A Newsletter is published 2 to 4 times a year and
mailed to all active members. It includes information on upcoming
events and stories about Gloucester history. Now you can read past
newsletters on-line. There is a delay before the most recent newsletters are published here.
Newsletter Index
Compiled by Robert Serré, updated by Glenn Clark
Abbreviations: vol. = volume / GHS = Gloucester Historical Society
ALLEN, Harry, BRIDGE, vol.13-3 fall 2012
ALTA VISTA DRIVE, How it began, vol.16-4 winter 2015, vol.18-1 spring 2017
ALTA VISTA STREET NAMES, vol.15-2 summer 2014
ANCESTRY, GETTING STARTED ON SEARCHING YOUR, vol.18-4 winter 2017
1950 ANNEXATION, vol.22-4 winter 2021
BARRETT, Fred G., ARENA HALL, vol.6-1 winter 2005
BESSERER’S GROVE, vol.9-1 winter 2008, vol.22-2 summer 2021
BETHANY UNITED CHURCH, vol.13-1 spring 2012
BILLINGS, Braddish, photo of second home, vol.13-3 fall 2012
BILLINGS, Braddish PLAQUE, vol.13-2 2012, vol.13-3 2012, vol.14-2 2013, vol. 14.3 2013
BILLINGS BRIDGE, vol.4-2 spring 2003, vol.4-3 fall 2003, vol.12-4 winter 2011
BILLINGS BRIDGE - 1948, vol.17-4 winter 2016, vol.18-2 summer 2017
BILLINGS BRIDGE STREET CAR PROPOSED BUT NEVER MATERIALIZED, vol.16-4 winter 2015
BILLINGS BRIDGE TRAIN CRASH, vol.9-1 winter 2008
BLACK RAPIDS, See VICTORY HILL MEMORIES, vol.17-1 winter 2016
BLAIR ROAD, MEMORIES OF by Edith Woodburn, vol. 15-4 winter 2014
BLAST FROM THE PAST (Ottawa weather extremes), vol. 19-2 summer 2018
BLOOD ON THE RAPIDS, vol 18-4 winter 2017
BLOSSOM PARK, vol.5-3 fall 2004
BOGTOWN SCHOOL, vol.4-1 winter 2003
BOWESVILLE, vol. 10-3 fall 2009
BOWESVILLE ROAD, A SPRING STROLL ALONG THE OLD, vol.19-3 fall 2018
BRENNAN, William Frederic, vol.15-3 fall 2014
CANADIAN EXPLOSIVES LABORATORY, vol. 19-4 winter 2018
CANADIAN HORSE, vol.3-1 winter 2002
CANDLE MAKING OF LONG AGO, vol.8-1 winter 2007
ESTHER CARLISLE & ENCORE, THE NEARLY-NEW SHOP, vol.20-1 spring 2019
CARLSBAD SPRINGS, vol.5-2 spring 2004, vol.5-3 fall 2004
CARLSBAD SPRINGS SPA, vol.6-1 winter 2005
CEMETERIES OF GLOUCESTER, vol. 3-3 fall 2002
CENTENNIAL YEAR IN GLOUCESTER, VANIER AND ROCKCLIFFE, vol.18-1 spring 2017, vol 18-2 summer 2017
CHAIN MIGRANTS, LILLICO FAMILY, vol.10-1 spring 2009
CHAIN OF OFFICE, vol. 1-3 Dec.2000
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES IN GLOUCESTER, vol.21-4 winter 2020
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS AND LEGENDS, vol.10-4 winter 2009
CITY OF OTTAWA ARCHIVES, partnership agreement with GHS, vol.14-1 spring 2013
CLAPP, JOHNSTON, MODEL T TRUCK & MAIL ROUTE, vol.12-3 fall 2011
CLARK, TRACEY, vol.19-1 spring 2018
Lost CORONATION PARK, Billings Bridge, vol.20-4 winter 2019
CUMMINGS BRIDGE, vol.4-3 fall 2003, vol.12-1 spring 2011
An Unexpected DNA Surprise (CUTTS family), vol. 19-4 winter 2018
CYRVILLE BUS LINE, vol.20-4 winter 2019
DUNLOP HOUSE on River Road, vol. 1-2 Sept.2000
EASTVIEW, vol.5-1 winter 2004, vol.14-1 spring 2013
Thrills and Chills in EASTVIEW, vol.19-4 winter 2018
ELLWOOD, village, vol.14-4 winter 2013, vol.15-1 spring 2014, vol.15-3 fall 2014 (map)
The ENEMY LIVING AMONGST US IN GLOUCESTER, vol.20-4 winter 2019
Vanier's ENFIELD AVENUE, ANOTHER MYSTERY SOLVED, vol.22-3 fall 2021
ESTHER CARLISLE & ENCORE, THE NEARLY-NEW SHOP, vol.20-1 spring 2019
The Story Behind the Naming of Vanier's ETHEL STREET, vol.22-1 spring 2021
EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH LABORATORY, UPLANDS, vol. 11-4 winter 2010
FARMER’S CORNERS, vol.4-1 winter 2003
FIRES, 1887, vol.16-2 summer 2015
FLOODING see EASTVIEW under water
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR, The Enemy Living Amongst Us in Gloucester, vol.20-4 winter 2019
GERVIN, PRIVATE WALTER 1896-1916, vol. 16-3 fall 2015
GLOUCESTER, correct pronunciation, vol.14-1 spring 2013, vol.17-1 spring 2016
GLOUCESTER CHAIN OF OFFICE, vol. 20-2 summer 2019
GLOUCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM, history, vol.13-4 winter 2012, vol.15-3 fall 2014
GLOUCESTER LIONS CLUB, vol.6-1 winter 2005
GOVERNOR GENERALS OF CANADA, vol.17-4 winter 2016
GREENBELT, vol.9 winter 2008
Coming to Grips with the GREENBELT, vol.19-4 winter 2018
GREEN’S CREEK, vol.13-4 winter 2012
GREEN’S CREEK CONSERVATION AREA, vol.8-2 summer 2007
HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY CONTROVERSY, vol.12-2 summer 2011
HAWTHORNE, BRIEF HISTORY, vol.11-1 spring 2010
HIAWATHA PARK see BESSERER'S GROVE
HISTORICAL STREET NAMES, vol. 1-3 Dec.2000
HMCS GLOUCESTER, vol.6-2 fall 2005
HOG’S BACK, vol.14-2 summer 2013, vol. 14-3 fall 2013
HOLY ROSARY SCHOLASTICATE, vol.19-1 spring 2018
HURDMAN’S BRIDGE, vol.4-3 fall 2003
HURDMAN'S BRIDGE BUS LINE, vol.20-4 winter 2019
INNES, John, MEMORIAL CAIRN, vol.14-3 fall 2013, vol.14-4 winter 2013
JACOB’S WELL, vol.4-1 winter 2003
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY (OTTAWA), vol.4-1 winter 2003
JOHNSTONE, Neal, creator of photo data base, vol.2-1 spring 2001
JOHN STREET SCHOOL, vol.10-1 spring 2009
KEMP, BOB, Remembering, vol.20-3 fall 2019
KEMP, LOIS OBITUARY, vol.16-3 fall 2015
KEMPARK - THEN AND NOW, LOOKING FOR A GOOD READ?, vol.22-3 fall 2021
KIRK, Edward F., A TRIBUTE, vol.10-4 winter 2009
KITCHEN, Lillian, vol.14-1 spring 2013
OTTAWA & NEW YORK RAILWAY, A Railway Doomed to Failure and Cursed with Accidents, vol.21-3 fall 2020
OUR KLONDIKE RELATIVES (Woodburn and Ogilvie families), vol.17-2 summer 2016
OVERBROOK TIME-LINE HISTORY, vol.23-2 summer 2022, vol.23-3 fall 2022
LAFORTUNE, Ruth, Obituary, vol. 18-3 fall 2017
LEDUC, Patricia NÉE SÉGUIN, vol.5-3 fall 2004
LEITRIM COMMUNITY DESIGN PLAN, vol.6-2 fall 2005
LIBRARY SERVICES IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, vol.12-2 summer 2011
LILLICO FAMILY, vol.10-1 spring 2009
LIMEBANK SCHOOL, vol. 1-1 June 2000, vol. 1-2 Sept.2000
LITTLE HORSE OF IRON, vol.3-1 winter 2002
LOST OTTAWA presentation, vol. 20-2 Summer 2019
LOGO OF GHS, vol.5-2 spring 2004
MacDONALD-CARTIER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OTTAWA, vol.13-2 summer 2012
MANOR PARK EAST, MARTIN AVENUE FARMHOUSE, vol. 10-3 fall 2009
MANOTICK, Recollections of old, vol.21-4 winter 2020
MARTIN AVENUE FARMHOUSE, vol. 10-3 fall 2009
Remembering a Local National Tennis Champion, DON MCDIARMID, vol.22-1 spring 2021
MER BLEUE CONSERVATION AREA, vol.9 fall 2008
BACKGROUND ON THE MINTO SKATING CLUB, vol.20-1 spring 2019
MISS OTTAWA ROUGH RIDER, vol.19-1 spring 2018
MONTREAL ROAD, BRIEF HISTORY, vol.12-3 fall 2011
MONTREAL ROAD, WHY STREETCAR WAS NEVER BUILT?, vol.16-1 spring 2015
MOODIE CEMETERY PLAQUE INSTALLATION, vol. 19-2 summer 2018
MOONEY’S BAY, vol.14-2 summer 2013, vol.14-3 fall 2013, vol.17-4 winter 2016
MOROZUKS SURVIVED A ROCKY START, HOW THE, vol.18-3 fall 2017
MULLINGAN FAMILY OF LIMEBANK ROAD, THE, vol.20-3 fall 2019
MURPHY/KENNY HOUSE (on Blair Road North formerly Skead Road) by Joan Scot, vol.15-4 winter 2014, vol.16-1 spring 2015
NEW EDINBURGH, JOHN STREET SCHOOL, vol.10-1 spring 2009
NEW EDINBRUGH-GATINEAU POINT FERRY, Off to Work, by boat??? vol. 20-2 summer 2019, vol.20-3 fall 2019
NEW EDINBRUGH - 1873, THE RESIDENTS OF vol. 21-1 spring 2020
NEW EDINBRUGH FIRE, THE 1907 vol. 21-1 spring 2020
OGILVIE, William, ORIGINAL HOME, vol.8-1 winter 2007
OUR KLONDIKE RELATIVES (Woodburn and Ogilvie families), vol.17-2 summer 2016
OLD DUTCH MILL, vol.4-1 winter 2003
ORANGE LODGE MONUMENT, vol.3-2 spring 2002
ORLÉANS BRANCH, OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY, vol.12-2 summer 2011
ORLÉANS HISTORY, vol.15-2 summer 2014
OTTAWA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, vol.4-1 winter 2003
OTTAWA ROTARY HOME, Bank Street South, vol. 10-3 fall 2009
OUR LADY OF THE VISITATION CHURCH, vol.2-2 fall 2001
OVERBROOK, vol.4-3 fall 2003
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT with City of Ottawa Archives, vol.14-1 spring 2013
PATTERSON, Mary, obituary, vol.14-2 summer 2013
PHOTO COLLECTION, vol.2-1 spring 2001, vol.14-2 summer 2013, vol.14-3 fall 2013
PINEVIEW COMMUNITY, HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE, vol.18-3 fall 2017
PIONEER HOME BUILDING, vol.13-4 winter 2012
PIONEER SHELTERS, vol.11-3 fall 2010
PLAQUES, see BRADDISH BILLINGS PLAQUE, JOHN INNES MEMORIAL CAIRN, MOODIE CEMETERY PLAQUE INSTALLATION
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, EARLY HISTORY, vol.11-4 winter 2010
QUARRIES, ROBILLARD FAMILY, vol.5-2 spring 2004
QUARRIES SCHOOL SS#9, vol. 3-2 spring 2002, vol.11-4 winter 2010
RADAR DEVELOPMENT DURING WORLD WAR II, vol.13-2 summer 2012
RAF BLENHEIM CREW, A TRIBUTE TO OUR, vol.17-3 fall 2016
RAILWAYS IN GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, vol.11-2 summer 2010, vol.16-2 summer 2015
RCMP MUSICAL RIDE, vol.14-1 spring 2013, vol.14-2 summer 2013
RENAUD ROAD, vol.11-2 summer 2010
RIDEAU CANAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE, vol.8-2 summer 2007
RIDEAU HALL, A BRIEF HISTORY, vol.17-3 fall 2016, vol.17-4 winter 2016
RIDEAU PARK - 1948, vol.16-3 fall 2015, vol 16-4 winter 2015
RIDEAU RIVER FLOOD OF 1947, vol.13-1 spring 2013
ROBILLARD, Honoré and Alexandre, vol.9 fall 2008
ROCKCLIFFE AIR STATION, vol.11-3 fall 2010
ROCKCLIFFE-GATINEAU POINT FERRY, Off to Work, by boat?? vol.20-2 summer 2019, vol.20-3 Fall 2019
ROCKCLIFFE'S MILE CIRCLE, vol.21-1 Spring 2020
ROCKCLIFFE SKI JUMP, vol.18-4 winter 2017
ROCKCLIFFE STREETCAR, THE, OTTAWA'S MOST SCENIC AND UNSUCCESSFUL CAR LINE, vol.23-1 spring 2022
ROWATS OF LONG ISLAND, vol. 10-2 summer 2009
The ROYAL SHANTY and the 1901 Royal Visit, vol. 21-2 summer 2020
SAWMILL CREEK, vol.4-1 winter 2003
SCHOOLS of Gloucester, vol. 14-3 fall 2013
Before SOUTH KEYS, Celebrating 50 years with Memories, vol. 19-2 summer 2018
SPACE SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE, vol.13-2 summer 2012
SPEAKERS, see STEWART, TRÉPANIER
SPRATT, THOMAS ANDREW & ANNIE, vol.16-1 spring 2015
STEWART, William (Bill), Sergeant Major, speaker, vol.14-1 spring 2013, vol.14-2 summer 2013
STREETCARS, HOW OTTAWA'S STREETCAR ROUTES WERE IDENTIFIED IN 1921 (with 1931 update), vol.23-1 spring 2022
ST. GEORGE’S CEMETERY, HAWTHORNE, vol.11-1 spring 2010
ST. JAMES’ LEITRIM DEDICATION DAY, vol.7-1 fall 2006
ST. MARGARET’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, vol. 10-2 summer 2009
ST. MARY THE VIRGIN ANGLICAN CHURCH, vol.9 summer 2008
SUICIDE HILL, vol.18-4 winter 2017
TALLEST TREE IN GLOUCESTER, vol.4-1 winter 2003
TALLY HO WATTER AT THE OTTAWA HUNT CLUB - EARLY 1900s, vol.22-3 fall 2021
TOLLHOUSE, CORNER OF MONTREAL AND RUSSELL ROADS, vol.11-3 fall 2010
TOMLINSON’S GENERAL STORE, vol.4-1 winter 2003
TORNADO MAKES and REMEMBERS HISTORY, SEPTEMBER, vol.19-3 fall 2018
TRÉPANIER, Claire, speaker, vol.14-3 fall 2013, vol.14-4 winter 2013
TUG OF WAR TEAM, Canadian Championship of 1892, vol.20-3 fall 2019
UPLANDS BUS LINES, vol.16-3 fall 2015
VANIER DOCUMENTATION PLAN, vol.4-2 spring 2003
VICTORIA SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL, vol.8-1 winter 2007
VICTORY HILL MEMORIES, vol.17-1 spring 2016
WEATHER, see BLAST FROM THE PAST
WEBSITE LAUNCHED BY GHS, vol.8-1 winter 2007
WOMEN’S INSTITUTES OF GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, vol.12-1 spring 2011
WOODBURN, EDITH REMEMBERS vol.15-4 winter 2014, vol.16-1 spring 2015
WOODBURN, JAMES (A TRIBUTE TO OUR RAF BLENHEIM CREW), vol. 17-3 fall 2016
WOODBURN LECTURE by Loral Dean, vol.12-4 winter 2011
OUR KLONDIKE RELATIVES (Woodburn and Ogilvie families), vol.17-2 summer 2016
WOODEN BICYCLE, vol.7-1 fall 2006
WRITING A PERSONAL HISTORY, vol.17-2 summer 2016
WRITING CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED, vol.18-2 summer 2017
Early Newsletters
1981 November - Newsletter No.2
1993 September
- November
1993 December
- 1994 February
1994 May - June
1994 October - November
1995 February - March
1995 June - August
1995 September - November
1996 Spring
1996 Autumn
1997 Spring
Historic Gloucester
2000 Volume 1 No. 1 June
2000 Volume
1 No. 2 September
2000 Volume 1
No. 3 December
2001 Volume 2 No. 1
Spring
2001 Volume 2 No. 2 Fall
2002 Volume 3 No. 1 Winter
2002 Volume 3 No. 2 Spring
2002 Volume 3 No.
3 Fall
2003 Volume 4 No. 1
Winter
2003 Volume 4 No. 2
Spring
2003 Volume 4 No. 3 Fall
2004 Volume 5 No. 1 Winter
2004 Volume 5 No. 2
Spring
2004 Volume 5 No. 3 Fall
2005 Volume 6 No. 1
Winter
2005 Volume 6 No. 2 Fall
2006 Volume 7 No. 1 Fall
2007 Volume 8
No. 1 Winter
2007 Volume 8 No. 2
Summer
2008 Volume 9 No. 1
Winter
2008 Volume 9 No. 2
Spring
2008 Volume 9 No. 2 Summer
2008 Volume 9 No. 3 Fall
2008 Volume 9 No. 4
Winter
2009 Volume 10 No. 1 Spring
2009 Volume 10 No. 2 Summer
2009 Volume 10 No.
3 Fall
2009 Volume 10 No. 4 Winter
2010 Volume 11 No. 1 Spring
2010 Volume 11 No. 2 Summer
2010 Volume 11 No. 3 Fall
2010 Volume 11 No. 4 Winter
2011 Volume 12 No. 1 Spring
2011 Volume 12 No. 2 Summer
2011 Volume 12 No. 3 Fall
2011 Volume 12 No. 4 Winter
2012 Volume
13 No. 1 Spring
2012 Volume 13 No. 2 Summer
2012 Volume 13 No. 3 Fall
2012 Volume 13 No. 4 Winter
2013 Volume 14 No. 1 Spring
2013 Volume 14 No. 2 Summer
2013 Volume 14 No. 3 Fall
2013 Volume 14 No. 4 Winter
2014 Volume 15 No. 1 Spring
2014 Volume 15 No. 2 Summer
2014 Volume 15 No. 3 Fall
2014 Volume 15 No. 4 Winter
2015 Volume 16 No. 1 Spring
2015 Volume 16 No. 2 Summer
2015 Volume 16 No. 3 Fall
2015 Volume 16 No. 4 Winter
2016 Volume 17 No. 1 Spring
2016 Volume 17 No. 2 Summer
2016 Volume 17 No. 3 Fall
2016 Volume 17 No. 4 Winter
2017 Volume 18 No. 1 Spring
2017 Volume 18 No. 2 Summer
2017 Volume 18 No. 3 Fall
2017 Volume 18 No. 4 Winter
2018 Volume 19 No. 1 Spring
2018 Volume 19 No. 2 Summer
2018 Volume 19 No. 3 Fall
2018 Volume 19 No. 4 Winter
2019 Volume 20 No. 1 Spring
2019 Volume 20 No. 2 Summer
2019 Volume 20 No. 3 Fall
2019 Volume 20 No. 4 Winter
2020 Volume 21 No. 1 Spring
2020 Volume 21 No. 2 Summer
2020 Volume 21 No. 3 Fall
2020 Volume 21 No. 4 Winter
2021 Volume 22 No. 1 Spring
2021 Volume 22 No. 2 Summer
(available for public viewing October 2022)
2021 Volume 22 No. 3 Fall
(available for public viewing October 2022)
2021 Volume 22 No. 4 Winter
(mailed to members December 2021)
2022 Volume 23 No. 1 Spring
(mailed to members April 2022)
2021 Volume 23 No. 2 Summer
(mailed to members October 2022)
2022 Volume 23 No. 3 Fall
(mailed to members October 2022)
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