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      John Dryden was born on June 5, 1840 on Maple Shade Farm (a successful 200-acre property near the village of Winchester (Brooklin) at the north east corner of Thickson Road and the 7th Concession, Whitby Township, Upper Canada. He was the son of James Dryden and Elizabeth Marsh. He married …

      James Rutledge was born on July 12, 1842 in Darlington Township. He was educated at Bowmanville High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) from the University of Toronto in 1864. From 1869 - 1882 James Rutledge was a partner with J.E. Farewell in Whitby and started his …

      Black and white newspaper clipping with text and a picture. The picture is of the wooden Pevensey R. R. #1 Pioneer School. In the picture there are students outside of the school. There are also three adults in the photograph, they may be teachers or parents of the children. On …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 11 Dec 1890, p. 2     BURIED BY A CAVE-IN. CREDIT FORKS, Dec. 6. - Last night about 6 o'clock a fatal accident occurred on the works of the Credit Forks Quarry Company, about two miles below here. A number of men were engaged in stripping a high gravel bank from a bed of stone, when …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 11 Dec 1890, p. 2     KNATCHBULL. Mr. George Barnett, died at his late residence, Eden Mills, on Saturday morning last, aged 77 years. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the remains were interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery. He leaves a sorrowing wife to mourn his departure. His end ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 11 Dec 1890, p. 3     In Memorium. At the regular meeting of the Royal Templars of Temperance on Monday evening the following memorial referring to the death of the late Miss Augusta Nicklin was passed:- "The first crowned." Our circle of fraternity has been broken, God, who is too wise to err and too loving …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 18 Dec 1890, p. 3     Fatal Accident in Trafalgar. Last Wednesday two of Mr. Wm. Bousfield's sons, 2nd con., Trafalgar, sawed through a large pine tree that had been blown down and lay on the side of a hill. The tree rolled over and caught one of the boys, Samuel, who was on the lower …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 18 Dec 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. Mr. Daniel Stingle, school teacher, died on Thursday. The funeral took place on Saturday. The remains were interred in the Presbyterian cemetery, Sodom....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 18 Dec 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. In Toronto, on Wednesday, Adam Stanley, infant son of Mr. Jno. Hume, died, aged 3 years and 8 months. Death resulted from diphtheria. The remains were brought by train to Rockwood on Friday and from thence were taken to the Presbyterian cemetery, Eden Mills. Mr. Hume had just ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 25 Dec 1890, p. 3     Death of Mrs. Rev. L. Cameron. It is our sad duty this morning to chronicle the death of the wife of Rev. Lachlan Cameron, of Thamesford, formerly of Acton. Mrs. Cameron had been unwell for some time but her family did not anticipate any immediate danger and were shocked last …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 25 Dec 1890, p. 3     NASSAGAWEYA. Mrs. Wm. Anderson, who has resided for many years near the Moffat station of the C.P.R., died very suddenly on Wednesday last, aged 64 years. She was about to get into the cutter to accompany her husband to a funeral, when she dropped dead at her own door. She …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 4 Dec 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. Mr. Isaac Bechtel, Washington Territory, was killed on Nov. 15th, while engaged in unloading logs off the cars into the lake. Both arms, legs and chest being crushed to a jelly. He was about 42 years of age, and formerly resided in the village of Blair, Waterloo Co. A …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 4 Dec 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. Mr. Samuel Wilson, Nassagaweya, died on Thursday last. The remains were interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Campbellville, on Friday....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 30 Jan 1890, p. 3     MILTON. Information has been received from Minnesota of the sudden death by accident of Gerard W. Lawrence, a native of Halton county. He is a brother of W. A. Lawrence, of Milton, clerk of the Surrogate Court....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Feb 1890, p. 3     Death of Mrs. A. Laing. The death of the partner in life of Mr. Adam Laing on Friday evening was a severe blow to the family and friends. She had been ill a little over a week with inflammation of the lungs and suffered very much but her sufferings were …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Feb 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. The funeral of the late Mrs. Stephen Barberee took place on Sunday at 9 o'clock, and her remains were interred in the Ebenezer cemetery. The Rev. Messrs. Hough and Williams conducted the burial services at the grave, after which Rev. Mr. Hough delivered a very impressive discourse ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Jan 1890, p. 3     KNATCHBULL. Miss Emily, youngest daughter of Matthew Grummett, who has been suffering with consumption for some time, died about 7 o'clock on Friday morning last, aged 22 years and 7 months. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and a large concourse of relatives and ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 30 Jan 1890, p. 3     MOFFATT. Mrs. John Patterson, sr., of the first concession of this township, has been for some time past complaining of asthma and affection of the heart. She was taken down some time since with the influenza which developed into bronchitis, last week, and on Saturday morning last she passed ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 30 Jan 1890, p. 3     CAMPBELLVILLE. For the last two or three years Mr. Lewis Preston, son of Mrs. James Preston residing two miles from here, has been ailing. His affliction was a painful one and developed into an internal cancer. Some few weeks ago he went to Brampton to his sister's home to have …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 30 Jan 1890, p. 3     GEORGETOWN. An old man named O. Campbell, of Georgetown, was killed at Salmonville last week while engaged cutting trees. He was crushed in two by being pinned between two trees....