This map is by no means exact but it should give you an idea
of how the township was/is situated.
| Ramsay: |
| Almonte: The first settler, UEL, received the land in 1819. It was one of the principal wool manufacturing towns of the Ottawa Valley. The village had many name changes: Shepherd's Falls, Shipman's Mills, Ramsayville, Waterford and then Almonte after a Mexican general. |
| Appleton: Was first called Apple Tree Falls. Settler located 1823. Was then known as Teskeyville. Appleton shows in the Historical Atlas of Lanark County. |
| Blakeney: Was originally called Norway Pine Falls, then Snedden's Mills after the first settler Alexander Snedden in 1822. Then it was called Rosebank in the 1850s - which is one of the names showing in the Historical Atlas for Lanark County, however Blakeney PO shows at the same place. |
| Carleton Place: see Beckwith Twp. |
| Clayton: Is located on the Indian River. It was first known as Bellamy's Mills after Edmund Bellamy of Vermont who built a mill here in 1824. Then the name was changed to Clifton and then Clayton. Clayton PO is the name showing in the Historical Atlas of Lanark County. |
Parish & Civil
Records; Cemetery
Records; Census Records;
Taxation Records
Vital Statistics 1869+ - Ontario Government
Parish & Civil Records for Ramsay Township:
| Comments | Type | Years | NAC
film numbers |
LDS film numbers |
| Ramsay Township, Lanark County | ||||
| Mississippi Circuit of Methodist Episcopal (later Wesleyan Methodist) Church | B | 1829-1843 | H-1809 | . |
| includes: places in the Townships of Beckwith, Lanark, Pakenham and Ramsay, Lanark Co.: in the Townships of Horton, McNab, Pembroke and Westmeath, Renfrew Co.; and Fitzroy Township, Carleton Co. | . | . | . | . |
| Almonte United Church, Almonte | BMD | 1833-1962 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1896-1926 | M-2229 | . |
| comprises: Ramsay "Auld Kirk" (later, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church), Almonte | B | 1833-1902 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1834-1857 | M-2217 | . |
| . | D | 1848-1869, 1873, 1877, 1889-1894 | M-2217 | . |
| communicants | . | 1834-1869 | M-2217 | . |
| membership lists | . | c1890, 1892-1894 | M-2217 | . |
| St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (formerly, Ramsay "Auld Kirk", Almonte | B | 1902-1911 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1858-1901, 1937, 1896-1911 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1898-1926 | M-2229 | . |
| St. John's Presbyterian, Church, Almonte | B | 1877-1905 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1859-1912 | M-2217 | . |
| United Presbyterian Church (formerly St. Andrew's & St. John's) Almonte | B | 1906-1925 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1912-1925 | M-2217 | . |
| Bethany United Church, Almonte | B | 1925-1953 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1925-1937 | M-2217 | . |
| Carleton Place, Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Carleton Place | B | 1905-1906, 1915 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1858-1872, 1879 | M-2217 | . |
| . | D | 1905-1907 | M-2217 | . |
| Almonte Methodist Circuit, Almonte | B | 1915-1921 | M-2217 | . |
| St. Andrew's (Presbyterian) Church, Appleton | B | 1908-1962 | M-2217 | . |
| communion rolls | . | c1889-1917 | M-2229 | . |
| Trinity United Church, Almonte | B | 1928-1953 | M-2217 | . |
| . | M | 1918-1943 | M-2217 | . |
| . | D | 1917-1953 | M-2217 | . |
| includes: Appleton Pastoral Charge | . | . | . | . |
| Almonte and Appleton United Church | B | 1953-1962 | M-2217 | . |
| Ashton Presbyterian Church, Ashton | M | 1896-1911 | M-2229 | . |
| communion rolls | . | c1889-1917 | M-2229 | . |
| Almonte Regular Baptist Church | . | 1864-1910 | . | 0804326 Item 1-2 |
| Holy Name of Mary RC - Almonte (Index) | B | 1872-1966 | . | 1302151 |
| (Index) | M | 1872-1966 | . | . |
| includes confirmations & communions | BMD | 1869-1910 | . | . |
| confirmations | . | 1883-1909 | . | . |
| another filming 1892-1910 | BMD | 1892-1917 | . | 1887877 |
| Saint Michael RC (Corkery ON) - originals at Church | . | 1837-1917 | . | . |
| Index to baptisms | B | 1837-1884 | . | 1304512 Item 1 |
| Index to baptisms | B | 1857-1859 | . | Item 3-4 |
| . | BM | 1837-1851 | . | . |
| includes first communion v.1 Huntley | BM | 1857-1859 | . | Item 1-4 |
| v.2 Ramsay | B | 1845-1850 | . | . |
| Ramsay | BMD | 1864-1871 1885 | . | . |
| confirmations - Ramsay/Huntley | . | 1871 | . | . |
| v.3 Ramsay | B | 1854-1868 | . | . |
| v.4 Huntley (incl. Some Ramsay) | BM | 1864-1884 | . | Item 5-8 |
| confirmations | . | 1864-1883 | . | . |
| v. 5-6 | BMD | 1868-1910 | . | . |
| confirmations | . | 1885-1909 | . | . |
| (another filming v.6) | BMD | 1885-1917 | . | 1887876 item 1-2 |
| confirmations | . | 1885-1916 | . | . |
| Protestant marriages from Almonte & region | Compiled by Anderson,
Peter, Centre de généalogie S.C 1988 379p publication
no. 93 ISBN 0-88662-114-3 |
LDS US/CAN Book Area 971.382 K2ap |
Cemetery Records for Ramsay Township:
| Cemeteries: | ||
| Almonte Auld Kirk, L S/E 16, C8 |  |
Keith
LCGS LDS US/CAN Film Area 1697276 Item 40 |
| Clayton Roman Catholic (abandoned) - | |
LCGS- LDS |
| Clayton United & Burial Records (1883-1990) | |
Lanark County Genealogical Society |
| United, Clayton | . | Keith
LDS |
| Clayton / Bolger Old Methodist, Co. Rd. 2 C2 |  |
Keith
Ottawa Branch - OGS |
| Houston, L6 C7 | . | Keith |
| Methodist (abandoned) at Clayton | . | LDS
US/CAN Film Area 1697276 Item 49 |
| McDonald, 10th line near Blakeney | . | LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.3 A1 No. 97 US/CAN Film Area |
| Old Methodist, L13 C9 | . | Keith |
| Pioneer Wesleyan Methodist (18 additional stones) E1/2 L13 C9 | |
LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.3 A1 No. 105 US/CAN Film Area Ottawa Branch - OGS |
| Rath Farm, L25 C1 | |
Keith
OT |
| Rath's Roman Catholic | |
Lanark County Genealogical Society |
| Robertson Family Plot, L15 C1 | |
Keith
LCGS LDS US/CAN Film Area 1697276 Item 44 LDS US/CAN Film Area |
| St George's Anglican, Clayton, L17 C1 (aka Bowland's?) | |
Keith
LCGS LDS US/CAN Film Area 1697276 Item 45 LDS US/CAN Film Area |
| St. James, L2 C7 | . | Keith |
| St. Mark's Old, Hwy #44 C12, near Almonte - | . | Keith |
| St. Mary's Almonte 4 leaves 1st leaf (entries 1-48) is missing |
. | LDS
US/CAN Film Area 1697276 Item 41 |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic (New) L13 C9, Almonte | |
LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.382 V3 No. 975 US/CAN Fiche Area Ottawa
Branch - OGS |
| St Paul's Anglican, L15 C8, Almonte | |
LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.382 V3 No. 977 Ottawa
Branch - OGS |
| Wilson | |
OT |
| Ramsay Twp. | . | Ontario
Archives MS 451 Reel 6 MS 451 Reel 15 MS 451 Reel 22 MS 451 Reel 32 MS 451 Reel 54 MS 451 Reel 59 |
Census Records for Ramsay Township:
Transcribed Censuses available in book form:
| Ramsay Township & Almonte: | |||
| 1861 | Ramsay Twp. | Sargeant, Robert E extracted
from NAC film #C-1042 / compiled by JR Ernest Miller
Kingston Ont - 1993 - 81 leaves ISBN 1-55075-252-9 |
Kingston
Branch - OGS LDS
|
| 1871 | Ramsay Twp. & Almonte | Robert and Roberta Sargeant | Lanark County Genealogical Society |
| 1891 | Ramsay Twp. | . | Kingston Branch - OGS |
| 1891 | Almonte (Town) | . | Kingston Branch - OGS |
Land & Property Records for Lanark County (general)
Taxation Records for Lanark County (general)
| The Snedden Saga: from Lanarkshire to Lanark County | Snedden, Marilyn, Burnstown ON 1994 243p includes historical information concerning Blakeney | LDS
US/CAN Book Area 929.271 Sn22s US/CAN Film Area |
| Early Settlement of Ramsay Township | reprinted from the Almonte Gazette Almanac for 1872 | LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.3 A1 no. 24 US/CAN Film Area |
| Historical sketches of Appleton | Brown, Jack - Mallorytown ON Riverside Press 1973 20p | LDS
US/CAN Book Area 971.3 A1 no. 23 US/CAN Film Area |
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