Our Family's Journey Through Time
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Clarendon, Quebec
Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario.
Its settlements include Clarendon, North Clarendon, Charteris, Lawn, Murrell, Radford, Sand Bay, Starks Corners, and Yarm. The town of Shawville is surrounded by, but not part of, Clarendon.[4]
Largely cleared of forests, Clarendon is a predominantly agricultural municipality, with an elevation of 167 meters (548 ft) above sea level. The only notable lake is Green Lake, which is surrounded by cottages.
History
The township was first surveyed in 1792 and appears on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795.[4] Settlement did not occur until 1825 when James Prendergast, a retired British Army Officer, was commissioned by the government to lead this task. From that year until 1827, free land was granted, resulting in a wave of settlers, starting with 15 settlers near the township's centre (now Shawville). But Prendergast, originally from religiously-divided Ireland, stipulated that settlers only be Protestants in order to avoid similar religious strife. As a result, Clarendon (and Shawville) is known as the heartland of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in western Quebec.[5]
Between 1827 and 1835, Prendergast was responsible for establishing the first four schools and bringing in its teachers. He also built a water-driven sawmill and grist mill at his home along the Ottawa River.[5]
In 1833, the Township of Clarendon was officially established. It was named after Clarendon Park, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England (where Henry II had convened peers and bishops to formulate the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164). In 1837, the post office opened.[6] From then on and into the 1840s, when the timber industry started to prosper, a second wave of settlement occurred, doubling the population of Clarendon between 1840 and 1850.[5]
In 1855, the Township Municipality of Clarendon was created. This style was reformed to Municipality of Clarendon on October 11, 2003.
Matches 51 to 100 of 101
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
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51 | Horner, Margaret | 6 May 1870 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7373 |
52 | Hamilton, Robert | Dec 1870 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I25326 |
53 | Horner, Thomas Walker | 6 Jan 1871 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41666 |
54 | Hamilton, Margaret | 15 Jan 1872 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17189 |
55 | McDowell, James Arthur E. | 12 Feb 1872 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I4451 |
56 | Dale, Robert Adley | 1 Jul 1872 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42978 |
57 | Richardson, Mary Jane | 16 Jan 1873 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42107 |
58 | Horner, Samuel Herman | 24 Apr 1873 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7376 |
59 | Barber, Martha | 5 Sep 1873 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I43224 |
60 | Corrigan, Isabella Agnes "Bella" | 23 Jan 1875 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7370 |
61 | Smart, Louisa Gold | 6 Jun 1875 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I43284 |
62 | Dale, Arnold Sherrit | 30 Jun 1875 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42979 |
63 | Dale, Samuel L. | 14 Oct 1876 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42980 |
64 | Whelen, Robert S | 1877 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41093 |
65 | Dale, Herbert Robert | 30 Jan 1879 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42981 |
66 | Hamilton, Mary "Mame" | 23 Feb 1879 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17103 |
67 | Whelen, William E | 1880 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41089 |
68 | Hamilton, Margaret | 1881 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17102 |
69 | Telford, Frances Ada | 2 Apr 1881 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41647 |
70 | Dale, Bella R. | 1882 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42982 |
71 | Horner, Janet Agnes "Jessie" | 18 Dec 1883 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7381 |
72 | Nicholas, Mary Elizabeth | 8 Jan 1884 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41048 |
73 | Dale, Arthur Lyon Clarence | 6 Mar 1884 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42958 |
74 | Hodgins, Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" | 25 Apr 1884 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I25332 |
75 | Horner, Mary Jane "Jennie" | 6 Dec 1884 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33653 |
76 | Hamilton, James Duncan | 9 May 1885 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17096 |
77 | Hamilton, Samuel "Sam" | 23 Jul 1887 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17095 |
78 | Horner, William Ralph | 8 Sep 1887 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33654 |
79 | Dale, Margaret Louella | 1 Nov 1887 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I42957 |
80 | Horner, Fannie Emily | 4 Mar 1893 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33657 |
81 | Horner, Acie | Dec 1894 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33658 |
82 | Horner, Allan Silas | 19 Apr 1897 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33660 |
83 | Stephens, Rebecca Victoria | 2 Apr 1899 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I36191 |
84 | Horner, Margaret Clara Elizabeth | 2 Jan 1900 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33661 |
85 | Hamilton, Georgina Emily | 10 Jan 1900 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41043 |
86 | Hamilton, Mary E. | 15 Jul 1900 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I41042 |
87 | Hamilton, Ida Lorna | 3 Aug 1901 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I25270 |
88 | Horner, Samuel Irwin | 7 Feb 1903 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33662 |
89 | Horner, George | 17 Apr 1905 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33663 |
90 | Corrigan, Elvyn Duncan "Chris" | 9 Aug 1905 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17073 |
91 | Corrigan, Erma Margaret Alice | 1 Sep 1907 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17075 |
92 | Hodgins, Kathleen Eleanor | 27 Feb 1912 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17074 |
93 | Hamilton, Mabel Beulah | 5 Mar 1912 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I32985 |
94 | Corrigan, Amy Frances | 21 Jun 1913 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17080 |
95 | Hamilton, Doris Muriel | 1 Mar 1916 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I15921 |
96 | Horner, James Hamilton "Ebert" R. C. O. C. | 9 Apr 1916 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I25333 |
97 | Horner, Ruth Margaret Ida | 1918 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I25334 |
98 | Dale, Alwyn Sherwood | 30 Sep 1922 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7387 |
99 | Hamilton, Donald Howard | 6 Jan 1931 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17112 |
100 | Hamilton, Edward Ernest | 23 Jun 1932 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17113 |
Matches 51 to 57 of 57
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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51 | McMillan, Robert | 18 Jan 1939 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I33665 |
52 | Scully, Margaret Alice | 1941 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7383 |
53 | Horner, Jane "Jennie" | 1946 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7374 |
54 | Dale, Mervyn Arthur | 25 Aug 1957 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I31367 |
55 | Corrigan, William Hamilton | 1 Feb 1961 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I7371 |
56 | Corrigan, Elvyn Duncan "Chris" | 29 Dec 1985 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17073 |
57 | Hodgins, Kathleen Eleanor | 18 Jun 2008 | Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada | I17074 |
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