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90th Birthday - Bertha Langford
Bradford's Bertha Langford celebrated her 90th birthday last week with more than 200 family and friends in attendance. The energetic lady still loves to bowl. Happy birthday!
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Event Date : Friday, December 20, 1963
Event Type : Birth
Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a daughter to Ed and Mary Gres, a sister for Darlene and Kathryn.
Bradford Witness
Blackwell, Dr. Gilbert L. Blackwell & Ruth Irene Stewart
Event Date : Monday, December 04, 1944
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Daughter of Mrs Stewart and the late Mr Stanley Stewart of Bradford wed son of Mrs Blackwell and the late Mr H.L. Blackwell of Bradford in Hart House Chapel. Rev. Kingsley Joblin officiated. Mrs. R.M. King was the bride's attendant and Dr. R.M. King was groomsman. The couple will reside in Toronto.
Bradford Witness
Event Date : Thursday, June 04, 1908
Event Type : Birth
Description : A son to Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Davey.
Bradford Witness
Event Date : Friday, December 28, 1900
Event Type : Birth
Description : A son to Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Davey.
Bradford Witness
Collection of items that can be found in the Local History and Archives rooms, either in physical or digital form. Collection includes documents, maps, photographs and items relating to the Bradford West Gwillimbury area's local history.
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8th Canadian Field Ambulance Officers and NCOs
This image documents the 8th Canadian Field Ambulance at the time of the signing of the armistice ending WWI on November 11, 1918 and can be found in a war photograph album belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Raymond Selby. The photographs in the album are both original photographs taken by Dr. Selby and copies of official Canadian military photographs. Selby was born in and grew up in the Bradford West Gwillimbury area before moving to Calgary, Alberta. Many of the men pictured were awarded medals in recognition of honour and/or bravery.
Top Row: Sgt. Maguire, Sgt. F. E. Dutton, Cpl. Brewster, Sgt. Munis, Sgt. Davidson, R.S.M. Coward, R.S.M. G. Taylor, Staff-Sgt. Graydon, Sgt. Nash, Cpl. Tillett, Cpl. Guthrie, Sgt. Patience
Middle Row: Capt. R. M. Harvie, Capt. A. S. Lamb, Capt. D.C. Malcolm, Major W. G. Cosbie, Lt-Col. E. R. Selby, Major W. J. MacKensie, Capt. J. F. Sparrow, Capt. Knight, Capt. Christie
Bottom Row: Sgt. H. Hay, Sgt. Montgomery, Cpl. Clements, Sgt. Valiquet, Sgt. Wyers, Sgt. Cowan, Sgt. Coleman, Sgt. Holding, Cpl. Lean
Ernest Raymond Selby, Dr.
A late Victorian c. 1880 side boar with decorative work, produced in Thomas Kilkenny's Furniture factory. It is owned by his great granddaughter Ruth Booth.
This well preserved match safe, with its Masonic symbols, was moulded in Thomas Nelson's Foundry in Bond Head c. 1870. Marion McKibbon, his granddaughter, presently owns it.
Some of the resources available for research at the Library. These can be used to aid in genealogical, ancestral and general research.
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