Résultats

      The image of the funeral card of James Weir, who died in South Dumfries on Monday morning, Dec. 6th, 1876, at 8 o'clock, aged 55 years and 6 months.

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Nov 1876, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - Mr. Alex. Brown, living in Milton, lost his life on Monday of last week by falling from the top of a fence he was climbing over, causing concussion of the brain. Mr. Brown was an old and respected resident of that neighborhood, and his bereaved relations have …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Feb 1876, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT IN GARAFRAXA. On Thursday while two men were chopping in Mr. Chisholm's bush, near Douglass, one named Alexander Duncan was instantly killed by a cedar tree which was lodged in a birch which he was chopping. The tree fell and struck him. He was a young man about …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Mar 1876, p. 2     CHILD DROWNED. - On Monday 21st inst, a pump on the premises of Mr. William Hodkinson, lot 10, con 4, Eramosa, had been removed for repairs, and the well had been temporarily covered with planks. During the afternoon a little son of Mr. Hodkinson, about six years old, was playing …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Apr 1876, p. 3     Suicide We learn that Alex. Weir, who attempted to cut his throat near Acton, a few weeks ago, managed to hang himself in Milton jail last Friday. He fastened one end of the belt which he wore round his body, in some way to the hinge of his cell door, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 1 Jun 1876, p. 2     RAILWAY ACCIDENT. - A man about sixty years of age, name unknown, was struck in the side and killed by a cylinder of a locomotive on Saturday afternoon, 20th inst., when within a few yards of Brampton Station. He must have been put off at Malton, or missed the train, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 14 Sep 1876, p. 3     Fatal Accident On Monday evening of last week, a son of Mr. Richard Sherlock, of Nassagaweya, while taking his father's horses out to pasture, was kicked in the abdomen by one of the animals. His injuries were of such a nature that notwithstanding all that medical aid could ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Oct 1876, p. 2     Fatal Runaway Accident in Erin. On Sunday evening about 9 o'clock, a son of the Rev. H. Reid, Baptist minister, with his father, mother, and sister, was driving a span of young horses attached to a wagon, and they gave Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott a ride with them. When …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Jan 1876, p. 3     Fatal Accident. On Thursday last as Mr. John Sharp, of Acton, was approaching the Grand Trunk crossing on Main street, a train came along. Mr. Sharp attempted to hold his horse by the head, but the frightened animal threw him to ground, stepping on him with his fore feet, ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Jan 1876, p. 3     The Late Mr. W. G. Culloden. From the Goderich Star The readers of the Star will receive with the deepest regret the sad announcement of the death of Mr. W. G. Culloden, who before upwards of two years conducted the editorial department of this journal with signal ability ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 13 Jan 1876, p. 2     Died in Jail. Last Tuesday evening Geo. Willoughby, an old man in poor circumstances, well known in Guelph was engaged at Mr. Goulding's auction room on Cork St. cutting wood. All at once he was observed to fall to the ground as if in a fit, and remained so for …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 20 Jan 1876, p. 2     Fatal Affray in Norval. Last Thursday evening a number of parties were at Lyon's Hotel, in Norval, and at about 11 o'clock they started to go home, when a couple of dogs commenced fighting. Thos. Hewson, a harness maker, in that village, who owned one of the dogs, tried to …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 3 Feb 1876, p. 3     Painful Accident. On Tuesday, Mr. Ransom Adams, of this village, was driving in the neighborhood of Barber's paper mills, Georgetown, when his horse became unmanageable and started to run away. The buggy was upset, and Mr. Adams thrown to the ground and rather badly injured. ...

 unknown, Canadian Illustrated News, 1876     illustration taken from photograph by J.W. Boyce

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 26 Oct 1876, p. 3     OBITUARY It becomes our painful duty to record the death of John Lyon, Esq., one of the early settlers of this county, and the father of the present member. The deceased enjoyed his usual health until a week of his death, when he gradually sank until noon on Tuesday, the …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Apr 1876, p. 3     Obituary Two old settlers in Acton have been removed by death within the past few days. Mr. Samuel Speight, who has been suffering for the past four years with periodical attacks of bleeding at the lungs, finally succumbed on Saturday last, after several months' confinement. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 6 Apr 1876, p. 3     Obituary. Two old settlers in Acton have been removed by death within the past few days. Mr. Samuel Speight, who has been suffering for the past four years with periodical attacks of bleeding at the lungs, finally succumbed on Saturday last, after several months' confinement. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 4 May 1876, p. 3     OBITUARY. Elizabeth, the wife of Christopher Swackhammer, departed this life on Sabbath, the 23rd April, at the age of 47 years and 8 months, leaving a husband and 9 children to mourn her loss. As a wife and mother she was devoted, affectionate and faithful. She lived for ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Aug 1876, p. 3     Obituary. Died on the 6th inst., at his own residence, in the village of Beamsville, Rev. Wm. Cook, father of Mr. R. B. Cook, of this place, in the 86th year of his age. The deceased was one of the early pioneer preachers of the Baptist Church in Erin, Esquesing, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Aug 1876, p. 3     Died at the residence of her mother, near Acton, on the 16th July, 1876, aged 27 years, Catherine, the beloved wife of Mr. John A. Marshall, of Cheltenham, and daughter of the late Mr. Oliver Lasby, of this village. The subject of the above notice was well known in this …