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Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada



 


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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.[

Latitude: 45.22629, Longitude: -76.19452


Birth

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Forgie, Sarah Jane  16 Jun 1862Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40390
2 Bond, George Marlborough  5 Apr 1864Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39090
3 Forgie, Henry Allan  28 Jun 1871Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40393
4 Berryman, Elizabeth  28 Jul 1875Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39145
5 Freeman, Herbert Barnett  13 Dec 1877Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39085
6 Bond, Lewis Franklin  11 Nov 1880Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39112
7 Cannon, John Carswell  19 Feb 1885Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40382
8 Cannon, Agnes Inez "Ivey"  1887Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40383
9 Bond, William Elliott  17 May 1890Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39111
10 Cannon, Frances Ermel  4 Sep 1896Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40386
11 Johnson, Viola Rae  5 Mar 1907Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39702
12 Johnson, Donald Patterson  1927Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39693
13 Neil, Mary Grace  18 Jun 1949Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13375

Death

Matches 1 to 50 of 196

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Thoburn, John  8 Apr 1879Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I34006
2 Sinnott, Catherine  23 Jun 1881Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I21040
3 Rath, Mary  27 Aug 1910Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40473
4 Flunder, Emma Elizabeth  4 Apr 1924Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38917
5 Dunn, Mary Ann  15 Jun 1924Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40318
6 Horton, Albert George  1 Aug 1924Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38916
7 Rath, Margaret  9 Jan 1930Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40474
8 McFarlane, Catherine  14 Sep 1938Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I22912
9 Neil, Stewart Wood  13 Nov 1942Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13374
10 Goodfellow, Margaret Anne  8 Jul 1947Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40319
11 Rooney, Patrick James  17 Jun 1949Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38946
12 Price, William Lawrence  9 Dec 1957Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40561
13 Goodfellow, John  5 Dec 1959Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40336
14 Hogan, Mary Elizabeth  30 Mar 1963Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38947
15 John James Johnson  23 Jun 1963Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39690
16 MacDowall, Thomas John  18 Apr 1966Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I41166
17 McGill, William THOMAS  11 Dec 1967Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I19523
18 Melanson, Joseph Gemmil  1 Feb 1989Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I9869
19 Rivington, Margaret Isabel  24 Jun 1993Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I19524
20 Sadler, James Edwin "Jim"  7 Sep 1993Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I33143
21 Sonnenburg, Erva Viola  23 Nov 1993Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I20254
22 Vandusen, Violet Ellenor  28 Feb 1994Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I33946
23 Goodfellow, Elsie  29 Jun 1994Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I24187
24 Monterville, Merlein R.  21 Sep 1994Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I31079
25 James, Minnie Bell  7 Jan 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I30164
26 Stewart, Erma Marie  11 Mar 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I42335
27 Trodden, Dorothy  12 May 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I28005
28 Somerton, Frederick Oliver  21 Jul 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I35156
29 Neilson, Wilfred Ross  2 Oct 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I8469
30 Giles, Wilbert Hanley "Wib"  30 Nov 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I29708
31 Templeman, Mabel Jessie  3 Dec 1995Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I24163
32 Wilson, Marjorie  2 Mar 1996Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I33225
33 James, Irene May  29 May 1996Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I21043
34 Patterson, Ethel  2 Oct 1996Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39692
35 Sherrard, Helen Jean  26 Jan 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I41449
36 Flewellyn, Ruby Lila  31 Mar 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13620
37 Steen, Lillian Alberta  30 May 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I32287
38 Graham, Inez VELMA  5 Jul 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I15034
39 Stewart, William Duncan  18 Oct 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I19927
40 More, Laurier Bryan "Laurie"  25 Dec 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I11475
41 Boucher, Alice May  20 Apr 1998Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I30255
42 Munro, Beatrice Grace "Bea"  Dec 1998Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13042
43 Thom, Marguerite Hazel  21 Apr 1999Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I41408
44 Cochran, Margaret Isobel  14 Jun 1999Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I643
45 King, John Albert Clarence "Jack"  11 Aug 1999Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I36433
46 Newton, William Harold  2000Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I35749
47 Rodger, James ROY  27 Jan 2000Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I37739
48 Lawson, Mary Elizabeth  13 Mar 2000Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I9427
49 Robertson, Margaret Florence  25 Aug 2000Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I27525
50 Reid, Murray Lawson  11 Oct 2000Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I31640

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Burial

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID 
1 McNaughton, Harriet E.  Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14863
2 McNaughton, William H.  Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14864
3 Gould, Jane  1889Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I7798
4 James, John  14 Mar 1895Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I8975
5 Cunningham, Bolton  1897Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I7797
6 Atcheson, Jane  Dec 1920Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I8976
7 Rooney, Patrick James  20 Jun 1949Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38946
8 Hogan, Mary Elizabeth  1963Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38947

Alt. Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Alt. Death    Person ID 
1 Struthers, Jeanette M. M. "Jean"  15 Mar 2014Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I12918

Marriage

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Family    Marriage    Family ID 
1 Woods / Dunfield  1 Jan 1876Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada F2853
2 Finlayson / Horton  2 Jan 1908Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada F2286
3 Neil / McGregor  21 Nov 1942Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada F4437

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