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Authority record- CA QUA12462
- Family
- n.d.
The Carson family has been in Kingston since 1840 or thereabouts when Robert Carson arrived. Two of his sons went on to become mayors of Kingston.
- CA QUA10188
- Person
- 11 Feb. 1882-2 Jan. 1940
Donald Carswell was a Scottish barrister, journalist and author. He married Catherine Roxburgh Macfarlane in 1915; their only child, a son, was J. P. Carswell (1918–1977).
- CA QUA01925
- Person
- 1837-1922
James Carswell was born in 1837 in the Township of Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario. His parents emigrated from Glasgow, settling in the Pakenham area. While still in his teens Mr. Carswell started out in the lumbering business as foreman and clerk to Jonathan Francis, whose rafts of square timber he frequently accompanied to the port of Quebec. In 1866 he moved to Renfrew with his wife. He embarked in business with Messrs. Thistle and Francis in the limits on the Madawaska. This firm had sold out their business in this locality to Jonathan Francis. At this time they purchased limits on the Pettawawa and carried on operations under the name of Thistle and Carswell. This arrangement continued for several years. Later Francis became one of the partners. Thus, Carswell, Thistle and Francis became equal partners in the Madawaska and the Pettawawa. In 1884 J.H. Francis purchased his father's interest in the business and the new firm, Francis Carswell and Company, built a saw-mill at Calabogie. About 1886 J.H. Francis sold out his interest to Edward Mackay, of Renfrew and the firm name was changed to Carswell, Thistle and Mackay. Mr. Carswell was one of the founders of the South Renfrew Agricultural Society. For a number of years he was the president of the organization. He was also President of the Renfrew Creamery Company and one of the founders and an active supporter of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. For two years he was a member of the Renfrew village council. Mr. Carswell has three sons and three daughters. He died on February 22, 1922.
- CA QUA10190
- Person
- 27 Mar. 1879-18 Feb. 1946
Catherine Roxburgh Carswell (née Macfarlane) was a Scottish author, biographer and journalist, now known as one of the few women who took part in the Scottish Renaissance. Her biography of Scotland's literary hero Robert Burns aroused controversy, but two earlier novels of hers, set in Edwardian Glasgow, were little noticed until their republication by feminist publishing house Virago in 1987. Her work is now seen as integral to Scottish women's writing of the early 20th century.
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