BearBrook & John Anderson (bearbrook.html)

August 14, 2005 - Author unknown

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Bearbrook Church

This beautiful Gothic-style Church is on the Russell Road, east of Ottawa between Carlsbad Springs and Bourget.
There is a very well-kept cemetery adjacent to the church. My wife updated the paint on one of her ancestors by marriage -- the lettering on almost all of the old stones of the pioneers have been painted.

Here are some of the early names: Walsh, Fitzsimmons, Larmour, Lowe (County Westmeath), James, W. born in 1794
Daly, Marshall from County Carlow, Watson, Armstong, Magladry,
John Anderson from County Fermanagh, born in 1804,
Tanner, Latimer, Laing, Graham, McCurdy, Moffatt, Hayes, Hitsman, Richardson,
Birch / Birtch, Coburn from County Wexford,
John Colbert Sparrow (1828-1898) and his wife Lydia Hicks,
Melvin and Serson. William John Sullivan and James Sullivan.

Some of these early families were connected to families in Goulbourn, Nepean and Huntley Townships.

[addendum by David KC COLE]
The John Anderson mentioned above may be the person after whom many local sites have been named viz:

Anderson Road,
Anderson Links,
Parc Anderson Park.

I believe that Norm Anderson (a resident of Parc Anderson Park in 2014) is a descendant of the afore-named John Anderson.
Another Source: John Anderson (1790-1850). This John Anderson emmigrated from Country Fermanagh, Ireland to Peel County, Ontario, Canada.

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