Robert Moodie

Who was Robert Moodie?

Robert Moodie was a Scottish early settler of Bells Corners, Ottawa, Canada. He occupied the east half of Lot 10, Concession 2, Nepean Township which he had purchased from the Reverend John L. Gourlay. There, in the 1850s and 1860s, he operated a public House on the north side of the Arnprior Road. The west half of Lot 10 was owned by William Graham.

According to the 1871 census Robert Moodie was then 53 years old and a hotel keeper. His wife, Elizabeth was 55 and they had seven children that ranged in age from 28 to 14. The eldest son was a blacksmith while the second eldest farmed their land. They had one servant, 13 year old Elizabeth. The farm consisted of around 100 acres of improved land. Twenty acres were dedicated to pasture, half an acre for gardening/orchard, eight for wheat, two acres for potatoes and around 60 acres for hay. The land also had one house, two barns, three carriages, four carts, six ploughs one reaper, one horse rack and one fanning mill.