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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 Berryman, Elizabeth  28 Jul 1875Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39145
2 Bond, George Marlborough  5 Apr 1864Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39090
3 Bond, Lewis Franklin  11 Nov 1880Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39112
4 Bond, William Elliott  17 May 1890Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39111
5 Cannon, Agnes Inez "Ivey"  1887Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40383
6 Cannon, Frances Ermel  4 Sep 1896Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40386
7 Cannon, John Carswell  19 Feb 1885Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40382
8 Forgie, Henry Allan  28 Jun 1871Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40393
9 Forgie, Sarah Jane  16 Jun 1862Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40390
10 Freeman, Herbert Barnett  13 Dec 1877Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39085
11 Johnson, Donald Patterson  1927Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39693
12 Johnson, Viola Rae  5 Mar 1907Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39702
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 John James Johnson  23 Jun 1963Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39690
2 Anderson, Isabella Pearl  Abt 2003Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40802
3 Barclay, Robert Andrew Bruce "Bob"  25 Dec 2017Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I34655
4 Barker, Robert James "Bob"  15 Jan 2002Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I846
5 Bell, Alexander P. "Alex'  4 Oct 2018Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I20839
6 Bennett, Rhea Marjorie  3 Jan 2005Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I20491
7 Blackburn, Dorothy Olive  22 Mar 2017Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I5263
8 Blaney, Isabel Florence  7 Jan 2007Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I9245
9 Blaney, Mervyn Percival  21 Nov 2006Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I42798
10 Blaney, Winnifred Violet  18 Feb 2015Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I42807
11 Bolton, John Louis Garfield  8 Jan 2009Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I24583
12 Bolton, Marilyn  10 Mar 2011Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I21465
13 Boucher, Alice May  20 Apr 1998Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I30255
14 Bradley, E. Gloria  2020Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14093
15 Brown, Fire Chief retired Art  11 Mar 2022Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I32285
16 Brown, Margaret JUNE  15 Sep 2005Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I35912
17 Brown, Mary Elizabeth Eva  31 Jan 2002Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I33118
18 Brydges, Marion Inez  2008Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14849
19 Brydges, Robert Henry "Bob"  11 Jan 2008Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14805
20 Cameron, Alice Katherine  14 Dec 2007Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I10001
21 Campbell, Verna Mabel  28 Oct 2008Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I14631
22 Clarke, Alma Olive  2 Feb 2007Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I29342
23 Cochran, John Harvey  4 Feb 2002Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I5828
24 Cochran, Margaret Isobel  14 Jun 1999Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I643
25 Code, Edna L.  20 Dec 2018Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I29723
26 Colton, James Joseph "Jim"  2019Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I34557
27 Coxford, Elizabeth Ila  28 Feb 2009Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I106
28 Coyles, Jean Beverley  18 Nov 2021Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I1493
29 Craig, Dorothy Ann  22 Nov 2014Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I19431
30 Crawford, Ervie George  19 Sep 2015Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I33945
31 Currie, Carmel Helena  23 Jan 2013Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I12297
32 Currie, Helen Evelyn  6 Apr 2012Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I27880
33 Currie, Lois Blanch  24 Aug 2012Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I12301
34 Currie, Vennita  15 Feb 2011Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I12302
35 Davis, Emily Anna  13 Jun 2020Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I37359
36 Dean, Audrey Wilma  18 May 2023Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I26336
37 Desarmia, Arthur Louis "Art"  13 Dec 2008Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13092
38 Drummond, David Lawson  13 Apr 2019Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I5368
39 Drynan, Kathleen Elizabeth Ann  9 Aug 2007Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I20416
40 Drynan, Robert Herbert Clifford "Bob"  25 Apr 2005Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I17015
41 Dunn, Mary Ann  15 Jun 1924Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I40318
42 Fee, Melville "Mel"  4 Nov 2022Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I5340
43 Ferguson, John McEwen  12 Nov 2013Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I5376
44 Flewellyn, Ruby Lila  31 Mar 1997Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I13620
45 Flunder, Emma Elizabeth  4 Apr 1924Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I38917
46 Foster, Elmer  1 Mar 2023Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I39831
47 Fry, James Lawrence "Larry"  20 Apr 2018Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I37130
48 Fulton, Allan Smith  3 Apr 2013Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I26335
49 Fulton, Douglas John "Doug"  10 Sep 2021Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I17322
50 Gilchrist, Margaret  24 Mar 2022Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada I3055

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Burial

Matches 1 to 8 of 8

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

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

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