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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....

Back Row, left to right: Henrietta (Hattie, Mrs. Wm. McKay), Robert, Sarah (Mrs. Wm. Creyke, later Mrs. Wm. Brimson), William, Andrew W. Carter, Ellen (Nellie, Mrs. Thomas Arnold). Seated: Mr. John Culbert, Herbert, Mrs. John Culbert, Elizabeth Margaret (Mrs. Andrew Carter), and Isabella Jane Edythe Carter (Mrs. Russell Rowe). In 1872, the Gazetteer and Directory of Simcoe Country states that Mr. Thomas Phillips owned the North 1/2 Lot 21, Concession 5, Tecumseth Township, comprising approximately 112 acres. Mr. Phillips was later Reeeve of Tecumseth Township and during this time the house and original barn were built, both in one year. The lumber for the buildings was obtained from the Coffey oak bush on the adjoining 200 acres. A sawmill was operated while some 60 acres of oak lumber was taken out. On November 29, 1890, the farm was sold by Mr. Phillips' widow, Sarah Phillips (she was a Miss Van Every, sister of Mrs. Wm. Hill, next farm, Lot 20) to Mr. John Culbert. John Culbert, with his brother Robert and sister Mary Jane (later Mrs. Carruthers, grandmother of the late Mrs. Cardie McLean) had cvome to Canada about 1850 from Dungannon, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. John returned to Ireland to marry Miss Isabella Johnson and bring her as a bride to Canada in 1861. His brother Alex and sisters Mary Ann and Ellen (later Mrs. Robt. Watt, step-grandmother of Wm. Watt, Bond Head) came to Simcoe County with John and Isabella. Before purchasing the Tecumseth Township farm, John and Isabella Culbert were tenants of the former Simcoe Manor farm, Beeton, and the David Ross farm near Cookstown. They raised a family of three sons, Robert, William, and Herbert, and four daughters, Henrietta (Hattie), Sarah, Ellen (Nellie) and Elizabeth.

Back Row, left to right: Jean, Bill, Margaret, Marilyn. Front Row: Brenda, Lynda.

"Canada Methodist Church, built 1887"
This became the Trinity United Church

Bond Head Methodist Church - stain glass window in memory of John Wilcox and Edward Jeffs.

John Wilcox was a pioneer of Tecumseth Township, arriving in 1855 from Cuba (where he worked in mine structure support). He was born in Chyandour, Cornwall, England on April 22, 1827, and apprenticed as an architect and carpenter. He was sent to Cuba in 1848 to work. In Canada, he married Ann Proctor with whom he had 5 children. John helped the town build roads and bridges, and promoted the Wesleyan Methodist Church in its early days.

Rev. Wm. Fraser meditates beside the monument he built for his wife Jane Geddie, located directly behind the first Presbyterian Church in Bond Head.

Bond Head Methodist Church 1873-1942 which was destroyed by fire.

S.S. #5, Bond Head School. This one-room schoolhouse was built in 1874

S.S. #5, Bond Head Public School, class from 1948-1949.

New Bond Head School, 1954.
Upper caption reads, "The New S.S. 5 West Gwillimbury building at Bond Head is a marked contrast with the old school, which can be seen behind at left. The old building was in continuous use for 80 years. In 1908, the roof blew off and had to be replaced with a new one. The new one-classroom school is of rug brick and has an aluminum roof and large windows all along the side facing the road. The first sod was turned on Thanksgiving Day and the new school, built by Contractor Wilfrid Halbert of Thornton, was moved into at the beginning of February. D.A. Lapp, public school inspector for South Simcoe, officially opened the building."