Dugald James New lived and worked as a labourer for a period of time in Almonte, and from what I can tell he moved on to working with the Moore logging camp in the Ottawa region. ( thanks to Jaan Kolk) He was in love with Emma Buffam who lived in Appleton and them moved to Carleton Place and her nickname to everyone was ‘Kid”. I have also found postcards from other logging locations so I will do a few postcards each day so we can put their romance together. They dated by postcards for almost 4 years.
Postcards from Dugald James New to Emma Buffam in Carleton Place ( there are about 60 of them- and will put up two a day) thanks –thanks to Cathy & Terry Machin-
May 5,1910
Hello Kid,
Got a card from Ernie and he thought you were a dandy. When I go home to see you, you will be out. Say Kid, wish you were here you would have a lot to do as we have a lot to do. Did you hear anything about the wedding? Brice came home just before I left and didn’t have time to talk to him. Well this is ‘all the lies’ I can think of. Answer soon!!
Dugald
May 9 1910
Well Kid I got that letter you said you sent last week so I thought and would save you asking the Boogieman about it. Well kid, it rained this afternoon and getting ready to see the explosion in Hull.(Quebec) so I don’t have much time. Besides a lot of running around I have to do. Well kid I suppose you are having a good time, but answer soon, if not sooner. DUG
October 19, 1910, Ottawa ( postmarked Ottawa CPR MC)
Well kid,
We had to work tonight, and I did not have a chance to get up. I may be up tomorrow night if nothing happens. We are having one heck of a swell time I don’t think. I worked from twelve o’clock last night until seven this morning. Well kid, be good.
Dug
August 16, 1910 ( postmarked Train Number G)
Well kid,
Here we are having a lovely time working all day and part of the night. I saw Annie B this morning and was talking to her. I have not been in the water yet ( logging) and have no notion to go in. He has not asked me to go in yet. I think I will be here for a day or two.
Well kid, be good. Soon
Dug..
April 10, 1912 Caledonia Springs
Well, kid
We came down today, and it is certainly a nice place to drop off at as we mot certainly can’t get home until midnight on the freight train. We aew all now in the prime of health. If nothing happens I may drive down to the house on Sunday around 2 or 2:30 if it is good weather. Well kid, don’t write again until I see you, because I don’t know what kind of place this is and we never come back. I will close remaining your friend
Dug
January 3, 1911 Point Fortune
We got here okay and I think I will go out on the job tomorrow. Hope it won’t get that hard on me. But never mind, things may pick up for me. Mr Demers did not come out with us as his son Duncan came off the train we were on. I wrote a car from Rigaud to you. Answer soon if not sooner. I also don’tknow what happened to Tom. He was on the train when we left Carleton Place and that is the last we seen of him. Would you see if he is at home and answer right back?
Dugald
The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
09 May 1910, Mon • Page 1
The national road also passed through the village.
But, the 1960s transformed Pointe-Fortune forever.
With
the construction of the Carillon hydroelectric dam in the early 1960s and
the arrival of Highway 40 , Pointe-Fortune has become a small, isolated and quiet hamlet where the emphasis is on nature conservation, environmental protection, sustainable development and the recreation and tourism aspect.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
20 Mar 1911, Mon • Page 10
- Dugald James New and Emma Elizabeth Buffam–Married on Wednesday, November 5, 1913 in Lanark, Ontario. They had been dating for almost 4 years.
| Name: | Dugald James New |
|---|---|
| Age: | 23 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Carleton Place, Ontario |
| Marriage Date: | 5 Nov 1913 |
| Marriage Place: | Lanark, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | James H New |
| Mother: | Francis S Flynn New |
| Spouse: | Emma Elizabeth Buffam |
| Name: | Emma New |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Female |
| Racial or Tribal Origin: | English |
| Nationality: | Canada |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Age: | 30 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Residence Date: | 1 Jun 1921 |
| House Number: | 12 |
| Residence Street or Township: | Park Ave |
| Residence City, Town or Village: | Town of Carleton Place |
| Residence District: | Lanark |
| Residence Province or Territory: | Ontario |
| Residence Country: | Canada |
| Relation to Head of House: | Wife |
| Spouse’s Name: | Dugald New |
| Father Birth Place: | England |
| Mother Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Can Speak English?: | Yes |
| Can Speak French?: | No |
| Religion: | Presbyterian |
| Can Read?: | Yes |
| Can Write?: | Yes |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Municipality: | Carleton Place |
| Enumeration District: | 97 |
| Sub-District: | Carleton Place (Town) |
| Sub-District Number: | 50 |
| Enumerator: | T Franklyn Nolan |
| District Description: | Polling Division No. 5 – Comprising that part of the town south of the 12th concession line and east of Rochester street and Franktown Road |
| Neighbours: | View others on page |
| Line Number: | 41 |
| Family Number: | 12 |
| Household MembersAgeRelationshipDugald New31HeadEmma New30WifeMabel Hurcomb26LodgerLillian New2Daughter |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
03 Mar 1942, Tue • Page 16
| Name: | Dugald New |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Racial or Tribal Origin: | English |
| Nationality: | Canada |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Age: | 31 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Residence Date: | 1 Jun 1921 |
| House Number: | 12 |
| Residence Street or Township: | Park Ave |
| Residence City, Town or Village: | Town of Carleton Place |
| Residence District: | Lanark |
| Residence Province or Territory: | Ontario |
| Residence Country: | Canada |
| Relation to Head of House: | Head |
| Spouse’s Name: | Emma New |
| Father Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Mother Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Can Speak English?: | Yes |
| Can Speak French?: | No |
| Religion: | Presbyterian |
| Can Read?: | Yes |
| Can Write?: | Yes |
| Months at School: | 90-91 |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Employment Type: | 2 Wage Earner |
| Nature of Work: | ?? B |
| Income: | 1200 |
| Out of Work?: | No |
| Duration of Unemployment: | 09 |
| Duration of Unemployment (Illness): | 9 |
| Municipality: | Carleton Place |
| Enumeration District: | 97 |
| Sub-District: | Carleton Place (Town) |
| Sub-District Number: | 50 |
| Home Owned or Rented: | Owned |
| Monthly Rental: | BB |
| Class of House: | Single House |
| Materials of Construction: | Wood |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 |
| Enumerator: | T Franklyn Nolan |
| District Description: | Polling Division No. 5 – Comprising that part of the town south of the 12th concession line and east of Rochester street and Franktown Road |
| Neighbours: | View others on page |
| Line Number: | 40 |
| Family Number: | 12 |
| Household MembersAgeRelationshipDugald New31HeadEmma New30WifeMabel Hurcomb26LodgerLillian New2Daughter |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
19 Feb 1966, Sat • Pa
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| Name: | E Lillian Bassett |
|---|---|
| Birth Date: | 1919 |
| Death Date: | 2010 |
| Cemetery: | United Cemeteries |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | Beckwith, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| Has Bio?: | N |
| Spouse: | Gordon A Bassett |
| URL: | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187497647/e-lillian-bassett |
| Name: | E. Lillian Bassett |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Female |
| Death Age: | 91 |
| Birth Date: | abt 1919 |
| Death Date: | 3 Nov 2010 |
| Obituary Date: | 6 Nov 2010 |
| Spouse: | Gordon |
| Child: | GordRuthRodRon |
| Name: | Mrs Lillian New |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Female |
| Residence Date: | 1963 |
| Residence Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Electoral District: | Danforth |
| Reference Number: | M-5105 |
Early lumber companies were very simple operations requiring a lot of hard work and luck and a little capital for wages and supplies.Most timber was illegally cut off crown land.This account of the Moore brothers of Aylmer describes the typical first generation of pioneer lumber men.Their nephews and sons went on to live near Des Joachim’s and be successful lumberers along the Black,Dumoine and Upper Ottawa river,especially David Jr.”Job Sr and David Moore Sr were the sons of Dudley Moore who arrived in Wrightville in the early 1800s.Together they formed the first edition of the Moore Lumber Company shortly after Philemon Wright made his first voyage to Quebec City.In their first operations they each took an axe and two or three men with a yoke of oxen,one cow,one bag of Indian corn,one bag of flour,butter and a small quantity of meat and established a shanty on Lac Deschenes.They made a few cribs of timber,rafted them (many cribs formed a raft with buoyant pine as the base and a few heavier oak and other hardwood on top) and took them to Quebec.By hard work and perseverance and modest growth ,year by year, they became very extensive lumberers.”(from an interview with an acquaintance of the brothers by Anson Gard) READ—The Last of the Wild Rivers
Photo from- thanks to Cathy & Terry Machin– Moore Lumber Co who Dugald New worked at as a cook and labourer.
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