Drummondville was founded in June 1815 by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Heriot. The purpose of the town was to provide a home for British soldiers in the War of 1812, and to guard the Saint-François River against American attacks. The town was named after Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada between 1813 and 1816.
1816 - The settlement of Drummondville was commenced in 1816, during the administration of Sir George Drummond.
1826 - Drummondville destroyed by fire June 22, 1826.
1837 - December 11 - Upper Canada Rebellion
Militiaman Thomas Runchey raises a corps of Africans out of the 400 black residents of Niagara; a company of 50 men is in arms by December 15, 1837, under the command of James Sears. A second African company is later raised in Niagara under Hugh Eccles, and the two will be joined to together to form the Coloured Corps with a combined strength of about 130 men. The unit will guard the frontier from Chippewa, Ontario to Drummondville, Québec during that winter. In the summer of 1838, Runchey runs off with the money due to his men and flees to the US.
1856 - Église de Saint-François-d’Assise established at Drummondville.
 | ||
| Butterfly Hosiery Company - c. 1919 The building was built in 1923; it is used for the dyeing of fabrics. It evokes the 1920s during which manufacturing companies associated with textile are implanted in Drummondville. The main call the Butterfly Hosiery (1919), the Canadian Tire Jenkes Fabrics (1920), the Dominion Silk Dyeing and Finishing (1923), Louis Roessel and Co (1924) and the Canadian Celanese (1926). In 1930, these companies employ some 3,000 people, or 90 percent of the industrial workforce in the city. The factory-Dominion-Silk Dyeing-Printing-and evokes a time when economic activity related to the textile sector is in Drummondville its nickname "City of Silk". |
1936 - Église de Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf established at Drummondville.
1945 - February 24, 1945 - World War II - Mob in Drummondville attacks Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Provost Corps.
Drummondville is 53 km (41 min.) from St. Hyacinthe and 154 km (1 hr. 49 min.) from Quebec City.
I went to Drummondville to visit the Village Québécois d'Antan. What a great place, you can spend all day there.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteMy husband's 3x GGF was one of the soldiers who retired out of the Army in 1815 and made his home in Drummondville. He married, raised children and became the Post Master for the town. Millar relatives still live there. He is buried in St George's Anglican Church Cemetery.
ReplyDelete