Elgin John was born at home on the farm, in Bentinck Township, on Sunday, July 17, 1927. He was the oldest child of Elmer and Sybilla (Yandt) Monk and was later joined by younger sisters Marjorie (1929) and Eleanor (1932). The Monk family resided on the 8th of...
Leith Russell was born on Saturday, March 24, 1934, in Elderslie Township to parents Russell Campbell and Doreen Clara (Calhoun) Elder. He was the baby brother to sister Ruth who was seven and a half years his elder. Their parents owned and operated two hundred and...
Michael John was welcomed into the world by his parents, Randy and Sheila (Frook) Jacobs, on Monday, June 8, 1992, five weeks premature. He was truly a miracle child as he was born with hydrocephalus in London, and the original diagnosis given to his parents by...
John James was born in Chesley on March 27, 1952, to parents Neil and Irene (Keith) McAllister. John joined older siblings Don (1947) and Carol Ann (1949) on the McAllister homestead. In time, the McAllister family continued to grow with the arrivals of Linda (1957),...
Richard Charles was welcomed into this world on June 30, 1965 at the Humber Hospital in Toronto to parents Charles and Beverley Burley. Rick was born a year after his sister Donna, and when he was one, their family settled in the North York area. He attended Victoria...
On May 10, 1949, Camiel “Oscar” and Marie Mildred (Kohl) DeVisscher had a big surprise – Barbara Helen was born to them! They had married in 1936, lived in Larder Lake where Oscar worked in the gold mine, came south to help Marie’s father on his farm in the Delhi...
Marlyn Lois was born in Eganville, Ontario on Thursday, September 16, 1937, to parents Verner and Viola (Wolff) Bimm. She joined older brother Alvin (1932) and the Bimm family was later made complete with the arrival of Mervyn (1942). The Bimm family lived and...
Lynda Doreen Taylor was welcomed into this world by her parents Gerald and Betty (nee Deming) Taylor on April 24th, 1955 with her twin brother Ritchard in Simcoe, Ontario. Lynda and Ritchard were made older siblings when Mike was born in 1957. Lynda and her brothers...
Agnes "Jean" was born on Wednesday, July 10, 1929, in Sydenham Township to parents Ernest Samuel and Elsie Margaret (Morrison) Vanwyck. She joined older siblings Merle and Elgin and was later followed by younger brother Harold. The Vanwyck's owned and operated a mixed...
Gregory James was born on Thursday, June 12, 1952, in Barrie, Ontario, to parents James and Joyce (Gibbons) Richardson. James, Greg's father, was a cook in the military, so unfortunately the Richardson's moved regularly, with stops out west before settling in Toronto....
