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Event Date : Sunday, June 18, 1950
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto

Description : Died in St. Michael's Hospital, where he had spent the past six months. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Maher. Father of Peter, Mrs. F. Wilkinson (Mitzi), Mrs. A.J. Abel (Dorothy), Miss Marjorie Hirlehey, and Mrs. Glenn Boyd (Alice Joan). Brother of Mrs. McWilliams of Bradford and Frank of Toronto. Born in Sunderland. Telegrapher with the railway at several stations before being appointed station master at Bradford forty years ago. Retired in 1937 and took up gardening, tending to his own garden and the garden of the Forty Martyrs' Church. Funeral from Holy Rosary Church, St. Clair Ave., Toronto, at 9 a.m. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto. Pallbearers: Glenn Boyd, Harold Hirlehey, George Cushinan, Frank Maher, Pat Maher, and P. Michell.

Event Date : Thursday, November 09, 1950
Event Type : Death

Description : Died at Wellesley Hospital in his 87th year. Husband of the late Elizabeth Ann Fennell. Father of Mrs. G. Douglas Jeffs of Toronto and Mrs. Clare Shaw of Schomberg. Funeral November 11 at the Trull Funeral Home, Toronto. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Event Date : Sunday, November 19, 1950
Event Type : Death

Description : Died at Wellesley Hospital. Wife of the late Harry H. Porter, formerly of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Daughter of the late Edward Jeffs and Mary Driffill of Bond Head. Funeral on November 21 at the Funeral Chapel of Morley S. Bedford, 159 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto. Private cremation the following morning. Interment in Prince Albert, Sask.

Event Date : Sunday, January 07, 1951
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto

Description : Suddenly, at Toronto. Daughter of the George and Jenny Neilly of Cookstown, Ont. Rested at the chapel of A. W. Miles, 30 St. Clair Ave. W. Funeral service at the residence of Dr.& Mrs. F.J. Lewis, 2 Kilbarry Place, Toronto, Jan. 10 at 1:00 pm. Interment Coulson's Hill Cemetery, Bradford.

Event Date : Wednesday, November 15, 1950
Event Type : Death

Description : Former resident of Bond Head. Died in Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, at age 88 years, after an illness of two weeks. Married Harry H. Porter, of Prince Albert, Sask. in 1916. Mr. Porter died in 1927. No children. Survived by one sister, Joce (Mrs. H.T. Baycroft) of Aurora. Predeceased by two brothers H. Beverley, Compton B. and two sisters, Eva (Mrs. John P. Wilcox) and Lorena (Mrs. William D. Monkman). Interment in Colliston Cemetery in Prince Albert, Sask. More historical details in obituary in above issue of The Bradford Witness.

Event Date : Saturday, May 26, 1951
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto

Description : Suddenly in Toronto. Daughter of Mrs. Watson and the late W.J. Watson. Sister of Jean, Isobel (Mrs. Coutts) of Cookstown, and Charles. Service held at the home of her brother, Charles, Bradford. Interment in Scotch Settlement Cemetery.
*Detailed obituary on page four of June 6, 1951 edition.

Event Date : Monday, July 27, 1959
Event Type : Death

Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket. Husband of Stephanie Semenuk. Father of George and James. Rested at the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home. Service at Trinity Anglican Church. Interment in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto.

Event Date : Friday, October 16, 1959
Event Type : Death

Description : Suddenly at her home, 64 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, in her sleep. Wife of the late Kenneth M. Morris, who predeceased her by several years. Mother of Kenneth C., Mount Forest, and Robert, Toronto. Lived with her son Robert, a student at Toronto University. With her husband, had built and operated the Riverview Inn for a number of years before it was sold, after which it was destroyed by a fire. They then built the Village Inn, which they operated for several years. Rested at the funeral chapel of A.W. Miles, 30 St. Clair Ave. W. Service held to the Toronto Necropolis.

Event Date : December 25, 1867
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young, Wesleyan Minister, of Hamilton, to Lizzie R., eldest daughter of the late Joseph Bingham, Esq., of Bradford. The wedding took place in the Adelaide St. Wesleyan Church in Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Ryerson.