Event Date : Wednesday, June 28, 1944 Event Type : Marriage
Description : Daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Llewellyn Scythes, formerly of Bradford wed son of Major G.W. Stoddart of Derbyshire and the late Mrs. Stoddart (nee Pearl Wood) at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Toronto. Miss. Elinore Scythes was maid of honor and Miss Mary Boake was bridesmaid. Kenneth Wood was groomsman, Lieut. John A. Mullin and Gilbert Kennedy were ushers.
Event Date : Tuesday, March 10, 1981 Event Type : Death Municipality : Montserrat
Description : Died suddenly at Montserrat. Husband of Hillary, father of Jennifer of Montreal and Paul of Toronto. Service was in Trinity College Chapel on March 16. Cremation. Interment to be held at Newton Robinson United Church Cemetery on May 3, 1981 at 3:30 p.m.
Event Date : Tuesday, November 12, 1957 Event Type : Death
Description : Died at the age of 5 years. Dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stoddart, 342 Inglewood Dr., Toronto. At his home until 12 noon, Nov. 14. Service at 2 p.m. in the chapel of St. Paul's Church, Bloor St. E., Toronto. Interment Newton Robinson, Ont.
S.S. # 6 Middleton School. This school was built in 1908 on the same site as the old school (first built in 1850, moved to become a barn in Bond Head) by T.D. Stoddart.
See the related articles for information on its construction and George Washington Stoddart's accident during construction. These small articles from the Bradford Witness & South Simcoe News in 1908 and 1909 on the construction of Middleton School S.S. #6 were found through the research of the Bradford Heritage Committee.
The Stoddart House is located at 250 Barrie Street. It was built around 1870 in the Eclectic Neoclassical style. Some of the early settlers in the Bradford area were members of the Stoddard/Stoddart family. John Stoddard settled along the Bond Head Road in 1829. In later times, Major George W. Stoddart was the reeve of Bradford. The two-storey building has a rectangular form and a centre hall plan. There is a symmetry in the large window openings (with high floor to ceiling heights). The double-hung windows with painted-wood lug sills are also neoclassical features. The medium-pitched, hip roof, wrap-around porch (with original turned wood post supports), and remaining wood brackets and decorative trim are Regency Revival features. A projecting, bay window at the ground-floor living (or dining) room is a Gothic Revival feature. The house has solid, brick construction and a stone foundation. According to the 2000 inventory, the metal screen door at the entrance is unsympathetic to the original design. It was also notes that the porch needed repair. (1, 3)
