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 Grimsby Independent, 15 Jan 1936, p. 1,4     A widely known and highly regarded Grimsby family was suddenly bereaved on Friday afternoon last in a tragic and fatal railway crossing accident which occurred near Paris when James M. Merritt, a highly esteemed resident of the community and a member of the well known firm of Merritt Bros., basket …

 Grimsby Independent, 18 Sep 1935, p. 1     Identification was made Sunday of the body of a man found ten days ago hanging in a Caistor township barn. Two Toronto men Sunday afternoon examined the clothes and declared them to belong to Kornyl Hayleoki, 44, of 43 Elm Street, Toronto. Hayleoki had been in poor health and had …

 Grimsby Independent, 5 Aug 1931, p. 1     A gloom was cast over the Beach residents on Saturday afternoon by the tragic death of Frank Wesley, one of the best known and esteemed summer cottagers, whose untimely demise took place shortly after his arrival there for a three weeks' vacation. The late Mr. Wesley who was a resident …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Jun 1919, p. 8     News has just been received from the mother of one of those brave men who marched away from Grimsby on August 15, 1914 in the Fighting "B" Squadron, 2nd Dragoons Detachment, under Lieut. J.A.M. Livingston that he had succumbed to gas and wounds received in action, over a year ago, …

 Grimsby Independent, 26 Aug 1925, p. 1     Culp reunion held in Jordan

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Sep 1925, p. 5     A happy reunion was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Althouse, Ridge Road, on Sunday, August 30, when the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Elijah B. Halsted, formerly of Fulton, met. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Halsted, Stoney Creek; H.H. and Mrs. Merritt, a daughter, …

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Sep 1925, p. 5     The annual gathering of the Etherington family was held at the home of Charles Etherington, of Beamsville, on Tuesday, August 25. It was held on this day to honor George Etherington on his 94th birthday. Ninety-seven sat down to tables set on the spacious lawns. Twenty-four of those present are …

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Sep 1925, p. 1     Given names were retrieved from an article in November 27, 1947, giving an account of the death of Sydney Clay

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Sep 1925, p. 1     A gloom was spread over the community on Sunday at news of the death of Henry Thornton Jewson, L. Mus., which took place in St. Josephs hospital, Hamilton, on Saturday night, following an operation. The late Mr. Jewson was born at Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, in 1860, and for many years …

 Grimsby Independent, 9 Sep 1925, p. 1     The Snyder reunion met at Victoria Hall, Vineland, for the first time...It was decided that the Snyder reunion will hold their annual gathering at Victoria Hall, Vineland, Ont., the last Saturday in June 1926......

 Grimsby Independent, 27 May 1925, p. 4     Joseph Ether of Hamilton, while driving with Lorne J. Stewart of North Grimsby, met with an auto accident on the Smithville stone road about a mile west of that town on Tuesday evening which resulted in his death in Hamilton Hospital about 20 minutes after being admitted. There is a …

 Grimsby Independent, 27 May 1925, p. 5     Patrick Hand, 19 years of age, third son of Abe and Mrs. Hand, well-known residents of Winona, was instantly killed about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon when a motor truck which he was driving was struck by a fast CNR passenger train, at Winona station road crossing. According to eyewitnesses, Mr. …

 Grimsby Independent, 16 Jul 1930, p. 1     Struck in rapid succession by two cars, Nicholas Crauchoe, Winona, was fatally injured at Vineland Sunday night. Andrew Noradoski, Beamsville, who was with Crauchoe, escaped with minor injuries. The two men were waiting at Vineland corner for a bus and for some unknown reason wandered onto the ...

 Grimsby Independent, 27 Aug 1930, p. 1     Howard Franklin Biggar, 20 year old son of the late Bell Johnson and the late George Biggar of Linden, Ontario, lost his life with tragic suddenness during a thunder storm in Grimsby about 5:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon when he was struck down by a bolt of lightning in the …

 Grimsby Independent, 15 Apr 1931, p. 1     A 9-year-old boy died April 12, in the General Hospital, Hamilton, of a most virulent type of spinal meningitis. He was Joseph Neil Roberts, of 129 Stanley Avenue, and his death was the first to have occurred this year from the dread malady. Dr. James Roberts, M.O.H., took steps to …

 Grimsby Independent, 25 Nov 1925, p. 1     lengthy history of the Woolverton family, beginning with the family coming to Grimsby in 1798

 Grimsby Independent, 21 Sep 1927, p. 1     With his only daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Fred A. Roseburgh, and a few near friends at his bedside, Edgar Judson Palmer, one of Grimsby's early pioneers, passed away into the great beyond on Thursday morning last in his 91st year, thus severing a link with the early days of Grimsby. He …

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 Grimsby Independent, 11 Nov 1914, p. 1,5     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Museum.

 Grimsby Independent, 27 Jan 1915, p. 1,4     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Museum.