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      This marriage record was taken from the records of St. Jude's Church.

      The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. the first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle …

      The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 5, 1955. The yearly salary was $3700.00 beginning September 1, 1955. Ethel Wettlaufer taught at the Palermo school, S.S. #2, Trafalgar Township, Halton County, starting in 1944 and through into the 1950s. Her teaching contracts are …

      The teaching contract between Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer and the Trafalgar school area signed April 21, 1956. The yearly salary was $4300.00 beginning September 4, 1956. Ethel Wettlaufer was born and raised in Merton, which was near what is now the Queen Elizabeth Way and Bronte Road. As a young lady, …

      Teaching contract signed on May 21st, 1946 between Trafalgar Township School Area in the County of Halton and Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer. The salary was $140 a month for 10 months, beginning the 3rd of September, 1946.

      Teaching contract signed on April 5th, 1949 between Trafalgar Township School Area in the County of Halton and Mrs. Ethel Wettlaufer. The salary was $190 a month beginning the 6th of September, 1949.

      You can view the complete newsletter in full text by clicking on "Document PDF" on the right side of the record. Individual pages can each be viewed in PDF format by clicking on "Pages" "Select" at the top left of the record. All TTHS Newsletters can be easily retrieved by …

      The newspaper clipping has reversed the given names of James William Biggar. His grave headstone is inscribed, James William Bigger.

      Family researchers should note she signs her surname as "Hardey". The transcript was prepared by the family descendent donor of the letter. The transcript appears in the record to assist with reading the letter, it is also OCR'd (or indexed) so that it will be retrieved by researchers when applicable. …

      Further Information: An October 1960 "Trafalgar Day Special" insert in the local newspaper, Trafalgar Journal - The Home Newspaper of Oakville and Trafalgar, has an item "Volunteer Firefighters Mark 21st Anniversary of Acton(sic) Action". The Trafalgar Township Historical Association has this print newspaper section in their archives. Information from this …

      Photo caption: “Oakville’s volunteer brigade were hosted by the women’s auxiliary at its 25th anniversary. Mrs. Dora Wright (left) holds one end of the cake as fireman Bill Cook, District Chief George Wright, and District Deputy Chief Eldon Perkins prepare to cut it with an axe. Mrs. Jessie Perkins supports …

      This house was demolished in 1965. Post's Corners was one of the first hamlets in the area known as Trafalgar Township. It was located at the intersection of what is now Trafalgar Road (or Seventh Line) and Dundas Street, Oakville, Ontario. Later, the hamlet was known as Postville.

      This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this photograph is the original Post's Inn, according to Town of Oakville Heritage Planner, Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst in May 2016. Two …

      The front cover, back page and programme events from the opening ceremony of the new Snider's School in 1956. Snider's school was first built on land owned by Ephraim Post Concession 1, Lot 6, NDS. We know S.S. #4 was in use by 1877 and the 1878 Atlas shows it …

      The correct name of this hall is "Trafalgar Memorial Hall". The name was amended and a plaque was commissioned to honour soldiers who had died in World War II hung in the Hall for many years - it is now at the archives of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society (linked …

      Both the Dent and Bradley families ran general stores on the northwest corner of Trafalgar and Dundas. Leslie Bradley took over the store from the Carpenter family in 1925 and was postmaster. The Dent family had the B-A (British American) gas pumps. This area was at one time called Postville, …

      Miss Gladys McCleary was a long-time teacher at McCurdy's Corners School, Ninth Line and Derry Roads which was S.S.#8. She became a school inspector and later a trustee. Halton County has honoured her work by naming a school after her. Please see the link provided here. S.S. #7 was the …

      Please click on "reverse" to see the second page of the letter. Stationery letterhead: Office of Jay Joslin Wholesale and Retail Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, 384 & 386 Lawrence Street, Denver, Col. Joslin Dry Goods, Callier & Cleaveland Iith, Denver, Col. Jennie's husband, Freeman Bell, worked as Head Bookkeeper …

      The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle …