sanfield Macdonald had just taken the seals of office in Ontario. Mr Galbraith, like a great majority of Reformers, disliked coalitions, and looked with a certain amount of suspicion on the rather sudden alliance established in 1867 between lifelong opponents such as Sir John A. Macdonald and Hon John Sandfield Macdonald. He nevertheless resolved to give, and did actually give, the Sanfield Macdonald Government every opportunity to develop its policy, and extended it a measure of support which could hardly be expected from so pronounced a Reformer. Its railway policy did not commend itself to his support, and when the general election of 1871 came around, Mr Galbraith sought and obtained the verdict of North Lanark against the Government, being returned by acclamation for the second time. When Parliament met, Mr Galbraith, with a majority of the House, supported Mr Blake's amendments to the address, and Mr Mackenzie's subsequent direct motion of want of confidence. During the session of 1871-2, he saw with evident pleasure many of the leading measures for which he had voted on opposition placed, under the able leadership of Mr Blake on the Provincial statute book. At the Dominion election of 1872 Mr Galbraith received the Reform nomination. The campaign was opened by Mr Mackenzie in an able speech at Clayton. Mr Galbraith's opponents in that election were the Hon Wm Macdougall and our townsman, Mr Bennett Rosamond. Mr Galbraith was elected by a considerable majority over both gentlemen. In the election of 1874, he was returned by acclamation; and in 1878 was one of the few Upper Canadian Reformers who succeeded in holding his seat against the powerful influences of the party advocating protection to native industries. During the last session of Parliament, he was in constant attendance on his duties. In turning over the Journals of the House, we find that he recorded his vote on the two great questions ? the dismissal of Lieut. Governor Letellier and the "National Policy," in each case against the Government. During his recent illness, he had the sympathy of all classes of our community and the deepest interest was evinced by his constituents of all shades of politics in his hoped for recovery. That recovery did not come. His spirit sought a more peaceful abode, and amid the universal sorrow of our citizens we have to-day to announce his demise. His example will live on ? an incentive to the rising generation to adhere honestly to principle, and to do that always which conscience tell them they should do. His life will thus extend its usefulness far beyond the sphere allotted to the majority of men. The deceased gentleman's family have our heartiest sympathy in their great affliction

Daniel married Janet McFarlane. Janet (daughter of Robert McFarlane and Catherine McMillan) was born on 4 Apr 1821 in Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 Apr 1821 in Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1895 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Jul 1895 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Died:
1895, Friday July 19, The Almonte Gazette page 4

?b?DEATHS?/b?
In Ramsay, July 16th, Janet McFarlane, relict of Daniel Galbraith, Esq., in her 75th year.

1895, Friday July 19, The Almonte Gazette front page
?b?
The Late Mrs D. Galbraith?/b?
With deep regret we have to announce the death on Tuesday evening last, (at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr Thomas Houston, 6th con. Ramsay) of Janet McFarlane, relict of Daniel Galbraith, Esq., in her 75th year. Deceased had caught cold a week prior to her death, and in spite of everything that could be done for her by medical skill and the devoted attention of her relatives the spirit left its earthly tenement. News of Mrs Galbraith's demise was received with sorrow on all sides, as she was well known throughout the county, and was greatly esteemed for her qualities of head and heart. Deceased was the eldest child of the late Robert McFarlane. She was born in Scotland in 1821, an when a babe not many weeks old she left the old land with her parents for Canada, they being among the first settlers of these parts. In the fifties she married the late Daniel Galbraith, who for thirty years was one of Lanark county's most prominent and useful public men, filling the most important positions in the gift of the people during the greater part of that time; and his death on Dec. 17th, 1879, created universal sorrow. During her husband life Mrs Galbraith ever proved an able helpmate, and by her hospitality and geniality won a wide circle of warm friends. Seven children are left to mourn the loss of an affectionate and indulgent mother. They are: Mrs Andrew Houston, Mrs Thos. Houston, Mrs Robert Black and Miss Nellie Galbraith of Ramsay; Miss Kate Galbraith and Mrs Thompson Elliott, of Carberry, N.W.T.; and Mr Robert A. Galbraith, of Parry Sound. Deceased was a sister of Messrs. Matthew, James and Robert L. McFarlane, and Mrs A. Baird Appleton, Mrs Wm. Stephenson and Mrs R. Anderson, Carleton Place. The funeral takes place this (Thursday) afternoon, to the eighth line cemetery, Ramsay We join the whole community in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.