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Audio and summary of an interview with Sam Neilly. The interviewer is George Jackson. Sam and George discuss where Sam's friends and family lived in accordance with a map of Gilford they are looking at. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

Event Date : Sunday, May 31, 1936
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Muriel Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Kneeshaw, Gilford, married Stanley Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cairns, Bradford. Rev. W. Spurgeon Butt officiated and Mr. Frank Dutcher of Barrie, uncle of the bride, played the wedding music. The bride was attended by Miss Marion Bell of Gilford, and groomsman, as well as cousin, was Mr. Milton Fisher of Toronto. The ushers were Mr. Gordon Kneeshaw, brother of the bride, and Mr. Jack Richardson of Toronto, cousin of the groom. The wedding took place at Ebenezer United Church and the reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Upon returning from a honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Cairns will reside on the groom's farm near Bradford.

September 3, 1987
Death

HORDYK Adrianus Reier at his home in Gilford on Thursday, September 3, 1987 in his 47th year. Dearest friend and loving husband of Greta VanLuyk. Dear father of Carl, Anna and Steven. He is remembered and deeply cherished for his love of family, his parents Cornelius and Anny Hordyk, his sisters and brothers, Gerie and Ary Luyendijk, Marianne and Rijk Hammer, Elias and Corrie Hordyk, Geerhardus Hordyk all of the Netherlands. Dear son-in-law of Gertrude and the lated [sic] Jack VanLuyk. Dear brother-in-law of Adrian and Sara VanLuyk, John and Anita Brouwer and Peter VanLuyk. Also remembered by many loving nieces and nephews. Friends called at Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe Street, Bradford. Service was held at the Ansnorveldt Christian Reform Church, Saturday, September 5, 1987, at 11:00a.m. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. Donations to the Fresh Air Fund at the Toronto Star or to the Salvation Army would be appreciated.

August 16, 1989
Death

ANDREWS, Gladys Mae (Simpson), suddenly at Kingston General Hospital on Wednesday, August 16, 1989, in her 46th year. Gladys Andrews, previously of Gilford and most recently Foxboro, beloved wife of Vimy, beloved mother of Kimberly and Shawn, still at home. Beloved daughter of Grace Simpson and the late Archie Simpson of Gilford, dear sister of Mary Dawe (Harvey), Albert Simpson (Shirley), Alice Ritchie (Lawrence), Ronald Simpson (Joan), Diana Davey (Roy), George Simpson (Margaret), Ruth Verrips (Dick), Elsie Visser, Robert Simpson (Julie), Kenneth Simpson (Marianne), Shawn Simpson (Diane), Patrick Simpson (Sandy), Heather Simpson, Sheila Visser (Rick), the late James Simpson and Tim Taylor (Joanne). Gladys was loved by 72 nieces and nephews. She will ever be remembered by many children in Foxboro whom she babysat. Funeral services were held at the McConnel Funeral Home, Madoc, Ont. on August 19, 1989 at 1:00 p.m. Interment Eldorado Cemetery, Eldorado. Donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.

Event Date : Tuesday, January 21, 1958
Event Type : In Memoriam

"In loving memory of our dear son and brother.Always in our memory."- Lovingly remembered by Dad Mom Brothers and Sisters."