Carleton Place Centenary Celebration and Old Home Week

Carleton Place Centenary Celebration and Old Home Week

August 3, 1924.


Dalton Corry Coleman

"Guest of Honor" - Vice President in charge of the Western lines for the Canadian Pacific Railway.


W.W. Cliff - 1852/1936

Publisher - perhaps he was publisher of the CP Herald?


John F. Cram - 1833/1915

Wool Puller of Carleton Place, Tanner at Appleton, Carleton Place Councillor for 12 years, Reeve for 3 years, School Trustee for 12 years and Reform Association President.


Dr. Richard F. Preston, M.D. 

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1890 - 1892 - Physician.


William Pattie - 1842/1931

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1893 - Building Contractor and "Oldest Surviving Son of Carleton Place".


Abner Nichols - 1836/1905

Mayor of Carleton Place 1894 and 1899 - Owner of a Planning Mill.


David Cram  - 1848/1902

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1895.


James Warren

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1896 - Blacksmith


Alexander H. Edwards 

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1897 - Lumber Manufacturer.


Thomas Begley - 1847/1914

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1898 - Railway Man.


William Dunham

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1900 - Dry Goods Merchant


Robert C. Patterson

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1901 - Barrister.


William A. Nichols - 1870/1933

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1902 - Planning & Sawmill Owner.


G. Arthur Burgess

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1903 & 1921 - Mill Owner.


James E. Bennett - 1860/1927

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1904-1906 - Grocers and Butcher, est. 1883.


Samuel J. Berryman - 1847/1938

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1907 - Textile Foreman.


George H. Findlay - 1864/1945

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1908 - Barrister.


Albert E. Cram - 1867/1929

Mayor or Carleton Place - 1909 & 1910 - Wool Dealer - Manufacturer.


David Smythe - 1871/1935

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1911-1917 - Merchant Harness maker.


Roy Wallace Bates - 1887/1963

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1918 to 1920 - Textile Manufacturer.


William J. Hughes.

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1922 - Druggist


Major William J. Hooper.

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1923 - Postmaster.


William Barclay - 1890/1947

Mayor of Carleton Place - 1924 - Railway Station Agent.


Mrs. D. Findlay, Sr. (Catherine McRostie) - 1837/1933.

Oldest Surviving Daughter of Carleton Place.


George Cornell, Sr. - 1833/1924

Assessor for 40 years.


A. R. G. Peden - 1849/1935

Police Magistrate and Town Clerk for over 40 years.


First Town Council - Carleton Place - 1890-1892.

Back Row: L to R: David Cram, Wm. Pattie, MD. R. F. Preston (Mayor), Abner Nichols, Joseph Stewart and J.M. Brown.

Front Row: L to R: Thomas Hodgins, Colin Sinclair, A. R. G. Peden (Clerk), T. C. Hudson, Alec Campbell and Peter Grant.


C. W. Bates Residence


J. E. Bennett Store


G. A. Burgess Residence


A. E. Cram Residence


David Findlay Residence


David Gillies Residence


N. M. Riddell Residence


The above photos have been provided by Annie Stanley - [email protected]


Posted: April 17, 2004.