tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post3193209222101079278..comments2024-03-28T04:11:26.088-04:00Comments on The Kitchissippi Museum: The story of Archibald Smirle & family: Kitchissippi pioneersDave Allstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05569018402822889167noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-13896144927559777762023-12-20T00:26:00.916-05:002023-12-20T00:26:00.916-05:00Very interesting.
, I’m sure being a Smirle and b...Very interesting. <br />, I’m sure being a Smirle and born in Ottawa that we are probably related. Thanks for info on Smirle Avenue, Always wondered where it came from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-48086613491807302782016-01-20T08:17:45.897-05:002016-01-20T08:17:45.897-05:00Of course. Please send me your email address at da...Of course. Please send me your email address at daveallston AT rogers DOT com and I'll be happy to forward it to you! Cheers, glad you enjoyed that neat little article!Dave Allstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569018402822889167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-67451468513132884782016-01-19T22:01:39.783-05:002016-01-19T22:01:39.783-05:00Dave
Thank you so much for this information. The n...Dave<br />Thank you so much for this information. The news article about the picnic and games is a thrill for me to read. My grandma was almost 13,her sister Elva almost 11, and Cora was 7.I notice they won all the races, even tho Aice was not an athlete.<br />Would it be possible to get an email copy of the photo of the Hintonburg School? <br />Anne SterlingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-52669879621290121772016-01-18T21:24:01.365-05:002016-01-18T21:24:01.365-05:00hi Anne. Thanks for reading. The Hintonburg Public...hi Anne. Thanks for reading. The Hintonburg Public School was indeed located on the property of Connaught today, but was located in behind where the present-day school is, fronting onto Rosemount. I spoke a bit about it in my article from December on the Rosemount Library (and even included a rare old photo of the school). In 1908 it changed names to Rosemount Public School. When the new school was built in 1915, it was named Connaught. I'd been thinking that I am well overdue for a blog post on the history of Hintonburg/Rosemount School, so I'll try to do that soon! Continuation classes were common for the schools of that era, before the high schools like Nepean and Glebe arrived. Broadview, Westboro (Churchill) and Hintonburg all had small continuation classes. So your grandmother would have been one of a limited number of students to attended these neat classes. I only have a few records of students at HPS, and didn't spot her name, but I did come across this quickly, in case you haven't seen it before, from July of 1907: http://s16.postimg.org/m8vkzgit1/Journal_1907_07_13.jpg Cheers!Dave Allstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569018402822889167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-16329893336464860292016-01-18T20:59:00.232-05:002016-01-18T20:59:00.232-05:00Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for ...Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reading!Dave Allstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569018402822889167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-48387433923840225612016-01-18T20:57:16.743-05:002016-01-18T20:57:16.743-05:00The photos of the Smirle girls say they attended H...The photos of the Smirle girls say they attended Hintonburg Public School in the 1890's. My grandmother,Alice Storey, lived at the corner of Roosevelt and Riçhmond Road. She graduated from Hintonburg Continuation School in 1907, and went on to Lisgar Collegiate. I wonder where these schools were located. We're they both on the site of what is now Connaught School on Rosemount Avenue?<br />Anne Sterling, OttawaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014517712539920451.post-254274837117086242016-01-14T23:22:58.835-05:002016-01-14T23:22:58.835-05:00Thanks, Dave, for another interesting and well-res...Thanks, Dave, for another interesting and well-researched article.Andrea Murphynoreply@blogger.com