SPRINGTOWN REFLECTIONS
Irene Robillard
Table of Contents
Preface
The Early Years
Chapter 1 – The Mighty Madawaska Timeline
Chapter 2 – Early Settlers
Chapter 3 – The Square Timber Industry
Chapter 4 – Postal Services
Chapter 5 – Municipal Turmoil
Chapter 6 – Early Census
Springtown’s Heyday
Chapter 7 – A Town is Born
Chapter 8 – Letter From Ireland
Chapter 9 – 1871 Census – Departures and Arrivals
Chapter 10 – The Sun Shines Brighter in Bagot
Chapter 11 – Timber’s Zenith Brings Rowdiness and Murder
Chapter 12 – Village Life
Springtown’s Decline
Chapter 13 – The 1880s – The Kick and Push
Chapter 14 – The 1890s ~ Stalled Growth
Chapter 15 – Further Decline in the Lumber Industry
Chapter 16 – The 1900s – Exodus
Holding Their Own
Chapter 17 – The 1910s – New-Fangled Gadgets
Chapter 18 – The 1920s and 1930s – Roads and Bridges
Chapter 19 – The 1930s – Depression Years
Chapter 20 – The 1940s – War and Water
Chapter 21 – The 1950s and 1960s – Sad Times
Chapter 22 – The 1970s – Quiet Times
Other
Chapter 23 – School Days
Chapter 24 – Religion Through the Years
Chapter 25 – Gardens of Remembrance
Chapter 26 – Modern Times
Appendices
Appendix A – Extract From 1861 Census
Appendix B – Springtown Postmasters
Appendix C – Contents of Enclosed CD
References
About the Author
This book is now out of print.
INDEX
Abbreviations
Admaston Township
Ahearn (see Heron)
Agnew
Agriculture (see farming)
Algonquin, (see Indian)
Almeras, Father
Anderson
Armand
Armstrong
Arno
Arnprior
Ashdad/Ashdod
Assessor
Austin
Automobile
Bailie
Baldwin Act
Baldwin & Co.
Balmer Island (see Stewartville)
Barnet
Barr
Barry
Barryvale
Bartlett
Bathurst District
Batson
Baxcer (?)
Bees (see Work Bees)
Belanger
Bellamy
Belongil
Bennett
Bisko
Black Donald
Blacksmith
Blane
Blimkey / Blimkie
Bomhower
Bonnechere River
Boom (see Log Boom)
Booth, J.R.
Box (surname)
Bouvier Father
Brady
Braeside
Brennan
Bresnahan
Breyer / Bryer / Bryard
Bridge
Bridges / Brydges
Bridget
Brill
Britain / Brittain
Brody
Bromley Township
Bronson
Brougham Township
Brown
Brunke
Buch (?)
Burnstown
Burwell, Dr. Bill
Bus service
Byrne, Father
Bytown (see Ottawa)
Calabogie
Campbell
Canaan
Caneta
Car (see automobile)
Carlow Township
Carmichael
Carpenter
Carrole
Carswell
Cartwright
Casartelli, Rev.
Castleford
Cattle drives
Cavanaugh Bros.
Cemetery
Census
Chamberlain Lake
Chats Lake (see Ottawa River)
Cherwatty
Cholera
Church, St, Gabriel’s
Church (surname)
Church (other)
Chute
Clamo
Clemen
Clerk
Cobalt
Cole
Collector (see tax collector)
Comera
Concert
Condon
Conna Settlement
Conroy
Constant (see Kiconse)
Constant Creek
Cooper (name)
Cooper (trade)
Copps
Cordwainer
Corrigan
Costello
Coulas
Council / Councillor
Courrier
Coxwell
Crane (name)
Cranston, Dr.
Crews (surname)
Cribs
Culhane
Cully
Cummings
Cunningham
Currier
Cuthbert
Dacre
Dam
Dam Hill
Dance
Darling Township
Davis, Rev.
Deals
Dedo
Dempsey
Denison / Dennison
Denniston
Depression
Desjardins
Devine
Dies (?)
Dillon
Diphtheria
Dodd
Dollery
Donnelly
Doolan
Dooly
Dooner, Father
Douglas
Dressmaker
Drowning
Duchesne
Dufresne
Dwelling
Dyndin
Dzemenski
Eady
Eddy, E.B.
Egan, John M.
Egan
Electricity
English (surname)
Enright
Enumerator
Eugene, Father Joseph
Facette / Fassette (see Foster)
Farmer / farming
Farquharson
Felleter / Felliter / Fillator
Fence viewer
Fergus
Ferguson
Ferrel
Findlay
Fire
Fisher
Flannery
Flat Rapids
Flat Rapids Road
Fleming Lane
Flour bags
Flynn, Rev.
Foley
Forrest
Foster / Facette
Frank
Fraser
Fraser Family Cemetery
Free Church / Free Kirk
Fremont, Father
French (surname)
Frogemkie / Frogenskie
Frood
Fur trade
Gaudet
Gemmill
Genealogy
German (surname)
Gillies
Glasgow Station
Goodfellow
Gorra
Goshen
Granny’s Eddy
Grant
Graveyard (see Cemetery)
Greater Maclawaska, Township of
Green / Greene
Griffin
Gristmill (see mill)
Haileybury
Haley
Halliday / Holliday
Halliday Creek / Marsh
Hagart
Hamilton
Hanniman
Haringhton
Harness maker
Hartney
Hastings (surname)
Hawley
Healy
Heneahan
Heron
High Falls
Hinchley
Holden
Home child
Hond‘s Lake (see Hurd’s Lake)
Hosier
Hotel
Hotel keeper
Houghton
House (surname)
House (see dwellings)
House parties
Hunter
Hurd’s Lake
Hyde
Hydroelectric Power
Indian
Ingram
Inn (see Hotel)
Innkeeper (see Hotel keeper)
Jack
Jackson, A. Y.
jam (see log jam)
Jarvie
Jenkins
Johnston’s Rock
Joice / Joyce
Jones, Father
Joyce’s Point
Justice of Peace
K & P Railroad (see railroad)
Kailey
Keir
Kelly
Kennedy
Kerr
Kerrigan
Kickosa / Kiconse / Kikons
Killoran
Kingston
Kippen
Klaman (see Clemen)
Knight
Kubiseski / Kubiszewski
Lacroix
Lagree (see Legree)
Lalonde
Landon
Larocque
Larone / Laronde
Lavigne / Lavine (see Levine)
Laviolette
Leach
Leckie
LeBlanc
Leclaire
Legree / Legris
Letang
Levine
Lewa
Library
Lindsay
Logan
Loggers
Logging
Log boom
Log jam
Long Rapids
Lorente
Lorraine, Bishop
Lueders
Lumber
Admaston Township
Ahearn (see Heron)
Agnew
Agriculture (see farming)
Algonquin, (see Indian)
Almeras, Father
Anderson
Armand
Armstrong
Arno
Arnprior
Ashdad/Ashdod
Assessor
Austin
Automobile
Bailie
Baldwin Act
Baldwin & Co.
Balmer Island (see Stewartville)
Barnet
Barr
Barry
Barryvale
Bartlett
Bathurst District
Batson
Baxcer (?)
Bees (see Work Bees)
Belanger
Bellamy
Belongil
Bennett
Bisko
Black Donald
Blacksmith
Blane
Blimkey / Blimkie
Bomhower
Bonnechere River
Boom (see Log Boom)
Booth, J.R.
Box (surname)
Bouvier Father
Brady
Braeside
Brennan
Bresnahan
Breyer / Bryer / Bryard
Bridge
Bridges / Brydges
Bridget
Brill
Britain / Brittain
Brody
Bromley Township
Bronson
Brougham Township
Brown
Brunke
Buch (?)
Burnstown
Burwell, Dr. Bill
Bus service
Byrne, Father
Bytown (see Ottawa)
Calabogie
Campbell
Canaan
Caneta
Car (see automobile)
Carlow Township
Carmichael
Carpenter
Carrole
Carswell
Cartwright
Casartelli, Rev.
Castleford
Cattle drives
Cavanaugh Bros.
Cemetery
Census
Chamberlain Lake
Chats Lake (see Ottawa River)
Cherwatty
Cholera
Church, St, Gabriel’s
Church (surname)
Church (other)
Chute
Clamo
Clemen
Clerk
Cobalt
Cole
Collector (see tax collector)
Comera
Concert
Condon
Conna Settlement
Conroy
Constant (see Kiconse)
Constant Creek
Cooper (name)
Cooper (trade)
Copps
Cordwainer
Corrigan
Costello
Coulas
Council / Councillor
Courrier
Coxwell
Crane (name)
Cranston, Dr.
Crews (surname)
Cribs
Culhane
Cully
Cummings
Cunningham
Currier
Cuthbert
Dacre
Dam
Dam Hill
Dance
Darling Township
Davis, Rev.
Deals
Dedo
Dempsey
Denison / Dennison
Denniston
Depression
Desjardins
Devine
Dies (?)
Dillon
Diphtheria
Dodd
Dollery
Donnelly
Doolan
Dooly
Dooner, Father
Douglas
Dressmaker
Drowning
Duchesne
Dufresne
Dwelling
Dyndin
Dzemenski
Eady
Eddy, E.B.
Egan, John M.
Egan
Electricity
English (surname)
Enright
Enumerator
Eugene, Father Joseph
Facette / Fassette (see Foster)
Farmer / farming
Farquharson
Felleter / Felliter / Fillator
Fence viewer
Fergus
Ferguson
Ferrel
Findlay
Fire
Fisher
Flannery
Flat Rapids
Flat Rapids Road
Fleming Lane
Flour bags
Flynn, Rev.
Foley
Forrest
Foster / Facette
Frank
Fraser
Fraser Family Cemetery
Free Church / Free Kirk
Fremont, Father
French (surname)
Frogemkie / Frogenskie
Frood
Fur trade
Gaudet
Gemmill
Genealogy
German (surname)
Gillies
Glasgow Station
Goodfellow
Gorra
Goshen
Granny’s Eddy
Grant
Graveyard (see Cemetery)
Greater Maclawaska, Township of
Green / Greene
Griffin
Gristmill (see mill)
Haileybury
Haley
Halliday / Holliday
Halliday Creek / Marsh
Hagart
Hamilton
Hanniman
Haringhton
Harness maker
Hartney
Hastings (surname)
Hawley
Healy
Heneahan
Heron
High Falls
Hinchley
Holden
Home child
Hond‘s Lake (see Hurd’s Lake)
Hosier
Hotel
Hotel keeper
Houghton
House (surname)
House (see dwellings)
House parties
Hunter
Hurd’s Lake
Hyde
Hydroelectric Power
Indian
Ingram
Inn (see Hotel)
Innkeeper (see Hotel keeper)
Jack
Jackson, A. Y.
jam (see log jam)
Jarvie
Jenkins
Johnston’s Rock
Joice / Joyce
Jones, Father
Joyce’s Point
Justice of Peace
K & P Railroad (see railroad)
Kailey
Keir
Kelly
Kennedy
Kerr
Kerrigan
Kickosa / Kiconse / Kikons
Killoran
Kingston
Kippen
Klaman (see Clemen)
Knight
Kubiseski / Kubiszewski
Lacroix
Lagree (see Legree)
Lalonde
Landon
Larocque
Larone / Laronde
Lavigne / Lavine (see Levine)
Laviolette
Leach
Leckie
LeBlanc
Leclaire
Legree / Legris
Letang
Levine
Lewa
Library
Lindsay
Logan
Loggers
Logging
Log boom
Log jam
Long Rapids
Lorente
Lorraine, Bishop
Lueders
Lumber
Lumber Barons
Lumber Operators
Lumbering (see logging or timber)
Lumberman (see loggers, lumber
operators or shantyrnen)
Mackey
Madawaska Bridge
Madawaska Improvement Co.
Madawaska Poet
Madawaska River (general)
Madawaska Telephone Ass.
Madawaska Temple #261
Mahuski / Mahusky
Mail (see Post Office)
Malboeuf / Malbuff
Mallard
Malloch
Mann, Rev. Alexander
Mancip, Rev.
Manitoba
Map
Mark
Mason
Matawatchan
Matthie
Maxwell
McAdam
McAllister
McArdle
McCaffrey
McConnell
McCowan (see McKeon)
McCrea
McCrea Ledger
McDermid / McDiarmid
MacDonald / McDonald
McDonnell, Alexander
McDonagh
McElligott
McEvoy
McEwen (see McKeon)
McFadden / McFadgen / McFadyen
McFarlane
McFayden (see McFadyen)
McFee
McFeely
McGanht (?)
McGarry, T.W. MPP
McGillan
McGillis
McGinnis
McGregor
McGuire
McHugh
Mcllmoyle
Mcllquham
McIntyre
McKay
McKeiv
McKeiver
MacKenzie / McKenzie
McKeon / McKeown
McLachlan / McLachlin
McLaren
McLaughlan / McLaughlin
McLean
McLellan
McLeod
McMahon
McManus
McNab Township
McNab, Laird of
McNab / McNabb (surname)
Macnamara / Mcnamara
McNaughton
McNee / McNie
McNeely / McAneely / Mclneely
McNevin
McNie (see McNee)
McNulty, Rev. John
McNulty
McRae
Measles
Melaskie / Meleskie
Meningitis
Merchant
Mhusk
Mill
Miller (surname)
Milliner
Mines
Miranda
Model School
Moleski
Monahan
Mooney
Moore
Moran/ Morn
Morris
Moss
Mount St. Patrick
Mousseau
Muir
Muldoon
Muluska,
Mulvihill
Municipal
Murder
Murphy
Narlock
Naughton
Newell
Newfield
Nichol
Norlock Lane
Norton
Norway Lake
Nowell (see Newell)
O’Brian / O‘Brien
O’Gorman
O’Hare
O’Reilly
Oram
Ostroski / Ostroskie
Ottawa
Ottawa River
Ottawa Valley Lumber Association
Otterburn House
Owens
Pakenham
Paquette
Parry
Parties
Patents
Pattee
Pathmaster
Pembroke
Penency
Peren
Perley
Perth
Picnic
Piers
Plouffe
Poem
Pointer boat
Poland / Polish
Postmaster / Post Office
Poulow
Pound keeper
Power (surname)
Prentice
Prohibition
Pucker St.
Pulcean
Pulpwood
Quebec
Quilty
Quirt
Raffle
Rafts
Railroad / Railway
Rapids
Ready / Reddy / Ruddy
Reeve
Reeves (surname)
Renaud / Reno
Renfrew (town)
Rett
Richardson
Richey
Riley, Rev.
Riopelle
River drivers (see loggers)
Roach
Road
Robertson
Rochester
Rochon
Rogues Harbor
Rorison
Rose (surname)
Rosebrugh
Ross
Rougier, Father
Ruddy (see Ready)
Ryan
St. Anthony Lumber Co.
St. Gabriel’s (see Church)
St. Pierre (Sampear)
Saloon
Sampear (see St.Pierre)
Sand Point
Sawer / Sawyer
Sawmill (see mill)
Sarjan
Sayon
Schollara / Schollard / Scollard
School
Scully
Shanahan / Shanohan
Shanty / Shantymen
Shaw
Sheep drives
Shingle maker
Shoemaker
Sinclair
Skating parties
Sisters of St. Joseph
Skead, Hon. James
Smaggus
Smallpox
Smith
Sparks (surname)
Springtown (Ireland)
Spruce Hedge
Square Timber (see Timber)
Squatter
Stack
Stagecoach
Steam Show
Stewart
Stewartville
Stillpoint
Stone Mason (see Mason)
Store
Stick
Strain, Rev. James A.
Stoughton
Stringer
Stroud
Stubinsky
Sulivan / Sullivan
Surnoski
Swertfager
Sykes
Tables
Tailor
Tatty Hill
Tavern (see Hotel)
Tax collector
Taylor
Teacher
Teamster
Telegraph
Telephone
Templeton
Thompson
Tierney
Tillater
Timber
Timeline
Tourism / Tourist
Town hall
Towns (surname)
Town / Township clerk
Trader
Town warden
Train (see railroad)
Truesdale
Tubman
Typhoid fever
United Empire Loyalists
United Townships of McNab and Bagor
Valiquette, Rev. Roy
Vineyard
Volskie
Wade
Walker
Wallaby
Wallace
Walters
Walton
War
War bride
Wardell
Warren
Watson
Weaver
Wells, H. C.
Weston
Whelan
White
White Lake
Wigney
Williams
Willsh
Wilson
Windle
Wood (surname)
work bees
Wright
Wyatt / Wyatte
Wylie
Young People’s Union
Yuill
Lumber Operators
Lumbering (see logging or timber)
Lumberman (see loggers, lumber
operators or shantyrnen)
Mackey
Madawaska Bridge
Madawaska Improvement Co.
Madawaska Poet
Madawaska River (general)
Madawaska Telephone Ass.
Madawaska Temple #261
Mahuski / Mahusky
Mail (see Post Office)
Malboeuf / Malbuff
Mallard
Malloch
Mann, Rev. Alexander
Mancip, Rev.
Manitoba
Map
Mark
Mason
Matawatchan
Matthie
Maxwell
McAdam
McAllister
McArdle
McCaffrey
McConnell
McCowan (see McKeon)
McCrea
McCrea Ledger
McDermid / McDiarmid
MacDonald / McDonald
McDonnell, Alexander
McDonagh
McElligott
McEvoy
McEwen (see McKeon)
McFadden / McFadgen / McFadyen
McFarlane
McFayden (see McFadyen)
McFee
McFeely
McGanht (?)
McGarry, T.W. MPP
McGillan
McGillis
McGinnis
McGregor
McGuire
McHugh
Mcllmoyle
Mcllquham
McIntyre
McKay
McKeiv
McKeiver
MacKenzie / McKenzie
McKeon / McKeown
McLachlan / McLachlin
McLaren
McLaughlan / McLaughlin
McLean
McLellan
McLeod
McMahon
McManus
McNab Township
McNab, Laird of
McNab / McNabb (surname)
Macnamara / Mcnamara
McNaughton
McNee / McNie
McNeely / McAneely / Mclneely
McNevin
McNie (see McNee)
McNulty, Rev. John
McNulty
McRae
Measles
Melaskie / Meleskie
Meningitis
Merchant
Mhusk
Mill
Miller (surname)
Milliner
Mines
Miranda
Model School
Moleski
Monahan
Mooney
Moore
Moran/ Morn
Morris
Moss
Mount St. Patrick
Mousseau
Muir
Muldoon
Muluska,
Mulvihill
Municipal
Murder
Murphy
Narlock
Naughton
Newell
Newfield
Nichol
Norlock Lane
Norton
Norway Lake
Nowell (see Newell)
O’Brian / O‘Brien
O’Gorman
O’Hare
O’Reilly
Oram
Ostroski / Ostroskie
Ottawa
Ottawa River
Ottawa Valley Lumber Association
Otterburn House
Owens
Pakenham
Paquette
Parry
Parties
Patents
Pattee
Pathmaster
Pembroke
Penency
Peren
Perley
Perth
Picnic
Piers
Plouffe
Poem
Pointer boat
Poland / Polish
Postmaster / Post Office
Poulow
Pound keeper
Power (surname)
Prentice
Prohibition
Pucker St.
Pulcean
Pulpwood
Quebec
Quilty
Quirt
Raffle
Rafts
Railroad / Railway
Rapids
Ready / Reddy / Ruddy
Reeve
Reeves (surname)
Renaud / Reno
Renfrew (town)
Rett
Richardson
Richey
Riley, Rev.
Riopelle
River drivers (see loggers)
Roach
Road
Robertson
Rochester
Rochon
Rogues Harbor
Rorison
Rose (surname)
Rosebrugh
Ross
Rougier, Father
Ruddy (see Ready)
Ryan
St. Anthony Lumber Co.
St. Gabriel’s (see Church)
St. Pierre (Sampear)
Saloon
Sampear (see St.Pierre)
Sand Point
Sawer / Sawyer
Sawmill (see mill)
Sarjan
Sayon
Schollara / Schollard / Scollard
School
Scully
Shanahan / Shanohan
Shanty / Shantymen
Shaw
Sheep drives
Shingle maker
Shoemaker
Sinclair
Skating parties
Sisters of St. Joseph
Skead, Hon. James
Smaggus
Smallpox
Smith
Sparks (surname)
Springtown (Ireland)
Spruce Hedge
Square Timber (see Timber)
Squatter
Stack
Stagecoach
Steam Show
Stewart
Stewartville
Stillpoint
Stone Mason (see Mason)
Store
Stick
Strain, Rev. James A.
Stoughton
Stringer
Stroud
Stubinsky
Sulivan / Sullivan
Surnoski
Swertfager
Sykes
Tables
Tailor
Tatty Hill
Tavern (see Hotel)
Tax collector
Taylor
Teacher
Teamster
Telegraph
Telephone
Templeton
Thompson
Tierney
Tillater
Timber
Timeline
Tourism / Tourist
Town hall
Towns (surname)
Town / Township clerk
Trader
Town warden
Train (see railroad)
Truesdale
Tubman
Typhoid fever
United Empire Loyalists
United Townships of McNab and Bagor
Valiquette, Rev. Roy
Vineyard
Volskie
Wade
Walker
Wallaby
Wallace
Walters
Walton
War
War bride
Wardell
Warren
Watson
Weaver
Wells, H. C.
Weston
Whelan
White
White Lake
Wigney
Williams
Willsh
Wilson
Windle
Wood (surname)
work bees
Wright
Wyatt / Wyatte
Wylie
Young People’s Union
Yuill