Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada



 


Notes:
ncorporated as the town of Rainy River in 1904, the actual community was first formed around 1895 along the East shore of the Rainy River about 2 km from the current town center by a group of lumbermen whose mill was purchased by the Beaver Mills Lumber Company in 1898. The small village took the name Beaver Mills until it was incorporated as a town. In 1901 the Ontario and Rainy River Railway completed a bridge connecting Minnesota to Ontario, but Beaver Mills town site was in the way of the Eastern end and so they created a new town further up river and in between the two large Mills. The only method of transport at the time was by Steam ship so parts of the bridge arrived addressed to "Rainy River". The town eventually accepted this as their name.[2]

Latitude: 48.577856, Longitude: -93.383446


Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Easton, Gaston  12 Jun 1903Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I32236
2 Farrer, Bessie Mariam  29 May 1921Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49043
3 Farrer, Hiram Churchill  31 Jan 1916Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49036
4 Marsh, Kenneth Stewart  18 Oct 1906Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2623
5 Miller, Thelma Mai  20 Dec 1904Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2676
6 Park, Clinton Andrew  26 Mar 1904Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2819
7 Park, Earl Miller  9 May 1914Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2821
8 Park, Eva Agnes  19 Oct 1900Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2818
9 Park, Victor Robert  3 Jun 1907Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2820
10 Reid, Daniel Franklin "Frank"  27 Jan 1900Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I27806
11 Reid, Mary Kathleen "Mamie"  21 Feb 1905Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I27808
12 Reid, Ruby "Helen"  14 Jul 1907Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I27809

Death

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID 
1 Easton, Gaston  12 Jun 1903Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I32236
2 Farrer, Isaac Ernest  10 Jan 1971Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49034
3 Farrer, Lorna Evelyn  1993Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49037
4 Gibson, Sarah Ann  4 Aug 1907Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I31637
5 Miller, Stewart Evan  28 Feb 1926Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2352
6 Park, Clinton Andrew  2 Sep 2011Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2819
7 Park, Earl Miller  28 Jun 1927Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2821
8 Ronning, Conrad  1987Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49038
9 Ronning, Janet Ellen  2006Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I49042
10 Spence, Briden Arthur  13 Jan 1934Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I55243

Census

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Census    Person ID 
1 Miller, Robert  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2115
2 Miller, Stewart Evan  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2352
3 Park, Horace Charles  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2817

Census-Household Member

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Census-Household Member    Person ID 
1 Miller, Gertrude May  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2795
2 Miller, Hugh "John"  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2810
3 Miller, Joseph Elliot  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2674
4 Miller, Lillian Bateson  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2704
5 Miller, Mary Ann "Annie"  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2616
6 Miller, Peter Wesley  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2823
7 Miller, Samuel  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2783
8 Park, Eva Agnes  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2818

Census-Wife of Head

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Census-Wife of Head    Person ID 
1 Conroy, Janet  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2614
2 Duncan, Agnes  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2806
3 Miller, Elizabeth  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2816

Occupation

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID 
1 Miller, Stewart Evan  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2352

Residence

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
1 Park, Horace Charles  1901Rainy River (Beaver Mills), Algoma District, Ontario, Canada I2817


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