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

    1949, Sheridan.

    The Wilson family farm was on the west side of the present-day Winston Churchill Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario.

    Back lane on the Wilson farm in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. The farm was south of what is now the Queen Elizabeth Way.

    Alfred with his son Victor at the Wilson farm in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. Victor's mother and the wife of Alfred was Alisemon Mary Hardy, daughter of George and Emily Hardy, all of Sheridan.

    Family member Neil Hoover has created a website, linked here with his permission, so you can explore the Alton, Hardy and Wilson family heritage further. Click on the link "Alton-Hardy-Wilson" to the

    Alisemon Mary Wilson with her son Victor and colt in Sheridan.

    Richard Wilson with his grandson Victor at Sheridan, Trafalgar Township.

    Christopher Wilson and his son, Christopher Wilson, came to Sheridan in 1829. The father left for London, Ontario but the son and his wife, Elizabeth (Clark) had two sons who also farmed in the area;

    Alfred, Alisemon, and their sons, Leonard, Gordon & Victor Wilson on the former "Town Line", now Winston Churchill Blvd., at Sheridan.

    Victor was Emily's grandson, son of her daughter Alisemon.

    Alfred married Alisemon Mary (Hardy). They farmed in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. They had three sons.

    Alfred with his son, Victor at Sheridan, Trafalgar Township in 1958.

    Family member Neil Hoover has created a website, linked here with his permission, so you can explore the Alton, Hardy and Wilson family heritage further. Click on the link "Alton-Hardy-Wilson" to the

    In the attached, linked 1909 view of the Hardy house, the woman on the porch is unknown.

    George and Emily are buried in Springcreek Cemetery, Clarkson Road North, Mississauga, Ontario. You can find their inscriptions by searching www.findagrave.com, under Springcreek Cemetery, Missisauga

    Photo taken at Sheridan in 1922. George Henry Jackson Hardy was born January 9, 1843, in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Canada West, and died due to cancer of the left hand on June 6, 1933, in Toronto T

    Research indications are that these sisters were not twins but close in age.

    A portrait studio photograph taken by an unknown professional photographer of Dr. George Hardy. Dr. Hardy was a son of George and Emily (Gilby) Hardy. Dr. Hardy's office was in Toronto, on Carlton St

    Sisters at Sheridan. Gertrude married Howard Bruce McGregor from Owen Sound. They moved to Winnipeg in 1905 to open the then new T. Eaton Company store. They had four boys, Bruce, Ralph, Gordon and E

    John was one of the four sons of Emily (Gilby) and George Henry Hardy, Sheridan. John married Anne, called Annie, Livingston Cameron on January 1, 1919, in Queenston, Lincoln Co., Ontario.