Born in Plymouth, England. He died in Bytown, which is the old name for Ottawa.
Honoured pioneer, gentleman, civic and religious leader, Royal engineer, and superintendent of the Rideau Canal. Came to the wilderness of Canada in 1816, from England.
"Mr. Burrows lived for a short time on the uncleared land he eventually sold to Mr. Sparks, the only settler in a wilderness of forest and rugged hills. He had come out to Canada in 1818, and settled on a farm between Hull and Aylmer. After Colonel By's arrival he was appointed on the engineering staff of the Ordnance Department, where he remained until his death in 1848. He built the first Methodist Church, which had the honour of being as well the first of any creed erected in Ottawa at his own expense. It was a little frame building on Chapel Street, just below Rideau Street, and gave it's name to the former street. Unfortunately is was destroyed by fire a few months later. We are told that the first school in Nepean met at the house of Mr. Burrows" source: Women's Canadian Historical Society, 1901, pp26,27
Honoured pioneer, gentleman, civic and religious leader, Royal engineer, and superintendent of the Rideau Canal. Came to the wilderness of Canada in 1816, from England.
"Mr. Burrows lived for a short time on the uncleared land he eventually sold to Mr. Sparks, the only settler in a wilderness of forest and rugged hills. He had come out to Canada in 1818, and settled on a farm between Hull and Aylmer. After Colonel By's arrival he was appointed on the engineering staff of the Ordnance Department, where he remained until his death in 1848. He built the first Methodist Church, which had the honour of being as well the first of any creed erected in Ottawa at his own expense. It was a little frame building on Chapel Street, just below Rideau Street, and gave it's name to the former street. Unfortunately is was destroyed by fire a few months later. We are told that the first school in Nepean met at the house of Mr. Burrows" source: Women's Canadian Historical Society, 1901, pp26,27
Born in Plymouth, England. He died in Bytown, which is the old name for Ottawa.
Honoured pioneer, gentleman, civic and religious leader, Royal engineer, and superintendent of the Rideau Canal. Came to the wilderness of Canada in 1816, from England.
"Mr. Burrows lived for a short time on the uncleared land he eventually sold to Mr. Sparks, the only settler in a wilderness of forest and rugged hills. He had come out to Canada in 1818, and settled on a farm between Hull and Aylmer. After Colonel By's arrival he was appointed on the engineering staff of the Ordnance Department, where he remained until his death in 1848. He built the first Methodist Church, which had the honour of being as well the first of any creed erected in Ottawa at his own expense. It was a little frame building on Chapel Street, just below Rideau Street, and gave it's name to the former street. Unfortunately is was destroyed by fire a few months later. We are told that the first school in Nepean met at the house of Mr. Burrows" source: Women's Canadian Historical Society, 1901, pp26,27
Honoured pioneer, gentleman, civic and religious leader, Royal engineer, and superintendent of the Rideau Canal. Came to the wilderness of Canada in 1816, from England.
"Mr. Burrows lived for a short time on the uncleared land he eventually sold to Mr. Sparks, the only settler in a wilderness of forest and rugged hills. He had come out to Canada in 1818, and settled on a farm between Hull and Aylmer. After Colonel By's arrival he was appointed on the engineering staff of the Ordnance Department, where he remained until his death in 1848. He built the first Methodist Church, which had the honour of being as well the first of any creed erected in Ottawa at his own expense. It was a little frame building on Chapel Street, just below Rideau Street, and gave it's name to the former street. Unfortunately is was destroyed by fire a few months later. We are told that the first school in Nepean met at the house of Mr. Burrows" source: Women's Canadian Historical Society, 1901, pp26,27
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"JOHN BURROWS Born In {Plymouth England, May 1st 1789, Died in Bytown July 27th 1848. Honoured Pioneer Gentleman, Civic And Religious Leader, Royal Engineer, And Superintendent Of The Rideau Canal. Came To The Wilderness Of Canada In 1816, From England."
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