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Contains information and resources compiled by the WEGWHIST (West Gwillimbury History) Group relating to the local history of Bradford and the West Gwillimbury area.
WEGWHIST Collection
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Contains information and resources compiled by the WEGWHIST (West Gwillimbury History) Group relating to the local history of Bradford and the West Gwillimbury area.
WEGWHIST Collection
Van Luyk, Gertrude (Oosterhuis) death
Event Date : Saturday, January 22, 1994
Event Type : Death
Municipality :
Community : Other - Bradford
Description : Peacefully at York County Hospital, Newmarket, in her 75th year. Nee Oosterhuis. Resident of the Holland Marsh. Wife of the late Adrianus and his wife Sara, Greta and her late husband Adrian Hordyk, Peter, Anita and her husband John Brouwer. Sister of Rudy, Herman and Gilbert Oosterhuis, Ruth Noordhuis and predeceased by Stouffer, John and Gus Oosterhuis. Also survived by eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Visitation at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford. Service at the Holland Marsh Christian Reformed Church. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. Donations to the Lou Gehrig's Disease or to the Newmarket and District Association for Community Living would be appreciated. *Original stored in Joe Saint Collection.
Toronto Star
Camping trailer on the way to the site of the plane crash on the marsh. B.B Collings holding pale. He'd be about 64 years old here.
The top photo is the sketch of the original dredger designed by Cummins. The middle photo is the finished auger-type dredger by Devald that is still in use. The bottom photo is the latest in equipment designed by Konijn for clearing silt from waterways.
Muck Growers' Conference Awards
Awards presentation at the Muck Growers' Conference. From left: William Watson Jr., Charlie Davis, Dick Hilliard.
Meeting the Minister of Agriculture
Marsh growers meet with the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. William Stewart (with hat).
A section of one of the work sheds built for the Selkirk Gardens operation, still in use today, on the north canal bank, west of Simcoe Road, built about 1929.