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Municipality :
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Former rector of Trinity Church in Bradford and spent his retirement there. Died in Don Mills while visiting his daughter.

Municipality :
Community : Bradford
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Description : Born in West Gwillimbury on January 26, 1831, to Mr. & Mrs. John Faris.
Was one of ten children, and only four remain: Robert, James, and Mrs. Alex. Sutherland, of Tecumseth, and Mrs. James Bowles, of West Gwillimbury.
Married Susannah Goodfellow, daughter of the late John Goodfellow, in 1856, and they lived on Maple Farm, Scotch Settlement.
Father of six children, of whom five remain: John, Peter, Will (who just married B. Strong and occupies the homestead), Miss Kate, and Mrs. John Sinclair.
Had just moved to Bradford to retire.
Treasurer of West Gwillimbury.

Municipality :
Community : Gilford
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Description : The obituary for Clarence William (Pat) Pethick. Also, in the article is very brief biography.

Municipality :
Community : West Gwillimbury
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Concession :
Description : Age: 83rd year.
Born in County of Cavan, Ireland.
Came to Canada in 1846.
Married to Susan Fennell, daughter of the late Joseph Fennell, Esq., with whom he had a large family, five of which survive. The oldest son is the Reeve of West Gwillimbury.
His second wife was Maria Thompson, of Tecumseth, with whom he had a son and daughter, who still live at home with their mother and Miss Jennie Wood.
Recently his son, Joseph, and son-in-law, William Morton, also passed away.
Additional article appeared in the January 12th edition.

An announcement of the death of Bradford businessman and owner of Sutherland’s Grocery, Alexander Sutherland on July 24th, 1931. Appeared in the July 29th, 1931 issue of the Bradford Witness.

An obituary for George Webb, previous owner of the Uneda Hotel. He passed away on May 16th, 1926 and this obituary appeared in the May 19th, 1926 issue of the Bradford Witness.

Obituary for William L. Campbell in a 1948 edition of the Bradford Witness. He passed in 1948.

Municipality :
Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : Leone Cook of Bradford died last week at the age of 76.

Mrs. Cook, wife of the late Fred. C. Cook, participated in the opening of the senior public school named for her husband last month.

An active member of Trinity Anglican Church, she played the organ, taught Sunday School, and worked on the Altar Guild.

She also played the piano at the monthly service at the TLC nursing home.

A spontaneous, moving speech by Mrs. Cook, the first of her life, was the highlight of the official opening ceremony of the school.

She received a bouquet of carnations from the students of the school and a standing ovation.

The funeral service was held at Trinity Anglican Church on Saturday, and Mrs. Cook was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery at Coulson's Hill.

An article announcing the death of and paying tribute to Ron Simpson.

"St. John's Presbyterian Church was filled yesterday with people mourning the death and celebrating the life of longtime Bradford West Gwillimbury Councillor Ron Simpson...Mr. Simpson, a custom homebuilder by profession, has been a councillor since 1985 for all but one term.,,"

Event Date : December 3, 1895
Event Type : Marriage

Description (pg4) : At the residence of the bride's father, on Tuesday Dec. 3rd, by the Rev. Mr. Locke, Edith, eldest daughter of T.S. Graham, Esq., Bradford, to T.W.W. Evans, barrister, Bradford, second son of the late G.M. Evans, of the township of West Gwillimbury.