Patrick and Margaret Carlin - resided in Tinwick, Quebec. They had 6
sons and one daughter. The boys names were John, Michael, Joseph,
George, James (who would later build the Carlin house in Tappen) and William. The
daughter's name was Anna.
In 1868, the Carlin family moved from Quebec to Kandyahe Station,
Minnesota where they raised their 7 children on a farm.
Michael Carlin was born in 1855 and came into this area in 1873. He
was involved in lumbering the greater part of his life. Michael Carlin
and Fred Jones together formed the Columbia River Lumber Company. They
owned a large mill at Golden and smaller mills at Kault and Carlin
(situated on what is now known as Fraser's Beach). He
married and had one daughter, and two sons. Michael passed away in 1933.
William Carlin was born in 1864 at Tinwick, Quebec. He moved to
Golden in 1885 where he engaged in the lumber business with his brother
Michael until the year 1893. William and a partner then purchased the
business known as the Fort Steele Trading Company. William never
married, and he passed away in 1932.
James Carlin was born in 1859 and spent a few years in the early
1890's in British Columbia. In 1898 James Carlin moved his family from
Kandiyoli, Minnesota to
British Columbia. James and Catherine had 2 sons and 4 daughters. The
sons names were Robert (Salmon Arm) and Howard. The daughters names were
Kathleen, Mildred, Evelyn, and Doreen. James lived in BC for 46 years.
He was a manager at the Columbia River Lumber Company (owned by Mike
Carlin). James passed away in 1944.
Catherine Marie was born in 1872 at Kandiyoli, Minnesota. She married
James Carlin in the October of 1895. She was long active in the Women's
Institute and was a charter member of the Salmon Arm institute. Later
she became a founding member of the Tappen Women's Institute. Catherine
passed away in 1951.
Robert Carlin, (son of James Carlin) born 1896 in Kandiyoli Minnesota, has written a story
about his life for us. Click
here to read an excerpt of his story.
The first, smaller part of the Carlin house
(now the Trickle Inn) was built in the early 1890's. James and Catherine
Carlin moved into the house in the early 1898. In the early 1900's, they
contracted Jack O'Reilly to build the larger two storey part of the
house. The Carlin house remained unchanged til the late 1960's when
Raymond Kunzli of Rosemere, Quebec renovated the house. Mrs Kunzli sold
the house to Ed Drew in the mid 1980's. Drew kept it for a short time
and sold it to Mike Otwell in the late 1980's. Otwell partially
renovated the Carlin house and sold it in 1993 to Carol Harper. Harper
started the Trickle Inn and restored the Carlin house and surrounding
property to its original Victorian grandeur.
