Street Names in the Glebe

Do you know who the streets between Fifth and Holmwood Avenues were named after; Adelaide, Rupert, Clarey, Thornton, Melgund, Ralph, Morris, Craig, Muriel, Ella, Newton, Gordon? Were they all related?

I have some facts and some speculation, and one complete blank on these street names.

The Mutchmor family farm covered the land south of Fifth Avenue to Broadway, and extended from Bronson Avenue in the west to Main Street in the east. Part of this property had been expropriated by Colonel By to build the canal.

In 1866, John Thorton Mutchmor registered an initial subdivision plan that divided the Mutchmor farm west of the Rideau Canal into 42 two and a half acre lots that were approximately 330 feet square. There were further subdivision plans registered in 1872 and 1892.

The following streets were named for members of the Mutchmor family. Adelaide, Ella, Muriel, and Thorton (for John Thorton Mutchmor), Gordon Street - an option here from different sources:
a) was named after a pioneer family of Ottawa (Robert Gordon and son Thomas), United Empire Loyalists, holding original land grants in Nepean township.
b) was named for James Hartley Gordon, a co-developer of the area with John Mutchmor (more likely)

Holmwood was originally called Centre Street, because it ran through the centre of the Mutchmor subdivision. It was possibly re-named after H.O. Wood, a co-developer with Mutchmor and Gordon.

Morris Street was named for William D. Morris, Mayor of Ottawa in 1901. It was originally called William Street. Newton Street was named after Newton Kerr, city of Ottawa engineer from 1900 to 1912, an in-law of the Mutchmors. It was originally called Little Percy Street. Clarey was named for the Clarey family, whose brick home still stands at the east end of Clarey Street.

Craig Street was named for William Craig, an Ottawa builder who died of the Spanish Flu in 1918. He built many homes on Ralph and Melgund. Ralph Street was named for Ralph McMoran. Rupert Street may have been named for Prince Rupert, son of Queen Victoria. (not my speculation, but I don't have anything better)

So that leaves Melgund that I don't have any information on. It is an unusual name - I constantly mix up the 'g' and the 'l' and call it Meglund. It may be an amalgram of two names.

If anyone has information on this, or other street names in the Glebe, I'd be happy to hear from you.