book Eganville Jewel of the Bonnechere

EGANVILLE
Jewel of the Bonnechere

1825 – 1991

Carol Bennett

Contents

Foreword
Beginnings
John Egan
First comers
The lumber industry
Farming

Growth
Self government
Hotels
Communications: the post office and telephone
Newspapers
Banks
Railway history
Eganville: mercantile centre
Industry & trades
Employment trends
The fire department

Social structure
The churches
Education
Law and order
Medical care
Politics
Eganville at war

Recreation
Old Home Week
Organizations
Sports

Around Town
Essay: the spirit of Eganville
Appendix 1: Reeves
Appendix 2: Charter members of the Boy Scout Troop
Appendix 3: The Centennial Committee
Appendix 4: Charter members of the Royal Canadian Legion
Bibliography

INDEX

Acton
Afelskie
Ainsworth
Aird
Allemang
Anderson
Armstrong
Ashford
Atkinson
Aubrey
Aumond
Austin
Bagnell
Bailey
Baker
Bannerman
Banning
Barr
Barrette
Barrington
Barry
Barstead
Barsteder
Bartcher
Bates
Beatty
Beaudry
Becker
Beckett
Beeston
Beggs
Behan
Belanger
Belechert
Bell
Bennett
Berger
Bernard
Berndt
Berta
Bevis
Billings
Bimm
Bishop
Blackburn
Blackwood
Bliss
Bochart
Bochert
Boerner
Bohart
Boland
Boldt
Bond
Bonfield
Booth
Boudens
Boulienne
Bouvier
Bowes
Bowman
Boyd
Boyle
Bozak
Brackebusch
Bradley
Brady
Brandenburg
Brasch
Brash
Breen
Bremner
Brennan
Brewder
Brohart
Broitman
Brooks
Brose
Brown
Brubacher
Bryson
Buckwald
Buelow
Buhlman
Bulger
Burgess
Burke
Burns
Burton
Bush
Busten
Butt
Byers
Byrne
Caldwell
Calver
Cammaert
Campbell
Cardiff
Cardin
Carmody
Carney
Carr
Carroll
Carruth
Carryer
Carswell
Carty
Casey
Cashman
Cassidy
Chanonhouse
Charlesworth
Chartrand
Cherry
Chevalier
Childerhose
Chipman
Chisholm
Chown
Cirbis
Clark
Clatworthy
Clemens
Closs
Coady
Cochrane
Colterman
Conlon
Connaghan
Connaughan
Connolly
Connor
Contant
Conway
Cooper
Copps
Corbes
Corkery
Costello
Cotnam
Cottrell
Coughlin
Coulas
Coulter
Cowan
Coyne
Craig
Crawford
Creighton
Crogie
Crozier
Cuccaro
Cullen
Culp
Curley
Curry
Cybulski
Dack
Dale
Daley
Daly
Dalzell
Davidson
Davis
Daze
Deagle
Degula
Delaney
Delisle
Dellaire
Deloughery
Dennis
Dennison
Derraugh
Devine
Devlin
Devon
Dewar
Dick
Dickinson
Digulla
Dittburner
Dobbin
Dobson
Doering
Doherty
Donahue
Donohue
Donovan
Dooner
Dougherty
Dover
Dowdall
Dowling
Downey
Drefke
Driscoll
Drohan
Drotar
Ducharme
Duff
Dulmage
Dumas
Dunlop
Dunwoodie
Duquette
Dunn
Durack
Durrell
Dwyer
Earle
Earls
Edwards
Egan
Eggert
Elliot
Elliott
Eno
Enright
Evans
Eve
Fagin
Fallon
Farnell
Faught
Fauteaux
Feeley
Feldtanzer
Felhaber
Felske
Feres
Ferguson
Fick
Finucane
Fisher
Flegal
Fleischman
Fleming
Flemming
Fleurie
Flint
Flood
Flynn
Foden
Foisy
Foley
Folkard
Foran
Foster
Foy
Fraser
Freitag
French
Frew
Friend
Frobel
Fulcher
Furlong
Gallagher
Gallichan
Galligan
Gallinger
Gareau
Gauthier
Gead
Geisler
George
Geraldi
Germain
Gerrard
Geson
Getz
Gibeau
Giermann
Gilbert
Gibson
Gildersleeve
Gillan
Gillies
Gillingham
Gilmour
Godden
Godin
Goltz
Good
Gorman
Gould
Goulet/Goulette
Gourlay
Gourley
Graham
Grand
Grant
Gray
Greaves
Green
Greene
Greer
Greewal
Grier
Griese
Griffith
Griffiths
Groves
Grughil
Guigues
Guilhauman
Gurlitz
Guthrie
Gutzeit
Haddad
Hagarty
Hageman
Haggarty
Hallinan
Hamilton
Handt
Hanniman
Hanley
Harbert
Hardy
Harding
Harrie
Harrington
Harrison
Hartney
Hartwig
Harty
Hass
Hauer
Ham
Haydock
Haydon
Healey
Hehn
Heideman
Hein
Heinze
Helferty
Henderson
Heron
Heubare
Hewitt
Hickey
Higginson
Hightower
Hildebrand
Hildebrandt
Hill
Hing
Hinsperger
Hirnschall
Hobden
Hoelke
Hoffman
Hogan
Holly
Horton
Houlihan
Howard
Huckabone
Hudson
Huff
Hughes
Hunt
Hunter
Irving
Irwin
Jack
Jackson
James
Jamieson
Jarrett
Jeffrey
Jenkins
Jervais
Jessup
Johnson
Johnston
Jones
Jordan
Jourdin
Judge
Junkins
Kadden
Kaija
Kaiser
Kallies
Kant
Kanuth
Kasdorff
Kauffeldt
Keene
Kelly
Kenneally
Kennedy
Kennelly
Kenney
Kenny
Keon
Kersten
Kidd
Kilby
Kilgour
Killeen
Kincaid
Kindl
King
Kirsch
Kittley
Kitts
Kiviste
Klingbeil
Knight
Knox
Knuth
Kohoko
Korcok
Kosmack
Kranz
Kreuger
Kruger
Krysak
Kubiseski
Kuehl
Kumm
Kuno
Kutschke
Labarge
Lacey
Lacelle
Lachance
Lacombe
Lacroix
Ladouceur
Laflamme
Lake
Lamarche
Lambertus
Lamothe
Lane
Lantz
Lapenskie
Lapolice
Latimer
Latour
Laundry
Laurier
Lavalley
Lavigueur
Lawrenz
Lawson
Leach
Leahy
Leavan
Leblanc
Legris
Lehaie
Lehman
Leitch
Lemke
Lennox
Lenser
Lentz
Lesaux
Lesperance
Lett
Letters
Lewis
Liebeck
Liebig
Lisk
Lister
Littau
Littman
Livingstone
Lord
Lorrain
Lortie
Losee
Lothian
Loughrin
Lougheed
Low
Lubow
Lucas
Ludgate
Luloff
Lute
Lynn
MacDonald
MacGregor
Mackenzie
MacPhee
Madden
Madigan
Maher
Malcolm
Malloy
Maloney
Maltby
Markus
Marquardt
Martin
Martinat
Maski
Matheson
Matschke
Matte
Matthews
McAdam
McBournie
McCabe
McCann
McClelland
McCloy
McCormick
McCourt
McCuaig
McDermott
McDonald
McDonnell
McDonough
McElligott
McEwen
McFarlane
McFeeley
McGaghran
McGee
McGillis
McGinnis
McGowan
McGrath
McGregor
McGuire
McHale
McHattie
McHugh
Mclntomney
McIntyre
McKee
McKinnirey
McKenzie
McKeon
McKibbon
McKieman
McKnight
McLachlin
McLaren
McLaughlin
McLean
McLem1on
McManus
McMaster
McMillan
McMullen
McMunn
McNab
McNally
McNamara
McNicholl
McNulty
McPhee
McQuade
McQuit1y
McRae
McSpadden
McTavish
Meaney
Meisnen
Mennie
Mereseau
Merrick
Mesurier
Meyers
Michaelis
Middlemiss
Middlestead
Middlesteadt
Mielke
Millar
Millard
Miller
Milligan
Mills
Miltimore
Mintha
Miranda
Mittag
Mittlesteadt
Moffatt
Molson
Mooney
Moore
Moran
Moratz
Moreau
Morlok
Morrisey
Morrissey
Moss
Mullen
Mulroy
Mundt
Mundy
Munk
Munro
Murray
Murphy
Mylne
Naismith
Neilson
Neitzel
Nevin
Nicholai
Nicholson
Nugent
O’Brien
O’Connor
O’Driscoll
O’Dwyer
O’Gorman
O’Grady
O’Hare
O’Haro
O’Kane
O’Meara
O’Neil
O’Neill
O’Reilly
O’Shaughnessy
Olsen
Olshelskie
Oman
Orme
Orr
Osborne
Ott
Panke
Paquette
Parent
Parker
Parks
Parry
Patterson
Pattinson
Patzer
Paul
Paulsen
Payette
Pear
Pearson
Pedwell
Peever
Peplinskie
Perkin
Perreault
Perrigo
Perrin
Perry
Peterson
Petrini
Phannenhour
Pierce
Piercey
Pilatski
Pilatzke
Pilatzkie
Pilon
Pilson
Plaus
Plotz
Pokrant
Poland
Polich
Pollock
Poole
Popkie
Popkey
Porter
Portugee
Potter
Potvin
Powell
Power
Prendergast
Price
Prince
Primeau
Provencher
Purvis
Quade
Quast
Queally
Quilty
Quinn
Raddatz
Raglin
Ralston
Ranger
Rattray
Reckzin
Redmond
Reed
Reeves
Reid
Reilly
Reinert
Reinke
Remus
Renaud
Rennick
Resmer
Reycroft
Reynolds
Rhode
Rhodes
Richards
Risto
Ritza
Robinson
Robison
Robitaille
Rodden
Rodgers
Roesner
Roney
Rook
Rooney
Rosien
Ross
Rossow
Rousselle
Roy
Rushton
Rutledge
Rutz
Ryan
Saar
Sack
Saddington
Saddler
Sadler
Saigle
Salvatti
Sammon
Sanderson
Sanforth
Saunders
Scammell
Schauer
Schauseil
Schavin
Scheer
Scheuneman
Schiemann
Schilkie
Schilling
Schmeling
Schmidt
Schmieder
Schrankler
Schroeder
Schroder
Schruder
Schuelke
Schultz
Schultze
Schutt
Scott
Searson
Sell
Senn
Sereres
Service
Severin
Seymour
Shane
Sharbot
Shaw
Sheedy
Sheridan
Shibley
Shine
Shroder
Sibary
Siebarth
Sinclair
Sirois
Skebo
Skelly
Sluiman
Sly
Small
Smallfield
Smith
Solwicki
Soucise
Sparling
Sproule
St Cyr
St Louis
Stack
Stamplecoski
Stanton
Stapleton
Steel
Sterling
Stevenson
Stewart
Stiles
Stoddart
Stone
Strain
Strickland
Stringer
Stroud
Stuart
Sullivan
Sutherland
Swant
Swart
Tait
Taillon
Tamosetis
Tank
Taylor
Tennant
Thatcher
Thomas
Thomasini
Thompson
Thurston
Tiedemann
Tiegs
Tierney
Timm
Tindall
Tracey
Trainor
Trebbuth
Truelove
Tucker
Turner
Valin
Valliquette
Van Hoof
Vanater
Vendette
Verch
Verheyen
Vigrass
Visutski
Voss
Wadsworth
Waggoner
Wagner
Walker
Wallace
Walsh
Warlich
Warren
Watson
Watkins
Watt
Webber
Weber
Weckwerth
Weckworth
Weeks
Weir
Welk
Wente
Wentland
Wentzell
West
Westell
Whelan
Whillans
White
Whitehead
Whitehorne
Whiteley
Whyte
Wigmore
Wilcox
Wilke
Wilkinson
Williams
Willoughby
Wilson
Windle
Windsor
Wing
Wingle
Wise
Wittke
Wodtke
Wolfgram
Wolsey
Woodside
Woodward
Wren
Wright
Wylie
Yakabuski
Yanatha
Zadow
Ziebarth
Zieberth
Zipfel
Zohr
Zomers
Zummach