Vol 4 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1900-1909

By Louise I. Hope

This is the fourth of eight volumes of extracts of births, marriages, deaths and other genealogical records that were published in The Perth Courier newspaper.  Volumes are organized by date range, this volume covering the years of 1900-1909. 

Browse Index to Volume 4

Details for Vol 4
830 Pages 
8.25 X 11
Coil bound (printed edition currently out of print)
Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2013, ISBN 978-926797-86-1 (soft cover)

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About the 8 Volume Series
Between 1974 -1989, Louise Hope compiled these eight volumes of extracts of births, marriages, deaths and other genealogical records that were published in The Perth Courier Bathurst Courier newspapers 1834-1929. Volumes are organized by date range, with an index provided in each.  The pages were originally produced on a manual typewriter and are reproduced here as a facsimile reprint of those well-worn pages. Books include detailed genealogical extracts and the issue in which an event was reported.

Links to all Volumes in the series:

Vol 1 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier and Bathurst Courier Newspapers 1834-1867 

Vol 2 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1870-1889

Vol 3 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1890-1899

Vol 4 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1900-1909

Vol 5 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1910-1914

Vol 6 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1915-1919

Vol 7 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1920-1924

Vol 8 - Genealogical Extracts from the Perth Courier 1925-1929

Background: The Perth Courier is the second oldest weekly newspaper in Canada. A local doctor named John Cameron founded the Courier in 1834 and originally publishing it under the banner The Bathurst Courier and Ottawa Gazette. He died of scarlet fever less than one year later. John Cameron's brother Malcolm Cameron took over the Courier and hired James Thompson as editor. Thompson bought the newspaper from Cameron within a few months of being hired and immediately changed the banner to The Bathurst Courier and Ottawa General Advertiser. Thompson added reporters to write local news stories and hired agents to secure advertising from businesses that provided products and services in the surrounding area. The banner was changed to The Perth Courier in 1857 and has retained that name to this day. The newspaper was purchased by George Walker in 1863. It remained in the Walker family for more than 130 years. The Perth Courier is now owned (2013) and operated by Metroland Media Group Ltd. which publishes more than 140 community newspapers and specialty publications across Ontario.