Event Date : Tuesday, June 30, 1964 Event Type : Marriage Municipality : Toronto, Ont.
Description : Ellie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris Malpass of Lambeth Road, to Donald Alfred Griffiths, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hugh Griffiths of Gilford. The wedding took place in Humber Valley United Church. Rev. Arthur Steed officiated.The matron of honour was Mrs. Bradley Chapman and the bridesmaids were Miss Joanne McGilvrary and Mrs. Stephen Carson. The junior bridesmaid was Miss Marilyn Malpass, cousin of the bride. The flower girl was Kelly Bacher, cousin of the bride.Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths will reside in Gilford.
Event Date : Monday, July 08, 1957 Event Type : Birth
Description : A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Locke Jacks of Toronto (nee Anne Griffiths). Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Thos Griffiths, and great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Davis, as well as great, great grandmother Mrs. Dan Wilson, are all of Gilford.
Signing the register following their Saturday wedding in Ebenezer United Church are Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wesley Brown. The bride is the former Betty Yvonne Kneeshaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kneeshaw of Gilford, and her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Brown of Dalston. After a wedding trip to the United States and EAstern Ontario, the couple will be making their home at Dalston.
The former Glassford Hotel in Gilford. Built in 1853, it operated as a hotel until the late 1880s. Leonard and Maria Bell bought the house in 1925, and it became the home of their son and daughter-in-law Owen and Helen in 1942.
The Gilford Station was a popular stop along the railway bringing mail to the surrounding area and vacationers to the beach. It is now in the Simcoe County Museum.
The first temporary train station was built in 1853 with the coming of the new train service up to Barrie. A permanent station was built in 1870.
