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      A 1906 postcard showing the general store of Lawrence Hagar in Palermo, at the intersection of Dundas Street and Bronte Road (now at Dundas and Old Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario). The cancellation stamp is from Toronto.

      Sisters Ethel and Luena Conover dressed for their roles in a play at Wesley Church, Trafalgar Township. The photograph is mounted as a postcard. The back of the card has not been reproduced here as it is blank.

      The house was Designated and linked to this record is the newspaper story by David Lea of the Oakville Beaver which describes the decision of the developer to relocate the house and how they managed to complete this project.

      The back of the post card is blank with no descriptive information so it is not included in this record.

      The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, Coevenhoven or also, Van Covenhoven.

      A lovely silk hand-stitched and embroidered postcard sent from France by Canadian soldier George Hawkins to his friend in Trafalgar Township, Ruth Cullingworth. These postcards were made by French people trying to exist in the thick of the war to sell to soldiers.

      The post card front says, "St. Valentine's Greeting" but it was sent on May 11, 1908 so it must have just been handy for use as well as being so pretty. Mary's parents owned a hotel in Hagersville, Haldimand County. According to the wiki managed by Dave Rutherford and linked …

      The Town of Oakville's "back concession" was renamed Burnhamthorpe Road as of January 1, 1967. Burnhamthorpe Road east of 9th Line became part of Mississauga in 1974. Thus, Heritage Mississauga has an excellent write-up on Snider's Corners, linked here for your information.

      The Town of Oakville has constructed a heritage memorial now in the Memorial Park in Oakville which also has the Trafalgar War Memorial at 120 Oak Park Boulevard. The panels commemorate area farming settlers on Con.1, Lots 13, 14 and 15, SDS, Trafalgar Township. The Jones, Munn, Hays, Sullivan and …