This map is by no means exact but it should give you an idea
of how the township was/is situated.
Darling Township seems to have been mostly a timber area (red & white pine). |
Tatlock:
In 1864 Tatlock had a post office with James Guthrie as postmaster. Tatlock PO shows in the Historical Atlas for Lanark County |
Brightside: Is on the town line between Darling & Lanark Twps. Brightside PO is marked on the in the Historical Atlas also. William Lochead was postmaster in the late 1880s. |
White: White PO is showing in the Historical Atlas with roads linking it to Clyde Forks in Lavant Twp and Brightside/Tatlock. |
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Parish & Civil Records;
Cemetery Records; Census Records; Taxation Records
Vital Statistics 1869+ - Ontario Government
Parish & Civil Records for Darling Township:
Comments | Type | Years | NAC
film numbers |
LDS film numbers |
Darling Township, Lanark County | . | . | . | . |
Clayton United Church, Clayton | BMD | 1805-1965 | M-3687, M-3688 | . |
. | BMD | 1876-1965 | M-3243 | . |
includes: [St. Peter's] Presbyterian Church, Darling Township | B | 1871-1878 | M-3687 | . |
communion rolls | . | 1890-1942 | M-3688 | . |
includes: St. John's, Hopetown; Rosetta Presbyterian Congregation; and St. Peter's Tatlock | . | . | . | . |
Clayton-Middleville Presbyterian Charge (later, Middleville United Church) | B | 1881-1950 | M-3243 | . |
. | D | 1942-1957 | M-3688 | . |
communion rolls | . | 1942-1957 | M-3688 | . |
includes: Hopetown, Rosetta, Darling and Tatlock | . | . | . | . |
St. Peter's, Darling and St. Paul's Middleville Presbyterian Congregations | BD | 1893-1965 | M-3688 | . |
. | M | 1897-1919 | M-3243 | . |
includes: Hopetown, Rosetta and Tatlock | . | . | . | . |
Holy Name of Mary RC -
Almonte (Index) Records for Saint Declan's mission (Brightside) were kept in this Church until Jan. 1915. |
B | 1872-1966 | .. | 1302151 |
(Index) | M | 1872-1966 | . | . |
includes confirmations & communions | BMD | 1869-1910 | . | . |
confirmations | . | 1883-1909 | . | . |
another filming 1892-1910 | BMD | 1892-1917 | . | 1887877 |
Saint Declan - Brightside - originals at the Church | BDM | 1915-1918 | . | 1901619 |
Cemetery Records for Darling Township:
Cemeteries: | |||
St Declan's Roman Catholic | ISNB 1-894008-05-7 | Lanark County Genealogical Society | |
McGee, L3 C8 | . | . | Keith |
Darling Twp. | . | . | Ontario
Archives MS 451 Reel 46 |
Census Records for Darling Township:
Transcribed Censuses available in book form:
1842 | Bathurst, Beckwith, Dalhousie, Darling, Drummond, N. & S. Sherbrooke | Extracted from microfilm by Robert E. Sargeant ; compiled by J.R. Ernest Miller Kingston : Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1987 | National Library |
1851 | Darling, Lanark & Lavant
Twp ISBN 1-55034-384-X |
Sargeant, Robert E extracted from NAC film #C-11731 / compiled by JR Ernest Miller Kingston Ont - 1989 - 52 leaves | Kingston
Branch - OGS US/CAN Book Area US/CAN Film Area |
1861 | Darling & Lavant Twps ISBN 1-55075-269-3 |
Sargeant, Robert E extracted from NAC film #C-1042 / compiled by JR Ernest Miller Kingston Ont - 1994 - 27 leaves | Kingston
Branch - OGS LDS |
1871 | Pakenham & Darling Twps | Robert and Roberta Sargeant | Lanark County Genealogical Society |
1891 | Almonte (town), Darling Township, Lanark Township, Lanark Village | by Ernest E. Miller & Robert E. Sargeant ; arranged for publication by Roberta Sargeant Kingston, Ont. : Kingston Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996. ISBN: 0777905132 | Kingston Branch - OGS |
Land & Property Records for Lanark County (general)
Taxation Records for Lanark County (general)
Schools:
1842: there were 3 school sections - SS#1 & SS#3 were vacant and SS#2 was in use.
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