Event Date : Monday, May 02, 1955 Event Type : Birth Municipality : Newmarket, Ont. Community : Other - Bradford Street : Lot : Concession : 0 Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rivett (nee Theresa Callaghan), R.R. 4, Cookstown.
"Life ended suddenly on Monday afternoon for a 12-year-old Holland Marsh girl who went swimming in the Holland River. Betty Lowder, R.R.2, Newmarket, was swimming under the bridge at the intersection of No. 3 Concession and the Graham sideroad with her brothers and sisters, when she submerged in the middle of the murky river in about eight feet of water. There were no adults present..."
Bradford Witness newspaper article from 1974 about the closing of Ritchie's Patent Medicines. The business before being Ritchie's was W. L. Campbell's Drugstore. "During the 57 years it was in the Campbell name, the pharmacy also shared its quarters with William's father's lumber and grain business, as well as the doctor's office of his brother Lewis."
Event Date : Wednesday, May 25, 1966 Event Type : Death Municipality : Community : Alliston Street : Lot : Concession : 0 Description : Died at Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, in his 91st year. Husband of the late Mabel Soules. Dear father of Muriel (Mrs. Cecil Reynolds) and Edgar, both of Beeton. Rested at the Anderson Funeral Home, Tottenham. Funeral was held Friday at 2 p.m. Interment Trinity United Cemetery, Beeton.
Event Date : Wednesday, May 25, 1966 Event Type : Death Municipality : Community : Beeton Description : Passed away at Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, on Tuesday, May 25, 1966, William Edgar Ritchie, husband of the late Mabel Soules, in his 91st year. Dear father of Muriel (Mrs. Cecil Reynolds) and Edgar, both of Beeton. Rested at the Anderson Funeral Home, Tottenham. Funeral was held Friday at 2 p.m. Interment Trinity United Cemetery, Beeton.
Event Date : Wednesday, June 26, 1907 Event Type : Marriage Municipality : Community : Bond Head Street : Lot : Concession : 0 Description : Jennie, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Alex Sutherland, to Mr. W. Ritchie.The wedding took place in Bond Head.The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. Morris.