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Contains various photographs from Emlyn Westlake of her family.
Emlyn Westlake
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Contains various photographs from Emlyn Westlake of her family.
Emlyn Westlake
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
This home is located on the corner of Church and Queen St. It is an early Gothic style house with gingerbreading on the eves. It was made of a rare pink brick, possibly created in Newmarket.
The house was built in 1850 by Mark Scanlon, a lawyer, and one of the original town fathers. He was born on the farm of his father, Mark, on the north half of lot 16, on the ninth concession, West Gwillimbury. He graduated with a B.A from Victoria College, Cobourg, which is now affiliated with Toronto University.
He is the father of Mr. A.E. Scanlon, who was also a lawyer in Bradford.
Professor Day also lived here as did the Misses Lane. It is now the home of Robert Evans, a lawyer.
Dorothy Cilipka
Living heritage - Bradford's oldest streets
Part of Local History Collection
"To celebrate Canada's 125th birthday, why not take a walking tour of some of the oldest streets in Bradford, four of which date back 162 years!" ...
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs and documents relating to the Lee family, many of whom resided in West Gwillimbury. The Lee family trees stem from:
Henry Lee (1800-1869) and Elizabeth Lawrence (1808-1880)
John Lee (1795-1851) and Jane Coulson (1791-1860)
*Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903)
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
This is a picture of Holland Street looking west when it was just a dirt road. Notice the trees that used to line the street. The white building on the right was the post office and up to 1915 was home to the first library in town. The dark building beside it was a laundry .
Part of Local History Collection
This was probably on Church St. Note the wooden plank sidewalk.
Elizabeth Hodgson was born in December 1898 and died in December 1969. Elizabeth Hodgson later married Ross Bell, and they had five children: Marguerite (married Gerald Roberts), Jean (married Frank Kell), Gladys (married John Cronan), Tom (married to Lois), and Doris (married to Lew Campbell).
Doris (Bell) Campbell
Part of George Jackson fonds
This folder contains photographs of various historic buildings in Bradford and accompanying descriptions on each. The photographs are found in the Bill & Erica Marks Archive Room and were originally compiled by George Jackson and Joe Saint. The text accompanying each photograph was researched and written in 2015-2017 by Janice Hopkins, a long-time library volunteer. She utilized many library resources in her research which are noted at the bottom of each description. See below for information on each reference.
George Jackson
Construction Workers Unearthing Simcoe County's Past
Part of Local History Collection
"Construction crews working on Holland Street West uncovered a bit of history last week. According to several workers at the road reconstruction site, several large timber-like beams were unearthed from about six feet below the present surface of the road. It is likely that the beams date from the 1800s, and were either part of, or laid just after the demolition of, the first covered road in the county...."
Bradford Weekly
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the old Bradford Public School on Queen and Rebecca Streets
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Article about the history of Harvey's business - the Bradford Seed House building
Harvey Curry