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  History of Kemptville, Ontario, Canada

Journey back in time to Kemptville, Ontario, Canada

Visit Kemptville, Ontario, Canada. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1844 - Church of the Holy Cross established at Kemptville
  
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  Church of the Holy Cross
  503 Clothier Street W, Kemptville, ONTARIO
  Established 1844
  Source: Google maps
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• 1873
  KEMPTVILLE, an incorporated village in Grenville co., Ont., on a branch of the Rideau river, 96 miles N.E. of Kingston, and on the St. Lawrence and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1895 - A farmer near Kemptville, Ont., killed a lynx that weighed 1000 pounds.
  
  The San Francisco Call
  San Francisco, California
  April 22, 1895
  
  
• 1895 - Kemptville
  Kempt'ville, a village in Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River, and on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway, 22 1/ 2 miles N. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1896 - ACCIDENT AT KEMPTVILLE.
  Kemptville, Ont., June 3. - While John McGovern, an aged man, was unloading boxes at the lower station this morning, his horse became frightened at a ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1896 - THE ICE JAM - Has Backed Up Waters Which May Do Great Damage.
  KEMPTVILLE, Ont., April 17 - The ice jam in the Rideu river has backed up the waters to such an extent for miles around, that farm lands are deeply...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Kemptville, Ont.
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  River Scene
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• 1906 - ROBBED IN A HEN LOFT - Kemptville Man Held up by Toughs. WHO MEET HIM AT HIS OWN BARN.
  Threaten Him With Revolvers and Take $325 From Him.
  
  Kemptville, Ont., May 10. - About half past four o'clock this morning, Mr. Wm. Jackson, egg...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1908 - FREEZES WITH HELP IN SIGHT - Terrible Experience of Man Fastened in Snow.
  Kemptville, Ont. - A sad occurrence is reported from Osgoode Township, Carleton county, as a result of the recent storm and severe cold snap, during...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1909 - AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT KEMPTVILLE, ONT.
  Special to The Journal.
  Kemptville, Ont., Nov. 26. - The entire community was shocked here to learn of the death by burning of Miss Louisa Shaver,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1916
  Kemptville, a banking village of Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River and on the Canadian Pacific R., 22 1/ 2 miles N. of Prescott. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Students Residence K.A.S. Kemptville, Ont.
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