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Municipality : Other - Bradford
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Description : Former superintendent of the Coroner's Building, Lombard Street, William harvey Belfrey, age 65, died Wednesday at his home, 37 Wheeler Avenue. He drove the city's first motor ambulance. Mr. Belfrey joined the City Health Department as an ambulance driver in 1914 under the late Dr. C.J.O. Hastings, medical officer of health. Later he became superintendent of the Coroner's Building, retiring on pension in June of this year. Born in Bradford, Mr. Belfrey came to Toronto when a boy. At Brock Avenue School he was a pupil of Alexander Muir, author of The Maple Leaf Forever." He was a member of Canada Lodge A.F. and A.M. and a past patron of the Eastern Star. Surviving are his wife Edith Maud Coulter Belfrey; one daughter Mrs. W. R. Broadaecker Toronto; one son William John Belfrey New York; two brothers Walter St. Catharines and Frank Toronto and two sisters Mrs. J.G. Mear and Mrs. W. Oldham Toronto."