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Event Date : Tuesday, October 31, 1933
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Married in Toronto by the Rev. A. E. Marshall. Jean Olive is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blizzard of Newmarket.Norman Edward is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Collings of Bradford.

Event Date : Tuesday, May 02, 1939
Event Type : Death

Description : Passed away at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto after developing pneumonia following surgery. She was in her 48th year. The wife of James B. Ferguson. Is interred in Queensville Cemetery.

Event Date : Wednesday, February 28, 1973
Event Type : Death

Description : A life-long resident of Bradford, Alexander W. Spence of 155 Barrie St. died in Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, on February 28. Mr. Spence, 72, owned and operated Spence Lumber on Bridge St. He served on the former Bradford School Board and on the Bradford Council for several years. He was active in the conservation association, served as a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge and was a member of the United Church. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, March 3 in the Lewis Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Chapman officiating. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Surviving are Mr. Spence's wife, the former Mary Brady; one daughter, Mrs. Keith (Betty) Noble of Bradford; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Hammel of Bradford; one brother, Emerson of Delhi and three grandchildren, Douglas, Ronald and Barbara.Three brothers and one sister, William, Norman, Arthur and Emily are predeceased.

Event Date : Friday, August 19, 1955
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Joan Frances, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Compton of Bradford, to Kenneth Lawrence Pond of Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pond of Simcoe, Ont. The wedding took place at Bradford United Church. Rev. F. G. MacTavish officiated. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Norma Compton, as maid of honour, and Misses Marilyn Ritchie of Bradford and Shirley-Ann Deyell of North Bay, as bridesmaids. Mr. Murray Pond of Simcoe was his brother's groomsman and the ushers were the bride's brother, Mr. Gordon Compton, of Bradford, and the groom's brother-in-law, Mr. Robert Crofoot of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Pond, both of whom are graduates from Toronto University with the degree of B.A., will reside at 100 Sheppard Ave. E., Willowdale.

Event Date : Monday, August 02, 1965
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.

Description : Died as the result of a car accident, of Toronto, formerly of Bradford, in her 18th year. Survived by her sister, Mrs. Olga Marie Styles. Funeral was held on Friday, August 6, from the Russian Orthodox Church in Toronto.

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 : Wednesday, September 26, 1900
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Dr. Lewis H. Campbell, of Bradford, to Miss Louisa H. Graham, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Graham. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's mother, 26 Callendar St., Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.R. Rankin, of Dunn Avenue Methodist Church.

Event Date : Sunday, April 13, 1941
Event Type : Death

Description : Passed away at her home in Toronto, in her 66th year. Widow of the late Samuel Oldham and mother of two.

Event Date : June 16, 1896
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Mr. S. Oldham, of Bradford, to Caroline, second daughter of Street Commissioner Jones, Toronto. The wedding took place at the Church of St. Clement's, Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Gusborn.

Event Date : Tuesday, December 27, 1949
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto

Description : In his 84th year. Husband of Sara Lavina Earle, 409 Walmer Rd. Toronto. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Little Bemrose of Bradford. Father of Earle and Josephine Hamer (Mrs. John Copithorne, Moorestown, N.J.). Funeral at the Chapel of A.W. Miles, 30 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto. Service Friday at 3 p.m. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.