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Event Date : Monday, October 24, 1955
Event Type : Birth
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Williams, R.R. 2, Bradford.

Event Date : Sunday, October 30, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Died at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. Daughter of the late John and Priscilla Brown Grantham, formerly of Bradford, Ont., dear sister of Mrs. William Hartman of Rochester, N.Y., and Max Grantham of Newmarket. At the funeral chapel of A. W. Miles, 308 St. Clair Ave. W. Service was held on Wednesday morning at 11. Interment Christ Church Cemetery, Holland Landing.

Event Date : Saturday, October 01, 1955
Event Type : Marriage
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Community : Churchill
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Description : Barbara Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson of Churchill, to Charles Harry Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Wilcox of Beeton. The wedding took place at Churchill United Church. Rev. H. F. Sanders officiated.The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Keith Kell, as matron of honour, and Mrs. Ray Scott and Mrs. Lawrence Wiggins, as bridesmaids. Evan Wilcox was his brother's groomsman and the ushers were Douglas Wilcox, Victor Wilcox, Lawrence Wiggins and Ronald Logan.Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox will reside at Beaver Dale Farms, Beeton.

Event Date : Tuesday, November 01, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Thistletown, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Mrs. W. J. Bell, Beeton's oldest resident, passed away at El Naton Nursing Home, Thistletown. She was in her 91st year.

Event Date : Wednesday, November 02, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Died in York County Hospital, Newmarket, in his 32nd year. Mr. Nunes, who came to this country only three months ago, was struck by a hit-and-run driver as he and a companion waited for a south-bound bus beside Highway 11 on the flats south of the bridge. He had been employed by a local grower and shipper. He leaves a wife and two young sons in Portugal.

Event Date : Saturday, November 05, 1955
Event Type : Marriage
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Community : Springdale
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Description : Edna Minnie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Dyke, of Springdale, to Arie Verkuyl of Oshawa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verkuyl of Whitby. The wedding took place in the Springdale Christian Reformed Church. Rev. R. Wildschut officiated.The bride was attended by Miss Lydia Van Delft of Hamilton. Mr. W. Verkuyl of Toronto was his brother's groomsman and the ushers were the bride's brother, Mr. Robert Van Dyke, and the groom's brother, Mr. Thys Verkuyl.Mr. and Mrs. Verkuyl will reside in Oshawa.

Event Date : 18680713
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Other - Bradford
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Description : Died helping to erect a barn for a Bradford resident, Mr. Cockerline.Leaves behind a wife and four children in his hometown, Kleinberg.

Event Date : Saturday, October 15, 1955
Event Type : Death
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Community : West Gwillimbury
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Description : James Thomas Earl McVety of West Gwillimbury had known for some time that he had a heart condition which required that he refrain from strenuous exercise. He was able to be about his farm, however, and attend to light duties. He was so employed at the barn on his farm on the morning of Saturday, October 15, when he suddenly expired. He was in his 63rd year.Born at Warkworth, the son of Mrs. McVety of that village and the late Mr. James McVety, the deceased spent his childhood in that area, attending school in Percy Township, Northumberland County.At Campbellford on September 22, 1915, he married Caroline Stillman of Vernonville, Ontario, who, with his aged mother, three daughters, one son, and a brother and sister survive him. The daughters, Mrs. Wm. Dennis (Vina), Miss
Lottie and Miss Eleanor are living in Toronto. His son, Everett, is at home. His mother and his brother, Milford, live in Warkworth and his sister, Mrs. Evelyn Jacobs, is in Toronto. Four grandchildren also survive.A farmer all his life, Mr. McVety came to West Gwillimbury Township in March 1940. He was a member of the L.O.L. and had served as a public school trustee.The funeral was held on Monday, October 17, from the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home, Bradford, with services being conducted by Rev. E. C. McLarnon, formerly of Bradford Presbyterian Church, now of Toronto. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.The pallbearers were neighbours and relatives of the deceased, namely, Percy Selby, Herbert Bowles, Robt. English, Ernest Ellison, Jack Stillman and Charles Bull.

Event Date : Sunday, October 30, 1955
Event Type : Birth
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Torben Duus, Schomberg.

Event Date : Monday, October 31, 1955
Event Type : Birth
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : At Newmarket Hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. David Howse of Bradford.