(CLONTARF)
RANGE D NORTH LOT 66
GRATTAN TWP. RENFREW CO.
On 9 June, 1892, John BECKETT presented The Right Reverend John Travers Lewis with property and title of one acre of land designated as Lot 66, Range D, North, Grattan Twp. for the construction of the first Anglican Church on the Opeongo.
On June 30, 1903, Henry VALLICATE and his wife granted The Right Reverend Charles Hamilton, Lord Bishop of Ottawa, an additional part of Lot 66, Range D, North, Gratten Twp. for $5.00 for the purpose of constructing church sheds. The sheds no longer exist.
(Taken from: Pioneer Reminiscences of the Upper Ottawa Valley, by Ernest Lloyd Lake, BA, L.TH.)
Although the above quote does not mention the cemetery, the history of the church also applies to the cemetery, I assume. (Geraldine Kuehl)
The cemetery is situated off Hwy. #41, south of the town of Eganville. Turn north-west just past Tooeys Hill towards Esmonde and continue on this road to Constant Creek. The cemetery is 1 km. inside the Grattan Twp. line before entering Sebastopol Twp.
The cemetery is in two sections to the left and right of the small, white clapboard church. The church has two entrances, nicely landscaped with evergreen trees, with a signboard at the wire fence reading “St. C1ement’s Anglican Church, Clontarf, welcomes you. Rector: Rev. George Sinclair. Service 2nd and 4th Sunday, 2 p.m.”
The caretaker in 1990 is Mr. Clifford Beckett.
John A. Private
BECKETT
Clifford W.
Eliza Ann RAYCRAFT
J.
S.
William I.
BREEN
Eliza Jane JOHNSTON
Michael
Sarah Ann COLLINS
COLLINS
Sarah Ann
COX
Elizabeth RUTLEDGE
James
DELAIRE
Anthony
DELLAIRE
Anthony J.
Rita M.
DEVEREUX
Harold T.
Myrtle I. MARLATT
EDWARDS
Agnes J.
W. Howard
FAIRLEY
Susan
FIEBIG
Ardith B.
Arnold G.
GARVIN
Archibald
Archie
Ellenor
James
GIERMAN
Bertha KOLSCHMIDT
Elsie B. KUEHL
Ethel May
Harry L.
Herman F.
Mary
William
Arthur W.
Dianna Irene
Donna Marie
Louise M.
Margaret V. SCOTT
Matilda M.
HONE
H. Esq.
Henry, L-Sergeant
JOHNSTON
Alex
Alexander
Edward
Eliza Jane
James A.
Jessie McGREGOR
Louise M. HASS
Margaret A.
Martha TAYLOR
Matilda M. HASS
Robert D.
Susan FAIRLEY
Susan PARKER
Thomas
Thomas Martin
William
William James
William John
KOLSCHMIDT
Bertha
KUEHL
Elsie B.
Pearl V.
McGREGOR
Jessie
MARLATT
Myrtle I.
PAPKE
Marie
William J.
William
Ellenor GARVIN
George
John
John James
Lawrence W.
Mary Alice RAYCRAFT
Myrtle Violet
Pearl Edna
Rita M. DELLAIRE
Susan
Willard Arnold
William
PREMO
Mary
Roderick
Theresa
RAYCRAFT
Alice
Eliza Ann
Mary Alice
Richard
Thomas Charles
RUTLEDGE
Elizabeth
SCHULTZ
August H.J.
H.J.
Mary GIERMAN
SCOTT
Margaret V.
SENIOR
Frank
Francis
Mary
Susanah
TAYLOR
Martha
TREBBIEN
Pearl V. KUEHL
William J.