April 3
1783 Washington Irving, American author; Legend of Sleepy Hollow, was born in New York City.
1875 Construction of the CPR began at what is now Thunder Bay.
1962 An act of the Ontario legislature establishing Trent University in Peterborough was given Royal accent.
April 4
1648 Grinling Gibbons, English wood carver and decorator of St. Paul`s Cathedral, London, England, was born.
1881 The second Dominion Census was taken. The population of Canada was 4,324,810.
1885 Ottawa had a large snowfall of 71 cm.
1887 Alexander Campbell and Sandford Fleming represented Canada at the first Imperial Conference in London.
1949 The North Atlantic Treaty was signed by Lester Pearson for Canada.
1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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