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      The image of the funeral card of William Kidd, who died in South Dumfries on Wednesday, Jan. 5th, 1887, at 12 o'clock noon, aged 87 years and 21 days.

      At the time, Capt. Throop was only 19 years old. His father, Samuel, drowned while endeavoring to bring in the schooner "Nancy" into Great Sodus Bay during a storm in 1819. - From a long memoir of his life in the History of Wayne County, N. Y. published in 1876.

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      Inventory No. 2006.0085.02. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.

      This is a mortgage document between Thomas Armour of the Township of Onondaga and Joseph Robinson dated 1877. The original document was provided by Al Robinson during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on February 11, 2012.

      Excerpts from municipal statements concerning residents and property in Richmond Hill in 1877.

      A handwritten indenture document between Nelson Langs (and other members of the Lang family) and Edwin Langs dated the 20th of December 1877 for sixty eight acres of lands in the east part of lot nine on the north side of Ancaster road in Brantford purchased for the sum of …

      Indenture between John W. Kerr and Thomas Waldie Source: Unknown Acquired: January 3, 1991

      Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in Brant County, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry Melinda Clark …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Feb 1877, p. 2     - John McLarty, formerly of Nassagaweya, was killed last week by being thrown off a load of wood, near Orangeville. His remains were brought to the residence of Mr. Arch Bell, in Nassagaweya, from whence they were taken to the burial ground on Monday. He was a widower, leaving several …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 26 Apr 1877, p. 3     Died from Disease, Exposure and Cold. Weston, April 21. Yesterday morning an old man named James McCann was found lying on the roadside in a dying condition. He was carried by some men into an old house where he died about two o'clock in the afternoon. Deceased had ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 Jul 1877, p. 2     DROWNED. - Intelligence has been received that Mr. Jas. Harkness, of Listowel, jeweller, and say (son?) of Mr. Wm. Harkness of Erin Township, was drowned in the Red River about fifteen miles from Pembina. He was returning from a business trip, and fell off the boat into the river. Mr. …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Jul 1877, p. 3     Fatal Poisoning by Mistake. We regret to learn that Mr. Jas. Bell, living near Cargill's saw mills, in Nassagaweya, came to a sudden death on Thursday last. He had on the previous day fallen off a load of hay, and injured one of his fingers, which the doctor found it …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     Fatal Accident. A MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY A TRAIN The Georgetown Herald of last week says: An old man named John Munn, 58 years of age, met his death very suddenly, on Saturday forenoon, near the 7th line of Esquesing. The deceased was an old resident of Georgetown, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     - Another old resident of this vicinity - Mr. John Stalker - breathed his last, a few days ago, at the ripe age of 88 years. His funeral yesterday was attended by a very large concourse of mourners and friends....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Sep 1877, p. 3     - The deaths of Mr. Charles Dean, of this village, and of his father, are both chronicled in our obituary corner this week. The old gentleman, who was for many years an esteemed resident of Acton and vicinity, died at the residence of one of his sons in Caledonia, a …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 2     SUDDEN DEATH AND INQUEST. - The Fergus News Record says that a girl named Mary McLean, daughter of Hugh McLean, Erin, a domestic servant in Mr. David Brown's family at Douglas, having died in a very sudden and unexpected manner, about three o'clock, on the morning of the 9th inst., …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 3     - The township of Caledon has lost one of its earliest pioneers in the removal of Mr. George Bell, who for 57 years occupied the farm on which he died, at the ripe age of 81 a few weeks ago. Mr. Bell came to Caledon in the year 1820, when …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Sep 1877, p. 3     - During a thunder storm on Thursday morning Gideon B. Hitchens, with four sons and two daughters, took refuge under a tree near Georgetown. The lightning struck the tree, and three children - two sons and a daughter were killed. The father and remaining children were seriously hurt....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 29 Nov 1877, p. 3     DROPPED DEAD. - Malcolm Curry, of lot 34, in the gore of Puslinch, went to church on Sunday, came home and was engaged in unhitching his horses when he dropped dead. He was nearly 80 years of age, and was much respected by his neighbors. He was one of the …