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      A newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Miss Lizzie McGowan which was recently donated to the Trafalgar Township Historical Society by the Biggar family. There are many clippings pasted together with no dates or newspaper source information, of notable people and events in Trafalgar Township of interest to Miss McGowan, ...

      A brief history and family line of the family of William and Harriet Asby Peacock. William Peacock had been a seaman and then captain before retiring in England. He came to Halton in 1832 with his wife and six of their eventual eleven children. They lived for a time at ...

 Daily Journal Record, 1 Sept 1967     ...

      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 ...

      The shorter article was taken from the more detailed, longer text of the second newspaper clipping; it is not transcribed here. This is the more complete text: Biggar - Conover ; the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Conover, Dundas Street, Trafalgar, was the scene of a pretty wedding on ...

 Toronto Daily Star (1892-1971), 4 Nov 1929     A newspaper article about the 60th or diamond anniversary of Sheridan United Church in 1929.

 Oakville Trafalgar Journal, 29 Mar 1956, Section 1, p. 1, column 1     Newspaper article about the expansion of the Queen Elizabeth Highway which required the demolition of the little village of Sheridan, Ontario.

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      This article appeared in the Oakville Record on Friday, March 20th, 1942. “These Children Helped Britain, With Contributions to the Evening Telegram’s War Victim’s Fund” Caption reads: “Conducting a draw under the direction of their teacher, Miss Gladys McCleary, these children of S.S. No. 7, Trafalgar, raised $35 for the ...