The Ottawa City Directory 1897-98 —Simpson Book Collection

The Ottawa City Directory, 1897-98 –From the Simpson Book Collection-Ed and Shirley’s Simpson –Historic Books — the List


Directory:
The Ottawa City Directory, 1897-98, Embracing an Alphabetical List of All Business Firms and Private Citizens. A Classified Business Directory and a Miscellaneous Directory. Containing a Large Amount of Valuable Information; Also a Complete Street Guide, to which is Added an Alphabetical and Street Directory of Hull, Que. Also Suburban Directories of Billing’s Bridge, Clarkston Village, Hintonburg, Janeville, Mechanicsville, Ottawa East, Rideauville, Rockliffe Park. — Vol. XXIV — Ottawa : Might Directory Co., 1897

Copy of book on Library and Archives Canada click here

From the Simpson Book Collection-Ed and Shirley’s Simpson –Historic Books — the List

Ed and Shirley’s Simpson –Historic Books — the List

Remember Lover’s Lane? Lover’s Walk? Les Chats Sauvage? Simpson Books

You Have to Open Up a Business Here!!! 1912 Ottawa Marketing — Simpson Books

Down on Main Street– 1911-Photos- For the Discriminating and the Particular — Simpson Books

The General Hospital 1867-1929 Photos — Simpson Books

Renfrew Fair 1953-1953-Ed and Shirley (Catherine) Simpson

Did You Know? Union School #9 and Goulburn #16

When One Boat Filled the Rideau Lock–Rideau King

Women’s Institute Burritts Rapids 1902-1988

Looking for Photos of ‘The Castle’ in Ashton

A Romantic Story of the Founding Of Burritt’s Rapids

The First Half Century of Ottawa Pictorial McLeod Stewart – Simpson Book Collection

1906 INDUSTRIAL AND PICTURESQUE OTTAWA CANADA – PHOTOS— Simpson Book Collection

Ottawa, The Capital of the Dominion of Canada 1923 Simpson Book Collection

Views Of Ottawa (Aylmer) Basil Reid 1890-1900 Simpson Book Collection – Photos Photos Photos

Carleton Place Directory 1906

From the Carleton Place Herald– January 15 1910—The King Edward Roller Rink has closed for the balance of the winter. Yes we had a roller rink in Carleton Place

Staff- Both photos Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum

Related reading

Carleton Place Directory 1859

1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

Carleton Place 1903 Business Directory –Names Names Names

Carleton Place 1857- Your Butcher Your Baker and Your Candlestick Maker -Names Names Names

The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
21 Oct 1933, Sat  •  Page 26

 

The Gazette

Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Wed, Mar 11, 1857 · Page 2

 

 

Carleton Place Directory 1859

1. CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

2. 1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

3. Carleton Place 1903 Business Directory –Names Names Names

1. LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY

   Village of Lanark Business Directory 1886– 1887

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Farmersville 1859 County Directory (Athens)

   PAKENHAM VILLAGE DIRECTORY – 1851

2. Charleston Lake Village 1800s Directory

   The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

3. Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

Merchants of Lanark and Renfrew Counties 1850 – Directory Names Names — Genealogy

1. 1. 1. Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun and theSherbrooke Record and and Screamin’ Mamas (USACome 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. Tales of Almonte and Arnprior Then and Now.

Carleton Place Directory 1859

1. LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY

   Village of Lanark Business Directory 1886– 1887

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Farmersville 1859 County Directory (Athens)

   PAKENHAM VILLAGE DIRECTORY – 1851

   Almonte 1859 Business Directory

   Charleston Lake Village 1800s Directory

   The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

2. Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

   CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

3. 1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

4. Carleton Place 1903 Business Directory –Names Names Names

5. Dalhousie Township Names Names Names –Land Registry Genealogy Do you know anyone???

When There Were No House Numbers and No Directories

When one went to a store In Ottawa in the 1800s and bought something which was too heavy to carry home, one gave one’s address something like this, “I live on Clarence street, halfway between Sussex and Dalhousie streets. It is a white cottage set back from the street about 20 feet,” or whatever designation would make it easy for the parcel delivery man to find.

There were no street numbers then and no street directory. To help out, a good many people who could afford it had name plates of various sorts on their doors. But after all, finding somebody’s place wasn’t so hard as everybody in a block in those days knew pretty much everything about everybody else in that block and could direct one very quickly: “Fourth door from the corner on the other side of the street,” or “The big brown house in the middle of the block,” or “The little log house, whitewashed,” etc. Or it might be, “The frame house with the lilac bushes in front.”

Everybody’s place had some distinctive description, and the people in that period had to be trained to be observant of the distinctive marks of places, just as today a farmer can unerringly direct you to a certain farm by describing to you certain frontal appearances of the place. It Is all a matter of being observant.

On the other hand, when a farmer asks you where a certain person lives in town, you simply go to a directory or a telephone book and tell him the address or wherever he does live. The natives and the pioneers had to be observant. Their comfort and their safety depended on their observance of bush marks and landmarks.

The man who delivered goods also had to be observant. His ability to remember places and descriptions saved him a lot of hunting. In the fifties a considerable part of the population could not read and they had to have signs and descriptions to guide them. The stores provided signs for such and they were all signs indicative of the line of business followed in the store. There were signs of keys, clothing, saws, boots, hats, coal scuttles, and what not. The business streets were a mass of signs of every description. The man or-woman who could not read could at least detect the location of the sort of store he was looking for. Besides the signs, to guide the uneducated, were plenteous displays of merchandise outside every store door.

where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun and theSherbrooke Record and and Screamin’ Mamas (USACome 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. Tales of Almonte and Arnprior Then and Now.

Carleton Place Directory 1859

1. LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY

   Village of Lanark Business Directory 1886– 1887

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Farmersville 1859 County Directory (Athens)

   PAKENHAM VILLAGE DIRECTORY – 1851

2. Almonte 1859 Business Directory

   Charleston Lake Village 1800s Directory

   The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

3. Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

   CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

4. 1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

5. Carleton Place 1903 Business Directory –Names Names Names

 

Almonte 1859 Business Directory

White & Thoburn stores from almonte.com

 

 

 

From Tammy Marion–In case you guys haven’t seen this yet..Its from 1859 – Lanark County & ( Leeds,Grenville,Lanark & Renfrew………https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/bitstream/handle/1974/8798/leedsgrenvillela00copl.pdf;jsessionid=90866F7E421F523B9D342BABE604C0F2?sequence=1

 

Clipped from

1. The Gazette,
2. 21 Nov 1859, Mon,
3. Page 2

 

 

 

Clipped from

1. The Gazette,
2. 14 Apr 1859, Thu, 
   

   Clipped from

   1. The Gazette,
   2. 14 Oct 1859, Fri,
   3. Page 2

   Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun and theSherbrooke Record and and Screamin’ Mamas (USA

   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. Tales of Almonte and Arnprior Then and Now.

   

   LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY

   Village of Lanark Business Directory 1886– 1887

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

   Farmersville 1859 County Directory (Athens)

   PAKENHAM VILLAGE DIRECTORY – 1851

3. Charleston Lake Village 1800s Directory

   The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

4. Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

   CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

5. 1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

6. Carleton Place 1903 Business Directory –Names Names Names

Almonte The Woolen Town 1900

 

photo from almonte.com

Clipped from The Ottawa Journal,  17 Nov 1900, Sat,  Page 14

photo from almonte.com

 

RAMSAYVILLE

A Village situated in the Township of Ramsay, on the Mississippi River, C.W. – distant from Bytown, 35 miles. Population about 200.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PROFESSIONS, TRADES, & c.

Gemmill, John, general store

Haskins, —-, planning and grooving mills

Leekie, Thomas, general store, 1/2 mile from the village

Mansill, Thomas, tannery, 1/2 mile from the village

McGregor, —-, innkeeper

McMorin, Rev. John, Scotch Church

Rea, Hugh, general store, boots and shoes

Reed, Samuel, carding mill

Richardson, Edward, grist mill

Shipman, Daniel, temperance inn

Shipman, Daniel, grist and saw mill

Wylie & Sons, general store

Wylie, James, postmaster

 

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.

Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun andScreamin’ Mamas (USA)

 

 

Looking for Information on the Native Fort Farm of Fred Sadler of Almonte

Did We Find Henry Lang’s Barn?

Almonte in the Twenties

 

Remembering John Kerry from Almonte—By Karen Hirst

 

Renfrew The Creamery Town 1900

 

 

Clipped from The Ottawa Journal,  17 Nov 1900, Sat,  Page 14

 

 

MCNAB Township ( Renfrew County ) DIRECTORY – 1851 

A Township and Village in the County of Renfrew , C.W. Population of the Township about 1500.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PROFESSIONS, TRADES, & c.

MORRIS, JAMES, postmaster and county registrar

Bourke, Edward, innkeeper

Devine, Mathew, shoemaker

Dickson, Robert, weaver

Frazer, Rev. S., Church of Scotland

Henderson, Archibald, weaver

Forrest, John, weaver

Leckie, David, innkeeper

McNab , D.C. , school teacher

Martin, John, lumber merchant

Mackie, David, carpenter

Morris, Peter, & Co., general store

Morris, William, lumber merchant

Morris, James, jun., town reeve

Neil, Nicholas, cooper

Rochester , George, miller

Rochester , William Y., general store

Sutherland, John, tailor

Stewart, Allan, township clerk

Wright, Nathaniel, innkeeper

 

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.

Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun andScreamin’ Mamas (USA)

 

 

Heritage Renfrew

The Directory of Renfrew

Are These Memories Just for Ourselves? — The Family in a Box

I Saved the Lives of 29 Men That Day

The House at Sand Point

 

1898-1899 Carleton Place Directory

 

2 young girls wearing their Sunday best dresses. On the front it reads “E. Morrison, Pioneer Photographer, Carleton Place” Ontario. Ezekiel Morrison worked on Bridge St. in Carleton Place between 1884 and 1886.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun andScreamin’ Mamas (USA)

 

Business Directory of Carleton Place 1866 and 1867- Any name you recognize?

CARLETON PLACE – 1851 DIRECTORY

LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY

Village of Lanark Business Directory 1886– 1887

Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

Business Directory for Ferguson Falls 1866

Farmersville 1859 County Directory (Athens)

PAKENHAM VILLAGE DIRECTORY – 1851

The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

The Tiny Hamlet of Bellamy’s Mills 1851

 

 

BELLAMY’S MILLS – 1851 DIRECTORY

A small village, situated on Indian Creek, in the Township of Ramsay, County of Lanark, C.W. – distant from Perth, 22 miles, and from Pakenham, 14 miles.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PROFESSIONS, TRADES & c.

Bellamy, Edward, grist, saw and carding mills

Bellamy, Hiram, wagonmaker

Bowes, John, postmaster and general store

Coulter, James, innkeeper

Geddes, Andrew, general store

Mackenzie, Peter, M.D.

O’Donnell, J., blacksmith

Read more here:

Welcome to Clayton, Ontario

No More Credit at Bellamy’s Mills and Other Notes

Falling For Lanark’s Heritage — Thanks for the Memories

The Floating Bridges of Lanark County

Judy from The Cheddar Stop is Selling a Little Bit of Heaven from Clayton

 

 

Other Town Directories

LANARK VILLAGE – 1851 DIRECTORY