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A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.

Advertisement for Thomas Maconchy's clerk services, which began in 1843.

Maconchy was also the 'founder' of Gilford, won the contract to build an extension of the railway through Bradford and Gilford, and owned a very lucrative mill. See Governor Simcoe Slept Here p211 for more information on Gilford's founding.

S.S. #5, West Gwillimbury, Bond Head School. Teacher was Irma Burton.
Back Row, left to right: George Brown, Audrey Cameron, Alice Shaw, Irma Burton (teacher), Harold Webb, Harold Thompson, Don Wilson, Lorne Harvey.
Middle Row: Jean Reynolds, Marie Wilson, Mary Brown, Mary Mellon, Wilma Hansford, Dorothy Bentley, June Duncan, Bud Brown, Jim Thompson.
Front Row: John Preece, Bill Breedon, Clark Shaw, Joe Reynolds, Art Preece, Wilson Stoddart, Stewart Reynolds.

S.S. #5, Bond Head School. Teacher was Edna Ball.
Back Row, left to right: Clark Thompson, Marion Thompson, Golda Hansford, Edna Ball (teacher), Josephine Orr, Jack Breedon, Al Harvey.
Middle Row: Jim Bentley, Don Wilson, Jean Reynolds, Marie Wilson, Dorothy Bentley, Audrey Cameron, Fred Switzer, Harold Webb.
Front Row: Jim Thompson, George Brown, Bud Brown, Art Preece, Bill Breedon, Ken Aspden, Lorne Harvey.

S.S. #5, Bond Head School, 1934. Teacher was Edna Ball.
Back Row, left to right: Elmer Barker, Unknown, ? Copeland, Edna Ball (teacher), Unknown, Lorne Barker.
Middle Row: Bill Murray, Al Harvey, Dorothy Copeland, Paddy Clarington, Eileen Dixon, Dewitt Bentley, Unknown, Art Webb.
Front Row: Herb Barker, Jack Breedon, Lorna Dixon, Kathleen Clarington, Jim Bentley, Jean Bannerman, Freddy Switzer.

S.S. #5
Back Row (l-r): Reta McLean, Annie Copeland, Isobel Noble, Dorothy Stone, Teacher Miss Janet McLeod, Cladwyn Burton, Edna Webb, George Gummerson, Clarence Clark, Bill Watt, Joe Noble.
Middle Row (l-r): Jack McLean, Allan Gould, Earl Hemphill, Elmer Bentley, James Watt, Wilmot Bentley, Russell Webb, Victor Cummings, Unknown, Harry Gosley, Unknown.
Front Row (l-r): Unknown, Mabel Copeland, Myrtle Gosley, Amy Copeland, Beatrice Webb, Ina Webb, Lenore Webb, Olive Reynolds, Ann Watt, Helen Clark, Raymond Hurr.

Description : The West Gwillimbury History Project (WEGWHIST) meets Weds., Oct. 1st, in the Compton Room of the Bradford Library, 100 Holland Court, at 2 p.m. There are still some "missing families"... If you want your family history to be included, the Project must receive your information by October 1st! WWI Vetereans...To date, the project has the names of only 2 persons who served in WWI and returned home.

Armson - Wood House on the south half of Lot 5, Concession 7. William Armson came to West Gwillimbury in 1820 and was granted a 200 acre piece of land (Lot 5, Con. 7). The home pictured was built of mud brick by the Armson family. Robert Wood bought it in 1881 and it was still in the Wood family in 2004. This photograph is thought to have been taken around 1890.

Left to Right: Joe Reynolds, Joseph Wood Sr.(Joe's grandfather), Addison with the dog (young child in front), Jean W. (child) with Ada, Robert W. (Joe's father), William Wood (in Mrs. Joseph Wood's arms), Susan Wood (Mrs. Russell Stone), Alex on the horse.

"Thompson Smith's mill in Amsterdam, where Riverview Inn now stands, about 1890. Moe Campbell hepled build this mill. This mill's last owners were Mickle and Dyment."

Thompson Smith was a Toronto man who participated in the incorporation the Rama Lumber Transport Co. and who opened up a lumber mill in Amsterdam (near Bradford). The exact date of opening is unknown, but it was sometime between 1858-1869. The mill was a steam mill and many of the logs cut were shipped along the Holland River. Smith's mill was eventually one of many in the area during the late nineteenth century.