Wedding at the Hielans – Ovilla Maxwell Caldwell – Arthur Bassett Goldwyer Lewis

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Northern Gothic in Lanark County. One of the few houses near the business sector to escape the great fire, 15 June 1959 in Lanark, Ontario, destroyed approximately 33 buildings. The Hielans is a hilltop Victorian gothic heritage house in the heart of Lanark. Built by the Caldwell family c. 1865

Wedding

Name	Ovilla Maxwell Caldwell
Age	28
Birth Year	abt 1882
Marriage Date	24 Aug 1910
Marriage Place	Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Father	William C Caldwell
Mother	Kate Falconer Caldwell
Spouse	Arthur Bassett Goldwyer Lewis

Arthur Bassett Goldwyer Lewis-013971-10 (Lanark Co) Arthur Bassett Goldwyer LEWIS, 31, Civil Servant, Ottawa, s/o Alexander Goldwyn LEWIS & Annie BLAKIE; married Orilla Maxwell CALDWELL, 28, Civil Servant, Lanark Village, d/o William C. CALDWELL & Kate FALCONER; wit Rev. William McDONALD, Arthur P. APPLETON, both Ottawa City & Elizabeth Sheila CALDWELL, no place given, 24 Aug 1910, Lanark Village

Name	Ouilla Maxwell Caldwell
Gender	Female
Birth Date	22 Jul 1882
Birth Place	Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Father	William C Caldwell
Mother	Kate Smith Fatconer

When Ouilla Maxwell Caldwell was born on 22 July 1882, in Lanark, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Clyde Caldwell, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Smith Falconer, was 32. She married Arthur Bassett Goldwyer Lewis on 24 August 1910, in Lanark, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 24 May 1945, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62.

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

CHILD_Barbara Maxwell Goldwyer-Lewis

Name	Ouilla Maxwell Goldwyer-Lewis
Maiden Name	Caldwell
Gender	Female
Spouse	Arthur Bassett Goldwyer-Lewis
Child	Barbara Maxwell Goldwyer-Lewis

1916

DEATH

The Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Wed, 14 Oct 1953Page 8

Name	Mrs Ouilla Lewis
Gender	Female
Age	63
Birth Date	22 Jul 1882
Birth Place	Lanark Ontario
Death Date	24 May 1945
Death Place	Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
Father	W C Caldwell
Mother	Catharine Caldwell

The Lanark Era

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The Lanark Era

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The Lanark Era

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The Lanark Era

Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, 12 Jul 1911Page 1

The Lanark Era

Lanark, Ontario, Canada • Wed, 30 Mar 1910Page 1

Alexander Clyde Caldwell Photos— Thanks to Chris Allen

The Alexander Clyde Caldwell Family Part 1

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

Hielans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

Dalhousie Lake in Photos –Caldwell Family Summer Vacations

The Caldwell Family Lanark Era 1910

Did you Know About the Caldwell FirstNation?

Hot Off the Caldwell School Press 1990’s

Thanks to Glenda Mahoney for these clippings

Caldwell Public School Evan Greenman Ted LeMaistre – Thanks to Pete Brunelle

More Photos of Caldwell School –Llew Lloyd

The 1977 Pow Wow Caldwell School

Caldwell School– 1971-1972– Words of Wisdom from Bob White

Caldwell School Talent Show 1964

Caldwell School 1990 Relay Team

Clippings of The Clyde Forks Lumber Co. Clyde Forks Caldwell Mills

By 1872 William had inherited the firm and with it grist-mills and sawmills in Lanark village. About this time he took a middle name to distinguish himself from other William Caldwells, a number of them relatives. He also began to expand his business interests. Between 1870 and 1877 he joined Horace Brown in a grist-mill operation known as Brown and Caldwell at Carleton Place. A. Caldwell and Son added another sawmill, at Almonte, and in 1882 Caldwell was developing a sawmill and shingle-mill at Clyde Forks in Lavant Township, near the path of the developing Kingston and Pembroke Railway. Soon after the mill opened, Clyde Forks was swept by fire Caldwell’s Roller Mills and Sawmill Burnt to the Ground –$30,000 Damage—and he sold his Clyde limits to Calvin and Son of Kingston

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Clyde Forks and Caldwell Mills

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So Where Was Caldwell Mills? Thanks Jaan Kolk

Caldwell’s Roller Mills and Sawmill Burnt to the Ground –$30,000 Damage

A Postcard to Caldwell’s Mills

Missanoga Rock? Bon Echo Rock? Mazinaw Rock?–THE CANOE TRIPS TO THE ROCK 1895 and Ontario’s Answer to the Overlook Hotel

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Owen Sound Sun
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada16 Nov 1917, Fri  •  Page 11

I wrote an interesting story about a Lanark Cave a few months ago Mystery of the Lanark Cave — Lanark Village and this week I came across stories of a cliff rock with Indigenious markings called Missanoga Rock and could not find much about it– so I started to dig more.

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The Menasha Record
Menasha, Wisconsin28 Feb 1920, Sat  •  Page 4

It seemed it was called Missanoga Rock, Bon Echo Rock was Mazinaw Rock. Even in the history of the rock called the Gilbraltar of Canada there was mention of it being called Missanoga Rock. But it was, and even the Bon Echo Lodge called it that. In my confusion I had no idea as I had already written about the Mazinaw Rock–read Where Was Meyers Cave?

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The Washington Post
Washington, District of Columbia10 Jun 1910, Fri  •  Page 14

The history goes that Missanoga Rock/Mazinaw Rock rises 330 feet from the placid surface of Ontario’s Lake Mazinaw. This majestic rock has lured travelers for centuries, beginning with the Algonquin Indians who, on this rock, documented pieces of their lives, some hundreds of years ago. So we know In total, the Algonquins painted over 260 pictographs on this rock, using red ochre, a natural mineral, mixed with animal oil–creating the largest collection of its kind, in Southern Ontario. Mazinaw comes from “Mazinaabikinigan-zaaga’igan,” meaning “painted-image lake” in Algonquian– and I fear we will never know why it was called Missanoga.

In 1880, 1892, and 1895 a few local private journeys were made to Missanoga Rock. In those days it was so renowned and any journey was documented in the local newspapers. The gentlemen on one exhursion in 1892 were not believed, and the newspaper reported the local gossip that “they probably only made it as far as Innisville and camped out in the Innisville Hotel.”

Back Where I came From — Innisville

1892 Carleton Place

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Lanark, Ontario, Canada02 Oct 1895, Wed  •  Page 1

Sept 11,1895- Party of Caldwell and Drummond

THE CANOE TRIP TO MISSANOGA

Part 1- Sept 11 1895

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada11 Sep 1895, Wed  •  Page 3

18 Sep 1895— Part 2

Meyer’s Cave is mentioned here and the search for gold-Where Was Meyers Cave? and Meyer’s Cave — John Walden Meyers

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September 25,1895— Part 3 They reach the rock–

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada25 Sep 1895, Wed  •  Page 2

Was this the Joe Baye he was talking about? Joe Baye — Donna Sweeney Lowry

There is also a massive fading tribute to Walt Whitman etched into the rock.

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The Edmond Sun
Edmond, Oklahoma30 Oct 1919, Thu  •  Pag

The Weekly British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Mon, Aug 18, 1919 · Page 6

for more CLICK here.

Bon Echo Inn

 Flora MacDonald Denison, an Ontario-based inn owner called The Bon Echo Inn had her favorite poet’s words etched forever into a granite cliff. Mac-Donald-Denison decided to model her quiet piece of paradise after the spiritual humanism and democratic idealism of her poet hero, Walt Whitman. She started The Whitman Club at the inn and a small number of people in the Canadian arts world began to see Mazinaw Lake as a retreat.

In the sultry summers of the 1920s, however, bohemian holidayers from Toronto, controversial young artists like Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson, emerging authors, influential journalists having frolicked for some days or weeks in a rustic idyll beneath the great Mazinaw Rock at Bon Echo would converge on what was then Tweed’s Orange Hall to stage one of Merrill Denison’s “rollicking” entertainments.

It took a full day to make the 55-kilometre trip from Bon Echo. The amateur thespians would squeeze into Denison’s McLaughlin Buick for the bone-bruising drive along a dirt road (now Highway 41) to Kaladar where they’d catch a train to Tweed. The merrymakers would mount a quick rehearsal in the Orange Hall auditorium before bedding down in a local hotel.

There are old CBC radio Interviews with Merrill Denison speaking about the bygone days of the Bon Echo Inn and about the curious mysticism that surrounded the place (there are references to seances and ghosts etc) . When I saw clippings of the register I realized that these guests were the very best of the Canadian arts society. I think occultism was much more a part of the mainstream arts culture back then. It kept reminding me of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining…read-The Devil’s Telephone? The Ouija Board or Strange Stories from the Past

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_MacDonald_Denison

Denison was already a successful Toronto business woman when she took over ownership of the Bon Echo Inn in 1910. An early feminist Denison had started the Canadian Suffrage Association with a number of like-minded female activists, and was also a staunch proponent of the arts, especially writing. When she and her husband took over the Bon Echo Inn, she turned it into a haven for artists and thinkers, a quiet place in the Ontario wilderness where they could work and relax. Read more here click

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada21 Aug 1918, Wed  •  Page 5

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada14 Jul 1926, Wed  •  Page 3

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada30 Jul 1925, Thu  •  Page 7–Ruth Scripture moved to England from Toronto and died in 1935 in the UK

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Windsor, Ontario, Canada14 Sep 1936, Mon  •  Page 2

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada14 Jul 1926, Wed  •  Page 3

Mystery of the Lanark Cave — Lanark Village

Where Was Meyers Cave?

Meyer’s Cave — John Walden Meyers

THE CAVE AT POOLEY’S BRIDGE STORY

Historical Caves — Pelissier’s Caves

Snow Road Adventures- Hikes in the Old Cave — From the Pen of Noreen Tyers of Perth

So Where Were the Caves in Carleton Place?

Now You see it, Now You Don’t: The Disappearing and Reappearing of the Tim Horton’s Subterranean

The Caldwell Family Lanark Era 1910

read-The Clachan – William Smith– The Buchanan Scrapbook

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The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada30 Nov 1910, Wed  •  Page 4

The Clachan – William Smith– The Buchanan Scrapbook

Memories of Brightside- The Buchanan Scrapbook Clippings

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

The Alexander Clyde Caldwell Family Part 1

Hielans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

Dalhousie Lake in Photos –Caldwell Family Summer Vacations

Alexander Clyde Caldwell Photos— Thanks to Chris Allen

Remember When? Jamiesons — Now and Then-Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 5

Vintage Photos of the Gals — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 4

Heilans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

The White Pines of Carleton Place — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part1

Did you Know About the Caldwell FirstNation?

Glory Days in Carleton Place — DougCaldwell

What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have inCommon?

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“TheHielans”

The Second Location of Darou’s Bakery in Carleton Place?–Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part2

Revolutions of Death at Caldwell & Son’s

Sandy Caldwell King of the River Boys

More Tidbits About Lanark Village

The Tale of the Transplanted Higlanders

High Steppers Dance 1900

Photo from Jaimeson/ Caldwell–Remember When? Jamiesons — Now and Then-Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 5

 High steppers were considered a contemporary precision dance and drill troupe – performing dance steps, military drill maneuvers, marching steps and choreographed street dance to percussion accompaniment. I could not find anything pertaining these high steppers from Carleton Place but I did find this mention of ‘steppers’ in the Lanark Era.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada02 Apr 1919, Wed  •  Page 1

Never Miss a Chance to Dance!

No one in this world wanted to take over tap dancer Ann Miller’s job more than I did. After 70 long years of random attempts, all that remains is a pair of silver tap shoes tucked away in a cupboard long forgotten. I used to wear them on a day to day basis for many years as I always believed one should be on call if someone had the odd tap dancing job. In life I have always winged it: life, eyeliner, just everything.

As a child my mother told my father that I had natural rhythm and would probably belong to a professional dance troupe. Actually, what she really wanted me to be was one of the dancers on American Bandstand, but I had other goals in mind. When I was eight I wanted to fluff out my tutu and be the Sugar Plum Fairy so badly that I accidentally bumped the reigning fairy off the stage during practice. Seeing the stage was a foot off the ground, she was luckily not hurt, and I was to remain a Waltzing Flower forever.

At 17 I had my first “break”. I became one of the regular “crowd” dancers on a Montreal based TV show called “Like Young”. Every Saturday afternoon I lined up outside CFCF-TV sporting my grandmother’s orthopedic brown lace up shoes, ready to dance. Those borrowed shoes were just super for dancing and they looked fabulous with my floor dusting Le Chateau gabardine pants. I was nothing but double-trouble on the dance floor. Read the rest here..

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

More on Grandma Majaury — Mother Bread Maker Midwife and Step Dancer

Remember When? Jamiesons — Now and Then-Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 5

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Vintage Photos of the Gals — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 4

Heilans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

The White Pines of Carleton Place — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 1

Did you Know About the Caldwell First Nation?

Glory Days in Carleton Place — Doug Caldwell

What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have in Common?

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

The Second Location of Darou’s Bakery in Carleton Place?–Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 2

Revolutions of Death at Caldwell & Son’s

Vintage Photos of the Gals — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 4

This is Dorothy (née Jamieson) and Warren Dunlop’s wedding in 1943 or 1944.I don’t have all the people identified, but from L-R back row looking at the picture:Minnie Dunlop, Teddy Jamieson, Unidentified, Marion (née Hamilton) Jamieson, Dorothy (née Jamieson) Dunlop, Jean Jamieson, unidentified, Eleanor Jamieson, Bella (née Thompson) Jamieson (the matriarch and all the Jamieson girls’ mother.Jake Caldwell thanks!

Nancy Jamieson — My aunt Dots wedding … so all my Jamieson aunts and my Granny Jamieson. And my mum is 4 in from the left – Marion nee Hamilton …

Doug Caldwell

Doug Caldwell

October 30, 2020 Carleton Pla

Heilans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

The White Pines of Carleton Place — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 1

Did you Know About the Caldwell First Nation?

Glory Days in Carleton Place — Doug Caldwell

What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have in Common?

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

The Second Location of Darou’s Bakery in Carleton Place?–Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 2

Revolutions of Death at Caldwell & Son’s

Hielans Lanark Caldwell Reunion 1899 — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop – Part 3

Caldwell Jaimeson Dunlop Family Reunion–The Gastro Pub– Carleton Place October 30 2021

Photo of the day–Found this amazing picture while digging through a box of stuff left by the previous owners… Fairly certain this is Bess Caldwell, circa 1900-1905, ripping around the lawn of Goth Manor on her goat cart. from Northern Gothic in Lanark https://www.instagram.com/northerngothic/ – read-Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans” –read-Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

Miss Caldwell – Public Archives photo

Before- Lanark & District Museum–read-Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

Built in 1865 by the Caldwell family— (read more here More Tidbits About Lanark Village) and now known as “the Hielans,” this great house is a treasure of the Ottawa Valley, situated in the heart of the village of Lanark on the Clyde river”–read-Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

Did you Know About the Caldwell First Nation?

Glory Days in Carleton Place — Doug Caldwell

What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have in Common?

Documenting The Lanark Village Caldwell Home –“The Hielans”

The Second Location of Darou’s Bakery in Carleton Place?–Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 2

Revolutions of Death at Caldwell & Son’s

Sandy Caldwell King of the River Boys

More Tidbits About Lanark Village

The Tale of the Transplanted Higlanders

The Second Location of Darou’s Bakery in Carleton Place?–Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 2

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The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada05 Jun 1899, Mon  •  Page 5

Read the Clipping above….

Where was the first Darou Bakery? Was it on Bell or Mill Street?

Second location

Photo from Doug Caldwell

So Doug showed me this photo on Saturday and said he had no idea where the second bakery was.. It didn’t take me long to figure it out.

Darou’s second bakery was in the Capital Optical building on Bridge Street which later became Woodcock’s Bakery. One of the senior Jamieson’s confirmed it with : Darou’s was in that building before Woodcocks!

Third location

On the corner of Emily and Bridge Street- read- What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have in Common?

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Glory Days in Carleton Place — Doug Caldwell

What do the Darou Family of Bakers and Minnie the Hooker Have in Common?

The White Pines of Carleton Place — Caldwell Jamieson Dunlop Reunion – Part 1

Woodcocks Bakery

Christena McEwen– The Belle of Beckwith Part 1 -“The Woodcocks”

Wondrous! The Woodcock Bakery

Roy Woodcock Photo -Woodcock’s Bakery