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....
Walter Richard was born Wednesday, June 15, 1929 to William John and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Jackson) Atton. He was a member of the Silent Generation, those who were born between 1927 and 1946, living through WWII and the Great Depression. Of course, those born during...
"You can take the boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy." Harry loved life on the farm, from his early days on the 9th line of Amaranth with his brothers to recent years watching wildlife in his backyard. He was truly a farmer and cowboy at...
Have you ever heard the phrases? "You can drive to Toronto and back on empty," or "That's a really good spider dog fire." If so, you were probably lucky enough to know Clarence Sprung. These unique sayings, and many more (like, “I wouldn't wear that to go gather the...
Edward Murray Yule was born on December 29, 1934 in Brant Township, to parents Thomas Dean and Rita Mary (Hetsler) Yule. Ed was in the middle of the Yule children, being fourth after Tom, Hazel and Earl, followed by Edie, Mervyn, Myrtle, Harvey, and Terry. Their...
