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c. 1999 Jack Schecter All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microreproduction, recording or otherwise- without prior written permission of the author and publisher. Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements From Smith's Falls, Ontario, Newspapers, 1863-1866, 1875 & 1877 FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY SMITHS (MI LT SFPLO80082 Introduction Smith's Falls is the largest community in Lanark County located on the Rideau Canal about 60 km. south of Ottawa, Ont. The site was originally granted to Major Thomas Smyth, a United Empire Loyalist, and named for him but settlement developed with the arrival in 1826 of Abel Ruse! Ward. The community was incorporated as a village in 1854 and as a town in 1882. The birth, marriage and death announcements were transcribed from newspaper photocopies of the Rideau Gleaner found at the Smith's Falls Public Library, 1858-1859 and an Archives of Ontario microfilm for the Smith's Fall Review, 1863-1866 and Smith's Falls News and District Advertiser for1875 and 1877 (Accession no. 6591, June, 1970). Newspapers in Ontario during the 19th century were characterized by frequent changes of names and ownership. The first newspaper published in Smith's Falls was called The Rideau Gleaner, a weekly started in September 1858, by George Neilson, which existed for a short period. Another newspaper called The Smith's Falls Review started in February 1863, by William Keith finished in 1868. The next newspaper was The Smith's Falls News by William Keith and Alex Milne is believed to have started in January 1878. After the News the next paper was the Independent established in 1883 by Fred Male and George Inglis which went out of business in 1891. In 1887 the Rideau Record appeared and it eventually absorbed the the Smith's Falls News and continues as the Record-News to the present time. There are occasional words, which were difficult to transcribe because of fading which are indicated by a question mark (?) around the word or illegible if the word was not readable. Jack Schecter