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Event Date : Friday, February 10, 1950
Event Type : Death

Description : At York County Hospital. Wife of Frederick Charles Wood of Bradford. Service at home on February 12 at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
*Detailed obituary in February 22, 1950 (below in Related Descriptions)

Event Date : Sunday, February 11, 1951
Event Type : Birth

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Melville Peterman, of Bradford.

Event Date : Wednesday, August 25, 1954
Event Type : Death

Description : Col. William Pate Mulock, grandson of Sir William Mulock and Postmaster-General for six years, and owner of the Newmarket Era and Express newspaper, died Wednesday at his home near Newmarket following a heart attack. He was 57. Ill-health forced him to leave politics in April, 1945, after representing North York as Liberal since 1943. He was in charge of Canada's mails during the Second World War and directed the special operations needed to speed mail to troops overseas. He made his first attempt to enter Federal politics at North York in 1930, but was defeated by the late T. Herbert Lennox. Four years later, however, he contested the seat in the by-election caused by Col. Lennox's death and piled up a majority of 3,678 - the largest in the history of the riding. He retained the seat in the 1935 and 1940 general elections. When he entered Mackenzie King's cabinet at the age of 43 he was the youngest minister. To some extent his political career ran parallel to that of his grandfather, who was Postmaster-General from 1896 to 1905. His maiden speech in the Commons drew wide attention and was heard by Sir William Mulock, probably the first time a grandfather was present when his grandson took the seat originally held by himself. Born into one of North York's best-known families, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mulock, he was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia, read law with Mulock, Milliken, Clark and Redman, and was called to the bar in 1920. He became a King's Counsel the same year he added M.P. to his name - 1934. During his administration, Canada's present air mail system was developed. When he was not at Ottawa, Col. Mulock divided his time between his law practice and his farm between Newmarket and Aurora. He had been in ill health for some months before his death and was confined to his home. Col. Mulock leaves his wife and two sons, William and Thomas.

Event Date : Saturday, May 19, 1956
Event Type : Birth

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Engelage, R.R. 2, Newmarket.

Event Date : Sunday, June 22, 1958
Event Type : Birth

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Peterman, Bradford.

Event Date : Wednesday, June 11, 1958
Event Type : Birth

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Watts, Holland Landing.

Event Date : Sunday, February 15, 1959
Event Type : Birth

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, on Sunday February 15, 1959, to Mr. and Mrs. George Engelage, R.R. 2, Newmarket, a son.

Event Date : Sunday, February 22, 1959
Event Type : Death

Description : At the home of her daughter, 77 Catherine Ave., Aurora, Ont., on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1959, Jane Jardine, beloved wife of the late Andrew Jardine, and dear mother of Edith (Mrs. William Stoddart), Aurora, and loving sister of Charlotte (Mrs. D.M. McConkey), Toronto, in her 87th year. Rested at the Thompson Funeral Home, Aurora. Service Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. Interment in Aurora Cemetery.

Event Date : Wednesday, April 18, 1962
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.

Description : Died at his residence, Mulock Drive, Newmarket. Beloved husband of Gertrude Dicker and dear father of Mrs. J. M. Wood (Dorothy) of Willowdale; Alfred James of Bradford; Mrs. B. L. Hooey (Helen) of Peterborough; Marshall of Aurora; Harold of Brooklin; Howard (Duke), Newmarket; Mrs. D. J. Hope (Betty), Pine Orchards; Robert of Ottawa; predeceased by Evelyn and Margaret. Rested at the Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main St., Newmarket. Funeral service on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment Newmarket Cemetery.

Event Date : Monday, August 05, 1963
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Jackson's Point, Ont.

Description : Susan Van Rooyen, 15, of Bradford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Van Rooyen, Frederick Street, was drowned early Monday morning in Lake Simcoe, near the Black River, while in for a swim before breakfast with her brother, John, and a friend, Beverley Williamson, also of Bradford and about the same age. According to report, the young people were not in deep water but Susan was swept off her feet by a wave. Coroner Dr. C. S. Noble of Sutton, who has seen the same area claim three lives in as many years, said the beach area at the mouth of the Black River in Mossington's Park should be posted as dangerous. John Van Rooyen said his sister, wading in shoulder-deep water, suddenly started slipping into deeper water, screaming that something was dragging her. When he went to help her she grabbed him by the throat, and he barely managed to avoid being pulled under with her. Police believe Susan, a fair swimmer, may have been pulled off her feet by the river's undertow. Her body was found about an hour later.