Torbolton Township
S.S. No. 1 Torbolton
S.S. No. 2 Torbolton - Gibson’s Corner School
S.S. No. 2 Torbolton was built in 1925 on land donated by William Watt. The first picture is Ada Davis’ class, 1928, Courtesy of Helen V. Wilson. The third picture is of the old No. 2 school with the “new” school in the background, 1927, Courtesy of Beaverbrook Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. The last one was taken by Helen Weeden in 2008. Ada Davis (Younghusband) was the first teacher and Eleanor Orme Munro was the last when it closed in 1963. Catholic students were sent to St. Michael’s Separate School at Fitzroy Harbour and the rest of the pupils to the new Torbolton Public School. In 1967, the building was converted into a home for Pineland Senior Citizens and the Optimist Club. It was torn down in 2010.
S.S. No. 4 Torbolton - Watts School
The old red school, known as Watts School, was built at Woodlawn in 1873. The first teacher, Louise B. Sheriff, was paid $240 a year. In 1889, it was sold for $15.50 and became a granary. A framed school was built on the 3rd line and was used for Torbolton Council Meetings.
The picture on the left was taken in 1940, Courtesy of “Torbolton By the River Vol. I” Front: Edith Keith (teacher seated), Cecil Watters, Jay Watters, Fern Barr, Betty Read, Erma Read, unknown, Harold Kennedy
2nd row: Emma Read, unkown, Edith Hemphill, Willa Read, Lornie Watters, Russell Nesbitt
3rd row: Shirley Kennedy, Marion Watters, unknown, Erwin Vance, Lois Langford, Audrey Kennedy, Eddie Langford, Clifford Hemphill
The picture on the right was taken in 1962, Courtesy of “Torbolton By the River Vol. I”
Front: Stephen Scott, Lucille Barnaby, Lloyd Bailey, Vicky Dolan, Diane Barr, Maureen Fulford, Kim Azulay
2nd row: Joyce Grierson, Bonnie Fulford, Karen Azulay, Wendy Dolan, Curtis Routliffe, Judy Wilson, Sandy Azulay, Esther Barnaby, Peter Watters
3rd row: Cecil Grierson, Dale Dolan Dale Fulford, Gloria Watters, Allyson Azulay, Irene Campbell, Marilyn Barr, Debbie Dolan
Back: Carl Graham, Tommy Watters, Teddy Routliffe, Paul Watters, Bruce Barr, Adele Routliffe, Judy Scott, Diane Bond, Alice Wilson (teacher).
When it closed in 1963, it was bought by Westly Hodgins who later demolished it.
The picture on the left was taken in 1940, Courtesy of “Torbolton By the River Vol. I” Front: Edith Keith (teacher seated), Cecil Watters, Jay Watters, Fern Barr, Betty Read, Erma Read, unknown, Harold Kennedy
2nd row: Emma Read, unkown, Edith Hemphill, Willa Read, Lornie Watters, Russell Nesbitt
3rd row: Shirley Kennedy, Marion Watters, unknown, Erwin Vance, Lois Langford, Audrey Kennedy, Eddie Langford, Clifford Hemphill
The picture on the right was taken in 1962, Courtesy of “Torbolton By the River Vol. I”
Front: Stephen Scott, Lucille Barnaby, Lloyd Bailey, Vicky Dolan, Diane Barr, Maureen Fulford, Kim Azulay
2nd row: Joyce Grierson, Bonnie Fulford, Karen Azulay, Wendy Dolan, Curtis Routliffe, Judy Wilson, Sandy Azulay, Esther Barnaby, Peter Watters
3rd row: Cecil Grierson, Dale Dolan Dale Fulford, Gloria Watters, Allyson Azulay, Irene Campbell, Marilyn Barr, Debbie Dolan
Back: Carl Graham, Tommy Watters, Teddy Routliffe, Paul Watters, Bruce Barr, Adele Routliffe, Judy Scott, Diane Bond, Alice Wilson (teacher).
When it closed in 1963, it was bought by Westly Hodgins who later demolished it.
S.S. No. 5 Torbolton
In 1885, the Kilmaurs School was built at the corner of Woodkilton Road and Kilmaurs Sideroad on land donated by John Buckham. The classes were large and the yard small, but there were nice flowerbeds. A tin roof was installed in 1907, and the building was bricked in 1908. After the school closed in 1963, it became the Torbolton Centennial Museum in the summer months of 1967, sponsored by the Women’s Institute. The Carleton Board make use of it for storage until it was demolished.
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