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      W.E.N. Sinclair was born on June 28, 1873 at lot 24, concession 4, Whitby Township. He moved to Oshawa in 1899 where he became a lawyer. He was reeve of Oshawa in 1909 and mayor of Oshawa in 1910-1911, 1915 and 1933-1934. He was leader of the Ontario Liberal Party …

      Charles Calder was born at Brooklin, Ontario on December 29, 1852 and was a farmer, specializing in shorthorn cattle and southdown sheep. He was a member of the Whitby Township Council from 1887 to 1890, Deputy Reeve from 1891 to 1892 and Reeve from 1893 to 1896. He represented Ontario …

      This building was located at 101 Brock Street North. The photograph shows the building on the north east corner of Brock and Dundas Streets. It was built in 1866 and demolished in 1964. It was built for Lowes and Powell, a dry goods company, and called the "Dominion Warerooms." In …

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 Murphy, Elsie, The Nanticoke Times (Nanticoke, Ontario), 11 Nov 1987, p. 2     ...

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      War related articles found in The Grand River Sachem during 1914 For information on Soldiers, see Nov 4,11,25, Dec 16 For information on Women in War, see Sept 23 For information on Conscription, Enlistment & Propaganda, see Aug 12, Sept 9, 16, 23, Dec 23

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      War was declared in 1914 and by 1915 people began to realize how serious the war was. Appeals were sent out by the Red Cross, Patriotic Fund, the Recruiting League. Most communities had a Red Cross branch. Cheapside Red Cross 1916 Overseas Xmas boxes Preparing Boxes A meeting was ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Dec 1914, p. 2     OBITUARY JAMES BURT The township of Erin lost one of its firstborn sons and oldest residents when James Burt died at his home, lot 15, con. 6, last Wednesday, December 23rd. Mr. Burt had suffered much during an illness of about two years, he had reached the ripe-old age of …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 31 Dec 1914, p. 3     Death of Mrs. Isaac Hornby A very sad death occurred near Norval Station on Wednesday last, when Mary Alice Hilts, beloved wife of Isaac J. Hornby, passed away. Deceased took suddenly ill about two p.m., and expired at 5 o'clock. Besides the sorrowing husband, five small ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Dec 1914, p. 3     Killed in Battle in Austria A letter received yesterday by Fedor Finchuk and Maetro Finchuk, stated that their brother, Tanas Finchuk, who went home to Austria from here last summer, has been killed in the war. Tanas was a resident of Acton for about a year and was employed ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Jan 1914, p. 3     - The remains of the late Joseph Maud, of Eramosa, who died in Hamilton on Monday, were brought here on Tuesday morning and conveyed to the home of his brother, Mr. J. H. Maud, town line. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at Everton....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Jan 1914, p. 3     OBITUARY SAMUEL RAYSON After several months of poor health from heart trouble Mr. Samuel Rayson, of Brampton, son-in-law of the late John Kenney, Acton, passed away very suddenly at his home a week ago last Monday. He was born in Suffolk, Eng., sixty-eight years ago. For ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Jan 1914, p. 3     OBITUARY MRS. ROBERT THOMPSON A slight stroke of paralysis following many years of failing health, resulted in the passing away of Margaret Ritchie, widow of the late Robert Thompson, on Tuesday, December 16th, at the home of her son, John Thompson, lot 22, con. 1, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 15 Jan 1914, p. 3     OBITUARY MRS. JOHN HEATLEY After an illness of but three or four days and an operation performed in the General Hospital, Guelph, Mrs. John Heatley, of Nassagaweya, died on Sunday, January 4th, at the General Hospital. Deceased was Mary, daughter of the late Edward Jones, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 15 Jan 1914, p. 3     Killed on the Track at Milton George Kostoff, a Montenegrin employed as a cook with a C.P.R. construction gang at Milton was killed at the junction of the G.T.R. and C.P.R. at Milton Monday. Deceased stepped from behind a small building directly in front of a Grand Trunk ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 8 Jan 1914, p. 3     NASSAGAWEYA It is our sad duty to record the death of Mrs. John Heatley, of Darbyville, who died on Sunday. The funeral was to the Acton cemetery on Tuesday. The bereaved family and husband have the deepest sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement....