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Alexander Gibbs with his grandchildren from his first marriage to Janet Bannerman (died 1851).

Top Row, left to right: Ada McDonald, Elwood (Doc) Walker, Ida Walker Hughes, Simon Fraser, Bessie Fraser, George Walker, Christina McDonald, Norman Walker.

Middle Row: Janet Ann McDonald, Alexander Gibb (grandfather), Janet Bannerman (1st wife), Dollena McDonald, Alex Fraser.

Front Row: Bryant Fraser, Ruby Fraser Lloyd.

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.

The front of the Auld Kirk in the Scotch Settlement, built in 1869.

A group photo of the West Gwillimbury History Project (WEGWHIST) group during the assembly of the Governor Simcoe Slept Here: The Legacy of West Gwillimbury book.

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Description : Following four years of volunteer work by a team of members of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association, Governor Simcoe Slept Here - The Legacy of West Gwillimbury was launched on December 15th. In October, 2001 over forty people responded to the initial invitation to meet and discuss the possibility of writing a history of West Gwillimbury and they choose to call themselves WEGWHIST - West Gwillimbury History. The book was written by a team of 15 Bradford West Gwillimbury residents. Governor Simcoe Slept Here tells the story of the two waves of pioneer settlers to West Gwillimbury - the Scottish, Irish and English, who settled on the highlands during the 1820 - 1830 period and the European settlers who arrived a century later to the Holland Marsh. Churches, schools and hamlets are documented in the two volumes, along a CD which includes "The Many Faces of West Gwillimbury" as photographed by Franz Aschwanden, a listing of the Marsh Land Owners in 1949 and a Genealogical Index of the Families.

Edwin, Catherine and their son John Harrison.

Jessop house at Lot 6, Concession 5.

The Honourable William Earl Rowe, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1963-1968, and his wife Treva Lennox.