1842 Dominion Directory Annuaire du Dominion
RAWDON A flourishing village in the parish of Saint Patrick, township of Rawdon, county of Montcalm district of Joliette. It has extensive water power. Within the last two years quartz and other valuable mineral rocks have been discovered, I said, and found to yield from 80 from four dollars to $35 of gold per ton. The proper machinery will shortly be put up for working them. Large quantities of butter, pork, oatmeal and cloverseed are exported here annually. This place has an extensive trade in timber, flour and potash. Distance from Saint Julienne 6 miles, from Joliette, a station of the Saint Lawrence and Industry Railway 17 miles, from L’Assomption 24 miles, from Terrebonne, 28 miles, from Montreal by way of L’Assomption 48 miles, fare $.50 and $.25; by way of Joliette 53 miles, fare $1.50 and $.75.
Mail tri-weekly.
Population about 600.
Anderson J Colborne, M. D.
Bagly Mrs. Ambrois, storekeeper
Blair Lieutenant Thomas J. P., Commissioner of small causes, farmer
Bordeleau Nazaire, commissioner of small causes, counsellor and farmer
Brousseau Olivier, labourer
Brown James, J. P. Commissioner of small causes, farmer
Burbidge William, farmer and potash works
Burns George, farmer
Carroll Roderick, blacksmith
Champouux, brother Aimé, St. Viateur Model School
Coffay Timothy, farmer
Infant of Sainte Anne’s
Copping William, J. P. Commissioner of small causes, farmer
Corcoran John Walter, labourer
Daly James, farmer
Daly James Junior, farmer
Daly major Alexander J. P. Commissioner of small causes
Daly Mrs. Margaret widow of Luke, storekeeper
Dorwin George, clerk of commissioners court, secretary treasurer of school and council
Dulong David, shoemaker
English Reverend John, Wesleyan, mission at Kildare
Gratten Edward, farmer
Gray Thomas, school commissioner, farmer
Hall Henry, M. D.
Harkness George, blacksmith
McGarity, John, farmer
McGarry John Daniel, shoemaker
McGarry Miss Elizabeth, schoolteacher
McGarry Miss Harriet, school teacher
Magnan Charles, millwright and sawmill
RAWDON Village florissant de la paroisse de Saint Patrick, canton de Rawdon, comté de Montcalm, district de Joliette. Il dispose d’une importante force hydraulique. Au cours des deux dernières années, on a découvert du quartz et d’autres roches minérales de grande valeur qui donnent de 80 à 35 dollars d’or par tonne. Les machines appropriées seront bientôt installées pour les exploiter. De grandes quantités de beurre, de porc, de farine d’avoine et de graines de trèfle sont exportées ici chaque année. Le commerce du bois, de la farine et de la potasse est très important. Distance de Saint-Julienne 6 milles, de Joliette, une station du chemin de fer Saint-Laurent et Industrie 17 milles, de L’Assomption 24 milles, de Terrebonne 28 milles, de Montréal par L’Assomption 48 milles, tarif 0,50 $ et 0,25 $ ; par Joliette 53 milles, tarif 1,50 $ et 0,75 $.
Courrier tri-hebdomadaire.
Environ 600 habitants.
Mason George, counsellor farmer
Mason Lieutenant Edward millwright, grist and sawmills
Mason Patrick school commissioner, farmer
Morache Louis, blacksmith
Morin Placide Octave, innkeeper and bailiff
Pigott Thomas, counsellor farmer
Quinn Captain Francis Felix, provincial land surveyor
Ritier dit Laverdure Benjamin, laborer
Ritier dit Laverdure Jacques, laborer
Rivet François, labourer and kilnman
Robinson captain William, J. P. Councillor, farmer
Robinson John, commissioner of small causes, farmer
Robinson John, laborer
Rowan John, grist and sawmills
Rowan Thomas, miller
Sadler Miss Margaret Victoria, schoolteacher
Sadler Mitchel, farmer
Scroggy William, school trustee, storekeeper
Seaborn Reverend William, minister Church of England
Sharp Captain George, Junior, counsellor farmer
Skelly Lieutenant Michael, J. P. Postmaster, mayor, secretary treasurer of the dissentient school, storekeeper
Skelly Peter, trustee of dissentient school, farmer
Smiley George, farmer
Smiley John, J.P. chairman of schools, farmer
Smiley Samuel, farmer
Smiley William, J.P. farmer
Smith William, grist mill
Swift James, farmer
Truesdale Edmund, innkeeper, grocer
Whittaker William, counselor, farmer
Wright William, schoolteacher