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      This item is a letter dated August 16, 1945 written by A K Yates to a cousin which contains a response to being invited to a get together planned by John Yates as well as some background information regarding a relative.

      Only son of Laura D. and Herbert Charles Balkwill, Stanley Herbert was born on May 23, 1921. His family lived at 17 King Street, Burford for the first eight years of Stanley’s life and then moved to Toronto, where Balkwill enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on December 9, …

      Only son of Laura D. and Herbert Charles Balkwill, Stanley Herbert was born on May 23, 1921. His family lived at 17 King Street, Burford for the first eight years of Stanley’s life and then moved to Toronto, where Balkwill enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on December 9, …

      Only son of Laura D. and Herbert Charles Balkwill, Stanley Herbert was born on May 23, 1921. His family lived at 17 King Street, Burford for the first eight years of Stanley’s life and then moved to Toronto, where Balkwill enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on December 9, …

      Myrtle Elvira French was born in Burford, Ontario on August 20, 1924. She was the eldest of four daughters of Gilbert Bulyea and Vera Lamoyne (Pichea) French, with seven brothers. Myrtle enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) on 2 November 1943, and completed her Non-Commissioned Officer School First …

      Photograph of Cyril Cousins, Albert Johnston, and an unidentified man all in military uniforms.

      This record is a compilation of photographs of Burford Township residents who served for the Canadian military during the Second World War. Those photographed are Karl McEwan, Edith Ryder, Joe Stefan, Frank Barnes, Kenneth Reavely, George Clement, Pansy Clement, Norman Tighe, George Hanson, Alice Hanson, George Luckhurst, Annie Stefan, Alex …

      1. Major R. Cuthbertson Muir, The Early Political and Military History of Burford (Quebec: La Cie d'imprimerie commerciale, 1913), 92. 2. F. Douglas Reville, The History of the County of Brant, Volume I (Brantford: The Hurley Printing Company, 1920), 302; Roger Sharpe, The Martial Spirit: A History of the Sedentary …

      Gilbert Wiggins French was born in New Brunswick on 26 May 1843. By the time of the 1851 Census, the family had moved to Burford, Brant County. Single at the age of 26, on 2 May 1870 in Toronto, Ontario, Gilbert enrolled in the Active Militia Corps for the Province …

      The Schools of Military Instruction were established in Toronto and Quebec by a Military General Order on 25 February 1864 in order to train Militia officers and candidates for Militia commissions “in a knowledge of their military duties, drill and discipline.” All field officers and adjutants were required to earn …

      This item is a land deed dated June 27, 1930 transferring land in Burford Township (one fourth of an acre on part of Lot 01, Concession 04, off the northwest corner of the land where Block School was located) from George Smith and his wife, Charlotte Smith, to Richard L. …

      This item is a class photograph of the students at S.S. # 9 Salem School. The photo is mounted on a cardboard frame and the date it was taken is unknown but likely occurred in the late nineteenth century.

      This item is a class photograph taken in 1933 of the students at Tansley School. Names of students are written on the back of the cardboard frame that the photo is mounted on but a number of them are unidentified.

      This item is a class photograph taken at Northfield School. The date this photo was taken is likely in the early 1920s. Thank you to Clayton Barker for providing the names as follows: CLOSEST ROW (Double seats) 1. Empty Seat (right seat) / Empty Seat (left seat) 2. Jack Givens …

      This item is a class photograph of students at Harley School. The photograph is mounted on cardboard and was taken in 1944 or 1945.

      This item is a class photo of what is likely students who attended Cathcart School. The date this photograph was taken is unknown but a Mr. Frank Weir is identified as the teacher on the back of the cardboard frame it is mounted on.

      This item is a class photo of students who attended Harley School in 1927. The photo is mounted on a cardboard frame. Names of students are listed on the back of the frame.

      This item is a photograph of Harley School in Burford Township. The date this photograph was taken is unknown

      This item is a class photograph taken at Cooley Pond School in 1938. The photo is mounted on a cardboard frame.

      This item is a class photograph taken at Mt. Zion School circa 1954.