Our Family's Journey Through Time
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Almonte (/'?lm?nt/ AL-mont; Spanish: [al'monte]) is a former mill town in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998, by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and Pakenham townships.[2] Almonte is 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-west of downtown Ottawa. Its population as recorded in the 2016 Canadian Census was 5,039.[1]
History
Mississippi Mills Waterfalls
European settlement
Almonte's first European-bred settler was David Shepherd, who in 1818 was given 200 acres (0.81 km2) by the Crown to build and operate a mill. The site became known as Shepherd's Falls. That name was never official, however, and Shepherd sold his patent after his mill burned down. The patent's buyer, Daniel Shipman, rebuilt the mill and the settlement became known as Shipman's Mills by about 1821.[3]
Most of Shipman's Mills' early settlers were Scottish and later Irish. A textile town almost from the start, by 1850 it was the home of seven busy woollen mills. It was one of the leading centres in Canada West for the manufacture of woollen cloth. The construction of a railway line to Brockville stimulated the economic growth of Almonte. During this time of rapid expansion, the town changed its name from Shipman's Mills to Ramsayville, and then to Waterford.
In 1869, Almonte was a village with a population of 2,000 on the Mississippi River in the Township of Ramsay, County of Lanark. It was a station of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway.[4] By the 1870 the town had thirty stores and forty other businesses.[5] Almonte was incorporated as a village in 1871, and was incorporated as a town in 1880.[6]
On 10 September 1909 the town suffered a major fire, which destroyed several buildings on the main street and caused $75,000 dollars worth of damage.[
Matches 151 to 196 of 196
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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151 | Graham, John James "Jim" | 17 Mar 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I26074 |
152 | Kellough, Florence Isobel | 14 Apr 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I11121 |
153 | Fry, James Lawrence "Larry" | 20 Apr 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I37130 |
154 | Gillan, Robert Edward "Ted" | 29 Sep 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I39049 |
155 | Bell, Alexander P. "Alex' | 4 Oct 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I20839 |
156 | Code, Edna L. | 20 Dec 2018 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I29723 |
157 | Colton, James Joseph "Jim" | 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I34557 |
158 | Drummond, David Lawson | 13 Apr 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I5368 |
159 | Morris, Shirley A. | 22 Apr 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I20262 |
160 | Virgin, John Leonard "Jack" | 27 Aug 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I11122 |
161 | Terpstra, Johnney | 8 Sep 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I39010 |
162 | Lowry, David Walter | 19 Sep 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I4812 |
163 | Willows, Feryn | 7 Dec 2019 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I21008 |
164 | Bradley, E. Gloria | 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I14093 |
165 | Paul, James P. "Jim" | 26 Feb 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I20306 |
166 | Munro, Paul Ernest | 8 Apr 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I10832 |
167 | Lalonde, Elizabeth Alice | 16 Apr 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I43023 |
168 | Murray, Irene Mary | 19 Apr 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I15131 |
169 | Schoular, Robert Douglas "Doug" | 21 Apr 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I23289 |
170 | McCann, T. Stewart Stu "Rock" | 14 May 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I34346 |
171 | Simpson, Dana Elizabeth | 16 May 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I5384 |
172 | Davis, Emily Anna | 13 Jun 2020 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I37359 |
173 | Robertson, Daniel Ray | 5 May 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I1502 |
174 | Plunkett, Robert ERIC Harold | 2 Jul 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I42466 |
175 | Poole, Mary Jane | 4 Jul 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I9088 |
176 | Melanson, Robert Stewart "Bob" | 28 Jul 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I34608 |
177 | Fulton, Douglas John "Doug" | 10 Sep 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I17322 |
178 | Robinson, Jennie Hulda | 26 Sep 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I28256 |
179 | Munro, John David "Jackie" | 24 Oct 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I13113 |
180 | Coyles, Jean Beverley | 18 Nov 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I1493 |
181 | Trimble, Ernest "Ernie" | 13 Dec 2021 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I30627 |
182 | Brown, Fire Chief retired Art | 11 Mar 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I32285 |
183 | Gilchrist, Margaret | 24 Mar 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I3055 |
184 | Snedden, Robert Alexander "SANDY" | 29 Apr 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I29773 |
185 | Ladoucer, Larence | 6 May 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I15647 |
186 | Stewart, Donald | 28 Jun 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I19839 |
187 | Munro, Claude Robert ELDON | 18 Jul 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I27883 |
188 | Hazelwood, Alexander Herbert "Alex' | 29 Sep 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I16523 |
189 | Fee, Melville "Mel" | 4 Nov 2022 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I5340 |
190 | Paul, Doris Isabel | Jan 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I5826 |
191 | Foster, Elmer | 1 Mar 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I39831 |
192 | Lowe, Edna Mae | 20 Mar 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I5297 |
193 | Dean, Audrey Wilma | 18 May 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I26336 |
194 | Thompson, Phyllis Dianne | 22 Jun 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I14854 |
195 | Giles, Desmond Leslie | 23 Jul 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I29670 |
196 | Lowry, James George "Jim" | 12 Aug 2023 | Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada | I7425 |
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