Event Date : Sunday, August 18, 1935 Event Type : Death
Description : At Bradford, Ontario, on Sunday, August 18th, 1935, Dr. Lewis H. Campbell. Interment on Wednesday, August 21st, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.
An article about the history and popularity of the game of lacrosse in Bradford, written by Luanne Campbell Edwards.
"At this time in June, 110 years ago, there was only one topic being discussed in every household in Bradford: the Bradford players on the Canadian Lacrosse Associations' All Star Team, then playing across Canada on their way to Vancouver, as part of an around-the-world trip promoting the national game. At that time in Canada's history, that game was lacrosse - not hockey..."
Event Date : Tuesday, November 05, 1946 Event Type : Death
Description : Husband of Sadie Saint and father to Mrs Harvey Marks (Dorothy) died in his home after a seizure from thrombosis. Mr Reeves was a Town Constable for Bradford. He was born in England and moved to Bradford at 13. Member of the Bradford lacrosse championship team of 1908-09. Rev. H.G. Blake conducted the ceremony and interment is in St. Pauls' Cemetery, Coulson's Hill.