Volume 5
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The Story of The Harvey Murders
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 The demolition of the house at 284 Woolwich Street early in the realm of January 1965 will recall to many Guelphites the dramatic events that took place there on Tuesday, March 26, 1889. On that morning, William Harvey, an accountant at J. W. Lyon’s, who in danger of being arrested for embezzlement…
Guelph's White Elephant - Redeemed
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2025 "Infectious Hospital Erected 1911 A.D. Committee Ald. H. C. McLean Ald. J. E. Carter Ald. R. C. Nelson Ald. H. Occomore Mayor G. J. Thorp P. H. Second Son Ltd. Contractors W. C. Tanner Architect Guelph" A cement 'plaque' between the two front verandahs of our Recreation Building bears the…
Stories in Stone
Author: Eileen A. Hammill Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 History is like the branch of a tree. You may start on the main branch with great determination, only to discover hundreds of offshoots which dare investigation and then you end out on a limb, as I have, so many times! In seeking information on our limestone buildings, I constantly found…
Gleanings From The Files
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2025 From the Guelph Daily Mercury files. March 15, 1881, Board of Education meeting: “Mr. Newton called the attention of the Board to the desirability of building a house for the caretaker of the High School. They were paying $72 a year rent for him now, and with an expenditure of…
Legal Street Produced Greats
Author: Russell Daly Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 Tucked away in the heart of Guelph is a tiny street on which the legal and political careers of several famous Canadians grew and blossomed. And even today Douglas Street – named for Jon Douglas, a 19th century Guelph Brewer, houses the offices of 20 of Guelph’s lawyers of the 26,…
George John Grange 1808-1876
Author: Eileen A. Hammill Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 Since we live on Grange Street, I thought I would investigate the origin of the street name. However, I found few references to Sheriff Grange. In spite of this, it was obvious that he contributed a great deal to the general growth of the city. George John Grange was Irish and…
Charles Lawrence Dunbar K.C.
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2025 One of the city’s most famous legal minds, Charles Lawrence Dunbar, K.C., lawyer and philanthropist, died quietly at his Queen Street West home this morning in his 80th year. He was senior partner in the firm of Dunbar, Goetz, and Dunbar, Barristers, of this city, and had been active in law…
The Crowe Family
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 The first John Crowe came to Guelph in 1832 with his wife, Harriet Aldous. He was a tailor by trade, and she taught school. They came from either Bradford of Laxton in Yorkshire. They had three sons, William, Robert, and John, and one daughter, Ann. William was a wagon-maker or carriage-builder. He…
Guelph's Sweet-Voiced Singer -- Maud Stevenson Pentelow
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 Over half a century ago a talented singer who was known to audiences across the continent, Maud Stevenson is all but forgotten today. A daughter of one of Guelph’s early mayors, William Stevenson, she belonged to a family that exemplified the spirit of their times with strong ties and devotion to each other.…
Stevenson, William
Author: Unknown Publication Date: 1965 Edited: 2021 Of the many pioneers of Guelph, none are remembered with more respect or more tenderness than the late William Stevenson, who passed 62 years of his useful life at 'Maple Bank', the home which he made from five acres of virgin forest into one of the most beautiful and best known residences in…