Gilby - Hardy - Wilson Families, Sheridan (Oakville, Ontario)

    Annie and her husband, Richard Wilson, celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on May 4, 1915 with a family gathering. To see all the photographs in this extended family collection, under "Groups

    Front row, right are Emily and Emma (Gilby), the two sisters who had come with their parents from England in 1850. Emily married George Hardy. Alisemon Hardy, their daughter, married Alfred Wilson in

    Lizzie Wilson, Delia Devlin, Ellen Savage, and Maud Speck working on a handsewn quilt, the pattern appears to be a patchwork "Irish Chain" pattern. The ladies lived in the area of Sheridan, now Winst

    The post mark says SHERIDAN SEP 17 ONT. The stamp is a 1 cent Canada Postage stamp of King Edward VII wearing the Ermine Robes of State.

    The picture was taken at the bottom of the hill down the Wilson back lane, Sheridan, in the early 1930's by Dr. George Hardy. The Wilson family farm was on the west side of the present-day Winston Ch

    The property was on the southeast corner of Winston Churchill Blvd. and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).

    The Hardy sons, left to right, Alexander Dufferin, Jackson Blake, John Gilby, George Buxton. Mother Emily is in the background.

    Information taken from "Thy Humble Dwelling: A History of Sheridan-Park Royal United Church 1826 - 1926", edited by Rev. Robert K. Munro.

    The linked website http://www.leighlarson.com/james_gilby_jr.htm cites 1863 as John Gilby's date of death. Lois Rose spells "Alisemon" as "Alisimon" in her notes to the pictures but spelling on a pho

    Alisimon's birth date is shown as either April 1816 or an unknown month and date in 1817. Some of the descriptive information in this record is taken from the linked website: http://www.leighlarson.c

    George's parents were George and Mary Hardy. Emily's parents were John and Alisimon (or Alisemon) Elizabeth Gilby of Sheridan. Her close sister was Emma Gilby. Emily and George are buried at Springcr

    The family lived and farmed in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township, Halton County.

    A personal note about Howard is that he made many buying trips overseas but refused to fly, always taking the train to Montreal and a ship to England. A personal note about "Gertie" is that she flew

    Gordon Wilson is the younger. The farmhouse of his family was on what is now Winston Churchill Boulevard, Oakville. At the time, it was Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. George Henry Hardy, b. 1843 d.193

    Recollections of Lizzie's dress are that it was a shimmery stiff material with reflections of purple, green, and blue shining through.

    The beautiful handsewn cape worn by Alisemon Hardy around 1900 is shown in front, back and closeup photographs. The lace covering the entire cape and forming the collar is machine-made and purchased,

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    This record contains 5 photographs of items used or made by the women of the Hardy family of Sheridan, Trafalgar Township in the late 1800s, early 1900s. The face veil was worn by Isabella Jane (Stev

    Hat interior inscription on leather interior band: British Manufacture. Inscription on silk of hat: Finest Finish - British Make - London. A band of newspaper has been folded just inside and above th

    Family researchers should note she signs her surname as "Hardey". The transcript was prepared by the family descendent donor of the letter. The transcript appears in the record to assist with reading