Pioneer farmer Samuel Johnston dies at 86 in Fordwich
Rev Wallace Johnston of Churchill mourns his father Samuel Johnston who died at home in Fordwich Huron on April 6 in his 87th year after a long illness with a nurse in attendance. Born in 1837 near Toronto he settled in Queen's Bush in 1855 and built a thriving 680 acre homestead with five sons and a son in law.
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Wallace Johnston
Churchill
Samuel Johnston
Fordwich
Huron County
Mr. Johnston
Toronto
Waterloo County
Queen's Bush
Jane Wallace
Johnston
Guelph
Jackman
Madison
Wis
J. T Winter
W. J. Brown
Mona
Minn
H. Sparling
Gorrie
Detroit
Joseph
Palmerston
Wallace
Albert
James
Thornton Notes and Valley Farm Plans for Ivy Event
Thornton page itemizes society gossip and local events including Valley Farm at Ivy, visits by Miss Mary Spencer and Alfred Henry, and moves to Tor onto. It reports funeral attendance for Mr Gracey of Barrie, church services on Good Friday and Easter, WMS annual meeting, and new play by Baxter youths.
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Valley Farm
Ivy
Mary Spencer
Beeton
Alfred Henry
Tottenham
Lennox
J. PD. Smith
David Corbett
Capt
Wylie
T. Lawrence
James Patterson
Chas
Cunningham
Fred Ellis
Toronto
Dorothy Fox
R. West
Forbes Sproule
Saskatoon
J. Sproule
Lynn
W.G. G. Dreyer
James A. Jamieson
Tompkins
Orange Hall
Thornton
W.M.S
Circle
St. Jude's Church
Easter Music and Communion at Tei Presbyterian
Easter services at Tei Presbyterian feature the anthem Glad Easter Bells by Wilson at morning worship and an Easter Lorenz anthem in the evening. Communion is observed in the morning, curtailing the musical program.
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Presbyterian Church
Cards of Thanks and Bereavement Messages
Mrs W Gracey and family thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy in their bereavement. Mrs Catherine Hayes and family of Phelpston thank locals for kindness and sympathy. Mrs Richard Jennett and family Ivy thank friends for kindness sympathy and floral tributes.
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W. Gracey
Catherine Hayes
Phelpston
Richard Jennett
Ivy
Household Furniture and Tools For Sale
BEDROOM NO 1 brass bed stead and springs with hair mattress chiffonier dresser chair pictures rug etc BEDROOM NO 2 quarter cut oak bedroom suite mattress and springs Quebec heater large arm chair small table pictures etc BEDROOM NO 3 bedstead felt mattress springs dressing table dresser rug pictures etc KITCHEN large kitchen table happy thought range refrigerator gas range chairs linoleum large quantity of utensils GARDEN TOOLS lawn mower rubber hose iron piping bicycle step ladder and a large quantity of other articles.
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Quebec
William Gracey Rites Held In Allandale Community
William Gracey lifelong Simcoe County resident died last Friday at Allandale after a brief illness. He was born in Vaughan township in 1853 and lived in Egbert Barrie Cookstown Innisfil Rainy River and Allandale where he operated mills and a coal and wood business. Survived by his wife three sons George Frank W J Gracey and Ida Gracey, a sister Miss Jessie Gracey of London, and two daughters from his first marriage, Mrs J Barron and Mrs P R Smith of Orillia. Funeral services were held Sunday at 49 Esso St. with Rev. S M Beach and Rev. W J Watt officiating.
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A. Stunden
Ivy
Stunden
Patterson
R.C. Waram
Bank of Toronto
Allandale
Winnipeg
Peterboro
Richard Waram
Orange Hall
Viola Profit
Geo. Stinson
Fred Ellis
Fred Martin
Pioneer Taxis Square
Thornbury
Presbyterian Church
W. J. Watt
Harry Barron
C. C Bothwell
Ed Whitebread
Marion Partridge
Thos. Pearce
William Gracey
Mr. Gracey
Vaughan Township
Egbert
Hannah J. Holt
J Barron
P. R. Smith
Orillia
Christena Barron
Oro
Cracey
Innisfil
Rainy River
Cookstown
Barrie
Big Bay Point
Gracey
Simcoe County
Burton Ave
Jessie
Death of Rebec a Arnold Widow of William McQuay
Longtime Simcoe County resident Rebec a Arnold died after a brief illness born in Essa Township in 1836. She married William McQuay in 1854, moved to a Sunnidale area farm in 1887, and was predeceased by her husband in 1900. Service by Rev. K. Mac Lean at her son’s home followed by interment in Ivy Presbyterian cemetery. Survived by son James of Sunnidale, daughter Sarah of Michigan, and six grandchildren.
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Simcoe County
Rebecca Arnold
William McQuay
Essa Township
Cookstown
Ivy
Sunnidale Corners
K. MacLean
Ivy Presbyterian Cemetery
James
Sunnidale
Sarah
Michigan
U.S
Death of Charles Brown of Flint Former Barrie resident
The death occurred at his Flint home on April 10 of Charles Brown age 45. Born at Minesing to the late Robert Brown and Mrs. Brown, he was raised in Minesing and Candles and later worked as a carpenter in Barrie before moving elsewhere about 20 years ago.
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Flint, Mich
Charles Brown
Barrie
John Bishop
Brown
Minesing
Robert Brown
Death of William Brown Leaves Family in Sorrow
William Brown died after long illness at Flint where he had lived eight years after moving from Toronto. He was a Methodist and Mason. Survived by wife, two sons, mother in Toronto, four sisters in Barrie and Toronto, and one brother in Toronto. Funeral held in Flint last Saturday. This marks the fourth family death in four years with Margaret Brown dying in 1923 and Gilbert Stokes killed in Toronto in December, and Wm Brown of Midland dying in 1921.
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Toronto
Flint
Bishop
McLean
Barrie
H. Stokes
George Connolly
James Brown
Stokes
Jas. Brown
Mr. Brown
Margaret Brown
Gilbert Stokes
Wm. Brown
Midland
Loving memory notices for Leonora and Albert John Welch
In memory notices recall Leonora Lines drowned April 19 1922 on the Lambton steamer from Sault Ste Marie and celebrate April 14 birthday of Albert John Welch who died December 15 1923. Family expresses longing and faith they will meet again.
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LINES
Leonora& Lines
Lambton
Sault Ste. Marie
Welch
Albert John Welch
Albert
Ivy
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Tke Spider
Rose
Alice Lake
Gaston Glass
Robert McKim
Noah Beery
Louise Fazenda
Capitol Theatre Orchestra
Thornton News
S. C. Cooke
New Jerusalem
Roland Smart
Langford
Cookstown-Thornton
Methodist
W Boake
J. R. Jamieson
J. W. Henry
Horton
W. Grose
Ingham
Spencer
West
Doane
Jamieson
Allandale News
Nye Tei
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Morton Garrett, Brock Sr
Royal Victoria Hospital
Garrett
Flossie Smith
Cripp
Penetang
J. Barnes
J. Smith
Wilfrid Smith
Howard Stacey
Memphis
W.E. Weegar
T. H. Horner
UG. Foster
Geo, Clark
Sec.-Treas
W. N. Duff
A. E. Travis
W. Blagg
J. Kivell
Mason & Risch
Arge
W. A. McConkey
Opera House
Dumbelli
Plunkett
Sure
AL. Plunkett
Ross Hamilton
Rebecca McQuay
Memoriam
F. D. Cancilla
Sunkist
California
Bermuda
Onio
Cancilla
F.D. Cancilla
Elizabeth St
Plac
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Cor
Collis
Christ
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Jose Troit
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