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Event Date : December 3, 1895
Event Type : Marriage

Description (pg4) : At the residence of the bride's father, on Tuesday Dec. 3rd, by the Rev. Mr. Locke, Edith, eldest daughter of T.S. Graham, Esq., Bradford, to T.W.W. Evans, barrister, Bradford, second son of the late G.M. Evans, of the township of West Gwillimbury.

December 14, 1989
Death

Evans, D. Arthur (former MPP for Simcoe Centre, Past Master of Simcoe Lodge #79, A.F. & A.M., Bradford). Suddenly at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, on Thursday, December 14, 1989. Arthur Evans of RR#2, Bradford in his 75th year. Beloved husband of Eileen Dixon and the late Audrey Kerr. Dear father of John, Don, Robin and Cathy Arruda, dear brother of Norma Noble of Bond Head. Also survived by eight grandchildren. Friends called at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe St. Bradford. Service was held in the chapel on Monday, December 18, 1989 at 2:00 p.m. Interment St. Paul's Cemetery, Coulson's Hill. Donations to the Cardiac Care Unit at York County Hospital Foundation, Newmarket, would be appreciated.

Obituary from an unknown newspaper for Elizabeth Hodgson Bell who passed away on December 11, 1969

Obituary for Elizabeth (Libby) Florence Campbell in the October 22, 1947 edition of the Bradford Witness. She passed on October 19th, 1947.

Event Date : Thursday, April 10, 1902
Event Type : Death

Description : "Age: 64th year. Born in Bradford on December 12, 1838, as the second, but oldest living son of Thomas and Jane Driffill. His father, Thomas, had come to Bradford before it was a town, and was first married in 1830. His first wife died, and he remarried, and had eight children. Only four survive: Mrs. Jeffs, Bond Head; James Driffill, Toronto; Mrs. T.S. Graham, Bradford; Miss C.E. Driffill, Newmarket. Joseph was married in May 1869 to Margaret E. Clinkenbroomer, daughter of Joseph Clinkenbroomer, then of Bradford. They had four children, of whom Alfred and Edna survive. Arthur died in 1894 at age 24 (or in 1895 at age 25), and Louisa in 1898, at age 23. Joseph partnered with his brother James and ran a hardware store on the corner of Holland and Simcoe Street. Interred in Mount Pleasant cemetery."

Dr. Burton L. Sinclair, a doctor in Bradford, dies at Newmarket Hospital. Article relates the circumstances surrounding his death and information about his life.

Event Date : Thursday, February 18, 1943
Event Type : Death

Description : Wife to Mr. John J. Depew and mother to Mrs. David Smith (Georgina), Oswald and Eddie died in her home. Rev. J. McKenzie conducted the services.

Bradford Witness
January 3, 1985
Death
Gilford, Ontario

Earl Dales, 75, of RR1 Gilford, died Jan. 3, 1985 at his home. The son of W.J.Dales of Cookstown and Florence (Hownsome) Dales, of West Gwillimbury, he was born May 9, 1909 in Cookstown. He was married Sept. 30, 1939, to Betty Porritt in Gilford where he worked as a farmer.... Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mary Lowe, of Oshawa, and Betty Ann Armstrong, of Hawkestone, two sisters, Blossom, Mrs Harry Cross, of Beeton and Isabel, Mrs. Joe Cochrane, of Stroud, and five grandchildren...

Event Date : Wednesday, September 25, 1946
Event Type : Death

Description : Wife of J.E. Ted Culbert, mother to Mary, 7 and daughter of Mr and Mrs WIlliam M. Kneeshaw died in Hamilton at 38 after a 2 year illness. She was born in Gilford and taught school in Cherry Creek before marrying in 1934. Interment in the United Church Cemetery, Bond Head.

Event Date : Sunday, December 27, 1936
Event Type : Death

Description : One of Bradford's oldest businessmen, Mr. Crake died in Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, at the age of 79. He was the first Chevrolet dealer in the area. Funeral service at his late residence, Bradford, on Dec. 29th. Service in the United Church. Interment in Aurora Cemetery.