- 1934, Thursday October 25, The Almonte Gazette front page
Link With Past Broken By Death of Mrs Dulmage
Came to Almonte In Days When Town Was Called Shipman's Mills
Readers of The Gazette will mark with regret the passing of Mrs John Dulmage, a member of a pioneer family whose history in this community dates back to the days of Shipman's Mills. The death of Mrs Dulmage occurred on Monday evening following a prolonged illness. Born at Greenbush, near Brockville, in 1850, a daughter of Alpheus Hamlin and Deliah Keeler, she came to Almonte, (then Shipman's Mills) as a child. Mr Alpheus Hamlin, her father, was of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction and was born in that State of the Union. He came to Canada with his parents, while young, as a result of the U.E. Loyalist migration and the family settled on a farm at Greenbush, Leeds County, where he married Deliah Keeler, a daughter of John and Lucy Keeler who were among the early workers in the cradle of Methodism, Bay of Quinte district. John Keeler, the grandfather of Mrs Dulmage, was one of the early local preachers of the Methodist Church. With this background it will be seen that the parents of the late Mrs Dulmage came of ancestors that had played an important part in the formative events of Eastern Ontario. As stated before Mr and Mrs Hamlin and their family came to Almonte in the early fifties when this town was but a struggling village. In 1875 the late Mrs Dulmage was married to Mr John Dulmage of Almonte, son of the late Richard Dulmage, a pioneer of the Appleton district. For a great many years Mr Dulmage was the travelling representative for boot and shoe manufacturing interest in Montreal and the Eastern States. He continued to make Almonte his headquarters until the time of his death in 1916. Mr and Mrs Dulmage had one son, the late Charles Dulmage, who practiced law at Arnprior and who died at Bakersfield, California, in 1913. Mr Dulmage was the last of her immediate family. Two sisters, predeceased her. They were (Lucy) Mrs Abel Coleman, mother of Archdeacon Coleman of Kingston, and Miss Ella Hamlin who passed away at Almonte in 1932. There remain to mourn Mrs Dulmage's death one grandson, Mr Gerald R. Dulmage, who is in his final year in law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and one nephew, Rev Archdeacon Coleman of Kingston. The funeral service was conducted at the family home, Union Street, on Wednesday afternoon, being in charge of Rev A. McLauchlin, pastor of Trinity United Church, assisted by Rev C.D. McLellan of Bethany United Church, and Archdeacon Coleman. Interment was made in the family plot at the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Martin, R.A. Jamieson, W.A. Jamieson, W. Laidlaw and Fred Graham of Ottawa. Among relatives and friends attending the funeral from a distance were: Mrs Jas McCreary, Sudbury; Mrs O.J. Henderson and Mrs Ewart Wilson of Toronto; Rev Archdeacon Coleman of Kingston; Mr and Mrs Fred Graham, Miss Sarah Dulmage, Miss T. Snedden and Mrs Hugh Conn of Ottawa; Mr and Mrs H.A. Short and Miss Edna McCreary of Arnprior; Mr J.A.B. Dulmage of Smiths Falls; Mr and Mrs Buchan, Mrs W.I. Scott and Mrs A. Allison of Pakenham. Among the many floral offerings were: a wreath from Trinity United Church and a wreath from Phi Delta Phi, Legal Fraternity of Toronto. In the passing of Mrs Dulmage, Almonte losses a lady of beautiful character whose kindly disposition and many estimable qualities endeared her to old and young in the community where she spent practically all her life. She always was known as one of the most prominent and active worker in the Almonte Methodist Church and when, under Union, Trinity became a unit of the United Church, she continued to give her warm support to the newly created denomination. The death of Mrs Dulmage severs another line with the past and is the occasion for widespread regret in this community and among all those who knew her and now reside in distant places.
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1850 - 1934 (84 years)
