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Part of Local History Collection
Family portrait of the Collings family.
L to R: Ernie Collings, Robert Collings, Maria Saint Collings, Fred "Colly" Collings
Robert and Maria Collings passed when their children were young, leaving behind their children who became orphans at ten and six.
Bill Marks
Collings, Ernest Arthur obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Tuesday, December 26, 1950
Event Type : Death
Description : Died at home. Husband of Ellen Sutton. Father of Ellenor (Mrs. Joseph Peat), Anita (Mrs. Ross Griffith), Roy, Marjorie (Mrs. G. Rupke), Irvin, Bruce, and Keith. Member of the C.N.R. staff, Barrie. Rested at home. Funeral on December 28 at 2 p.m. Service in Trinity Church at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.
Collings, Ernest Arthur obituary (long)
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Tuesday, December 26, 1950
Event Type : Death
Description : Less than five weeks before his death, Ernest came home from C.N.R. duties for the last time...
Trinity Church, Bradford, Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
"Sunday, June 10th marked the Centenary of Trinity Church, Bradford. Two services were held with congregations far exceeding the seating capacity of the church. The rector, Rev. H.G. Blake, conducted the services." ...
Bradford Witness
Collings, Keith Robert & Gregory, Elizabeth Adrienne (Betty)
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, September 08, 1954
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Betty, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Gregory of Bradford, to Keith Robert Collings, youngest son of Mrs. Collings of Bradford and the late Mr. E. A. Collings. The wedding took place at Trinity Anglican Church, Bradford. Rev. W. S. Johnson, rector of the church, assisted by a former rector, Rev. H. G. Blake of Toronto performed the marriage. The bride had five attendents: Miss Shirley Robson, Bradford, maid of honour; Misses Shirley Fallis, Marilyn Ritchie, and Yvonne Griffiths, all of Bradford, were the bridemaids and Miss Barbara Taylor was the flower girl. Mr. Robert Veale, Bradford, was the groomsman. The ushers were the bride's brother and cousin, Edward Gregory and Robert Fallis, and the groom's brother, Bruce Collings. Mr. & Mrs. Collings will reside at Stouffville, where the groom is a member of the staff of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Bradford Witness
Collings, Mrs. Ernest A. (Ellen) obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Monday, November 28, 1966
Event Type : Death
Description : After not enjoying good health for the past five years, Mrs. Ellen (Nellie) Collings of Bradford passed away at York County Hospital, Newmarket, on Monday, November 28, 1966, where she was admitted just one week previous. Born in Ottawa 73 years ago, she went to Kerrobert, Sask., as a young girl, where she resided until her marriage to Ernest R. Collings on June 10, 1914, when she moved to Bradford where she resided for the remainder of her life. Up to the time of failing health, Mrs. Collings was a member of Trinity Anglican Church and active in the church choir, quilting club, and a lifetime member of the Women's Auxiliary. She was also a life member of the Women's Institute, and a charter member of the I.O.D.E. and the Bradford Knitting Club. Predeceased by her husband in 1950, she is survived by four sons and three daughters: Mrs. Ellenor Peat of Newmarket, Mrs. Ross Griffith (Anita) of Bradford, Roy A. of Oshawa, Mrs. Gerald Rupke (Margery) of Kettleby, Irwin E., W. Bruce, and Keith R., all of Bradford, 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, Mrs. Emily Foster of Kerrobert, Sask., a sister, and two brothers, Arthur Sutton and Albert Sutton, both of British Columbia. The funeral was held on December 1, 1966, from the Lewis Funeral Home to Trinity Anglican Church. The service was conducted by her rector, Rev. W. H. Warnica. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The pallbearers were Norman Collings of Bradford, Dr. Verdon Foster, V.S., of Fergus, Bob McCague of Sarnia, Jim Church, Orville Hand and Edward Bulpit, all of Bradford.
Bradford Witness
Part of George Jackson fonds
The structure located at 98 John St. East was the home of the Collings family years ago. The large, two-storey, frame and stucco-clad house has a long shed at the back that was once used for automobile storage (and later as a utilities room). Before World War II, there was a small building used for repairs and a blacksmith shop located east of the house. Along the lane fence at the south end of the property was a large, one-storey building used for storing marsh hay. South of the main house was a cement sidewalk that led to Holland Street. There was a garden (and later, grass) on each side of the house. Originally, the family owned a horse stable located at 100 John St. East.
Bill Peters and his wife were housekeepers for Ernie Collings Sr. when he lived here around 1907. Ernie owned marshland on the west side of the Holland River at the 10th Line. Years later the house was bought by James Armstrong and his wife Jane (Saint). Jim was a marsh hay worker and he owned land above the 10th Line on the west side of the river. Jim was an implement sales man on Holland Street (around the time of WWII) after marsh haying was finished. He also ran a garage at 11 Holland St East with Fred Gregory after Dennis Nolan closed his garage. Jim and Jane raised their daughters in this house. Daughter Shirley and her husband Bill Watson remained in the house after Jim and Jane died, but it was eventually sold. (1, 2)
George Jackson
Part of Joe Saint fonds
Files including letters, newspaper clippings (namely birth and death records), photographs, and essays on select families of Bradford West Gwillimbury
Joe Saint