Hi Linda
This is one of those family tragedies that was always acknowledged and remembered. Mary Paul from Hood’s Settlement
The other picture is as described- the Lanark County Counsellors 1935- my grandfather Ray Paul is lower right.
Thanks for keeping our history alive
Mary Beth Wylie
Thank you Mary Beth!! Please keep sending those family photos in!!
My great Aunt Mary Paul (daughter of James C Paul and Mary Stuart O’Brien) died of tuberculosis on July 20 1913 at the tender age of 18. The picture of her was taken on May 7 1913 and she passed away on July 20 1913. Despite having died decades before I was born she was always part of my life.
The other picture is as described- the Lanark County Counsellors 1935- my grandfather Ray Paul is lower right.
Clipped from The Ottawa Journal, 19 Jun 1954, Sat, Page 14
Clipped from The Winnipeg Tribune, 01 Dec 1913, Mon, Page 5
*The passengers of the Prompt remained in Perth until Sept. 30, 1820 when the government paid an installment of one third of their bonus money. Then they set out for their new home in Lanark Village in wagons. Near there, on a hill top overlooking the Clyde, they were deposited with their baggage and they located a short distance to the west of the present site of McDonald’s Corners. Prominent among the original members of the community were James Martin, William Barrett, Charles Bailey, James Watson, George Brown, Thomas Easton, George Easton, Edward Conroy, Peter Shields, John Donald, John Duncan, Andrew Park, James Park, John Todd, William Jack, James Hood, Alexander Watt, and Robert Forest. read–Knox Church– McDonald’s Corners
Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read. Also check out The Tales of Carleton Place.
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