Résultats

      What was life like in Grey County at the turn of the 20th century? Find out from someone who was there. This collection of 26 diaries, spanning from 1867 to 1920, was written by Mary Williams Trout, a school teacher turned housewife from Meaford.

      Find out about figures who have shaped our fair County, or whom you may know, but may not know that they have Grey County connections.

      A virtual exhibit to compliment our popular community-based exhibit of the same name.

      Discover more about this fascinating industry once located in Owen Sound. Find out what types of material is available to see, first hand at the Grey County Archives.

      A tribute to the boys of Grey who served in the Great War, 1914-1918, with a special focus on the 147th and 248th Battalions.

      Tweedsmuir History Books, compiled by local branches of the Women's Institute, are a valuable resource for genealogists, historians, students, teachers and anyone with an interest in local history.

      The story of a woman who finds herself in the middle of the Great War is told at the Grey County Archives. Read her touching letters written home to a friend.

      Find out about these pioneers in the virtual exhibit based on our award winning exhibit From Slavery to Freedom: African-Canadians of Grey County.

      Find out about the life of an Anglican Reverend who served in Grey County. See his sermons and journal at the Grey County Archives.

      Lilly (Lillian) Bailey (née McPhail) and Hugh Bailey (Agnes Macphail's sister and brother-in-law)

      Both sisters of Agnes Macphail married before 1921.

      Inscription on a photocopied version of this image says: "1953 Agnes Macphail just a while before she died. Taking her home from hospital"; "far left Gertha Reany, Jean Clunas, Agnes, Sandy Macphail [sic]". A family member has since identified the identity of the woman on the left as Lilly Bailey.

      Candid group photo of Gertha McPhail (left), Agnes McPhail and Lilly McPhail (right), with two unidentified men, likely taken at the farm in Artemesia.

      Group at League of Nations meeting in Geneva. Grey County Member of Parliament, Agnes Macphail is present [see insert]. Miss Macphail was Canada's first female delegate to the League. She attended the 10th Annual meeting.

      A. A. MacLeod was the Labour Progressive Party (LPP) Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Bellwoods in Toronto (1943-1951). Agnes Macphail was Member of the Legislative Assembly for York East.

      Note from donor suggests the photo “was likely taken or kept by Gertha Reany, one of the sisters of Agnes.”

      Mr. Farquhar Oliver is shown posing with Mrs. Gertha Reany (née McPhail) and Mrs. Lillian Bailey (née McPhail) in 1960 at the unveiling of the Agnes Campbell Macphail historical plaque in Hopeville, Ontario. Mr. Oliver, a good friend of Agnes’, served Grey South for 39 years as Member of Provincial …

      This image can be found in the biography, "Agnes Macphail and the Politics of Equality" by T. A. Crowley. Crowley's book identifies the woman on the left as Mrs. E.C. Murray [Edna Lounds], and the woman on the right as Mrs. Fred McTavish [Lottie Bennett], both political supporters of Agnes …

      Portrait of Agnes Macphail in black c.1920

      A written description of the photograph by a family member states: "far left Aggie and her sister Lilly Bailey and Jean and Lena Bailey" The wooden structure, road and fence line in the background suggests that this photo was taken at their parents' farm at Six Corners, Artemesia.