- CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-Wri
- File
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs relating to the Wright family of Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs relating to the Wright family of Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Webb family found in the BWGPL collection.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Walter Reeves - Badge Collection
Part of Local History Collection
This collection of pins, medals, and badges, once owned by Walter Reeves, comes to us in digital format from his descendant, Bill Marks. They were collected from Walter's career as Chief of Police for the Town of Bradford, his participation as a Lacrosse player in the 1909 championship, and his St. John's Ambulance badges.
The Ontario Provincial Police began to operate in the area in the 1930s as a motorcycle patrol, working in conjunction with the Chief of Police of the Town. Walter "Gunch" Reeves assisted the first constable posted to the area, I.R. Spencer, in many of these cases. The first OPP detachment office in West Gwillimbury opened on January 1, 1949, where they worked from the second floor of the township building under Corporal D. Adair.
Walter Arthur Reeves was born in England in 1886, and moved to Bradford when he was 13 years old. He was known as a lacrosse star as he was part of Bradford's 1909 O.A.L.A. Intermediate Lacrosse champion team (medal which is included in this collection). He married Sarah "Sadie" Saint in February 1909. He was a train inspector, and was appointed Town Constable in 1929, a position which he served until his death in 1946 from a heart attack.
Bill Marks
Part of Local History Collection
Contains photographs of the Petermans and extended family stemming from George Walker (1870-1950) and Sarah Jane Leopard Peterman (1869-1955); including Vera (Peterman) and Melville Williams, Ila (Peterman) Gibb, Norma (Peterman) Robb
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Lloyd family, including their farming operations
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs and documents relating to the Lee family, many of whom resided in West Gwillimbury. The Lee family trees stem from:
Henry Lee (1800-1869) and Elizabeth Lawrence (1808-1880)
John Lee (1795-1851) and Jane Coulson (1791-1860)
*Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903)
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs relating to the Kneeshaw family of Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Jessop Family. Most of the photographs are of brothers Earl, Mervyn, and Clarence Jessop, donated by Mervyn to the WEGWHIST collection.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs relating to the Hughes family of West Gwillimbury.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library