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Detail of Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe front view of statue and her plaque in the background
Peter Wilson
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Detail of Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe front view of statue and her plaque in the background
Peter Wilson
Gwillim statue left side detail
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Detail of the left side of statue, featuring the Georgina Church, circa 1796
Peter Wilson
Gwillim statue right side detail
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Detail of the meeting between Great Sail (holding baby Francis Simcoe) and Lt.-Gov. Simcoe
Brenda Wainman Goulet
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"When Jean Keffer asked me to sign her petition to keep Gwillimbury in the Town name, I did so with the following in mind...Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gwillim was an aide-de-camp of General Wolfe. He was with Wolfe when the General died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. His daughter Elizabeth married John Graves Simcoe; the rest is history. My own connection to the "Gwillburys" began in 1803, when my 5G-Grandfather, John Eves, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, built one of the first settler dwellings, after he was patented with Lot 108 in West Gwillimbury. He is credited with the first industry in the "Gwillimburys", when he built a sawmill on the Holland River soon after. I even found reference to North Gwillimbury in the 1881 census where my Great-Great grandparents Thomas Lamb and Rachel Eves briefly lived. When I wrote on the Millenium Clock Monument, with assistance from George Jackson, I tried to balance the story of the Town and Township, so that one can see the relationship that existed, where we were intertwined socially, economically and emotionally. My wife Julie and I both spent our formative years in West Gwillimbury, and our two sons are the 9th generation in Ontario as descended from those original settlers on Lot 108. The name Bradford West Gwillimbury may be long and unwieldy, but historically and emotionally it is ours alone."
Gary Lamb
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Joe Magani (second from left) was honored Saturday night for his work as Bradford's mayor for 16 years. With his wife, Doris, he heard tributes from long-time friends such as Brad Walker (left) and Charles Evans (right), and received gifts that included the gavel-laden plaque from the Bradford and District Chamber of Commerce. The chamber organized the big night, held at the Black Soil restaurant."
Bradford Witness
Hopkins, B.Gen (Ret.) O.A. "Hoppy" OMMCD obituary
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Event date: May 15, 2005
Event type: death
Description: Died at Ottawa on May 15, 2006, as a result of complications from an aneurysm. Padre Hopkins had a distinguished 32 year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, including service with the RCHA in Korea in 1953 and the first Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Sinai. He was the first Chaplain awarded the Order of Military Merit and ended his military career as Chaplain General. ...
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
LHA at the Unveiling of the Elizabeth Gwillim Statue
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Barbara Verney, Zelma Fuller and George Jackson thanking Lieutenant Governor Onley and presenting him with a copy of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Associations book "Governor Simcoe Slept Here; The Legacy of West Gwillimbury" at the official unveiling of the Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe Statue.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Lieutenant Gov. of Ontario address at the Elizabeth Gwillim Statue Unveiling
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Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, David C. Onley giving his address at the official unveiling of the Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe Statue in Bradford West Gwillimbury. Accompanied by his wife Ruth Ann Onley.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
MP Peter Van Loan addresses the crowd - Elizabeth Gwillim Statue Unveiling
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Greetings from the Government of Canada given by the Honourable Peter Van Loan, MP York Simcoe at the official unveiling of the Elizabeth Gwillim Simcoe Statue in Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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"In loving memory of my grandparents Andrew Bell 1827-1912 and his wife Sarah Balmer 1823-1898, Erected by Balmer Neilly"
Plaque at the gate of St John's Presbyterian Church in Coulson's Hill
Amanda Gallagher