John By

John By

male, deceased (1836)
civil engineer, Royal Engineers officer, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineer, Saint Lawrence River, Ottawa River…Bytown, founder of Bytown
Lieutenant-Colonel John By (probably 7 August 1779 - 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer, best remembered for supervising the...
Thomas McKay

Thomas McKay

male, deceased (1855)
Scottish, from Perth, Scotland, Perth, Scotland, Lachine Canal, Settler of the National Capital Region of Canada, Rideau River…Bytown Museum, Bytown
Thomas McKay* (September 1, 1792 - October 9, 1855) was a prosperous Canadian businessman who was one of the founders of the city of Ottawa,...

Élisabeth Bruyère

female, deceased (1876)
Roman Catholic, Nurse, Canadian, roman catholic church, sister of charity, gatineau…Bytown
Élisabeth Bruyère or Bruguier was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown and opened the first hospital there and the first bilingual sc...

Alexander Workman

male, deceased (1891)
Anglo-Irish migrant to Canada, Anglo-irish, Ulster-English Canadian, Irish, Mayor, politician…Bytown
Alexander Workman (May 28, 1798 - December 12 1891) was an Anglo-Irish-Canadian politician and the mayor of Ottawa from 1860 to 1862. Workman was...
John Scott

John Scott

male, deceased (1857)
Canadian politician, Bytown mayor, From Brockville, Ontario, Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Bytown
John Scott (1822-1857) was the first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa, in 1847. He also served a second term as mayor in 1850. He concurrently served...

John Egan

male, deceased (1857)
Anglican, cholera, Canadian, Anglo-Irish migrant to Canada, West Quebec, steamship…Bytown, Bytown and Prescott Railway
John Egan (November 11 1811 - July 11 1857) was an Irish-Canadian businessman and political figure in the Ottawa region. He was born near Aughrim,...

Robert Bell

male, deceased (1873)
Ulster-Scottish migrant to Canada, 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada, Ulster-Scottish emigrants to Canada, 7th, Surveyor, province of canada…Bytown, Bytown and Prescott Railway, Bytown Packet
Robert Bell (1821-February 25 1873) was a surveyor, journalist and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Ireland in 1821 and came to New...

C. W. Bangs

male, deceased (1892)
hawkesbury, American migrant to Canada, American, sawmill, Mayor of Ottawa, immigrant to Canada…Bytown
Chauncey Ward Bangs (January 19 1814 - March 21 1892) was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1878. He was born in Standstead in the Eastern Townships of...

James Johnston

male, deceased (1849)
Ulster-Scottish migrant to Canada, Orange Institution, Orange Order, Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Bytown, carleton…Bytown Independent, and Farmer’s Advocate
James Johnston was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Ireland and came to Canada in 1815, moving to Bytown in 1827....
John Bower Lewis

John Bower Lewis

male, 92 years old
British migrant to Canada, Canadian of Scottish descent, ontario lawyer, Queen's Counsel, Mayor of Ottawa, Mayor…Bytown mayor, Bytown
John Bower Lewis (March 18 1817 - January 24 1874) was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857 and a member...