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Buckingham Sawmill (Outaouais, Quebec) | Forestry Fridays: Historic Views of Lumber Mills & Logging Scenes in Eastern Canada

This is a vintage postcard of the Buckingham Sawmill and Dufferin Falls in Buckingham, Quebec. In recent times, Buckingham has been amalgamated into Gatineau. Gatineau is located in Quebec’s Outaouais region.
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Reverse of Postcard

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Some Buckingham surnames at the end of the 19th century

Addy – Allen – Arnaud – Baker – Barkley – Barns – Bastien

Baulne – Beauchamp – Beaudin – Beave – Bedard – Bernard – Bernardin

Bertrand – Bigelow – Bissare – Blais – Boileau – Boisvert – Bouchard – Boucher

Bourassa – Brazeau – Brennan – Brewer – Bugeron – Burgess – Burke

Busby – Butler – Cameron – Campbell – Campeau – Carrier – Cassidy

Cavan – Chamberlin – Chambers – Charbonneau – Charon – Charpentier

Chartrand – Cheney – Chenier – Clement – Cloutier – Constantineau

Cooke – Copeland – Corbeil – Corrigan – Cosgrove – Cote – Coughlin – Cox

Culican – Currie – Dale – Daoust – Davis – Dean – Deault – Degagne – Delorie

Desjardins – Didier – Dionne – Dodge – Donaldson – Dore – Dougherty – Dowd

Doyle – Driscoll – Drouin – Dufresne – Dugal – Dumond – Ethier – Etienne

Farwell – Filiatrault – Fitzgerald – Flemming – Flood – Fournier – Fraser – Freeman

Ganot – Garvey – Gauthier – Gilbert – Gillis – Gleeson – Gollingher – Gorman – Goulette – Gowder

Groton – Grotton – Guartin – Hall – Hamelin – Hayes – Healy – Higginson – Hogan

Jaindin – Joinet – Joyce – Judge – Kelly – Kendall – Kennedy – Lacelle – Lachance

Lafleur – Laframboise – Lahaie – Lahair – Lamoureux – Lanagan – Landry – Lapointe

Larin – Larocque – Larose – Larvee – Lawson – Legare – Limoge – Lonergan – Lonsdale

Lough – Lowe – Lynch – Lyons – Mahony – Marin – Martin – Matte – Maurin

McAndrews – McArthur – McCabe – McCay – McCollum – McConnel – McDermot – McDonald

McDonnell – McFarland – McFarlane – McFee – McG- McGivern – McGuire – McKenzie

McLemens – McMillan – McNamara – McNaughton – McNulty – McPeak – McPike – McShane

McWaters – Menard – Michaud – Miller – Moran – Morisette – Morris – Murphy

Newton – Normand – O’Dowd – O’Driscoll – O’neil – Page – Palmer – Paquette – Paquin

Parker – Pattens – Pearson – Pelletier – Pennal – Plamondon – Power – Pratt – Prince – Proudfoot

Proulx – Renaud – Robb – Robillard – Ross – Rowe – Ryan – Sarrazin – Sharpley – Shopleg

Simeon – Smith – Soucy – Spense – Spooner – St-Amour – St-Ange – Stevenson – Stewart

Stone – Story – Strickland – Tessier – Tetehault (Tetrault/Theriault?) – Thompson – Tremblay – Valier

Vezina – Villeneuve – Wallace – Warwick – Waters – Welsh – Wilson – Windsor

Wiseman – Woods – Woods

 

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2 Comments »

  1. Joseph Dufresne married Mathilde Daoust in Buckingham,Quebec on Aug. 30,1879.Joseph Dufresne ran a sawmill and grist mill in Buckingham.
    Before arriving in Buckinhham,Joseph Dufresne supposedly met Mathilde Daoust(possably Indian) while working on the Canadian Railroad.
    Any more information on this family would be appreciated.

    Comment by Michele Dufresne | May 9, 2011 | Reply

  2. In addition to the above comment about Joseph Dufresne;
    the pronunciation of the name “Dufresne” sounds like Dufrain.Sounding simiar to the name of Dufferin Falls

    Comment by Michele Dufresne | May 14, 2011 | Reply


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