The Cheshire Cat — Native Encampment and Mulligan’s School

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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada10 Dec 1938, Sat  •  Page 2

Category – One-Room SchoolhousesWaymark – School Section #1, Huntley, Ontario (Mulligan’s School)

http://www.oneroomschoolhouses.ca/huntley-township.html

Facts

After a destructive fire in January 2013, the Cheshire pub and former schoolhouse has been rebuilt and reopened.

Year the school first opened.: 1/1/1883

Year the school closed.: 1/1/1957

Thomas Mulligan donated land in 1820 for the site of “Mulligan’s School”. Initially there were log structures before a stone building was erected in 1883. An organ was installed in 1929. The building ceased operation as a school in 1957 and became a residence for several families. In 1989, it was converted into the popular “Cheshire Cat” old English pub. It is owned by Dustin & Crystal Therrien, and is also a designated heritage site. (2193 Richardson Side Rd, Carp, ON K0A 1L0)

Mrs. Mulligan, who, prior to her marriage, was Eliza Jane Bradley belonged to one of the oldest families in the Carp district of Huntley township. She was a daughter of the late Clement Bradley, and a granddaughter of the late William Bron Bradley, who settled on the first line of Huntley away back in 1639 on property deeded to him by an older brother. Edward Sans Bradley, who pioneered there more than a hundred years ago. William Brown Bradley and his family were residing in Montreal and came from there to take possession of the homestead. On her mother’s side ther mother was Rebecca Alexander. Mrs. Mulligan is a granddaughter of the late Andrew Alexander, another of the Carp district early settlers.

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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada19 Nov 1938, Sat  •  Page 2

Doreen Sample’s class at S.S. No. 1 Huntley, circa 1960 – Courtesy of Doreen Sample. Front: Doug Radbourne, Doug White 2nd Row: Wayne McGee, Bobby Styles, Ray Rothwell, Bruce Story, Ralph Paul, Herbie Stykes, Sefton Moore, Clifford White, Weldon Wilson, Brian McGee, Roy Daley, Stanley Cowan 3rd Row: Bruce Mordy, Ernie Manchester, Harold Daley, Dale Wilson, Ken Paul, Eleanor Daley, Marilyn Mulligan, Donna Baskins, Verla Cowan, Fred Manchester, Sterling Howie, Ronnie Radbourne, Calvin Mulligan Back: Elva Moore, Kathy Manchester, Glenna Bradley, Gail Radbourne, Sandra Rump, Marion Moore, Diane McGee, Arlene Boyd, Cheslyn Mulligan, Catherine Boyd, Diane Rothwell, Linda Baskins

These were Carleton Place and Almonte men, so they had quite a ride in the winter to get there.

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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada19 Nov 1938, Sat  •  Page 2

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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada19 Nov 1938, Sat  •  Page 2

Jaan KolkI question whether the young Nicholas Sparks mentioned in the 1938 article as having taught there ca. 1860 really was the son of Bytown’s Nicholas Sparks. There were *a lot* of Sparks family members in Carleton; I wonder if this might have been Nicholas Sparks born in Bell’s Corners in 1835 to George Sparks and Letitia (Caldwell) Sparks. George was the brother of Bytown’s Nicholas (and not to be confused with cousin George Sparks.) Two of George’s other sons, George and William Edward, married two daughters of John Oliver Riddle of South March, and moved to that area.Doris Grierson Hope has worked hard on sorting out the connections of the Sparks family. CLICK HERE

Convivial British pub featuring a robust array of whisky, local beer & refined bar fare.
Service options: Dine-in · Takeout · No delivery


Address: 2193 Richardson Side Rd, Carp, ON K0A 1L0




Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 11:30 a.m. · More hours

Menu: cheshirecatpub.com

Phone: (613) 831-2183


Reservation: resdiary.com

Trudi FarrellYes, they have pictures up on their walls of its former past, if memory serves me correctly

Marjorie Moore KellyMy mother and her siblings walked several miles down what is today known as the Richardson Side Road to go to school in this building. They were instructed to dive into the ditch when they heard a car coming (which was rare). I have a very old picture of the youngest girl (barefoot) with other students in the schoolyard. Later, my husband and I visited when our friend Hartley Green lived in the schoolhouse and built a catamaran in the yard. He and his wife sold the schoolhouse and sailed to the Caribbean.

Marjorie Moore KellySchoolgirls in side yard of Cheshire Cat, my aunt Lillian barefoot in front. This picture hung in the Cat for quite a few years and I think their copy may have been destroyed in the fire.

Marjorie Moore KellyMarilyn Lindhard Barefoot Lillian Craig, b. 1929, youngest daughter of Rowland and Catherine Craig. Farm situated between 5th and 6th lines “up the way” from the schoolhouse on what is now Richardson Side Rd.

Marilyn LindhardI went to school at S.S.No 1 Huntley school (cheshire cat now)for 8 yrs starting in 1945 with Ruth Bradley as my teacher.(marilyn cox)good yrs

Marjorie Moore KellyGwyn Nicholson Yes, I didn’t know of the Aboriginal camps but my mom (older sister to barefoot Lillian in picture) told of periodic gypsy encampments on their farm. While my grandfather allowed the gypsies to camp, the kids were scared stiff of them. I suspect they were warned they’d be stolen. Truth be told, I think my grandparents were afraid of the gypsies too, the way my mother told the story.

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Mrs. William Mulligan (Eliza Jane Bradley), was my second cousin if I were born four generations ago!
Little did she know she was sort of related to her teacher Nicholas Sparks; Her second cousin Catharine Bradley was married to John Snow, whose cousin Philemon Wright Jr. married Sarah Olmstead, but after Phil’s tragic death, Sarah married Nicholas Sparks Sr., and they had Nicholas Sparks, the teacher.
Lillian Craig was Eliza Jane Bradley’s first cousin (twice removed).

The Carp River Floating Bridge

We went as far afield as Constance Bay, Rideau Ferry, a variety of Fall Fairs, upstairs at the Richmond arena and all of the aforementioned towns, but the favourite for me was Mulligan’s barn; located on the Carp road (long gone). read-

Cruisin Through the Dance Halls- From Carleton Place and Beyond!! Larry Clark