Pontiac Archives

Gloria Tubman will be speaking on “Genealogical Research in Quebec” on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pontiac Archives. Everyone is welcome.

March 2, 2021

Due to COVID-19, the Pontiac Archives will continue to open by appointment only.

Please call 819-647-7013 for an appointment. The Archives open at 9:00am, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If there is no answer at 819-647-7013, please call 819-647-5685.

Until further notice, the Archives will continue to respect all COVID-19 sanitizing and safe distance protocols.

Thank you

Betty Russell

The Pontiac Archives will be closed for the Holiday Season from December 11, 2020, to January 12, 2021.

Due to Covid-19, the Pontiac Archives is open by appointment only. Please call 819-647-7013. If there is no answer, please call 819-647-5685. Thank you.

Beginning Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM, and will reopen Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 9:00 AM.

The Ireland Family Genealogy 1821 – 2017 was donated to the Pontiac Archives September 2017, by Joseph Grant Woolsey. Included is the death of Bryan Murray. Mr Woolsey’s mother Gertrude was the fourth member of the Robert Ireland family of six sons and six daughters. One was Joseph Grant Woolsey who donated this family tree.

The Ireland families all were born in North Onslow, Quebec. The heritage renovated home and farm is occupied by family.

Woolsey family genealogy 1785-2014
The Woolsey Family genealogy dating back to 1066 when the Wolsey name was common in Suffolk, England, where it gave rise to surname of Cardinal Wolsey in King Henry 8th reign,was donated by Joseph Grant Woolsey,

Colleen Lariviere, Mayor of Campbell’s Bay, Qc, donated two family trees of her parents, Jean Guy Lariviere and his wife Annette Gravelle.

Dorcas Sparling, Pontiac Archives Volunteer, prepared a binder including the descendants of Francis Sr Lariviere. Almost 200 Pontiac family names are listed.

The Woolsey Family genealogy dating back to 1066 when the Wolsey name was common in Suffolk, England, where it gave rise to surname of Cardinal Wolsey in King Henry 8th reign,was donated by Joseph Grant Woolsey,

The Ireland Family Genealogy 1821 – 2017 was donated to the Pontiac Archives September 2017, by Joseph Grant Woolsey. Included is the death of Bryan Murray. Mr Woolsey’s mother Gertrude was the fourth member of the Robert Ireland family of six sons and six daughters. One was Joseph Grant Woolsey who donated this family tree.

The Ireland families all were born in North Onslow, Quebec. The heritage renovated home and farm is occupied by family.

Shares were sold by The Shawville Rink Co Ltd beginning May 1, 1914. The Shares wee sold to Richardson Bros, Dalton Richardson and Ebert Richardson in 1948.

Copies of shares are now in the Pontiac Archives, Shawville, Quebec, donated by Sheila Richardson-McDowell.

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