Basic Image Collection
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Members Of The Order Of The Eastern Star
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Group photograph of the members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Pictured from left to right, back row: Mrs. Annie Campbell, Mrs. Jessie Jackson, unknown, Mrs. Margery Cowan, Mrs. Joyce Kennedy, Mrs. Jessie Campbell, and Mrs. Dora Webb. Front row: Mrs. Helen (George) Malholland, Mrs. Minnie (Margery) Leonard, (Mrs. Sadie Green's mother), Mrs. Helen (Fred) Mulholland, Mr. William Campbell, Birdie Gordon (mother of Mrs. Lloyd Webb), Mrs. Jean Hand, and Mrs. Laura Shering. The group is dressed formally with the women in long dresses with corsages and the two men in suits. The photo was taken outdoors, in front of a house or building., IHS1570
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Members of the Big Sail Family
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Photo of Paul, Jessie, and Charlotte Big Sail making woven baskets in the native tradition. In the photo, all three members are seated on the ground in front of a tent with the supplies for baskets in front of them. A small dog sits beside a finished basket. According to Mrs. F.W. Dallimore, the Big Sail family lived on the north half of lot 28, between concessions 11 and 12 and were known for their beautiful wares including baskets, small boats, handkerchief boxes, and hampers adorned with porcupine quills, grasses, and beadwork. The photo comes courtesy of Mrs. Ruby King of Scarborough. Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site., IHS3550
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Memorial Dedication Service
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Memorial dedication service in honour of Neil McBride.
His wife Isobel and daughter and Jack Dinwoody whose grandparents were also buried in this cemetery.
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Memorial To Private Henry Flay
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157th Foresters, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), Innisfil Side, monument to Private Henry Flay. He was born in England in 1890 [monument lists dates as 1894] and he died on September 19, 1916 at Camp Borden of pneumonia [Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, note: listed as Harry Flay]. Buried at St. John's Cemetery, Cookstown.
Born and lived in New Milton, Hampshire, England with his parents William Henry and Annie Elizabeth and one of four siblings. He was working as a milkman at that time and approximately aged 16. There is no clear date of immigration to Canada. [Source: www.ancestry.uk ]
Flay enlisted with the CEF February 11, 1916 in Cookstown where he lived and worked as a farmer. Regimental number: 643476. He listed his date of birth as December 14th, 1890 and went by the name Harry, not Henry. [Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War ]
His name can found commemorated in The Books of Remembrance WW1, page 86.
Links:
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=388863
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/425426/FLAY,%20HARRY, IHS1770
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Men And Team Of Horses
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Men and team of horses by frame house.
2nd from left - John Beatty Jr.
3rd from left - Thomas Donnelly
extreme right - Frank Beatty, IHS3371
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Men In Parade
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Dr. R.H. Leadlay and Mr. Henry Reed in back seat and Mr. John Houghton, Mr. Murray McDowell and Mr. Geoff Dawney in parade.
Cookstown Centennial Celebration - page 10
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Men Sitting On A Wall
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Jack Couse, Tom Webb, Alexander Robinson, Frederick Clarkson, John Corrigan, Russel Chantler.
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Men Vs. Ladies Baseball Teams
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Picture post card of the Men's and the Ladies' baseball teams in Lefroy. The Ladies and 40's Baseball teams were organized in the summer of 1913. Norman King (not pictured) acted as Coach and Manager. In the photo the men are standing in the back row dressed in white shirts and ties, and the ladies are seated on the grass in white blouses, neckerchiefs, and long skirts. Pictured from left to right, back row: Charles McLennan, Frank Whan, Isaac Morton, Mr. Douse, Andice King, Mr. Forrester, Chris Grose, Irving Nelson, and Sam Todd. Middle row: Madeline Forrester, Della Wood, Helen King, and Mabel McLennan. Front row: Hazel Morton, Lillian Whan, Florence Beatty, Mabel Stewart, Fern Forrester, Tide Wood, Zella Reid (pitcher), Edith Wood (catcher), Jean McLean, and Henry Douse (mascot). This photo was taken in or about 1913, and the majority of the men were enlisted in the service. After each game someone a collection was taken for the Red Cross., IHS989
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Men of the Gordon Family
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Photo of the men of the Gordon family, taken in Innisfil Park at end of the 8th line in 1930. Pictured from left to right are: Lewis James "Lew" Gordon, George William Garfield "Garf" Gordon, Samuel "Sam" Gordon, Joseph Gordon, and Charles Edward "Charlie" Gordon. Joseph Gordon was the father of the other men pictured, and Garfield Gordon was the father of Norma Webb., IHS1569
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Methodist Church
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Methodist Church, Cookstown, before the fire of 1915.
Note the back portion omitted when the new church was built, also the spire was left off. Note the gas light in the foreground of the picture.
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Michael O'Connell
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Picture of Michael O'Connell
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3432
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Mildred Webb
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Mildred, daughter of George Webb and Mary Ann Mathers - graduate of Royal Victoria Hospital
Costumes, IHS2441
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Milking A Cow
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Mrs. Daniel Quantz milking a cow by hand. This chore was typically performed by women., IHS1416
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Milking Cows In The Field
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Two women milking cows in the open field formerly known as Wild Grassland where Soldiers Memorial Cemetery is now in Cookstown. Visible in the foreground is the first Episcopalian Church - now Anglican. The field was owned by Isaac Ferguson who donated the field to the church., IHS1755
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Mill Workers
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The men who worked at the Mill before it closed in 1973. (Lorne Shelswell-customer), Charlie Williamson, Bill Miles, Jack Beeston (back row), Ira Wilson and Dee Coburn.
Mr. Wilson was the owner of the Mill.
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Miller Family Home
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Miller family and visiting friends.
(left to right) Mildred Miller, Florence Miller, Louise Miller, Mrs. Williaam Miller, Edward Miller., IHS1686
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Mina Kelly At The Township Of Innisfil'S Centennial Celebration
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Photo of Whilimina "Mina" Janet Kelly dressed in a period costume of long dark dress and feathered hat and holding a fan on the Churchill Women's Institute float during the Township of Innisfil's Centennial celebration. The parade took place in Innisfil Beach Park., IHS1010
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Miners Family Home
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Photograph of the home of Mr. and Mrs. William T. and Dinah Miners from 1908 to 1911, located at 12 Church Street. The lot was originally owned by the Ferguson family from 1869 (when it was valued at $11.39) until 1908 when the Miners purchased it for $300. In 1911 the Miners sold the home to William R. Chantler for $2,000. Pictured standing in front of the home from left to right are Marion Webb, Marion Lacke (both relatives from England), Dinah Miners (née Webb), and William T. Miners. The building itself is red brick with dark decorative shutters around each window and a small roofed porch wrapping around the front left corner of the house. The roof is a combination of Dutch and box gable, and a plank sidewalk is also visible along the front of the yard., IHS2712
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Minerva Lodge Masonic Hall 100Th Anniversary
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Group photo taken of the officers and members of the Minerva Lodge - Masonic Hall No. 304 in Stroud on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary, 1873-1973. The photo was taken inside the Hall with all members dressed in suits and ties, with officers in full ceremonial regalia. Pictured from left to right, back row: Peter Randall, Bill Gibbins, Herbert "Red" Marsden, unknown,Fred Utton, Melville Metcalf, Duncan Coutts, Richard Groh, Norman Cross, and Frank McKay. Third row: Allan Martin, unknown, Herbert Black, Lyal Robertson, Allan Todd, Mac Stewart, George Mulholland, Mervin Booth, Arnold Matheson, Clifford Webb, Eben Sawyer, and Blythe Black. Second row: Norman Neely, unknown, Joseph Cochrane, Bert Mulholland, Russell Lowry, Richard Adams, Alvin Smith, G.W. Campbell, Jim Wilson, Gordon Todd, unknown, Neville Jameson, Donald Campbell, and Tom Fitzsimmin. Seated in the front row: Max Hofland, John Cowan, Walter Browning, Norm Galloway, Charlie Robertson, Jack Kimberly, Roy Allen, Rod Black, Roy Bridge, Richard McBrine, David Major, and Lachlan Jack., IHS4166aandb
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Minet'S Point
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Minet's Point Pavilion. It was a popular dance hall, boats came across from Barrie and buses came out with dancers. The tickets on the bus were two for 25 cents., IHS1826
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Minets Point
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Minets Point near Barrie, Ont.
Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3310
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Miss Bateman And Bicycle
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Photo of Miss Bateman (possibly Luella or Edna) posed in front of a bicycle. The photo was taken by Lydia Beatty using a glass negative (prior to the use of film). Miss Bateman is clothed in a long dark skirt, long sleeved white blouse with a bow at the collar, and a grey cap. She appears to be standing in front of a porch., IHS3375
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Miss Bertha Sutherland
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Photo of Miss Bertha Sutherland in full nursing uniform with cap, standing outdoors in front of a fence. She graduated in 1920 from Toronto Western Hospital. The uniform is all white, including white shoes.Miss Sutherland began her schooling in 1916 and although she should have graduated in three years, she developed a lung tumour in her third year, which delayed her graduation. During her recovery time she stayed with her aunt Tina Sutherland, who owned the home on 19 Elizabeth Street that was rented out as a hospital. She trained at this hospital with a Dr. Scott and chose to stay in Cookstown instead of going on to become a superintendent of Nurses in Barrie. She died on 20 February 1985 at age 92, and was the daughter of Donald Daniel Sutherland and Kate Coleman. She had two sisters and four brothers, and was a first cousin of Mae and Helen Sutherland.
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