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Event Date : Wednesday, February 28, 1951
Event Type : Death

Description : Died in Toronto. Husband of Ida Banting. The funeral was held from the home of his son, Charles Watson, of Bradford, on March 3 at 3 pm. Interment in Scotch Settlement Cemetery.

January 8, 1985
Death

William J. Sutherland, 78, of Bond Head died Jan. 8, 1985 at YorkCounty Hospital. Son of the late John Sutherland, of West Gwillimbury Township and the late Mary Noble of Yorkshire, England, hewas born Sept. 17, 1909 in Bond Head. He was married Sept 21, 1935 in Tecumseth Township to the late Elva Bradley...He was predeceased by his wife on Dec. 26, 1984. Surviving are three daughters, Margaret Brethet, of RR3 Tottenham, Marian Davey, of RR1 Bradford, and Doris Colborn, of Gilford, one son, John Sutherland, of Midland, one sister, Mary Breedon, of RR1 Bradford, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild....

Friday, January 18, 1985
Death

Wilbert Keith Orr, 75, of Bond Head, died Friday, January 18 at the York County Hospital, Newmarket.
Son of Andrew Orr and Jane Campbell, both of Dufferin County, he was born Feb. 16, 1909 in Tecumseth Township. He was married Mar. 8, 1941 in the bride's home to Jean Lisk and has lived on the fifth line of Tecumseth and in Bond Head....Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Donna, Mrs. Andrew Rabiewsky, two grandchildren,three sisters, Marion Craog, of Tornoto, Maida Ritchie, of Beeton and Madeline Porritt, of Gilford and one brother, Wm. J. Orr, of Tottenham....

Article features local news, such as the start of the Bradford and Holland Marsh horticultural season, the Lodge's Ladies Night at Bond Head, and news on the Earl Rowe dam, it also features the latest Ontario Legislature news about taxes.

An edited compilation based on written notes by Gladys Anna Isobel Watson (known as Isobel Watson) of Watson's life. Edited and Compiled by granddaughter, Michelle Joyce. Includes 12 page transcript, Cover Page and Reproduction of the Marriage Certificate of Norman Blain Coutts and Gladys Anna Isobel Watson. Watson was born July 14, 1907 on a farm located in West Gwillimbury at Concession 4, Lot 7 to William John Watson and Ida Jane Milligan Banting. Isobel married Norman Bhain Coutts and raised with him five children: Duncan, Roderick, Karol Anne, Brian and Sharon. The oral history was transcribed in November 2007, shortly before Isobel's death.

Event Date : January 25, 1891
Event Type : Death

Synopsis:
Age: 73 years, 9 months, 26 days. Born at Old Castle, County Meath, Ireland in 1817. Emigrated to Canada in 1819, and settled on lot 24, concession 5, Tecumseth. Married Margaret Sutherland of West Gwillimbury, and they moved to lot 4, concession 6. Widowed, and married Miss Sharpe of King Township. He had a daughter who married Ingham N. Sharpe, and now lives in West Toronto Junction. Died of a paralytic stroke. Interred at St. John's Cemetery, Tecumseth.

A sewing exercise book that was owned and used by Lulough Kneeshaw (nee Latimer).

From the notes of donator June Chambers:

"I interviewed Edgar & Lulough not long after we moved to Bond Head. Edgar was easy with telling his stories, Lulough not so much..."
"Lulough Kneeshaw (nee Latimer) was born March 6, 1897. She grew up on a farm north of Alliston, Lot 17 Essa & Tosoronto [Tosorontio] within earshot of Camp [Borden] where sometimes in the early morning she could hear drums and bugles...She married Edgar Kneeshaw on [January] 7, 1920. The couple lived in West Gwillimbury for a while before moving to a farm, a few miles south of Bond Head. They had one son, Keith. Lulough attended a business school in Barrie. She worked at a flour milling company in Bradford."
"My thoughts about the sewing book. Lulough was a married lady when she decided to sew. She was likely working in Bradford at the time and had access to the high school where she could have taken night classes."

The Bradford Witness decided to release a series of articles from local townspeople on the history of certain events in Bradford and West Gwillimbury's time. This week, the 1837 Rebellion and its part in West Gwillimbury is the topic.

Event Date : Sunday, January 05, 1941
Event Type : Death

Description (pg 4): Suddenly, at Bradford, on Sunday, January 5th, 1941, Edith May Phillips, beloved wife of S.R. Lee. The funeral took place from her late residence on Tuesday, January 7th at 2.30 o'clock to Trinity Church, Bradford, for service. Interment in Coulson's Hill cemetery.

Recounts the fire at John Kirkpatrick's Hotel, originally the Burns' Hotel, in Bond Head on September 23, 1854.