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From: "juniper2" <>
Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:16:58 -0400


Larry:

Actually, Margaret's exact words were "she was a dirty hockey player!"

Carol

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>From: "LBoswell" <>
>To: <>
>Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>Date: MonApr9200711:24 AM
>

> Hi Max, Charlotte was a character indeed, always entertaining. Carol,
> probably your mother-in-law got boarded more than once by Charlotte, I can
> picture her on skates, probably as feisty there as she would later be as
> mayor of Ottawa
>
> Brings a thought to mind, would you say the connection to Kingston and
> south/west were stronger for Perth than say the sense of ties to Ottawa?
> People in towns east of the city seem to have more offspring moving to
> Ottawa, even Carleton Place, but I don't get the same sense with Perth
> (though my wife's father lived his life in Ottawa, and yet was born on the
> farm that is now the Perth Wildlife Centre)...
>
> Larry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MAX SUTHERLAND" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>
>
>> Larry:
>>
>> Yes. While she was surprisingly evasive about her the details of her
>> ancestry, and inclined to exaggerate, she claimed to be of Renfrew
>> background. Then someone seems to have told her that there were
>> "Whittons"
>> in Darling Township, Lanark County (actually "Whittens"), so she claimed
>> them too! But that's not possible. The Renfrew (Whitton) ones seem to have
>> immigrated in the 1860s from England rather than Scotland , and started
>> off
>> as butchers and cattle drovers.
>>
>> Good to hear from you again.
>>
>> Max
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "LBoswell" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>>
>>
>>> Max, was Ottawa's Charlotte (she of the mayorality broom) from the
>>> Renfrew
>>> families?
>>>
>>> Larry
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "MAX SUTHERLAND" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>>>
>>>
>>>> Folks:
>>>>
>>>> Don't wish to be picky, but since I'm very fond of the fascinating (and
>>>> extensive) immigrant Whitten family from the parishes of Lesmahagow and
>>>> Glasgow, I'd point out - as Carleen well knows - that they consistently
>>>> spelled their name "Whitten" even if censustakers didn't always follow
>>>> suit.
>>>> They aren't related at all to the "Whitton" families of the Ottawa,
>>>> Renfrew
>>>> and Toronto areas.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>> (Ottawa, Canada)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "juniper2" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:45 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Whittons came on the ship David of London in 1821.
>>>>> They are in my book, The Lanark Society Settlers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Carol Bennett McCuaig
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>From: "Karen Prytula" <>
>>>>>>To: <>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>>>>>>Date: SunApr120075:02 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Carleen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't recall ever getting back to you on this and so I apologize. I
>>>>>> haven't found any Whitton's to date coming to Canada in 1821.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm still very early in my research.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bye for now, but stay tuned...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> karenP
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Carleen" <>
>>>>>> To: <>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:58 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [CAN-ONT-LANARK] Whittons
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Karen
>>>>>>> Is there any info regarding James Whitton? His four brothers came to
>>>>>>> Canada in 1821 from Scotland.
>>>>>>> Thanks, Carleen
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