The Pontiac Archives has received a copy in August 2016 for the public to use for research of Wesley United Cemetery, Charteris, Quebec, associated with the Methodist/United Church charges of Clarendon, Yarm and Shawville.
This project undertaken to determine who was buried in the Wesley United Cemetery in Charteris, Quebec began in 2013. Burials in this cemetery are from the 1880s until the present time. It was prepared by Gloria F. Tubman.
160th anniversary Shawville Fair, 2016 Labour Day Weekend, Sept 1-5. Sara Knox, President of the Pontiac Agricultural Society for the past 4 years, with a board of directors have spent countless hours of planning and organizing all year long to provide a wonderful fair.
The Pontiac Archives has documentation on the many events ready for the researchers.
The Pontiac Archives is open to the public at no charge. The only charge is for photocopies, and scans if you do the research yourself. Volunteers are available to provide you with the material on file.
If you choose to email the Archives and ask for volunteers to do some hours of research on your behalf, the charge is first 1/2 hour of preliminary research is free of charge. Then it is $20.00 per hour, plus costs of shipping.
Open House began today. Hours – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am – 4 pm. Genealogist Walter Brown will be here for the week to help visitors with their family genealogy.
New addition on file is a 1909 Stationary Engineer’s and Fireman’s Certificate, by the inspector of Boilers, James Ray, # 2568.
New brochure is completed listing a sample of the on-site family trees, Key Elements of Cultural Diversity, Heritage Collections and important contact information.
May 11, 2016, Anita Barber Rutledge, from Wakefield, Quebec, donated a copy of the Barber Scrapbook, compiled by Mary Barber Watson Montague, to the Pontiac Archives.
This has information of the descendants of John Barber (1827-1880) and Elizabeth Begley and their eight children.
It is a copy of a scrapbook which was compiled by Mary Jane Wilson Barber who died on November 20, 1930 in her 65th year. Some materials which were saved by her daughter-in-law, Louise Campbell Barber, as well as her children have also been added.
Family identified pictures of Barber and Wilson persons and a photo album are also available for researchers to view.
June 2016, some documents were donated to the Pontiac Archives such as family history of old families from Clarendon. This is typed and in individual duotangs, as prepared by Rev Father Joseph Gravelle and others. Below is a list:
– Pontiac County, Quebec Early History of French origins families
– History of Onslow, Quyon, Bristol and Eardley Parishes 1908
– The Eades Family, that of Thomas Eades and Margaret Alexander, work of George W Eades of Carleton Place, Ontario
– Pontiac County, Quebec Churches, Vol 1. St Mary’s Parish – early days at Quyon
– St Andrew’s Church, Bristol, Qc, Draft 1 History. Brief history of St Andrew’s Knox and Austin Churches
– Pontiac County, Qc – Prendergast. The Early History of Pontiac Families
– Pontiac County, Qc – Early History Municipalities. Portage du Fort, Pontiac Canal, by Fred Coyne
– Heritage – Eardley Township, by Edgar Reside, The Equity – August 31, 1977
– Ottawa Valley History – Gatineau Bell, by Marion Rogers
– Ruth Scharge, Pontiac Jargon. Valley -ese
– Robert McJanet documentation 1817 – 1891
http://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/
Above is the link to read Digital Collection The Equity on-line issues beginning 1883 to 2010
at Bibliotheque et archives nationales du Quebec.
A book, written by Gordon “G. Graham, “Suffering from a Want of Communication: A History of Transportation in Pontiac County” is available for research at the Pontiac Archives.
It includes information dating back to 1800s. This book is written in English and in French.
There is also a large collection of materials regarding railroads in the Pontiac and the Ottawa Valley available for research. One file is “Union Village Horse Railway” which is very old.
The Pontiac Archives has received recently a 28 page document, donated by Harry Hubley, in October 2015.
It covers the local railway items from Ottawa Papers – Beachburg subdivision.
Articles from 1894 to 2015 are listed.
Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Quebec, will host their annual open house, Tuesday, July 5, Wednesday, July 6, and Thursday, July 7, 2016. The hours are 9 am to 4 pm.
For information email: archives@pontiacaarchives.org or phone 819-647-7013.
Open House in July 2016 dates will be announced later.