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- 1900-11-01
Part of Local History Collection
Article on the construction of George Stoddart's residence
Bradford Witness
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Part of Local History Collection
Article on the construction of George Stoddart's residence
Bradford Witness
Broughton, J.R.Y. & Alma Strong
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Monday, November 26, 1900
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Alma Marion, second daughter of the late William Strong, to J.R.Y. Broughton, of Newmarket, druggist. The wedding took place at Aldersyde, Bradford.The ceremony was performed by Rev. George M. Brown.
Bradford Witness
Geo. Stoddart residence - Mason work
Part of Local History Collection
Article on the construction of George Stoddart's residence
Bradford Witness
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Saturday, September 14, 1907
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Laura Winnifred Young, to Dr. Herbert E. Watson. The wedding took place at "Algonquin Lodge" Bradford. The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride Rev. Egerton R. Young assisted by the bride's brother Rev. E. Ryerson Young and Rev. J.A. Long Ph.D. The couple will live in Preston.
Bradford Witness
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, April 15, 1908
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Mary, fourth daughter of Benjamin Jones, Esq., London, England, to Samuel Gilbert Lukes, eldest son of Samuel Lukes, Esq., Bradford, Ontario. The wedding took place at Dunn Avenue Methodist Church, Parkdale. The ceremony was performed by Rev. William H. Hinks. The couple will live at Alerton House, Bradford.
Bradford Witness
Young, Rev. Egerton Ryerson obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Tuesday, October 05, 1909
Event Type : Death
Description : Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young. Age: 70th year. Noted Canadian Missionary and Author. Born in Smith's Falls in 1840, a son of Rev. William Young, a pioneer Methodist preacher. Taught school until 1863, when he joined the ministry. Married Elizabeth Bingham, of Bradford, in 1867. Was called to the North West, and became a negotiator between the aboriginals and government officials. Returned to Ontario because of his health, and became an author and lecturer in England. He wrote about life among natives. Survived by his wife and five children: Rev. E.R. Young, P.A., Chatsworth; Mrs. R.N. Helme, Lancaster, England; Mrs. (Rev.) A.B. Fitzgerald, Hilton, N.J.; Mrs. Newton Brown, Toronto; and Mrs. H.E. Watson, Toronto. Lived at "Algonquin Lodge" Bradford. Interred in Bowmanville.
Bradford Witness
The Purchase of Algonquin Lodge
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
"Masons, carpenters and painters have been for some time and are still at work at Algonquin Lodge, and "vaster than has been" are the improvements that are being made. This property was lately purchased from the Estate of the late Rev. E.R. Young by Mr. samuel Lukes, who contemplates making many changes to this already handsome structure, besides installing a hot water heating system, sceptic tank, etc."
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Bradford housing; Publisher's life
Part of Local History Collection
Article features local news, such as the reflection of the life of the publisher, and Bradford's housing situation which is reflecting in the weekly editions of The Witness.
Bradford Witness
1934 Brought First Settlement to Holland Marsh
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
"The first year-round residents of the Marsh arrived in the late autumn of 1934 and took up residence in the row of houses shown in the above picture. They were families from Holland and they named their village Ansnorveld.
Members of the Christian Reformed Church, after selling their first crops, built the first church on the Marsh, also shown above, in the spring of 1936. Today there are two beautiful Christian Reformed churches on the Holland Marsh."
Bradford Witness
Part of George Jackson fonds
"There was quite a moving experience on Holland Street, Bradford, last week. An Ontario Hydro worker on the roof lifted low-hanging electrical wires as a home was moved to Bathurst Street, disrupting traffic temporarily along the way."
Ken Kerr