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Mr. Mitchell was not a Hermit– The Rest of the Story

It is denied emphatically by Mrs. Jane Masterman, who is a great grandniece of the gentleman who was described in an article in the Ottawa Citizen as a Ramsay hermit (read-The Story of “Old Mitchell,” Who Lived Outside of Almonte. The story was reproduced in the Gazette of last week. Mr. Mitchell resided on a sixty acre farm near the Auld Kirk, on the 8th line of Ramsay and he was a bachelor. He…

More About Churches and Things Part 2

Ramsay was surveyed in 1820-21, and during 1821 most of it was settled by military settlers from Perth, which were mostly Scottish and Presbyterian. They had no minister until a call was issued in October 1833 to Rev. John Fairbairn.

Ministers had visited Ramsay at times from Perth, Beckwith, and Lanark when baptism and communion services were held in homes, schoolhouses and barns. The following…

Before and After — Auld Kirk

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Another interesting fact that I did not expect was the number of people buried in  Auld Kirk that never managed to have a stone put over their grave. That percentage is currently running at approx. 12%. Like former Carleotn Place resident Cecil Cummings that I wrote about.

The Kirk is open for only the one Sunday in mid August for Decoration Sunday and even then the Memorial Service is…