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Catherine (Bowman) Averill

Catherine Averill (nee Bowman) (1851-1939) wife of Thomas Averill Jr. (1853-1901).

Thomas Jr. was the son of Eliza "Elizabeth" Jane Averill (nee Lee) (1822-1905) and Thomas Averill Sr. (1814-1895). Eliza was the daughter of John Lee (1795-1851) and Jane Coulson (1791-1860).

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Church Street - looking south

View of Church Street looking south. To the right is Trinity Anglican Church, and further down is St. John's Presbyterian Church. St John's was demolished and relocated to 10th Sideroad in 2003, and the site became Trinity's parking lot and expansion area.

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Collis, John Albert

Photograph of John A. Collis, soldier from World War II. John was born on October 14th, 1915 in Lowville, Ontario to parents George and Florence May Collis. He later married Dorothy Ruby in Bradford, Ontario and had a daughter, Joan Yvonne Collis, and a son, John Neill Collis. He was killed in action on July 25th, 1944 in Caen, France, and is buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

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Construction Visitors

Back row: John Gabriel, ..., Don Harrison, Art Janse, Dave Eek, ..., Ron Kneeshaw
Front row: ..., Ted Mendrek, James Church, Ken Smart.

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Copeland Family

Stanley Copeland with his mother Myrtle (Bateman) Copeland in 1930.

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Councillors and Public Works

From left to right: John Gabriel, James Church, .., Ted Mendrek, Bill Marks, Ron Kneeshaw

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Cronan Dairy Farm

The Cronan Dairy Farm in 1950 - The family continues to farm to this day. The barn was built in 1934 and first used by Joseph and Gertie Cronan's family.

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Dale, John William

Photograph of World War I soldier J. William Dale, who lost his life in St. Eloi on May 10th, 1916.

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