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Robert
John Routliffe wrote: "George Routliffe was born in Bideford, Devonshire
England 6 Jul 1794.
He was one of the English farmers brought to South Hull
Canada by Mr. Ruggles Wright in 1816 to work for his father Mr. Philemon
Wright.
George Routliffe settled on Lot 16 R4 of Hull Township and received his
land grant on Sep 21st. 1827.
His surname was spelled in a variety of ways in
the early years, - Ruthley - Routhy - Rutley - Routly.
The name was pronounced
by local people as "Routley" for many years and the spelling
"Routliff" has been seen on tombstones in and around the area
although descendants are all adamant that the correct spelling is Routliffe. It
is not known if this spelling is consistent in England.
The name of George Routly, age 27, appears in the
roll of the Hull and Templeton Militia Company on November 30th. 1821.
(From
Philemon Wright papers in the Hull Quebec Canada archives.)
George Routliffe died on December 30th. 1865 and
is buried in Bellevue Cemetary (sic) on the Aylmer Road, Aylmer Quebec Canada,
where his tombstone may still be seen. (As of 4 July 1998) At the time of his
death he was in his seventy fourth year."
4. George Routliffe
George was granted Lot 16, Range 4, Township
of Hull, County of Ottawa, in 1819. It was a 100 acre parcel.
In 1821, George participated in the militia
which had no muskets.
King Edward visited Canada when he was still
Prince of Wales in 1860. The local people were very excited and made all kinds
of preparations and decorations in his honour.
The Chaudiere Falls on the Ottawa River was a
hindrance for floating timber down the river to Montreal. This timber was
destined for England to build ships with.
Enterprising men took turns building timber
slides over the Falls, over the 37 years prior to the Prince’s visit.
The Prince and his wife took a ride down one
of these timber slides, on some sort of a raft.
“George Routliffe was the pilot who ran the
timber raft on which the Prince had made his trip through the Slide, at the
Chaudiere....”
George had a small farm. It bordered the farm
of John Allen who is the father of my great grandmother Barbara Allen, who
married John Snow.
George Routliffe married Alidia Prentiss.
Their children were:
Mary Routliffe, who married Ruggles Allen.
Ruggles is my great granduncle x4. He was born here in Canada in 1811.
Although
I have not really researched this couple I have stumbled across information on
them while researching other family members, so I’ll tell you what I know here.
Mary was born in 1822 in Canada and married
Ruggles in 1837.(9) She was pretty young. They had at least 12 children.
If
anyone wants their histories just let me know and I’ll tell you all about them.
Ruggles died May 10 1891, and Mary died March 31, 1899. Both are buried at
Bellevue Cemetery.
William Routliffe, who married Elizabeth Babb
James Routliffe, who married. Melissa Spearman
- her dad was the first blacksmith in Aylmer.
Richard Routliffe, who married Phoebe Badham.
Phoebe’s father was Joseph Badham. Joseph and George Routliffe journeyed to
this country from England together.
Arabelle Routliffe, who married John Irish.
Sarah Routliffe, who married Edmond Bartlett.
Victoria Routliffe, who married George Reid.
Albert Routliffe, who married Arabella Robinson
Valentine Routliffe (twin), who married Hugh
McCagg
Valory Routliffe (twin), who married Irene
Simmons.
I have found other records that says Valentine
was a male and married a Sarah J. Simmons. (8). So there may be some mix-up
with this set of twins.
Alice Routliffe, who married Cornelius McCagg
- brother of Hugh previously mentioned.
daughter - died young
Elizabeth Routliffe, who married Edward Ryan.
Deborah Routliffe, who married Mr. Phillip
Chugg.
George Routliffe, who married. Amelia Babb
With all these children you can understand why
George participated with the other men to build the Tabernacle in 1830, and why
he needed the whiskey!
By 1906 all of the daughters had passed away,
yet all the sons were still alive.
http://carletonandlanarkcounties.blogspot.com/2008/10/35-englishmen-recruited-by-ruggles.html
– John Irish had 2
sisters who married into the McConnell family. The McConnell’s were big time
into the lumber business in Ottawa/Hull and their home –
really more of a
compound – is currently a National Historic site found
in the Aylmer sector of
Gatineau close to the Conroy Cemetery
where old George Routliffe is buried.
Elaine- Roots of Eoghann
Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa and Humors of the Valley, 1906 - With new Introduction by Ryan Taylor (1999), image reprint CD (Milton, Ontario: Global Heritage Press, 1999, 2009)
McConnell. Another of the famous old families were the McConnells.
There were three brothers whom we find among the very earliest in this country.
They took up much land around where is now the village of Deschenes. They were Wm., James and George.
Children:
Jonathan, m. Sarah Irish;
Jonathan married Sarah IRISH (d. Bef 1901) on 6 Jan 1851 in Pembroke (Wesleyan Methodist), Ontario, CAN.
Job, m. Elizabeth Jones;
Wm., m. Olive Moore;
Alfred, m. Margaret Irish.
Alfred married Margaret IRISH (d. Bef 1901) on 7 May 1858 in Aylmer (Methodist), Quebec, CAN.
The daughters were:
Mrs. Alfred Tuffs,
Mrs. Edw. Burke;
Mary, m. Robert Conroy;
and Mrs. David Brown.
Jonathan Alger MCCONNELL 1, 2 (William , Robert ) was born in Mar 1828 in ( Or was it c. 1823?) Hull Twps. PQ. He died on 08 Jan 1908 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Witnesses at marr. were; Wm. McConnell & Alexander McGinnis.
Jonathan married 1 Sarah IRISH daughter of William IRISH and Marguerite MORIN on 06 Jan 1851 in Wesleyan Methodist, Pembroke, Canada West. Sarah was born in Allumette Island, Pontiac Co, Lower Canada.
One record shows birth ABT. 1829 (impossible)
They had the following children:
| + | 88 | F | i | Frances Ann "Fanny" MCCONNELL |
| | 89 | M | ii | John Jr. MCCONNELL was born in 1854. He died in 1931. He was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer, QC. |
| | | | | John married Mary Caroline RIVERS. Mary was born in 1854. She died in 1931. |
| | 90 | F | iii | Mary MCCONNELL was born in 1858. |
| | 91 | M | iv | James MCCONNELL was born in 1859. |
| | 92 | F | v | Suzanne "Sarah" MCCONNELL was born in 1864. |
| | 93 | M | vi | Alfred MCCONNELL was born in 1867. |
| | 94 | M | vii | Robert Conroy MCCONNELL was born on 23 Nov 1869. He died on 15 Jun 1951. He was buried on 18 Jun 1951 in Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer, QC. |
| | | | | Robert married Sarah KELLY. Sarah was born in 1874. She died on 05 Apr 1962. She was buried on 09 Apr 1962 in Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer, QC. |
| | 95 | M | viii | David MCCONNELL was born in 1871. |
Sarah Irish and Jonathan McConnell family (above).
Edmund Bartlett blacksmith age 32 1851 Census - Aylmer Quebec with wife Sarah Routliffe and children George and Catherine Bartlett.
Possibly the Routliffe brothers. I question this picture as found on the internet because its properties often list it as Moore brothers.
Routliffe, George, another of the Englishmen who came in 1816. He
settled on lot 16, R. 4. He married Alidia Prentiss. Children: Mary, m.
Ruggles Allen (1837) ; Wm. m. Elizabeth Babb; Elizabeth, m. Edw. Ryan;
Deborah, m. ? Chugg; George, m. Amelia Babb; James, m. Melissa
Spearman, the daughter of the first Aylmer blacksmith; Richard, m.
Phoebe Badham; Arabelle, m. John Irish; Sarah, m. Edmond Bartlett;
Victoria, m. George Reid; Albert, m. Arabella Robinson; Valentine and
Valory, twins. The former, m. Irene, daughter of George Simmons, the
latter, m. Hugh McCagg of Pontiac ; Alice, m. Cornelius McCagg (brothers) ;
and one daughter died young. This is a remarkable family, in that, of
the fifteen children, of six sons and nine daughters, the sons are all living
and the daughters are all dead.
Ryan, Edward, one of the early wagon-makers, came to Aylmer from
Ireland in 1849. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Routliffe.
Children: John, m. Catherine Meagher; Edward, m. ?; Lydia, m. - Anson A Gard
Mary Routliffe married to Ruggles Allen. What is great about this photo is it is the first photo to surface with an image
of one of the Routliffe daughters.
Additionally we have a picture of Ruggles Allen who witnessed the John Irish and Arabella Routliffe wedding
along with Edmund Bartlett and Philip Chugg.
Allen, Bartlett and Chugg were all married to Routliffe women and hence were brothers- in-law.
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