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Holland Landing freight shed fire
Parte de Local History Collection
"The G.T.R. freight sheds at Holland Landing narrowly escaped being consumed by fire at 12 o'clock on Saturday [April 29th]. After doing about $100 damage to the roof the fire got under control. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a passing locomotive."
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Fire destroys storage barn in Holland Landing
Parte de Local History Collection
"A half dozen residents of Holland Landing lost cars and a boat they had stored in a Bathurst Street building that was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon." ...
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Surveyor-General gave name to Holland Marsh
Parte de Local History Collection
"The ties between "The Marsh" and the Netherlands seem to have been destined by fate's fickle finger. They stretch back to the earliest days of British settlement when in 1791 General Frederick Haldimand, Canada's Governor-in-Chief, assigned his Surveyor-General to do a survey of the Lake Simcoe area. Although a British army officer, the man was Dutch-born and by coincidence was named Samuel Johannes Holland." ...
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The pioneers were eager for education
Parte de Local History Collection
Article about early settlement in Bradford and West Gwillimbury. It also touches on the early education systems in this area. Scanned from a donation of the Bradford Today supplement to the Bradford Witness.
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Woman Loses Arm in Automobile Accident
Parte de Local History Collection
"Miss Alida Hill, of 160 Macphedson Ave., Toronto, was critically injured in an auto accident Saturday afternoon when the car in which she was a passenger failed to negotiate the curve at the foot of Holland Landing hill, climbed an embankment and then rolled on the shoulder of the road. The driver of the car, Miss Dora Pepler, 19 Kendall Ave., Toronto, escaped injuries. The injured woman was removed to York County Hospital, Newmarket, where it was found necessary to amputate her right arm. She also suffered from shock. The car is badly wrecked."
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Looking Back Over the Century - Holland Landing
Parte de Local History Collection
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 history of Holland Landing is the topic.
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Parte de Vital Statistics
Event date: Saturday, February 14, 1959
Event type: Birth
Description: At York County Hospital, Newmarket, on Saturday, Feb. 14, 1959, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jeffery, Holland Landing, a daughter.
The Holland River, East and West Branch
Parte de Local History Collection
Article about the confusion of naming the Holland River Schomberg River - and which branch of the river is named properly.
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October 18, 1994
Death
WRIGHT, J. Ivan - at his daughter's residence in Holland Landing on Tuesday October 18th, 1994. Ivan Wright formerly of Cookstown in his 74th year. Dearly beloved husband of the late Edythe Wright. Dear father of Louise, Barbara, Mary and John. Dear brother of Calvin Wright, Marion Blakely, Mildred Turnbull and Doris Sutherland. Devoted grandfather of David, Paul, Jeffrey and Stephen Lynch, Stephanie, Amanda and Christina Foster, Carly and Kirk Wright. Friends may call at the Paul F. Kent Funeral Home (Hwy #27 North) Cookstown on Thursday October 20th from 7- 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held at Cookstown United Church on Saturday October 22nd at 2 p.m. Interment Alliston Union Cemetery Memorial. [sic] Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.
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Proposed Pastoral Charge Structure
Parte de Local History Collection
Typed document outlining a proposed organizational structure for the Bradford and Holland Landing pastoral charge with explanations of the responsibilities of each committee. The name "Stan Cairns" is handwritten in blue ballpoint pen underneath the typed words "Lay Delegate" on the second page.
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