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1800s Records

CA BWGPL VS-1800
File
1800-1899

Part of Vital Statistics

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

1908 Train Wreck on G.T.R.

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Derail-OS10148
Item
1908-07-15

Part of Local History Collection

Train wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway between Bradford and Gilford July 15, 1908, a result of making up time.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Sturgeon, Pte. William R.

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS9215
Item
1910s

Part of Local History Collection

Private William R. Sturgeon, Service No. 3038445 of the Central Ontario Regiment, World War I.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bradford's First Boy Scouts

CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-2017-03-15-01
Item
1913

Part of Local History Collection

"Bradford's first Boy Scouts won the District Bugle at Newmarket in 1913. Leaders, George G. Green and Eldon Waldruff. Some of the boys in this troupe: Bill Stevenson, Charlie Evans, Alex Spence, (?) Hamilton, (?) McKinstry, Leonard Sutton, Norman Spence, Walter Coombs, George Mattice, (?) Bowles, Jack Stewart, Max Evans, (?) Gummerson, Graham Evans, Allie Drake, Fred Evans, Winston Stoddart, Norman Saint, Norman Wilson."

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Early Settlement

CA BWGPL LHC-Sett
Series
1800 - 1915

Part of Local History Collection

Contains items relating to the early history of Bradford, Holland Landing, and West Gwillimbury

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Adams' children

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-2016-08-12-01
Item
1916-01

Part of Local History Collection

These are the children of Charles and Emily (Johnson) Adams, farmers of Bradford. David and John in the back row, and their sisters Bertha, Lilly (Perry) and Emily (Else). Jessie Lawrence is not pictured as she lived in Saskatchewan. David and John fought in World War I, though John died in Belgium on November 10th, 1917 and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

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Archer, Matthew

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8791
Item
1915-1916

Part of Local History Collection

Matthew Archer, the son of Thomas and Jennie May Archer. He served in the First World War and died in France.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

World War 1 Roll of Honour and Veterans

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI
File
1914-1918

Part of Local History Collection

Contains items relating to Simcoe County servicemen and women in World War I, including veterans related articles, artifacts and photographs, and the Roll of Honour

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library