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 appeared in Acton Free Press, 17 Feb 1898, p. 3     Death of an Esquesing Pioneer. Mr. George Wrigglesworth, father of Mr. John Wrigglesworth, Reeve of Esquesing, passed quietly away at his home in Guelph on Sunday morning in his eighty-first year. Last October Mr. Wrigglesworth passed the eightieth milestone of his life, and a short ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 24 Feb 1898, p. 3     Death of an Acton Pioneer. Charles Davidson, manager of the Wellington Fire Insurance Co., died at his home in Guelph last Wednesday after a long illness. Mr. Davidson moved from Acton to Guelph in 1853, and was manager of the insurance company named from 1854 until his death. He was …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 3 Mar 1898, p. 3     ROCKWOOD. There died at his home, Eramosa, on Wednesday, 23rd ult., very suddenly, Mr. Peter McGregor, farmer, in his 63rd year. The deceased was well known throughout this part as an industrious, upright man. He was a native of Puslinch, and the eldest son of the late ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Mar 1898, p. 2     OUR CHIEF MAGISTRATE HAS FALLEN. Acton is Overwhelmed With Sorrow Because Her First Citizen Has Passed Away. LAMENTABLE DEATH OF W. H. STOREY ESQ., REEVE. A municipality mourns the loss of its experienced and honored Chief Magistrate. A devoted wife and ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 7 Apr 1898, p. 2     NASSAGAWEYA. The funeral of Edna, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maltby, took place Thursday last from their residence to the family burial plot in Norval. The pallbearers were Messrs. Donald, Alex and John MacGregor, Thomas and Smith Nellis and James Jessamin. The Rev. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 7 Apr 1898, p. 3     We are in receipt of the sad news of the death of Mrs. Geo. Besley, nee Miss Mary Kannawin, for years resident with her father, Mr. Robt. Kannawin, in Acton. Mrs. Besley was afflicted with lung trouble, which caused her death after a brief illness. The many friends of the …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 14 Apr 1898, p. 2     NASSAGAWEYA. Miss Lillie Simpson, of Orillia, formerly of Nassagaweya, was taken with a severe attack of rheumatic fever which resulted in her death on Monday, 4th inst. She was about 39 years of age. Her remains were interred in the Moffat cemetery on Wednesday last. The ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 21 Apr 1898, p. 2     ROCKWOOD. Mr. John Cocker, lot 15, 3rd. con., Eramosa, died last Thursday afternoon at the age of 69. He came from Old Range, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Canada in 1854, and teamed for a time for the late John S. Armstrong, Miller. Then he started farming, which he followed ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 21 Apr 1898, p. 3     NOTE - a portion of the left side of the column has been torn away - the following is an attempt to transcribe the remainder:- A Happy Home Suddenly Bereaved. Last Thursday at noon the sad news was wired to the relatives here that Herbie, the seven-year-old son of Mr. …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 28 Apr 1898, p. 2     EVERTON. We hear that Mrs. Neil McPhail, of Ospringe, is dead....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 May 1898, p. 3     MILTON. F. G. Dunbar, a prominent citizen of Shelburne, died at that place on the 13th April, aged 68 years. Deceased had been in poor health for a long time and his death was not unexpected. He was a lawyer, occupied the position of clerk of the Shelburne division court, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 12 May 1898, p. 2     EVERTON. It is with sorrow we mention the death of Mr. George Hodgson, Guelph, who had been ill with lung trouble since January. His early boyhood was spent on a farm near this village, with his parents, brothers and sisters. There are three sisters and one brother left who ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 May 1898, p. 3     Death of Mrs. Maddock of Guelph. Mrs. Rosa Maddock, whose death in her 74th year is recorded in another column, was one of the early residents of Guelph, coming there with her father the late Mr. Goodeve, from England in 1832, so she has been living in Guelph for sixty-six …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 26 May 1898, p. 3     - Mr. Henry Tost, a councillor of Georgetown and a highly respected resident, died last Friday from heart trouble. He was a native of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, and came to Canada in 1831....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Jun 1898, p. 2     ROCKWOOD. Mr. Henlock Young died at Guelph a week ago, aged eighty-eight years. Two of his children, Mrs. Geo. Bolton and George Young live in this village. Mr. Young went to Guelph in 1831 and lived there till his death....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Jun 1898, p. 3     Pioneer Residents Passing Away. While attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Holmes at Ashgrove last Friday a prominent local farmer said to the FREE PRESS; "Our early residents are rapidly passing away; this is the fifth interment in this cemetery of the remains of persons of eighty years and …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Jun 1898, p. 3     TWO BRIGHT YOUNG LIVES LOST. Tommy Wallace and John Ovens Drowned in Guelph - Both Well-Known in Acton. A number of homes in Acton and vicinity were especially saddened and the entire community was moved with feelings of sorrow on Friday morning with the heart-rending ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Jun 1898, p. 3     TWO BRIGHT YOUNG LIVES LOST. Tommy Wallace and John Ovens Drowned in Guelph - Both Well-Known in Acton. A number of homes in Acton and vicinity were especially saddened and the entire community was moved with feelings of sorrow on Friday morning with the heart-rending ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 9 Jun 1898, p. 3     His Eighty-ninth Birthday. Our honored and earliest living settler celebrates his eighty-ninth birthday to-day. On the 9th June, 1810, Asa Hall, Esq., first saw the light of day at St. Andrews, Que., about 45 miles north of Montreal. Mr. Hall came to Acton 65 years ago this spring, and ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Jun 1898, p. 2     SUICIDE AT GEORGETOWN. Jos. Slater, Caretaker at the High School, Hanged Himself on Monday Morning. On Monday morning the High School pupils from Acton went to Georgetown as usual on the early morning train. Messrs. Edwin Francis, Wm. Somerville, and Arthur ...