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- 1850
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Description : See "Davis Stoddart / Frank Ritchie farm house" for more information on the home.
Dorothy Cilipka
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Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Description : See "Davis Stoddart / Frank Ritchie farm house" for more information on the home.
Dorothy Cilipka
Part of Local History Collection
Riley families house and barn on the 9th Concession, Lot 6 in West Gwillimbury.
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 Mills family, stemming from James Sr. and Rebecca Roe Mills.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs of the Lloyd family, including their farming operations
Part of Local History Collection
Edgar, John and Helen Lloyd.
Part of Local History Collection
Doug Booth, Walter Lloyd and his children Ed, Helen and John.
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
Jessop house at Lot 6, Concession 5.
Mervyn Jessop
Davis Stoddart / Frank Ritchie farm house
Part of Local History Collection
"Farm home owned by Frank and Mima Ritchie. This picture was taken during the 1930's by their son-in-law, Reginald Coker. The farm was owned by the Ritchie family and was worked and operated as a dairy farm first by father Frank Ritchie, and then by his son Milton Ritchie. The farm consisited of 188 acres of land and during the Ritchie era was worked mainly with horses. In 1954, the farm was sold by Milton Ritchie to Elmer Stong. The house was built by Davis Stoddart in 1879. Off the main hall there was an oak circular staircase with an oak banister, which was fun to slide down on in the morning for us kids. There were approximately twenty-five rooms in the home with twelve foot ceilings. It was heated with wood and at time coal, but needless to say, in the real winter of yester year, one always wore sweaters indoors. Window shutters kept it cool in the hot summer months. Inside plumbing was not part of the home during the Ritchie era. The floors of the home were maple. The parlour hosted many events from Saturday night dances to weddings, wakes and funerals. Located off the main upstairs hall, stained glass double doors opened to a balcony overlooking the flower gardens adorning the front exposure. Many garden parties were held in the gardens during June, July and August. Sadly, the buildings fell into disarray after Mr. Stong sold the farmland to developers in 1971. The dairy barn built by Frank Ritchie in 1918 burned in the early 1980's and the house was allowed to deteriorate until it became only the shadow of what it had once been, which is now portrayed in some paintings. Mercifully, it was finally put to rest a few short years ago and another chapter of Bradford West Gwillimbury history became a distant memory." Written by their grandson, Alan Ritchie.
Reginald Coker