"When Jean Keffer asked me to sign her petition to keep Gwillimbury in the Town name, I did so with the following in mind...Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gwillim was an aide-de-camp of General Wolfe. He was with Wolfe when the General died on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. His daughter Elizabeth married John Graves Simcoe; the rest is history. My own connection to the "Gwillburys" began in 1803, when my 5G-Grandfather, John Eves, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, built one of the first settler dwellings, after he was patented with Lot 108 in West Gwillimbury. He is credited with the first industry in the "Gwillimburys", when he built a sawmill on the Holland River soon after. I even found reference to North Gwillimbury in the 1881 census where my Great-Great grandparents Thomas Lamb and Rachel Eves briefly lived. When I wrote on the Millenium Clock Monument, with assistance from George Jackson, I tried to balance the story of the Town and Township, so that one can see the relationship that existed, where we were intertwined socially, economically and emotionally. My wife Julie and I both spent our formative years in West Gwillimbury, and our two sons are the 9th generation in Ontario as descended from those original settlers on Lot 108. The name Bradford West Gwillimbury may be long and unwieldy, but historically and emotionally it is ours alone."
Description : Bradford West Gwillimbury Council met in closed-door session on April 10th, and voted to accept the "conveyance" of a 6 acre parcel of land on Holland St. West (S. half lot 11, Con. 7) from developer Mod-Aire Homes Ltd. It is considered a "conveyance", and not a gift, because there is a condition attached; that should the property be used for a new Administration Centre, a 3' by 5' plaque is to be installed in the new building, in recognition of the parents Mod-Aire principal, Mike Orsi.
A newspaper article about the architectural plans for the building of a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court.
"Plans for Bradford's new $1.2 million library were unveiled Monday night. Architect Bill Lett presented a model and blueprints for the interior of the building, which were hashed out b the library committee...Lamb said the model of the library should help volunteers raise funds. 'When people throw their nickles, their quarters and their $250 in the jar, they can see what they're going to get' he said."
A newspaper clipping about a fundraising drive to help raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court.
Included with the article is a picture of those involved in fundraising for the new library. Front Row (L-R): Bill Marks, Anne Wagg, Debbie Jesk, Ryan Lamb Second Row (L-R): Art Kneeshaw, Eleanor Sherbo, Pauline Taylor Back Row (L-R): Ron Quinton, Dennis Roughley, Gary Lamb Absent for photo: George Jackson, Bob Evans, Brenda Nolan
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 2014-2018. Back Row: Mark Contois, Ron Orr, Gary Baynes, Peter Dykie Jr., Gary Lamb Front Row: Peter Ferragine, Rob Keffer, James Leduc, Raj Sandhu
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 2010-2014. Back Row: James Leduc, Raj Sandhu, Carl Hordyk, Ron Simpson, Del Crake, Peter Dykie Jr., Gary Lamb Front Row: Doug White, Rob Keffer
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 2000-2003. Back Row: Gary Lamb, Jim Corneau, Del Crake, Marty Toombs, Peter Dykie Jr. Front Row: Brian Bonany, Dennis Roughley, Frank Jonkman, John Gorzo
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 1997-2000. Back Row: Ron Simpson, Peter Dykie Jr., Frank Jonkman, Charles Brown, Marty Toombs Front Row: Gary Lamb, John Gorzo, Brian Bonany, Sharon Villlani
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 1994. Back Row: Peter Dykie, Dennis Roughley, Ron Simpson, John Gabriel, Gary Lamb Front Row: B.L. Vanderpost, Frank Jonkman (Mayor), Bud Brown, John Gorzo
Photograph of Bradford West Gwillimbury's town council from 1991. Back Row: Frank Jonkman, Peter Dykie Jr., Dennis Roughley, Jim Corneau, Gary Lamb, William Marks Front Row: Deputy-Reeve William Dykie, Deputy-Reeve Frances Reid, Mayor William de Peuter, Reeve Sandy Hudson, Deputy-Mayor Bud Brown Absent: Ron Simpson Photography Donated By: Ackland Photography
