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William Alexander Langford born 20 July, 1890 in Alton, On.
Bertha Catherine Elizabeth Pettit born 6 September, 1890 in Adjala Twp, On.
They were married on March 6, 1919.
Their children are Dorthy Henriette, born 3 Feb., 1920, Keith Henry, born 9 Jan., 1926, Stewart William. born 17 Mar., 1930.

Bradford's Walter King was 31 years old when this photo was taken in 1914. Mr. King is shown with his new bride Stella Kneeshaw. The wedding took place two days before on the Kneeshaw farm on the 6th line of West Gwillimbury and the couple moved to Mr. King's farm down the road where they lived until 1943. When Mr. King was 95, he lived in retirement on John Street in Bradford.

Just after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, Treva Rowe and Earl Rowe, former lieutenant-governor, check the health of one of the apple trees in front of their Newton Robinson home. They were married at Newton Robinson United Church June 27, 1917, and had three children, Bill, Lennox, and Mrs. Jean Wadds. Mr. Rowe was a member of the Ontario Legislature for two years in the 1920s and then represented Dufferin-Simcoe in the House of Commons for almost 40 years. He was lieutenant-governor from 1963 to 1968. This photo appeared in the Bradford Witness and it is also in the Bradford Women's Institute Scrapbooks.

Sgt. Pilot Scott Neilly, Flight Instructor for the R.C.A.F. He died during the Second World War in a training accident in New Brunswick on May 28, 1942.

July 21, 1992
Death
REID, Frances Rose suddenly at her residence on Tuesday July 21, 1992, Frances Kachura of Bradford in her 68th year. Beloved wife of the late William White Reid. Loving mother of Walter. Dear daughter of Elaina and the late Michael Kachura. Dear sister of Mary (Mrs. Ronald McAinsh) of Ottawa and Michael of Ottawa. Friends called at Lathangue and Skwarchuk Funeral Homes, 30 Simcoe St. Bradford. Funer MAss was held at Holy Martyrs of Japan Church, Bradford on Friday July 24th, 1992 at 10 a.m. Interment at Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa. Donations to the York County Hospital Cardiac Care Unit.

December 19, 1992
Marriage
On Saturday, December 19, 1992 Michelle Lee Douglas, daughter of Tony and Anne Douglas of Schomberg, Ontario was married to Brian Norman Mills, son of Norman and Beverely [sic] Mills of Gilford, ON at Churchill United Church.
The happy couple were married by Rev. Cliff Pendlebury in an old-fashioned Christmas setting complete with carolers and candelight. The attendants carried Christmas bouquets of red, white and green. The reception was held at the Barrie Civitan Centre followed by a honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.

Obituary from an unknown newspaper for Elizabeth Hodgson Bell who passed away on December 11, 1969

Obituary for Marjorie Blanchard Campbell in an unnamed newspaper. Her death was in 1968.

A memorial for Cassie Edmanson Sutherland from 1882. Cassie died during childbirth and was the first wife of Donald Sutherland who was the brother of Bessie Sutherland Campbell.

"The brutal murder of Robert McKay, young RCAF veteran and his wife, Gloria, on Monday evening [August 1, 1949] of last week, has aroused the people of this province as few such tragedies have ever done before and the setting for this crime appears to be definitely established in the Bradford area..."

Describes the events leading up to Mr. and Mrs. McKay's murder. The two were shot to death and found in Toronto. The killer, Stanley Buckowski, was found in Los Angeles as a serial robber and murderer, where he was charged and executed in 1952 by gas chamber. He was never charged for the McKays murder, though admitted to the crime and of another murder of RCAF veteran, Alfred Edward Layng, in Toronto on July 30, 1949.